And a lot of pocket money. Tense stand offs between riot police and pro democracy protesters in Central Hong Kong have ended after another day of clashes. Protestors defied Police Orders to stay at home and commercial areas usually filled with shoppers were instead turned into war zones, thick with tear gas. And for the first time, Chinese State officials have scheduled a News Conference in beijing later on monday to make a statement on the situation. The bbcs nick beake reports from hong kong. Theres a predictability to sundays in hong kong this summer. They start peacefully, and end very differently. Once again, tens of thousands turned out, this time to condemn alleged Police Brutality during previous demonstrations. The police had tried to ban todays event and had warned that anyone who marched through the streets could be arrested but, as you can see, it hasnt made any difference, and you do get the feeling now that many people in the city simply have no respect for the authoritie
After a lot of soul searching this congressional interview available on our website cspan. Org. We will interrupt it for live coverage of Calista Gingrich for ambassador to the vatican. Mrs. Calistal. Gingrich is the president s nominee to be ambassador to the vatican. Mr. George edward glass is the nominee to be the u. S. Ambassador to portugal. And carl c. Rich to be secretary of state for counselor affairs. I want to congratulate the nominees and thank you for your willingness to serve. We have congressman rooney here supporting mrs. Gingrich. Congressman rooney was the ambassador to the holy sea during president bushs term. The senior senator from oregon, ron widen and an esteemed member of this committee, senator portman from ohio. Mr. Chairman, thank you for your courtesy. As senator portman knows, we are right in the middle of debating tax reform, i know a topic of great interest to many senators here. Im trying to help out chairman hatch. I will make this a filibuster free oppo
Week for congress, especially the house, as they tackle these issues. Ryan mccrimmon, thank you for your time. The committee met this week to look at nominations. Mrs. Callista gingrich is the nominee to become the u. S. Ambassador. Is nominated for counterterrorism. Mr. George edward glasses the nominee to be the u. S. Ambassador to portugal. Is nominated to be the counselor for foreign affairs. I want to welcome the nominees, their families, and this committee congratulates them on their selections. We havee that congressman rooney here supporting mrs. Gingrich. He was the ambassador to the holy see during president bushs term. We are honored to welcome our distinguished colleagues who will introduce our witnesses. And sen. Ron wyden, portman ohio from ohio. Thank you for your courtesy. As senator portman knows, we are in the middle of debating tax reform. I know it is a topic of great interest to many senators, and i am trying to help out chairman hatch. I will make this a filibuste
Two leaders. Reporter thats right. This is a day 1000 years in the making. Can you believe that. How much more historic can you get. Pope francis arrived on schedule. At 2 00 this afternoon at josi martm International Airport in havana. Cuban tv podcast of these images of the popes plane as it landed after a long overnight flight from room. He was greeted at the airport by raul castro. Also on hand to greet pope francis were officials of the cuban Catholic Church. Raul castro reportedly facilitated todays meeting between the pope and the leader of the Russian Orthodox church. The vatican said cuba was neutral ground for the meeting between the pope and Patriarch Kirill. Years since the church split into the eastern and Roman Catholic churches and the leaders of the respective churches have never met before today. Russian Orthodox Church is closely tied to the russian government and this is seen as a political message as well as a religious one. The pope and patriarch Patriarch Kirill a
Some viethis rning applevenas a in fact he was maximizing the global spotlight here on this stage at the headquarters on the eve of the hearings tomorrow, not mincing words. Again, saying that for apple, privacy is the priority. We owe it to ourustomers and we owe it to our country. This is an issue that impacts all of us, and we will not shrink from this responsibility. Reporter we did get to the heart of the product announcements. The iphone se, the most powerful 4inch phone at 399, the most affordable price introduced for an iphone. Its got the same guts of a 6s but double the processing performance and triple components of the 5s. The screen size is down from 12. 9 inches. Its light, less than one pound. The company also had a little jab at windows saying mostly Windows Users who are going to the ipad pro shopping for those. There was also the anticipated unveiling of the new apple watch bands. The number one smart watch in the world is what apple boasted today. New nylon bands, vi