no matter our race or background we are all american, asian americans are americans. there is an asian american in congress and i feel the duty to speak out so i stand with the a api community today and always and i want to thank you for allowing me to speak on this very, very important issue and i yield back the balance of my time, thank you. >> thank you, curtis mckim. our next witness is resented of michelle parks steele, carson still represent the 48th congressional district in california which includes other portions of orange county and first elected in 2020 and congressman steal you're recognized for five minutes. >> ranking member thank you for holding this important conversation today. it has been heartbreaking to see the rise in anti- asian american hate and harassment over the last year and as we will share today from our witnesses and we have been sharing from our witnesses against the asian american communities is not new and according to -- former federal prosecutor violence against asian americans have been under scrutinized, under prosecuted and often

how do we know the average american really cares about latin american independence?two kinds of evidence are quantifiable. they give us a sense of how widespread this interest was. first, was july 4 celebrations, and we will come back to this picture for a second. i can give you numbers on this, and i should explain the reason we know, what happens at july 4 parties, is that the people who organized the celebrations, would write up transcripts of everything that was said and done, and then send those transcripts to their local newspaper editors, who would then publish it. i should specify, it is not everything said and done in this report, because we know from other sources, letters, diaries, that would actually happen at july 4 celebrations, was that the ceremonial gunshots and cannon fire, which you get a sense of, represented in kids playing with toy firearms, did not mix well. the fireworks, too, not mix with the excessive amounts of alcohol consumed at the celebrations, so there were accidents, injuries. the drinking rate at this moment was approaching an all-ti

asian americans across the u.s. stop a p i hate an organization has tracked that there were 3800 reports . submitted to them many of them were acts of hate towards asian american women and so asian americans are scared there in this time period brian brian levin said for the pows here more since the pandemic begun already we've seen this despite can asian american hate crimes give us an idea of what you'll see and if it represents a true picture of the scale of the problem. then q and let me just begin by saying we stand in complete solidarity with our asian american brothers and sisters today just like we did decades ago when we started the center and we're not going to stop we stand with you now if i could answer your question we started seeing particularly in early march the convergence of 2 things one. an escalating number of hospitalisations particularly in new york city which had the most anti asian he crimes of any of the official reports that we've gotten and if you're doing a part of your question what we'r

in american history. let's put that in number -- put that number in context. if you put it in today's numbers, world war ii cost our government $4.8 trillion. but if we pass this bill, our country's total relief, covid relief spending will now total $5.5 trillion. the so-called relief bill will end up costing every hardworking taxpayer in america more than $5,000 each. you send the government your tax dollars, but you only get a fraction of what you pay for at the very best. you know, we warned people on the internet about email scams like the ones where you get a promise you'll get millions of dollars. first you have to wire them some money. that's exactly what's happening here today. this is the reality of this bill before us. it showers money on special interests. but spends less than 9% on actually defeating the virus. but it gives san francisco $600 million. essentially wiping out 92% of the budget deficit. think about that. 9% on the virus, but, mr. speaker, san francisco, the home to our speaker, g

to become americans. that includes member of my own family and many of your families too. the biden administration's foreign policy will reflect our values. we will stand firm behind our commitments to human rights, democracy, the rule of law, and we'll stand up against injustice toward women and girls, lgbtqi people, religious minorities and people of all races and ethnicities because all human beings are equal in rights and dignity, no matter where they live or who they are. we will respect science and data, and we will fight misinformation and disinformation because the truth is the cornerstone of our democracy. we'll work with congress whenever we can on the takeoff, not just the landing, because they represent the will of our people and our foreign policy is stronger when the american people support it. we'll build a national security work force that reflects america in all its diversity because we're operating in a diverse world. and our diversity is a unique source of strength that few countries ca

even with the american rescue plan. there are still millions of people who should be able to get medicaid but, there governors are still resistant. that expansion has not taken place. big states with a lot of people without health insurance. there are still gaps in coverage. and in the system. we can do a better job of closing them. our success in the past should not be a source of complacency, but rather should be an inspiration for us to keep on going until every single person in america has the kind of coverage that they need. we are one of the few countries on earth with this much wealth that does not provide health insurance as a basic right to citizens. the affordable care act and now the american risky plan have closed that gap, but there are still folks falling to the crafts -- through the cracked -- crack's. it is all our jobs to build on our previous successes. you have all done outstanding. my main job is to say thank you. laura, particularly, folks like you are in -- are an inspiration. you have lived it. yo

an american. not as the other, not as them, but as us. a harm against anyone of us is a harm against all of us. amy: president biden has urged congress to quickly pass the covid-19 hate crimes act. meanwhile, lawmakers and others have questioned fbi directory christopher wray's statement last week the shooting was apparently "not racially motivated." the senate judiciary committee will hold a hearing on a proposal to reduce gun violence tuesday. the atlanta mass murderer purchased a 9mm handgun just hours before tuesday's massacre at the three atlanta area spas. the purchase was fully legal. we'll have more on all this as we spend the hour with celebrated pulitzer prize-winning author viet thanh nguyen. astrazeneca says its covid-19 vaccine showed 79% efficacy against symptomatic disease among participants in a large clinical trial in the united states. the vaccine was 100% effective in preventing serious illness and death. the findings pave the way for a fourth vaccine to receive emergency use au

asian americans are americans, and are contributing to communities across the nation every day. while my colleagues and i introduce a resolution in the house to condemn these crimes, we cannot legislate hate out of our hearts and minds. this has been a hard year for everyone, but the only way that we will get through this pandemic is by working together, not tearing each other apart. i hope we can come together as a country in the coming months and years as we work to safely reopen our communities. this is congresswoman juncker in -- young kim. my heart breaks to hear about the recent events and i am praying for the victims as well as their loved ones. [end video clip] host: plenty more twitter reactions >> congresswoman young kim on twitter yesterday. plenty more twitter reaction, including speaker of the house nancy pelosi, all americans are praying for the victims of the brutal shootings in georgia and we grieve with their families and loved ones. these shootings are a vile act that compound the fear that asian-americans face every day. and then the democratic congressman say

dorothy hutchinson, president of the american section.llis sanders, member of the league's national board. vera foster, civic leader, and helen douglas, actress and former congresswoman, erna harris, journalist, and nancy reeves, lawyer. ruth freeman, author, and stewart, clergy women. and the first conference, and josephine davis public figure, the american guests were met by officials at the institute of soviet american relations including olga, leader of the soviet delegation, secretary general of the institute, zoya mironava and olga public figures. the american delegates came to the soviet union to exchange views with their soviet counter parts on the promotion of peace and to see the country. the conference was held at friendship house. hundreds of different languages are spoke here. but all people coming here are united by one common cause. promotion of peace. the institute of soviet american relations and other soviet friendship societies are doing much for the peoples of all continents to come to know each other better. in the th

the american people. and in particular, the american people who are hurting the most. the workers who have been out of the job for six months to a year. the families that lost a loved one. the communities torn apart by this deadly virus. you, mr. president, have carried a card in your breast pocket with a number of those americans who have died from covid-19 every day, every day he carries that card, literally keeping their memory close to his heart. you have grieved, mr. president, out loud with our nation, mourning the loss of so many extraordinary americans. your empathy has become a trademark of your presidency and can be found on each and every page of the american rescue plan. joe biden, mr. president, you had the vision, you had the purpose, and you had the faith that the american people, regardless of whom they voted for, would support this plan. simply because it will help. you have faith congress would pass this plan, simply because it is the best thing for the american people. and you put in the work to make it happen. to get relief directly to the american

with american products, all the way down the line and american workers.uy the goods that we need from all of america. communities that have historically been left out of these investments. black, latino, native americans, rural, small businesses, entrepreneurs across the country. look, today up to ten million homes in america and more than 400,000 schools and child care centers have pipes that they get their water from, pipes that are lead-based pipes. including pipes for drinking water. according to scientists, there's simply no safe exposure to lead for a child. that can slow development. american jobs plan will put plumbers and pipe fitters to work replacing 100% of the nation's lead pipes and service lines. so every american, every child can turn on a faucets or fountain and drink clean water. with this invest meant, replacing a line that can mean up to $22,000 in healthcare costs saved. chance to protect our children, help them learn and thrive. we can't delay. we can't delay another minute. long past due. you know, in america where the early interes

so they had to keep proving they were loyal americans when they were americans already. the asian-american population has always been a part of this fabric, and now because of what's happened, because of the brutality of some of these crimes, because of the scapegoating, everybody looks at us that this is what's happening right now on the asian american community. it's already happened with latinos and blacks, and we're all part of the same culture. that's why i think it's important that this is the moment it's all of us together, all of us together. we want to move forward and past this. >> all right. congresswoman doris matsui, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> and coming up on this friday, we're standing by to hear from president biden in atlanta. new cdc guidance on getting students back in school. we're going to look at why it's reducing the recommended amount of distancing. >>> plus, details of a new report that new york governor andrew cuomo's first accuser is raising new claims of harass millionaire and retaliation. ♪ you come and go ♪ ♪ you come a

no matter our race or background, we are all americans. asian americans are americans. as an asian american and a member of congress, i feel a duty to speak out. so i stand with the aapi community today and always. so i want to thank you for allowing me to speak on this very, very important issue, and i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. mr. cohen: thank you, congresswoman kim. our next witness is congressman steele, first selected in 2020. you're recognized for five minutes. mrs. steel: thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member. thank you for holding this important conversation today. it's been heartbreaking to see the rise in anti-asian american hate and harassment over the last year. as we will hear today from our witnesses and we've been hearing from our witnesses, hate against the asian american community is not new. according to shawn wu, a former federal prosecutor, violence against asian americans have been underscrutinized, underprosecuted, and often condoned. this is a long sad history of intolerance and hate directed at our community, and in the l

>>> american history tv on c-span3 every weekend documenting america's story, funding for american history tv comes from these companies who support c-span3 as a public service. >>> created by the moscow documentary film center "american women visit the soviet union" is a report on a 1964 trip by u.s. members of the women's international league for peace and freedom with stops in moscow and several other cities, the anti-war group promoted peace and understanding at a time of tense cold war relations between the united states and soviet union. >> american women visit the soviet union. photographs. sound recorded by petrov and produced by the central documentary film studio, moscow. peace is cherished by people everywhere. the call for peace and friendship among nations has never resounded so loudly and forcefully all over the world as it does today. promotion of peaceful co-existence is no longer the concern only of political leaders. it's the vital task of all the people. the soviet and american public want mutual understanding, and the most varied contacts are developing between the sovi

because the lives of american men's american men are involved.he idea of 150,000 american men to come home in the next year is involved. cambodia is involved. possibility, of winning a just peace in vietnam, and in the pacific, is it steak. it is customary, to conclude a speech from the white house by asking support for the president of the united states. tonight i depart from that president, what i ask is far more important. i ask for your support, for a brave men fighting tonight, halfway around the world, not for territory, not for glory, but so that their younger brothers, and their sons, and your sons can have a chance to grow up in a world, of peace and freedom and justice. thank you and goodnight. president nixon's departure for china. south lawn. february of 1972.

by american workers with american products. we make all of these investments, we will make sure that, as an executive order i signed early on, that we buy american. that means investing in american-based companies, and american workers. not a contract will go out that i control. i will not go to a company that is an american company with american products all the way down the line and american workers. and we will buy the goods we need for all americans. communities that have stood historically -- communities that have historically been left out. small businesses, entrepreneurs across the country. look, today, up to 10 million homes in america. and more than 400,000 schools and childcare centers have pipes that they get their water from, pipes that are lead based pipes. including pipes for a. according to sciences, there is simply no safe exposure to lead. lead can slow development. and hearing problems. the american jobs plan will put plumbers and pipefitters to work, replacing 100% of the nations led pipes and service lines.

and for years the american people did not know. until our cell my skin is officially heavily bombed country per capita. millions of unexploded bombs still in danger lives in this small agricultural country jordyn wieber. even today kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago is the us making amends for the tragedy in laos built to the people need in that little land on my. back geysers financial survival. housing bubble. oh you mean there's a downside to artificially low mortgage rates don't get carried away that's cause report. for headline stories this hour the european medical agency say it will start assessing rush this vaccine as the block seeks this vaccination program. new countries have already started receiving we've heard from the head of the russian from the show. the major european leaders. matter the spaniels of the big sea view search will reach between russia and europe and. chinese professor in the u.k. is attacked by 4 men while i jogging in what is believed to be the latest in a growing number of racial

but i'm also human and asian-american and i'm an asian-american woman and that is an asset.n i got to the scene, immediately i was in tune. i was aware of fear that this community, my community has been facing for the past year and i'm aware of the immigrant, the asian immigrant experience where there's language barriers and i was thinking about the families when law enforcement arrived. you know, did they have the resources, were they able to effectively communicate to police what they needed to in the traumatic moment. you know, i know the asian immigrants feel dismissed often because of the language barrier and lastly i thought about the immigrant mentality that i'm very much a pa part of, i was raised by my korean immigrant parents and that we should be quietly working hard, keep our heads down. and by so many accounts that is what the women were doing. and that did not prevent them from being killed that day. >> i have to say, so much of what you are saying resonates with me in a deep way. and i know, the asian-american, pacific islander community is hurting right now.

particularly the roles played by native americans, women, and african-americans, black americans.ng to show a few images that connect each of those three areas of the book. i'll start here with this compelling image of a man only known to us as slender maker of the silver. he was alive in the southwestern united states and this is a picture of him displaying his wares. it's all silver jewelry pieces that he made. it is a fascinating image because at first when you see it, you think maybe it was taken by an anthropologist. it seems very authentic and to speak of someone who is utterly traditional and represents the past. but, in fact, this craftsperson and other native americans at this time had basically invented a style of jewelry in response to the market coming about because of u.s. military installations following the war with mexico in previous decades. also, the photograph itself was taken at a u.s. military base. once you look at it for a second, you realize it's got a fake painted backdrop and the cactus in the front is a plant, literally, so it is a prop and he has been s

the american people believe a cash payment it is essential. they would like to see the $600 complemented with 1400 and this proposal. it would like for us to put money on the table for those who are unemployed to put food on the same table. they would like for us to get the schools ready to deal with reopening anddhe classes safe fr kids and teachers. no argument about that 20 percent may oppose it but 80 percent supported but yet we cannot find one republican senator to support president biden's plan. they say it cost too much. the chairman of the federal reserve, mr. powell a conservative republican economist has said be careful if you do too little. the economy is fragile, needs to be strengthened we need to inject into the economy enough resources so people are back purchasing again and businesses are reopened. if you do too little and cut off too soon you will pay for it for years to come with unemployment. my republican colleagues say it's too much money. i think they are wrong. and at this moment in history i am prepared to air on the s

british, native american, canadian. we want to honor and remember all of those people. we want people to come away with a sense of reverence, a sense of respect for what took place here. >> you can watch this and other programs on the history of committed his across the country at c-span.org. >> if you like american history tv, keep up with us during the week on facebook, twitter and youtube. learn about what happened this day in history and see preview clips of upcoming programs. follow us at c-span history. here 2018 was the centennial year of us participation in world war one and american history tv mark the anniversary with a variety of programs. on american artifacts we visited the us army heritage and education centers annual living history event in carlisle, pennsylvania to talk to re-enactors who portray french and german world war i soldiers

are more -- asian americans. there are more reasons why this is happening. host: i want to talk to you about the american rescue plan. now that it has gone to the senate, potentially it could change what changes would you accept? guest: i did very much want to have the $15 enema wage in that bill -- $15 minimum wage in that bill. the reason is, i do not believe people in this country can live on $7.25 an hour which is the federal enema wage. -- federal minimum wage. they could be working all year long and only make $15,000 a year. i cannot live that way, even though they are probably the hardest working americans around. they need to have a wage they can live on and so many jurisdictions realize that as well. over 30 states have increased their minimum wage. california is soon to have their $15 minimum wage that has already been voted in. california has seen fit to raise the minimum wage. nonetheless, it is going to the senate now and it looks like the parliamentarian has said the minimum wage cannot be in their.

and for years the american people did not know. about until our well my skin is officially miles can rebound a country per capita. human history millions of unexploded bombs still in danger lives in this small agricultural country jordyn wieber going to continue to happen . even today kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago is the us making amends for their tragedy and what help do the people need in that little land of mines. has a mic metabolife small molecule there are bodies make a. mess and make less of it as we get older this is one of things i work on is called in aden and because we have less of it we become more prone to infection and the crazy thing is that covered $900.00 that sars could be to one of its ways of attacking the body to deplete the body even more of that chemical which we need to fight infections. the end of nations being bombed into democracy biden's administration says no more u.s. backed regime change whether old habits may die. international criminal court launches a probe into alleged is

and this is going to accord some of the americans, because they can't tolerate wait no african americanshe air service, how can you have this fellow right next door in a squadron flying the latest planes, he's an african american, he's in front of our service? no. you can have this. and so, he flies some 25 missions was in the air service for a total of he accounts for -- planes in world war i because he recently on the offense, pretty certain he shot down but the only trouble is, if you can't verify seeing the crash, that no one else can see a crash, you can never be sure because if you are hit and you are a german pilot, you spiral down. it looks like you are hit, you spiral out of combat and then crash. so you'll never know. but when he shoots -- he takes the one down, he gets shot down himself a new mattress to get out but he's removed after an altercation. altercations are pretty normal in those years. ace pilot who adopted him isn't that who actually has psychological problems but he also has a races problems. all these nights, every night and all these pilots, and they roadways hu

american residents here. we are within nine miles of -- within 90 miles of the pine ridge indian reservation, which by all accounts is one of the poorest places to live in the nation. where the life expectancy is very low. where the infant mortality rate is very high, where the addiction rate is very high and where the unemployment is very high as well. it is a very challenged part of the country. >> the county i come from on the reservation, cheyenne river, it's today the poorest county in america. it is last alphabetically, it has the highest unemployment rate, the lowest per capita income. if you look at all the other five reservations, they're going to be at the bottom 20 in the united states. >> conflict is a good way to describe the relationship between the early non-native settlers and the current native american inhabitants of this area. there was conflict then and conflict today, but not as much a direct conflict as it was influenced by historical trauma. so there was development here that was not in

. >> good evening, my fellow americans. tonight i'd like to talk to you about where we are as we mark one year since everything stopped because of this pandemic. a year ago we were hit with a virus that was met with silence and spread unchecked. denials for days, weeks, then months that led to more deaths, more infections, more stress and more loneliness. photos and videos from 2019 feel like they were taken in another era. the last vacation. the last birthday with friends. the last holiday with extended family. while it was different for everyone, we all lost something. a collective suffering. a collective sacrifice. a year filled with the loss of life and the loss of living for all of us. but in the loss we saw how much there was to gain, an appreciation, respect, gratitude. finding light in the darkness is a very american thing to do. in fact, it may be the most american thing we do. and that's what we've done. we've seen front line and essential workers risking their lives, sometimes losing them, to save and help others

that means investing in american-based companies and american workers. the contract -- not a contract will go out that i control that will not go to a company that as an american calmly with american products, all the way down the line and american workers, we will buy the goods we need from all americans. communities that have been historically left out of these investments, black, latino, asian-american, rural, small businesses, entrepreneurs across the country. today, up to 10 million homes in america and more than 400,000 schools and childcare centers have pipes that they get their water from, pipes that are lead-based pipes, including pipes for drinking water. according to scientists, there is simply no safe exposure to lead for child that can slow development. we are going to put plumbers and pipefitters to work, replacing 100% of the nation possible lead pipes and service lines. every american, every child can turn on the faucet or fountain and drink clean water. with each investment, replacing a line that can meet up to $22,000 in health care cos

and so american history. is this pearl born out of perpetual friction that at times presents itself in a very positive way at other times particularly now in a not so positive way, but it's our job lonnie's to collect the stuff of it and interpret interpret interpret and mine to sort of try to find the narrative. not that lonnie doesn't try to find the narrative in it that permits us to tell a complicated story that tolerates what keith said shakespeare had which was negative capability the ability to hold something in contradiction. without making that judgment and so where we get into trouble as storytellers and as americans as we construct and reconstruct and deconstruct our history and our culture is when we're certain you know, yeah, the opposite of faith is not doubt. the opposite of faith is certainty and so we need to have a kind of faith in a process that understands as faulkner understood that history is not was but is and tomorrow as lonnie suggests, but we also have to find the processes that perm

biden: good evening, my fellow americans. tonight i would like to talk to you about where we are as we mark one year since everything stopped because of this pandemic. one year ago, we were hit with a virus that was met with silence. it spread unchecked. denial through days and weeks and then months that lead to more deaths, more infections, more stress and more loneliness. photos and videos from 2019 felt like they were taken in another era, a last vacation, a last birthday with friends, a last holiday with extended family. while it was different for everyone, we all lost something. yone, we all lost something. the collective suffering, the collective sacrifice, a year filled with the loss-of-life and loss of living for all of us. but in the loss, we saw how much there was to gain in appreciation, respect, and gratitude. finding light in the darkness is a very american thing to do. in fact, it may be the most american thing we do. and that is what we have done. we have seen frontline and essential workers risking their lives

at this moment in history i'm prepared to err on the side of investing in the american people, american businesses and making certain that we have a fighting chance to put this behind us. our constituents know about the cost of the situation. they want t us to provide solutions. they want results in congress. if we were to delay this payment people would see their unemployment insurance lapse and hardships continue. we shouldn't play politics either. in the two big hills last year the democrats were on board for plants engineered by the trump administration. economist believe that we need to move and move decisively. according to an analysis by the brookings institution passing a comprehensive plan like the american rescue plank could produce a 4% growth in u.s. gdp this year. it's estimated passing the same plan would create 7.5 million american jobs. how about that? we have got good news over the weekend with theff arrival of another safe and effective vaccine. this is the third one, the johnson & johnson vaccine in our arsenal and perhaps more to follow. it holds the promise to final

by the american american -- the american rescue plan was the lowest quintile.e than 65% of the benefit of the american rescue plan went to the bottom three quintiles. the democratic recovery plan was relatively even in distribution and benefits across the first four quintiles of american income, where as you see a dramatic on waiting -- un weighting in the republican tax cut and jobs act. given the republican tax plan was passed with unanimous republican support and no democratic support and the american rescue plan was passed with unanimous democratic support and no republican support, i think these two plans are an interesting window into the values of the two parties. the price tags of both are essentially the same. i think this is a great chart and the coincidence of which bars are read and which are blue is not a coincidence, but it is good to show the philosophies between the parties as to how you want to allocate benefits if the government does something like this that is supposed to be a stimulus in nature. the democratic proposal is to spread more even

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exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. ♪ ♪ announcer: eugene bullard grew up in georgia but dissatisfied in the jim crow south stowed away on a freighter and settled in paris. boxer, musician, nightclub owner, he served france as an infantry machine gunner, pilot, and spy in world war i and world war ii. he earned the highest medal, knight of the legion of honor. professor john morrow talks about eugene bullard's life. >> john morrow needs no introduction. let me give a brief version. dr. john morrow jr., wonderful friend of the national world war ii museum and convene her of the counselors, he is the franklin professor and chair of the history department at the university of georgia in athens where he teaches courses on modern european warfare and society. he has contributed to the education of faculty and students at the national war college, the u.s. military academy at west point. chaired the history advisory committee to secretary of the air force and research advisor

>> american history tb on c-span three exploring the people and events that tell the american story until this week and 43:10 p.m. eastern on real america for the announcement academy award nominees will feature three films nominated for or won academy awards library of congress from 1945 with these hands from 1950 ny man creates from 1958. sunday 2:00 p.m. eastern civil rights activists recounts the 1968 massacre south carolina fired on students protesting segregation. at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts, the national museum of the u.s. army and fort bell water virginia 645 eastern smithsonian secretary documentary filmmaker ken burns discussed the challenge of telling america's story, exploring the american story, watch american history tb this weekend on c-span three. >> majority leader schumer outlined what the senate will work on the two-week break he spoke with reporters for about 20 minutes. the back while i'm going to read my statement and not take any questions,. [laughter] i am allowed to still take off by mass, you have not change that rule again, right? you just see the

fellow americans who have lost their lives. more than 400,000 businesses, mostly small businesses, many minority businesses, have been shuttered. the cost of millions of jobs. 1.3 million public sector ed cation -- sector, education, nurses, cops, firefighters, essential workers have lost their jobs. so my message today is really simple. you, you this caucus, have shown the american people the difference between democratic leadership and what we just had. leadership makes a difference. and you're continuing to do so. for example, i know that this week you're working on the protect our democracy reforms. as well as the george floyd justice in policing act. both of which i strongly support. and i know the past couple of days you've had briefings and conversations on immigration, health care, foreign policy, climate crisis and a lot more. and as you work on all of these, i urge you to continue to speak up and speak out about the american rescue plan. here's why. you know, the confidence in the american government has been plummeti

all fellow americans. each one of them, we mourn. >> fear, brutal assault, and hate all in the shadow of a pandemic. >> the shootings took place as violent hate crimes and discrimination of asian-american has risen over the last year. >> why is this happening, and what's being down to stop it? >> what happens right now and over the course of the coming months will send a message for generations to come as to will whether we matter. >> our reporters are live across the country with their experiences. here now, david muir, eva pilgrim, and juju chang. >> good evening. and welcome to a special edition of "20/20," murder in atlanta. we come on air tonight with a nation angry, on edge, and grieving over a wave owe attacks against asian-americans here in the u.s. millions were stunned by a gunman's shooting rampage here in atlanta, killing eight people, six of asian descent. tonight we are learning more about those eight victims. >> juju, we were all watching at president biden and vice president harris came bef

in fact, asian-american women suffered twice as many attacks asian-american men. we are learning again what we have always known, words vice -- words have consequences. it is the coronavirus, full stop. the conversation we had today with the aapi leaders and hearing all across the country is that hate and violence hide in plain sight and met with silence. that has been true throughout our history, but that has to change because our silence is complicity. we cannot be complicit. we have to speak out and have to act. in my first week in office, i signed an executive order directing federal agencies to combat this resurgence of xenophobia. the department of justice and partnership with the aapi community to prevent these crimes and to take on violent extremism and domestic terrorism. i am calling on congress and pass to get to my desk the covid-19 hate crimes act. in the house just past reauthorization of the violence against women act, a law i offered more than 25 years ago as one of my proudest achievements. i call on the senate to pass it and get it to my desk. fo

two american-born children. living in an american built house. paying american taxes. yet when he reported to i.c.e., he was taken out of the arms of his wife and babies, sent to el salvador with $20 and the clothes on his back. it took us more than two years to get him home. but i went to el salvador with his wife and we brought him home. i will support this legislation because i want no one else to experience what mr. jose escobar experienced. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio. mr. jordan: we reserve, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: madam speaker, i now yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentlelady from new mexico, his leger fernandez. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for 30 seconds. ms. leger fernandez: thank you, madam speaker. i rise for every child who was ever raised in this beautiful country but told they are not american. for every person who has lived in fear that they will be forced from every home. they are health care workers, feed u

i need you i need every american to do their part president joe biden calls on americans to unite to fight cave at 19 he promises to beat the virus and overcome one of the toughest and darkest periods. how do i make a lot of this is out 0 live from doha also coming up the people of me and more because. a call for international action.

interior and the first native american cabinet official in american history. rep haaland's confirmation represents a gigantic step forward in creating a government that represents the full richness and diversity of this country because native americans were for far too long neglected at the cabinet level and in so many other places. rep haaland will have an important task ahead of her. she must refocus the interior department on preserving and protecting almost 500 million acres of public lands, combating climate change and environmental degradation, and upholding the federal government's obligation to tribal nations. the trump administration did more to undermine the relationship between the federal government and the sovereign tribes than many have in decades, from desecrating sacred burial sites to building a border wall to neglecting the desperate situation of native tribes during the pandemic. shame on them. in elevating rep haaland to lead the department of interior, we reset the relationship between the federal government and tribal nations to one of co

tonight, i would - americans., iwould like to talk to you about where we are as we mark one year since everything stopped because of this pandemic. a year ago, we were hit with the virus which was met with silence and spread unchecked. denials for days, weeks, then months, that lead to more deaths, more infections, more stress, and more loneliness. photos and videos from 2019 feel like they were taken in another era. the last vacation, last birthday with friends, the last birthday with friends, the last holiday with the extended family. while it was different for everyone, we all lost something. a collect of suffering, a collective sacrifice. a year filled with the loss of life and the loss of living for all of us. but in the loss, we saw how much there was to gain, appreciation, respect and gratitude. finding light in the darkness is a very american thing to do. in fact, it may be the most american thing we do. and that's what we have done. with scene front and essential workers risking their lives, sometimes los

never ever a good bet to bet against the american people. also on the day you will look a while increasing number of african american women say they need a gun to feel safe. because we have been target for. them to the day while much of the world is still struggling with stubborn coronavirus virus case dumbass u.s. president joe biden says americans could have most of the pandemic behind them by mid summer and that's thanks in part to an accelerated vaccination program with a target date for reaching all adults it's being moved forward again americans will also start seeing the benefits of the country's biggest economic stimulus program since the new deal during the 1930 s. great depression after president biden signed the landmark legislation into law fulfilling a key election pledge hours later in a primetime t.v. address he laid out his vision for moving forward in the pandemic sending out a message of hope 1st. tonight i'm announcing that i would direct all states tribes and territories to make all adults people 18 and over eligible to b

but at one point he described african-american's historically. he said they reviewed by white people as draft animals and native people reviewed as wild animals right of both where animals that either in either case and yet for whites african-american's people who were told who were kept out of the american social contract on were as native peoples or at least some native peoples. cut face called the pressure to be forced into the american social contract. and so there is a sense of a measured inclusion that native people experience with african-american. it was measured exclusion. they wanted them to remain on the outskirts and but the problem with the african-american friedman in the case of the five civilized tribes once they mostly were relocated to what became oklahoma. we bring up to world war. we bring it up to the civil war the slave owning a leaders of several of those tribes signed treaties with the confederates in part because they wanted to keep african-american's enslaved. um, and as a result of their participation in civil war on th

today, for many americans, this story no longer appeals. instead large numbers of americans are being taught the essence of the experience is not only freedom but slavery. america is mired in systemic racism. which raises a troubling question for the rising generation of young people who are taught to despise their political heritage be reachable by conservatives who defended? is the american belief in exceptionalism still persuasive? and other challenges conservatives confront is internal. american conservativism since 1945 has never been monolithic a coalition of five distinct components. like hayek and friedman with conservatives like russell kirk anti-communist cold warriors and conservatives disillusioned men and women of the left and the religious right or social conservatives. william f buckley junior ronald reagan were ecumenical leaders so sustaining this alliance was the construct that came to be known as fusion is him or emerging as the competing perspective of libertarians and traditionalist although never without it's cleared o