Public in his standoff with the opposition controlled congress. For the 1st time in 3 months of on rest in Hong Kong Police of shots a protest with a live round the victim is reported to be in a Critical Condition footage of the incident appears to show a Police Officer pulling out a pistol and shooting the protester in the chest at close range the Hong Kong Police force was quick to explain the officers actions in a post on social media by. A large group of protesters were attacking Police Officers despite warnings from the police the assailant still continued the Violent Attacks the Police Officers lives were under serious threat to save his own life and his colleagues lives he fired a live shot at the assailant 118 year old man was shot his Left Shoulder area was in. He was sent to the Princess Margaret hospital in a conscious state the police do not wish to see anyone injured in the incident it is really heartbreaking here we must again warn all rioters must stop all illegal acts police will continue to enforce the law seriously or earlier about 100000 protesters defied a police ban holding what they called a National Grief march what resulted was some of the worst violence hong kong has seen this year but it was a starkly different picture in beijing their military hardware and thousands of troops paraded through chatham and square will have more on that shortly but 1st this report from adrian brown in hong kong. The police would warn the choose day would be very dangerous it was the pitched battles carried on into the night with protesters defying repeated Police Warnings for people to stay off the streets even diners ignored the call though this clash spread from one side of Hong Kong Island to the other and then back again police a day earlier banned all marches but people still took to the streets not to celebrate 70 years of chinese communism but to mourn it really dont come up today when they have not cast tomorrow this is an illegal notch does are you all or will we all know there were more than a 100 arrests some of the most intense violence was on the other side of the harbor in cow looting. A much watched video on social media appears to show a policeman shooting a young protester in the chest with a pistol the Hong Kong Police force say it was in selfdefense but this was the 1st time someone had been wounded from a Police Bullet since the protests began almost 4 months ago today im set our national day is supposed to be a day to celebrate and be happy. But unfortunately some rioters choose to. Do all these all these sorts of criminal damages assonance woundings assaulting Police Officer and their ers. Behavior which more or less equal to a riot offense the anger of recent weeks had been building up to this day the most important date in chinas political calendar this year many train stations and shopping malls were closed in the security clampdown just a few months ago hong kong was regarded as one of asias most law abiding cities a model of Good Governance now all of that has been turned on its head with the police left to solve what is effectively a political problem these pro trying to protest is also see themselves as defenders of hong kong. 2 days to 70 per day of our model and i wish our madeleine to have prosperity to have peace people to be happy National Day Celebrations here were low key this year the annual flag raising ceremony was held in a secure area well away from the protests which marred what was never going to be a day of celebration adrian brown aljazeera hong kong or scott hyder is live at the Queen Elizabeth hospital in hong kong where the protester who was shot is being treated firstly scots the shooting marks a negative milestone and in the 4 months now are protests where do we stand after some of the worst violence seen so far. Yes the student a teenage student was transferred yesterday this had the shooting happened Late Afternoon on tuesday the student was transferred from the initial hospital he was taken to to Queen Elizabeth here we know that he went underwent surgery late in the afternoon on tuesday were also hearing that family and friends of School Friends came to visit him at this hospital late on tuesday now whats going to be interesting as we see things moving forward how things will involve you know this is the morning after if you will we saw agents report that it was widespread violence some of the worst violence weve seen in these nearly 4 months of protest during this period whats going to be interesting is to see how both sides react to you know we heard from the police blaming the protesters that the policemen acted in self defense protesters came out protesters groups came out last night saying that this was these were crimes committed by the police well probably hear more moving forward right now thats where we stand the city just waking up after this very devastating day on tuesday. Where do we go from here. Right now we know that the Citizens Group this is a group that kind of is over headed for a lot of the protesting movements protester movements theyre going to be holding a press conference later on the day here wednesday at the teenager school who was shot theyre going to be holding it there later we know that theres been a call they called so far again its early hours its just after 7 am here but vague calls for a protest of a calls for flash mobs so there is still word going out in these protesters chat groups that they want to continue with things its going to be difficult because its a normal week day a lot of times when we see these spontaneous protest spontaneous rallies no it happens on the weekends when there are a lot more people who are available to come out for these flash mobs but theyre calling for that early calls for that here on wednesday the day after we saw you know 100000 take to the streets in some of the most violent actions we have seen since these 4 months of protests in a school in hong kong thank you. To Mainland China now where the anniversary was an occasion for celebration the no protest parades were held in beijing at a sensitive time for chinese diplomacy this economy well matheson was the. Aircraft funded through the skies of beijing for Armored Vehicles rumble through chan and square a display of chinas military strength as president xi jinping calls for economic and political confidence and sends a message to hong kong. We have to maintain that peaceful united one country to assist them. To keep hong kong and macau as a long term prosperity and stability 70 years ago when john and square communist Party Chairman mao tse dong announced the founding of the peoples republic of china. In the following 27 years mao socalled great leap forward plan to boost farming and Industrial Production led to famine and the deaths of an estimated 30000000 people his cultural revolution clamped down dissent a year after maos deaf in 1986 new leader dench helping declared china would open up internally and to the outside world the china of today bears little resemblance to the china of chairman mao the new middle class is getting wealthier and the countrys transformed itself into an economic global power but one of the central messages of things celebrations today seems to be a cautionary one yes we should acknowledge what china has achieved so far but there could be tough times ahead. For president xi as centralizing and strengthening control in beijing some of the president s political rivals have been swept up in his crackdown on corruption as well as the ongoing protests in hong kong and allegations linked to human rights the trade war with the us is forcing chinas economy to slow down this is a not a adversity of High Expectations that is going to be very glorious in the near future its an anniversary in which we look back on what china has been able to attain and we talk about a new era of sacrifices and struggle in 198910 and one square. Bloodshed when prodemocracy demonstrators stood up against time in 29 china is determined to show that its military is stronger than ever but the success of president xi jinping his leadership may depend on how he handles chinas newfound prospectivity right matters. Beijing. But a more ahead on the news hour including the clock is ticking but the problem of the irish border embrace it still remains to be solved. And in sport with peter no allows leads the way for team usa the world athletics championships. The war of words between the u. S. House democrats and a key member of President Trumps cabinet as a rapid in washington as more witnesses are being called to testify in an impeachment inquiry secretary of state mike pompei has pushed back against an order for 5 of his officials to appear before congress he says is an attempt to bully and intimidate state Department Staff the chairman of 3 House Committee say any attempt by pompei o to prevent officials from speaking to them is illegal and will be seen as obstructing the inquiry democrats are investigating whether President Trump pressured ukraines leader for personal gain in a phone call but a lot to me is a lenski has dismissed the allegations saying he cannot be influenced. Ive never felt any influence on me and there are a lot of people in russia in the west standard ukraine who would like to influence me but i love the president of ukraine of independent ukraine and it seems to me that my state so far shows that it is impossible to influence me. Castro joins us live now from washington d. C. Heidi what more do we know about this Heated Exchange between sect your state might compare and the democratic chairman. Well theyre accusing both sides are accusing each other of intimidating witnesses but its curious because these are witnesses who are former and Current State Department employees and its an open question exactly who they may feel that they need protection from these are individuals who are implicated in this ukraine investigation by who may not be defacto trump defenders who are we talking about well one witness in part to go there is marie. Vonnegut she is the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine who was suddenly recalled to washington in may and her name came up in this phone call between president and the president of ukraine in july in which trump said that she was in his words bad news she reportedly wasnt on board with the president s efforts to try to get ukraine to help dig up dirt on trumps domestic political rivals and she has agreed to testify before congress on october 11th and nother witness that democrats are hoping to hear from is kurt volker he is the former ukrainian envoy who according to a whistleblower report was sent to ukraine soon after this phone call between trump and zelinsky to help clean up the mess from that call now volcker resigned last week as soon as he received the demand to testify before congress and he has agreed to appear on thursday neil and how do you know that a. President donald trump he keeps insisting over and over again that theres nothing to see here well how is the president being say. Well today he had no Public Events but he did publicly air his grievances on twitter in a series of angry tweets he again tried to discredit this whistleblower who at this point is still anonymous we know that he comes from the Intelligence Community and the president said on twitter why he wasnt entitled to interview this whistleblower and the people that he says in the white house who gave this whistleblower false information he went on to call all of this investigation a hoax that alissa did a Critical Response from a member of trumps own Party SenatorChuck Grassley who is the most senior republican in the u. S. Senate he said that the whistleblower should be heard and protected now that wasnt a rebuke that called out President Trump by name but it certainly is an indication that there is some brewing concern among the republican rank and file even as democrats are now continuing to build their case to a possible impeachment. In washington d. C. Thank you for that update well just say see is a former state Department Official who served under president obama he joins us now from washington d. C. To firstly thank you for joining us so what do you make of this exchange between monk pohnpei of the democratic chairman whos waiting in all of this is a possible to say oh it is because all of this is going far deeper with tentacles in all kinds of places that were just discovering but behind the scenes theyre extending very far and very deep indeed and i mean the criminal ones of this administration are now effecting the state department the Justice Department the Defense Department our intelligence agencies except through. This secretary of state is in running with his predecessor of probably being around very soon as the worst one weve ever had and that is saying a lot because he came in claiming that he was going to bring the swagger back to us diplomacy in fact hes in danger in it and in light of his own future prospects he has a size and a senate seat and all of that is going up in smoke he is definitely not winning from this exchange and specifically what sort of pressure has the white house been putting on individuals to limit the scope of their testimonies everything that they can think of legal threats personal threats all kinds of things about. You must you know engage in extreme claims of privilege all kinds of things i mean its really the height of this is Something Like weve never seen before and all eyes are really on the senate were seeing Chuck Grassley now with a very strong statement others behind the scenes its not just mitt romney there are some 30 plus senators republican senators who are preparing if a formal Impeachment Vote comes to abandon this president it is really heating up here in washington d. C. Now as weve been saying repeatedly it doesnt matter what you seem to throw President Trump and those close to him and he and his supporters continue to repeatedly say theres nothing to see he was difficult to gauge from outside the u. S. Looking in is his public backing for against impeachment what do people really think that. Well this is all something in motion remember that. Nancy pelosi would never get to this point if she wasnt sure of several key things and one of those is a majority of the American People in favor of impeachment proceedings that is now coming into view were now seeing polls that have things tied which is a big sea change in a very short amount of time and its all moving in the direction of majority as revelation upon revelation comes out we are now looking at a kind of criminal enterprise that has descended on this city and on this government the rot starts in the white house and its extend the noun to all of our top agencies to embassies abroad to our allies and adversaries top headquarters of governments i mean where else can it go this is going to get more dramatic there are many more shoes left to drop a lot of these officials including attorney general barr and secretary of state pump aoe are in very deep trouble it could be right away with obstruction of Justice Charges in the pietschmann proceedings themselves that are rapidly coming into view jeff stacy in washington d. C. Thank you very much for your insight. Elections are to be held in separatist controlled Eastern Ukraine aimed at paving the way for talks between the Ukrainian Government and russia which backs the separatists is the latest peace move on the ukraines new government led by president selenski after last months mass Prisoner Exchange with moscow for tour dates and b. Reports. Protesters outside the ukrainian president s office in the capital kiev theyre angry about an agreement with kremlin backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine which allows for elections a little speech a territory they say it amounts to capitulation to russia to get their work in the war has been going on in ukraine as a secure almost 5 years ukrainian soldiers die the assured their blood and volunteers provide aid to the Community Cares about ukrainian independence and the in one day all of these if its a broken by a statement of capitulation by the president ial office the agreement between the Ukrainian Government kremlin backed separatists russia and european monitors was signed in the belorussian capital minsk separatist negotiators say its an important 1st step to end the fighting between separatists and Ukrainian Government forces the began after Russian Forces seized an annex the Crimean Peninsula from ukraine in 2014. Its a starting point where we begin the process of crea