Thousands of protesters are on the streets of hong kong right now defying calls by the government to disperse. Since 1997, hong kong has been a territory of china and operating under a policy of one country, two systems. Residents of mainland china, groups say china is slowly taking those freedoms away. Police use more than 85 rounds of tear gas, pepper spray and batons on protesters sunday. The number of people on the street continues to grow despite the police crack down. Hong kong stocks have actua tum. Vulnerable to riot police once more. Soon after dark on monday as the crowd swelled it became clear all the worrying now belonged to the authorities. At times a sea of illuminated cell phones. And then booing of the cy chong. One of the protesters say have yo you you heard the sing . The night before it was facing tear gas. On monday night, no gas, and hardly any police presence. Given the fact they launched tear gas and you know pepper spray the past couple of days i think people ar
We begin in Eastern Ukraine with conflicting reports about the situation in debaltseve. Prorussian separatists claim they have taken control of the key railway town, while the Ukrainian Army said they still hold it there. Lets speak to paul brennan what are you hearing about the situation there . I can hear, maybe you can, as well artillery bombardment right now. I couldnt tell you which direction its going in, were sort of behind the field with a separatist artillery talking about whether they are prepared to withdraw anytime soon. As far as the situation in debaltseve itself goes, well, conflicting reports, because both sides are claiming theyve made progress there. The cranes insist that they still control the strategically vital Railway Station in the center that have town. Its a Central Transport hub that the separatists have taken from the army. They have got a track record of premature self congratulations. From what im hearing and the smoke that we can see in the distance over
Blues icon b. B. King dies overnight. Well remember the man and his music today. Friday may 15th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning and for music fans all around the world, it is a sad friday morning. B. B. King what a legend. And he has passed and i think all of us are saying oh my gosh he contributed so much to the world of music. I looked at my phone and my library of music, ive got 63 b. B. King songs on there. Well talk about his life coming up. But we want to start with this breaking news. That u. S. Marine chopper missing for three days has been found in the mountains in nepal. Jik miklaszewski has the latest. What can you tell us . Reporter after a search in the air and on the ground this is the discovery the u. S. Marines worried about from the beginning. They found it on the side of the mountain where it had crashed three days ago and
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