[chanting] stephen: beijing calls it hong kong's worst crisis in the decade since the handover. >> hong kong's protesters have used dangerous tools to attack police, these actions constitute seriously violent crimes and are starting to show signs of terrorism. stephen: the protesters would probably agree, cities in crisis, but for very different reasons. >> they are using emergency ordinance which is not the way out. we will continue our fight no matter how much they prosecute us. >> such extensive disruptions are punishing our city, the city we love. and, many of us have helped to build, to the verge of a serious situation. [chanting] stephen: demonstrations that started as opposition to carrie lam's extradition bill morphed into broader resistance to the government, the police, and political interference from beijing and an erosion of their rights. violence escalated as lam refused to meet demands. police retaliated with teargas, upper spray, rubber bullets, and -- pepper spray, rubber bullets, and batons. vandalism, and civil disobedience continued even after lam acquiesced and withd

or just hong konon >> just hong >> just hong kong. >> reporter: for centuries, hong kong was part ofna. t he 1800s, foreign powers attacked, and the british forced china toease the city as part of what the chinese government calls the century of humiliation. ( musil fanfare ) in 1997, the british handed the city over, and, undedeal known as "one country, twois systems," commchina promised hong kong could keep its british-written laws and independent diciary but had to turn over its defense and foreign policy. beijing's defenders say china has lived er tits promises and protesters' talk of revolution is misguided. >> i think they're over-worried, you kn. in hong kong, the rule of law, the well-entrenched common law system underlines our freedoms and rights, you know. that's why they can have protest every day. >> reporter: regina ip is a member of the cabinet that runs the hong kong government. she says "one country, two systems" is doing just fine. >> after more than 180 years of hong kong as a city, we have a very strong and unique culture. there's nothong with a big country having

the hong kong you've got. employees of all trades and sexes as well as small medium and large businesses alike deeply worried about the prospect of hong kong people are asking will hong kong return to normal is hong kong still a place we can live in peace many sectors of our society have condemns the radical acts of rioters and have supported the government to strictly enforced a little into and violence. to hide in hong kong for is it would seem the protests have moved from the streets now to the legislative council talk us through what happened here. if i was quite amazing yes no the security around the government complex here was beefed up ahead of this policy address there's a temporary wall there was extended more police riot police are here they're milling about but you're right the protesters didn't come outside they were inside and we saw that these legislators a part of the pan the democracy bloc if you will of politicians in shouting her down kerry lamb as she attempted to try to deliver this policy

hong kong will be different. hong kong is an urban landscape. it has tall buildings and narrow streets that favor the defenders. if the chinese were to move into hong kong in a forceful way, there would be high casualties. but on both sides. i don't think that xi jinping the chinese ruler wants his first years to take years or decades to result in high chinese casualties and end in defeat. so why should we americans care what happens on the periphery of chinese soil? we care because the same power that is encroaching on hong kong is also attacking our democracy. indeed that power is attacking the concept of democracy. china is gunning for all of us when my wife and i were in hong kong in the beginning of this month we talked to formerly pro-beijing journalist who was jailed now just journalist. he looked at me and he said, what's happening in hong kong where china is doing hong kong is a warning to the united states. so that's true, people in hong kong do need america but we need the people in hong kong. over there people are fighting for their

kong ismean hong involved in china. lot of people only see the downside of integration, but not the upside. stephen: back in 2003, you were the face of the amendment proposed for article 23, for national security, they had laws that sparked what hath a million people coming out -- half a million people came up with the streets and end up with the downfall of a politician. you know what is like to be vilified in this town. you were vilified. now does the and hong kong government keep on underestimating or misreading the public discontent? thatthink they admitted to that the legislative efforts failed to keep the pulse of the people and she misread the situation. >> if it had not been for the people marching and together the executive and the legislature, which is a rubber, what have passed the legislation and that points to the bigger issue is that all of the policies made by the government come from an unelected government and the people are wising up to that. that is why they are still coming out and protesting. >> i t

people's republic affairs and hong kong's and supporting hong kong's right to protest. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the entleman from california, mr. sherman, and the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. sherman. mr. sherman: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. and include extraneous material on house resolution 543. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. sherman: yumdz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. sherman: the world is watching hong kong and hong kong is watching the floor of the house of representatives. people by the tens of thousands in hong kong have demonstrated bills we are considering here today. so, they have taken great risk to themselves and tremendous courage. the least we can do is pass these bills. speak in favor of these bills on hong kong. of proud to co-sponsor all the legislation under consideration dealing with hong kon

with you to what extent have the rallies in hong kong spoiled beijing celebrations and could hong kong be the single spark that starts to pay the prairie fire for beijing. i think the protests in hong kong succeeded in supporting the show of the national day of the people's republic of china and today you had these huge parade in beijing this morning. what the international media going going to remember about today will be the violence in the home cohen and the ongoing political causes him. many of the issues which have been raised by the protests has. remained to be solved and i think today by the level of violence which has been reached on both sides of the protests aside but also the police side we've entered a new ballgame things are getting more complicated fall i think kerry and i'm the chief executive to get out of the crisis according to hang in so you wrote in a recent article that china's communist party has metal to celebrate and chinese leader is no longer in control of their destiny the same way why well what you've seen is in hong kong we certainly don't control the stree

and i really urge her if she can't govern hong kong and she has no determination to govern hong kong. and even capable. i mean it's treating hong kong police that town but lamb sidestepped these demands an urge people to and the protests. are they the whole we're very worried that a small number of people have escalated to a level of violence perhaps some people don't like the government's combination so we must ask what can balance a chief for hong kong and i mean can it solve our crisis or pull a spread their way from michael's urge once again for everyone to cherish the city and that hong kong return to peace like some rights activists have condoned lums address as pointless. i think you've today's most pressing concern isn't addressed along with the fact that kerry lands government has not responded to the people's 5 demands and i think this policy address because no i mean i might be but for 4 months. playing down. for the public. but he didn't. get it or i thought about it because of. that's introduce the panel on today's inside story in hong kong joining us via skype is emily l

i think because hong kong is not china hong kong is a special place which was returned to china 22 years ago hong kong political culture dominant political culture is very much democratic. mediated by liberal values now of course you can choose the british having in cool created in the mind of the people liberal values but this is jewish and it is and it does mainland china can convert the homecourt society to the one party system that's why you have this clash of values between hong kong society and men and chinese society so vice versa i don't think that hong kong at this stage can really influence mainland china no sparklies going to said the fire to the prairie in the coming years but the having said that sitting ping's room for maneuver in hong kong is pretty narrow because you want on the one hand to keep the one country the system formula you want to keep it credible not only for home but also for taiwan to morrow and he wants also to keep it credible because hong kong is still very important as far as a financial place for hong kong for chinese economy and for chinese credibility

i think because hong kong is not china hong kong is a special place which was returned to china 22 years ago hong kong political culture dominant political culture is very much democratic. mediated by liberal values now of course you can choose a british having in cool created in the mind of the people liberal values but this is jewish and it is and it does mainland china can convert hong kong society to the one party system that's what you have this clash of values didn't hong kong society and then chinese society so vice versa i don't think that hong kong at this stage can really influence mainland china no sparklies going to said the fire to the prairie in the coming years but the having said that sitting ping's room for maneuver in hong kong is pretty narrow because you want on the one hand to keep the one country the system for me you want to keep it credible not only for home but also for taiwan to morrow and he wants also to keep it credible because hong kong is still very important as far as a financial place for hong kong for chinese economy and for chinese credibility on the wo

autonomy in hong are sending a message, layoff hong kong.e: thank you. it was amazing. let's get those pictures back up. they are quite incredible. came as thesery industrial and scientific achievement -- this industrial and scientific achievement parade was going on. we saw ballistic missiles, which we understand could circumvent some of the u.s. defense systems. how are they dealing with the trade? is this -- are they actually being hurt back handedly by trade? >> francine, yes, it was an incredibly lavish display of force and military might. xi jinping's speech is sort of a message to the world and to the united states that it will not be held down. there is a growing view in beijing that the united states is trying to contain china's rise. of course, the trade war is taking a toll on both economies. xi jinping, though he has consolidated power since he assumed leadership, he is now facing unprecedented challenges, including the trade war, hong kong protests, a slowing domestic economy that was already slowing before the trade war, rising

we recently looking at hong kong differently. we rece ntly ha d looking at hong kong differently. the hong kong exchange put ina recently had the hong kong exchange put in a bid for the london stock exchange and the first thing people thought about when that offer came m, thought about when that offer came in, financially, a good offer, but how much does the london stock exchange want to be tied with hong kong and what impact will it have on the future business and the ability to do business? people will be viewing things differently because hong kong has always had its independence. craig, thanks for your analysis and carrie lam, she is still delivering her speech and we will bring you the details when we have more on what her policy address is containing. the international monetary fund's latest projection for global video games are already popular in india, but the market is growing rapidly, with more than 500 million players in the country. that's still less than china, but the potential is huge and now many casual gamers are considering full—time careers in the sport. the bbc

is hong kong and represents. is it time she represented the people of hong kong instead. tells us. plus. selfie shop down why police are getting tough on takes a long. income not. welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us for 4 months now the streets of hong kong have regularly looked like this battle zones that c.b.p. to the rest i mean jeez and there doesn't appear to be a visible way out of the crisis but what if its chief executive could hold the key a member of parliament the legislative council thinks so michael t.m. is seen as a poor voice in hong kong and he's also a member of. parliament the national people's congress he spoke to correspondent in hong kong i think and do you think that the government can find a way out of this crisis yes from day one. because what they may draw idea of the public peaceful demonstrators and the right because all they want is to settle the score and their perceived. grievances against the police and nobody is trashed nobody is trusting either side they don't believe in the complaint against police commission investigation so everybo

we are a brand that really sells hong kong things that are funky, modern, a different style in hong kongf international brands. we have a natural appeal to visitors, and the visitors have stopped coming to hong kong. that part of our business would be gone. rishaad: what number are we talking about? douglas: 40% of our business is overseas visitors, which includes mainland china. ashaad: let's look, let's do test here. you have what's going on in hong kong. you have a shop in shenzhen. how is that doing in all this? douglas: our shop in shenzhen has always been sort of a satellite shop, an experimentation shop. it is not in the most high-trafficked area. the bulk of our business is in hong kong, and online as well. online business is growing the fastest for us, but still is a minority of our business, so the main business is really the shops. that's also the bulk of our investment, where everything is going, the wages and everything, the shops, so we are very much focusing on hong kong brick-and-mortar shops. rishaad: so there wouldn't be any time you would think about expanding to the m

even if hong kong is not doing well with gdp, i don't think it will affect hong kong's status.t's the only city -- brent: i was going to ask you about talks with carrie lam. the dialogue with carrie lam has basically stopped. our protesters trying to restart talks with carrie lam? >>? what do you mean stopped -- what do you mean stopped? there was a dialogue with carrie lam. 40 people were there. among the people who joined the dialogue, one of them is a police officer. when carrie lam has all -- a dialogue, it is only a political show. she does not listen to us. after the dialog, 30 people condemned carrie lam and the police. she is to suppress the freedom of hong kong. whatever she does is he's trying to show the international media that she is doing something. we know her too well. whenever she makes promises, she breaks them. i would not say we stop the dialogue. it was she who stopped her. not to mention the escalation of police violence. an activist brent: of the civil human rights front, joining us from hong kong. we appreciate your time and insights. you are watching dw

of hong kong to apply a hong kong solution.e hesitates and the more she reaches for the hardline and the more the people's armed police mass across the border, the more she looks like beijing's puppet, unless she is equipped to have a proper conversation with the people of hong kong. i mean, it really is time to stop and to rebuild at this point. how do you read this? i think there is an irresistible move towards escalation at this point, and it is fine and intelligent to call for a dialling down, but it is obviously getting — in the last 24 hours and seven days — it seems to be getting worst, and the switch to live ammunition is a tactic we have seen in other countries, and is a sign that people are desperate to re—establish control. and i am just watching it day by day, and hoping not to see people dead on the street. i don't have a clue what happens next. we have seen carrie lam looking sternly in front of the cameras on saturday, talking about the suppression of violence, how this is now intolerable. i don't think she is le

from hong kong and let hong kong languish?ading anyone who wants a future to move into the delta which is being, as you know, hugely built up as a financial and technical centre, and let hong kong wither if hong kong won't comply? but again, these don't solve the immediate situation. we need something at this point to resolve it. isabel said at the beginning, that both sides need to dial down, and we have talked a lot about what beijing can do and the hong kong government can do, what about the actual protesters? because some people look on and say, "are they going too far?" they complain about live ammunition against protesters — a natural complaint — but are they showing the same concern about police officers who get hit by iron bars and petrol bombs? the protesters are not a monolith, and it is hard to control, and it is hard for them to dial it down if there are people within their ranks who feel good about attacking police officers or take pleasure in that. it isjust too large a group and too out of control at this point,

so as not just hong kong. although hong kong is our base.e same time in terms of shop opening, we are certainly, we have no choice but to delay many of those. what we had originally in store for q4 or first half of 2020, all of those have no choice but to be suspended. david: so give us some numbers. how many stores we planning to open in the next six months and have many of that in pushback? >> we were going to open at least three more, from seven to 10. number eight is still coming out. but number nine and number 10, withe discussion in landlords to postpone the handover of the sites. given the extreme situation happening, it would not be advantageous to the mall and to us to do it now. so we have to delay the opening. -- do youc evidence at evidence, of looking singapore for head offices or elsewhere in this part of the world? >> i cannot speak for other companies prefer us, we are besides our retail business we have our products and our food innovation, after tech innovation, which is scaling and growing across the region including singa

s charlotte chelsea pill is on the ground in hong kong we asked her to set the scene. we've just been following a small march that's been going through hong kong it does seem to have drawn to a close known people have gone on their way but that march people were chanting along the way 5 to mons not one that glory to hong kong all in reference to the fact that they still see that the months unfulfilled bio florentines here demands including an independent investigation into the police handling of these protests so far what we saw was they had an enormous bana saying glorious hong kong which they own felt and then broke out into song at the lot of people here had expected huge protests today boys been hearing on social networking sites that these protesters used to communicate on is that they are trying to save energy for the coming days is tomorrow more protests are expected monday is a holiday here in hong kong more protests than is well there's a sense of real trepidation here about exactly what authorities are going to do to try and crack down on people wearing face

tell the children bill they're in hong kong well as china turns 70 amid protests in hong kong waging is said to be orchestrating an online offensive to spread this information online this is according to a new report which also says mainland china has dramatically expanded its digital arsenal will they double use all the soccer has more on that story although what can you tell us well this reports from the oxford internet institute says that beijing is a major player when it comes to spreading disinformation online what we've seen before the protests in hong kong started this summer that has been focused mainly on domestic platforms like way bo and we chance but now they have changed their tactics and they're targeting international platforms like facebook twitter and you tube now those platforms are blocked for citizens in mainland china and behind the great chinese fire wall but they are available for hong kong now these attacks these accounts that we're seeing they are originating in mainland china. and we seeing coordinated effort to spread a message that the protestors in hong k

if better china, therefore better hong kong. better china, better hong kong.s among those now calling on the united states to impose sanctions on china. why are all the people supporting america in the trade war? because we want that china's communist party has falling power because of that. such talk makes hong kong's small band of super—patriots extremely angry. they say fear of china is a product of british brainwashing. translation: hong kong was ruled by britain for over 150 years. they did not teach us respect for our chinese roots, but encouraged us to have anti—china and anti—communist beliefs. on tuesday, china's most powerful leader since mao will review a military now second in strength only to the united states. it is a sight that will make many chinese hearts swell with pride. but its neighbours look on with growing concern about how china will use its new—found power. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. rupert talked about the opinions being split, even with an family, but of course within the society. and there are two very different

and so what we see in hong kong is that oppression designed -- kind of coming over ththe borde to hongessence we're now suppressed. but we are suppressed by the response of the hong kong public because for many years, a lot of people in hong kong believe e the new generation, t younger generation in hong kong are apolitical and don't care about politics but what we've seen the last few months is a very involved, very engaged public that trieses to push bac against illegitimate state actionon. amy: kevin lin, we want to thank so you much for being with us, china program officer at the international labor rights forum, born and raised in beijing and spent years researching labor movement in civil society in china. his recent piece is headlined four points on the hong kong protests. we will link to your piece, how should the u.s. left think about china. when we come back, we turn to haiti where massive anti-government protests calling for the resignation of u.s. backed president jovenel moise continue to escalate. stay with us. ♪ music break] amy: anna vas. this is democracy now!, democra

this is day doubly news live from berlin hong kong reels from the day of k.l. take on reduced activist i just see things against police violence after dozens of anti-government protesters put injured in clashes with officers they gather at the school where police shot and injured as demonstrator from close range. this while beijing shows off its military might just try to mock sivan t.t.'s of communist rule president xi jinping telling his countrymen that now the power to control china's attack. plus u.s. president trump claims he's facing a coup as he's tough aides including the secretary of state pushed back against subpoenas in the democrats' impeachment inquiry. i'm anthony how it thanks for joining us hundreds of people in hong kong have staged a sit in against police violence at the site of a major escalation in the cities and government on wrist on tuesday a police officer shot an itin your old protest at close range leaving him in hospital tens of thousands had taken to the streets to defy a ban on protests during china's national day clashes with secur

news the live from hong kong authorities invoked emergency powers in an attempt to end months of unrest mass transit is suspended and a ban on face mask takes effect protesters remain defiant get the latest live from our correspondent in hong kong also coming up. another day of deadly. faces its worst crisis since the defeat of islamic state with dozens killed in 4 days of rioting the rats leading shiite clerics says. the real life drama of rescue hits the big screen we'll get a sneak peek of the new movie about the mission to save a boy's soccer team the world. thanks for joining us hong kong's mass transit rail system is on shutdown after night of violent unrest many protesters are angry after the government invoked an emergency law on friday and banned demonstrators from wearing face masks to conceal their identity but the pro-democracy demonstrators are still wearing the mats risking a year in jail and heavy fines. was. it's the most prominent symbol of the protests demonstrators have been wearing face masks since the beginning of the pro-democracy movement in hong kong to avoid pun

so one thing i got to i think the hong kong people going to be. if you don't go out today probably it was at the very last chance that you could go out after so. let's look at what happened in the last 100 days or so we're seeing that all of freedom getting a lot less time to full so i feel like today whether it was the national day or anything we have to come out we. we don't want to be another china city because the government the hong kong police we don't want the hong kong people to go out today but i think the basic law of protests that is our right so we want to fight for our own right and freedom and we don't want to do so today we recommit to say the warsaw. criminal. citizens in your home you just cry for freedom stand with hong kong. all right charlotte so we heard the voices there of pro democracy supporters the protesters who have been out on the streets it is important to note that there are also beijing supporters in hong kong have they been out at all today this is after all china's national day. well judy the very volatile situatio

from the past as a soon to be superpower paraded its military might for the world to see but today in hong kong in the shadow of $989.00 violence own the streets and a policeman fired a bullet into a protester tonight china's split screen reality is one country 2 systems condemned to a future with one more massacre i'm brig off in berlin this is the day. where your good there is no you fools that can shake the foundations of peace great nation about the way people in the free world strongly support people continue our fight is important to come out to show to the hong kong government as well as paging guy we are not afraid to call you out no fools can stop the chinese people. and the chinese nation from forging ahead. we can't continue to allow china to rape our country. and that's what they're doing but as far as america's concern those days are over. long live the people's republic of china and the chinese people. also coming up tonight the phone call between 2 presidents that has triggered impeachment hearings against donald trump the whistleblower didn't listen in to that conversation

thank you very much sarah clarke then with the very latest from hong kong. where the day did start a lot more peacefully there had been celebrations and in china itself they were marking 70 years since the communist party seized we have 2 reports one in a moment from rob matheson he's in beijing 1st so let's hear from scott hyla in hong kong. the annual national day flag raising ceremony in hong kong this year was watched by dignitaries and guests of the government on t.v. for security the $12000.00 attendees were inside the hong kong convention center for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china officials were concerned that the protesters would disrupt the ceremony a heavy security ring was placed around the convention center matthew chunkin chung stood in as acting chief executive as kerry lamb along with a delegation from hong kong travel to beijing for the ceremony there he addressed the ongoing protests now in their 17 week. hong kong citizens have been shocked and saddened by the violence which has turn

in hong kong will cause a basic change to the image of hong kong and the idea that hong kong is speciale rest of china, that myth will be broken by the deployment of chinese security forces. professor, what do you make of the fact that carrie lam is still in charge of hong kong? what is beijing doing? carrie lam is not really in charge in hong kong any longer in any sense of the word. she is being kept in office by beijing because the chinese government cannot and will not appear weak to the demonstrators. therefore, they will not remove her under pressure from the protesters in hong kong. it is quite clear that by now carrie lam is mostly just is quite clear that by now carrie lam is mostlyjust following orders from china. let's go back to what the protesters wanted. what have they achieved so far and how likely are they to get more concessions? the protesters won five demands, one of them of the bills for providing the power for the government to extradite people in hong kong to face justice extradite people in hong kong to facejustice in extradite people in hong kong to face justice

today and the hong kong police will step up to do their job and to bring law and order back to hong kong and i think in the coming weeks or months this will be a critical period of time where we will see whether law and order and rule of law can be restored where they haven't caught us violence cannot last forever sorry to interrupt victor but they clearly haven't been able to manage to keep to keep the territory calm have they until now we're now into the 17th week this is almost 4 months of sustained and widely popular protests which is sometimes turned violent against what they see is an encroaching influence coming from beijing. no allow me to say that if mainland china really is interfering in the situation in hong kong they'll be no more violence at all all these violence an attack on police for example disruption of traffic will be stopped immediately look at the might of the central government of china and the fact that the violence still continues is a vindication that mainland china is not in law or interfering in the hong kong affair at all and it is up to the hong kong i

skull triple that there are people in hong kong who were supportive of beijing. over the territory but there is a vast number isn't there on the streets again who are protesting against beijing's control as they would see it. yes and we've been following those tens of thousands of people who have march from causeway into central that they were on their way to where we are now which is china's liaison office and about 5 minutes ago we had hundreds of right place we had the raptors which are the elite tactical response unit we had the 2 water cannons and about 20 plus police cars and vans and that was surrounding this particular building because that's where those protesters were on their way to that is the chinese liaison office but there were blocked and the streets around here are complete now completely empty of all upped and left and we believe they're going back to join those protesters who've been turned back back toward set for advocacy are on their way in or at scott hardly mentioned in his package this is the march that is defying police orders police did

pill in hong kong thank you. for the 1st time the impeachment inquiry into u.s. president donald trump has reached directly into the white house democratic lawmakers have subpoenaed officials to force the release of documents relating to trump's contacts with ukraine including his call into line with ukraine's president volodymyr zelinsky several house committees are looking into whether trump pressured ukraine to investigate former democratic vice president joe biden trump has vowed not to cross with the probe. iraq has been shaken by another day of unrest the country is facing its worst crisis since the defeat of the so-called islamic state terror group 2 years ago security forces have again opened fire on protesters in the capital baghdad at least 70 people have been killed in 4 days of unrest. protesters rushed to take one of their own to safety. and they flee as the sound of sniper fire ricochets through the streets and again. they're desperate enough to risk their lives because they feel the state has failed them were those that are. not going to protesting

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continue and how hong kong government just imposed a de facto law so will turn hong kong to be a police state and now under a humanitarian crisis you mentioned yourself there's been this very unfortunate escalation in violence these protests that have now been going on for weeks and weeks and months do you think that they're accomplishing their goal of bringing more democracy to hong kong. we had. a fundamental and humbled which is you there for us so something free election to elect that. the chief executive of home will be handpicked by beijing unfortunately. the emergency state. and. nature of. its own which just imply the rule of law separation. is that and already so how will. it specially trailed. the whole way. and we conduct a metro and wall. with him today or even tomorrow during this week and i urge. specially the chancellor and the president. to say this international financial center. now speaking of free and fair elections you've said that you are running for elections that are going to be happening in november but do you think these elections are actually going to change a

and i really urge her if she can't govern hong kong and she has no determination to govern hong kongnd she has no ability and even incapable. i mean it's treating hong kong police that town but lam sidestepped these demands and urged people to end the protests. are they the whole we're very wary that a small number of people have escalated the level of violence perhaps some people don't like the government's combination so we must ask what can balance a chief for hong kong and i mean can it solve our crisis or pull a spread their way from michael's urge once again for everyone to cherish the city and that hong kong return to peace like some rights activists have condoned lums address as pointless. i think you've today's most pressing concern isn't addressed along with the fact that carrying arms government has not responded to the people's 5 demands and i think this policy address because no i mean i might be but for 4 months. playing down. for the public. but to get it. to get it for ourselves but it because of. the introduce the panel on today's inside story in hong kong joining us

kong so even if hong kong is not doing well in g.d.p. i don't think there will. status and they are not. going to ask you about talks with kerry lam the leader of hong kong those talks the dialogue with korea lamb has basically stopped or protesters such as yourself are you trying to restart talks with kerry. what do you mean by stopped there was a lot with kerry land 40 people were there and a police i mean among the people who joined the dialogue one of them is even police officer kerry when she has a dialogue with hong kong this is only a political show she doesn't actually listen to i mean after that dialogue you know 30 people come damned kerry lemon condemn the police and what happened next next was a carrier and nouns and law through emergency regulation ordinance i mean if she really tries to solve the problem she wouldn't have taken. steps to you know to suppress it further suppress the freedom of call so whatever she does she only tries to show the international media or international community that she is doing something but i

kong people to administer hong kong. what he just said this morning also aligns with what we heard from acting chief executive matthew during the flag raising ceremony this morning here in hong kong, talking about solidarity, to build a future for generations of hong kongers, understanding these are testing times that they hope to draw lessons from, so they seek to address real policy issues that are underlying the frustration that is driving the demonstrations that have also seen impacts on the city. now, when it comes for seeking unification, xi jinping said forging ahead to bring hong kong closer to the mainland, it has to be said that of the five demands of protesters, universal suffrage is one of them, but independence has not been a key driver for the protests. so again, when it comes to the ultimate roadmap for hong kong roadmap, bute 2047 we are hearing today is very much aligned with the government here in hong kong along with the mainland. rishaad: sophie, what are we expecting, though, today in terms of protes

and i really urge her if she can't govern hong kong and she has no determination to govern hong kongd she has no. and even capable. i mean it's treating hong kong please that down but lam sidestepped these demands and urged people to end the protests. are they the whole we're very worried that a small number of people have escalated the level of violence perhaps some people don't like the government's condemnation so we must ask what can balance achieve for hong kong and can it solve our crisis or pulis further away from michael's urge once again for everyone to cherish the city and that hong kong return to peace like some rights activists have condoned lums address as pointless. i think you've today's most pressing concern isn't addressed along with the fact that carrying arms government has not responded to the people's 5 demands and i think this policy address because no i mean i might be but for 4 months. playing. for the public. but they didn't. get it for 4 i thought about it because of. that's introduce the panel on today's inside story in hong kong joining us via skype is emi

so used by hong kong's police. they say major political concessions and not trick pony and measures are needed to end the unrest. has meant he is building a is monitoring developments in hong kong and joins us now for more but he has hong kong is waking up from a relatively calm nice but can we expect it to stay like that today. yes today was relatively calm and relatively is just relatively they were still shops being smashed yesterday because march that was scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed to today so today we will probably see more people on the streets and as this measure this face mosque down is obviously not perceived by the protesters as a measure to deescalate but it is rather likely to infuriate people further there is little chance there little chances that this day will stay entirely peaceful now addition to the facemask and we've also seen the metro system shut down and that kili carries millions of people every day how is the city been affected by the service outage. yeah this is a metro stati

from the streets into the courtroom hong kong's pro-democracy lawmakers are hoping to do. surely we'll take their side they're making a 2nd bid to overturn a facemask ban and emergency powers which bypass the legislative council today is about authoritarianism versus the rule of law i would say this is one of the most important constitutional cases in the history of all of this could be the very last constitutional fight on our part in this emergency we all just saw the pass just like that hong kong will be the one to one for a club hold out there. on saturday protesters lined up hand in hand against the emergency powers forming a human chain and wearing masks in a peaceful act of defiance. to time you go to college i attended numerous rallies before but i never wore a mask i'm wearing a mask today not because i want to hide my identity but to express my anger towards this law me back at all when you know our subway stations and many shops were closed for much of the weekend following violent clashes on friday hong kong's leader has justified the facemask ban saying her go

reporting for us from hong kong thank you very much. to iraq now which has been shaken by another day of violent protests security forces in baghdad again opened fire on protesters who've been demonstrating against chronic unemployment poor public services and corruption at least 70 people have been killed and hundreds injured in 4 days of unrest across the country. protesters rushed to take one of their own to safety then they flee is the sound of sniper fire ricochets through the streets they're desperate enough to risk their lives because they feel the state has failed to deliver the basics. we're. not going to protesting because we're suffering there's no electricity no jobs people are dying of starvation and it's a curse. that the unrest has spread rapidly across the country this week without any apparent leadership or connection to a political or sectarian movement in response authorities shut down the internet and imposed around the clock curfew in the capital which has now been lifted the government says it's trying to improve i

we have this report now from hong kong correspondent scott hyde. the end you will national day flag raising ceremony in hong kong this year was watched by dignitaries and guests of the government on t.v. for security the $12000.00 attendees were inside the hong kong convention center for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china officials were concerned that the protesters would disrupt the ceremony a heavy security ring was placed around the convention center matthew chunkin chung stood in as acting chief executive as kerry lamb along with a delegation from hong kong travel to beijing for the ceremony there he addressed the ongoing protests now in their 17 week hong kong citizens have been shocked and saddened by the violence which has turned the city that will call home and into an unfamiliar place and desperate for a way out of this thailand a group of about 100 beijing supporters gathering here with the flag raising ceremony was earlier in the day this is one of several groups who have gone to dif