let's get the view now from hong kong we're happy to be joined by joshua wong he's one of hong kong's leading pro-democracy activists good day to you and hello to hong kong what's your reaction to what we're hearing from beijing from this proposed new legislation. shouldn't you fight is generated by beijing and the national secretary laws that such as the 5 face to impose in hong kong they totally follow a procedure justice and even hope to bypass the legislature in hong kong once national people congress amongst and hong kong polish or the secret agent can just this to arrest people prosecute people or even extradite hong call us from hong kong to china and maybe the next new shovel would not exist in china but from hong kong is that what you're expecting are you expecting joshua beijing to begin arresting people after them poses this law for the do so. the number of. the number of arrests that protester says last summer. and even more than the number of prisoners inmates in hong kong right now so surely if i think generated as no doubt at all they will call the new crackdown on hong

we spoke to an activist joshua wong who described the new law as a nightmare and called for help from the international community let's have a listen to what he had to say that we come back to you father that's the nightmare do we must need to face and we must stand up and i can't sit and beijing imposed the national security in law i think that's it's not about the secretary of the nation it's just about the secretary of communist party of china recall all eyes are on to grow to support hong kong people against a national security law that erodes on fundamental and basic freedoms freedom so we really wish no matter us or european country could impose the hong kong human rights and democracy act all cloven it's good to enhance the sanction mechanism and let beijing realize that college how to china is not the only way out are strong and critical words there from just one and the plea for international help other any indications fabienne that someone might call for help. yeah i mean 1st of all i have to say that it's not only do you also want. i mean we've already seen scuffles in the

in fact, it was just hours after secretary pompeo made that declaration joshua wong took to quitter and called on other national leaders to do the same. in the tweet he says this, i urge u.s., european and asia leaders to consider whether hong kong's special trade status can be held. rosemary, we still don't know let's say in the event special trade status is, indeed, revoked, would it restore freedoms to hong kong? would it work? back to you. >> kristie lu stout joining us live from hong kong. many thanks for that. >>> still to come. so many americans lost to covid-19. they came from all walks of life and left behind grieving families and friends. we will take a closer look at some of those lost. >>> we want to end this hour the same way we started, reflecting on the more than 100,000 u.s. lives lost to the coronavirus. that's 100,000 families impacted. a growing tragedy that experts say did not have to happen. these are victims from all walks of life, and cnn is remembering some of those who lost their lives. here's wolf blitzer. >> reporter: val len tina black horse was a member of t

hong kong activist joshua warm called for help from the international community more from wong in the moment but 1st this with force. the palace after a 2 month delay china's political event of the year is now underway she's here some $3000.00 delegates from across the country have gathered for the national congress in beijing details on a controversial bill that would ban treason subversion and sedition in hong kong are expected soon china's premier vowed to uphold the one china 2 systems policy but stressed that change is necessary likud shaam said beijing will establish sound legal systems and enforcement mechanisms for safeguarding national security in the 2 special administrative region and see that the governments of the regions fulfill their constitutional responsibilities. but there are fears that the new law could reignite the pro-democracy protests that crippled hong kong last year . residents fear that their special rights to assembly and free speech are under threat. guy come on hey at me now it won't be possible to openly talk about the government as they might think you

further inflame tensions in the territory where protests have to ask later this week we'll hear from joshua wong a proto monkey see activist who fears the law could spell the end of the city's autonomy. also coming up the u.s. death toll from code 1000 tops 100000 amid criticism that the trumpet ministration could have acted earlier and say thousands of lives. plus the bundesliga has its 1st blooper since to restart did this goalkeeping era construct a berlin and important victory. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us china has taken another step to increase its control over hong kong and subdue public protest beijing's national people's congress overwhelmingly passed a plan that gives the chinese government the power to impose new restrictions on hong kong that controversial national security law will bypass the territory's own ruling legislature pro-democracy advocates say the law violates the freedoms promised under hong kong's special one country 2 systems status. and the chinese government said the implementation of the security law was for the long term benefit of hong kong's

further inflame tensions in the territory where protests have to escalate this week we'll hear from joshua wong a program obviously activist who fears the law could spell the end of the city's autonomy. also coming up the u.s. death toll from 1000 tops 100000 amid criticism that the trumpet ministration could have acted earlier and say thousands of lives.

this report is meaningless but we'll see what other reaction we get through the day for the moment joshua wong in hong kong thanks very much for time you. american doctors and engineers have developed 2 devices to help the fight against covert 19 the stuff of the university of michigan designed a so-called portable helmet as well as a negative pressure tent both prevent infected from escaping into the wider environment. well severe flooding in east africa has forced nearly half a 1000000 people from their homes and prompted concerns of a rise in corona virus infections save the children says many countries have recorded the highest rainfall in 40 years burundi ethiopia rwanda and kenya are months those affected the organization says many families are now living in cramped and squalid conditions increasing the risk of disease. it's a much more different situation in zimbabwe though why water shortages are causing more problems on top of crowded virus restrictions on employment and the crippling economic crisis. crowds scramble to carry as many buckets as they can as a water tank arrives into gr

how are things looking >> reporter: not very good, activist joshua wong accusing b beijing of silencing dissent in the city the chinese leadership today had proposed this new legislation at the national people's congress which is ongoing here in beijing. now, the chinese officials described hong kong as a defenseless city in need of this type of protection under these new laws the -- they would target cessation, terrorism, foreign interference and allow beijing back intelligence agencies to set up in the city and overall would, quote, improve the one country two system style of governance allowing honk congress to operate relatively freely from mainland china as hong kong returned to china control after the uk they can circumvent the authorities to impose the new law and go into effect in about a week's time from now so this is at the end of the national people's congress. now, the secretary of state mike pompeo issued a statement calling the proposal the death knell for hong kong's autonomy and urging beijing to reconsider a special status it has with the u.s. that in theory could be r

and speaking to joshua wong, a high-profile activist here in hong kong, he said that hong kong is nownto a police state, laura. >> all right, anna. stay safe. thank you for being there for us. we'll talk to you soon. >>> all right, german chancellor angela merkel is facing a backlash after extending social distancing measures through the end of june. bus drivers are particularly upset about eu travel restrictions. they say it's killing the tour bus industry and hundreds of thousands of jobs are on the line. let's go live to berlin and bring in frederik pleitgen, where those bus drivers are clearly signaling their unhappiness. [ honking ] >> reporter: definitely, christine. genuinely signaling their unhappiness, and i'm also noticing just how loud they are. there are about 600 buses protesting here in berlin, part of a nationwide protest here in germany, as we can really see, christine, that angela merkel right now is almost a victim of her own success. one of the things that we've been talking about in the past is that germany has been very successful at fighting the coronavirus. obvi

and as joshua wong, who i spoke to earlier, he said, this is now a police state.are living in a police state here in hong kong. rosemary. >> yeah, there's a lot of concern across the globe as we watch what's happening there on the streets of hong kong. anna coren bringing us the very latest there. appreciate it. >>> well, the last british governor of hong kong, chris patten, says the uk should stand up to china. he hopes the country will raise the question of hong kong at the g7 meeting next month. take a listen to how he describes the current situation. >> well, there are a lot of things that struck me. first of all, china, which has broken its word -- or rather, the communist party of china, which has broken its word about so many international agreements, is driving a coach and horses through the international agreement that it reached with britain in a treaty launched at the united nations to safeguard hong kong's high degree of autonomy, its rule of law and its freedoms for 50 years after 1997, and it's simply not carrying that agreement out. >> meanwhile, be

their face with this situation of course they have to enforce the law and they have to protect us joshua wong is a student activists who's been a key player in the pro-democracy movement he says the reports will make the relationship between the authorities and the protest movement even worse. unfortunately the report released today will just be a key factor trick of topic this content of the compliment and the police false because when more than 8000 people were arrested the especially if the 1st aider journalist religious leader the target during the protests high school student being far far far life wrong none of the producers were men sure of a profile that by the report but always claimed that is the fault of the public and public pain the bias so was proof that this. report from the police wish it's not really valid enough as the one being arrest that will 8 times and being jailed for 3 times since last summer the protests we experienced the crackdown on protests by unpalatable canister all your gas and rubber bullets and even then some of the citizen older than that are a citizen they

protesters like joshua wong saying we must stand up and fight and let beijing know that we will never surrender. we will describe it as the beginning of the end. we do not have enough time but we need to continue the fight. the violence hit the streets again. estimate news puts the of the number of protesters in the hundreds and others put it in the thousands. byre were 180 confirmed police mostly by illegal assembly. those social distancing regulations are still in place for the coronavirus lockdown here in hong kong. at least four police officers were injured multiple members of the public according to police were injured and it took place in the heart of the retail center. there are more pope -- there are more protests planned especially on another controversial law being considered that would punish anyone in hong kong who disrespects china's national anthem, another lightning rod issue. do the protesters feel that they have the backing of the u.s. to continue to hit the street in this way? how will they respond? >> they sure hope that they have the backing of the united states. h