of the handover of hong kong from britain to china. it s his first visit to the city as chinese leader and protests are expected. 26 pro democracy activists were arrested on wednesday, after occupying the forever blooming golden bauhinia, a monument to the reunification. chris patten, the last governor of hong kong, spoke with bbc world service radio before the anniversary. the campaign to protect the rule of law, to protect due process, to stop people being abducted on the streets of hong kong with the chief executive looking the other way, all thatis executive looking the other way, all that is really, really important and i don t think the rest of the world should ignore it. the way that china keeps its commitments and pledges in hong kong will tell people an awful lot about whether china can be trusted in this century. 0ur correspondent in hong kong isjuliana liu. shejoins me now. thank you forjoining us. it will be a very busy day in hong kong. that s right, rico. the
i say to him, be like john mccain, the way he behaves, the way he serves his country, the way he conducts himself in public service. i want my boy to be like him. i don t want him to be like president trump. senator bob kerrey, i know we are talking about john mccain and the country should be talking about him. but thank you as well for your heroism and the work you did in protecting this country both overseas and in congress. middle east tensions are rapidly escalating. palestinian protesters continue to clash with israelis for the seventh consecutive we can at the border of the gaza strip. may 15th is the day after israel s declaration of independence and subsequent war in 1948 in which hundreds of thousands of palestinians were forced from their lands. fuelling more of the unrest is the of mo of the u.s. embassy to jerusalem, which is scheduled for monday, the same day as
israel s 70th anniversary celebrations. nearly an protesters have been killed by live israeli fire since
washington. i m elizabeth prann. leland: i m trying to figure out a saturday that wasn t busy in recent memory. nice to be with you. i m leland vittert. it s the weekend, but president trump is getting ready for the election mode. we have endorsements for republicans ahead of primary elections this year and new details for the president s plan for hitting the campaign trail for some g.o.p. candidates in vulnerable districts around the country. ellison barber travelling with the president up in new jersey at his golf club. hi, ellison. hey, leland, president trump has spent a lot of time on the road of late. he s set to head to tampa on tuesday for a campaign rally there. traditionally in election mid term years, the party, no matter who it is, whoever is in the oval office, their party tends to lose seats, but president trump says he is confident that this year republicans can buck that trend. i am going to work very hard. i ll go six or seven days a week
when we re 60 days out
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