first time in long time. fake news. he called me to stop a national enquirer article. i said no. bad show. the u.s. president sending a message to north korea that patience is over. that was while he hosted south korea president moon jae-in. chinese president xi jinping is warning hong kong not to challenge beijing authority. he marked the 20th anniversary of its return to chinese rule by britain. mr. xi swore in the leader kerrkerry lam. thousands of people gathered for a protest march. fair to say the u.s. president has a thing for personal attacks. punching back as his aides say that he likes to do that makes
because unlike the rest of china, hong kong allows opposition political parties and freedom of the press and expressi expression. china has one party. communist party rule. one of the themes among the diverse activists who come out here is a concern that 20 years after the hand over from britain to china that democratic freedoms are eroding here and that china is gradually tightening its grip on the city. the chinese leader xi jinping made his first visit as leader of china to hong kong. he said this city is more free and more democratic than ever, but he made clear that there are limits to that freedom. listen to the except of his speech today. translator: any attempt to endanger the security challenge the power of the central government and authority of the basic law of the hksar or use
barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. barbara, thank you. now to hong kong. thousands of protesters there are marching. the annual protest hours after the national flag raised over hong kong marking 20 years since the end of british colonial rule. xi jinping has visited, but left hong kong. before he departed, he warned against challenging chinese authority saying it will not be tolerated. mr. xi swore in the first female leader kerry lam. there were issues saturday as police and demonstrators scuffled. let s go to hong kong and our correspondent ivan watson is there live where protesters gathered. ivan, good to have you with us this hour. direct words from the chinese president. how is that message perceived on the ground where protesters are doing what they typically do in