chinese leaders have been facing pressure to end this five-year policy which was introduced in 1980 to control the country's rapidly growing population. it was relaxed in 2013 to allow people to have two children if one of the parents is an only child. overnight, more stabbing attacks against israeli soldiers. in one of them one shot a palestinian attacker. and another. israeli forces shots and killed that attacker. attorneys for the south carolina police officer who slammed and dragged a female student inside a classroom insist their client's actions were justified and lawful. that officer was fired wednesday. let's get the latest from cnn's martin savidge live in columbia, south carolina. good morning, martin. >> reporter: good morning, michaela. it's the first time that we're hearing from ben fields' attorney. we believe mr. fields' actions