i've always spoken out about how growing up there were no asian-american women on tv except for connie chung, who is probably older than you even know who she is. it's true. it's not only just recipienting -- representing by being there but also by speaking out and doing it the right way, and taking that platform and doing something about it. i mean why did you want to speak tout personally? did you have some experiences in real life? you know, maybe some of the role that you play as eddie, did that encourage you or influence you in any way given those stories that you experienced? >> i mean there's a lot of reasons why i spoke out. i mean the first part is i was inspired by a lot of people. i saw my dad use his platform really well. i saw constance using her platform to really push her voice out there. i just saw everyone around me was doing so much, and i felt like i wasn't doing enough. also i kind of -- you know, i felt like i needed to. it was like my job to kind of protect other people, especially because like my family, my grandmother, who was always the closest to me. i grew up with

connie chung, the only other woman of color so the very few women of color that i've seen in this spacehe street in selma, alabama, and threw myself on top of her to give her a hug. she was very nice about it and let me take a selfie with her, which i treasure, so yeah it's big because for some little kid, some little black girl, i'm like that to them in a way like they're maybe seeing me and feeling like, okay, i can do this. this is something that i could do >> jimmy: that's exactly right i can do that. i can be that, yeah. we should talk about some of the news that's happening. obviously, today is the 19th anniversary of september 11th attacks were you working in news then? what do you remember about tha >> i was i mean, by then, we had three young kids but we were living in florida and i was now working for the nbc affiliate, wtvj in miami and i remember it was my day off, actually. 9/11, it was having an off day and my brother had come up from denver and was staying with us i remember him yelling, oh s word a plane just hit the world trade center and at first, i thought maybe it wa