. >> reporter: there is also the fear of getting the coronavirus accord the pacific islander covid-19 response team, native hawaiian and pacific islanders contract the virus at disproportionately high rates in states where data is collected by race. in hawaii, pacific islanders-- including samoans-- are the most likely to be hospitalized or die from the coronavirus, morerahan any otheal or ethnic group. and is that concern of some of that they could ged in there, waiting process? >> that's a concern for everybody, evy single person.ge my b, biggest fear is that someone of the stranded get the virus and die. will samoans-- pacific islanders, in general-- they live in multigenerational homes because, you know, family is such a huge thing for them. >> reporter: while fiti aina was waiting in hawaii to go home, he found out that he has an enlarged heart, putting him at high risk for complications if he contracts covid-19. >> it's hard for me to-- to go find a job. if i am going to get the virus, it's the end ge for me. >> reporter: back in american samoa, a covid-19 task force a the local

one of the key stats is that 25% of all professional players or pacific island heritage now. to 30% of all layers that rugby world cups. when we go back to the pacific isjust not cups. when we go back to the pacific is just not reflected cups. when we go back to the pacific isjust not reflected in our economies and our stadiums and our facilities. but we delve into those and won the game to look a bit more favourably. start looking up to the values of equality, fairness and the ways of the world in terms of treating some of it is most important. the players bring the biggest names of the sports a lot of the time. interpret the issue, it'll think of spoiling the film when you say is the attitude from tier nations come and world rugby and corruption within the federations themselves. we love the sport of by themselves. we love the sport of rugby and our communities are built oi'i rugby and our communities are built on rugby and christianity as we say in the film. but it's a tough one. it's a because we have these issues and talk about the most senior politicians in our nations

we will address the health and economic disparity that means that this virus is hitting the pacific islanders, black, native american communities harder. the bottom line -- i will spare no effort to turn this pandemic around once we are sworn in. to get our kinds back to back to school safely, -- and we will follow the science. we will follow the science. let me say that again. we will adjust to new data when it comes in and we will listen and work with governors and local leaders in both parties who are fighting this virus in their communities to this very day. there is so much good work happening at state and local levels across the country -- governors, mayors, they are stepping up. the advisory board will listen and learn lessons from their experience. and because we know that we won't fully defeat covid-19 until we have defeated it everywhere, my advisory council also includes experts on global health security, so that we can restore u.s. global leadership and fight this pandemic. this is a crisis that affects everyone. as i have said throughout this campaign, i will be a president for e

are going to address health and economic disparities that mean this is hitting black, latino, pacific islanders, native american communities harder than white communities. that is one of our priorities. the bottom line -- i will spare no effort to turn this pandemic around once we are sworn in on january 20. to get our kids back to school safely, our business is growing, and our economy running at full speed again, and to get an improved -- approved vaccine manufactured and distribute it as quickly as possible to as many americans as possible, free of charge. we will follow the science. we will follow the science. let me say that again. we will adjust to new data when it comes him, and we will listen and work in cooperation with governors and local leaders in both parties who are fighting this virus in their communities this very day. there is so much good work happening at state and local levels across the country -- governors, mayors. they are stepping up. the advisory board will listen and learn lessons from their experience. because we know that we won't fully defeat covid-19 until we have

one metres elevation in the pacific islands which are very flat, you would have a dramatic impact. it could mean that entire islands would be submerged and people would have to relocate. but this at no. 6 mission comes with a high price tag around 800000000 euros. it will collect data for 5 years and then the replacement will take over. before we go, we have some of a wild snow there, but have a look and particularly have a listen to what was captured in northwestern china. what a wreck if you modify these animals reward like other big cats, but good vocal chords as you can hear on the sign, which means their voices sound a bit different. a lot different. this video was captured by a hidden camera in the sun young won national park in northwestern china. you're watching. live from berlin, next up is shift to living in the digital age with a look at smart funny, that's next. more headlines coming at the top of the hour. in the meantime, there's the web site, if you can't wait until the dot com for now though i have to be held for me and the team here in berlin. thanks for watching.

native hawaiians and pacific islanders have seen cases surge in their communities and continue to face some of the highest covid-19 infection and mortality rates out of any of the racial groups in several states, including in my own state of california. and new data shows that asian americans are also diing from covid-19 at a disproportion rate, with deaths in the asian american community nationwide increasing by 35% this year, compared with the average over the last five years. and this is compared to a 9% increase in deaths for white americans. for other communities of color, there are equally high rates. for blacks, 31% increase compared to five years ago, 44% for hispanics and 22% increase for native americans. down playing this virus is also down playing the reality of health care inequality and minority health disparities in this country. and that's why we crafted an urgently needed covid-19 response bill to make us sure we can combat the disproportion affects of coronavirus on communities of color. and that is precisely what the house did in may with the passage of the heroes ac

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is racism against the "pacific islander community" really our country's most urgent problem right nowot. it is not even in the top 500 problems. you are not going to the angry mobs lynching people in the streets because of coronavirus. you never will see that. it won't happen here. this is not that kind of country. america is a welcoming place filled with unusually kind and open hearted people. the merchants of bulkness cannot see that. they refused to see it. as a matter of faith, they believe all bad things emanate from america and will always put america last, it is their creed. biden's plan goes on to demand that we change the trump administration s so-called publc charge rule, which would allow more immigrants to move into this country at taxpayer expense in use our health care system, in the middle of a terrible epidemic. how does that help? it doesn't help, it hurts, that is the point of it. people like this are dangerous. they are the reason things are falling apart. suddenly, they seem to run everything, but they are not in the majority in this country, and we should remember

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as well as the asian-american pacific islander voters.s were the dominant support in this -- g e giving him this victory. i anticipate, craig, black voters will certainly be holding this administration accountable for some of the things they voted for. we voted for a country that's never really loved us back, yet we still voted in the hope of what this country might become for us after we built it for free. >> i would also add native americans to the aforementioned groups. >> that's right. >> polling is showing that native americans, by and large, supported the president by an overwhelming margin. tiffany, speaking of exit polling again, president trump won 12% of black voters. that number may not sound very high, but it's the highest share that a republican candidate has won in the past 20 years. in 2016, the message to black voters from the president, if you recall, was literally, what the hell do you have to lose? in 2020, it seemed to be trying to convince black voters that joe biden was bad for them. why do you think that support tic

and economic disparities that mean this virus is hitting the black, latino, asian american, pacific islanders and native american communities harder than white communities. folks in these communities is one of our priorities. not an after-thought. >> reporter: in that national address, president-elect biden reached out to those who may not have voted for him, explaining that put the differences aside and come together to really fight the virus. he also emphasized and re-emphasized the importance of wearing masks until we have the distribution of that vaccine. cierra johnson, for nbc bay area news. >>> to covid-19 local front. let's head to santa clara county where they are giving us an update on numbers this within the doctor. you see dr. sarah coty there. let's listen in. >> so this is right off of our website which you can all see, but i wanted to make a couple of comments. first of all, i wanted to note that wree had this big surge in july. it didn't take long to go from very low levels right up to that surge. we then took action here and across the state and our case counts came down, alt

the pacific island nation of vanuatu reported its first covid-19 case today.until now, it was one of the few virus-free countries in the entire world. the 23-year-old man had recently returned from the united states. >>> two small earthquakes rattled parts of northern california this afternoon. the first measured at 3.4 magnitude. it struck near san juan bautista, a few minutes later, a second slightly smaller quake near salinas. >>> tropical storm eta is battering parts of florida's gulf coast. this is what it looks like across the tampa bay area. heavy rain, damaging winds and some choppy waves. there's even a threat of possible tornados. 70 mile per hour winds were reported. the hurricane center says eta could make landfall later this evening north of tampa. there are also dangerous conditions further south near fort myers. take a look at this new video a sailor tried to get control of his boat after it broke loose from the dock, but it got caught in those waves and ended up crashing into the bridge. >> pretty dangerous. >>> all right, paul's with us now, w

your day comes at one of these long term projects cruiser, designed for a floating city off the pacific island of tot he the us based seasteading institute has developed a concept for a floating city project led by political theorist pantry friedman. the co-founder of pay pal is also on board. the idea has a political dimension to solve or an ocean colonies would be free from state control. but floating communities must be available to everyone, not just the wealthy. the oceanic project is being developed in coordination with the united nations. the goal is to make floating cities available to the many coastal regions that are under threat. those solutions are urgently needed. nearly half of the world's population lives within 100 kilometers of the coastline. oceanic cities could grow and adapt housing anywhere from 30210000 people. the threat of rising sea levels might be right around the corner. hamburg in northern germany could also be at risk if god thi, how moorcock is and it's a real danger. hamburg is located just 100 kilometers from the coast and research, and the gates that the sea le

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there's everyone on there from pacific island nations and south american countries that really have nothing to do with this case. does that mean? all of them were then given access to that information to those details that moscow has been asking for all this time. nothing is doubtful. i think obviously in play here is a very typical leaders of the whole is wanting it once because they believe in unity is strength. in point of fact, unity is weakness. it is based on truth and on supported our locations as these against russia or an era saying that you don't really expect that they obviously didn't really expect a response to this. so this was just politics as usual. and is this how this whole in bali case is going to end given that the man is alive and well? well, how will and remains to be seen this, i think much more newsworthy in the last few days. that there are public statements and the volumes of which is called upon the e.u. to, to impose sanctions against. well, you can see all the darks of logical wrong in russia. this is a perfect 5th column position. i find it very hard to believe

initiative for ucsf, which is geared towards addressing health disparities for african american, pacific islander, and latinx populations. as you know, i -- and courtney kind of just put it out there about the covid. i'm still on the groundworking. i am on -- every friday, i am out here, feeding the community, seeking out donations. in august, we just recently launched our community board to try to bring residents together so that they have a voice and a safe place. we are an under serve -- underserved community, but my goal as a board member is to bring attention to the needs that are here, but not just talking about them, but finding ways to work with agencies and organizations and continue building a relationship with tida board and strategic solutions to the organizations that exist, seeing how we can bring more organizations so that we're not focusing on just the communities to come, but how do we support the residents that are here, okay? i have the honor of talking to julie. i'm very close with my supervisor, the school board. as you know, i'm in every meeting. i'm in e-mail with, and resi

south korea, and australia, to hour-long cooperation with countries india, new zealand, and the pacific island. growing, deepening, and unifying this network must remain central to our collective strategy to ensure peace, and prosperity for another 75 years, and beyond. we welcome every nation. especially those who have benefited most from today's international system, to join us in this effort. for decades, they need states and our partners have bitter efforts on the belief that today's free and open order is worth fighting for. while the system has largely remained intact, we cannot take it for granted, or future up the chance. that is why, together, we are committed to improving it and remain ready to defend it. much like the greatest generation did when history called -- 75 years ago, the greek american naval hero admiral chester amid sent a message to the pacific fleet regarding that of the. were you reflected on the heavy cost of a victory, and our obligations in the fall, which was in his words the obligation to ensure that the sacrifice will help make this a better and safer world in w

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pigeons were part of work communications when communication by wire was impossible, such as on pacific islands. they were also important for paratroopers who often had little or no radio communications. pigeons would bring news from the drop zone swiftly without revealing the location of the soldiers. pigeons were dropped via specially made parachutes or inside bamboo boxes or containers, and you can see here an an eight bird container. they had to be dropped in the containers or they would fly home. soldiers would attach messages and send them back with communication. since they were so successful, few of these messages were encoded. they were so dependable at returning home, they did not worry about the messages getting into enemy hands. although there talents are well-known, the truth is we don't know a lot about how pigeons always managed to know how to go home. and we do know that it takes, it really does start with the training and a young age. and that has to be some -- that can be moved to new locations and the bird can be taken 100 miles away, and despite the new locations and sometim

to one reader by the centuries and with dire consequences for any one metres elevation in the pacific islands. which are very flat, would have a dramatic impact. it could mean that entire islands would be submerged, and people would have to relocate. the sentinel 6 mission comes with a high price tag around $800000000.00 euros. it will collect data for 5 years and then a replacement will take over the state of li news next up, doc, film, atlanta, last cultural diplomat is there for you. more headlines at the top of the hour and i forget the website is always there for life. and you hear me now here's we're going to tell you and how the last 2 years german chancellor will bring you back all you've never had to have a surprise yourself with what just possible really what moves some who talk to people who follow along the way maurice and critics alike join us from ethel's lifestyles. and we drove folks who are going to band through all the north african countries with their guns. not. i was always drawn to foreign countries because i had this curiosity about how other people live, think and work

, native american, pacific islanders, native american communities harder than white communities.not an afterthought. the bottom line, i will spare no effort to turn this pandemic around once we are sworn in onjanuary the 20th. to get our kids back to school safely, our business is growing and our economy running at full speed again. to getan economy running at full speed again. to get an approved vaccine manufactured and distributed it as quickly as possible to as many americans as possible free of charge. we will follow the science, we will follow the science and let me say that again, we will adjust to new data when it comes in and we will listen, work in cooperation with governors and local leaders of both parties, who are fighting this virus in their communities this very day. there is so much good work happening at state level is across the country, governors, mayors, they are stepping up. the advisory board will listen and learn lessons from their experience. because we know we won't defeat covid—19 until we defeat it everywhere, we will have experts on global health securi

administration needs to get black people more cabinet representation in asian americans and pacific islanderss well as the congressional hispanic caucus are also calling for inclusion. the transition has not announced timelines for any post beyond the economic position that are expected this week but we are expecting more announcements, december looking like there's a lot of news and what would've been a down day the president-elect spent part of it an orthopedist office, i did not go to church today as he normally does on sunday taken to the orthopedic office in delaware to have his ankle checked out after spraining it yesterday playing with his dog major, and german shepherd rescue dog, we just got a detailed note in, it says that president-elect joe biden sustained a sprain of his right foot, initial initial x-ray is reassuring and he will get it additional ct for more detail imaging and they go on to say the expected delays involved when closed offices, in order to avoid scheduled appointments they decided to bring biden in today, downplaying any concern that this rare sunday visit has mo

japan, south korea, and australia to our long collaboration with india, new zealand, and the pacific islandeepening, and unifying this network must remain central to our collective strategy to ensure peace and prosperity for another 75 years and beyond. we welcome every nation, especially those who have benefited most from today's international system, to join us in this effort. for decades, the united states and our partners have based our efforts on the beliefs on the fact that today's open beliefs are worth fighting for and while the system has remained largely intact, we cannot take it for granted or leave its future up to chance. that is why, together, we are committed to improving it and remain ready to defend it, much like the greatest generation did. 75 years ago, the great american naval hero admiral chester nimitz sent a message to pacific fleet regarding the end of the war. he reflected on the heavy cost of victory in our obligation to the fallen, which was in his words, the obligation to ensure that their sacrifice will help to make this a better and safer world in which to live

if the japanese could see it tested on some deserted pacific island? the answer to that given by defenders of the use of the bomb, first of all, it would not do sufficient damage to impress the japanese. it had to destroy things and if you drop it on an island, there is nothing to destroy. there's a big cloud but nothing is obliterated, no buildings, so it might not have been that impressive. another consideration is, it might not have worked at all, and would have been an embarrassment to bring the japanese leaders out and say this is what is going to happen to you, if you do not surrender, watch this. and then he drops it, thought. -- thud, not very impressive. and then others who say we do -- did not have bombs to waste. do you know how many we had at that time? two, and we dropped both of them. in light of these things, there's been another turn in atomic historiography, by some scholars of this period, say, i will give you a quote. one of them said, "the dropping of the atomic bombs was not so much the last military act of the second world war, as

. >>> the south pacific island nation now has the first case of coronavirus.year-old man who had returned from traveling to the u.s. tested positive whale ile quarantining. the man flew back on november 4th and asymptomatic. the nation's health ministry says physical distancing were in place during the flight, arrival and registration at the quarantine facility. >>> a cruise ship is headed back to barbados after a passenger reportedly tested positive for covid-19. this is the cruise line's website. a passenger on board told abc news that the captain made the announcement earlier today. the sea dream one is the first cruise to set sail in the caribbean since the pandemic halted all voyages in march. all passengers were tested before boarding on saturday rcht not the most budget friendly but neiman marcus is out with the fantasy g ♪ do you recall, not long ago ♪ we would walk on the sidewalk ♪ ♪ all around the wind blows ♪ we would only hold on to let go ♪ ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ all we needed somebody

our asian american pacific islander communities in georgia.our multi-cultural, lingual and generational coalition we built. with black and brown voters in the state. we wouldn't have achieved the wins if it wasn't for the community in georgia. >> chuck, what impact did latino voters have in georgia this year? was it because they were large numbers of new voters and activating voters who were already there, how did they play a role? >> there's been organizing on the ground. let's talk about the numbers. there's a million latinos in georgia. only about half are old enough to register and part are republicans. everybody is interested to know about 185,000 latinos showed up to vote in the november election. the key to getting them back. over ten years the latino growth in georgia is grow at 96%. aapi grew at 131%. that's half a million aapi voters. the asian american and latinos voters focus on the black and white and should. the two new demographics. two fasters growing in the state. which have been self-organizing on the ground is coming to frui

comes that one of these long term projects is jacques rouge design for a floating city off the pacific island of tot he the us space seasteading institute has developed a concept for a floating city project led by political theorist pantry friedman. the co-founder of paid pound is also on board. the idea has a political dimension to solve or an ocean colonies would be free from state control. but floating communities must be available to everyone, not just the wealthy. the oceanic project is being developed in coordination with the united nations. the goal is to make floating cities available to the many coastal regions that are under threat. those solutions are urgently needed. nearly half of the world's population lives within 100 kilometers of the coastline. oceanic cities could grow and adapt housing anywhere from 30210000 people. the threat of rising sea levels might be right around the corner. hamburg in northern germany could also be at risk. i lift the trophy home, walking is and it's a real danger. hamburg is located just 100 kilometers from the coast and research, and the gates that

organizing you put investment and a coalition together of african-americans, of asian-americans and pacific islandersommunity, when you put us together the lgbt community, we're creating new coalitions all across the region and we're going to change and shape this nation. >> i want to listen to nikema williams actually going to join us later. she won the congressional seat that was held by john lewis. let's listen to what she had to say. >> congressman lewis loved the ferrell williams song "happy," can and i can see the happy dance in that we won georgia, the state he represented for 34 years. >> i have the feeling you and others living in atlanta are the least surprised by how this has turned out not just in atlanta but in other cities around the country. >> we have been saying this. we have been saying this. we ignored the polls and said we are going to focus. what we know is that if you have a good strong ground game that if you ignite and if the people rise up in fact that's how you strengthen a democracy. we saw we're not surprised what is happening in philadelphia right now. we're not surprised

marginalized and under studied including filipino communities, japanese, korean american studies, pacific islanders southeast asian studies. >> thurman says there is proposed content to include others including arabs armenian and jewish americans. the commission will review the recommendations and the board of education will take action by the end of march. >>> now is the time to find the warm spot where the sun comes through the window. rosemary orozco, it is a lot nicer inside than outside if you are trying to stay warm. >> it is a bit brisk. anywhere from 15 to 25 degrees of cooling from yesterday into today for the inland communities. a significant change underway as a cold system moves through the bay area. overnight the front swept through and brought up the wind in areas. we will look at what happened in the overnight house with the wind gusts reaching 5-mile per hour. 58 reported at mount t am m. you don't have to be in the hills to get that wind. we got 24-mile per hour gust in santa rosa. 26 over areas of navado. south, we got san jose reporting 24. half-moon bay 17. you maybe thinking i

and economic disparities that mean this virus is hitting the black, latino, asian american, pacific islandersities. focus on these communities is one of the priorities, not an afterthought. the bottom line, i will spare no effort to turn the pandemic around once we are sworn in january 20th. to get our kids back to school safely, our businesses growing, and our economy running full speed again, and to get an approved vaccine manufactured and distributed as quickly as possible to as many americans as possible, free of charge. we will follow the science. we'll follow the science. let me say that again. and we'll adjust to new data when it comes in and we'll listen and work in cooperation with governors and local leaders of both parties, who are fighting the virus in their communities this very day. there's so much good work happening at state and local levels across the country, governors, mayors, they're stepping up. the advisory reboard will listen and learn lessons from their experience, and because we know we won't fully defeat covid-19 until we defeat it everywhere, the advisory council in

including filipino communities, and japanese, american studies, korean american studies and pacific islanders. >>> the superintendent says there's also proposed new content to include other identities including arab, armenian, sikh and jewish americans and they will review the recommendations and the state board of education will take final action by the end of march. >>> election recount. with some of the key swing states so close there may be several recounts in the near future. we will look at the possibilities and how they might work. >>> plus, demanding lawyers drop voter suppression lawsuits. a look at the street mural painted by activists today in san francisco outside of a building partially owned by the trump corporation. come experience the grand opening of floor and decor's newest location in the east bay area! our expansive store is fully equipped with safe distancing guides, so you can browse our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. or easily order online, and pick up all the products you need for your flooring project curbside! so come discover the perfect fl

asian americans and pacific islanders are calling for inclusion. record asian american turnout helped georgia turn blue in the state's senate runoffs looming ahead. president trump will campaign for the gop incumbents next week end and the legislative agenda is in the crosshairs. >> joining us now, u.s. surgeon general, dr. jerome adams. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me and thank you to the american people who kept it small and smart this thanksgiving. for those who did travel and those who did attend large gatherings, it's not too late to take measures. you can still isolate, you can still get tested in three to five days, you can take measures shown to prevent hospitalizations and deaths. >> new cases friday surpassed 205,000 and that was breaking a record set the week before. hospitalizations were at record levels in a number of states including washington, oregon, indiana and pennsylvania. the question is, is this what a dark winter looks like or do you forecast that this is going to get worse in the coming weeks? >> well, i

and economic disparities that mean this virus is hitting the black, latino, asian americans, pacific islandersve american communities harder than white communities. focusing on these communities is one of our priorities, not an afterthought. the bottom line, i will spare no effort to turn this pandemic onund once we are sworn in january 20. to get our kids back to school safely, our business is growing, and our economy running at full speed again, and to get an approved vaccine manufactured and distributed as quickly as possible to as many americans as possible free of charge. we will follow the science. we will follow the signs. let me say that again. -- we will follow the science. we will listen and work in cooperation with governors and local leaders of both parties who are fighting this virus in their communities this very day. there is so much good work happening at state and local levels across the country. governors, mayors, they are stepping up. the advisory board will listen and learn to listen from their experience. because we know we will not fully defeat covid-19 until we defeated

. >>> a small pacific island until now untouched by the pandemic now has its first covid case.island near australia. the government says the young man traveling back from the u.s. got infected but they had already been separated from other air travelers because he was considered high risk. health leaders say he arrived at the beginning of the month and so far asymptomatic and quarantined. >>> we all know too well the dangers that wildfires pose and technology tracking the threat. now more than 600 wildfire alert cameras and the most recent camera was installed in santa monica and one captured these flames right here north of santa cruz back in august. the goal is to spot the first outbreak of those flames and then increase the first crew's response time. >>> a live look for you in san jose and new for you this morning, the largest city in the pay area is getting top honors by the center of digital government. being named the nation's most innovative local government. that achievement fulfill mayor sam liccardo's goal to obtain the title by 2020. san jose's effort to bridge the

asian-american voters, pacific islander voters. the fastest growing demographic in this country.ter, you know, people on the right or trump voters, it's like, where was that empathy during the first bush administration or during the second or during the crack epidemic or after rodney king. you have been a delight to watch and listen and learn from and help america walk us through. i is certainly plan on being a chorus of voices to celebrate the history of this moment and hold this administration accountable and make sure we continue to center the people who helped elevate them and get them here. >> i thank you for that. you were one of the voices who pushed hard to make sure there was a black woman on that ticket. i remember that op ed in the washington post. dr. glover, let's talk about the next step. there's an atlanta -- not just atlanta, the whole state of georgia. there's a big election coming up. how hard are the divine nine going to ride for making sure that kamala harris doesn't just have position but also has power, meaning that the biden/harris administration has the se