throughout the history beyond what the vice president pointed out, the alliance, pacific islanders haveerally shaped the history, the contours of this country. as i said last month in asian american history month, the reception of the rose garden there's no island or identity. the diversity of the cultures as significant and the breath is equally as broad. it's been in the communities down to the individual communities the impact that the community has had. all of it has been defined by who you are and who we are as a nation and and an embodiment of so many of you here today. leaders in the civil rights. where are you. [applause] and military men like the four-star general. [applause] he is the only one i can say stand up to because i'm the commander-in-chief. [laughter] i'm serious, you've made a contribution. and the arts and sciences. there you go. stand up. [applause] she is the one that advises me on all these things. it's about time for the national museum to capture the courage, the character and the imagination maybe a little bit from a distance is the dreams and the hearts and

and we are a pacific islander collaboration. on behalf of my son who is deaf, this -- this -- this organization has supported my son and family with -- with resources. please support the association so we can continue to do the work and support our kids and families. thank you. >> thank you so much. next speaker, please. again, folks, can you please take a seat if you are not line? thank you so much. >> good morning. good afternoon. my name is kazani. i'm here with the soul association, a pacific islander collaboration. i am here to remind you that some people are natural organizer and have always stood in solidarity with black and brown folks in this beautiful city. today i stand here to not ask, but to say fund salt and the rest of these organizations so we can get back to our communities and take care of our people. we are tired of being the folks who are the fifth or the third or the fourth statistics in san francisco. we've been here more than over 100 years. we have the cousins who came from the islands to the states to su

first i want to present to you celebrating 25 years of community milestone the asian pacific islanderjoin me up here. [cheers and applause] >> renee will share a few words. a background, it was founded by representative for nonprofit groups, asian american dance performances, asian improv and theater company and since 1988 it has led organization that is we count onto promote organizational growth. something that we need to make sure we continue to uplift so that we see in our performances, our stages, our movies, our arts community, our own faces. renee. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much, carmen. [laughter] >> thanks, ralph. a lot of thank yous that's going to be happening right now since we only have a minute. i want to thank claudnie, aapi and heritage foundation for the wonderful honor. i want to acknowledge that without the advocacy of our community api will not be here today and it's the founder to create this organization 25 years ago and she could not have done it without the amazing leadership of then supervisor mabel. we want to thank all of our partners, san franci

asian pacific islander woman in a leadership position, that i am in this job. and even ringing the bell for the kids in the neighborhood, they see me, they cs, they see my crew and it is huge. that lightbulbs can go off for them as well like it went on for me. it truly is important to me to be part of an organization that supports diversity and representation. being in a job where we serve the community is really important that we represent the community. i think visibility, representation is key to opening doors for others, other people of color, other women, other people in the asian pacific islander community and say, hey,, that could be need too. i could be here serving the community and being a firefighter. [♪♪♪] >> chinatown battleground is something i have always wanted to do because we have never had the chinese americans in the military. our history goes back all the way to 1861 to afghanistan. the exhibition is two-parts. one is a visual history which is told through the banners. then basically what i wanted to do was make sure that people understood

of excitement today at the white house as music superstars bts last day of asian american and pacific islander heritage month. the k-pop super group were there to bring attention to an important cause, stopping the surge of anti-asian hate in the u.s. it comes as more states are pushing to include asian american history in their schools. here's jo ling kent. >> reporter: high school senior christina hwong is proud to be chinese american but lately it hasn't been easy >> i actually had someone cough on me, take off their mask and cough on me when i was out with my parents. and at the moment i didn't really understand, i was very confused >> reporter: asian americans have reported a surge in hate incidents since the pandemic began, rooted in a long history of racism. >> i didn't really understand what it meant until later when we started having conversations about anti-asian hate. >> reporter: a recent study found in much of the country, k-12 curriculum for u.s. history focuses primarily on japanese incarceration and anti-asian immigration laws so christina turned her experience into action, joi

francisco where there is now a new proposal to invest $118 million into the city's asian and pacific islander communities. three city supervisors are backing legislation to create an equity fund. if approved, it would support local nonprofits that help hundreds of thousands low income asian and pacific islanders. >>> authorities in santa clara county are looking for a man accused of attacking a vta bus operator. deputies released these surveillance video images of the suspect that assault happened on may 25th at the milpitas transit center. official says the driver stepped off the bus for a break and was knocked to the ground. the victim suffered a concussion. >>> new at 6:00, san mateo county approved a $1 million cash infusion to support planned parenthood. the board of supervisors approved the plan today to help buy new equipment for planned parenthood miramonte and improve abortion access. the plan also creates a buffer zone around parenthood clinics in unincorporated parts of the county. is goal is to protect patients and employees from harassment. >>> still ahead on kpix 5, elon musk in

the low lying pacific islands are some of the world's most vulnerable countries when it comes to extreme weather events caused by global warming. it must be at last year's comp 26 climate conference, the foreign minister of 2 vaughn, who made headlines when he gave his address knee deep and see water to draw attention to the islands fight with rising sea levels, at least the regions biggest economy has now committed to start acting on climate change. on a recent visit to fiji, the foreign minister of the newly elected australian government promised solidarity on the past governments, australia has neglected its responsibility to act on climate. ignoring the calls of our pacific family to act disrespecting, pacific nations in their struggle to adapt to what is an existential thread. this is a different australian government and a different australia and we will stand shoulder to shoulder with you, our pacific family in response to this crosses. perhaps a sign that nations like fiji, a finally getting heard ah, let's go to indonesia. now a country where 6 out of wedlock is taboo, contracep

the world, from the rest of the world, from a loss of australians as well, certainly from our pacific island the table. the science shows we need to see global emissions halved this decade and a wealthy country like australia should be doing more than that. so this does get us back in the game, really, they have to pick up game, really, they have to pick up the pace in the coming years. up the pace in the coming ears. ., ., ~ ., years. you talk about some the steppes been — years. you talk about some the steppes been taken, _ years. you talk about some the steppes been taken, wondered| steppes been taken, wondered about the level of innovation within australia for some renewables, for example. in spite of what many would have seen as the ten years of lagan valley progress over climate issues, are there innovative and creative ideas emerging in australia to deal with the country's problems? there absolutely _ country's problems? there absolutely are. _ country's problems? there absolutely are. look, - country's problems? there absolutely are. look, we i country's problems? there i absolutely

asian pacific islander woman in a leadership position, that i am in this job.ven ringing the bell for the kids in the neighborhood, they see me, they cs, they see my crew and it is huge. that lightbulbs can go off for them as well like it went on for me. it truly is important to me to be part of an organization that supports diversity and representation. being in a job where we serve the community is really important that we represent the community. i think visibility, representation is key to opening doors for others, other people of color, other women, other people in the asian pacific islander community and say, hey,, that could be need too. i could be here serving the community and being a firefighter. >> he is a real leader that listens and knows how to bring people together. brought this department together like never before. i am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the san francisco fire department, ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome, jeanine nicholson. (applause). >> i grew up total tomboy, athlete. i loved a good crisis, a good challenge. i

pacific region are with china, for instance, reaching out recently to pacific nations, 10 small pacific island nations to offer them a security packed. you have the u. s. reaching out with yorkers, security packed that australia joined together with you with the united kingdom, including nuclear submarines. and then you have indonesia in the midst of all of this trying to stay out of this rivalry. and that is basically the setting or for the discussion sun, the indonesian president and the australian, a prime minister will have here these days are dog relations between nam indonesia and australia. haven't been the smoothest in their, in recent years. one things of their bought toolbox for example, is this visit being viewed as somewhat of a reset or that is what it's been framed from the australian side, at least. so a diplomatic priority giving to indonesia. and then a d. m. australian prime minister observed that indonesia would be the next regional superpower. and that is, of course, or something that the indonesian a president likes to here. on the other hand, you have to see that it is co

court has allowed us authorities to seize a $325000000.00. russian owned super york mod in the pacific island nation. fiji impounded the vessel last month after washington linked its ownership to russian oligarch. sulaiman caramels. german chancellor, olaf sholtes. as promised to boost germany's military mission in lithuania. on tuesday he met with the leaders of lithuania as lexia and estonia. the baltic nations all share a border with russia and want a stronger nato presence. corporation. this is my german chancellor. allah shall send the 20 and president guitars know said i wanted to come. they did to announce preparations for an expansion of the multinational nato combat. you need currently station in the through area. and all i felt was keen to shut down criticism regarding germany support to ukraine with a dual credit vitamin roughly we will continue supporting ukraine with weapons deliveries. germany has been doing this more intensely than almost anybody else and will continue with support in the near term. as long as will be needed to rebuff russian aggression to chrome. but words are

military carried out missile test on the pacific island of palau, the exercise tested the army's ability to deploy the patriot system in an unfamiliar environment. a drone launched from an airport near palau. ten minutes later, a pair of antiair missiles were fired about 30 meters off the eye liss coast. it was 100% successful. it was part of the valiant shield which the drill conducted every two years. palau has no military and relied on the united states for defense. cha has been upping its influence in south north korea appears to have completed preparation for its seventh nuclear test. that's according to a new analysis by researchers at the u.s. thinktank. examining satellite images in the country's northeast. the researchers say the images were taking on tuesday. they show the refurbishment and construction work at the tunnel number three is essentially complete. this comes amid growing concerns over the last few weeks that pyongyang is going to conduct a test. the researchers say a new tunnel is under construction around tunnel number four, also known as the west portal. they spot

official has announced an initiative to boost engagement with pacific island nations. it comes as china is also seeking to expand its influence. >> white house indo-pacific coordinator curt campbell told a u.s.-based think tank his country will partner with like-mind govnments. >> to make sure of an environment that's open, healthy, productive and free from coercion. >> the initiative involves strengthening maritime domain awareness through multi-national surveillance, including the use of satellites. last month the leaders of japan, the u.s., australia and india met in tokyo for the quad summit. they agreed to provide technology and training to pacific countries facing maritime problems such as illegal fishing. it comes after china's top diplomat recently wrapped up a tour of island nations. beijing will continue to seek closer ties. >>> china has launched its third aircraft carrier, and it's said to be the most technologically-advanced yet. it was put into the water friday at a share moceremony a a shang dock. it allows the pnes t carry a mo extsive weapons load as we

ronny chieng is celebrating asian-american and pacific islander month, and our guest tonight is former to president donald john trump, kellyanne conway. let's jump straight into today's big headlines. ( cheers and applause ) all right, there's no denying that there is a lot going on in the world right now. for instance, russia is still invading ukraine, and in response the european union just announced they will be banning almost aller russian oil imports which will turn russia's currency into the tick tock crime filter all the time. there's also a growing outbreak of monkeypox, a disease killing off everyone's n.f.t.s. so please, everyone, vaccinate your monkey, remember. ( laughter ) and, by the the way, they're saying it's spread mostly through sex, yeah. so at least now when you show up to the doctor with monkeypox, your doctor can be like, my man... ( laughter ) oh, and on top of all of that, someone threw a cake at the mona lisa. yes. which apparently was to protest climate change. ( laughter ) sounded weird, but apparently most people don't know this about the mona lisa, but if

asian pacific islander woman in a leadership position, that i am in this job. and even ringing the bell for the kids in the neighborhood, they see me, they cs, they see my crew and it is huge. that lightbulbs can go off for them as well like it went on for me. it truly is important to me to be part of an organization that supports diversity and representation. being in a job where we serve the community is really important that we represent the community. i think visibility, representation is key to opening doors for others, other people of color, other women, other people in the asian pacific islander community and say, hey,, that could be need too. i could be here serving the community and being a firefighter. [♪♪♪] >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is

offshore detention centers, that was a plan that saw people being sent to detention centers on the pacific islandsf nauru and manus, you yourself were held at an offshore detention center on manus island for six years, so how concerned are you about the kind of precedent this uk rwanda agreement could set? >> thank you for having me. i think it's horrific news and for many years, advocates and australia were warning that was -- warning that what was happening in australia and what the australian government was doing one day would be a model for other countries. five years ago politicians came from denmark and they visited naru and when they went back to europe they exactly established the same system in denmark. but in the u.k., it's a large version of australia and is exactly the same. and let me say the former australian prime minister tony abbott was exactly the same person who introduced this policy to the british politicians and now they are doing it. the policy established on secrecy, on uncertainty, and also on based of colonialism mentality. so what they are doing is exactly the same as wh

ama: president biden is creating a national museum for asian american and pacific islander history by signing a law that creates a commission. pres. biden: it is clear the battle for the soul of america continues, that is why i museum like this will matter so much. museums of this magnitude and consequence will inspire and educate. more than anything else, it will help people see themselves in the story of america, a story that makes us a better america. ama: the commission will help formulate a plan of action to establish the museum. it has to develop a fundraising plan. look at the resources necessary to run the museum. >> the big lie was also a big ripoff. dan: developing news, self they congresswoman zoe lofgren took center stage today. she is one of the members of the january 6 select committee, and now she has made it her mission to lay out what she says were extravagant lies by former president donald trump. this was the second day the committee held a televised public hearing. it continued to assert that despite being told he lost the election, former president trump pushed cl

it is part of a celebration of queer or trans pacific islanders. reminder, abc 7 is proud to be a sponsor of the san francisco pride parade. we will watch it live right here. you can see all of our coverage at abc7news.com/pride. more than 10 million people are expected to celebrate a special anniversary across the pond. >> i hope everyone enjoys it. dion: we will take a look at today's platinum jubilee events to pay tribute to a first for a british monarch marking 70 years on the throne. a historic theater is taking a trip back in dion: a weekend of celebrations happening at two art queen elizabeth's platinum jubilee, her 70th year on the throne. an abc news reporter tells us of course raise and concert highlighted the day's events: the queen did not attend. reporter: the queen's mobility issues may be keeping her out of sight but that is not stopping her loyal subjects from celebrating a platinum jubilee, 70 years on the throne. >> she is a massive inspiration, she was the country's grandmother. reporter: massive concert being held in her majesty

but there has been a spike in hate crimes targeting the asian-american and pacific islander communityse concerns are real. so, with a new d.a., there could be policies that could change pre-but if anyone is expecting that a recalled d.a. bodine is going to create a panacea in san francisco where our problems go away, that is fools gold. karina: this has been watched on a national scale, wise that? josh: san francisco is an international city. we are considered one of the most progressive places in the world so no doubt we tend to make headlines when things happen here. however, d.a. jason bodine is a unique individual. his life story, parents being incarcerated for a deadly robbery, the fact he has very progressive policies and spent time going to venezuela and working for a late president there, and the policies he has pushed has made him a unique individual that has garnered a lot of vitriol from the right. that has very much fueled this. but san francisco is interesting, so i guess that is why we get all the attention. karina: josh kahne, thank you for your time. we will have the r

today guam is the largest american military base in the pacific. the island is unofficially considered the westernmost point of the united states, the status of guam is an organized, non-attached territory of places. considered american citizens, but their rights are limited. they can't run for president, and their congressional representative has no vote on june 21, 1901. in st. petersburg, the suvorov museum was solemnly founded; it was opened 4 years later on the 175th anniversary of the birth of the great commander, and the museum and its exposition can be called truly folk donations for the construction and exhibits were sent from all over the country. nicholas ii presented the museum with courier passports of the sergeant. suvorov's letters are a competent award. titles to him alexander vasilyevich suvorov became the first person in the history of russia in whose honor a separate memorial museum was erected. among the most interesting exhibits include the fortress of izmail, taken by suvorov during the russian-turkish war, the commander's death mask and

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asian-american and pacific islander heritage month is a period for the month of may. recognizing contributions and flujs of asian-americans and pacific-islanders to the history, cullure and achieve ams of the united states. the committee believes this would be an appropriate time period to take action and rename visitation valley play ground in honor of her contributions to society. >> renaming committee represents the distill versity of the valley and mirrored in the multicultural and multiethnic residents. the committee's desire is for the renaming to be a place of heeling for the community at an accomplice to hold emathy what transpoired there composed of local lead ands people involved in social activism and open space add have kaes. committee members consist of yee a resident and community one cofounder. ronned cullfirst a community manager at the village. free there the man a visitation valley guardern and green way member. jenny weber for elementary school garden. tiffany chen, a residents. jessica compost, kelly mc clur with mission blue cafe. josephine chow a

so today on the final day of asian american native hawaiian, and pacific islander heritage month, i am excited to welcome some special guests to the briefing room today, pop phenoms, bts. woo hoo! [applause] while many of you may know them as grammy nominated international icons, they also play an important role as youth ambassadors, promoting respect and positivity. after this briefing, they will join president biden in a discussion about asian inclusion, representation and diversity, as well as addressing an anti-asian hate crimes and discrimination. as many of you know, the president has led an historic whole of government approach to combat racism, xenophobia and intolerance facing the aapi communities. getting his first week in office when he issued a presidential memorandum leveraging the power of the federal government to stand against this hate. >> the president also signed the covid-19 hate crimes act into law, signed an executive order to reestablish the white house initiative on asian americans, native hawaiians and pacific islanders, and funded critical research to prevent

. >> some star power at the white house today in honor of asian american and pacific islander heritage month. k-pop boy band sensation bts attended a news conference with white house press secretary karine jean pierre earlier today, members of the group talked about the importance of diversity and equal representation addressing anti-asian hate crimes and their responsibility as youth ambassadors for unicef. >> he said we were devastated by the recent surge of hate crimes, including asian american hate crimes. that puts a stop on this and support the cause. and lastly, we thank president biden and the white house. we're getting this important opportunity to speak about the important causes. >> remind ourselves of what we can do as artists. after the news conference, the group headed to the oval office for a private meeting with president biden and a very giving autographs to the press. troubling. get that they're working for unicef. yes, that's it for us tonight at 6. >> tonight at 8, we'll keep you posted on that fire burning in napa counties or stay with us for that. we'll have the l

as well as the number of black and latino native american pacific islander and the league of united latinmerican citizens. and then to mobilize the 17000 plus member covid-19 communities. and with a kid focused english and spanish language toolkit. but then the trusted networks that we build last intimates and to helpp millions of americans from hospitalization. and with the equities at the center of the approach. and that is misinformation. and then to issue a surgeon general's advisory. and those that are spread on social media m impact. and then coming from s trusted sources like the doctor and local children's hospital and department of health and medical associations like aap and cdc. and those to reach out to friends and families and neighbors and communityty members. and then to build the people powered campaign to protect her youngest children. and then pediatricians and family of physicians and nurses out there how much our nation needs your help right now to make this effort is success as we work at keeping youngest one safe. whether encountering misinformation with accurate sci

flag will be flown in san francisco's japantown plaza until june 6 to celebrate and trans asian pacific islander week. >> and pride month district. 5 supervisor dean preston spoke at the event saaurday afternoon. this flag is really it's more than just a symbol. it stands as a testament to how we. >> continue to be a a city >> where all kinds of folks can seek refuge and say go home. >> celebrations included performers front and center. >> you have one more time for our >> district. 8 supervisor mandelman. the boards only lgbtq member had these words were so good in san francisco and recognizing. >> we're history is not just the castro is not just a particular community. it's everywhere. religious leaders in the japanese community showed their support for our times. thank you, everybody. >> the event was put on by the japantown rainbow coalition. organizers hope to make this an annual pride celebration having an event like this brings us all together and the mindset lgbtq plus people are everywhere in every community and is there to be highlighted in every community, especially the ones that we

> how community he said safety, several acts of violence against elderly asian americans and pacific islanders have a committed by younger black meant doctor carolyn scott stood up tuesday to call for unity between the 2 communities to establish justice. >> i'm here to ensure domestic tranquility. the piece that we need amongst ourselves. >> i am here from activists to politicians. those in attendance of the asian justice rally have promised to gather every time there's a court date for the in support of a ton of pot, these family. we will look past our differences, our own personal a political views. >> a cultural backgrounds from fight to fight for what is right together in san francisco. rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> and another rally took place in oakland yesterday. union leaders representing security guards on both sides of the bay say that their members are finding themselves and more dangerous situations than ever. now they're demanding more workplace protections as they're increasingly being asked to do more. the union says from intervening in violent robberies, dealing with people suff

flag will be flown in san francisco's japantown plaza until june 6 to celebrate and trans asian pacific islander week. >> and pride month district. 5 supervisor dean preston spoke at the event saturday afternoon. this flag is really it's more than just a symbol. it stands as a testament to how we. >> continue to be a a city >> where all kinds of folks can seek refuge and say go home. >> celebrations included performers front and center. >> you have one more time for our >> district. 8 supervisor mandelman. the boards only lgbtq member had these words were so good in san francisco and recognizing. >> we're history is not just the castro is not just a particular community. it's everywhere. religious leaders in the japanese community showed their support for our times. thank >> the event was put on by the japantown rainbow coalition. organizers hope to make this an annual pride celebration having an event like this brings us all together and the mindset lgbtq plus people are everywhere in every community and is there to be highlighted in every community, especially the ones that we love. santa. >>

pacific region. now, since the authorities held a meeting in washington on tuesday, we note with concern the security agreement between the peoples republic of china and the solomon islands. the establishment of a persistent military presence in the pacific by a state that does not share our values. our security interests would fundamentally alter the strategic balance of the region and pose national security concerns to both our countries. the u. s. and new zealand have raised the alarm over the reef insecurity parts between china and the solomon islands. the state secured the agreement back in april, despite opposition for washington and camera focuses on boosting. the solomon's national security capacity. also giving china the option to send these forces to the states, to protect the safety of chinese personnel and major projects and the u. s. and i've, i've been concerned about the prospect of chinese bases in the region in a bit to count to china in the pacific. the u. s. wants to place intermediate range missiles there. however, new reports by the run corporation claims washington allies in the pacific are unlikely to host the weapons for the united states and japa

supreme court has ordered the removal of a $300000000.00. russian owned super yacht from the pacific island nation authorities seized the vessel last month on behalf of washington. as part of sanctions on russian oligarchy. commons by the european council presidents at monday's meeting of the un security council, have prompted russia's envoy to storm out. he left the session after shout, michelle accused russia of using global food supplies as a weapon in the war. with my own eyes, we turn our focus now to nigeria, where waves of grief are rippling to were community after sunday's mash shooting and a catholic church. 22 people were killed and 50 injured when a group of gunmen opened fire on worshippers marking the christian holiday of pentecost. no group has claimed responsibility for the killings. the attack took place in the village of oak, in the south of the country region, which is usually spared the violin suffered by some communities in the north. and d, w is that all this cert, shakuma is on the ground in o. wu in nigeria is on those state and he visited the church where the attack

and just to discuss stepping up engagement with pacific island nations to counter china's growing influence, biden says the us wants to be a partner rather than dictate to the region. the chinese foreign minister is currently halfway through diplomatic tour of the pacific. i think too deep in his country's ties. them white house correspondent kimberly hell kit has more. it was the 1st oval office meeting between the u. s. president and new zealand. prime minister, a chance for washington to counter china's growing influence in the indo pacific region. but for new zealand, it was also an opportunity to express that when it comes to business, there are no loyalties. we had an exchange of views on the pacific, currently very clear view on both sides that the pacific needs to determine end is determining its our rules of engagement and as partners we need to make sure that we hearing what via critical focus an area of interest are for us to partner on and partnership is k, it is not a donor donate relationship and nor should it be. and i think that's the approach that i hear from the united sta