asian peel, by asian people, so it can be advantage to the asian population. >> with a population of 4 billion, huge growth expected in the asian health care sector. data collected here will help create nutrient combinations suited for asian consumers. the eventual goal is to work with private industry, to create foods that will prevent obesity and prevent blood pressure. >> i was very fascinated to come back to my roots. i am asian. i want to do something in asia. this department was set up two years ago, because singapore government wanted to invest in nutrition amongst the asian population, and i thought, wow. this is a great study, and a great place to come. so i just packed my bags and came to singapore. >> it's not just medical researchers who work around biopolis. this a software development team. it's members are of different nationalities, and have been working on various software projects since 2005. head of the team, sue yi is a science expert, making heart disease early detection possible. it's the biggest cause of death in asia. >> what you see here is cut works, softwar

and especially as an asian woman. i found that it's much harder to really bring those leadership that is so much like, you know, a mark zuckerberg type leadership. so i wanted to share that it's okay to have a different style of leadership in silicon valley. it's okay to have, you know, your asian culture inspire your type of leadership. and so at this conference, i wanted to share with other women that it's okay to talk about failure. it's okay to fail and fail forward and learn and just to have fun and meet more women. >> are you seeing young asian-american and pacific islander women trying to get in business and achieve that level? >> you know, i'm particularly encouraged to be back in the bay area after many years on the east coast. but i have to say, most instances i'm walking into the room and i am the only woman, the only asian, and maybe a generation younger than the bulk of people i'm working with. and so part of, i imagine, our collective interest is saying we've had the opportunity to learn. we've had the o

welcome. >> thank you. >> what is the situation in the south asian community. we're saying healthy lifestyles don't seem to be helping. >> yeah. it's surprising that seemingly healthy predominantly vegetarian low bmi meaning normal weight, you would think, not smoking, very low alcohol intake and around 2002 to 2003 we started seeing that there was a very high ratio of south asians coming in with heart attacks. and we knew something was wrong. they started a revolutionary program, and this is predominantly to focus on the epidemic of cardiovascular disease. >> to get prepared for the onslaught of people coming in with the symptoms of heart attacks. >> absolutely. it seems like a combination of genetics and lifestyles. we like to say that genetics loads the gun and lifestyle pulls the trigger. in the genetics we look at the traditional that you would get done at the doctor's office but much greater detail and look at the genetic predispositions, your family history and stuff like that. we look at your lifestyle. are you exercising, eating right, sleeping well. o

today, the asian bistro and afterwards live, guests from yankan asian bistro here to tell us about the food typically enjoyed during the holiday. we wrap up by welcoming back one of our favorite artistic performers. members of the firebird youth chinese orchestra, musicians who play traditional chinese instruments. they produce a unique found you'll want to hear for yourself. all that on our show today. >>> i had the pleasure of meeting martin yan when i worked for public television. we all know "yan can cook." what better way to approach the new year in culinary style with the yan 2 kan asian bistro. we have this story for "asian pacific america." >> reporter: hi, everyone. [ speaking chinese ] we're at the river mark plaza in santa clara. happy lunar new year. one of the biggest celebrations every year for the chinese culture. we celebrate with lots of good food. many homes also feature an altar in the home. as you see, the centerpiece is a whole chicken, kind of like the turkey during thanksgiving dinner. of course, we have sweets, plenty of food, and lots and lots of gold coins. th

we have in average of 37% asian or asians in our theater. so, we have accomplished a great deal in the five months we have been playing on broadway. we are very proud of what we have accomplished. broadway is the epitome of american theater, but it is essentially a new york theater. and, we played in san diego atority coming to broadway the very distinguished and respected regional theater, the old globe theatre. 77-your record for both box office in attendance. we have a fantastic record to be very proud of him and we want to continue that record and we are exploring a lot of future "allegiance." for those of you have not come, i urge you strongly to come because you will not be able to see "allegiance" on broadway after the 14th of february. so, you all come. [applause] takei: thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you very much. [applause] as i said, i am halfway through kermit roosevelt's book. good a rip-snorting thriller. i still do not know who the murderer is, and i told him when i met him, do not be a spoiler for me. i want to get

eating open and inclusive is the root of the asian culture.long-standing history , different ethnicities, religions, cultures coexist together and engage with each other, making important contributions to the progress of human civilization. most all religions that have worldwide influence were born in asia. people in asia aspire for peace and harmony. birth to the five principles of peace and coexistence and fosters the asian way of respect, consensus building, and a comfort level of all parties. every year, hundreds of millions of visits are made. we need to make good use of various platforms for dialogue , deepen people to people and cultural exchanges. conference on civilization dialogue in asia and welcome participation by all countries and regional organizations. time when regional development faces difficulties, countries need to work together, drug screen from our traditions, wisdom, common pursuit, and champion the asian vision. innovation and dynamism, this is the key. and asia, we have 48 countries come over 4 billion people. in the

forelieve that will be good hong kong and asian markets.getting back to today's two debuts, does it mean that other banks were also need to broaden their capital base as they deal with the debt levels? >> absolutely. are alreadyready broadening the capital. more than half the fundraising in hong kong comes from financial institutions, so we believe this trend will continue. the financial industries will dominate the ipo market. rishaad: let's get back to the overall hong kong market. people haven't described this link as being an unqualified success with shanghai. it is very much a qualified one. in what way does it need to change to improve the market here in hong kong? all, how to use the hope that in the future the connection will be able to expand to the ipo market, so people can and mainland china or hong kong by for the ipo. rishaad: there are a lot of reforms that need to be undertaken. does hong kong retained its position as the number one place this year? , then hongssumption kong will maintain its position, top position. rishaad:

south asian wear and we reach out at competitive prices. and the net proceeds go back to help the survivors. the other great thing that at the boutique it provided -- sorry. it provided us a platform for community service. and we had in our first year over 3,000 people walk into the boutique and 75% of them heard about the services that miatri offers for the first time. it was a good way to reach out to the community. >> you have a show coming up in april. >> that's right. we have a trunk show in april. we're going to feature designer jewelry. so we -- monthly by monthly we always host an artist or designer and they come to the boutique and, you know, they showcase their jewelry or their clothes and their artwork. and it's a great way to get them involved. >> it covers a broad spectrum of services. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you so much. >> congratulations on being a grant recipient. >> thank you. >>> next, a group trying to help those who want to help others through helping entrepreneurs. telling us how they do it after t

all over our courting the asian american community. >> ok. let us extended to young people. -- do you you, used see young people staying away because nobody is hearing them or do you see young people coming into the feeling they can 20 16luded in the political process question mark >> right. on the question of inclusion, i think what a lot of you and people are looking at its specifically, i am more knowledgeable about the presidential democratic campaigns, but i think both hillary and bernie are very much by and for the black vote and the asian vote. youngk what a lot of the people are looking at is, you know, are they for real or is this posturing. so you have a bernie sanders campaign of which i believe it was on a commercial, an advertisement, in which he had -- is that freddie graves daughter? or air garners daughter? i think you know, hillary, just after her win in the primaries was very much into the concerns of millennials. is, areink the question they just posturing or is this really something they are trying to include our voices in

the academy apologized to asians for a skit performed during last month's show.recognizing an accounting firm as the official ballot counter for the award show when he brought three asian children on stage. several prominent asian figures in hollywood protested the skit saying they are tired of stereotypes about asians and math ability. >>> a lancaster man pleaded guilty to hacking into online accounts of several celebrities and stealing nude photos and videos. authorities charged ryan collins in connection with a posting of nude photos of numerous celebrities including jennifer lawrence and model kate upton. collins is not suspected of being involved in releasing those images only hacking and stealing them. >>> pope francis may be on a divine mission to become the most tech savvy pontiff in history. he already is but he's adding to it. the pope is prepping for a debut on instagram. he already has made a name for himself on twitter where he has almost 9 million followers. according to sources the pontiff's instagram handle will be francisus. >> $10 could win you

the wider asian benchmark has slipped, along with crude oil.n wanda will become the first major new fifa sponsor following the corruption scandal. the chinese conglomerate will put hundreds of millions of dollars into world soccer, the first to do so since the sepp blatter was ousted. present xi jinping made it a national priority. investigators say the hackers responsible for the $100 million bangladesh heist stopped the banks computer systems for two weeks before hand. an interim report by fireeye does not name suspects but says the thieves locked in for short periods and installed malware on servers. those are the headlines from bloomberg news powered by over 2400 journalists and 150 bureaus around the world. let's get the latest on the markets right now with david inglis. david: we are just entering the lunch break for markets in shanghai, 30 minutes left in hong kong. have a look at the morning session in hong kong. the big news was looser restrictions on margin lending. we will be restarting some of that debt buildup. 3006, so we are cert

we are now a minority-majority, and asian americans. okay, but within that group, there are many different types of allegations, it's not just chinese and indo americans, there's so many and the beauty of our city is that diversity that we celebrate. we have been a city for 60 years, we have had five council members of color. so i'm the first chinese-american female, we had two indo americans and chinese americans. is it a reflection of the community, i hope so. can it get better, absolutely. >> but is it a function in the case that you just layed out of large numbers of people who are not naturalized and thus don't get counted in the eventual political outcomes or these people who haven't yet found the foot in politically say i want to be on that council, i want to see that council look like my neighborhood? >> well, i would say that asian americans in general are the fastest growing in the united states, the influence is there, significant. highest income and they're the first to be naturalized. and so when you have someone who looks

asian shares up to the most in two weeks.lide of more than 8% after concerns it is facing a u.s. robe over accounting practices. >> welcome to "countdown. let's have a look at what is going on in the futures market. 0.4%. in london we are up is about a less hawkish fed than the market had anticipated. higher all of these risks on assets. anna: we're still not on the same page. that's the function that sir manus is expired -- excited about. and that exactly on the same page. manus: the south korean you on this is the best asian fx trade out there and indeed it is the best of the year. is there more to go on the aussie dollar? .e're this differential what else have we got? a 15 month fell to low. the increase in the central bank speculation that china try to limit gains against the dollar. the daily reference rate raised by 0.23% compared with a 1.1% drop and a gain of the dollar's strength. the recording between president roosa and her predecessors. she said she was bringing him into the government for his marriage denying it

trade that experts claim threatens the survival of some of the world's last remaining populations of asian elelephants. >> we traveled to the region of chiang mai in northern thailand, home to many of the elephant camps enjoyed by tourists. >> there have been recent sites basesed in africa watching elephantnts, among other t thin, for a veryry, ryry lontimeme, whereas in asia there's very little e research has been n do. very little has been said about the dramatic drop in population. no one would have any idea that this species isis also endanger. >>ohohn roberts s runsn elelepht camp. he was one ofof the firsto recognize the link between the supply of elephants for the tourism industry and elephant hunting in the wild. >> we've beenumpiping up andd dowwn saying, , if you buyuy an elephant, you''re prprobably tag ananother elepephant out of thte wild. we realized very early on that buying elephants was causing a problblem and hururtig the wild popululation or a at ls thee burmese p population. >> the hunting of wild elephants is illegal in thailand, but experts claim the practice is wides

practice is widespread in neighboring burma, and itit threatens the lasast healthy popopulations s asian elephants that reside there. baby elephants are particularly sought after. >> it's very attractivive to totourists or thaiai people, so evererybody wants baby elelepha, and ththey are worth a lot of money. you don'n't need any documents, no microchip, so it's super e easy. you go into t the jungle, you catchch an elephant, you trtrain them, , and a mononh later you can get likeke 600,000 baht, and if you can imagine how much money t this is in n thaild and d how easy it is to dodo... >> teams of hunters surround herds of elephants, killing the parents and other adults who try to defend their young. investigations have revealed that as many as 5 adults m may e slain for every calflf captured. the defenseless calves are then smuggled across the border. these e rarely seen images s shw elephants being forced to endure a cruel spirit-breaking ritual known as the fashong. these activities take place in remote camps on the e burmese boborderr fromom the publilic eye. >> in thailand, they us

and they're hoping to score big in the southeast asian market. a soccer team in osaka is boosting its business by partnering with a brewer from thailand. this is the new business partner. the beer maker is no stranger to soccer. the company has partnerships with english premier clubs like manchester united. in january, they played a friendly match in bangkok, which is also sponsored by singha. spectators were led in free of charge and about 6,000 people came to watch. >> we hope that the beer can be -- pretty much a local beer. that is our aim. and football is a good thing to start with. >> translator: we want to deepen ties with other asian countries by exchanging good players and raising the technical level of the younger generation. we hope to benefit from promotional events. >> reporter: another j league team has a different approach to build its presence in the southeast asian market. this is a star striker from vietnam. the 21-year-old is the first southeast asian player to join the team. he's so good, he's called messi in his own country b

the rupee the biggest performer among asian markets.een a lot of pressure from the president and his government to further cut. in an interview with bloomberg, he said that he would like rates to fall and keep falling. he wants it to be at the level of inflation. what it means is that the burden of stimulus is on the central bank, propping one analyst to say -- prompting one analyst to say it is a negative development , makes indonesia more exposed to market selloffs in the event of a global shock. over ass will gloss long as risk appetite remained strong, but we know this changes quickly. inflation risks may heighten. economists say that with incremental cuts and other measures to boost money supply, latent inflationary risks will build and undermine macro stability. is thedonesia needs ability to keep up pace. need to the authorities be watchful of triggering inflation pressure. some degree of correlation. rishaad: thank you. today, to the big one that merger of equals deutsche .oorse it will create the biggest exchange operated light

-- if they are given the choice, white, black, asian.entify that, what i think -- the issue about white election, they are declining as the share of potential voters, therefore, the weight in the electorate declines. also, it is mathematically the case that if you increase their support to your party, for example, the republicans with the countervailing force to the show the voters have, so it is possible to continue to ride the votes of white man to victory, particularly concerned states, but it becomes harder and not as common. host: it is possible this presidential cycle. guest: it is possible. host: that donald trump could win primarily with white voters. guest: that is one of our scenarios. guest: another thing, the white working-class is being carried by a substantial margin. believe barack obama lost by a few percentage points with the white working class. guest: 25. guest: ok, 25, so things could be interesting with the turnout. host: if there is a counter surge, like you said, what needs to happen with nonwhite voters? is thei t

>> yes. >> let's talk about eating disorders and what help is available in the asian community? >> well, you know, we feel like we should have the same access as people everywhere else in america. the problem is that a lot asian american cultures getting help, going to a therapist and seeing a strange is considered not the way we would go about solving our problems and there is this whole cultural thing about saving face, about not airing out your dirty laundry in public. there's a lot of -- there is a lot of things that make it difficult to seek help. >> just for our viewers' purposes there is a delay when we have skype and that's the reason for that pause there. but can you share your personal story, lynn? was there one in particular instance or difficult time you had getting to the point that you are today which is healthy? >> well, i was for a long time, i'm an actor so having to look a certain way was part of the pressure to stay skinny. and being in an asian american household everything was around food, there was this standard you need to eat everything in front of you bu

surely after an explosion happened at the mattress asian. minutes isis has claimed responsibility. the act ever comes these top suspect in the terraced in paris a tax was arrested on friday. his arrest on heightened fears of an impending attack. >> darya: we have information about our weather and traffic today. >> anny: the weather is looking great and this discharge ideal scowl of scattered. they're coming to an end. islamists richmond center fell bridge. things are looking a lot brighter this morning starter for still tracking a little bit of oyster off the coast. for the most part we have dry conditions. you concede lettuce green and yellow. i see little shower to that might bring all shower activity. we are pretty much done with the rain for now. we do have a high service advisory that is extended till tomorrow morning. watching for 15 to 20 minutes wells along the coast issue empurpled. he want to watch out for a erosion and for the state twice. jack weather today of the cold weather is in place. pursing law for these wherefore to liver

there is a long history of the stereotype depiction of asians and asian americans in the media in the united states. backdrop for the bombing of pearl harbor to trigger this hysteria. that swept the country. we looked like the people who bombed pearl harbor. all the stereotype images promoted by the media fed into that war hysteria. there was also racial prejudice. from the very beginning, when immigrants started coming asia, they were denied naturalized american citizenship. immigrants coming from anywhere in the world could ultimately look forward to become naturalized americans accept immigrants from asia. there was that racial discriminatory background as well. used to denyas land rights to asian immigrants. from asia, naturally [laughter] were denied the right to buy land but there was no language to that effect in the law. all it said was aliens ineligible to citizenship were denied landownership in california. that was first passed in california and then later by oregon and washington state. subterfuge had to be used by asian immigrants. my grandfather was a wily guy. he develo

a bigger session coming through in the asian session. asian stocks three days of gains. increase. three-day increase since august of last year. money flowing into emerging market assets here at -- assets. manus: they are indeed. the back on the manufacturing numbers, the group last night. they talk about economic expansion. china is getting ready for more business. when you look at these markets, london, paris and frankfurt, let's look at london gaining .1%. the stoxx 600, the biggest rally since 2011. where up 12%. those losses have been contained. varying under 3%. anna: let's go through first word news. caroline hyde joins us. caroline: more evidence of the china slowdown. the output index -- manufacturing sector fell last month, it hit 49.9 points. meanwhile, the credit rating has been cut -- the last phone company and its biggest bank. the credit assessor has reduced the outlook on 38 enterprises. cutting 25 insurance financial to negative. energyoneer it just be died in a car crash. it comes a day after he was charged from rigging bids for oil. the company traced accusations

it's at the asian art museum on thursday but mr.ong 105 years old will be at the kim fest opening on march 10. anyone wanting more information needed.org i urge your support. >> thank you. this item is now available for public public comment any members of the public would like to comment on the specific item? seeing none, >>[closed session] >>[gavel] >> collies can retake the item same house, same call? without objection it passes unanimously >>[gavel] >> i'm clerk please read the in the mornings >> on behalf of supervisor peskin, for the late mrs. in hunt, and on behalf of you, pres. breed for the late mr. chris carpenter >> thank you. is there any other item before us >> that concludes our business for today. >> collies, thank you for being here today. we are adjourned. >>[gavel] >>[adjournment] march 9, 2016 >>[gavel] >> welcome to the march 9, 2016 of the san francisco board of appeals. presiding officer is board president darrell honda and joined tonight by vp frank fung as well as commissioner and the lazarus

for asian-american pi's, they represent the highest group. in my home of new york, one in four live in poverty. they are the worst off, the exact opposite of the model minority. looking back at there is also the industry that i am in. that is news. last year saw some amazing developments. the first african-american and asian american broadcast network anchor. holt sits at the chair, never seen ever before on any network. msnbc's jose became the only latino american male to anchor a daily program this last year. looking back, there is also the news itself. this was an unexpected gear from recent headlines with terror attacks, not only in the united states, but across the world. i was rushed to both paris and san bernardino in at the last several months. in paris, one of the storylines was there, entire muslim communities where no go zones. on my 30 day in paris, i went to one of those no go zones. it is an area about 40 minutes outside of downtown paris. amir drove me there. he was a taxi driver. he came to paris five years before from syria a

@so the food was -- it had @southeast asian flavors, but @with french tech ask. @so that's what i done. @>> so this is so the castle -- @a cassoulet, don't country, @pork belly, sausage, pork @shoulder, and that's a classic @dish, we twisted around, done @in the nation style as has age @-- asian flavor, this one is on @a salad a classic bistro salad @is we put it on me so @flavor to it and friday night. @when -- what happens in your @mind christmas. @>> i am trying to figure that @out myself. @that's a lot. @>> what happens is i travel in @my mind and i have an idea of @what i want to flavor it and @what it's supposed to be and @what i might want to eat. @>> is that, we are proud of you @good luck i hope you win. @>> it would be nice. @i am representing cleveland and @this is the fifth time i had @been nominated. @i am sort of like susan lucci. @you are not at that number yet. @what's the number? @sixteen wasn't she was smart 18 @nominations. @>> i was i'm a little tool. @>> we will see when you win it. @>> thanks for sharing. @coming up, multitasking coach @how

the 10 day festival provides the opportunity to export diverse talents of asian and asian-american artists in our communities and the diversity of the different types of experiences of the asian and asian-american communities. affordable parking is available across the street from a number of the theaters close to public transportation and its ada accessible. get your tickets early because they saw that the cost is $40 for general omission and $12 for members and special ticket packages as well. information is that caa ..org. the rest i will submit >> thank you. supervisor mar. supervisor peskin b >> today requesting the city attorney draft a piece of legislation that is going to build on many years of other supervisors work, some of them successful and some of them less so. i believe in supervisor terrance common, mabel tang, and myself attempted to come up with strategies to build more what we now call accessory dwelling units in those days we called in the units. we are on the called secondary units. subsequently, one of my predecessors, david chiu emma succeeded in that effort in parts

hollywood heavy hitters defending the academy, how the academy responded to allegations it was unfair to asian americans. >> we have the opportunity to offer unprecedented emergency gamers. >> the new deties vic that can take you far away, no rocket required. >> a bay area man paying extra to get more inches of leg room but was it worth it? 7 on your side looks at economy plus. >>> we begin with major developments tonight in what is turning out to be a critical tuesday primary. hillary clinton left led florida and ohio. and let's take a look live at hillary clinton's victory party in west palm beach, florida. the crowd is fired up. let's listen to her. >> our supporter as -- across the country, our campaign earned more votes than any other candidate, democrat or republican. and i want to congratulate senator sanders for the vigorous campaign he's waging. today, all of you in the state where contests were held voted to break down the barriers and so everyone of us can share in the promise of america. you voted. you voted. you voted for our tomorrow, to be better than our yesterday. tomorrow, wh

much of the exposure is still in asian there is exposure in latin america and global growth managers generally, we are pleased with the process we should see that exposure grow over time as the more recent candidates but the portfolio the merging market is young but there is indicative platform we view that is a growth market we think that has the opportunity to provide long term for the potential but a volatile - but in general it is for the difference indicativers- a few observations about first portfolios merging market generally, you will agree making candidates to asia in 2015 two more this year in 2016 and you'll see a couple of more throughout the years those candidates are made to both existing and new managers and been critical in evaluating it is a portfolio as it grows you'll see exposure to different strategies evolve and generally ace is a growth equity mark but more to venture and the special situations and buy outs so, so the composition of the portfolio estimate is over time is evolves and reflective of the market just showing you and touching of toughing touching on

. >> reporter: the hair care industry is also looking at other asian markets. more than 600 foreigners are attending this event hosted by a cosmetics company. the showcase caters to people from japan, asia who work in beauty in a hair care including salon owners and stylists. >> translator: despited the popped up section of the bangs covers the eyes. if you can shape the hair carefully like this you can create a style that's in fashion this year. >> reporter: the company sells in eight regions and countries and developing new items. this spray can hold a hair style in place even in high humidity. and these hair dyes are offered in a elevator of tastes. the firm has set it sights on expanding market share in indonesia. it invited more than 40 people from the country to attend the showcase for the first time. indonesia has a population of about 250 million. about 90% are muslim. but many asian women do not cover their hair and the country is considered a promising market. indonesia business were invited to a beauty school in tokyo. students honed their skills as

for you, back to you. >>> pretty positive start to asian markets. well, japan has been welcoming a record number of foreign visitors, the government's target of 2020, still they want a lot more tourists. it has doubled its goal to 40 million a year. >> translator: we have the new challenge of preparing the tokyo o olympics and even beyond that. >> he was speaking at a government panel, saying tourism is a powerful engine that poosts gdp. abe's raising the bar for the olympics here, and it is set well into the future. the annual target for the year 2030 is 60 million visitors. authorities are planning to ease visa requirements from tourists from china, vietnam and the philippines. government officials pect foreign tourism to be worth $70 billion by the time dwrotok hosts the olympics. >>> japanese firms that want to expand overseas are increasing foreign workers to help. they don't have to look far. they're recruiting people who came to scrjapan to study and t to build a career. nhk world has more. >> a chinese lesson on the way at this processing co

background horsehoe casino will soon offer late night asian food. noodle 8's new late-night menu, which will be open to the public at horseshoe casino cincinnati from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. every saturday and sunday starting march 5. the menu offers eight asian-inspired eight dollars each and will be served buffet. gfx recipe is on social media still to come... we're down to 8 on american idol some of the best... and worst coming we'll take a look at and worst coming up... stay with us all across america families are coming back to time warner cable for a whole new experience. pwe came back for internet speeds so fast even the kids are impressed. oh she's impressed. we're catching up on movies and shows on demand just as fast as we can watch them. twc's home wifi is so strong we can use all our devices at the same time. come back today. you'll get 30 meg internet, tv, phone and more for $89.99 a month. and ask how you could get a $300 reward card. hour to go... but first we want to check your forecast. weather now this morning, the

. >>> and the new requirement that has some in the asian-american communities fuming. >>> and dozens of trees must go. the plan to rip out more than a third of the trees in one san francisco neighborhood. what is at the root of the problem. >>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is "abc7 news." >> here's what's making headlines at 4:30. police in brussels arrested three people in a series of raids related to an arrest in paris last night. but the two surviving terrorists may still be on the run. this as we're learning more about the victims of the attack tuesday that left 31 people dead and more than 270 injured. coming up on "world news" at 5:30, more on the americans killed and injured, including the two who were spouses of u.s. personnel. >>> new at 5:00, "abc7 news" reporter vic lee was in gilroy where a baseball and bowling coach is under arrest accused of molesting four children. >>> to politics now. in the gop presidential race, the focus continues to surround not the top candidates but a nasty fight over their wives. in the latest twist now, ted cruz is responding to

let's check in on the asian market session.ke to, things looked gloomy over in the asian equity markets. how do they look now? 60 minutes after, we are looking better, so that is the key message as we close on the trading day. we are still down overall, although a lot of these markets are a little bit above session lows. that is the silver lining. we are seeing more pockets of green, although the risks are to the downside when you talk about equity markets. there is a strong argument to be shot tot these markets the upside. resources, mining, energy-related shares, a lot of are really in asia underpinned because of the rally we saw in commodity prices. it was a mining of the risk positions. it was a strong dollar story and strong yen story. oftty much risk aversion what hopefully is the tail end of what you mentioned, this 24 hours of an extension of a decline across risk assets. thank you, david english with an update. deutsche post has reported fourth-quarter profit that beat estimates. the company reiterated its forecast for

and it's asian-american. okay? but within that group, there are many different types of asians. it's not just chinese and indoamerican. there's vietnamese, cambodian, mong, mapakistani, afghans. there are just so many. what is the beauty of our city, i think, is that diversity that we celebrate. now, we've been a city for 60 years. we've had five council members of color. so i'm the first chinese-american female, and we've had two indoamericans and three other chinese-americans. so is it a reflection of our community? i would hope so. can it get better? absolutely. >> but is it a function in the case that you just laid out of still large numbers of people who are not naturalized and, thus, don't get counted in the eventual political outcomes? or are these people who haven't yet found their footing politically and said i want to be on that council, i want to see that council look like my neighborhood? >> i would say that asian-americans in general are the fastest growing in the united states. their influence is there. it's significant. they have the highest income. and they're th

how do you explain the success of south asian american spellers. we look at some of the research.er:south asian american students scripps national spelling bee champion eight years in a row. we asked, why is it that we see so many south asian americans, in the spelling bee, and do so well in the spelling bee? researcher of northwestern university >> it's turned into something of a phenomenon >>reporter:has interviewed about 75 spelling bee students, parents and other program participants. she spends -- he says the top spellers are american-born and her parents are immigrants with the jobs that emphasize education. >> alameda county, first place last year. >>reporter: when 10-year-old started winning school bees and her parents provided support. >> you like reading and s pelling, so let's see if there's some other competitions of that can help you do this. >>reporter:anisha competes in the spelling bee circuits, contest organized by different community groups exclusively for south asians. >> get used to the fact that people are watching, and that i will have to get some words. >>re

and the asian sessions. euro stocks are up by 4/10 of 1%.ected to open up by 2/10 of 1% to the upside. general continuation of risk appetite it seems in the european session. looking at the u.s. futures suggest we may see something more mixed when we get to the wall street journal but that is many hours away. let us talk about our risk radar. chinese equity market doing well, leading a rally across the asian equity market. the reassuring words from the stocks regulator about how they would be able to step in if there was any panic in the market underpinning the move high this morning. for anyone who likes this risk rally and the correlation between stocks and oil, you might be interested in what you see in the middle of your screen. down a tenths of 1% for the crude oil price. is this rally in stocks sustainable? we will see as we go through the trading day. fairly flat on the u.s. 10 year rate. we have been down at 1.65% in the middle of february. a lot being worked into that number at the moment. one point 97% is the yield on the u.s. 10 y

academy of motion picture arts and sciences has issued an apology for jokes chris rock made about asians while hosting this year's oscars.the comedian was recognizing the accounting firm of price waterhouse coopers as the official ballot counter for the award show when he brought three asian kids on stage.rock hailed the trio as the firm's "most dedicated, accurate and hard-working representatives." 3 a 27- year- old man in china isn't letting his disability keep him from seeing all his country has to offer. 3 quan peng is a paraplegic who around.last summer, he left beijing with the intention of making a cross- country trip. with the help of a navigator app, he's already traveled over 12-hundred miles.and he's documenting his journey on social media.quan has seen 27 cities so far and is more than half- way to his goal of visiting 52 cities.he says he decided to take the trip simply as a personal challenge -- but he hopes he encourages other people to travel and explore the world. 3 extreme kayaking is going viral this morning.coming up at six.. we'll tell you why some adventure- seekers

. >> reporter: the hair industry is also looking at asian markets. more than 600 foreigners are attending this event in tokyo put on by a cosmetics company. the show caters to people in japan and asia who work in beauty and hair care, including salon owners and stylists. hairdressing demonstrations have helpful styling tips selling company products. >> translator: it covers part of the eye. if you can shape the hair carefully like this, you can create a style that's in fashion this year. >> reporter: the company is selling to eight asian countries and regions. it's also developing new items. this spray can hold a hairstyle in place even in high humidity. and these hair dyes are offered in varieties that cater to tastes in different countries. the firm has set its sights on market share in indonesia. it invited more than 40 people from the country to attend a showcase for the first time. indonesia has a population of about 250 million. about 90% of muslims. but many indonesian women do not cover their hair. in the country, it's considered a promising

officers are held accountable while non-asian officers go unindicted. some are supporting the recommendation, including his domestic partner, who liang met with today to apologize to. the meeting was in the office of the district attorney. this is the four-page recommendation from the d.a. with the verdict, liang was fired by the nypd. the recommendation asks for six months of house arrest, community service and five years probation. it's all inn the judge -- in the judge's hands. >>> water at city schools is safe. education officials sent a letter home about a web site parents can visit listing lead testing results at public and private schools built before 1986 when all lead pipe plumbing was eliminated. over elevated levels of lead found at newark schools and in flint, michigan. you can access the web site by going to fox5ny.com. steve: a new bill reviving congestion pricing in new york city. robert rodriguez says it will cut traffic coming to manhattan by adding tolls to east river bridges and in the outer boroughs and it would bring $12 billion int

asian markets mixed. europe markets turned down a bit right now.esterday's stocks added to tuesday's gain. the dow added 83 points. s&p 500 and nasdaq closing higher. the market started the year in meltdown mode. if you bought that meltdown, you have seen a comeback. what is behind the turn around? janet yellen hinted a rate hike is off the table. oil prices are rising. fears of a recession in china are overblown. the jobs report comes out tomorrow. looking for strong jobs growth there. >>> americans are spending more, but earning less. that's according to a new study by the pew charitable trust. it is up 25% since 1996. median household income is almost the same as 1996. income never recovered from the great recession. median family income is about the same. it is one of the reasons primary voters are angry. american voters are left behind by the status quo politicians and super rich. >>> even john oliver is benefitting from the donald trump. the one-month old trump takedown is the most popular episode in the history of hbo. the donald drumpf epis

. ♪ ♪ looking at regional shares, asian shares living for the first time in four days. policy decisions from bank of japan. joining us is hans goetti,, chief strategist for asia and middle east at bank of international, at luxembourg. thank you for joining us. -- noing is, does boj change expected for negative interest rate policy at the moment. your contention is that when they went that direction it was an act of desperation, perhaps. hans: they can call it like this, the idea was to weaken the currency, like what everybody else wants to do, japan wanted to do also. they got a different effect. the young went up instead of down. this is becoming increasing evidence that negative interest rates are actually stoking fears of deflation which is again, the exact opposite of what central banks want. they have to reading the somethingand think different will be tried in coming months, which is something like -- for the people or helicopter money, some kind of combination between fiscal and monetary policy worldwide. rishaad: they're probably just end up under people's mattr

nicole: asian markets, the nikkei in japan rose 6.5%. lauren: the war of words between ted cruz and donald trump. on the democratic side hillary clinton and bernie sanders campaign ahead of weekend primaries. nicole: playboy may be up for sale. it may cost half $1 billion. lauren: stay tuned to see the highlights and find out if your team made it to the elite eight. lauren: it is good friday ahead of easter sunday, march 25th, "fbn a.m.," the latest breaking news and what to expect for the day ahead. police in brussels crackdown on suspected terrorists following tuesday's attack.