i'm happy to be here at the ap organization kickoff again, i know that david mentioned his thanks tothe organizing committee but thanks to claudine and france and rose chang who have been part of the committee this is the tenth year to celebrate the apa heritage day at city hall if not for you all your hard work we wouldn't be as successful i want to thank all the sponsors who have sponsored countless events. this is an important event to revoke the leader that are here and the contributions of the today's leader by all up and coming it's important to know that our history is being reported everyday the actions where you're a new emerging leader you all help to create that apa heritage history we're proud of. i want to thank all the folks who support the community and all the sponsors and leaders who take n this upon users and, of course, wherewith are we today we've got a board president who's been a president for 3 years so thank you defied for picking up that mantel (clapping). we have a wonderful mayor he'll express his regrets for not being here and, of course, katie chang who t

i want to introduce mark representing at market the chairperson of the board of the ap organization heritage board for nonprofits trying to raise money and support all the activities. mark >> thank you, everyone (clapping) pleasure to be here not only do i serve as the recreationalation agent for at&t as the chairman of the board of the civic american heritage foundation it's a privilege to be the chair but san francisco we don't need the federal government to announce the heritage of asian-americans we do that 3 hundred and 65 days a year and if i could just for one moment shift from my at role i'd like to ask our folks to obtain standing so thank you. i all for your hard work. i hope everyone lee will come out on may 5 it's a pleasure to be the honoring the recipients. >> we're lucky to have more supports from target we have casey with the human resources manager at the targeted thank you. it's an honor to be here today representing target as a bay area native it's great to be living in san francisco. part of my job farther is city toward is hiring a difference and targeted team to weigh e

the race end ap ocean beach. organizerssay some 40,000 people are expected to take part in the colorful event. this year even more precautions are being taken to keep potential trouble from happening. the square par park will be off limit to revellers. we have a link on our website for a full list of road closures. >>> a big victory for california chrome today. chrome has california ties. he was born at harris farm and one of the owners is from yuba city. they gathered to cheer on their favorite this afternoon. they've already planned a big party and viewing for the next big challenge at belmont on june 7th. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 9:00, you may remember how it went, now renewed plans to reform the naval hospital. >>> not a good one. >> up in flames dramatic video of a racetrack disaster as it happens. but it's what happens after the crash that has people amazed. >>> also, a science project for girls only. a look at how a local group of engineering students are trying to inspire the next generation. >>> good evenin

>> women at the ap, "new haven register "and "newsday close quote women started organizing in eitheriled complaints or talked to their management. and "the washington post." >> the women today, how where are they of the battles that occurred back then? i interviewed some women in 2010 and they knew nothing about the lawsuit. when they found out about it, they were amazed that 40 years earlier, there had been a group of women dealing with some of the same issues they were dealing with still. >> we want to thank you very much for being with us, lynn povich. began her career at newsweek as secretary became the first senior editor in the magazine's history at "newsweek." she has been editor-in-chief of "working woman" magazine and managing editor/senior executive producer msnbc.com. when we come back, a scandal brewing within the veterans administration. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. "mad as hell." that was the response from eric shinseki that dozens of veterans died during a long w

a guy that's part of the terror organization called the muslim brotherhood that saudi arabia recognizes as a terrorist group and personally referred as desen dents of apes and pigs. tell me why you support that. >> look, sean, where we agree on this point it is wrong and any law that will kill folks because there happens to be lgbtq -- >> so it was a mistake? let me hear you say president obama made a mistake. >> he made a calculations based on the evidence he had -- >> a calculations? >> sean, hindsight is always 20/20. winston churchill in world war ii said this guy is not a criminal and he was -- >> no, it was churchill who warned of the dangers of nazis. >> he said this is -- there is no danger here. >> you see -- >> hindsight and foreign -- >> they justify, thread the needle, there is always a reason not to stand up for evil. jay leno compared this to germany. late to the game but right. >> this gentleman is being intellectually dishonest. obama sided with jihadest very early on and invited the muslim brotherhood to his speech in 2009. mubarak couldn't attend. don't get me wrong, gaddafi was a monster but there is worse. >> but -- >> excuse me -- >

the ballot but organizers say the city council races will impact the fate of dispensaries in the city. >>> a lot of stressed out students and parents at one east bay high school dozens of ap tests have been thrown out. 400 advanced placement students at amador valley high school in pleasanton will have to retake the test because of a seating irregularity. the school discovered some seats in one test room were not the required five feet apart and the students weren't all facing the same direction. >> we are so angry. parents are angry. we tried to understand why our kids need to be punished. >> now, students can retake the exams next week. they should be submitted in time for scoring without impacting college acceptances. ♪[ music ] >>> students, parents and alumni demonstrated at oakland's bishop o'dowd today. the rally was against a clause in the new contract for teachers. it requires them to sign a pledge to abide by church teaching even in their personal lives. demonstrators are concerned teachers could be fired for being gay, having sex outside of marriage, or using birth control. the oakland diocese bishop says he is working on amending the contract to the address th

in the afternoon, when a news organization, and this was before the 24/7 news cycle in those good blessed days. and we faxed to 40-50 news units and thought we would get an ap story on it. the switch board lit up like a christmas tree and we went home so we would not have to lie. [laughter] >> we are journalist. we have ethics, you know? so a couple hours later i am at home and on the nordic track and the continuing battle of the bulge and i was watching peter jenning's nightly news and up came lenin's face and i thought holy shit. it was like being a kid and remember when you put a rock on the rail road track and the next day the grandparents were talking about the derailment? so the next morning at about 6:00, my phone range and it was steve forbes. and this was a little earlier than steve typically called me. in fact, steve had never called me. actually, he has never called me ever again. and he said, the russians have gone bolistic and it was like the scene in the movie dr. strangelove. it was like saying it is the premier on the line and he is hopping mad. and the minister of the interior had had to broken into russian tv programming, into the russian

organizations -- this is, you know, before the 24/7 news cycle. those good, old, blessed days. [laughter] so we faxed it out to about 40 or 50 news outlets thinking maybe we'll get an ape story. and the switchboard lit up like a christmas tree, so we went home. [laughter] so we wouldn't have to lie. [laughter] we're journalists. we have ethics, you know? [laughter] so a couple of hours later i'm at home on the nordic track ski, you know, ski machine, my ever-continuing battle of the bulge, and i was watching peter jennings' "world news tonight," and up came lenin's embalmed face. [laughter] i thought, oh chit. [laughter] it was funny, kind of like being remember when you were a kid and you put a rock on the railroad track, you know, and the next day the grown-ups are talking about the derailment? [laughter] ah. so the next morning at about six my phone rang, and it was steve forbes, the -- [laughter] and this was a little earlier than steve typically called me. [laughter] in fact, steve had never called me. [laughter] in fact, steve never called me ever again. [laughter] and he said the russians have gone ballistic. and it was like that scene in the movie "dr. strange