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Demonstrators forced lawmakers to delay debate of a controversial extradition bill. ivan watson has been covering it all night long. he's live in hong kong with the breaking details. give us a sense of what you're seeing. >> reporter: good morning, john. now you see riot police on what's supposed to be a busy road in front of one of the poshest shopping malls in the city. moments ago they fired teargas to send protesters, some of which are here on the overpass with me, running back. we have seen it throughout the afternoon. this is supposed to be rush hour here. instead, i'm allowed to walk ar...

>> great to see you here this morning as well. we do have breaking news that we need to get to right now because the protests in hong kong are turning violent. police firing tear gas as you can see and using high pressure water hoses to try to disburse these massive crowds. demonstrators are forcing lawmakers to delay a debate of that controversial expedition bill. cnn's ivan watson is live in hong kong with all of the breaking details. what's the situation, ivan? >> reporter: it's a tense standoff, come take a look over here, this is arguably like the fifth avenue of hong kong and it's curr...