Election calling it a radical agenda for the u. K. Also ahead breathing new life into the worlds coral reefs the Pacific Waters of Public Housing a big. Sports saudi arabia. And next month Club World Cup after being crowned champions and its a heros welcome for the new south american champs and brazil. Votes are now being counted in hong kongs District Council elections which have seen the largest out in the citys history more than 2900000. 00 people of cast their ballots thats over 70 percent of all registered voters now these local elections usually attract little attention but this time it being seen as a referendum on hong kongs government and a test of support for prodemocracy protests in a moment well go live to rob mcbride in hong kong 1st though with our story. In a hong kong neighborhood hardest hit by battles between protesters and Police Voters in cast last minute just moments before the polls closed on a record breaking day for hong kong elections the highest voter turnout
Pacific waters of pullout are becoming a beacon of hope. And timely harding with sport saudi arabia. Football champions and while there defends his heavyweight boxing title with yet another devastating knockout to win his rematch with. Us. And we begin this hour in hong kong where polls have just closed in local elections the turnout has been the highest in the citys history more than 2800000 people thats nearly 70 percent of registered voters cast their ballots now more than 1000. 00 candidates are running for 452. 00 District Council seats of recorder of the councils are also part of a Large Committee that votes for hong kongs chief executive now this is the 1st election since the antigovernment protests began in june and is seen as a political tests for kerry lands government. In a moment well go live to rob a broad in hong kong 1st though hes got with this report. In a hong kong neighborhood hardest hit by battles between protesters and Police Voters in manchaca cast last minute ba
Battled to bring in the museums forest under control and have all the days sport news including time Asian Champions League winners booked their place in the semifinals at this years competition i. Will begin in afghanistan where dozens of people have been killed in 2 explosions one time getting a president ial election rally the all that was near the u. S. Embassy in kabul right now Security Forces are still sweeping through that part of the capital the 1st blast happened moments before president ill shove that he was to take to the stage and part of the province at least 24 people were killed than himself were told is on hom as details emerged on that attack in. Capital kabul there was an explosion near the u. S. Embassy a gun battle also reported there ron mcbride is live for us in kabul so 2 attacks reports of a gunfire ongoing is the situation under control now. It is still developing sami if we want to turn 1st to the attack that took place here about an hour or so ago here in ka
Attack on the kremlin rational, 30 se ukraine was behind it. Keith strongly denies the allegations. Charles strafford is in keeping with more on a statement from one of ukrainian president. Lord, me zalinski senior advisors basically put all the ac is saying that this in his mind is a false flag attack. And of course, a false flag is something that has been fabricated to give, in this case, according to but all that russia, the pretext to attack. And we saw this kind of, this kind of thing in the build up to the full scale invasion, much specifically in the pro russia separatist held areas. The so called d n r. When the separatists claim that theyd been a number of assassination attempts on their officials, and this was, as i say, only a few days before that full scale invasion least, 17 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in Russian Artillery strikes. The ukrainian city hassan strikes it. One of the few working hypermarkets in the city victims include the shop, staff and c
And im brian sullivan. Just three hours left in your trading week. Stocks are moving off their session lows, still we are in the red today. Dow down 65 points. The nasdaq and s p 500 also making slight losses. The biggest dow winner this week, the swoosh, nike up more than 4 . The biggest decliner, mcdonalds down 3 . Mcds now down nearly 8 over just the past 90 days, melissa. Brian, im melissa lee, heres what else is happening at this hour. Amtrak naming new ceo, previously served as chairman and ceo of norfolk southern. Crude oil pulling back slightly but still sitting in a bull market. Its up about 85 from this years lows. And team usa continues to dominate at the rio games with 100 medals in total. 35 of them are in fact gold. Weve got lots to get to today, but we kick things off with a developing story in the pharma world. Shares of mylon labs as the Company Increases the price of epipen drug fivefold. Bring in david from wells fargo. Thank you for being with us. Thank you. Weve se