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Tweeted that chinese troops are heading for the border with hong kong. what kind of an escalation does that represent and what does it tell you that the president is putting that kind of information out on twitter? >> well, first, i think that the chinese are a little heavy handed when their propaganda machine cranks up and says they're moving troops along the border and to some degree into hong kong. chinese are very conservative. they are not very nimble when it comes to public policy. they have never had a history of doing so, they're very authoritarian. so frankly i think the solution here...

>> well we, frankly i've been i hong kong a couple of times the last eight weeks, i've spoken with the men and women on the street, cab drivers, i spoke with carrie lam, the chief executive. i can tell you that up until now, the people on the street are quite sympathetic with the protesters. obviously it's that proposed extradition statute which has caused great angst because it's seen as representative of mainland china exercising even more control for hong kong than they have in the past. you have to remember that the conditions in hong kong are very, very tough. costs will be extremely high...