Hong Kong Protests; California Wildfires Forcing Evacuations
ROMANS: China is censoring information on social media about a huge demonstrations in Hong Kong on Sunday. More than a million people took to the streets clashing with police, protesting a controversial government plan that would allow extraditions from Hong Kong to mainland China. Let's bring in CNN's Matt Rivers, he is live in Hong Kong with the very latest. And the people who live in Hong Kong have at least a (inaudible) of freedom and rights, although we should point out that Hong Kong is being absorbed into main land China in a 50-year plan. This appears to be one of those, you know, notches along the wat that takes some rights away.</s>MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, without question. I mean, Hong Kong technically is a part of China, but what we've seen over the last couple of years, is Beijing taking step after step after step to really kind of curtail some of the Democratic freedoms here in Hong Kong that people have long enjoyed. And what happens -- what looks like is happening with this extradition law is that what (inaudible) say, that this is another step where Beijing is exerting more and more control over Hong Kong, just to remind our viewers, this extradition law, would basically allow people here in Hong Kong to be extradited to main land China for a number of different offenses and what critics say is that opens Hong Kong to Beijing's notoriously opaque legal system. Basically what critics say is that Beijing could seek the extradition of people in Hong Kong here for simply political reasons or just in offensive business, offenses there's a number of different things that critics say Beijing could use to take advantage of that extradition law. Now the Hong Kong government here says that is not true that this closes certain legal loopholes. And they are continuing to debate this bill. We are going to see more protests on Wednesday morning, that's when the Hong Kong parliament will next debate this bill. And then after that, there will be another debate before it could eventually be put into law. So, this fight is certainly not over at the moment, we are expecting more protests this week after a million people according to organizers came out on Sunday. That is one in every seven people in this city, Christine, that was a massive protest and the fight is definitely not over.</s>ROMANS: All right. Matt Rivers for us in Hong Kong. Thanks Matt.</s>BRIGGS: All right. Back here, several wildfires are raging across parts of California. The so-called sky fire in Southern California forcing the evacuation and closure of six flag Magic Mountain Theme Park Sunday, along with neighboring Water Park in Valencia. The fast spreading sand fire prompting mandatory evacuations in Yolo County in Northern California. Authorities say the blaze which began on Saturday has burned 2200 acres and it's just 20 percent contained. Pacific Gas and Electric is restoring power to some 20,000 customers after the utility temporarily cut off electricity in areas of extreme fire risk.</s>ROMANS: Heavy rain and flooding being blame for three jets in North Carolina. Authorities say, three men were killed when their vehicle slid off the road and hit a tree and then overturned into rising creek waters near Lincolnton North Carolina. Several locations, the western part of the state had seen more than a foot of rain in the past three days. High water also damaged the Duke University student union, look at that flooding rooms and forcing a partial evacuation of the building.</s>BRIGGS: All right. Last night, a big night on Broadway as it honored the best at the Annual Tony Awards. The big winners and losers, next.