. >> sy: that fear hadn't yet hit iona cheng in late december of last year.he was running errands near her apartment in downtown oakland. >> and as soon as they got close to me, they grabbed me and pulled mto the ground. >> sy: she was left bruised, and badly shaken. the police officer who responded to cheng saw race as a factor right away. >> she told me i was the first asian american woman attacked that evening, and that they were attacking multiple asian american women. we were being pegged as a vulnerable group for an easy target. i think, because of various cultural reasons, i think there's reluctance to speak out. and to, you know, be stoic, right, and not try to cause trouble. >> sy: the racial motivations behind many of these attacks are unclear, but the group stop a.a.p.i. hate has logged nearly 4,000 anti-asian incidents since the start of the pandemic. an assault in san francisco, that killed 84-year-old vichar ratanapakdee. another in oakland just last week, that left 75-year-old pak ho dead. but most of the incidents are verbal assaults, which ch

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. >> justice secretary teresa cheng, inc. you for your time on bloomberg television.ng from her office is our exclusive interview. we send it back over to you. haslinda: thank you, steve, our chief north asia correspondent stephen engle with the secretary for justice again teresa cheng. we have a hard headline china raising its earlier loss of as much as 3.2%, a news the state funds may be buying to limit that rout. china csi index erasing losses. rishaad: quickly let's get more flesh on this and finding out what is going on. positivity going on for the csi 300, we had it in correction. elsewhere recovery taking place down to .2% down to the lunchtime for change in. try to list on a massive amount in the last couple of days. we look at the hang seng, 1.5% to the upside out with while gyrations taking place. csi 300 over the last two weeks, 14 trading days, 12.5% to the downside. it is down to the state funds our national team as some,, coming in and stopping the plunge from going into developing into a day rout. haslinda: a turnaround indeed. a quick check on the late

cheng. next witness is the chief of police fernando spagnioli. . >> i would like to express my deepest sympathies to the families of all that were lost in the colorado shooting yesterday, especially the family and co forkers of officer talley. . >> chief, if you could be a little closer perhaps to -- so we can hear you a little better. >> chairman durbin, chairman grassley, thank you for inviting me to testify today. i am the chief of police for the city of waterbury, connecticut. i have dedicated most of my adult life to public service. i am honored to testify before you today on common sense solutions to prevent gun violence. when the national press talks about gun violence in connecticut, it talks about the brutal and unspeakable members at sandy hook nearly 10 years ago. the events on of that day and the loss of the children and teachers shook this nation to its very core. as chief administrator of one of the largest police department, in the state of connecticut, the gun violence i am m

cheng and his parents who run a restaurant to visit vietnam every year.sed, going back christmas—time this year. it's all kind of up in the air, so we actually, you know, we have no idea when we'll be able to get back. vietnam's government told us that they're considering the possibilities of reopening the borders using a travel corridoor or a vaccine passport, but there are no dates yet. on the other side of the world, jamaica was one of many countries that closed its borders to the uk to stop the spread of the uk variant. sharon hasn't seen her mum, who lives there, since october 2019. it's worrying because she's on her own, she... you're concerned that if you say to her, "how are you?" she sort ofjust, you know, says, "i'm fine, i'm fine, oh, i'm doing fine." you miss the physical contact and the time, the amount of time that you can spend together when we are actually in each other's presence. the uk ban is still in place, butjamaica's tourism minister is hopeful that that will change. make sure you take your vaccine. we are going to be in a position

roger cheng says the hash tags have largely been unregulated by facebook and twitter. >> unless it'seally obvious and i think this is what is particularly frustrating to asian american communities, a lot of the rhetoric is a bit more subtle. there isn't necessarily the explosive "n" word, isn't a symbol that necessarily is immediate red flag. >> he says change at the companies regarding antiasian racism is unlikely to move swiftly. there is a half hour special this weekend. join kenny choi an elizabeth cook sunday at 6:30 for asians under attack, bay area reacts. >>> 6:37. stock futures bounced back overnight following a big tech sell off. let's see how it is rounding out the week. dow is down almost 200 points. we'll keep an eye on that. >>> a bill to expand the pandemic redated sick leave is sitting on the governor's desk. it would require companies with at least 25 workers to offer up to two weeks of paid time off for covid related reasons. businesses can then recoup all or part of the cost through a payroll tax credit. law would be retroactive to january 1 when similar legislatio

chris cheng testified on n-uppercase-letter for that committee, he is a former top shot champion, yeand amendment and not going after law-abiding gunners when there is a situation like this it occurs. kennedy: and greg made a really good point today on the five, he said the horse has left the barn the guns are on the streets. so, you could have all of the gun control you want? there is no way to put the toothpaste back in the tube. and you will take people who should be able to defend themselves and you will criminalize that constitution behavior. i am willing to have a conversation about all of this agreement terms like assault weapons for that is a manufactured term that can mean different things depending on his talk about, ethan go ahead. >> this is not that complicated. you have a well-funded group on the writer says do nothing about it. remember stay tuned justice scalia and the heller decision section iii says we can regulate this and they have been regulated and it is heavily regulated in many areas. actually your statistic about mortality and injury rate and high gun or restr

i want to bring in cynthia cheng co-founder of stop aapi hate. this was a hearing scheduled before the massacre in atlanta. the committee says the last time there was a congressional hearing focused on anti-asian hate was in 1987, as far as they can tell. what are the overarching concerns you are hearing? what's come out of this hearing? >> reporter: the concern is more than about just education and awareness. it's about action steps. that's what we are hearing from lawmakers right now as they make some of the opening statements. that's what we expect to hear based on some of the testimony that we have gotten an early look at from daniel day kim as well as john yang from aajc, of course senator tammy duckworth as well. i want to play you sound we heard from congressman steve cohen. >> congress sees you, we stand with you. we will do everything in our power to protect you. any asian hate did not begin with the covid-19 pandemic and will not end when it is over. all the pandemic did was exacerbate prejudices that have a long and ugly history in ame

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another australian, cheng lei, who was a news anchor for state broadcaster cgtn was arrested in septemberrged with supplying state secrets overseas. >> of course you feel more at risk because you always believe that's not going to happen to you. but thenou read that and think, that could actually happen to anyone depending on the diplomatic situation between the two countries. >> reporter: foreign correspondents aren't the only ones in the firing line. chinese staff working for international media faced substantial pressure over their work. journalist for bloomberg news haze fan was detained in december. no details have been provided on where she is or what she's been detained for. people journalists sought to interview have faced threats and intimidation too, raising ethical concerns on reporting. >> i tnk we are definitely not the ones taking the bigger risk. the chinese people are, the ones who talk to us, and what i do, >> reporter: the correspondents' club noted the rapid decline in media freedom in china comes as it gears up to host the beijing winter olympics in 2022. there have be

tina cheng, valerie barrett, thank you for coming on and having this extremely important conversation. >>> coming up, how committed is the biden administration to a national high-speed, climate-friendly rail system? we're going to take you to the only one that is currently under construction. it's pretty cool. >>> and it is in need of a lot of federal help. after signaling they were okay with past marijuana uls, they were fired because of it. othey were fired because of it uh, they are a little tight. like, too tight? might just need to break 'em in a little bit. you don't want 'em too loose. for those who were born to ride there's progressive. with 24/7 roadside assistance. -okay. think i'm gonna wear these home. -excellent choice. there are many reasons for waiting to visit your doctor right now. but if you're experiencing irregular heartbeat, heart racing, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue or light-headedness, don't wait to contact your doctor. because these symptoms could be signs of a serious condition like atrial fibrillation. which could make you about five times more li

cheng, i would like to come to you for an answer if i may.ntry faces rising violence against asian americane and we mourn the violence that we have seen this week during the riots and 92, they were attacked and burned it to the ground. when the police didn't come who was there to protect those businesses? >> who was there and to underscore the point, who wasn't there, law enforcement. as much as they wanted to be there, they were overwhelmed withel violence taking los angeles. i lived about 50 minutes from where everything was taking place. there's a 12-year-old i understood at a high level that bad things were happening. i saw a lot of people getting hurt. i saw a lot of violence and burning buildings and a lot of fear and it wasn't until i became an adult when i realized one ofen the stories that wasn't told in the mainstream media exercising their second amendment rights. because they were under threat. and this isn't a hypothetical threat. when the government isn't available or willing to come to the defense of a marginalized community. a

firearm from a commercial seller of a federal firearms license holder, you have to do a background cheng. it says if you want to loan a gun to a family member to go on a hunting trip, you can't have private transfers, the federal government says you can't be trusted to sell a firearms and have to go to a federally licensed. and they created a registry, why should we be concerned? it doesn't guarantee that the government will do it. a supreme court case, under the 4th amendment there is a clause that has been internetted to warrantless seizures of property. and the 4th amendment if we don't stand up to defend the 2nd amendment it will be abused as the 4th amendment is we have to oppose this bill. the united states of people of america are guaranteed to keep and bear arms and shall not be infringed without a constitutionality amendment and that is not what is on the floor today. i oppose any such effort to deny citizens to and i yield. mr. biggs: i thank the gentleman. and it's my privilege to yield 2 1/2 minutes to mr. budd. mr. budd: you know, as a federally licensed gun store owner, i h