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Kong. whats the latest? >> reporter: well, things have taken a turn in the last 20 minutes or so. police have probably fired a dozen canisters of tear gas. there were some protesters on that overpass, short of throwing bricks. you can see theyre going in for a confrontation. whats unusual about the protest here today, earlier, theres debris all over the streets, both sides have pushed back. the police have pushed the protesters probably 500 meters back. then, you know, about 20 minutes ago, the ...

Force. jo, as you mentioned this protest started against, one, the smart camera technology that china is well-known for in advances in artificial intelligence. this idea that cameras. were not talking a few. were talking millions, hundreds of millions of cameras throughout china and whats expected to be throughout hong kong that can not only use facial recognition to identify people, but know everything about them. so this, another sign for protesters here, of chinas tightening grip and eroding ...

Eventually quash what is happening here. hong kong police tell us that they believe they can handle this on their own. they say that they dont want, or necessarily to have chinese intervention. the last thing hong kong police say they have is to see chinese apcs rolling down the street. they believe that they can contain the situation. however, whats different about this protest today, guys, compared to even last weekend, where we saw both sides appear to take a step back from animosity, it appe...