rosalind chin, thank you.till with us is losing mcdonald for more perspective -- is lucille mcdonald. you see the story. is it just a retail, property, travel kind of story in your mind? the economic impact, yes. we see the duration and intensity of the protests. of course, all retail sales in hong kong are watches and jewelry. fast scenario has already been we go because of corruption and the crackdown and a fall in mainland about 20% this year. that is already week. if you have an extended period of early closures are not open at all, it's willis says even more. visitors will be put off, too. the property issue is more than the rule of law. it is more a substantial. looking at the practical of what is on the ground. on,did the longer it goes the less impact it will have. >> it could be political noise but a distraction for what is happening in mainland china. how concerned are you about that? >> we think is political and if it an important issue. and could be slightly more. china is the on in slow down. slow

. >> thank you very much without rosalind -- thank you very much. -- rosalind chin joining us. in the meantime, to birmingham, beforet party conference next year's election is taking place. torge osborne is expected reveal more policies. that is happening at little the later today. to comer a few rabbits out of hats at that event. we need to continue to build up to that speech. let's go back to anna. she is in birmingham. anna? chris thanks so much, guys. which rabbit will he pull out of his hat during that speech? what does businesses and london want to see? the chief economic adviser joins us and now. thank you for joining us. what does london want to see from the conservatives and george osborne? goingbe london economy is pretty well -- of the london economy is joined very well, the level before the crisis. london is doing very well. there are specific issues for london such as more a for and need tovestment safeguard the economic sector for regulatory entries and from europe. there are issues that probably will not be addressed in birmingham but to their ongoing. beyond tha

rosalind chin is joining us live from the middle of it all.ve not left, what can you tell us? well, it is certainly getting a little bit warmer out here in hong kong. i am standing outside of the government offices in admirality, and there are still thousands of people thronging in the streets. many people are calm, though, and they are literally occupying the streets. this is an eight or nine lane highway, and it would usually be very busy as people were heading to their jobs. but it is completely blocked off, and there is no way cars are getting down here. police try to get the protesters to move or at least open up one of the lanes so that traffic could get through call -- through, or at least though a police fan to get through. the police had to get out and walk and had to leave the band behind after having collected their belongings. so there is no budget here. the protesters are definitely calm here. , it is aroad here similar situation, and protesters are being asked to leave and move. that they are standing firm and not budging at all.

. >> we have this update from rosalind jordan in washington d.c. >> this is longstanding criticism of israeli efforts to establish settlements in the occupied west bank. the u.s. considers them unlawful and does not recognise the territories. if you think about the status of u.s.-israeli relations, this is crux of the matter why relations are not as strong and warm as they might have been during the administration of george bush. hillary clinton was openly critical about the binyamin netanyahu's efforts to annex territory because in her view and in president obama's view, this would not make it a 2-state solution, a viable option. the israelis said that they'll do what they want, but you can expect there'll be more discussion between the two capitals about the latest move, and i don't think you'll see the u.s. backing away from its demand of a reversal of this decision soon. >> syrian rebel groups says the reason that it's holding 45 fijian peacekeepers captured is they were doing the work of the regime. this is in the golan heights. dozens of pass keepers from the philippines were --

. >> reporter: this is where that earlier shooting apparently happened here on the 400 block of rosalind street. they saw a man being shot inside of a car. >> they said there was a male inside of a black mitsubishi that was shot in the head and the driver drove off. shattered class and two votive candles are there were police marked the spot. people saw a plume of smoke on the 61 block of lawrence street. viewer video captured the flames, and they found the body of a man in the passenger seat. >> heart breaking. >> heart breaking. >> star watson believes that the shooting victim is her 24-year-old brother, she and other friends and family spent the evening searching for him after word of the shootding. >> i was asking people my boyfriend and brother, we asked people what happened what happened and just kept going back to the cops giving them whatever we could give them, information that people were telling us. and then we had seen the smoke. >> she hoped that her brother would show up in a hospital after been thrown from the car witnesses say that they saw another man running away before

rosalind helderman there from the very beginning of this story.mpossible to imagine what the trajectory of this would have been without her reporting. >>> still ahead, including many things that happened on a jam-packed news day today. and senator claire mccaskill is going to be here in studio. stay with us.  >>> honestly, this is one of those days in the news that's like 15 days in the news all rolled up into one. for the show we held our news meeting at midday today to talk about what's going on in the world, what we're going to do for the show tonight. from the time that meeting started over the course of just the next couple of hours, we got the news that joan rivers had passed away. terrible news. the news that the justice department was launching a civil rights investigation into the police in ferguson, missouri. we learned the news that the bob mcdonnell trial had ended and the jury had reached their verdict. we learned the news that gay marriage bans in indiana and wisconsin had been overthrown in a sweeping federal court ruling. we lear

rosalind jordan reports. >>> with the inauguration of ashraf ghani as president, the people of afghanistan are getting more than a new leader. they are getting a military presence in 2015, something washington says will help make the afghan people safer. >> this one is afghanistan and the international community to maintain the partnership we have established to ensure that afghanistan maintains the gains of past decade. that is the plan. we look forward to having that signed. >> reporter: under the terms. bilateral security agreement, bsa, 9800 u.s. troops will train afghan forces and support them as they conduct patrols, gather intelligence and lead attacks. they'll not lead combat operations and will be deployed for about two years. washington wanted the agreement signed in 2013, to allow the pentagon time to reassign soldiers and marines and remove combat equipment from afghanistan before the end of the year. the former president hamid karzai delayed signing the bsa, and finally refused to sign it. angering u.s. policy makers. the secretary of state john kerry alluded to this in a stat

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. >> all right, rosalind chin, thank you for that. >> sinopec getting rid of their fuel station business. some 25 investors paying $17.5 billion in total. beijing wanting them to open up to more market forces. sinopec is the biggest mover on the hang seng. decline, 4.5% at last check. is that right, john? >> yes. there it is. sinopec now down, falling as i speak, and they are going to sell their stake, and that will weigh on the valuation of the share price. looking at my wonderful tumbler, here it is, coming up. selling about 30% of its retail business, petrol stations, 30 thousand stations, which also have thousands of convenience stores. now, 25 investors. this includes china life. you have got haier. icbc. 25 investors. there is only one foreign investor from malaysia who is domiciled in china. that is the reaction. and sinopec, there you can see, five point 5%, and the share price, after about two hours of , and the share price after about two hours of trading, it has been trading in that range, so the platform it is just waiting for some change of action. 7.47 fornt price sinopec.

from rosalinde looking back across the river, no rain threatened this evening.right now.rick 81 in the nation's capital. through the evening hours, partly sunny. we will drop to the lower 70's. the sun goes down at 7:24 this evening. partly cloudy, warm and muggy. 65-70 degrees by morning. cloudiness fading out ahead of this cold front. in those areas of precipitation, some of it is pretty nasty with widespread areas in yellow in a tornado watch. that extends eastward to the pennsylvania border. a severe thunderstorm watch southwest of st. louis. a spot northwest of pittsburgh, that's inactive tornado warning. the potential is there for severe weather over parts of our area tomorrow afternoon. i will have more details coming up in just a few minutes. a woman who was sexually abused by a laurel swim coach years ago is back in maryland preparing to give a victim impact statement. the former coaches christopher young, and his victim is speaking exclusively to josie sturman about why she is standing up now. case involving adc area coach 2013 triggered something in d

. >> rosalind jordan in washington. >>> ahead on al jazeera - china clamps down on hong kong, delivering a blow to pro-democracy campaigners, and we get ready for our campaign season. we look at the expensive battle for control of the u.s. senate in "the week ahead". first, on this labor day weekend we are looking back on the big stories, and begin in the rio grand valley in texas. >> i'm heidi zhou-castro, we spent a month at the center of the immigration crisis. homeland security says it's caught 63,000 children crossing into the u.s. this past year alone. >> reporter: we arrived in jooup to find a border -- june, to find a border of holes. 10,000 unaccompanied children were crossing the border. mostly from guatemala, honduras, and el salvador overwhelmed detention centers, provoking an outcry. most called the situation a humanitarian crisis, people in a few communities protested against the children's presence. the obama administration responded by deporting more migrants, and texas governor rick perry announced he would send 1,000 more troops to the border. the numbers crossing dropp

rosalind jordan is on capitol hill with the story. >> reporter: pentagon officials went to capitol hill on tuesday to convince congress they have a plan for fighting the group that calls itself the islamic state islamic state in iraq and the levant or isil. military assessors are now assisting and advising iraqi troops on fighting the group, and they say there is a chance that u.s. ground troops could be deployed. >> this coalition is the appropriate word for it. i believe it will be true. but if it fails to be true and there are threats to the united states, i would then go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of military ground forces. >> pentagon officials stress that the focus is on defeating isil, but senators accuse them of misreading the situation. >> our focus is isil. that is a threat not only to our country, to our interests, and to the people of the region, what you're hearing us express is an isil first strategy, a fundamental misunderstanding of the entire motivation and concept of the freeway syrian army. it is bashar al-assad who has ki

but by now, "washington post" reporter rosalind helderman had started writing articles about the cozy and the first couple. feeling the heat, the administration chose not to come to schneider's defense. >> they should have backed me up. they should have said, the mansion, "yes, we did have this barter system. todd did have an agreement that he was allowed to do that." but i think -- i don't think they really knew who or what i had. and i didn't think they'd thought i'd fight so much. >> reporter: staring at four new felony counts and left to twist in the wind, schneider fought back, playing the ace he'd kept in his vest -- that $15,000 check from johnnie williams. >> he told them about a bigger fish. it's a classic tale. todd was really the pebble, the pebble in the pond that started the investigation. >> reporter: and as the governor gave his state of the commonwealth speech, little did he know, the state of his own house would soon collapse. >> former governor bob mcdonnell and his wife are facing 14 felony charges. this is day one of the corruption trial against the former first co

rosalind has been breaking out of the calculator trying to figure it all out for us.ank. other companies are selling to make the same amount into their investment. about 825 million dollars a few years ago and are set to make a profit. a substantial amount. just on ther the -- ipo. they hold onto a 2.2% stake. we will see how they are projected to do as alibaba continues to trade. general atlantic, a private the 70firm, they put in $5 million back in november and now it is worth more than $2 billion. -- $75 million back in november and now it is worth more than $2 billion. thaner selling worth more $9 billion worth of shares in terms of revenue the last 2 years. if they hold on to a stake of but now 16%. the person who will gain the most is probably jack ma. he was already china's richest man and he sold shares. $26.5 billion. and of coarse, he cofounded -- and of course, he cofounded, joseph tsai. there you go. jack ma is climbing the ladder. still not a number one but a number 2. the top person is worth over $30 billion. >> he only sold a percentage of his stake? >>

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. -- rosalind shannon has more with us. >> alibaba has enough demand at share, and iter could actuallylose early. >> already? >> already. this is one of the things. it could be tempting to think about raising the share price range to see if they can get an increase, but this is something that they should consider carefully. for example, facebook, it came back to bite them. more comes from mutual funds, they have a longer-term view, a 3-5-year horizon, they might place orders, and that made it ali baba the confidence to raise the price range. these mutual funds could be worried. of the company has been following ali baba around, and also, the political risks, investing in chinese company. >> is that we have in terms of the questions being asked? >> it's possibly one of the concerns. there are other concerns that come back to corporate governance. also alipay. be able to profit from alipay? alipay was separated from ali baba four years ago. some worries about the valuation. is it a bubble? visit overvalued? baidu, theare it to price-to-earnings ratio is something like over 35 times. esti

it stars ben affleck and rosalind pike. buzz. five-star reviews. it also cannot hurt that the movie is based on a terrific book. it's directed by david fincher. who also directed "the social network." let the oscar buzz begin. >> i cannot wait. i can't wait to see if the movie ending is different than the book ending. >> oh, don't, don't, don't. >> it suggests it might. i don't know. i can't wait. i haven't seen it. >> i didn't know they had five stars. >> it's strong. >>> hey, today is the day to celebrate joe. as in -- cup of joe. >> gallon of joe. >> yeah. it's national coffee day, everybody. it's a holiday we celebrate every day here at "good morning america." to celebrate our favorite morning pick me up, several businesses across the country, including dunkin' donuts and krispy kreme are offering free cups or discounted cups of coffee. make sure you check with your local establishments. >> i wondered how we would reuse that. again and again and again. >> we will. it's not inexpensive, robin. we'll find a way. then we'l

rosalind jordan, the pentagon. >> the iranian president says time's running out for negotiating a long-term deal on the country's nuclear program speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual u.n. general assembly. he offerarrested the latest rou talks and six world talks had been slow but positive. >> regarding the nuclear issue, i must say this, like no time have i seen such seriousness in regards to solving this situation meaning i have been involved in negotiations for the last 12 years with the west, with european countries and then with the p 5 plus 1. today, there is absolutely serious intent flu words but words can't solve problems. we must show courage with the appropriate action. if we can do this, we will reach our goal. >> riot police have cleared the main government building in hong ko kong. protesters in the hours. it happened hours after dozens of students broke into the compound. some suffered minor injuries. thousands of people have gathered in support rob mcbride has the latest from hong kong. >> there are some riot police here other police are around at a time peri