regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping than the national security act that your parliament enacted lastjuly, you know? you created a lot more new offences. our national security law enacted by beijing is nothing compared to what you have. what you have is far more stringent, comprehensive and draconian. well, i think a lot of it depends on the implementation, doesn t it? and when your territory uses the laws that you have through the national security legislation to lock up opposition politicians, pro democracy activists, to eliminate i
going to do by tomorrow. speaker mccarthy, live on fox news. quickly, a quick question, how do you feel about ok, so he he would not take questions, he said he was in a hurry, had to get to the floor to open it, he s on the way to the floor and we ll listen to his remarks. sandra: all business. john: it s noted. almost reached in, but john: he s got the capitol police around him, be careful how far you reach in. exactly, exactly. sandra: thank you, aishah, appreciate that. and off he goes. a live look here at the other direction, as john, we anticipated, this would be a quickly moving couple of hours, we hope to know more soon. john: yeah, and again, when you take a look at the votes, if you lose 40, don t forget, it s a bipartisan bill and hakeem jeffries is doing everything he can to sell this to his caucus, kevin mccarthy has promised at least 150 votes, looks like he s north of 180, if you only have 35 defections, i don t know how many are there toda
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