American evanston its good to have you with us we begin in hong kong where prodemocracy lawmakers have suffered a setback in the Territories High Court the judge dismissed their bid to get an injunction against a ban on face masks warning demonstrations protesters reacted to finally with more marches in Hong Kong Central Business District which later descended into another night of violence. Tens of thousands of prodemocracy protesters continue to defy a ban on face masks on sunday carol lam hong kongs governor had introduced the ban on the colonial era state of Emergency Powers in hopes of curbing months of unrest prodemocracy lawmakers again went to the high court on sunday morning seeking an injunction against the ban they argued the Emergency Powers bypass legislature and contravene the citys constitution today is about 40. 1st system rule of law i would say this is one of the most important constitutional cases in the history of all but a senior judge dismissed the case that only