ella robertson, amanda nguyen, _ dismantle its.ewell ceremony at baghdad airport. during the four—day trip, the pope toured four cities, including mosul — the former islamic state stronghold. he also met muslim and christian leaders and preached peace and coexistence. it was the pope's first international excursion since the start of the pandemic, and the first ever papal visit to the country. the luxury car brand aston martin has said it will manufacture all its electric cars in the uk from 2025. the company, which is based in warwickshire, is due to start making hybrid versions of its vehicles over the next two years, followed by the first battery—only models. it has also confirmed that an electric suv will be built at its factory in st athan in south wales. malala yousafzai was a school girl when was shot in the head by the taliban in pakistan in 2012 for campaigning for girls�* education. she was flown to england for treatment, where she became an activist and the youngest person to win the nobel peace prize. now she's signed a

. >>> joining me now is amanda nguyen, founder and ceo of rise and nobel prize nominee in 2019. she helped draft the sexual assault rights act in 2016. amanda, it's good to see you again, although it's not a good occasion to see you again. i want to talk to you about how this is being experienced in the asian american community. there's a lot of confusion and regardless of the specifics of the stuff that happened in atlanta, the activities of the last year have caused members of the asian american communities to live in fear for their safety and in some cases now their lives. >> yes, ali, it's heartbreaking and we have been living in this moment of grief, and to be honest with you, we have been living in this grief for quite some time now. this is the worst form of validation. for the past several months, we have been baring our souls, asking people how many more lives need to be killed in order for our story to matter? and now we have six asian women who are dead, and i can't tell you how much right now it means for people to stand up and stand with us. >> how do you see that, a

joining me now is amanda nguyen, and she has used her platform to bring attention to the rise in anti-asiana, thank you very much for being here. i think the country is beginning to grapple with what you have been seeing and speaking out about for some time now, especially after what happened in atlanta, bringing all these stories to the forefront. what is important to understand even though some of these have not been officially classified as hate crimes? >> look, about a month ago, i turned on my camera and i implored people to cover our stories because we are dying to be heard. and i asked people how many more lives need to be killed in order for our stories to be told. and now, weeks lighter, we have so many more bodies to account for. i want folks to understand that we can wake up every day and choose what kind of country we are. we can choose what kind of people we are. it is so necessary in this moment to speak to asian american pacific islander community for the consciousness of this country. >> since the start of the pandemic, the wave of violence against asian americans and pacifi

also with us is amanda nguyen.trepreneur, a civil rights activist and the ceo and founder of rise, a nongovernmental civil rights organization. so, welcome to you both. and thank you for being here. helen, what would you say to someone who's trying to understand what's driving this surge we're seeing now? helen: i think we have to understand that this, as you said, amna, was something that has been happening for a very long time and is actually part of the fabric of america, how asian americans have lived with this, ever since we have been in america. i was part of a ry similar time in the 1980's, when a chinese american man named vincent chin was killed in detroit because japan was being blamed for the economic crisis in america. and, today, unfortunately, we are facing something very similar, that now china is the cause of everything bad in america now. folks are looking for people to blame. and from time immemorial, since asian americans have been in the americas, asian people have been blamed and attacked and s

. >> joining us now are amanda nguyen, ceo and founder of the nonprofit civil rights group rise and kimmy. amanda, let me begin with you. kimmy, feel free to join in. i don't presume to guide this discussion. i want you to just share with us your reflections and what you're feeling about what happened in georgia. amanda, let's begin with you. >> first, i just want to say thank you so much for having this piece, for covering this story. i'm heartbroken. i'm outraged. a couple of weeks ago, i turned on the camera and i asked people to hear our stories, to cover the attacks that are happening to our community, and millions of people responded. it was like fire meets gasoline. half of it was people of aapi community members saying, for the first time i feel like my grief is actually validated. the other half were allies, people from different communities, who said, you know what? that's a clear call to action. we're going to stand up and help. >> kimmy, you have been reporting on violence against asian-americans before this, and now you have this, which is the biggest story of its kind so far

also with us, amanda nguyen. she is the ceo and founder of rise. thank you all so much for being here. amanda, you, daniel, and i spoke last month about the rise in hate crimes against the aapi community. and at that time, there was understandable frustration. understandable fear about the fact that this pattern of violence wasn't being taken seriously. what was most in focus for you as you processed this week's news? >> first of all, i want to say, thank you so much for dedicating your hour to this. all i can tell you, from the heart, is that we have so much grief, right now. we are heartbroken. when we spoke to you just a mere-few weeks ago, we bore our soles to this country. asking people, how many-more bodies will it take for people to finally listen to our stories? and now, here we are. after a massacre. do we matter, yet? you know, i -- i hesitate but, also, i know that, in this grief, there must be a silver lining. and so, moments, like this, where you are using your show to highlight these stories, are so important. and i want to start off

. >> reporter: amanda nguyen, an advocate for sexual assault survivors say these exaggerated portrayalsggerte how asian women are portrayed in society. >> when you think of humans as objects, when you erase their humanity, then it is no surprise that our lives are seem as worthless. is both misogyny and racism that has resulted in this massacre. sexual violence inherently is about power. so when you have sexual violence and you combine that with racism, both of which are about power and control, what you have is mass shootings that have targeted women of color. >> the majority of massage parlors are legitimate businesses that don't provide like sexual services at all. >> reporter:ether kay is an organizer for a grassroots collective of asian and migrant workers and allies. she says whether the victims were or were not engaged in sex work is irrelevant. they are victims, period. but the fact that some assumed they were is problematic. >> that's a very specific kind of racism that massage parlor workers experience. the majority of women that are now doing massage parlor work have done res

thats helen zia and amanda nguyen. for anyone who want to watch the full unedited conversation can you go to pbs.org/newshour. >> woodruff: stay with us for a look at what you will discover on the newshour tomorrow and online right now. but first, take a moment to hear from your local pbs station. it's a chance to offer your support, which helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> woodruff: the pandemic is forcing new habits, or in some cases, returning to old ones, like reading. jeffrey brown takes a look at the plight of independent bookstores, struggling to stay afloat in this challenging economy. this encore look is part of our arts and culture series, canvas >> brown: another day in the life of an independent bookstore in the time of pandemic: packing orders, customers at the curb-- and on this day, a few allowed in. and constant phone calls. >> sometimes the first question is, "are you open?" and we say, "well, kind of, sort of, maybe-- what can we do for you?" >> brown: in fact, source booksellers in detroit'

we have next generation activists in the aapi community, noble prize winner, amanda nguyen, and activists, and business leaders all talking about what we can do, how do we unify the community and spotlight these issues as we know, you know, this is not something that one group can solve on its own so i think if you watch tonight, you'll come away learning something new and be inspired, and hopefully it reminds us all we're in this together and what we need is compassion and understanding, shep. >> so glad we're giving it a platform you know, i wanted to ask you, are there statistics which tell us whether this was a problem that's been growing for a long time or whether the pandemic >> reporter: well, shep, really accelerated it? >> reporter: well, shep, anti-asian sentiment is certainly not new. going back to the 1800s you had the chinese exclusion act, then you saw it again with japanese internment camps, the fact that it's been lurking underneath the surface, but then the pandemic and the stigma associated with it, some say based on rhetoric that came from the highest levels of leadersh

it showed activist amanda nguyen with the words "i am american."earing words across the bay area and the bay area community for an area still reeling from the pain and fear of recent attacks. "nbc bay area news." >>> happening today, more stop asian hate rallies across the bay area. at 1:00 p.m., people in milpitas will march and hold a rally it starts at lee's sandwich on west calaveras boulevard and end at milpitas city hall. at 2:00 p.m., an aapi youth rising rally in berkeley, a seventh grader organized the event. it starts at berkeley aquatic park and then marches to the bay bridge pedestrian bridge. at 3:00 p.m. a rally in dublin in front of the wave emerald glen park and at 4:00, a rally in fremont at lake elizabeth pavilion on paseo padre parkway. plenty of opportunities to get involved. >>> dangerous weather moves across the south from texas to north carolina. 30 million people are bracing for possible tornadoes, strong winds, hail, even flash flooding. many are still reeling from the two dozen tornadoes that killed six people. morgan ches

investigation so that lack of action has been captured on camera and it has asian-american activists like amanda nguyeng out >> it is a fundamental betrayal of what it means to be an american if people do not stand up in the face of hate right now. when i see videos of people who are harassed, who are violently assaulted, and also see people who stand by and do nothing, what does that say about the moral character of our country >> i've been asking law enforcement experts why we keep seeing these horrific incidents against the asian-american community as awareness of the problem is going up. it's growing well, the answer so far has been a combination of increased reporting of these incidents, which is an important thing, and a possible issue of copycat violence targeting vulnerable aapi members of all ages now overall hate crimes against asian-americans rose nearly 150% nationwide last year advocates are telling me that they expect that disturbingly fast rise to only grow as this pandemic continues shep >> jo ling kent, thanks so much. >>> amid the violence, we're taking a closer look at the social and