sarah clark joie chen us on the phone from hong kong to tell us what's behind this decision, sarah. >> it certainly was a surprise for many. ilt was a highly charged and very emotional press conference held by three members of the occupy movement, they're concerned not only for themselves and the movement but basically the people who remain in the streets in the central part of hong kong in the two major sites, myrtle and bay. sunday night and monday morning when we saw the violent clashes between police and students and what they are saying is they can't guarantee the safety of the people who stay here. but if people do decide to stay, the police behavior on sunday night and monday morning wattous owattousof control, and the administration is described as heartless. they want to keep the campaign going but the fight for democracy is a long one and needs to be done in a peaceful manner and not on the street. >> sarah clark reporting for us from hong kong. >>> special forces are taking new attacks on donetsk airport. fighting has recently intensified near the airport and that's despite

let's hear from sarah clarke. >> reporter: the protesters had plenty of warning. as the deadline loomed, some dismantled their tents and left. other others vowed to stay until the end. >> it never end, we are really angry. it never lend. >> reporter: protest leaders form a sit in. legislative leaders joined the campaign vowing to be peaceful but came to protest. >> we have resulted in civil disowe pete against, and we will take responsibility, but we also want to send out a signal that the struggle for democracy will not end. we will continue to push. >> reporter: dealt the task of clearing the protest site in central hong kong. after the announcement was made, they moved in. barricades that blocked the busy multi-lane highway were removed. signs were taken down. students stood back and watched. protesters came prepared for confrontation. but the clear out was slow and peaceful. this may be the end for the student occupation, but protest leaders say it marks the start of their push for greater voting rights in the 2017 election. >> we are. [ inaudible ] of force a

sarah clark reports. >> reporter: the founders arrived clearly emotional, but insisting this was not their address their supporters, then it was time. the short walk into the police station opposite to face whatever consequences await. >> they don't do anything wrong. they just tell the truth to the world, to the truth to though government, and they now need to -- i'm sorry. >> reporter: fellow protesters joined the surrender, declaring their role in the occupation. >> i think it's a very brave and courageous and responsible for them to take this -- the very last step of the civil disobedience. >> reporter: hailing abuse from the sidelines, antioch pie groups hailed the event a victory. >> this is time for them to leave completely and go back home. you know? it's enough. for all of the citizens in hong kong we suffer a lot in the past two months. >> reporter: the founders say they are fulfilling a promise to face the consequences of their actions, but many students say their commitment remains on the streets. the protest leaders may be wrangling over the next move, but they all agree

sarah clark, al jazeera, hong kong. >> china's rapid rise to become the world's second biggest economy has come as a high price for some farmers. the chinese government has recently admitted that more than 20% of the country's airible land is now too polluted to grow food on. adrian reports from hunan province. >> reporter: they used to harvest rice twice a year now. but now it only happens once and that does not yield much. there is nothing in it, he says, of the dry husks. like confetti it blows away easily. close to the village are the factories blamed for the pollution that environmentalists say have poisoned the landscape and damaged people's health. >> i do worry about my granddaughter's health. i heard the air and the water are not safe, now we have found too much lead in her blood. >> reporter: factories encircle this farmland leech into rivers and streams. the same water that farmers. use. the tests show high levels of metals that have cancer-causing potential. the rice purchased in the market produced the most alarming result. in the supermarket rice th the cadmium were six t

let's go to sarah clarke on the streets, and it's quarter past six in the evening. it looks pretty empty. the police moved in and carried out their threat to forcibly remove those that don't go voluntarily. >> yes, they forcibly removed the remaining protesters taking part in a sit in ahead of me. this includes legislators that have been arrested. they were taken away one by one, put on a police bus and removed. we have seen the last lot of protesters who left this dome once it was declared illegal. when they left the details were taken, they were recorded by police and may be followed up and charged down the track. you may see that it looks more like a construction zone. 74 days of occupation have gone. everything has been removed. there are 2,000 or 3,000 police here, clearing the site. their deadline is they want it clear tonight. they want the road reopened by midnight. and the pace it's happening behind me, that will happen. >> is that it, is the protest over? >> well, the students have vowed to continue their acts of civil disobedience, but the key is getting

sarah clark has more. >> it was certainly a very emotional address by the athle three founders of the movement. they said they have asked or appealed to students here to retreat. the reason is that they have concern for their safety in the wake of the clash sunday night. they say this is now considered a dangerous place. they say the police action was out of control, and they said that the hong kong administration. they've asked for the movement, to keep it peaceful, but they want the campaign now to be one of peace and community campaign. they also said they would respect the students' decision if they decide to stay. >> missouri's governor is scaling back the national guard in ferguson. it comes after several days of relative calm. riot protests erupted after the grand jury decision in the shooting death of michael brown. they may now arrest brown's stepfather, who was seen yelling and burning things down. >> we've been waiting for rain like this for quite a while, but unfortunately too much in too little time is what is happening. we've seen in los angeles a month's worth of rain j

. >> sarah thank you very much, sarah clark reporting from hong kong.e second anniversary in power for mexico's president has been marred by more protests against his rule and he and the government are accused of corruption and as monica reports the disappearance of 43 students while in police custody continues to infuriate many. >> reporter: anger returned to the streets of mexico city on preside president's second anniversary in office and masked men with bats and molotov cocktails destroyed everything in the way. >> it was mostly peaceful but they are breaking windows. >> reporter: thousands have taken to the streets to ask mexican president to step down, a so-called mexican awakening with daily protests for the past two months. >> translator: shame on you, i pay your salary and my taxes are robbed by corrupt government. what you don't realize is we are all affected by the government's wrongdoing. >> reporter: hundreds of riot police deployed to control the protests and arrested demonstrators and pinning in a largely peaceful crowd. protesters counte

sarah clark is there. >> they have forcibly removed remaining protestors taking part in a peaceful sit in. there were 100 ahead of me. this includes legislators arrested, taken away one by one, put on a police bus and removed. we've seen the last lot of protestors, about 600 protestors left this area once it was declared illegal. once they left, details were taken, they were recorded by police and they may be charged down the track. you may be able to see behind me. it looks more like a construction zone. 74 days of occupation has gone, everything is being removed. there are 2,000, 3,000 police here tonight clearing the sites. they want this clear tonight, want the roads reopened by midnight. at the pace it's happening behind me, as you can see, that will happen. the students have vowed to continue their acts of civil dice obedience. there has been a huge amount of public support in the beginning, but that has waned over the last month as some question the methods being used. this is a highway that entered the central part of hong kong, it's been choked for two and a half months. i thi

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bush administration and senior policy adviser in the 2008 john mccain sarah palin campaign for president but the reason general clark asked me to moderate this discussion was i had this distinguished chair at international security studies at west point, the alma mater of wesley clark and taught economics. he was a soldier in the service of our country for 34 years, graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at west point, was awarded a rhodes scholarship, studied in britain, held enormously influential and important military positions culminating in being a the supreme commander of europe, senior military commander during the air war in the 1990s and in retirement and investment banker, big shot businessman and author of several good books, one of which he is here today to talk to us about. join me in welcoming wesley clark. [applause] his terrific book, my copy of which i do not have with me, thank you. here we go. don't wait for the next one. the lack of strategy the united states currently has in capacity, really preparing for the set of challenges our country is facing, very nicely, to talk about his book

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