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Just over the horizon there is a specter of the peoples liberation army, that beijing very, very reluctant i think to use that kind of force. no live ammunition has been used in these protests so far. some protesters have been killed, but not by direct action of the police itself. one final thought, you know i think what youre seeing shows not the famous control that we imagine beijing has over hong kong, but its lack of control. it is worried principally about these protests spreading to other ...

Officials using words like terrorism. state media depicting the protesters as rioters. those videos that state media was showing of the p.l.a. practicing and going through drills just across the border. there was the expectation that the police would move in here tonight to end what started here 48 hours ago. andrea? >> thank you so much. bill neely is in london. of course, hes been watching this so closely. its extraordinary that its gone on this long, that beijing has let this happen for so lo...

Department employees and people who work in the prison are employees of the justice department. they have to answer the igs questions though im not sure, the fact that some of the employees were unionized how that affects and complicates it but that is another factor as well, andrea. >> that really is complicating. we reported yesterday, thanks to pete and tom winter and the whole team that some of his lawyers were getting criminal defense lawyers. which raises the whole question of whether ther...

Parkland, las vegas? >> not substantively. no. i say that with great disappointment, andrea. even if the republicans feel like they need to move a little and move toward the two bills that the house has sent over to them, youre still talking about incremental reform. the bill sitting in the senate that the house sent over would say which transactions are subject to background checks. it does not touch on high-capacity magazines. it does not touch on an assault weapons ban. it does not expand the...

During a normal pattern your jet stream rides basically along the northern tier of the united states. but in a el nino pattern, that shifts further to the south. this is important because it increases wind sheer across portions of the caribbean and the atlantic. what this means is any storms that could come off the coast of africa or try to develop in this region can no longer do it. they cannot intensify in those types of conditions. typically when we have an el nino year, this means fewer trop...

It happens on the right, but the scope is by the number coming from the left. >> melissa: dagen? >> dagen: i want to point out why we are talking about was andreas. he has a long-running feud with president trump. he pulled his restaurant out of the trump hotel in d.c. they were dueling lawsuits that were settled. he was very vocal about this. he was invited to the state of the union this year by nancy pelosi, and wearing a t-shirt that said, "immigrants feed america." so hes willing to put his ...

Procedurally, if they can get his government files. and even to question some of the witnesses against him. if he can get to that discovery stage, who knows? but it is tough, andrea. these are not cases that plaintiff like mccabe typically wins. >> it is clear that the president wanted to get rid of mccabe. one of mccabes claim that the president essentially put pressure on senior justice department officials to have him removed and by the way to have him remove just before his pensions. this is...

Peace,-- pieces. theres a whole host of things that need to be done to change the climate, background investigations, background checks. help to keep hands -- guns out of the hands of bad people. theres a lot more that needs to be done in order to mitigate what weve seen over the last few years, andrea. >> i was there when the assault weapons ban was passed in 1994. they let it expire in 2004. today, you had an armed white guy in his 20s walking into walmart, dressed in body armor. detained at g...

Support yet, but you are hoping you might with the presidents backing? >> i am hopeful. i think theres a different atmosphere now. i think there are republicans who are taking a second look at this idea of broadening background checks. the president is clearly engaged and interested in. hes not made a commitment to me to support a particular piece of legislation, but he certainly is interested. so these are new dynamics. i want to run with this and see if we can get to the consensus we need. >> ...

Miami dolphins owner stephen ross, chairman of the company that owns both soul cycle and equinox is facing outrage from customers over the fundraiser he is planning in the hamptons this weekend for president trump. nbcs stephanie gosk has the latest on the story. soul cycle and equinox have made it clear they are not part of this event but a lot of their customers are not in support. >> reporter: theyre not happy, andrea. it is difficult to quantify. we saw a lot of anger on social media, and tr...