Thanks. This is news live from. Iraq almost 100 people have been killed and thousands wounded in 5 days of violent antigovernment protests. Today between police and demonstrators. Riot police are out on the streets in force in hong kong as the government in cloaks Emergency Powers prodemocracy demonstrators defy a face and. Its. A
dark film that provokes fears of real life violence a psychological thriller called the joker has been called. The nastiest parts of our society our reporter carl talks about Security Threats as it opens in the u. S. Thanks for joining us. In iraq the number of People Killed in clashes has risen to nearly 100 with thousands left wounded and government demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest against corruption and Poor Public Services despite efforts to curb the unrest with a curfew and an internet blackout Security Forces have fired on the demonstrators with tear gas and live ammunition prompting the u. N. Today to say that the violence quote must
are better now that the curfew has been removed. i hope the decisions by the government are applying on the ground because honestly the iraqi people are tired of promises. us well i m going to think it through. the anti-government movement has no apparent leadership nor is it connected to any political or sectarian movement. iraq s parliament speaker on saturday invited grassroots representatives of protesters to discuss 30 months and parliament an attempt to calm down the situation and to respond to growing international scrutiny after countries mounting death toll the to hong kong now where a group of lawmakers has filed a legal challenge to the territories ban on the face masks worn by pro-democracy protesters the ban went into effect at midnight yesterday but activists have been
committee issued subpoena threats if those men do not show. they also said grassroots representatives are undergoing massive discussions, so they signed negotiations that are happening behind the scenes about this possible public testimony on wednesday, this after jared kushner, the president s son-in-law, going behind closed doors with the senate intelligence committee on monday. some high-profile names. rice today, others coming next week as these russian investigations take shape, brooke. i ve got you for 60 more seconds. on the law report you made about paul manafort and the senate judiciary, what s that final moment they need to say, we re coming, we need you to testify, and you alluded to the subpoena. if not, then they would be subpoenaed? the final moment is today. today is the day. chuck grassley made it very clear he wants an answer by the end of the day, so the question is can they strike some sort of deal? that s unclear yet, but that s