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 stuff,f, throwing bricks, attacack the police becauause it's susuch a bigontrt 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 vviolent. i'm sick of it all. this is t t ridiculous. it's like a group of rerely stupid people who are controlling t

the former chair of the hong kong democratic party says china should drop its proposed national security law. emily lau told us that most hong kongers have their views heard. dropmily lau: they should this national security law which the rubberstamp parliament in beijing is definitely going to pass on thursday. it, stopould just cool it, and talk to the hong kong people come of political parties and legislators, do what is needed and what should be done and address the concerns of not just the political parties but the business community. some business people are rethinking their plans in hong kong. do you not think that now with ons national security law subversion and terrorism and interference with foreign forces, do you not think the companies and the professionals are not worried? of course they are. i hope the international community will tell beijing to really calm down and stop bulldozing this thing through. i do not support sanctions of hong kong because in the words of some business people, that means the game is over. why punish the seven odd million people? this is not the way forward. then, your issue is not so much the

now they are applying their colonial rule in east turkistan and tibet, southern mongolia like hong kongers. using 160 chinese my greating to hong kong per day for the last few years. they're the terrorists. they sent agents to hong kong last year and this year and just as hong kong police or just plain clothes or they just beat up people, including pregnant women and other violence. their terrorism is up much. they have no concern and so this is the time for the world to wake up, to do something about it. neil: we'll see. if they're not waking up right now, to your concerns, rose, sorry to jump on you, they're not really responding in the way you would think. rose we'll follow closely. always appreciate your bravery and reminders. you're very prescient exactly what is transpiring in hong kong. you said things calmed down. they won't calm down for long. you were right then. hope you're wrong now. corner of wall and broad, worried about this escalating into full-blown economic or worse war they have a funny way of showing it. buoyed by promise of a vaccine, promising reopening of countries around t

speaking to a former chair of the hong kong democratic party who says that china should drop its proposed national security law. she told us most hong kong simply-- hong kongersto have their views heard. >> first of all, they should ,rop this national security law which the rubberstamp parliament in beijing is definitely going to pass on thursday. if they would just cool it, stop it, and talk to the hong kong people, talk to the political parties, the legislatures, do , what ared be done the concerns not just of the political parties but the business community -- i heard some business people saying they are rethinking their plan in hong kong. do you not think that now, with this national security law on secession, on terrorism, on subversion, on liaison and interfering with foreign forces, do you not think that the companies, the professionals are worried? of course they are. i think china, and i hope the international community will tell beijing to calm down and stop bulldozing this thing through. but i don't support sanctions for hong kong, because in the words of some business people, that means the game is over. inwhy punish the seven-on people. i don't t

the reporter for the wall street journal in hong kong thank you for joining us first off, give us the basic on what this proposed law is and what hong kongerse so angered by >> as you probably remember, hong kong has been going through a period of mass pro democracy protests last year behind the scenes, china has been urging hong kong as a national security law to try and prosecute in jail people charged with subversion or any kind of crime that a government might ascribe to protesters. what happened last week was to mainland china got fed up with the local semiautonomous operating body to introduce those saying we'll create a national security law and impose it and go around the semiautonomous legislature that will have anti-terrorism aspects, rules against foreign interference and also allow china's own security services, its secret police to operate in hong kong. hong kong has operated under semiautonomy since it was returned to china in 1997. obviously people were very concerned about what this law will actually do >> yes they have in that transition hand over, they have this agreement. some of these things this law was to do should hav

hong lau told us most kongers do not want independence for the hub but want to have their views heard all, we they should drop this security law in beijing. it is definitely going to pass on thursday. if they will just cool it, stop it and talk to the hong kong people, talk to political parties, the legislators, what is needed, what should be done, what are the concerns of not just the political parties but the business community, i heard some business people saying they are rethinking their plans in hong kong. do you not think that now with this national security law on succession, terrorism, on subversion, interfearing with foreign forces, do you not think the companies, the professionals, they are worried? of course they are. china, the international community will tell beijing to eally calm down and stop bulldozing this thing through. i don't support sanctions for hong kong because in the words of some business people, that means the game is over. why punish the 7 million people? i don't think it is a way forward. >> to clarify then, your issue is not so much the proposed bill its

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 kongersre 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 saturday. bad weather forced the postponement of yesterday's launch of the spacex rocket carrying nasa astronauts. mark strassmann is at the kennedy space center. mark, i was watching. they came so close. good morning to you. >> good morning to you, gayle. so close. in fact, 17 minutes before launch spacex called it off. rough, rainy weather that threatened here all day violated the

us. haslinda: the security law is targeting -- what constitutes subversion? the hong kongersoin crackdown on june 4 be considered dissidents in that sense? subversion is defined a violentlines of overflow of the central people's government. situation has moved on. nowadays you can overthrow a further attempts infiltration, interference in ,lections, biochemical attacks updating our laws. we don't have the subversion. noteful assemblies will prevent any problems at all. the hong kong police have facilitated tens and thousands of peaceful assemblies. i think that will continue. haslinda: it's also against this terrorist ideology, what accounts is terrorist ideology. had he the world that terrorism exists in hong kong. this has to do with internal conflict. terrorism in the rest of the world has a completely different definition. regina: i disagree with that. have adopted the same terrorist definition international law. we already have a terrorism law. but we can only stipulate terrorist groups after the u.s. security has done so. in the past year, the police have uncovered dang

hong kongers? that this will -- they'll spread the virus? is that even a point of conversation there? >> reporter: yeah, it's interesting, victor. obviously, the government has useddistancing laws to prohibit people from taking to the streets and protesting. obviously, the coronavirus was a concern here in hong kong, like it is around much of the world. however, the government has done an extraordinary job, as have the hong kong people, in eliminating the virus. there are barely any local transmissions. if there are cases, they're imported. so, the government is using this to their own political benefit. i mean, the thousands of people who turned out today, they were obviously wearing face masks, but their concern is these national security law, and they feel that their freedoms, their autonomy is going to completely go. no more one country, two systems. it's one country, one system, the end of hong kong as we know it, victor and christi. >> anna coren in hong kong, stay safe. thanks so much for the report. >>> every time you go to the grocery store, i know you see the numbers on that receipt. it feels like it just keeps getting bigger and bigger, and we've all n