The end of hong kongs autonomy adrian brown is there at hong kong covering these protests and whats happening adrian. Will rachelle for the past few months this code of hong kong has been deserted on a sunday afternoon normally it would be packed with shoppers it is packed today but these people are not here to shop they are here to protest in defiance of social distancing rules and of course why they arent well many of them are incensed by the proposed security law that china wants to be imposed on home call people are carrying banners here calling for independence now under this proposed legislation that would presumably be an offense that would lead to a custody all sentence people are also coming down as you know condemning the communist party of those attacking the home killing government the police have done their best to clear the streets tear gas was fodder one stage we have seen at least one arrest i think this protest is going to go on for a few more hours and it is in fact t
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Robinson, and mr. Ratnesar, members of the board and burns alumni in attendance, students and ladies and gentlemen. For me, its a true pleasure and also an honor to be able to open this event today. I am pleased to see so many faces, some fairly young faces. I am particularly pleased knowing that students today dont necessarily cherish things that happened 30 years ago be it jon bon jovi, George Michael or dirty dancing, there have been cooler periods in history than the 80s. This is at least what my children keep reminding me of. This is, however, different, with president reagans speech. [ speaking Foreign Language ] from president kennedys visit, might be better known in germany and the u. S. Foreign policy nerds know that there is nothing like president reagans addressing secretary general gorbachev with his call to tear down this wall. Interestingly, the speech received very little coverage at the time. However, the chancellor immediately realized its impact. President reagan was
Another path. But as the president ramps up the rhetoric, pyongyang shows little sign of backing down calling the President Trumps quote a load of nonsense and announcing a detailed plan to launch missiles towards the u. S. Territory of guam. John bolton is the former u. S. Embassador to the united nations. Embassador, good to have you back with us again. Good to be with you. Paul consensus in washington on the right well, on the left in particular, but even some on the right is that the president s rhetoric on north korea is has been reckless and even dangerous. Do you agree . No, i dont agree. Look, i think you have to consider the context in which the president spoke and thats following eight years of one of the weakest, most feckless american president s weve had in history and following years of american politicians who always say all options are on the table to the point where foreigners think its a verbal tick. I think what the president has done and i think hes done plenty and
But as the president ramps up the rhetoric, pyongyang shows little sign of backing down calling the President Trumps quote a load of nonsense and announcing a detailed plan to launch missiles towards the u. S. Territory of guam. John bolton is the former u. S. Embassador to the united nations. Embassador, good to have you back with us again. Good to be with you. Paul consensus in washington on the right well, on the left in particular, but even some on the right is that the president s rhetoric on north korea is has been reckless and even dangerous. Do you agree . No, i dont agree. Look, i think you have to consider the context in which the president spoke and thats following eight years of one of the weakest, most feckless american president s weve had in history and following years of american politicians who always say all options are on the table to the point where foreigners think its a verbal tick. I think what the president has done and i think hes done plenty and need to do no