Its always good to get out of washington and come to new york. Its less clever to do it on a day when theres a massive snow storm outside this backdrop is totally fake. Heres what manhattan actually looks like today, which is why ive retreated inside. So hello from new york, christian. Dont give away all the secrets they will think that im not sitting ina posh they will think that im not sitting in a posh office overlooking the thames there are some pretty ill winds blowing through congress at the moment. The latest storm relates to Donald Trumps pick for the Supreme Court. The man he nominated last week is neil gorsuch hes now paying Courtesy Calls on capitol hill to build support for his confirmation. But one of those senators, richard blumenthal, the democrat from conneticut, revealed after their meeting that mr gorsuch isnt too happy with Donald Trumps attacks on thejudiciary. My strong hope is that he will be more vehement publicly. He certainly expressed to me that hes Dishearten
that i can hold them accountable and to hope that one day, no matter in hong kong or in china, we can enjoy freedom and democracy. let s talk about the situation for you in exile. you spend most of your time in the united kingdom. you travel from your base here. another hong kong exile, finn lau, who, like you, was part of the democracy movement, made also a base here in the uk. he clearly doesn t feel safe. he believes that britain is not taking seriously enough the very real security threat posed by the long reach of china inside the uk. he says it will take a chinese equivalent of the salisbury poisonings, that is the skripal poisonings, allegedly by russian agents, for the british to wake up to this real threat. do you feel that? china definitely have an extensive surveillance network in the united kingdom.
and to hope that one day, no matter in hong kong or in china, we can enjoy freedom and democracy. let s talk about the situation for you in exile. you spend most of your time in the united kingdom. you travel from your base here. another hong kong exile, finn lau, who, like you, was part of the democracy movement, made also a base here in the uk. he clearly doesn t feel safe. he believes that britain is not taking seriously enough the very real security threat posed by the long reach of china inside the uk. he says it will take a chinese equivalent of the salisbury poisonings, that is the skripal poisonings, allegedly by russian agents, for the british to wake up to this real threat. do you feel that? china definitely have an extensive surveillance network in the united kingdom.
mm. and no matter what happened to them, it makes me feel bad. but that is what the chinese government wants. they want to threaten you by going after your family, so you can stop criticising them. and for anyone in this situation it s a difficult choice. but for me, my choice is continue to speak up, continue to say whatever, that i can hold them accountable and to hope that one day, no matter in hong kong or in china, we can enjoy freedom and democracy. let s talk about the situation for you in exile. you spend most of your time in the united kingdom. you travel from your base here. another hong kong exile, finn lau, who, like you, was part of the democracy movement, made also a base here in the uk. he clearly doesn t feel safe. he believes that britain is not taking seriously enough the very real security threat posed by the long reach
important people to you. and no matter what happened to them, it makes me feel bad. but that is what the chinese government wants. they want to threaten you by going after your family, so you can stop criticising them. and for anyone in this situation, it s a difficult choice. but for me, my choice is continue to speak up, continue to say whatever, that i can hold them accountable and to hope that one day, no matter in hong kong or in china, we can enjoy freedom and democracy. let s talk about the situation for you in exile. you spend most of your time in the united kingdom. you travel from your base here. another hong kong exile, finn lau, who, like you, was part of the democracy movement, made also a base here in the uk. he clearly doesn t feel safe. he believes that britain is not taking seriously enough the very real security threat posed by the long reach of china inside the uk.