they won't have to fight as hard or fight uphill to show what they can do. >> reporter: actress olivia munnending star status to the fight. >> when i look in the mirror, i see an asian-american woman. i don't see a woman. >> reporter: like so many, munn says the pandemic has been weaponized against asians and asian-americans. >> i really was paralyzed. i didn't really know what to think, what to say. >> when the previous administration said things publicly like the wuhan virus -- >> the china flu. the china virus. the plague from china. >> unapologetically, he helped to stoke the fires of anti-asian violence against our communities. >> reporter: stop aapi hate began collecting more than 2,800 reports nationwide of anti-asian hate between march and december. munn says her mission became personal after her friend's mother was attacked. take me to that moment when you saw surveillance video of your friend's mom being attacked. what went through your mind? >> i was in shock. i mean, she's a very tiny woman. and she is hurled through the air to the point where her body is horizontal, her legs ar

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joining me now to discuss how to become a better ally, actress olivia munn, the president of gold house and the author of "dear america", notes of an undocumented citizen. olivia, you've been sounding the alarm on the hate for some team now. i wonder, first, how are you processing this last weekend of news and how are you hoping that the conversation begins to shift? >> it's been really tough for our community u obviously. and you know, we've been asking for a while, like how many bodies will it take for people to care, and it turns out that it takes eight. and we're in this position now, it shouldn't have come to that, but we do have an immense amount of gratitude for everyone standing up for us right now. the protests today, the protests over the last few days, the naacp in georgia helping us so much and really standing up with us. it has been really emotional for us to feel that we are at the beginning of a change that will actually, well, actually really matter. it's not just protesting anymore. these protests will hopefully lead to actual policy change. >> i mean, jose, when you ca

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. >> reporter: even with celebrities like jeremy lin and olivia munn speaking out about the hate andawmakers raising concerns, some feel the attacks need to be taken more seriously. >> the government is still figuring out how to properly serve asian americans. and so, like, even prosecutors have to understand the nature of discrimination against asian-americans. >> i think that the asians should speak up and -- on solidarity, so that -- >> reporter: don, he is still recovering from that face lashing and he tells me he's too afraid to ride the subway again or take my public transportation and as a result he's working from home. i've spoken with a lot of asian-americans in recent daying and they tell me they don't have remember an a time where they have had to think twice about their safety before going about their daily routines. don? >> amara walker, thank you so much. with attacks on asian-americans on the rise, jeremy lin is opening up about an experience he had on the court. he said, being an asian-american doesn't mean we don't experience poverty and racism. being a nine-year vet

. >> the town hall featured celebrities like olivia munn, margaret cho, athletes like jeremy lin. it's wrapping up, but we will air this round table in its entirety this saturday at 7:00 p.m. so please set your dvr. >>> up next, an abrupt change for a school district, the leader retiring as the district tries to bring students back on campus. >>> i'm scott budman. if you've noticed gas and groceries are more expensive, you're not alone, they are. what's making them more expensive and why high prices may continue in the future. >>> wild bay area weather today. i'll look at the rainfall totals in about seven minutes. >>> finally some answers for san francisco parents. there's now a plan to get tens of thousands of students back into the classroom starting this summer. some classrooms will be set up in unused businesses. >> you know, this past year has not been the best for anyone, particularly our children. >> reporter: it appears some frustrated parents will finally get an option to bring their kids back to san francisco class rooms this supper. maria su is the director. >> we know

reporter: even with many asian-american celebrities like former nba star jeremy lin and actress olivia munneaking out about the hate and lawmakers raising concerns about this disturbing trend -- >> these are totally unprovoked attacks. >> reporter: -- some feel crimes against asians need to be taken more seriously. >> the government is still figuring out how to properly serve asian-americans, and so like even prosecutors have to understand the nature of discrimination against asian-americans. >> i think that the asians should speak up and work on solidarity so that the authorities would listen. >> reporter: and, don, noel quintana is still recovering from that face slashing. he tells me he's just too afraid to ride the subway again or take any public transportation for that matter. as a result, he's now working from home. i've got to tell you i've spoken with a lot of asian-americans in recent days and they toell me they don't remember a time when they have to think twice about their safety before going about their daily routines. >> amara walker, thank you so much. with attacks against asi

. >> reporter: actress olivia munn says her mom's friend was attacked.tured on surveillance. >> we have been hearing about these attacks for a long time, especially last year when the pandemic was -- >> reporter: the words can cut just as deep. >> asian piece of [ bleep ]. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: then we have karen. >> go back to whatever [ bleep ] asian country you belong in. >> it's in the psyche of this country where it's somehow okay to abuse asian-americans we're being scapegoated. >> reporter: she has studied anti-asian discrimination. >> we have seen physical attacks. what's the impact of the emotional attacks, the words? >> words are extremely powerful. our former president used a lot of words to describe the coronavirus. >> the china flu. the china virus. the plague from china. we have to be accurate. kung flu. >> unapology itically, he helped to stoke the fires of anti-asian violence. >> it reinforced a particular association with the virus, something deadly, with a group of people. >> reporter: and language of hate, it seems begets the vio

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eastern, alicia menendez joins by actress olivia munn. stick around for all of it. all of it. first, kathy park, live in atlanta. good morning to you. you were at the rally yesterday in atlanta. these rallies were taking place across the country and in other cities. what did you find? rmpt hey, ali. good morning to you. that is right. i would say here in atlanta that the rally group to about 1,000. it was passionate, but there was a lot of outrage, too, because as you know initially when investigators came out they were told by the suspect this was not racially motivated, but many of the voices here on the ground disagree. they say these women, that the victims, many of them being asian descent, the fact it was asian, this has to be a hate crime and why there is so much anger on the ground as well. you heard a few minutes anne johns, korean, as well as white and identifies with both of those races and says that her parents had told her, be careful. you know? she fears that there could be a potential attack on her and what also struck me, mother young girl who i spoke with and

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actor olivia munn as we saw, hit out early in this phenomenon saying the violent attacks and murders. and then, you move to telemundo political analyst, mike hernandez, whose wife is asian, writes this. we shouldn't be doing this to one another. we should stand against it because we are all americans. mike hernandez. now, my colleague, cnbc -- our colleague cnbc host melissa lee tweeted this. i just ordered personal-safety alarms and whistles. i never thought i would need things like this to feel safe. now, another account from a recent-hate report. a woman coughs. she then turns to an aapi person. i am paraphrasing here. she says you and your people are the reason why we have corona. finishing with a refrain i have heard many times. go sail a boat back to your island. all right, alicia, if you see this happen, here are some of the resources for all the viewers you can report at stop aapi hate's website. you can visit the atlanta chapter of asian-americans advancing justice. as well as, you can report and help the georgia families. the national asian-american forum helps aapi women a

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dion joined abc7 news anchor juju chang along with daniel dae kim and olivia munn and basketball playershe brought her own unique experience to the discussion and talked about why so many victims don't report these crimes to police. >> they're either scared. they don't think they'll be heard. they don't want retaliation. or like we heard from stefan and juju, they feel that sense culturally to keep their head down, keep their nose clean, don't cause trouble. >> the program was broadcast on abc7 news live and featured reporters and guests from around the country, including dion's appearance live from san francisco's chinatown. >>> we will have rain by the time the weekend start, and there is more wet weather next week. spencer tracking all the storms headed our way, next. >>> now more than ever, it's important to keep yourself and your community safe. stay at home. stay at home. and if you must go out, wear covid has made clear that having health insurance is more important than ever. at covered california, every plan is comprehensive, covering everything from preventive care to mental h

one of your acting colleagues olivia munn has brought attention to one specific incident and then themeone with a higher profile to get us to focus on this? >> as much as i would love to speculate on it, i'm so thankful. i am so thankful for olivia's work. and i am so thankful for my brother and rihanna with 93 million followers just right now posted a piece of that congressional hearing because our industry and our -- i'm sorry, our society, we glamorize celebrities. we love to know what celebrities and icons are doing and when they do it all of a sudden it's cool which is a good and a bad thing. it's great when we see that voices need to be lifted and we need to see other people of color support us, but it's bad when we also see something like hollywood constantly perpetuate these racist stereotypes about asian women and the fetishization behind it and that asian women are always deemed as sexual, hypersexual or sub missive and docile and these stereotypes and i'm thankful for the productions like "crazy rich asians," but that's not who we are. there are many asians living below the

we'll talk with actress and activist olivia munn when "american voices request the "gets under way atbout who's coming across the u.s. southern border. >> it's not just people from mexico or honduras or el salvador. they're now finding people from yemen, iran, turkey. people on the terrorist watch list they are catching. and they're rushing it all at once be. >> i can't go into it specifically because it is classified but he is distorting image, construing a lot of what's happening at the border to the point where it's more misinformation that is decided -- decidedly done to incite people and scare people. >> and joining me now is msnbc political analyst mehdi hasan, host of "the mehdi hasan show" on msnbc and streaming service peacock. let's get into this. and is this the same old gop angle using fear as a tactic? >> short answer, yes, it's a tactic that's been used before. donald trump talked about terrorists being inside of caravans, which there weren't. he talked about prayer rugs at the border, which is islamaphobe, and this is just the latest iteration in the post-trump era. kev

actress olivia munn speaking out after her friend's mom was attacked. >> when you look at our parentsd for us and now it's our turn to take them back to the front of those roads and walk them down those paths and say, look, you belong here, you're an american. it's safe. >> reporter: these attacks happening in the last year in the shadows of this pandemic. new york city's police department reporting that anti-asian hate crimes are up 833% in the last year, but experts say prosecuting hate crimes is often difficult. >> we can't -- we don't have a machine that allows us to read people's minds. >> and there's so much more to this conversation. my colleagues here at abc and our affiliates have created a hour-long special "stop the hate: the rise in violence against asian americans," you can watch it now on hulu or your favorite streaming device. >>> and coming up on "good morning america" -- capturing the g.o.a.t. the docuseries featuring some of the greatest athletes of all time. all time. i wasn't going to just back down from moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. psoriatic arthritis

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we're going to be joined by basketball player jeremy lin, actress olivia munn, and others.nd get a check of the weather from al. >> as we take a look, you can see we have some activity now firing in the upper midwest. snow across the plains wet weather out west, including even into southern california. all of sudden, the lights went out. i didn't pay the bill. oh, they're back, just like that we're looking at 70s and 80s through the gulf coast 90s down into texas. 40s and 30s as you get into the west as far as our weather conditions today, look for heavy rain in southern california. mountain snows out west. it's going to really start snowing this weekend into the rockies. afternoon storms in the plains cooler here in the coast with plenty of sunshine that's what's going on around the country. >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a look at stormranger, we are seeing some of the scattered showers passing through the bay area with off-and-on rain. this is what we can expect as we do through today and this storm system passes by. even a chance of more thund

going to have much more coming up on the third hour including a live conversation with actress olivia munnking a stand. >> okay. deep breath and let's switch gears, vicky, we're going to go to al roker with a check of the forecast. >> we're watching this line of thunderstorms and we now have tornado warnings and this tornado watch may actually be extended a little later we're getting guidance from the severe storm center that may be bringing that the 2021 tornado season got off to a slow start. only 27 tornado reports january and february, 49, thoth, thoughn march. it's least active january and february since 2004. back then only nine tornado reports in january and february. look at the rest of the year back in 2004, 1,800 tornado reports, that was a slower start but second most active year. we're going to be watching this closely. as far as temperatures concerned, cooler conditions behind this front that's triggering these storms, but ahead of it, warm 68 at atlanta, 88 in orlando today, but then by tomorrow temperatures take a tumble new york 11 degrees below average at 39, montgomery 62