Hong Kong leader says extradition bill is ‘dead’

The World

 The big news in Hong Kong today was that government leader Carrie Lam announced that a controversial extradition bill was “dead.” But pro-democracy activists who’ve turned out in force to oppose the legislation don’t believe Lam. The World’s host Marco Werman has the details.

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