. ♪ ♪ [lisa ling] coming up on life on the line. [male voice] this was not a normal day of work.obody knew that they would wake up to the deadliest fire in the history of california. our hospital had already started evacuation at eight o'clock that morning. we loaded up as many ambulances as we could. and our hospital staff called for more ambulances. the answer was we don't have any. brad loads up his own van with patients to help them escape the fire. [brad] oops. go-go-go-go. i didn't want to turn back. i needed to get these patients to a hospital. [brad brown] i'm going to do it. [voices] they told us... it's too dark right now... now, i didn't know this was the entire rest of the tow of paradise on fire... [brad] let's go... [female voice] oh, don't go so fast it scares me.. ...i won't look. [dramatic music]

. >> dave chappelle and lisa ling are among those appearing in a public service announcement for this movement. yang and entrepreneur bing chen spoke with kristen sze on midday live. yang says the movement is an effort to get americans to stand together in support of marginalized communities like asian americans who have been targeted by racial attacks. >> you have to say that's not acceptable. we're all in this together. and certainly you can have difficulties with a foreign government without ascribing the virus to an entire community, an entire race of people. >> proceeds raised by the all americans movement will go to covid-19 relief for marginalized communities. >>> here at abc7, we are making sure those communities have a voice. we work on this all the time. after addressing issues facing the asian american and african american communities, this week we will also focus on the latino community. join us this thursday at 4:00 p.m. for race and coronavirus, a bay area conversation right here on abc7. you can also watch it live online at abc7.com and on the abc7 news app as well. >>>

i was talking to andrew yang and lisa ling from the cnn family. it's a daily threat.use this has been presented as, quote unquote, the chinese virus, that kind of thing and it's really dangerous. what we have to be able to do is very loudly and very clearly say, this virus does not know what color anybody is. the one we're dealing with on the east coast actually came through europe. it didn't even come through asia. so we need to stand together and make sure, and that's the reason don and i are so happy to be doing the color of covid special. so we can go deeper into the pain and circumstances of different roots as they fight this situation. it's not just the virus but the pandemic of hate, pandemic of fear, and it's being disproportionately targeted with asian americans. we have to speak out against it. >> such an important conversation. thank you, we'll be tuning in tonight. "the color of covid" with van jones and don lemon here on cnn. >>> you're watching cnn's special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. i'm brianna keilar and we will deliver. that's a very big p

. >> covid-19 is hurting all of us right now in different way, dave chappelle and lisa ling are two ofties in a public service announcement. i spoke with yang today. it's an effort to get americans to stand together in support of marginalized communities like the black and latino communities that are feeling the economic pain and higher mortality rate, and asian americans who have been targeted by racial attacks. >> we have to say that's not acceptable, that we're all in this together. and certainly you can have difficulties with a foreign government without ascribing the virus to an entire community, entire race of people. >> designers like philip lim design special merchandise available on allamericans.us. proceeds go to relief for all americans. >>> just when you think it's getting easier to think to get the groceries you need, now where is the beef? the meat shortages impacting by area fast food restaurants. >>> and not only is it taco tuesday, it's takeout tuesday. they're our neighbors, and our friends. but now, they are forever our heroes, too. and while they're working to keep

the author of "little fires everywhere," celeste ng, actress olivia munn, award-winning journalist lisa lingans," jon m. chu, professor and vice chancellor at the ucla school of law, jerry kang, and foreign correspondent ramy inocencio. they also told us about the racism they faced during the pandemic and why they're proud of their heritage. >> i think what it's important to know about asian american history is that it is american history. >> i'm half filipino and half chinese, and i like to add all american. >> each one of our lives is a tapestry threaded by our different experiences, culture, and family histories. >> being asian american means being part of one of the most diverse, vast demographics imaginable. but it is a wholly distinctive category unto itself. >> i think about my dad and my mom. both of which came to there country when they were in their late teens and 20s. i remember them serving people in the dining room, and occasionally, you'd get the rude ones. >> didn't know a lick of english, and my parents didn't have any money. we made it work. let's be honest, throughout that