Good monday morning im Frances Rivera im phillip mena. Authorities canceled all departure flights after thousands of prodemocracy crowded the terminal hundreds of fliers were left stranded at one of the worlds busiest airports matt joining us from cohong kon. Why are the protesters targeting the airport . This is the fourth day of occupying this airport so, this is sort of a continuation, but they never had the previous numbers and thats because theyre reacting to the fresh scenes by the violence by the police not here by in Central Hong Kong and they show Police Firing tear gas inside one of the Mass Transit Railway stations at close range against the protesters and really beating them up. There was also an image that was circulating widely on social media of a woman who was shot by some sort of police projectile on her right eye and now people are saying there is a possibility that she might lose sight permanently in her eye that is what insighted these protesters to go to the airpor
There are meaningful actions we can all take to stop gun violence in this country v their thoughts and prayers while failing to act we are done with that. Some good news for drivers as gas prices are headed south. And an incredible look at the man in charge of the sound for half a million fans atwood stock. Early today starts right now good monday morning im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena. Kicking off your week with some fantastic news here, gymnastics superstar simone biles, she has defied gravity and secured her place in the history books theres one, two, and a third one. And look at how high she is. She has so much time, shes capable of doing even more than that were going to slow it down to figure out how crazy that was. She landed a triple double during her floor routine shes the first gymnast to ever do that in competition that milestone came one night after she also made history with a doubledouble dismount on the balance beam doing a double twist and double flip f. She can
Animals prefer hiphop and we have to talk about the Mass Shootings that took place this weekend. Were not going to solve americas gun problems in half an hour but well probably do more than congress. So before we get into that, lets catch up on todays headlines. Lets kick it off with something cool. Since the beginning of time, humans have asked two questions is it okay if our pets see us masturbating and can we fly . Well never know the answer to the first, but the second might now be a yes. A french inventor has successfully flown his hoverboard across the english channel. Frankie zapata soared from france to england on his jet powered board. The 22mile trip took 22 minutes including a refueling stop. His first attemp failed after he failed to land on a refueling platform. An emotional zapata designed wiz feat as an amazing moments acing my dream came true. Trevor okay, that is amazing. Hoferboards are finally real, legitimate ones, not those they sold us in back to the future 2. Goi
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