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'When will you die?' Hong Kong leader grilled at press conference

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam offered no concessions to the demonstrators and insisted that police were facing 'extremely difficult circumstances'

When Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam appeared before the press on Tuesday, she appeared to be expecting to deliver a brief statement and move on. Instead, she faced a media onslaught.

No sooner were her prepared remarks finished than the full-frontal assault -- in both Cantonese and English -- began.

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