many americans have grown accustomed to seeing tall, athletic pacific islanders on the football field. at brigham young university, the tribal tattoos have long been replaced by a team logos on the helmet. for the upcoming college football season, the team will rely on 34 pollination players. in some years, they represent 30% of the team. on the practice field, this is not a recent phenomenon. the tradition goes back to the 1950's. players like kurt were going on the pacific islands, and used brigham young as a stepping stone to play professional football. >> some kids, all they have is football. they have dreams. they want to go to college. they want to play at a college level. >> the stereotypical image reinforced by football glory and the haka dance clashes with the introspective behavior displayed in the classroom. there, a polynesian americans are not performing well. at this high school, only 60% graduate. >> i truly believe the people of my culture, if they do not feel like their response is coin to be received intellectually, they will not say a thing in class. >> this class i

a plane crashes on route to a remote islands to a pacific island. syria has promised government collections. welcome to bbc news broadcast our viewers on pbs in america. the nuclear energy agency says it is increasingly concerned that iran is working on a nuclear weapons program. and protests in yemen, holding mass demonstrations in the capital. hello, and welcome. share prices fell sharply on wall street and in europe after the u.s. issued the worst employment figures for a year. 14 million people are out of work in america. experts fear that the u.s. economy is slipping back into recession. our north american editor reports. >> obama is the first president since the second world war to witness a month where overall, no new jobs were created. no president has ever been reelected with unemployment so high. 14 million americans are looking for work. jobs were wiped out by the public sector in getting rid of exactly the same number of people. the dow jones fell 253 points. it may be a statistical free, but it is also a symbol. america might be teeteri

the event with a special focus on hiv and aids, an issue that's of particular concern to the pacific islander community. >> they face a lot of stigma. we are afraid to talk about it, and we see that our communities don't come out to test. >> reporter: volunteers of america is confronting that issue head on by offering free rapid hiv testing that gives results in 20 minutes. >> this is testing to see if your body is coming in to contact with hiv. >> people like -- i think people are more likely to get tested, just out and about. it's free. you know if you go to a clinic or something or to the hospital you have to pay for it. >> reporter: with a focus on family and health, event organizers hope to double last year's attendance and bring a hundred thousand people. >> being about we are family is about taking care of each other and community. >> reporter: in oakland, cbs5. >> here we are unofficial end of summer and jim has news that some people may not like. >> unofficially we will stay -- well, pretty cool official or not as that has been our theme all summer long. we will continue to through t

and also today, i attended a white house initiative for asian american pacific islander engagement community meeting. these commissions are appointed by the president, and their job is to reach out nationally two different communities. to listen to what the issues and top priorities are. being the small business commissioner, i asked about job creation as well. the strategy to help small business in this economy. that is all. thank you. >> the general public comment. president o'brien: comments? >> i showed up here for item 8 which has been skipped, i have to wait to comment. i've been here the whole time. we don't have item 8. if you have it on the agenda and is going to be canceled, it would be nice. i say that with my finger in my ear. >> would you like to -- >> [inaudible] >> he's correct on that. we would look forward to have mr. power come to one of our meetings as scheduled, and we hope that that will happen sooner or later. >> commissioners, i was going to call at prior to closing the meeting, scheduled presenter did not arrive. >> we would like to urge our presenters to come when th

not to say, that people the pacific islanders. from my understanding, i don't see that. i have to go outside to get services for my children. >> would any of our panelists like to respond? >> the way people are placed in our school districts is the way the community wanted it. they wanted an open choice that anybody could have an opportunity to go to any school in san francisco much so what we have is basically a lottery. you could live across the street from a school and not attend it because the way the system works. we are reviewing that system and in the next year, you will see a lot of discussion open to the public to get input on whether that's a good system. the community felt that would desegregate the community. that hasn'ted happened t.

wed and seeing off a spirited japanese outfit to record their first win of the tournament the pacific islanders eager to pump their day one defeat to host new zealand behind them in. but plucky japan responded to each of tongue two tries in the first half to leave just five points between the sides of the break the fitness of the tongans would tell me and though comfortably securing a thirteen point victory their first win of the campaign after three attempts. who won more games lift we're going to lose i'm especially begins with teams like france. which is number four in the womb but. i'm sure. it was because we're going to take a more mix week before the game we felt that we knew what togo we're going to do and we had. had all the tools to. carry. you know too many turnovers from ruck pressure so obviously we're disappointed. brings us to football where sports schools well it's almost hit the headlines again the brazilian was suspended following a dangerous challenge in a russian premier league match some weeks the same thing as happened in a reserve game fixture the twice top scorer in russi

to sing off a spirited japanese outfit to record their first victory of the in the men's the pacific islanders a good tip of the day one defeat to have new zealand behind them . but lucky japan responded to each of those two tries to do five points between the sides a tough time the fitness of the. call for the police securing a thirteen point win. i mean time it was a case of ups and downs for russia rugby team the world cup on choose day the bears running in the first have a tries of the tournament going down to the second straight in the finals. the david jones three thirty six point defeat in the first cell for the bells will be talons reducing for early tries and five more would follow bots and alexander. down six minutes from the break russia's first ever world cup try to further after the second half would give the final score line a semblance of respectability russia lost to the u.s. in that opening clash take on ireland back some bad australia post reported very very good first off we only get away when penalty and. you know i wrote the book a study you know you could go without the b

the last census showed, we were 53% asian-pacific islander. the community has continued to grow and change. everyone has really embraced that. we liked that sort of diversity here. >> now, let's meet the president of the dogpatch neighborhood association. she will tell us about life in dogpatch, a clean neighborhood on the eastern edge of potrero hill, and we will learn how the residents convinced the city to a vigil -- to designate the area a historic district. >> dogpatch and the health and cottages are the historic houses in the area. those were built for the union ironwork. this really is one of the most original live-work neighborhoods in san francisco. because of this mix of housing and industrial, they need to sit in terms of scale and mass and height for the neighborhood. during the whole dot-com boom, we saw many move into the neighborhood. we found ourselves in combat before the planning commission for one project after another, and that was actually an impetus for the community to try to become a historic district. >> the process to

so when we talk about african-american students, latino students, students with disabilities, pacific islander students, what we are looking in those communities as well is a connection to the curriculum that makes it culturally relative to the students, as well, so that is the cultural relevance where looking for in all schools for all students, but particularly for those that we have decided are part of our achievement gap. it is slow work. it is hard work. it is work that easily could be misconstrued as putting the blame on someone, so the approach that we are taking and the conversation we're going to have at our retreat even at a deeper level and that we cannot have 13 priorities. we really have to have two or three, and in an environment where we have dwindling resources that are less and less common than the board has been extremely wonderful, but the board has to be even more stoic when we get hit with we need to do this, that, and the other thing, to hold the line and say, "that is all fine and good" until we know what is good for the kids in our strategic plan. how are we finding mat

many americans have grown accustomed to the tall, athletic pacific islanders. at brigham young university, the tribal tattoos have been replaced by logos and team helmets. the team will rely on 34 polynesian players. in some areas, they represent as much as 30% of the team. this is not a recent phenomenon. this goes back to the 1950's. the players were born in polynesia and the use byu as a stepping stone to play professional football. >> for some kids, that is all they have. they have football, they have dreams. they want to go to college and play at the college level. >> the stereotypical warrior image reinforced by football glory and the dance clashes with the introspective behavior displayed by those same students in the classroom. there, polynesian americans are not performing well. at current high school, only 60% graduate. >> i truly believe that the teacher -- that the people of my culture, if they don't feel like their response will be received intellectually, they will not say a thing in class. >> this class is meant to strengthen the bond and the stu

adopted in 2008, we said that we would make a priority to have african-americans, latinos, and pacific islanders to show some growth. unfortunately, they have always kind of been at the lowest levels, and that has been unacceptable to the board and, i think, to our community. everybody stepped up and said that it was a social justice issue, and modern-day apartheid, having an achievement gap. who is affected by it? the neediest people in our city. we made a point, and every school convened with their staff and community and say -- and said, "what can we do about this? this is a civil rights issue. what difference can we actually make?" everyone got together and started thinking differently. we noticed in some of the schools, some of the kids did not have access to things that ought to have access to. we started thinking about what an equity-centered school will look like. what you see is the dreams and aspirations of a great community like san francisco with the school board, the teachers' union -- everybody, administrators, classified workers saying this is a civil rights issue and our children

with a special focus on hiv and aids, an issue that the particular concern to the asian and pacific islander communities. >> they face a lot of stigma when it comes to hiv. first they communicate it, we see that our communities do not come out here to test and that's the issue. >> reporter: volunteers of america is confronting that issue head on today by offering free rapid hiv testing, that gives results in had just 20 minutes. >> and so this lets you know if your body will come in contact with that antivirus. >> people are more likely to get tested, you know, just out and about and it's free. if you go to like a clinic or something, or to the hospital, you'll have to pay for it. >> reporter: with the focus on family and health, event organizers hope to double last year's attendance and bring 100,000 people to this year's event. >> being about we are family, it's all about taking care of each other and community. >> reporter: in oakland, cbs5. >> a lot of people are enjoying a three-day weekend means they don't have to go to work tomorrow, jim, deliver for us, please. >> all right, no work

many americans have grown accustomed to the tall, athletic pacific islanders. at brigham young university, the tribal tattoos have been replaced by logos and team helmets. the team will rely on 34 polynesian players. in some areas, they represent as much as 30% of the team. this is not a recent phenomenon. this goes back to the 1950's. the players were born in polynesia and the use byu as a stepping stone to play professional football. >> for some kids, that is all they have. they have football, they have dreams. they want to go to college and play at the college level. >> the stereotypical warrior image reinforced by football glory and the dance clashes with the introspective behavior displayed by those same students in the classroom. there, polynesian americans are not performing well. at current high school, only 60% graduate. >> i truly believe that the teacher -- that the people of my culture, if they don't feel like their response will be received intellectually, they will not say a thing in class. >> this class is meant to strengthen the bond and the stu

state seeing off a spirited japanese outfit to record their first win of the tournaments and pacific island there's a good support that they want to speak to has new zealand behind them and found great love he japan responded to each of their two tries in the first cell is built on his feet now stalled still thinks he won eighteen the final schools. to go one more games or lift we're going to lose. you big games with teams like from. which is number four in the world but there are a lot of other grooves we're sure we demoed it was because we're going to take the moments week before the game we felt that we knew what children were going to do and we had. it all the tools to build our three good car and. you know too many to know from ruck pressure so obviously we're disappointed. in the meantime russia gearing up for their third of a world cup game the bears need i learned and policy on sunday our man in new zealand caught up with have coach kingsley jones who shout his thoughts on the sides last question more. this put it with a start against italy to concede so many points. but you know wo

i'm guessing office spirit the japanese outfit to recall the first win of the tournaments the pacific islanders eager to prove that they want defeat to host new zealand behind them in time very lucky japan responded to each of the three tries in the close to the fourth on both speed told in the end she won eighteen. people one more games are lit. a match pretty blue gives a look from so. which is number four in the world but not in the rules well i'm sure the winter night people because we're going to take them more next week before they go and we felt that we knew what tony we're going to do and we had. and all the tools to. try to. you know too many turnovers from rock pressure so obviously we're disappointed. and went on rush hour to gearing up for their third ever world cup game the best made island in pole c. on sunday a man in new zealand caught up with had coach kingsley gels and shout his thoughts on the sides last clash on more. disappointed with a start against italy to concede so many points. and you know worked so hard put a lot into it but we still make naive errors that give the o

when we talk about the groups of students we have identified -- african-american, latino, pacific islander, and students with disabilities -- we are not leaving any student to be anonymous. they have names, stories, and a learning plan. regardless of what happens as we go through the next few years, and budget times may continue to be rough, but i will tell you -- we have great people in these classrooms. it would be easy to say that these types of games have been made because we are becoming more selective about who takes algebra, for select -- for example. a few years ago, we have very few students at the eighth grade level taking algebra, and we have blown the doors open in terms of access. we have tripled the number of students taking algebra in the eighth grade and being successful in algebra in eighth grade. that means when they go to ninth grade, they are taking geometry. when they get the 10th grade, they are taking algebra ii. they have completed their requirements their sophomore year. it is very powerful that we have invested in this notion. the other thing i want to say, and i

many of the women on the team are from the pacific islander backgrounds. so rugby is a very popular sport in those cultures, but very traditional. these women, they are really breaking new grounds. and when i first, when i went to their first practice, i was just struck by how much fun they had and what a sense of area this was on the field. >> we are looking at film clips from your film right now. are you a rugby player too? >> i have played some rugby in my time, yes. i know how physically demanding it is. >> you had to do this for a class project, why did you choose them? why focus on them? >> sometimes it happens with documentaries. i had an idea i was so excited about. working so hard to make it happen and it fell apart. the day it fell apart. >> i hate when that happens. >> i went to a journalism class i was a part of. and a woman was doing a story about a real community space. and that was in danger of being shut down for the codeviolations. there was just one line in that article where there was a woman that said you know, i used to weigh 340 pound

far too many americans suffering and including the asian-pacific islander community where people are unemployed for longer periods of time than any other ethnic group, and they are suffering, and we need strong and decisive action. >> i asked the same question to senator menendez and how is "bold" defined, because it is seeming like a talking point at this time, because i am hearing this line of wording with bold, and that is what you want to see, but give me specifics on what that means? >> well, i would like to see an investment in infrastruckture and there are roads and highways and ir poairports that need to rebuilt. the average school is 40 years old. if we were able to get jobs in that kind of infrastructure, we would be able to put so many millions of americans back to work. >> and some of the reporting out there is the plan will be at least $300 billion and a few tax cuts and a lot of money for the financed job, and infrastructure and the things that you named there and from what i am told there, what is the dollar figure? is that not bold enough? >> i wish it were more and t

generally, both in our bilateral dialogue with china but larger setting, we just came from the pacific island forum in which chinese allies and, frankly, will do our own investment and we will do our own quid pro quo on a bilateral context. we're not particularly interested in sharing the full dynamics of our overall engagement. and then lastly, because we want to begin a discussion, i think the most interesting discussion is how does this set of interactions affect, and we really can't call the soft power because it's really much more than soft power. it is the attractiveness of the chinese system. clearly when you talk about the kind of strategic competition that is put on the table here, i think the most interesting dimension of that is not so much the competition but the comparison of two systems that are at work right now globally. what's of interest of course is that we on the outside work closely and see and interact with chinese friends on the record basis. we see the clear dichotomy in chinese performance and activism. a tremendously asserted engage china on the global scene. and you

enabled americans in alaska, washington, oregon, california and it is of the islands -- and the pacific islandso know that it was going to be a tsunami and how strong it would be and when it might arrive. that is our role in the aftermath of an earthquake. host: what is your ph.d. from harvard in? guest: marine ecology. host: when you were an undergraduate at colorado college, were you interested in these types of things? guest: i grew up in colorado and my family did a lot of outdoor the things, hiking, fishing, whenever this season. i loved science. i love pretty much everything. but my major in college was biology. that was particularly intriguing to me. between my junior and senior years in college, i had the opportunity to go to massachusetts and spend the summer there and take classes in marine biology and i thought, wow, this is really cool, i loved it, i want more. it has been oceans ever since. host: next call for noaa administrator lubchenco comes from oklahoma city. hi, scott. caller: hi. appreciate your show. i am interested in weather prediction as well, and i think it is too impor

some place out in the pacific or over vancouver island. our most recent communication by e-mail says they can't yet confirm where it came down. >> you know, i bet a lot of people on the planet out looking for that thing. it will be interesting to see what's in the paper in the morning. >> don't touch it, not because it's radioactive, but because it's sharp. the government owns it, it's not yours. >> give it back. all right don knapp, thank you. >>> thousands of people turned out in san jose tonight to remember a well known bay area radio host who was kidnapped and murdered. kit on how friends and family of cindy nguyen chose to celebrate her life. >> those who knew sin by nguyen best said she would not have wanted anyone to dry tonight. but her close friend apologized saying tonight she could not smile. >> keep one good thought with you right now. >> about 2,000 people came from as far away as arizona, texas, and france to reclaim the parking lot where cindy nguyen was carjacked and kidnapped, turning it into a place of joy. her son spoke

chilean or -- air force plane carrying 21 people has crashed on route to a promote -- remote island on the pacificanti-government protesters have had a demonstration with continued unrest in yemen. the president is still in saudia arabia recovering from severe ones from former attack in june. here is more. >> arab spring hasçáuólua÷ turo summer, but in yemen, the crisis continues. months after the demonstrations began, and endeavor -- anti- government protesters were back on street again. they want the president to stand down after almost 30 years in office. the people have been patient for a very long time. there is no doubt that the revolutionaries have not given up. god willing, they will have great surprises to his regime. it will collapse, god willing. >> the president is recovering in saudia arabia, after being injured in an attack in june. his reporters -- his people were also out on friday. >> we are here this friday for the same reasons we came last friday. we're here because of the troubled the people are experiencing in yemen, the current crisis. we're here to pray to god so that the p

these islands at the top of an underwater mountain range stretching across the pacific from russia to alaska the commando archipelago includes two large islands bearing and near two smaller islands called the hot and oddly come. they were named after commander visitors bearing the seafarer who discovered them in seven hundred forty one born in denmark vetus unison bearing served in the russian fleet he was in charge of geographic expeditions organized by peter the great. bearing ship ended up wrecked on this island. you know hardships they suffered during the winter defined description of high winds the bitter cold blizzard and sludge ah yes. there was an agonizing winter just terrible. saying a pass a new look came to the commander rollins when he was seventeen years old. since then he's worked as a sailor a fisherman and a hunter. he single handedly crossed the pacific and not before reaching seattle. he is now a permanent resident nikolsk oil where he's preparing illustrations for his book about the commander island's. bearings crew was lucky to be stranded at this place there must

pacific war came to an end. despite the passage of time, one man continues his search for a batch of photographs taken by a late friend that remains buried somewhere on an island in the south pacific. his search for these precious memories has opened his eyes to the fact that war may be over, but the scars of war still remain. nhk world has this story. >> reporter: this speech was given to soldiers in tokyo. in the audience, a photographer who was a baby during the war, who has made it his quest to find his friend's photos. after seeing action in the south pacific, this ship was attacked and sunk in 1945. photographs of the ship are extremely rare. although it is the u.s. commander's time to visit in the south pacific to search for the photographs. >> it was a truly impressive ship. i mean, certainly one of the most powerful ships in the world in its time. i wish him great luck and great success. >> reporter: the photographs he is looking for were taking by this man, who died 40 years ago. he was a photographer for the japanese navy and took many photos of the ship. this is the island where he was stationed in the final stages of the war. concerned about acces

pacific war came to an end. despite the passage of time, one man continues his search far batch of photograph efrs taken by a late friend that remained buried somewhere on an island in the south pacific. his search for these precious memories has opened his eyes to the fact that war maybe over but the scars ever war still remain. nhk world has this story. >> the u.s. navy in japan, giving a speech to former japan soldiers in tokyo. in the audience, he has made it his quest to fiend his friend's photos. they were with the japanese naviship. after seeing action in the south pacific, the ship was sank in april of 1945. however, since the most military secret at the time, the fleet was extremely rare. u.s. commander was visiting a friend, so t.o. search for the photographs. >> it was a truly impressive ship. i mean, certainly one of the most powerful ships in the world in its time. i wish him great luck and great success. >> the photograph he is looking for were taken by man who died four years ago. he was photographer for the japanese navy and took many photos. this is where he was stationed in the final stages of the war. with concern of the photos, he buried them

enabled americans in alaska, washington, oregon, california and it is of the islands -- and the pacific islands to know that it was going to be a tsunami and how strong it would be and when it might arrive. that is our role in the aftermath of an earthquake. host: what is your ph.d. from harvard in? guest: marine ecology. host: when you were an undergraduate at colorado college, were you interested in these types of things? guest: i grew up in colorado and my family did a lot of outdoor the things, hiking, fishing, whenever this season. i loved science. i love pretty much everything. but my major in college was biology. that was particularly intriguing to me. between my junior and senior years in college, i had the opportunity to go to massachusetts and spend the summer there and take classes in marine biology and i thought, wow, this is really cool, i loved it, i want more. it has been oceans ever since. host: next call for noaa administrator lubchenco comes from oklahoma city. hi, scott. caller: hi. appreciate your show. i am interested in weather prediction as well, and i think it is too imp

for asian pacific islanders it was 12.1%, and for non-hispanic whites it was 9.9%. digging deeper into the disparities, the data reveals the real median income declined for white and black households between 2009 and 2010. real median income for each race and hispanic-oriented groups have not recovered to the pre-2001 recession, all time high. according to the center for budget and policy priorities, the census data reveals that both the number and percentages of people living in deep poverty hit record highs, meaning that some 20.5 million americans had cash incomes below, mind you, $11,000 for a family of four. in addition, the census reports that the median household income fell 2.3%, or $1,100 in 2010. those at the bottom of the income scale have lost far more ground than those at the top. income inequality continues to grow at alarming race. and we know that this crisis is even worse in communities of color. the national average of children living in poverty in america is 20%. that's outrageous. now for african-american children, it's 36%, and for latino childr

. >> 30,000 islands in the south pacific alone and they are all tropical paradises. >> escaping california in an eccentric way. how one man is building an elaborate getaway boat one board at a time. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,st of a u-cn could go up again, several times. regents want to raise tuition by at least eight percent every >>> the cost of a uc education to go up again several times. regents want to raise tuition by at least 8% every year through 2016. that follows a series of similar fee hikes in recent years. ann notarangelo reports that the experts say that the cost of an education is not worth the reward in some cases. >> reporter: dana, here at northgate high school, 94% of the students go on to college. so any news that there could be a tuition hike at the uc system has these students talking. >> i think it's crazy in a way that people -- you're always encouraged to go and do this four-year, you know, good university. but they make it so hard in a way. >> reporter: these high school seniors have set their sights on attending a uc next year but this week, university of california re

for asian american and pacific islander, the rate is 13%. but among southeast asian americans, the poverty rate is 22%. these statistics, these children -- this childhood poverty rate, this is unacceptable. this data confirms what we've seen in our communities all along, the irresponsible fiscal policies of the primary administration plunged working families, especially those in communities of color, into poverty. . it also reveals the impact of the recession on their families. nearly eight million children live with a parent who is actively seeking employment but was unemployed in 2010. this is double the number in 2007 just three years earlier. that's why i again call upon the speaker to bring my legislation and congressman scott's legislation, h.r. 589, to the floor for an up or down vote immediately. to help millions of children with job seeking parents to get out of poverty. we have 13.9 million people out of work. 6.2 million of whom are long-term unemployed. worse yet these numbers do not include people who are trying to get a job or

. >>> a magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred near fiji islands in the south pacific at 1931 utc thursday or 7:31 friday morning local time. japan ministry says there is no possibility of tsunami. there are no reports of damage caused by the quake. the agency says the epicenter was near fiji, roughly 593 kilometers beneath the sea floor. next, we go to the bureau in bangk bangkok. >>> in pakistan, the disastrous floods that have inundated south of the country worsened thursday. relief efforts continue but from us trags with authorities is running high. it damaged 1.2 million houses since late august. the death toll has surpassed 200, and thousands of people are stranded. the government and international aid agencies are under pressure to provide relief. flood victims say they are not getting enough food, drinking water, or medicine. >> translator: the water is very dirty here. we don't have anything to eat. there is no firewood for cooking. >> pakistani authorities are also struggling to contain a fever outbreak. over 4,000 cases of the mosquito born disease were reported there in the pas