Consent, while californias yes means yes law is a game changer. And you are looking at live pictures of hong kong, where protesters are still filling the streets, defying beijings call to disperse. It is 8 00 am Tuesday Morning there. And this video shot by a drone gives you an idea of how many people have been take part in these demonstrations. Theres no official number but estimates are in the 10s of thousands. This is one of chinas Biggest Challenges since the crackdown in the square 25 years. Protesters have chanted in the streets. Major highways and roads are being blocked. Beiji beijings attitude appears to be one of wait and see. Reporter protest leaders were worried if they didnt get enough numbers on the streets, they would be vulnerable to riot police. As the crowd swelled, it become clear that the worry was with the authorities. A mass booing at the effigy of hong kongs leader, seen as a pro beijing hate figure by these protesters. One of the most pop chants of the night has
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I blurted it out. Reporter what did you say . Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The Islamic Terrorist Group known as isis said late today it has executed another western captive. That would be the fourth in six weeks. Isis put out brutally graphic video purporting to show the beheading of a british aid worker, 47yearold alan henning. Of course, we will not show that to you. The terrorists are now threatening to kill another american, peter kasig, in retaliation for u. S. And allied airstrikes isis targets in iraq and syria. Holly williams has more now about this latest casualty in the war with isis. Reporter he was a british taxi driver and father of two daughters who worked with a Muslim Charity to deliver aid to syrians. And everybody watching. Reporter but that didnt matter to the isis militants who kidnapped alan henning nine months ago and have now beheaded him. His blood is on the hands of the british parliament. Late
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. It was exactly one week ago today that two new York City Police officers were shot to death, randomly targeted for execution simply because they wore a badge. For others who wear the same badge it doesnt get any more personal than that and so today in an extraordinary show of unity and grief, more than 20,000 law men and women from around the country and beyond gathered shouldertoshoulder at a queens new york church to say farewell to a fallen comrade. The first of two funerals following an act of violence that has shocked the nation during a particularly divisive period. Nbcs ron mott joins us now with more. Ron, good evening. Reporter lester good evening. It was a very somber ceremony here at this church behind me today. A palpable sense of loss and grief in the air, but when asked to describe it afterwards the Vice President simply said it was moving. They came from coast to coast a