the asian business alliance, asian law alliance, the asian pacific american leadership institute, chinese-americantural association, chinese american political association, citizens for better community, culture to culture, why in the chamber of commerce of northern care of -- kawai and chamber of commerce of northern california, northern california chinese athletic association, national association of american professionals, national federation of independent business, national federation of filipino americans, the filipino chamber of commerce, around of applause for all of our community partners, please. that was a lot. [applause] >> i am so glad he had to do that. our next speaker is u.s. congressmen. he is representing the 15th congressional district of california in the u.s. house of representatives. in congress, he is a member of the powerful house appropriations and budget committee. share of the democratic caucuses, new media working group, house democratic senior went, and the original author of the equity and excellence commission now housed in the u.s. department of education. his distr

almost every elected official, asian-american elected official in washington is asian-american.m california we have judy chu and recently elected congressman mark takano. >> he says it's shocking that asian-americans are hardworking and they vote for liberals. what is shocking? >> we vote for liberals because we are liberal. we believe in the democratic philosophy. and, yes, there are some asian-americans that are republicans, but, you know, many of them i would venture to say are republicans because it was a democrat who put us in internment camps during the second world war, and also dropped the atomic bomb on hiroshima and nagasaki. but the majority of asian-americans are democrats. and we are very liberal, because the democratic philosophy is one that is better for asian-americans. >> and bill o'reilly denies that there was any national racism after world war ii. you experienced that in your life, have you not? >> we were in prison camps, barbed wire fence, century towers, machine guns pointed at us, searchlights following us at night when we made the night run to the latrin

almost every elected official, asian-american elected official in washington is asian-american.lifornia we have judy chu. and recently elected congressman mark takano. >> he says it's shocking that asian-americans are hardworking and they vote for liberals. what is shocking? >> we vote for liberals because we are liberal. we believe in the democratic philosophy. and, yes, there are some asian-americans that are republicans, but, you know, many of them i would venture to say are republicans because it was a democrat who put us in internment camps during the second world war, and also dropped the atomic bomb on hiroshima and nagasaki. but the majority of asian-americans are democrats. and we are very liberal, because the democratic philosophy is one that is better for asian-americans. >> and bill o'reilly denies that there was any national racism after world war ii. you experienced that in your life, have you not? >> we were in prison camps, barbed wire fence, century towers, machine guns pointed at us, searchlights following us at night when we made the night run to the latrine.

almost every elected official, asian-american elected official in washington is asian-american. have judy chu and recently elected congressman mark takano. >> he says it's shocking that asian-americans are hardworking and they vote for liberals. what is shocking? >> we vote for liberals because we are liberal. we believe in the democratic philosophy. and, yes, there are some asian-americans that are republicans, but, you know, many of them i would venture to say are republicans because it was a democrat who put us in internment camps during the second world war, and also dropped the atomic bomb on hiroshima and nagasaki. but the majority of asian-americans are democrats. and we are very liberal, because the democratic philosophy is one that is better for asian-americans. >> and bill o'reilly denies that there was any national racism after world war ii. you experienced that in your life, have you not? >> we were in prison camps, barbed wire fence, century towers, machine guns pointed at us, searchlights following us at night when we made the night run to the latrine. when we came

asian people are not liberal by nature. they are usually more indust industrious and hard working. >> stephen: leave it to liberal media to twist that to racism. he was not being racist. he was painting an entire race with one brush. speaking of which vietnamese, great painters. did my entire garage in an afternoon. didn't use scaffolding. they hung from vines. [ laughter ] no one in the media-escape frothed harder than msnbc host and talking block of smoked gou, da. jim? >> guy who tells us he was not a racist proved himself wrong again. he was spouting off against hawaii. the congresswoman issued this statement leave it to bill o'reilly to thoughtlessly insult 1.3 million people with unsweeping misstatement. >> stephen: 1.3 million asians. you know that number is accurate because they are good at math. relax congresswoman or as ed schultz calls you. >> calen spain honbush-ie. >> stephen: who cares. you say tomato, i say chop seuy. let's not get distract from the icial iew racial insensitivity. everybody just calm down. pa

recipient of the abolitionist the word for advocacy, staff attorney with with the asian pacific legal advocacy services, 2013 abolitionist awardee for advocacy, cindy lu. apl (applause) we also have someone whose services have been both exemplary and deserving of recognition. she is a founder and executive director of freedom house. she is the 2013 abolitionist award for providing exemplary services, -- em. (applause) we also together in collaboration with the status of women, with supervisors, department heads, the human rights commission we wanted to make sure that future generations of children are part of the solution. in that effort both in advocacy we have a strong, strong goal of educating our public and all the other kids and families in our city. this is a way of our quality of life, we cannot accept human trafficking. part of the way to do that is to have this be part of the kids education, and push strongly. the collaborative this year, allow the youth of san francisco to enter in a poster contest to provide artistic ability to the messaging of this really important movemen

i can go off and preach about the fact they think so many of us asian american authors and asian authors in general tend to go back and write about our ancestors and write about things in our past not our specific past but may be of of ancestors and mothers and grand mothers. we have been telling their story. i think the generation to come, will be telling stories of living here. it will be different stories. but the oppression of our voices have been for so many, many years, if you think back the first writer who was read in terms of asian american was maxine kingston. i read her in high school and was greatly affected by reading about the woman warrior. before her there were few. there were some but didn't make that economic splash. they were never read in a large way. maxine was the first one we read her in school we knew of her. she was not out there like anny tan was when she wrote the joy luck club. so much of it is timing. it meant all the history and the voices before then had been silent. my generation of writers came in and we heard stories of women and men and the family of a

no you are offensive to asians. you are. by making that statement, you were offensive to all of us who are asian. >> bill: no, no, congresswoman. >> we are not one person. we want you to recognize that we are different. that is all we're asking to do. we are individuals and we are different. >> bill: i will do that if you will promise me you will be fair if you are going to come after somebody, watch the report. it was three minutes and 30 seconds. you could have done it you should have done it congresswoman, thanks very much. >> i did see the report and i'm sorry if you feel i didn't watch the whole thing. >> bill: you just said you didn't watch it so we'll take your word. next on the rundown, president obama criticized for not appointing enough women in the second term. mcguirk want to talk about ms. alabama brouhaha and we are coming right back. aren't ation many women as there were the first time around a. promise people seats of significance at the table of power. he just promised that he would have scene that acceptive

program and congratulations to the hero's program and i also p wanted to say that tomorrow another asian and pacific islander event is coming up and dean frank louis from hastings college of law has invites us to the reenactment of the major civil right case of modern europe for asian americaing were a young chinese america man was beaten to dealt by two unemployed auto workers in front of a mc donald restaurant in 1982 and this became spark how many of us became - and is so there will be a reenactment at hastings at 6:00 o'clock tomorrow and it will be really convened by dean frank lieu and many of the hastings law student and faculty as well so please join us. and i also p want to say the mayor of oakland i can't even khan and our former colleague and reverend norman were also very active in the case as was normany, my colleague and many others as well and we are hoping that this ret

asian immigration is well over two time that of latinos. mexican immigration to the united states both legal and illegal has fallen sharply after decades of surging growth. much has to do with border enforcement, jobs and the california economy. since 2007 there's been less need for unskilled labor and a greater demand for workers with degrees. immigrants from asia, especially india, tend to be more highly educated. >> we see the united states of america as a pretty much gold mountain where we have endless opportunities to achieve. >> reporter: case in point, victor lu, he came to the united states as a refugee from vietnam and went into the restaurant supply business 25 years ago today. at 80,000 square feet his store is now one of the largest and most successful of its kind in the south bay. >> my parents both came about 33 years ago with nothing, no english. very limited english still today, but they decided to start a business and it flourished and with everybody's support it is what it is today. >> reporter: in the south bay, len ramir

for that population, although asian-pacific islanders households comprise 28% of the 50-80 ami, they compose 60% of people that are in the ownership pool. african-americans are underrepresented, as are latino and hispanic families. african-americans are about 7% citywide in that demographic, just about 1%, very low number in our ownership units. latinos 13% citywide and 5% in our bmr units. in terms of the outreach and the marketing for those units, because i think those demographics automatically lead to those questions. through the time i have been there with the department, so i started there about 2005, we have had grants to a number of strategic community-based organizations in order to increase our outreach, specifically on the homeownership side. so we have worked specifically the asian, inc., with san francisco housing development corp., san francisco's lgbt center, et cetera. specifically to try to target outreach to the api lgbt latino and african-american communities, as well as working with homeownership sf, which was a elaborative of all the different homeownership organ

and then asian neighborhood design will work with the property owner.f it is high-level barriers and then it may involve some construction-related activity that might require permits from your department, and then it is immediately referred to a certified or the recommendation is for the business to get a certified access specialist opinion on the correct remediation. we don't have the funds to fund yet the cast inspection, but really encouraged the business owner to take that direction. so often, i think that many business owners are intimidated in terms of when they hear a disability access and improvements and think it is going to be a lot money and a lot of improvements and may not understand the nuances in relationship to the law of what is actually required and what is readily achievable, and so forth. >> so that is a new program that we launched right at the end of the year. and then, next sb 1186 to start off with, so as commission president mccarthy mentioned about one of the requirements of sb 1186 is the requirement of each municipality to co

bringing the total number of asian americans on the board to a record five out of 11 seats.ord, four of the five will be chinese american. >> i think it's about time and i think it's good, it's great to have this representation. >> reporter: this historic change will reflect the population of san francisco. asians make up about 1/3 of the city's population. >> they will look at some of these other issues. >> reporter: ross says more asians on the board will mean legislations that's more favorable to small businesses, many who are asians. >> chinese candidates really target the chinese community. >> reporter: mayor ed lee the city's first chinese american in that office says more asians are becoming increasingly aware that change comes from participation whether it be voting or running for office. >> there's a whole generation i think of people that believe that public policy is really where they ought to be. >> reporter: newly elected supervisor norman yee says he will focus on improving public education and public safety. issues that impact everyone. >> whatever we do we ca

and you're seeing more and or more asian members elected, male and female. and i think you'll continue to see that. you know -- >> who else -- [inaudible] >> well, you have, i think there are several. you have one who's a korean, i think you have one korean-american, and i think you'll see more going forward because you've got a lot of asian americans who are mayors, you know, in major cities. and i think that the answer is i think would be very helpful to have more asian-americans as members of congress. and, of course, you had governor who's now our ambassador to, who is our secretary of commerce who is now our ambassador to beijing. and if you believe the chinese on the street, he's the most popular ambassador of any in china today. so popular that some members of the government think he's too -- the chinese government think he's too popular. and he's a good friend of terry's and also of mine. so i would hope to see more of that going forward. >> at the time of the formation of the euro, the three-tier euro was considered but not adopted. an unfortunate r

bringing the total number of asian americans on the board to a record five out of 11 seats.er record, four of the five will be chinese american. >> i think it's about time and i think it's good, it's great to have this representation. >> reporter: this historic change will reflect the population of san francisco. asians make up about 1/3 of the city's population. >> they will look at some of these other issues. >> reporter: ross says more asians on the board will mean legislations that's more favorable to small businesses, many who are asians. >> chinese candidates really target the chinese community. >> reporter: mayor ed lee the city's first chinese american in that office says more asians are becoming increasingly aware that change comes from participation whether it be voting or running for office. >> there's a whole generation i think of people that believe that public policy is really where they ought to be. >> reporter: newly elected supervisor norman yee says he will focus on improving public education and public safety. issues that impact everyone. >> whatever we do

but now the melting pot is taking on a more asian flavor a lot more. according to the u.s.ans have replaced latinos as the biggest group of immigrants in california. >> it's a trend in silicon valley. >> reporter: the san jose vice mayor says you can see the changes everywhere you look. once the only asian-american on the san jose city council, she is now one of three. >> we're seeing this huge shift among asian-american immigrants but again i'm not surprised given the fact that here in silicon valley especially in the city of san jose, we have seen the shift in the last decade or so. >> reporter: the numbers show it's a big change. asian immigration is well over two times that of latinos according to the latest census data from 2011. mexican immigration to the united states legal and illegal has fallen sharply after decades of surging growth much to do with border enforcement, jobs and the california economy. since 2007 there's been less of a need for unskilled labor and a greater demand for workers with degrees. immigrants from asia especially india tend to be more highly

so how does the asian neighborhood design team, what do they offer or what do they say? how do they relieve any anxieties that the business own are may have? and what type of resources do they offer? i mean do they refer them to other people? or what kind of information do they pass out? >> right. so, so, they have the brochure, and then, and perhaps, you know, i should have them come and give you a presentation, i actually have not gone in with them when they have done the out reach. but they do go in and approach the business, and let them know that there are individuals that are, know that you out doing lawsuits, the city has partnered with them to reach out to businesses, to help, you know, inform them, protect them. and if they are or if they would like a free, sort of walk through at that given time, to look around, you know, to walk with the property owner or the business owner, and so they offer that. and then, say, you know, if you do want a full free assessment or if there are d not free assessment but if you want to businesses that are in these corridors area,

americans so these are individuals who are born in asian countries and immigrated here. and we found that asian americans didn't kind of didn't benefit from our happiness interventions like writing gratitude letters or trying to be more optimistic as much as the european american so maybe there was kind of less cultural support for that so we did find that cultural differences difference but when we've done our studies in south korea and japan spain we have not actually found really many if any differences i mean when we just had a study in spain we had people do acts of kindness in the workplace and it had incredible benefits sort of raise the morale of the entire office same thing in south korea and japan so perhaps you know i think the pursuit of happiness is universal and that the strategies that we study being kind to others being more positive being more grateful are fairly universal as well japanese culture it's been some years and so i've seen the literature of this and correct me if i'm wrong but my understanding is that japanese culture is more alike most of vi

on the asian children's book the five chinese brothers, a play called four chinks and a dike. there's also the dream of kitsumura which was inspired by a dream you had about your father. this play, way back, before it became this play was an adaptation of the 1954 play rashamon. how did you get from rashamon to this. >> the original idea was that i was going to do an adapt daition of rashamon. cary pearloff said you want to do a play for us, how about adapting rashamon. i said, sure. as is the case when i do this, sometimes i go in a straight line and sometimes i end up somewhere totally different. i've grown to accept it, that i'm going to follow the horse wherever it goes and hope that the theater is comfortable with it. so it started off as rashamon and i couldn't find an entree into it. for me, when i do an adaptation, i try to frame it in present day life context or contextualize it in another moment and bring that skeletal story line structure into it. and i couldn't make any headway. then a story that had been kind of floating around in my head kind of came to the fore,

gave asian markets a boost. share prices gained ground in the first trading session of the year. the hong kong stock exchange saw many buy orders after it opened on wednesday. the key hang seng index closed 2.9% higher than it did on december 31st and even surpassed last year's high the benchmark index in south korea rose 1.7% from the 2012 closing. and the main index in singapore gained 1.1%. analysts tell nhk investors can be comparatively optimistic about asian markets this year because china's economy shows signs of picking up and fiscal problems in the u.s. have been averted for now. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe will face challenges. abe will visit the united states at an early date to meet president obama so he can build a relationship of trust with him. the prime minister wants to confirm with obama that the realignment of u.s. forces in japan should steadily be carried out. japan's participation in u.s.-led negotiations for the transpacific partnership is another controversial issue. the obama administration wants japan to join the talks aimed at creating the fr

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republicans got slammed in the asian -- >> i don't know why. >> it was just as bad as hispanics.se republicans don't go there, they don't talk to asians, they don't go to their meetings? it's it's a matter of language? it's a matter of communication? >> i have no idea why because asians come here legally, there's no flob, they're usually very hard-working, don't depend on government entitlements. that's a mystery to me on that one. >> why do you think that is, that asians are going democratic? >> i think partar of it is the perception that the republicans is a rich white club and by definition that excludes aother people. but also let's say this idea is true, this stereotype of asians as being super entrepreneurial and pro business is true. why would you vote republican? what's the evidence there that republicans are the party of actually -- >> you mean i'm idealizing their free enterprise position which doesn't really exist? well, that's why i keep slamming every night. if i have to slam. i've got to go. keith, matt, and mark, hang on. now, let's talk some stock market rally her