174,000 SALARY THEY HAVE SINCE

2005.

WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE

PROTESTS IN HONG KONG, THE FIGHT

AGAINST MAINLAND CHINA FOR DAYS

NOW AND THINGS ARE HEATING UP

WHERE IT IS EARLY WEDNESDAY.

THERE ARE CHAOTIC SCENES

CORRUPTING AS THOUSANDS OF

DEMONSTRATORS AROUND GOVERNMENT

OFFICES, PROTESTING AGAINST THE

PROPOSED BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW

PEOPLE TO BE SENT TO CHINA FOR

TRIAL.

CALL MCSHANE WITH THE STANDOFF

JOINING US.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?

>> Reporter: IT IS INTERESTING.

POLICE OFFICERS IN RIGHT GEAR

ARE READY TO MOVE IN BUT SO FAR

THESE PROTESTS HAVE BEEN

PEACEFUL.

NINE ADDITIONAL BANDS OF POLICE

OFFICERS, COUNTING THEM BEFORE

GOING ON THE OR JUST ARRIVED BUT

THEY HAVE NOT HAD TO MOVE IN.

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HONG KONG

IS MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES HAVE

BEEN ENCOURAGED TO CLOSE HER HAD

TO CLOSE BECAUSE THEIR WORKERS

HAVEN'T SHOWN UP FOR WORK.

THERE IS SOMETHING OF A STRIKE

GOING ON IN THE CITY SO PEOPLE

CAN COME OUT AND MAKE THIS

CONTROVERSIAL AND LARGELY

UNPOPULAR EXTRADITION BILL WHICH

WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE CHARGED WITH

A CRIME IN HONG KONG TO BE SENT

BACK TO MAINLAND CHINA WHERE THE

LAWS ARE VERY DIFFERENT BUT WHAT

STOOD OUT TO US SINCE WE SPOKE

TO PROTESTERS IS HOW MANY OF

THEM ARE YOUNG PEOPLE.

>> WE ARE HERE TO SAVE OUR

FUTURE TODAY.

WE ARE HOPING TO SAVE HONG KONG.

WE DON'T HAVE FREEDOM IN CHINA

BUT HONG KONG IS NOT LIKE CHINA.

WE EXPECT THE BIG DIFFERENCE

TODAY.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE LIFE

PICTURES BLOCKS FROM WHERE WE

ARE STANDING OF THE PROTESTERS

GATHERING OUTSIDE THE

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL WHERE THE

DEBATE ABOUT THIS BILL IS

UNDERWAY AT THIS HOUR.

HERE IS WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM

INSIDE THAT DEBATE EVEN WITH ALL

THE OPPOSITION FROM THE UNITED

STATES GOVERNMENT NUMBER FROM

THE PEOPLE HERE IN HONG KONG,

THIS EXTRADITION BILL IS

EXPECTED TO FAST-TRACK, A BILL

LIKE THIS MIGHT TAKE WEEKS OR

MONTHS ON A NORMAL DAY OR NORMAL

SET OF DEBATES TO GET PAST, THEY

EXPECT THIS TO PASS AS SOON AS

NEXT WEEK.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT AS

YOU HEARD FROM THE PROTESTERS WE

SPOKE TO.

MANY ARE VERY CONCERNED THIS

BUSINESS FRIENDLY CITY OF HONG

KONG MIGHT BE CHANGED AND NOT

FOR THE BETTER.

SHANNON: TELL US ABOUT THE

ORIGINS OF HOW THIS WHOLE THING

GOT SPARKED AND WHERE WE ENDED

UP WITH THESE ENORMOUS CROWDS

TAKING TO THE STREETS MULTIPLE

DAYS IN A ROW.

>> Reporter: THE YOUNG MAN WHO

WAS CHARGED WITH A CRIME,

CHARGED WITH STRANGLING HIS

GIRLFRIEND ON A TRIP TO TAIWAN,

TRAVELED BACK TO HONG KONG AND

HAS NOT BEEN EXTRADITED BACK TO

TAIWAN.

THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE

HIGHEST-RANKING POLITICAL

OFFICIAL IN HONG KONG PUSHED IT

FORWARD TO INCLUDE THE POSSIBLE

EXTRADITION TO CHINA AND THAT IS

WHEN THE PROTESTERS TOOK TO THE