WHITFIELD: Dozens of people in Hong Kong have been injured after pro- democracy protests turned violent. It started out as a peaceful demonstration and was met with batons and tear gas by police. It follows a week of boycotts by students. They want the Chinese government to rescind a decision to allow only candidates chosen by Beijing to run in Hong Kong elections. Hong Kong's leaders have called on the protesters to simply go home. CNN's Ivan Watson is right in the middle of the demonstrations there with the gas masks.</s>IVAN WATSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (on camera): You can see the demonstrators clashing. They have continued with the tactics of civil disobedience trying to stand in the way, why police aren't using force but they are vastly outnumbered. Look at this.</s>WHITFIELD: Wow. Ivan Watson in the middle of it all there in Hong Kong. Straight ahead, President Obama said the U.S. intelligence community underestimated the threat of ISIS. We'll discuss it in a live report.
Violent Protests in Hong Kong