arover 20 exercises to choose from. get gym results at home. no expensive machines, no expensive memberships. go to aerotrainer.com to get yours now. >> good morning. welcome to daybreak: asia. we are counting down to the major market opens in asia. >> i am shery ahn. >> the top stories this hour, the u.s. says it won't force allies to choose between them and china. the secretary of state antony blinken vowed to rely on innovation, not automation. investors rotate away from companies that thrived during the pandemic. the prime minister may be considering a cabinet reshuffle over treatment of women. >> we see u.s. stocks falling, led by tech and pressure on stay-at-home trades. zoom and pelaton following. we do have that seven-year auction option left as well. oil jumped. under a little bit of pressure. that plus signs of stronger gasoline demanding the u.s. -- demand sent crude in the u.s. higher. >> that is where we are at the comes to the sentiment of trading in asia. you hated -- new zealand is up by just shy of 25%. -- .25%. we heard from t

. >> talk to me, you said voices in your communities arover looked and min minimized and no heard andeen. talk to me about that. >> it has to do with asian-americans. we all heard this before. we all live inside this myth that we are monolith iic and we are high-income and oftentimes people will point to this myth as a way to drive a wedge between asian communities and other communities that we live and work alongside. as a way to weaponize this myth and further the excuse to really practice racism against society. this group is so successful, all you have to do is work hard and succeed in america so clearly there is not racism, it is just a lack of will or hard work. this is clearly not true but that's how this myth is used and why people don't listen when asian-americans don't listen. >> you are talking about a divide and conquer strategy, right? >> cnn learned that president biden acknowledged the former president's role in the rise in hate of asian-americans, talk to me about that. >> president biden was frank more so than we heard on the campaign trail of the fact that the previo

in this case you arover laying race clearly and over laying gender and possible sexual addi addiction. is there any question whether it is a hate crime in addition to whatever else it may be? >> it is a matter of labeling. >> appi community has been terrorizing and it is increasing their fears. in another aspect from a legal point of view, this is avent l m gent l man is going to mace eight counts of capitol murder. >> the penalty are fot as stiff as it would be as something education. we'll look at this and make sure we call it of what it is. this is a crime against women. we need to make sure it is done in the direct manner. >> thank you. >> next, 12 hewlett packards voting against awarding congressional gold medals to police officers to who risked lives. >> 12 democrats refused. t tel tell you why. >> why are the shooting in atlanta are not being called hate triumph. that's our own lisaling wants to know. he's "out font." every month. plus, switch today and get a free smartphone for each line. the best value and award-winning customer service. only at t-mobile. why are we doing thi

arover 20 exercises to choose from. get gym results at home. no expensive machines, no expensive memberships. go to aerotrainer.com to get yours now. ♪ emily: i'm emily chang in san francisco and this is "bloomberg technology." coming up, meme stock mayhem, gamestop hit with six trading halts as volatility spikes. we will track the trading swing which included other stocks including amc. plus, is it gambling? some institutional investors believe all the many market hype is just that and investors on platforms like robinhood trade stocks like gambling. much more on that coming up on a special edition of "bloomberg studio 1.0." and a robot enters the market as shares surge 16%, the ceo of a gaming company with big plans for the future, the meta-verse is part of it. we will watch my interview. first, u.s. equities advancing as a rotation into value stocks resumes following a week inflation report. our ed ludlow has a look at the markets, starting with tech earnings. ed: with everything going on, you forget there are still companies reporting earni