you are in london, with nathan law, you save. we have had him on the programme not too long ago. you two other poster boys, if i can put it that way, for the youthful pro—democracy so—called umbrella protest movement. i am just wondering, already faced threats. i have heard that you were threatened when you tried to travel to taiwan, you had a crowd of people who were shouting curses at you. somebody a p pa re ntly shouting curses at you. somebody apparently tried to punch you in the face at one point. are you scared? sometimes i am tired, or downhearted, but i know what i've done, and what i commit is valuable. according to a previous experience, being an activist in hong kong is not easy. as you have mentioned, while we have visited taiwan and back to hong kong, the pro—china, maoists and gangsters almostjust assault us in the airport, nathan law being the elected legislator has even been sent to the hospital. i have been blacklisted by the men in china government, and even last 0ctober china government, and even last october i visited bangkok and the thai governmentjust

law, who has been in parliament for a long time as well as to others. their lawyer said this was a case with tremendous public interest implications and they wanted more time to prepare and that's what leads us to today. how do they go about this process of disqualification and what do the lawmakers themselves say about it? that's right. what the government has done is it has filed a judicial review at the hong kong high court so this hearing will get started in just under two hours. the lawyers for the government will be presenting their case for disqualification for lawmakers and their lawyers will present the case for them to keep their seats. this is a process that is expected to take a few days. juliana liu in hong kong. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: shock in indonesia as the family of one of the women accused of killing the half brother of north korean find themselves at the centre of a media storm. also on the programme: from george washington to george w bush, we take a look at the us tradition of set piece

people like nathan law or joshua wong, the teenage activists. we witnessed him getting caught up in scuffles with the police. dealing with the continual demand is one of the many challenges ahead for hong kong's new leader. she acknowledges challenges in the speech she gave after the announcement was made. a number of challenges ahead for the new leader of hong kong. a major financial home to some 7 million people who really had no say in electing their new leader. ivan? >> it is really striking, christie, when you consider the fact she got 777 votes to get this job out of a population of some 7 million. it doesn't make for much of an electoral mandate. christie lou stout live from the election campaign center. thanks very much, christie. >> chances of severe weather continue across the united states and meteorologist, derek van dam, joins us with the latest. what can you tell us, derrick? >> ivan, this is all part of a multi-day severe weather event that's taking place across the u.s.? take a look at a confirmed ef-2 tornado, snapping trees and

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repeal and replace the health care law. then the former house intelligence committee senior counsel discusses the pfizer law and intelligence collection in the u.s. and abroad. and later, bernadette from the prison policy initiative talks about mass incarceration in the u.s. as take your calls, and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning. with health care now off of the table, congress turns to other issues in the week ahead. senate democrats excited for the outline their plans to filibuster the nomination of neil gorsuch to serve on the u.s. supreme court. the senate judiciary expected to vote on his nomination out of committee a week from tomorrow, monday, april 3. the house of a disaster relief funding and eta regulations. president'sh the agenda moving ahead in light of the developments on friday and the defeat of the health care bill for now.

tomorrow, nathan gonzales will discuss the potential political fallout of the republican health care bill. george mason university law professor will look at laws pertaining to surveillance and intelligence collection. the representative from the prison policy initiative will discuss the 2.9 people in prison in the united states. be sure to watch washington journal on sunday morning. announcer: sunday night, a conversation with thomas soma who recently retired from the column he wrote for the last 25 years. >> unlike today's left, i never felt that i had to avoid people with different views. during all of my years, i read everything across the political spectrum. read when ik that i was an undergraduate at harvard, and i treasure that book. i can tell you that, i understood that there were reasons why people have different views. a question of being on the side of the angels versus the forces of evil. i think the new administration has some very good people, better than i think most recent administrations have had. the only question is whether the president listens to them, and that