besides the grass-roots organizations and chinese for affirmative action and groups like the asian pacific womens' forum, and the justice center at the national level. also advancing asian center for advancing justice, south asian americans leading together or salt, the japanese american citizen's league which has often raised parallels with the racial filing with this program with the internment of japanese americans during world war ii and korean americans consortium and asian pacific urban alliance [inaudible] and others have joined with our local groups to demand due process for all as well. i want wanted to mention quickly and i know some of the speakers may mention this and the issue of tearing families apart and fear of police if they're acting as immigration agents is a real one in the community. i think last week a chinese woman came to the alc clinic and saying her house was raidd and there were other cases from here to san diego as well so the 1.6 undocumented asian pacific islander immigrants and undocumented asians here in san francisco will benefit by a due

almost one in four men in six asian or asian-pacific countries admitted to raping one or more women, about half, while they were still teenagers. many men surveyed said they believed they had a right to control women's bodies. rates of rape are much higher in violence- and war-torn societies such as papua new guinea where civil war raged for more than a decade. so kim gandy is the asian study applicable to men in the united states? >> in terms of nrs,ewer u.s. men commit rape. but of those who do rape the vast majority of themre repeat rapists committing dozens even hundreds in a lifetime. >> one of the biggest distinction between united states and those asian pacific and african an middle eastern countries is that women in those countries are still treated as property. where as here in the states women have empowerment. >> i think the biggest issue to take away there is still violence against women regardless of the economic status of the country whether you're third world or developed it's still an issue. >> this is an issue of gender because over there i feel their culture says i

women. in the asian pacific 20 million. it's relevant to many of our economies. so they see the importance of t they understand the importance of it, also, in terms of helping their economies grow. dmiftic work, we need to make sure it's decent and productive. they are helping our friends, families and loved ones. we need to ensure that we have decent work for them that basically works its way out into the rest of the society. we have to understand some countries, some industrialized economies have these things covered in their national laws. we talk about the gulf states. i don't think they are blatantly ignoring it. there are agreements already between the philippines and saudi arabia, they see it as importantly. i think it's only a matter of time before some of these countries ratify this con convention. this doesn't also stop by lateral agreements. we are seeing these come into play already. i think people understand that the issue of decent work within domestic workers is relevant. roughly 45% of these workers are already missing any forms of paid rest perio

pacific. >>> today's other news includes a development concerning breast cancer. you may recall a few years back a government task force recommended women wait until they are 50 before receiving regular mammograms. but in a study out today, researchers found the majority of the women who died of breast cancer had not been screened and half of those women were under 50. so what does this now do to the advice women are supposed to get from their doctors? our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman is with us tonight on assignment at the mayo clinic in minnesota with guidance on all of this. good evening. >> reporter: today's report on how early and how often to get screened. it could be great to think the more often women get screened, the more we're going to cure cancer. but that's not the facts. not all breast cancers are the same. some cancers in younger women are more aggressive. some cancers will just go away on their own. and there's a downside about screening everybody. it means more radiation is at risk. it means more false positives and biopsies. there's an economic downside too. right now the recommendations to screen at 50, th

women and the problems of rape and sexual violence that so many face. first, some context. a recent united nations report on sexual assault in the asia pacific region revealed some disturbing trends. more than 10,000 men from bangladesh, cambodia, papa new guinea were asked questions like, did you ever have sex with your partner when you knew that she didn't want to, but you thought she should because she's your partner. and did you have sex with a girl who was too drunk to say if she wanted to or not. the answer was yes. the common motivations men had was they had a right because the woman involved was a partner. the second was the man was bored and thought it would be fun. the third was punishment, the man was angry and wanted to get revenge. the one of the lead authors of the lead study, a research specialist for the united nations partners for prevention program. here in our washington studio mary ellsberg, and still with us from new delhi is kavita krishnan from the women's association. this could not have been an easy survey to conduct. you're asking very personal questions, and asking men what they've done. you didn't go out and say,

pacific coast damaged. a plane crashed carrying supplies and everybody on board died. >>> america's veterans are signing up for a new mission. after serving in iraq and afghanistan, now some of our men and womenare deploying to flood ravaged, colorado. a group taking the skills they learned in the military overseas to help people recover from this crisis at home. we go now live to our west coast bureau with more on this. >> we came home and pretty much do anything. they decided they want to come home and continue to serve. there was a earthquake and they got together and went to the earthquake to help out. the team was team picked up 12,000 volunteers. they go into disasters and they identified areas with the most help and then they go to work. >> we can do this and not because team rubicon is a large enough organization or in existence long enough. we do this because we are veterans. veterans know how to cover a line and they know how to lead and they know how to follow and they do that really well in the midst of chaos. >> so far they have responded to 14 different missions and that includes tornadoes, earthquakes and floods. it is just like in colorado this past week. >> well, speaking of

coast guard cutter and today the men and women part of that mission came home to a lot of red, white and blue. >> reporter: drifting in from the pacific. the stars and stripes. >> i get to see them. >> reporter: children in the arms of their moms and flags thane hands -- in the hands of their wives. dads looking out for their daughters. >> proud of her. they were done in the caribbean. >> see the ribbons? >> reporter: today the coast card cutter sailed home. 160 days at sea. the men and women on board proud of their service. and so happy to be home. >> oh, my gosh. there is no words. [ laughter ] >> just good to be back. >> the toughest job is what my wife does taking care of the family and the house. we haveb it pretty easy. >> reporter: he says -- we have it pretty seizee. >> reporter: he says -- easy. >> reporter: he says they sailed on a counter drug patrol. they made six busts. a successful mission and a successful homecoming. and a homecoming with a little celebration. >> friends, family. and we will have a big celebration and have dinner and hugs and everything. [ laughter ] >> nothing beats a home coming. the crew wouldn't say

the service men and women who fought in world war i were gassed from this country, but the americans who fought in world war ii, in europe, in north africa and the pacific, who fought in korea, who fought in vietnam, who fought in afghanistan, who fought in iraq, who fought in other minor military involvements, have never had to worry about facing chemical weapons, no matter how bad the opponent was, american troops haven't had to worry about it, and the troops of other nations haven't had to worry about it either. this is a very important principle, and it's a positive thing for humanity that we reach this accord and that we've honored it. so what happens now if there isn't a consequence for bashar al-assad's escalating use of chemical weapons to include chemical weapons against civilians? what happens if we let go of the norm and we say look, that may have been okay for the 20th century but we're tougher, there aren't any limits, we don't have to abide by any noamples now. i think what happens is and the lessons of history will demonstrate this will happen is an atrocity unpunished will engender future atrocities. we'll see more atrocities in syria si

women were hit by bullets. the man who was not shot was eventually arrested. >>> mexico's bracing for two storms that are expected to bring life-threatening floods. tropical storm manuel is heading for the pacificreline. hurricane ingrid is approaching the gulf rim. >>> a roller coaster at six flags over texas reopened this weekend for the first time since a rider died in summer. the texas giant has redesigned restraint bars and seat belts. in july, a woman fell from the ride to her death. >>> in italy, a complicated salvage operation on the wreck of the costa concordia is expected to begin tomorrow. that luxury cruiseliner crashed into rocks in january, last year, killing 32 people. the ship's captain is also facing manslaughter charges. nbc's michelle kosinski is there in italy for us. good day to you. we are all trying to fathom what is going to happen tomorrow. can you explain what type of operation this is? >> reporter: i know. it's hard to believe that it's still sitting here, right? it'll be two years in january. at the same time, it is hard to believe that this is really starting tomorrow. what they're going to do is roll the ship up from being on its side in that position that you see

women. the racial background is something like this, there are a little over 10 million latinos, nearly 7 million african-american, about 13 billion white, and the rest are native american, asian, pacific islanders. included here 1.3 million american veterans not currently enrolled in the va. what about then? people with incomes up to 138% of the pouf city line. that's $15,860 and $23 ,000 for a family of four will receive support for their coverage through medicaid payments to the state. i'll come back to what arkansas did in a minute. people with incomes between 138% above the poverty like and 400 percent of the poverty line will be eligible for tax credit for individual and family policy on a sliding scale. lower your income, the higher the credit. here is how it works. an uninsured person can willing to a national site, health care.gov. or a state site and shop for the most affordable appropriate policy. the prices which include discounts for the tax credit will be shown, and when a policy is ordered, the tax credit will actually be automatically sent by the government to the insurer so there's no other hassle for the person buying the insurance. you pay what the computer screen sa

women. the racial background is something like this. there are 110 million latinos. nearly 7 million african-americans. about 13 million whites. and the rest are native americans and asian pacific islanders. included here are 1.3 million american veterans not enrolled. what about men? people with incomes of up to 138% of the poverty line, that's $15,860 for individuals and $32,500 for a family of four, will receive support for their coverage through medicaid payments to come back to what arkansas did in the senate. people with incomes of 138% of the poverty line and 400% of the federal poverty line will be eligible for tax credit, for individual and family policies on a tax policy on a sliding scale, lower your income, the higher the credit. the uninsured person can log on to health care.gov or a state site and shop for the most affordable and appropriate policy. the prices, which includes the discounts for the tax credit will be shot. and when a policy is ordered, the tax credit will actually be automatically sent by the government to the insurer so there's no hassle for the person buying the insurance. you just pay what the computer screen says you owe. to get this done, you

the pacific northwest a ton of rain on shore going to be moving in there throughout the next two to three days. all right, alli, send it inside to you. >> okay. thanks so much, rick. well, for womenimpact of treatment is often both emotional and physical. and that's where the look good, feel better organization steps in. giving free makeovers to these women, helping rebuild their self-esteem. each year the group hosts a gala, honoring women with cancer and crowned one woman to be their dream girl. colleen williams' won that title at the 29th annual ball held this week. congratulations. >> thank you very much. great to see you. tell us about the look good, feel better benefit and the event. >> the event was thursday evening. they have it every year one of their cornt fundraisers. way to disseminate the information about what they do. >> how does the organization make people going through this feel better? >> >> what it really focuses on a woman going to cancer they goal to their doctors and get the medical advice. they will say okay, you have cancer, this is how we are going to treat it these are the medicines that we are going to use. really what's going to it happen on the outsi

women. the racial background is something like this. there are 110 million latinos. nearly 7 million african-americans. about 13 million whites. and the rest are native americans and asian pacific3 million american veterans not enrolled. what about men? people with incomes of up to 138% of the poverty line, that's $15,860 for individuals and $32,500 for a family of four, will receive support for their coverage through medicaid payment payments to come back to what arkansas did in the senate. people with incomes of 138% of the poverty line and 400% of the federal poverty line will be eligible for tax credit, for individual and family policies on a tax policy on a sliding scale, lower your income, the higher the credit. the uninsured person can log on to health care.gov or a state site and shop for the most affordable and appropriate policy. the prices, which includes the discounts for the tax credit will be shot. and when a policy is ordered, the tax credit will actually be automatically sent by the government to the insurer so there's no hassle for the person buying the insurance. you just pay what the computer screen says you owe. to get this done, you do have to sign up on th

women. the racial background is something like this, there are a little over 10 million latinos, nearly 7 million african-american, about 13 billion white, and the rest are native american, asian, pacificslanders. included here 1.3 million american veterans not currently enrolled in the va.

women. the racial breakdown is something like this. there are a little over 10 million latinos, nearly 7 million african americans, about 13 million whites, and the rest are native americans, asians, pacific islanders. included here are 1.3 million american veterans not currently enrolled in the v.a. what about them? ople with incomes up to 138% ,000 poverty line, $18 for individuals, will receive support for their coverage through medicaid payments to the state -- and i'll come back to what arkansas did in a minute. people with incomes between 138% of the poverty line and 400% of the federal poverty line will be eligible for tax credits for individual and family policies on a sliding scale, the lower your income, the higher your credit. here's how it works. on an uninsured person can log on to a national site, health care.gov, or a state site, and shop for the most affordable and appropriate policy. the prices, which includes the discount for the tax credit, will be shown. and when a policy is ordered, the tax credit will actually be automatically be sent by the government to the insuror so there's no other hassle for the person who is buying the insurance. you just pay what the computer