deployed to clear out this crowd. cnn saima mohsin is live with the latest there. police and authorities in hong kong have been waiting out protesters. there have been negotiations, but they seem to be moving to evict them. reporter: they are moving in hard and fast, christine. what a phenomenal site this is. they are pushing occupy central to the side and take a look at the diggers. they are coming down, excavators, and they are scooping everything up. it is a phenomenal thing. i m in the middle of what is an incredibly busy highway here in hong kong. behind us, the hong kong skyline here. after almost 12 weeks this sunday, by the way, this protest has been shutdown. it has been surrounded today by police. now the earlier in the day, they
anyone can note the irony there, we cannot comment on his passport specifically. i can say the hong kong authorities were advised of the status of his travel documents. let me repeat. i can say that the hong kong authorities were advised of the status of his travel documents in plenty of time to have prohibited his travel as appropriate. i think i did reflect our concern and disappointment in the actions or failure to act by the hong kong authorities as well as the fact we do not buy the suggestion that china could not have taken action. you said attorney general reached out and fbi. the president made the call to president putin and if he has not, why not? i don t have presidential communication to read out to you