LELAND:
ALL RIGHT.
PEOPLE IN THE STREETS OF HONG
KONG SINGING THE U.S. NATIONAL
ANTHEM AND WAVING AMERICAN FLAGS
ONE DAY AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP
SIGNED TWO BILLS BACKING THE
PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS THERE
IN HONG KONG.
THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY
CALLING THE MOVE A, QUOTE,
SEVERE INTERFERENCE IN HONG KONG
AFFAIRS, SERIOUS VIOLATION OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND BASIC
NORMS GOVERNING INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS.
SHOCKING, THE CHINESE ARE NOT SO
HAPPY ABOUT PRO-DEMOCRACY
PROTESTERS, LAURA.
WHAT'S INTERESTING TO WATCH NOW
AS WE'RE SEEING IS HOW MUCH THIS
IS ENERGIZING THE PROTESTERS IN
HONG KONG.
FROM THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING
POST THERE IN ASIA, A SENSE OF
UNEASE HANGS OVER HONG KONG AS
PROTESTERS PREPARE FOR
ANTI-GOVERNMENT RALLY NEAR SITE
OF VIOLENT CRASH BETWEEN
RADICALS AND POLICE.
THIS HAS CERTAINLY EMBOLDENED
THE PROTESTERS TO GET THIS REAL
VOICE OF SUPPORT FROM PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND NOT ONLY FROM THE
PRESIDENT, BUT ALSO FROM BOTH
CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT PASSED
THE LAW.
LAURA: ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE THOSE
IMAGES, I MEAN, THEY REALLY ARE
SO JUST INCREDIBLE TO WATCH.
THE AMERICAN FLAGS BEING FLOWN
AND BEING WAVED AROUND IN HONG
KONG, AND SOME OF THE PROTESTERS
WHO WERE OUT THERE ON THE
STREETS WAVING THOSE FLAGS HAD
SOMETHING TO SAY.
HERE ARE SOME OF THEM ON
THURSDAY.
>> I THINK THAT WE HAVE NO -- WE
ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO ADDRESS
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
AND WE HAVE -- WE HOPE AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT CAN SUPPORT US.
>> WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW
THE UNITED STATES HAS --
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FOR HONG KONG THIS MORNING, SO
WE ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE
UNITED STATES CITIZENS IS AND
ALSO THE PRESIDENT, DONALD
TRUMP, FOR SUPPORTING HONG KONG.
FINISH.
LAURA: YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE
SAY THAT THE MOVE OF SIGNING
THOSE BILLS WAS A RISKY ONE BUT,
OBVIOUSLY, LELAND, THE FOLKS OF
HONG KONG WAVING THOSE FLAGS
CERTAINLY BEHIND THE PRESIDENT
ON THAT.
LELAND: WELL, YEAH.
THE RISK THAT THE CHINESE
RETALIATE9 IN ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER.
ONE WAY THEY COULD IS IN TERMS
OF THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS THAT
ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
THIS FROM THE CHINESE FOREIGN
MINISTER, THE LATEST STATEMENT
SAYING THEIR ACT -- MEANING THE
UNITED STATES' -- WILL ONLY
FURTHER EXPOSE THE MALICIOUS AND
HEGEMONIC NATURE OF U.S.
INTENTIONS TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE
INCLUDING OUR HONG KONG
COMPATRIOTS.
WE URGE THE U.S. NOT TO CONTINUE
GOING DOWN THE WRONG PATH OR
CHINA WILL TAKE COUNTERMEASURES,
AND THE U.S. MUST BEAR ALL
CONSEQUENCES.
NOT A VERY VEILED THREAT WHEN IT
COMES TO THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT
ARE GOING ON.
STEVE MOORE TALKED ABOUT THAT
JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO, THAT
THE CHINA TRADE DEAL COULD HAVE
MAJOR RAMIFICATIONS TO THE U.S.
ECONOMY, HAVE MAJOR
RAMIFICATIONS TO THE CHINESE AS
WELL.
SO NOW COMES THE GAME OF
CHICKEN.
BUT POLITICAL OBSERVERS WILL
TELL YOU THIS SORT OF PLAYS INTO
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WEEK OF BEING
PRESIDENTIAL.
YOU HAVE THE VISIT TO THE CHURCH
IN AFGHANISTAN --
LAURA: RIGHT.
LELAND: -- YOU'VE GOT THIS IN
TERMS OF FOREIGN POLICY.
VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE WEEK HE
HAD BEFORE.
LAURA: AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT WEEKS