more than one-third of the population is asian-american and pacific islander. you rock. next speaker is no stranger to this event, but within the last few years, he represented mayor newsome at this very celebration. in january of this year, a new chapter was written when the board of supervisors unanimously voted in city administrator edwin lee to be the mayor of san francisco. he was noted as the best candidate for leading the city for work because of his more than 25 years of experience as a leader in city government. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the hon. edwin m. lee, the mayor of san francisco. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you for that wonderful introduction and thank you for being here. it is the seventh annual celebration. sydney already explained our history, what president carter did for us, and what we are doing for ourselves, joining the whole city and region in celebrating asian-pacific portage month. i am so grateful to the board of supervisors for this whole four months of leaving this great city. i will say once again as i have said throu

and pacific islanders and those with disabilities of california, the president and c.e.o.media group and commissioner, natasha cowersaw, california commission on asian and pacific islander american affairs, and law partner with the law offices of g.c.r. l.l.p. unfortunately, all three judges were not able to join us tonight to present the awards. but we have three very capable individuals who are proud to make the presentations on their behalf. and now for the presentation of the emerging leadership award, please join me in welcoming supervisor eric marr. [applause] >> thank you. i'm actually not speier mar. -- supervisor mar. but we went to the same high school in sacramento so i'll stand in for him. i'm pleased to announce the finalists and recipients for the emerging leadership award. in the interests of time, we have all of the criteria listed in the award booklet. but it's important for us to recognize and celebrate the next generation of leadership, passion, and commitment to serving the asian pacific community. and it's critical also that we ensure that our voices,

union pacific's key metric is stronger. finally union pacific has fantastic management and a good good balance sheet. norfolk southern is better, this is one of those cases where you get what you pay for, bottom line, when it comes to the railroads, there no question about it, union pacific is a better company than norfolk southern with a stronger business and more repricing catalysts ahead and it's the better stock, trading at a small premium to norfolk southern. and while i'm telling you both rails can work their way higher, if you landed on norfolk southern you would save your powder but if you landed on union pacific, you would mortgage the board walk to buy it. hey, how about sidney in virginia. sidney? >> thank you for helping the small time investor. >> that is what this show is dedicated to. all the hedge funds watch it. they have to. go ahead. >> i have a concern about csx, they have dropped for the last two days, what happened here? is it mismanagement or the economy? >> it's not management because michael ward ru

great wonderful shows that she's sponsored, pacific fusion and others.now jan is all around the bay area. all around the san francisco communities. she's helped us on engagement with our public and helping us dialogue with a difficult -- with difficult topics and being moderator or immediate -- mediator and hosted so many nonprofits and being there for every important fundraiser like the ones we've had with kristi yamaguchi and always dreaming foundation and being part of the osaka sister city association, founder member of course, and asian-american journalist association, again, others following her. for david and for jan, if you look at television today, no matter what channel you turn to, there are asian americans on the journalism positions. and i believe and i know it's because of both david and jan's work behind the scenes, in front, bringing just that whole professional care to what they do every day. and i remember a very unique story. as i was a first-year law student at berkeley, jan was covering this whole issue about affirm active action and

they're a pacific power. and while we've had our differences, the fact is we've had some common concerns that we need to confront. one is nuclear proliferation in that area. and it's as much concern to china as it is to us. secondly, it's the whole issue of ensuring that trade routes and commernothlo area that we he joint concern. thirdly, we have humanitarian needs in that area that we need to respond to. >> my legislative aide is saying a couple of weeks. we hope it'll be in that period. >> thank you. that's great. mr. second, i'm concerned that the pivot to the asia-pacific increases the risk of an increasingly adversarial military competition with china and that is not in either country's best interest. how do we execute this new strategy without beginning a new cold war, and i might add that i definitely see a need for us to reposition our thinking in terms of the asia-pacific region. >> i just had this discussion with the vice president of china yesterday. we are, you know, we are pacific power, they're

we have patriot battalions forward deployed in the asia-pacific region. and we have tactical operations, strategic radars that are being deployed into the region to continue to supplement the current air and missile defense capabilities that we have. we are very focused on foreign missile defense capability in our key theaters, both asia-pacific and other areas to include the middle east. and we will continue to do and fund that. and we have the capability to do that. we have the forestructure to do that. so i feel confident that we'll continue to be involved with that. i would also say there is many other roles that the army can play in anti-access capabilities as we look at ground opportunities for entry and for other things, and our ability because of the large influence that the armies have in the pacific region, we can help to develop systems and capabilities, multilateral systems and capabilities that would help news our anti-access campaign. so i think in the joint operational access capability assessment that the joint staff is doing, the army wil

defense strategy which places importance on the asia pacific region. the brief adds it wants to boost military operations. it concludes that chinese policy could move in one of two directions. the country could pursue a hard line stance or use its growing power for stability with international partners. >>> russia has defended an incident in which the war planes flew close to japanese air space. the planes were practicing patrolling and aerial refuelling. five airplanes were spotted on wednesday near japanese air space. japanese's self-defense force took to the air and responded. an a-50 aircraft has an early ash warning control system. japan's ministry said it is the first time the airplane has flown near japan. russia's defense ministry said their planes flew over the pacific north of the peligo, but did not interfere with the air space. >>> let's go to sayaka mori with the world's weather picture. >> hello. time now for your weather update. let's begin with east asia. thundershowers will raise the risk of flooding and land slides. it will be a great

everything found it's a way into the pacific ocean. some of it sank but most of it is now floating in the pacific. >> the debris from japan from the tsunami of last march started arriving at the end of september. >> it's an environmental disaster and poses obstacles to ships. a professor has studied for ocean debris for 30 years. >> i think it will arrive next winter. >> he relies on people that regularly walk the beach. >> john anderson has seen almost everything you think of on the beach. he can only imagine what is coming next. >> it's not going to come all at once. >> pacific ocean currents spin in two massive gyres. small one is carry debris toward the pacific northwest. the other one will bring it right toward the california coast line. what wasn't. >> beachcombers are looking for tsunami debris. this program is running by moss landings program. >> it will float for a long period of time. it will eventually line up in the stores. >> and in the stomachs of wildlife. >> the environmental protection agency is gearing up what is a ma

happy asia-pacific american week. thank you. [applause] >> and i heard the supervisor kim has joined us. thank you for being here. >> i look at david and jan and i would not be here if it were not for them. you have heard the professional side of it. 20 years ago, i was a very young reporter in montgomery, alabama, and our -- they decided, they had come out to san francisco and decided that they needed someone that looked just like her, and i was the only one in the newsroom in montgomery, alabama that look like her. do you know they forced me to do this show, and that started me on my road to coming out to san francisco and the bay area to live and work here and become part of the community. i thank jan for that. i had no idea who she was, but that is how i got my start in the coming out to california. on a quick personal note, 10 years ago, she says she works out, but she really just kind of talk to people on the machine at certification, asked a fellow should in london, and she said she had a single friend she got really need

temperatures to the northern part of new england and back into the pacific northwest.far as precipitation, above normal continues, also into the pacific northwest. >>> and i think some of the things that we have been lucky about this winter that didn't turn out really the way we thought is this area. because it had more rain than we thought it would. >> yes. this is good news. this is the same thing we have had the last two weeks, or two months. >> thank you mike. the spirit of the heartland is ç next. halfway around the world is getting the full farm experience here in america. an exchange >>> acid the kid from halfway around the world is getting the full porn screens here in america. an exchange student in south korea, against hispanic couple months and tennessee. in this report, check penny edits to the show ring. >> experiencing tennessee culture and tennessee agriculture. jim lee is pretty much like any 15 -year-old who just happens to be 7000 miles and 14 time zones from home. he's an exchange student from korea and getting it introduces introduction to southern

we are, you know, we are a pacific power. they're a pacific power. and while we've had our differences, the fact is we've had some common concerns that we need to confront. one is nuclear proliferation in that area. and it's as much concern to china as it is to us. secondly, it's the whole issue of ensuring that trade routes and commerce flows freely that area. that's another area that we have joint concern.concern. thirdly, we have humanitarian needs in that area that we need to respond to and they're as much concerned about that as we are. area after area there are some common areas that we have concerns that will help us improve the regional cooperation in that area. that's the kind of relationship we would like to have with china and that's what we hope to develop, but in order to do that, we have to do that from a position of strength, and that's why we have to maintain our presence in the pacific. >> thank you, mr. secretary. >> thank you. mr. hunter. >> thankan. thank you all for your service and time. let me start with this, this is a quote f

everything found it's a way into the pacific ocean. some of it sank but most of it is now floating in the pacific. >> the debris from japan from the tsunami of last march started arriving at the end of september. >> it's an environmental disaster and poses obstacles to ships. a professor has studied for ocean debris for 30 years. >> i think it will arrive next winter. >> he relies on people that regularly walk the beach. >> john anderson has seen almost everything you think of on the beach. he can only imagine what is coming next. >> it's not going to come all at once. >> pacific ocean currents spin in two massive gyres. small one is carry debris toward the pacific northwest. the other one will bring it right toward the california coast line. what wasn't. >> beachcombers are looking for tsunami debris. this program is running by moss landings program. >> it will float for a long period of time. it will eventually line up in the stores. >> and in the stomachs of wildlife. >> the environmental protection agency is gearing up what is a ma

and in the yearsfollowed, the southwest, the pacific coast, the pacific northwest, just like jefferson had idea o liberty, they're synonymous, t americans wanted to possess this land and would take any opportunity short of war to do so. within a few years, the stars atlantic to the pacific, just as jefferson had predicted. thank you so much.estis? [ applause ] >> i don't think i ran over. we teachers havecy to talk on ad nauseum. so i try to ke sweet. questions? you make them up and i'll make up answers. >> no one? hey, that's easy for me then. an >> thank you, dr. smith. if you ask your questions you can get on tv. oh, we do have a ma'am. >> i just wanted to know why the african-americans were not named as fighters in the 1812 war. because they did not all come here as slaves. thomas jefferson was an malato. >> i'm so glad you asked mecaus manuscript on african-american notice war. and i can tell you that there's quite a few of them who participated in the war. >> i know it is. and they fought at the alamo and everything. we don't get credit for it. >> you're right. >> only thing they

the pacific northwest is going to be more interesting. once this warm front kicks on shore, we're going to get into a moist flow. i think we'll get significant rain in the days ahead, especially in areas of cascades. it will be pretty mild too with that pacific air in place. as far as what we're dealing with temperature-wise, it's not all that cold. temperatures in the 30s in the northwest. 40s in southern california. vegas a little chilly with 40 degrees. phoenix at 50. your presidents' day forecast, on and off rain showers with the warm front coming on shore in the north. san francisco catching a few showers. l.a., very slight chance of showers as that moisture to your north will try to work southward. temperature about 66. we're still cool in a few spots. not the presidents' day forecast. it low 50s in areas like portland today. san diego, not bad, but northeamostly cloudy. definitely not the nicest day, but not a washout either. >> a bit cooler for the west coast. thanks, bill. >>> crude bubbles up, greek protests boil over, and a cre

rain and snow will extend from the pacific northwest to the northern rockies. >>> in sports, the l.a.be without kobe bryant's services for a while. he was diagnosed with a concussion suffered in sunday night's nba allstar game. bryant was struck in the face, his nose broken by dwyane wade. his status officially day-to-day. he'll be re-examined today. >>> now to last night's game action. timberwolves at clippers in l.a. derrick williams scoring early and often for minnesota. the fourth quarter, beasley put on a scoring show, including seven three-pointers between them without a miss. william and beasley each had 27 points. as the t-wolves won it 109-97. >>> in college ball, fifth ranked michigan state and number 18 indiana, the hoosiers cody zeller led the way with a big jam en route victor oladipo drove down the lane for a slam as indiana scored a big ten upset 70-55. it was the hoosiers' third win over a top five team this season. >>> finally, the nfl season will kick off a day early this year and you can thank president obama for it. the league has moved the season's opening game to

coast, the pacific northwest. just like jefferson had proph y propheci prophecied. so this idea of manifest destiny and jefferson's empire liberty, americans would take any opportunity short of war to poe tess this land. within a few years the stars an stripes will fly from the atlantic to the pacific just as jefferson had predicted. thank you so much. questions? questions? i don't think i ran over. we teachers have a tendency to talk onned a ne ed a ad nauseamo keep it short and speak. you make them up and i'll make up answers. no one? hey. that's easy for me then. thank you so much. >> thank you, dr. smith. come on, be thinking of those. you can get on tv. oh, we do have a question. >> yes, ma'am. >> i just wanted to know why the african-americans were not named as fighters in the 1812 war. because they did not all come here as slaves. thomas jefferson was a malatto. >> i'm so glad you asked me that question. i'm a scholar of the war of 1812 and i just finished a manuscript on african-americans in the war. i can

that's your pacific event of the day. >> all right.s so much. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. this year's "sports illustrated" swim suit issue is out. 19-year-old kate upton is just one who has appeared on the coveted cover of the swim suit edition. kate's uncle is a michigan congressman. her great grandfather was one of the founders of whirlpool. >> that explains it. >> stop. >>> elsewhere, paul mccartney and wife nancy stopped by the beverley hilton hotel monday to lay a bouquet of roses for whitney houston. >>> believe it or not a trending topic on twitter after the grammys is, who is paul mccartney? >>> and uggie was named top dog in a movie last night in hollywood at the first ever golden collar awards. bet you haven't been paying attention since i first revealed the cover. you've done your research. you've been figuring it outs. >> letterman had them on last night. i saw a clip of that. she's going to be on the "today" show this morning. yes, i've done my research. >> you have definitely. >>

invasions in the southwest pacific continue. to the commander, these hard fought steps zigzagging -- finally having gained the northwest part of the islands, there was no question in his mind as to the next objective. what the president, the commander in chief, was not so sure in a meeting in hawaii in 1944, where shall we go, douglas, to russia or the philippines? one less tangible reason for going into the philippines, said macarthur, on moral grounds, we have to support the filipinos, our allies and friends, the decision was made. lady gulf, lawsuit macarthur had made a survey of this area, it's potentiality and needs in case of war. now off of the star board was lady again. once more, the enemy had not been ready for an attack. the commander watched with growing gratification. with the help guerrilla -- searching and surprising the enemies. now on the beaches of lady, a seemingly limitless supply of men and equipment, carefully laid plans. directing the attack, the general seemed to be everywhere at once. every day at some p

his hand shake across the pacific with chairman mao t mao tse tung and chairman li brought to a close of the long essflaengt between the two countries. in the past 33 years since establishment of diplomatic ties the friendship between our two peoples has deepened, mutual beneficial cooperation has expanded and our interests have become increasingly interconnected. all of this have brought benefits to our two peoples and greatly promoted peace, stability and prosperity in the asian/pacific and the world at large. despite some twists and turns, china-u.s. relations have on the whole kept moving forward. just like an unstoppable river that keeps surging ahead. what has happened tells us that at a time when people throughout the world call for peace and development, china-u.s. friendship accords with the general trend and popular well. it's a cause that cannot be stopped or reversed. ladies and gentlemen, china-u.s. relations are now at a new historical starting point in this second decade of the 21st century. in january last year president hu jintao reached an important agreement with pr

that's your pacific event of the day. >> bill, thanks so much. here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. chris brown and rihanna has united. at least on twitter. the former couple exchanged tweets yesterday when he wished her a happy birthday and then she thanked him. they also released collaborated remixes of two of their songs. it's one of the first times the pair have addressed each other via twitter since brown's infamous 2009 pre-grammy assault on her. >>> a study of academy award voters is saying it's not a diverse group that hands out hollywood's highest honors. the "los angeles times" found 94% of the academy's voting members are white and 77% are men. >>> finally, fresh off news of her upcoming "snl" appearance, lindsay lohan has been cast to play elizabeth taifylor in an upcoming made-for-tv movie about her stormy romance with actor richard burton. >>> this comes to us from wfla in tampa, florida, where a u.s. marine got a hero's welcome. he arrived to the cheers of hundreds of people. it marked just another mi

second, we have to rebalance our global posture and presence to emphasize asia pacific and the middle east. these are the areas of greatest concern in the future. third, for the rest of the world, we need to build innovative partnerships and strengthen key alliances and key partnerships from europe to latin america to africa. fourth, we'll ensure that we have the capability to quickly confront and defeat aggression from any adversary any time anywhere. and fifth, this can't just be about cuts. it has to be about investments. what do we protect and prioritize in terms of investments, in technology and new capabilities? as well as our capacity to grow, adapt and mobilize as needed? while sharing this strategy and shaping this strategy, we didn't want to make this mistakes of the past. every time we've gone through the drawdowns there have been serious mistakes that have been made. our goal is to maintain the strongest military in the world. to not hollow out the force, that's extremely force. to not hollow out the force which means to maintain a lors force structure and cut training and

the end was inevitable and finally it came, first in europe, then quickly in the pacific. the second conflict to bear the name of world war was over. once again, hundreds of thousands came gratefully home. others remained in ground they had bought and paid for with the ultimate currency of life itself. unlike the doughboy of world war i, the serviceman returning from europe or the pacific was not so quick to believe that the conflict just ended had ended war for all time. but he did know this, forces which had once again threatened to destroy his way of life had been defeated, and that way of life preserved. and he knew, too, that without him it could not have been done. korea, june, 1950. for the first time the armed aggression was that of a communist enemy. the answer was clear and emphatic. through years of what became stalemate combat, while true stocks wore on, men did what had to be done. constant patrolling, fighting again and again over the same bits of splintered ground day and night. in the end, the point had been made once again, that aggression against free men

model shows how the debris has now spread past midway island, across an ever wider section of the pacific. as currents carry it toward hawaii and west coast of north america. tracking its movement. >> it's not a floating mass of trash or debris, i should say, but rather it is dispursed over a large region of the pacific ocean. >> the floating remnants of the tsunami are so dispursed it's hard to distinguish from other floating trash. it's estimated that some of the debris could show up in the hawaiian coast early next year. by 2014, could reach the mainland. most likely washington, oregon, and alaska. oceanographers say, however, that 95% of the tsunami debris is destined to be caught up in the circular current of the pacific. never making it here to shore. but somewhere along the american coast, the remains of fishing boats of the wreckage of lost homes will wash ashore. along with other remnants of japan's terrible loss. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> it could be harder to predict a tsunami, like the one that caused millions of dollars to damage last march. the white house

a pacific system is moving into this area and bringing torrential rain starting late tonight. the sierras may see more than 20 centimeters of snow in one day. in the southern tip of florida, we will see thunder thundershowers through tuesday. here are highs expected on tuesday. the eastern seaboard still on the warmer side. 13 degrees expected in d.c. a 17n atnta. finally let's go over to europe. a very strong and very large siberian high pressure system is still blanketing much of the continent, bringing biting cold conditions. unfortunately it is going to stay here awhile, so cold conditions continue throughout the week. and we have a very active low pressure system in the eastern mediterranean, and it is continuously bringing in thundershowers as well as snow, and gusty winds. as you can see, the lin are ose together meaning fierce winds are blowing in the balkan peninsula and italy. in bulgaria, winds reached 140 kilometers per hour, but unfortunately those stormy conditions will persist here throughout tuesday. here are the highs expected on tuesday. minus 2 in paris. min

especially towards the asia pacific region. as you stated and i quote, "the future of politics will be decided in asia, not in afghanistan or iraq." and the united states will will be right at the center of the action.efforts, i believe the united states will be front and center. so i thank you for bucking tradition for your first trip overseas. on your first trip overseas, you visited asia to convey a strong message that america's relationship across the asia pacific region are indispensable. and in your many trips since then from vietnam to cambodia, to meyanmar and japan and beyon, you're about the business of making and keeping commitments that will pay dividends many times over. a plaud you for recognizing the importance of the pacific island nations in this multifaceted undertaking and that the context of this hearing to the foreign relations budget, i reiterate what you have stated. i quote, those who say that we can no longer afford to engage with the world have it backwards. we cannot afford not to. from opening new ma

a new pacific system will move into british columbia and the pacific northwest bringing stormy conditions later tonight. across california, it's dealing with torrential rain, but that will move toward the south, so it will turn dry, including the los angeles areas on wednesday. expected highs on wednesday are looking like this, across the eastern seaboard, temperatures are starting to drop into more typical levels. 4 degrees in d.c., the same goes for new york. finally over to europe. the dominant and strong siberian peninsula continuing to cover much of the continent bringing biting cold conditions. it will likely stay here throughout the week, and in fact the cold wave is starting to impact the south. we will show you the figures in just a moment. meanwhile, stormy conditions are continuing in the mediterranean countries. heavy snow in greece and heavy rain in italy. in addition to that, strong winds and thompls cannot be ruled out. in fact, those conditions will likely stay here throughout the week. and out towards the west, rain in ireland will be moving into scotland on wednesday mor

a pacific system is moving into this area and bringing torrential rain starting late tonight. the sierras may see more than 20 centimeters of snow in one day. in the southern tip of florida, we will see thunder thundershowers through tuesday. here are highs expected on tuesday. the eastern seaboard still on the warmer side. 13 degrees expected in d.c. and 17 in atlanta. finally let's go over to europe. a very strong and very large siberian high pressure system is still blanketing much of the continent, bringing biting cold conditions. unfortunately it is going to stay here awhile, so cold conditions continue throughout the week. and we have a very active low pressure system in the eastern mediterranean, and it is continuously bringing in thundershowers as well as snow, and gusty winds. as you can see, the lines are close together, meaning fierce winds are blowing in the balkan peninsula and italy. in bulgaria, winds reached 140 kilometers per hour, but unfortunately those stormy conditions will persist here throughout tuesday. here are the highs expected on tuesday. minus 2 in

army pacific spoke exclusively to nhk world about the drel and the current security concerns in this region. >> hi, how are you? >> lieutenant general francis rischinski has been the top soldier in the asia pacific region for nearly a year. he's now leading his troops through one of their most important an noonualannual yama. it is making sure that we have the process right and making sure we have the systems right and then we can operate in a wide variety and wide spectrum of military operations and that goes from humanitarian disaster relief like we saw in march with the tragedy or defense of japan. >> the main objective of the exercise is to build better working relations with u.s. and japanese soldiers. >> but this year's drillects th administration's new defense plan for the asia pacific. the president announced earlier last month the american military will strengthen its presence in the region. the u.s. and japan invited members of the military to observe their exercise for the first time. the drill is based on the assumption a fictitious country invades japan. lessons could be