i want to thank senator hirono and tammy duckworth, senator duckworth, as well. and, of course, we're very proud of grace meng and her leadership on this legislation. she also had another hate crimes bill earlier, well, in the last congress, so she's been on this with great ideas, leadership and values. and to andy kim from new jersey, thank you for your leadership as well. >> it's close. close. >> he means new york is close to new jersey. [laughing] again, thank you, senator schumer. here's the thing.s the senator talked about visits that he has made into the community and heard the concerno that people have put forth. i, myself, last week, was in chinatown in san francisco. i visited the north east medical services medical center, which is a recipient of our rescue package money, so it was very hopeful to hear how the community, aapi community, was taking the lead in a culturally, linguistically appropriate way to reach out to the community and successfully test, trace, vaccinate and the rest, again, leading the way. leading the way. it gave us so much hope. it

hirono: thank you so much to leader schumer and speaker pelosi. have to admit my heart is still with the house. [laughter] no offense. [laughter] it is what it is. good training, i have to say. i'm really appreciative of the leadership shown by representatives meng and kim in the house. we will be marking up this bill in the house and bring it on the floor of the senate, which would not happen if leader schumer were not the leader in the senate. it makes a difference. we have all seen the horrific events of unprovoked targeted hate crimes against aapis. these kinds of hate crimes have gone up in every single state, significant percentage of increase and targeted hate crimes against aapis in every state and in d.c. as an aapi person, it does give me pause -- before, if i was walking around outside, i would have my earbuds on and listening to books on tape. i would never do that now. because of the incidents of totally unprovoked hate crimes against aapis. sadly in the history of our country, these discriminatory acts against aapis, who are viewed a

please welcome to "a late show," senator mazie hirono.en serving the people of hawaii 40 years, state rep, lieutenant governor, congresswoman, senator. as i said, you're currently the only immigrant senator. i have a picture of you. this is you and your mom circa 1955. you were 7 when you moved to the u.s. from japan. house of your immigration story affected how you do your job as u.s. senator? >> couple of ways. first of all, the i did not have an unusual background as an immigrant, was a single mother who busted her as we say in hawaii akolay to take care of us, i probably wouldn't have given back to a country that gave us so much. my background as an immigrant frames my understanding of what we struggle to do and why this country calls to us as truly a place of hope. it's not just words to me. >> stephen: it's not just words to the people who still want to come here in large numbers. >> yes. >> stephen: what did you make of president biden's decision to keep the trump cap on the number of refugees who could come here, and then the reve

senator hirono, welcome to the daily social distancing show. >> thank you.vor: you are what many people would term a trail blazer because no matter what you are doing in life, it is oftentimes referred to as a first. you are often the first in a position, whether it is the first woman assuming that position or the first asian american assuming that position. you are oftentimes breaking down barriers whether it is in the house of representatives or lt. governor or now as the senator of hawaii. what does it feel like to con stapt leigh what-- constantly be breaking new ground and not having people to look fooshed or inspire you or do you find people not in your career who inspire you to do these things. >> there are a lot of people. my mother is the main inspiration because she was a courageous risk-taker who completely changed my life by brunging me into this country. not very many people can point to one person who did that. and so i never looked forward so much to what i do and how i do it. >> trevor: you wrote a beautiful book about your story, how your mo

senator hirono by remote. senator hirono is not available? ms. hirono: i am available. mr. durbin: you have five minutes. ms. hirono: i thought senator blumenthal had been called. you notice that the average length is 2 1/2 year, it's not sustainable. that's why we need to pass the john lewis voting rights act. so perhaps you can tell me, how effective is the current section 2 in protecting people's right to vote in comparison to the preclearance process that was in place under section 5? >> thank you for that question, senator. let me clarify also, just given the last colloquy, the supreme court actually invited congress to update the formula under section 5, it did not strike down section 5. and while i'm very hopeful that senator lee and others are willing to participate in a process to update the formula so we can pass a new preclearance formula under the voting rights act. the difference is that the preclearance formula allows us to stop discrimination before it happens by introducing a federal process that allows for a neutral review, whether the federal authority is

we're happy to have us with us again tonight mazie hirono, she is author of the new book heart of fire, and immigrant daughter story, and we will get to that in one moment. senator, thank you very much for staying us after the day you've had. i had to stay up with the shooting and atlanta, there have been so many since, one day, six asian women gunned down for going to work. we all know the rhetoric surrounding covid-19 that we have lived through, what is your degree of certainty that joe biden will put pen to paper and signed the legislation as you intended it? >> i have a high degree of certainty because speaker pelosi put out a statement today, when they return in may that they intend to vote on the senate bill. so it is going to move pretty quickly, and of course, next month is asian pacific history month, so it is very appropriate. >>, let's talk about the one no photo he is not the important topic today, we should get to it, josh hawley, the insurrectionist, curious republican senator from missouri, why did he vote against this? >> i know he had some sort of reason, but i think j

and senator hirono joins us now., an immigrant daughter's journey." and mazy, the book and your story in it is incredible. we'll get to that in just a moment. but first, i want to ask about this legislation, you're expecting it to pass, and if so how many republicans -- how many republicans can you get to support it? >> i think i'll get enough to pass the bill with 60 votes. but if the first process, procedural vote it was 92-6. so i'm very hopeful and i have worked with susan collins and others to broaden the support for this bill. so it is very bipartisan and i am hopeful we'll get it passed. >> so explain what is in the bill? i gave the top line version of it. >> >> you did a really great job because this is a very noncontroversial bill. and you explained it perfectly. and what it does is it enables us to collect data on hate crimes and incidents because these crimes have very underreported. it requires or it enables us to reach out to the aapi community to encourage them to report these crimes and incidents so th

hirono: for mr. donovan and mr. harris, do you think that regulation is appropriate to prevent facebook ads from discriminating or should we just emanate the immunity -- eliminate the immunity for civil rights law's discrimination? briefly, dr. donovan and mr. harris. dr. donovan: this is dr. donovan. i think we need to have some carveouts related to civil rights violations especially that would require oversight. one of the main problems we are addressing is when automation is matched with amplification, that is there is no review of these ads, we don't know who we are doing business with. not only does facebook not know who they are doing business with directly, and we see a bunch of different games with some of the stuff related to advertisers disclosing who they really are, but overwhelmingly over the pandemic we have seen all kinds of scams that violate civil rights. so we do need this. sen. hirono: i appreciate that you think there should be a carveout. mr. harris, do you think there should be a carveout for c

senator hirono, remote. sen. hirono: mr. kim and ms. clarke, i ask the same question for every nominee. two questions, ms. clarke you can answer first. since you became a legal adult have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or included physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature. ms. clarke: nope senator. mr. kim: nope senator. sen. hirono: have you ever faced discipline or entered into a settlement related to this kind of conduct? ms. clarke: nope senator. mr. kim: no, senator. sen. hirono: you were a prosecutor in the civil rights division and you have extensive experience in hate crimes. that has also been a major focus of your work as the committee. attacks against asian americans and pacific islanders have been on the rise, close to 4000 have been in the year. we have heard and seen the tax, a 65-year-old immigrant was walking down the street in times square new york when a man suddenly kicked her in the stomach and as she fell to the ground he continued to kick her and shouted, you do not belong here. several m

. >> united states senator mazie hirono says she's worried for her own safety due to the rise in unprovoked and racist attacks on people of asian and pacific islander descent before if i was walking around. >> outside, i would have my ear buds on and be listening to books on tape. i would never do that. now. >> congresswoman grace meng says asian americans are fighting to viruses covid-19 and anti asian hate asian americans. >> being shoved to the ground stomped on being spat, on and shot. and according to stop a p, i hate nearly 3800 attacks against asian and pacific islander americans were reported during the first year of the pandemic in the u.s. and it's likely many more attacks went unreported. that's why senator hirono and representatives may introduce the stop covid-19 hate crimes it would instruct the justice department to assign someone to review covid-19 hate crimes in an expedited way and to work with states on reporting the crimes speaker pelosi said the bill is expected to pass quickly in the house, but it will need the support of all democrats and 10 republicans in the senate

hirono: thank you. sen. durbin: thank you senator hirono. is senator blackburn available by remote? sen. blackburn: yes i am. i am so pleased we have these nominees in front of us. judge brown i want to come to you first if i may. i know you are aware that you are discussed regularly as a future supreme court nominee, many of our supreme court nominees come from the circuit that you would be serving on. we have some that are advocating to pack the court, expand the court, that has been discussed, senator cornyn talked with you about it. i see this as a dangerous proposal. it would set up a judicial arms race, if somebody adds, someone else will. it is said that even president roosevelt's threat and unsuccessful attempt to pack the court was enough to intimidate justices. do you believe that deliberately expending the court to about one president two packet with their nominees what undermined confidence in our laws and undermine the separation of powers? if they were to expand the court, if president biden did that, would you accept a supreme court nomination under those circumstance

senator hirono by remote. senator hirono is not available? sen. hirono: mr. chairman? i'm sorry, i thought mr. blumenthal had been called. i am here. chair durbin: many are called. sen. hirono: and some actually show up. this is for missi for -- this is for ms. ifill -- that is why we need to pass the john lewis voting rights act. if you could tell me how effective is the current section two in protecting people's rights to vote in connection to the preclearance process that was in place as of section five? ms. ifill: thank you very much for that question, senator hirono. let me clarify -- the supreme court invited congress to update the formula under section five. it did not strike down section five. i'm hopeful senator lee and others are willing to participate in that process to update the formula so we can pass a new preclearance formula under the voting rights act. the difference is the preclearance formula allows us to stop discrimination before it happens i introducing a federal process that allows for a mutual review, whether the federal authority is republican

hirono: madam president, i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas 53 votes, the nays 45. the snogs confirmed. -- nomination is confirmed. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the president be immediate lay notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on on the motion to proceed to calendar number 13, s. 937, a bill to facilitate the expedited review of the covid-19 hate crimes, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate th

hirono: thank you. sen. durbin: thank you senator hirono. is senator blackburn available by remote? sen. blackburn: yes i am. i am so pleased we have these nominees in front of us. judge brown i want to come to you first if i may. i know you are aware that you are discussed regularly as a future supreme court nominee, many of our supreme court nominees come from the circuit that you would be serving on. we have some that are advocating to pack the court, expand the court, that has been discussed, senator cornyn talked with you about it. i see this as a dangerous proposal. it would set up a judicial arms race, if somebody adds, someone else will. it is said that even president roosevelt's threat and unsuccessful attempt to pack the court was enough to intimidate justices. do you believe that deliberately expending the court to about one president two packet with their nominees what undermined confidence in our laws and undermine the separation of powers? if they were to expand the court, if president biden did that, would you accept a supreme court nomination under those circumstance

. >> united states senator mazie hirono says she's worried for her own safety due to the rise in unprovoked racist attacks on people of asian and pacific islander descent before. if i was walking around. >> outside, i would have my ear buds on and be listening to books on tape. i would never do that. now. >> congresswoman grace meng says asian americans are fighting to viruses covid-19 and anti asian hate asian americans. >> being shoved to the ground stomped on being spat, on and shot. and according to stop a p, i hate nearly 3800 attacks against asian and pacific islander americans were reported during the first year of the pandemic in the u.s. and it's likely many more attacks went unreported. that's why senator hirono and representatives may introduce the stop covid-19 hate crimes it would instruct the justice department to assign someone to review covid-19 hate crimes in an expedited way and to work with states on reporting the crimes speaker pelosi said the bill is expected to pass quickly in the house, but it will need the support of all democrats and 10 republicans in the senate rep

the senate -- and we have to take up in the house -- is the covid-19 hate crimes act, led by mazie hirono in the senate. the quality act, ending discrimination against lgbtq community. passed the house, popular in the country. let's just get that done. immigration reform, as the president called for dreamers and pps, etc. it is popular across the country in the bipartisan way. action to lower prescription drug prices. we have been working on this for almost a generation. it is time to do that. if we can pass the legislation to enable the secretary to negotiate for lower prescription drug benefits it will be an assist to america's working families. overwhelmingly in any poll that you take the cost of health care is a challenge to families because of the cost of prescription drugs. the affordable care act, we have lowered the rate of increase of the cost of medical care. except for the cost of prescription drugs. these and other initiatives to be addressed by either one of our houses, as is appropriate, and the house is proud of the progress we have made, and we are committed to ensuring th

. >> united states senator mazie hirono says she's worried for her own safety due to the rise in unprovokedt attacks on people of asian and pacific islander descent before if i was walking around. >> outside, i would have my ear buds on and be listening to books on tape. i would never do that. now. >> congresswoman grace meng says asian americans are fighting to viruses covid-19 and anti asian hate asian americans. >> being shoved to the ground stomped on being spat, on and shot. and according to stop a p, i hate nearly 3800 attacks against asian and pacific islander americans were reported during the first year of the pandemic in the u.s. and it's likely many more attacks went unreported. that's why senator hirono and representative mang introduced the stop covid-19 hate crimes it would instruct the justice department to assign someone to review covid-19 hate crimes in an expedited way and to work with states on reporting the crimes speaker pelosi said the bill is expected to pass quickly in the house, but it will need the support of all democrats and 10 republicans in the senate republica

. >> hawaii senator mazie hirono introduced the legislation saying anti asian hate was fueled by former president donald trump's racist rhetoric throughout the pandemic. wayne led president of the a p i caucus of san mateo county says the last year has taught us that racism as a whole needs to be addressed. we need to as the country. >> look into ourselves and say who are we. say that we are stronger together reporting in san francisco, dan thorn kron 4 news. >> in oregon and in oregon. an investigation is underway after a woman died 2 weeks after getting the johnson and johnson covid-19 vaccine. the cdc says she was in her 50's developed a rare blood clot and low platelets. the woman received that dose before the agency ordered a pause on the vaccine concerns it could cause clotting until that investigation is complete. it is not certain that her death is related to the vaccine federal officials are already examining 6 reports of clots, including a death out of more than nearly 7 million americans who have been given the shot. in the south bay nearly 20,000 appointments are now availab

but again thanks to senator hirono for knowing -- knowing and understanding and be a great member of the judiciary committee that we needed to get this legislation done now. asian americans and pacific islanders have a long history in our one and their contributions c.b.p. significant, both in cultural vibrancy to our economy and to our way of life. but, unfortunately, that has also been marked by periods of history of hate and damaging stereotypes and design phobia and we saw this again with covid-19. that is why we needed to act today to pass hate crimes legislation to protect asian americans in the united states of america and to make sure that they have tools to protect them. our a.p.i. communities are facing the same challenges we face in the pandemic and, trust me, we lost some incredible asian americans who ran markets, who ran restaurants, who were small business leaders and continued to work during this crisis and ultimately paid the price with their life. but they've also, in i guess to facing the pandemic, have had to face a rage of hate and racism against them during this

so this week the senate will vote on senator hirono anti-asian hate crimes bill. the bill does two things, i know, madam president, that you are a proud sponsor of that legislation. the bill does two things. first, it tells the department of justice they need to make consideration of these hate crimes a top priority during this pandemic. there's a scourge of abuse happening to the asian american community, shamefully aided and abetted by former president trump and it needs to be prioritized by law enforcement more than it is right now. and, second, it sends a very important signal from the congress of the united states to the american public. these crimes will not be tolerated and there will be consequences. this legislation is as commonsense and straightforward as it gets. it's as unobjectionable as it gets. i should expect our work on senator hirono's hate crimes bill should be thoroughly bipartisan. president biden has urged congress to swiftly pass this legislation and send it to his desk. let's get it done this week. i attended four or five, maybe even more,

. >> as the senate passes a bill to combat anti-asian discrimination, i speak with senator mazie hirono about stopping the hate and her own incredible journey. >>> then another tale of two worlds. the huge social movement of our time that simmer beneath her abstract murals. >>> you shouldn't have to choose between having a job and being poisoned. >> the fight for

lay senator mazy hirono says all women need to be believed.he case, we may never have a fair trial again. how about the fifth amendment. double jeopardy. maybe after a not guilty verdict you should be able to go for a second time. go for the guilty verdict. how about the first amendment? maybe that's not absolute in your mind either. but then again we already know big tech is canceling the free speech of conservatives and in many parts of the country freedom of religion is not as koa protected as casinos and other secular institutions. do you realize this is the united states of america? we are a nation found on the constitution, and we are so fired of what's going on in this country. your gun grab is the latest in this rich environment with the hollywood elite second amendment is absolute since they have all the protection they want by simply hiring men with guns. as for people in congress, it appears their second amendment is absolute. since they are protected by fences and shoulder to shoulder national guards. but everyday americans like us

senator mazie hirono spoke about the importance of the legislation after the vote. >> i cannot tell you how important this bill is to the api community who often has felt very invisible in our country, always seen as foreign. always seen as the other. as important as the content and substance of the bill is the message of this bill that we in the senate are going to stand with our api community and indeed, any community that is discriminated against. >> the lone senator to vote against the legislation was republican josh hawley of missouri. he explained his decision not to back the bill in a statement that reads, quote, it's too broad. as a former prosecutor, my view is it's dangerous to simply give the federal government open-ended authority to define a whole new class of federal hate crime incidents. joining us now, former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan, and senior columnist for the daily beast, matt lewis. i guess i need to understand more what josh hawley is talking about. matt, can you explain what too broad at this point would mean? he w

senator mazie hirono the great state of hawaii with the lowest property taxes.alk with you about the covid-19 crimes pac that you co-authored let me mention your memoir it's called "heart of fire, an immigrant daughter's story." i want to talk -- we're going to talk infrastructure. since it might be today, are you expecting your bill to be voted on today senator schumer said it could be today. >> could be today, could be tomorrow depending on how the republicans want to deal with some of the amendments that some of their members want, which maybe have nothing to do with the bill itself. we'll see how that goes. congress needs to stand up. >> 150% increase in antiasian hate crimes in the 16 largest u.s. cities. exactly what does the bill do to address this because there are laws on the bo books. you can't do this anyway how does it customize it to this problem? >> there are hate crime laws federally. not every state has hate crime laws all of these kind of crimes and incidents are vastly underreported. what this bill does which i call a very noncontroversial bill

and then mazie hirono. can anyone be dumber? you could not be, can it operate a microwave. kirsten gillibrand. then we saw the tweets. it's amazing tweet, support of the bite infrastructure build. if paid leave his infrastructure. because aleve is infrastructure. caregiving is infrastructure. caregiving is infrastructure? because caregiving is infrastructure what is infrastructure? could kirsten gillibrand be infrastructure? she is in a way. she's a bridge, you never notice her until you run into her and get hurt. she's a rusting trestle, i'm infrastructure says kirsten gillibrand. like a lot of the infrastructure, she should be replaced. you think of bill gates and you look at some guy who made billions creating super clunky software, you did not realize that bill gates doesn't think of himself that way. bill gates doesn't think of himself as some guy who got super rich making bad software, he thinks of himself as god. controlling the solar system and that's why bill gates backing son dimming technology causing global cooling. that's not fraud risk risks. of talk about gai

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hawaii's democratic senator mazie hirono cosponsored the measure. >> as important as the content of theill is, the message of this bill that will be the senate are going to stand with our aapi community and any community that is discriminated against on the basis of race or any of the categories that you and i can think of. stephanie: today, the u.s. house of representatives voted again to make washington, d.c. the nation's 51st state. democrats pushed it through on party lines with no republican support. prospects for passage in the evenly divided senate arlo. russia has announced its troops are withdrawing from the border with ukraine, but leaving their heavy weapons in place. thousands of russian troops took part in maneuvers in crimea and western russia. the defense minister said today they have achieved their goals. ukraine's president welcome to the move. indonesia is searching for a submarine with 53 crewmen aboard that disappeared wednesday. the hunt centered off bali where the sub sank in deep water. extreme pressure may have crushed it. if not, the crew runs out of oxygen by s

there are only two asian-american senators now, you and senator mai mazie hirono, ad two weeks ago you first reaction to that request? >> well, their first reaction was, you know, don't go public. ( laughter ) >> stephen: let's keep this in the family? >> i said, well, it wasn't exactly a private meeting that i was in when this happened. no, they said, you know, listen, what can we do? they responded to me right away within hours. we were able to come to an agreement. i'm very pleased they agreed to put a high-level staffer in the west wing who could stand up in the oval office and say, hey, these are the candidates that you should looking at who are fully qualified for these jobs. >> stephen: the as the first senator to give birth in office -- you have two daughters, i think i have a photo right here -- >> yes. >> stephen: -- abigail and miley. >> uh-huh. >> stephen: almost six and almost three, everyone's having trouble during covid juggling school from home and working from home. what is that like as a senator? >> well, early on, i did the same thing that everybody does, which is i

has nothing to do with that this was led by sheldon whitehouse and the senate along with mazie hirono, richard blumenthal, kirsten gillibrand and now head of the judiciary committee dick dermot. they have sent out amicus brief to the court threatening the justices saying if you take up this gun rights case out of new york, we will restructure the court. so this group, this handful of senators threatened the court with packing. and it was so bad, in fact, that sam alito called them out on it. so that's what they are trying to do. and it actually worked. because the chief justice joined the liberals and backed away from ruling on that new york gun case. so this is what they are up to. they are trying to basically intimidate the justices about what cases they take up to not make rulings that would help conservatives, if you will. but this party, i call them -- these democrats the party of ariewk assault. spoiled brats, i want it and i want it now. >> dana: amicus is my safe word. [laughter] >> greg: terrible. all right. coming up, you don't even know what a safe word is, dana. >> dana: i

i am someone who has sponsored along with senator mark warner and mazie hirono a bill which says we shouldave limits on complete blanket immunity for the social media companies when there is literally misinformation being spouted out there. >> you talk about misinformation. it is interesting because something has happened really the last few days where you have seen articles in "the new york post," saying things that are just not true. all these books written by kamala harris are being given out as welcome gifts to migrants. you see the ridiculous bs lies about the biden administration being against red meat. but you see them published and then elected officials repeating them. i know you think social media has a role in this, but how do you fight that kind of -- it's just -- these lies. >> first of all, you have to have a strong press. and i know those examples you used were some elements of publication. but right now, we're seeing our local newspapers just broken down. we're seeing so many of them go away. and part of that is because they're not getting paid for content when it's display

the president called on congress to pass the sponsored act by senator hirono. 15% of all appointees like myself identify as asian american and pacific islander. we will now go over the events of this week. >> thank you to all the mayors. early this week, actually on tuesday, the president released a worksheet. it will include reinstating and reinvigorating the white house initiative on asian americans and pacific islanders, with specific focus on anti-asian violence, combating violence, especially anti-asian violence and the intersection of --. the president will meet with asian american leaders and organizations to hear their initiatives and community engagement. the president will appoint a director to lead the initiative in the coordination of policies impacting asian americans and pacific islanders. the department of health and human services allocated money to a program, for community based services and programs for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault who face barriers such as language barriers. the president also created a department of justice initiative to address a

i'm grateful for the leadership of senator hirono, duckworth and others.s bill draws attention to this and will help to bring people together around opposing this bigotry. but then it sets up ways and standards that we can establish resources for states and others to address this bigotry. it establishes reporting and it will, i think, help to not only draw attention but help get states and local entities the tools to address this bigotry. >> senator tina smith of minnesota, thank you, as always, for your time. greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and arizona's governor declares a state of emergency and sends national guard troops to the southern border. we'll take you on a ride along in one of the busiest counties for border apprehension. you're watching msnbc. er appreh. you're watching msnbc. what happens when we welcome change? we can make emergency medicine possible at 40,000 feet. instead of burning our past for power, we can harness the energy of the tiny electron. we can create new ways to connect. rethinking how we communicate to be more inclusi

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. >> hawaii senator mazie hirono introduced the legislation saying anti asian hate was fueled by formerresident donald trump's racist rhetoric throughout the pandemic. wayne led president of the a p i caucus of san mateo county says the last year has taught us that racism as a whole needs to be addressed. we need to as the country. >> look into ourselves and say who are we. say that we are stronger together reporting in san francisco, dan thorn kron 4 news. >> it's 34. and in the east bay, the danville police officer charged with manslaughter has turned himself over to authorities. andrew hall is his name now facing charges of manslaughter over that 2018 shooting death. >> of lot of mirror billy to and this is video or believe it was shot 9 times by hall is he was slowly driving past police cars following a chase. this is video of it right before the shots were fired. now hall, also more recently killed tyrel wilson while in the line of duty, the district attorney still taking a look at that case. but in the meantime been booked at the martinez detention center for the 2018 shooting. >>

democratic senator of hawaii and author of the new book "heart on fire" senator mazie hirono.diciary committee. you support this bill. are you confident you can get republicans on board. i mean, all house republicans voted against it. >> that gives you a pretty good answerch where the republicans may be, although considering that they did have their own version of justice in policing act with tim scott we can come to some kind of meeting of the minds, but i do not know. on the other hand, the democrats are very much in support of the way to address systemic racism that's going on in our country. >> let's talk about that. tim scott's bill democrats against it and he serves with you on the judiciary committee. he has floated a compromise to get this bill passed. he says if the burden of responsibility in court is shifted from individual officers to the police departments instead of getting rid of qualified immunity all together, is that a path forward? is that something you would consider if it's the only way to get legislation passed? >> the last time i looked at tim's bill --

it's led by mazie hirono and tammy duckworth. it was meant to be bipartisan.welcome some bipartisan amendments. i know senator moran, a republican of kansas, is working with dick blumenthal to strengthen it. we welcome that kind of approach. >> one policy item in terms of the administration. president biden had promised to lift the refugee tab that had been in place. raise the number of refugees that could come to the united states. he needs to sign the determ determination. he has not done so. that number has not been raised and democratic senators, including tim kaine, have been critical. they said they'll return to a more normal posture with respect to refugees. >> they haven't yet done it and yet is the key. >> what's the wait? >> i think we should admit more refugees. they have to take a careful look at -- again, the last administration so screwed up immigration in every different way that looking at this in a thoughtful, careful way and then coming up with a policy which i believe -- i can't imagine they won't move the refugee cap considerably higher. it

hawaii's democratic senator mazie hirono co-sponsored the measure. >> as important as the content and substance of the bill is the message of this bill, that we in the senate are going to stand with our a.a.p.i. community and indeed any community that is discriminated against on the basis of race or any of the categories that you and i can think of. >> woodruff: the u.s. house of representatives may act on a similar bill in the coming weeks. today, the u.s. house of representatives voted again to make washington, d.c. the nation's 51st state. democrats pushed it through on party lines, with no republican support. prospects for passage in the evenly divided senate are low. russia has announced its troops are withdrawing from the border with ukraine, but leaving their heavy weapons in place. thousands of russian troops had taken part in maneuvers in crimea and western russia. the defense minister said today they've achieved their goals. ukraine's president welcomed the move. israel and syria traded allegations today after trading fire overnight. the israelis said they launched air strik

let me just say, joy, we are going to be talking to senator mazie hirono tomorrow on "the cross connectiont, you know, it's really interesting that this violent insurrectionist sympathizer does not think this bill rises to the occasion to protect the -- the -- the aapi community from the rise in hate crimes that we have seen. i just want to, really quickly, say, though, about the supreme court. it's important to remember that the mexican vacation spot expert ted cruz only weighed in on this because senator ed markey and congressman jerrold nadler introduced a bill to expand the courts and that's important, joy, as you know, because think how many cases could be landing in the supreme court. we have got voting rights, policing issues, the ability for presidents to lie on twitter. all of these things matter on capitol hill right now. >> absolutely. let's move along to lebron james who -- he -- he -- he got donald trump to come out of hiding and attack him. trying to say that lebron james is being racist and divisive, which is funny, coming from the man that lebron famously called you bum bec

. >> hawaii senator mazie hirono introduced the legislation saying anti asian hate was fueled by former president donald trump's racist rhetoric throughout the pandemic. wayne led president of the a p i caucus of san mateo county says the last year has taught us that racism as a whole needs to be addressed. we need to as the country. >> look into ourselves and say who are we. say that we are stronger together. >> bill is now heading to the house of representatives. and if it's approved there without any changes, it will then head to president biden's desk for signature reporting live in san francisco. dan thorn kron 4 news. all right, dan, thank you for that. >> for the first time a member of the asian american and pacific islander community is leading california's department of justice today. the state legislature officially confirmed rob bonta as attorney general. he spent the last 9 years has a progressive east bay assemblyman. he led the charge to end cash bail to strengthen laws on hate crime in his new role. he is promising to push for more police accountability. he says by the wa

you described an officer will also take into and apply to the critical decision-making model his or hirono sensory perception. >> yes sir. >> so the touch of having a suspect tents were loose. what they hear comes into play. so if they hear people threatening them were potentiallync threatening violence, that goes into that critical decision-making model as well. >> yes sir. and often times the scene of an arrested individual is very tense. >> yes sir. i have no further questions. if76 we could publish exhibit 2, please. >> so i am displaying again the critical decision model that you've been testifying about. again, the direct testimony was using this in terms of assessing a person in crisis with a purpose of determining whether or not they needed a medical intervention, iss that right? >> yes, sir. >> in discussing this, and i guess relating it to some of the broader force concepts that the defense counsel was questioning about, again all of these things must be taken into account when deciding the next step, is that right? >> yes, sir. >> and the officer always has to keep in mind their

hirono gave her thoughts on republican senator josh hawley being the only senator to vote against it.e's not much that i can tell him to get a conscience. he obviously did this with total intention, and so the less we talk about him who is an outlier on this vote even with the republican party, so the less we talk about him the more we focus on the need to stand up with the aapi community. >> okay. point well taken, senator. i agree. >> let's go to breaking news out of the white house in an official statement president biden has officially recognized the armenian genocide. let's go to monica alba joining us from washington. what is the significance of this moment? >> it is very significant to the armenian community which for decades has been asking u.s. presidents to formally recognize the killing of more than 1 million armenians more than a century ago as a genocide. now we're seeing president biden do exactly that. that was the campaign promise from candidate biden and many u.s. leaders in the past have been wary to do this. we've acknowledged the violence and the killing and they h

. >> hawaii senator mazie hirono introduced the legislation saying anti asian hate was fueled by former president donald trump's racist rhetoric throughout the pandemic. wayne led president of the a p i caucus of san mateo county says the last year has taught us that racism as a whole needs to be addressed. we need to as the country. >> look into ourselves and say who are we. say that we are stronger together. >> well, this bill is now heading to the house of representatives. and if it's approved there without any changes. it will then head to president biden's desk for his signature reporting live in san francisco. dan thorn kron 4 news, thank you so much, dan. >> in national news family and friends gathered today to honor dante wright. his parents shared tearful memories of their son at his funeral service this morning in minneapolis. >> wright was killed by a police officer in minneapolis suburb earlier this month. the reverend al sharpton gave the eulogy and offered a strong rebuke of the possibility that right was pulled over for having air fresheners dangling from his mere. what a

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>> thank you, senator hirono.t to know that i would be the second person of color nominated to the seventh circuit. i indicated earlier and i stand by it that there is the same role modeling function that i played when i was in an advocate that i was referring to in that interview. oftentimes you can inspire a client's child without any even knowing it because it might be the first time they've seen a black woman standing up in court before the bench. and the same would be true if i were confirmed as a judge. i could serve as a role model for any number of people coming behind me and that's not limited to people of the same race or same gender. one can inspire any number of people and i would hope to do that through my service if confirmed. >> i very much appreciate that you're noting the importance of demographic diversity and professional diversity such as being a public defender to achieve role modeling that you speak of. this kind of role modeling should effect the diversity of our country. i very much appreci