will listen to asian-american perspectives?> well, i think that argument has been said a lot, and i actually disagree with it. i think that there is a unified voice. if you look at local data from api data, it shows that asian-americans have unifying issues around healthcare, the environment, education. and these things are, i think, pertinent to our day-to-day discussion, and these are the things that are on our ballot. so there are issues that unify us, there is a unified voice, and i usually see that argument being made because candidates use that so they say, "well, but i can't really engage that community because they don't have any issues for me to engage them on." and that's completely not true. you have to work with the community, just like any other community, to get those issues out and into the front. >> all right, we do have only about 90 seconds left, and i'd like each of you to leave our viewers with a takeaway message that you think will really help guide them as they move forward in their lives. so, masashi, i'm

. >> and how to get more asian americans in politics. >> hi everyone and welcome to visions 2016, our celebration of asian and pacific islander history and culture. we are at maido, a marketplace of japan in ardmore. and we're going to show you around in just a bit but first let's head to philadelphia's old city for a lantern festival that's steeped in ancient chinese tradition. every evening, as the sun sets on franklin square, the park lights up. >> the chinese lantern festival, it already has been thousands of years of history in china. >> historically, the festival was available only to china's very wealthy families but more recently, it's become a new year's celebration for the masses. >> and this is the first time ever, the festival has been staged in the northeastern united states. >> happy birthday to you. >> it's a celebration marking 10 years since the rebirth of the square that sits on the border of chinatown. >> this was essentially a park where no one, no kids were allowed to play. it was a park that you really didn't want to go to at night. >> now, nighttimes in the squa

. >> asian americans. it's called asian americans. it's not mandarin. >> it has nothing to do with demographics. >> your throw back language. it's not 1913. >> any way. it has nothing to do with demographics. it has to do with if you're here legally or illegally. whether the laws on the books are going to be enforced. we're having an invasion of people across the southern border. >> if your default of discussionidiscussio discussioning asian americans, we're not bringing back archaic language. >> you're not going to police my

♪ >>> celebrating asian american and pacific islanders heritage. >> hello and welcome.uring the month of may we celebrate and recognize the rich heritage of asian americans and pacific islanders and their contributions to our country. this is a time when we pay tribute to the generations of asian americans and pacific islanders, whose diverse and lasting legacy has enriched this country's history. today we share some of their storie stories. first, critics call dana burgess a national treasure. he is rooted in washington where he founded his own dance company identity, bringine narrative of pacific islander narrative to the stage. now he's collaborating with the smithsonian. >> i was just blown away by it. >> in the halls of the national portrait gallery with mark anthony, michael j. fox, he stands tall, his image reflecting the strength, grace and determination of a choreographer and dancer who has become a fixture in the washington community. >> i'm not just representing myself and the dance community, but bringing an asian american perspective to the collection itsel

what are some of the most important issues to asian american voters at large?most important issues are issues like education, like health care. and some of the data that will be coming out tomorrow i think will surprise a lot of viewers. so sanders is actually not doing as badly as some might think, but this is where hillary clinton's early attention to asian american voters will probably pay dividends. so she came out to california in the san gabriel valley of los angeles in january and people were wondering why is she coming out in january? it looks like that investment will pay off for hillary clinton come june. >> jane, has there been -- we do have a bit of sound of jane chang and she's a state treasurer in california. is there a significant push into actual political activism on the part of the asian american community that we should be paying attention to ands california a place where we're seeing that? >> i think so. what you're seeing is with the term limits in the california assembly, more and more asian americans running for office. and running for of

it's asian american heritage month so the interpretation that have and with this example with debbie and jessica, you can see our community is growing and evolving. so for our concept to reach out to everybody, have everybody come by, enjoy the program, kick back and just have some good old-fashioned fun. >> great. thanks for being here and enjoying the sill brags. >> thank you. >> all right. 2016 kimochi spirit awards put on by kimochi will take place saturday, may 14th at the sundance kabuki at 1881 post street san francisco. doors open at noon. i will be the emcee and we will be welcomed by the consul general of japan and it will feature special perfeormances, kimochi singers, and cultural icons brenda wang. >>> well, people who play golf and even those who don't can appreciate how difficult the game can be and can appreciate when a special talent comes along. teenage golf sensation katherine zsu is up next. >>> there's almost nothing we like better than highlighting the accomplishments of bay area students, and we have someone special with us today rounding out our twosome is kat

>> lgbt asian americans suffer in silence.w, but who will come to the wedding? there's depression. there's suicide. there's family acceptance. we are launching a national ground breaking campaign to bring our store to the fore, where we have asian american parents who have lgbt kids telling their stories of love and acceptance on network television. >> what are some of the assumptions you are trying to overcome based on this intersection of generation within this very large group? >> so many asian americans are here as immigrants. the parents think that maybe my kid became gay because we moved to the u.s. or they became lesbian because they went to a u.s. college. >> that the u.s. culture somehow influenced that outcome? >> sure. the popular media images of the lgbt community is not as diverse as america. we want to make sure that we bring our stories and our voices to the fore. >> how are your stories similar to the african-american and the latino american lgbtq communities and how do you work together to talk about these iss

asian americans make up 10% of overall voting population in the united states.ere in california. there is a group called chinese americans for donald trump and they claim about 2,000 members nationwide on their facebook group. i met up with some of them here. here is what i found out. >> donald trump's got an uphill battle with asian american voters, wants to win them over no better place than here home to more asian americans than anywhere else in the country. >> how many people are in the group? >> close to 2,000. >> did you start the group? >> yeah. i love this guy. trump. he's for real. >> you like what he has soosay or how he says it in. >> both. >> when you show up wearing this thing what do they say? >> they love me. there isn't that many chinese american tlz. like a panda bear in a zoo. there aren't that many. >> how are you doing? >> this is david. what do you think of david's shirt? >> is it serious? >> it's serious. >> i think it is creepy. >> how come? >> i think trump is a creepy person. >> what would you say? >> less than 30 minutes to convert her.

the event was part of asian-american heritage month. nydia han, news director tom davis and gm bernie prazenica were there to take part in the celebration. they honored asian-american veterans and handed out awards to the vets. >> a couple spread their moornlg of in-- message of infertility with others. >>> good morning, everyone, it is 5:00 a.m., thursday, may 12. here's what's happening. >>> a car hit and killed a pedestrian on a montgomery county root overnight. we have the details. >>> amtrak derailment mystery surrounds what went wrong while the city of philadelphia perhaps to remember the victims. >>> a brand new report that breaks down how much states are spending on preschoolers. the different amounts in the area may surprise you. >>> it's a great day, the best we've seen in seven or 8

. >>> asian-american heritage month was celebrated with a dance troupe performance. several members. "action news" team were there including nydia han, vice president of news, tom davis and bernie prazenica. the community advisory board honored asian-american veterans and handed out awards to several of the vets. >>> later the working woman is getting her own set of emojis. good morning, everyone, 6:00 a.m., thursday, may 12. here's what's happening. >>> a car hit and killed a pedestrian on a montgomery county roadway overnight. we have details. >>> a year after the deadly amtrak derailment mystery surrounds what went wrong while the city of philadelphia is preparing to remember the victims. >>> a report breaks down how much states are spending on pre-schoolers. you might be surprised how much it is in the tri-state area. >>> let's go outside to dave and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: we have a little mist, that will burn off. most of the day will be partly sunny with the clouds filtering in later in the day. 57 degrees is the current

asian americans and pacific islanders are now the fastest growing racial group in the contry. and today more immigrants come from asia than any other region in the world. as chair of the congressional asian pacific american caucus, or k pack, i have seen these growing numbers reflected here in congress where we now have 14 asian american and pacific islander members of congress, which is a historic high. we have also seen these numbers reflected in the diversity of our federal work force, as well as in the federal judiciary where we have more than tripled the number of asian pacific american judges serving on the federal bench. this includes the historic nomination of rivassin to the u.s. district court of appeals which is notable because it is the court from which many u.s. supreme court justices have risen. and we know that it is only a matter of time before we have our first asian american supreme court justice. in addition to working to diversify our federal work look for the apac priorities and concerns of asian american citizens on a broad range of issues. from combating

big latino-american community, big asian-american community there. >> big.california in a lot of respects, speaking as a native californian in a lot of respects sort of is where the country can see what will happen next, and i think what we're seeing now in california, that's going to happen next, is the electorate is going to be very diverse. >> and i'm hoping you're not going to see you're a tree because i'm golden bear but we're not going to go there. >> did not know that. will not say where i went to college. >> thank you so much my friend. >> thank you. >>> next, wounded warriors of war brought together by a prince and a former president. more on the second annual invictus games when we come back. ♪ ♪ (vo) making the most out of every mile. that's why i got a subaru impreza. love. making the most out of every mile. it's what mas a subaru, a subaru. when your symptoms start... distracting you? doctors recommend taking ...non-drowsy claritin every day of your allergy season. claritin provides powerful, non-drowsy 24 hour relief... for fewer interruptions

. >> asian americans. it's called asian americans. it's not mandarin. >> it has nothing to do with demographics. >> your throw back language. it's not 1913. >> any way. it has nothing to do with demographics. it has to do with if you're here legally or illegally. whether the laws on the books are going to be enforced. we're having an invasion of people across the southern border. >> if your default of discussionidiscussio discussioning asian americans, we're not bringing back archaic language. >> you're not going to police my language. they are mandarins. it's written in mandarin. >> my thanks. coming up, the democrat play book. donald trump has defied all expectations so far. he's also brought together democrats in the fight against him. how did democrats like hillary clinton, barack obama unite a winning strategy against trump? that's going to be something. >>> on the eve of this memorial day weekend, i'm going to speak with vietnam vet as rolling thunder rolls into the capitol around me. also talk about their invited guests. his na

since i wrote that letter, our office has been contacted by federal employees who happen to be asian american, alleging that their security clearance was denied because of their race or ethnicity, so my question to you is, does race or ethnicity play a role in federal background investigations? mr. evanina: absolutely not. unequivocally not. i don't believe there's ever been a situation where an investigator used race or ethnicity for the determination f clearance. number two the situation you referenced , in 19 years in the f.b.i., i can assure you the f.b.i. does not conduct investigations relevant to whether your race or ethnicity comes to play. mr. lieu: thank you. let me ask you a question about how this policy will be implemented in terms of social media. let's say a japanese american federal employee has a facebook page and friends of this federal employee living in japan or relatives, post on that facebook page. does this federal employee become more suspicious because of that? mr. evanina: absolutely not. the only issue would be if on that public facing facebook page there's derogato

they honored asian-american veterans and handed out awards to several of the vets. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ don't youve it ♪ ♪ >>> top stories at 6:55 arc driver struck and killed a pedestrian easton road and ruth avenue in horsham. the driver remained at the scene to talk to police, no word if the driver will face charges. >>> federal investigators busted a multimillion pill mill. threes doctors are charge with taking cash for dog -- dolling out prescription -- doleing out prescription pain pills. >> reporter: we're heavy from the boulevard to approaching the curve. we have an accident 422 eastbound near sanatoga. watch for slow speeds around the area. another new accident in bucks county on main street at cold springs, dave. i think the problem people are seeing sunshine they are confused by it. they don't know what it is. >> reporter: there was a guy who tweeted me a picture, i said what's that. bright this morning, 62 degrees by 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m., 70. 74 by 1:00 p.m. high of 76 degrees under no worse than partly sunny skies, light winds. this is the day you've been waiting for, enjoy it, becau

. >> asian americans have among the lowest suicide rates of any group. >> it's true.maybe tiger moms are better at instilling self esteem. >> you can tell your child you're amazing all you want but it does not inspire true self confidence. >> asian parents are more likely to be tiger moms and that's why asian americans have better grades and have higher incomes. amy and her husband argue any parent can do it but certain immigrant groups, jews, cubans, nigeriians and others are more likely to instill values in kids that lead to success. >> tiger mom is back with a theory about racial superiority. >> she is the worst person ever born. >> it's not race and genetic. we say the opposite. if you look at america, the most successful group include all races. >> please welcome -- >> nigerian americans are amazing examples. less than 1% of america's black population, they made up of a quarter of harvard business school's black students. it's something about culture and how they are raised. >> you know the secret of success. >> the first is a sense of exceptionality. the second

yale, brown, and dartmouth college are facing a civil rights complain for discriminating against asian americanpplicants in the admissions process. a coalition filed today. >> we request that attorney general loretta lynch please stop this discrimination against asian americans. do not let our children be treated as second-class citizens. >> now this same coalition filed a similar complaint against harvard university last year. the u.s. education department dismissed it because a similar lawsuit was being considered in federal court. >>> developing right now, first at 4, a community with more questions than answers. who would gun down a man along a quiet local street? first at 4, hear from the woman your home can be perfect.re, even when life isn't. the neighbor's back. oh, no. this is my husband, gibby! i wanted to show him your furniture! i like it! you wanna come in? oh no. that would be weird! the memorial day sale. from classic to contemporary, havertys. >>> it turned out to be just cleaning supplies and baby food, but it caused quite a stir at a planned

she has been a advocate for asian americans and political life and counseled leaders in san francisco and tireless advocate for preserving the essential culture and social heritage of chinatown in the chinese american community even in the face of a changing city hit by ever intensifying wave of gentrification and rose kairs about chinatown. you can never doubt that and even though chinatowns across the country are losing inch by everyone ours is a hub here for chinese americans that raise families in the city. i remember the struggle to get funding to feed seniors in the sros and moved b visiting them in the homes and the conditions they were living in and literally living our mush and how they were suffering. when city hall determined it wouldn't release funds for the seniors she found the money itself and made sure the community was taken care of. this has been the dedication to the community and never asked for material compensation in return. many are familiar with her incredible whit and caught in the cross hairs of humor and righteous anger but underneath that tough exterior is

we are recognizing asian american pacific islander heritage up month here. we had a celebration yesterday at the studios. we had music, a dance academy and special stories we put together to honor this month. it's a great event. thank you to the community for coming out. we have more on the nbc washington app. just search asian american heritage. >>> 5:20 is your time. stopping terrorism at the door. how local bouncers are being trained to do just that. >>> and we are getting you ready for memorial day weekend. what you need to know before you your home can be perfect.re, even when life isn't. the neighbor's back. oh, no. this is my husband, gibby! i wanted to show him your furniture! i like it! you wanna come in? oh no. that would be weird! the memorial day sale. from classic to contemporary, havertys. >>> 5:23 now. police looking for this missing man. he's 64 years old and his name is kennard walker. he was last seen yesterday afternoon at the kensington nursing center where he's a resident. if you see him, call the montg

she has been a advocate for asian americans and political life and counseled leaders in san francisco and tireless advocate for preserving the essential culture and social heritage of chinatown in the chinese american community even in the face of a changing city hit by ever intensifying wave of gentrification and rose kairs about chinatown. you can never doubt that and even though chinatowns across the country are losing inch by everyone ours is a hub here for chinese americans that raise families in the city. i remember the struggle to get funding to feed seniors in the sros and moved b visiting them in the homes and the conditions they were living in and literally living our mush and how they were suffering. when city hall determined it wouldn't release funds for the seniors she found the money itself and made sure the community was taken care of. this has been the dedication to the community and never asked for material compensation in return. many are familiar with her incredible whit and caught in the cross hairs of humor and righteous anger but underneath that tough exterior is

kim from the asian american welcome center.hank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> tell me about this asian flavor, this is happening saturday and sunday. we're not just talking food. >> that's right. thank you so much. this weekend we're having a large community festival of artists, over 40 artist who is are coming to celebrate asian pacific american heritage month from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. saturday and sunday. it's a free event. so when people come in they will see performance art, dancers, spoken word poets, muralists, a number -- and taste food, as you said. and it's a real opportunity. it's something the smithsonian. it's not your traditional exhibiti exhibition, but it is something we also have over a third of the artists from the d.c. region, so it is an opportunity to showcase the local -- the rich and vibrant local artistry. >> what is the purpose of the show? people going to go and spend time there what are you hoping is the ultimate takeaway for them? >> oh, that's great. we really wanted to -- for people to und

. >> and also some data that most people ignore, asian americans are also mobilizing against trump, sothey usually don't show up in the polling. so the polling is inaccurate, because they -- it's very hard to get the -- that said, it's about ten million votes. george h.w. bush won in 1998. romney lost it by more than he lost latinos in 2012. when you think about it to me, this is a sort of perfect iconic example of the problems the republican party faces, because if you zoom out, there's no reason that asian americans should be voting as a group. like a filipino nurse in houston, and a third generation pakistani engineer and a fifth generation cop in san francisco, why is that a voting group? basically it's crafted in opposition to a sense that the republican party is a white male grievance party. so if he amps that up, there are going to be electoral effects. >> you have to look at it for the first time, in 2008, both parties went into the voting booth, both supporting their nominees. no matter who wins, to me, it's clinton and trump. they will be disliked and not trusted. that's what

and even if you look at that asian-american cohort, most of them are immigrants.that gives them a strong sensibility, anti-trump. the third number would be 76%. i sort of tend to think of what's happening in the republican party as being in a cove that makes you think the cove is the ocean. but the ocean is the ocean, right? he has the small but potent demographic, but of the about 9 million people who died between 2012 and 2016, 76% of them were non-hispanic white. even if donald trump were to max out the white vote and do better than mitt romney and get 61%, he would still need to get something like 82%, 83% -- sorry, he'd need to prevent the democrat going above 82%, i don't%, with non-white voters and there's no way donald trump is going to do that. i think democrats are right to be confident but it's never a good idea to be overconfident. >> the demographic trends and the demographic slice you're presenting there seems to me there's two ways that that can fall apart. one of them is that donald trump can pivot radically to start appealing to a more multi-ethni

it would replace orientsal with asian-american and negro with african-american and indian with native american. the bill is going to be sent to president obama who is expected to sign it into law. this follows a bill that removed the word oriental in all legal documents. >>> and budweiser said it will temporarily replace the budweiser label with america and include patriotic phrases. the new knowledge ing will be available may 23 and run through move move in the election. we're back after a quick break. >> stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, tonight: fed up with never-en security lines. a chance to fight back: >>> in the kpix 5 newsroom, at 6:00, fed up with never-ending security lines? a chance for passengers to fight back. the public shaming campaign to get the tsa to speed things up. and a mad dash for world famous dumplings, and kids are even skipping school for them. that's tonight at 6:00. ken and liz, see you then. >> all right. thank you. >>> a tender moment on the florida golf course. this is pro golfer greg owen at a practice round. he wassate 16th tee when he noticed a baby bl

. >> by being asian american, by being a person of color, when you walk into a room, that has an immediate. especially on fellow folks of color. >> right. >> so that if i meet a sly stone or a teina turner, marvin gaye, they're going to respond to me differently than if it was a white person from "time magazine." i think this is we're in the same boat minorities. the pop rock world of the 60s and '70s felt that they were a brother and sister hood, in the same boat, because we're this traveling carvan. we're these famous superstars. so to be traveling with crosby stills, nash and young, or riding on a bus with linda ronstad or bonnie raitt, you're in the bubble as you move from hotel to arena, to a bus back to the hotel, or whatever the thing is. you know that you're in a special circle. they may look at "rolling stone" coming to visit them in a number of ways. one is uh-oh, the enemy is here. the other way is, well, my manager and label tell me this is my break. if i can get a good story and do this right, then it's going to be on the cover, and i cancel mora more albums, more tours, more

. >>> next, two big-budget films >>> in an honor of asian american history month, we're showcasing significant places where you live. today we're highlighting the gateway art on grand avenue at bush street in san francisco's china town. it was dedicated on october 18th, 1970 and was designed by chinese american art clayton lee. you can learn more on our abc 7 news bay area instagram feed. >>> hey, coming up tonight at 11:00, family and friends of a missing bay area teenager return tonight to the place she was last seen to pray for her safe return. >>> getting ready for a big memorial day for two bay area sports teams. a first ever stanley cup game for the sharks. that's tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. >>> the x men are making a lot of noise in their debut at the box office. the movie is on track to make $80 million through monday. the anticipated showdown of two big budget films turned out to be a little contest for the latest installment. a disappointing $28 million. rounding out the top five, the angry birds movie, captain america civil war and the neighbors two sorority rising. >>> that's i

asian american is also a big part of this state and they care about immigration there as well. >> reporter: it's a mix definitely. i think the majority of them have been latino protesters. but there are certainly white people, black folks, asian folks. it is definitely a mix. but the majority are latinos. and the majority have been organized protesters who we see come out to these events. protests from local unions, protests from the democratic party here in san diego. and then also grassroots organizations that come out to these things rather regularly. they do have a pretty large regular organized protester contingent here in this state in california. you see them every may first they call it may day large scale protests -- there's a little girl dancing behind my live shot. and often they are protesting at least in the last ten months donald trump. >> well, there on the boardwalk a busy day. we also have people strolling in the background behind you. and of course on a nice day why wouldn't you do that? the very latest for us katy tur in san diego talking about the trump protest. appreci

me right now is the program officer for silicon valley gives, michelle lu president and ceo of asian americans for community involvement, a group we have profiled many times including on our very first show because of all the crucial programs it provides to the community, and also with us is patrick no, education network, another group i've worked with many times as it works to empower low-income immigrants and refugees in santa clara county. welcome to all of you. you've been sitting here for a little while. give us an idea, first of all, how, for people who aren't familiar with it, how silicon valley gives works and how it benefits people. >> so for the third year in a row you're 24-hour online giving day. go to svgives.org to find out more information. over 1,000 organizations are re registered and over $4 million waiting to be matched. if you log in on tuesday, may 3rd, you find the organization you really want to support and they're registered, you can donate that day. >> why does it work so well? what is it about the way it's set up that makes it encouraging for poem to doueople to donat

january 8th of 2012 as a 343 mayor of the san francisco ethics commission mayor ed lee is a first asian-american mayor in san francisco please welcome mayor ed lee. >> (clapping). >> thank you alyssa for a timely introduction welcome to san francisco city hall and want to thank you you alyssa and with our work with the city and all the families i want to say over and over again, the theme of our family unification has been a strong principle of this city and certainly when it comes to our failed immigration policies in the country we have maintained this very strong principle for those that have by future or other circumstances come into our borders i want to say thank you to the entire san francisco immigrant legal defense collaborative a number of members are here today government agencies that have also an part of collaborative - two years ago we started this conversation with the country was talking about closing hits e its borders and harshness when it comes to re9th minors with their families we did what san francisco should do we should help we should make life less complicated less harsh

. >> hillary clinton attended asian american for numb washington tonight. the democratic front runner told cnn he's gearing up for nasty race against donald trump in november. >> i've seen the presidency up close from two different perspectives and i think i know what it takes. and i don't think we can take a risk on loose cannon like donald trump running the country he is a loose cannon and they tend to misfire. >> bernie sanders rallied supporters in lexington, kentucky tonight. he says he has no plans to quits even though the path to victory is narrow. >> state of new jersey has to weigh in on the race for the whitehouse. they head to the polls the 7th of june. >> philadelphia police are investigating the circumstances behind officer-involved shooting that left a man dead in the early morning hours near overbrook and lancaster avenues in overbrook. and investigators say the unidentified driver allegedly tried to pull off as they attempted to question him. one officer fired several times. and the driver was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead. poli

today's ceremony part of a celebration of asian-american and pacific islander heritage month but the candidates today came from far and wide, 33 nations represented today. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight, there is plenty of wildlife to be seen in wissahickon valley park but this guy caused quite a stir today. we'll hear from the fisherman who snapped these pictures of a black bear. >>> jeff skversky is live in south philadelphia with the eagles rookie camp. jeff. >> jim, find out how carson wentz thinks he had co-exist with eagles quarterback sam bradford. we'll hear from wentz after his first day of rookie mini camp in sports. >> future tracker showing tomorrow afternoon we should warm up to about 76 degrees before a strong cold front rolls through with scattered thunderstorms and a huge weekend cooldown for sunday. we'll have details on that in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪ >> whoa. >> there was a close call for a police officer in south jersey. the linwood officer's body camera caught the scary mome

. >> hillary clinton attended asian american for numb washington tonight. the democratic front runner told cnn he's gearing up for nasty race against donald trump in november. >> i've seen the presidency up close from two different perspectives and i think i know what it takes. and i don't think we can take a risk on loose cannon like donald trump running the country he is a loose cannon and they tend to misfire. >> bernie sanders rallied supporters in lexington, kentucky tonight. he says he has no plans to quits even though the path to victory is narrow. >> state of new jersey has to weigh in on the race for the whitehouse. they head to the polls the 7th of june. >> philadelphia police are investigating the circumstances behind officer-involved shooting that left a man dead in the early morning hours near overbrook and lancaster avenues in overbrook. and investigators say the unidentified driver allegedly tried to pull off as they attempted to question him. one officer fired several times. and the driver was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead. poli

they are to be replaced by" african american" and "asian american." in addition, "spanish-speaking" is to be replaced by "hispanic" and "indian" by "native american." read about how the obama administration and a growing number of public school districts are pushing to expand computer science education in schools. visit www.pbs.org/newshour. >> stewart: in the united states, nearly 30,000 deaths a year can be attributed to the abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers-- opioids like oxycontin, vicodin, percocet, and methadone. this epidemic, in part, was due to the surge in prescriptions being written over the last two decades. however, a new analysis reveals that for each of the last three years, prescriptions being written for opioids declined. to discuss the implications of this, i am joined from washington d.c. by sabrina tavernise of the "new york times." sabrina, you've been reporting about this and writing about this for the "times." what has contributed to this decline. >> so, first of all, it's surprising there even is a decline considerin

i sit down with a roundtable of local leaders to discuss issues important to the asian american and broader bay area community. we explore topics ranging from diversifying hollywood, encouraging voter participation, and finding the right college. join me for this special edition of "beyond the headlines" this sunday at 10:00 a.m. right here on abc 7. >> great topic. look forward to tuning in. >>> well, what happen whz the marines meet up with a raifder contingent? >>> i'm ama daetz in the abc 7 newsroom. coming up new at 6, they're thousands of miles away, but president obama's visit to here chic ma elicits emotional responses here in the bay area. there's both sadness and disappointment. >>> also, the unusual congressional race shaping up along the north coast for candidates four unique stories. >>> plus -- ♪ the east bay kids feature in a cool new music video alongside a top hollywood star. the video was even shown at the white house. all that plus much more coming up on abc 7 news at 6. >> see you at 6, ama. >>> this memorial day weekend raider nation is pitching in to help another set o

they happened to be asian americans. cases of sherry chen and shu yu li. their lives were turned upside down because of what our government did. "the new york times" has asked our government to apologize. i wrote a letter signed by over 40 members of congress asking the department of justice to investigate. since i wrote that letter, our office has been contacted by federal employees who happen to be asian american, alleging that their security clearance was denied because of their race or ethnicity. and so, my question to you is does race or ethnicity play a role in federal background investigations? >> sir, absolutely not. and it unequivocally not. i don't think there's ever been a situation where an investigator has used race or ethnicity for determination of clearance for a u.s. citizen, number one. number two, the situation you referenced, i could say that with 19 years in the fbi, i can assure you that the fbi does not conduct investigations relative to whether your race or ethnicity comes to play. >> thank you. let me ask you a question about how th

or asian americans. one day the commission on the second century sat on the beach in the marin headlands on the north side of the golden gate bridge where about 100 kids came to the beach. they were from san jose and oakland. and it was the first time they'd seen the ocean. they were there for three days and three nights for a camping experience to march through the headlands, to learn about marine biology, to learn about the park service. the questionnaires from the students typically said i was bored after day one, i was excited after day two, and after day three i wasn't going home. it's that kind of experience. and the park service, one of the recommendations of both commissions was to try to muscle up the junior ranger program and the youth corps in a way because it creates experience that's come through the san jose and oakland kids who first come to the baenks recruiting them into the parks and introducing them to the big world, natural world out there. so it goes on and on. it's limitless what th

or asian americans. one day the commission on the second century sat on the beach in the marin headlands on the north side of the golden gate bridge where about 100 kids came to the beach. they were from san jose and oakland. and it was the first time they'd seen the ocean. they were there for three days and three nights for a camping experience to march through the headlands, to learn about marine biology, to learn about the park service. the questionnaires from the students typically said i was bored after day one, i was excited after day two, and after day three i wasn't going home. it's that kind of experience. and the park service, one of the recommendations of both commissions was to try to muscle up the junior ranger program and the youth corps in a way because it creates experience that's come through the san jose and oakland kids who first come to the baenks recruiting them into the parks and introducing them to the big world, natural world out there. so it goes on and on. it's limitless what th

the relatively modest tv buy will target latino and asian-american voters. that is a sign that hillary clinton is taking the challenge for california seriously. cnn's jeff zeleny has more on that. >> reporter: george and alison, hillary clinton and bernie sanders fighting hard in california. hillary clinton in northern california today. bernie sanders in southern california. competing for the june 7th primary. it sounds more and more like the general election every day. hillary clinton was going hard after donald trump on immigration. >> when donald trump talks about deporting 11 million immigrants, he's not only talking about ripping families apart, is he? he is talking about deporting more than one half of the 2.4 million farm workers who help feed our country. >> reporter: that is a preview to the general election message she hopes to carry against donald trump in nevada, colorado and other states with significant hispanic populations. bernie sanders is focusing on donald trump. saying he is the democrat to beat donald trump. >> if we win the democratic p

but the one difference that sets apart irish-american immigrants from latino immigrants and asian-americans today is again, eyewitnesses is a nonwhite status of her most recent immigrants. after several generations, you know, the animosity and the assimilation that irish emigrants, that lend themselves to them was possible. for latinos and asians, that's not the same kind of pattern of assimilation that they follow. so there's this wonderful book by a sociologist called how the irish became white, because this book actually traces that process of how the irish were once one of the most hated, discriminate groups in the united states. and today they essentially are just part of we think as white america. we have not seen that sort of process happening for our nonwhite immigrants. [inaudible] >> -- political aspects of the irish integration of tammany and some other political institutions in the east. the latino community is working on it perhaps, has not gotten quite to that point times are different to one of the question, tons of questions, but most importantly, did you do any research on,

to divide us up, they want to divide us up, but if we stand together as black, white, latino, asian american, and native american, if we stand together as gay and straight, male and female -- [cheering and applause] sen. sanders: if we stand together as people born in this country and people who come into this country -- [cheering and applause] sen. sanders: if we stand together and have the courage to take on the billionaire class, to demand a government which represents all of us and not just the 1%, together there is nothing we cannot accomplish. [cheering and applause] audience: bernie! bernie! bernie! bernie! "bernie!"]ting sen. sanders: as all of you know, in a few weeks, there is going to be of an enormously important primary here in california. [cheering and applause] sen. sanders: and what i have found throughout this campaign is that we win primaries and caucuses when the voter turnout is high. we lose when it is low. let us have, in the california democratic primary, the largest voter turnout in the history of the state. [cheering and applause] sen. sanders: and let this great sta