also this diversity benefits asian americans i mean the asian american students out of harvard and that colleges need to learn their words our environment and our lives so that they can go on to work in and lead this incredibly. you know diverse society that we live in that's becoming more and more diverse and i can't what universities like harvard is trying to do are trying to do is to you know build that leadership for the future ok so and i just want to say this if i may let me let me share this with you this comes from kurt compeyson who is following the the court case that's happening right now regarding harvard and its application process and cook says that it's they ating the harvard discrimination case on the stand mark hansen who previously worked university's office of institutional research and he sworn testimony hanson says asian americans are at a disadvantage in harvard's admission process and then the daily student magazine newspaper the hava crimson also says internal harvard review showed disadvantage for asian applicants nobody has spelled out in this conversation so f

students while others say harvard is using affirmative action as a pass to discriminate against asian americans they don't look at the reality that if you're going to do that are being discriminated against they just write you off meanwhile the trumpet ministration has jumped in to oppose harvard saying no american should be denied admission to school because of their race the politicization of the case is further evidence for many asian americans that they are being used as a racial wedge the case is final outcome will likely be decided by the u.s. supreme court. castro al jazeera cambridge massachusetts now bruce fein is a constitutional lawyer and former us associate deputy attorney general and he says the man behind the lawsuit wants to end the practice of affirmative action i don't think that necessarily because he has an ulterior motive it somehow spoils the general principle is at stake we fought for a very very long time to establish what we styled a colorblind constitution and that indeed was the motto of the early civil rights movement and occur moving to affirmative action here now o

also this diversity benefits asian americans i mean the asian american students out of harvard and out colleges need to learn their words our environment and our lives so that they can go on to work in and lead this incredibly. you know diverse society that we live in that's becoming more and more diverse and i can't what universities like harvard is trying to do are trying to do is to you know build that leadership for the future ok so and i just want to say this john if i may let me let me share this with you this comes from. who is following the the court case that's happening right now regarding harvard and its application process and kirk says that it's stating the harvard discrimination case on the stand and he previously worked to universities office of institutional research and he sworn testimony hanson says asian americans are at a disadvantage in harvard's admission process and then the daily student magazine newspaper the have a crimson also says internal harvard review show disadvantage for asian applicants nobody has spelled out in this conversation so far what disadvanta

also this diversity benefits asian americans i mean the asian american students out of harvard and out colleges need to learn in their words our environment in our lives so that they can go on to work in and lead this incredibly. you know diverse society that we live in that's becoming more and more diverse and i can't what universities like harvard is trying to do are trying to do is to you know build that leadership for the future ok so and i just want to say this one if i may let me let me share this with you this comes from kurt compeyson who is following the the court case that's happening right now regarding harvard and its application process and kirk says that it's they ating the harvard discrimination case on the stand mark hansen who previously worked university's office of institutional research and he sworn testimony hansen says asian americans are at a disadvantage in harvard's admission process and then the daily student magazine newspaper the hava crimson also says internal harvard review showed disadvantage for asian applicants nobody has spelled out in this conversatio

that's harvard treat asian american applicants unfairly the case is now going to trial and install would join us when a bike ride around and a puzzle all the action from the iron man right with a different. three tranquil arabian can you use. and in on can free routines in a finish i'm going to let. hello there well we were some more pictures coming out of portugal where we were hit by our storm leslie was a hurrican just before it made landfall still very strong when it made landfall but no longer had that warm course it was naturally officially classed as a hurricane anymore you can see what damage it did it could easily have been a hurricane that caused all of this a lot of trees down power lines and cars and homes ruined now that system gradually edged it was way eastwards and the storm lesley's embedded in this cloud that's just over the southern parts of france and that is still causing us further problems in fact there was a pulse of particularly heavy rain in the south western parts of france they gave a seventy millimeters of rain just in three hours that is a lot of weather and

funded fisher versus texas which is an affirmative action case which he lost then he turned to asian american plaintiffs he's never cared about racial discrimination this case is purely about dismantling affirmative action but it is americans as cover another person also weighing in on that same theme there and it's one i will give this to you. ed blum says he's suing harvard to fight racial discrimination but anti affirmative action crusaders like bloom never attack a legacy admissions which are effectively affirmative action programs for wealthy white kids we know what this is about not your cover wondering what your take is on . you know all this is actually misrepresentation by many of academics and special interest groups if they go to a harbor trials at the boston federal court they would know the real situation i was there and actually the s f if they did fight against looks at the missions they asked to move let us in the missions and exit missions and the regional considers you are often tied together in ten american states after the band the so-called forgotten which is not the real

so, finding an asian-american community in the bre is important to me right now.ched out to them. robert: and the connection is important, right? i mean, that's sort of part of being an artist. it makes sense, right? april: absolutely, yeah. robert: do you feel like you're reaching people? justin: totally, yeah, absolutely. robert: how do you gauge that? like, in terms of, are you able to perform a lot? how do you--what do you do in that area? april: oh, you mean to find more? april: well, actually, i host a bunch of electronic music showcases in oakland and the bay area, so that's kind of, like, robert: how dof my network people find out about that? april: so, i have like--i actually even have a youtube thing i started called synthesthesia, so we'll have a little, like, interview like you kind of. robert: very good, okay, and let people know about that. april: go to the vintage synth museum or dave smith instruments and have a little interview, and like, have people perform and stuff, yeah. robert: oh okay, so you like all levels, huh? april: that's why i'm conta

the asian-americans who were born here. etnamese americans who were born here, sometimes they will with the overall hyphenated asian-americans and they feel the same. but that is not the same. >> i need to speak up for the vietnamese americans were born here. let's move on to the next question. my question was to follow-up that and get to the heart of the matter. now this becomes more of a democracy discussion and i want to recognize all your achievements and i can only imagine that what you guys would andnd you will rise to you more prominence in the future and become policy shapers and makers. no one has mentioned the late senator mccain who advocated for the agreement with vietnam normalization. it is 25 years later. is that working? tothat bringing vietnam democracy. like the mayor said, is a going forward where there will be sometime in the future where there will be some democracy or even full democracy in vietnam ,r should be be, like cuba sanctions, normalization. like to respond to your concerns. u.s. hadnd the rela

male to get such a letter he would have to score i think 1380 and for asian-american female 1350.0. lower 1300's, doesn't that sound to you discrimination against -- >> right. look, they're maintaining the liberal map on this, the dean has esm my -- explicitly it doesn't hurt you. paul: what do you mean? >> if you help one group you are effectively discriminating against another if you have a limited pool. what makes this so interesting is all done in the name of diversity and i think when -- when it was minority groups benefiting at the expense of white applicants before they were okay with it and now you have ironic situation where diversity requires discriminating against one minority which is very qualified to benefit other minorities. paul: jillian. >> we are looking at sat scores and also on softer factors it's equally disturbing, the plaintiffs came out with information that asians were being rated on a lower level for things like likability, courage, personal kindness, i think the picture it's painting is systematic discrimination, universities that are obsessed with this.

against asian american applicants in a dispute thatve something important.t going to be easy. quicksilver earns you unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. actually, that's super easy. my bad. paul: harvard university admissions practices playing out in a federal courtroom in boston this week in closely-watched trial on whether the ivy league schools discriminates against asian-american applicants, harvard engages in racial balancing and setting quotas on asian americans civil rights law. a claim the school denies. we are back with dan henninger, jillian melchoir. what have we learn so far? >> the dean of admissions has been testifying and admitted in recruitment letters when looking for potential students they would send recruitment letter to african american that scored i think 1100 on the sat's but for an asian american male to get such a letter he would have to score i think 1380 and for asian-american female 1350. paul: 1310. lower 1300's, doesn't that sound to you discrimination against -- >> right. look, they're maintaining the liberal

immigrants he says harvard should further investigate the complaints of discrimination against asian americans but preserve that legally sanctioned practice of favoring black and hispanic applicants known as affirmative action the plaintiffs really are just making a big mistake in completing. the constitutionality of affirmative action on the one hand with discrimination or potential legit discrimination against asian americans where i had my first whatever bloom a white conservative and rebounder of the anti affirmative action group students for fair admissions recruited the unnamed asian americans who are suing harvard he declined an interview with al-jazeera the debate has split the asian american community some accuse blum of using them as a tool to push his real agenda of helping white students while others say harvard is using affirmative action as a past to discriminate against asian americans they don't look at the reality that if you're going to do that are being discriminated against they just write you off meanwhile the trumpet ministration has jumped in to oppose harvard saying no

simply put, do you think harvard discriminates against asian americans?ink what we're seeing and what students are showing right now is that harvard has been raising the bar for asian americans and lowering it for other groups in the pursuit of racial diversity. harvard is pursuing this racial diversity for the sake of diversity itself and it's really a shallow thing to do, i think. i think we saw harvard did this with jews back in the 1920s as welwell where they kept numbers artificially low by using a subjective personal rating. i think it's demeaning to reduce applicants to their race and it's discriminatory. these practices have been reported on for years. i think it will be interesting to see what comes out of this case. rob: we want to show people exactly how this is alleged to be done. we're going to show you some s.a.t. score requirements here. everybody remembers the s. a a.t.s. for black, hispanic and native american applicants harvard appears to be looking for a score around 1100 to get in. for asian women, though, look at the jump there, to 13

one of the world's best known universities is being sued by a group of asian americans who are accusing it of discriminating against them in admissions harvard is denying the allegation the result of the legal battle could influence admissions to u.s. universities for years to come i did your castro as well. it's tough to get into harvard fewer than five percent of students who apply are successful that is unless the applicant is asian american then it's even harder according to a lawsuit which accuses harvard intentionally discriminates against asian americans in order to keep their and roman numbers down if not most of them are marked down subjectively i have admission officers without ever meeting them harvard's internal admissions documents tell of a score system that according to the lawsuit penalizes asian americans in the personality category though they tend to score higher in academic performance and extra curricular activities their personality score based on descriptors like likability and courageousness is lower than that of any other racial group the lawsuit accuses harvard

doing harvard he declined an interview with zero the debate has split the asian american community some accused of using them as a tool to push his religion of helping white students while others say harvard is using affirmative action as a pass to discriminate against asian americans they don't look at the reality that humans are being discriminated against they just write you off meanwhile the trumpet ministration has jumped in to oppose harvard saying no american should be denied admission to school because of their race the politicization of the case is further evidence for many asian americans they are being used as a racial wedge the case is final outcome will likely be decided by the u.s. supreme court. castro al jazeera cambridge massachusetts the chairman of south korea's largest airline has been charged with embezzling eighteen million dollars char yang hose also accused of unfairly awarding contracts to companies controlled by his family the prosecutions for the boss of korean air are the latest in a series of scandals one of his daughters was jailed four years ago for forced

fitting and the question is how do they make this leap and turn this into a discrimination gensz asian americanson action. there was a question asked i think on day wuj of trial. wds you agree that race is a factor for african americans. >> so that question was asked by one of the lawyers for staudants for fair admissions. to say was he that a a a group of black students. opand there's a chance that he also was friends a asian american cans. >> i think you're well vurszed in these numbers. asian american, 22%, however of the harvard population. what if the plaintiffs 1? what happens to the 22% at harvard who are asian american. how will it grow and who will be impacted? >> if wins this trial and race is no longer used in the prospraesff. but you'll see a large inkpreesz about 50% from 14 fooer 6 frer forf zb 14 to-- decline can in those of color as well as latinos according to that projection? >> yes and this is oner of the things they're trying to use to say race is a determinative factor. the people are court says we can use race anded a mugzs admissi diversify our classes. the question that t

asian-american. students on both sides. >> rates cannot be removed affectively from an application just because it's so central to so many people's identity. >> whether or not you're for for or against affirmative action, it still important to see how it impacted negative american don't make asian-american groups. >> white applicants at many times -- this case is unique because a minority group is at the center of the fight and we should note that trump administration joined this lawsuit back in august for the trial should last about three weeks and the verdict will likely appeal to the first circuit court and there it will possibly go to the supreme court. remember, justice brett kavanaugh replaces justice anthony kennedy. it was kennedy who wrote the majority opinion upholding the university of texas' affirmative action program back in 2016. much different court to go years later. >> it was a white student who said she was discriminate against at the university of texas and she won that. interestin

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students while others say harvard is using affirmative action as a past to discriminate against asian americans they don't look at the reality that if you're going to go that are being discriminated against they just write you off meanwhile the trumpet ministration has jumped in to oppose harvard saying no american should be denied admission to school because of their race the politicization of the case is further evidence for many asian americans that they are being used as a racial wedge the case is final outcome will likely be decided by the u.s. supreme court. castro al-jazeera cambridge massachusetts the german chancellor angela merkel vowing to regain the trust of voters after her political allies suffered major losses in sunday's state election and varia a christian social union had its worst election result there for sixty eight years threatens to deepen divisions within the fragile federal coalition government. particularly over issues like immigration. in the afghanistan. well there with a look at your sports news i will thanks very much. a time olympic champion is saying bolt isn't t

close to a quarter asian-americans, 14% african-americans and hispanics.in this case argue that if, based on academics alone, asian americans could account for 40% of theed a migs. they do have support from the department of justice, doj, which has filed a statement of interest in support of their case. harvard contends the supreme court has already ruled twice on this issue and has held up the admissions process of an example of how it's seeking to achieve a diverse body. race may enter the process one of the factors when it comes to consideration. it's not just harvard that uses this model for admissions. other elite college, 60% of which consider race when it comes to accepting students. they say the trial's outcome could threaten their own autonomy, especially if they want diverse representation when it comes to the student body. dana? >> dana: this trial gets under way today. when might there be a decision? of course, there could be an appeal. but if they decided to settle, this could change quickly across the country. >> yeah. it could take one judge

siding with a group of asian americans at harvard university over its administrations policy.he government claims harvard has failed to prove it does not unlawfully discriminate against asian americans. in a statement of interest attorney general jeff sessions writes this, quote. harvard has denied all of the allegations. trial is set to begin tomorrow in boston. shaun, i know this case has widely been seen a referendum on affirmative action. >> both sides are putting that at the forefront of the focus. the case is not about race or race consciousness. it's about racism. so the question is not who harvard has to completely ignore race, it's about whether the way that they have used race in assessing asian american applicants is, in fact, racist. i think the most troubling part of the information that harvard fought very hard to keep private is this information that their own internal investigation previously had found that there was a concern about discrimination against asian americans, in particular, with this category that they use called the person or personality category.

a landmark lawsuit against harvard university is brought by asian-american students who failed to gain admission. what to expect today. >>> plus, the murder mystery. after a young model is shot while driving to work. >>> a government wildlife official comes under fire for the photos from his african hunting trip. should he lose his job? >>> and from the high-scoring battle between old school and new school on sunday night, to the wildest marching band formations we have ever seen, to an apology for this mascot punch. all the best video moments to kick off your monday morning. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm stephanie ramos in for diane macedo. >> and i'm kenneth moton in for kendis gibson. dozens of people are unaccounted for in the florida panhandle this morning five days after hurricane michael made landfall. rescuers are using dogs to search for survivors as the president prepares to visit the region today. >> the official death toll is 18, but that number is expected to rise, and thousands are not expected to get their power back until at least next week. abc's emily rau has the la

the ivy league school is accused of discriminating against asian americans. protestors are defending the school and affirmative action. an anti-affirmative action group sued harvard in 2014 claiming the university illegally limits the number of asian american students. harvard denyes discriminating against asian americans saying their rates of admission have grown in recent years. it could be a sequel to the action thriller snakes on a plane, a snake in a bank. this happened friday in nanning city, china. surveillance video shows a four and a half foot python falling through the ceiling and frightening bank tellers who had gathered for a meeting. they scattered as the snake slit erred on the floor. no one was hurt and the snaiblg is-- snake is in custody. in savannah, georgia, the hunt is on for a googly eyed vandal am someone put googly eyes o on an american revolutionary war figure nathaniel greene. officials say whoafer did it could be charged with criminal trespassing and more than $500 to repair the damage, if this cost, they could face felony charges. s

light as being a member of the san francisco fire commission as a president, i am, the first asian-american down categorically and say japanese-american. i can talk about other commissioners who came in under frank jordan. what i'm saying in terms of the consent agreement, it wasn't that long ago. in terms of that, i understand the principles of what we all fought for and what we want to see, but i think mentioning here as well is the agree of that presence. so to me, in terms of the question of what was -- it was in terms of that h2, h3 lieutenants, captains, battalion chiefs, cheap officers. i, for one at this stage of our existence, in terms of the spirit of diversity would like to know what those numbers look like. what kind of african-american men, women, how many asian-american? how many latinos? how many folks do we have within the officer his ranks can -- that can reflect a self in this administration in terms of the future? these are the kinds of things that go in my mind. i am just excited. just thrilled and proud in terms of the presentation. it is interesting because some of the

white students increasing the share of a class from 40% to 48% and harvard found the share of asian americanso 27% but the number of african-american students would drop from 14% to 6%. hispanics to drop from 14% to 9%. since 1978, the supreme court has allowed race conscious decisions on admission as long as they're done precisely. the point of these practices is essentially to ensure more exposure to a variety of viewpoints but now that the court shifted to the right with the latest addition of judge brett kavanaugh, its position on affirmative action and higher education could change. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is live in washington with us. pete, what's the argument on both sides here? >> well, i think you have sketched out the argument of the asian american students. you know, this is a different than the usual affirmative action case like the one that the supreme court heard from the university of texas where in that case basically they were saying the ut was in essence discriminating against whites overfavoring minority students. here the minority students suing sayin

robert: the filipino-american community and many other asian-american and pacific-islander communitiesave adults and children with talent and love for the arts, but can't find a way in. the neighborhoods in and around san lorenzo are no different. what is different there is the dandan performing arts center. with me now are two of the driving forces behind this non-profit. first, program director john dandan, an all-around musical artist, born in the philippines, raised in san lorenzo, and a graduate of berkley college of music. and also here is the cofounder and a member of the board of directors, james richard, who is also an accomplished musician, hailing from oakland. welcome to the show. both: thank you for having us. robert: well, you're mr. dandan, so tell us a little bit about how the dandan performing arts got started. john dandan: well, you know, i grew up in a family of musicians, six brothers and sisters, and a single mom, and, you know, everybody pretty much just played music and, you know, i pretty much, you know, have been fortunate enough to study at the highest level o

you're suing an asian-american organization, latino organization, african-american organizations, this seems to have been targeted essentially at voters who are not white. >> yeah, absolutely. when we conducted an analysis of the scheme back in 2016, we have to remember this is not new, we sued brian kemp over the same exact voter suppression scheme in 2016 and found that it clearly had a disproportionate impact on african-americans, latinos and asian-americans who were trying to make it onto the registration rolls. we sued brian kemp then and we won. and so it is remarkable to be here two years later where the state is seeking to resurrect something that they know is discriminatory. we look again and find the same evidence. it has a disproportionate impact on minority communities and those are the very people who the state wants to lock out of the process. so it's why we filed this lawsuit. we believe there should be a level playing field where everyone gets to have a voice. >> and, in fact, only 9.83% of those pending for failure to verify applications or submitted by applicants iden

harvard university once again in court accused of bias against asian-american applicants.arvard holds these students to a higher standard that other opportunities. . >> danny, what do we know about this particular suit and what do we know about the group that filed the case? >> the plaintiffs are a coalition of applicants, potential applicants who would be harmed by these practices of harvard in selecting people for submission. and among them is an applicant, an individual who was number one in his class in high school, an asian-american, who got perfect acts. almost an unblemished academic admission because he says harvard's system amounts to an unconstitutional racial quota. you look at the history of the supreme court on this issue. higher education remains the only place where the supreme court sanctions the use of race. it's not permissible in the military context, in the context of national emergencies and the only other case was the often criticized coramatsu case which was just overturned just last year. it's a very, very controversial issue. >> as i understand it,

. >> you have asian americans who are upset on the city of policy.ans suing harvard university to say you have race-based references instead of competency, this is a problem and it excludes asian americans. >> the reason they are rai raise-based goals because they are racial exclusion. >> let me finish my point and i will certainly let you finish yours. >> the only reason they had to include goals because government had laws excluding them. the government had to undo what they did. this is not a favor. this is you are trying to address what you did by law. by law we could not go to certain schools. >> that's evil and viral. >> i am going to lever it right there. you can't undo that. >> thank you, carrie and alana and francesca. >> coming up, first lady, melania trump went to visit africa by herself. she took a lot of her husband's baggage, i will explain. the same? that's why capital one is building something completely different. capital one cafés. welcoming places with people here to help you, not sell you. with savings and checking accounts with n

the group claims even with excellent grades and curricular activities, asian americans have the lowestdmission rates to harvard when compared to other races and consistently got poor personality trait ratings. >> they reach asian applicants consistently lower in the metrics of courage, likability, integrity and friendliness. >> ♪ every morning he greets me ♪. >> potential future i-v leaders came to the rally. >> when i grow up i want to be an astronaut. >> some old enough to understand the allegations. >> and makes me angry that people doing worse than he can get into a better college and have a better future. >>> opening statements are set to happen in federal court in boston and brought by virginia- based students for fair admissions. it's breezy and dry out there, rosie married,. >>> a lot of sunshine out there, gasia. temperatures are a lot warmer. five hike at 10 degrees and by the north bay 10-15. you can see it not much cloud cover, if any, going on for your afternoon. the winds are breezy as we mentioned throughout the newscast, trying to save "futurecast." the advisory board n

the school is accused of discriminating against asian americans. these protesters are are defending the school. they sued harvard in 2014 claiming the university illegally limits the number of asian-american students. harvard discriminating against asian-americans say their rates of admission have grown in recent years. >>> it could be a sequel to snakes on a plane. a snake in a bank. this happened friday in china. surveillance video shows a four and a a half foot python falling through the ceiling and frightening bank tellers who had gathered for a meeting. they scattered as the snake slithered on the floor. no one was hurt and the snake is in custody. >>> in savannah, georgia, the hunt is on for a a google eyed vandal. someone put googly eyes on green. whoever did it could be charged with criminal trespassing and if it costs more than $500 to repair the damage, they could face felony charges. >>> still ahead, 100-year-old footage from the great war is brought to life in color. protect you differently? antiperspirant this is soothing it's comforta

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round to put 53000 voters in this electoral purgatory 80 percent of whom are african-american asian american and hispanic american. that 80 percent of the electorate but that they have now put in limbo land. so with cross check matching up on a bunch of parameters but really it's luster - - a last name minorities are overrepresented so therefore in the purges that happen whites are underrepresented by 8 percent african-americans are overrepresented by 35 percent asian americans are overrepresented by 31 percent and hispanics are overrepresented 14 percent of african-americans have been purged in the united states of america through this method. >> something that will impact this election but one of the things we look at obviously is if the supreme court, and you talk about that insight and several things that you talk about the suggestions when you go too far with partisan gerrymandering - - gerrymandering but one of the other things in the book there is the idea that justice roberts will be the swing vote but you have some commentary and rougher reference to the experience with justice robe

harvard has used diversity as justification for racial determination against asian-americans and whiteollment in their classroom 43%-18% using discrimination, and in fact their own internal committee found evidence of discrimination and of course. the report. edward bloom, i spoke at a rally at the asian-american coalition for education, and all of this was brought to light because of them. we can see the racism plain and simple in front of our eyes. >> sean: so why is this not one of the biggest stories in the country? the most famous story in the world, the most prestigious has been caught red handed discriminating on the basis of race. they are not even defending themselves and nobody covers it, why? >> i can't speak for the motivation of the media but, it's so hidden, they bury it in such a way that only a professional treatment admissions consultant could understand how complicated it is. it's plain and simple racism but it so carefully hidden, find words like personality trait and that. what is it? it's racist, carefully hidden but it's racist. >> tucker: we only have like 30 sec

native americans -- asian americans had the lowest admission rates and they consistently got poor ratings. >>they rate asians and africans lower in the metrics of courage, likability, integrity and friendliness. >> reporter: some potential future ivy leaguers came to the rally. >>when i grow up i want to be an astronaut. >>some old enough to understand the allegations in the lawsuit. >> it makes me angry that people who are doing worse than me can get into a better college and have a better future. >> opening statements are scheduled in federal court in boston in this lawsuit brought by virginia-based students for fair admission. >>> frank is joining us from the newsroom with a look at some of the stories that we are working on. share step he was involved in a shut -- scary crash. >>a high-speed chase came to a fiery end when the sheriff deputies slammed into a home. despite being injured that deputy helped three people get out of the home before the vehicle and the home started to burn. >> continuing to follow a developing story in south bay. >>we crossed the six hour mark of a freeway c

record low unemployment, 14 states, african-americans, hispanic americans, asian-americans, women in e workplace, and of course, youth unemployment.ns incomes growing for all races and all americans. that is great for our country, our family, our fellow americans. the media wants you to believe that trump's america first policies are racist. no, african-americans, hispanic americans, asian-americans, women in the workplace, are benefiting, rightly the most, and we are lifting every american up, and to go years of success after eight years of failure. trying to, obama take credit once again for the trump economy. let's remember what life was like eight years of obama. lowest labor participation rate since the '70s. 95 million americans out of the workforce, the worst recovery since the '40s, obama inns eigt years added 13 more million americans on food stamps, 8 million more americans in poverty, 43 million total, stagnant wage growth, the only president to never reach a 3% annual gdp growth, and acute related more debt that all 43 43 presidents before him combined. that is his record.

we're firefighters who want to be positive representatives of and for the asian american community. our mission is to create and maintain equality of opportunity for asians and other minorities within the fire service throughout the city. we strife to be involved in constructive efforts and programs to maintain equitiable hiring and promotional practices. we're dedicated, along with other nonprofit organizations, to improve the quality of life for the minority members of the city. back in the day when i was 24, i would go to the cherry blossom festival here in chinatown. at the street fair, the a.f.a. had a recruiting booth, okay? so during this time, the department was under a federal mandate to diversefy its ranks. it focused on hiring minorities and women, and i'm sure at this time, it helped fund this booth. excuse me. so that day, the seed was planted, in my mind, that yes, this is an opportunity for myself as a way to make a living, quite honestly. it was refreshing to see what an asian american firefighter looked like in their uniform 'cause quite frankly at that time, there w

asian americans in new york you mean part head of the harvard asian american alumni alliance one of theharvard affiliated groups campaigning in support of affirmative action policies and in new haven connecticut roman khandahar a high school senior who is against affirmative action welcome everyone to the stream i want to start with a boy from harvard and this is kelly he's a student a junior at harvard university and here's what he had to say about this hot button issue this isn't a case of potential discrimination this is a case of real discrimination these affirmative action policies are negatively impacting asian americans and unfairly treating them simply because of their race discrimination on college campuses isn't something new this is something that organizations such as the leadership. forum have been reporting on for years and this is communication is really happening right now as she of justice john roberts once said the only way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race and that's exactly what affirmative action policies do r

african-american, hispanic-american, asian-american. women. every category, median income, employment, unemployment, it's either ever or 50 or 60 years the best numbers. trish: women are effectively the cfo of their family. they are paying the bills and keeping the trains running on time with the family. and they want financial prosperity. they want security. and that's what you are offering. but if you look at the poll numbers they are not liking you. so how do you overcome that? president trump: i had worse poll numbers when i went into the election. if you looked at my poll numbers you would have said there is not a woman in the country who is going to vote for me. i did phenomenal with women. that's probably the reason i won in a true sense. i also did better with hispanics than they predicted. i did better with frisms than they predicted. the men stay with me, i don't know why. but with the women, they want security and financial security, too. look at 401ks. let's say we have a bad time three weeks from now. your 401ks will go down treme

some kid going to the school that is preknock anywayly who it and asian american and other kids going to the school that is predominantly black and the understanding is connected to the racialized so the parents think that, hi kid goes to could with asian american kids and that's better. smalls interesting class differences there, too. and i think -- i have been getting questions about class, doing radio very intos where -- interview where people call up and yell at me. i'm not trying to parse out race and class, and i think that's also part of that, but thank you for the question. >> if you could talk but your decision to use middle schoolers as your age base and if there's research about opening and changing before or beyond that. >> yes. another great question. one thing i try to do is approach i from at interdisciplinary perspective. i draw on child development literature and think what might -- certainly middle childhood is considered to be a moment in which kids are, a., spending more time outside their family because anywhere middle school and also developmentally thinking more

african-americans, hispanic americans, and asian america -- and asian americans -- their unemploymenteached the lowest rate in the history of our country. [applause] that's not fair. that will be a good soundbite in the debate. hispanic americans, african-americans, asian americans -- the best unemployment statistic in the country. what will my opponent do with that one? and this has all happened recently and if our opponent and my opponent ever got elected we would be headed south with problems as a country it was going that way. every time i come to a venue like this or any venue, almost every time, someone comes back and says -- sir, thank you very much for saving our country. thank you very much. it happens all the time. the big tough guy from north carolina to -- too proud to cry. but he had tears. but he just said -- and i have so many people say that. but when we first started to do all these things with regulations and tax cuts and i used to hear -- but what do they mean? with regulations and tax cuts but they are right because of this country would go on that path for many ye

in your presentation you highlighted asian american, african-american -- >> there are prevention element components and that we are one of the five companies. we have what we call population focused programs that use community-based evidence to help address the needs of various cultural and specific communities. with that, we expend about five% of our budget with this population. however, we still have the old community serving programs that have a good percentage of various ethnic and various cultural communities. >> supervisor cohen: ok. do you have an idea or a statistic you could share with us about the breakdown between the sexes? between the number of women that are served versus the number of men served? >> overall, no. everything is broken up by component. each component has a rule as to which type of services can be provided under this component. this report i'm giving you has a breakdown for demographically gender, age and sexual orientation and things like that is all broken down by various components. >> supervisor cohen: thank you i appreciate that. all right. i have no othe

african-american, hispanic-american and asian american unemployment rates have all recently achieved their lowest levels ever recorded. and that's pretty good. [applause] that's a very hard sound bite to beat, if you are the opponent of trump. when you say, highest, best numbers we've ever had. and we have created over 50,000 new jobs in the electrical contracting, and that's pretty good. and it's going way up. it's going up very fast. and just remember this, and america's economic revival would not be possible without the men and women in this room. it would not be possible. i built so much, i've done so much business with you. i watch the things that you've done and it's incredible. we are truly grateful to our electricians, our wire men, linemen, engineers, technicians, journeymen, contractors, and apprentices. i love that word. that's a great word. [applause] i love that word! you know, i did that show 14 seasons and then i left. they wanted to sign me for three more seasons. i said, no, i'm going to run for president. so they replaced me with a big, big movie star. and that didn