Support. Michael keenan welcome to conflict zone thank you hong kong has started off this new year with mass arrests 53 prodemocracy politicians and activists detained on the grounds of subversion under the new National Security law the move has been condemned by the worlds leading democracy has Rights Groups law associations as being nothing more than a crackdown is hong kong witnessing a dismantling of its freedoms and its opposition wont i dont think so 1st of all just like you were never deals in the world we are busy fighting the pandemic. Certainly the massive arrest that happened earlier this year is about a primary being held there last year it involving 5060 people who participated in a primary in preparation for last years election ok so so far the basis of the. Primaries involves a lot of candidates whose election platform. Volley. Article 22. 00 of the National Security law which is to paralyze the government to stop everything from functioning to basically opposed every si
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Probation member of Hong Kongs Legislative Council and deputy and Chinas National Peoples Congress he says the log needs clarification so why does he still support. Michael keenan welcome to conflict zone thank you. Hong kong has started off this new year with mass arrests 53. 00 prodemocracy politicians and activists detained on the grounds of subversion under the new National Security law the move has been condemned by the worlds leading democracy has Rights Groups law associations as being nothing more than a crackdown is hong kong witnessing a dismantling of its freedoms and its opposition. Well i do think so 1st of all just like you were never deals in the world we are busy fighting the pandemic certainly the massive arrests that happened earlier this year is about a primary being held last year it involving 5060 people who participated in the primaries in preparation for last years election ok so so for the reasons of brother or sister the primary involves a lot of candidates who
Intense in various parts certainly whales, if you are talking about the u. K. And scotland, certainly the north of england. What we are going to be looking for todays further details, various tiers of lockdown from the chancellor. Tom so if i ferry across the it is a london centered london trying to make rules for the north. Has opened, and this up decadesold tensions between the north and the south very clearly. There were clearly tensions on t front opened up by the places that have been very much marginally slightly devolves come if you would like. A new mayor has been appointed, and now this is a test of these guys. Tom there was a discussion devolving me at the house last night. With first word news, here is ritika gupta. Ritika the second and final president ial debate is tonight in nashville, one of the final highprofile chances for President Trump to change the narrative of the campaign. Polls show him losing to joe biden. Debate rules have changed. The candidates microphones w
Democrats gained control of the senate in the upcoming election. Senator marco rubio joins the chair Lindsay Graham and others at a News Conference to talk about the proposed amendment. Can you hear me with this on. Thank you for being here today. A year and a half ago before the debate was going on about the court and the nomination, we predicted to expand the packet. I chuckle when i hear people say if they move forward we are going to go ahead and pack the etcourt. They were going to do that anyway. Our institution to solidify the institution requires stability and thats why weve filed this amendment over a year and a half ago. I dont think you have to wait to hear directly from joe biden or any of the people around the country i dont think you need to wait to hear from them whether they will expand the court. I think we already know the answer and that has become pretty apparent throughout this process. It is our hope that eventually we will be able to get a vote and maybe we can w