Running for office our correspondent is in the russian capital for us with more. On the call for they should welcome to the show we start in hong kong where police are cracking down on protesters they have been marching to demand action against a gang attacks on prodemocracy demonstrations police are clearing crowds using tear gas and the district of u. N. Long war protests took place despite a banned by a fortys this area was the site to file and last week as men and white t. Shirts attacked prodemocracy protesters and bystanders demonstrators are angry about the slow Police Response to those attacks hong kong has seen months of protests triggered by a controversial extradition bill. Joining me now from hong kong is our correspondent mike he has bailing out but he has been and those protests since this morning now night has fallen how has the situation changed. So what were seeing now is maybe the last remnants of this protest there have been clashes throughout the district at several