kong government. that's carrie lam. so she has just been explaining what we expected and what we heard over the previous hour, which is that the hong kong government is suspending the controversial bill that has brought hundreds of thousands of people down to the streets and caused some of the worst unrest that we have seen since the handover of hong kong in 1997 to china. let me go to steve chao. he's been listening in with us. steve, it's what we were expecting. it may not be a full win but it's at least a partial win. >> reporter: well, very much so. and you heard carrie lam strike a very conciliatory tone. she said yes, i believe that we likely talked to all facets of society when drafting this extradition bill. but these recent demonstrations