it's all a part of what's happening during the asian american and pacific islander heritage month for the month of may and san francisco and i am so grateful and excited. i want to really thank and acknowledge all of our sponsors for investing in our asian community. i know u. s bank and amazon and wells fargo or some of the top sponsors here , making sure that the resources are available so that community can have support and i see valley brown. from grants for the arts. thank you for making sure that we continue to invest in our arts organizations are parades are festivals in our exciting events of san francisco , and i'm going to just, um, leave you with this. um apec is going to be extraordinary in san francisco. and what is so amazing about what it represents ? david shoe touched upon it a little bit, but this is going to be an international event. of. a magnitude proportion and when i say that no other event on an international scale has existed in san francisco since 1945 when the united nations was created right here in our city. and so we will have heads of states. we will ha

ocean for renewable energy on the prime minister of the cook. islands is one pacific leda considering extracting minerals from the deep sea. we've been blessed with a resource that sits in lp potion. it's so good sitting on the surface and being afraid of the unknown, but some islanders feel it will have some via impacts. our sion cannot handled us, i really do not feel like the technology is there at all to be even considering doing this in a sustainable fashion in the 2nd of to special reports. 101 east examines how deep sea mining is dividing the pacific. ah, it's easy to sell the cook islands as a postcard paradise. because the 19 told the prime minister mark brown a valuable lesson, he needs to diversify his country's tourism reliant economy. when the pandemic heeds in 2020, many of the resorts shot down in a single year. the economy dropped by 25 percent. it was tough when cobra came, the 1st thing full suite, it was close our borders. and essentially we close the borders for 2 years. that was very, very difficult on our industry and on, on the, the private sect

7 member to collaborate with india with as the and that the southeast asian nations and also pacific islands as a, a way of a, a countering the expanding influence of china in this region. there's a real concern here about the china threats to taiwan, but also about the way that china has very successfully been a forging closer ties with a pacific island nations and pulling them into its orbit. there's a real feeling here amongst their juice have members that they should be out there trying to pull those same at pacific islands back into their own or but also beyond that, china's influence in the so called and the global south, the developing nations of the world where china has been in recent years be making big in roads. and there is, i think, an acceptance here as there been referring to in their talks that the g 7 members should be taking a far more proactive role in engaging with those developing our nations. and rob, presumably the war in ukraine will be a key topic going forward now. yeah, absolutely. a ukraine is dominating once again. this says gathering and we've got that in the op

but also about the way that china has very successfully been a forging closer ties with a pacific island nations and pulling them into its orbit. there's a real feeling here amongst our g 7 members that they should be out there trying to pull those same a pacific islands back into their own or but also beyond that, china's influence in the so called and the global south, the developing nations of the world where china has been in recent years be making big inroads. and there is a, i think, an acceptance here as they've been referring to in their talks that the g 7 members should be taking a far more proactive role in engaging with those developing a nation's china. says it's a willing to have close a strategic communications with the russian military, where the pledge came from beijing's defense minister at lee shameful, who met to russian, the president that in their pu 10 on sunday, it follows a state visit to russia by chinese present changing ping, last month when leaders disgusted beijing's piece plan for ukraine. gunman in that burkina faso have killed at least 40 members of the co

particularly in finding and catalyzing resources to deal with challenges affecting the lives of pacific islanders. that is front and center. as you know, it is an interesting challenge because in many cases each individual island nation is small and so making a market can be complicated, but particularly as they are pulled together and we pull resources, i think on climate we have an absolute responsibility, and we are acting on it to try to provide the technical assistance, the technology, and the resources. to deal with this particularly for countries that literally risk of not existing because of climate change. and of course programs that we have that are reflected in the budget for education, for governance, for building institutions. all of those are there. i am having to work with you and your team to make sure that we are properly resourced to do that, but this is front and center. >> just one final thought on what is happening with climate. i think there are some cases where they really might vanish. i think the less precipitous but just as bad scenario is saltwater in addition of the fr

. >>> this coming monday marks the start of asian-american and pacific islander heritage month, and today san francisco leaders kicked off the 19th annual celebration which highlights the culture and communities with food, music and film. >> we have so much to celebrate this year, i'm talking about the progress we are making after a very challenging several years as we are bringing our community back after covid, in the wake of anti-asian hate, as we move things forward. >> this november, san francisco will also host the annual apex converts which brings business leaders together from all around the world. >>> students at palo alto high school are supporting the cherokee nation and its struggle for representation. >> without further ado, we have the stars. >> reporter: she traveled a long way from her home in oklahoma , but here she is reveed the ral at palo alto high school where she has found allies in her struggle to make a nearly 200-year-old treaty made with her ancestors, a treaty that would see the cherokee nation's first ever delegate to congress. >> a lot of the history of tribes

francisco city hall, city leaders are getting ready for the start of the asian-american and pacific islander heritage month. the celebration starts may 1st and will highlight community culture like food, art, music and film. >> we have so much to celebrate this year. i am not just talking about academy awards. i am talking about the progress we made after a very challenginveral years as we bring our community back after covid in the wake of anti-asian hate as we move things forward. >> san francisco will also host the asian-american and pacific islander cooperation conference which brings local business leaders together from around the world. >>> let's take a live look and san jose city hall where the city has dropped a controversial housing proposal. the city council voted to reject the opportunity to purchase act, which would have given qualified nonprofits the ability to make the first offer on multifamily residential properties in the city. the idea of all this was to try and maintain affordable rents. instead, the city council will go after grants and other funding to build low income u

especially with pacific islands and threats to their taiwan are talking about maintaining a free endo pacific region in collaboration with india, the assay, and concierge countries of southeast asia and some of those pacific island nations who are in china's orbit. but many g 7 countries would like to see pulled back out of their all bit for mcbride, for us live there. thank you. well, so to come here on the al jazeera war and mental health, we report on the psychological, facing millions of ukrainians from the front lines. thus, i'm catherine's boy and mother. do they then ongoing government offensive? i guess on i'll be telling you about how that is going and games that have been made by the queued. ah here's your weather update in a minute 15, nice to have year long. this one will start off in the middle east and still getting some burst of rain across central areas of saudi arabia. let's give you an update now on that wind blowing down from iraq. this is a shame all went out as strong as it has been over the last few days. a wind gusts in doha, on monday, about 30 kilometers per h

san francisco's officially kicking off asian american and pacific islander heritage month. it starts in may. and our conference, justine waldman has more now. >> from the newsroom. hi, justine high. their city leaders declared san francisco one of api capitals of the country. and mayor london breed says that this year there's a lot to celebrate after so many recent attacks on the api community. >> we believe in reforms we believe in second chances. and we believe in the importance of the work to deal with the challenges that exist. but we also truly believe that when those lines are crossed, people need to be held accountable. >> so events to mark the api heritage month happening in the city, including a film festival cooking demonstrations and a war dinners. the mayor also said that the city is very much looking forward to hosting this year's asia pacific economic cooperation, leadership summit or a packets in the fall. it's a global conference that brings together nearly 2 dozen heads of state every year to discuss trade partnerships and scheduled to attend this year. pre

for asian pacific and asian and asian american and pacific islander heritage mom so mouthful um, but today we also take a moment to really honor a number of organizations , the 30 40 and 50 years of existence, and i don't know if you did that on purpose claudine. but um, the asian pacific fund for supporting community through philanthropy and making sure those investments get made in asian organizations. the asian island . i mean, the angel island immigration station foundation for 40 years of protecting the stories and the history and the heritage of the asian community in the bay area, the japanese cultural and community center of northern california one that is absolutely my favorite because of the work that they have done with me and partnership over the years even before i was a supervisor on the board of supervisors collaboration that took place between this center and the african american art and culture complex. those cross cultural relationship building opportunities were always central in my life in the western addition community and so they are celebrating 50 years , so a

william: the island nations in the south pacific are responsible for less than a third of 1% of globale gas emissions. but these low-lying islands are among the world's most vulnerable to the impacts of that pollution. as the planet warms, extreme becong more intense here. entire villages, like this one on the island nation of fiji, have been abandoned made unlivable because of rising seas . in 2019, frustrated by the chasm between global promises of action, and any meaningful change, houniuhi along with other pacific islander law students, decided to try and take the industrialized world to court. >> if we were to go down in the history books that the countries that float in the middle of nowhere let us not go down without a fight. even if we can't protect ourselves and we can protect people around the world who are also going through the same hardship as us. william: solomon yeo is also from the solomon islands, and one of houniuhi's partners. their idea was to get the issue of climate change in front of the world's highest court the united nations's international court of justice, o

now most of the students that we're ready, we're being seen as white, asian or pacific islander. well, children of color, we're less likely to be ready in the last 6 years of study that they did show that only 26% of latino kids were ready for kindergarten. and only 33% of black children and 33% of native american kids were ready when it talks about what's being done with the county says that there are several efforts that are currently underway with the main one being a program that would provide universal pre-k for all 4 year-olds in california. but the start of 2025, something that they think would really help parents who may not have the extra funds for pre-k or that private child care. this report also talks about, you know, children who come from homes where their parents make over 100,000 are twice is ready to go into kindergarten rather than students that come from families that are making around 35 to 40,000. but i did reach out to the superintendent at multiple school districts here in sonoma county, some hoping to hear back. and of course, we're live this morning at on

and in those capacities i see what we are doing with korea, with the pacific island countries. what we are working on to ensure the centrality, to the convergence of our respective indo pacific strategies in which we are both working to make sure the indo pacific is a free, resilient, secure and prosperous. i think on the people to people ties my people from the rock embassy talk about the 10 koreans look forward to study in the united states or see the united states as their greatest friend. i will point out that since 1955 there are 1.7 million koreans who have studied in the united states. it is just a testament to the diplomacy in this relationship did not appear out of nowhere but it took decades to build. and it will take decades to continue to build. it is a process rather than a destination. and i am privileged to be working towards that at the state department. a couple of words on dp rk. kathy has already mentioned the cyber piece in the human rights peace. those of the two things i was going to highlight as well. and i think we saw the evolution of the cyber threat co

and in those capacities i see what we are doing with korea, with the pacific island countries, what were working on to ensure the centrality of asean to the coincidence or the convergence of our respective indo-pacific strategies in which we are r both working to make se that the indo-pacific is free, resilient and secure and prosperous. and i'm really, i think on the people to people, my colleague from the rok embassy talked about that eight out of ten koreans prefer to study in the united states or prefer, they see the trend as their greatest friend. i will point out that since 1955 there have been 1.7 million koreans rested in the united states. it's just a testament to the diplomacy and this relationship that didn't appear out of nowhere but that it took decades to build and it will take decades to continue to build. it's a process rather than a a destination. so i'm really down and and privilege to be working towards that at the state department. couple of words onst dprk. kathy has already mentioned the cyber piece and human rights peace and those were the two things i i was going

pacific. ah ah ah, whether you want to lounge on golden beaches or enjoy the crystal clear water? the cook islands is a drain destination. located between new zealand, m, united states. it's a populous don't, off bookers linus traversing the pacific ocean. tourism is the main money spinner for this nation of 15000 people. but the coke islands wants to be a pioneer of a very different industry. deep sea mining with at the main point island is a blessing of boys that could bring unparalleled wealth to the nation. owned by resolves company, milan, and minerals. the research vessel will exclude the deep sea, the metals critical to the green energy transition. now awesome from it, it's the same. it's support. so we woke with, we'll hold it in 2022 prime minister mach brown's government's awarded underwater exploration licenses to 3 resource companies, including lawana minerals. over the last 10 years, we've been preparing our laws, our regulatory authorities, l. l. agencies, towards building a sustainable and responsible cbs fixed up for the benefit of alco calling people. as the rope is count, they un

community in san francisco and entire pacific islander association. as many communities of culture impacted suffer challenge with disparities, none of the work and love would not have come to fruition if we did not stand in support and solidarity and collaboration. the fact is proven the journey this far. with solidarity and love work from the latino task force our pi movement and efforts receive the moral support to restore and revitalize a near extinct population in the city. sorry, allergies. i'm not getting emotional. in the short period of 6 months, we have effectively been blessed to serve 1547 pacific islanders that is unduplicated numbers. that number in 10 months have grown close to 1800. over all of our salt and ltf collaboration at the peer resource site or the resource site in 10 months we serve about 4,000. in collaboration with all of hubs in the city and ltf we served over 5 digits with vital and critical services to support all communities of color, not to forget when our world was hit with the tragedy such as the pandemic, it was our

becausvers effects of climate change. >> the island nations in the south pacific are responsible for ss than a third of 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions. but these low-lying islands are among the world's most vulnerable to the impacts of that pollution. as the planet warms, extreme weather events like cyclones are becoming more intense here. entire villages like this one on the island nation of fiji have been abandoned, made unlivable because of rising seas. in 2019, frustrated by the chasm between global promises of action and any meaningful change , pacific islander law students decided to try and take the industrialized world to court. >> if we were to go down in the history books, the countries that float in the middle of nowhere, let us not float without a fight. >> their idea was to get the issue of climate change in front of the world's highest court. the united nations international court of justice. >> we said why don't we take on this initiative. let's choose the most ambitious one. we have our governments in the pacific open to climate solutions. >> their pitch convinc

community in san francisco and entire pacific islander association. as many communities of culture impacted suffer challenge with disparities, none of the work and love would not have come to fruition if we did not stand in support and solidarity and collaboration. the fact is proven the journey this far. with solidarity and love work from the latino task force our pi movement and efforts receive the moral support to restore and revitalize a near extinct population in the city. sorry, allergies. i'm not getting emotional. in the short period of 6 months, we have effectively been blessed to serve 1547 pacific islanders that is unduplicated numbers. that number in 10 months have grown close to 1800. over all of our salt and ltf collaboration at the peer resource site or the resource site in 10 months we serve about 4,000. in collaboration with all of hubs in the city and ltf we served over 5 digits with vital and critical services to support all communities of color, not to forget when our world was hit with the tragedy such as the pandemic, it was our

>> san francisco's officially kicking off asian american and pacific islander heritage month. that starts in may. a city leaders declared san francisco one of api capitals of the country. and mayor london breed says this year there's a lot to celebrate after so many recent attacks on the api community. >> we have an opportunity to really talk about not only the accomplishments and the things that we have achieved in the arts philanthropy and community. but we have an opportunity to really reflect on the past and to also look back at what this community has gone through and emerge even stronger than it has ever been as a united front against those challenges. >> the mayor also says that the city is looking forward to hosting this year's asia pacific economic cooperation. leadership summit are a pack in the fall. it is a global conference that brings together nearly 2 dozen heads of states every year to talk about trade partnerships, she says is a great time for the asian community to be on full display >> still to come on kron, 4 news at 9 another day. another break in the co-f

, i, i would agree, i think that they know, and i also say, and i decided can my heart outer pacific islanders and you know that you are entirely reliant upon her mother, earth and yours and your ocean for your life. you know, a lot of what we do is in recognizing the situation that you are in is the same situation. we are in and, and, you know, the, the, the better we can do to stop a tar sands pipelines. the better for you, you know, i mean that, that is my goal. you know, i've, i've spent 8 years fighting a pipeline that they just put in, you know, it's a crime against mother earth. it's a crime. you can't bring more oil out and pretend that it's going to work out. you bring it out in, in, in canada, you burn it in the united states. ah, it's going to show up in the pacific. you know, so all we do is, is, you know, knowing that our community is related to your community and, you know, been good prayers for you and your community. i answered, you know, i'm actually from, by the standards to being in the united states. you are saying that to inequality, consumerism, new liberalism, and i'll d

police say these robberies appear to target members of the asian american pacific islander community kron. four's amanda hari has more on the story. >> a string of purse snatching strong armed robberies plague san jose for more than a month from february 24th to march 29th just one day after the last reported incident, police arrested 19 year-old kaylie bar as and 21 year-old michael pruitt in oakland, a search found $10,000 in cash, illegal firearms and the equipment used to manufacture ghost san jose police say the suspects mostly targeted members of the api community carrying catch the suspects were stocking the banks. falling victims away from the banks. sergeant jorge garibay with san jose. police says the men were armed in most cases and took the victims purses or backs. >> in some cases, the suspects followed the victims all the way to their home intentionally targeting our asian american pacific islander community. >> will not be in should not be tolerated here in the city of san jose, san jose councilmember peter ortiz represents a district, a large vietnamese and filipino p

police say the robberies appear to target members of the asian american pacific islander community. coffers and harry joins us now live from the newsroom with a look at the suspects and why police still need your help. amanda? >> good evening. 2 men are in custody, but the san jose police is robbery unit says they need help identifying similar cases. there's a high potential for more victims and possibly more suspects. >> a string of purse snatching strong armed robberies plague san jose for more than a month from february 24th to march 29th just one day after the last report incident police arrested 19 year-old mubarak as and 21 year-old michael pruitt in oakland, a search found $10,000 in cash, illegal firearms and the equipment used to manufacture ghost san jose police say the suspects mostly targeted members of the api community carrying catch the suspects were stocking the banks. >> falling victims away from the banks. sergeant jorge garibay with san jose. police says the men were armed in most cases and took the victims purses or backs in some cases. the suspects followed the

snatching say that robberies appear to target members of the asian american pacific islander community. >> for some in harry joins us now live from the newsroom with a look at the suspects and by police still need your help and. >> good evening. 2 men are in custody, but san jose police is robbery unit says they need help identifying similar cases. there's a high potential for more victims and possibly more suspects. >> a string of purse snatching strong armed robberies plague san jose for more than a month from february 24th to march 29th just one day after the last report incident police arrested 19 year-old kaylie bar has and 21 year-old michael pruitt in oakland, a search found $10,000 in cash, illegal firearms and the equipment used to manufacture ghost guns. san jose police say the suspects mostly targeted members of the api community carrying catch the suspects were stocking the banks. falling victims away from the banks. sergeant jorge garibay with san jose. police says the men were armed in most cases and took the victims purses or backs. >> in some cases, the suspects followe

students in ama: today, officials in san francisco kicked off key annual asian american and pacific islander's heritage month. the month-long celebration in may includes festivities from performances, film screenings, workshops, and more. >> nothing m live more than these activities, festivals, and celebrations, and the asian is at the heart of those activities. san francisco has the oldest china towns in the nation. san francisco will hold the asia-pacific economic corporation leadership summit, mode -- more widely known as aipac. it brings leaders from asia-pacific regions to collaborate and tackle global initiatives. dan: in the south bay, a big push for more filipino representation and recognition at san jose state university. the role of filipinos in key historical moments have been overlooked for too long. abc 7 news reporter is zach fuentes has more. zach: it continues to grow could this arch on the san jose state university campus is the movement he led for better wages and working conditions for farmworkers. members of local filipino organizations are calling for recognition on leader

francisco mayor london breed today outlined the events planned in may for asian american and pacific islanderhost a number of events in may were visitors can explore asian american and pacific islander culture through films, foods and books. the events include workshops at library branches film festival at various theaters. and many others. we have an opportunity to really reflect on the past and also look back at what this community has gone through and emerged even stronger than it has ever been as a united front against those challenges. a number of san francisco restaurants and bars are also celebrating aapi heritage month with special menus. nfl teams are just hours away from being on the clock for this year's draft and a college quarterback with very close ties with us here at channel two is an nfl draft prospect jake julie haener joined us earlier on mornings onto the nine you know his mom ktvu anchored julie julie haener. jake started monte vista high school in danville and has been tearing it up at fresno state. he was the senior bowl m v p in february. jake told us he has been dream

police say the robbers appeared to target members of the asian american pacific islander community kron four's amanda hari with a closer look. >> a string of purse snatching strong armed robberies plague san jose for more than a month from february 24th to march 29th just one day after the last report incident police arrested 19 year-old kaylie bar as and 21 year-old michael pruitt in oakland, a search found $10,000 in cash, illegal firearms and the equipment used to manufacture ghost guns. san jose police say the suspects mostly targeted members of the api community carrying catch the suspects were stocking the banks. falling victims away from the banks. sergeant jorge garibay with san jose. police says the men were armed in most cases and took the victims purses or backs. >> in some cases, the suspects followed the victims all the way to their home intentionally targeting our asian american pacific islander community. >> will not be in should not be tolerated here in the city of san jose, san jose councilmember peter ortiz represents a district, a large vietnamese and filipino populat

is, if we don't know the acronym. >> american pacific islander, korean or japanese, chinese americanshat were vilified by and administration that weaponized covid. by doing so, we saw the instances of hate and hate crimes against the aapi community increase exponentially. yet it was a community that, while advocates were learning of this, we were not. we, in the last two years, i've worked to establish new relationships. to extend and broaden existing relationships that chief bratton had established when he was here 20 years ago. to ensure that open lines of communication for awareness, also has ensuring their safety by ensuring that they act on those instances but also that we're not going to ignore or somehow believe that they are responsible for any of this rhetoric that has occurred, unfortunately, during this pandemic. >> michael, you reminded me that one of the first meetings i attended in 2002 was set up by jerry trailer men, the deputy chief. well known to this audience. took me out to the home of the dna b l and basically we talked about this issue. one of the first meetings

police say the robberies appear to have targeted members of the asian american pacific islander communityr some and harry takes a closer look at what happened. >> a string of purse snatching strong armed robberies plague san jose for more than a month from february 24th to march 29th just one day after the last reported incident, police arrested 19 year-old kaylie bar as and 21 year-old michael pruitt in oakland, a search found $10,000 in cash, illegal firearms and the equipment used to manufacture ghost san jose police say the suspects mostly targeted members of the api community carrying catch the suspects were stocking the banks. falling victims away from the banks. sergeant jorge garibay with san jose. police says the men were armed in most cases and took the victims purses or backs. >> in some cases, the suspects followed the victims all the way to their home intentionally targeting our asian american pacific islander community. >> will not be in should not be tolerated here in the city of san jose, san jose councilmember peter ortiz represents a district, a large vietnamese and fili