system arrangement worked out with the british. whereas the older people feel an allegiance or connection to mainland china, many of their children don t have that historic connection and feel much closer to hong kong as a separate independent entity. ben wedeman live for us with the pro police protests. and speaking again of the one country two systems also speaks to a generational divide. ben, thank you for the reporting. matt as well. and of course there is a lot more that you can find out on this story at cnn.com. a new section there features maps, background and links to video. of course connect to cnn.com anytime and learn more about what is happening at hong kong. back in the united states, a 180 by the u.s. president on his
the hellish flames affecting our climate back home. fred pleitgen, cnn, russia. the ground literally collapsing in some places. ivan watson sorry, ivan cabre cabrera. interesting, some people don t quite believe that it is happening. it is happening just a matter of how fast that it is going. and they talked about the point of no return. a lot of areas have gotten to there. so let s talk about the fires. fires do occur in siberia, every forest in the world.problem is that they have been occurring earlier and longer and because of the dry and very hot summer that we ve had, we have exacerbated the situation. by the way, the fires aren t threatening structures directly. the issue has been the smoke has been carried up by atmospheric winds and transported hundreds and thousand of miles to the east. not impacting the u.s. staying up above. you really have to get to the
we start in hong kong. 4:00 there. and you re seeing the pro democracy protest taking place. again, we have two very different demonstrations to tell you about. again the main protest has already started. thousands have come together in this district that is among the most crowded places in the world. in the meantime, supporters of the city s police are holding their own rally in victoria park. cnn of course live in hong kong where our correspondents are covering all sides of these protests. matt rivers is with the pro democracy group and ben wedeman following the pro police event. matt, let s start with you. again, there is always that difference between sanctioned and unthinks aed protests. and what we re seeing right there on this day, these are
the constitutionality of that decision. why is that. they say pierluisi was confirmed by the house but not confirmed by the senate in his appointment as secretary of state. and the senate says they won t consider the issue until next week. so it is far from over. and whether these protestors are questioning their constitutionality of this decision or they are just unhappy with the selection, they say that is enough for them to stay on the streets and not going home, continuing to call for an island that can get rid of corruption. very much a lot of uncertainty still on the island of puerto rico as they figure out what is next for the island. in san juan, leyla sanaeyla san cnn. a$ap rocky is back in the