pro-democracy demonstrators and riot police in hong kong overshadowing a huge parade in mainland china marking the 70th anniversary of communist rule janis mackey frayer reports from inside the reporter: tonight, for the first time, hong kong police opening fire with live ammunition on an anti-government protester. this video appearing to show the teenager swinging a pole and an officer shooting him at close range my chest is hurting the protester says police say the officer s life was in danger the shooting triggered fury from protesters demanding democratic reforms. across the city, a chaotic mess of firebombs, rubber bullets, bricks and teargas. this protester hit in the face with pepper spray. police have been squeezing the protesters from all sides to try to hem them in, and now they re going street by street to make arrests. all of it setting up a dramatic split screen moment with a day full of pageantry in
welcome back, everybody. we re following breaking news out of hong kong. you can see there, it seems like a pretty major fire is burning on the streets of hong kong right now, and we are following violent clashes which have reignited with police and protesters there, hours after china s government put on a parade mashing 70 years of communist party control, and riot police used a water cannon truck to deter demonstrators and reports say to the new york times, in some instances, protesters hurled fire bombs and attacked them with a corrosive fluid causing chemical burns. would he have more from a correspondent standing by live on the streets of hong kong. appreciate you joining us this morning, and talk us through what you have been seeing so far this morning. reporter: well, just an hour ago, this was an all ages march that was going through the streets, protesters out, because this is china s national day. but you can see that the
in beijing. but increasingly, these protests are becoming more violent. the protesters are trying new and more daring tactics, throwing fire bombs, throwing bricks and in some cases attempting to charge police officers. the police have 6,000 officers out today. they are going to be working around the clock and they have been warning of what they said would be a dangerous day, and i think we re starting to see the beginnings of that. janis, thank you. keep us up to date. stay safe. thank you so much. still ahead, as polls show growing support for impeachment, president trump is looking for advice how to proceed. we will have that and new reporting. and majority leader mitch mcconnell weighs in on what would happen if the house actually impeaches the president. we re back in a moment. impeache president. we re back in a moment a workout? scrub less with dawn ultra it s superior grease-cleaning formula gets to work faster, making easy work of tough messes. dawn is a go-to grease
demonstrations in hong kong have intensified on what is now the 17th weekend of protests sunday s demonstrations were part of global anti totalitarianism rallies planned in 60 cities worldwide protested hong kong quickly turned violent as protesters threw firebombs and bricks at government buildings police responded with tear gas and water cannon the fired blue dye used to identify offenders more easily despite a police van a major march is also planned for. tuesday when china celebrates the 70th anniversary of the communist party taking power. all right let s go live now to hong kong where our correspondent charlotte charles a pill is standing by so charlotte recently more intense clashes today we mentioned this comes on what s being called anti totalitarianism day do you feel this contributed to the level of violence in hong kong what have you been seeing.
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