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cbs's ramy inocencio reports on the latest violence there. >> reporter: riot police fired rounds of tear at anti-china demonstrators, shot water cannon to further disperse them and arrested nearly 200. era-- likely not its last. ♪ ♪ anger has only started to flare at beijing after the communist party friday unveiled its plan to impose national security laws on hong kong. beijing claims washington supports hong kong's protest movement. u.s. national security advisor robert o'brin. >> i can't see how hong kong remains an asian financial center if the chinese communist party goes through and implements this national security law and takes over hong kong. >> reporter: china fired back, accusing the u.s. of pushing the awo countries to the brink of a new cold war. beijing maintains hong kong is an inalienable part of china, and despite having agreed to allow the former british colony to enjoy its relative autonomy until 2047, critics say china is speeding uthat timeline. untry,wo stems? >> it doesn't mean anything anymore. but then it doesn't mean that we'll all just lie down where we take it

impose a tough new ri there is fear it would crush freedom in the former british territory as ramy inocencio orports. >> reporter: hong kong police launched tear gas at angry pro- democracy protesters and fired a water canon to disperse the crowd. many held umbrellas to protect themselves as most chanted anti-government and anti-china slogans. opposition to beijing's new national security legislation erupted in hong kong's legislature soon after the news ftrst broke. at a press conference hong kong's pro-beijing and unpopular chief executive carrie lam says the new law would improve the legal system and safeguard aational security in the former the mass protests both peaceful and violent that rocked the city for much of 2019 are what beijing intends to stop by banning acts of treason, and subversion, for many the new law symbolize the death nell of the one country system two-- principal, project to great britain to leave hong kong semiautonomous until 2027. claudia mo is a pro-democracy leader. >> there is nothing we can do to challenge it. because it is your mother's order. >> reporter: was

this is not hong kong. >> reporter: ramy inocencio, cbs news, tokyo. >> brennan: many of america's studentsturn to school tomorrow, online. most of this country's schools still remain closed due to covid-19. but in some places, students are already back in the classroom. s s' holly williams reports on lessons learned overseas in our series "the new normal." >> reporter: in denmark, the new crule comes with lots of new mo half egular number of studenr classroom, lots of practice at d children onlynd children only pe permitted to play in designated groups of up to five. some danish parents claimed their young children were being used as guinea pigs, and said older students should have gone back first. the country's education minister told cbs news it was a tough decision. >> the small children has more anceiculties with the distance learning than the older learning than the older children, and therefore we started out with the young children. >> reporter: taiwan is already old hand at the new normal. it only closed its schools two weeks in february. mie island of nearly 24 million has had jus

ramy inocencio, tokyo. >> down under, the prime minister of australia says his country could be completelyy. australia only has about 7,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and fewer than >> reporter:er surf's up again in the land down under. as australians return to a socially distanced temperature checked sanitized version of normality, the country of around 25 million has lost fewer than 100 lives to the new virus, and the number of new cases slowed to a trickle weeks ago. it could be partly down to the climate. the virus arrived in the southern hemisphere's summer, but australia has been praised for its decisive action. the country closed its doors to nearly all foreigners in mid-march with returning residents staying in hotels paid for by the governme

cbs' asia correspondent ramy inocencio has the latest. >> reporter: to cheering crowds, north korea'sder, kim jong-un, reappeared to his people and the world, very much living and breathing. state-run media showed him cutting a ribbon at an opening ceremony of a fertilizer factory and filmed smoking a cigarette. april 11 was the last time kim was seen in public. but on april 15, he missed the country's biggest holiday, the birthday of his late grandfather, kim il-ung, north korea's founder, leading some media outlets to speculate about his health. kim jong-un's disappearance had thrust talks about possible successors into the spotlight, with his younger sister 31-year-old kim yo-jong floated as a prime candidate. north korea annualest rob carnahan: >> you have to be tough if you're a north korean leader. you have to do tough things. and i don't know if she could do that. >> reporter: now that kim jong-un is alive this, lends some credibility to the theory that perhaps he was just social distancing from coronavirus, just like much of the rest of the world. the bottom line-- north korea

as ramy inocencio reports, the u.s.s signaling it could now take action. >> reporter: good morning. rubber stamp is right. in a near unanimous vote with just one vote against, china's national people's congress ratified that national security law for hong kong. all this week, anti-china protesters havelaed with riot police using tear gas, water cannon and pepper pellets. it would ban terrorism. many hong kongers are worried china will muzzle freedom of speech, assembly and the independent legal system. today, three pro-democracy lawmakers were thrown out of the legislature for protesting against that bill which would make it a crime to insult china's anthem. the overnight declaration by secretary of state mike pompeo that hong kong is no longer autonomous means that the white house could sever special trade ties with the city and president trump has vowed to move powerfully against beijing by the end of this week. for "cbs this morning," ramy inocencio, tokyo. >>> an historic trip into space will have to wait until satu

ram ramy inocencio reports on the letter sent in the middle of a worldwide conference on the pandemic>> reporter: in his scathing four-page letter, president trump slammed the world health organization for what he called a failed response to covid-19. an alarming lack of independence from china and for ignoring credible reports from wuhan. the president's health and human services secretary addressed the w.h.o. directly as it convened its annual assembly virtually for the first time. >> there was a failure by this organization to obtain the information that the world needed. and that failure cost many lives. >> reporter: the president's missive came after xi jinping made a u-turn pledging to support an independent probe into the origins of the coronavirus and with a pledge of $2 billion in aid. but washington called xi's statements a distraction from what the white house claims to be china's failure to alert the world and said beijin should pay more. that payment might come in the form of a vaccine. china says it now has five candidates in clinical trial with cansino biologics, the fi

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ramy inocencio reports on the opposition to a controversial security law that china plans to impose.ar gas rifles echoed in hong kong streets sending pro-democracy protesters running for cover. riot police warn they would deploy force and followed through with water cannon and nearly 200 arrests. the outrage, a rejection of china's intent to impose new national security laws on the city, banning treason, subversion and terrorism. this video allegedly shows pro-democracy protesters beating a lawyer bloody in hong kong sunday. now being leveraged by chinese state media. still, critics say the legislation aims at undermining the massive protests, both peaceful and violent that rocked the city for much of 2019. white house national security adviser robert o'brien -- >> i can't see how hong kong remains an asian financial center if the chinese party takes over hong kong. >> reporter: many hong kongers say it reveals china's disregard for the freedoms promised the city under the one country/two systems policy. when they returned hong kong to china. claudia mo say pro-democracy lawmaker. >>

for "cbs this morning," ramy inocencio, tokyo.lan to dropped criminal charges against president trump's first national security adviser is on hold this morning. retired general michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi during its russia investigation, then tried to withdraw hissm case says wants to hear monies fropinions from interested parties first. they say flynn did not commit a crime because the fbi had insufficient reason to question him. >>> the coronavirus did not stop the supreme court from hearing arguments on whether president trump's bank and accountants can be forced to give investigators his tax returns and other financial records. as jan crawford reports, the potential burden of congressional inquiries is the key issue here. >> at some point there's a straw that breaks the camel's back. >> reporter: over more than three hours supreme court justices focused on where investigations become a presidential distraction. >> there's a long, long history of congress seeking records and getting them. >> reporter: at st

for "cbs this morning saturday," ramy inocencio, tokyo. >>> brazil has now surfaced china's official toll from the coronavirus. the country's president continues to downplay the threat from the virus. that is raising concerns that outbreaks in latin america could lead to another wave of infections here in the united states. manuel bojorquez has that part of the story. we do want to warn you, some of the images in this report are graphic. >> reporter: there is no denying the coronavirus is ravaging brazil. topping 90,000 confirmed cases and with more than 6,000 deaths, the president who sneered at the threat from the start, said this about the rising toll -- "so what, i'm sorry, what do you want me to do?" instead, local officials were left to implement lockdowns. brazil's crowded, poor neighborhoods are fertile breeding grounds. here disinfecting is often do it yourself. meanwhile, bolsonaro joined anti-lockdown protesters, no masks or social distancing here despite the grim situation throughout the region. ecuador is suffering one of the worst outbreaks. in its largest city, some bo

ramy inocencio reports. >> reporter: this sign at a mcdonald's in china said black people are not allowedicans have been detained by police in the southern city, the fear they're spreading coronavirus. some forced to sleep on the street after getting evicted from their homes. in response, officials have said in effect that racism does not exist in china. >> beijing is shooting itself in the foot. >> reporter: dr. adam bodomo is one of the leading experts on china/africa relations. >> china's ministry of foreign affairs has said that there is no racism in china. what do you make of that? >> this is denial about race. of course there is racism. >> reporter: it's not just people with dark skin who are targeted. >> my family is inside eating lunch. >> reporter: this mixed race family was split apart at a restaurant. >> i had to stay outside because i'm a foreigner. >> you're no more likely to carry the virus or be responsible for the virus based on your race, ethnicity, or national origin. >> reporter: cynthia choi is co-executive director of chinese for affirmative action. >> we vehemently c

ramy inocencio reports on the newest effort to tighten its grip on the territory and crack down on criticster: communist leaders convened in beijing for china's annual congress and immediately zeroed in on their target. hong kong. we will stop violence and restore order, chairman wang announced. scenes like this that china plans to subvert. anti-government protests led by what they describe as terrorists and a threat to national security. the communist party has now revealed a controversial plan to bring hong kong to heel, banning treason, secession, subversion. the announcement comes at protesters readied for another summer of discontent. on mother's day, riot police chased pro-democracy flash mobs calling for hong kong's unpopular chief executive carrie lam to resign. last month, police arrested 15 of the city's top pro-democracy icons from politicians to lawyers and activists. >> technically, there's just nothing we can do to challenge it because it's your mother's order. >> reporter: washington is now condemning beijing's plan as a crackdown on hong kong. the u.s. senate is introducing