hold his machinegun and fight in the legislative council for us hong kongers. long live hong kong! long live hong kong! benjamin: he doesn't have any trust in the communist party and the hong kong government. he's saying to regain hong kong, and the younger generation is going to battle with the older generation in fighting for democracy but also authority and citizens, the protestor and the police. [indistinct chatter] [shouting in cantonese] [shouting] airin: i was shocked when i saw the news at home. i was like, "what?" i didn't imagine that hongng kong peopople could do sh viviolent thin o on the strereet like burning stufff, throwing bricks, attacack the police becauause it's susuch a big cont to umbrerella prototest. it was rereally peaceful, but that t n, it was r really violenent, and i think people try other ways, other peaceful ways already, and they realized thatat it doesn't wwork, so they had to i it. i's kind of ththe governmement forcd peopople to be violent. i'm sick of it all. this is t t ridiculous. it's like a group of rerely stupid people who are controlling the

whistleblower complaint that alleges us officials hid the transcript of a call between president trump and his ukrainian counterpart. the south china morning post reports that hong kongerschief executive carrie lam over the crisis gripping the city. and finally, bbc online are reporting that japan airlines has introduced a feature on its seat booking system that shows where young children are seated, so passengers can book seats to avoid the noise. what do we make of all of that? get in touch with me on twitter on that one as well. with me is priya lakhani, the founder and ceo of century tech. let's start with this ongoing family feud going on over at thejohnstons. racheljohnson, the prime minister's sister, says her brother is using a strongman gambit to whip up voters. she says the prime minister is not the brother i see at

the south china morning post reports that hong kongers have used their first town hall talks to condemn chief executive carrie lam over the crisis gripping the city. and finally, bbc online are reporting that japan airlines has introduced a feature on its seat booking system that shows where young children are seated, so passengers can book seats to avoid the noise. what do we make of all of that? get in touch with me on twitter on that one as well. with me is priya lakhani, the founder and ceo of century tech. let's start with this ongoing family feud going on over at thejohnstons. racheljohnson, the prime minister's sister, says her brother is using a strongman gambit to whip up voters. she says the prime minister is not the brother i see at home, branding his comments about murdered mpjo cox as reprehensible. all of this after accusing mps of passing a surrender act. these are his words yesterday. i mean, what does all of this inferno of rhetoric actually achieve? well, it's very clever. it's very clever use of language, it is morally reprehensible. he has created a parliament where

that means those mainlanders who want democracy can also have a chance but hong konger is also on the front line. >> is hard for us to conceive of that courage but no doubt somebody is reporting to beijing. >> that's right. >> please make sure we are stated properly. i don't want any misquotes. >> thank you for your courage to speak the truth. and we will make it clear to the regime that democracy is an important value and we will not just pay lip service. thank you very much. >> thank you mister chairman and take you to the panel to provide expertise on this important and timely topic. i spent more than five years and part of the time was in hong kong in the 19 nineties in the private sector raising a family ever two youngest children were born in hong kong i am deeply concerned with the ongoing erosion of autonomy and human rights and they stand with the citizens of hong kong. just the past month i hope to lead legislative exchange between the us and the leaders who came to my home state of montana and this was better to understand that situation to identify the key issues as leader of the free world in the enti

us. businesses have also been pressured into obstructing these freedoms of hong kongers. namely subway system. they have closed down stations in times of protests. therefore, making it very easy for the police to arrest people and also very difficult for the people to leave the sites. that was a result -- i believe there was an article that was in the "people's daily," the state newspaper, where they have named the mtro corporation, saying they have been helping the people. so, i do think that in a free society, these businesses and corporations do have an obligation, a social responsibility to keep up this kind of integrity at least to safeguard our freedoms, which they have failed to do so. and like right now we do have -- do not have much solution to these problems because aside from the people protesting, these businesses are exercising their suppression onto their people. so, we hope that this hong kong human rights and democracy act with these sanctions on the government officials and hopefully, you know, if this could extend to these corporations who have been viol

hong kongers are will into except beijing's authority. the classes are escalating with petrol bombs and bricks being used by protesters and police being accuseddeliberately hurting demonstrators and passersby. >> in a recent poll, almost three quarters of responders said they thought police were using excessive violence. joseph started his career in colonial times, he does not agree. >> in my time, writers werere throwing p petrol bombs s at yo, you should shoot t them with lie roundsds. now, i think they are doing a great job in the sense that they are restrained. >> he is glad he is not on active duty anymore. brent: the paralympics start in just a year from now. athletes across the globe are gearing up to qualify. germany just missed out on the semifinals and failed to qualify. they have learned another valuable lesson in teams. . >> replay aggressive, tempo rich, and well organized football. that's why we will go out there and oust the french, because we are a team. >> they don't want to impress their opponents.s. they want to instill courage in themselves. the germany team take with them to every european championship game. since 2006, t

us. businesses, of course, they have been pressured also into obstructing these freedoms of ho hong kongersnamely our subway system and they have closed down stations in times of protest. therefore, making it very easy for the police to arrest people and also very difficult for the people to leave the sites and that was a result of -- i believe there was an article that was in the people's daily, the state newspaper where they have named the mtro corporation saying that they have been helping the people. so i do think that in a free society these businesses and corporations, they do have an obligation and a social responsibility to keep up this kind of integrity to at least to safeguard our freedoms which they have failed to do so and right now i do not have much solutions to the problems, and aside from the people protesting these businesses, they are exercising their suppression on to their people. so we hope that this hong kong human rights and democracy act with these sanctions on the government officials and hopefully, if this could extend to these operations who have been violating th

for extraditing people which would have meant hong kongers could have been extradited to face justice in chinese courts. mainland chinese courts regarded usced by the government in beijing. the protest continuing this weekend and we wait to see what else will have happened in hong kong among the protest sites that have been chosen, including the british consulate. the headlines on bbc news... david cameron accuses borisjohnson of only backing leave in order to further his own political career. the liberal democrat leader jo swinson reiterates her belief that "there is no good brexit deal" as party members consider a conference motion to revoke article 50 if the lib dems win a general election. iran dismisses accusations made by the us that it was responsible for two drone attacks that have crippled saudi oil production. sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. the all—importa nt cricket the all—important cricket score? australia have been set 399 to win the final ashes test at the oval and they've already lost both openers. earlier england lost the final two wickets of their second innings pretty quickly, finishing on 329

appease some ordinary hong kongers, the hard-liners will be back on the streets this weekend setting the stage for another showdown. lou: jonathan hunt from hong kong. well, joining us tonight, dr. michael pillsbury, director of the center for chinese strategy at the hudson institute. mike, let me start with hong kong. your thoughts about the withdrawal by carrie lam of the extradition bill that would have required citizens of hong kong to be taken to the mainland at the discretion of the chinese government. your thoughts about what will ensue as a result of this immense step forward, it seems to me. >> i agree with you, lou, it's an immense step forward. i think there are two implications. one is in hong kong itself. the demonstrations will, no doubt, continue. this is sort of 13 weeks' delay. but it's the main demand. this is why the two million people came out, to make sure they couldn't just be snatched and brought to the mainland for an unfair trial. but probably the more important implication for the united states is xi jinping is, no doubt, behind this and has approved it. so this means president trump's strategy is working. we may expect now, i think, some p

us. welcome. >> hi, shannon. >> shannon: matt, you are recently back from hong kong, what's your reaction to that video? >> very typical. this is a question for hong kongersendence, others who just want to have democracy that was promised when margaret thatcher agreed to turn over hong kong to beijing and what beijing has done is reneged on almost every promise they made to the u.k. and what we are seeing in the streets of hong kong is a crackdown. it's an abuse of people's individual rights and labor to a radicalized westerner, young westerner to go over to hong kong and lecture these brave democracy activists who, if they continue to do what they do, shannon, they might lose their lives, they might lose their ability to have a livelihood. taking on beijing is not a small matter and i find it repugnant that this woman did this. >> shannon: and hot air, under the headline "american lecturers -- hong kong protesters " -- the idea that it would be better to succumb to chinese totalitarian communism for the sake of preserving a dialogue overlooks one critical point, it wouldn't be a dialogue between equals. a master speaking to a servant is not a dialogue wo

maria: hong kongers were reaching out to america saying please stand with us. >> yes. >> holding themerican flag, we do not have a yet date for the chinese premier, xi jinping to meet in september, we will see where that goes, the uncertainty remaining for markets, then there's hurricane dorian, of course, this is down to category 2 now, has been weakening but people in southeast u.s. coast making final preparations for hurricane dorian over 2 million residents along the coast in florida, georgia, north and south carolina have been warned to evacuate, jillian mele live in island this morning, she's in georgia with the very latest, jillian. >> maria, that's right, we've seen a couple of rain bands going through here since we've been out here the last few hours, one pretty significant right now, light rain, no significant wind picking up just yet, we are expecting that to change throughout the day, there's mandatory evacuation order among many of the counties along the coast even some of the closer interior counties and then we are also dealing dealina curfew overnight and seems that p

used tear gas. the concession, that is withdrawing the extradition bill, has not solved xi's backyard problem. hong kongers, china has resorted to more stimulus to keep its economy going. sunday, more money was released to china's banks. why do that, if the economy is growing at a 6% rate and everything's fine and dandy? answer, it's not growing at 6% despite what beijing says. the "wall street journal" has looked at a variety of indicators suggesting much lower growth, much higher unemployment and a sharp drop in china's exports to america. their economy is struggling. all of this has provoked some grumbling inside china. the international edition of the "new york times" reports hints of unease in china's leadership. communist dictatorships have a very hard time adjusting to internal criticism. all of this is the backdrop to the trade fight. it surely strengthens president trump's negotiating position. he's playing a strong hand. things are going his way. not so with xi jinping. he's in a corner. his problems are getting worse. my opinion, trump's winning this one. >>> the third hour of "varney & company"