according to the library of congress, the term asian-pacific encompasses all of the asian continent, as well as the pacific islands of melanesia, micronesia, and polynesia. the people and cultures of this region have added significantly to the rich diversity of the bay area. abc7's kristen sze is here now with leaders in our local apa community. >> thank you, cheryl. we have a great group for today's show. nick kuwada is staff attorney with asian law alliance, based in santa clara county. masashi niwano is festival & exhibitions director for center for asian american media. and elise maar -- former senior associate director of admissions to stanford. now, we brought you all here because your expertise will really help us understand some issues that are very important. we're talking about timely and relevant to asian-americans -- and also the broader bay area community, of course. we're talking about this election year, presidential election, so we want to talk about voting, getting out the vote. also, this year is the "oscars so white" controversy, so we want to bring in the issue of

i think growing up as an asian american student, i didn't often see other asian americans represented in the non-profit sector, in the political sector and in public policy in general. i feel like being able to have all of these role models and in turn being able to kind of help my community to become more civically engaged through voter registration under the mental health project, i really just learned how important it is to not only help my community but also understand the local issues. >> you knew how you wanted to help the community. you saw some specific issues. how important is it to have role model s models? >> speaking from my personal experience, growing up, i never thought there was ever going to be a place for me in politics, in the non-profit sector. i didn't see people who looked like me. i think it's not that i ruled these careers out, but it was more because i didn't see people who looked like me in these kind of fields, i internalized the idea that these sec totors were open to me. >> how do you plan to apply it? >> after having registered voters -- predominantly asi

i mean, i am, um, half-asian.father is caucasian, um, and my mother is thai-chinese, so i always had one foot in both-- both worlds. may: both cultures, yeah. michelle: um, but i look mainly asian. may: yeah. michelle: so there--there's my identity, um, and i went to school with mostly, uh, white kids, um, most of my life. may: yeah, so did--did you--did you feel like an outsider? i mean, did that affect the way in which you saw yourself, you know, in--in society? michelle: absolutely. i felt like an outsider, um, and i didn't--i wasn't seeing myself on--on--on television and in films. um-- may: that's the thing because-- i mean, we were saying, before we started this segment, both of us grew up not seeing asian images in the media at all. michelle: right, right. may: so what did you think--you noticed that, even as a kid? michelle: i did. uh, you know, i grew up watching black and white movies with my grandfather and, um, first decided that i wanted to be an actor when i saw shirley temple onscreen having fun and

i mean, i am, um, half-asian.er is caucasian, um, and my mother is thai-chinese, so i always had one foot in both-- both worlds. may: both cultures, yeah. michelle: um, but i look mainly asian. may: yeah. michelle: so there--there's my identity, um, and i went to school with mostly, uh, white kids, um, most of my life. may: yeah, so did--did you--did you feel like an outsider? i mean, did that affect the way in which you saw yourself, you know, in--in society? michelle: absolutely. i felt like an outsider, um, and i didn't--i wasn't seeing myself on--on--on television and in films. um-- may: that's the thing because-- i mean, we were saying, before we started this segment, both of us grew up not seeing asian images in the media at all. michelle: right, right. may: so what did you think--you noticed that, even as a kid? michelle: i did. uh, you know, i grew up watching black and white movies with my grandfather and, um, first decided that i wanted to be an actor when i saw shirley temple onscreen having fun and, yo

the two volume encyclopedia, asian-american religious cultures, about 1000 pages and what is this about?>> the asian- american international and pacific islanders are a diverse group of full. -- group of people. what is common is not that obvious. the publisher approached me several years ago to see if we could really develop an encyclopedia that would be comprehensive over what is going on in the religious scenes for the asian-americans and the pacific islanders. that is the reason that this came about. what i did not understand at that point was that the asian- american religions are very complex, and the spokes of the religious scenes in the u. s., not that clear. so how do we bring this together in an encyclopedia that is more of a comprehensive understanding of the current religious scenes, and that was the challenge.>> how long did this take you?>> it started in 2008. several years.>> you are one of the editors and understand this gentleman to your left, and you invited the doctor to come on board, and how did you come on board?>> i am not sure which year it was but there were thr

reaction in the asian community and non-asians, too, they were like, "wait a minute. here's a show, it was all about the lack of diversity in hollywood, and--but it's ok to make fun of asians? eddie: yeah, you know, the--the race conversation in america has always been binary. it's black, and it's white, and nobody else, youou know, gets sa voice, or nobody else really matters in between, you know? that's not how i think white people feel. that's not how i think black people feel. that is the way that society has pitted us against ourselves, you know? like, societety plays the barbarians a against each other. that's what they do. it's the oldest trick in the book, but, you know, for me, i'm not--i think 99% of what chris rock did that night was phenomenal. the way that he navigated african-america's relationship with media, entertainment, race, everything, was masterful. i thought it was incredible. that joke about asians was terrible. chris: the result of tonight's academy awards have been tabulated by the accountining firm of pricewaterhoususecooper. they sent us th

reaction in the asian community and non-asians, too, they were like, "wait a minute. why is this ok?" here's a show, it was all about the lack of diversity in hollywood, and--but it's ok to make fun of asians? eddie: yeah, you know, the--the race conversation in america has always been binary. it's black, and it's white, and nobody else, youou know, gets sa voice, or nobody else really matters in between, you know? that's not how i think white people feel. that's not how i think black people feel. that is the way that society has pitted us against ourselves, you know? like, societety plays the barbarians a against each other. that's what they do. it's the oldest trick in the book, but, you know, for me, i'm not--i think 99% of what chris rock did that night was phenomenal. the way that he navigated african-america's relationship with media, entertainment, race, everything, was masterful. i thought it was incredible. that joke about asians was terrible. chris: the result of tonight's academy awards have been tabulated by the accountining firm of pricewaterhoususecooper

this is asian themed all the way. nats of saw the sounds represent another resort property - but the eventual sights inside lucky dragon will be different than las vegas has seen. dave jacoby/lucky dragon chief operating officer: a lot of the resorts on the strip do a very good job of dedicating a small subsection of their property to asian play, but nobody has built anything yet from the ground up to really show face to these players and provde a building that was really built for them. every last detail is done in line with asian architecture and traditions in mind - going so far as bringing in a feng shui master and hisring a staff that will be fluent in several languages. and if you're of pizza - forget about it...all of the dining options will cater to asian cuisine. dave jacoby/lucky dragon chief operating officer: we have five different restaurants on property ranging from grab and go, kind of street food to fine dining. dim sum, we'll have a team somallier, an indoor/outdoor tea garden. owners secured financin

and specifically for the asian american community.here isn't a lot of information about asian-americans and alzheimer's disease. so it's really important for people to volunteer so that we can learn more about its impact on our community as well as alzheimer's disease, providing information on how to fix it, cure it, how best to treat it. >> what types of information are you looking for people to provide. i know a lot of people that would like to participate but they may not realize whether they have much to give. >> there's so much that people can offer. if you're normal, that still provides us information. for a lot of researchers, people want to learn what makes them normal, what makes them not have memory problems. what are they doing in their lifestyle that makes them special? if people have memory problems, why did they have memory problems versus someone else? we're looking at genetic factors, brain images factors, blood tact factors like what are in your proteins, other types of things we haven't even yet discovered. we're col

what's happening is that the asian american label or the asian american asia pacific american label cano longer address the issues that pacific islander students who identify themselves as indigenous communities, that label can no longer address those things. what ends up happening over time is that the label ends up making invisible. making it invisible the students -- the students feel that they're not included. but this is also apparent in my own studies in asian american studies in which it's a great field. but very little of it focuses on the pacific. you have community leaders that have been arguing for almost maybe -- >>> welcome to this nbc news special report. remembering september 11. 15 years ago today, a dark day in american history. two planes slamming into the twin towers in new york. another into the pentagon. a fourth into a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. today the country pauses to remember the nearly 3,000 people who died on 9/11. are a h that moment of silence about to begin. >> reporter: it is. following that as the ceremony is under way, there will be a traditi

asian americans make up about 4% of eligible voters. and turnout is traditionally low.make an impact, do you think, on the election? >> that's a great question. you know, a lot of activists and scholars and anyone trying to mobilize the asian american vote think about that all the time. you know, do they have an impact? and, yes, they do. they are certainly sleeping giant and could really make a big decision in a lot of elections, particularly in swing congressional districts and swing states. and you saw that was the case in 2012 in the presidential elections, even some of the congressional races in 2014. so in places like virginia and places like north carolina and places like ohio, nevada, you really can have a great impact -- the asian american community have a huge impact really on these elections that are very close to call. >> you say asian americans are moving to the left, what do you attribute that to, the shift? >> uh-huh. that's a great question too. you know, ultimately the shift is -- there's multiple factors really. some of it is the fact that the obama co

this is asian themed all the way. nats of saw the sounds represent another resort property - but the eventual sights inside lucky dragon will be different than las vegas has seen. dave jacoby/lucky dragon chief operating officer: a lot of the resorts on the strip do a very good job of dedicating a small subsection of their property to asian play, but nobody has built anything yet from the ground up to really show face to these players and provde a building that was really built for them. every last detail is done in line with asian architecture and traditions in mind - going so far as bringing in a feng shui mas will be fluent in several languages. and if you're looking for a hamburger or slice of pizza - forget about it...all of the dining options will cater to asian cuisine. dave jacoby/lucky dragon chief operating officer: we have five different restaurants on property ranging from grab and go, kind of street food to fine dining. dim sum, we'll have a team somallier, an indoor/outdoor tea garden. owners secured fin

. >>> san francisco is home to many diverse southeast asian cultures.his week's jefferson award winner has a passion for celebrating them through colorful community events. sharon chin introduces us to this weeks bay area jefferson award winner. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: from lively laotian music to meditative tai chi, the mid-autumn harvest festival highlights the richness of the southeast asian culture at the tenderloin recreation center and children's playground. hang le to helped start this six years ago since many immigrant families live in the neighborhood. >> they want to share the culture, who we are, who they are, what they do. >> reporter: hang coordinates the festival as part of the southeast asian arts and culture coalition she cofounded in 2011. it represents diverse ethnic groups like burmese, cambodian and philippine, to name a few. the cofounder praises hang's dedication. >> she is focused and determined and she wants, uhm, the tenderloin to --to -- to be a strong community and to preserve the bedrock of the southeast asian community that

this is asian themed all the way. nats of saw the sounds represent another resort property - but the eventual sights inside lucky vegas has seen. dave jacoby/lucky dragon chief operating officer: a lot of the resorts on the strip do a very good job of dedicating a small subsection of their property to asian play, but nobody has built anything yet from the ground up to really show face to these players and provde a building that was really built for them. every last detail is done in line with asian architecture and traditions in mind - going so far as bringing in a feng shui master and hisring a staff that will be fluent in several languages. and if you're looking for a hamburger or slice of pizza - forget about it...all of the dining options will cater to asian cuisine. dave jacoby/lucky dragon chief operating officer: we have five different restaurants on property ranging from grab and go, kind of street food to fine dining. dim sum, we'll have a team somallier, an indoor/outdoor tea garden. owners secured financing

the crimes against asian-american immigrants. live at police headquarters, i'm dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >>> we are going to challenge record temperatureses. it may be accept, but clearly summer is not over. meteorologist adam joseph is in for cecily tynan tonight for the details from accuweather. adam? >> the numbers are holding strong to the very end this season. temperatures have been on the rise from where they were on sunday. they were extremely comfortable with 82 degrees and low humidity. then we bounce back above normal monday. yesterday, 88. today, topping off at 91 degrees. ten degrees above that normal. we should be close to 15 degrees above normal tomorrow. we are not the only ones dealing with the heat and the humidity. you can take a look at the eastern half of the country, which the majority had temperatures in the 90s today from wichita, dallas, new orleans, st. louis, 96. raleigh, 94 degrees. jacksonville, matching our high of 91. heat advisory goes into effect noon tomorrow and lasts through 6:00. i

you saw all the other kinds of nood bryce, asian, nood bryce, asian, vietnamese noodles. we did in fact noodle oury way all around northeast ohio. i hope you had a good time. i'm david moss and natalie herbeck, this is good day cleveland. will see you in the next one. >> right now i'm doing a plane ravioli with one fillingep, buta lot of times i do differentke things like cajun or spinach or >> how do you make meatballs here? we makeke them by hand one by o. we makeke them by hand one by o. that's how we make them >> looks like you have fun making these meatballs. >> not really, it's a lot of hard work. >> oh well. i have so many options to try when i come here. that's for i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. i'd look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. she's a slob. she ate like a pig. a person who's flat chested is very hard to be a 10. does she have a good body? no. does she have a fat [expletive]? absolutely. do you treat women with respect? dr. oz: former teen star corey feldman drops a bombshell. >> it's a sensitive subject. dr. oz: what he's only re

that has gone into the asian session and asian banks, they are down. are down as banks well. there is not a concern about direct exposure when it comes to asian banks and deutsche bank. the people are concerned regarding the unseen linkgaeage. manus: nobody is talking about this being a liquidity issue. but if a cornerstone customer changes their mind in terms of counterparty risk, that is what shifts this story onward. anna: let's turn our attention to the risk radar. just he put things into perspective. to just to put things in perspective. the yen is up, but only by little bit. gold is up, but only by 0.25%. japanese banks have lost around 7% this week. and put the try quarter into context. today we closed up the quarter. in europe, nearly up 4%. it was tech and autos that dropped the pace. the wi, ti i love this. that is how we ended the quarter, after all of that. i think of the range in the volatility. juncture,t 19% at one the lowest of 2015, and then we bounced. anna: and of course, the topix got a quick bounce. and we put the mexican peso in there. the peso, becoming

let's throw out the risk radar and say wendy's asian equity -- and show you where these asian equityave been rising up by .75%. u.s. equity markets closed today pretty strongly. we are seeing increased appetite for emerging market assets. we have seen the korean one up by .1%. we have nymex crude in their, up gains.extending we saw an unexpected decline in u.s. industries. saudi arabia, iran have been meeting indiana -- been meeting in the anna -- meeting in vien na. only to think we are going to see any agreement for free production at that meeting in algeria. let's throw up the bond board with the boj and the fed yesterday, there is a lot of attention on where bond yields go. the 10 year u.s. at 1.651% entirely flat on the bund. that flirt with positive territory did not last long. here's rosalyn chen. the governor of not killing a has declared a state of emergency and called in the national guard as the second night of protests over the flail that's over the fatal police shooting of a black man descended into chaos. peaceful was initially although officers did launch your guess. s

asian equities are hot. equities, emerging markets , they are hot, but a lot of people have that on their checklist. why do you in particular think that this is the case? , we go back athat little bit, emerging markets and asian markets have been in a bear market for five years. now it has started to turn. this turn is important because we are seeing earnings surprises coming through in china and the rest of asia. instance,apan for japan was a great market for a while, but when the yen strengthened, everything came back down, so earnings per share growth was downgraded, and even in the case of europe. it is difficult with the italian banking system issues and so on. ,asically, if the u.s. emerging, and asian equities, which are ruling the world of the moment, so that's why money is coming to our part of the world rather than staying in japan or europe. the next two weeks will be radio silence. it will be data driven for the markets at least. what are we going to do without this guidance? >> it is difficult.

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how much interest have you seen this year in asian property?sets and a, becoming more attractive? >> absolutely. is with the more moderate economic forecasts in the u k and continental europe, we are seeing interest from our investors into asia, including china. are seeing some market such as japan and australia, where there is very much what we would say more for property, which is exhibiting signs of strong income streams. investors feel quite safe investing in those markets where there is more economic stability. economies around asia are starting to stabilize and we are seeing a stronger forecast of growth. angie: that increasing interest is coming through particularly in developed markets, australia to japan, as opposed emerging asian markets when it comes to property assets? it's not just japan and australia, hong kong, singapore, but we see that with china given the depth of the market, the different regions and cities offer great potential for investors. we are seeing interest in the tier one cities. ,hat is a natural phenomenon where y

force is looking into the robberies targeting asianism grants -- asian immigrants. >> everyday it's a new case. >> reporter: ivan's father is the latest victim of robberies targeting asian-american immigrants. >> three gentlemen followed him inside the property and held him at gunpoint. they said give me everything he gave them everything. >> reporter: surveillance video shows the suspects in action in southwest and northwest philadelphia breaking into closed businesses and tieing up the occupants and robbing them. some of the latest victims are being targeted in their homes between levic and cottman and bustleton and caster. >> our community is passive because we have immigrants who don't speak native english. >> reporter: david oh has met with the fbi and police are working to educate. >> make sure they cooperate with the police, inform the community and stay in touch with their business association and if anything happens report it. >> reporter: some suspects have been caught and others are at large, if you have any tips, detectives want to hear from you. live at police headquart

asian economies have been in recovery mode.re worry that the boom could fade. nhk world, bangkok. >>> as japan's population grows older, many senior citizens are continuing to work, but not as long as a beautician in the western part of the country. she still has the scissors in hand at the age of 95. nhk world reports. >> reporter: she has a long-term perspective on beauty. that experience is available to customers in tosashimizu. she's spent 65 of her years as a beautician. many of her customers have been coming to her for more than half a century. this woman has been a regular for 63 years. >> translator: i know your style without asking. >> translator: please stay healthy. if you stop working, i've got nowhere else to go. >> reporter: ogawa's instruments have served her for decades. she relies on them and an assistant. >> translator: could you please come now, it's very crowded. >> reporter: her daughter helps out when the salon is busy. she's 69. akemi lives next door and can come as soon as the phone rings. beauty runs in

we've got weakness in the asian session.isk radar, we'll see where we have been on assets overnight. one of the big weights on that session coming through from japan, down by 1.04% on the topics. financials in japan coming under many investorse are asking themselves about whether we are going to see the boj go further into negative territory. we've got asian stocks for six days. japanese stocks down for a seventh day. at 43.72. whether we are seeing this real seachange coming through from central banks, they really cut the market back as they did earlier this summer. are on there we various 10 year bond products. 1.71% over in the u.s.. -- over in the u.s. 0.02 in germany. david: hillary clinton has released what her campaign calls a competence of exposure about her health. it says she is recovering from pneumonia. her medical condition came -- became an issue when she appeared to be helped into a car on sunday. the campaign has criticized rival donald trump about his own health. he went on daytime tv and provided a view on

asian stocks are holding near a one-week high. let us look at the markets.ra: i am focusing on japanese stocks looking at asian stocks because they are resuming trading after a public holiday. white,ek, the topix, in it recorded its longest losing streak since april 2014 the decline on friday. today, we are seeing the topix rising more than twice the nikkei. this is on speculation that the bank of japan may switch to favoring the broader benchmark in its purchases of ats. holdingadly, the msci the one-week high. there is a lot of focus on dollar-yen before the meetings this week. the dollar-yen unchanged today but the yen is set for three straight quarters of game. the longest rally since 2011. a lot of additives -- a lot of strategists are saying that the biggest threat would be signs of hawkishness from the fed. there has been a greater tendency to move. what i have here is one month risk reversal. that theshowing in red premium to sell dollars and purchase yen have been increasing. a bit of a bullish yen skew in the risk reversals. i want to show you what

asian business owners concerned about a string of home inn vague robberies recently.here have been a couple of arrests but they're also worried about online video they say encourages home invasions. they had another topic on the table tonight, how to protect yourself. >> this is the great equalizer. >> reporter: dr. edward lou has a politically incorrect solution to a recent spree of home invasion robberies and youtube individual that business owners say encourages targeting asian business owners. >> not only just arming themselves but to learn how to do it properly. and to do it legal. >> reporter: lou made his comments during meeting of asian business owners in chinatown tuesday. they're upset over being targeted for home invasions and a popular music video on youtube that has hundreds of thus sands of views. >> i think it's sickening and distasteful and basically teaching the young kids how to get money. >> people creating lyrics and music as if it's a joke it's diss grateful pity full. >> he thinks this is nasty video actually encouraging people to rob. >> reporte

. >> reporter: lucy, with nearly 80 crimes against the asian-american community in northeast philadelphiaince january, folks there are concerned. they're looking for answers while police look for suspects. >> definitely afraid to leave the house at night, and he's just afraid to go places where he's forced to be alone. >> reporter: for ivan and his family violent crime has become too close for comfort after his father was robbed at gun point. it's part of what police now say is a developing pattern of robberies and burglaries targe targeting asian residents in the northeast. >> pulled out a gun and slammed my dad against the wall and asked him for everything. >> we are seeing a pattern of burglaries and robberies and some of the robberies are armed. >> reporter: this robbery is part of series of gun point crimes spread across northeast philly in recent months. almost all of them targeting members of the asian community. >> they took his phone, wallet, car keys and they just left after that. >> reporter: did they take the car? >> they took the car. >> reporter: police saithes since january

. >>> san francisco is home to many diverse southeast asian cultures, and this week's jefferson award winner has the passion for celebrating through a colorful community event and sharing through her story here >> reporter: from the lively music to the meditative music. the mid-autumn harvest festival highlighting the richness of the southeast asian culture at the recreation center and children's playground, and hang le to helped to start the event six years ago since many asian families live in the neighborhood. >> they want to share the culture and who they are, and what they do.>> reporter: hang le to coordinates the festival, and she cofounded the coalition in 2011, representing diverse ethnic groups. the coalition cofounders praises the dedication of hang le to .>> she is focused and determined, and she wants this to be a strong community and to preserve the bedrock of the southeast asian community that immigrated to this area.>> reporter: 30 years ago hang was a teenager that arrived in the u. s. as event my me -- as a vietnamese refugee and recall some people looked down on our

i grew up in hong kong so i have a very strong asian values.ry traditional, they are very chinese. so, i think that sets a very good foundation in terms of the values that i believe in. and then when i was 13, 14, i went to boarding school in the united states and i spent eight years there. i think the blend of east and west has helped the way i manage my company and the way i see the business, both international, having an international view as well as very strong asian values is very important, particularly in this industry. it is already globalized. so asia, being such a strong feeder market to the west and being able to understand the culture in asia and how asian people think, and the philosophy, it helps as well. haslinda: it is very asian and very chinese to consult the elders before making a decision. how much does that happen within the family before you make decisions for rosewood? sonia: so, my father is a very, i guess, i would say cool boss. [laughter] haslinda: and a cool dad. sonia: he is not micromanaging. he actually gives you

have a look at malaysia and singapore, both up by .1%, so a little upside to the asian markets.are weighed down by the , japanesef by 1.3% equity stocks rallied monday post-presidential debate, so we have factored in that rally on the back of the presidential debate with markets perceiving hillary clinton as the winner. we are seeing the yen back in favor today, so weighing on the nikkei. in japan 1000 stocks with the dividend as well. we are often korea, some upside in australia. we are seeing a rebound in the crude price. new zealand is holding onto its gains, up by .2%. let's look at what is weighing down japanese equities. , oilu look at the topix and gas stocks down, both brent and, oil and wti in the off source session about 2% lower. off 2.7 percent, so widespread selling in the japanese equity market. having a look at the other the aussie is stronger, and we have seen more upside in the gold price, falling to a one-month low. it is down .1%. a mixed picture coming through for asian equities after that rally on wall street, some upside in our markets yesterday as well. is

asian-pacific islander alliance. in the boston and knowing what area. lon have had similar experiences. >> they want to make sure i am ok. i think the major concern was around my safety. >> comforting to know that my parents accept and love me. i think for me, the acceptance, when i knew my family accepted me is when my dad is pressuring me to get married come in a matter who it is. karen: for many, homophobia neighborhoods. certain traditional expectations like the nuclear family consisting of a mother, father and child, very highly valued so the nontraditional lives of ltb -- of lgbt asians challenge the norm of society and the expectations of their parents. >> as the only child and male son i was inspected to fulfill it before i was born. when i came out as clear my parents were not sure if that was going to happen. >> people do not like to air dirty laundry but i think you have to see it is not dirty laundry. talking about your families and your children. even if it's nontraditional, kind of openly and honestly a

asian market reaction to the aggressive friday selloff on wall street.wasn't such a great picture on saturday. the dow off by 2%. 2% as the asia index off well as the china-u.s. index. volatility is back. it shows that the vix was above 15 for the first time in 44 sessions, so breaking out of that trend. investors wondering if this was a one-day blip or is anxiety to stay. back for now, and that's what we're seeing in the asian early session. have a look at the selloff. down by 1.8%. we are expecting upside from korean defense stocks, especially as south korea wants to engage with north korea regarding that nuclear test on friday. japan off by 1.2%. did see a pickup in machine orders, but the nikkei off by 1.2% as the yen strengthens by a third of 1%. playingommodity prices into the australian market come off by .4%. get a business survey that gives us an indication as to how the economy non-mining sectors are performing. new zealand has been underperforming, down by 2%. there are no stocks in the green today. one stock we will be watching it samsung ele

other priorities, such as president obama's big asian trade deal, that is on the ropes right now, but that will not be addressed before the election. it is a question of whether they address it after the election. obama has made a big push recently. that is more a lame-duck issue and still a big question mark. the big issues right now are definitely government funding, legislatively, and zika, a lot of attention on zika now. >> i want to come back to ttp in the moment. but with regards to the continuing resolution, we heard from democratic leaders last week saying they may extend of the on the election. crey do not want to see a going into next year. what's the reason behind that? >> that's a big question because there's no doubt there will be a cr. the chances of a government shutdown are really unlikely. nobody wants that and certainly , democrats have benefited from that politically, but the chances of that are not going to happen. >> so, the question is, how long do you do the cr? do you kick it into the lame-duck? do you kick it into next year? is it early next year? do you give

asian stocks are near a one-month low. let's take a closer look at the markets.e seeing a little bit of a balance of asian equities, but near a one-month low. >> i'm actually starting with reaction to brainard. she basically pushed down the probability of a rate hike. it is down to 22% from 30% before her speaking. what we saw yesterday was a weaker dollar but that recovered somewhat, pretty much unchanged. that is the blue line. if we look at the 10 year treasury yields, that is down two basis points at 1.65% at the moment. we saw yields rise globally at the end of last week and also yesterday on concerns the punch bowl may be taken away globally with the ecb kicking off that sentiment on thursday. a bit of reassurance in some parts of the market from brainard. u.s. stocks gained after her comments, all those those gains haven't really translated into gains in asia. this is the asia-pacific index. down just 2/10 of -- actually, looks like we are up 2/10 of 1%. we were down earlier, near a one-month low. we are seeing weakness on the shanghai composite. it has dr

rebounding global equities in asian trading. oil retreating.have all of the details of what you need to know in the market. nejra: from our new screen set up here. seen his what we have stocks, bonds, commodities rallying and a weaker dollar. because central banks and the fed in particular seem to be the gift that keeps on giving. we are seeing a little bit of a change in that trend. starting with asian stocks. i have the msc i asia-pacific index. up.re at about 0.2% japanese markets reopening. seeing a retreat in japanese stocks partly weighing on this index. if we move on and take a look at what is happening with the dollar. the bloomberg dollar index. we are seeing it weaken this , it is uping the drop so slightly today. up against most major peers. you did mention the yen earlier. we are seeing it weaken. trimming its weekly advance, this after officials signaled they may intervene to counter strengthening. goldman sachs has -- as well has retracted its long-held view that the yen will weaken. the bloomberg commodity index is here for septe

we had movement coming through in the asian currencies.land's trade deficit whiting was expected in august. ng was expectedi in august. a lot of selling coming through in asian equity markets to kickstart the trading week. red on thet of screens. great roundup, juliette saly in hong kong press. let us talk about oil and algiers. that is one of our biggest focuses. saudi arabia has said it will cut back oil output back to january levels. there was -- the world's biggest crude exporter was willing to act in a critical situation. saudi is a very important member of the organization, so saudi is ready to do the maximum for the success of this event. it is ready for any eventuality. it is ready for a freeze. it is ready to lower production. it is available to make it a success. manus: he also talked about his hopes for the meeting. i think that if opec has anided to meet, even in informal meeting that is because opec things it is important to discuss the situation. meeting inast june, situation has been. it is more critical. it is important to

. ♪ >> it is the middle of the asian trading day.nteresting moves as a result of the presidential debate in the u.s. we are live in hong kong; this is "asia edge." ♪ >> the top stories this hour -- it's getting personal. the white house rivals clash in the first debate. clinton says trump stiffs people. trump says she has failed for years. a planned shopping ship to korea. twitter may have a new follower, with sources saying that disney is working on a b possible bid. overseas investors are piling out of the philippines with a record streak of equity are close. and the peso at a seven-year low. we ask the stock exchange president how to stop the bleeding. >> i'm watching the markets. a mixed bag. mostly decline in the philippines. that continues to underperform. we aremarkets -- following those losses. you are getting bright spots here and there. it comes down to the stocks. we have the gains. the two latest stocks will pull the index of. thailand, the largest index open at the moment. taiwan by the way is closed. a typhoon is set to

oil continuing that the klein in asian trade, down 1.5%. decline inng that asian trade, down 1.5%.gin energy coming under pressure. in asian trade, down 1.7% for the oil price, the u.s. nymex contract. oil lower, a lot of concern about the central bank, all weighing into this deep selling we are seeing across the market today. angie: deep selling despite better than expected machine orders out of japan. we are seeing asian stocks leading this morning. banks, special the boj, and focus today. put on your thinking cap and your diagnosis of the boj right now. essentially a a lot of people pressing that there needs to be action soon. >> it is becoming incredibly boring. they say they will increase liquidity by buying government bonds. the markets got skittish. in the last two weeks, we have seen selloff of jgb's on the basis the boj will change policy. it won't. it can't. angie: you are saying the markets should return to jgb's? >> absolutely. there is nothing else they can do. they need to stop this nonsense that by buying paper assets it is going to cause prices to go up. it won't. t

take us through the asian session. to be honest, the investors in a asia have largely priced in the north korea variable already. inry time analysts invest korea, they take in the north korea risk. isare losing 1.5%, but it not a huge move from earlier in the day after the bok left the rates unchanged at 1.25%. in south korea, they are moving some defense stocks. others are falling a little bit because they were in overbought territory earlier in the week. tech, rising almost 20% -- victek rising almost 20%. take a look at the shanghai composite. it is unchanged after we had some data showing that factory deflation had eased and consumer prices were also subdued. the hang seng though, positive territory, gaining 1%. we had some news from authorities that they are letting these insurers invest in hong kong stocks through the shanghai trading link, giving a boost to the stock market there. we can see the asx down .8%. ikkei was a negative territory all morning, before turning positive, gaining .2%. that is despite the ja

this is part of his crucial overseas asian trip.eantime, what a diplomatic spat with another leader. a leader who seemed to call the president a son of a whore. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm alison kosik. it is tuesday, september 6th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. donald trump has taken another sharp turn on immigration. between campaign stops in ohio, he allowed a small media pool on his plane for the first time. they asked trump whether he might support a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants and turning his back on the hard line policy he laid down only a week ago. trump said he would not rule that out. more from cnn's sara murray. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump added another layer of confusion to where he stands on the immigration debate. particularly what to do with the millions of undocumented immigrants liv s living in the states. he told reporters that is something he would deal with down the line after the security measures he proposed. >> can you rule out one possibility? >> i

fiveu look at saudi's biggest trade partners, you see japan, india, asian countries.ay aramco went head-to-head with the ipo. with that boost, the chances for other asian hubs to be the dual listed markets, with that mean that you would see more asian interest in saudi debt, more saudi pivoting in terms of trade? that is possible. a trend is going on. it could be accelerated by this, unless we see a significant narrowing down of the language of the bill, which some congressmen and senators have indicated already. once it becomes law, maybe they will have a chance to soft and -- to soften more so it doesn't affect the ties badly. angie. yousef: thanks. now, a slowdown in dubai's economy is putting some of the building projects there and as developers scale back on some of the projects. let's get the full story. what projects are going ahead, and which ones are not? reporter: good morning. basically, a lot of the projects that dubai wanted to do are going ahead. projects like the canal, they are working on it. it is almost near completion. iny are planning a project the

>> reporter: so for leading southeast asian community events to promote cultural diversity and ethnicde this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to hang le to. sharon chin, kpix 5. >> she also is the director of a cultural center in san francisco that offers free saturday language and cultural history classes at martin luther king middle school. >> fantastic. >> yeah. >> much-needed. >> sharon, thank you for that. >> you can nominate your local hero for a jefferson award online at cbssf.com/hero. >>> nice weather in the bay area. we have cooled down the past couple of days and will cool tomorrow on the first day of autumn. about 13 hours from now. a look at ocean beach. we have low clouds come in but then a nicely clear day by tomorrow afternoon. concord right now still warm, at 72 degrees. look at santa rosa. 74. on the radar, not much happening. there were a few sprinkles in the south bay early this morning. they have all headed off into the sierra. overnight lows tonight will be in the low to mid-50s and sun- up tomorrow two minutes before 7 a.m. some rain in san diego yest

we'll get a check on the asian markets because we did see the global sell-off carry over to the asian trading day as well. we'll go out to sherry king joining us live with the very latest from hong kong. >> thank you very much. the asian markets have suffered a pretty big sell-off on this monday with a negative handover from wall street on friday. of course, lots of questions over what major central banks are going to do. so let's kick things off with greater china markets. shanghai composite off by 1.8%. and hang seng index, we're very much focused on this index. the fact that they decided to join the asian sell-off on this monday. of course, it capped off as a best weekend close to two months on friday. it's had a pretty good run there. but now it's hurting more off by close to 3% now. do note that today is the last day in terms of the southbound settlement with the shanghai index connecting there, so that could explain the layer of uncertainty or profit taking coming through for hong kong shares on this monday. flip the board and we'll take a look at how nikkei 225 did giving up mo

coming up on "asian focus," the mastermind behind the chicken and riceifies tells us his story. plus andrew mark plays the i'm mary sit, join us next for african american. she was once a high powered attorney and now a successful pulitzer prize for its music. a tale of passion, love, fear, deceit, betrayal and death and now she's written two more offers. thank you so much for being mary. >> first of all, how did you transform yourself from lawyer , attorney? >> i've always had a lot of stories in me, i've always bip a storyteller and believe it or not being a child lawyer was really a training ground for being operative creative. >> a lot of drama there, right. >> that is absolutely true. because what you learn as a trial lawyer especiall y as i did is you learn skills, persuasiveness because you've got a certain period of time to persuade strangers that you're telling the right story and so when i retired from the practice of law i think i was ready good what kind of musical training did you have, reach for so many people. >> that's right. because i grew up in singapore, so the

the monmouth polls clinton leading trump among black, hispanic and asian voters 90% to five.e said that sentiment first hand. >> a lot of his ideals are very contrary to my own beliefs. >> i think some of his comments are at times different minorities and ethnic groups. >> to me he's a whole lot of uneasiness of everyone. >> reporter: the head of the gop in philly said the minority vote may surprise you. >> black female take three buses, 62 years old, democrat her entire life. never once voted republican. they vest with five forms for her neighbor. i don't believe the pollsters are talking to women like that. >> reporter: it is possible for republican to lose pennsylvania and still win the white house. george w. bush did it twice. but the keystone state is still considered among the keys to success come november. and donald trump faces an uphill fight. i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> now, outside the union league protesters greeted donald trump as he arrived. a couple of dozens people lined the streets holding signs challenging the candidate on everything from climate chang

. >> carter was speaking in san diego ahead of a key asian defense minister's meeting in hawaii. he said the u.s. military will continue to sharpen itsdge in the region. he sai it'll introduce advanced technolo such as undersea drones and next generion stealth bombers. carter stressed he will work to imove maritime security in t china seas and also address beijing's aggressive activiti. >> the freedom to navigation at 16,449. and the broader topix lost by the same margin. on the week the nikkei fell 1.8%. it's been a volatile week here in tokyo as it was on the last day of september. the benchmark lost more than 2% for the month. now, taking a look at individual stocks, a wide range of shares were sold on friday. the financial sector was one of the biggest drags on the nikkei. all three banks saw losses on european banking worries. and major exporters including car makers are lower on the stronger yen. nissan was down 2%. now, next week we may see another volatile week as investors react to some important data. that includes u.s. jobob data o friday. john ladue reporting from the