it's coming back together of our apa family. so i want to really thank many of the volunteers that have been able, that are coming together to make this happen that are not here today because everyone is working, but i just want to take this opportunity to acknowledge all the volunteers who serve on our committee and our board. we could have not brought this together without our sponsors. this is a big collaboration between our city, our government, and business communities. we have many sponsors with us this year and including but not limited to anthem blue cross, ramo and for many years the golden state warriors and, this year, we have three amazing presenting sponsors. kaiser, amazon, and u.s. bank. two of the representatives are here today and i really want to thank them and maybe they have greetings to share with us and jane pang from u.s. bank is here. jane. >> good afternoon. on behalf of u.s. bank, i am so proud to be part of today's official kickoff. i'm jane pang, vice president and business making leader with u.s. ban

the apa community has been faced a tough year.eed to stop racism priorities that are widely recognized. to address racism also requires a diverse, multicultural approach. this is what the program is about. in the next hour, you will hear a number of conversations between artists of diverse ethnic backgrounds talking about issues of cultural identities and sharing how they seek to advance social justice through art. and now, i would like to introduce san francisco mayor london breed to give opening remarks and share her thought about the impact of art on bringing diverse communities together. let's welcome mayor breed. >> hi, i'm mayor london breed. i want to thank the apa heritage month committee and nonprofit and community partners joining us here today. while many of us think of apa heritage month we think of the incredible celebrations, performances and events that happen throughout the month of may. but this year, in light of the challenges we face, from a global pandemic, to fighting systemic bias and racism, to violent and h

it's coming back together of our apa family.oming together to make this happen that are not here today because everyone is working, but i just want to take this opportunity to acknowledge all the volunteers who serve on our committee and our board. we could have not brought this together without our sponsors. this is a big collaboration between our city, our government, and business communities. we have many sponsors with us this year and including but not limited to anthem blue cross, ramo and for many years the golden state warriors and, this year, we have three amazing presenting sponsors. kaiser, amazon, and u.s. bank. two of the representatives are here today and i really want to thank them and maybe they have greetings to share with us and jane pang from u.s. bank is here. jane. >> good afternoon. on behalf of u.s. bank, i am so proud to be part of today's official kickoff. i'm jane pang, vice president and business making leader with u.s. bank. this past year has been an especially difficult one for our community. at u.s.

it's coming back together of our apa family.so i want to really thank many of the volunteers that have been able, that are coming together to make this happen that are not here today because everyone is working, but i just want to take this opportunity to acknowledge all the volunteers who serve on our committee and our board. we could have not brought this together without our sponsors. this is a big collaboration between our city, our government, and business communities. we have many sponsors with us this year and including but not limited to anthem blue cross, ramo and for many years the golden state warriors and, this year, we have three amazing presenting sponsors. kaiser, amazon, and u.s. bank. two of the representatives are here today and i really want to thank them and maybe they have greetings to share with us and jane pang from u.s. bank is here. jane. >> good afternoon. on behalf of u.s. bank, i am so proud to be part of today's official kickoff. i'm jane pang, vice president and business making leader with u.s. bank

chris connor president and ceo the american association of port a authority a apa.resents more than 130 port authorities in thehe us, canada and caribbean and latin america. a wealth of experience spending over 35 years in the ocean shipping industry before leading a apa. you may proceed. >> good afternoon chairman peters and ranking member fisher members of the subcommittee i am president and ceo of the american association port authority. like to thank the subcommittee as well as the full committee for holding this hearing. i appreciate the opportunity to discuss maritime and trade infrastructure and the related investment the zombie halfs of the port authorities throughout the us and territories.s. we deliver vital goods to consumers and facilitate the export of american-made goods create jobs and support local and national economic growth. ports also play a crucial role in the national defense witness by the designation of 17 of the nation's ports as strategic seaports by the dod. prior to the outbreak of covid-19 the total economic value generated in terms of b

it's coming back together of our apa family.nt to really thank many of the volunteers that have been able, that are coming together to make this happen that are not here today because everyone is working, but i just want to take this opportunity to acknowledge all the volunteers who serve on our committee and our board. we could have not brought this together without our sponsors. this is a big collaboration between our city, our government, and business communities. we have many sponsors with us this year and including but not limited to anthem blue cross, ramo and for many years the golden state warriors and, this year, we have three amazing presenting sponsors. kaiser, amazon, and u.s. bank. two of the representatives are here today and i really want to thank them and maybe they have greetings to share with us and jane pang from u.s. bank is here. jane. >> good afternoon. on behalf of u.s. bank, i am so proud to be part of today's official kickoff. i'm jane pang, vice president and business making leader with u.s. bank. this

it's coming back together of our apa family. so i want to really thank many of the volunteers that have been able, that are coming together to make this happen that are not here today because everyone is working, but i just want to take this opportunity to acknowledge all the volunteers who serve on our committee and our board. we could have not brought this together without our sponsors. this is a big collaboration between our city, our government, and business communities. we have many sponsors with us this year and including but not limited to anthem blue cross, ramo and for many years the golden state warriors and, this year, we have three amazing presenting sponsors. kaiser, amazon, and u.s. bank. two of the representatives are here today and i really want to thank them and maybe they have greetings to share with us and jane pang from u.s. bank is here. jane. >> good afternoon. on behalf of u.s. bank, i am so proud to be part of today's official kickoff. i'm jane pang, vice president and business making leader with u.s. ban

it's coming back together of our apa family.unteers that have been able, that are coming together to make this happen that are not here today because everyone is working, but i just want to take this opportunity to acknowledge all the volunteers who serve on our committee and our board. we could have not brought this together without our sponsors. this is a big collaboration between our city, our government, and business communities. we have many sponsors with us this year and including but not limited to anthem blue cross, ramo and for many years the golden state warriors and, this year, we have three amazing presenting sponsors. kaiser, amazon, and u.s. bank. two of the representatives are here today and i really want to thank them and maybe they have greetings to share with us and jane pang from u.s. bank is here. jane. >> good afternoon. on behalf of u.s. bank, i am so proud to be part of today's official kickoff. i'm jane pang, vice president and business making leader with u.s. bank. this past year has been an especially d

it's coming back together of our apa family.ly thank many of the volunteers that have been able, that are coming together to make this happen that are not here today because everyone is working, but i just want to take this opportunity to acknowledge all the volunteers who serve on our committee and our board. we could have not brought this together without our sponsors. this is a big collaboration between our city, our government, and business communities. we have many sponsors with us this year and including but not limited to anthem blue cross, ramo and for many years the golden state warriors and, this year, we have three amazing presenting sponsors. kaiser, amazon, and u.s. bank. two of the representatives are here today and i really want to thank them and maybe they have greetings to share with us and jane pang from u.s. bank is here. jane. >> good afternoon. on behalf of u.s. bank, i am so proud to be part of today's official kickoff. i'm jane pang, vice president and business making leader with u.s. bank. this past year

it's coming back together of our apa family.o i want to really thank many of the volunteers that have been able, that are coming together to make this happen that are not here today because everyone is working, but i just want to take this opportunity to acknowledge all the volunteers who serve on our committee and our board. we could have not brought this together without our sponsors. this is a big collaboration between our city, our government, and business communities. we have many sponsors with us this year and including but not limited to anthem blue cross, ramo and for many years the golden state warriors and, this year, we have three amazing presenting sponsors. kaiser, amazon, and u.s. bank. two of the representatives are here today and i really want to thank them and maybe they have greetings to share with us and jane pang from u.s. bank is here. jane. >> good afternoon. on behalf of u.s. bank, i am so proud to be part of today's official kickoff. i'm jane pang, vice president and business making leader with u.s. bank.

estamos pagando más en los condados no apa y marín ronda los cuatro dólares con 24 centavos, los condados dicen que alguna de las razones están relacionadas a la reactivación como podemos ver una mayor movilidad y más demanda de gasolina por parte de los consumidores, los condados de la bahía han actualizado, pero dicen que pagamos impuestosmás altos y más regulaciones. el precio de la gasolina seguirá subiendo y podría alcanzar su punto máximo entre los meses de primavera. >> en otro orden de idea facebook tienefecha para abrir sus oficinas. podrán reabrir una semana después >> en una semana seráinaugurado un nuevo complejo residencial. este proyecto tiene como objetivo proporcionar hogar temporal en aquellos que están en proceso de encontrar una vivienda. >> el gobernador gavin newsom y su esposa anunciaron que suspenderá la ayuda de cuidado de menores, entregarán 100,000 centros de cuidado infantil e invertirán en el espacio. >> tenemos los detalles aquí en su noticiero. >> fuimos algo de gente >> aumenta el flujo turístico de mostramos cómo está avanzando la actividad (comerciales) >>

it's coming back together of our apa family. so i want to really thank many of the volunteers that have been able, that are coming together to make this happen that are not here today because everyone is working, but i just want to take this opportunity to acknowledge all the volunteers who serve on our committee and our board. we could have not brought this together without our sponsors. this is a big collaboration between our city, our government, and business communities. we have many sponsors with us this year and including but not limited to anthem blue cross, ramo and for many years the golden state warriors and, this year, we have three amazing presenting sponsors. kaiser, amazon, and u.s. bank. two of the representatives are here today and i really want to thank them and maybe they have greetings to share with us and jane pang from u.s. bank is here. jane. >> good afternoon. on behalf of u.s. bank, i am so proud to be part of today's official kickoff. i'm jane pang, vice president and business making leader with u.s. ban

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. >> reporter: apa heritage month comes when asian attacks are dominating the headlines. some are happening right here in oakland's chinatown. >> robbed me in the back and tried to get my -- >> reporter: antoinette was victim of unprovoked attack shopping along 8th street in chinatown. just yesterday one of the most visible advocates, kyle chan, was pushed from behind as he walked down the street not far from the attack. ironically on the way to visit a friend assaulted riding a bus on monday. >> calling me n hit me in the back. >> reporter: chan is call attention to what is widely known as asian hate. many believe stopping these attacks will be difficult. with help from everyone, it can happen. >> focus more on what we have in common, i think that might ease racial tensions a little bit. >> reporter: in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> there is encouraging news about the fight against covid here in the u.s. cdc says cases and deaths are dropping. as of tonight more than 100 million americans are fully vaccinated. another important milestone, 1 in 3 california

ten in n apa. we will see the winds increase through the day today. that stronger ocee kickin. that much needed rain the pacific northwest, up to the north. for us it's just going to bring that stronger sea breeze and that means cooler temperatures as we look to the afternoon. tracking our future cast winds to show you the winds kicking up for us. especially along the coast and around the bay. tracking those strong westerly winds, helping to cool us down. we are looking at that on shore flow for tomorrow but temperatures will be on the rise as we look to wednesday. we should catch clearing as we go through the day. inland and around the bay but that cloud cover still along the coast and then for tomorrow a little bit more sunshine for your wednesday and temperatures just a bit warmer for tomorrow. our sunrise at 5:52 and the sunset at 8:21. daytime highs for the south bay we go and looking at 71 for santa clara. 72 san jose. 76 morgan hill and the south bay. as we look to the east bay, 77, concord, pleasant hill. around the bay, you will notice that cooldown. 59 in san francisc

history, educate future apa generation, racial bias and injustice and american histories. and develop alliances with minorities to create a unified stance against racial prejudice and exclusion. we must influence public policy and fight against bias that negatively and unfairly affect the a.p.a. population. contemporary society has coined the term racial profiling to indicate a pattern of unfair treatment to a minority group because of cultural stereotypes and or for seen characteristics associated with the particular ethnicity. all the though the term racial profiling is a recent and uncontestable term associated with law enforcement and civil rights. one fact is clear, asian pacific americans have experience racial profiling since they arrived on american soil. this pattern of increased profiling has led to the guilt exclusion and management of a.p.a.s from certain positions of power and influence. let us all work together to acknowledge the contributions of our asian pacific americans and thank everyone for your continued fight against injustice across all cultures. thi

as people in the apa community are being attacked one headed to the kitchen to help others. >> reporter: when the world's problems seem too big to tackle it's sometimes best to start small. >> thank you so much for coming. >> reporter: a small event in the corner of the park is just what wen had this past weekend. >> thank you for making an impact on the community. >> reporter: she is a 25-year-old that came with her family eight years ago. she has experienced anti-asian bias first hand. >> even daily life, going to school and college, walking around the mall we still see small things that happen. >> reporter: but the big things that have grabbed the headlines recently, attacks on members of the aipa communities, the ones that sparked big rallies in response those got her thinking what she could do to help. >> it's sad and frustrating to see how people are treating one another. >> reporter: so she turned to what she knows best, food as her way to make a difference. she works in her parents' restaurants and a group of others went into the kitchen to whip up a variety of asian treats. she

you up to the north we had some thunderstorms and the out flow coming back further north down into n apa and sonoma. there's a deep marine layer. we have a couple things going on. the mist and drizzle gets squeezed out from that very robust low cloud deck. otherwise the activity will be in northern california. we could see a shower or thunderstorm sneak as far south apasget in closer look at cloud cover in to the east bay. maybe the sacramento valley. the winds are breezy. we will take you to where the sun it and this is carson valley. how pretty is it with a little bit of snow on the peaks there we are looking at numbers near 60 today there. 49 in san francisco. 51 oakland. it's 52 mountain view with low 50's for you in morgan hill. 48 in half moon bay. a little bit of fog and another shot home wood, pretty sky with partly cloudy skies and temperatures will be in and around 60 but the thunderstorm chances for today and tomorrow in mountains. 45 santa rosa. 52 by the delta. breezy right now over toward fairfield and vacaville n to oakland and livermore and half moon bay is at 20 miles an

another attack not far away, karl chen, an apa advocate, was pushed from behind walking down the streetonday. >> this guy calling me names and hit me in the back. i reached for my phone to take a picture. >> chen is using his platform to call attention to what is widely called asian hate. >>> today, pg&e is getting a jump started on inspection or what is officially fire season in alameda and costa contra counties. don't be alarmed if you see a low flying helicopter, the inspections start at 7:00 and 8 a.m. al. >>> coming up today, a ban from the biden administration that may help those in the bay area. more coming up at 7:00, we hope to see you then. right now, back to "today." ♪ ♪ >>> that sounds good, doesn't it? we're back this saturday morning. the 1st of may, 2021. that's a live look at churchill downs, the home of the kentucky derby, which is running later today. the annual event expected to go off without a hitch after being postponed several months last year because of the pandemic. this year, you can expect a third of the normal crowd watching the run for the roses in person. n

apa apparent danger is such that it would cause to believe that others were in it danger of death or great bodily harm. although there is evidence of actual danger to the officers under the law there was also apparent danger. from the evidence it reasonably appeared to the deputies there was a sufficient basis for self-defense and defense of others. the facts demonstrate the appearance of danger to the officers. an officer may exercise such force if he believes it to be necessary and has reasonable grounds for such belief. and officer acting in self-defense is presumed to have acted in good faith. federal courts have held that constitution simply does not require police to gamble with their lives in the face of a serious threat of harm. as the united states supreme court has observed, the calculus of reasonableness must allow for the fact that law enforcement officers are often forced to make split second judgements in circumstance that's are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving. from a review of the body camera video from the scene, multiple shots were fired in rapid succession by

i'm also a member of the asian community and like other people they're concerned of the safety of my apa brothers and sisters but i know the attack in this community is attack from black, brown and other communities of color will not be solved by cages or policing. in fact, systems themselves harm and endanger too. to be clear, i do not want more cops or cages i do want affordable housing and support for my neighbors in chinatown and access to healthcare and mental heath services and resources community basically other resources outweigh and it's a sfpd now and the thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. i'm ask you to defend testifiedd the sheriff department and digital surveillance programs and invest in our communities and you cannot reform a racist and transphobic system that is purely designed to promote white supremacy, you cannot reform it. no more reform as we need to did he fend, you know all the stats and police do absolutely nothing to keep us safe and we spend way to much and san francisco and police, police, police, dough fund and towards in district

the issue 101 further south in apa low alto one lane is blocked by a disabled big rig. the concern chp says it may be another 45 minutes until they can clear that. that is a note headed southbound for the peninsula. other than those two issues no other unexpected issues going on for the rest of the bay including the early start from contra costa county. back to you. >> thank you very much. we're also keeping an eye on your forecast this morning, taking a live look at our cameras across the bay area this morning. the fire danger is still very concerning this hour. >> meteorologist kari hall has been tracking it all for us. kari, we seem to be getting into a pattern when it comes to the threat of those fires, as things really start to heat up. >> yes, it's been so hot and we have scientists who go out and take little snippets of some of the vegetation, theyture is in . we have a high fire danger as we look at the areas shaded in the red in the hills as well as mountains and parts of the north bay we are going to have hot winds coming in today, blowing off shore and low hu

on asiaing americans and pacific islanders, which is critical to ensuring the full participation of apas in this country. last year a provision in the annual spending bill directed congress to submit a report to the subcommittee on how it intends to ensure the initiative is a good fit at mbda versus previous administrations under departments of education and hhs. so can you discuss what your vision is for the initiative at mbda and how can it coordinate with local asian american community groups and other federal agencies? >> thank you for the question. and it was nice to see you yesterday at the aapi event. first of all, i would say that mbda has a great deal of expertise in convening stakeholders, working with local chambers. they have already will do consultation with asian american chambers. this is what they are good at. and then we'll use that information to provide support in two areas particularly. one is technical assistance, especially helping asian american-owned businesses, especially small businesses, get federal contracts, improve exports, you know, technical help for them.

names like exxon, but also seagate technology, apa technology and vornado realty. >> a lot of yield playsnd the environmental impact we are joined this morning to talk more about that with jill jill, it's great to see you. we've been talking about the energy narrative the consumption, esg narrative for a while. his comments sort of highlight what i think you agree with which is the narrative is here to stay and continues to dominate >> the narrative is here to stay you can trace it back to the nft situation. the reality is this is going to drive sentiment for a while. and the other reality is that retail has arrived back in crypto the first leg of the rally was primarily institutional driven when elon musk came in at the end of january and tweeted about bitcoin for the first time, that changed the dynamic. as long as retail is in, it's going to be headline driven. this is the headline right now >> you know, when musk first tweeted about the concerns he had about energy consumption, some sort of gamed that out and say what's likely going to happen is musk is going to come out later with so

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so, anyway, medicaid expansion and the apa has been great. to keep folks in the health care system. host: go ahead and respond. guest: she raises a number of points i have been hearing from experts and advocates, especially during the pandemic when there was such an economic downturn. you know, medicaid expansion, especially one of the health care arguments for it is that it brings money into the state and it is a revenue maker in many ways. and then, also, as she points out, it would provide coverage. not only does it ensure that people have health insurance, but something i've heard from hospital associations is that it helps them as well, especially rural hospitals. it reduces the amount of uncompensated care that they have, and recall that during the pandemic, especially early on, they really had to shut down a lot of their other services that were not emergencies. they had to really accommodate people coming in from covid-19 and keeping people safe, so that really cut through their revenue. so, she raised a number of points, especially c

i'm also a member of the asian community and like other people they're concerned of the safety of my apa brothers and sisters but i know the attack in this community is attack from black brown and other communities of color will not be solved by cages or policing. in fact, systems themselves harm and endanger too. to be clear, i do not want more cops or cages i do want affordable housing and support for my neighbors in chinatown and access to healthcare and mental heath services and resources community basically other resources outweigh and it's a sfpd now and the thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker please. i'm ask you to defend testified sfpd and the sheriff department and digital surveillance programs and invest in our communities and you cannot reform a racist and transphobic system that is purely designed to promote white supremacy, you cannot reform it. no more reform as we need to did he fend, you know all the stats and police do absolutely nothing to keep us safe and we spend way to much and san francisco and police police, police, dough fund and towards in dis

i have to say i'm very excited to be here to kick off our apa heritage month and the reason is becauses is an opportunity for us to take all of those challenges and that pain and that hurt and to turn it into something that is different and positive. to begin to turn the leaf on what we think our country should be to live up the ideals of making sure we have an inclusive community and inclusive society. i want to thank claudine and all of the folks because it's an opportunity for all of us to engage to remind everyone that asian american history is american history. that when we start to open up the conversations, we start to make ourselves vulnerable to talk about our hurts, our pains, our experiences. we start to build those connections and bridges between our communities to make sure what we are advancing where we are. so, again, i'm very excited to be here for that reason because let's not forget that we've always been a community of resilience. my parents, many people before them who've immigrated with nothing, we've been a resilient community. we're going to get through this toge

i'm also a member of the asian community and like other people they're concerned of the safety of my apa brothers and sisters but i know the attack in this community is attack from black, brown and other communities of color will not be solved by cages or policing. in fact, systems themselves harm and endanger too. to be clear, i do not want more cops or cages i do want affordable housing and support for my neighbors in chinatown and access to healthcare and mental heath services and resources community basically other resources outweigh and it's a sfpd now and the thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. i'm ask you to defend testifiedd the sheriff department and digital surveillance programs and invest in our communities and you cannot reform a racist and transphobic system that is purely designed to promote white supremacy, you cannot reform it. no more reform as we need to did he fend, you know all the stats and police do absolutely nothing to keep us safe and we spend way to much and san francisco and police, police, police, dough fund and towards in district

we on our apa communities each day and have some special things in store for graduating high school seniors as well as students moving on to middle and high school. this year, we are holding our first ever virtual acknowledgement ceremony for native hawaiian pacific islander. there will also be a physical graduation ceremony for our philippinex students. we're working to teach students during this month. for example, gene parker elementary and garfield teachers and librarians and garfield social workers shaerd a video to kick off their series of lessons. as the api community has been experiencing trying times as a result of both the anti-asian hate pandemic and the covid-19 pandemic, this year's celebration is about show casing the resilience of the api community in the face of adversity and amplifying the united voice to hate attacks and systemic inequities. please join me in celebrating our asian pacific american community. tomorrow, may 12th is national school nurse day and we are excited to celebrate and thank our school nurses for all that they do. san francisco unified school district