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

commander beale is the chair of the asian pacific islander forum. it should be up his alley to address that. >> you are going to -- i have to go back to the occupy raid. i understand it two months notice. between the mayor and the department and has been. negotiations and could sit

commander beale is the chair of the asian pacific islander forum. it should be up his alley to address that. >> you are going to -- i have to go back to the occupy

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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

tomorrow will be saturday, not friday in the pacific island of samoa. the nation is skipping a day because it is crossing the international dateline to coincide with business partners in new zealand and australia. right now, samoa is behind those countries making a trading challenge with their partners. now they will be the very first to ring in 2012. >> we have a little surprise this afternoon. we know it has been very disappointing. this was the perfect kind of snow. it did not bother anybody. you could drive around. it was nice to look at. in the extended forecast, we will get thmore. our little showers were triggered by the clipper that came by the great lakes. i know it is not very warm outside right now, but in the upper levels of the atmosphere, it is warming and little bit. we are making a transition in air mass. it is trying to create some precipitation. but this is not really reaching the ground. you may get a sprinkle or a flurry in some areas. but it is not hitting the ground. we will actually get some clearing overnight. when you wake up to

by far, the world's most radical new year's observation comes from the south pacific island nation of samoa. they are knocking friday december 30 of the calendar, is keeping straight from thursday the 29th to saturday the 31st. the move across the international date line puts samoa on the same calendar as its major trading partners. in new york, visitors from around the globe are moving in for the party. of course, it will be televised. it is the 40th anniversary of dick clark's new year's rock andin -- rockin' eve. >> every year, when it is 11:59 you start to get an adrenaline rush. >> when the ball drops at midnight, the temperature should be above 40 degrees. >> should be a warm new year's. of course, as ryan seacrest told you, you can watch right here on abc 7 tomorrow night. starts at 10:00. >>> what about our temperatures here? >> probably about 40 degrees. cold air will not be in until new year's night. new year's eve looks good around here. let's get you started. temperatures well above average and books just to the north of the metro area are jumping for joy. all those resort

. >> the tiny pacific island of samoa will miss out on an entire day. they are about to move across the international day clock. when it strikes midnight, samoa will be fast fording to the 31st. samoa announced this division in may and ordered to boost trade ties with its partners. >> we have consulted people a year ago and also presented to parliament the related loss -- laws to make the changeover in our times on. >> presumably, an analysis was done about the benefit of this change. tell us about those benefits. >> well, we have always been short of one working day in the seven day week. when it comes to the contacts with our business partners, the international dateline. we always lose one day a week. the changeover we can have five working days now and therefore we shall be able to continuously conducted this with our business contacts now that we are on the same time zone. the question of taurus, 70% emanate from new zealand and australia and with the time zone changes, the future and time zone will be removed. very often in the past, we have many

but by far the world's most radical observation comes from the south pacific island nation of samoa. they are knocking friday december 30th off the calendar. >> it's good, very good. >> reporter: the move across the international date line put sass mowia on the same calendar as its major trading partners. back in new york, visitors from around the globe are moving in for the party. >> i'm in new york for the first time, so it's very special for me. >> reporter: it's the 40th anniversary of dick clark's rocking new year's eve with ryan sea crest. >> every year you start to get a real adrenaline rush when it's 11:59. >> reporter: when the ball drops at midnight, the temperature should be above 40 degrees, so they are expecting a record turnout this year. >>> all right. check it out. a fairly quiet night out there. temperatures running around 46 degrees, and we were up above 50 in many spots earlier today. we'll be in the 50s just about all weekend before the bottom drops out. check out continues each north of the city. on the whole, this has ban good- looking day of weather. manchester

the jump in time zones by the pacific islanders. joining me on the line is the country's prime minister. thank you for joining us this morning. what does it feel like to lose a day of your life? >> you mean you mean, i can hardly hear you. hello? >> yes. prime minister, can you hear me now? >> yes. i can hear you now. >> excellent. i just wonder what it feels like lose a day of your life? >> well, it feels very great. especially, we have just finished our formal signal that signals the changing of our time zone. attempted by a lot of our different -- and we've all feel very happy. >> and you've done this for business reasons, haven't you? >> have you been able to give us sort of the benefit of changing time zones? well, semis for this would be term. the immediate need would be to replace our industry with the confusion in a different time zones. particularly the over different times in schedules. and more particularly, the attacks that we now have what defines days of continues contact with our business contact and australia now tha

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commander beale is the chair of the asian pacific islander forum. it should be up his alley to address that. >> you are going to -- i have to go back to the occupy raid. i understand it two months notice. between the mayor and the department and has been. negotiations and could sit down meetings between san francisco and the mayor's office. it has been heartening to know that was going on. why have a raid at 1:00 a.m. when you have other -- if you cannot camp, you cannot -- to have a lot of roles. maybe people feel betrayed, all that good will it have put in were spent over the raid. >> the reason it happened is negotiations stopped. the point person in the negotiation, much of the leadership he was talking to was not there anymore. e-mail was going on returned. the olive branch, less than half the camp was going to general assembly. even the half that were there could not reach consensus on any sort of agreement. and there was this attack on the officers. one officer was hurt. there was a situation where the folks in the encampment were doing this.

. >>> the tiny pacific island of some zero will miss out an entire day next hour because they will move across the international date line. when the clock strikes midnight local time on the 29th of this month, just as that day ends, some 00 will fast-forward and suddenly it will be the 31st of december. they announced the decision back in may in a bid to improve times with the major trading partner, which are australia and new zealand. on the line now is the country's prime minister. prime minister, thank you very much for your time, presumably you have spoken to the people about this. this is a big deal. >> yes, we have consulted our people a year ago, and also presented to parliament the related laws to limit the changeover in our times own. -- in our time zone. >> presumably, an analysis was done about the benefits of the change. tell us about those benefits. >> well, we have been always short of one working day in the seven-day week. when it comes to our contact with our business partners west of the international dateline. we always lose one day per week. we have five working days

that's exactly what has happened and the tiny pacific island of samoa, but not because of a heavy night, but because they've decided to miss out an entire day. the clock struck midnight. instead of moving it to december 30, the country has jumped straight to the 31st. it is all in the name of a hard- nosed business sense as some what looks to improve ties with its major trading partners, australia and new zealand. the prime minister of samoa joined me straight from a ceremony to mark the date change. >> it feels very great. we have just finished our ceremony, which formally signals the changing of our times ozone. it has been attended by a lot of our dignitaries in samoa. we all feel very happy. >> you have done this for business reasons. are you able to give us an idea, to quantify the benefit of changing times zones? >> i have already mentioned several times that immediate benefit will be to our tourist industry with the confusion in the different time zones, especially over different times in schedules. and the fact that we now have five working days of continuous contacts with our b

the pacific island nation is going to shift its time zone from one side of the international date linee other. as a result they will lose december 30th altogether to make it equivalent to australia and new zealand. those countries are currently nearly a full day ahead. >>> and mary tyler moore turns 75. she devotes her time today to various charities including helping homeless pets. she's written a book recently about her life called "growing up again, life, loves and, oh, yeah, diabetes." >>> and doctors appointments for last-minute checkups. coming up, a list of medical tests you probably should talk to your doctor about getting done. >>> and the new tax come january 1st. >>> and pitfalls to avoid if you plan to trade in gift cards. you're watching "good morning maryland." we return in a few minutes. >>> a deadly bus crash shut down a busy maryland highway . i'm linda so. what you can expect for the commute this morning. >> and i'm corrine redmond, the iowa caucuses and the latest gop standings coming up. >> and playing for a sellout crowd. how the bengals got the fans to buy the tic

that's what will happen in the tiny south pacific island of sawoa.go they agreed to align time with u.s. territories to assist trading with california. as the nation crosses over the international dateline, at the stroke of midnight tomorrow, time in samoa will leap forward24 hours to december 31st. no december 30th. under our government decree, all of those scheduled to work on this nonexistent friday will get paid for the day. >>> a long-time fixture of san francisco's entertainment scene will wrap up its run at its current home on new year's eve. >> it is a throw back to another time. the show opened along the embarcadero for what was supposed to be a six-month run. but the audiences just kept coming. it is being renovated for the america's cup yacht race. >> we are currently in the midst of packing everything now and crating it up, and it will be moved to a temporary location and then it will open back up on broadway and the embarcadero. >> they plan to reopen just in time for next year's holiday season. >>> larry beil is off and colin rush is he

the south pacific island nation of samoa is skipping friday. at midnight tonight, its calendar will change to saturday, december 31st. the reason? after nearly 120 years east of the international date line, samoa has decided it wants to be west of it to match up with trading partners like >>> staying healthy. a study that it's possible for seniors to keep their body young tonight on the "cbs evening news." the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbre

that's what will happen in the tiny south pacific island of sawoa.ears ago they agreed to align time with u.s. territories to assist trading with california. as the nation crosses over the international dateline, at the stroke of midnight tomorrow, time in samoa will leap forward24 hours to december 31st. no december 30th. under our government decree, all of those scheduled to work on this nonexistent friday will get paid for the day. >>> a long-time fixture of san francisco's entertainment scene will wrap up its run at its current home on new year's eve. >> it is a throw back to another time. the show opened along the embarcadero for what was supposed to be a six-month run. but the audiences just kept coming. it is being renovated for the america's cup yacht race. >> we are currently in the midst of packing everything now and crating it up, and it will be moved to a temporary location and then it will open back up on broadway and the embarcadero. >> they plan to reopen just in time for next year's holiday season. >>> larry beil is off and colin rush

that is what's happening in the pacific islands, reynolds.e up on the 31st. anyone whose birthday's on the 30th of december, not celebrating this year. we'll be right back. we'll explain after this. [ female announcer ] the healing power of touch can be even more powerful, with precise pain relieving heat patch. it blocks pain signals for deep relief precisely where you need it most. precise. only from the makers of tylenol. precise. when bp made a commitment to the gulf, we knew it would take time, but we were determined to see it through. today, while our work continues, i want to update you on the progress: bp has set aside 20 billion dollars to fund economic and environmental recovery. we're paying for all spill- related clean-up costs. and we've established a 500 million dollar fund so independent scientists can study the gulf's wildlife and environment for ten years. thousands of environmental samples from across the gulf have been analyzed by independent labs under the direction of the us coast guard. i'm glad to report all beaches and

most of our clients are speakers of asian-pacific islanders in san francisco. if they do not speak english. in our dealings in the last year or two in particular, client matters where the klan has been referred to us, they have had what appears to be a clear situation of domestic violence abuse in a particular incident that is the most recent basis for seeking a protective order to restrain against the perpetrator, there have been a couple of instances where the police responded. the client was not an english speaker. basically, after being questioned briefly, and the perpetrator spoke english, there were told they need to file a report. there have been a couple of instances where if the officer has been supposedly not just an english speaker, but a speaker of the language of the individual involved in the incident, we have had situations where, even if records were taken, there were inaccuracies in those reports. we have been concerned her it in one instance, i recall the alleged instrument or weapon that caused the battery was completely misstated. we have ha

friday, this friday, december 30th, will not happen this year in the tiny pacific island nation of somoa. somoa is canceling friday, dropping it from the calendar just this once, because it has decided to move from the eastern to the western side of the international date line and it needs to sync up with its two biggest trading partners new zealand and australia, where today is already tomorrow or something like that. maybe they can cancel mondays. >>> a quick look at wall street. it was not one of the market's better days. the dow fell nearly 140 points, nasdaq down 35. >>> up next here, the right recipe for making a difference. >>> finally tonight, making a difference. what started as one grateful woman's simple recipe for thanking america's troops has now become a holiday tradition making a difference for more than two decades. here's nbc's anne thompson. >> reporter: this is her recipe for gratitude, omelet fixing, a hot griddle and a heaping help of appreciation. >> you're working hard and i appreciate everything you're doing for us. >> reporter: for the 23rd year the air force res

the south pacific island nation of samoa is skipping friday. at midnight tonight, its calendar will change to saturday, december 31st. the reason? after nearly 120 years east of the international date line, samoa has decided it wants to be west of it to match up with trading partners like australia. american samoa to the east will stick with the current calendar. news," the latest on a drug to treat ovarian cancer. >>> plus, why california is banning cough syrup sales to teenagers. >>> but, first, jeff glor with a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >>> staying healthy. as you grow old. we will tell you about new research that shows it may be possible for seniors to keep their bodies very young. tonight on the "cbs evening news." tonight on the "cbs evening news." the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune syst

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a real life lost on the tiny south pacific island of samoa which is moving forward in time with its neighborbrate friday december 29th, they will skip needily to saturday. this is a bid to get the island closer to the pacific time zones where they have more trading partners. >> i can't wrap my head around this, still. so they are dumping friday all together or just tomorrow? >> there will be no friday. >> tomorrow or forever? >> just tomorrow. >> that's what i didn't get. >> to catch them up and then they are -- >> tomorrow is saturday.ç okay, no lost fans here. >> this is the most american world, time is shifting towards asia. >> this is the economic lesson to be learned here. >> it feels like a novel. >> vor hess, if you kind of admit this is made up and take out a day, does the whole society crumble because people realize everything is made up. >> professor shiller? >> time is construct. we're moving on. federal prosecutors are preparing criminal charges in the bp oil disaster case. we talk about energy and national security. do you guys think this reignites a national conversation aroun

the pacific island of samoa will travel through time tonight, so far that it will miss friday altogetherat the moment samoa is one of the most west early places on earth. at 11:59 p.m. on thursday, samoa will be to the east of the international dateline, but that line will itself move and two minutes later at 12:01 a.m. it will be to the west of the dateline, and it will be saturday morning. now, although it may not sound like much, the move will have a big impact on that tiny island nation. the new time zone will put samoa three hours ahead of eastern australia instead of 21 hours behind. that's good news for business, they will be able to trade more easily with its key partners in new zealand and australia. we'll have to take a short break and we'll be back with you after this. more "world business today" in a moment. stay with us. >>> in cnn london, i'm charles hodson. >> an i'm andrew streechbs at cnn hong kong. you're watching "world business today." thinking about the samoa story, a mind bog her. the bottom line for tourists is you'll lose a day of your holiday if you're there. you

people on the pacific island of samoa will go to bed on thursday and wake up tomorrow on saturday. the government decided they want to be west of the international date line for business purposes. the line is where the new day begins. now the island be on the same call der as trading partners in australia. anyone in samoa will be paid for it. even though friday will never happen. the san francisco bay is picking up traffic. marine researcher says stha continue to feed on schools of fish in the bay. this is really a change from the past six decades where industrialization and water pollution have kept the mammals away. researches are not sure why the porpoises have returns. >>> this morning an animal sanction ware in florida says cheetah, the star of the two tarzan movies in the 1930s died over the weekend. she was in her 80s. several ape experts say that's unlikely the chimp was actually the real cheetah. unexpert from chicago says the oldest he knows of is 73 years old. a chimp living into its 80s is highly unlikely. >>> police want to remind people celebrating the new year should

the small pacific island nation skipped the day and went straight to the weekend, changing the side of the international date line they're on. about 120 years oog traders convinced them to move east so they could trade easier with california. somebody will figure it out. a letter accusing former hewlett-packard ceo of sexual misconduct has been made public. nothing short of a scathing and damaging letter, huh? >> yeah, it's the letter that cost him his job as head of hp. it was written by gloria allred. the letter accuses her of all kinds of things, including sexual harassment when their board saw the letter, herd was let go. nothing is new the accusations, but it's the sort of distasteful stuff they would like to avoid. here we see him in a reality show. everyone concerned has tried to keep the contents secret. herd to fisher to show her his multimillion dollar bank statements. he told her about his intention to buy the company eds for $14 billion. now a letter is not a conviction. miss fisher herself has denied the a accusations of some of the accusations in this letter they wanted e

tomorrow will be the day after tomorrow and once pacific island nation. one >> there will be no friday december 30, 2011 and some of what. tomorrow will be the day after tomorrow. >> 120 years ago traders convinced samoa's to move east so they could trade with california. they now realize it was not such a good idea. >> at the stroke of midnight, this small island nation will shift the date line east. there will be no friday december 30. >> this week we are going to be losing a day. we are going to move the date line so we will be in line with new zealand and australia. >> the date line runs north to south and the pacific ocean. on one side the see the first sunset of the day and on the other side the city last. confused yet? if it is friday in samoa, it is saturday and australia and new zealand. >> it is really urgent, we have to come in on sunday. otherwise we have to wait for them to come in on monday which is really tuesday. >> the prime minister says enough is the death. it is time for a time warp. there will be no births are death on december 30. fo

the plan to move west means no friday for sa mo ans and for more than 187,000 south pacific islanders> we will move the dateline to be in line with new zealandç a australia. >> why is this so important? >> richard, basically is goes back 120 year ago when american traders convinced them they would be better off shifting the dateline to the west so they can trade with california. it took a bit of time, but finally they realized they would be better off on the other side. the way it is set up, what happens and when it's friday, a work day for samoa, it's saturday in australia. they lose two working days a week. richard? >> that kept the days very, very short. what are sa mo ans saying about it, are they glad to be on the other side of the dateline? >> some are and some took pride in they were the last sunset for the day in the world. now they will be the first sunrise and the first country to celebrate the new year. they go from being the last to the first. there some people celebrating that. think about the loss of a day means for the country. no births or death or car beings and no o

tomorrow will be saturday in the small pacific island. 120 years ago, traders convinced them to move east to trade easier with california. it took awhile, but now they are realizing it's not a good idea. stephanie gosk explains. >> reporter: at the stroke of midnight, this small island will shift the date line east. there will be no friday, december 30th. >> this week, we are going to be losing a day. we are going to move the date line so we'll be in line with new zealand and australia. >> reporter: the date line runs north to south in the pacific ocean. on one side, they see the first sunset of the day. on the other side, they see the last. confused yet? put more simply, if it's friday in samoa, it's saturday in australia and new zealand making business deals with samoa's largest trading partners a nightmare. >> if it's urgent, we have to come in on sunday. otherwise, we have to wait until monday. which is really tuesday. >> reporter: the prime minister said enough is enough. time for a time warp. there won't be any births or deaths on the 30th. no car accidents, no school or workda

she's described as either a hispanic or pacific islander woman in her early 20s. fretty vague description there. anyone with information is asked to call the police department. >>> despite a family tragedy, corner back chris johnson is expected to play in sunday's game against the packers. johnson rushed home to texas after his sister was murdered and his mother was wounded. 33-year-old jennifer johnson was killed by her ex-boyfriend, you gene esters. he also shot johnson's mother's. he was arrested at the scene. >> it's 5:48. san francisco police are trying to figure out if someone is poisoning pets in the sunset neighborhood. a woman who lives on 15th avenue near lincoln way says her 11-month-old puppy and year and a half old cat got sick and died on sunday. they found the drug methadone in their system. the owner says the family doesn't keep the drugs in the house at all. tvrjts woman accused of helping her boyfriend cover up a hit and run that critically injured a bay area firefighter says she's not guilty. prosecutors say she delayed the investigation and the

the pacific island nation is skipping right over friday because officials have decided to change time zones. the move will put them on the same schedule asamoah's biggest trading partner's. >>> those are the top stories. i'm zain verjee. "world business today" starts now. >>> good morning from cnn london. i'm charles hodson. >>> i'm andrew stevens from hong kong. welcome to "world business today." the top story this friday, december 30, the final wbt of the year. >>> penultimate. anyway from austerity measures and anger on the streets to bond yields going from bad to worse, it's been a rough year for the eurozone and there could be more of the same to come. >>> traders have had a turbulent time of it, too, as major stock markets slumped. we'll take alike at the best and worst performance. >>> and it's been a quiet christmas for occupy london protesters, but eviction from their central london camp looms in the new year. >>> and as the year draws to a close, we have seen a modest rally here in asia following those gains on the u.s. overnight and ahead of a higher open in europe, charles

opponents are sort of like the japanese soldiers who are in the pacific islands still fighting worldle and say look, just leave the pot heads alone. the country has moved beyond this. specifically with these governors, it's a little bit more nuanced. they are trying to put the blame on the federal government. both of those states have passed medical marijuana laws, but they don't want to implement them because either they are squishy politically or nervous for other reasons. they are saying hey, feds, reclassify marijuana and then we will implement this law. plenty of other states, chris christie in new jersey and a number of others are implementing their laws. the district of columbia is moving forward. it's not like people or everyone is afraid of the federal government. obama has promised to back off of states where it's legal. these governors are actually being a little wishy washy and trying to look courageous. >> let me ask you. you mentioned washington and rhode island, two of the 16 states and mentioned d.c. of course that allow medical use of marijuana. wouldn't it be better

>>trace: and a pacific island nation wants to skip the day on friday putting the country in the samelia and new zealand which is 20 miles east of the international dateline which designates where each day begins, they will make the decision to move the nation to the other side of the date lane, or more accurately, move the line east of the island. we are told that not everyone in the tourism industry is thrilled about the change. samoa will lose the distinction as the last place on either to see a sun set and mark the new year. if you keeping tabs on the corner of wall and broad, it is flat, and it is almost dead flat for the day. in fact, flat for the year so the 401(k) did not make a penny but it does not lose a penny, either, keep that in mind. that's it for "studio b" back