i first turn to john yang. hn: thank you very much for organizing this, and bringing up this important discussion. certainly in this moment, our democracy is under attack in many ways. it's critical that we have a fresh conversation. let me first ground it's in what we are seeing in the asian-american community, we are seeing on the ground, the attacks that are happening, and how all of us should be talking about these issues. for the asian-american community, i think it's important to recognize how our community has grown over the last 20 years, even if you go back to 1965, the asian-american community was only one half of 1% of the entire population of the united states. although the final numbers are not out, we expected that number is going to be over 7% of the population. over 22 million nation -- asian americans. the voting population that is eligible has just about doubled in the last 20 years. back in 2000, asian americans only represented about 5 million of eligible voters in the united states. now, we

john yang reports from florida, the epicenter of this debate. it is the first week of school for this first grader in broward county, florida. after the better part of a year spent learning virtually away from friends and teachers, he is eager to get back to the classroom. his father makes sure he has a new back-to-school necessity -- a face mask. the broward county school district with more than 200 60 thousand students, the nation's sixth largest, began the school year with a requirement that all students and teachers wear a mask indoors unless they have a doctor's note. >> little kids that have been really exposed to what is happening and their parents talk to them about what is going on, they don't have any issues. luca has never told me like, i don't want to have these on. john called across town, kelly's 14-year-old son was nervous and says wearing a mask did not help. >> i think it's just annoying, honestly. it gets in the way. >> it really is not doing anything, and it is more of a detriment to the kids because it is not a healthy thing t

we will hear from john yang, followed by bill and then cheryl. [inaudible] john yang is the president and executive director of asian america's injustice group, one of the leading organizations that works to promote civil-rights of asian americans in our democracy, doing important work. we will then hear from phil crescent. he is a member of the three-person chicago board of elections commissioner and associate professor at the college business billing state university in illinois. finally, sherilyn is the director to the council of our nations oldest legal organization focusing on racial justice, an incredible component of that is the issue of voting rights and access to ballots. sherilyn is the resident and director of the naacp legal defense fund. we will first hear from each of them and then we will have a broader discussion with me as your moderator about some of the issues the area of voting we face in 2021. i first turn to john yang. >> thank you very much for organizing this and really bringing up this important discussion. certainly, in

john yang begins our coverage with this report. y, louisiana officials began surveying the damage from hurricane ida, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the united states. blasting ashore on sunday as a category four hurricane, ida brought winds that reached 150 miles per hour. tearing roofs and knocking out power to the entire city of new orleans. ida hit 16 years to the day after hurricane katrina, a storm that killed more than 1800 residents in louisiana an mississippi. >> good afternoon. john: new orleans mayor latoya cantrell told reporters this afternoon that the city avoided a worst-case scenario, but urged residents who had evacuated not to return yet. >> we did not have another katrina. and that is something, again, we should all be grateful for. however, the impact is absolutely significant. while we help align -- held the line, no doubt about that, now is not the time for reentry. john: the storm tested a $14.5 billion levee system that had been overhauled in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. many new orleans r

for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang >> woodruff: the storm grew in strength and intensity beyond whateen projected just a couple of days ago. scientists say greenhouse gas emissions and climate change are contributing and fueling hurricanes like ida, in part by warming the waters that feed and fuel the storm. we go to one of the hardest hit areas in hurricane ida's path: louisiana's lafourche parish, west of new orleans, where reports of damage are significant. archie chaisson is the president of lafourche parish. >> woodruff: mr. archie chaisson, thank you very much f joining us. first of all, tell us how padly was lafourche parish hit? >> we got hit by a mac truck over the last 16 hours. it was ever bit the strong category 4 they told us it would be. two-thirds of our parish, and the top third has probably some moderate damage to homes and businesses. two of our local hospitals, both of those facilities are comprised, and we're working on getting patients out of there. our water system to the bottom third of our parish is compromised, and we will try to figure out why that system is

john yang, president of asian americans advancing justice. he works to address systemic policies, programs and legislative attempts to discriminate against and marginalize asian americans and pacific islanders and other minority communities. prior to his current role, he cofounded the asian pacific american legal resource center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the legal needs of asian americans -- asian pacific americans in the d.c. metropolitan area. welcome to the committee. you may proceed with their five-minute opening remarks. mr. yang: thank you very much, chairman peters, ranking member portman and the members of this committee for holding this important hearing. i appreciate the opportunity to testify before you today. i appreciate hearing from a good friend and colleague wade henderson. his words are insightful, powerful and i agree wholeheartedly with his investment and recommendation. merriam-webster defines terrorism as a use of terror as a means of coercion. terror is the state of intense or overwhelming fear. v

john yang has our report. >> the taliban surge as threatening major urban centers across the country.sense of panic is growing as more afghans were granted permission to resettle in the united states. our own jane ferguson is here to bring us up to -- been as on the siation. thanks so much for joining us. as we reported earlier, the united states is expanding its refugee program. is there any sense that everyone who wants to get out, who feels threatened by the advance of the taliban is going to be able to get out? >> there is a sense that those o want to get out, who have worked with u.s. agencies or any agency sponsored by the u.s. government now might have more of a chance of getting out. timing is everything. what we are hearing from the state department is those who have applied for the program, the military interpreter program and who have not been successful perhaps have not been eligible, did not do enough service, they may have another chance. maybe a widening of the categories of the requiements necessary to get them onto the program. on top of that, we are hearing those who

states, cities, and counties to tap into more federal aid, and get it to those who need it, but, as john yang data shows those efforts are moving much slower than needed. john: amna, the treasury department said today that in july, it distributed 1.7 billion dollars in rental assistance. that brings the total amount to $5.1 billion. but that's only a fraction of the 46.5 billion dollars that congress has allocated for that purpose. meanwhile, as the supreme court decides whether to strike down a new eviction moratorium, the latest census data show that 8 million households say they are behind on rent, and 3.5 million say they face likely iction ithe next two months. rachel siegel is a washington post economics reporter. thanks so much for joining us. why, quite simply, if there is a simple answer, why is this money taki so long to get to the people who need it? >> thank you for having me, and i will try to give you a simple answer with the caveat that this has been such a complicated process for several months. first, there was no infrastructure, going into the pandemic, to quickly get relief

john yang starts wh a look at the efforts, and the struggles, to get help to residents. >> we're stilltill haven't been able to get to grand isle. the media has showed me some of the first footage that i've seen. i'm getting reports there were people on bulding trying to get help. we don't have access there. we don't have communication there. this is what we're dealing against. we have incredible first responder teams that can do search-and-rescue, but when you don't have communication, or you're blocked by water or trees in the road or electric lines down, it becomes very, very difficult. we're still in the very first stages of this. it looked like the water had subsided on grand isle. other areas of the parish are still under water, a tremendous amount of water. they're still bringing boats in that neighborhood today. and so our issues are really -- it is supposed to be a hot day today. up here we don't have electricity. we don't have many of the modern-day amenities. our water and sewer is very fragile. it becomes very, very difficult. >> i read there was some talk of moving people

but as john yang reports, the earthquake has led to a new set of challenges for haitians. >> yang: ins, scavengers and rescue crews sift through the same debris. haitians look for anything they can use, or sell, as excavators begin clearing what remains of buildings, and a rescue team from mexico takes a pause. >> ( translated ): after several readings from the electronic equipment until we reached the floor, unfortunately, we obtained nmore signs of life. >> yang: earthquake-fractured roads slow down trucks carrying food and fuel to isolated villages. farmers set up a camp in the region of grand'anse after the earthquake destroyed their crops. survivor evelya michele said people here were desperate for food and water. >> ( translated ): we are here with our children; i don't know how many, but we need to feed them. we need food, water, clothes. they are crying because they are hungry and thirsty. >> yang: some haitians, frustrated with the aid distribution, have taken matters into their own hands. crowds descend on trucks of food before officials can distribute their contents. some e

good job. >> yang, i heard you were crying a lot of tears, that's what john said, but happy tears thehas it been like for mom watching your little one from afar just shine on this world stage under so much pressure >> it's like happy tears you know like, just thinking all of the hard work that she has done, you know, in the past four years, and every time when she has a bad day and comes home crying and then that kind of hurts me and so seeing her with the gold medal and winning these medals is just, it made me happy, and so i feel like, happy tears. you know >> john, all of those years ago, you built a balance beam in the backyard for your little girl. you couldn't afford to buy one, so you were going to build one back in those days, could you ever imagine here we'd be sitting, you'd a gold medal draped around your neck that your little girl won in the all-around at 18 years old >> that beam was built out of -- a piece of wood. right? never thought would be wearing one of these because of that beam. it is just incredible. and -- i love that beam now. >> we all do i feel like i took a

johns hopkins. the deal of the morning is actually down under, square by yang -- buying afterpay for $29 billion. i think? afterpay is worth over $100 million. tom: you think they's big tech companies ought to buy the square. jonathan: credit space is $25 billion swiss. tom: this is the growthiness howard was talking about. jonathan: square is getting bigger. lisa: it is interesting to see where they are getting bigger. it challenges the big bank bread and butter of how they make money, which is buy now pay later. this is the new model of credit, taking out the credit card. square paid a hefty price. this does threaten the preeminence of wall street. jonathan: wall street earns -- it is a great set up for them, isn't it? square is getting ahead of this, the new generation, the way they spend money. tom: it is flipped on its head. there is no question about it. i see a top to bottom in retail. it is a complete new world for the banks. jonathan: square down for percent in the premarket. deal -- 4% in the premarket. deal of the morning, square buys after pay for $29 billion. up 23%. this is bloomber

yang in geneva. he is a professor of international history and politics at the graduate institute of international and development studies engineer. but in israel we have john gong. he is a professor at the university of international business in economics. and here in moscow were joined by alexander luke, and he is head of the department of international relations at the higher school of economics, or tell me in cross talk roles. and in fact, that means you can jump in anytime you want. and i always appreciated when she and jenny, but let me go to you 1st year. i've been observing it for many, many years, the growing relationship closer, relationship that russia and china had. and it was, you know, a few years ago it was murmurings people met and mentioned in western media. and now all of a sudden they're in panic mode is if this suddenly happened. well, this hasn't suddenly happened. it's been happening for a very long time time, and this, russia gave hopes that the u. s. has gone through and much of the western world. they have just been oblivious to how the international stage is changing and the rapid mis of that change. and suddenly they wake up and s