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