you for helping us kickoff the next month of great celebrations we have worked out with our asian pacific american heritage month celebration committee a celebration of great milestones have been remind we have a lot of milestones coming up whether that is this year's forgetting celebration of soulcy city 50 years with the asian art museum aj is here or about next year but 60 years of our sister city yes and, of course, one hundred and 10 years with our japantown so a lot of milestones to celebrate (clapping.) i don't know if you knew this i celebrated with the burmese just beginning to this about and understand they're new democracy they're trying for we'll have a lot of interest so thank you for every single board of supervisors commissioner peskin supervisor wiener pr katie tang and supervisor yee and supervisor mar am i missing anyone yeah chair hennessy welcome and more importantly to you and sponsors of many different events that goes on this for the entire month i know a lot of you are just representing a whole bunch of groups. >> by the way, i started meg with sf and that is a who

if not thank you so much for coming and the would the members of the asian pacific american heritageonth we'll take a group picture so you, you will go through there and try to do this efficiently thank you, everyone thank >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the regular meeting of the san francisco planning commission francisco planning commission monday, april 25, any kind. proceedings. and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. i'd like to call roll at this time. commissioner president fong commissioner vice president richards commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner moore and commissioner wu we do expect commissioner johnson to arrive shortly commissioners, the first item on your agenda item one for continuance at 21st street discretionary review is proposed for continuance to june 16, 2016,

♪ >>> celebrating asian american and pacific islanders heritage. >> hello and welcome.uring the month of may we celebrate and recognize the rich heritage of asian americans and pacific islanders and their contributions to our country. this is a time when we pay tribute to the generations of asian americans and pacific islanders, whose diverse and lasting legacy has enriched this country's history. today we share some of their storie stories. first, critics call dana burgess a national treasure. he is rooted in washington where he founded his own dance company identity, bringine narrative of pacific islander narrative to the stage. now he's collaborating with the smithsonian. >> i was just blown away by it. >> in the halls of the national portrait gallery with mark anthony, michael j. fox, he stands tall, his image reflecting the strength, grace and determination of a choreographer and dancer who has become a fixture in the washington community. >> i'm not just representing myself and the dance community, but bringing an asian american perspective to the collection itsel

and on the other hand, the -- that area now in the pacific -- the pacific is extremely- -- extremely dangerous with china encroaching on other seaways and extending its reach into the pacific at a time when japan itself is very much concerned about it. it has to rely on the united states and its nuclear deter rent. so these are complicated issues. i think there's a great deal of ambivalence on the part particularly of japan and on the parts of a lot of people inside japan. on the one hand, they don't want nuclear weapons. the threat of war is always there and everybody in the pacific remembers exactly what happened 70 and 80 years ago. and on the other hand, they need the might of the united states. the friendship. they use the might of the united states and its nuclear deterrent to prevent conflag race in -- conflagration in the area. you know, we didn't enter the war -- second world war until the war in europe had already been going only for two years. >> right. >> and the war in the pacific had been going on for ten years before we ever entered it. so our participation in all of t

the asia pacific region is growing as fast as anyplace around the world. it is a young and dynamic region. it is full of entrepreneurial spirit, and you're seeing new companies and new jobs being created constantly. so the united states wants to be a part of that, and we historically have had good relations with many countries in this region. we want to make sure that as vietnam grows and becomes more prosperous and achieves greater opportunity, that the young people of vietnam have a chance to partner with the young people of the united states, trading, exchanging ideas, working on scientific projects, starting businesses together. because i think that will be good for both countries. and we think that it is important from our perspective that as a leader in asean, that we engage vietnam bilaterally because we want to continue to strengthen our cooperation with the multilateral organizations like the east asia summit and asean where we think we've seen some very real progress over the last several years on everything from commercial issues to disease cont

the asia pacific region is growing as fast as any place around the world. it is a young and dynamic region. full of spirit. you are seeing new companies and jobs being created constantly. the united states wants to be a part of that. we want to make sure that as vietnam grows and achieves greater opportunity the young people of vietnam have a chance to partner with the young people of the united states, trading, working on scientific projects, starting businesses together. i think that will be good for both countries. and we think that it is important from our perspective that as a lead er that we engag vietnam bilaterally because we want to continue to strengthen our cooperation with the multilateral organizations like the east asia summit where we think we have seen very real progress over the last several years on everything from commercial issues to disease control to humanitarian issues. one of the things that we increasingly discover is that it is harder and harder to solve problems by ourselves. it is much easier to tackle big problems like climate c

as well as the pacific islands of melanesia, micronesia, and polynesia. the people and cultures of this region have added significantly to the rich diversity of the bay area. abc7's kristen sze is here now with leaders in our local apa community. >> thank you, cheryl. we have a great group for today's show. nick kuwada is staff attorney with asian law alliance, based in santa clara county. masashi niwano is festival & exhibitions director for center for asian american media. and elise maar -- former senior associate director of admissions to stanford. now, we brought you all here because your expertise will really help us understand some issues that are very important. we're talking about timely and relevant to asian-americans -- and also the broader bay area community, of course. we're talking about this election year, presidential election, so we want to talk about voting, getting out the vote. also, this year is the "oscars so white" controversy, so we want to bring in the issue of media representation of asian-americans. and, of course, something that

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. >> hi everyone and welcome to visions 2016, our celebration of asian and pacific islander history and culture. we are at maido, a marketplace of japan in ardmore. and we're going to show you around in just a bit but first let's head to philadelphia's old city for a lantern festival that's steeped in ancient chinese tradition. every evening, as the sun sets on franklin square, the park lights up. >> the chinese lantern festival, it already has been thousands of years of history in china. >> historically, the festival was available only to china's very wealthy families but more recently, it's become a new year's celebration for the masses. >> and this is the first time ever, the festival has been staged in the northeastern united states. >> happy birthday to you. >> it's a celebration marking 10 years since the rebirth of the square that sits on the border of chinatown. >> this was essentially a park where no one, no kids were allowed to play. it was a park that you really didn't want to go to at night. >> now, nighttimes in the square are aglow with 25 illuminated lantern sets, giant f

a pacific nation -- we are a pacific nation. our relationships and agreements and the military presence in the region have made us and asia-pacific stakeholder forever. china has also suggested that we separate the issues involved in the south china sea from our broader relationship, but the united states cannot do such a thing. china's actions their challenge than a mental principles, and we fundamentalallenge principles, and we cannot look the other way. i want to be clear, our vision for the future of the region is not at odds with the interest of china or any other country. indeed, we welcome the emergence of a peaceful state and prosperous china. inplays a responsible role world affairs. the u.s. does not seek confrontation with china or do we have many shared interests in a productive and broad relationship, including one standing military to military ties, ties which i hope to strengthen. throught years confidence building measures and multilateral exercises like one this summer, we have made great in reducing the risk of

it's called pacification. it introduced community-based police units to many favelas that are close to tourist areas. it's aim: to push out the violent drug gangs that operated here in advance of brazil's debut on the world stage with the 2014 world cup and, in two months' time: the olympics. babilonia and chapeau manguira together became the poster children of rio's transformation. crime dropped, new businesses opened, catering to tourists. police would walk around with their weapons holstered. dignitaries like u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon and media like me were taken here to show off the project's success. but that success is now under threat. pacification is in crisis. the first time i came to this favela three years ago, it was safe. it was known as the disneyland favela. this time, residents refusing to talk to us because they've been threatened by drug traffickers. and the only way we can come is with heavily armed police. these pacification units known as u.p.p.s now walk around ready for battle.

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join a conversation about united states policy in the asia-pacific region. at noon, a relationship between the -- a discussion about the relationship he between product to be and wages. that is from the heritage foundation at 12 noon. >> our campaign 2016 bus continues to travel throughout country to recognize winners from this year's student cam competition. recently it went to massachusetts, to foxboro, where all of the students from first arough eighth grade went to ceremony to honor seventh graders for their honorable mention video. the bus also stopped in ludlow to recognize honorable mention winners and a wintering -- a winning video. lgt --ther video, about og bt rights. a were recognized and received $250 for their video. a special thank you to comcast and charter communications for helping to coordinate these visits. you can see all of the winning videos at student cam.org. announcer: our look at commencement speeches continues now with filmmaker and activist spike lee. he spoke to her graduates of johns hopkins university in baltimore where he urge

our newest warfare ships, all the pacific. the budget invests significantly and payloads and platforms critical to the rebalance like the long-range antiship missile, the virginia class submarine , new undersea drones as well as areas like cyber electronic warfare in space and the planners and strategists are also developing new and innovative operational concepts. dod maintains world leading capabilities because we have made and comparable investments over decades and are budget this year does the same, decades more for anyone to build the kind of military capability the united states possesses today. the strength is not simply about dollar figures. it is about harnessing those dollars for tremendous innovative and technological culture that only the united states asked. in doing so to develop revolutionary technology. the us military also has unrivaled, and this is important, and hard-earned operational experience gathered over the last 15 years. no other militaryno other military possesses this kind of skill and agility bac

they go to the caribbean and they come around the pacific low lands. is a symbol for the biological corridor. on their journey they always need trees where they can rest. at lower altitudes is not so easy. the costa rican government is working with experts to try to draw as many species here as possible. she explains the idea of the biological corridor. >> to connect the cloud forest to the mangroves on the coast. more than 16,000 hectares. working with private landowners. >> that is just one of 128 connecting corridors that are to be set up across the country. one quarter of costa rica's land surface is under some form of protection. holding talks with the owners of large plantations. reforestation is also underway. at the other end of the biological corridor on the pacific coast. a hotspot for ecotourism. the hidden paradise. artificial flowers lined the route. >> what makes the reforestation projects are successful is that the mangroves are natural to the area. >> this is the red mangrove tree that grows mainly here. we're using it for reforestation

if not thank you so much for coming and the would the members of the asian pacific american heritage month we'll take a group picture so you, you will go through there and try to do this efficiently thank you, everyone thank >> good evening welcome to the wednesday, april 27, 2016, meeting of the san francisco board of appeals the presiding officer this evening commissioner honda he's joined by commissioner ann lazarus. >> commissioner wilson commissioner fung will be here momentumly and commissioner swig will be absent to my left is tom a city attorney and provide legal advice at the controls it did legal assistant gary and i'm cynthia goldstein the board's executive director. we have also joined by representatives from the we're joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. sitting at the table in the front is scott sanchez the zoning administrator and also here representing the planning department and planning commission and we should be joined by senior builder inspector the please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones and other

and happy asian pacific american heritage month. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. denham, for five minutes. mr. denham: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize latino emergency counsel as we celebrate its 10th year anniversary. since their founding in 2006, they have provided exemplary service in promoting emergency preparedness and communication with the latino community in california. it was conceived in the fall of 2005 as a partnership between the haveg leadership council, stainislas. y of it was to form a communication channel with leadership from the latino community and the county for emergency services in the event we have an emergency. the organization is a leader in emergency communication response as well as personal emergency preparedness. the l.e.c. distributes community -- emergency preparedness information throughout the community in nonemergency situations and offers training to the community as a means of building community capacity and self-reliance in emergency situat

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>>> hello and welcome to "asian pacific america." i'm robert handa your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi-tv. some important upcoming events and up-and-comers. we start with a huge celebration of vietnamese art and culture taking place in san jose. it is always a grand spectacle, and we will talk about the festivities and cultural significance. then we highlight a big event by the largest provider of services for japanese-american seniors in san francisco as well as other parts of the bay area. the group is handing out its spirit award soon. we will talk about the spirit behind the spirit awards and the celebration that comes with it. >>> and we love honoring young high achievers in our community. today we score an ace by spotlighting katherine su, a young, accomplished golfer. we'll talk about her recent victories and bright future. and viewers know our tradition of highlighting cultural and artistic performances. award winning musician rachel, a ch cellist who has performed at carnegie hall in new york and in london.

the current plan shows fronting bedrooms of the units those decks are poor design and run krntd to pacific avenue controls that is a intend to preserve the liveable of the patterns the neighborhood special circumstances of other neighborhoods blocks in the building an larkin and mccormick sit tight with a orient with the mid block open space. >> thank you. >> my name is kenny live on mccormick street it recent explained to us by a planner who worked for thirty years non-structural rooms in buildings have a limit useful life and will be torn down over time to mac make way for the structures that follows the rules of zoning district in this situation those are railways dated from 1960 things get old and torn down and other buildings were constructed question live in a time the exorbitant heirs rules and it is possible and economically feasible to connect a large new edition so 0 century old building this is a property owner with a non-complying structure or building phlebnew rules thank you. >> we represent between indicate and broadway the proposed project on pavlgz pacific avenue is within

and in taking control of the northern pacific he came to control the immense land-grant. this was an immense amount of property that the federal government gave to the railroad as an inducement to build rail lines. so in return for building the line the northern pacific received about 40 million acres of western land. an area greater than the size of florida. part of the land grab essentially from portland, oregono tacoma, washington between 1870 and 1873, the rail line that roughly parallels i five today. the land-grant extended out 40 miles on either side. mount saint helens about 40 miles east. the mountain erupted, the top of the volcano was still on by the railroad. on january 31900, a few days and they announced one of the largest private land purchases in us history. for $6 an acre he and his business partners but almost a million acres of timber land, and with the purchase they made to fill in the area, he almost all of land between what yesterday i five and mount saint helens. and this was one of the greatest investments that anyone is ever made anywhere after co

>>> hello, and welcome to asia pacific america, i'm robert handa, your host, and cozy tv. we celebrate community stars, making their presence known now and for the future. the winners in our annual growing up asia in america contest. >>> bay area contest, for being feature in the movie almost famous, reporter and editor for rolling stone magazine, we focus on beng torres. >>> i had the honor of being the mc for a ceremony at the asian art museum for the annual growing up ash yan and reminded us how far the contest has come in 21 years. >>> the goal remains the same. k through 12 students by providing a create i have outlet in video to express what it's like to grow up asian in america. give someone a medal. winners were then award gold medals. joining us now are three people who played a big part in the ceremonies, first, the driving force behind the contest, audry yamato, president and executive director, and rod harris, and also with us, angela kim, our video winner in the 9 through 12 category. thank you all for being here. angela, we have your gold medal winning video.

trash on the beach that floats in from all over the pacific.we are in the most perfect place left on the planet and there's this. >> right. >> there's crap like this all over this beach. >> how can this be? we are go doing a good job of putting crap in the ocean and we have to stop. this is about all of us changing behaviors and getting involved. >> do you think you can do that? do you think you can get people to sort of change their behavior enough to bring the planet back to some semblance of nature? >> so my answer to that is if i didn't what the hell am i doing, right? i would be crazy. i would be crazy to do this if i did not think it was possible for us to do that. >> are you crazy? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: after but there was one more boat ride ahead. to one of palmyra's most delicate spots. ♪ ♪ it's time to get seriously silly, people. ♪ join red nose day to do some serious good to help fight kids' poverty. ♪ it's simple: just get your red nose, only at walgreens, and get your silly on, seriously. walgreens. at the corner of ha

a gorgeous day for the race which included cycling along the pacific coast highway.r and his baby provided some encouragement for the cyclist. the hills can be treacherous. today's 109-mile stage ended with a photo finish. christoph held off saggan, and julian is the overall leader. the tour wraps up tomorrow in sacramento. >>> before the running of today's preakness the even was marred by tragedy. the first winner of the day, home boy kris, suffered a heart attack while walking back to the barn and died. then during the fourth race. a horse broke her left front leg leg and had to euthanized. nyquist was going for the second jewel of the triple crown. led for much of the race by exaggerator took the lead down the stretch, and would not give it up. nyquist can't keep up and drops back to third, while cherry wine comes in second. exaggerator wins by three and a half links. so unlike last year where american pharoah won the triple crown there will be know such winner this year. the giants are hosting the cubs right now. in the third inning, chicago leads -- trails-2-1.

let's go to the chairman of asia-pacific blackrock.ns us in the studio today. , chineseppointing week data coming out. we had this sensibility coming out from china. will this you will concern amongst clients at this conference? ryan: good morning. it will be a topic of discussion. from our perspective we are mindful that growth is going to be slowing in the next years. more broadly speaking as we go , we manufacturing lead have to expect growth to slow. look at the growth profile in china and the rest of the world, on the absolute basis you still have growth rates on access with developed markets. if you look at the significant performance in capital markets opening up, you will still be in a situation where you see this connected in the long-term. angie: so why this reform versus policy driven investment which is what we saw underpinned the initive side of the growth china over the weekend? retail sales still very weak, but where is the turnaround? ryan: you need time. you have a really big economy that is moving from what was very m

which is located in the pacific avenue commercial district this is to convert the square feet secondtory what is a into a mixed use with the residential units and 9 hundred square feet of commercial between the ground floor and basement floor it included a vertical addition within the vertical area of the lot renovation of the front facade and within the existing building for an interior court that was continued if february 11th at that point, the department was supportive and the dr requester and the association expressed concerns the lack of 4 rear yard grade and the light and air on adjacent properties the general consensus the massing was two large a more smaller massing that incorporated the open space will be preferred the commissioners argued that needs a admonish - great setbacks along the western property line for residents along larkin street the upside down of the project was bought up since then several changes little rear yard 25 percent has been removed for an upgrade fill above grade that has since been reduced to 3 feet two the maximum rear yard and additional setback

. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on pacific on cspan's q & a. >>> now we hear with how the federal government and private sector are using information

including union pacific. the company in charge of the vehicle that killed don. after the crash, we were told the maintenance vehicle was supposed to stay within 50 feet of the other trains in the group. to ensure the gates would go down. the rules said if the gates and lights did not activate, the on track equipment must stop and workers were to flag the crossing. >> what was going on here was absence neglegence, they should know better and did it anyway. >> at sixth street and gilroy, another driver said her husband yelled at her to stop, just as a train entered the intersection. that witness said she was worried about other vehicles in the area. >> i believe that u.p or whoever, tore regulators should really look at this. >> reporter: union pacific declined our request for an interview and to answer specific questions. in a statement, they said immediately after the accident, u.p met with federal regulators and reviewed the rule for the vehicles. they regularly test employees and made rule changes after the crash. federal investigators found the operator of th

. >> more than 3,000 miles away from the nearest continent, deep in the vast pacific ocean is a tinyver of land calmed palmyra. it's so unique it's become a laboratory for scientists. harry smith found their mission is nothing less than learning how to save the planet. >> we're in a place you probably never heard of. this is the palmyra atol where fish and birds and coral abound like few other places on the planet. living proof that left to its own devices, nature can heal itself. we like to think of it as paradise lost and found. there's about a thousand miles of water between hawaii and palmyra. we loaded a plane with gear and with our guides from the nature conservancy, we headed south for a rare and exclusive look. >> going to paradise. >> the u.s. military used this as a base in world war ii, and conveniently left a runway. the nature conservancy has a research station on palmyra and most of the time the only people here, a skeleton crew of four. >> and works to protect coral reefs. >> dr. stephanie rear is a senior scientist with the nature conservancy. >> this is a place that

>>> a 747 is flying over the pacific when suddenly a cargo door explodes open, sucking nine passengers out of the plane. >> it went from a perfectly normal, calm, serene situation to absolute pandemonium. >> another 747, another terrifying incident. the pilot struggled to control the plane for 32 minutes, but it's hopeless. >> they faced a condition that no pilot could possibly imagine, which is the airplane is no longer controllable. >> a 737 loses a giant chunk of fuselage midflight, causing a decompression so powerful, it kills a flight attendant. >> i saw what i think was the stewardess' feet as she was being sucked out of the plane. >> a dc-10 loses an engine on takeoff, causing the plane to roll on its side and nosedive to the ground. >> the entire engine had physically separated from the aircraft. >> all of these disasters have one thing in common -- the physical structure of each plane failed with fatal consequences. what pushed these planes to the breaking point? ♪ >>> whenever a plane goes down, it's the tragic aftermath that usually flashes over and over again around the glo

to discuss our balance to the pacific region. i just got back from my sixth visit to the region in a little over a year and with the i have to tell you i see evidence of this effort to rebalance our focus on the region and strengthen rule-based institutions based order that is advancing our interest and increasingly not only in the region but globally. >> secretary blinken, could you pull the microphone just a little closer quest marked some of the members were having trouble. >> yes, thank you. >> thank you tony as you said mister jammin, nowhere in the world are economic and strategic opportunities clearer or more compelling than in the asian-pacific region, the former top 10 trading partners, five rr seven treaty ls, the largest and fastest growing economies including 40 percent of overall global growth, nearly 2/3 of the global middle class and some of the most wired and innovated people in the world. over the last seven years, this rebound asia eating our strategic ties to the region commensurate with its importance has help

today i will be honoring miriam chen who is the board chair of asian pacific islander community center. she is unfortunately ill so the executive director of the community center will be accepting on her behalf. she immigrate to the u.s. and got degrees in the u.s. after graduating she returned home to san francisco to serve as executive director for chinatown resources development center, a non-profit organization providing vocational esl and employment development training for immigrants in san francisco. she went on to cofound a financial it company headquartered in san francisco and providing services to fortune 500 companies in the u.s. japan and china. her next business venture was in 2006 established a technology development center in china. in 2009 she initiated rmb $20 billion investment to develop the world's largest water show in china with an entertainment group. today she is a consultant to the cities in china with the ultimate goal to generate more investments benefiting her hometown of san francisco. for the last years her passion has been serving as board member and now

japan's neighbors are leery of the country remilitarizing after 70 years of pacifism. >> i am joined by jennifer harris and patrick cronin. >> if selling arms to vietnam is the arranges what is the question? it's not as if it comes to a real military conflict, these arms salesserly going to be doing the work in any of that conflict just as we see with our continued military sales to taiwan. you know, the u.s. will have to stand behind the security guarantees in order to be seen as credible. >> also this evening a conversation with andrew mcafee, author and principal research scientist at m.i.t.'s initiative on the digital economy. >> there is a fear that silicon valley might become the next wall street in the minds of people, in other words a great wealth generator engine not benefiting many of us at all. i think that's inaccurate. i think it is benefiting us hugely and we need tech industries to make their case better and stop shooting themselves in the foot. >> ian: we conclude with global health. dr. andre anthony fauci of the national institutes of health. >> we will see other ou

this graphic animation shows what it might have looked like if you'd been in the middle of the pacifictching pan am flight 943 go down in open water. the images are eerily similar to the so-called miracle on the hudson, us airways flight 1549. but there are also some major differences. >> it's open ocean. so it's going to be significantly more difficult than, say, a river just because of the swells and so forth. but the difference is they had had hours to plan this. the hudson river crew only had a couple of minutes. >> pan am flight 943 leaves honolulu, hawaii, with 31 people on board and 44 crates of canaries in the cargo hold. known as the sovereign of the skies, the boeing 377 stratocruiser, a long-range post-war airliner, is bound for san francisco. this is footage of that actual flight filmed by the coast guard. joanne marzioli is on board. >> it was a month before my 3rd birthday. i was with my mother. we were returning to the bay area from the philippines. and my mother was very anxious to get back to california to see my father. >> but the reunion would be dramatically delayed

right now in the pacific, there's a great pacific garbage patch that is makity way. of some cities according to some expert. that's right. such damage to cree furpz they not only are eat ath stuff and getting it stuck in their systems. they're getting stuck inside of those. they act like nets almost. >>> that's the news for this half hour. >> remember to follow us on facebook, wnnfans.com >>> this morning on "world news now," day two in the desperate search for egyptair flight 04. >> the rescue and recovery teams are back out there this morning looking for any signs of the plane that vanished from radar. fears growing now that the cause was terrorism. we're going to have the latest details. >>> we'll take you behind the scenes to see how security measures are being stepped up at major airports here at home and why you may need to leave yourself more time before your next flight. >> in the race for the white house, hillary clinton taking a comfortable lead over donald trump in the latest poll and overnight trump responding to clinton after she said he's not qualified

president began his foreign-policy agenda in 2009 with the so-called asia-pacific.t is interesting that at the end of the administration, he makes his first trip to vietnam, although the clinton and george w. bush preceded him. guest: in fairness, the president has traveled a lot to asia-pacific regions, india, elsewhere and southeast asia. you are right. this is the first visit by president obama to vietnam, and that whether wondered human rights was one of the reasons he did not go earlier, second they have tried to use the leverage of the visit to push the regime to lift its repressive tactics treatment you saw in the last few days was a prominent political prisoner released days before the president landed, and this is a catholic priest who has been imprisoned for years and they just released in three years before his term ends, so that is significant and could show the kind of leverage they try to exert before the visit. host: we welcome your calls and comments in a minute, but walk us through the government. who are the leaders? party.it is a communist there i

interests in the asia pacific region. he answered questions about north korea, and human rights issues in burma, now called myanmar. >> meeting will come to order. some of the world's most dangerous flash points are in asia, as are some of our closest allies. and these are critical relationships to foster. deputy secretary of state blinken is just back from the region. we welcome him to the committee. america is a pacific power and we must act like one. this committee has played a leading role in shaping u.s. policy toward asia. we took the lead imposing tough sanctions on north korea, on highlighting human rights in southeast asia, and in strengthening our alliances with democracies in the region. since the north korea january nuclear test, its fourth, kim jong-un's belligerence has only increased. this rogue regime poses a direct threat to the united states. and last weekend the regime launched a missile from a submarine. reports suggest another nuclear test could be on the horizon. the good news is earlier this year, t

which is located in the pacific avenue commercial district this is to convert the square feet secondtory what is a into a mixed use with the residential units and 9 hundred square feet of commercial between the ground floor and basement floor it included a vertical addition within the vertical area of the lot renovation of the front facade and within the existing building for an interior court that was continued if february 11th at that point, the department was supportive and the dr requester and the association expressed concerns the lack of 4 rear yard grade and the light and air on adjacent properties the general consensus the massing was two large a more smaller massing that incorporated the open space will be preferred the commissioners argued that needs a admonish - great setbacks along the western property line for residents along larkin street the upside down of the project was bought up since then several changes little rear yard 25 percent has been removed for an upgrade fill above grade that has since been reduced to 3 feet two the maximum rear yard and additional setback

today i will be honoring miriam chen who is the board chair of asian pacific islander community center. she is unfortunately ill so the executive director of the community center will be accepting on her behalf. she immigrate to the u.s. and got degrees in the u.s. after graduating she returned home to san francisco to serve as executive director for chinatown resources development center, a non-profit organization providing vocational esl and employment development training for immigrants in san francisco. she went on to cofound a financial it company headquartered in san francisco and providing services to fortune 500 companies in the u.s. japan and china. her next business venture was in 2006 established a technology development center in china. in 2009 she initiated rmb $20 billion investment to develop the world's largest water show in china with an entertainment group. today she is a consultant to the cities in china with the ultimate goal to generate more investments benefiting her hometown of san francisco. for the last years her passion has been serving as board member and now

it was the third annual community luncheon celebrating, asian pacific american heritage months. they're all going to be our future bosses. they shared their asian heritage through art, essays and poems. this is in partnership with the poem growing up asian in america. we always say if we had this program when we were growing up, it would be so cool. we're happy to see all these kids have the opportunity through art and poems to express their culture. >> very impressive kids. that's wonderful. >>> so jeff, i need a sweater tomorrow. i needed a sweater today, actually. i forgot. >> 60s today. for tomorrow morning, we have the possibility of a few showers back in the south bay and 52. clouds throughout the bay area. by the afternoon, as jess was talking about, it's going to be colder. tri-valley, just 67. san francisco at 62 and the south bay at 68. the best chance of rain coming our way on saturday in the morning hours. trace amounts to about .05 of an inch. overall, a big change from earlier this week. i don't know. i like the cool weather. it's too hot too soon for me. >> he has

kong and shanghai, following what has been going on elsewhere in the asia-pacific.: they are great after a pretty good session in hong kong yesterday. chinese stocks rose to a ---modify -- high on tuesday a one-month high on tuesday. the hang seng index down 1.3% on the opening. .nly one player is higher we are seeing a number of crawford he -- of property developers coming under pressure. the weakness we are seeing across the board is in response to falls on wall street. the possibility of a fed break -- rate hike from to fed presidents possible. the prospect of a june rate hike spooked investors. the nikkei 225 looking flat at the moment. futures in singapore climbed 1%, but the yen is coming back a little after strengthening on that first quarter gdp number. australia's market down 4/10 of 1%, and new zealand off by .25%. april's property prices crossing the bloomberg terminal out of china. like they are going great guns. tom: china's april new home prices up in 65 cities month on month. we break this down, top-tier cities, shanghai's rising 2.5% month on month.

>> ma'am, they are asymmetric advantage in the pacific as we speak. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator graham. >> some say that we need to get out of nato or limit -- >> turn your microphone on. >> it's on. must not paid the bill down here. >> senator, i think you asked that some have said that either we need more participation or payment into nato, is that -- >> that we need to get out of nato. that it's obsolete. >> senator, i personally believe that nato is critical to our interests and in our defense. >> in 30 seconds, why? >> because we have very close ties, they're our longest allies and we have 50% of the gdp that goes through there, one of our most important markets. >> you agree that other countries should contribute more to nato's overall budget? >> yes, i do. they should meet the commitments. >> did you believe russia is trying to basically fracture europe? >> i do. >> do you believe putin would love nothing more than the united states to withdraw from nato? >> yes, sir. >> do you believe that everybody in the baltics that would be a very dark day for th

trading in the asia pacific. here's a look at how the session is shaping up.k at given that miss when it comes to trade numbers. we are seeing a little strength in the yen, dollar-yen coming down a bit, a 10th of 1%. thate not really seeing expected reaction in the japanese currency. it is still sitting at that 110 handle, sustained yen weakness over the past week or so, and it looks to be continuing as that g7 meeting continues. not a lot of consensus on where the currency goes from here, a split in terms of whether japan will intervene, whether there is political appetite for that, and so much depends on what the boj and the fed will do. a lot of speculation that both central banks could be moving in opposite directions and increasing policy diversions. a quick look at how the markets are shaping up in terms of those first few minutes of trading. thel, tokyo and sydney, and nikkei 225 extending losses. some declines with crude in the session given comments from iran that they will not join in on the freeze agreement. thesee seen a number of oil refiners in t

that's ago bay on the pacific ocean that's large and small. it's popular campgrounds and activitieactivi. it's also some of the richest fishing grounds in japan. one of the biggest islands down there where the g7 leaders are gather. they will be held in that building, a resort hotel. there's a generous schedule and many locals i've spoken with have told me they hope the leaders will get a chance to taste the region's fresh seafood during their stay. >> breathtaking. the beauty of pearls captivated the hearts of women around the world. how many know it was man here that first succeeded in cultivating them? cokichi was dubbed the king of pearls by locals. more than 100 years ago pearl oysters were endangered through overfishing. through a series of trial and error, mikimoto established a new method for culturing pearls. he helped make pearl production a key industry in the region. researchers have continued to maybe upgrades in way toss breed pearls, thanks to the latest in technology. >> translator: i'm trying to figure out how the oysters feel

huge, big swaths of the pacific that are protected. >> uh-huh. >> what does that mean, protected?tay wild. we'll never have condominiums here. the critters have homes to live in without having to adapt too much to having people around them all the time. >> can we afford to have these monuments out in the middle of the pacific ocean where nothing and everything happens? >> yeah. well, the simple answer is i don't think we can afford not to. >> what does it mean for you to be here and to see how well this place is doing? >> yeah, it feeds my soul. it is a part of who i am, and i'm very -- you're going to make me cry. yeah. very lucky. the best thing that we can have in life is to do something we believe in, that we're passionate about. bad tears. >> good tears. >> reporter: palmyra is a string of tiny islands surrounded by 16,000 acres of lagoons and coral reefs. reefs in australia have been decimated by climate change. concerned the same might be true here, we headed to sea with a zoologist and coral researcher with the nature conservancy. >> do you want to show me around a little