the raids have had a lasting effect on the zealand pacific island communities. wayne hay has more from oakland, me on any cold winter night unusual in the main city. a taste of more tropical pacific islands can easily be found. oakland is the world's largest polynesian city with indigenous mouldy, joined by generations of migrants from countries like sophomore fiji and tongue up . but the vibrancy color and contribution of polynesians haven't always been welcomed here. we were the people that were responsible for the disintegration of, of the con in the new zealand dream. the painters were vigilante group, set up in the 1970s to defend the rights of modi and pacific islanders and to change the racist views held by many white new zealanders. we can educate them, they're not used to live. let's keep stuff. one result of that sentiment was an immigration crackdown targeting pacific islanders who had been brought here because of labor shortages. the often violent dawn rage which the government has now apologizing for, saw police searching homes, businesses, and even churches looking for ov

and they hope it will help people of the pacific islands move on the alastair proud. because of who we are and achieve the theory. very basic and simple goals for why we even came to this country. that's all we want. they also hope saying, sorry will help build trust between the island communities and the government and into a future generations feel secure in new zealand. even if the apology has taken nearly 15 years, wayne, hey, al jazeera, hawkins. so i had all the news, our molding a camera one on the cleaning, on the day life with the on the a test ride on the new electric motor device, taking kenya by stone. and gold for switzerland and the tennis, but not for roger federer more from the tokyo games coming out with jenna. ah, we were told technology can help tackle the spread of cov 19. but our tech solutions, the best solutions. we're starting something that seems like it's in public health, very quickly becomes about measuring people what day they're being collected. whereas it being for holly re looked at the limits of the potential of other creative ways to

this existential threat is not something that affects only pacific island countries.ates is hurting, livestock and food security is also a threat in the united states. look around the rest of the world, the things we are doing everywhere will be impacted by climate change. it's a win—win situation if we come together and i sat at the united nations is probably going to take a greater challenge than the global community in the second world war because this means extinction of the life—support system that we have on the planet both on land and at sea. that was the president of the federated states of micronesia talking to me about the immense challenges that face his federated states of micronesia and of course the rest of the world also dealing with the claimant challenge. let's round up claimant challenge. let's round up some other news this hour. prosecutors from several united states have unveiled a sweeping proposed settlement under which for a pharmaceutical companies accused of fuelling the opioid epidemic would pay competition of up to $26 billion. it would need

impacts of bible warming are the federated states of micronesia, a group of some 600 islands in the western pacificearlier, i spoke to the president of the federated states of micronesia, states of david president of the federated states of david w panuelo. we saw germany, belgium, and other european countries severely affected by, you know, storms and heavy rains, flooding. we saw what happened in china. our sympathies to the citizens of these countries. climate change is already here. we have been saying that. it is just not in the future, it is already happening today. even our dead are not safe from these rising sea waters. they are washing away graveyards because of the rising ocean. the storms, they pull down our banana trees. a real challenge. ijust want tojump in here and ask, the united states has been saying countries aren't doing enough, pointing a finger at china saying it could do more. do you agree? we have said it many times over that we are calling on the bigger countries, the united states, china, india, the european union, just the bigger countries which are the major emissions co

this existential threat is not something that affects only pacific island countries. around the rest of the world, the things we are doing everywhere will be impacted by climate change. it's a win—win situation if we come together and i sat at the united nations is probably going to take a greater challenge than the global community in the second world war because this means extinction of the life—support system that we have on the planet both on land and at sea. for our country. both on land and at sea. for our count . ., ~ both on land and at sea. for our count . ., ,, i. both on land and at sea. for our count . ., ,, , , ., country. thank you, president of the federated states _ country. thank you, president of the federated states of _ country. thank you, president of the federated states of micronesia. - country. thank you, president of the federated states of micronesia. i . federated states of micronesia. i know there's a lot more that we could talk about, but that's all that we have time for on the programme today i'm afraid. ahe a he was special from the natu

too often, those conversations omit any discussion of asian-americans and pacific islanders. and we have to speak up and say, hold on a second, that history, unfortunately, is rich with injustice and hatred and prejudice against our people. and we can't confront this as a country until we confront the whole history and how it effects everybody. >> thank you so much, general tong. and it leads me directly to what i would like to ask congresswoman meng. the idea about the commonality we all share, it's not only a moment when we are seeing coalitions the building coalitions and how important they are but also an opportunity for us as asian-americans to work in coalition with other groups as they seek to address attacks on their community because of what we know the roots they come from. congresswoman meng will you let us know how you built these coalitions and how people can build coalitions locally. >> sure. i think that's a great question and i think that is truly one of the silver linings of what our community has gone through this past year and a half. when last year, for ex

our pacific islander families have suffered long enough . speaking for the pacific islander family who are overlooked, unheard or unseen, we exist butreally don't exist . we ask that you support our budget so that we canbuild this together to help our pi community . thankyou . >> clerk: could weget the next caller please ? caller, please goahead . >> good afternoon supervisors. i'm catherine byrd, san francisco's largest comprehensive domestic violence service provider urging you to make gender-basedviolence and prevention program old as we move into this next budget year . the department is proposing a 10 percent cut to the grantees and funded agencies keeping vulnerable community member six . over the past 18 months we've beenresponding to increased calls for help , on average 12 each day from survivors of mor extreme abuse . messages to our tech support line and even when other programs shut down the state present an open 24 hours a day to make sure sadie was an option. we need more support, not less. thank you for prioritizing our reques

>> because, president trump blamed the coronavirus on asian american pacific islanders. when he called the coronavirus the china virus or the kung flu, what did you think would happen? virus or the kung flu, what did you think was going to happen? people ask me how does it make you feel to feel like you're being hunted and family members, particularly those who live in big cities, have a target on their backs. it's hard to overstate how difficult a moment this is. thank you for hosting this. for you as somebody who worked on the vindication of the civil rights and at the center, what's hardest for me and i think a lot of asian americans is how people express to us, allies even, how surprised they are that we're being targeted. i can't believe people in this country are capable of such cruelty. i say to them why can't you believe it? this has been happening for hundreds of years. if you're surprised you don't know the history of vincent chin and the chinese exclusion act and the internment of $120,000 american citizens in camps on american soil. if i sound frustrated, thi

that's something about the pacific islanders -- also history has it that pacific islanders, there are more casualties of pacific islanders in kuwait and rack -- iraq war than any state put together in the union. i'm a 20-year vet. i retired and served this country well. i'm also a pastor in san francisco for 21 years. i ask of your support and america, is a beautiful country. we welcome every one in here to do as they want to do. we need your support. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. do we have another caller in the queue? >> caller: hello. i'm calling in full support of this project. it will be a good opportunity for our pacific islander people. i give my full trust and support to john nau r and gaynor for this project. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. we have 57 who are listening and 8 callers in the queue. we are taking speakers in support of the appeal or in support of the project sponsor or the project. let's hear from the next caller. if you're unsure if it's your turn, just start speaking your comments. welcome. >> caller: hi. i'm a san francisco resident. i'm in ful

that's something about the pacific islanders -- also history has it that pacific islanders, there are more casualties of pacific islanders in kuwait and rack -- iraq war than any state put together in the union. i'm a 20-year vet. i retired and served this country well. i'm also a pastor in san francisco for 21 years. i ask of your support and america, is a beautiful country. we welcome every one in here to do as they want to do. we need your support. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. do we have another caller in the queue? >> caller: hello. i'm calling in full support of this project. it will be a good opportunity for our pacific islander people. i give my full trust and support to john nau r and gaynor for this project. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. we have 57 who are listening and 8 callers in the queue. we are taking speakers in support of the appeal or in support of the project sponsor or the project. let's hear from the next caller. if you're unsure if it's your turn, just start speaking your comments. welcome. >> caller: hi. i'm a san francisco resident. i'm in ful

>>am because president trump lamed the coronavirus on asian-americans and pacific islanders. and when hee called the coronavirus the china virus or the kung flu, what did you think was going toor happen? and i don't think it's any more complicated than that. and people often askfl me, how does that makehi you feel? how do you articulate how it feels to feel likepp you're bei hunted? and that your family members, particularly older members of your family, and those that live in big cities, have a target on their backs. so you know, this is a really -- it's hard to overstate how difficult of a moment this is. for me, professor bannal, it's particularly meaningful, and thank you forow hosting this. it's good too be with you and justice liu. but for you, ass somebody who worked on the vindication of the civil rights and at the koramatsu center, what's hardest for me andha a lot of asian-americans is how people express toan us, allies even, h surprised they are that we're being targeted. i can't believe that people in this country are capable of such cruelty. i say to them why can

which is in a very important for some want and the pacific islands.— the pacific islands.icated she will start loosening the very strict covid terms of the previous government had installed and it is something for her, it was part of her promise to the people who voted for her, to assist in small businesses but also to assist in the domestic tourism market, as you know, samoa's covid free, so she has you know, made, she has indicated that she wants to help small businesses by loosening the terms of the state of emergency, her experience as you say, she has been in, in government and in parliament for a long time, so no doubt she will be utilising over 20 years of experience as a politician, to put into place legislation but also rules that will assist samoa in build back after testify covid crisis. , ., ., ., build back after testify covid crisis. , ., ., ~' build back after testify covid crisis. , ., ., ,, ., crisis. very good to talk to you, thank you _ crisis. very good to talk to you, thank you very _ crisis. very good to talk to you, thank you very much. _ a bride—to—

to go back to those, 43% of pacific islanders, 37% of blacks are in college.umbers are all way too high because most of those students are not learning anything worth knowing of staying in school until grade 38 is a waste of life. each year, china graduates getting close to ten times more stem students than america does because stem is difficult and giving classics at princeton where you know longer need to know that in their greek or english at yale where you know longer need to know shakespeare isn't difficult at all. chinese educators think math is important, american educators think math is racist. it is not hard to see where this ends. we are always delighted to have candace owens, the host of candidates on our airwaves and she joins us now. what do you make of this move to sacrifice your children's education? >> is just becoming increasingly more bizarre. the self-flagellation that goes on in these communities and pretty much sums up beto o'rourke who seems to be a political masochist, when you talk about what they're actually calling for, it's interesti

. >>> we have seen it time and time again, the asian-american pacific islander community targeted by crooks one neighborhood raising money to pay what could be its own solution. thank you for joining us. i'm j.r. stone. dion lim has the night off. you're watching abc7 news at 5:00 live on abc7, and wherever you stream. laura anthony reports there is a grassroots effort underway to buy equipment so accidents like this are caught on camera. >> reporter: after another week of brazen and violent attacks on seniors and residents of the oakland chinatown, this is an effort to make things safer for everyone. it is a pop-up market that is also a fundraiser. part of a grassroots effort to raise $75,000 to buy surveillance system for neighborhood served by hodgepodge of cameras served by local business owners. >> i don't know what it is, for some reason our elders are being attacked and pushed for no reason, robbed. it is a traumatic experience. they need justice. >> in order to hold assailants accountable and give the people of oakland chinatown peace of mind a little bit. >> reporter: all of

apology, which have been campaigning for for decades, and they hope it will help people of the pacific islands move on the alastair proud . because of who we are and achieve the very, very basic and simple goals for why we even came to this country. that's all we want. they also hope saying, sorry will help build trust between the island communities and the government and into a future generations feel secure in new zealand. even if the apology has taken nearly 50 years. wayne, hey, al jazeera auckland's ah, recapping you headlines so far. this turkeys president is promising assistance to areas affected by the worst wildfires in recent years. 6 people have been killed. most fires have not been contained, a heat waves affecting areas across the mediterranean and the a g and but the government says the fires may have been started deliberately. heritage shot a t. m. a, a. we are considering the possibility of sabotage and any other sources of the fire starting and we will carry out the investigation to provide answers to these. we will not give up until we have all the answers. argentina has decl

. >>> for $150 million set aside by california to fight hate against the asian pacific islander communitythey have reported over the crimes that have targeted the community. lawmakers push the state to invest more resources. they are pleased with the money set aside in it knowledge it may not end to hate entirely, but it is a step in the right direction. >> we definitely know that through our community work that we can definitely ensure our community is much safer and they are protected and we have the resources to assist them. >> reporter: most of the money is going to victim services and violence prevention. >>> what seems to be a growing divide between the oakland ace in the city your heart is at the heart of everything you do. and if you have heart failure, there's entresto. entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant, it can cause harm or death n don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure,

a consistent problem throughout the pandemic has the lack of data when it comes to asian pacific islanders. at the beginning of the pandemic is lumped into the other category on the cdc website. from the data we have we know native hawaiians and pacific islanders have experience of the highest covenant to an infection mortality rates of any racial group including my home day of california for the case rate for pacific islanders is 31% higher than the statewide rate. despite guidelines from omb and positions of the affordable care act that require asian americans and pacific islanders to be lifted in separate categories and demographic data assess the cdc data currently lumps asian americans and nhp eyes into one category and hospitalization data for this lack of david was beyond covid. he goes address longer broad economic education and housing disparities but apis are faces in a fortunately or collecting the office of management and budget have not been updated in over two decades. house omb working to promote data for the population and are there any plans to revise current omb data coll

we can adequately serve our pacific island group.fe of those that have suffered for many years and give them a fighting chance to make for themselves and their children. those children are the future of this country and to this city and we can all share in their success. again, we asked the board of supervisors and we think the mayor that you please approve and supports 100% of the full budget of that pacific islander community has requested. thank you. >> thank you and can we have the next caller please. >> hello and i work in district six of them calling to ask two things. one, that you restore 24 hour pit stop bathrooms cut by the mayor at a cost of $2.4 million and also to expand this year's budgets. that you fully fund cart. we spent $18 million on it and if we could fund the police response to homelessness and funds cart. cart will fund itself and then we can funds the 24 hour pitstop restrooms and that i ask for the supervisors to expand beyond the budget cut to fund cart and anything else that are the budget could fully suppo

ho from 1966 to 1993 friends conducted 193 nuclear tests in the south pacific islands. -- france conducted93 nuclear test. a spike in cancers in the region. >> the nation has a debt towards french polynesia. the debt is the fact is that it was home to nuclear testing and in particular the tests carried out between 1966 and 1974, which we can definitely not say were clean. >> rights groups have been pushing the french president to formally apologized for the testing. while macron did not do that, he did promise key, changes namely records could be declassified. also, he vowed to step up reparations to victims. the ability of french officials to not -- find and help families fill out requests. >> the health passes been extended in france. required to go to a museum or a venue with more than 50 people from august 9, this proof of vaccination will be compulsory to visit a cafÉ or restaurant or take a flight or travel on the train. the issue of the health pass brought 160,000 protesters onto the streets last weekend but president macron sees it as an essential weapon against the spread of covid

it will set up an asian and pacific islander focused community. the goal is to foster a greater understanding of the communities especially amid the rise in hate we've seen. the senter is set to open in 2024 and will be california's first aapi contemporary art and media center. >>> still to come, covid cases rising again across the state and in san francisco. the communities the mayor says they need to do a better job reaching to stop the spread. >>> plus, they're supposed to protect you but some popular sunscreens may have been doing more harm than good. we're going tell you which sunscreens are being recalled. >>> i'll continue the climate coverage and give you the latest update on the draught. back with that in less than ten minutes. >>> when we welcome our viewers in the west, we'll take you into the heart of the developing covid surge, and concerns about what back the school will look lick. and if you're planning travel abroad, check your passport. why renewals are taking up to four months long. when we see you back here for "nbc nightly news

but from the data we half we know that, native hawaiians and pacific islanders have experience some of the highest covid-19 infection and mortality rates than any other racial group including my home state of california where the case rate for pacific islanders is 31% higher than the statewide rate. despite guidelines from omb and positions of the affordable care act that require asian americans and pacific islanders to be lifted in separate categories in federal demographic data sets, the cdc data currently lumps asian americans into one category and hospitalisation data. all this lack of data goes far beyond covid, it also impacts our ability to understand and addressed broader and economic education to housing disparities. unfortunately, our current collecting data facilities for the office of management budget and not been updated over two decades. how does working to promote data for the population and are there any plans to revise current omb data collection standards to ensure api data desegregation is prioritized across the different departments of the congresswoman, thank fede

legal outreach to provide the same focusing on the asian pacific islander communities. the purpose of the grant is to meet state mandate to provide mandated reporters of suspected elder and dependant adult abuse with education and instructional materials on abuse and neglect and obligation to report. through this grant agreement, we can continue to provide mandated reporters and community with information on how to recognize potential abuse and neglect of older adults and adults with disabilities, how to report known or suspected incidents of abuse and neglect and give proper telephone numbers to call and information about protective services with our investigation of the report. also, through this grant agreement, the asian pacific islander legal outreach will convene a task force to coordinate with aps preventive services among key providers. multi lingual and culturally diverse staff able to effectively conduct education and outreach to our api communities. thank you. >> president knutzen: thank you. any comments or questions from the commission on this item? do we h

. >>> donnelly now, we have reported extensively on the violent crimes targeting the asian pacific islanderommunity. today, some people in east bay turned to badminton of all things to raise awareness and fund the fight against it. the badminton tournament raised money for the blue angel volunteer patrol team, which protects oakland's chinatown. the oakland chinatown chamber of commerce share these pictures with abc7 news . organizers say this was a way to promote peace while supporting anti-violence activism at the same time. looks like fun delicia: this is where all our recycling is sorted -- 1.2 million pounds every day, helping to make san francisco the greenest big city in america. but that's not all you'll find here. there are hundreds of good-paying jobs, with most new workers hired from bayview-hunter's point. we don't just work at recology, we own it, creating opportunity and a better planet. now, that's making a difference. my name is douglas. i'm a writer/director and i'm still working. in the kind of work that i do, you are surrounded by people who are all younger than you. i ha

this week governor newsom signed the asian and pacific islander equity budget. it gives $156.5 million over a three-year period. most of the fund's, $110 million, will be given to community organizations aimed at victim services. the other money will be dedicated to educating and data collect and, in hopes of fighting systemic racism in the asian community. >> last year has been such a very, very challenging year for our community. we knew that once covid hit, we saw people talking about boycotting chinese restaurants, people avoiding chinatown, people avoiding anybody who looked asian. >> leaders say this money shows commitment, laying the foundation on building an equitable racial system. >>> still ahead, kpix 5, streaming on cbsn bay area, and aggressive coyote in golden gate park . what animal control says human interaction played a big part. >>> the first comments from former 49ers richard sherman after his arrest. how he is now promising to get help. >>> and can they make a deal, the oakl team usa is ready for the olympic games... so is jacob! he's got a f

flagged a minute rejected, but are facing corona, virus hardship and growing grief on a remote pacific island as it baffled to contain cope with 19 ah, a typhoons hitting heavily populated parts of east in china. it comes days after flooding forced a 1000000 people from their homes and killed at least $58.00 typhoon in far packed winds of more than 130 kilometers an hour. is it made landfall in the coastal province of georgia, june? thousands of people have been moved to emergency shelters and the typhoons forcing the shot down of transports in the region. authorities of canceled flights in the chinese commercial hub of shanghai and neighboring coastal areas. they also suspended railway services. large contain the ships been removed from yankee and port, one of the world busiest shipping centers. and the typhoon is also hit taiwan, causing major damage in some areas when god reached 191 kilometers. and now, even though the storm say more than 300 kilometers out to sea and more downpours are forecast in the philippines where the typhoon added to the heavy monsoon reign. 15000 people have been

motto floods the military jones but are facing a virus hardship and growing grief on a remote pacific island to contain covey 19. ah. a typhoon has been hitting heavily populated areas in east in china. it comes just days off. the devastating floods killed 58 people, enforced a 1000000 people from their homes, hyphen in fall packed winds of more than 130 kilometers an hour. is it made line fall in the coastal province of jo. j. young. thousands of people have been moved to emergency shelter. typhoon has also hit taiwan, causing major damage in some areas. wind gusts reach a 191 kilometers an hour, even though the eye of the storm save more than 300 kilometers out to sea. more downpours forecasts in the philippines where the typhoons added to the heavy monsoon reign. 15000 people have moved the safe ground. in manila, the government says it's having a hard time opening emergency shelters because of guidelines prevent covered 19 as get more with our weather presented. jeff harrington is here in the studio. very difficult pictures to look at coming in from the region. any ray of light of hope f

and there's growing grief on the remote pacific islands as it battles to contain. with 19 i'm joining go with all the latest news from the take care game as the golf tournament loses to its biggest names. well, no one john rom and number 6, bryce and shun. both test positive. recovered 9 pain out the competition. ah, welcome to the news. millions of people are confronting major disruption as another powerful storm cause is havoc and china. high food in far has hit heavily populated parts of the east. it's already told through taiwan and the philippines and it's striking china just days after devastating floods killed $58.00 people. and 4th, a 1000000 from their homes. now the typhoon packing winds of more than 130 kilometers now after making landfill in the coastal province of georgia, young. thousands of people have already been moved to emergency shelters is also full thing. the shut down of some of china's most important transport centers. authorities have counseled flights in the chinese commercial hubbard, shanghai, and neighboring coastal areas. they've also

also growing green for the remote pacific island. does it battle to contain cave at 19 ah, to the program. but tony soon has been hitting heavily populated areas and eastern china with thousands of people already displaced from severe flooding in far has made landfall in the coastal province of joy joining. but it's already effecting shank highs. china as busy commercial hub as i require at reports. it's been a difficult week for people in many regions of china, fast a years worth of rain in just 3 days to get floods that killed at least 63 people and hen on provence, and displace more than a 1000000 others. and now a tie soon has hit the eastern coastal province of jose young, bringing more rain and high speed winds. more than 300000 people have left their homes off the offshore wind speeds reached a 100 kilometers an hour and an emergency alert was issued at its highest level. we've got a kind of a psychological trauma going on here as well as disruption, but there's also political significance and the point of that is possibly, yo

announced that day are taking even more action to fight incidents of hate against the asian american pacific islandernd they hope to provide more safety support and prevention by way of millions of dollars. our kron 4 sanaz tahernia has more. >>oscenes like this have become all too common since march 2020. the organization stop a p. i hate received more than 6600 reports of a a p i hate incidents with over 40% coming from california state. local officials are doing even more now to combat the problem earlier this governor newsom signed the 2021 2022 budget which included the historic 156 million. >> dollars a p i equity budget state assemblymember david chiu and phil tamed stood alongside the founders of stop a p. i hate friday to announce the newly allocated funding designed to ensure the a p i community is safer. what we're announcing today. >> is a historic unprecedented investment in communities to combat the hate to combat the violence and move us for. >> of the 156 million dollars in state funding a 110 million will be put toward a p. i victim services and prevention, not just in the bay area b

they're taking even more action to try to fight incidents of hate against the asian american pacific islander community. they hope to provide more safety support and prevention. thanks in part to millions of dollars cut 4 sanaz tahernia has that story. >> scenes like this have become all too common since march 2020. the organization stop a p. i hate received more than 6600 reports of a a p i hate incidents with over 40% coming from california state. local officials are doing even more now to combat the problem earlier this week. governor newsom signed the 2021 2022 budget which included the historic 156 million. >> dollars a p i equity budget state assemblymember david chiu and phil tamed stood alongside the founders of stop a p. i hate friday to announce the newly allocated funding designed to ensure the a p i community is safer. what we're announcing today. >> is a historic unprecedented investment in communities to combat the hate to combat the violence and move us for. >> of the 156 million dollars in state funding a 110 million will be put toward a p. i victim services and prevention not

palm tree with their latest innovation. robotic dogs have been unleashed on the streets of the pacific islands. initially they will be trained to scan homeless people for covered, but the cops are hoping that can teach these new dogs new tricks on the scent of the story. here's our t america's trinity. each of us meet spot, the latest member of the honolulu police department, the 4 legged so called robot dog by boston dynamics is there with his officers navigate through certain situations amid the corona virus pandemic, see, prior to covert officers would do in person interviews with people at the cities, corona virus, screening sites for homeless, but sometimes officers would have to coordinate for 14 days because of possible exposure to the virus. police say having spot around will eliminate all that risk person will ask for the alaska water in the last for masters. these are all things that we had to do, face to face with someone and with the fluids through the robot. and i was the reason for the reason for it was to eliminate the honolulu police department spent about $150000.00 in federal

they've been unleashed on parts of the streets of the pacific islands . initially they'll be trying to scan homeless people for cove it, but the cops are hoping to teach these new dogs or new tricks as anti america is trinity sharp. as reports meet spot, the latest member of the honolulu police department, the 4 legged so called robot dog by boston dynamics is there with his officers navigate through certain situations amid the corona virus pandemic. see, prior to covert officers would do in person interviews with people at the city's corona, virus screening sites for homeless. but sometimes officers would have to coordinate for 14 days because of possible exposure to the virus. police say having spot around will eliminate all that risk person will ask for fees. we'll ask for water in the last for masters. these are all things that we had to do face to face with someone and with the fluency through the robot. and that was the reason for the reason for it was to eliminate the honolulu police department spent about a $150000.00 in federal pandemic relief money to buy the machine from bos

trees with their latest innovation rubble. hick, dogs have been unleashed on the streets of the pacific islands. now initially they'll be trying to scan homeless people for covert with a copse are hoping they can teach these new dogs, new tricks. as all americans. trinity chavez reports meet spot. the latest member of the honolulu police department, the 4 legged so called robot dog by boston dynamics, is there with his officers navigate through certain situations amid the corona virus pandemic, see, prior to covert officers would do in person interviews with people at the city's corona virus. screening sites for homeless, but sometimes officers would have to coordinate for 14 days because if possible, exposure to the virus, police say having spot around will eliminate all that risk. personal ask for the last for water in the last for mass. these are all things that we had to do, base the base with someone and with facility through the robot. and i was the reason for the reason for it was to eliminate the honolulu police department spent about $150000.00 in federal pandemic relief money to buy t

. >>> new at 11:00 for you, lawmakers are joining asian and pacific islander groups to lay out new state resources to stop anti-asian hate and hate crimes. nbc bay area's cierra johnson has been following this meeting. cierra, talk to us about some of those resources being provided. >> reporter: yes, good morning, marcus. i can tell you this meeting got underway about 20 minutes ago. and since it started there's been several rounds of applause. that's because more than $100 million will be allocated towards helping members of the aapi community and helping them stop hate against that community. now, earlier this week governor gavin newsom signed a new budget and millions of dollars will now go towards those efforts. according to the office, money breaks down to the following. it's $156.5 million. 110 million of it go into organizations providing victim services and prevention. another 10 million will support stop aapi hate to track, respond, and prevent incidents of racial bias. another 10 million goes on data collection on racial equity. another 10 million, it'll go towards a grant to h

particularly directed against asian american pacific islanders.ed no hate act that would require more reporting. wouldn't you think that kind of measure is a good idea? dir. wray: certainly, we share your goal of both deterring and reducing hate crime, but also, particularly relevantly, promoting better reporting -- more complete reporting of hate crimes. we are specifically concerned about hate crimes against asian americans as well. i'm not directly familiar with the bill, i think we share the goal of trying to figure out how to improve reporting. we have a new system we are rolling out, trying to get to 100% on that. we would be pleased to work with you and figure out how this bill might help advance cycle. >> the no hate act would lead to better reporting in -- if 87% of hate crimes are unreported now. that is a searing indictment of the present system. we need to know more. i know you don't want to be an armchair quarterback, but you are going to be armchair quarterbacked by the american people. the people listening to these hearings and know

it works to build communities through asian and pacific islander arts and cultural programmes.ornia will soon offer free annual passes to 19 state parks for fourth grade students and their families. governor newsom signed a bill last week establishing the california state park adventure pass program. newsom and his wife both championed the program, saying quality time in nature is good for our hearts, minds and bodies. the federal government has the every kid outdoors program, which allows families with fourth graders free access to federal parks. the new state park program begins on september 21st. oh all right. he turned out to be a pretty nice day again. today temperatures a little bit cooler than yesterday. in some cases, some places were a little bit warmer, but just sort of nice weather. we had some mid nineties inland, so it's definitely warm in the inland valleys, but nothing out of control. here you may notice is humidity creeping up a little bit may have seen some of those high clouds moving in today. those clouds up in here. that represents some of that monsoonal moi

the south pacific island nation reported a record 636 infections and 6 deaths on tuesday. since the pandemic began, fiji has recorded a total of $39.00 deaths, but most have come since the emergence of the delta variance in april. the government has resisted calls for locked down to protect its economy. a plane carrying almost 30 people has gone missing and far eastern russia. local media report, the turbo prop plane lost contact with air traffic control while trying to land near the cum chuck peninsula emergency response teams believe they found some wreckage in the see. 150 young students have been kidnapped from a school and northwest and jerry are attack is rated the boarding school and could do the station. what's the tent felt? chip duction in this part of nigeria. since late last year, destroy parents have been gathering at the school. awaking news. police say that pursuing those responsible alongside the military gangs of so called bandits have been kidnapping students for ransom. police in hong kong have arrested 9 people suspected of a bomb plot. they're accused