nguyen has lived in vietnam ever since, now with a family of his own. about other continuations of history, french colonial soldiers from senegal who fought in vietnam and had relationships and children with vietnamese women. he worked with the contemporary senegalese-vietnamese community in dakar to document part of that little-known story. and he's created other works about mixed communities and migrations that we rarely hear of. he himself has relatives in martinique in the caribbean that date to french colonial wars. for all this, he credits the stories he was told in childhood. >> refugees, for those that are displaced, especially children, stories become not only a relic of a previous life. they're a kind of inheritance. but they also -- >> one you don't know. >> one you don't know. and sometimes, you know, when i was growing up, i felt like i would never know, because access to vietnam seemed impossible back then. but these stories also simultaneously kind of, very aggressively propel you into a future. and that's the impact of storytelling on me

artist and director tuan andrew nguyen.g about the landscape and how beautiful the landscape is, but just right below the surface of the land lays like this memory of the war that is still very volatile. jeffrey: the film is part of an exhibition titled radiant remembrance at the new museum in new york by the 47-year-old vietnamese-born, american-raised artist, winner of this year's prestigious joan miro international art prize. works in different forms and shapes, video installations, archival photographs, freestanding sculptures, all exploring narratives of often forgotten or lost history. tuan: my work is very much about the power of memory, the power of storytelling as an act of political resistance, to remember something, to retell something and tell the story. jeffrey: that hasn't been told before. tuan: that hasn't been told before, that isn't being acknowledged by dominant narrative. jeffrey: "the unburied sounds of a troubled horizon" is a fictionalized version of a grim reality in the quang tri region of central v

i'm candice nguyen. we start with our investigation into a 911 calling crisis.e throughout california are often waiting not seconds but minutes for a live dispatcher to answer their emergency call, and oakland has the slowest answering time of any city in the entire state. female: oakland emergency number 19. female: hi, 6th and jefferson a police officer just got stabbed by a homeless person. candice: officer danny chor was off duty when a woman stabbed him in the neck. the profusely bleeding officer used his cell phone to call 911 and his repeated calls failed to connect according to a grand jury report at the time. female: yeah, a police officer just got stabbed. male: a police officer just got stabbed. candice: the caller is a waste management supervisor. you're hearing her voice because not only were the officer's 911 calls failing to connect according to the report, her employee, a garbage truck operator, who drove past the scene also tried calling 911 and his calls also could not get through. you're hearing his voice only because he's on his supervisor's

here's investigative reporter candice nguyen. >> i would not have my son, i wouldn't have my staff walk across the street. this is not right. >> reporter: crossing six lanes of traffic. >> yeah, this is not very good. >> reporter: cars coming from both ways three lanes on each side. >> i feel like we're on be a freeway with the three lanes. watch out, see, the guy doesn't see you. >> reporter: david canepa reached out saying he wanted to tour el camino real in and around alt they are ton as a pedestrian. >> this is wild. >> what's wild about it? >>> it's just -- i mean, look at the cars. look at the speed. if someone got out of that bus right there, they're walking right into traffic, and at nighttime, dusk, that's dangerous. look, it took nbc news -- >> canepa watched our report on atherton's disproportionately documented side. we told you earlier about the four most recent pedestrian deaths on this stretch. two of the victims were elderly with dementia. >> we as policy makers have to protect yev one, especially older americans. rate now we're failing. >> reporter: after we started ask

my name is emily nguyen the chair district chair on the san francisco youth commission. i feel grateful to be here today to celebrate this incredible group of youth commissioners. there is no way that i can incapsulate everything we accomplished together in a 5 minute speech, but i'll try do my best. when i first stepped into city hall for the first youth commission meeting, i knew nothing about government but now it is one of my greatest passions. little did i know how much we would accomplish as a team and how much the youth commission would mean to me. seriously though, it has got ten to the point where family and friends are concerned how much time i spend in isthe building. coming back from the pandemic a main goal is bring back the youth commissionism we interacted with youth from all over the city through office hours, our budget town halls and our community events. from passing out candy to youth at the great-to teaching third graders about local government and district lines to tabling sunday streetss, we have been able to center youth input and engagement in ou

investigative reporter candace nguyen joins us now. your investigation already getting results. >> that's right, audrey. we told you el camino real in and around atherton has a pedestrian rate that is nearly double and triple of the neighboring cities. one of the highest in the bay area between 2011 and 2020. two latest victims were elderly with dementia. after watching that mtc commissioner who you see here wanted to experience this road for himself as a pedestrian. the experience, he tells us there, was alarming and eye opening. now he is not the only one taking notice here. atherton police and san mateo county sheriff's office increased enforcement after i started asking these questions. the supervisor said local to regional to state leaders need to come together now to prioritize pedestrian lives on this stretch road. >> this is wild. this is -- >> what's wild about it? >> i mean, look at the cars. look at the speed. i want to work with cal trans. we've issued a letter and that letter is to tony tavares, the director of cal trans a

vicky nguyen has what parents need to know >> reporter: taylor wells returned to work when her daughter autumn was six weeks old. entrusting her baby to daycare staff near her mississippi home >> she was sweet and she was happy. she laughed all the time >> reporter: but in march of 2022 taylor's phone rang at work >> the first thing i hear is "you need to get to the hospital. autumn's not breathing. so you know, of course i run as fast as i can. i ran into the emergency room and i could tell -- i could see them working on her >> reporter: four-month-old autumn was found face down on a nursing pillow, covered completely with a blanket according to her death certificate. it showed she died of asphyxiation >> it's hard to even describe what happens when they tell you that your child is no longer with you. >> reporter: more than a million nursing pillows are sold in the u.s. each year they're designed to position baby and mom comfortably for breastfeeding. but an nbc news analysis of internal federal documents and public records found more than 160 babies have died in incidents involving nu

vicky nguyen, nbc news. >>> and coming up as we return here tonight, how one man inspired others to make losing a winning game, even getting the rock to play rock, paper, scissors. >> oh, he's unpredictable. >>> finally tonight, they're called big-hearted battles, games of chance for charity, and some very big names are playing. kristen dahlgren explains. >> reporter: in most games there is a winner and a loser, but when it's a big-hearted battle -- >> it's a win/win for everybody. >> reporter: mike rothman came up with the idea when the pandemic forced his dart league virtual. >> maybe we can spice it up a little bit why don't we do it this way, loser donates to winner's charity of choice. >> reporter: a simple concept that caught on from the bar to the board to the court >> everyone gets to leave today feeling really good about themselves. >> reporter: nothing is off-limits. >> rock, paper, scissors >> reporter: even rock, paper, scissors with the rock. >> if it makes you feel better, i'll still donate 100 as well >> aww. >> so what charity are we donating to >> let's go ma-afoundation

let's bring in investigative reporter candice nguyen. >> addiction, isolation, depression, jail, all common themes in the lives of the dozens of alleged victims we've talked to. for one woman who says she was abused for years by a former teacher, it took being paralyzed to break that vicious cycle. we're calling her jane dough because she asked to keep her real name private. >> jane doe was in sixth grade when her life began spiraling out of control. she said it all started with a teacher. >> i was very good friends with his cousin. so it gave us the opportunity for him to interact with us outside of school. we had a favorite beach we would go to. that's where things kind of progressed from there. in sixth grade i was 11 and 12, and i believe he was about 14 years older than me. there was touching, kissing that led all the way up to everything. everything was on the table. >> reporter: she says the abuse went on for years, until she was 17 and started life after high school. now she looks back and is haunted. >> i was 12. what do i know about sex and feelings? i lost my childhood. it

here's investigative reporter candice nguyen. >> reporter: for years, it was one of the most outspoken abortion groups in the country. running a printing press for catholic causes. the group is still around today. and is now the target of multiple lawsuits. three sisters raised in that community tell us the organization has a dark past. and they believe its leader is still a threat. >> here's the neighborhood friends. >> that's myself. >> reporter: it's been years since these sisters last saw each other. >> this isn't easy. it's important. >> reporter: they're coming together to expose what they say is a dark undercurrent that runs through the former catholic commune. >> one thing i want to take away is their power over the narrative of who i am and what my life's been. >> reporter: the three sisters had an unusual childhood, raised as hippies and then practicing their own brand of catholicism, living in holy poverty. >> we endured these things. we saw these things. but it didn't stop me from being who i am. >> reporter: ruth is the youngest sister. marquerite is the oldest. and we're

our investigative reporter candice nguyen spoke to the alleged victim. she said the abuse started while she was in sixth grade and continued until she was 17. jane doe cannot publicly name the teacher in her lawsuit until a judge signs off, so we are not identifying him. but he's still alive and recently retired from a long teaching career. >> there was touching, kissing that led all the way up to everything. everything was on the table. i was 12. what do i know about sex and feelings? it's abuse. he took advantage of my innocence. i lost my childhood. i never had one. it molded me for what i was the rest of my life. >> joining us now is investigative reporter candice nguyen, who's been reporting on this church scandal for years. those details were hard to hear in that interview. what else stood out to you about what she said? >> we have talked to church victims of all ages, of all backgrounds, and there are a lot of differences in the cases. but when it comes to the impacts, they're quite similar, raj. i'm talking about depression, anxiety, drugs and al

devine, my name is candice nguyen. i'm a reporter with nbc bay area news. we never heard back. according to linkedin, devine left the school last year. in an email saint ignatius told us we haven't reviewed the suit yet and do not comment on pending litigation. when we reached out to san francisco police, they wouldn't say whether they received any report from the school. >> my abiding concern is there is no culture at the school where duty of care and safeguarding is adequately pursued. >> reporter: the outside investigator looked into a third report, interviewing a former teacher who said she saw a text or post in 2020 from a past student alleging similar behavior against three different alums. the investigator said that teacher was credible, but they were unable to track down the former student. with the investigative unit, candice nguyen, nbc bay area news. >>> our other top story on this friday night, this is something we haven't said in decades, take a look at what's building out in the pacific and that's headed our way, a hurricane headed for california. our chief meteor

investigative reporter candice nguyen joins us. we're hearing directly from shannon o'connor for the first time. >> yes, we have an on the record statement from shannon o'connor saying she wanted this hearing to happen but instead last night she was in the hospital with a skin infection. o'connor and other sources tell us that infection was sparked by bug bites she got while awaiting trial at elmwood correctional facility. let's show you video of o'connor from previous hearings. she tells us she has been hospitalized three times for the ongoing infection. i reachedut o to the santa clara county sheriff's office which oversees that jail. although we did not specify bedbugs, a deputy said there was no sign of bedbugs in o'connor's unit, and if they get a complaint like that, they send out an exterminator. the preliminary hearing was months in the work. this is theearing that will determine if there's enough evidence for the case to go to trial. today was mostly procedural. testimony was supposed to start as early as tomorrow with out

with the investigative unit, i'm candice nguyen, nbc bay area news. >> a lot of layers to what you're covering here. the archdiocese has formally applied for bankruptcy. the chapter1 fingli accommodation as the diocese faces roughly 500 sex abuse lawsuits involving clergy. in a statement today, the archbishop says those lawsuits will be put on hold because of the filing allowing time for settlement talks. earlier this year, the diocese of oakland also filed for bankruptcy, citing the impacts of sex abuse lawsuits. candice has been on top of the ongoing allegations within the catholic church for more than a year now. to watch all of our extensive reporting, go to our web site, nbcbayarea.com, and if you have a story for candice or anyone else in our investigative unit, give us a call, 888-996-tips or visit our web site, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. okay. they landed at san jose international only to find their luggage was missing, but it wasn't an airline mistake. the luggage had been stolen. one man's air tag tracker helped crack that case. nbc bay area's marianne favro explains wha

investigative reporter candice nguyen joins us now. we're both very familiar with el camino, especially that stretch. this is a long major artery around the peninsula. but why atherton specifically? why did you focus there? >> i really did happen on this. i wasn't each looking into pedestrian fatalities, if you believe that. months ago i got a call from a samtrans bus driver who said he sadly hit a woman on that stretch. i went out during the day, noticed it was very dark, and it was the border of menlo park and atherton. i noticed she was on the road because there wasn't a sidewalk to walk on. that's when i called our data expert shawn meyers and asked how many pedestrians have died here, and what is the pedestrian death rate so we can really compare to it nearby cities and big cities like oakland and after san francisco. and found that atherton on that stretch is a major outlier. >> cars are going fast. it seems 50 and 55. >> posted speed limit is 35. everyone there will tell you cars are going 45, 55. >> supervisor canepa, how did h

here's vicky nguyen. >> reporter: millions of parents use these nursing pillows.ederal data shows they were linked to dozens of deaths, and nearly all involved use of the nursing pillow for sleep. this follows an nbc news analysis that found more than 160 babies have died in incidents with the pillows since 2007. today for the first time staff at the consumer product safety commission issuing safety recommendations including improving visibility of warning labels already on the pillows, a firmness requirement to address the suffocation hazard and ensuring u-shaped pillows have openings wide enough to avoid restricting infant's head movements, which could cut off their airflow. commissioner rich trumka told us earlier this month manufacturers should ensure baby items are safe. >> we want to make sure that things aren't for sleep don't look like you can lay your baby down in them. >> reporter: taylor welcomes the news. her daughter autumn died of asphyxia. she was found face down on a nursing pillow at her alabama day care. >> this is an opportunity to do something

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alex and andy nguyen were finally released. a year after being freed, alex chose to go back to help with the war effort. and alex drueke joins me now. i'm really glad to speak with you, again. and you're home once again. i know you've been back for a week from this trip in ukraine. obviously the first time you went there, you went to fight and you endured horrific things, captivity, torture. you were released. but you did choose to go back. can you tell me why? >> i chose to go back because this war is not over. and i want to do absolutely everything that i can to ensure ukraine's victory and stop this war as soon as we can. >> so, tell me what it was like for you this time. obviously you weren't fighting. i'll be clear to everyone on that. you weren't fighting, you were helping training soldiers, humanitarian. tell me what you were doing and where you went. what did you see? >> for about the first half of my visit, i was there five or six weeks for the first half i was working with humanitarian group, ukrainian patriot. we wer

i'm candace nguyen, a reporter with nbc news. st.d us they do not comment on pending litigation. when we reached out to san francisco police they wouldn't say whether they've received any reports from the school. >> my abiding concern is that there is no culture at the school where duty of care and safeguarding is adequately pursued. >> that was candace nguyen reporting. the outside investigator also looked into a third report. they interviewed a former teacher who said she saw a text or post in 2020 from a past student alleging similar behavior against three different alums. the investigator said the teacher was credible but they were unable to track down the former student. if you have a story for our investigative unit, call 888-996-tips or visit our website. >>> a tech giant is mourning the loss of one of its founders. dr. john warnock died yesterday surrounded by family. he started adobe in 1982 after his partner and he met xerox. adobe is most known for acrobat, illustrator and he won a number of awards, including one issued by

cbs's jeff nguyen reports on the latest. >> reporter: as the death toll rises, authorities in maui say the efforts to find and identify the dead is still in the early stages. cadaver dogs are sifting through the rubbles of thousands of buildings burnt to the ground. mostly homes. >> we are bringing in more and more teams and more dogs, so we can speed up that process as much as we can. >> reporter: this man says he is searching for missing family members. >> we have been to a lot of hotels inside lahaina, but none of them are there. so we have been to the police station. we called the red cross, anywhere that we can find them. but nothing. >> reporter: access to lahaina and the historic town in western maui that suffered the worst devastation remains limited. >> and nobody can go in. >> reporter: while many residents are taking shelters at facilities like this community center. people all around western maui are telling their stories of survival and loss. >> and they ran out of the car and they ran for my life and ran down to the ocean. and they stayed in their car there and everything

my name is emily nguyen the chair district chair on the san francisco youth commission. i feel grateful to be here today to celebrate this incredible group of youth commissioners. there is no way that i can incapsulate everything we accomplished together in a 5 minute speech, but i'll try do my best. when i first stepped into city hall for the first youth commission meeting, i knew nothing about government but now it is one of my greatest passions. little did i know how much we would accomplish as a team and how much the youth commission would mean to me. seriously though, it has got ten to the point where family and friends are concerned how much time i spend in isthe building. coming back from the pandemic a main goal is bring back the youth commissionism we interacted with youth from all over the city through office hours, our budget town halls and our community events. from passing out candy to youth at the great-to teaching third graders about local government and district lines to tabling sunday streetss, we have been able to center youth input and engagement in ou

now, both are democratic former state senators, jen jordan and bee nguyen.hey both allegedly witnessed a conspiracy-laden presentation from then trump attorney rudy giuliani. now, we're just getting new breaking news from our colleague sara murray that another witness who was supposed to testify tomorrow, an independent journalist, george chidi, he was supposed to testify tomorrow but we're learning from this reporting from sara that the case is moving so quickly they're actually going to call him in today. we still expect the district attorney is going to need two days to fully present their case. she's been investigating this for over two years, and we know that at least one of the witnesses expected tomorrow is the former republican lieutenant governor of georgia, geoff duncan. >> and paula, notably there's been a flurry of activity at the courthouse. there's also been a flurry of activity on donald trump's social media accounts trying to discredit all of it, right? >> reporter: that's right. on social media he has gone after not only geoff duncan suggest

the third is a former lawmaker, nguyen. one of the subpoenas, we know they're being called to be available to testify between now and the end of the month. as it gets closer to when fani willis is going to make the presentation, they're going to get 48 hours notice. this morning i spoke with both jeff duncan and jen jordan. they tell me they have not gotten the 48 hours notice. what that tells us is this is not going to go before a grand jury this week. that's why we're looking closely at next week. as for who those people are, katy, and how they fit into the d.a.'s case, jen jordan, and vi nguyen were two people among a group of lawmakers who heard a presentation from rudy giuliani where he espoused debunked claims. they will testify about what they heard, and the former governor can speak to what donald trump said in the days following the election. when we talk about timing here, this is something that we're watching very closely, of course, because you see the security behind me. we know that preparations are being made

senator janet nguyen and several of her gop colleagues in the senate and assembly say aca one is an excuse politicians to raise taxes on californians. we're so overt acts in california. it's all about give me more money. give me more money and then would figure it out. state has felt we've given them more money every time they've asked, what do they do with it? besides whatever they want to do with it, they don't actually fix the problem. they promised us. and because this is a proposed state constitutional need at least two-thirds approval from the legislature to qualify for the 2024 ballot. >> it makes it that far. do the voters will have the final say reporting from the state capitol. a tom wallace kron. 4 news at our 4 zone forecast says we'll give you a live picture of some of the clouds hanging over the bay bridge tonight. and gayle ong is here with another look at what's coming up. >> hello, catherine and ken. hello, everyone. yeah, we have a cool down. coming up, do was hot inland in some places like livermore in concord mid-nineties. so not as hot as yesterday were there in the up

nguyen put out a statement and said in part, today i reaffirm my allegiance to our state and country, no individual is above the law, and saying she will take part in whatever is necessary to uphold democracy. what's interesting about all of this, chris, we know that nguyen also testified before the special grand jury last year. remember, this is a grand jury that was convened to investigate. they don't have indictment powers, but they were convened at the d.a.'s request to investigate to where we are right now. really what we're seeing right now from the d.a. is this greatest moment, witting down all those many 75 witnesses and bringing those who presumably believe will provide the most support for her case as she presents it to the grand jury and seeks indictments. >> vaughn, you have his comments against judge chutkan just days after his lawyers promised trump would take her admonition seriously, consistent with practice we can say for sure, vaughn, but not, it would seem, recognizing that this time could be very different. >> reporter: right, donald trump seems to have every inten

senator janet nguyen and several of her gop colleagues in the senate and assembly say aca one is an excusee taxes on californians. we're so overt acts in california. it's all about give me more money. give me more money and then would figure it out. state has felt we've given them more money every time they've asked, what do they do with it? besides whatever they want to do with it, they don't actually fix the problem. they promised us. and because this is a proposed state constitutional need at least two-thirds approval from the legislature to qualify for the 2024 ballot. >> it makes it that far. do the voters will have the final say reporting from the state capitol. a tom wallace kron. 4 news. >> school board's decision over lgbtq issues at the center of a controversy in the east bay. you have dozens of people who have been speaking out at the san ramon valley unified school district board of education meeting this week. the board did approve resolutions in support of the lgbtq community. one resolution flying the pride flag during the month of june. the other is recognizing the national

. >> now that that 5.1 magnitude earthquake that rattled the ojai area yesterday, jeff nguyen reports on warnings residents may or may not have gotten in time. >> i don't remember signing up. as far as i know, it just popped up. >> reporter: miriam got an alert like this on her phone sunday. soon after a 5.1 magnitude quake hit about four miles south of ojai. the shake alert earthquake early warning system is managed by the u.s. geological survey. dr. robert de groot says the warnings are delivered through the wireless emergency alert system. >> alerts about weather, about missing people, amber alerts, et cetera, all come through that same system and now we're delivering earthquake alerts. >> reporter: the purpose of the system is to reduce the impact of earthquakes and save lives and property. >> it's slowing down trains, closing water valves, opening firehouse doors. >> reporter: de groot says for the first time cedar sinai medical center had its system activated through its partnership with shake alert. >> if you were at cedars, you likely would have heard the p.a. system telling y

kids going back at pleasanton nguyen high school district as well. 59 degrees with fog.in the afternoon. very pleasant at 3:00. 84 degrees. let's go hour-by-hour. kids will need that extra layer because we start out with not only fog but drizzle. into the afternoon and evening, notice the moisture moving northward. tomorrow night, the south bay has a chance of seeing showers. the best opportunity for much of the bay area will be in the early morning hours on friday. then the system moves on out of here. rainfall totals will be light if we do get anything. temperatures in the morning, 50's and 60's. tomorrow afternoon, 80's in lynn, 60's coast side with lingering clouds and breezy. sunny skies inland. let's talk about outside lands. isolated earning more -- early morning chance on friday. by the time the music festival gets underway, everything should be just fine. it's warmer for saturday when dan ashley is performing. sunday, the warming trend continues. morning drizzle tomorrow. friday, chance of showers. then we go with dry, warmer weekend. summer heat with us. temper

. >> reporter: jim nguyen is with the little saigon business district. he says that police departments don't have the resources they need and that that needs to change. he said burglaries have gone up 42% this year compared with last. jim also wants the city to reimburse businesses and pay for the damages. >> she got an estimate of how much this thing will cost her. the city should do something about it. >> reporter: lynn trump owns a storefront in little saigon and shoppers tell her that oakland is too dangerous. >> i don't know. we are survivors now. >> reporter: the cigarette store owner said 25 years in business was never this bad. the owner says she has lost tens of thousands of dollars and is not aware of any arrests in her cases. >>> oakland city council president says the city is trying to support small business by spending money on things like safety improvements for small business. >>> now to the latest out of maui, where the death toll has risen now to 93. crews with cadaver dogs make their way through lahaina. making this the deadliest u.s. w