we gather tonight in celebration of asian-pacific heritage month. we take a moment to reflect upon our past, to understand the heroic struggles, obstacles, hardships that so many people, including this evening's tremendous honor read, had to overcome. this is a very special place. norm gave me the good fortune of putting my feet to the marble in the halls of congress. we will give the opportunity to 20 interns this summer so that they can partake in the greatest democracy that has ever resided on this planet. this is also a tremendous significance as congressmen alluded to. this is the home were people left when i came to this country, when they had to leave the fields of california from farming. that applies to the filipinos and two others. they set foot in san francisco. a generation upon generation, of residence of san francisco had to endure the struggles and have made this city a very special place. i am very excited about the leadership that presides over san francisco today. mayor lee, supervisor chiu, mar, chu, and we had the treasurer. this

we would like to welcome you to the third annual statewide celebration and recognition of asian-pacificander american heritage month. this event is hosted by the mayor. i will tell you a little bit more. it is a non-profit, non- partisan. since 2001, our focus has been on educating the public on public policy. and fostering the future leaders from our minority communities to serve at federal, state, and local levels. the mission is to empower patients and pacific islander americans in civic and public affairs to education, active participation, and leadership development. >> civic engagement, leadership development, and community servthe theme of tonight's evens a celebration of the achievements and accomplishments of asian-americans in the state of california and our nation. >> ok'ing. -- ok. i would like to introduce our host for this evening. very well known as the first asian-american mayor in san francisco history. mayor lee championed balancing the budget to keep san francisco safe, solvents, and successful. he reformed city pensions. his focus is on economic development, job crea

fifth and last the defense department is turning its formidable innovative power to the asian-pacific region. the counterinsurgency that's of course we've gotten very good doing and which we are going to keep, but as we come out of iraq and afghanistan, defense planners, analysts, scientists and institutions across the country are devoting more and more of their time to thinking about the asia-pacific region. we are developing new operational concepts for the forces. we are integrating operations on land in the air force and navy to maintain access in contested regions we are real making sure we are prepared for any opportunity for a challenge that may arise. the pentagon leadership is focused intently on executing the rebalanced. secretaries and leon panetta hosts a video teleconference but this is something new. this is something that secretary gates and then secretary leon panetta have been doing with commanders iraq and afghanistan as a way of keeping involved, keeping in touch, constantly consulting and working on issues and we've decided to do that with admiral law cleared out i

. >>> tonight was the asian pacific fun foundation gala to celebrate visionary leadership and janellewas the mistress of sarls. it was to improve the quality of life of asian-americans in the bay area. >>> stanford may have won the big game today but cal is celebrating a big catch of sorts. think swimming. we'll explain the buzz behind the golden bears and missy franklin. >> reporter: i'm money francis. 30 years ago, sports history was made. you'll hear from two men whose lives were changed during just 30 seconds as what everyone remembers as "the play." >>> video from the scene of the north beach neighborhood near the cone of powell and vallejo streets. about 50 people were removed from their home. firefighters and police are helping to clear that chemical situation. the red cross also there assisting people who were displaced by the evacuation order. we'll bring you more information as we learn it. the day's big game may not have been one for the record books but we still have the play from the 30ing anniversary of the biggest play ever. live at uc berkeley with the two biggest play

we have worked with groups like asian pacific islander, adult protective services, cameron house, adult protective services, sf safe and another group, asian-american community center and the police department to help seniors understand don't give over your jewelry or your money, it is not a good idea. we have had four forums, the first in may in chinatown; we had a second in chinatown; a third in the outer sunset and yesterday visitation vaolly. -- valley. every one have been jammed packed. we estimate we have educated over 500. we have bilingual fliers, also in spanish and russian. i have brought copies to have in your offices. at the forums we show the video that's been discussed. it is a ten-minute video that goes through a scam so people see how you are approached, what happens, why you shouldn't do it. it is a very moving video. i brought extra copies of that as well. all of the meetings have obviously been translated so we can make sure they are accessible to anyone and everyone who wants to come. we have met with all the victims of the cases. not just one in the charged case, so

forces are moving to implement a strategy of focusing the deployment in the asian pacific region. the f-35 deployment is designed to strengthen the u.s. forces capability. the plan was announced even though it isn't known when and where the f-35s will be deployed. again, the aim is to send a clear message to both japan and china. the u.s. wants -- the u.s. wants to deepen its alliance with japan, whose air self-defense force will be getting the same type of material. >> nhk world senior commentator hisashi tsuya. >>> as the presidential campaign heats up in the united states, employment figures are showing improvements in september. the news could provide a boost to the campaign of president barack obama. u.s. department of labor officials say the u.s. jobless rate dropped to 7.8% in september. the figure is the lowest since january 2009. employers added 114,000 nonfarm jobs in september, matching the expectations of analysts. the nonfarm sector is considered particularly sensitive to economic trends. 44,000 jobs were added in the health care sector. manufacturing employment edged

officials say the system will be available in most of the asian pacific region early next year. the state-run xinhua news agency reports the satellite was launched late on thursday from the southwestern province of sichuan. officials say more than 30 navigation satellites will be on orbit by 2020 to cover the entire world. similarly to the gps system operated by the united states. china's alternative is called bedo. tests on it began last december. chinese officials say the positioning system will have a wide range of applications, and some analysts point out that china is developing it for both commercial and military purposes. >>> about 10,000 children are born in japan each year with congenital heart disorders. that's roughly one baby in 100. many of them can be cured through surgery, but lately some people are finding themselves with life-threatening conditions such as heart failure decades after undergoing surgery. nhk world's takafumi terui reports. >> reporter: this man from shizuoka city in central japan is 56 years old. he was born with a hole in his heart. the man had

community, serving on many boards and committees including the nicos chinese health coalition, the asian pacific islander social work council, the head start program, the [speaker not understood] coalition, association for the chinese families of the disabled. she's the co-founder of the association for chinese families of the disabled, has been a co-coordinator of the san francisco chinatown technology disabilities project, and a strong advocate and partner with my office on how we as a city provide culturally competent and linguistickly [speaker not understood] to under served communities. she has so many awards, i'm beingv going to read them all. her most important role is she is the head director of the chinatown child development center, a children's mental health clinic of the san francisco department of public health, one out of the community behavioral health services division. nancy, i want to thank you for taking care of our kids, taking care of our parents unction taking care of our families, chinatown and our chinese community and just being part of the amazing fabric that is our men

forces are moving to implement a strategy of focusing the deployment in the asian pacific region. the f-35 deployment is designed the f-35 deployment is designed to strengthen the u.s. forces capability. the plan was announced even though it isn't known when and where the f-35s will be deployed. again, the aim is to send a clear message to both japan and china. the u.s. wants -- the u.s. wants to deepen its alliance with japan, whose air self-defense force will be getting the same type of aircraft. >> nhk world senior commentator hisashi tsuya. >>> the japanese government has decided to appoint chief cabinet secretary masato kitera as its new ambassador to china. kitera previously worked for the ministry. he served as deputy chief of the middle eastern and african affairs bureau and chief of the international cooperation bureau. he will replace uichiro niwa, the first person from the private sector to serve as japan's top envoy to china. a senior diplomat, shinichi nishimiya, was nominated as successor, but he died of a sudden illness last month. the government was quick to find a

goodwill and that's where the mercy taking off as it does out of san diego and goes around the asian pacific rim. that is why the comfort takes off and heads down to south america, to show goodwill, not to be the american country that comes down there and shows people how it's done, to be the united states' ambassador of medical care that wants to partner with these nations, learn about them, learn about their illnesses, learn about their afflictions and learn from the people in the area how we can better support and partner with them. build bridges before they have to. if we have had twice the number of aircraft carers in 9-11, if we had twice the number of marine battalions in 9-11, would that have stopped it? it would not have. but maybe, maybe through humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, global engagement, the ability for us it reach across borders and change minds, maybe the intelligence might have been forthcoming. maybe there was one individual who might have seen something happening and recognizing we can't let bad things happen. that is why we do this. one, we globally engage b

out a us military base on the japanese island of okinawa as washington again its presence and asian pacific. hello and thank you for joining our team it is monday and seven o'clock here in moscow and. well georgia's ruling party and the united oppositional lawns are going head to head as the nation votes for its next parliament president saakashvili his party is desperate to hold onto its majority in the chamber after its popularity plummeted in the wave of a prison abuse scandal artie's alexander shot skiis in the georgian capital. voting continues into what promises to be a crucial election for george and it's more than a history this election will show whether the people are happy with the current political regime with business really and his united national movement party but more wider picture of the party which wins this election will be able to then appoint a prime minister and when the constitutional amendments take place next year when the stage down which will allow other prime minister to have just about the same powers as the president had then this party would be able to appoin

he became the ceo of asian pacific.his is a brand guy who understands the emerging markets and by wait. you are welcome on this show. now the great thing about them is that they are both when striking distance, the stocks are pretty cheap. i'm not saying they are cheaper than 2015 earnings, now that we are in the 4th quarter, they are inexpensive on next year's numbers. a we little 18 times 2013 estimates. that is why they love these stocks. their low price to earnings multiple stocks. how about six times earnings. do you see why the buyers are so relentless? these two growth stocks should spend the rest of the year going higher. i'm predicting a jackie wilson like step up here. they will keep buying more shares and sorry, it happens every year. buy either visa or mastercard now. so you can capture the upside of the move. sure the market was weak today but they love to run to the sale. this isn't drunk buying people this is stone cold sober picking away at merchandise on sale. >> i wanted to ask you about american expre

bashar al assad so this is the same rendition that we heard before we have to weigh them versteeg asian and pacific asian should come quick and swift and all the acquisition for now aside and let the country heal i think the sec was asian it's a recipe just to take over the country by the march of fourteen i don't think this is going to happen this time around this has to stop otherwise we probably heading for a very difficult time a very chaotic time of love and on and i don't know always going to be accountable for it and i don't think fourteen of marsh can handle it if they continue on a violent past because this will lead to a destruction of the country and to the stability of the. country and the and everybody will lose over in kuwait more than a hundred people have been injured when police used tear gas and stun grenades to break up a series of anti regime rallies tens of thousands to run in the capital against the metal reform which the opposition calls a constitutional clue which was significant hamper his chances of winning to assemble parliament to vote vote in reforms were announced afte

been tough on china isn't watching what the pentagon is doing to deploy naval as setses to the asian-pacific, talking about a pivot towards asia. the kind of rhetoric about labeling countries, however, as enemies, this trends into other areas like russia, where mitt romney called russia our greater geostrategic foe much to the chagrin of people like colin policy. it builds the alliances we need for strong sanctions against iran to reduce the number of nuclear weapons around the world to have an effective fight against al qaeda. we need to be careful. just with china and the economic impact of this language, this kind of language can have an impact at home. >> i wish we had more time. thank you very much. i greatly appreciate you coming by to talk about two topics on the agenda. coming up, democratic congressman adam smith returned from afghanistan. he's in florida right now prepared to back the president in this last debate. what he says about this attack from romney's team, the president's handling of libya. >> it was clear that the militias were the biggest threat to a successful libya. we

overnight stocks on the asian pacific market finished pretty mixed but many reacting to our earnings reports coming in, 3m cut its year guidance for 2012, dupont cutting 1500 jobs, the list goes on and that's the worry this morning. this is certainly affecting our numbers. futures this morning indicating a very big drop on the opening right now. i'm just refreshing my screen. you can see slight gains yesterday but right now the futures indicate more than 100- point drop when our markets open up. >>> time now 5:20. a bold heist that happened in las vegas. how a thief escaped with more than $1 million in casino chips. >>> plus, why the fda is now investigating the safety of a popular energy drink. 6x [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. delicious. but say i press a few out flat... add some beef sloppy joe sauce... and cheese fold it all up and boom! i just made an unbeatable unsloppy joe pillsbury grands biscuits. let the making begin. that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel.

my hunch is they're going to have to deal with all the problems of asian pacific as well as the lingering challenge of thee euro zone problem. it will be e a full foreign pocy in-box for whoever is elected. >> woodruff: fascinating. i don't think much more we're going to hear about foreign policy becyeen now and the election. we did hear about it last nighte thank you both for sharing your thoughts with us this evening. tnk you both. >> thanknk you. >> woodruff: and we have other views online. gideon rose, editor of "foreign affairs" magazine, writes about what a romney or obama win could mean for the future of u.s. foreign relations. that's in the rundown. >> ifill: still to come on the newshour, assessi the facts ines orryingght's debate; about defense cuts in virginia; and reviving an unconventional opera. but first, with the other news of the day, here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: wall street had one of its worst days of the year after a series of disappointing earnings reports from the likes of dupont, xerox, and ups.at the w jones industrial average lost 243 points to close a

. >> reporter: three out of four asian americans or pacific islanders are from 49 foreign countries, ke haresh, who is from india, which is partially why his vote is for immigration. >> i wouldn't say i vote because i am asian american, i vote because i'm a citizen of the united states of america. >> asian americans just like to be americans. when the candidates reach out to them, they're thrilled about that. >> reporter: like on the economy, asian americans are just as worried. >> one candidate is going to fix the immigration thing, one is going to fix the budget thing. >> who are you going to pick? >> that's why i'm undecided. >> reporter: he is not alone, virginia has 6% asian americans, nevada, almost 8, and west virgin virginia, 2.3%. >> you can bet your bottom dollar both candidates will be working hard to get their vote. >> which is why voters like haresh could become 2012's ultimate swing vote. richard lui, nbc news, washington. >> for more insuight into all o this, i want to bring in toby and christine, both from a nonpartisan voter mobilization group and a professor of polit

thanks to the many people for their work to strengthen communities to show the history of the asian and the pacific islander experience in their art and also how they fight for more cultural equity in our communities. please join us at 7:00 p.m.. another key part of the celebration of 25 years of asian improv arts is support other artists and wang wallace and others and lucy lynn and the director of the grant frs the san francisco arts commission but it's also unveiling a new piece by john chang and one key piece will be a portrait where i am narrating part of it and a chance to work with the jazz and improv community and also that support the cultural equity in the neighborhoods and i will narrate a key piece with that. thank you. >> thank you supervisor. supervisor avalos. >> thank you. colleague i want to recognize two that have passed in the nation and george mcgovern and my first election then when i was paying attention to anything and his significance under the campaign in the country gave a lot of strength to millions of people in this country that still last today although people don't alw

got a lot of press and rightly so over the last month, but long term, rising prosperity in the asian pacificill continue to drive demand for these grains and that will continue unabated. and 2012 is just evidence of that strong underlying demand. >> the outlook in terms of pricing, telling they will look at price increases to the tune of 2% to 3%. >> carolyn, thanks for that. mulberry big decliner in the uk. you issuing a profit warning because of lower than expected international retail sales and a drop in wholesale revenue. look at this, stock down 28%. year to date, down 35%. but it reminds you of sort of the about your are yourry profit warning we had. thing like luxury handbags and leather goods. arm holdings, slightly different story. the chip designer up 4%. pretty good number after seeing it profit rise 22% in the third quarter. that's ahead of estimates thanks to higher demand for smartphones and tablets. group says it's a record order backlog. so arm's making of mobile chips really benefiting it. michelin stock up after the company raised its 2012 cash flow target for the second co

current policy, unstated of disengagement from the middle east and pivoting to the east or the asian-pacific area is now on under question and needs to be discussed and needs to be debated. i think clearly it is headed in the wrong direction. that is why you see al qaeda filling in the vacuum. jenna: talk a little bit about iran. that was a big topic last night. certainly a big topic in the news over the last, well, couple of years in fact. here is just a quick sound bite, if you will from the debate last night. let's take a listen to that. >> let's all calm down a little bit here. iran is more isolated today than when we took office. it was on the ascendency when we took office. it is totally isolated. i don't know what world you guys are in. >> thanks heavens we have the sanctions in place. in spite of their opposition. >> oy god. >> they have given 20 waivers to this sanction and all i have to point to are the results. they're four years closer toward a nuclear weapon. jenna: peter, can both be true? can iran be more isolated and also closer to a nuclear weapon? >> yes. you know the fact

of those 24 minority women, 13 are african-american, 4 are asian-pacific islander, and 7 are latina.epresented. why do you think this is so? >> that's because we need to be in the pipeline. this is why i am really happy that there are 30 apia candidates now, asia-pacific island every -- islander candidates running for office. we don't have any minority women in the u.s. senate at the moment. so our -- go ahead. >> if you are elected, you go to the senate, what will you do to make things different? at moment, historical lows in terms of satisfaction from american when is they look at congress. single digits in some cases. >> the great thing is that in this election there are more democratic women running for the u.s. senate than in the history of our country. we call ourselves the five challengers. when we get elected by working hard, we will be the first woman senator from each of our respective states. i'm talking about hawaii, massachusetts, north dakota, wisconsin, and nevada. believe me, when you have women sitting at the table with our diverse experiences, we work in a different

issue here is the failure of our foreign policy in the middle east, the so-called pivot of the asian pacificgaging from the middle east. we don't state that but that's what is happening. there is a rise of radical islam and jihadism taking advantage of the forces of revolutionary change. radical islamists in iran want a nuclear weapon. you put all of this together and we have a major security issue rising in the middle east, much worst than what it has been in the past. bill: general, thank you. we'll call you on very soon. jack keane in washington. thanks. martha: the fight for the women's vote is crucial in this and every election cycle. now the new polls show governor romney surging with women voters. we're going to take a look at whether that could be the difference come election day. bill: also the men accused in the attacks of 9/11 facing charges in a courtroom at gitmo. an update on the quest for justice and the families and victims who have been waiting for that for 11 years now. >> we are going to persevere. we want justice. many of my brother firefighters i was with that day were k