biden said he would nominate merrick garland if he got the chance which, to me, merrick garland is a great choice, but with he would be 68. all the trump judges that he's putting in are younger and more conservative than the people they are replacing, even the republican-nominated judges. so, you know, somebody said maybe we need another constitutional convention. got to have some big changes, but it's going to be difficult. it's a big election coming up. so anyway, i'll take questions and happy to talk about any of this or news of the day. [applause] i know it's paining some of you to have to clap for me. [laughter] go ahead. >> when you look at the census issue -- >> yeah. >> -- the possibility of trump doing -- do you think it's the actually conceivable that, basically, trump -- [inaudible] or another issue to supreme court, and what could the supreme court do if, basically, the president of the united states says i'm going to do this, and i don't care what with you say? >> i actually predict in my book with -- [inaudible conversations] >> so he's asking what are the prospects for

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earlier today i caught up with a saying line he's head of program economic research at the merrick's mccotter institute for china studies here in berlin and he's just returned from hong kong to brief german media about the economic fallout from the unrest there i asked him if hong kong is running the risk of losing its appeal to international investors. hong kong as a global financial center has already taken damage in this particular is not so much from the protest itself but from china's reaction to the protests the political pressure that was put on companies such as cathay pacific are part of political influencing of companies and as a global financial center it is essential to remain or have the free capital controls obviously but also have a functioning rule of law in this interference in influencing political influencing of companies is eroding some of the essential institutional foundations necessary to have a global financial center but is this part of china's strategy is that it is interest to make hong kong less appealing it should not be in its economic interests it is vi

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with me are martin lipton chief sports reporter at the sun, and jane merrick, who's the policy editor many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the sunday telegraph details a pledge to be made by prime minister borisjohnson to end the automatic release of serious criminals who are currently freed after serving half of their sentence. the sunday times claims that the queen has privately expressed her disappointment in the current political class and its "inability to govern". the observer leads on a warning from gordon brown that growing nationalism is pulling the united kingdom apart and driving it towards an unprecedented economic calamity. the mail on sunday leads on the us financier jeffrey epstein, who was found dead in his prison cell in a special high security unit in manhattan at 6.30am this morning. and the sunday express pictures prince andrew with his formerfriend epstein — who was often seen socialising with the rich and powerful, including president donald trump and former president bill clinton.so a mix of stories this evening with most papers featuring jeffrey epste

we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jane merrick and martin lipton.

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we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jane merrick and martin lipton.th us for that. the billionaire businessman and convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein has died in prison in new york. he's believed to have taken his own life. epstein once counted among his friends bill clinton, donald trump and prince andrew, and was charged last month with trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. he was due to stand trial next year. earlier we got reaction from the new york times journalist, ali watkins, who has been covering the case so far. we were all stunned. this comes on the heels of thousands of documents being unveiled on a related case and it has been working its way through the court system. it ruin to focus what this was. every few days there isa what this was. every few days there is a new turn this and nobody expected this. as we heard in that report, only a few weeks ago epstein was found in his cell having a p pa re ntly was found in his cell having apparently tried to take its own life and questions are being asked about how somebody in a secur

look at the papers with our reviewers — martin lipton, chief sports reporter at the sun, and jane merricks the policy editor at the i — stay with us for that. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the fbi is to investigate the death of the multi millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein, who was found dead in his cell, in a jail in new york. the 66 year old is believed to have taken his own life, while awaiting trial on new charges, of trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. epstein had once counted among his friends bill clinton, donald trump and prince andrew. he was due to stand trial next year. our north america correspondent neda tawfik reports from new york. the body ofjeffrey epstein is taken away from a new york hospital this evening. the multimillionaire sex offender was found dead in his prison cell as he awaited trial for sex trafficking. once, epstein‘s extravagant lifestyle had seen him party with donald trump. the president had called him a terrific guy. he has since distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. originally a math teacher

big listing the docs listing and these companies are basically not banks we're talking about adidas merrick all the big names you know they derive 80 percent of their revenues from overseas sales and for a company like adidas for example it's 94 percent so you can see one purchases start to fall off in places like china then it hits germany now of course the trade dispute is also driving that to. is obviously a big it's a big part of that and so when there's uncertainty then investors are going to pull out so what sort of situation could be below looking at here how bad could it be if germany and has a recession well it looks like the numbers are basically still positive in many areas employment is still low there's a current account surplus here which is another point of contention for other reasons and also domestic consumption has actually improved recently so there's reason to think that ok if something hits that it shouldn't be that fundamentally bad there's also unlike maybe 2009 we saw all the sort of major recession there is not this underlying lack of confidence to to sort of finan

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papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are martin lipton, chief sports reporter at the sun, and jane merrick it will "learn the lessons," after nearly a million people across england and wales, were affected by yesterday's power cut. the company's confirmed to the bbc, that the simultaneous failure of two power stations, wasn't the result of a cyber attack. the regulator, 0fgem, has demanded an urgent report into what went wrong. the supply failure left thousands of train passengers stranded, homes up and down the country without electricity, and ipswich hospital lost power when back up generators failed. ben ando has more. it was the biggest and most disruptive power failure in over a decade. major stations, in chaos, passengers stranded or trapped, traffic controls inactive and a large nhs hospital without power. one of the many caught on electric trains that went dead was lily winin. the power cut off and i was sat in a carriage by myself and the storm had started outside, so all of the rain was coming onto the windows and it was pitch black and then we all started to sit together to try

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take this moment and go all the way back to 2016, steve, because what i hear from democrats is that merrick garland seat that got held before the election woke democrats up from the democrats to say oh my gosh, we've been losing on focusing on the judicial branch of government, how we can reshape government. and then the kavanaugh fight activated them. and then you have the 2020 presidential candidates come in and say why don't we have an open conversation about something that hasn't been done in centuries? it's really a reflection of how democrats have not been focusing on the court for so long and are now at risk of being out of power, the balance of power at the supreme court for years, maybe even a generation depending on retirements in the trump era that they're having this conversation of like, wait a second, we might lose it all right now. let's throw in this one radical idea to pack the court. >> it's the senate that has all these confirmation battles when it comes to the supreme court. amber, you're writing about georgia. two senate races in georgia next year now, two opportunities

in terms of the washington political landscape, given what we saw with president obama and merrick garland, could this be impacted by this election? >> the reality is republicans don't need democrats to get a nominee through. it would be a very ugly fight. one thing a few sources mentioned is that the white house and the senate would be going through this without some key leadership. don mcgahn is no longer white house council and no longer there is the top seat of the judiciary committee. this process would have new people in charge. but i was told the new leadership and judiciary committee would approach this with very similar goals and styles as to mcgahn and grassley. >> for now, it is all speculation. the notorious rbg has no plans to retire. we wish her health and speedy recovery. thank you for joining us. still ahead, without any notice, u.s. immigration services has eliminated a deferred action plan and now migrants undergoing care could face deportation. >>> and a fine of comey violated policies but he wouldn't be prosecuted. how he's responding. those stories and another check on

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now we did speak to a local hospital merrick here they say they've treated at least 13 people from thisll of them had wounds to the lower body. at least one was shot in the stomach. and 2 were treated and released. mayor telling us that this certainly could have been much worse situation at least not responded so quickly. >>want to think about that a minute. it's the officers were not in the oregon district. the officers were there less than a minute from the beginning of the shooting. this on. the shooter was able to kill 9 people and injured 26. in less than a minute. and if we police in the oregon district. and the thousands of people in the oregon district enjoying your saturday evening what we could have had in the so it is a terrible day for dayton. but i am so grateful. again police is fast action. >>the de mer there mentioning again there are thousands of people. our gun district this time again is a popular nightlife area and certainly all the bars were full at this time. police were able to engage and take down and shooter. also a dedicated hotline for anyone with tips. our in

which a supreme court justice would have to wait 239 days without getting a hearing which happened to merrickarland. we have to think about making courts impartial and how to do it very well. shannon: justices across the ideological spectrum are not going to respond well to this because they don't like being pushed or threatened by another branch. >> she thinks 9 justices the right number to the number we had with 150 years. republicans playing with those numbers after the civil war. they didn't want andrew johnson when lincoln was assassinated, they cut the number of justices. when grant was elected president they upped it and then it came to franklin roosevelt with a supermajority in the congress. he got pushed back readily. i think that will happen again. >> 9 justices is the right number. we should ask ourselves is our -- as political as they are? you know the case's decision before it comes out. shannon: we will see how this plays out. let's get to our midnight hero, larry learned he has stage iv cancer but works on his wheat farm in washington state. his neighbor stepped in and what wou

this would be a huge setback if the iranians and the merrick and started talking, which presumably willpen. it has happened indirectly now. this is a massive setback for netanyahu if this happens, for the saudi leadership, the emirate leadership, and all of these authoritarian people in the region, egyptian leadership who have been clamoring for action against iran while daschle and amy: i want to ask a last question before -- i want to ask a last question before we wrap up because you are at harvard. the 17-year-old palestinian student who is scheduled to start his freshman year there i'm friday was denied entry last week at logan airport. the harvard crimson says he told them he was intimidated by immigration officials and their denying him based on what his friends have written on facebook. we have 10 seconds. your response? >> t this is part of a growing authoritarian trend you see in israel and egypt and the gulf countries and the u.s. and brazil where people use this kind of almost fascist-like control mechanism by governments to deny individuals their rights and it will work. amy

obviously, he's very upset over the merrick garland nominee.same position that david axelrod has enveined there is something that he's feeding were eye that tweet. is more of partisan anger than actually a prediction going on sometimes. >> all right, jonathan allen, hanna trudo, thank you for being here. >>> keeping the peace. how the g7 will look a little different this year as organizers try to tamp down on the drama. >>> and coming up at 9:00, hakeem jeffries, a member of the budget and judiciary committee. it's tough to quit smoking cold turkey. so chantix can help you quit slow turkey. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting. chantix reduces the urge so when the day arrives, you'll be more ready to kiss cigarettes goodbye. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. stop chantix and get help right away if you have changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, depressed mood, suicidal thoughts or

when obama put merrick garland up for the supreme court, and mitch mcconnell actually said, why would i ever consider a supreme court justice that the nra doesn't approve. the nra has so much control over mcconnell, they have given him over a million dollars of contributions. i'm of the mindset, i'll wait and see what actually happens, i'll wait to see if there's any actual movement because like you said, it's sitting on his desk, he blocked two bills from even being put on the floor in the senate, so i just don't know, and i know this is really, you know, for all of us who covered the minutiae of these things inside the beltway when you get into the politics of this, you can lose the american people who don't follow the minutiae of this. when you look at it, from a humane perspective, i think people really just want to have some sort of resolution to the killing, when you see dead kids, people want to have some sort of resolution and that's the voice of the people that has to reach mcdonnell's desk. >> full, stand by for a moment because the president just moments ago is responding p

this is a huge story and mcconnell, it's not just the supreme court obstruction of the seat that merrick to fill. he left 1033 judgeships unfilled on purpose so that trump could fill them. so the numbers are frightening. trump has gotten confirmed 144 judges at this point in his presidency. obama had 91. and in the circuit courts the courts of appeals kind of where a lot of the important stuff is decided, environmental, labor, employment, all that stuff, trump has had 43 judges confirmed. most in history. obama had 19 at this point. and it's astounding to me, ari and i think the democrats are guilty of malpractice on in. we've had all these debates over last two days. no one bothered to mention it. i think presidents when they win should have deference in the judges that they appoint and the senate should defer toe it but a lot of these folks are tremendously unqualified. 11 of 19 judges in this latest batch trump wants to put up wouldn't even tell you that brown versus board of education is rightly decided. who are we putting up for these lifetime appointments? these are pretty darn unq

he embraced blocking merrick garland saying he would allow trump to nominate supreme court justice nextlection. he is also known for hanging up political cartoons attacking him on his office wall. this is typically something he embratsdsed but as andrew gill am last year hit daug -- wow. >> yeah, he is definitely upset by this. and i think democrats know that they have him a little bit vulnerable here because it's really hard to churn this around as some kind of ideological or partisan issue like he can with other things. >> yes. >> because this is protecting our democracy. that's not really ideological or at least shouldn't be. >> and also there is the other story that earlier this year mitch mcconnell made sure the senate allowed sanctions to be lifted on russian lum in number giant then the russia. company announced a $200 million investment in a kentucky aluminum mill project. now we learn that mcconnell's ex-staffers lobbied for the proj. ? story getting traction in kentucky. >> there is a lot of smoke there if you jump down the rabbit hole especially with the russian company one o

some were merrick wearing masks their target was charles murray. announcer: sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a. host: this morning on washington by chrise are joined perino & stirewalt, fox news channel's. one half of "perino and stirewalt: i'll tell you what." host: for someone who might not be into podcasting, how do you describe your podcast? guest: podcasts are the magazines of the digital era. it is a different format. we take a very different approach. i work for a 24 hour news channel. we are pumping it out around the clock. we look at our podcast as an opportunity to catch up for the week and talk about what is going on. we do it every wednesday. it started out of necessity. they needed somebody to do something for labor day a couple of years ago. dan and i are friends and we started doing it. like a lot of new media, when you are doing it the best thing is you don't think anybody is listening and you are too worried about it. so we spent the first year not paying attention to if anyone was listening and use it as an opportunity for friends to catch up. imagine if

he says no to democratic nominations for the supreme court, merrick garland, go away. does it. a flick of the hand. he says do gun control? he says no. he must have the republican party behind him. he has his voters behind him. explain. you can't move him. you can't move him. see the leader of the senate. >> well, and there's where the president says well, the country doesn't have an appetite for it. the fact is that the president has to be the one to tell mitch mcconnell that we have an appetite for it. >> is he going to do it? >> of course not. >> is he? >> of course he is not going to do it, as the congresswoman said. trump's job is to make sure that the most committed parts of the republican party stay united. if there is a crack in republican unity, what otherwise right now is looking like enough for election for him, that can turn into a debacle. >> defeat, the country defeats the first pro-gun for being pro-gun, i'll believe you. i haven't seen that yet. you have to start defeating people who are pro-gun. a little silence. crickets there. >> we've seen victories

can't help but wonder whether the president will disregard all that was said by republicans in the merricknce with president obama and make an appointment at any time they have the opportunity. >> i can guarantee you that he is going to disregard the position of the republicans as it related to judge garland. this is going to be hypocrisy on that score. and if there is a supreme court appointment, and i agree with you, i really hope there is not, for the reasons that you described, but if there is, it will become a huge issue, understandably huge issue, because the court has so much influence in american life, and that's exactly the kind of thing that donald trump would want, because that is the sort of issue that would turn out voters. mitch mcconnell understood that, with the situation with president obama, garland, in 2016, he would not allow that appointment to go forward, because he knew that would be fuel to energize the republican base, and they felt like they could hold him off, and if trump won, they would get a court appointment, that would be a huge deal, because the supreme cou

take this moment and go all the way back to 2016, steve, because what i hear from democrats is that merrickot held before the election woke democrats up from the base on up to lawmakers. and said, oh, my gosh, to michael's point, we've been losing at this game of focussing on the judicial branch of government and how we can reshape government and win at politics there. and then the kavanaugh fight cemented that. activism. of course, democrats are still trying to figure out, like, what that means for them as a party and that's where i think you have these 2020 democratic presidential candidates come in and say, why don't we have an open conversation about something that hasn't been done in centuries? it's really a reflection of how democrats have not been focussing on the court for so long and are now at risk of being out of power, the balance of power at the supreme court for years, maybe even a generation, depending on more retirements in the trump era, that they're having this conversation of, like, wait a second, we might lose it all right now. let's throw in this once radical idea to pa

as soon as i came, starting to see programming about african it merrick and interpretation.african-american interpretation. and realizing it is not just as some of my textbooks in school had sort of had this separation of two types of history. there was history and then african-american history as a section of the history book. no, this is american history. everyone needs to be telling this, need to be told all across. so that is what coming here was very much about, very eye-opening. actually seeing it. >> hi. inspired me to come work at colonial williamsburg was my love of history. as the passion of mine. is the story i want to tell. so that is why i applied to come work here. jamar: thank you. we are glad all of you are here telling the story, for sure. , can you alltion tell me and the entire audience about an aha moment you had with a guest at any point in time during your time here at colonial williamsburg. >> there are a lot. jamar: tell is your favorite one. >> i enjoy talking with children about this story because there curiosity.e they definitely want to know what

i mean, you know, paging merrick garland, but there is -- i hear this frustration out there.ust by democrats but can we get something done, please. >> right. that's what he used in his line about when there was something wrong when he was vice president, who would the president send to go negotiate whatever they could, they sent joe biden because he was able to work on both sides of the aisle and he had relationships. now i personally disagree with the vice president on the part of saying they're just intimidated and they're not so bad. i think they're -- i think they -- i don't want to say traitors to their party, but giving in to donald trump at every turn and they have shown no backbone nor should they -- >> or moral leadership or even sensibility. >> right. >> there is a bigger thing about joe biden. we saw the new polls, our new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. his favorability is kind of crashing down to earth. he was back in january at 54%, now it's 34%. is that worrying or is that always going to happen once he was out there and a candidate? >> both. it's worrying

senate republican leader mitch mcconnell refusing to consider merrick garland. >> one of my proudesti looked barack obama in the eye and said you will not fill this vacancy. >> it was a different story with brett kavanaugh. and let's not forget when ted cruz did this on the senate floor. >> do you like green eggs and ham? i do not like them, sam i am. i do not like green eggs and ham. >> would you like them here or there? i would not like them here or there. i would not like them anywhere. >> a moment in 2017. let's turn to you first ashley. we're having a conversation about the policy of gun policy. the senate on vacation. mitch mcconnell calling himself the grim reaper. my question is, why should we have optimism, when this in its broken state can be remodeled for key policy? >> i don't know if we can be optimistic. that's the real problem here. people care about keeping their jobs. people in our districts may not like how we vote. you were elected to do a job. that's why we got trump in the first place. they thought, washington is broken. we need to shake things up. things need to

it's the same thing when he wouldn't let a vote happen on merrick garland. something that the power of that office should not legislation being considered. right now it would take a majority, or i think almost unanimous senate, to have a bill come up if mitch mcconnell doesn't permit it to happen, and that's something that we need to focus on. it's not funny. >> barbara mcquade, can the public sue? there is a possibility that voters in this country who are at risk of being disenfranchised by foreign governments, is there a class action lawsuit that people could file demanding that the government protect us? >> really, you would require some sort of cause of action and some sort of statute. i think the recourse that voters have and citizens have is at the ballot box. of course, if russians have their way, we're going to lose our power there as well. i think we need to take very seriously the threat that robert mueller says is happening as we sit here. russia is attacking our elections, and mitch mcconnell is working with president trump to diminish that threa

merrick garland's name is on it.a good idea and also had members of his staff out having a good old time and choking a picture of congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez while wearing teammate t-shirts, is that someone who you count on to be serious about gun reform? >> you know, i count on the hundreds of thousands of gun violence prevention advocates and americans across the country who have made this their priority issue, to keep putting pressure on not just mitch mcconnell but all of the senators to come back from recess and to pass background checks and a red flag law. we are seeing hearts and minds change, whether it's because they have had a change of heart or politically expedient reasons. it doesn't matter to me when hundreds of americans are shot and killed every day, we need our senators to act. i would convince everyone at home to text 6143 to bring change. >> jane, your team is not on this list who said they have done background checks. susan collins always got deep feelings about things -- >> senator sas

going to fill that vacancy with a conservative regardless of the precedent he set by holding back merrickation, so i do think there is reason to kind of play this very carefully with the media. >> can i get your take, josh? i know you wrote about this. >> yeah, we've seen a pattern. i know people hold justice ginsburg in very high esteem, many people do, but we ever seen a pattern of a lack of transparency surrounding these health issues. you may remember the last time this took place, she had some nodules on her lung that turned out to be cancer. just within days of that kind of announcement, she had said she was fine, that her health was okay, and then we get a statement from the court on paper saying she's had a very serious health scare. so whatever other praise she may get, i do think in this area of transparency around her health, the track record has not been a very strong one, let's put it that way. >> i know we all agree. rbg is a force to be reckoned with and i hope she keeps going for quite some time. >>> a new statement from prince andrew about the jeffrey epstein scandal. boo

>> they really can't because the merrick garland rule is actually a rule that says whoever controls theonfirmation. as long as the republicans maintain control in the senate, it will be incredibly possible for the president to confirm a supreme court nominee, even very late in this first term. >> joyce vance, leave it there. trump has 146 judicial nominees that have been confirmed in 2 1/2 years. >> it's his dread legacy. >> that will be with us for several years. >> thank you, guys. >> burning at an alarming rate. the amazon rainforest engulfed by wildfire, we go live to brazil for the littest. >>> an investigation in space. what's causing nasa to investigate the first ever nomination of criminal activity from up there. oh! oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7 and maintained it. oh! under 7? (announcer) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! u

joining us now the guy at merrick solutions, scott shellady, scott, good to see you. >> good morning.tt, what you make about the yield curve inversion and it was actually a trending topic on twitter last night which mitch roschelle was tweeting about? >> well, it's interesting to see that the general public now starting to wake up and learn about it, but i don't think it's anything, generally speaking, yes, can mean a recession, 2 years which is not right around the corner number one, but a lot of isn't our own doing, with all the other bonds and negative interest rates around the world is weighing in long-end as well. victim of success and inverted yield curve, i'm not worried about it because it should be inverted right now with what's happening around the world, now if we were in own vacuum and we didn't have to worry about everything else, i don't think it would be as serious but the used to follow say 1955 with play books, since 2008 when we started with quantitative easing and fed in back pockets and flooding the world with cash, lute of the things don't hold true like they used

brian: the man that stood up to president obama on merrick garland's nomination that was steadfast withh the president. ainsley: his campaign manager had a really good message about this. he said why is it okay for them to tweet certain words about my boss, mitch mcconnell? and one of the words he uses he sees on twitter a lot. pete: #massacre mitch. ainsley: why are they allowed to say that and yet we can't post a video of protesters in front yard. pete: without double standards the left wouldn't have any standards at all to include twitter. this is what cailee mac nanny national press secretary for president trump had to say about this. listen. >> they should not as a victim have to delete a video where they're exposing the violent rhetoric of the left. the victim should thought be blamed here. that's exactly what twitter is doing. we shouldn't be surprised though. they shadow banned jim jordan and mark meadows and ronna mcdaniel, instagram does the same. facebook does the same. these social media outlets sensor public figures who are conservative. what are they doing to innocent men

merrick garland, holding up the appointment of a supreme court justice.ll gets away in broad daylight with things that any other politician at a lower level with the spotlight of effective journalism shined upon him would be gone but he's not. he's still there, still the most powerful person in washington. >> first of all, let's take a moment of silence for the day trader. >> i agree, yeah. >> now that that's out of the way. >> hey, threw it out there, 7:15 in the morning. >> it's important that we recognize the real victims here. as for mitch mcconnell -- >> they have exhaustion issues too. >> as for mitch mcconnell, i agree and i disagree. i do agree with the fact that the extent of his influence and power can often times be understated. it extends well prior to trump, obviously. you know, some of the obstruction in the obama eras did in fact facilitate some of the rule changes in the senate, the lead up to the election, he played a very consequential role in not ringing the alarm bells on russian interference and obviously as claire, aka senator mccask

earlier today i caught up with assange line he's head of program economic research at the merrick's neck cutter institute for china studies here in berlin and he's just returned from hong kong to brief german media about the economic fallout from the unrest there i asked him if hong kong is running the risk of losing its appeal to international investors. hong kong as a global financial center has already taken damage in this in particular is not so much from the protests itself but from china's reaction to the protests the political pressure that was put on companies such as cathay pacific are part of the political influencing of companies and as a global financial center it is essential to remain or have the free capital controls obviously but also have a functioning rule of law in this interference in influencing political influencing of companies is eroding some of the essential institutional foundations necessary to have a global financial center but is this part of china's strategy is that it is interest to make hong kong less appealing it should not be in its economic interest it