the needs of the pacific island region are different. each place around the world is unique. what are some of the particular challenges that you face when you think about reentry into some of these very small, very fragile island states? >> our presence in the very small islands in some of these states is what has made us so endeared in the region, and i know many volunteers who have served in those places and absolutely love their time there. as you can imagine, there's those vast distances becoming a challenge when there's an emergency. so if a volunteer gets sick, gets hit by a car, we need to medically evacuate them, and we need to be able to make sure we can defend the services that we have said we at the peace corps of the able to provide. so some of those are just a virtue by virtue of geography, and others the infrastructure that is currently in place, we are working in the interagency space to really identify what are any remaining barriers so that we can come as a whole of government and say how can we do this so that peace corps volunteers can get back? >> because o

they lived for years in unhabitted pacific islands in the run-up to world war ii to claim them for the united states as a nation we honor the service and sacrifice as patriots and stewards of the land we owe them. as president i've had the privilege of bestowing the highest honors on the preeminent world leaders. two weeks ago i bestowed the presidential medal of freedom on jane goodell and these memorialized a movement to protect the planet. in october i bestowed the national medal of arts on clyde butcher who grew up in california and became america's most acclaimed landscape in photography today. it once said wilderness is a spiritual necessity. i'd add that our wilderness is a national necessity. over the past four years, i'm proud i kept my commitment to protect more land and water than any president in american history, more than 670 million acres, bigger than the size of texas and alaska combined. and without you standing up, we never could have done it. it's about our planet, our people, it's about america itself. it's the bond between the physical and spiritual world, a bridge

i am from the south pacific islander association and press association created here with a group of 29ations of the pacific also here in san francisco we are the stewards of our pacific islander cultural district. i'm here in support of the equity budget and you know we when we created this we've contributed so much in this city and in this nation when we created a lot of data, all this kind of stuff we were very small but had the highest of disparities not just here but across the land. and i would have to say this is the first city that ever acknowledge, judged and stood there and invested into our pacific islanders which went all across the land. >> i'm encouraging you and urging you to please pass this equity budget. but just to let you know we were 3359 when we started this work and this was in 2017. today we are 10,000 strong. not only that we've got policies in the school district first in the nation and first pacific islander culture district also in the globe. this is from this city and i'm proud to be a native of san francisco. this is also you guys as leaders in investment s

you know, the first place to ring in 2025 was the pacific island of kirabas around 5:00 a.m. yesterday. here in new york that didn't stop hundreds of thousands of people from checking out one of the biggest new year's sell breaks in the world. a celebration for the ages as nearly a million people rang in 2025 under the glow of new york's famous times square. >> i'm just like really, really happy. the vibe here is unbelievable! >> reporter: while umbrellas weren't allowed, rain didn't dampen the spirit of revelers. squeezed flue the cross roads of the world. the tradition of ringing in the new year in times square goes back to the early 1900s. around the world fireworks rained down to help ring in the new year. paris with a light show. backstage crowds gathered for a parade in philadelphia, and around a 3-foot long illuminated pickle in mount olive, north carolina. but the first drone light show in folly beach, south carolina, ended abruptly when drones forming a dolphin slowly drifted back to land. >> it looked like a gust of wind hit it and just kind of -- it dispersed. >> r

we spent time in a training program for asian pacific islanders who were seeking opportunities to servect in our communities. >> and i have had the opportunity to support him evy step of the way. and from becoming a supervisor to joining the assembly to becoming city attorney■ and i've been honored to be able to do so when we served in the state assembly we were able to carpool together which was a treat the carpool over time shifted and morphed into more of a bond to chauffeur service for chu when to my surprise i was happy to do it. i'll do anything for david chu i one time we were headed back from the capitol to san francisco and i started getting in the passenger seat and he said he handed me the keys and he said would you drive today? and i said i'd be happy to and he said so i can catch up on some sleep. i'll be taking a nap and and so that was not uncommon at that time he was a newly minted dad changing diapers late at night i'm sure and needed some sleep so to san francisco at that time for whom you received and enjoyed and benefited from a refreshed and energized clear minded d

we are dialogue partners in the pacific island forum. the question is whether we are fully utilizing that ability to be at the table in that forum. that forum includes australia and new zealand, which are bigger, but no less important elements of it. i think our expectations, and they've had some internal friction with some of the member states about who's going to lead it, how the succession, so we hope they can work it out. but potentially, as a dialogue partner, i think they should provide not just to engage bihatly with the individual states, but also collectively. we might agree on a million things, but at a minimum have a presence at a high level that shows our level of commitment and interest that's been elevated even further. and ultimately some real deliverables. i do think that given, again, i keep saying they're small, but they're important, both because of geographic location, the presence in international forums, and i do think that whether it's the challenge grant, whether it's through the success, there are opportunities a

the study also found that vietnamese, filipino and native hawaiian and pacific islander children are particularly at risk. now, children with only one asian parent also have an elevated risk of allergies compared to kids with no asian parents. joining us now, doctor anna chen arroyo, an allergist at stanford and one of the authors of this study. nice to have you on the program here. were you surprised by these findings, or does this confirm what you were noticing with your patients? yeah, we were definitely surprised by these findings in terms of, you know, how much more likely these asian american kids were having these allergic diseases. so, you know, when we looked at the different asian ethnic groups, you know, filipino kids had increased odds of all four allergic diseases, and vietnamese kids had increased odds of multiple allergic diseases, you know, eczema, food allergy, you know, allergic rhinitis. and so we were very surprised by these findings. but, you know, there's more work to be done to figure out why this is happening. and, doctor, i'm sure you can talk about it for 4

i want to start with the pacific islands. it's an area focus of mine in the indo-pacific is look we've been through several administrations and all say the same thing, all talked about the future been in the indo-pacific and it's the most important region in the world. that continues to be true. my concern is that specifically when people talk about the indo-pacificst they're talking about china. they may be talked about other east asian countries but there's very little conversation about pacific island nations and we've got some challenges in front of us. the embassy has stalled. solomon islands are contemplating making themselves available for prc military forces.. it's a bit of a mixed bag and i'd like to hear your theory of case here about how to have some continuity. it's a new administration, it's going to be a new state department but some of things that happened the last four and even eight years in terms of pacific on relationships have been good for the united states ofes america. give me your theory of the case no

across the indo-pacific, fortifying opposition from northeast asia down to australia and the pacific islandsthat has been a major personal priority for secretary austin and an enduring legacy he will leave behind. we are also deepening our interoperability with key allies and partners and increasing cooperation on both cutting-edge edge concepts and capabilities. we are expanding codevelopment, coproduction, and co-sustainment, and strengthening our industries and supply chains through a 15-nation partnership for indo-pacific industrial resilience. and around the world, america's friends and allies have been substantially contributing to the common defense. they are investing more on their own and in our collective defense, operating more deeply with each other and with us, and fielding more advanced capabilities. when beijing sees us training and exercising with capable allies like australia, japan, and korea, whose 14 total aegis destroyers have 1400 vls cells, it shows how much combined power of this can bring to bear alongside our own if we must ever fight against territorial aggression.

at that time there was a number of asian american and pacific islander members of congress including representative norman mineta from california who led the effort to document the harms that had been caused by incarceration and to take action to rectify that. this commission, commission on war time relocation and intournament of civilians congress created put out a two part report. this is the report right here in the case. e report concluded there was no evidence of threats for any military need for the incarceration. it also found that the detentions resulted from, quote, race prejudice, war time hysteria, failure of political leadership, unquote. the commission recommended official government apology and also restitution payments to the survivors of the camps, many of whom had lost their homes or businesses when forcibly relocated to the incarceration camp. with efficacy of many asian american members of congress including norman maneta, congress eventually passed civil liberties act of 1988. this act did issue official government apology to the incarceration and authorized resti

well, first, he changed the name of the pacific remote islands marine national monument to the pacific islands heritage marine national monument. then he released a bunch of photos from oval office meetings with social media influencers. he then took time to present the presidential citizens award to 20 american citizens. recipients included a navy seal turned surgeon who saved countless lives, a vietnam war army nurse, and others who have dedicated their lives to the country. worthy recipients. the only ones who got a standing ovation, though those who went after donald trump, elizabeth l cheney, for putting the american people over party. i think the war heroes should have gotten a standing ovation. the president also had time to take a victory lap with democrats celebrating all the judges. he's rammed through congress in his term. but he took a moment to try and project confidence against our adversaries. after yesterday's attacks, people in new orleans are sending an unmistakable message. >> they will not let this attack or the attacks. attackers with a diluted ideology overcome us

japanese destroyed our fleet at pearl harbor we moved ships from atlantic to pacific and retake the pacific islands cuts weeks off travel time. right now it is amazing we let the chinese get a port on each side of the canal, they could shut that canal down tomorrow, the espionage that could be run from the chinese companies is staggering there is no such thing as a private company in china, every company is required to report to the government of china, communist party of china and to be an instrument of will communist party of china, right now communist chinese run the canal, treaty which we gave the canal to panama, a lot of people including ronald reagan were opposed to it jimmy carter did it. they have done with chinese is not neutrality. they put china on both ends of the canal, and control of the canal that can't stand. david: you said before that we let them do it we didn't, biden administration did, now we know have details of relationship between vice president joe biden and some of the business partners of hunter biden, we have the pictures from america first legal that came out this week

colorado who was charged with second degree assault bias motivated crime for allegedly following a pacific islanderles. choking him and saying it is trump's america now. when you hear stories about that going into this administration, what steps are you taking or other journalists taking to make sure if i am out on the road, if i am out in public or covering a story i am safe. my physical well being is being taken care of. >> reporter: i will not get into what i do or how i deal with it. what i will say is once the november 5th election did happen and the results came out for donald trump to be president of the united states, there was a massive number of people starting to show up at the white house at the gates. and especially that day when president-elect donald trump came back to the white house, massive number of people welcomed back this, that and the other. people are coming up watching because many of the people that supported president trump are very much excited about him coming but they are not necessarily excited about the media. so, secret service is watching and we also have to watch

cultural district in the bayview american indian cultural district sunset chinese cultural district pacific islanderultural district and of course the castro lgbtq cultural district. and each of these districts is managed by an independent nonprofit or a fiscally sponsored organization and most city is proud to manage the overall program and provide baseline operational funding via prop e hotel tax revenue. each district is charged with steering neighborhood specific policies and programs that best respond to community needs. they are also tasked with creating a chess report and chess stands for cultural history, housing and economic sustainability strategies. the chess then is a cultural legacy document a snapshot of the cultural community and a strategic plan that provides a roadmap for communities stabilization within the district. this program and the chess represent a partnership between community and city in addition to the castro communities contributions, we also work with colleagues at most cd the arts commission planning and the office of economic and workforce development to make sure tha

could do a kind of free association pact, the kind that the united states has with some of the pacific islandsense and with investment. >> and the alternative for them is having an association with the russians and the chinese, take your pick. paul: all right. [laughter] thank you all. when we come back, facebook gets out of the a fact-checking business as meta's ceo mark zuckerberg abandoned the social media join's censorship regime. ♪ sore throat got your tongue? mucinex instasoothe sore throat medicated drops, uniquely formulated for rapid relief that lasts and lasts. that's my babyyy! try our new sugar-free cough drops. instasoooooothe! when you're in the military you're really close with your brothers and your sisters that are in the military with you. and when you get out of the military, you kind of lose that until you find a new family. we can talk about our struggles and the things that we did overseas and not everybody can do that. adam! how's it going, brother? we live pretty close to each other. so he's always coming over. when i go to jack's house, we watch a lot of football, hang

be so yesterday in an area known as pacific islands, basically one road in there and one road out hereany people including a friend of my daughter's trying to get out. the road got completely blocked and people started abandoning their vehicles and ran for their lives. that meant anybody behind them could not get out here to my daughter's friends family were told by the firefighters, we can't do anything right now. we can't get you down this road. go back to your home that we will do everything we can to protect our home. they were hunkered down with flames literally at their door. that is a tale told by so many families. thankfully, they did get out here to the loss of life kept so far to a minimum. these claims continued to burn and continued to destroy a house after house in the palisades. the wind gust set to for hours and hours and longer john and sandra. the firefighters have a long, long road ahead and the people of the pacific palisades, which is largely destroyed as a neighborhood have extraordinary scenes to come back to when they are allowed back. bit is anybody's guess when

. >> i met all these pastors, african american pastors, even pacific islanders, and we were on the street. and i think i cried because i felt a solidarity like never before. >> reporter: ringing in a new era of cultural collaboration, the celebration included the presence of key community leaders, including newly elected mayor charles lawrence. mayor >> it's just electric inside. we need more unity, less division. >> reporter: through diverse artistic performances, attendee adrian gonzalez believes unity not only curbs violence but also also fosters greater resources for communities. >> to help the community gain support. >> reporter: as families gather together, adrian's mother says she never misses the vibrant occasion. >> it celebrates the black community but also the asian community, which have been a part of this neighborhood since it began, from the beginning. >> reporter: exchanging music, food, and prayers, the reverend believes -- >> when our cultures, communities come together, that's the way we can change the world and make dreams become real. [ speaking in a global language ]

followed, stopped, beaten at bart stations all over and in particular, people of the asian american pacific islander descent. >> a man allegedly pushed on down to her death as she was heading home from her night shift as a telephone operator at the marriott hotel in union square and san mateo. police have arrested a juvenile for stabbing somebody this morning. a witness says the juvenile stabbed a man as he got out of an rv on poplar avenue, near amphlett boulevard. this happened around 11 a.m. police say the victim has multiple injuries but is expected to recover. >> outreach teams spread out across the south bay early this morning as part of the bi annual point in time count in santa clara county. it not only gives local leaders a better understanding of how many people are unhoused, but also how to help them. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains how a new system aims to create better solutions to the housing issues thousands are facing. >> as of 2023, there are 9903 people living homeless in santa clara county. but that number is ever changing as people become housed and unhou

access to tiktok is, quote, critical to their business existence. 47% of asian american and pacific islander smes, 44% of latin hispanic owned, 36% of white owned small and medium business owners. i mean, you've diversified, but for those who haven't, what does this mean for them? >> the economic impact of tiktok leaving is going to be felt. you know, it's a huge loss because you think about so many people and businesses got their start in tiktok. they were able to market, they were able to go ahead and actually bring their goods and their services to people in a way that they weren't able to with other apps. so just being able to see how this is now going to be taken away. i feel for the people who left their careers and went ahead and started, you know, their businesses in tiktok. i don't want to see anyone losing, you know, their money, their livelihood. but the ripple effect is going to be felt large, you know, large and wide. >> yeah. so for people who are not really on tiktok or they're on and they come for videos, can you explain why this can't just be replicated somewhere else? there

we are dialogue partners in the pacific island forum. the question is whether we are fully utilizing that ability to be at the table in that forum. that forum includes australia and new zealand, which are bigger, but no less important elements of it. i think our expectations, and they've had some internal friction with some of the member states about who's going to lead it, how the succession, so we hope they can work it out. but potentially, as a dialogue partner, i think they should provide not just to engage bihatly with the individual states, but also collectively. we might agree on a million things, but at a minimum have a presence at a high level that shows our level of commitment and interest that's been elevated even further. and ultimately some real deliverables. i do think that given, again, i keep saying they're small, but they're important, both because of geographic location, the presence in international forums, and i do think that whether it's the challenge grant, whether it's through the success, there are opportunities a

arrests in a massive and prolific burglary operation in which people targeted the asian american pacific islanderty. investigators say they arrested three men last week, who are linked to more than 50 burglaries that date back to june. the crimes happened in west san jose and the cities of mountain view, campbell, saratoga and cupertino. >> these suspects belong to a larger burglary crew that methodically cased neighborhoods and targeted households believed to be occupied by aapi families. their typical method of entry involved entering through rear yards and glass sliding doors, focused primarily on jewelry, cash and high end purses, largely ignoring other items such as electronics. with our detectives. >> police say the men were arrested in hayward, stockton and the san joaquin community of french camp. a suspect in a stabbing who was seen on body camera video being bitten by a police canine, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of san jose and the police department. san jose police say back in 2023, they were called to investigate a reported stabbing at an apartment comple

[ laughter ] well, you have to understand, like, this is a culture, the pacific island culture, specificallye most positive of light. and i was really concerned. i go, please mickey mouse, please disney! [ laughter ] likejust make it great. and they really did. and i think that this shows with our sequel as well, that people are wanting more of moana. and you said it as well, to have a young woman who doesn't need a love interest to complete her story. >> seth: yeah. >> who is going out onto the open ocean to grab a demigod played by dwayne "the rock" johnson by the ear and drag him across a journey across the open ocean, like, that's what people want right now. and i'm really grateful to be part of that story. >> seth: it was a very safe pair of hands. they really took good -- [ applause ] what were your disney movies growing up? what were the ones that you were most connected to? >> i loved "mulan." >> seth: yeah. >> i loved "lilo & stitch." [ cheers ] >> seth: you know what? >> big fan? >> seth: i am of the age where, when "lilo & stitch" came out, i didn't have kids, and it would have be

re-energized the quad with japan, india, australia strengthened our relationships with asean, the pacific island countries, elevated partnerships with vietnam and indonesia. as the dprk and the prc continue to fuel putin's war of aggression against ukraine, underscoring how european and asian security are indivisible. we've also built enduring bridges between our pacific and atlantic allies and partners. >> australia, japan and south korea have provided important support to ukraine. >> in 2021, european allies were on the verge of signing a massive trade agreement with china. >> now, as we continue to listen in on secretary of state antony blinken, we will, of course, continue listening in and bring more of his comments to you in just a second. but i want to right now talk a little bit on the human aspect of what may or may not be happening right now in the middle east. and i'm talking about the fact that the biden administration says the first phase of this deal would include the release of two americans, sagi dekel and keith siegel. sagi decagon was taken from a kibbutz near the gaza border wh

actually, there is a very tiny postage stamp of| is a very tiny postage stamp of error in the pacific palisades islandwe assumed it was going to be worse for us but it went in the opposite direction and my townhouse is still standing. my husband actually bought an e bike and was able to go part of the barricades. we have a car remaining there and we were able to fill it up with all the things we did not take when we left. it is a miracle because we are one of the only families that we know... everyone i know, everyone i know.- know... everyone i know, everyone i know. tell us more what has _ everyone i know. tell us more what has happened _ everyone i know. tell us more what has happened to - everyone i know. tell us more what has happened to your. what has happened to your friends and family in the area. when he rode through town, there is nothing left. when they say the fire is contained, i want to speak on that for one second, a failure is like something alive and it wants to eat and it started at our community and the wind blew it into the village and it only stopped because there is nothing left

for a second about our history san francisco story is inseparable from its asian-american and pacific islander communities since the 1800s when chinese immigrants helped build this city despite enduring the chinese exclusion act and widespread discrimination our communities have demonstrated unwavering resilience and commitment to justice. >> the api community knows the pain of being told we don't belong oh families separated by unjust laws of being treated as perpetual foreigners in our own home. but let me be clear we all have fundamental rights regarding regardless of immigration status every person has the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney and the right to refuse entry without a judicial warrant. but having rights isn't enough. we must know them and assert them. that's why community education is crucial. every employer needs to understand they don't have to let ice enter private spaces without a warrant. every principal and teacher must know they can protect student information. landlords must understand that they have no obligation to share tenant information. >> this isn't

well, first, he changed the name of the pacific remote island marine national monument to the pacifictional monument and released photos from oval office meetings from social media influencers and took time to present the awards to recipients and ones to navy surgeon and those who dedicated their lives. worthy recipients. those who got a standing ovation, those who went off donald trump. >> elizabeth chenny for putting the american people over party. [ cheering and applause ] [ cheering and applause ] >> i think the war heroes should have gotten the standing ovation. president also had time to take a victory lap with democrats celebrating all the judges he ran through congress in his term. but he took a moment to try and project confidence against our adversaries after yesterday's attacks. >> people in new orleans are sending unmistakable message and won't let the attack or attackers diluted ideology overcome us. none of us should fear it will -- continue to relentlessly pursue isis and other terrorist organizations where they are and find no safe harbour here. >> i'm sure the adversa

let's take the pacific islanders as an example. one that is always forgotten. they are so small. and yet you know they need and some are going to have to balance what that is. how do you propose doing that in the next several weeks? >> we and i will pause here i think through specifics. we have enengage in the a process that really -- pushes the mayoral instructions to find contract efficiencies. we don't want to do it across the board we know we will impact certain contracts disproportionate that produce what we are paying for in the most optimal way. instead. we are work actively with all divisions to identify those areas where there being be efficiencies and savings. in the intent is t do this with a program lens and say, where are we not getting the most dollars for our effectiveness for our dollars. we are trying not to do across the board it does result in doubts efficient and infortunate programs. we are working with the programs that the people than the services the best to find where there are opportunity. >> okay. all right. so. i -- understand the task you have. regret

systems change and enhancing the engagement and advocacy within african-american black latin x and pacific islanderommunities and those organizations serving older adults and disabilities. so that grant is just beginning. so we're really looking forwarding looking forward to partnering with matta on that work and with the larger kind of case community and we'll share updates as that moves forward. and that's all i have so i'm happy to answer any questions. >> the commissioners are there any questions? >> well just congratulations on the grant and welcome. >> i haven't seen you before so so many new people. this is so exciting. i was just wondering i don't know if you mentioned it how much was the grant? >> so it's 300,000 over three years. so it'll give us a chance to really kind of build the infrastructure, the admin support looking at that outreach and engagement to other organizations that are either not participating in case right now or that maybe don't have the full capacity how do we strengthen their internal advocacy capabilities? how do we strengthen then the advocacy that case can do as a