china, hong kong, it's "inside story." hello, i'm ray soares, since 1997, when the british left their crown colony and returned it to china, hong kong has been nervously negotiating a relationship next door. they took the lead only in military and diplomatic fathers, hong kong was going to remain what it has always been, a home to freewheeling capitalism, with law and currency, and now the young people filling the streets are testing just how much dissent hong kong's government and the government in beijing are willing to tolerate. protests in hong kong are not unusual. but this is different. and may be dangerous. police fired volleys of teargas in the thousands on sunday, and what authorities said are necessary but restrained response. demonstrators used umbrellas and goggles to protect themselves and vowed to keep up the pressure. >> well, it's very encouraging that so many people tal took toe streets today to demand democracy, and many people chanted the slogan, "went true democracy, and it's exactly the movement. and w

--ef executive of hong kong one of hong kong's corporations asked them to disperse. government would call and the people's a liberation army, the pla. it is there, but rarely seen. students prepared to risk their futures for democracy. students joins us now. wong, one of the student he has spent the past 48 hours in jails. what was the last time you talked with him, and what did he communicate with you? >> we have been in communication with him andntact the key members since last week. are have said is how they going to continue to fight, they are not giving up. they still have determination. has the political movement and fervor changed, matthew, in the 10 years since you have been studying since the handover in 1997? >> oh, it has changed massively. there used to be effigies being burned on the streets, and the police were not intervening at all. after today, you just cannot imagine that that would be the case. arrestingm to be protesters more and more often, and they seem to be using pepper stray -- spray more and more frequent way. there seems to be much more hea

a main sorrow fire in hong kong. -- thoroughfare in hong kong.seeking shade right now because the sun is coming out and getting very warm. the heat is no deterrent. they are sitting quietly, resting here. the most effective thing they are doing is just not moving. not lowering -- allowing any traffic through. offices have been suspended because they cannot get through. the train here, some of the exits are shot, not allowing people in or out. the quiet protest is the most effective at this point. there are students, young people , who are moving in and out of this zone. they aren't just staying put. they may be here for a few hours, maybe a day, then they go home and come back. the numbers are moving all the time. theyare just here because want to fight for democracy. they want to fight for what they call justice. they want their voices heard in this upcoming vote in 2017. the proposal from the beijing that people can vote for the next leader of hong kong, people here who are protesting, they want fully free elections. they want to be able to nom

let's take you to hong kong. we can speak to film maker and protester edward lee whose images are being broadcast throughout the world and on social media. thanks very much for being with us on "gmt." you've been on the streets. what's the mood amongst protesters as night falls in hong kong? >> the mood now has been a bit died down now because it was a long day and night for us yesterday. right now, i'm in the other kind of protest district and everyone's kind of chilled out right now because the police have sort of taken a step back and they've sent in police negotiators to try and encourage the people to leave, and a lot of people have been camped out right there, so right now, police are taking a step back, and the protesters there are also just kind of playing a waiting game with them right now. >> how long are protesters prepared to stay, edwin? >> i think everyone has their own kind of time limit and agenda. but it seems from what i've seen, the enthusiasm has been great. the support has been great as well.

and so, hong kong became chinese territory. but with a difference. ng missednist beijing promised to maintain the capitalist economy. unlike in mainland china pro-democracy demonstrations here are tolerated. and the tiananmen square massacre can be openly commemorated. in 2007, china promised that hong kong residents could vote directly for their territories leader in the 2017 election, a print this -- a position previously appointed by beijing officials. >> the timetable for universal suffrage has been set. hong kong is entering a most important chapter in its constitutional history. >> but now after several years of pro-democracy protests, activists are crying foul. beijing confirmed in august that hong kong's chief executive would be elected by universal suffrage, but a committee will decide first which candidates are allowed to run. an announcement that caused hundreds of thousands of people to take to the streets demanding their civil liberties. >> time for another developing news story here on france 24. jihadist militants from the islamic state

good for hong kong.it's good that they are able to stand out there and have a peaceful protest, and those numbers sure do speak volumes about many people's resolve there. it will be interesting to see how long this does go on and if beijing will ever bend to their wants. thank you so much. andrew stevens, following developments for us. and we'll get back to you if things change. all right. coming up here, dozens of suspected jihadists are about to go on trial in belgium. the charges they face and how a former recruit was turned into a key witness. we're live in just a moment. [ female announcer ] you change your style. why not your eye color? new air optix® colors prescription contact lenses enhance your eye color for a naturally beautiful look with consistent comfort. find your perfect color and get a free trial offer at airoptixcolors.com. >>> nearly four dozen people suspected of terrorist activities will soon go on trial in belgium. this is the single largest trial of its kind in that country. attica

hong kong alibaba?e lose and out to new york stock exchange and there is consultantat least a state and whether it should do dual-class shares. >> the hong kong exchange has already has a paper for shares just like alibaba does. the would be stricter to industry. if you look at the priceline, losing out on new holding structure could help support ipos. at the same time, it could weaken. just because [indiscernible] debate,is part of the ongoing still. francis, thank you so much for joining us. that is francis chan. >> some of the corporate stories we are following. scandal. six executives at the shanghai division have been arrested. authorities say it is in connection with a suspected cell of products process after the sale by date. softbank is set to be one of the potential buyers of latin largest wireless providers. they will sell part of their operations in mexico due to regulatory changes. at&t is a sad to be another buyer. to be another buyer. apple is said to tame my was a major banks and we tailo

hong kong citizens. so like when they said they were going to raise the taxes on transportation, for instance, and the hong kong citizens protested, the british government basically listened to them, compromised and basically said okay we will respond to your needs, by building more schools and other housing, especially when there were a lot of refugees coming in from china during the cultural revolution. so they really won over the hong kong citizens because they felt that the british people had their best interests at heart. now since china has taken over, basically some of the hong kong people feared that they were going to have their freedoms taken away. and so when they started censoring some of the things that the journal was saying about china and all the criticisms were basically oh you know you shouldn't be publishing this, that instantly caused alarm and fear amongst the people there. this is why this issue has come to the fore because a lot of the folks don't believe that china is going to con

i think there is a feeling that all the promises that have been made to hong kong about allowing hong kong to rule itself have been broken. these protesters don't trust china. what you are seeing is not just for democracy. it is also about assertion of hong kong identity. >> jpmorgan says that despite the political detentions, they will not be affected. >> we are coming to a very challenging juncture when it comes to politics in hong kong. the question becomes, what is next? , there are several people occupying parts of hong kong, and we are waiting for response from the government. uncertainty is significant, but at the end of the day, we have a pretty strong system. least some form of order has been restored. i think the business side of hong kong continues. the hong kong democratic party said that business should take a backseat over the question of basic rights. >> who cares about business? all the business people are not quiet. many of them have now joined us because this is hong kong. this is our own future. this is democracy. this is freedom. this is the message, give us democr

hong kong.y want to be able to choose their candidate and vote for their candidate. what they say at the moment is beijing has interfered to the point where beijing will effectively choose the candidates and hong kong can then decide which one. hong kong does not want that. so at the moment, we have fundamentally a peaceful stand yuf, but stand-off nonetheless. compare this with 12 hours earlier when my colleague was in the same place reporting. take a look at his experience. >> you can see the demonstrators now clashing with riot police, walking through with a sign that says tear smoke and disperse. they have continued with the tactics of civil disobedience, trying to stand in the way. riot police aren't using force, but they are vastly outnumbered. look at this. vastly outnumbered by the demonstrators who are screaming at their fellow protesters not to throw bottles at the riot police. this is clearly a very tense situation, as the demonstrators have blocked off, i estimate tens of thousands o

we want genuine universal coverage for hong kong. not preparede are to accept the government line that any vote is a no vote. >> but the younger not the only ones campaigning. protest threaten prosperity. and the british or american democracy would bring chaos. >> what is good for their kingdom may not be good for hong kong. we are a special administrative region of china, not a state. facing a very someus period where people's confidence is shaken. is famously hard-nosed and pragmatic. it is also used to the free trade of goods and ideas and has come to cherish its freedom. for as long as anyone can , there is now growing gulf between some citizens and their increasingly confident and uncompromising rulers in beijing. the best hope for democracy in hong kong is probably more democracy in china. and that currently seems a distant prospect. >> for more on these protest, i spoke with short time ago with christopher johnson, a former china analyst at the cia. he is now senior adviser for the center for strategic studies. when you look b

another day of protests in hong kong. tens of thousands of demonstrators remain gathered outside government headquarters to pressure china into giving the territory full universal suffrage one person, one vote, plus the ability to choose its own candidates independent of beijing. roads are blocked. some businesses and schools are shut. and protesters here say they have no plans to leave. they're calling their movement occupy central with love and peace. but in the early hours of monday morning, there wasn't much love or peace. riot police in the front line fired tear gas into the crowds of demonstrators. in mainland china, police don't put up with scenes like this. but beijing has promised to respect hong kong's way of life. and that makes them the only chinese citizens with freedom of speech. >> if we miss this chance to fight for ourselves, i think hong kong will have no future. that's why we are here. >> reporter: it's not just here. the protests spread across the harbor, and to the shopping district of causeway bay. l

the hong kong public doesn't like it. hong kong students don't like it. and the result is the protests that we're seeing today. >> rose: and what's the risk for the chinese government in beijing? >> well, beijing, i think, has been quite tone deaf to the demand of the hong kong people. but really it is a conflict about the governance of hong kong. the hong kong people want to maintain their way of life. which is different from the mainland. hong kong has a high degree of autonomy it has the rule of law. it has a free press it has freedom of expression. hong kong people want to keep this. they have a different language. they have a different history and culture. and they don't want to be assimilated into an authoritarian one party mainland. the hong kong government, however, has sided with beijing and with the big property tycoons in hong kong. and not represented hong kong people's interests. and that is really what is driving and fueling this protest. the one party system and the fact that the party is an monopoly power in beijing is not really the targe

government to the chinese government, the so-called mayor or governor of hong kong, the leader of hongg. right now it's chosen by a group of 1,200 people, in many way influenced by beijing, the chinese government but representing different constituency groups, labor groups, political groups and so forth. the people of hong kong want direct elections where they can actually vote on the candidates. and beijing recently said, yeah, you can have direct voting but only a slate of people that we essentially choose and that's really raised the hackles of these protesters in the pro-democracy movement. >> we'll see what happens in the coming hours. ambassador, gary locke is the former ambassador to china. >>> coming up, americans approve of air strikes against isis but disapprove of the commander in chief, as far as job approval numbers are concerned. we'll take a closer look at what is behind the apparent contradiction. veeno®. [ female announcer ] only aveeno® positively radiant has an active naturals® total soy formula. it helps reduce the look of brown spots in just four weeks. aveeno®. na

we will go to hong kong for the latest.hen, as afghanistan swears in its new government, we will look at the rise one of the country's most notorious warlords, abdul rashid dostum. >> the village might be looted. your family will be in danger. they will be killed. they will be ripped. .here will be no safety i am telling you straight. you must be honest. i am being honest with you here. in 2001 dostum was accused of -- >> in 2001 dostum was accused of orchestrating the killing of up to 2,000 taliban prisoners in what became known as the afghan massacre. on monday he was sworn in as afghanistan's new vice president. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. hong kong is facing its largest political unrest in decades as pro-democracy protesters have refused to leave the streets. tens of thousands of people have defied a police crackdown to continue their calls for greater political freedom. the protests began last week over china's recent rejection of

take a listen to this. [ speaking in chinese ] >> hong kong is china's hong kong. >> translator: hong kong is purely our internal affair. >> we will have more on beijing's reaction in less than 30 minutes from now, in fact. we'll be joined by a former chinese government adviser. so stay tuned to cnn for that just a bit later. rosemary? >>> and another story we are watching. the u.s. and its allies are intensifying its positions in syria and iraq, but is the campaign really dealing enough of a blow? >> and it really is the key question. so far, air strikes, it seems, have not prevented isis from reaching the doorstep of a key syrian city. you see it highlighted on the map for you. as barbara starr explains, militants could be close to seizing kobani. >> reporter: the latest isis video from syria claims to show a coalition air strike and isis firing at the jet from the ground. the video cannot independently be confirmed. when it comes to air strikes, the u.s. is not promising instant results. >> the campaign against isil will be a persistent and consistent campaign. and it's going to ta

he's responsible for hong kong awares. there's the leadership group. on hong kong affairs. he's running it. but i can't believe that he's not checking in all the time. and making sure. we've -- this is pretty much his -- i think his show. >> all right. we have to leave it there. thank you so much. >> good to talk to you. i'll see you tonight. >> okay. rosemary, putting in a bit of perspective. interesting that he thinks it's unlikely, that the supreme leader in beijing is not being briefed on what's going on here in hong kong. just quickly, to recap, tomorrow, things get interesting because it is a public holiday here. there is widespread expectations, a lot more people are going to turn out. there's tens of thousands of people here now. you look around, still a lot of them are students. a lot of younger hong kongers here. tomorrow, with the public holiday, it could be a big, big swelling of those numbers, which is going to put a lot of strain on the police here to deal with it and to keep it orderly. tomorrow could mark a significant development. significant stage in the e

hong kong people are well behaved. hong kong people are not rascals. but at the end of the day, they have to consider, if they can't get what they want, can they hold the rest of hong kong hostage for a long period of time? what will 1.5 million people say if the people say no, please don't disrupt our lives, then they would have to consider what they going to do next. by all means, fight with the government. by all means, fight with china, but don't make us hostages. >> but they have achieved something, haven't they? the world is talking about this. >> oh, yes. >> and the world is concerned about the possibility that china may intervene and perhaps crackdown on these people. we saw over the weekend the use of tear gas and pepper spray, and the concern is that that violence could become deadly. >> but the concern from people in the united states and some other countries does not mean that they can take away either our rights, our human rights to live properly. so the question is now between these pro tetesters and the resf hong kong. now we are saying

in hong kong. >> now in its second week of protest. >> certainly after a violent weekend. >> rob, here's the one thing. we look at these pictures live from hong kong, we talk about what's happening there. there's isis, et cetera, but we bring it back to the u.s. where g.d.p. just credited 4.6%. how long can we have a situation where all this concern about what's happening around the world has pushed people to buy 10 years and yet we've got strong growth. when does that push yield back to both 3%? >> i think that's a great point. we think there's a couple of factors going on here. one is the global growth outlet keeping it slow. we also think the long term trend growth rate for the u.s. is below where we are now, so closer to 2%. that long term trend rate is very important for long term rates which is certainly keeping rates down. we ne of our viewers today, see 4% luss g.d.p. looks for 3.3% g.d.p. for the quarter ending today, you don't agree. >> i think it is going to be elow 3% for the quarter to

these are live pictures from hong kong. the world is watching to see what the chinese superpower will do. >>> but first, we are going to discuss the middle east where there are 1,600 u.s. troops in iraq and over the skies of syria trying to kill the terrorists of isis. we're watching for fresh air strikes this hour as the bombing campaign there enters its second week. in the middle of this all, president obama sat down with "60 minutes" to try to explain why it falls upon the united states to take point on stopping this terrorist group. >> america leads. we are the indispensable nation. we have capacity no one else has. our military is the best in the history of the world, and when trouble comes up anywhere in the world, they don't call beijing, they don't call moscow. they call us. >> the president also gave a very clear message as to how his administration misjudged the terrorist threat of isis. the president said, the buck stops there, at the desk of the intelligence community. the president made no mention of his refere

standoff in hong kong.ef executive tells protesters they will not change china's mind on electoral reform. the demonstrators say they're not backing down. >> translator: i now appeal to the leaders to carry out the promise they made to the whole society. that is, call off the protests immediately. >> i am live in hong kong, where for a fifth night, yet again, thousands have turned out to demonstrate in the heart of

covering the story from hong kong. more on the protests and what that might mean for investors coming up. andor managing director head of research will join me from california coming up in about 10 minutes. turning now to syria. turkish tanks have been deployed along the border with syria after shellfire lead to mortars landing insight turkey. one of the shells handed near a refugee camp. ournnex was the manner view colleague was told about the need to work with united states to combat isis. >> we never did anything which cooperatingt us rum with the united states. whoas the united states froze the presidential condition out of 20 plus working group's. the counterterrorism problem protection, which was endorsed and implemented was also frozen. so we would never expect united states to understand where the interest is. thet is widely agreed islamic state cannot be defeated with airstrikes alone. it will take boots on the ground as we say in the u.s.. whose troops of those be -- should those be? it has to be done through

. >>> protests filling the streets of hong kong. police launching tear gas at pro democracy demonstrators. we are live ahead. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans for you this monday morning. john berman is sleeping in this morning. he has the morning off. 4:00 a.m. in the east. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. a stunning admission by president obama reverberating in washington this morning. the president acknowledging on "60 minutes" is the reason isis's expansion took it by surprise is agencies under estimated the military to fight off the terror group. cnn's erin mcpike has more. >> reporter: in an interview, president obama acknowledges that the u.s. intelligence community under estimated the strength of isis and what it was doing to set up operations inside syria. then he said that is the context for how the united states is going to have to go forward in battling terrorism in the future. the idea that groups can take advantage of a middle eastern group in civil war. list

another landmark building in hong kong. discernible] right in front of their building as well. not easy to gain access of the building. it is behind bloomberg as well. >> david, thank you for that. david tweed joining us in a central district here. we will have more on this and we will be talking. the founding chairman of the democratic party and he is hong kongat 10:10 time. we can get more on these protests and our next guest is a virginia of the new people's party and she joins us on the line from right here. thank you for joining us. what do they are doing. what do you suggest they do? becoming a self fulfilling prophecy. they talked so much about it that they have to go ahead. i keep getting a male -- i keep getting mail saying these organizers do not represent us and they do not want law in order to be disrupted. >> you are on record as saying the only way ford for hong kong is complete democratization. do you stand by that? .> yes we are not an autonomous country. within the limits of our basic law. i think there has

in hong kong, a few hours away now. and he was staying that there'd been confrontations with the police, arriving an hour ago, arriving on force. getting out of their wagons. firing tear gas on the protesters. scott, earlier on, in and amongst that crowd, and he came across a martin lee. many consider him to be the leader of the pro-democracy movement in hong kong. scott was going to explain a little of what he told you. we'll hear what he tried to establish contact with our correspondent. >> as the police tried to block them. it was calm and peaceful. this is a movement of peace and love. >> a movement of peace and love. he may consider it to be. he doesn't believe it's security forces clearing the demonstrators from the street. ever since there were elections in 2017, we will handpick the candidates for the elections. well, we picture back hydler. no sound yet. as soon as we do that. we will be back, and can go back. it's a confusing situation. i'm not surprised that we are losing contact. you take every care not to g

protests calling on beijing as who will rule hong kong or govern hong kong and current chief minister c.y. lunge to step down -- lung to step down. plenty of pictures, with fangs and other derogatory pictures. as for the atmosphere here it's largely festive. there you go, you can hear a little bit of a cheer behind me. there seems to be threat, police fired tear gas to try and remove these people from the streets here. >> decency you could never see on the mainland, i'm sure, people in hong kong already do enjoy a great deal of freedom don't they? >> martine that is the interesting thing. hong kong turned to the one country two system policy under beijing, they have their own limited democracy one would call it, they have their own governance. they're allowed widespread internet usage unlike in china, i hear in china they shut down instagagram and other things, so they won't know what's happening in hong kong. people have never fully known democracy. if they didn't grow up under a colonial system they grew up under hong kong system with very much beijing dictating the way the area is

occupying hong kong. in fact, several parts of hong kong, disrupting traffic, that sort of thing. and as an unlawful protester, they will not be listened to by the government. the protesters say they are prepared to stay here for as long as it takes. you have a stand-off. at the moment, i'm standing in the key protest site. the numbers began to swell again. as they do toward the end of the day. they join the protesters, and it gets cooler. quite a big influx of people in the last hour or so. i have set the mood, it's almost carnival like, people sitting in big groups talking, laughing, and just really expressing their protests just by sitting, just by occupying. this is what they call a campaign of civil disobedience. the answer is on peaceful disobedience. we've had the use of pepper spray and tear gas by the authorities, that was more than 24 hours ago. the mood really couldn't be more different over the past day or so. and the momentum does continue to build. tomorrow will be a public holiday. a lot mo

hong kong people do want democracy. >> i think the hong kong people are [ inaudible ] wanting to a realocracy for our future. >> reporter: this night belonged to the protest movement. the next move is with hong kong and china authorities. rob mcbride, al jazeera, hong kong. >>> journalist and activist tom moves to hong kong from england nine years ago. he is on the telephone tonight. what is the situation now? >> i'm here at the headquarters and there are still thousands of young people gathered. there are people are signs urging them to stay on until 8:00, 9:00 when the next shift will take over. people dressed in black, which is quite a contrast to sunday when people were dawning goggles and face masks and there ruz a cloud of tear gas hanging over the area. >> what do you expect to happen today? >> well, people -- they are late to rise and late to bed here in hong kong, and as the afternoon and evening wears on, more and more seem to come on to the streets, and i'm sure it will be the same tonight on the eve of back-to-back holidays, where i imagine there will be even larger crowds a

it is practically telling hong kong it has complete .urisdiction over hong kong and democracy?want to give you that much. it is that much. and if we don't like it, the idea at all, that is it. that is all you can get. and this is not fair. i think the u.k. government, in particular, should at least say something. i know very little london can do, but it is a moral obligation on london's park, so they should at least tell china not to go ck on its word. >> can you explain what occupy central is an talk about its plans to blockade the central business district of hong kong, claudia mo? central, this idea, i think it was sparked by occupy wall street. well, it is not quite -- what we're fighting for is not quite exactly the same. in america, you're fighting against an established ,apitalism and vested interest and so on and so forth. in hong kong, we're fighting against the established clinical might called the chinese communist party. we use the central district, which is our cbd, the equivalent, and we're going to be there to -- well, block traffic and not exactly to try to scar

the protests in hong kong pushing the hong kong stock market down almost 2%.ver into the european markets. the dax and germany weak anyway la lately. our markets saw selling on the open this morning. the dow down 178 at the low. on that open this morning. we've come way off the low down 38. back here with anthony and david. what about hong kong and the impact it's having right now on markets? >> hong kong is another geopolitical risk on top of the isis situation. there's a lot of nervousness but the truth of the matter is fundamentals in the u.s. economy is still strong. we may see negative impacts from the dollar and don't rule out the possibility that policy can at least tinker and offset some of that negative effects. >> the world of heightened risks, coming up everywhere, how do as an investor position for yourself? do you protect your portfolio? own a little gold, treasuries? we are seeing yields come back below 2.50 on the 10-yore. >> make sure that you're correctly diversified. you own stocks with real cash flows. not buying hype and momentum. do your h

you were in hong kong two weeks ago, and you spoke to the hong kong leadership. was there any perception that they would see protests like this? left, i think they really the impression to me that a very tough response was likely from the government. they were going to block off major streets. this is new news. the impact on corporate earnings is something i will look at carefully to see how far this goes. >> it all have our beliefs, our myths, are stereotypes with hong kong. scarlet, you worked there for years with bloomberg news. with the companies in the business and the finance of hong kong, how has it changed in five years? >> it is much more chinese influenced, much more mainland influenced. for them thatm they have to work out over time. we are seeing -- ing honghey shanghai kong? >> it is possible, we will not know for a while. >> we also want to welcome in lisa. a lot of people say that this was accelerated because of bill gross' decision to leave pimco. is there credence in that? >> there is credence, but his announcement to leave pimco definitely move

and let hong kong be hong kong. to remember a garrison of -- >> what is their goal? what are they afraid of? >> what is beijing afraid of? >> yes. >> they don't want this spinning out of control. in 2003 there were huge demonstrations. against an antisedition law which would have sought secrecy acts that would have restricted liberties in hong kong. the protests were successful. this time they may not be. >> all right. john again is going to be checking in with us throughout the morning as news warrants on this. steve case will be here for the rest of the program. >>> coming up we'll have more on the ebay and paypal big split. plus another headache for pimco just days after the high-profile departure of bill gross. both stories when "squawk box" returns. financial noise financial noise financial noise i love having a free checked bag. with my united mileageplus explorer card. i have saved $75 in checked bag fees. priority boarding is really important to us. you can just get on the plane and relax. i love to travel n

rob mcbride in hong kong. and apologies to the quality of the line. >>> so far china has been taking a soft approach to these processes but has made it clear it won't tolerate on dissent. >> china's leadership has been restrained in its response to events in hong kong. but it's clear they think unnamed countries are behind the unrest. >> we oppose any country that interferes with china's internal affairs. we also firmly oppose any country that supports the occupied central movement in any way. >> the student-led process in hong kong bring back uncomfortable memories of what happened in beijing more than 25 years ago. where the occupation of tienanmen square ended in bloodshed. but what will china do if unrest worsens in hong kong? where it has 6,000 soldiers? >> it is very pragmatic, i would say, let the whole process run it's due course, and in this process i think people in hong kong in my best adjustment will come to the realization that peace and stability are more precious than chaos and instability. >> b

it's almost like china is encroaching its press restrictions into hong kong. think that's something to watch for. >> that is absolutely something to watch for. and i think the really important thing to understand is that people in honk kong, there is a very robust civil society. they value things like press freedom. it is part of the economy, but part of the issue is of course the politics. they are used to a very free willing media. it is more free willing than singapore, and arguably in japan where a lot of the media organizations have close relationships with the government. so people do not like that kind of infrankment, and over a decade ago people were already protesting when they considered that the rule of law was being violated by beijing and china. this is not the first time a lot of people in hong kong have turned out on the streets. there was a protest against a certain article in the hong kong constitution where people protested. it was a clause that said that people in hong kong could not say anything negative against the chinese government, and r

live from the protests in hong kong. and as she was saying so far the authorities are taking a solve approach, china has not been reacting particularly strong to the process, but it has made it clear that it won't tolerate dissent. adrian brown has more. >> china's leadership has been restrained in its response to events in hong kong but it's clear they think unnamed countries are hyped the unrest. >> we oppose any country that interferes with china's internal affairs. we also firmly oppose any country that supports the occupied central movement in any way. >> the student-led protests in hong kong bring back uncomfortable memories of what happened in beijing more than 25 years ago. when the occupation of tiananmen square ended in bloodshed. but what will china do if unrest wasn't in hong kong, where it has 6,000 soldiers? >> we do not need to go to the last step. it is very pragmatic to led the whole process run it's due course, and people will come to the realization that peace and stability are more precious than chaos

lefa is here to tell hong kong residents how they are to conduct elections. more than 300 pro-democracy activists protest against beijing's decision. they had wanted to hear there would be free elections. right now hong kong's citizens cannot directly pick their top administrative official. the only people allowed to vote

banks and other hong kong businesses shut down for the day. stocks sold off in asia, then in europe. the demonstrations continued well into the early morning hours tuesday and may well continue for another day. after that early tumble, though, u.s. stocks fought back. here's how things looked at the closing bell. the dow down just 42 points. the nasdaq lower by 6 and the s&p 500 lost 5. in hong kong, the hang seng index had a terrible monday with stocks falling nearly 2%. susan lee is on the ground in hong kong with more on what the protesters are demanding and why investors are paying such close attention. >> reporter: the streets of hong kong are flooded once again with protesters, more than the 80,000 that were estimated to have taken the streets over the weekend. and they've virtually shut down the fifth largest international market in the world. now, what has made the international community really take notice was the escalation in the confrontation from the hong kong riot police and also from the hong kong government firing tear gas and

andrew stevens in hong kong for us.nks to you, andrew. >>> to a stunning development this morning. the arrest of the man suspected of abducting hannah graham may have led to a break in another case. the 2009 killing of virginia tech student morgan harrington. virginia state police say forensic evidence belonging to graham suspect jesse matthew jr. matched the evidence collected in the harrington case. the family of harrington said time is of the essence for graham and her family. >> they have plenty of time to sort it out and make sure this is indeed the person who killed morgan harrington and who is responsible for the disappearance of hannah graham, which is really paramount. we know where morgan is. morgan is in a box over there. hannah graham is still missing and her family needs to know where she is. we need to bring hannah home. >> graham's disappearance may unravel other mysteries. according to media, two other women disappeared from the same area as hannah graham since 2009. >>> a patient in a dallas/ft. worth h

you're looking at live pictures of hong kong. since 1957 hong kong has been a territory of china and operated on a policy of one country, two systems. residents enjoy more civil liberties than people of mainland china but residents say china is slowly taking those freedoms away. police used more than 85 rounds of tear gas, pepper sprays and batons on demonstrators, hong kong stocks have tumbled to a two month low because of the unrest. adrian brown has more now from beijing. >> reporter: china's leadership has been restrained in its response to events in hong kong but it's clear they think unnamed countries are behind the unrest. >> translator: we oppose any country that interferes with china's internal affairs. we also firmly oppose any country that supports the occupy central movement in any way. >> reporter: the student led protests in hong kong bring back uncomfortable memories of what happened in beijing more than 25 years ago. when the occupation of tienanmen square ended in bloodshed. but what will china do if unrest worse

heavy unrest might affect consumers in hong kong.he ftse 100 down over 20% for one company. >> a big story has been the strike with air france. there is still some disruption. >> 40% of flights canceled again as air france tries to get their fleet back to work again. the company abandoned -- the disruption has cost the airline 280 million euros. we have more. >> it was the longest strike in air france's history. they are telling up their losses. the strike has cost them 280 million euros, a 10% drop in their share price. the ceo plans to press ahead with the low-cost in france but not with hubs across europe. >> we are going to buckle down as initially planned. >> to cut costs, air france plans to transfer most of their services to its own low-cost units. the pilots say they will not agree unless everyone has the more generous air france contracts, even if they fly for transvaavia. >> air france's future through the project are at stake. >> thanks to a three-year restructuring plan, the airline has narrowed losses but still remains u

it is being called an umbrella revolution in hong kong.ens of thousands of protesters occupying the streets and they are not leaving. they demand china back off moves to nominate candidates for the elections in 2015. the tactics to get them to disperse are not working. the sun is up in hong kong, the police have pulled back at least for a while. meanwhile the number of protesters camped out as swelled to as high as 80,000 for the weekend. it's a very rare seen of discord in one of the world's biggest financial hubs. protestest similar 25 years ago that were violent by suppressed in the end. kong. >> reporter: exactly how many people are out here. what i can tell you is these protest verse taken up about two miles of this several-lane highway, which is usually busy day and night. i'm also hearing across the harbor in a couple of financial districts, they have also managed to take over those areas. police are standing by, but they have had very little interference. they are mostly watching very closely in pockets, not too visible. people are

the pictures we are seeing of hong kong are being seen in southern china, hong kong television can be seen there. relieving oxygen from that story, some sectors are not reporting the story. other sectors are. it says government demonstrators, the government denounces hong kong protest. so it is getting some coverage in english language media here but it want to deny any further oxygen to this. the government wants to send out this, you can have your protest in hong kong but nothing is good going to change. the proposals we are putting forward are the only proposals that are going on the table for discussion. i think it's concern that you know, no one seems to be in control in hong kong right now. beijing is saying it's certainly not us the communist country and it certainly doesn't seem to be the honoring gong government, to bring these protests under control and to bring them under control quickly because hong kong is a key part of china's economy. we've seen almost 20 banks and other financial institutions shut down today. the stock market is being affected, that is what really worr