commissioner chung. >> commissioner chung: thank you, president bernal. and thank you commissioner guillermo for leading this effort to draw out these resolutions really highlighting the long histories of discriminations against asians and pacific islanders. as an asian and an immigrant, i know too well how these intersections of discrimination really work in my community and, in fact, just on friday, when i was shopping at target, you know, i got called names while i was doing grocery shopping unprovoked. and so i can only imagine the kind of pressure and stress that others are facing and i'm hoping that this will also become an opportunity for us to have some additional dialogs about communities among racial minorities and other communities of colors and immigrants because i think that, you know, we all have different stories to tell, but many of our stories also have similar kinds of aspects to that and this is an opportunity for us to instead of just talking about empathy, we can actually walk on that path, you know, and to hopefully in the long run t

commissioner chung. >> commissioner chung: thank you, president bernal. and thank you commissioner guillermo for leading this effort to draw out these resolutions really highlighting the long histories of discriminations against asians and pacific islanders. as an asian and an immigrant, i know too well how these intersections of discrimination really work in my community and, in fact, just on friday, when i was shopping at target, you know, i got called names while i was doing grocery shopping unprovoked. and so i can only imagine the kind of pressure and stress that others are facing and i'm hoping that this will also become an opportunity for us to have some additional dialogs about communities among racial minorities and other communities of colors and immigrants because i think that, you know, we all have different stories to tell, but many of our stories also have similar kinds of aspects to that and this is an opportunity for us to instead of just talking about empathy, we can actually walk on that path, you know, and to hopefully in the long run t

daniel chung said he received to an op-ed he wrote in february. in it he questioned what he called progressive prosecutors in l.a. and san francisco for, quote, creating a revolving door for repeat offenders. his editorial was published as a tax against the aapi community were a beginning. >> i wrote about something i really cared about. >> reporter: at the time he was performing felonies. efforts to set up a meeting with his boss failed. he declined to speak to me saying he doesn't speak about personnel matters. >> we've never talked. i wanted to talk to him to explain everything. >> reporter: chung says he's likely facing suspension. >> i think our office certainly does a lot of things well. i think jeff has implemented a lot of good things for our community, and i give him credit for that. but there are certain things that have been happening recently where i feel like he's pivoting more for a political expediency. >> reporter: chung says while implementing justice reform, prosecutors have lost sight of the right of victims. chung knows those w

and with that green light, oh and chung hit the ground running, scrambling to start production in threeths. >> we had less than $2 million. there is something about making something with very little money and very little time. you're there because you love the material. because by no means did anyone get any sort of payday on this. >> reporter: the film was shot in 25 days under the hot tulsa, oklahoma summer sun, much to the distress of its biggest star. >> your first day, the ac went out. and just a mess. so, but looking at isaac, he was all sweating, and i'm over 70 years old lady. i'm very temperamental. but he was always calm. and he always say i got it. that was too me was most beautiful sound from the director. >> if i lose my cool, then the ship is going to sink in some way. so i just knew that i had to keep it together and keep it in control. i grew up seeing her in a lot of tv shows and movies. she herself is so lovable, unpredictable, funny, irreverent. so there was just nobody else who could do this. >> youn has two sons and is a grandmother herself, which may be why she ins

one of this award season's big contenders is minari, a winning drama from writer—director lee isaac chungt picture at the oscars and best film not in the english language at the baftas. david, look! they're wheels! steven yeun and yeri han are jacob and monica yee, a korean couple who relocate from california to arkansas, where jacob dreams of starting his own farm. monica, however, is worried about the fate of their family, particularly young son david, who has a heart condition that prevents him from any form of physical exertion. enter a scene—stealing yuh—jung youn as the grandmother who comes to live with the yee family and who rivals tsai chin's performance in lucky grandma as the screen's most lovably irascible oap. meanwhile, will patton is paul, an eccentric korean war vet and religious fanatic who helps jacob on the farm between performing impromptu exorcisms and dragging a large cross up the highway. it's clear from the outset that faith will be a central theme of minari, which takes its name from a weed—like vegetable that can thrive in the toughest of circumstances and that s

>> this is something that i want my daughter to watch, you know, years from now >> reporter: chung says "minari" hits all the right notes thanks to actors like yuh-jung youn, a star in south korea, making her american feature film debut >> i thought she's our secret weapon. she's phenomenal >> how did isaac convince you to be a part of this film? >> he didn't convince me through his friend he gave me the script, and i said yes before i read the last page >> pretty boy. >> i'm not pretty. i'm good-looking >> a lot of korean-american friends have been coming up and saying i didn't realize that you went through this too. >> reporter: the film's focus on humanity shining a light on the land of opportunity and the pursuit of the american dream kathy park, nbc news >> and that is "nightly news" for this friday. thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night ♪ i got my mind set on you ♪ ♪ i got my mind set on you ♪ ♪ i got my mind set on you ♪ to♪ ♪ a whole lot of spending money ♪ ♪ it's going to take plenty of money ♪ ♪ to do it right

one of this award season's big contenders is minari, a winning drama from writer—director lee isaac chungth multiple nominations including best picture at the oscars and best film not in the english language at the baftas. david, look! they're wheels! steven yeun and yeri han are jacob and monica yee, a korean couple who relocate from california to arkansas where jacob dreams of starting his own farm. monica, however, is worried about the fate of their family, particularly young son david, who has a heart condition that prevents him from any form of physical exertion. enter a scene—stealing yuh—jung youn as the grandmother who comes to live with the yee family and who rivals tsai chin's performance in lucky grandma as the screen's most lovably irascible oap. meanwhile will patton is paul, an eccentric korean war vet and religious fanatic who helps jacob on the farm between performing impromptu exorcisms and dragging a large cross up the highway. it's clear from the outset that faith will be a central theme of minari, which takes its name from a weed—like vegetable that can thrive in the t

family in the '80s putting down roots in rural arkansas it's a deeply personal project for lee isaac chung, who directed and wrote the film loosely based on his own life there are so many things that a lot of immigrant families can relate to in this film how important was that for you to include but also to get right? >> this is something that i want my daughter to watch, you know, years from now i wanted to present things very truthfully and honestly so that she could remember my family's story >> reporter: chung says "minari" hits all the right notes thanks to actors like yuh-jung youn, a star in south korea, making her american feature film debut >> i thought she's our secret weapon. she's phenomenal >> how did isaac convince you to be a part of this film? >> he didn't convince me through his friend he gave me the script, and i said yes before i read the last page >> pretty boy. pretty - >> i'm not pretty. i'm good-looking >> a lot of korean-american friends have been coming up and saying i didn't realize that you went through this too. >> reporter: the film's focus on humanity shining

my guest today is writer and director lee isaac chung.arch of the american dream is nominated for six academy awards. >> pretty employ! pretty boy! >> i'm not pretty snichment i'm good looking! >> trevor: izaac chung, welcome to the "the daily social distancing show." >> thank you so much, trevor. so good to be with you. >> trevor: let's start with congratulations. your film has been nominated for six academy awards, which is-- i mean, it's huge to be nominated for one, but this is six in some of the most prestigious categories ever. and what makes it even more impressive, just a few years ago, you were thinking about quitting film making so you could get a real job. >> ( laughs ) that's right. i told myself by the time i hit 40, if nothing's happening, i have to really grow up and take on a responsible job. so for me, that was becoming a professor. and i signed on to become a professor, and i had a few months to write a script, and this was kind of, like, my last swing at it, basically. >> trevor: hey, man, it was your last swing but it

and now i want to introduce annie chung with self-help for the elderly. thank you so much for being here today. >> good morning everyone. thank you, mayor breed. and dr. grant colfax. may i thank you really the department of public health and all your teams that are working on the covid response. we feel really proud to be a community partner because every time when our community is facing challenges whether it's with testing or with the vaccines rolled out, we always feel there's someone at d.p.h. that we can go to and express our concerns and very quickly, i think mayor breed and her team have responded, you know, to our community needs. for example, back in january and february when we found that vaccines are beginning to be available, none of our seniors and none of the community who don't speak english well could navigate those sign-up sites. when we expressed the need for bilingual materials, your team came up with the flyers. yet the sites were still in english. so they couldn't get the vaccines. so i think as we work closely with the response. and

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in chung king, january 1946 general chang chung of the chinese nationalists and general chew and lie of the communist forces meet with the united states. marshall for a conference which culminates in the signing of a truce deceased the civil war between the nationalist government and and communist guerrilla forces under mao. it appears that you and lies having the last lap. the chinese communists having gained time to build their strength violate the truce and sweep over china. this victory parade in shanghai is an honor of stallion mounts it soon and general to take. a 50-year treaty between red china and russia is signed by red china's foreign minister two and live in the presence of stalin molotov for a sheloth. mikoyan khrushchoff and mao. bushinski signs for the soviet union stalin and mao witnessing july 21st 19 before that geneva french general delgierre signs a ceasefire agreement with viet min general palm others taking part are russia's molotov and vietnam foreign minister fan van dorn. negotiations between red china's chew and lie and french premier mantis france achieves

in chung king, january 1946 general chang chung of the chinese nationalists and general chew and lie of the communist forces meet with united states general marshall for a conference. culminates in the signing of a truce to cease the civil war between the nationalist government and communist guerrilla forces under mao it appears that you and lie is having the last lap. the chinese communists having gained time to build their strength violate the truths and sweep over china. this victory parade and shanghai is an honor of stallion mounts it soon and general to take. a 50-year treaty between red china and russia is signed by red china's foreign minister two and live in the presence of stalin molotov for a sheloth. mikoyan khrushchoff and mao. bushinski signs for the soviet union stalin and mao witnessing july 21st 1954 at geneva french general delgier signs a ceasefire agreement with vietnam general pom others taking part are russia's molotov and vietnam foreign minister pan pandong. negotiations between red china's chew and lie and french premier mantis france achieves an armistice wh

in chung play an important part in his videos that's something i want to do a lot more of as make these really fun video tutorials so that a lot of different types of people will feel invited to moving and it doesn't have to being something always so technical but it can also be something really playful and fashionable west who is also a trained dancer and choreographer starts out with sketches then he and his team work out the finished product quest is achieved cult status among fans the world over he regularly publishes books of knitting patterns with clients even found his own label and his full shop in amsterdam. i don't like to play by the rules i don't like to by the rules i never learned how to take a design class or any of that so i made up everything just by playing. among stephen west's fans stettin year old constantine seabeck from berlin he lenten it from his grandmother and get his ideas and inspiration online from travel read the social media network specializes in hand crafts and has some 9. registered accounts the world over. the 1st sneer was just fascinated with what y

and now i want to introduce annie chung with self-help for the elderly. thank you so much for being here today. >> good morning everyone. thank you, mayor breed. and dr. grant colfax. may i thank you really the department of public health and all your teams that are working on the covid response. we feel really proud to be a community partner because every time when our community is facing challenges whether it's with testing or with the vaccines rolled out, we always feel there's someone at d.p.h. that we can go to and express our concerns and very quickly, i think mayor breed and her team have responded, you know, to our community needs. for example, back in january and february when we found that vaccines are beginning to be available, none of our seniors and none of the community who don't speak english well could navigate those sign-up sites. when we expressed the need for bilingual materials, your team came up with the flyers. yet the sites were still in english. so they couldn't get the vaccines. so i think as we work closely with the response. and

joining us activist sonny chung now in exile in the u.k. these days sonny you fled hong kong last year because of what looked like your imminent arrest now we've seen the verdicts your decision to leave must feel somewhat justified. arbitrated yes it is so bad i left home colmes we already we are large starts at dissipate as their regime lots of arrests political crackdown by day she will not stop the city viciously a real shift us or shipping this really hawkish on home combatant day a reason to pay the price to get on a home call wreak of the canvas of how much how many sentient that will be implemented by t. international community and that's why many political prisoners are now detained that you hold home and many people also go you're sol and that is fairly simple give us a sense of how important these figures are martin lee jim ely most viewers might not be familiar with their names but what do they mean to hong kong ors. martini actually and many at this they're very senior and old democracy campaign is form at that case actually of

but sarah chung says she's noticed something different lately but definitely helps take >> so i didn'texperience like my typical spring time past spring. allergist doctor robert says it's no coincidence. >> wearing a mask may be helping and there's some studies that show that it does, in fact reduce the amount of all of that. you're getting into here and your nose and your mouth and wearing a mask to protect against allergies isn't actually a new concept we may have an image in your mind of people in japan wearing masks all the time. and it's usually not for infectious rees. they tend to wear those in the spring because of cedar pollen. so is the answer to all your allergy problems. a mask. >> unfortunately doctor. so says now i think it will make a difference. i don't think it's sufficient to really get rid of those symptoms altogether. but at least for now, it's making days like these a little less stuffy. >> of course, allergists say that wearing a mask is going to help protect you against food allergies or even under. probably help with those seasonal allergies at liberty park city

the green light this would be the 1st bank seen against the coronavirus for children this is caleb chung he's 12 years old and took part in the biotech pfizer trial his father a university dr says he's extremely proud of his son and all the other children who volunteered for such an important study is definitely a very special opportunity to be able to do something like this cuz. i'm just at home doing online school on there's not much i can really do to fight back yes. because to being in this trial and potentially helping other kids to feel safe and want to get the vaccine in the future one of the cons for bell. is really some way that i could actually help out. biotech pfizer said 2260 children between 12 and 15 participated in the trial none of those who received the vaccine went on to develop kovac 19 but among those given the placebo shot there were 18 cases to develop a site those results indicate the vaccine is 100 percent effective at preventing covered 19 in this age group. the breakthrough is a win for both young people and biotech pfizer the results potentially put the vaccin

the green light this would be the 1st vaccine against the corona virus for children this is caleb chung he's 12 years old and took part in the biotech pfizer trial his father a university talked to says he's extremely proud of his son and all 3 of the children who volunteered for such an important study is definitely a very special opportunity to be able to do something like this cause. i'm just at home doing online school and there's not much i can really do to fight back yes. but just being in this trial and potentially helping other kids to feel safe and want to get that seen in the future one of the cons for. was really some way that i could actually how about. said 2260 children between 12 and 15 participated in the trial none of those who received the vaccine went on to develop covered 19 but among those given the placebo shot there were 18 cases to develop a site those results indicate the vaccine is 100 percent effective at preventing covered 19 in this age group. the breakthrough is a win for both young people and by an take 5 the results potentially put the vaccine produces ou

used to grow tonight the crowd basically have they are chanting anti government anti putin slogans chung's so far i hear the police rather inert but they haven't detained anybody at this location but we have seen people being detained in other parts of moscow and other parts of moscow because this protest has been going on for a couple of hours now there's no we can only we're not really seeing if it windows down but you can see how the mass of people is slowly moving away probably because they've got a new location now mosco is far from the only city in russia that has seen protests today or all around from blood of all stalks to st petersburg in various towns and cities people came to the streets in certain towns it's safe to say that the protests flopped because only a few dozen people showed up in other in other. others of people of those old lodges showing of a bit of a more significant scale but all of them of course pale pale in comparison to the world's good morning most of today now to give you some figures there's an official estimate from the russian police that some 6000 people

one of the world's largest icebergs was reduced to chung's satellite footage just shows its massive bulk has fled into smaller fragments we asked the scientist about 15 to cations for the planet's future. i imagine mike as you know and you are welcome to the program it's been a day of remembrance here in germany to pay tribute to the almost 80000 people who have died of covert nineteen's in the pandemic hits the country that commemorates of service was led by germany president frank about to stand by in central belin it was he said he chose to say goodbye and dignity to do this last took over 19 many of whom died in lone and without their families because of kohen of violence restrictions. the 1st person in germany to test positive for the coronavirus was in late january 2020 . since then as in most of the rest of the world. life has been put on hold in germany and tens of thousands of families left to mourn lost loved ones. the national requiem provided a moment for germany to pause and reflect on those who would either died because of the virus or had passed away separated from their f

and now i want to introduce annie chung with self-help for the elderly. thank you so much for being here today. >> good morning everyone. thank you, mayor breed. and dr. grant colfax. may i thank you really the department of public health and all your teams that are working on the covid response. we feel really proud to be a community partner because every time when our community is facing challenges whether it's with testing or with the vaccines rolled out, we always feel there's someone at d.p.h. that we can go to and express our concerns and very quickly, i think mayor breed and her team have responded, you know, to our community needs. for example, back in january and february when we found that vaccines are beginning to be available, none of our seniors and none of the community who don't speak english well could navigate those sign-up sites. when we expressed the need for bilingual materials, your team came up with the flyers. yet the sites were still in english. so they couldn't get the vaccines. so i think as we work closely with the response. and

. >> reporter: 12-year-old caleb chung doesn't know if he got the vaccine or a placebo, but he wanted part of the trial. >> potentially helping other kids to feel safe and want to get the vaccine in the future when it becomes publicly available was really some way that i could actually help out. >> reporter: last week, pfizer started testing vaccine doses on children ages 5 to 11. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: 9-year-old twins marisol and alejandra gerardo got the vaccine last week. both parents who are doctors say the girls handled it well. >> five, six -- >> that feels good. >> seven. >> they're doing great right now. the first day after, they both had sore arms and one of my daughters had a little bit of a fever as well as some swollen lymph nodes in her armpit, but other than that, that quickly resolved. >> reporter: tonight, an all-out sprint to vaccinate. the country hitting a new milestone, 150 million shots in arms. but rising coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are looming. >> this is a critical moment in our fight against the pandemic, as we see increases in cases, we

one of this award season's big contenders is minari, a winning drama from writer—director lee isaac chung

joining us activist sonny chung now in exile in the u.k. these days sonny you fled hong kong last year because of what looked like your imminent arrest now we've seen the verdicts your decision to leave must feel somewhat justified. arbitrate yes it is so bad i left home colmes we already we are large starts at dissipate asks their regime lots of rest political crackdown by staging will not stop you see the future see a real shift us are shipping this really hawkish on home combatants and they are really to pay the price to crack on a homecoming week of the canvas of how much how many sentient that will be implemented by the international community and that's why many political prisoners are now to take that in the whole poll and many people also go you saw how and that is fairly simple give us a sense of how important these figures are martin lee jim ely most viewers might not be familiar with their names but what do they mean to hong kong ors. martiniere actually and when many at this they're very senior and old democracy campaign is form

it was inspired by the real life story of its director, lee isaac chung.dland" is another big film to keep an eye on. it's nominated for six academy awards, including best picture, best director and also best lead actress for frances mcdormand who's always wonderful. and i'm also keeping an eye on the sound of metal, which is also terrific. in the meantime, glenn close, who is up for best supporting actress for her role in hill billy elegy is using this moment to shine her spotlight on a very personal issue, mental health. when her little sister was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, glenn made it her mission to end the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness. she cofounded, bring change to mind, a nonprofit that brings mental health awareness and support into schools and communities. this week's cnn heroes shares her work and her family's story. >> i've always said that mental health is a family affair. when my sister, jess, came to me and said, i need help because i can't stop thinking of killing myself, it was like a bolt out of nowhere. we h

the green light this would be the 1st bank seen against the coronavirus for children this is caleb chung he's 12 years old and took part in the biotech finds a trial his father a university doctor says he's extremely proud of his son and all 3 of the children who volunteered for such an important study is definitely a very special opportunity to be able to do something like this cause. i'm just at home doing online school and there's not much i can really do to fight back yes. but to seeing him struggle and potentially helping other kids to feel safe and want to get the vaccine in the future or not but comes from. really some way that i could actually help out. take pfizer's said 2260 children between 12 and 15 participated in the trial none of those who received the vaccine went on to develop coverage 19 but among those given the flu shot there were 18 cases to develop a site those results indicate the vaccine is 100 percent effective at preventing covered 19 in this age group. the breakthrough is a win for both young people and buy and take pfizer the results potentially put the vaccin

after that, sister chung hu may woke up. after waking she saw her husband was not breathing and had no heartbeat and her son was not breathing and had no heartbeat. she could not find her daughter. when she yelled, she found her daughter was under the iron sheets. she put her effort to move those pieces one by one, but her daughter's voice became quieter and quieter and then there was no response. >> reporter: some of the passengers did survive, but for their families, the news of the crash and the uncertainty of knowing who made it out alive was almost as horrifying. >> translator: well, it's like this. my daughter was lucky. cabin 3 had not entered into the tunnel. if cabin 3 entered into the tunnel, then it would have been very dangerous. they took a long time to come out because it was so serious. the rescue team couldn't find a way to rescue them. that's why they took a long time. it took around two hours. it was horrible. >> reporter: relatives of those who died held an emotional prayer ceremony near the crash site, sh

. >> thank you brian chung. >> brian chung with you. hi, chairman powell. i wachted to ask about financial stability which is part of the feds's reaction function here. it seems to people on the outside who might not follow finance dily they are paying attention to things like dogecoin, gamestop does the fed see a relationship between low rates and easy policy to those things is there a financial stability concern from the fed's perspective at this time >> we look at financial stability for us is really -- we have a broad framework so we don't just jump from one thing to another many people just look at asset prices and look at some of the things that are going on in the equity markets which i think do reflect froth in the equity markets. we tri to stick to a framework for financial stable so we can talk about it the same way each time and so we can be held accountable for it one of the areas is asset prices some are high. you are seeing things in the capital markets that are a bit frothy that's a fact. i won't say it has nothing to do with monetary policy

chung echoed that sentiment after "minari" won the golden globe for best foreign language film. >> it'sds. success has taken the cast by surprise. >> not too famous. >> pretty famous. >> i guess so. 6 is a big number. >> 6 is a being number. are you excited? >> i guess so. somewhere around excited and excited. >> yuen has been nominated for an oscar for her performance. >> it's unreal to me. unreal. >> you went back to south korea, and now you're an academy award nominee. >> isn't that surprising? life is full of surprises. you never know. >> "minari's" golden globe win in the best foreign language category was controversial even though the film was written and directed by an american filmed in oklahoma and financed and distributed by u.s. companies because it is spoken primarily in korean and not in english. it could not be a contender for best picture. the academy awards plays by different rule book which qualifies it for some of the oscar's top prizes of the night. >> i like that. >> i loved the little alan kim, somewhere between excited and excited. and the grandmother says you neve

this is annie chung from [inaudible] for the elderly and i'm also here to support jim's nomination to the police commission. sf pathway to citizenship and we have helped probably over now 10,000l.p.r. residents to become legal residents and we do this with a large number of volunteers who will spend a whole i really appreciate pro bono attorneys like mr. byrne who is willing to spend a lot of time fighting for the immigrants who are usually stripped of their rights and eager to do everything they can and then get citizenship. so with jim's background as an advocate for the voiceless and the most vulnerable, people, mostly minorities who face deportation, really, those are the darkest hours and you can imagine the fear that our community has particularly has nowadays with the anti-asian hate crimes. so we're looking forward to a police commissioner who would listen, who understands the fears of the immigrants and who would really roller their sleeves and come down to the community to work with us so we could provide public safety and some reforms for community police work for us. so i'

peter chung. born in west oak layne in philadelphia, barbara worked tirelessly as a lab technician for many years and had the spirit that warmed and welcomed all lucky enough to cross her path. you didn't have to know her well to see and understand how deeply she valued generosity and compassion. not a day went by when barbara did not exemplify these traits. she instilled these qualities and so much more in her family and the many lives she touched, including her son-in-law, peter. barbara and her husband of over 45 years, steven, raised two incredible daughters. family was everything to barbara. and what barbara loved most about life was being a mother and most recently a grandmother to her two grandsons, ethan and benjamin. they say that the best measure in life well lived has less to do with the number of our accomplishments but more to do with the number of lives we have touched. madam speaker, it is clear that barbara's was a life well lived and one that will be greatly missed by all. madam s

possibility that children could be vaccinated before the start of the next school year. 12-year-old caleb chungpart in the study in durham, north carolina. his father joined him for an interview. >> there's not much i can really do to fight back against the virus. so probably participating in this trial, and potentially helping other kids to feel safe and want to get the vaccine in the future, when it becomes publicly available, was really some way that i could actually help out. stephanie: also today, the cdc reported covid was the third leading cause of death in the u.s. last year behind heart disease and cancer. the overall death rate rose nearly 16% from a year earlier. in wisconsin, the state supreme court struck down a mask mandate today. it ruled the democratic governor overstepped his authority. the global covid death toll has now passed 2.8 million and a wave of new infections is sweeping europe, forcing new lockdowns. the president of france announced tonight that schools and childcare centers there will be closed for three weeks. he banned domestic travel for a month. for the first t

"minari" was inspired by the real-life story of its director, lee isaac chung.ep an eye on. "nomadland" is nominated for six academy awards including best picture, best director and also best lead actress for frances mcdormand. and while "nomadland" is considered an oscar front-runner, it is facing major backlash in china. the world's largest film market. david culver is following the controversy from shanghai. david? >> reporter: just a few months back you may not have even known the name chloe zhao. but now the chinese movie director is gaining worldwide fame and her film "nomadland" is raking in the most prestigious awards. >> i love what i do. you know, i want to tell stories for a living. i don't want to do anything else. >> reporter: earlier this year zhao made history, becoming the first asian woman to win a golden globe for best director. she was then named best director at the british academy film awards. and there's growing expectation she'll take home another couple of statues this weekend. >> let's continue with the nominations. chloe zhao, "nomadlan

and now i want to introduce annie chung with self-help for the elderly. thank you so much for being here today. >> good morning everyone. thank you, mayor breed. and dr. grant colfax. may i thank you really the department of public health and all your teams that are working on the covid response. we feel really proud to be a community partner because every time when our community is facing challenges whether it's with testing or with the vaccines rolled out, we always feel there's someone at d.p.h. that we can go to and express our concerns and very quickly i think mayor breed and her team have responded you know to our community needs. for example back in january and february when we found that vaccines are beginning to be available none of our seniors and none of the community who don't speak english well could navigate those sign-up sites. when we expressed the need for bilingual materials, your team came up with the flyers. yet the sites were still in english. so they couldn't get the vaccines. so i think as we work closely with the response. and we f

all right let's talk now to a sonny chung a hunk kang activist and politician currently in exile in the u.k. mr hume very warm welcome firstly i want to get your reaction to today's sentences please i think this sentence is actually the latest escalation in the thought the passion that's actually effectively tried to side as the political opposition it all and that's all just devilish a presidency is going to create all the price to crack down that it will crack it with once you and that's the sweet on mommy. now beijing it appears is is not backing down as quassia all dissent in hong kong so in terms of hong kong's freedoms is the pro-democracy movement a lost cause at this stage i think many a major political campaign is being arrested and today you see the lie to be they are they did have been sacrificing their careers and lives the whole call thought that case and now they are all being arrested and that's i mean starts actually yes it's more difficult for us to fight for democracy however i think the the civil society to not give up on oversee activist astara the fresh to a structu

services have been filmed and they're still coming out we were just looking at some footage from sun chung district in yangon coming overnight of an inert body being carried out by the security services from a house that they had just raided we've seen police kicking beating protesters when they found them dragging away dead bodies as well. clearly those images the security services doesn't want to be getting out of the country there has been increasing condemnation increasingly also from countries neighboring. like india and even china which has been relatively silent since the coup the messages coming from the foreign ministry there has been increasingly critical but as that has come out we've also seen the secure the military government trying to strangle off the information that's coming out indeed some people are suggesting that may also be an effort to try and control the amount of information that's getting through to the troops themselves the military live very much inside a bubble of their own making inside myanmar and there is known to be concern amongst the higher ranks that if

and now i want to introduce annie chung with self-help for the elderly.ank you so much for being here today. >> good morning everyone. thank you, mayor breed. and dr. grant colfax. may i thank you really the department of public health and all your teams that are working on the covid response. we feel really proud to be a community partner because every time when our community is facing challenges whether it's with testing or with the vaccines rolled out, we always feel there's someone at d.p.h. that we can go to and express our concerns and very quickly, i think mayor breed and her team have responded, you know, to our community needs. for example, back in january and february when we found that vaccines are beginning to be available, none of our seniors and none of the community who don't speak english well could navigate those sign-up sites. when we expressed the need for bilingual materials, your team came up with the flyers. yet the sites were still in english. so they couldn't get the vaccines. so i think as we work closely with the response. and we