in california, asian and pacific americans make up almost 21% of the population. and the bay area census in 2010 found that asians and pacific islanders make up almost 24% of the population, inching above latinos as the largest minority race across the nine counties. abc7's chris nguyen is here now with local apa leaders to talk about important issues affecting our bay area communities. >> cheryl, it's great to be here. i'm excited to introduce you to our panel of guests today. gina su is an actor based here in the bay area. she's the winner of the 2016-2017 miss asian global pageant. next, lan diep is an attorney. he currently serves as a san jose city council member representing district four. and finally, vincent pan, executive director of chinese for affirmative action. he's also a board member for the center for asian american media. thanks to all of you for joining us today. we have a lot to talk about. our first topic is civic engagement and how to get more asian americans involved in the process. vincent, we'll start with you. would you say that we are seei

in california, asian and pacific americans make up almost 21% of the population. d the bay area census in 2010 found that asians and pacific islanders make up almost 24% of the population, inching above latinos as the largest

welcome to "asian pacific america" and our first live show of the new year.'m robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. we go for broke in our show today starting it off with "the go for broke spirit: portraits of courage," a new coffee table book combining touching portraits with personal stories of japanese-american world war ii veterans. the authors, who happen to be the historians and photographer, will join us today. then we catch up on the latest from the fred t. korematsu institute, one of the most important legacies in american civil rights history. we will talk with daughter karen korematsu, who has not only carried on her father's work, but has forged her own legacy with her passion for social justice and education. then after a look ahead to some important events in the community, including growing up asian in america, we wrap up our show with wu yee children's services celebrating its 40th year as it helps chinese immigrants, especially in china town. all that on our show today. well, we have prided ourselves in presen

today, we feature asian pacific american talent. first, we start with some talented youngsters attending and competing in sciencepalooza. then, we highlight some more creative talent with participants in the showcase pinays in the arts. next, a special program that is this year's beneficiary of pinays in the arts, the pinay-pinoy educational partnerships. and we continue our proud tradition of showcasing artistic and cultural performances with someone who helped make us a successful part of that program, singer maddie b returns with a live performance here in our studio, so don't miss it. well, as it sounds, sciencepalooza is a big, big, prestigious san jose science fair with about 700 to 900 east side students taking part. with me is the science fair coordinator, heidi strahm black from the east side union high school district, and also increasing the brain power in our studio, our students colleen le, as well as tam nguyen, both from oak grove high school. welcome to the show. heidi strahm black: thank you. robert: let's start a l

robert handa: hello, and welcome to "asian pacific america." i'm robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. we have a very rewarding program ahead, rewarding for us because we are able to be a part of helping some groups who help the community. today, we are highlighting some of the recipients of new grants for local nonprofits. nbc bay area and our sister station telemundo 48, in partnership with the nbc universal foundation, is launching project innovation, a new competitive grant challenge once known as 21st century solutions, but still the focus is on a local grant competition for nonprofits implementing new and innovative programs. the first group we profile will be hack the hood, which helps working class youth of color enter the world of high tech by training them to build websites for small businesses in their communities. next, juma ventures, which strives to break the cycle of poverty by helping youth through work, education, and financial capability. then we highlight the hispanic foundation of silicon val

♪ robert handa: hello, and welcome to "asian pacific america."'m robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. memories and a memorable musical performance are in store for you today. first, author jeanette arakawa and her book about the internment of japanese americans through the eyes of a child from the bay area. then memories to light, a project by caam, center for asian american media that collects home movies and tells the story of asian-american and pacific islander communities through those personal images. and we wrap up with our traditional showcase for artistic and cultural performances with young wilson zhang, a freshman in high school, but already a world class guitar player. he will perform live in our studio, so don't miss it. well, when our first guest was a freshman at uc berkeley, her professor advised her to write about her experiences when she was interned during world war ii. she says he told her, "you must share your experiences so it doesn't happen again." and ultimately, she did. joining me now is

today, we feature asian pacific american talent. with some talented youngsters attending and competing in sciencepalooza. then, we highlight some more creative talent with participants in the showcase pinays in the arts. next, a special program that is this year's beneficiary of pinays in the arts, the pinay-pinoy educational partnerships. and we continue our proud tradition of showcasing artistic and cultural performances with someone who helped make us a successful part of that program, singer maddie b returns with a live performance here in our studio, so don't miss it. well, as it sounds, sciencepalooza is a big,

for "m" [captioning performed by the nats caption cora ♪ robert handa: hello, and welcome to "asian pacificerica." i'm robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. memories and a memorable musical performance are in store for you today. first, author jeanette arakawa and her book about the internment of japanese americans through the eyes of a child from the bay area. then memories to light, a project by caam, center for asian american media that collects home movies and tells the story of asian-american and pacific islander communities through those personal images. and we wrap up with our traditional showcase for artistic and cultural performances with young wilson zhang, a freshman in high school, but already a world class guitar player. he will perform live in our studio, so don't miss it. well, when our first guest was a freshman at uc berkeley,

robert handa: hello, and welcome to "asian pacific america."'m robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. we have a very rewarding program ahead, rewarding for us because we are able to be a part of helping some groups who help the community. today, we are highlighting some of the recipients of new grants for local nonprofits. nbc bay area and our sister station telemundo 48, in partnership with the nbc universal foundation, is launching project innovation, a new competitive grant challenge once known as 21st century solutions, but still the focus is on a local grant competition for nonprofits implementing new and innovative programs. the first group we profile will be hack the hood, which helps working class youth of color enter the world of high tech by training them to build websites for small businesses

thirty million visitors europe and africa had the highest growth rates of eight percent followed by asian pacific. with a six percent growth this is the highest annual growth rate in seven years the agency said this was mostly due to global economic upswing in that it expects growth to continue twenty eighteen or more sustainable pace of around four percent tourism is one of the world's leading export sectors so the growth is welcome news it could lead to more job creation in trouble and hospitality investor nation countries. turkish airlines has reclaimed to the top spot over competitors and emirates because it carried more passengers in twenty seventeen that's according to newly released numbers sixty nine million passengers flew turkish last year that's a bump of nine percent from the of the for loop tons of fareed sixty six million while emirates counted fifty nine million it's an impressive rebound for turkish of the fia's competition from low cost airlines and a tense political situation in turkey have hurt the carrier in recent years. and twenty eighteen looks promising for yet another sec

welcome to "asian pacific america" and our first live show of the new year.'m robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. we go for broke in our show today starting it off with "the go for broke spirit: portraits of courage," a new coffee table book combining touching portraits with personal stories of japanese-american world war ii veterans. the authors, who happen to be the historians and photographer, will join us today. then we catch up on the latest from the fred t. korematsu institute, one of the most important legacies in american civil rights history. we will talk with daughter karen korematsu, who has not only carried on her father's work, but has forged her own legacy with her passion for social justice and education.

we will see how this affects your asian-pacific trading day.of -- for the year, when it comes to s&p. what a busy day it is for asian markets. let's get an update with sophie kamaruddin from the open in seoul. >> a crazy day when it comes to data and earnings. we do have the kospi sliding 0.4%. basis, the weakest reading since early 2013. samsung reporting record earnings, but missing analyst estimates. highlighting negative impact from the stronger won. shares fluctuating right now. dow down slightly of the open. the korean won down below the 1073 handle. ony do not -- u.s. jobs data friday. we do have the nikkei 225 opening 0.4% lower. the topix also under pressure. we did have japanese activity accelerating in december due to strong exports. a orders raised production through 2017. a mixed bag for data. so far, pressure for asian .tocks asx 200 sliding to the 6000 level. energy shares dragging the most. tracking the drop in crude prices, u.s. inventories will build after 10 straight weeks of declines. aussie dollar gaining ground, 0.2% highe

many people had a celebrate this holiday and it talks about the fact that means my community, the asian pacificander community, is being embraced and welcomed by the entire state of california. and that our cultural traditions are being recognized as well. >> a traditional dance troupe also joined in. they stage events recognize go the cultural significance of the lunar new year. >>> city leaders including oakland may or libby schaaf attended the mural opening. it was designed by students at an elementary school nearby. organizers dedicated it to antonio ramos, an artist shot and killed while working the mural two years ago. >> he was excited, he had tenacity, he had passion and he had fervor for the power of public art in communities. and he was a part of that. and we bring that spirit into this wall. >>> ramos was helping the community group attitudal healing connection. >>> the skies above were bright and sunny but the view below was foggy. let's take a close look as i move to the other side of the studio and give you more details on what's going on. >> we're looking at some beautiful sunset

economic astem, and he'll voice support for free-trade deals, despite withdrawing from one with asian pacificions and threatening to abandon nafta. those types of protectionist measures led to a warning from germany's chancellor angela merkel, who said "isolationism isol get us nowhere." and the president of france, emmanuel macron, seemed to joke about mr. trump's withdrawal from the paris climate change accords. ( laughter ) >> reporter: and not all business leaders are receptive to president trump's message. tonight, legendary investor and well-known liberal geilanthropist, george soros, called mr. trump "a threat to the world" and said u.s. institutions are the only thing preventing him from turning the tountry into a mafia state. jeff. >> glor: margaret brennan in yovos, switzerland, thank you. at least 30 children have died from the flu this season. the latest is believed to be a boy in palm beach county, florida. manuel bojorquez has more on this. >> reporter: mike medwin met us inday after doing the ththinkable-- making funeral arrangements for his 12-year-old stepson, dylan winnik. h

economic system, and he'll voice support for free-trade deals, despite withdrawing from one with asian pacific nations and threatening to abandon nafta. those types of protectionist measures led to a warning from germany's chancellor angela merkel, who said "isolationism will get us nowhere." and the president of france, emmanuel macron, seemed to joke about mr. trump's withdrawal from the paris climate change accords. [ laughter ] >> reporter: and not all business leaders are receptive to president trump's message. tonight, legendary investor and well-known liberal philanthropist george soros called mr. trump "a threat to the world" and said u.s. institutions are the only thing preventing him from turning the country into a mafia state. >>> closer to home, a 12-year-old boy from florida is the latest victim of the flew epidemic that's sweeping the nation. in all, at least 30 children have died from complications of the virus this season. manuel bojorquez reports. >> reporter: at least 30 children have died from the flu this season. the latest is believed to be a boy in palm beach county, flor

i'm an attorney with the human trafficking project at asian pacific island outreach. the five values should guide city food procurement because a valued workforce is a valuable workforce. it's synonymous with respecting human life, not sacrificing human dignity. workers in agriculture, fishery and livestock industries are some of the most vulnerable in the country. they're comprised of immigrants, both documented and undocumented. and they're engaged in one of the top three dangerous occupations. payment to the workers to help feed the rest of the nation is stock at poverty level wages. the food and drinks we consume may have been farmed and fished by workers in involuntary serve attitude. while it may not be the majority, it is rife. this program is the best choice for procurement standards because it takes a holistic approach to the food system. it's community investment, self-investment, creates a model that will equally benefit those that are part of the chain of production as well as those in the community that will ingest what is created. san francisco hospitals

we have been living with a nuclear north korea that could strike her since in the asian-pacific region that threat has become more acute as korea has systematically advance the technology. we have to stop thinking as a provocation as a systematic and successful development of those technologies. there would be a significant benefit with a reduction of tensions to forgo any testing. but there is not a long time to capture the benefits. more likely than not it will require direct talks with the north koreans on the path to negotiation if there is an opening for such talks is not clear some believe the new year's day claim of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles have already been proven to open the door to a freeze on nuclear and long-range missile test we need to find a way to probe them on that point to exploit that if there is one. it is also imperative to focus on those steps of miscalculation including the risk of nuclear use but devastating forces on both sides of the 38th parallel. or iran where it made sense to keep those negotiations confined to the nuclear program and with pe

it talks about the fact that means my community asian-pacific islander community is being embraced andcome by the entire state of california and our cultural traditions are being recognized as well. >>> i mural that lights west oakland community made its debut today featuring super heroes located at the 580 under pass on west street. was designed by students at hoover elementary school and painted by community artists was dedicated to an artist who was shot and killed while working on a mural in that neighborhood two years ago. >> he was excited, he has tenacity and he had fervor for the power of public art in communities and we bring that spirit into that wall. >> rasmmos was helping the community group attitude healing and connection bring the mural to life. they work with local students to design and paint works of art. >>> up next the launch wasn't secret but the rocket was carrying a secret pay load. >>> man takes care of something nature usually d >>> a rocket carrying a classified u.s. satellite blasted off from vandenberg air force base, what the delta rocket is carrying is top

of things to talk about, oil, equity, pullback across the asian pacific. let's get you your first word news with paul allen. paul: iran's political guard says the antiestablishment protests across the country are all but over. state news showed pro-government rallies saying sedition is ended. they gave no evidence to support the claim. at least 20 have been killed in protests over the past week and almost 1000 arrested. further signsng of strength as the latest reading of the wider economy supports optimism on the factory floor. a survey of the service sector expectations at 53.9, compared with a forecast of 51.9. the rating is rising at the fastest pace since august 4014. china is said to be planning to curb the power supply to some bitcoin minors. few details were offered. fromare benefiting low-power prices and it can affect other users. oncoin was little changed wednesday. the chairman of the european securities and markets authority says he has seen no teething problems after mifid ii kicked in. datahe first time, vacancy from all instruments in the e

the top stories this wednesday, asian-pacific markets will extend wall street decline.st two-day fall since may. as warrencks plunge buffett and jamie dimon try to check things up with jeff bezos for the employees. -- their employees. >> looking to apple, the company falling on signs that it is

what it does tell us is that the percentage gains under the asian pacific index, that the bull markets not over. actual quarterly earnings announced since december, and also more to the point, upgraded earnings assessments. cheap relative valuations, haidi. is also coming together. but you see the soul-searching into this asian session. in fact, with the comments over the americas and first message at job is being wrong allowing clear by representatives of president trump ahead of his arrival. we are also looking at the applications of a further lay down when it comes to the dollar. every other currency and asset is rallying. let's look at the play out when it comes to asian markets. to get a sense of the jitters. if you are looking for an excuse to sell, this is what they needed. be the time that we see asian markets shook up following the protectionist team america rhetoric. you have shares looking next, while the deller exit a three year. we have tech and consumer stocks hitting the drag on the regional benchmark. but then, we are seeing little change. there in mind it is attacked.

global warming has shifted by returning birdlike paths leading to an overlap of the south to north asian-pacific flyway and the north american pacific flyway to the bering strait. the arctic waters are warming faster than other regions on earth, so the bering strait has become a meeting and mingling spot for flocks of flyway that formally rarely met. enabling identification of specific asian flu strains that were hitching a ride and these -- in these flocks. out of all this we get big trouble. i think it is quite apparent that what we are seeing is a result of technological change and increased -- is a new world. a very different world. de-globalized,be and at the same time there are weaponry -- weapons available that will change the battlefield landscape. things,n top of these so other chinese, the russians are probably less able. , going back to the nuclear problem that henry mentioned. our armse have to get around the nuclear proliferation. a way to do it is to put a stop sign in front of russia and have them come to their senses, then start working with them on the nuclear matters as well. a

blackspanic caucus, the caucus, the congressional asian-pacific caucus, we think that this should be leaned down. the senate has, with a good plan that can pass with 60 votes. durbin has been a hero at a champion and the driving force of this. he is been in congress for 35 years. half of his congressional life has been on daca. inwas with the bill starting 2001. he has given his life to passing this. he has gone all these awards. he passed it in the house when i was speaker. a clean dream act. now they have a plan to get 60 votes in the senate and it expects the protections that we must give our dreamers. so from our standpoint, by respecting that and hoping that would have some urgency, we are plainly saying, clean dream act. what you have to offer if you have something? when they offer something, it is not about negotiating, it is about additionally what they want to do in terms of technology at the border. we have to fight them on internal enforcement. that is not the border in our view. dreamers do not want their opportunity to be harmful to their parents or other immigrants. i b

it talks about the fact that it means my community, the asian pacific island community, is being embracedby the entire state of california. and their cultural traditions are being recognized as well. >> a traditional dance troupe also joined the ceremony. the bill would encourage public schools across the state to stage events recognizing the significance of the lunar new year. >>> a miracle that highlights a west oakland community made its debut today. officials including mayor libby schaaf attended the unveiling of the mural. the mural was designed by students at nearby hoover elementary school and painted by community artists. organizers dedicated it to antonio ramos, an artist who was shot and killed while working on the mural in that neighborhood two years ago. >> he was excited. he had tenacity. he had passion. and he had fervor for the power of public art in communities. and he was a part of that. we bring that spirit into this wall. >> ramos was helping a community group bring the mural to life. the group pairs professional muralists like ramos with local students to design and pa

asian equities. heading for a weekly gain on the msci asia-pacific index. little bit of softness coming through after u.s. stocks closed last week. a mixed picture across the asian region. china, higher. south korea, higher. australia closed today. a bit of wiki us and japan. the hang seng on the front foot in hong kong, but it seems with the japanese stocks weighing on the benchmark overall, those trading lower on a stronger yen. overall, emissary asian-pacific index flat. -- overall, the msci asia-pacific index flat. trump favored a stronger dollar. that boosted the greenback in yesterday's session. dollar weakness is back in today's session. i have a couple of technical to show you. the dollar is heading for a weekly loss, but this is showing that the bloomberg dollar index has broken the key 50% fibonacci retracement level. after we get past here, there is not a lot of long-term support until we get to 5% lower from here. aat is a little bit of bearish outlook. these indicators can sometimes contradict each other. it's look at another one. the relative

it talks about the fact that it means my community, the asian pacific island community, is being embracedelcomed by the entire state of california. and their cultural traditions are being recognized as well. >> a traditional dance troupe also joined the ceremony. the bill would encourage public schools across the state to stage events recognizing the cultural significance of the lunar new year. >>> in marin county, a scene bound to put a smile on the face of anyone who loves coho salmon. they returned homemo unusual wa. >> reporter: if you're in the mood for a little fishing, you may never have seen finishing done this way before. >> you've got to be sneaky and quick. and you can't mind getting wet. >> reporter: brian friel of the california department of fish and wildlife ever assumed all biology experiments take place in a lab. in this case it was in a parking lot. coho salmon returning to nature via a hatchery intervention. >> i don't want salmon to go extinct. it's a beautiful fish. they belong here. >> reporter: that's manford kittle. he helped design a three-year experiment and tria

now, we think -- the hispanic, black caucus, the kpac, congressional asian pacific caucus, this should just be leaned down. the senate has come up with a good plan, a plan that will get -- can pass the senate with 60 votes. dick durbin has been to the only a hero and a champion, the driving force of this. he has been in the congress, what, maybe 35 years or something like that. half of his congressional life has been on daca. he was with the bill starting in 2001, 2000, something like that, and he is -- he has given his lives to passing this bill. gotten all these awards or this or that. we passed it in the house when i was speaker. clean d.r.e.a.m. act. they couldn't get the 60 votes in the senate. so now they have a plan that can get the 60 votes in the senate and it respects the protections that we must give our d.r.e.a.m.ers. however, from our standpoint, while respecting that and hoping that that will have some currency, we are just plainly saying, clean d.r.e.a.m. act. what do you have to offer if you have something. if not, let's just do a clean d.r.e.a.m. act. not that we want

the bond markets with lot of other things to consider as well and we are continuing to nowthe asian pacificolloware continuing to what is happening in the bond this innd we are seeing as we enter the earnings season and it appears there is more weight placed on big as we look at the movers here with the asia-pacific and there are jobless and spending numbers and it hasnflation stagnated since then, so that is just something to watch for lack and we are seeing a groupsation with these and growth numbers coming out of the eurozone. they say that the current levels have actually raised price backts and they are on the of this with global commodity prices and some of it could do not being aware inflation to wants be at. benchmark at the 2014 andevel since will that continue? we have a look at what is hitting the bond bears. we don't know if this market will last, but it is going to this and the 10 year got traded today. what is the red line? this in the to and i think that is a double top and double that is what we are legitimate bear market in the bonds that we are seeing now and what drives t

american to set their alarms to catch a glimpse at the total lunar eclipse it will be seen in many asian and pacific rim countries the eclipse starts any second now. headlines on al-jazeera the opinion says it's increasing its financial support to the palestinian territories following the u.s. decision to withhold funding earlier this month international donors to palestine are meeting in brussels to discuss the funding crisis with the un warning gaza's economy is now on the verge of collapse. we know the more we can achieve progress on the ground the more this can help prevent violence and the more this. a political crisis so in this context we believe it is important that the palestinian authority is committed to the unites the west bank and gaza on the one single legitimate. us president donald trump has given his first state of the union address urging republicans and democrats to unite templeman has tougher immigration policies has also promising to strengthen the military and to keep on top of a prison open and definitely british prime minister theresa may has begun a three day visit to china

have seen the dollar falling off because all the other central banks in the g7 and parts of the asian pacificout tightening. the american administration seems to have lacked on to -- latched onto that. yvonne: i wonder if there is any thinking. we have are a petri nation -- repatriatioation -- n. do think that weighed into what he said? mark: it seemed to be off-the-cuff. it seems to be the dollar weakened so it is good, rather than the other way around. if you listen to trump, he is an advocate of a weaker dollar for exports. it may come from him. about theearlier clinton administration, it was a very strong dollar for free trade in those days. to some extent you are getting the opposite at the moment. betty: talking deidre but the moments of the dollar and the decline, do you think it is a or a proxy for investors on how they view that therek policies is not that synchronized global tightening that is priced into the equity and bond markets? actually playing a lot of the rule in this move. fed funds market pricing in three rate hikes for the fed towards the end of last year. simultaneously

from one deal with asian pacific countries and is still threatening threatening to tear up nafta. >> businesses are coming back into the united states. >> reporter: the commander in chief has fashioned himself as the salesman in chief in davos. trying to convince investors that his america first policies are good for global business. >> when i decided to come do davos, i didn't think in terms of an elitist group. i thought in terms of lots of people who want to invest lots of money. >> reporter: he's also trying to reset relationships with world leaders. meeting with rwanda's president paul kagame. both leaders ignored questions about the president's alleged derogatory remar about african migrants that caused a shock wai wave across the country. the president was asked apologize. >> if you're telling me that they're horrible people, horrible racist people,'d certainly apologize if you'd like me to do that. i know nothing about that. >> retweeting britain first was the wrong thing to say. >> reporter: prime minister theresa may say it was wrong. yesterday he insisted two leaders are g

and asian pacific leaders plan their careers, what are the challenges and how can we improve quality of life in the workplace. all right. so, i'm going turn it over to our first contributor, miss erica eto. >> first of all, i appreciate to have the opportunity to speak in front of you. my nak is erica eto. i'm a sophomore at the school of medicine, amoring in medical field. i'm serving for the seventh japanese conference. as a student, i have been interested in thinking about my future carrier as a professional medical doctor. i'm curious about the ways of balancing my life and my work and i'm still searching for better answers for my career and my life. that is why i'm here today. before talking about my opinions and expectations for the future, i would like to mention two points about the situation in japan that had some connection with work-life balance. my first point is about the connection of birthright and an amount of time spent on work. there are many factors that inference the birthrate, but according to research, i found out that the decision of having the second birth has

asian ambitions: britain's trade chief arrives in china to secure a brexit deal, but has the uk set its sights on a bigger pacificde pact? asian sharemarket is riding high after a rally in technology companies are boosting us stocks to record highs. as many of you are aware, the financial crisis resulted in a raft of new rules. to make our banking system more robust, one of the most significant changes takes effect across the eu today. with the unweildy name of mifid two, it aims to protect investors, giving them better value for money and make europe's financial services industry more competitive. one of the biggest changes relates to the research investors use to decide which shares to buy and sell. it will now have to be charged separately rather than bundled with other financial services. to improve transparency, any party engaged in financial trades must now have a unique number known as a legal entity identifier. 368,000 of these were issued between october and december. but it will be expensive — the industry is believed to be spending more than $2 billion implementing new rules. michael ingram is chief ma

canada jumped right in, announcing that they have their own trade deal with the asian pacific countries. countries are negotiating without us. we're being doubt out while china is on the march. >> countries are trying to do the best they can without american leadership, but they can't really make a good tpp deal without the united states. and they know this. and therefore they are going to feel like now that donald trump has opened that door again, they will feel ifs americans come in, it will be a much better deal. yes, they will make a deal without, but they need to have america in it. >> and the whole idea of him being this nationalist was what endeared him to so many american voters. i don't think they pay attention to what he says. but this is donald trump really sort of rolling that back a bit and we should note this is a speech that gary cohn wrote, not steven mill are oer oig which i important point. >> as president of the united states, i will always put america first just like the leaders of other countries should put their country first also. but america first does not mean a

taiwan positioning itself as the next hub in the asian pacific. e tech relevant again. >> what taiwan is facing is transformational problem. we have not yet leap from yesterday's experiences and we try to figure out what our next economic pillar is. when we look at what we used to hardware, which is which is going nowhere because of the low-cost and cheap labor. enoughaiwan innovative to fully back a new initiative? often times in the past either the regulators or lawmakers have either been slow to adopt or they shut down something they do not know. past, red tape is a big problem and rated hassel --administrative hassle. i wanted to remove those barriers for innovation and technology and startups. we passed of the technology experimentation innovation bill. it is a bill that will pave the pa for the tech industry to ve the way in taiwan. it is the government entelechy --mentality that is the issue. women look at the -- when you look at the trends in cryptocurrency, taiwan can find a unique position with the rise of this technology. we should fill

we take our lead on the hispanic and asian pacific americans, the black caucus on all this and they been very vocal but the fact is our goal is for the door to close at night for our dreamers when they go to sleep i know that some will be knocking on the door to take the parents out. that's what we have to do. the list of grievances we have against the administration is so vast, but the fact is is that in furtherance of protecting the dreamers and that is our purpose and our goals. but again there's these issues that relate to the economy, that relate to individual liberty, to the air our kids breathe. the fact is, he talks about regulation. that word means protection. he's taking way protection for clean air, clean water, food state to come you it, workers protections in the workplace, you name it. it's a long list and it has been said it's a lot for the public to grasp. right now our focus is on having a budget that addresses the needs of the american people as we use our leverage there to protect the dreamers. but i don't think as we go past this we are in the election season that you

ambassador to south korea and former secretary of state for each asian and pacific affairs. you are very familiar with these oval office situations but here we are, having a summit on north korea on the threat a few days after there was an accidental alert state-wide in hawaii, and today, another accidental alert on the japanese broadcast system, nhk, for which they have apologized. there is obviously a great deal of nervousness in the asia pacific region as well as here. secretary tillerson said today in the opening of this summit that we have to get north korea to de-nuclearize before we can have any progress. is that the right threshold? >> well, it's the right threshold for secretary tillerson to take. that is the position of the administration. that is the position of the u.n. security council, variety of resolutions. it's been the position of the last two, actually three u.s. administrations. so we are not even at the table, the negotiations have not even begun at this point. this is an effort to try to increase the pressure on north korea so they will come to the tabl

set their alarms to catch a glimpse of the total lunar eclipse it will also be seen in many asian and pacific rim countries well richard angry as we now in the suited to discuss this with our props i've been looking forward to this one for most of the day blue blue blood moon is it unique is it rare it must be i've been raving about it they are it's quite a combination you have to say here let me show the moon and the show this is taking thirty look at all sides to wrap in the soil. yet the the the point about it is tonight we have a lunar eclipse that's what actually what is worth looking at all eclipse of fantastic obviously the the big one is solar eclipse is this isn't a solar but a lunar eclipse a function of a lunar eclipse is there was a solar eclipse is over in about two minutes this thing can go on for several hours so it's great for photography that's the first thing which has to be said so we do the should do them it goes around the world as it goes through mother to join their satellite but yes i can make it a satellite yeah that's right so what we've got in this particular situat

. ♪ let's check on how markets have been trading in the asia-pacific. >> asian markets set that end thetrong note. the hang seng continuing its record rally. the indian rupee ahead of factory data. in south asia, a bright spot in the region. andw record for thai indonesian stocks. the ringgit leading, along with the korean won. the yuan continuing to strengthen. taking a look at the aussie, that is sliding despite upbeat chinese trade data. we do have a plunge in field shipments from china. in japan, retail stocks are in drag. we do have enthusiasm for the nikkei and topix under pressure. the nikkei down marginally. we do have losses for them kospi , easing the benchmark up 0.1%. in shanghai, shares the best since 1992. this getting into the longest winning streak since 1997. this has turned into something more akin to a teddy bear market. they are catching a bit. we see the curve strengthen after that option. let's go to the reopening hong kong and china at the top of the hour. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg technology." i am emily chang. facebook and twitter are facing