one person is john chu. thanks for coming on today. >> great to be here. >> you're usually behind behind camera. what's your message? >> you know, it's time to be aware and make everyone aware. i mean, we have felt this and stayed quiet about it and miled and moved on with our our whole lives. so it's really great we can have ament where we can join hands and say stop the jokes. i think that's the powerful message that everyone across the internet is saying together. >> i know how you mean it's been bottled up for a long time. for you, how have you been feeling seeing the attacks, many of them on the elderly, whom we respect culturally or even in the bay area where it's never been so lonely and dangerous before. >> it breaks my heart. my parents have a restaurant in the bay area, chef chu's. when moments happen where people say things under their breath or say things outloud in your face, this isn't president community that's supporting you but people who say things, that's happened throughout the years and

john chu said it's time to speak out against the violence. >> it's great that we now have a moment where all can join hands and say stop the jokes, j stop ignoring this. we are not okay. >> his family owns chef chu's, which is one of the first chinese restaurants in the south bay. shed his family considering are the restaurant not just a business, but a bridge between locals and the chinese community. >>> two people be being treated for injuries after a rollover crash on interstate 680 on the venetia bridge. see 7 overhead after the white sedan was uprighted. it cause add traffic bottleneck that lasted for about an hour. all lanes have since reopened. >>> back to school. the fight to keep running. >>> waste not. the effort to put used office equipment to good use. >>> temperatures rebounding today. i'll let you know how much warmer it's going to be a thriver with metastatic breast cancer means asking for what we want, and need... and we need more time. so, we want kisqali. living longer is possible and proven with kisqali when taken with a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor in premenopausa

we will talk to the director of "crazy rich asians", john chu. we will talk to andrea jung, fashion designer it is a great li-unep. we are looking forward to that this evening back in two minutes. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back i'm rahel solomon. here is your cnbc news update at this hour. new yorkers will be allowed to legally possess up to three ounces of marijuana. sales of recreational use of marijuana will not become legal until the state draws up regulations which could is a 18 months >>> the pentagon will reportedly do away with trump era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military defense officials tell the ap that the changes will be announced later today. >>> the head of the environmental protection agency saying he is ousting current members of two science advisory boards he says it is part of an effort to restore, quote, scientific integrity to boards that had become dominated by industry figures under the trump administration >>> and this is pretty cute. traffic coming to a complete stop in connecticut for a mo

the director john chu says there's so much fanfare, they're moving up release date by a week. movie hits theaters june 11th. >> sign me up for that. it has a signature lin-manuel miranda sound. >> anything with his stamp on it people are lining up to see. >> for sure. >>> let's begin this half hour with a check of the headlines. the cdc made a major change to social distancing guidelines for students now saying three feet of separation with masks is okay rather than six. it could be a game changer for schools struggling to reopen. pressure to get kids back in school mounts. meanwhile, president biden is upping the original goal of 100 million vaccines administered to 200 million. there are fears of new waves with the deadly uk variant discovered now in 50 jurisdictions across the u.s. >>> breaking news out of tokyo, olympic officials there just announced foreign spectators will not be allowed at the olympic games because of the pandemic. in a statement, the international olympic committee says the decision came after partners in tokyo advise it is unlikely people from overseas

. >>> joining us film director john m. chu, director of "crazy rich asians." the release in 2018 made it the first major hollywood studio in 25 years with a predominantly asian cast. john, welcome back. >> thank you. >> you and i spoke just after your film hit the box office. such a hit and this is what you told me at the time. i quote, hopefully this cracks the door open so many stories can be told, better stories. i hope the movie starts a movement and not the end of the movement. here we are now talking under much different circumstances. how do you feel today compared to three years ago when you had such optimism? >> this week was really hard. it was tough on all of us, asian-american or otherwise, who empathize with what it feels like to be painted a certain way, attacked in a certain way. to be -- yeah. it was heart breaking and it is hard to know what to do next in a way but i have a lot of optimism because i see everyone on the streets, everyone out speaking their truth and i see everyone defending these families and i feel like there's a lot to be done

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yesterday i talked about the director of ""crazy rich asians"" john m. chu. listen to what he shared. >> these are our uncles, our grandmothers, these are our aunties. these are our sisters. these are our mothers. when we represent them in overly sexualized ways, or the dragon lady in media -- i nut on us as well -- like, that -- that's how the world knows the most important people in our lives. >> i just wonder what your thoughts are then on the representation of asian-americans in the film industry? >> yeah, i think that stereotypes -- there are definitely stereotypes in the industry. and the st. types are definite will he trafficked into a lot of the stories that we tell about racial minorities in the country. a lot of these stereotypes, for sure, have enabled a lot of what we are seeing today. so when we are treated as not statistically significant enough as daniel dae kim has said, we continue to face the violence of erasure and invisibility because wishan-americans and our issues just don't warrant any kind of engs at that. we are alited, overlooked, fo

john's episcopal chu and take that picture.at happened just like that. >> the president is the one in charm of the district of columbia and he's the one that controls the force, so what was consistent two the fall, if you had heard, remember secretary esper probably part of the reason he was fired was he was in disagreement with the involvement or politicization of the military, particularly around the election. the secretary of defense trying to balance the military being used as a tool for the president, one. lead conspiracies the night before is that the military would step in and declare marshall law so that president trump could stay in power for another term. i'm sure that was weighing on the minds of the military people who were assessing the situation and probably saying we don't want to be seen as confirming the conspiracy by showing up there that day. i think it's all sort of backrash from how the president abused his power and politicized the military going all the way back, by the way, to 2018. remember when he depl

john in maryland, democrats line. you are on with representative judy chu. callers: i was just wondering -- caller: i was just wondering how you can differentiate this because this has been going on for years and they call it a knockout game and how can you differentiate it was just because it was an asian? guest: they have been happening in such a concentrated time and they seem to be increasingly against those who would be considered the most vulnerable. they were an 84-year-old and a 91-year-old, people that clearly these perpetrators that were easy to assault and not covert to murder. so that is what is causing the whole asian community to rise up and to say this has to be stopped to we have to do what we can to stop these perpetrators from doing these incredibly harmful acts against these very vulnerable asian americans. host: another democrat, louise, north carolina. caller: good morning. i just would like to agree with her. words do matter. our former president when he started talking about the china virus, it was just ridiculous. this is when all thi

chu: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. march 23, 2021. i here appoint the honorable john p. sarbanes to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives.

john in maryland, democrats line. you are on with representative judy chu.lers: i was just wondering -- caller: i was just wondering how you can differentiate this because this has been going on for years and they call it a knockout game and how can you differentiate it was just because it was an asian? guest: they have been happening in such a concentrated time and they seem to be increasingly against those who would be considered the most vulnerable. they were an 84-year-old and a 91-year-old, people that clearly these perpetrators that were easy to assault and not covert to murder. so that is what is causing the whole asian community to rise up and to say this has to be stopped to we have to do what we can to stop these perpetrators from doing these incredibly harmful acts against these very vulnerable asian americans. host: another democrat, louise, north carolina. caller: good morning. i just would like to agree with her. words do matter. our former president when he started talking about the china virus, it was just ridiculous. this is when all this st

chu: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. march 23, 2021. i here appoint the honorable john p. sarbanes to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. almighty god, in you we trust and pray your blessing on this house and its members. in these first days of spring, may we see the example of new life emerging from the bleakest of seasons. confident in your care and sure of your purpose. as trees planted by streams of water, may we extend our roots, ourselves, our energy, and our desires to the refreshment of your life giving spirit. when the heat of our days increases, and the schedule becomes withering, restore us with reinvigorated desire to serve you. when the storms of debate and disagreements intensify, may we not throw ourselves into the path of the tempest but live into the grace we receive from your promises. and when the drought of certainty and famine of significance seem to deplete us of any vestage