clearance operations are sitting down, getting a rest on a hot sweltering night. the remainders in the distance here of barricades that some of the protesters have put up. john and alisyn, two, three months ago, protesters might have thrown eggs at the security forces. now they routinely tear up paving blocks and throw molotov cocktails at the security forces here, and the police in turn use -- they've used scores of rounds of tear gas. they fired non-lethal rounds that one of our crew members may have been hit by today, and for the first time we're hearing about a live round being fired in these clashes. this is supposed to be a patriotic day akin to the 4th of july for china, national day. the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china, but instead of the mass show of military might that we saw in beijing, here in hong kong large numbers