Anchor this is bbc world news americ in hong kong anger h Police Open Fire on a protester in broad daylight. Tensions are rising as chinas authority is chaenged. Chaos and uncertainty in bolivia owter the president steps amid protests. There is confusion over who is in charge. The history behind the poppy as the u. S. Et marksans day, we look at how this flourreelps us member those who died in flower helps us rememberhose who died in conflict. Anchor for those watching pbs and around the globe, welcome. Thpolitical crisis in hong kong has deepened after a Police Officer was filmed shooting aot ter. Thousands of demonstrators clashed with riot police as tensions soared. The former artist colonyri was d by protests for months. British colony has been riled byor protest fonths. Reporter this is how a day of extraordinary violence start a Police Officer arresting the person in white, approached by another person wearingla. He is shotng at pointblank and is captured in a video. It is captured in a video. Somehow and amidst the chaos, he attempts to fully but he is captured and taken awaybu in an nce. In the cit a Police Officer drives into a group of black clad protesters. Turning the motorbike towards them three times before taking off. He has been suended. Theag middle mayor argues with protesters. This man is doused with flammable liquid before being set on fire. There is no question that escalating violence could get what the rioters want, not from the government, not society at large. Reporter and thi evening the clashes continue. [indiscernible] repoer the has been an outpouring of anger, tough lease onresp. It seems that the city is wrapped in a cycle of violence and retribution. Now it is no longer like just a protest. Imore. It is a warning that hong kong must win. I dont know what will happen tomorrow. I dont know. Repoer more than 2pl p were arrested today with both sides digging in, there are fearthe conflict will only stephen mcdonald, bbcg news, h kong. Anchor for more i am joined by the u. S. Correspondent from the bbc chinese service. You used to live in hong kong. How grave is the . Litical cris high used to live in a to where tht gunshots were fired and i used to pass the same path every day to get to the metro. On a normal monday morning call, hong kongers would be going to wor picking up breakfast on the way but no we see an extraordinary hong kong on monday morning. Tear gas was fired in residential neighborhoods as well as central where the banks and the violence is not only coming from the police but also thest pros as we saw in the video that it was lit on fire because of dispute with protesters. The hong kong i know is kind and warmhearted but this seems to be where lines are the whole city is in this Mental Health tinderbox. People might get fatigue over the chaos but inside the country, it is a grave situation and we are seeing a new level of violence out of the city. Anchor thank you for joining us. Mexico granted asylum to bolivias former president evo morales who stepped down after weeks of violent protests. Demonstrators say his reelection was rigged. Supporters say he is the victim of a coup. There will be an interim president. Katy watson said has more. Porter the demise of the longest standingnt presideould not have come soon enough for some. Celebrations turned to violence, buildings torched and vandalized. This is one of many barricades you see across la pazck bg the streets. This one is antigovernment. Him forau democracy b bolivia doesnt have an interim president and neither do they know when new elections will be called. A few people braved the journey to work. We are all afraid,oesnt matter which side you are on. We are afraid what will happen. Everyone is calling for conflict. Matters are the people. Reporter people stood on the streets calling for change. These protesters were blocking access to the president ial palace, making sure no government member could return to their office. He could have left through the front door if heatad respected people were saying, but he tried to perpetuate himlf in power and at madeeople not want him anymore. Reporter Police Convoy carrying the politician expected to step in. There is much uncertainty. Nobody knows when new elections will be and til then instability is a constant threat. Katy watson, bbc news, la paz. Anchor i spoke earlier to the president of the interameric dialogue. Is this democracy rtored or a coup . We saw both things. Ivo morales attempting to steal an election, that is broad, tiemocratic. And then we saw the military play a role in ousting morales which is also democratic antidemocratic. Both of th we have seen. We dont know what is coming nextet. This ho play out. The situation is chaotic intense in bolivia. But we had morales provoke that it was clear he was trying to stay in per before he could weather the storm. He felt protests would dissipate and it didnt happ people got angry. Anchor how did he lose the military . The m titary felt they could not control the streets and they were not prepared to shoot at the bolivians. There were so many of them, the military didnt want to be in that position. W looked like the situation untenable and the government ungovernable. It would be best for him to resign, and he did. Anchor how can bolivians have any confidence the new elections will be rigged . It remains to be seen who wi preside. The one thing we saw was the played a role. F am they ordered the first eleion and basically charged morales with fraudsund there was osed to be in another to another election. So there is an international role. The situation is fluid in lia. Erly divided, polarized cocountry wme together and figure out an approach and formula to having elections in the next couple of months. Anchor it is unclear, but President Trump is saying the resignation of morales sends a message to venezuela and nicaragua. Would u agree . That kind of message will be interpreted by many on the left and u. S. Critics as almost an admission the u. S. Was part of this coup, which people have made the accusation. It is ammunition for him to say that. I think the situations in nica difficult for different different from bolivia. They are i think it is a partular situation. Think the military are more entrenched in venezuela. And drug traffic a otherinesses criminal activities. It is a Different Military and situation. Chor thank you for being with us. Washington seemed quiet today asked the city marand vet day, but behind the scenes, frantic activity. It is a huge week for u. S. Politics. On wednesday the impeachment inquiry holds public hearings. Key testified tha twitnesses witify why the white house withheld military aid to ukraine while the president pressed the leader to investigate docrats. President trump took part in new york. Eterans Day Celebrations he said the impeachment inquiry wasnt far from hisind when he tweeted a warning about the phone call with leader, or urging them not to fall into the trap of saying it wasnt perfect but not impeachable. I spoke into spoke to a reporter from the new york times. It has been 21 years since the American Public witnessed an impeachment hearing. How dramatic is this . Extremely dramatic. Bshould tru impeached, he is only the third oneo be done so. We have seen transcripts of many of the witnesses, and we have heard from their lawyers about what they have set antes closeddoor it now goes said in these closeddoor hearings. It now goes to the public. The ways and means committee, historic room, and there is nothing like hearing it firsthand from the people who were there. This should be quite a spectacle. Anchor have republicans settled on a line of defense . Seems the president is not keen on what they have come up with. What they have come up with is while they are conc about what they heard on the phone call between mr. Trump and the president and they are concerned about the things in the testimony, none of these are impeachable offenses. That is their position. They have had shiftingsi ons. Lindse graham, perhaps the president s strongest defender, said if there was a quid pro quo, if the president demanded somethingra from ukine in exchange for the military aid ukraine was promised, it would be a problem. When reporters asked Lindsey Graham last week, he said i dont care about that anymore. They have had many nes of defense. We will see what they come up with wednesday. Anchor do you expect the hearings to change any minds . Right now bause right now we dont. The president needs 20 senators to go against him to there is no indication it would ever happen with those nators. We t know what might out in the hearings, and the expectation is there is a strong likelihood President Trump will be impeached by the house which is like an indictmentnd he will be in senate trial but not be removed from office. Anchor is are the big for democrats . There is always a risk. Everyone remembers with president clinton, he was impeached but remained popular and was popular as he was leaving office and republicans took the heat in the polls and suffered big losses. There was a sense among the public at the time the republicans overreached. That was a different era. It was about a sexual offense, not lying aboutrnex with an int the white house. Democrats argue this is a graver offense, this was about using the power of the presidencyho to wi military aid to one of the worry one of the weakest nations in europe fighting the russian led incursion on its eastern border. There is much more at stake. It was about war and peace, National Security and much bigger. We should see. Theyould pay a price. Thank you for joini us. Usfirefighters andalia say the worst danger will come tuesday for areas aroundydney. Bushfires continue across the country. Declared a stat of emergency. Three people have died and thousands displaced. Turkey has launched an investigation into tth of a former British Army Officer who helped set up the Syrian Rescue Group the White Helmets. Theody was found outside it home. Caroline hley reports. It was on the street outside James Building was found. That there was no official statent from the police and Security Officials arey quoted saying t believe he fell from a balcony. He was in his0s and set up the mayday rescue charity which heed train syrias rescue volunteers known as the White Helmets. These are the White Helmets in action. They operate in rebel held areas survivors. Ntry saving speaking tthe bbc life years ago he paid trcoute to their age. S it has been arce of immense prideor everyone who s been involved in the training, the support to these heroes. They provide an incredible amount of inspiration and an environment that is up it an environmenat is otherwise devoid of positives. Yesterday they rushed into the idlib province. For the work they do the White Helmets and james have earned the hatred of the kremlin and syrian regime. Last week the Russian Foreign ministry of church accused him of being an mi6 agent. The russian charges that came out that he was a spy categorically untrue. He was a british soldier. He had been to the place, but he wasnt a serving soldier when he hiteded may day and the helmets. He was a humanitarian. The world and syria is poorer r his loss. Hatever the circumstances, friends and colleagues say he will belp remembered for g save countless syrian lives. Anchor you are watching bbc worlnews america. Water worries hit new jersey, from Dangerous Levels of lead. Anchor our selling agent spoke exclusively to roger federer, rafael nadal and Novak Djokovic ahead of the a finals in ndon. They talk about what it takes to be the best and if they will ever retire. Welcome to bbc breakfast. We are used to seeing you at wimbledon rather than on the river on a boat. Are you all friends . Endly. [laughter] [indiscernible] rivals . Is in this telling you enough . We he been on the tour so many years, i get to see these guys more than my parents. Porter you travel with your family with you. It is a lot of work. That is what it is. It is e only way i can see it, working for me, to stay on tour and the kids need to be happy on the road. A lot goes in. Busy household and busy nights. One of my kids was not feeling well. She was apologizing to me. I ry, i am not feeling well. That is what the parents are here for. It is tough when it is just before the semi finals, against one of my big rivals. Reporter any remarks for the newlywed . [lauger] i need it. Be a goodad. Always thought that my tennis career around 30s i uld stop. Everyone says i will have a shorter career. I thought after i going to start but now dont know. Maybe is theime to start. U never know. Anchor first it was kind, s chigan and now in new work, new jers theregher amounts of lead in the Drinking Water and people are outraged. The mayor has a land remove the toxic threat, but as our for those who live fear ofnough the water in their homes. Reporter it is dinnertime and this person is making pasta with her kids. To boil itat, only bottled will do. She lives in new work, new jersey, the latest American City to grappleh wlead water crisis. Always spending money on water. I spend more money on water than buying food. Reporter the problems began when a Corrosion Control latreatment failed, causing the lead to seek into the water. Officials switched to a new treatment but it will take months to be effective. Now the may has announced the next with i did plan to overhaul the infrastructure. Across the city crews are ripping up the streets to replace leades pith copper ones. All 18,000 pipes in the work will be removed in in newark will be removed aosno when they are replaced 100 there will be no lead. Filters areor wng, you should use your filter and if you are using the filter you will be fine. Officials were sloespondelieve and to warn residents including those suing the city. I am unsure when i getting my lead service line replaced even thougi put in for it six months ago. It is all of this that really leaves me frustrated reporter fl what happened it and now here has raised questions about the safety of e nations water infrastructure, decades after lead pipes were banned, man still reman remain. And people simply dont know if they have lead pipes or not. Despite assurances, churches and iecharit continue to hand out bottled water areats effor are underway to rid the city of lead pipes but rebuilding trust would take longer. Anchor anxious times there about the water. Many oyou have been asking why bbc staff are wearing poppies. We wear these to rember those wh died in conflict. Today is the01 anniversary of the end of world war i. Nited veterans day in the states the story of how the poppy came to be the symbol of remembrance is american ingenuity. Wothe firsd war was a catastrophic conflict in which millions lost their lives. The conditionsoon france and belgium were brutal. No mans land was dividing the forces were so many were killed, turned into mud. It was here after the fighting ended poppies grew, immortalized in problem by a lieutenant colonel. And flanders fields, the poppies blow. Between the crosses row on row. Reporter s terican teacher was moved by the poem and deded to wear a poppy in honor of the war dead. He campaigned to get it adopted as an off remembrance. F in britain 1921 the Royal British legion whh helps war copies. S ordered 9 million they sold out immediately on the anniversary of the signing of the armistice. The poppy factory was set up in britain to employ disabled ex servicemen a millions are produced for rembrance day. One to a member my grea uncles. A were killed in action during world wari. Their brother my grandfather survived and was decorated for bhisvery. Like so many others, he was forever haunted by his loss. In britain tre was a special service of remembrance for those who died in conflict. They shall not grow old. Age will not worry them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. Anchor ner forget, the story of why we wear the poppy year on year. I think of my great uncles who i never met b my grandfather mourned forever. Laura trevean, thank you so ch are watching bbc world news america. Narrator funding for this presentation is made possiblby. Babbel, an Online Program designed by language specialists teaching spanish, french and more. Narrator funding was also provided by. The freeman fountion. By judy and peter blumkovler foundation. Pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. Narrator be more, pbs. Captioning sponsored by wshour productions, llc woodruff good evening. Im judy woodruff. On the newshour night, crisis in bolivia. The countrys longtime socialist presidensteps down as the streets erupt in violence and supporters cry foul over a suspected coup. Then, how Rudy Guiliani went from americas mayor to a major player in the impeachmen inquiry. Plus, our politics monday team breaks down what to expect from the start of public hearings. And art out of the land why communities of artists, all across the country, are working to revive rural america. I think its a bit of an equity thing. Rural people are every bit asrv deseg of art as any other group, and maybe more so because they dont have as much access