A rough weekend with key Regional Elections at least 2 german states are expected to boost the strength of the countrys far right f. T. Party. Im like a local welcome to the program we begin in hong kong where thousands of protesters are gathering for the 13th straight weekend in defiance of an official ban on protests and strong warnings from police that marchers risk being prosecuted police have fired tear gas at crowds outside the government headquarters theyve also used Water Cannons with blue dye which stained protesters some of whom had lobbed petrol bottles todays march began in a stadium and was called a religious gathering an attempt to circumvent a ban on protests. It follows the arrests of key opposition figure heads including joshua wang who has since been released today also marks the 5th anniversary of a decision by chinas Ruling Communist Party against full democratic elections in hong kong. For the latest were joined on the line by our correspondent in Hong Kong Shelly
Going to be good. Its friday, august 30th, 2019. Here is todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. The storm looks like it could be a very big one indeed. Make preparations. Do not wait until its too late. The mainland braces for Hurricane Dorian. The storm is a category 2 and is set to strengthen to a catastrophic category 4. It is not looking too good. Everything is tense. You know, the praying has already begun. The wall street journal reporting juul is being looked at to see whether they targeted minors with deceptive marketing. Democratic president ial candidate joe biden on the defense after a report he has been inaccurately telling a war story on the campaign trail. The Justice Departments Inspector General says former fbi director james comey violated policies in his handli of memos about private conversations with President Trump. Police in alabama issued an arrest warrant for Lakers Center Demarcus Cousins over Threats Police say he made to his exgirlfriend. Alex trebek ba
In the u. S. There is a pileon as well. Stocks are close to records. The president is to have a rally and brag about the records. There is still the tweet fallout that the white house has to dial. We have blake burman. Reporter this will resume this evening in greenville, North Carolina, where President Trump hits the road to later tonight for a Campaign Rally there. The president saying earlier today, he will talk about the economy. He will talk about the stock market. But he also tweeted the following saying i will also talk about the people who love and hate our country, mostly love. Of course the president ing to these four Democratic Congresswoman who have been embroiled in this back and forth feud with the tweets and comments he subsequently made. Democrats call the president s tweets an comment racist. Republicans are trying to turn the attention to the policies and controversial comments that some of these congresswoman have made in the past, coming to the defense of the presid
Behavior, telling people to drink out of the toilet. Did you see somebody actually do that . Neil sounds almost too incredible to be true. Were getting indications, Border Patrol pushing back on alexandria ocasiocortezs claims. Blake burman at white house with latest on that. Reporter alexandria ocasiocortez, the democratic congresswoman in new york described what she saw down there at customs and Border Patrol station as unconscionable. Were getting reaction from folks here at white house. Deputy press secretary hogan gidley was asked about alexandria ocasiocortezs version what she says she saw at cpb station. Gidley saying that the customs and Border Patrol agents in many cases are buying formula and diapers with their own money. So the white house is defending agents. Gidley talking about the congresswoman. I dont know what aoc is talking about, but then again nothing is new. I never know what she is talking about. The congresswoman did take to twitter earlier today to defend hersel
National ban on the right to choose, period. Well, take it seriously, folks. Thats what theyre heading for. Hear me loud and clear, this will not happen on my watch. After giving him hell, harry truman style last night, an energized President Biden takes his message on the road, delivering a Strong Defense of freedom, democracy, and reproductive rights. Biden also shamed republicans for trying to bury the truth about january 6th. Two heroes of that day, former officers Michael Fanone and harry dunn join me tonight. Plus, as biden talks about saving democracy, whats trump up to . While his daughterinlaw is turning the rnc into the new family business, hes hosting a live action episode of the apprentice with hungarys antiimmigrant fearmonger, and would be Prime Minister for life viktor orban, only in this dystopian series, donald trump is the apprentice. But we begin tonight with the gloves off version of president joe biden, who used his state of the Union Address to Stand Up For Freedo