in american anti pacific islander america violence. the u.s. state of arkansas has passed a law that gives doctors the right to refuse medical treatment on moral or religious grounds and it's prompted a swift backlash from bt activists who claim that it will restrict their access to health care and to passing the state senate bill was approved last friday by governor asr hutchinson advocacy groups say the new law will discriminate against people in the state governor stressed the right to refuse care there's not apply to emergency treatment and that federal laws banning discrimination still apply i support this right of conscience so long as emergency care is exempted and conscience objection cannot be used to deny general health service to any class of people most importantly the federal laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race sex gender and national origin continue to play to the delivery of health care services. last one of several bills making their way to the arkansas governor's desk the state senate recently also approved a

is not very sophisticated not very high in and inevitably bleeds into asian american anti pacific islander americaviolence. artie's russian language web site has been taken offline by a number of internet service providers in latvia it follows last year's decision by the country's broadcast regulator to 7 channels and the r t media group this is the message you get if you try to open the page in libya your internet browser is trying to connect to websites which in the territory of the latvian republic is unlawfully distributing television programs without so retransmission issued by the national electronic mass media council last june officials in claimed r.t. was quote effectively controlled by dimitri kissel you off he is a moscow born t.v. anchor who is on the list of individuals officially sanctions by you but in fact mr kissel of has never worked at r.t. he heads a media group called. which is a separate organization we've so far heard no indication from the laughlin authorities as to how they've linked him to this channel back when the allegation was made artie's editor in chief gave her vie

states is not very sophisticated not very high and inevitably bleeds into asian american anti pacific islander america violence. slavery suburb just to the north of moscow turn into something more closely resembling a war zone on tuesday that started off as a visit by police officers and vests to getting arms trafficking spiraled into a pro long should out with russian special forces. imagine a quiet sleepy town just to the north of moscow wealthy residents walking their pets it could be that this area hadn't seen any crimes in ages but one morning tuesday morning to be precise police arrived to inspect the house they showed up to check on a man who was a suspect in an arms trafficking case i'm sure they weren't expecting a warm welcome but what they got instead was absolutely incredible machine gun fire and grenades being thrown at them for about 7 or 8 hours the swat teams couldn't successfully storm that residential building and that is not a surprise because the shooter was using a grenade launcher against the security forces it's a miracle that only one of them was injured luckily none of the loc

states is not very sophisticated not very high in an arguably bleeds into asian american anti pacific islander america violence. 1000 civilians were killed in a french airstrike on a wedding in mali back in january of this year those are the findings of a new u.n. report into the incident. menas may is able to confirm but in celebration at the site of the strike had brought together $100.00 surveillance at least $22.00 people including 3 of the suspected khateeb a sermon members present at the gathering were killed by the french strike on the 3rd of january 2021 in bounty this un report centers on a french strike that took place at the beginning of january it says 900 civilians were killed as well as 3 armed men when the french warplanes struck me a village co-parenting war torn region now that confirms the claims from villages at the time he said that these were planes struck absolute wedding party and those claims back then and also now a still being disputed by the french army which is said it being scientists that strike and it targeted just hardest now a spokesperson for the military is also desc

in an oblique lead to an asian american anti pacific islander america, violence to another of our headline stories artie's russian language website, has been taken offline by a number of internet service providers and left fear. it follows last year as the session by the country's broadcast regulator to 7 channels in the r.t.e. media group. this is the message you receive if you try to open the page and your internet browser is trying to connect to a website which in the territory of the latvian republic is unlawfully distributing television programs without so retransmission issued by the national electronic mass media council. last june, officials in riga claimed r.t. was, quote, effectively controlled by dmitri. he's a moscow born t.v. anchor, who's on the list of individuals officially sanctioned by the you, but in fact, mr. kissel. the of has never worked at r.t. . he heads a media group called the value, which is a separate organization. we've so far heard no indication from the left field authorities as to how they have linked him to this channel. but when the allegation was made, o

states is not very sophisticated not very high and inevitably bleeds into asian american anti pacific islander americaviolence. all thought historian gerald told me at that ought international good to have you on the program thank you. the left wing politician in france is on the fire for saying what people should stay out of racism discussions critics say it all mocks and yet another side of how us thought culture is undermining french values is all shot to bits. the empty one debate has been stirred up once again here in france this time after a black politician waded into a row that's been raging over the student union which admitted it held meetings about discrimination that excluded white people exist it exists it exists this reunions exists no food reprove reason member of the paris local authority and this standing in the coming elections has added her $0.02 she suggested white people could be allowed into those meetings but only if they keep quiet and in fact i'm not saying anyone should be banned from entering but they should stay silent and let others speak in issues that concern them her co

not very sophisticated, not very high, and inevitably bleeds into anti asian american anti pacific islander america, violence that coming up a poll has found that most americans are anxious about losing their jobs, will have more on that story, after this short break is your media a reflection of reality? in a world transformed what will make you feel safe? isolation or community? are you going the right way or are you being led? by what is true? what is faith? in the world corrupted, you need to descend to join us in the depths or unmaidenly shallowness. all of the information in the world when you put it together and process. the final chain is really, it adds up to 0. it adds up to nothing. all deal luzhin of differentiation will be obliterated. the illusion of making a profit will be obliterated because we're entering into a period of the singularity. welcome back. 19 civilians were killed in a french airstrike on a wedding and mali, back in january of this year. those are the findings of a new u.n. report into the incident menas mays able to confirm a bed in celebration at the site of the stri

states is not very sophisticated not very high in an oblique bleeds into asian american anti pacific islander america violence. $970.00 and killed in a french strike on a wedding in mali back in january of this year those are the findings of a new u.n. report into the incident menas maze able to confirm evidence celebration at the site of the strike had brought together $100.00 civilians at least $22.00 people including 3 of the suspected khateeb asaram a members present at the gathering were killed by the french strike on the 3rd of january 2021 inbound. ok let's go live now to our correspondent based in paris shiela do risky joins me very good morning charlotte. clearly there's a tragic element to whatever happened there in mali tell us more about the findings of this report. well as you saw there the u.n. report centers on a french airstrike that took place in central mali at the beginning of january it says that 19 civilians were killed in that attack and also 3 armed men when french warplanes struck me a remote village school bounty no this is in the state of health that you know that report con

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whaling grounds in the pacific, the quickest route would be to go generally cut across the atlantic, go to the azores, cape verde islands, then along the eastern coast of south america, and down around the horn. then into the wailing areas of the south pacific. a lot of the hunting was down along the equator. so really out in the middle of the pacific ocean. i think it is fairly unusual, but this particular voyage did go around the cape of good hope. but other ships did that to. but i think it was more common, to go the other route around towards the pacific. >> another navigation related question. when did the whalers first enter into the southern ocean around antarctica? >> even on whaling voyages, early in the 18 thirties, or thereabouts, they are coming into the pacific. but they would also follow the wales. they would file follow the migration of wales. so the wheels were young, in warm waters around the equator, but depending on the season, they would either go very far north, or very far south, to antarctic. they would go their to feed. because that was a richer feeding grounds for them. so dependent on the time of year. >> okay. >> so as a little question --

america. >> look at publishing industry news. asian american and pacific islander authors and other members of the book industry a social media initiative to bring attention to violence perpetrated against members of their own community. effort #or stand up api asks to post by asian american authors and to contact their local libraries and book publishers to inquire about making moretitles by a eip authors available . a children's book about the life of doctor anthony fauci will be released by simon and schuster, illustrated by alexander my follows anthony from his brooklyn beginnings through medical school and his challenging role working with seven us presidents to tackle some of the biggest public health challenges of the past 50 years. in other news marianne harris founder of the children's literature magazine printed as either the age of 93. her magazine started in 1973 included contributions from lots of john, nikki giovanni charles schultz and was often referred to asthe new yorker for kids . a book borrow from the queens public library front has been return

pacific, quickest route would be generally kind of across the atlantic. maybe make stops in the azores, cape verde islands and then along the eastern coast of south america, and down around the horn. and then up into the whaling grounds of the south pacific. and they did a lot of their hunting along the equator and so they were really way out in the middle of the pacific ocean. so i think it is fairly unusual. but this particular voyage of the "edward kerrey" did go around the cape, but other ships did it, too. more common to go a more direct route to the pacific. >> another navigation-related question. when did nantucket whalers first venture into the southern ocean around antarctica? >> hmm. even on whaling voyages in the early, in the 1830s, thereabouts, they were going into the pacific, but they also would follow the whales. they'd follow the migration of the whales. so whales have their young in warm water. so around the equator. but then depending on the season they will either go very far north to the arctic or very south, far south, to the antarctica to feed. those were the richer feeding grounds for them. so i think it just depended on the time o

fearful of rumors canibels in the islands of the pacific, they decided to go for south america, 3,000 miles away. you know, impossible voyage, and the great irony, they would be forced to survival, cannibalism. only two of the three whale boats would be sighted by rescue craft. five nantucketers would get out of those whale boats alive. three others were left on henderson island. and when news came to nantucket and eventually the rest of the country, this was big news. you know, this is before the american west had become the predominant wilderness that incited the american imagination. the sea was the wilderness. this was the donner party before that all unfolded. owen chase would write an account of it. probably ghost written, that would become renowned around the country and the world. this was big news. and so the "essex" -- this was a tale that nantucketers were not particularly proud of because it was a voyage that went bad, but it was a story full of all sorts of fascination for those outside nantucket. and so this was a story i realized i needed to write about. >> yeah. and th

and asian american pacific islander advocacy group, there had been 3,000 anti-asians incidents reported. it starts with acknowledging the history of racism against asians in americaocess right now in this country is rehumanizing individuals who have been dehumanized from the beginning of getting here. >> it is going to be -- this is a moment that'll lead to a movement. >> we don't need to keep it silent. don't be afraid to talk about it. >> reporter: and donna, i want to mention, miseon that i met, i approached her assuming that she would have a story about racism. she did. most of us asians do. i would say about ten minutes ago someone driving by shouted "virus" in our direction. back to you. >> oh boy. amara, thank you so much. i appreciate your reporting. you stay safe and i will see you soon. thank you very much. >> as you can see from amara's reporting and everyone has been talking about tonight and today. the fear in the asian american community is very real. andrew yang is joining me to talk about that next after the break. the harry's razor is not the same our razors have 5 german-engineered blades designed to stay sharp so you can enjoy lasting comfort a

pacific islander. one of the many speakers just 13 years of age. you may remember ashlin so. she organized a very similar rally in san mateo two weeks ago. >> this is america where this is happening. i started looking into this and i found out that many of these cases are not reported as hate crimes and this wasn't okay. >> a string of local and state leaders denounced the spike in hate crimes across the bay area. one of them was evan lo, who represents much of the south bay in the state assembly. >> san jose has its own dark history toward the asian community. did you know we had five chinatowns, many of them burnt down? sanctioned to be burnt down. which is why it is so meaningful to see our officials here in solidarity with our community. >> local sports teams joining the effort to stem the attacks. the president of the 49ers and the president of the san jose sharks have each pledged $10,000 to groups fighting racist attacks. tune in tonight for a town hall led by former nbc bay area senior investigator vicky nguyen. she's now with nbc news. she's investigative and consumer correspondent there. the racism virus spotlights what's happening in the asian-a

pacific islander lives. and that fear, unfortunately, has been realized. >> when i first saw an asian elder getting pushed on the news , i was beyond petrified and shocked. how could this happen in our society? this was americay was this happening? >> reporter: speaker after speaker representing communities throughout the southbay came forward to denounce the rise in hate crimes. including the presidents of the san jose sharks and 49ers. >> since this pandemic started, there has been over 3000 reported hate crimes against aip folks. this must stop. >> reporter: many believe racist hysteria over the coronavirus is to blame. >> this isn't a new problem. >> reporter: but max lowe young founded an asian safety patrol group in san francisco more than a year ago, before the virus had been politicized. >> this did not start because of covid induced xenophobia. although it did exacerbate it. again, this is nothing new. >> reporter: the first step, they say, is for asians to speak up and report the hate crimes. san jose police have started a safe place initiative. where businesses can place signs in their windows, offering refuge to victims and a secure place to call police. >> that's what it's about, getting the mes

pacific islander community. and after that private meeting vice president harris who is of south asian descent said this. >> racism is real in america, and it has always been. xenophobia is real in america and always has been. sexism, too. in the 1860s as chinese workers built the transcontinental railroad there were laws on the books in america for bidding them from owning property. in the 1940s as japanese american soldiers defended our nation more than 120,000 japanese americans were forced to live in internment camps in obvious and absolute abuse of their civil and human rights. >> and president biden said this. >> my heart goes out to all -- all the family members who lost someone in those horrific shootings on tuesday. i know they feel that like theirs a black hole in their chest they're being sucked into and things will never get better, but our prayers are with you. and i assure you the one you lost will always be with you -- always be with you. and a day will come when their memory brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye as unbelievable as that is now. it will take a while, but i promise you it will

pacific islander. you look at the ceos of our major companies and corporations in america, less than 3% are asian americanso we need to talk about this. representation matters. and we've got to address it. we are very proud that among our cabinet we have majority people of color. we are very -- it's historic in that way. we are proud that we have an equal number of women and men. but there's still more work to be done. there's no question about that. >> let's look at what's happening at the border. rightly or wrongly, people are coming in record numbers because they believe the biden administration has encouraged certainly children to come. what are you going to do about that? it's chaotic, some are calling it a crisis. and you all, your team is under fire because both republicans and democrats said, look, if you're going to change the trump policy, the previous policy, at least have a game plan. there doesn't appear right now to be a game plan. >> well, okay, look, it's a huge problem. i'm not going to pretend it's not. it's a huge problem. and are there -- are we looking at overcrowding at the border in

america's effort to destroy chemical weapons in syria during its civil war. five. information online @booktv. or consult your program guide. >> here's a look at some publishing industry news. asian american and pacific islanderhors and other members of the book industry of launching social media initiative to bring attention to violence perpetrated against members of their community. the effort # stand up for api, ask supporters to post books by pacific islander authors and it made an impact on them and to contact their local libraries and book publishers to inquire about making more titles by api authors available. a children's book about the life of dr. anthony fauci will be released this summer by simon & schuster. the biography written by kate messner and illustrated by alexander by fellows anthony from his brooklyn beginnings through medical school. in this challenging role working with seven u.s. presidents to tackle some of the biggest public health challenges of the past 50 years. in other news mary and harris founder of the children's literature magazine cricket has died at the age of 93. the magazine started in 1973 included contributions from the likes of john updike, nikki giovanni and charles sc

pacific islanders to high-level positions in the administration. why did it take the tragic shooting in atlanta and an ultimatum from asian lawmakers in america to maken has had the most diverse cabinet in history and they've been very proud of that recognition, but he's still getting feedback it hasn't done enough. i think that would be a very fascinating question. those are my five. >> we got a lot there. >> i'm going to take a drink of water. >> our viewers are always very interested in what you guys are having for dinner, i think, is the menu behind you in your house. i don't know if you do taco thursday, but enjoy. >> today's takeout. >> nicholas johnston, thank you. >> takeout, lucky everyone in your house. thank you so much for being here with us. and speaking of joe biden's press conference today, i remember covering president trump's first press conference back in 2017 and walking the halls of congress trying to find any member of his own party that had even seen the press conference. democrats had seen it, they were perfectly willing to criticize it. i have a feeling that today, while joe biden is going to get tough questions from the press

america. >> given what we've seen in the last year with fears of this virus being tied into the hate crimes of asian americans and pacific islandersle know this virus has nothing to do with your race? >> first, i should have started out by just expressing our deepest condolences to the surviving family members who are grieving and mourning the loss of their loved ones. yes, i think that there can be plenty done by our elected officials standing by our community at this time that's reeling and living on the edge of fear of being attacked as they're going about their daily business in public spaces, in the workplace. we don't know, of course, if these recent incidents are racially motivated as the facts of the case are emerging, but i don't think we should quickly rule it out. the fact of the matter is that six asian-american women are dead, and the businesses that were targeted were all asian owned. >> you know, we're showing a lot of numbers on the screen. what we have not shown is a lot of images for these incidents we've been seeing around the country now for the past year. some just really, really disgusting images of violence

the america rescue plan but postponed that and instead the president and the vice president shifted their plans deciding instead to meet with leaders of the city's asian american and pacific islander community to discuss tuesday's attack and the rise of anti-asian hate crimes across the country. the meeting was held in private. we will be speaking with one of the community leaders who was in the room a little later this hour. we have encouraging news about the fight to protect voting rights in the state of georgia we will get to tonight and we will be speaking with one of the activists leading the fight. the president and the vice president in atlanta to the headquarter of the cdc announcing they have met their goal of administering 100 million vaccine shots 40 days ahead of schedule. it is an amazing milestone but if you are a parent you might be more excited about the news the cdc broke itself later today. the cdc updateds it guidance on physical distancing in schools. going from requiring six feet between each student to three. meaning a lot more kids will be able to head back to the classroom soon. as i said we have got a lot to get to on this busy friday night. i want to star

america's largest cities, which made even more upsetting considering the fact that hate crimes overall decreased by 7%. and this trend of an increase in hate crimes against asian-americans and pacific islanders has continued into 2021. for instance, last week authorities in a suburb of new york city arrested a man who allegedly spit and punched an 83-year-old korean-american woman in an unprovoked attack on a busy street. joining me now is nbc news correspondent vicky nguyen. she moderated a town hall which focussed on the hate aimed at asian-americans here in the united states. vicky, thank you for the depth to which you have gone into this issue. let's talk about this latest arrest in a suburb of new york city. it's just one instance. it's not just in rural areas. it's not just in coastal areas. this has been across the country. >> across the country, ali. good morning. i can spotlight for you three incidents just this past week where hate crimes were charged or the victims felt there was an anti-asian comment or racial slur made against them. let's start in san jose, california. a 26-year-old woman there waiting for a train when she is grabbed and dragged by her hair and sexually assaulte