WHITFIELD: Welcome back. In Hong Kong, hundreds of thousands of antigovernment protestors braved torrential rain and a police ban for another weekend of mass demonstrations. This huge and largely peaceful protest follows the ugly scenes of violence Tuesday at the airport there. CNN's Ben Wedeman was in the midst of the massive crowd and he has more on what's driving these demonstrations.</s>BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Sunday saw Hong Kong's second largest protest since these demonstrations began in early June. According to the Civil Human Rights Front, which organized this protest today, 1.7 million people participated. That's 24 percent of Hong Kong's population. Now, these numbers should always be taken with a grain of salt. We haven't heard from the police, their estimates, but what is significant according to the organizers is that this protest and the one on Saturday proved that Hong Kong people can protest peacefully and calmly. So far this weekend, no tear gas has been fired. This is in reaction, of course, to the events at the airport, which was closed earlier this week for two days. So this was an opportunity for the protest movement to prove that they can do this peacefully. And so far, that has been the case. Now, what's going on over here is that the protestors un front of the de facto organizers are telling people, go home, go to dinner, we've made our point. But it's not clear what comes next. The government isn't budging on the demands of the protestors. The protestors are now saying that when school begins on the 2nd of September, they are going to go on strike every Monday until their demands are met. So, plans are being made for this movement to carry on, not just in the coming weeks, but for months ahead. I'm Ben Wedeman, CNN, reporting from Hong Kong.</s>WHITFIELD: And still ahead, ISIS claimed the responsibility for a horrific bombing at a wedding that killed more than 60 people. This as the US contemplates pulling American troops from Afghanistan.
Thousands Pack Hong King In 11th Week Of Protests