Im nick spicer in germany where children of gaza are receiving critical care. Welcome to the program, hong kongs lego promised huge talks. Pepper spray was used on activists outside the financial center. Its the 7th day of protest. A day to handpick candidates for the 2016 elections. Beijing condemns illegal activity undermining the stability. Electoral reforms will we reconsidered. But did not say when. Even if we decided to start the process again, would we have enough time to implement the process in 2017. That is a valid question. Because at the end of the framework decision within hong kong, and the passage of emotion by twothirds majority of the legislative council, we need to amend the legs laces. Thats time consuming. We have a date in mind, and this date is 2017, not 2018 or 2019. The protests began after the Chinese Government announced that candidates for the chief executive election in 2017 will require approval by a nominating committee. A statement by the central organize
Taking to their surfboards. Hong kongs leader says he will launch a round of consultations on Electoral Reforms as prodemocracy protests enter a seventh day. Police block activists. Students and activists oppose the decision to screen candidates elections in 2017. The politician says Electoral Reform will be reconsidered, but did not say when. Even if we decided to start the entire process again. Would we have enough time to implement the suffrage in 2017. Thats a valid question because at the end of the framework decision within hong kong and the passage of motion by twothirds majority, we need to enact or amend legislation and thats timeconsuming. We have a state in mind. This state on the calendar is 2017, and not 2018 or 2019. Scott heidler joins us from hong kong. The stand off continues between protesters. Bridge us up to date on bring us up to date on what is happening . We are standing on the front line of the bulk of where the protesters gather. We are on this side of where th
Before the new afghanistan president is sworn in. Collision air strikes targeted i. S. I. L. Fighters surrounding a turkish town. An i. S. I. L. Building and two tanks were destroyed near the tank of kobani. Kurdish fighters attacked the group on the ground. Kurd are spread across parts of the north of the i. S. I. L. Fighters overran dozens of villages, and tried to take the town, but were repelled by kurdish fighters. Stefanie dekker reports. The sound of fighters jets in the sky above kobani, there were multiple strikes on i. S. I. L. Positions around the town. This was an ongoing battle and this is not over. As we drive east, we come across a town of kurdish refugees receiving aid. Translation we have been humiliated. Theres no water or electricity. Theres food, its not enough. There are so many. There are eight families living in a small house, and we cant go back because they are fighting. Reporter 10km east of kobani, we experienced the battle first hand. We are told that the ku
I. S. I. L. Near the iraqi city of kirk ekirkuk. , more than 30 people have believed to have died. But first, police in hong kong have used tear gas for the first time during a protest which began a week ago. You can see the theme there, live in hong kong. Thousands of protesters are still gathered on the street. Theyre largely congregating outside large government buildings and they want political reforms. They want the Chinese Government to scrap rules allowing it to choose candidates that would l actually run in the 2017 election. We have this report. Reporter hopelessly outnumbered from demonstrators. A crush of people try to find their way back into the occupation site, locked. Umbrellas went up to block and the pushing started. The umbrella wall ripped apart and then the spray but to no avail. The line was breached, officers down and hurt. Both sides are appealing for restraint to pull them out of the crush. But by now, the crowd had moved on and so had events. From across the hi
The taliban were about 40 miles away in a very precarious Geographic Area they were barely able to hold them back in. This area of the province it is south of tajikistan. South of the river and geography is very important. The story is how he and his ragtag force was able to maintain any kind of defense. So it turns out he has the only operating mine in the world. Goes back 1000 years. He has two emerald mines. Of course he allowed his men to grow opium because that was the only way they could get cash. That was smuggled across to pakistan but he also knew in may, this is four months away from 9 11 that something was going on in kandahar with bin laden. Something he heard was up through his contacts. Now he is tajik. So he has a very difficult time infiltrating a pashtun mafia for lack of a better word and particularly for the arabs who would be very suspicious of somebody with a different dialect even if they spoke pashtun. So at this point gary sawyer from the cia who had been statio