the territory's leader and for a halt to a controversial extradition law now the leading activist joshua wang has vowed to join the protests after being released from prison demonstrators are staging another sit in outside government headquarters at this hour to pressure the territory's chief executive kerry lamb to resign this protest coming a day after one of the biggest rallies in high. in kong's history with some 2000000 people out on the streets. we'll go live to hong kong in a moment 1st let's take a look at how events have unfolded so far. oh. after more than a week of mess of protests the human tide showed no sign of abating it was kerry lem's 2nd back step in as many days she admitted that the law had led to conflict and distress but still hong kong's people don't feel lam went far enough. was i'm here to condemn the police violence against us it's unacceptable that the police define our demonstration last wednesday as a riot. lamb even justifies the police violence as righteous measures that's why i'm here to urge her to step down yeah the order came out today to urge the government

it's a struggle for the existence and to keep on going and dependant as it was let's talk about joshua wang the 22 year old pro-democracy pro-democracy activists who plays a very central role in this movement to he has been in prison since may was released today he came out swinging i mean he's really become the face of this pro democracy movement do you think that his release is an olive branch by the authorities really in the way it is i mean does the timing of this of you has it just also surprising that the government were given that such a stage and it's not why do you think they did that well it's obviously a sign to true true say hey we are on your side we want to move on on the other hand it's quite interesting that the protests that are happening now without any figureheads there's no big figures that the doing it the organizers had kept a low profile to try to evade any observation or showing the faces of the try to keep it as a message movement. let's talk about the chinese leadership. how is that going down with them these mass protests and do you expect beijing just to kind of

and today they're still there so the extra edition bowl is still very important we heard activist joshua wang getting back to carry lymes and she has to go he's now been released from prison what do you make of that and what role will he be playing in these ongoing protests but he was released from prison and that's actually just a coincidence because he served his terms so it's not like these big protests. released. and he mentioned that in prison he watched the news and then he felt very sad that he couldn't be with the people and he also announced that he will join the protests right away because those protests have and to some 2000000 people out on the streets how is beijing likely to react in the days ahead moving forward to the latest developments in all go all beijing has already said that they will continue it will continue to support carrying the chief executive it says so it's very unlikely that carol lam will now announce that while she will step down however she is really facing a lot of pressure because 2000000 people went out on to the streets yesterday and that's a lot of press

the student who became the face of hong kong's democracy movement has been released from prison joshua wang vowed to join the mass protest against a controversial extradition bill the government has now suspended demonstrators are refusing to give up though until the bail is scrapped altogether and lead to carry lamb has resigned sarika reports from hong kong. after 6 weeks in jail joshua emerged to face the media the political activist served time for his role in the occupy protests in 2014 on hearing the news of sunday's mass rally in hong kong he only had thanks face for millions of hong kong people joined the demonstration and protests were in the hospital which is show the spirit and dignity of hong kong people. on sunday 2000000 people marched in the streets against a controversial extradition law the government plans to introduce in hong kong critics argue it would allow china to extradite political opponents and activists to the mine land to face trial the city's chief executive kerry lam has suspended debate on the legislation but that's not enough to calm the growing public opposi

appearance a well known member of hong kong's pro-democracy movement has been freed from prison joshua wang is now joining mass protests against proposed extradition changes that would allow people to be sent to mainland china for trial and she didn't bring is planning to visit north korea this week the 1st such trip by a chinese president in 14 years he accepted an invitation from north korea's leader kim jong un back in january yemen's who the rebels say they've targeted a saudi airport with a drone for the 4th time since wednesday riyadh has not confirmed the attack on the airport close to the yemeni border. the u.s. has issued a security and after recent bombings in saudi arabia the american consulate in jeddah the warning after 2 car bombings on june 7th several people were injured the advisory also added u.s. citizens to use extreme caution because of the recent missile attacks near the yemeni border those are the headlines the news continues here to talk to al jazeera to stay with us. and counting the cost. go wrong for modi so soon after his landslide election victory was no longer

lawsuit claims last october 36-year-old kobe was walking down the sidewalk in millbrae when deputy joshua wang and made an unlawful stop. the deputy made an emergency call for back-up moments later kobe was surrounded by deputies and tased 7 times and died at the hospital of cardiac arrest. >> it should not be that a human being can be killed and violently killed and tortured to death with absolutely impunity and that is why we're here and why we'll continue to fight. >> san mateo county district attorney released a report this month that called the stop lawful. >>> may is national military appreciation month. and a san francisco native is doing her part to help our veterans with therapy animals. >> ama daetz has the story of hounds helping heroes. >> this is jim. i like jim. he's really -- >> jim is a very sweet dog. he's very docile. >> and cute. >> reporter: bonnie is on a mission. she found a nonprofit hounds and heroes to pair service or therapy animals with veterans suffering from things like post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury. and her goal is to lift the spirits an

the student who became the face of hong kong's democracy movement has been released from prison joshua wang was jailed 6 weeks ago for his involvement in hong kong's umbrella protests in 2014 he's vowed to join the mass protests against a controversial extradition bill the government suspended the lore after millions of people went out onto the streets to oppose it but demonstrators are refusing to back down. until the bill is completely scrapped and the lead to carry has stepped down well in an interview with al jazeera israel mcbride joshua was said the latest protest show the people of hong kong a ready to fight against china's tightening grip on the city. we urge the leader of hong kong carolina must see that and through the withdrawal of the extradition laws that might have extradite hong kong people to mainland china face to unfair trial i surf jail sentence and just leave prison today mourning is lucky that even i missed those washed out demonstration now i can join a fight and lead people to iraq to know that under the rule of china we would not keep silence people obviously make co

world news 1st a well known member of hong kong's pro-democracy movement has been freed from prison joshua wang is vowing to join mass protests against a controversial extradition bail the government has put on hold but demonstrators want it dropped altogether sara cock reports from hong kong. after 6 weeks in jail joshua emerged to face the media the political activist served time for his role in the occupy protests in 2014 on hearing the news of sunday's mass rally in hong kong he only had thanks place for millions of hong kong people joined the demonstration and protests were in the hospital weeks issue of the spirit and dignity of hong kong people. on sunday 2000000 people marched in the streets against a controversial extradition law the government plans to introduce in hong kong critics argue it would allow china to extradite political opponents and activists to the mine land to face trial the city's chief executive kerry lam has suspended debate on the legislation but that's not enough to calm the growing public opposition in hong kong what hong kong people are still. poggioli draw extra

hong kong's pro-democracy movement has been freed from prison and is vowing to join mass protests joshua wang served a short jail sentence for his role in the 2014 umbrella demonstrations that blocked hong kong's major roads for weeks now he's backing calls for the island's beijing backed leader to resign. what we asked for is such urge carolan. executive should withdraw extradition. and what we try to do is just through civil disobedience and direct action and let the whole world lead the international community to realize that our hong kong people will not keep silent under the suppression of president xi and the ship executive caroline. organizers say up to $2000000.00 protesters rallied in hong kong on sunday in the latest demonstration against an extradition will be learned and would allow criminal suspects to be sent to mainland china for trial it's been shelled for now. well let's cross over now to rob a bride to send hong kong rob joshua one really is becoming a formidable voice and personality and very central now to this story that's evolving from hong kong. that's right saheli i me

wang and kathleen sue from john o'connell high school, victor louis, from lincoln high school, danielle lay, brian liang, eva wong, and cindy lee. from lowell high school, victoria lamb, danton lee, joshuaark, medicine wong, michelle one, and kevin chang. from mission high school, san jiao. from ruth school of the arts, sin delay. from san francisco international high school, we have both of the scholarship recipients. [applause] >> last but not least, from marshall high school, i.v. lou, jin lou, and john wang. please give the students your round of applause for their achievements. [applause] thank you. >> thank you. do the students want to say a word? >> did you want to? >> all right. >> go ahead, enjoy. [laughter] >> hi, my name is aidan. i am a senior galileo high school. this year i will be attending cal poly school, studying earth space engineering. [applause] >> hi, my name is lucy, i am a senior at in san francisco international high school, and next year, i will be attending san francisco state university and studying education. [applause]. >> hi, i am galahad, i will be attending stanford university next year, and then i will see what i want to study. [laughter] [applause] >>