this rally. it comes just weeks after pro-china candidates suffered devastating losses in local elections. it is 6:44 p.m. in hong kong. it's dark. ivan watson is there. it was dark. you saw people. you saw an american flag waving in the middle of these people. i know you've been talking to some folks there about why they continue this. what are they saying? >> reporter: well, i mean, i think we have seen a demonstration, natalie, that after six months of protests against the government, aftereffect lating violence between some demonstrators and police, that there is still a mass movement here in hong kong that is deeply unhappy with its unelected government and, by extension, the central government in beijing. we have seen a huge demonstration. signs from both the organizing