seana chosen pin attentions in hong kong not the only thing likely to be occupying china's leaders today the one has gone into an 11 year low as beijing appears to be using its currency just saw from the impact of the us china trade dispute the move comes days after the us president dr chung tracing to extend punitive tons of 2 or chinese imports next month. in hong kong nerves are joggle by the democracy protests which brought traffic to a standstill in the asian financial hub this combined with the latest salvo by donald trump and the us china trade war to turn asia's benchmark stock indices into a picture of misery wherever investors in asia looked there was bad news. hong kong's hang seng index closed nearly 3 percent lower a 7 month trough in tokyo the nikkei $2.00 to $5.00 ended 1.7 percent lower on the mainland's big board the shanghai composite closed down 1.25 percent the chinese yuan currency unexpectedly broke through the closely watched 7 per dollar mark for the 1st time since the global financial crisis this was a major psychological blow as it's a level some market players

mentioning meanwhile in hong kong there was another night of angry demonstrations on correspondent seana chance and bill was in the midst of the protests and sent us this report. i was seeing as we arrived the calle speaking. i was just was was. was it. was is the take as clear as protesters slowly return was among them dozens of local residents was many joining childs demanding a police retreat curious bystanders watching all stunned at the scene unfolding in this normally quiet neighborhood. the police call for more backup as the mood once again turns dog was the showdown begins the little god or the other the love of god the are coming back now further god god god god god god god god that was all part of the hour the with the each side waiting for the other to make the 1st move those threatening to tip this standoff over the edge. it was placed in midnight's the police made this. sending people scattering. with the blockade cleats theorists begin. to die that i saw only the hour this is a residential area one woman screams people here weren't even wearing face masks the site down 7. w

evidence of the violent conduct of police and it certainly is likely to fuel anger here in hong kong seana chosen bill thank you very much for that update from hong kong. let me bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the wild russia and china have warned that the u.s. missile test on sunday has heightened military tensions and risks sparking an arms race washington said it had tested a new medium range cruise myside the test comes just weeks off the u.s. with drew from a treaty with moscow that banned or land based missiles. british prime minister boris johnson has called on the eve to scrap the so-called irish backstop with the breaks that agreement in a letter to the european council president. he instead proposed korda flexible and creative solution to potential problems of the north and northern ireland board discussed rejected on since proposing saying his letter contained no realistic we turn to ted's. migrants are jumping off the spanish humanitarian rescue ship open arms in a desperate bid to reach the italian shore they've been blocked from entering port f

weekend in weeks take us must go on years to say see what's going to open those of us that support these seana chosen pin. today is the united nations and there was a humanitarian day when tribute is paid to it workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service in syria the white helmets are one such group they have based in the city of west 7 of its volunteers recently died as government forces advance on the city is the final strong core developers opposed to damascus. racing to save lives rescue of mohammad khatami receives details of the incident over his radio a russian warplane has dropped bombs on an apartment block in moderate a town in syria's province right now every moment counts. they arrive at the scene to look for survivors buried in the rubble who can't get out without their help and the owners of the. this time at least it seems no one has been hurt or needs the white helmet so assistance. we help injured civilians children women and old people. i work is really important there's no other organization on the scene that saving lives was up for. mohammed joined the white helmet

heavy rain for they were calling for more democracy for the territory as we hear from did obvious seana chosen bill unlike some of the previous demonstrations this one remained peaceful and the. calm dignified resilient these are the scenes organizers have called for the few expected it's not quite like this. protesters of all ages braving the poor and rain to march the crowds swelling in every direction bringing parts of the city to try to stand still this see the protesters launching through the streets feel like it that they're going to add a lot of these protests will if they take. over the last few weeks to rachel ray that it's going to face. these tens. which is how the point of free many had felt weeks of clashes and shocking scenes of hong kong airport on tuesday that tarnished the movement beijing branding the more violent protest is close to terrorists. but as they arrived on sunday they were united. says that people power and peace their weapons of choice in the battle for the image last week there's a lot of protests in the airport and i think that caught all of attention fo

determined and they also defined there was another night of andhra demonstrations our correspondent seana chosen bill was in the midst of protests and sent us this report. was the scene as we arrived the chaos begins. the film. so how come the world that have done nothing. but follow. her lead on how 7 the tough sell that one party. is the take as clear as protesters slowly return. among them dozens of local residents. many joining child's demanding police retreat. curious bystanders watching almost stunned at the scene unfolding in this normally quiet neighborhood the police call for more backup as the mood once again tense dog was the showdown begins. was noisy and although i was told the local me are coming back now further god almighty god god god god god god all that found all over the hour was the each side waiting for the other to make the 1st move but it was threatening to tip this standoff over the edge. close to midnight the police made this. sending people scattering. with the blockades cleats theorists began. with that way this is a residential area one woman screams people he

defiant there's been no the angry night of demonstrations on the streets of hong kong our correspondent seana cho simply was in the midst of the protests and sent us this report. was the scene as we arrived the chaos begins. the good fight. for. the world the tough tough tough tough tough. tough out there with her book on how the dial that alone. is the take as clear as protesters slowly return. us among them dozens of local residents. many joining charles demanding police retreat. furious bystanders watching almost stunned at the scene unfolding in this normally quiet neighborhood the police call for more backup as the mood once again tense dog was the showdown begins the was the over the top that was probably far from about the no further than god god god god god god on that front door was the each side waiting for the other to make the 1st move. those threatening to tip this standoff over the edge. close to midnight the police may be. sending people scattering. with the blockade cleats theorists begin. to feel that way if this is a residential area one woman screams people here weren't eve

of tear gas is being fired by police specially in front of government buildings our correspondent seana chosen bill was in the tranches moments before the police used tear gas on protest says she's been talking some of the protest says and sent us this report. we are in the midst of an unprecedented moment in the pro-democracy movement never before has hong kong seen a general strike quite like this now things are starting to heat up here in the central political and economic districts of hong kong people hearing her name is just down this way from that started firing tear gas every now and then there will be a panic of people trying to rush away from that tear gas people here know all too well the police ready and willing to use it liberally now there are thousands of people taking the time off work to take part in this one of 7 protests across hong kong one of them is don't know he is the one supplier donald can you tell me why you are taking part in this protest today ok we see a lot of teenagers so far so from suffering and under the coffin and to push through a wall and and no demo

. >> seana, there's two full pressure points hire. the republicans and mcconnell saying you've got to do something, mitch mcconnell. but on the democratic side, how is it that democrats keep the pressure on the republicans as they come back from recess in september and there's lapsed time between the mass shootings and the time they reopen the government? >> think we're seeing them attempt that. yesterday you had congressman hoyer of maryland hold a rare press conference on the hill. they got reporters to show up. our cameras showed up so they could push this idea of a background check bill getting through the senate. we expect the house judiciary committee to come back. they're not really going to do anything. they've passed the background check bill through the house of representatives, but it's about media pressure and about doing that. and then, you know, congresswoman debbie dingell said it's the organization of mom's demand action is you putly rallies together this weekend in multiple cities. is that enough to pressure them? i d

it was interesting because he was asked specifically about russia and seana, he turned once again to former president obama. here is that moment. >> he was outsmarted by putin. he was outsmarted. president putin outsmarted president obama. i could understand how president obama would feel. he wasn't happy. and they're in for that reason. i think it would be better to have russia inside the tent than outside of the tent. i do nothing for politics. i do what is right. >> he does what is right. and asked there specifically about welcoming russia back in and the question started off with, oh, hey, by the way, remember the meddling in the 2016 election, do you think russia should still be back and this is where he went on the answer. it is fascinating that he's obsessed with the former president. >> he is still obsessed with the former president. it is interesting that the person who asked him about this did a follow-up saying, russia was kicked out of the g7, frankly not because they messed with the 2016 election, which is a whole thing for us to deal with, but because they annexed crime