Police in hong kong have moved in on people staging a sitin to demand greater democracy. Officers arrested more than 500 demonstrators. The previous day tens of thousands of people marched through the territory. Crowds filled the streets on the 17th anniversary of hong kongs reversion to china. They called on authorities in beijing to respect hong kongs autonomy. The organizer said the rally drew 510,000 people, an unprecedented number. The police say by their count, nearly 100,000 people showed up. More than 1,000 demonstrators, many of them young people, continued their protest after the main march ended. They staged a sitin on roads in the financial district. Police began removing them in the morning. Officers said they were disrupting traffic and undermining public safety. Many hong kong residents take part in protests on july 1st every year. They say theyre worried over the chinese governments continued interference in hong kongs affairs. A car bomb has ripped through a crowded ma
angelo program. it names a string of lawmakers from both party, democrats and republicans who benefited from this vip treatment. kent conrad. former democratic senator chris dodd. republican house armed services committee chairman buck mckeon. all three deny any wrongdoing. the report also says the former ceo of fannie mae, officials at freddie mac and a secretary of housing and urban development were also in this friends of angelo program. so were congressional staffers from both parties that played a role in legislation that affected countrywide. these vips got, as i said, favorable mortgage rates and points. one, adolfous towns, was a chairman of the house oversight committee, the very same committee investigating countrywide. he also denies any wrongdoing. according to the house report, documents and testimony obtained documents and testimony obtained by the committee show the vip loan program was a tool used by country wide to build good will with lawmakers and other ind
eastern tennessee overnight. reportedly killing two people and injuring dozens more people. the storm s tearing through parts of the great smoky mountains. the park spokesamerican telling wtae that a falling tree killed a woman and another man died when his motorcycle wrecked during the storm and rob mars an mow is going to let us know where they re going. good morning. well, the storms have weakened. around 5:00 they were rolling down the south, the western part of the smoky mountains. if you don t know east of knoxville. a lot of tourists get millions of visitors, as a matter of fact. as you would imagine in the middle of july, a lot of folks camping via tents and rv. that s the danger these storms pose. there was a storm there was a severe thunderstorm watch posted at the time but regardless kind of a couple cells or clusters of cells converging on this area as it drove down to the south. with all the heat that was built up, much like the deraiecho and funny things h
ducts for a ventilation system to reduce radiation levels. and american hiker released last year from iranian prison says she will not return to tehran. she suffers from depression and post traumatic stress disorder and that her symptoms would worsen if she returned. those are the headlines. i m monita rajpal in london. world business today today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stephens. you re watching world business today. the top stories this thursday, may 5th. the $10 billion man, ivan glassonburg joins the mega wealth club as he prepares to go public. sony publicly blames a massive data breach on the internet activists anonymous. plus, smaller, cheaper, faster. intel unveils its next generation microchip, packing a serious processing punch and what it says is the biggest breakthrough since the 1950s. so we ve got a really busy show ahead for you today. plenty of