if you take two an asian and non-asian that has the same bmi the asian will have a higher promotionf fat it is distributed around the visa are as opposed to the fat you can see we call it sub cutaneous fat around the owners is call vice rally fat that is predicted of causing diabetes a so anyone on the outside may look to have normal weight but actually have more vice rally fat than someone else that is turning ought to be true for the asian population begins to explain why the b m index in terms of the cut off is not visible for the asian population what about changing the cut off one thing to realize the way bmi used have a category of normal over reject e weight and obese categories this screening is focused on not changing the category designations but really improving the screening of diabetes diabetes improving the screening for diabetes this is an important thing to mention so with the category that is currently this will continue to exist but the emphasis ero on changing the cut off to diagonal diabetes for example, the current cut of 25 the sensitivity of a b any m i have 2

if you take two an asian and non-asian that has the same bmi the asian will have a higher promotionf fat it is distributed around the visa are as opposed to the fat you can see we call it sub cutaneous fat around the owners is call vice rally fat that is predicted of causing diabetes a so anyone on the outside may look to have normal weight but actually have more vice rally fat than someone else that is turning ought to be true for the asian population begins to explain why the b m index in terms of the cut off is not visible for the asian population what about changing the cut off one thing to realize the way bmi used have a category of normal over reject e weight and obese categories this screening is focused on not changing the category designations but really improving the screening of diabetes diabetes improving the screening for diabetes this is an important thing to mention so with the category that is currently this will continue to exist but the emphasis ero on changing the cut off to diagonal diabetes for example, the current cut of 25 the sensitivity of a b any m i have 2

asian-american home movies. we continue our proud tradition of presenting live cultural and artistic performances. today we see and hear about polynesian dance. found out why this group is very much a family affair. music and dancing later on our show. >>> we've often said we could do a segment on accv almost every week because it provides so many services for the community. but acci understands to do so much also requires much support. now it's time to bring everybody together. joining us to talk about the better together event is michelle lu, president and ceo of acci and also with us another prominent figure in the community and an honoree, dr. jerry hira, both here to talk about better together. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> this collaboration is so nice, right? >> wonderful things. >> let's talk about acci. every time we talk about it, the demand grows, the services grow. where is acci right now? >> aaci is alive and well. this past year we expanded our health center in west san jose and a

i'm mary sit, join me next on asian focus. good morning, everyone, and welcome to asian focus. i'm mary sit. in two hours, the american cancer society's "making strides against breast cancer" walk starts and it's not too late to get involved. join thousands of supporters at the dcr hatch shell and unite to celebrate breast cancer survivors. the event starts at 8 a.m. if you can't make it, you can go online and make a donation at: makingstrides.ascevents.org. our first guest has been a community leader for 30 years and is now the first asian american assistant scretary for the state in business development. nam pham has been a commercial banker for more than 20 years and is the former ceo of vietnamese american initiative for development - known as vietaid. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> congratulations on your new position. >> tell me, what exactly do you do now as the assistant doctor? >> i oversee a few offices for recent development, travel and tourism office and the office for interget the trade investment. >> you get all of the fun offices, film

. >>> hello and welcome to "asian pacific america." i'm robert handa, your host, here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. we start with project open hand as we've helped promote breast cancer awareness with some survivors who then became volunteers for the organization, providing much-needed meals, groceries and emotional support. we'll look at why awareness is so important for the asian-american and pacific islander community. >>> food delivery is also a crucial service provided by the richmond district community center, but as you'll see, the rdnc does much more than that as it helps a diverse urban community with programs for adults and families. >>> then a special dance group made up of many groups, in fact, public figures combine five different dance companies with more than 100 young dancers providing what they call the versatility and interpretation of artistic impressions in dance. >>> see a performance they did for us here at our studio and we'll wrap up with a look at a full community calendar which will feature a recent hula dance

it ises about being asian, in america. the band, the self-proclaimed first all asian american rock dance band, who call themselves the slants. >> yeah. [laughter] >> the slants, playing what they call china town rock, and embracing what could be seen as a racial slur. >> we can choose to perpetuate negative connotations aboard, or be appropriate and reclaim and it develop something that is a positive association instead. >> cast and crew working on the video shoot shrug it off. >> they came up with it, they love it it is them. >> the name has landed it in court, for the right to trademark the slants. the u.s. office has turned them down, saying the name is disparaging to asians. especially when backed by asian imagery. >> they are basically something if people see our website, and it says the slants and then they see a picture with asians in it, which would be us, they think people are automatically assume the slur, and not even the possible definitions. in the name of fighting against racism, they are denying me rights ba

>> it might be too soon for the asian markets.an markets are somewhat artificial, no doubt about it. think thelk china, we shares listed in hong kong. to us, they are much more attractive. angie: you are still neutral on chinese equities? fact do recognize the there are some long-term issues yet to be solved. it includes the shadow banking system. how can the government manage with lowering rates, holding the currency the same, measuring the inflows and outflows successfully. it is very difficult to do. angie: if we were to push you off this fence, where would you want to fall? >> at this level, one has to be a bit more bullish. the government still has policy options. we talk about this. why does the banking system in china need that ratio? >> must be worried about something. >> they are worried about money going into the wrong hands. can release some free reserves into the banking system, especially when you have a recent devaluation and when you have capital outflows. >> you do not see anymore devaluations? >> the u.s. dollar i

an increasing number of people have left asian nations to join isil.e ministers called for a rebranding of islam for a peaceful religion. ongoing conflict in some asian countries may be one reason that so many people are joining extremist groups. one is in southern thailand on the border with malaysia and it's grown increasingly violent on the last 15 years. al jazeera's wayne hay has more from the malaysian state. >> this is the latest army tactic to try to win a long running war against separatist fighters in southern thailand. they are visiting the house of a suspected bomb maker who is believed to be across the border in malaysia. they arrive with clothing and medicine for his wife, in the hope she can convince him to come home. the trust building exercise is trying to improve the army's reputation. thailand's three southern most provinces have been under martial law for more than ten years which is has allowed the military to act with impunity. they acknowledged that their tactics had to change. >> the understanding of nonviolence has to start wit

it's about being asian in america. the band, the self proclaimed all asian rock dance band who call themselves the slants. >> the slants, yeah. >> the slants playing what they call chinatown rock and embracing what could be seen as a racial slur. >> we can choose to perpetuate the negative connotations of a word or reappropriate, reclaim it and develop a positive associationers instead. >> cast and crew working on the video shoot shrug it off. >> they came up with it. they love it. it's them. >> maybe. but the name has landed the band in court where they're fighting the federal government for the right to trademark "the slants." the patent trademark office has turned them down saying that the name is disparaging to asians especially when backed by asian imagery. >> if people see our website that says the slants and then sees a picture of asians in it because we're a band, people will see the racial slur. in the name of fighting against racism they're denying a right based on our race. >> appearing in colleges, high sch

about being asian in america. the ban pro claimed the first rock dance band. >> playing what they call chinatown rock and embracing what they could see as a racial slur. >> we can choose to perpetuate negative connotations or reappropriate and reclaim it, and develop something that is positive. cast and crew working on the video shoot shrug it off. they came up with it. they love it. it's them. maybe, but the name landed the band in court, where they are fighting the federal government for the right to trademark the slants. the u.s. patent turned them down saying it's disparaging to asians when backed up by asian imagery. >> they say if people see the head slight and the slants and the pictures with asians in it. they think people will assume the racial slur and not any other definition. in the name of fighting against the racism denying rights based on race, and that is unjust. >> over the last five years, they have taken the cause public, giving ted talks about racism. appearing at colleges, high schools, law sc

the fourth day in a row we have seen asian markets higher.lly led gains in the oil and gas sectors, as well as the basic materials sector. the casinos in hong kong -- galaxy entertainment continuing its rapid rise. it is actually the best performer on the hang seng index. up by over 5%. retail stocks leading the way as well in hong kong. we can see here, only one stock out of the 50 is actually in the red. jakarta has come online and joined in that positive sentiment. the weekend u.s. jobs report on friday has given a boost to the region. we have seen the bloomberg stock -- the bloomberg dollar index fall. pickup toiven a good markets around the region. aren and australia -- we seeing some really good gains coming through from a lot of the mining players. seeing petroare the best performer on the regional benchmark index. that outlook from the world bank not fantastic but we do have china closed today. no reaction until thursday. once again, they are hoping they can strike a deal on the transit partnership. the 12 nations continue to huddle o

session and asians russian.le of your screen you can see the euro stocks set to open around half a percent higher at the start of trade, true for the ftse 100 and the dax. a number of sectors of individual corporate stores are playing into the story this morning, let's dive into some. european car sales are up again but volkswagen's market share has left. we are joined from berlin -- run us through the numbers. who is doing well at the expense of the vw? >> fiat is doing well, picking up market share, which is an arch nemesis. followed by the jeep brand, which doubled last month. folks likens counterparts from germany are doing well, picking up market shares. we are hearing reports of increasing discounts for vw cars. recallpany had to millions of cars in europe -- what is the latest on the extent of discounting we are seeing, the extent of the recall? >> there was a report earlier this week saying that there has been an uptick in discounts in germany, and the data in europe is very patchy in terms of discountin

asian people come to korea more and more.mbers from southeast asia. end holidays are coming up. tourism,in charge of what are your plans for the rest of the year? >> we are doing a special campaign. , a campaign -- the goal of the campaign is to upgrade the satisfaction level of foreign tourists. howle need to understand the tourism industry is important. in the economy. how to serve foreign tourists better. nowadays,oned, because foreign tourist visit diverse places, markets, restaurants, sometimes they -- shery: those english menus. >> that is one of the key point. we are trying to make more english menus. proper food menus also. shery: thank you so much for all of your insight. and coming from your office. >> my pleasure. shery: one of the key destinations in south korea. back to you. rishaad: thank you. on the streets of seoul. will japan advance in the post-ipo -- asking that question when we had to tokyo, after the short break. ♪ are they saying investors will be lapping this up? >> at the beginning, there was concern w

the iconic asian elephant acts performing in the greatest show on earth... earth...will soon stop taking the stage under the big top. top. "it's kind of hard to travel these elephants from city to city."by 2018 - it will be the end of an era for the ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus. circus. "because even if you atthink of those iconic posters for the circus, an elephant and the tiger are the two animals that you first think of."some call it cruel. cruel. "i'm not entertained by watching an animal go by in a cage or walk down the street where it's not natural."but ringmaster andre mcclain says those concerns will be put to rest. rest. "taking the elephants off the road - there might actually be a cure for cancer." after working for more than a century with the asian elephants - andre says it's about connecting the animals to health rather than purely enetertainment. t. "it should be natural, it should be in the wild."instead of bringing the graceful, giant creatures on tour - ringling will care for the elephants at the center for elephant conser

abe is on a tour of five central asian countries to promote economic ties with the region. turkmenistan's president commended his country's economic partnership with japan. he cited a number of projects underway in the country funded by japanese investment. they involve the oil, gas, and chemical industries. he said, the corporation between the two countries offers great potential. abe said he hopes to promote dialogue between japan and the central asian nations to cric t contribute to political and economic stability in the region and says the companies helping them will help enhance economic ties. the two leaders then signed a joint statement welcoming the participation of japanese firms in the construction of natural gas and thermal power plants. the leaders said their governments will help facilitate the projects worth $18 billion. the statement also said turkmenistan will introduce japanese-style educational methods to teach advanced engineering and technology. turkmenistan has the world's fourth largest reserves of natural gas. >>> china's economy showed more signs th

fed released the latest asian book report..eige it suggests a rate hike may have to be held off for a bit longer. dave is here to explain. reporter: that was said, but we have come to a junction where analysts are being extra careful when they read through these phrases. anything that suggests the strong dollar is impacting some areas of the economy will tend to swing sentiment that way. we saw that play out across the fx markets overnight. this came out at 2:00 a.m. our time, that's when you started to see yields come down, the dollar yen come down, the dollar weaker. when it comes to some of these weak spots in the economy -- that's a two day chart, of course -- you look at wages in the labor market. you have scattered reports of , butased wage pressures generally we are looking at subdued wage growth. places that you are seeing which youth are places like where would be skilled workers, where the label market is a bit tough. i.t., for example, health care. but it is not broad-based, that is the key message there. overall,at

today, some of its asian and asian hfd american customers are alleging discrimination. live on union street with details of a class action lawsuit. melan melanie? >> that's right. sephora called its customers beauty insiders. the more money you spend, the more perks you get, including access to exclusive sales. that's one coming up here next week. but according to those class action lawsuits during last year's exclusive sales, asian customers couldn't shop because sephora had deactivated their accounts. sephora is stocked with beauty products. big spenders called v.i.p.s or very important beauty insiders get access to exclusive sales. >> it's definitely a really nice little red carpet treatment that you're getting. >> but the popular company is in hot water with angry customers. a class action lawsuit filed last year alleges sephora discriminated against asian customers during one of its v.i.p.-exclusive sales. purchasing products in large volume to resell through other channels. the suit alleges the acounts deactivated used red domains originating in asia. >> the only

alaska isk at a map, certainly an asian pacific state, so as a state official in alaska, like a lot of state officials, i was out in china and korea in regards to our economic opportunities. i also served in the bush administration as the assistant secretary of state of energy financeand terrorist portfolios under secretary rice, so i spent a lot of time in china and a lot of time in japan and other parts of asia, and also was a former member of the and also deployed in that part of the world is a marine. that i was a u.s. senator. josh mentioned my interest in the region. -- i at the shank a lot of was at the shangri-la dialogue and they did confirm with josh, whom i saw there at a bar and whatever i said at the bar will not be quoted here as long as whatever he said at the bar will not be quoted here -- [laughter] sen. sullivan: but just a couple of thoughts from my perspective. recognizel of you that american foreign-policy is at its strongest when the executive branch and the legislative branch are working together. when the parties, democrats and republicans, are working together.

the practice is widespread in neighboring burma, and it threatens the last healthy populations of asian elephants that reside there. baby elephants are particularly sought after. >> it's very attractive to tourists or thai people, so everybody wants baby elephants, and they are worth a lot of money. you don't need any documents, no microchip, so it's super easy. you go into the jungle, you catch an elephant, you train them, and a month later you can get like 600,000 baht, and if you can imagine how much money this is in thailand and how easy it is to do... >> teams of hunters surround herds of elephants, killing the parents and other adults who try to defend their young. investigations have revealed that as many as 5 adults may be slain for every calf captured. the defenseless calves are then smuggled across the border. these rarely seen images show elephants being forced to endure a cruel spirit-breaking ritual known as the fashong. these activities take place in remote camps on the burmese border, far from the public eye. >> in thailand, they use sharp things to stab them. they use kn

let's see what's moving in asian markets.eckert, rally is continuing as we see more stimulus here in europe. thatit certainly is, and stimulus prospect is really igniting the currency markets today. we saw that yield hunt continue in new zealand and the south korean won moving on easing prospects of the ecb. also have the bank of japan expected to announce -- that is giving a left to stocks today. it all translates into what we see here -- green across the screen, a nice way to end the week, certainly a good uplift. let's take a look at what is happening. the hang seng is up 1.5% and a similar move in shanghai. marketng pleasing the because the chinese city posting gains in september and what we are seeing is a gradual march ho higher in housing prices. some others are seeing more dramatic rises. it is generally suggested that the economy there, at least the property linked economy, is recovering thanks to stimulus and interest rate cuts. there has been a rebound in interest rates today after a big selloff in oil prices. asia

as good our asian economy editor. walk us through the numbers.ll, this is the slowest case of exports and more than a year for japan. in china and particular,japan's largest trading partner face i decline in exports. china slowdown has been stopping the growth and we are seeing declines in exports in indonesia and india and malaysia. it is really become an asia wide export decline for japan. even though they have some increases, off of the pharmaceuticals and europe, that is not enough to make up for the huge decline by china. all tellwhat does this us about what is going on in china, particular? and of course, it tells us a lot about what is going on in japan, too? >> these of the first signals we are seeing about what china's slowdown could mean for asia. asianrge stocks and other companies, we are seeing that here. that raises the question of stimulus which is why you're theng in your market report markets responding. on october 30, there was a policy meeting very closely watched to see if there will be further stimulus. 42 of those surveyed s

appreciate that now turn to a nonprofit service committee as you can see the society director the asian shelter in so 88, 27 years ago i went to this year shelter which will go on to become only the third shelter in the country to help asian families please help me welcome (clapping.) >> good morning, everyone start to wiggle our tows so how calibration keeps going i'm very happy to be here i'm over and over kid with the asian shelter some of my coworkers are here on october fierce the start of the domestic violence month we know that domestic violence awareness month not the most we're aware of domestic violence we know department of transportation awareness month is the month we push awareness heard than at&t any other awareness we growing and working to address it in all the diverse ways so when i look across the room and till when i drive around san francisco on any day this might be a mark but when i drive around the city i think about all the different was and the different people who are work on case of domestic violence every day i think about crisis workers and the shelter advo

still more or less neutral on asian equities.searching for off anywhere and where you looking for that? i think within the asian space we like japan. japanese equities are quite attractive given the -- japanese companies have been using their armies -- for 11 consecutive corners -- quarters. valuations are quite attractive. we think japanese equities could outperform. the compact to the u.s.. angie: what do you think of the chinese market? what are your thoughts on what is your advice for clients who might the china in the folio right now. markets we are neutral on chinese equities. we downgraded chinese gdp growth to 6.8% in 2015. equities,r chinese economic data continues to disappoint on the downsizing. but there seems to be some form of civilization. we will wait and see. the thing about chinese equities investors have less confidence in the chinese equity markets especially considering the failure to stem the slide of the last quarter. said, there trading about seven times stronger. below a tenure historical average. we are

and i was like, "wow, i've never seen such elastic hips on, like, an asian guy before," right? it's so fascinating. >> hinojosa: so what do you want... what do you want us to take away from this, jennifer? >> i think that first of all, this idea of authenticity, of being, like, true, is sort of an artifact. like, what does it mean to be authentically chinese, right? because i, in a certain way, am authentically chinese american in a way that general gau's chicken, you know, is not authentically chinese, but it's authentic to its time and place. and to recognize that a lot of these things that... being basically american doesn't mean having a eurocentric view of the world, right? now... i mean, and it's sort of so invisible to us, because society just sort of changes and changes, like, and changes. so, like, you can go to starbuck's and get soy milk, which is not originally something, you know, in america. and, you know, we go to a gym in harlem. and some of the people who are best at yoga-- and it's definitely sort of an americanized yoga-- are these, like, big, black, buff guy

>> hello welcome to asian/pacific american. i'm robert handa your host. we'll be talking with some big community events coming up and we'll highlight traditional hula which includes a live performance here in our studio. our first guests is from one of my favorite groups. i love what the organization does for the community here in the bay area and we'll talk about it's upcoming and fun annual event for the asia and pacific american communities. we'll also put the spotlight on some other big events. then as promised we showcase, 30 years of hula a colorful retrosuspective on the group's past work and where the group will premier its new dance members. you can see that earl here live later on our show. >>> we'll start without as a variety showed aimed for the young people. some people say it turned out to be a big hit and has been around for decades appealing to people all over the region. but some say live is just one thing it does for the community. joining me to talk about kimochi, first sandy and co-chairs of kimochi to expand into san mateo communities

host: the asian population.est: the asian population -- first of all, there were hardly any asians in the country in 1965. host: 1.3 million. guest: we are not allowed immigration from asia at all since 1906. there were not very many. host: what was your reason for that? do you know off the top? the 1880's, we barred immigration from china completely and that was mainly because of labor disputes in california. in 1906, we cut off immigration from japan. asians --a view that the view of 100 years ago was that some groups were superior to others. highest was the nordic races, people from northern europe. at the bottom where the asians and the jews and the eastern europeans, so they were not allowed to come. host: 1.3 million asians in the u.s. citizens today is 18 million. their study says that without the 1965 law that would of been 1.6 million. basically almost all the asians here today are because of the 1965 act. and the children born here and the grandchildren. host: black? guest: there is a small impact on t

however, according to this class action lawsuit, asian customers weren't able to shop last year's sales because sephora deactivated their account. >> i'm definitely a big shopper at sephora. >> she's spent so much money at sephora, she's gained elite status. the title gives access to exclusive sales. >> it's definitely a nice little red carpet treatment that you're getting. >> many customers are angry sephora deactivated their accounts last year. a class action lawsuit alleges that sephora discriminated against one of its customers. sephora posted to its facebook page admitting it deactivated its customers accounts cue to re-selling. >> the only account holders who could not access the web site had e-mail addresses associated with three chinese e-mail service providers. >> attorney gene christianson says sephora also deactivated acounts with asian-sounding names. in an e-mailed statement, the company said sephora would never engage with any form of discrimination with respect to its clients. and it looks to rward to full exoneration in this lawsuit. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> offi

moving on to other markets in the asian/pacific region. the shanghai composite fell at 0.14% to 3386. some investors booked profits after the index touched a two month high. >>> indonesian stocks outperformed the region. jakarta composite gained more than 1%. banking shares pushed up the index. some moved out of negative territory. mumbai ended up by almost .6 of a percent. >>> and here's a look at some of the other business stories we're following. >>> japanese beverage firm is ending its joint venture with tsingtao brewery. growth stalled in the competitive chinese beer market. suntory will sell totsingtao. >>> a japanese panel began gating the fare structure for mobile phones. households pay an average of $16 per year. president abe asked to find ways to bring fares down. the panel plans to compile a report by tend of this year. >>> that's it for business news. i'll leave you with the markets. >>> sloppy construction work is causing concern on condominium residents. data on the pilings supporting the structure was fabricated. workers at

there are two stories for asian markets. we data from u.s. markets and number two, markets assessing the impact of that historic free trade deal, the ttp. stocks are gaining in japan. the nikkei at 1.4%. it is going for the longest winning streak since august. in australia, the asl hundred closed. in hong kong, currently unchanged. ce mainland is trying to lose today. leading with the thought of a possibility that the fed might delay hiking rates. that might help emerging-market rates. they are up 2.6%. it is also about the tdp and which companies here in asia can actually benefit the most. gaining 5.7% in australia. more in theg morning session. in singapore stock rising five point 7%. they are expected to benefit from the free-trade deal. movers and asian currency today, gaining andan strengthening 1.8%. this is the biggest jump we have seen since 2013. korea is strengthening 6/10 of a percent after five temps of a decline. -- after five months of a dec line. back to you. guy: unchanged this morning at a record low of 2%. let's go to austra

to see someone they can relate to. >> the asian american story is one that needs to be told. we are excited to have dr. ken and his family be part of that. >> check out dr. ken at 8:30 on abc7. >> we have cooler, windier, temperatures on the horizon. >> the woke end is here. sand -- the weekend is here and sandhya patel. >> it is definitely going to get cooler than today. today it warmed up and the winds are going to come in and it will get blustery for your saturday afternoon and evening. live doppler 7hd is showing a patch of cloudiness along the san mateo coast. the temperatures are in the 50s and 60s across the entire bay area. a live look from our exploratorium camera. good visibility. mostly sunny and cool are tomorrow. gusty winds for your saturday evening with isolated showers and possible early saturday you will see why. the system that came through that brought us the showers and the thunderstorms to contra costa county came in over the ocean. it was tapping into subtropical moisture. that had moisture to work with. it was moving out. the next system is deprived. it

the solid rally we sign asian markets last week.e biggest gain in almost four years on the regional #index last week. guy: wow. thank you. in hong kong. 20 minutes from the start of european equity trading and asia is flying. europe looks like it will open fairly flat. some numbers and show you where we are anticipating things will go up. flat.nk very down by a touch. dax marginally higher. pretty much a flat. maybe in response to stanley fischer and the fed hike that could come by the end of the year. american features and the negative. the calculation of the miss price on cash is that it shall view we are likely to get a negative open as well. a flat open in the united states. we will monitor that as we work our way in. i want to show you this chart. we will wait to see how it opens. it opens around now but it takes a moment for prices to come in and we will monitor following the attacks. the live run has been very much under pressure. the stock story continues to be the stock story that has been for the last week and what is happ

nobody know much about it. >> reporter: asian leaders think most people of asians as model minoritieseed little help but when you break down the numbers only 10% of the la ocean population 25 and older have bachelor's degrees. samoan 12%. cambodian 16%. >> they don't have any voice in local government. there's no cambodian on the hmong politicians. >> reporter: the first filipino- american legislator sponsored ab176. the bill would require the state's colleges, universities and health agencies to collect more data on a dozen specific asian nationalities instead of lumping the group in a single category. >> we don't want to be invisible anymore. we want to be counted and measured and know the problems of these communities. >> reporter: governor brown recently vetoed the bill but assemblyman bantha says we'll try again next year. >> it's powerful and important. if we continue with the monolithic aggregated data collection, then they will continue to be invisible. >> reporter: governor brown says the bill would gather more information but not necessarily positive solutions. he says that'

. >> hong kong is an extremely international city, but built on asian values. this makes our city unique. >> owner of the highly regarded black sheep restaurants extols the virtues of this wonderfully eclectic city. >> i am biassed but i think hong kong will become the most important city in the world. >> locals and tourists often stop in to pray for good luck. >> when you come here to the temple you light your incense, make a wish for health abundance and fortune and then you place it here and wait for it to come true. >> hidden gems add even more of a sense of culture to this city. and now conveniently accessible by the cable car which leads us to the famous buddha. built in 1993 it's a symbol of harmony between man and nature. >> the monostery is one of the oldest in hong kong. . >> connect with the past while still having a truly modern vacation all in hong kong. >> victoria harbor is really what cinches hong kong as one of the world's most stunning skylines. there was no way we were going to leave here without getting a close-up. >> victoria harbor is as u

with the asian markets. terms ofad a pause in those markets.gverybody for the fed meeting and the bank of japan meeting. day 1/10 of 1%he up. we saw at fall through the morning and after the lunch we saw them regained the losses of the day. technology and defense companies have rallied. out ahead of the fomc meeting. china faces a severe problem from its adjustment. the economy is at a risk of falling into a recession. you have peter cooper saying they are shipping their economy away from investment and it has the resources to sustain growth. our economist is looking at some of the intel proxies as well, saying that yes, we look at the growth in 2016. the sixeen lower than .9% reported by the national bureau of statistics. 9% reported by the national bureau of statistics. economists still remain pretty split. the apex 200 is pretty much flat. 2/10 of seng is down 1%. even in japan, we saw volumes down. we are expecting a rush of company earnings as well. i want to end on some currencies. growth,lk about china's one big proxy is the australian d

. >> reporter: but the music video being shot here is about being asian in america.d, the self proclaimed first all asian american rock dance band who call themselves -- >> the slants. >> the slants playing what they call chinatown rock and emgracing what could be seen as a racial slur. >> we can either choose to perpetuate negative conversations of a world or we can reclaim it and develop something that is a positive association instead. >> reporter: it has been controversial. when we asked a museum board member if she could comment on the band's name, we got this -- >> we have to consult our non-profit lawyer to see. because there are certain things that could jeopardize our non-profit status. it is very sensitive. >> reporter: task and crew working on the video shoot shrug it off. >> i don't think anything of it. >> this was used to hurt us at one time, now it doesn't. because we're owning it, and we're going to take all of the sting out of it. >> reporter: the name has landed the band in court. where they are wanting to patent the name. >> they are basically sayi

for the asian markets very much a mixed story.higher in japan, but hang seng, shanghai, kospi in korea were down. indexes see best monthly performance in six years with hopes of extended easing money policy. a lot of big oil names reporting earnings. chevron and exxonmobil reporting their third quarter later this morning. we'll have numbers for you. >>> in sports last night new england patriots making a statement against the miami dolphins. the pats beating the dolphins 36-7, remaining undefeated on season.

the asian formed legal services in a storefront in the international hotel.ides criminal services, we did immigration service, income tax, and draft counseling. our draft counseling was well known. anyone who did not want to go into the military would not be drafted. had approximately 1000 cases, even obtaining conscientious objector status for 4 active asian american serviceman. the draft counseling, we formed the bay area asian coalition against the war, in close relationship with the union of vietnamese. a grassroots organization representing asian-pacific communities throughout northern california to support the prg's demand at the paris peace conference. would ber marches, chanted one struggle, many chance. bringing the troops home was racist. at one antiwar demonstration in san francisco, a group of asian women took over the stage to promote the prg's seven point peace proposal to the applause of many in the audience. we are saying the antiwar movement was fast. it encompasses many sectors of the american people. the contributions of people of color hav

this asian carnivore's diet is almost exclusively bamboo. panda that's correct yes! 365!bellarmine, you need to answers to get into the top two would you like cabinet secretaries or painters? let's take painters. and to give you a slight disadvantage, i'm going to read all these questions in hebrew. except the painting titles, that's all we need. the painting titles... actually, all i'm going to do is give you the painting titles and ...nice shot, jarek! and you tell me the author...the painter who wrote them i mean the painter who painted them okay? joker? which american artist painted arrangement in gray and black number one, the artist's mother? whistler that's right. and this is for the win which artist painted new york movie and nighthawks? hopper you have just gone into our final two teams! congratulations. valley christian, you are a force to be reckoned with we really loved having you with us this season thank you so much bellarmine, we'll see you next week we'll find out who joins them when we come back from these messages. we are back and things are about to get

to see someone they can relate to. >> the asian american story is one that needs to be told.we are excited to have dr. ken and his family be part of that. >> check out dr. ken at 8:30 on abc7. >> we have cooler, windier, temperatures on the horizon. >> the woke end is here. sand -- the weekend is here and sandhya patel. >> it is definitely going to get cooler than today. today it warmed up and the winds are going to come in and it will get blustery for your saturday afternoon and evening. live doppler 7hd is showing a patch of cloudiness along the san mateo coast. the temperatures are in the 50s and 60s across the entire bay area. a live look from our exploratorium camera. good visibility. mostly sunny and cool are tomorrow. gusty winds for your saturday evening with isolated showers and possible early saturday you will see why. the system that came through th brought us the showers and the thunderstorms to contra costa county came in over the ocean. it was tapping into subtropical moisture. that had moisture to work with. it was moving out. the next system is deprived. it is

xi welcomed the deepening of ties between the nations and britain's participation in the asian infrastructure investment bank. >> translator: it's fair to say that china and the uk are interdependent on becoming a community of shared interests. >> the queen hosted a banquet at buckingham palace. >> your visit to the united kingdom marks a milestone in this unprecedented year of cooperation and friendship between the united kingdom and china. >> the banquet was attended by senior politicians and members of the royal family but not by prince charles who is said to be critical of china's human rights situation. activists staged a demonstration in london demanding that china improve its human rights policies. some people in britain say cameron is putting priority on the economy and refraining from criticism of china's human rights record. >>> china is also developing its diplomacy with members of the association of southeast asian nations. a chinese official says the country will resolve differences on the issue regarding the south china sea through talks with southeast asian nations. officials f

japan and other asian countries are the biggest importers.nto the 21st century, despite japan's economic stagnation and the asian crisis of the late '90s. fish, too, are an important primary product. whether netted in the pacific or raised on commercial farms, th ahipped to u.s. and asian consumers. but fish and lumber could come from many places around the globe, and they can be shipped at any time of year, so chile tried to find another economic advantage. the solution emerged at a global scale. most of the planet's land mass and population are in the northern hemisphere. half a world away, chile sought to exploit the biggest difference to life in the southern hemisphere. it's 1994, and robert gwynne travels north of santiago to a region known as the norte chico. what he finds did not exist here ten years earlier-- grapes... acres and acres of them. gwneyes ago, there was very little... very little table grape production. there was tomato production for the national market, that's true, but there was very little table grape production atnae

from glencorp and basically i guess really following the very solid session we have seen across the asian region today. in london yesterday glencorp hitting that record high up by another 21% and in early trade here you can see on your screen glencorp up by another 9.5%. also in focus once again in hong kong seeing the likes of samsung galaxy entertainment continuing a very strong rally and petro china doing very well as well because we had that rally in the oil prices, energy stocks looking very solid across the region. in korea samsung is one the best performers. .6%. g the kospi up by japan looking very solid as well following on from those gains yesterday. up by another 1.3%. australia a number of stocks that are going to really benefit from the ttp deal, a very solid session, the biggest gain since 2008 up by over 12%. we've been looking at the likes of grandcore in australia and a number of the dairy companies. metals trading looking good too on the back of that rally. in base metals in london overnight. generally rish a very positive session once again here in asia. asian markets o

it is common to target asian homes. part of the belief asian families keep large sums 6 cash in the resident which is what the burglars have told us. >> he said he felt helpless with the gun if his face knowing his wife and two daughters were inside. he now is telling all the neighbors to look out. >> watch out. be cautious. we are not safe. >> police are working with agencies across the bay area to try and catch the guys. they are worried they will strike again. >> we are tracking developing news in london where a san francisco stock trader has gone missing. 24-year-old josh sanchez-madonado vanished seven days ago after flying to london for a job interview. he was scheduled to fly home last thursday but did not bar the flight much family has arrived in london hoping to find him. his father thinks his son could be lost. >> if you approach josh, he is a likable person and outspoken and lovable person. let him know we are concerned and we are looking for him and we love him very much. >> his father is worried because he

asian art commissioner carmen colet. scott wiener come on up from the board of supervisors and from the emily come on up and assemblymember rob bonta. we will take a group photo here. supervisor norman yee come on up. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> hercules city council. el cerrito and also raphael come on up as well and jim from the alameda city council is here as well so come on up jim. all right. thank you so much. [applause] consul general stay right here. thank you very much. all right. thank you mayor lee. you look good in your outfit. you really. do all right. so i'm going to introduce of course our philippine general consul and assumed his post in 2014 and integrated member of the bar in the philippines and his prior 3069 was assistant secretary of the philippines center of foreign affairs and she has one son and ladies and gentlemen please welcome our consul general henry bonserto. >> philippine -- proud of us. [applause] i'm not cheerleader from the golden state warriors but i want to make sure we know why we're

now hillary clinton, hillary clinton just came out against this big asian trade deal, the transpacific partnership, she's against it. that's the deal her old boss crafted and at the time she hadn't said anything about it. she's also as you know -- questioning the deals her own husband made that she says have hurt workers. so obviously she is -- this is a first really big wedge with the white house on this issue of trade and how it hurts unions as she and, by the looks of things, joe biden, are competing for that union vote. now, what is joe biden doing? he's speaking to union members saying he has their -- he has their back. but if he's part of the administration that concocted a trade deal they deem to be very bad for them, as most of the major unions seem to think, that is what we call a conundrum. to kevin cork at the white house. >> i'm not sure -- >> yours is much better. yours is much better. >> that was terrific. hey, listen, union membership is down significantly. it is at its lowest level since 1930s. you and i talked about this. we all know it is global supply chain, robotics

i was talking about asians. somehow that made it better in his mind.al matter we have replaced that group for which we have this animus with regard to immigration and the way in which we now think about the latino population in some sense and immigration question even though it does not actually track the tracked the demographics on the population. significant numbers of citizens with long histories , but we label them as illegal, illegal operating as a very thin veneer for race and racial restriction. an open question as to even as a fee changes, to what extent does our concept of illegality change without significant changes at the federal level? >> that last.is a verya very -- that last point is a very interesting question. when we think about the demographic diversification of the us, and i think of that as a positive, but the particular pathways in which asian immigrants have come to the united states post- 1965 have created some complication in terms of how the groups are racialized and positioned in terms of the class positioning within the unit

i was talking about asians. somehow that made it better in his mind.t as a general matter we have replace replaced that and the way in which we now think about the latino population is, in some sense, an immigration question even though that doesn't actually track with the demographics of that population. significant numbers of citizens with long histories in the united states. but we label them as illegal. illegal operating, i think, as a very thin veneer for race and racial restrictions. open question as even our demography changes, to what extent does our legality change without significant changes at the federal level? >> last point is a very interesting question. just a couple of reflections. when we think about the demographic diversification of the u.s. -- and i definitely think about that as a positive. particular pathways in which asian immigrants have come to the united states post 1965 have certainly created some publications in terms of how the groups are racialized and how they're positioned in terms of the class position within the united