and cy leung outlines his plans for the coming year.yed by a protest for pro pro-democracy and peace and want hong kong to choose its own leader and not just select from a short list drawn up by beijing. but mr. leung insists it's the best they can hope for and why the speech was predictably safe. >> reporter: business as usual in the acrimonious hong kong politics. the yellow umbrellas coming out in protest and scuffles in parliament and c yrks c yrksy leung repeating his mantra there can be no combination of candidates and the message of those who have been on the streets protesting is this that the democratic reform package on the table is the best they will get at the moment and surely better than none at all. it is a message that, of course, is likely to go down very badly with the people who have been out on the streets. there is still no sign of compromise or recognizing the legitimacy of the broader aspiration for deeper political reform in the long run. a pretty uncompromising message. >> uncompromising message but going forwar

the current leader, leung chun-ying said public feedback resumes wednesday. the announcement came after hong kong submitted a report to the chinese government on the student-led protests that continued for two months, until december. >> translator: intimidation cannot make anything legal that is outside or inconsistent with hong kong's constitution. >> a student representative criticized the report. >> translator: the report is meaningless because it fails to touch on why such massive protest occurred and where the core of political reform lies. >> leung's remark was apparently aimed at protesters. they're opposing the mainland state council's decision to effectively exclude the pro-democracy candidates from the chief executive election in 2017. >>> south korean defense officials have expressed concern over north korea's increased capacity to make nuclear weapons. the defense ministry has issued its bi-annual defense white paper. the first since president park geun-hye took office. the report points out that the north is presumed to have secured some 40 kilog

leung took a hard line against the demonstrators if his speech. >> translator: as we pursue democracy, we should act in accordance with the law or hong kong will degenerate in to anarchy. >> before his address, some members of the council walked out of the chamber holding umbrellas, a symbol of last year's protests. >>> u.s. president barack obama is pressing lawmakers to pass new measures to boost cybersecurity. he's calling for action after hackers targeted sony's holly hollywood subsidiary and the u.s. central command. nhk world's keiko yamamoto reports. >> reporter: people claiming to support islamic state staged an attack on u.s. central command. they temporarily took over the command's twitter feed and they posted videos on its youtube account. >> no military operations were impacted. so far it appears that no classified information was released. but, the investigation is ongoing, and it's a reminder that cyber threats are an urgent and growing danger. >> reporter: hackers were behind a separate breach two months ago involving sony pictures entertainment. they targeted the studi

. >> reporter: san francisco native charles leung doesn't want to leave the city. >> we put in our offer. we got outbid easily. >> reporter: the accountant is struggling to find a home he can afford with the average single family home priced at $1.4 million. the numbers for him just don't make sense. >> i think you need to make at least $200,000 or more to even begin to consider getting an average home here. >> reporter: we need -- >> we need to do more to help our middle class and porous residents trapped in dilapidated public housing. >> reporter: in his state of the city address today the mayor said he wants to make sure families can afford to live in a red hot housing market. >> i understand these times of prosperity are also times of anxiety. >> reporter: the mayor unveiled a plan that includes more funds for rent support and programs to help tenants buy rent controlled buildings. there's also $100 million more in funds to help moderate and middle income homebuyers make down payments. the mayor hopes to reform the state's ellis act. and create more middle class housing on surplus pu

. >> demonstrators were waiting as leung as he arrived at government headquarters. there were similar sentiments inside and the pro-democracy leaders were removed. >>> two-time presidential candidate mitt romney is getting criticism for exploreing a run in 2016. >> more than half a million sri lankans join in prayer with pope francis. many camped overnight with extended families with what they call the best days of their lives. >> i've never had a chance like this and it's a privilege to be here. >> the mass also drew worshipers from further afield like this couple from india. >> it's a privilege to be here. >> for hundreds of thousands of people who attended mass every in colombo it was a chance of a lifetime. to see the head of the catholic church and be blessed by him. pope francis is here to canonize the 17th century catholic missionary joseph voss. he worked to revive the church. choirs sang hymns in hymns hymns inhymns in different languages. the 78-year-old pontiff dubbed the people's pope, says reconciliation is important in a country struggling to come to t

. >> reporter: san francisco native charles leung doesn't want to leave the city. >> we put in our offerd easily. >> reporter: the accountant is struggling to find a home he can afford with the average single family home priced at $1.4 million. the numbers for him just don't make sense. >> i think you need to make at least $200,000 or more to even begin to consider getting an average home here. >> reporter: we need -- >> we need to do more to help our middle class