is to have democracy, a true democracy and for more detail, this is a very important time for hong kongers to have a really true democracy system like we should not accept a political reform that has a selective system. >> reporter: you want full international suffrage. we've seen the place respond with pepper spray and tear gas. once. >> of course i'm afraid. i'm prepared and i have no fear because the people have already experienced that and i have no fear with them. >> reporter: have you seen anything like this sort of movement among the students of hong kong before? have you seen them this united? >> i have never seen this in hong kong before but it is similar to the student movement in china 25 years ago. >> reporter: you're talking about tiananmen square. >> yes, i'm talking about tiananmen square. >> reporter: do you really think you can change beijing's mind? >> i think at least we can change hong kong people's mind because some people still think that this movement is letting hong kong to move on or damaging the economics and i think this movement shows our determination and i hop

. >> reporter: many young people here don't call themselves chinese but hong kongers. with hong kong's autonomy, they are feeling a sense of crisis like never before. >> translator: as a hong konger, as a human being who's born and raised here, i have to stand up and fight. >> reporter: but there is an increasing number of people taking up for chinese government. counter protestors came out to criticize student led camp. they're calling on residents to accept the decisions. many residents have moved to hong kong since the hand over. they make up 10% of the population. >> translator: students should stop the boycott and go back to school. >> reporter: hong kong's business sector has benefitted from the economy and democracy. business leaders have taken a cautious stance towards the protests. this businessman doesn't support the protests. >> translator: i'm worried about the effects on the stock market. >> reporter: he works for securities in hong kong's district which protestors have pledged to occupy. he's worried about the impact that could have on his work. the firm h

and i hope we can touch them and let more hong kongers to come out and fight for true democracy. >> werey the hong kong police action with the pepper spray, the tear gas? did that surprise you? >> yes, really. because this is not this is not fair decision for them to use such weapon because we are just sitting here. we are peaceful. we didn't do any -- >> actually, i'm not surprised because i know what they should do. they are ordered to have this action. so i'm not surprised. >> yeah. i have never seen this before. so i am surprised. >> some voices there from the streets from these protesters. this is now a defining moment for hong kong students, for these students who have been down here as we go into our fourth day. they have achieve sod much. they have brought this issue of democracy to a -- to a level of public discourse, to a point where beijing is being forced to take notice. so they do see that they have made victory so far. they still want to push further. this may go on for a few more days yet, but certainly the students have made a very, very strong and what many say lasting p

hong kongers don't want that.dents are passionate about this and they are committed to getting change. so certainly, as far as the arguments and the consensus is concerned, it's still a long way away. it's whether they're prepared to take this on by other means or stay here until the bitter end. that's still hanging in the balance. >> yeah. it will certainly be interesting to see what comes of these talks between protesters and government authorities. thank you for joining us from the streets of hong kong. >>> in south africa, testimony began in the trial of a british millionaire accused of hiring hit men to kill his wife on their honeymoon. that testimony contained some very revealing details. >> reporter: surprising revelations on day one of the trial in cape town. having pleaded not guilty on the five charges against him including murder, the first thing he said, and this was in testimony read out by his defense attorney was, i am bisexual. that he had relations with men and with women, including a male prostit

hong kongers have generally welcomed the aim of the protest but certainly not all the hong kongers support the method of the process and as this drags on and the government has now made it quite clear and the police make it quite clear where we were outside the chief executive's office with thousands of protesters, we will not -- we will not harm you, we will not take any action as long as you don't push forward too hard. the standoff continues but if the protesters stay here and continue to gum up the works in hong kong, a commercial city, hong kongers themselves have a word and say enough is enough and try to bring the focus back from the streets themselves. >> andrew stevens live for us just past 2:00 in the afternoon where they are having their typical afternoon showers, thank you. we want to cross back to afghanistan. it's about 10:41 in the morning there. british prime minister david cameron holding his first joint press conference with afghan's new president, ghani. >> we want an afghanistan that is no longer a safe haven for terrorists or a threat to the security of either of our c

more people call themselves hong konger rather than chinese. why is it happening. one thing you describe is how different hong kong remains. everything from different currencies to language. do they drive on different parts of the streets. the hong kong following the british model. do you see them on what you describe as an explosive collision course. the chinese want to ex-cert control and the -- exert control and the hong kongers less. >> it's supposes to be one kupt which, two citizens, the people of hong kong were promised that they'd have more and more democracy and freedom. going directly in terms of beijing's central governance desire to have conformity and etch having more of the same. >> specifically with the new have... >> direct elections. >>..direct elections and they could choose the chief executive, and now beijing is deciding who the candidates will be and control what happens. >> basically what they are saying instead of having a primary where anyone can run for office, and the winners end up on election day, beijing is basically saying we'll have th

>> as a hong konger i'm relieved to say that at the height of the protest in the occupied central campaign over tuesday and wednesday where thousands of people have gathered peacefully. there aren't as many people as in those days, but they're slowly trickling in. what we've heard so far are student leaders taking to the stage. and people who were at the mong kok protest who had experienced the violence. they have talked about how the government failed them. a legislative council member, a lawyer, also got on stage and said he was proud of hong kongers for gathering together. now many students hearsay that this is pretty much a barometer of whether these protest also go on and how they'll go on. if people can carry on with these peaceful protests and more people support this side of the protest, then their campaign has some hope. >> when you met with the hong kong chief executive, what did he have to say. >> well, nick, i'm going to refer to my notes. nothing really addressing the protesters. what they're going through and asking for. he said he wants the protesters to stop gathering. he u

we are hong kongers, chinese, and we are advocating for the core values of hong kong, which is respect for rule of law, fundamental rites and freedom, and what hong kongers were promised, which is universal suffra suffrage, which means not the two or three candidates beijing will allow. >>> i have seen you out there with the people with a yellow umbrella in support. what will it take to build a democratic system? >> an effective demographic system, as sharon explained - we have to make sure the candidates are not preselected by a small committee, it's a simple request. i think that beijing can do it, and within the tight frame work that they set. there's opportunities to receive that. >> what do you make of beijing's response? >> this morning - first of all, there's a 3-part strategy that beijing launched in response to the demonstrators, and this is what we are using on the mainland to control the citizens, that is first hard-line rhetoric through the propaganda mouth piece, the people's daily. it's a same hard-line tone that we are hearing. secondly, drag it out. they are trying to d

. >> as a hong konger. as a human being, who's born and raised here, i have to stand up and fight. >> but there's also an increasing number of people taking positions close to those of the chinese government. these protesters came out to criticize the students. many immigrants from mainland, china have moved to hong kong. they now make up 10% of the population. >> students should stop the boycott and go back to school. >> hong kong's business sector has benefited from the market economy on democracy. business leaders have taken a stance toward the protests. this businessman doesn't support the protests. >> i'm worried about the effects on the stock market. >> hong kong's financial district, protesters have pledged to occupy. he's worried about the impact that could have on his work. the firm has stocked three days worth of food and water. >> many hong kong residents don't want protesters to occupy the financial district. it will affect their livelihood and economic growth. >> the people of hong kong are fac

we have seen one night of gas and pepper spray attacks which shocked a lot of hong kongers and helpedng out a lot more people to support this cause and from that, the students here, the hong kongers have been saying this must remain a peaceful demonstration, by escalating it to an actual occupation could mean potentially a very dangerous new situation, carol. >> it's unbelievable crowds, andrew stevens reporting live from hong kong this morning, thank you. >>> still to come in "the newsroom" the mother of a murdered college student makes a plea to jesse matthew, he's expected in the abduction of another student hannah graham and police want to know if he's tied to more killings. athena jones is live in charlottesville. >> reporter: that's right, carol, law enforcement authorities in several virginia cities want to answer the question, could jesse matthew be linked to other unsolved cases? more when we come back. ♪ [ male announcer ] this man has an accomplished research and analytical group at his disposal. ♪ but even more impressive is how he puts it to work for his clients. ♪ mornin

china agreed to a one country, two systems policy that has allowed congress long a flourishing -- hong kongersa flourishing, currently forbidden on the mainland. after china's current president, who controlled the 2013 last year, restrictions have been tightened, including on public decent and the use of social media. this allowing hong kong residents to choose their own candidates puts beijing in a conundrum. it's unclear how long the communist party will tolerate the revolt especially because of the spill potential into other part of the china. the legacy and memory of 1999 when china violently cracked down on an earlier generation of student protesters still lingers and a repeat would cause not only chaos and death, but also condemnation from the west. >> what is he going to do? and i think he's going to let them have a leash, until they tick off enough people. this man is not going to back down. >> i think he's going to try to wait out the protesters, just like the capitollists in new york waited out the wall street, the anti-wall street crowd. hong kong the is economic engine for china. i

errol, it has been a focused on the younger hong kongers but you're seeing a wider cross section. her public holiday tomorrow. a lot saying if it goes on for another week or so that there could be a reaction within hong kong because of the business lost here and because hong kong is such a pragmatic place and such a business oriented city. errol. >> yeah, and it's interesting that protesters saying he's ready to stay there at least a week and i know they've had supplies, they've been buying groceries, people have been volunteering to clean up. these students are well prepared to stay there. andrew stevens live for us in hong kong. thanks very much. but we will continue this conversation coming up in the next half hour. we're going to get the view from an organizer of the protesters against the occupy central movement. a man who says he works in this area and he thinks that the protests could impact businesses so how will he respond to what calvin just said, that this is more important than business and he hopes business leaders understand. stay tuned to see what this guest has to s

some say ordinary hong kongers are fed up with the disruption. the leader appealed to calm and told all demonstrators to go home. >> i do not want to see any citizens, especially teenagers, get hurt in the confrontation. i already called on the police to do all they can to restore order and protect the safety of all citizens. and despite what the police say were efforts to protect pro-democracy demonstrators, the students have called off talks with the government. >> i think we will continue our occupying actions, and i'm still, we will go to discuss with students in determining further actions. >> with the talks on hold and neither side to budge, the situation is back to square one, with all parties now contemplating their next step. >> freedom of speech, freedom of speech! >> andrew wood is standing by live in hong kong. this situation appears the most unstable we have seen since the protests began two weeks ago. >> things are turning quite nasty. earlier today, earlier yester day, it's 3:00 sunday morning in hong kong. late friday afternoon gr

(laughter) (laughter) might even get a gift basket from arby's after that hong kongers were also protesting income inequality, housing aford ability and union issues. and i think we know from experience how rowdy that kind of thing can get. >> hong kong protests now really put the civil back in the civil obedience. >> there is a very, very sort of-- atmosphere. >> they are sharing snacks. >> people who are scurrying around collecting bar gaj and recycling when they can. >> china-- china, you surpassed us once more. i can't believe this first the chinese beat us at business with alibaba. now they are doing protests better than us. they are beating us at both the occupy and the wall street. it's not fair! even the police have been minding their manners. here they are offering helpful signage to alert passerbies they are about to be tear gasd. very thoughtful, right. and here is an officer politely getting the attention of an older gentleman. i don't imagine that was silly string. excowes me, pardon me. there has got to be something that we do better than china. rich, entitled celebutant tweet

olderminant emotion among hong kongers israelis. -- is relief.hat alltalk about this translated in to the hang seng. what is behind it all? check, aust a gut correction before the bull market resumes? >> the news, the fundamental news is about europe. to europe'sybody up travails. it has been focused on the u.s. labor market. that is about whether the u.s. recovery will show up in inflation. people are reminded that the bigger economic question is the face of -- fate of europe, which has been quiet. >> it seems like the u.s. is on a more even footing. >> mario draghi has a difficult task. initiated, that has been held back by this financial health check of european banks. the other thing that is holding him back is that he is willing to buy assets, that there are not enough suitable assets to buy. >> on china, the slowdown is a good thing? >> the slowdown has gone too far. china is a little bit below its potential growth rate. it is perfectly natural and forgivable that it slows. that is ok, but it should not fall below the trend. >> simon, great

the standoff between beijing and hong kongers, and why it may be impossible for the leaders to stand down. >>> ahead, young patients and a frightening paralysis. while a virus that started out as an ordinary cold has umbrella revolution. the umbrellas taken up to protect them from tear gas. occupy central is in the business district for a sixth day as activists demand beijing protect their democratic rights. no side shows signs of backing down. [ audio difficulties ] beijing has blocked news coverage and images. an australia security force has spies on apple devices which it believes is targetting protesters in hong kong. craig liaison has been talking to demonstrators in hong kong. >> transportation has been closed and come to a halt, and embassies issued travel warnings as tens of thousands of people occupied hong kong's urban area, like the financial hub in the center of hong kong island. this is dubbed the umbrella matter not because of the storm, but the use of umbrellas by protesters to protect themselves from pepper spray police. as you see, the protesters are here to stay. >>

notwithstanding that you get support from hong kongers, from the mainland. they are posting support and you are getting support from mainlanders that are being pecked up. they have signs saying support hong kong, support hong kong central. and they are picked up, harassed and detained. >> you said at the start that it is a political situation. i think it's accurate. we follow the fluid situation. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> a week ago thomas eric duncan was the first and so far the only person in the united states to be diagnosed with ebola. he remains in critical condition. officials from trying to reassure the public. danger. >> i would not be surprised if one of the people coming into contact with thomas eric duncan when he was ill would get ebola. you can't put a number on it. there's a risk. i don't think the american public would be surprised if you hear that one of them does come down with ebola. >> diane eastabrook is live in dallas outside the hospital where thomas eric duncan is being treated. that's not it. not what anyone want to hear,

the standoff between beijing and hong kongers, and why it may be impossible for the leaders to stand down. >>> ahead, young patients and a frightening paralysis. while a virus that started out as an ordinary cold has started raising the alert. >> i don't really know what's going to happen to me... >> of oscar winner alex gibney's hard hitting series... edge of eighteen >> i'm never going to appoligize for the type of person that i am >> facing tough challenges... >> we do feel cheeted, by the american university process >> taking a stand... >> it's gonna be on my terms, on how i want it to be >> boldly pursuing their dreams >> what did i do? >> the lives of american teenagers... on the edge of eighteen only on al jazeera america [ ♪ music ] >>> neither stormy weather nor strong warnings turned back tens of thousands protesting in hong kong in the so-called umbrella revolution. the umbrellas taken up to protect them from tear gas. occupy central is in the business district for a sixth day as activists demand beijing protect their democratic rights. no side shows signs of backing down.

back in 03 they tried to pass a big anti-subversion law, hong kongers came into the streets to pass thew. lou: look at that. did you think you would ever see this? >> yes, i did, yes, i did. there are two forces here. have you hong kong people accustomed to freedoms, and you have the one party state in china that's never going grant it to them. unfortunately it's come to this. i'm afraid the same scenes in 1989 could eventually come to hong kong. lou: tiananmen square? >> i think so. lou: michael, your thoughts? >> i agree with mary, there are splits in hong kong, and so far the students have not had the support of the business community. when you go to the business community and talk to the westerners or the chinese there, they're very invested in this system, and they don't want any disruptionsment. where beijing would consider it crossing the line is a strike with the business community joined in. right now i assume they want to keep the students isolated and split them off and eventually have these peter out. lou: a bit as we witnessed occur in 1989, but the interesting question to

. >>> tens of thousands of hong kongers have joined the student led demonstrations against beijing as part of the growing numbers who have taken over hong kong's financial district, threatening to start occupying government buildings if their demands for greater democracy are not met as police keep a watchful eye. leading expert on the chinese economy and the government as well, appreciate you being with us. what strikes me is we are seeing enormous crowds and yet we are not seeing the kind of clashes that people might expect particularly after the events of the weekend. why? >> welt, i think that first of i think first of all the heavy hand of the police was countereffective. what it did is bring more people out into the streets. for now, the word is that beijing has instruct the hong kong authorities to just hold off and try to wait out the protests in the hopes that with all these protesters occupying the central part of hong kong, central business district, that eventually, people will grow tired and they'll want to go back to life as normal and things will putter out. so that's t

the standoff between beijing and hong kongers, and why it may be impossible for the leaders to stand down. >>> ahead, young patients and a frightening paralysis. while a virus that started out as an ordinary cold has started raising the alert. >> i don't really know what's going to happen to me... >> of oscar winner alex gibney's hard hitting series... edge of eighteen >> i'm never going to appoligize for the type of person that i am >> facing tough challenges... >> we do feel cheeted, by the american university process >> taking a stand... >> it's gonna be on my terms, on how i want it to be >> boldly pursuing their dreams >> what did i do? >> the lives of american teenagers... on the edge of eighteen only on al jazeera america >> investigating a dark side of the law >> they don't have the money to puchace their freedom... >> for some...crime does pay... >> the bail bond industry has been good to me.... i'll make a chunk of change off the crime... fault lines... al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> they're locking the door... ground breaking... >> we have to get out of here... tr

all they want, they say, is to see the system change, which allows hong kongers to choose who can run for the next leader of hong kong. so far, beijing has said no, we will have the final say. hong kong totally backs that point up. an enormously embarrassing moment from the leadership in beijing. that on their national day, they can have tens of thousands of what are fundamentally chinese citizens, their own citizens, absolutely protesting against a very fundamental rule that they have made. this is a very, very peaceful day here, chris. it's actually as i look around me, i cannot see a single police uniform. it's well behaved, it's self-policed here. don't underestimate the mood here for lack of commitment, though, they say they're going to stay until they see some sort of movement from hong kong. but you cannot imagine beijing is actually going to give up into a street protest that their policies have enabled. >> chris, what's making them applaud? >> say again, chris? >> what's making them applaud? >> okay, we just had a van running through here. every time that a security van or ac

obstructing the work that the police have to do which is clearing this area which is what a lot of hong kongers are calling for. they are saying our lives have been disrupted by the fact that major roads have been shut down and clearly it was difficult for government offices to function as well. should businesses be surprised? no, probably not. the ones who have made the time and effort to actually set up tents and literally live here for the last two weeks don't show any signs of wanting to go anywhere any time soon. >> it has run the risk of taking away the message of increasing the ability of hong kong residents to have a democratic vote. great to see you. joining us on what appears to be a sunny afternoon there in hong kong. >> still to come for you all here, isis militants claim deadly attacks inside baghdad as they grab more territory just west of iraq's capital. >> plus day three of oscar pestorius's hearing is set to begin just an hour from now. we will bring you a live report from south africa, next. >>> isis militants are keeping up their offensive on the syrian city. they are gaining

this one, talking about the police, asking them not to injure fellow hong kongers. open this gate, open this gate, to another chinese sign here. this one, quite poignant, tear gas only makes hong kong cry harder. so this is where, if there is to be a confrontation, it may well happen, because this is where it happened before, it's very much a symbol of the hong kong government. i want to bring in a former chairman of hong kong's democrat party, a staunch supporter of these protests, obviously for political reasons. my first question to you, is, do you think students and protesters should go up once against the government, to try to occupy a building, forcing a potentially dangerous confrontation? >> well, i don't think the situation would become more dangerous, because all the participants, i hope, in fact, they have promised to continue to abide by the principle of non-violence. >> but by the very fact that they're going to try to occupy a building, that is an aggressive action? >> no, i think they were going to just try to set up a blockade over here. whether or no

what hong kongers are basically saying is they have had economic liberty. but economic liberty isn't enough. you look at that model in mainland china and it's resulted in rampant corruption and extreme materialism that plays out in horrible ways. they don't want that. so i think for china this has become existential. if hong kongers can push and get it, mainland china will want to get it too. >> more on the unrest in hong kong and suspicion of government sanctioned gang violence when we come back. asy like mday morning" sundays are the warrior's day to unplug and recharge. what if this feeling could last all week? with centurylink as your trusted partner, it can. our visionary cloud infrastructure and global broadband network free you to focus on what matters. with custom communications solutions and dedicated support, your business can shine all week long. hi michael! looking good! trying to keep up with you! i told my producer karen that i take metamucil because it helps me feel fuller between meals. it's just one small change that can help lead to good t

amid continued street scuffles, protesters accuse the chief minister of playing for time, while hong kongers count the cost of continued tension. >>> and i'm babita sharma live in hong kong. demonstrators are still on the street. as yet, still no dialogue between the government and the protesters. >>> remember, always wash your hands before you eat. >> texas sounds the alarm over the spread of ebola, as a victim of the virus receives treatment in dallas. >>> aaron's here with all the business, including a look at the impact of that ebola virus on african tourism. >> yeah, absolutely. needless to say, it's been hit extremely hard. but here is the problem for the continent. because even thousands of miles away from that outbreak in west africa, countries like south africa are now reporting a drop in foreign visitors. so we've got a special report from freetown in sierra leone. >>> a very warm welcome to "gmt." it's midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 7:00 p.m. in hong kong, where the pro-democracy street protests seem to be at a crossroads. do they take seriously the authority'

amid continued street scuffles, protesters accuse the chief minister of playing for time, while hong kongers the cost of continued tension. >>> and i'm babita sharma live in hong kong. demonstrators are still on the street. as yet, still no dialogue between the government

it's only going to inflame average hong kongers who just want the rights that they were promised.at i'm watching. hopefully we're not going to see conflict there, but we might. >> and the impact? >> the impact is huge. financial trade center. import/export businesses. so i think this could have an impact on the markets if you see violence there, which god for bid, i hope we don't. >> i'm watching mike huckabee who made a commitment this week that he would leave the republican party and run as an independent. that could create chaos. >> how do you think it goes? >> i think at the end, mike wants to be president or doesn't want to be president so in the end he'll stay as a republican. >> judy. >> i'm watching ebola. we've now had our first domestic transmission case of ebola in this health care worker. we don't know what happened. we're talking about glass, gloves, mask, shield, doing everything right. this is really worrisome. i'm looking for a second case hoping i don't see one. >> korea. we're watching those developments of the health care worker. thank you to our panel. great to

in 2017, hong kongers can go to the polls to elect there'd chief executive, their top leader, but beijingte must be vetted by a committee that's loyal to the communist government. >> that's beijing. >> reporter: american michael davis has been a professor of law in hong kong for nearly 30 years. >> we're talking about one election, 2017, years away. how important is this? >> it is really personality, because what they're witnessing over the past few years is a kind of dysfunctional government that seems to represent beijing more than it represents hong kong. >> reporter: hong kong is a british colony until 1997 when it was handed over to chinese rule. it's governed by a policy called one country, two systems which allows some autonomy from china, grants legal freedom, and is on display here. freedom of speech. this push for democracy is the most public challenge to communist china since that other student led movement in 1989, tiananmen square. a free democratic election could result in a hong kong leader with sympathys to the west. that's not nothing china's president. xi jinping would l

>> i think there is increasing nervousness, as you see in the hong kongers, they've turned out in greaterand it's really important to remember that this is emblematic of the government's response. instead of compromise, all they've done is increase police presence, spread out tear gas and rubber bullets and that is exactly why we need universal suffrage so we have a government that's responsive to the people. >> okay. we will have to leave it there. howard li, thank you for joining us. i'm joined now in the studio by the bbc's china service. one line coming in also here is that some dozens of boxes, others marked flammable have been seen being brought into this area. what do we know, what does this all mean? >> because the deadline for the call for the chief executive to step down is fast approaching, about five hours from now. i think the police are preparing for the worst to come. but obviously they say we are going to use appropriate forces, which would be different from the previous, saying using the minimum force. but so far, the protest -- i can see on the surface fewer people, mayb

we have seen some isolated scuffles as well between pro beijingers and pro hong kongers. and it will be interesting to see if the traction continues from the protests as we head into a new week on monday. back to you, jose. >> thank you so much. joining me now is human rights china director sophie richardson. let's talk about what is happening the last couple of hours. there seems to be some mitigation of the, i don't know, heat? >> yeah. we've seen some of the hong kong authorities reach out to protest leaders and offer negotiations. it's not clear how real it is. but our biggest concern at the moment are these attacks on what is mostly entirely peaceful protesters and seen the government turn around and tell the protesters to go home without condemning the violence that has been visited upon them. >> on the other hand, they're pretty much doing beijing's business, right? >> well, it's a little bit hard to tell who is told the police or if anybody told the police not to protect the people. the test of a professional political force is one that protects people equally reg

in a recent speech referred to the wisdom of hong kongers suggesting programs beijing would like to seel solution here take place. and for their part, protesters have beseeched the central government in beijing asking and drawing upon an age old tradition asking the leadership to address problems locally rather than resorting to the use of force. >> jessica, one more thing. appreciate your time. thank you so much for being with us. >>> that wrapping up this hour on msnbc. thank you for the privilege of your time. "newsnation" with tamron hall is next. i'll see you here tomorrow. coo? well with new nestlé toll house frozen cookie dough, you can bake as few or as many as you please. whenever your sweet tooth comes calling, they're frozen and ready to bake. find them in the frozen aisle. bake some love™. the annual enrollment period is now open. some people will have an easy time choosing medicare coverage. will you? i'm new to medicare so i didn't know where to begin. then i called healthmarkets. shopping on our own was so confusing. we knew there had to be an easier way. there is ... hea

but there is this sense that -- so the students coming from many hong kongers now, you have achieved lot, you have made your point, now can we just get back to how things used to be, please. >> andrew stevens has been guiding us through every twist and turn of these demonstrations, joining us live from hong kong this afternoon where it's roughly 3:24 in the afternoon. andrew, thanks. rosemary, back to you. >> all right. thanks, errol. >>> still to come on cnn, one day after being hit by a powerful typhoon, we're learning that japan is already facing another threat. details of this latest tropical storm straight ahead. >>> look at these incredible images. japan is dealing with the aftermath of typhoon phan phuong. the storm has disrupted travel and laet behind the threat of very severe mudslides. >> and if this isn't enough we are learning about another typhoon with its sights set on japan. we'll turn to our meteorologist pedram javaheri. it's not following the same path, is it? >> it's following an identical path. just checking into what the wave heights would be in the open waters b

imposed on them by beijing where beijing gets the final approval on the list of candidates who hong kongers can then vote-for-the next leader in 2017. they want also the current leader leung to stand down. leung says he will not stand down and beijing backed leung so it's difficult to see at this stage where the compromise, where the road of negotiation is and a lot of analysts speaking to local media say the chances of meeting some sort of opinion in the middle of these two sides is slim. >> all right. andrew stevens for us live there on a very rainy hong kong day. thanks, andrew. >>> all right still to come for you on cnn, turkey decides to join the fight against isis as the militant group draws near and too close for comfort to the turkish border. details on this straight ahead. >>> also ahead here, a look at a different type of soldier fighting for ukraine's government. we'll tell you what sets them apart. @j >>> welcome back. australia's prime minister has given the go ahead for australian fighters jets to begin. >> tony abbott announced they will send 200 special forces advisers to ir

. >> spearheaded by students and supported by veteran activists, the pro test pits hong kongers againstormidably adversary, the chinese government. ♪ ♪ >> amid heightened tensions and soaring rhetoric, hope and fear. how will beijing react? >> history is full of examples, you just development know how a thing end. it could be glorious, it could be terrible. >> that was a look at al jazerra's two-part series, people in power, hong kong occupy central. to catch the rest, tune in tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern time, 7:00 p.m. pacific here on al jazerra america. >>> up next, there is a lot of buzz about electric cars but they still haven't taken off yet. we'll hear from nissan's chairman about why consumers aren't charged up about them. plus companies attracting employees with shorter wok weeks, we'll look at the growing trend of the four-day workweek. that with us. >> these people have decided that today they will be arrested >> i know that i'm being surveilled >> people are not getting the care that they need >> this is a crime against humanity >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> hands up! >>

celebration and, of course, as you mentioned, the flag raising ceremony has been shunned by many hong kongersgry is beijing going to be that that celebration has been spoiled? >> quite angry. i had one of the chief executives and chinese officials along with his cabinet. he said he was disgusted at this view, given that we have people, you know, tear gas, late into the wee hours on monday, pepper spray, the charges and they were talking about rubber bullets. so in his view, having the protesters he says it is still hot here in hong kong facing the lightning and the strorms last night. you know, to him, it doesn't seem like it should be a cause for celebration in hong kong. >> susan, thank you very much for that update. >>> the russian government has submitted a draft budget for 2015. 2 falling oil prices are having an impact. 700 billion rubles or around $708 billion of previous spending plans have been cashed. the ruble hit a record low yesterday following reports russia was considering imposing capital controls to stem outflows. both the central bank and finance ministry have denied those r

a foreign interference element to these protests and not saying that's stemming from domestic hong kongers that want peace. also, i want to tell you if there has been, say, a ban on celebrities. it's interesting that the mainland has banned 47 of these what they call pro occupy celebrities. and we also had a visit from a celebrity, as well, if we can bring up the picture. kenny g made an appearance here. he's not supporting the pro occupier moment. he wants peace as he makes his way to a pro am golf tournament. back to you in london. >> thank you so much, susan li. >>> breaking news, we have seen a slot in the euro against the dollar in the last half an hour. we've seen significant weakening in european equity markets. take a look at the euro/dollar. 1.2689. this is after reports that at least 1 is banks will fail the european stress tests. they're citing several unidentified football sources. let me just ask, the results of the stress tests will be out on sunday. but it's -- it's four banks in greece, three italian lenders and two as treean ones are among those in preliminary data have fa

simon, you know, one of the main motivations behind this massive protest here in hong kong is for hong kongershe world and beijing that they're willing to rally and fight for their freedoms. in the process, maybe garner some global support to help pressure beijing for democracy here in hong kong. not that necessarily beijing has shown in the past that they're willing to yield to this international pressure. i want to show you the latest element out here at the protest, at this main protest site. if you can just pan over to my left. being projected on to the wall, one of the main government buildings here, are these global messages of support for this protest movement. really, they've been coming from all over the world. from the u.s., from canada, from taiwan, from europe as well. and managing the message has been a key element of this occupy movement. i want to show you what's been on social media. if you've seen the yellow ribbon on facebook or on twitter, that's been representative of what's taking place here in hong kong. also, it's been dubbed the umbrella revolution as well because umbre

actions on sunday where tear gas was used in some of the protesters, all of that only caused more hong kongersr true democracy in this city. so it leaves the government with a dilemma. do they mobilize the 35,000 police officers and try to disperse by force or play the waiting game and see how long this drags out. if they do that they risk continued financial trouble for the city, emergency services interrupted and growing hardship for a number of people here who are divided and who feel that this has lasted far too long and essentially put the city in chaos and gridlock. also you have beijing t beijing government that of course is very influential here. this is a chinese city. they have to be concerned that this pro democracy movement will spread to other chinese cities. it's a real dilemma but the protesters saying they are going to stand firm. >> will, i hope you can hear me. we need to ask you about north korean delegates who say they are open to a second round of talks with south korea. what do you know about those developments? >> reporter: well, obviously north korea is a very important