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Hong kong. >> amazing. remember last sunday we saw two million come out on the streets. smaller protests are planned this weekend. similar protests in the future includi including july 1, the anniversary of the handover from the u.k. to china. >> neil: thanks, greg. more suspicious deaths of americans that vacationed in the dominic dominican republic. officials say there's nothing to see there, after this. well, that's my job. what? what?? what?! (laughing) what?? what?! what?! [crash] what?! haha, it happens. and if you've got cut-rate car insurance, paying for this could feel like getting ro...

Just criminals. they believe it would be anyone who speaks out against beijing. that is why you saw the hundreds of thousands if not almost 2 million people. i mean, that is what organizers are saying turned out yesterday for yesterday's demonstration. almost 2 million people. it was like a sea of people dressed in black walking through the streets of hong kong protesting against this extradition bill. you know what, david, it is about so much more than this controversial bill. it is about the freedoms that people here in hong kong currently enjoy and have enjoyed the last 22 years since the h...

The government they are lifting and order that had brought more than 2 million protesters into the streets, but the hong kong authorities are still very much in charge. president xi will be meeting with kim jong un later this we week. he thinks of the chinese are up to something. what could it be, chris? >> well, the chinese have really blown it in hong kong. under the agreement that they agreed to the basic law, which came out of the joint declaration. the handover of hong kong from britain to china. the chief executive of hong kong. they latched on that. they went against that. and they have...

Law. >> michael, i'm going to challenge you here because during the handover back in 1997, the british government deliberately did not include an extradition law to mainland china because they did not trust that they had an independent judiciary. you know think don't have an independent judiciary. they answer to the party. what makes you think that the one country/two systems, that is slowly eroding. that by 2027, what makes that stay in place? >> a lot of the progress they made in china. you're right. there's a big gap between hong kong and dhchina. i'm not supporting this bill. as a beijing ...

That wasn't good enough. you see the numbers taking to the treatstreets. there's so much more at stake than just an extradition bill. these people are fighting for the freedoms that hong kong has the enjoyed for the last 22 years since the british handover. they are fighting for hong kong's future. let's go to matt rivers who is with the protesters. >> reporter: it's stunning. that's the only way can really describe it. i'm nonthe phone and we don't have a lot of signal because we're using cell phone signals. there's too many people where we are to do a live shot. and that just gives you some ...