will listen to asian-american perspectives?, 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 gonna

and the way society at large views asian-americans. one sign is the popular new abc sitcom "fresh off the boat," about a chinese-american family's fish-out-of-water story in florida. >> jessica, i figured it out. >> dad, how come i have to start school on a wednesday? >> that's a great question. go to school. go, go, go, go. i was blow-drying my hair, and i figured it out, how the restaurant can attract bigger crowds. >> how? >> i need to hire a white host. instead of people coming in and seeing a chinese face and saying, "huh? i thought this was an all-white steakhouse," they see a white face and say, "oh, hello, white friend. i am comfortable." see? exactly. not welcoming. that's why no to your face and yes to the white face. nice, happy white face, like bill pullman. >> [ chuckles ] >> actor randall park, who plays the dad, louis, there, expressing that perhaps an asian face won't sell as a restaurant host, kind of ironic because this show is actually about an asian-american family, and it's selling quite well to a general audience.

we are big fans of cam fest and the center for asian american media here which is launching cam fest march 9th with themes of internment, exclusion, identity were politics and cultural presentation. joining me is the festival and exhibitions director who for this past decade has played a big part in cam festival. give us an idea of where we are 35 years now where is cam fest at right now. >> we wanted to use this time to really reflect back at our festival. we've had so many decades of just outstanding story telling. one of the big things that we wanted dodd is to bring backfill mz that have resonated well with our audience and keep asking us to bring back. but we're using the 35th anniversary to map out the future and as you mentioned before we have some amazing films but new types of media being made, web series, interactive programs and we want to make sure that as asian americans on the forefront of story telling we want to make sure that's reflected at the festival. >> there was a time when maybe sort of those different forms presented a risk in terms of wheth whether traditiona

this year's festival, asian- american festival in san francisco is a reflection of the political climate right now in the united states. >>> -- >> [music] >> this year's festival kicked off with a phone call the tiger hunter it's a comment about a muslim indian-american immigrant the director in the cast walked the red carpet at the castro theatre. >> people are so much more engaged just trying to understand what it's like to be an immigrant when we think of immigrants we don't think of this bunny character. >> part of this story is just how diverse the eighth -- asian community is. many different languages, many different cultures. >> this is the 35th year sponsored by the center for asian-american media. it runs through march 19 and it features more than 120 movies. >> windy weather leads to wild video. take a look at this, a little girl's surprising reaction to this. she was almost blown off of her front porch and ohio. >>> coming up next, people in south korea are flooding the streets and turning to violence. imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to get to the p

that's a very crucial stage and one that is very lacking especially for asian american artis artists. >> and from the very beginning artists knew that the way we can support each other is to create a space where we can create art together and also help develop our skills. and you know, what we try to do through our programming is support the artist at every step and every stage of their artistic career, so we -- you know, we have our programs, we have workshops, we have a fiction workshop coming up, just a basic fiction workshop. we just did a story telling workshop with a comedian -- local comedian. she's awesome. >> how do people get involved? how do aspiring artists get involved with your group? you can hit us up on our website, get on to our mailing list from there. you could also visit our social media pages and kind of drop us a line. >> i mean, that's very important. i think that is very crucial that you create a community of artists because it's very difficult to thrive on your own without some support even if it's emotional support. >> yeah, and i think, you know, people have

welcome to asian american life. i'm ernabel demillo.season we're taking a look at what's hot in lifestyle trends plus interviews with some asian american creators who are changing arts and entertainment. now let's take a look at what's ahead. greener commute, paul lin shares how bamboo bikes help the economy and environment. diversity gap, i learn why museums aren't making the grade.

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. >>> this year's asian american film festival is underway in san francisco. 0. >> the film kicked off with a comedy about muslim american immigrants. . >> people are so much engaged in terms of trying to understand what it's like to be an immigrant here and they say when we think of immigrants we don't think of this funny character. >> we want to tell how diverse the asian american community is. many different languages and many cultures. >> this is the 35th year of the festival sponsored by the center for asian american media. it features more than 120 films this year. >>> happening now in san francisco, people are starting to gather at city hall to stand up against president trump's travel banal. -- -- ban. members of the community are standing up against the muslim bab and at 1:00 today, there's a prayer service at the march beginning at the plaza in front of city hall. we don't have that live picture for you -- oh, there they are gathered. that service is expected to begin at 1:00. >>> still ahead, part of the view from the popular stretch of lombard street in san francisco. after

i won't be able to get back here into america because i'm undocumented. >> asian americans are poisedhe largest foreign born group in the united states by 2025. this is your brother. >> yes. >> and that's your fiancee. so you are undocumented, too. and how about you. >> same, same. >> also undocumented. >> yeah. >> did everybody come here on an airplane? >> yeah. yeah. >> you all flew here? >> yeah. >> tourist visa. >> tourist visa, everybody. and everybody just decided we're going to overstay our visa, compromise our visa and now we are going to be to be in the united states illegally. >> we are here to stay because we exerted our life effort, our body and soul, our mind, yes, just to work and to contribute a lot. >> will a wall stop people coming from the philippines? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> because we came here legally. with a visa. tourist visa. we cannot swim from the philippines up to here. >> you can swim there the philippines here. >> it's too far. >> doesn't make a difference. >> that would be a far swim. it is a far swim indeed, ali, while president trump requested all this

a film festival put on by the center for asian american media. >> we spoke to some of the people who say this year's event is especially significant. haven't bright lights, the castro theaters colorful marquise, a red carpet, and a long line of people that stretch down the rock and around the corner set the scene for the opening film and gayla thursday night of camfest. >> part of the story that we want to tell is just how diverse the asian community is. right? many, many different languages, many, many different cultures. >> reporter: the center for asian american media has held the event for 35 years now. this europe kicked off by a film, the tiger hunter. a comedy about a muslim indian american immigrant. the directer and cast of the film walked the red carpet. >> so many people have different reap lidgeions, cultures, come from different places. i think it's really good timing, because it is so newsworthy, with, like, what is happening. >> my dad immigrated from india to chicago in the 1970s. my mom immigrated to chicago from poland. >> reporter: the director said the goal of her

american vote has been much more so than white, or latino or asian american monolithic politically. - right. - has that served the black community well? - that's an interesting question. did you see the saturday night live skit when they're interviewing a black woman saying what would it take for you not to vote for barack obama? - yes, yes, yes, yes. - and then they go like. what if he became jewish? they said shalom, barack. - exactly. (everyone laughs) - adjust your yamaka. (both laugh) - yeah, right. - two interesting questions, ken and i, ken burns and i had dinner last night. - ken burns has another series on pbs soon. - [dr. gates] that's right about jackie robinson. - about jackie robinson which he says is as much a race, or more a raced film than a baseball film. - it's true and you know much of ken's work. - [evan] deals with race. - the subtext is race without a doubt. but i remember vividly, i was 10 years old when jfk and nixon squared off. - [evan] yes. - and my parents were republicans. many black people were republicans, we're still the party of lincoln. and there wa

nativern that there were americans and anglo-americans, but there were asian-americans, hispanic-americansl contributing to the culture, and that the west was far more therse in many ways than places east of the mississippi where her. first of all, i will talk about books i had purchased on african-americans in the west. and then i will talk about the hispanic west. and finally talk about some of the books on native american culture. that african-americans who were in the west were brought to the west as slaves, first in texas, and to the indian territory, that the five civilized tribes when they moved to oklahoma took their slaves with them. and so african-americans have always then in the west. they did not just show up suddenly. after the civil war, more southn-americans left the to form communities in the west. they are referred to exo-duxers, from the book and -- 50 recently i bought a book that was just published on the town of nicodemus in kansas, and this is now a state park in kansas. this is one of the many all-black communities that reformed as they tried to find a new life of f

i made the point that asian-american firms were anxious to be seen as global international players and many have expanded in ireland. we did speak specifically about the pharmaceutical industry. the president pointed out that prices in america are very much higher than other places around the world. an example for the drug for cystic fibrosis and made the point that minister harris is engaged with other ministers in other countries to talk with the pharmaceutical industry about a more common baseline level for pharmaceutical prices. we didn't discuss a particular time for his visit except to say that during the course of his presidency he would be happy to come to ireland. >> if you didn't talk to the dangerous characterizations, you didn't apologize for that, you didn't discuss the travel ban? >> we discussed in a very constructive fashion the relationships between ireland and the out. ireland is a microcosm of the european union. in that context i see real potential for a revised trade negotiation. [ inaudible ] >> john, will you be a reporter when he arrives? >>. [ inaudible ] >> [

asian american film festival in the world.in paris and won an international competition in beijing out of 200 chefs. back in sf, he aims to i think press you with a ten course tastes menu every night and says after 35 years in the business, he still lives for your reaction. >> the first bite and it's a wow, that make me get the goose bump. >> reporter: you can get tickets and sample incredible asian cuisine this saturday night at 6:00 p.m. and if you feel like a laugh, visit kocomedy oakland. two performance as on friday. you can stop wyaould i by at 7: or 9:30. and these are some of the best young classical musicians. watch them perform on sunday. for info, go to abc7news.com and we'll link you up with hood line. >>> we're getting a new look today at a rare jellyfish. t noaa released this video showing a cosmic jellyfish near american samoa. researches sats sy the sea crea showed two sets ever tentacles that allowed for optimum feeding. >>> here is an idea for clears who hit the chaired lift. >> a skier hit the slopes with a

.) >> asian-american vance justice the council on american islamic relations known and a as care the american aclu the air resources in organizing center. >> (clapping.) >> and many communities members that wrote e-mails and made phone calls and walked to organize the community because collectively we stand together this is a victory for all of us i also want to recognize the colleagues that came together to unit at the board of legislation that was passed unanimously and want to thank you to hevenlg in getting us over the hump. >> (clapping.) >> i want to give a be personal story on january 24th i introduced this legislation loaned with the mayor and it was really in our own protest and our own legislation way to reject any third degree thing in the freshen to force our home san francisco to force us to participate in the creation of a registry or some sort of database for people based on in their religion or ethnics you watched the news and became filled with anger after that subsided this is what precipitated and led us to where we are today it is a privilege to serve the city and

. >> asian americans have among the lowest suicide rates of any group. >> it's true.an suicide rate is half that of the general population. 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

he was a keynote speaker at the asian american bar association. the group presented him with an award for speaking out against president trumps promise to ban muslims from the u.s.. >> that is what happens in democracy. if you commit an unconstitutional act the court to take charge and step up and provide protection. >> his son was an army captain killed in 2004 during the iraq war. >>> this morning we're finding out from the mother who says pictures of targeted her 14-year-old daughter and other students at albany high school. what is being done to protect the children. >> of these are some of the photos posted on a fake instant vase account -- instagram account. one showing nooses around the girls basketball player and a coach. some so offensive we can't show them on air. >> this is not the just teenagers being teenagers this is a hate crime. it is hurtful. as a teenager you have a lot of insecurities and that this comes along and it is not the first time she has been targeted and it is very upsetting. >> the pictures were discovered monday by s

welcome to asian american life. i'm ernabel demillo.s the fourteenth annual orchid show here at the new york botanical garden and we're here celebrating orchid delirium, which chronicles the history of orchids from all over the world. there are over six thousand colorful species on display here. let's take a closer look. >>>orchids were first discovered in china and japan around 700bc. many of these exotic flowers

and a doctor's take on why affirmative action could be hurting asian americans. first, the fallout from last week's failed republican effort to repeal healthcare is still being felt across the political landscape. president trump's approval rating now hovers around 40% in national tracking polls. but in michigan, trump supporters whom william brangham spoke to offered their own assessments of the president's first two months in office. >> brangham: 64 year-old randall shelton is a self-described independent and "angry white man." for him, trump's election wasn't a surprise, even though trump wasn't shelton's first choice. >> i wish there had been another candidate but i chose the one that i believe was going to do the right thing. i thought he was going to do and still believe he's going to do the right thing. >> brangham: shelton lives in allen park, a blue-collar suburb of detroit. 12 years ago, he got hurt working at the local general motors plant, and he's been on disability and off work ever since. he thinks democrats and republicans are blocking the very th

they put on the largest asian-american film festival in the world. saturday night was all about the food and the tradition and culture it represents. >> i like your headband. i was transfixed by it. >> thank you very much. >>> persistence pays off for highway patrol officers in pursuit of a dirt bike tlehief. what it took to nab him. >>> fake news was huge during the presidential election. facebook has a way to help you report questionable news stories. >>> turning the red planet into a second home has been a dream for centuries. nasa scientist thinks he's figured out a way for humans to live on mars. are you listening, mike nicco? >>> first, tech bites. >> apple is falling behind in american classrooms. >> use of macs and ipads in schools hit a new low. just 19% of the market. schools are going with less expensive chrome book and windows devices. >>> while the anyonintendo swits getting high remarks from gamers, the flavor is not. >> they've been tweeting how awful the cartridges taste. ng awful the cartridges taste. ng from putting them in the >> a

yes, and no, yes in the sense that when i was coming through law school, there were very few asian americansat time who were in my law school class. it wasn't that i heard a lot of my peers doing. now when you go, it's incredible how diverse the law school populations are for all kinds of minorities, my parents always told me that you are an individual, you have got to succeed on your own merits and never try to ascribe a blame or credit to other people. you rise work you put in. that is something that really pounded into me for quite a while. so i always tried to think, was i doing the best i could with the opportunity i have been given. that's because now that i'm in this position, i feel so incredibly blessed to have the their guidance and my grandparents guidance. they're the ones who have made me who i am. >> armstrong: you were at one time working for jeff sessions. >> i did. i worked in the judiciary committee. i worked for him in a while. and i want learned a lot about the law and politics by his side. >>> what is it about the law and politics that has changed so much from those days

of those five contracts three went to asian american owned firms and two went to african-american owned lbe businesses. whereas the last slide showed the number of prime contracts awarded this represents the contract dollars. as from the pie chart on the left the performance was 41% and o bes 4% of dollars. women owned firms 12% of awards and majority owned businesses won 25% of the contract awards. those dollars can be further broken down by ethnicity. the chart on the right shows 82% of dollars in the mbe minority enterprise slice went to asian american firms and the 13% split between african-american and latino owned firms. as i mentioned before these charts were dominated by two contracts. 92% or 8.5 million of the dollars awarded came through the construction at crane cove park and for the mission bay ferry landing. the lesson here we need to come up with diverse ways to increase our dollars awarded to lbe firms and encourage diversity at the subcontractor level. we have been on message at the contract open house with the contractors when we have presubmittal meetings this is somet

i'm jay sore marzak, director of the asian-american economic associati tonight secretary of state rex tillerson and secretary of homeland security john kelly will arrive in mexico with an objective of trying to calm the waters. i'm sure we can all guess what will be a part of the topics in tomorrow's meetings. security, migration, the economy, border issues. but of course this will be against a backdrop where a once constructive relationship is now under threat. politics, politics especially on both sides of the border now, will be as important as policy or potentially more important. finding common ground. it comes just over a week after prime minister trudeau came to washington, a visit that again raised questions if one potential casualty of this new u.s. approach could be broader north american integration. that would of course be a huge loss from u.s. jobs lost to our strategic footing weakened. intertwined with the three north american economies simply keeps us safer as we will discuss today. we have an all-star panel to do that. on your right, peter mckay. peter's someone who i

ncicap.org] ♪[theme music] ♪[theme music] >>>ernabel demillo: hi, i'm ernabel demillo, welcome to asian americane. we're at the newark museum in new jersey where they're showcasing an extensive collection of rare islamic art, a wondrous world: art and islam through time and place. let's take a closer look. from the middle east and africa to southeast asia and the americas, this exhibit spans fourteen hundred years of history.

before 1,000 bay area lawyers at the asian-american bar association dinner he said to stand up for justice. >> my message is this country's values of pluralism, values of equal dignity and equal protection will prevail. >> we hope that his message is to remind lawyers of the role they play to defend the constitution. >> reporter: since the dnc he says more muslims have been targeted. >> recently we saw two judges freeze president trump's revised travel ban. what is your reaction to that? >> my reaction is that this haphazard political rhetoric without any consideration for the constitution and constitutional guarantees will continue to face this fate. >> reporter: that's because he claims the judicial system will always prevail. in san francisco, betty yu, kpix 5. >>> president trump has said that he feels deeply for khan for the loss of his son but that khan has no right to claim that he has never read the constitution and lies. >>> a federal disaster loan office has opened in santa cruz to help victims of last month's devastating storm. the goal is to make it as easy as possible to get p

but not like asian american studies for british class studies or anything like that. >> and in the us, they , in harvard and brown, the institutionalizing in different ways and this is historical as well so for example, brown, i did these students of color versus the third world center. they just a few years ago changed the name to the brown center for students of color and there's a signaling of this is a space for students of color and it's a , third world identity comes out of the 70s, is very political whereas harvard called the harvard foundation for intercultural students really focused on integration. and historically as well it was deliberately named back when it was constituted at the university. there are other ways in which brown as a third world transition program, very different orientation. college orientation programs on diversity are 90 minutes, they do this conversation with their freshman hall that don't have the same impact on students and so there are all these, i think what that does is for the students of harvard, at brown they develop a more robust understanding

it's true asian-americans and african-americans and all others have not yet reached double digits, but this governor has been very proactive in diversifying the judicial branch. >> quick question. if justice is supposed to be blind, what difference does it make? >> because justice is supposed to be justice for all, access for all. so that means all representative types. all of us to bring a unique experience and our views and experience to the table. >> all right. chief justice, thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >>> and that does it for us. for more of our coverage, go to kqed.org/newsroom. i'm thuy vu. thank you for watching. robert: i'm robert costa, i'll tell you about my conversation with president trump and the future of healthcare tonight on "washington week"." a consequential week for president trump and his administration. he faced a republican revolt over healthcare. >> i will not sugarcoat this. this is a disappointing day for us. president trump: we were very close. we had no votes from the democrats. robert: as f.b.i. director said mr. trump was wrong as he accused his pr

it's true asian-americans and african-americans and all others have not yet reached double digits, but this governor has been very proactive in diversifying the judicial branch. >> quick question. if justice is supposed to be blind, what difference does it make? >> because justice is supposed to be justice for all, access for all. so that means all representative types. all of us to bring a unique experience and our views and experience to the table. >> all right. chief justice, thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >>> and that does it for us. for more of our coverage, go to kqed.org/newsroom. i'm thuy vu. thank you for watching. captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, march 26th: lawmakers on both sides of the aisle take to the airwaves to talk health care and russia. venezuela asks for assistance as a lack of medical supplies hits crisis levels. and in our signature segment, how ireland is preparing for the financial fallout from brexit. >> when britain pulls out of the e.u., it could trigger tariffs on anglo-irish trade. and when trade barriers go up,

lodgidge logic that is trying to racialize and imagine a new america that is no longer populated by asian-americans and latin americans from other countries. >> another thing if you put together merit and banning entire countries regardless of the merit from them. you are saying merit but not applying merit. >> and we have a merit-based immigration system, at least a portion of our immigration system, the highly skilled workers portion of our immigration system is a merit-based system. donald trump likes to pretend things aren't happening that are happening that's one case where it is. he is basically saying i don't care how smart you are or how much you can contribute to our economy if you look a certain way or practice a certain religion or have a certain skin color you're not welcome here. >> right. this was very interesting. thank you for being with us. /coming up donald trump talking about health care can he deliver on it, and later, was democratic response strong enough for the environment we're in. ♪ when i got into my accident i broke almost every bone in both my legs. when i came home from

he was the keynote speaker at a fundraiser for the asian american bar association. he's an attorney and the group presented him with an award for speaking out against candidate trump's promise to ban muslims from entering the u.s. tonight he reflected on what has taken place since his speech and his feud with the president. he told us that he's been glad to see that the federal courts struck down not one but two versions of the president's travel ban. >> that's what happens in a democracy, the courts take charge and step up and courts provide the protection. >> khan's son was an army captain killed in 2004 during the iraq war. >>> oakland's new police chief meets with the community. fighting crime and growing the force and changing the city's image. >>> the driver on a collision course with pedestrians. a break in the case and police announce an arrest. >>> candles lit at the national gallery in britain. the suspect killed and one victim from the united states. >>> a candlelight ceremony in london after the deadly attack on pedestrians outside parliament. hundreds g

the asian americans for community involvement. health care providers, clinic work, patients and elected officials are expected to see. . >> thank you, susan li. they will need more baristas. you can say alexa, ask starbucks to prepare my order. it will be integrated into ford vehicles later this year. you have to imagine other car companies will follow suit. >> i wonder how they will keep them safe. >> they can customize themselves. >> say that again really loudly. alexa, we would like -- what's your favorite? >> cappuccino. >> cappuccino grande. >> double cap. >> mint cappuccino. we have to keep it fresh in the morning. >> i just want it all. i need a caffeine fix, especially this morning. >> amen to that. >> we have one day of sunshine. every other day the weather is changing. make sure you are on top of it and you're not lugging around the umbrella like some of your friends may be. here's a look at you are going to see. as you step out the door it's in the 40s. 46 degrees there. definitely a heavier jacket to start out the day.

marrying each uger so our great grandchildren don't see italian american, asian american.ican. >> he said rebuilding our society with someone else's babies. >> i have a great deal of respect for congressman kingston and i'm not sure he completely understands what he's saying. we all have racial blind spots. that in itself and the heel you're driving off and the justification you gave when you highlighted interraelsh marriages and mingling of cultures, it's -- homogeny. >> i think he was saying he waunltsed more intermingling. >> get over it. and let's just all be americans and date ooech other. be friends. >> i don't see where that's a problem. maria, why does it have to bow interracial? build it's black, white, all have to marry one. there's absolot lenothing wrong with that and i hate this idea of being color blind. because you see people's colors. i want to see that maria is a proud latino and andre is a handsome white man. there's nothing wrong with that. doesn't mean i'm fwgoing to discriminate. >> and in fact i think you hate the nail on the head because while most p

thousands of years, and our congregation is very diverse, and we are african, native american, asian-american we're a congregation that should step out in faith. >> thanks for that conversation with pastor from the lutheran church. >>> and then trump properties blurring the line between the presidential duties and personal business for some. we will have more details ahead. >>> i wish i could give you different news than this. a blizzard watch for parts of the country this morning, and some areas -- oh, you could see 18 inches of snow. we will tell you where. stay close. telling folks about our heart healthy idaho potatoes, america's favorite potatoes, and donating to local charities along the way. but now it's finally back home where it belongs. aw man. hey, wait up. where you goin'? here we go again. the more mysterious they sound, the more... powerful you'll think they are. it's time to see what power really looks like. new neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair with accelerated retinol sa. clinically proven to reduce wrinkles in just one week. wrinkles? your time is up! rapid wrinkle repair. an

. >>> and placed on administrative leave for directing slurs at an asian/american player.last month the father of a student said he hurt the coach last month the father of a student said he hurt the coach shout a racially >>> and then serving as the next superintendent. matthews will be formerly introduced as the school's new chief tomorrow. he's a native of the city and attended public schools in san francisco as a child. dr. matthews previously served as the superintendent of schools in the oakland and san jose unified school districts. >>> another prominent democrat throwing his support behind gavin newsom's bid for governor. san francisco mayor, ed lee, released a statement saying i am proud to support gavin newsom because he is the bold leader california needs as we fight for the values and principles that make our city and state so great. four other candidates have great. four other candidates have thrown their hats in the ring. rosy greer is the only republican candidate so far. rosy greer is the only republican candidate so far. >>> pg&e say they are seeing a spike

at san francisco's gal lay yo high school has been placed on leave for directing slurs at an asian american player. he coached sports for 25 at galileo. an apparent reported it to officials after hearing the slurs. >>> and then a discrimination lawsuit to forever 21, and they are accused of telling their employees not to speak to coworkers or customers to anything other than english, and the store reduced hours when some complained about it, and so far forever 21 has not made any comments. >>> and formerly introduced as the new school's chief tomorrow, and he attended public schools in san francisco. matthews previously served as the superintendent of schools in the oakland and san jose unified school districts. >>> you can dress for milder temperatures this morning. we have got 52 in the north bay to napa at about 58 degrees. and mid to upper 50s just about everywhere, except for city. san jose, cupertino, light rain is moving in, 56 to 63 degrees. look at the winds now. they are starting to pick up. the cold front is going through, and it's going to be a bumpy ride getting in and out of a

it's a kickoff for the world's largest asian american film festival, starting next thursday.three honorees this year, including a bay area master chef, and natasha ved ez emceed. >> and we are tracking some downpours that have slowly moved through the region in the past six hours. live doppler 7 showing you action on the screen. down to street level we go, when you see pops of yellow and orange, that is some heavy rain. and live doppler 7 can estimate the rain falling at a rate of almost two-thirds an inch an hour in these locations. heavy rain right now. slide a little bit to the south and some downpours moved through san jose earlier. green on the screen means you have light rain. but these are slow-moving downpours. so it's for that fact the national weather service has issued a flood advisory for parts of alameda and santa clara county until midnight tonight. as the downpours slowly move through to the south, we could see minor flooding on the roadways especially as the rain falls at this hour. today, though, a pretty healthy amount of rain out of this quick-moving storm

not had an asian council member in the past six decades despite having a population that's 40% asian americanin the last election, five asians ran, none were elected. the lawsuit blames the city's at large election system where voters of the entire city can vote on a vacant seat. san jose and san francisco only residents of a certain district can vote for that open seat. santa clara did not return our calls for a response. >>> the father of national park service can get more land added to his name. a new bill will expand the john muir site. it does include the home where muir live before he died. this bill would add 44 acre to that all in contra costa county. expanding the site would allow feature generations to learn more about muir's legacy. >>> the wounded warrior project picking up veterans today at san jose airport to go surfing. they did it on their dozens of super loud motorcycles complete with a police escort. the procession went from the airport to santa cruz. the wounded warrior project offers a variety of programs, services and events for veterans. >>> nbc bay area responds to the

of those five contracts three went to asian american owned firms and two went to african-american owned lbe businesses. whereas the last slide showed the number of prime contracts awarded this represents the contract dollars. as from the pie chart on the left the performance was 41% and o bes 4% of dollars. women owned firms 12% of awards and majority owned businesses won 25% of the contract awards. those dollars can be further broken down by ethnicity. the chart on the right shows 82% of dollars in the mbe minority enterprise slice went to asian american firms and the 13% split between african-american and latino owned firms. as i mentioned before these charts were dominated by two contracts. 92% or 8.5 million of the dollars awarded came through the construction at crane cove park and for the mission bay ferry landing. the lesson here we need to come up with diverse ways to increase our dollars awarded to lbe firms and encourage diversity at the subcontractor level. we have been on message at the contract open house with the contractors when we have presubmittal meetings this is somet

name is hansen yee and i am a resident of this town and i remember wheni was a president of the asian american association i was in the chamber applying for equal rights and thank you for passing them i remember these times and thank you for the bill for the resolution for standing up. i raised a family here. i married and my three kids all go to public school in san francisco [inaudible] and school of art. and my children took me to standing rock and we spent together we spent thanksgiving and standing rock and following that, i went to more times and i can't help to think as a proud san franciscan and how we are known for our water and here there is a pioneer out there fighting for our water and we use our money to support bank of america as a resident of san francisco i feel ashamed. i suggest as supervisors, that you should have the same feeling. please, have something with [inaudible] we need passion to change this world. san franciscans should be up front with that passion. [timer dings] >>now working with a reporter in bayview and we are watching them monitoring all of our supervisors t

and if you are a member of a high risk ethnic group whether african-american, hispanic, latino, asian american, american indian. >> i notice family history. you have to talk to your relatives to find that out. 25% of people with full blown type ii diabetes don't know it. that's scary. what is the serious complications? >> there are serious complications of do you understand. unfortunately blindness, amputation, kidney disease, heart attack, stroke, other nerve damage. >> those are serious. if somebody is watching and say i think i might have some of those risk factors, what do they do? >> first, take a simple risk test. determine where you constantly. if your score is high enough it will really prompt you to get that simple blood sugar test from your physician. >> i know i am going to go take that test for sure. in the meantime, there are other things i can do. >> yes. eat as healthy as you can as often as you can. move more, get physically active. try to make those changes longterm. >> ann, thank you so much. >> sure. >> to protect yourself from diabetes and the associated complications consu

and just to go through those that were published, in first t place certain sects of jews, east asian americans, white americans such as charles murray himself and in fourth place, african-americans.ns of course, this drew a lot of controversy at the time and has for years now. while the book of scientific and murray said that the findings oa it are largely supported by the american psychological association. he has been branded as a racist by number of people on the lefto and he has been protested quitee a bit in a very polarized time right now, he has been protested just in the last few weeks in vermont at middlebury college where the protest turned violent and a professor that was with mr. murray ended up in the hospital with a concussion. someone who attended today's lecture, the hatred for mr. murray, we asked what they thought of the lecture and what they thought about such violence and hatred towards this man. >> i understand why people are protesting and i understand the heights of sensitivities but at the same time, i understand him trying to further the knowledge of his science. >> 95

he's one of the hon horn ors thr which produces the largest asian american film festival in the world. this is ki, his high-end vietnamese restaurant. he traded paris and won an international competition in y beijing. back in sf he aimed to impress you with a ten-course tasting menu and after 35 years in the business he lives for your reaction. >> want to have first bite and wow, that make me get goose bump when i walk by to the customer and hear those words. >> you can get tickets for big-name chefs and sample incredible asian cuisine this saturday night at the opera house at 6:00 p.m. then if you feel like a laugh, visit comedy oakland, two performances on friday at the spice a monkey bar and restaurant. you can stop by at 7:30 or 9:30 p.m. and the fine people behind me are some of the best young classical musicians. you can watch them perform on sunday at the sin fon knband. >>> one last time, update the forecast. >> sand ya? >> if you're going to be out and about this weekend, ama and dan make sure you have your rain gear with you. live doppler seven showing cloud cover increasing

local rallies in support of obamacare being held in san jose at the headquarters of the group asian-americans for community involvement. that's set for 11 a.m. >>> thank you. new concerns about the integrity of the investigation into ties between the trump campaign and russia. the house intelligence committee is investigating alleged russian interference in the election. chairman devin nunes says about a dozen trump communications were surveilled by american intelligence officials. nunes briefed the press and the president before his committee. lawmakers are calling for a special committee to lead the investigation. >> i think that this back and forth and what the american people have found out so far that no longer does the congress have credibility to handle this alone. and i don't say that lightly. >> experts say that the conversations were interceptions when either trump associates or the president himself were in contact with foreigners under surveillance or the foreigners were discussion the trump team. >> an officer and three others are dead following a series of shootings in wisconsin

. >> i'm asian american but i'm korean.ple i'm undocumented the first thing they do is nothing because they're confused. >> because most people associate the issue with the border, with latinos, primarily with mexicans. >> i think 38% or 40% of undocumented people came to the u.s. without a visa and overstayed it. >> that's what you did? >> yeah. america's undocumented population stands at just over 11 million today. the number of undocumented people from mexico has dropped by more than a million, but the number of undocumented asians has risen to 14% of the overtotal. >> i can't really believe it sometimes. >> reporter: that you go to harvard. >> yeah. >> reporter: i can't believe i'm visiting harvard. you thought you weren't into va like me, they sucked. you found out that you didn't get to go to harvard? >> yes. i was in the internship thing and the director comes to me, asks me to come to her office. she sits me down and tells me, i'm sorry, but we don't let illegal aliens participate in our program. >> reporter: and, w

trying to modernize monopoly, maybe start with oriental avenue. [ light laughter ] we call it asian-americannue now. thank you. [ applause ] a bbc radio host is apologizing for saying that santa claus isn't real on a live broadcast this morning. but the damage was already done. [ audience aws ] are you sad -- you're making a noise like you're sad he found out. [ laughter ] and finally, a company in japan has created a spread that combines coffee and butter. it's called, "i can't believe i'm eating this." [ light laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a fantastic show for you tonight. here's who we got, from the new movie "fist fight," he's one of our favorites, my old friend tracy morgan is on the show tonight, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] how luckar also, from the fantastic showtime show "billions", malin ackerman joins us this evening. [ cheers and applause ] fantastic actress. and we'll have music from bebe rexha, which is great. i'm so excited for you to hear that as well. now, before we get to all that, the trump administration has been royaled by chaos. a

>> these are communities of color, african american communities, latino communities, asian-american andific islander communities, native american committees, and low incomeme white communities. amy: let me turn to scott pruitt's recent speech to staff at the epa and he first came in. >> i believe that we as an agency and we as a nation can be both pro-energy and jobs and proenvironment. that we don't have to choose between the two. i think our nation is done better than any nation in the world and making sure we do the job of protecting our natural resources and protecting our environment while also respecting economic growth and jobs our nation seeks to have. amy: mustafa ali, your response to, well, the man who was your boss but you have since resigned, scott pruitt? >> yes i believe that we have to be as equally focused on the impacts that are happening inside of those communities. i personally think that when we are taking a look at regulations, we could ask a basic question. if we're thinking about creating a new regulation, will it be beneficial to our most vulnerable communities?