and nowhere more than in the indo-pacific. we helped hong kong, singapore, and other southeast asian economies rise from the '70s onward. in taiwan, economic development went and in hand with creating an open, democratic society that blossomed into a high-tech powerhouse and america was proud to support foundational institutions like apec, the asian development bank among others. thanks to this history of economic and commercial engagements, america's relationships throughout the indo-pacific today are characterized by mutual trust and respect. american friendship is welcomed and american businesses recognized for ingenuity, reliability and honesty. today no country does more two-way trade in the indo-pacific than the united states. in southeast asia, the u.s. is the single largest form of investment larger than china, japan and the european union. open amount of the indo-pacific today and it's dotted with u.s. and efforts to build self-reliant business institutions and promote private sector growth. the philippines, there was

companies in the indo-pacific. the region is critical to the future of nearly all the companies in this room, and this is a crucial moment for the economic and political relationships between the indo-pacific and the united states. to take metlife as one example, it is our fastest growing region and already generates more than 40% of our global revenues. all u.s. companies need the support of the u.s. government in maintaining constructive relationships with foreign governments. and establishing a level playing field for business. the commerce department plays an integral role in that process and we look forward to hearing about current efforts in that regard. of course, the membership of the chamber stands ready to partner with you in achieving these objectives. now, mr. secretary, 35 and 39, the floor is yours. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, good morning. secretary, thank you for being with us and before i get started with some questions, i just want to congratulate secretary ross, the president for a great

indo pacific council.i think we've had a really impactful and consequential set of discussions and remarks so far. and we've got really good conversations up ahead of us. but let me just take a moment first to thank our sponsors today. the albright stonebridge group for making this possible. i wanted to thank the diplomatic that has come out in force. we have 14 ambassadors and nearly 20 embassies present here today, and i want to thank all of them for coming. in the interest of time, i won't go through and name every ambassador. i know your time is precious, and we are really grateful for your presence. and also your perspectives as we heard from the australian ambassador and we'll hear in the afternoon panel. i also want to shine some attention on some of the announcements that are being made today. this afternoon, tda, the u.s. trade and development agency will sign a grant agreement with india's ilfs energy development company and this will fund technical assistance to advance plan 1,000 megawatt renew

we are a pacific nation. we're an indo-pacific nation. and so just very delighted that you had us here today for this. >> great. well, thank you very much. i want to thank all of our panelists this afternoon, to give their thoughts and perspectives on what has been, i think, a really interesting, thought-provoking and very hopeful conversation today about the direction of u.s. engagement in the indo-pacific. we're going to bring our final conversation onto the stage with senator sullivan and with matt frederick of cognizant so that we can round out today's conversation with some perspectives from from congress. and that's going to be very important as well a on the way forward. but i want to thank all of our panelists for their very thoughtful and candid observations, and let's give a round of applause. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we're not going leave the forum here, but you can watch today's earli

there are many belts and roads to the indo-pacific. secretary gutierrez: the quad also be ignited from an infrastructure point of view? secretary ross: well, that's the hope. now, the geography is such that there won't be too many physical linkages telecom digital is certainly one big set of linkage and we work quite actively to try to fill at a time that as 5g cools into telecom. --comes into telecom. secretary gutierrez: so all of us know, we, you know, better than all of us, you business part of the idea is -- you start with the strategy and that's a very complicated thing to do but then there's the execution. can you take us inside administration? how does something like this get executed? is it an interagency process? is the cabinet -- they get together and discuss? are the ambassadors in here? how do you execute a strategy with so many components and variables? secretary ross: well, first of all, the development of the strategy came about through the nfc convening interagency groups and started at a relatively low level and gets

they said if you really want to have it, the trance pacific partnership would be the way to do it. what do you say to them in. >> well, the right mechanism is to be determined, but president trump wants free trade he suggested there's no free traders left president trump is an ard want free trader. zero tariff, zero subsidies, zero barriers. he's looking pto balance these relationships. more likely it will be a series of bilateral arrangements and they'll get the outcome that president trump is demanding he's simply looking for fair and open and reciprocal trade. and when we get that, we'll have trade that'll benefit the united states as well >> is this making it harder? >> this methodology is leading to increased economic opportunity here in the united states of america. that's always a benefit. >> one of the countries that's really gorged on one belt one road is pakistan so much so they've taken on all kinds of debt. they might actually have to go to the international fund for the bail out because they've take on so much chinese debt it's funded by taxpayer dollars, many other co

an hina in our region is increasing one, one tension in the pacific. the interim australia is ramping up its relations particularly with some of our neighbors. >> senator reynolds? absolutely. >> absolutely. i have a question. you.hank >> order on my left. >> thank you. minister of o the defense, can the minister update he senate on how australia is strengthening the defense orporation with our pacific partners? >> mr. payne? >> thank you very much, i think senator reynolds for the question. australia is very committed to supporting a secure and stable strengthening re our engagement through a number as i know the national development in the pacific is well aware. perspective, mr. pacific , our endoe 2018 task group is a major maritime activity that reflects commitment to deepen our engagement and partnerships with egional security forces in the pacific through both dialogue and practical activities. backbone is aidle laid. part-time with other support personnel which shows a around 1,200 members. rp 2018 has visited fiji places and they have undertake

next on c-span, union pacific railroad chair, president and c.e.o. lance fritz on trade, technology and the economy. he also talked about how the railroad industry is using new technologies such as automation and scanners to improve operations and increase efficiency. >> good afternoon. welcome to the national press club, the place where news happens. my name is derek and i'm a news editor and chairman of the board of governors of the national press club. first of all, i would like you to silence all cell phones. if you are on twitter, tweet npclive.he program # hold applause until all is introduced. i don't want anybody to feel bad if they get more applause than they do. and the head table is not linear and i ask that you stand as i call your name. i have mike, vice president, external relations for union pacific. jay, president and c.e.o. of the national association of manufacturers, lisa, assignment manager at the associated press and co-chair of the n.p.c. headliners' team. hn, bill cassidy, journal of commerce, alan, science and enterprise, jose

and pacific and grafton, along with me, can kiss that revenue goodbye.to make sam do business with one of my companies just because i own it. it's got to be good enough to win the business. ana: so this is my interpretation of simple greek. i kind of started the process with what reminds me of greece or greek restaurant. so i just went through so many inspiration images that kind of inspired me to design the furniture. and i really call these "mood boards." i feel like this puts you in the mood like, when you walk into a space, what's the mood? the table, what i designed was in a powder coated metal, and again, bringing in those colors, the blue, the green, and it has a bar top finish. lemonis: and that's cool, that's different. ana: and then for the chair, i wanted to bring in the logo of the simple greek and then the texture pattern fabric on the seat, and it's all laser-cut, and then finished in a green powder coat to have that olive color. and then for the bar stool, i decided to kind of powder coat it in the blue, just to be able to have like that c

union pacific has to be more agile. have to allow technology to do the work that is necessary and to compete both in our freight railroad market and the outside world whether it is barge or geographic competition or truck. what i would do differently, focus more attention on the change management process. the leadership team and i did not do a particularly stellar job at that and given an opportunity to do it again, i spend more time and energy on it. >> captured a large bit of the imagination. what do you think of the hyper loop? is that realistic? >> we pay attention. >> are you going to build one? >> we were invited to participate but chose not to at this point. hyper loop right now largely is defined as moving passengers. there is a context for trying to move freight but the context is a small quantity and there are a lot of challenges. big mass accelerating rapidly and decelerating rapidly. there's a lot of physics to that. it is not real obvious that there is an immediate direct competitive threat. the application

island, so you're technically very much a pacific islander.ut for people who don't think of reggae as that kind of cultural kind of form, what do you want people to know about that music? sammielz: i guess, you know, every time people hear reggae, they automatically think just jamaica, you know what i mean? but i guess, you know, the reggae music scene, you know what i mean, has a massive influence on the pacific islanders as well in general. you know, like i say, i'm just--i'm just happy and blessed to be a part of something awesome as in, you know, with reggae music. and yeah, man, it's something that a lot of us polynesian kids grow up with, reggae music. and i hear it in our backyards and stuff, so to be able to do it ourselves is something else, it's a blessing. robert: yeah, that's something we've talked about before, which is sort of you get into the form of the music, but then you introduce your own-- sammielz: yeah, we have a little--yeah, exactly. so, i think one thing i could pick out of that is just with harmonies, you know what i

we fought a war in the pacific. the chinese fought war on the asian mainland against invading japanese. very bloody and very protracted war. so as we advance through the bridge of the u.s.s. enterprise, our world war ii aircraft carrier, this is where the command elements would be. we're going to go into our next gallery and get a little better look at what life was like for the crewmen onboard these ships. so if you follow me this way. you can see here this is what your corridors would like like. nothing too lucks ourious. this was stripped to the bone. where you get the most weight is the weapons and ammunition, the supplies of war. creature comforts are usually pretty far down the list. i think that's one of the things our gallery here tells us. we spend a lot of time in the museum, a lot of effort to really kind of capture that personal story. we think that's what makes the national world war ii museum such an affecting experience. so, for example, we have the story here of visitors -- our visitors can read of d

i have mike rock for union pacif pacific. jay timmons, lisa matthews, assignment manager at the associated press and co-chair of the npc headliners team. john gallagher. bill cassidy. joseph morton. please give them a round of applause. [ applause ] i'd like to acknowledge the staff and additional members of the headliners team who made this possible today. betsy fisher martin, lisa matthews who is here with us. t tamera hinton and executive director bill mckaren. thank you very much. i'd also like to thank you our kitchen staff who blessed us with very good food and themed cookies that are topical. for our broadcast audiences watches on c-span and elsewhere by live stream. be aware in the audience are members of the general public. any applause or reaction you hear not necessarily from the working press today. this week nearly 155 years ago union pacific laid its first rails. union pacific has evolved into a polling giant. at the head is our guest today, lance fritz. while trade wars and automation were not a thing, it affec

nations who bordered the pacific ocean. included aof course fair amount of chinese americans who lived and worked in san francisco. prof. markwyn: absolutely. host: what influence did they have on the history, culture of san francisco, from the prism of your research, and also on these two expos? prof. markwyn: sure. chinese population of san francisco was and continues to be a really important force in the city, and during both fairs, chinese and japanese were excluded from immigrating to the united states, because the chinese exclusion law was passed in the 1880's, and japanese exclusion was codified through an gentleman's agreement, and by 1924, immigration law, it stopped immigration from asia completely. so both nations were not able to send new immigrants, new workers, immigrants to the fair, yet they were thriving communities in san francisco, and the chinese community in particular participated in both fairs. in the first fair, one of the attractions on the zone that i mentioned earlier, that midway area, was called

♪ robert handa: hello, welcome to "asian pacific america."'m robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. today we feature some events that spotlight very special groups in our community. we start with the annual nihonmachi street fair in san francisco, celebrating its 45th year. yet it's more than just a traditional happening. en we laugh it up withng pot the desi comedy festival, which is now in its fourth year of showcasing south asian standup comedy. bay area diversity at its best and funniest. next, a group that continues to make a significant impact on the bay area arts scene, as well as developing some of its best young talent. cmt, children's musical theater of san jose now going strong in its 50th season. a pioneering asian american pacific islander choreographer and performer came back to help with their current show. we sat down to talk with aaron albano about cmt and his career. all that and some info on other important upcoming events on our show today. well, it is almost time for one of my favorite even

how the pacific islanders were being perceived -- war,e end of the pacific she evacuated from the killing field, and resettled in okinawa, started the sewing school, and provided a crucial means for economic survival for women were often display stand impoverished. often displaced and impoverished. there were a number of geopolitical tenant's circulating in the region. okinawa's colonial insubordination to japan. the commodification and in some and position of the island cultures is reflected in these being sold. as well as women's tenacity and ingenuity and also resilience. then foreign occupation. the war brides we are focusing on today emerged from this and other context i spoken of, indicating the convoluted nature of negotiations women must have gone through at the time, then urging us to attend to the question of race, gender, class, nation, and an empire that informed their lives so that we can understand and also appreciate the kind of struggles that they went through. thank you. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you so much. i think we will think again will be used that phra

certainly forjapan, it lost the us from the trans—pacific forjapan, it lost the us from the tra ns—pacificfrom the trans—pacific partnership two years ago, or1.5 years trans—pacific partnership two years ago, or 1.5 years ago, when president trump pulled out so this is the consolation prize forjapan but you know, a decent one. and interesting, for the eu and japan to doa interesting, for the eu and japan to do a deal with this —— to do a deal like this. japan has factories in the uk, nissan, car companies, like this. japan has factories in the uk, nissan, carcompanies, in the uk, nissan, carcompanies, in the meantime, the eu is getting closer to japan. young, this is something that should worry manufacturers oi’ something that should worry manufacturers or at least the government politicians in the uk. —— yeah. they are essentially leaving an economic bloc that is not only significant for uk exports to the eu but is it significant forjapanese manufacturers because after this agreement, if the eu uk leaves the eu and does not sign a similar agreement with japan and a similar agreement with

as you can tell from your u.s.am, it is entitled the energy policy in the indo-pacific. i am going to frame the discussion a little bit. then secretary of energy very is going to give remarks -- rick perry is going to give remarks. he will be joined by the cofounder and executive chairman of the carlyle group. they are going to have a very lively discussion. if you have seen either one of them, you know that to be true. you put them together, and we may have a molotov cocktail. let me set the frame for this discussion. i would like to take us to the year 2050 and talk about what the world is going to look like and what our relationship with this region means going out that far. gdp is going to have gone about 206%. we are going to have added 2 billion people to this planet. 7 billion people are going to live in cities, cities that need a lot of energy, that need jobs that require a lot of energy. while demand for energy in 2050 is hard to forecast, rick perry would probably agree with me, even his own forecasts are absolutely going to be wrong. we know demand for energy

there are a dozen major ones like the pacific plate which is almost all the pacific ocean.the north american plate, the south american plate, a bunch of them like that. one of the things that geophysicists have learned in the last 50 years or in the last four years since plate tectonics has become an accepted his is lots of smaller plates and is a very complicated picture.te and, in fact, plates tend to break up and there's fault between parts of place. the san andreas fault which everyone knows about his acts with the call to transform fault, as to sections of the plate move against each other. the short answer is there's about a dozen big ones and a bunch of small ones. all right? [applause] >> thanks for coming. >> copies of the book arek. available at the checkout desk. he will be up here sunny. please form a line to the right of the table and our staff would appreciate it if you would fault of the chairs you are sitting in. >> that's george plafker by the way. [inaudible conversations] >> next up for booktv alaska begin an interview with historian douglas brinkley abou

♪ of "asian pacific america." welcome to a special edition i'm robert handa, your host for our show heren nbc bay area and cozi tv. we have always prided ourselves in treating the artistic and cultural world with as much focus as the political and social issues we cover because it is a crucial part of the community, some would say the heart and soul. so, in that spirit, we present another program dedicated to artists in our asian-american and pacific islander communities. today, original songs by artists who performed on our show this past year. we had them record other songs during their initial appearance so we could present new performances, not reruns. with that, here we go. our first is from the musical "peace on your wings," a groundbreaking piece of work inspired by the life of sadako sasaki, a 12-year-old girl who died of leukemia from radiation from the atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima. she was made famous for having folded over 1,000 paper cranes to fulfill an old japanese legend that would grant one wish to anyone who would fold 1,000 cranes. to this day, she is a reminder of

a dozen major one like to pacific plate, which is almost all the pacific ocean, the north american plate, the south american plate, bunch of them like that one of the thing geophysicists have learned since -- the lost 40 years since plate tech tonin is there a lot of smaller plates and it's complicated picture and plates tend to break up and there's faults between parts of plates. for instance the san andreas fat is actually what they call transformed fault. who sections of a plate move in relation to each other. but the short answer is there's dozen big ones and a bunch of small ones. all right? [applause] >> thank you for coming. >> copies of henry's book are available at the checkout desk. he'll be up here signing. please form a line to the right of thible and our staff would appreciate if you fold up the chairs you're sitting in. >> that's george plasker by the way. [inaudible conversations] >> next up, for booktvs alaska weekend, an interview with historian douglas brinkley about his book, "the quiet world" save alaska's wielders king knock, 1879 to 1960. >> doug

the two big partnerships, the tra ns—pacific partnership the two big partnerships, the trans—pacificntic trade and investment partnership, it would have created two blocks of free—trade areas that china would have had to adjust trade practices that it wanted to be part of, orface being isolated, yet he stepped back from both of them. he stepped back from both of them. he stepped back from both of them. he stepped back because when he looked at the detail over those deals, from his perspective they were not good deals for the states and why not? he wa nts to deals for the states and why not? he wants to grow the local economy in the us, and thejobs he promised to the us, and thejobs he promised to the americans. and he couldn't see those deals sitting alongside those promises, so he has to move the deals around and hence open up this conversation around tariffs. plenty to talk about in terms of international trade and plenty of questions around how britain's all important services sector will continue, or try to continue, accessing eu markets after brexit. the plans that are being put

the warming temperatures in the north pacific ocean and the seas that surround our state, alaska has more coastline and the rest of the country combined. you can sense from that statistic that we are very marine oriented and seafood is a huge part of our economy and society. seafood by native people for everyday subsistence needs is very important. doherty state's highest use of our natural resources. had quite a change related. 2016 of because population in the gulf of alaska as a warm water event called the huge expanse of warm water in the north pacific toan which was catastrophic ocks.stoxx -- cod st particularly, the port of kodiak by 70%. species thatn despite forecasts are not returning to alaskan waters. the numbers that had been predicted and with warming waters, with the blob having dissipated but still leaving the residue of warm water in the northern pacific, to some degree, our ability to forecast and our ability to understand what is happening to our seafood stocks is something we are beginning to recognize. the need for research and science is very significant. how ser

in particular the pacific alliance made up of mexico chile peru and colombia are hoping that by actingis the antithesis of u.s. protectionism more global trade will swing their way and give almost no we're looking to accelerate the process of wiping out border taxes and barriers to create a free trade zone getting some traction canada and australia among others are in the process of becoming associate members and more than fifty countries sent of service to this summit but there are a couple of important people missing the incoming presidents of colombia and mexico and there's manuel lopez obrador in particular the mexican president elect seems to be concentrating on not the trade deal with the united states and canada more than the pacific alliance. that's no surprise eighty percent of mexico's exports to sold in the states but lopez obrador did send his team to the talks but the leaders here agreed measures to help small a medium sized firms trade within the block provide more educational grants and these the flow of goods and people it was all business but on the sidelines regional

this is the famous pacific cup sailboat race. this is the race pro and she is in charge of the next five minutes as the boats jockey into position, getting as close to the start line as possible, while counting down the clock read >> the job of telling everyone to go and when -- it is a great power. and, it is timeout, yes. >> reporter: with a series of warns, flags, and shotgun blasts -- her team keeps the timing organized. bobby knows this race quite well. in 1986 she was the first woman skipper to ever race in the pacific cup. >> you raced in 1986? >> that is correct. we won. >> reporter: 2000 miles? >> back then it was around 2070. i was one of the first ladies skippers. me and five guys. >> reporter: earlier in the week, roy disney, yes -- that disney, gave local kids a ride on his boat for a taste of what it is like to be on a really big race boat. they spent several hours on the day. >> had you think they're going to do? >> i think they will do great. they have a fantastic crew. >> then there is this boat named blue. they

sailboats preparing for one of the best known pacific ocean races. the pacific cup.starting here in san francisco ending more than 2,000 miles away in hawaii. finalizing last minute preps these four guys are from canada. >> you're about to take off on another very big race. >> we are. yes. this is our biggest race for all of us so far in our sailing careers. yeah. >> you've never done the pac cup before. >> it's our first time. >> your first time. >> reporter: three of them are in their 20s, barely. >> i turn 21 in february. >> you just turned 21. >> i did yeah. >> and you're going to cross the pacific ocean or half of it. >> yeah. >> reporter: the boat is mostre days to cross. nonstop, day and night pushing as hard as they can. food is important. >> there's weird stuff too. it looks like a brick. >> it's dehydrated pulled pork. >> is that the meat they're talking about. >> that's the one, yeah. >> you're going to eat this? >> suddenly, all the way from canada surprise visitors. >> kirin's parents just drove down from victoria. >> there you go. >> mom and dad for one

how does this change the balance of power in the pacific?> i do not think we know yet because we do not know who is joining lebron james. if it is just him and the

indonesia lies in the ring of fire, the volcanoes that surround virtually the entire pacific rim.ion is known for tremors. this time no alert was issued. a country's disaster agency says the main focus now is evacuation rescue. authorities fear the number of people killed could rise. the 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck lombok, bali and sumbawa on sunday morning, when many people were sleeping. british touristjulie silvester filmed the aftermath of the 6.4 magnitude quake in kekalok, a small village on the island of lombok. 0h oh my god, look at the crack in the floor here. there is a big crack in the floor. iam i am surprised it has not uprooted that tree. there are big cracks in the floor all over that is of course just one area affected by the devastation there. also making the news today: zimbabwe's former president, robert mugabe, has spoken outjust before the country's first elections since he was removed from office. he said the people of zimbabwe hadn't been free since he was pushed out. mr mugabe also said he won't be voting for the man who succeeded him, emmerson mnangagw

the growth here in asia pacific has been rapid and it has been even faster in 2018 than 2017, partlye world cup, which is very high quality content and marketers want to be associated with it, so we are seeing marketers increase their budget to take advantage of that. and how do they then compete with google and facebook, who essentially have a duopoly in this? google and facebook are taking a large percentage of any dollar spent in advertising in the asia—pacific, but we are finding when you can connect the marketers directly with the publishers and give them the scale, the audiences and the content they need, then they are much more willing to buy directly from publishers. so, for example, we help power the singapore media exchange, a joint—ventu re between two of the largest publishers in singapore, and that gives the scale that the buyers need to be able to come directly to those publishers, instead of trying to go to google or facebook. in terms of challenges ahead for your industry, what do you see as things you are worried about right now? there is a tremendous amount of oppor

the last panel talks about the pacific. have judges from the federal states of micronesia, coming from guam, samoa, they have to travel further to get to hawaii, even from where they are. they not only look west toward the mainland -- they are so proud to be american -- but they also look east. they are our frontier. i think we should be very conscience of the tremendous service and dedication to the rule of law that our fellow judges among lawyers, and citizens have in guam and the pacific. did you know we have more ships in okinawa in world war ii than in normandy? we have a tremendous investment in the pacific. it is where we can begin teaching the meaning of the rule of law.in the pacific. >> i have been a criminal defense attorney most of my career. a lot of people don't realize you had an actual practice that involves criminal defense. you have a story to share about one difficult client, trying to arrange a field trip for that client. can you tell us about your feelings of when you were in practice? 60's, itennedy: i

ironically, we want these guys to take on the pacification. on the other, we are working against ourselves with the type of force that you are creating. >> main force operations all the time and then you are doing counterinsurgency, if i leave, you can't fight the main force which they know the nva has. prof. faulker: go ahead. >> was that also part of westmoreland's need to address the conventional forces first. his resource to fight that fight? is that part of his thinking? prof. faulker: the u.s. army going into vietnam was trained to do? >> conventional fighting. prof. faulker: if you look at what comes out with the response, maxwell taylor and the jfk organization, the army is trying to tailor itself to fight these type of wars. airmobile divisions, first cap b division, is our idea of creating a force that provides all of the big bang necessary for large conventional operations. but also the mobility and firepower to deal with these type of insurgents. so the army is trying to do stuff, but the mindset is still large-scale combat operati

took them allans over the pacific coast, transporting them from the aleutian islands and kodiak, all the way down to southeast alaska and even 1000 mile south to the coast of california. that eventually caused the depletion of sea mammals to the brink of extinction. after this he otter furs were heavily depleted, the russians turned to the pelts of land animals. native made trap from siberia that was for hunting of makes and other land animals that were of interest to the russian fur traders. the russians business model and alaska required active assistance from alaska natives. which is hard to do when you are busy stealing their resources and lands from them. they put a lot of effort into diplomacy. in 1804, the russian navy came into southeast alaska and took over a site in now what is called sitka from the clink it people that work living there. 180 quickly had to pivot degrees and make peace with the same natives because they needed their help in harvesting the sea otter furs. and also doing things like hunting and cutting firewood, and other necessary jobs because there were not

pacific, theion t traded railroad. and we will talk with the chairman of the house ways and means committee. but we have 30 minutes until the end of trading in europe. let's how it shaped up across europe. a sea of green, personal household goods, food, and beverage all in the green, but what is leading the downside -- media. all about media today. we are talking about the media m&a, but also the earnings situations that have not been positive. technology is also on the downside. what are the key concerns? again, it is trade. we are focused on autos in particular. will we see a deal done with the eu and the u.s. with the eu threatening to push back on the united states if they do indeed introduce tariffs for the auto sector in europe? over in been debated the united states today. and this is not just concerns about trade, but also concerns about the earnings situation you are seeing in europe at the moment. we are looking at what is , up 9%.g publicist the biggest laggards today is all surrounding its earnings. a surpr

that latin america's two top trading blocs met a presidential level between the moken suit in the pacific alliance hold more than eighty percent of the region's g.d.p. a population or. today the president sent the world a clear signal that we're pushing towards regional integration and free trade. they drawing closer together just as united states is putting up barriers in particular the pacific alliance made up of mexico's chile. peru and colombia are hoping that by acting is the antithesis of u.s. protectionism more global trade will swing their way and give almost no we're looking to accelerate the process of wiping out border taxes and barriers to create a free trade zone getting some traction canada and australia among others are in the process of becoming associate members a more than fifty countries sent of service to this summit but there are a couple of important people missing the incoming presidents of colombia and mexico and those manuel lopez obrador in particular the mexican president elect seems to be concentrating on not the trade deal with the united states and canada mor

it's all part of the pacific cup race.teams has sailed out of san francisco and is headed to oahu. now more than 65 sailboats are racing to get there first. and it's expected to take them 10 to 12 days without stopping for a break. we checked out the scene earlier this afternoon as teams were finalizing last minute preps and hugging their loved ones goodbye. >> you're about to take off on another very big race. >> we are. this is our biggest race for all of us so far in our sailing careers. yeah. >> you've never done the pac cup before. >> this is our first one. >> organizers of the pacific cup say big boats are scored differently than the little boats so everyone has a fighting chance to win. >>> new video shows a dust storm hitting arizona for the third day in a row. this developed this afternoon in chandler. the sand storm was caused by a monsoon. this also happened monday and tuesday. take a look at the damage left behind by those first two sand storms. downed power lines and damaged buildings at one point the winds we

and around the states will beep playing into the asia-pacific trading day.ere, the markets are closed because of the july 4 holiday. it is america's 242nd birthday. people are eating hotdogs. but things are moving in terms of currencies and commodities. we will get to those very quickly. as you can see, close here. there is some movement in futures trading. let's flip up the board and show you what's happening. the dow futures right now, looking up by about a 10th of a percent. s futures up by a third. nasdaq futures, interestingly headed south. the bloomberg dollars but is just about flat. mind you, this is in very load volume trading because most everyone is on holiday. well-deserved holiday, you could say, after the andtility in recent days weeks. with no trading in the u.s. because of the independence day holiday, a strong lead into the asian session. early session in new zealand just getting underway. a little bit of a mixed picture. quarter of 1% lower for keeley stocks. -- kiwi stocks. the aussie dollar after that jumped above 74 u.s. cents, numbers b

each year from february to may, hundreds of men leave pacific coast ports and soon spread out on theily preparing for the salmon run is to come for it is during . these great runs, the salmon are caught by the fishermen. as soon as melting snow and ice permits salmon traps like this , one are driven at strategic points, at points where salmon have been plentiful in previous years. these traps consisting of a long, double row of piles, are the most effective and economical means of catching large numbers of fish at one time. between the piles, strong nets are fixed, then a matter of waiting until exciting word, the salmon are running. the whole country swings into action. all of alaska becomes salmon conscious and rightfully, for it means work for over 21,000 men. ♪ tenders are dispatched from the canneries to the traps, which become filled suddenly with wriggling silver flashes by the thousands, as if by magic. there is nothing to keep these fish from swimming out once they are caught. only the instinct never to turn back keeps thousands of salmon in the trap. once the salmon have st

they were already flying over the pacific ocean when they had to turn around. at 11:15 last night the plane departed to sidney. the plane got out over the pacific ocean and reported having a mechanical issue. the plane circled over the ocean before returning to sfo. it landed back without incident at 12:34 a.m. passengers on board told us they heard a loud bang and the flight crew said the plane had engine failure. >> we were going and then we got a little bumpy. some other people were talking about fire spitting from the engine and then we just turned around and came right back. here we are. 0. >> the landing was smooth. it was carrying 259 passengers and fortunately no one reported any injuries. so we do have calls and e-mails out to united airlines and the faa regarding the incident. we're told that the passengers on board that flight are having to catch another flight to sidney sometime today. at sfo, lee martinez ktvu fox two news. >>> firefighters rescued a worker stuck for more than two hours in dry cement. that man accidentally fell into a cement hopper

visit ncicap.org] ♪ robert handa: hello, and welcome to a special edition of "asian pacific america." robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. we have always prided ourselves in treating the artistic and cultural world with as much focus as the political and social issues we cover because it is a crucial part of the community, some would say the heart and soul. so, in that spirit, we present another program dedicated to artists in our asian-american and pacific islander communities. today, original songs by artists who performed on our show this past year. we had them record other songs during their initial appearance so we could present new performances, not reruns. with that, here we go. our first is from the musical "peace on your wings,"

we meet the all—female team of scientists who've analysed the great pacific garbage patch.ur studios in singapore and london,

planned parenthood and the national women's law center and the national asia-pacific women's forum. across the country, women and families are facing a dire crisis, a crisis of a personal freedom, a crisis of control over our futures and the crisis of natural -- of national leadership at this clutch moment. we are living under an ministration that has institutionalized radical anti-democratic movement that is as cruel as it is extreme. ofknow for sure that any trumps list of 25 will vote to decimate our rights as enshrined under roe. it out -- president trump and vice president mike pence ran for office on the promise to only appoint supreme court justices that would gut roe v. wade. they did it to win the support of radical multimillion dollar anti-choice organizations but they did it because they share

pacific medical location. breast health, mammography center. non evasive center and the specific campus out patient psychiatry. >> and my third and final prop q item for today is the change in management to sutter pacific medical foundation. so, they will transfer five out patient department services listed on this slide to sutter pacific medical foundation, which is sutter health foundation in san francisco, marin and sanoma. they have over 240 doctors that provide primary and special professional services throughout clinic. the first is a breast help ma'am omammography center. it's august 5th. the clinic will be located at the medical office on saint luke's campus. and all this detailed information is in your memo. the second change is for the n n evasive cardiology. the expected transfer date is august 5th and the clinic at saint luke's campus. the third and fourth change is the diabetes center at saint luke's and california campuses. the saint luke's diabetes center will be located at the medical office at saint luke's campus. and they are