continuing with the asia-pacific theme, could you identify key american interests in the asia-pacific as it is today, and how american naval power might be deployed to address those interests. and within that rubric, specifically the south china sea. >> i think i just mentioned some of the key american interests, not only in the western pacific, the south china sea, but everywhere, which is free movement of ships and goods, free -- freedom of navigation. the straits of malaca and 40% of the world's trade goes through those straits annually. we for the good of the economy not only of north america, but for the world need to make sure that those -- those sea-lanes remain open, that they remain free from piracy or any other sort of things that might block them. we are going to -- as i said, have had a persistent presence. we have a carrier homeported in japan. we have an amphibious ready group in southern japan. we have marines and air assets. i think you'll see in the future our newest ships being deployed to singapore. you'll see other assets being deployed for lift for our marines whi

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

asian pacific heritage month and the landscape as we are today. with the ever-changing population, with the political landscape, heck, we even saw the first chinese american nba player, and we are proud to be part of it and celebrate throughout the month of may. so thank you very much for having us. [applause] >> we have our returning heritage champion, pacific gas and electric represented by ontario smith. ontario? and pg&e has been there since day one. [applause] [applause] and next joining us at the heritage partners level we have rebecca delgado representing the academy of universities. is rebecca here? [applause] and representing at&t we have jason chan. jason? jason is probably busy making phone calls. right here. [applause] and representing bank of america, rosana lunge. [applause] and representing croft , ron lowe, ron? [applause] we have mcdonald's and their representative did not make it and the last one on the list, ross bargo who has been with us for many years, tracy tran, tracy? [applause] tracy has not made it yet. so really, thank

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

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pacific islanders grew 29%. by comparison, latinos, a healthy rate of growth, 28%, native americans at 15, african-americans at 17. in contrast, the nonhispanic white population decreased 5% over the past decade. so while asian-americans are geographically disbursed throughout the states, they're more concentrated in urban centers. over one quarter of california's asian-american population, nearly 1.5 million foekts, live in los angeles county alone. yet asian-americans in other counties are growing at much faster rates. among the ten counties with the largest asian-american pom lagses, asian-americans are growing fastest in places like riverside, sacramento, contra costa, orange and san diego counties. while asian-american communities in los angeles and san francisco continue to grow, those peripheral urban centers are growing at much faster rates. historically growth in asian mary khan communities has been due to immigration. this means disproportionate numbers of asian-americans are foreign born. asian-americ

but our second priority is our relationship with the asia-pacific region and when we talk about asia-pacific, we are talking about from the indian subcontinent to the americas. we want to expand it the aperture of what this means to the united states. so we are helping lead a governmentwide effort to build a new network of relationships and insti tuitions that spans the pacific to complement is the success of our durable atlantic partnership. we are strengthening our alliances in asia, launching new strategic dialogues and coming initiatives, creating and joining important, multilateral institutions to underscore that america is and will remain a pacific power. in the coming century, no region will be more con see wental to america's future. this is not just a concern for eap, it's also for you know, wha and sca, but it's really for all of us because the security and economic interestsing will affect everything we do everywhere. so we have to engage you in our efforts. and we've reached out to, for example, eur to help us with an asia dialogue with the eu. we're working hard with our friends

and he came up to san francisco to work on the pan pacific exploration exploration of and any found a home and send info so they worked at the pan pacific exposition for over a year and its many beautiful paintings for the california building at the exposition. >>> were going to see some of those and a bit after the break but basically this is the stations at the san affiliation that's one of the things that we will see and then talking about some paintings that he did for the pan pacific exposition >>> and then of course st. peter and paul beautiful church. we're going to take a short break and will be back with more and this time bring pictures. >>> beginning of the picture of his grandfather hector about aholt how old was he when this picture was taken? >>> it was taken to the end of this life 1949 about the timing was working on his church of saint peter and paul twitter use the traces works and down about two and 50 of them. >>> identified about to end the to include the ones lost 70 years. >>> this is george director of communications public policy for the archdiocese and we wel

pacific now for decades. at least since world war ii we had any continuing a persistent presence there. we are going to insist in freedom of navigation and insist on making sure that goods and ideas can move freely and openly. not only there, but around the world. we can do that better together. the fact that we are in the western pacific is not new. it is something that is a part of what we have done for decades and will continue to do for decades to come. we are moving our marines from a concentration in okinawa to guam as a rotational force into australia because we have trained with the australians again for decades and we will continue to do that. we also are going to continue to be very act of in the region and doing things like partnership building and humanitarian assistance. our marines get a request for humanitarian assistance or disaster relief on an average of once every three weeks. and many of those are in the pacific and we'll have our forces where they need to be in order to get those things d

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

a lot of pacific moisture anywhere from central california.here's some awfully wet weather down for us in the portland area. that mountain snow is here. we could see some very nasty and wet weather up there. we're dealing with a lot of cool temperatures. we're quiet and dry in l.a. you'll see the sunshine this afternoon high at 64. phoenix looking good at 85. a wet, friday forecast. highs at 48 in seattle. that's a look at at the it is a wet and grey day in the pacific northwest. >> thanks so much. coming up, the day of the ipad. more good news on the job front. and i'll take green catchup with those fries? you'll explain. >> it's not the 21 jump street you can remember. but it is expected to take the top spot this weekend on the box office. >> a slew of nba and, yeah, march madness. you 'watching early today. >>> good morning, and welcome back to early today. north korea says today it will launch a long-range rocket mounted with a satellite. the provocative move comes only weeks after a moratorium on long range missile tests. united nation's

. >>> officials have a warning for residents on the pacific coast. they say a tsunami could overwhelm sea walls at half of the major ports if another strong earthquake occurs offshore. scientists conducted simulations for tsunami after the one last march destroyed sea walls at many ports. they estimate the damage following an earthquake in tokyo with maximum magnitude of 8.4 or one in southern and central of 8.9. it shows the sea wall at kochi port would be hit by a 12 meter high tsunami. the wall at hidaka, about 6 meters high, would face a 10 meter wave. the findings show that a 5 meter sea wall at one port in western japan would be hit by tsunami 12 meters high. the 6 meter wall at another port in the region would face a 10 meter wave. the ministry plans to reinforce the existing barriers to reduce possible impact of bigger tsunami. one of the major headaches for the japanese government has been how to deal with vast amount of debris from last year's disaster. prime minister yoshihiko noda planned to give financial support to those accepting the b

off balance, trying to end pacification -- american pacification programs, trying to break the army. but they suffer a lot of casualties doing this. and it isn't having the effect that they think it's going to have. they think they're going to break the american and the south vietnamese will by doing this, but it's not happening. and by the end of 1967, the north in a lot of ways, a lot of the leadership's becoming disillusioned. they don't seem to be winning the war. they're having to replace all their losses by sending troops from the north. they're beginning to see alienation in the south among the southern supporters of the war because they look at all these north vietnamese forces coming down and they say this is just the north taking over. plus, the leadership in the south begins to fray. again, they're not seeing success. they're taking a lot of casualties. in may of 1967, general tanh, he looks at the situation. army. he thinks they can't protect the pacification efforts. what you'll get out of this is a decision once again by the north to go to phase iii. and he wants to lau

as we rebalance and realign our presence in the asia pacific, it is important we not only get strategy right, but also get sustainability right. this is particularly true for the marine corps. with respect to the relialignme to the marines on okinawa, we present goals to the u.s. military posture in the region and accounting for the physical and diplomatic realities together with the sustainability with the long-term realities. last year, they announced they intend to amend the plan. including the de-linking of the marines off okinawa and the replacement facility and adjusting the unit composition and the number of marines that wi as the details of the changes are finalized, it is important that any changes be jointlywith japan with the goal of achieving a more viable and sustainable u.s. presence in japan and on guam. as we discussed the budget issues here at home, our thoughts we all deeply regret the tragic loss of civilian life in afghanistan, apparently caused by one of our soldiers last week. the investigation into the incident needs to go forward expeditiously and transparently

officials with the pacific tsunami warning center? hawaii issued an advisory for a tsunami off the pacific coast but the threat has passed. >>> asian leaders are lining up to increase the pressure on north korea. officials there plan to fire a rocket next month. regional powers are trying to agree on how to get them to stop the launch. north korean officials say they plan to fire the rocket between april 12th and the 16th. the first stage of the rocket is expected to fall into a 30 by 80-kilometer area in the yellow sea off south korea. the second section could fall into the pacific ocean some 130 kilometers off the philippines. >> we hope that the launch will not result in uncertainty and instability for the region and it is also our hope that the six-party talks can be convened so that the interest of all concerned can be addressed. >> the department of foreign affairs has reportedly instructed the philippine embassy in beijing on monday to convey its concerns to the north korean government. >>> the united states has shown the media

i applaud you for recognizing the importance of pacific island nations in this multifaceted undertaking and in the context of this hearing with the foreign relations budget hearing i reiterate what you stated and i quote, those who say we can no longer afford to engage with the world have it exactly backward. we cannot afford not to. opening new markets for american businesses, to kurk nuclear proliferation to keep sea lanes free from commerce and navigation, our work abroad holds the key to our prosperity and security at home, end of quote. i want to also note for the record, madam secretary, that when american samoa and independent samoa were hit by the most powerful earthquake in 2009 and that set off waves of tsunami and to this day have not fully recovered, yet your office was among the first to stand with us. you fought to make sure supplies were airlifted to us and tireless efforts of those do not go unnoticed. i thank assistant secretary dave adams for his help in this regard. you personally made it a point to visit my little district. on behalf of samoan men and women who proud

sort things out the pacific garden country. i was pushed out. the basics of just mother she's been around during peace activist last starts in my blood and i feel a sponsor for the sea to continue that way. i have this funny memory of mum buying a crane piece sticking to it put on it when the news of the rainbow warrior and the fake terrorism. however on a part that was on a peaceful mission and really sort of shocked while tears living in a safe country i think it's the younger generation that teaching the next generation a legacy of hunt really there's a saying that we have given young people especially on actually policy because this treaty is since we actually passed the law and we want to young people to know about the law because any was only four when the law was passed. from the old tyson's hands i could see a fix to just say most workers. and that's. what. i have here is. that things were. not on the surface when the family say they knew that the it's all right. listening to the stories both people that mum and. peacemakers in israel an

sort things out the pacific garden country. i was pushed out from the higher the pace it was mother she's been around during peace activist the last thirty years so it's in my blood and i feel a sponsor for the seat to continue that way. i hope it's funny memory of mum buying a cream place stickers that you put on it windows of the rainbow warrior and the face of terrorism and now i am however on a pipe that was on a peaceful mission and really search so quiet here living in a safe country i think it's the younger generation that teaching the next generation and you can see it hope really the strength that we have given young people especially on actually a good policy because this treaty is since we actually passed the rule and we want to young people to know about the law because any was only four when the law was passed. on the old ties his hands i could see it's interesting because we're focused on. nothing in this day and it's what. i feel this is the way that things were. not on the surface and in the bin laden tape they

>> no, to san francisco to work on the pan pacific exhibit in 1915. he worked at the pan pacific exhibition for a year and he did many beautiful paintings for the california building at the exposition. >> we're going to see some of the paintings in a bit here after the break. >> basically, this is the station at center for mission, correct? >> that's one of the things we'll see. then, we'll talk about some paintings that he did for the pan pacific exposition? >> yes, and then, saints peter and paul. >> so, we're going to take a short break and we'll be coming back with more and this time, we'll bring pictures. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] your glass of tap water can go farther than you think. just $1 for tap water can help unicef provide clean, safe water for 40 kids in need. ♪ >>> how old was he when this picture was taken? >> this was in about 1949. he was working on the church of saint's peter and paul. >> you've been tracing his works and you found about 250 of them? >> we've identified about 250 of them including the ones that were lost over the year

let me go into a subseven miles into the pacific or fly into space. just go to the beach. >>> this comes to us from whdl seven news in boston. in yar mouth, one potential juror had an excuse to not do his civic duty. that's because jacob is 9 years old. that didn't stop him from getting a smons, his first reaction? what is jury duty? a census worker messed up jac jacob's birthday. jacob also got a summons when he was 2. oops. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> well, if you're afraid of heights, consider yourself lucky you don't play for the sydney sin fony orchestra. the trumpet section took to the top of the steel bridge to celebrate its birthday. at over 400 feet above the harbor, members held on tight as morning commuters zipped by underneath. they managed to still play tunes like "chariots of fire" and made it sound great. >>> one fox in canada has nestled into an unlikely new home. instead of the typical underground fox den, the animal has taken to the trees, making a crow's n

so we will emphasize asia pacific and the middle east. the strategic guidance made clear that we must protect capabilities needed to project power in asia pacific and the middle east. these are the areas where we obviously, as you know just by picking up the newspaper, these are the places that can represent the greatest threats to our security. for that reason, we maintain the current bomber fleet. we maintain our aircraft carrier fleet at a long term level at 11 ships and 10 air wings. we maintain the big deck amphibious fleet. we enhance our army and marine corps in the pacific and a strong presence in the middle east. third, for elsewhere in the world, and we have responsibilities elsewhere, we can't ignore europe or latin america or africa. what we have recommended is that we built innovative partnerships and strengthen key alliances and partnerships in those areas. it makes -- the strategy makes clear that even though asia pacific and the middle east represent areas of growing strategic priority, the united states will strengthen it

. >> and this is at a time obviously where we're shifting our focus to the asia-pacific region and, of course, this is an important capability to have in that region. but not only in that region, but we've talked about the importance in the middle east and other areas around the world. >> yes, senator. and with the submarines we have, the asia-pacific would get the attention, so it's the rest of the world that we have to pay as you said particular attention to. >> well, we have other hot areas that we would want to do, not only focus on the asia-pacific but, of course, the middle east and other areas around the world, our own homeland as well, is that right, admiral? >> that's right, senator. >> well, i'm hopeful -- i'm very concerned about the proposal in the '13 budget about where this will bring our production rate, and i think that's something that we have to look at very carefully in this committee. i have to ask you an important question, would you be proposing this production rate but for us handing you a number in the budget control act? >> this was a budgetary process. i mean,

pacific, we are talking about from the indian subcontinent to the americas. we want to expand the appeertur of what this means to the united states. so we want to be a range of institutions to expands the pacific that complements the success of our durable partnership. we areen asia, watching new strategic dialogues and ni initiatives, enjoying new latitudes to underscore that america is and will remain a pacific power. in the coming century, no region will be more consequenceal to america's future. it's not just a concern for uap, it's also for wha and sca, but it's really for all of us. because the security and economic interest will affect everything we do everywhere. so we have to engage you in our efforts, and we have reached out to, for example, eur to help us with an asia dialogue with the eu. we're working hard with our friends in latin america to expand their reach to asia, but to do so in a way that helps themselves and not just creates a market for natural resources. we should engage everyone as partners to work to establish a rules-based order for