them the association. the association is founded in 1977 by the enemies americans, mostly women, who have husbands, brothers, and sons incarcerated in political prisons in vietnam. they are able to enjoy the benefits of living in an american society while their loved ones are in what have been compared to concentration camps, hard labor camps and vietnam because of their support for south vietnam. it is a really poignant story of family separation, something that has significant parallels with the very powerful president war lobbyprisoner of those who fought in the army republic of vietnam. their families are having a similar story in the postwar period. host: this year, marking the 40th anniversary of the fall of saigon. how have those who came in those ways and subsequent waves assimilated to the united states? ms. demmer: i must confess, i'm primarily a diplomatic scholar, said don't quite study assimilation in the same way that immigration scholars what. towould say that the group -- go back to the spe

, the association is founded in 1977 by vietnamese americans, mostly women who have husbands, brothers, sons, incarcerated in political prisons in vietnam. and so they are able to enjoy the benefits of living in american society while their loved ones are in what has been compared to concentration camps, hard labor camps in vietnam, because of their support for the cause of south vietnam. it is this really poignant story of family separation, something that has i think significant or allow with the -- significant parallels with the missing in action lobby that focuses on missing american serviceman and family separations of american serviceman, many who fought in the army of the republic of vietnam. they are having a similar story. this year marking the 40th anniversary. how are these vietnamese assimilated in the united states? amanda demmer: this is an interesting question. i must confess i am primarily a diplomatic scholars or do not so i study assimilation -- do not quite study assimilation in the same way. to go say that the group, to be specific example, the association, they hav

ken: number one is the associate. gary: and the customer. anthony: it sounds like a lot of stuff you have learned from your mom and dad. ken: sam walton has four five and dime stores. kmart opened their first one in troy michigan. sam spent more time in that store than he did or anybody else . walmart is the biggest company in the world today. what is the difference? the people. the management and the board concluded -- they have the digital photography. we don' t want to do that because that will cannibalize our boxes. anthony: it is culture, too. ken: if i am kind to my associate and if my associate knows he can be treated fair, there is a process in place that allows him to be rewarded and rebecca -- and recognizes his effort. it is contagious. gary: you read his analyst reports. the talk of these opportunities and the cash flow. they' re actually meeting the people and analyzing the people. you think the greatest long-term investments can see it. forget the numbers and focus on the people. ken: he says this about companies that he buys.

write a lot about your dad who was a long time and much beloved columnists and he worked for the associated press in fact in the year that you were born he played a really important role in that presidential election. tell us about that. my dad was dad was the one that called the election and this was a situation where alan wake, california and minnesota were the last three states. it was all down to the wire and you

at the same time, i saw recently the association of american medical colleges, a new report that applications from african american men have declined. >> yes. >> brown: from 1978 to recently. why? >> the numbers for black women have incruised, but i think there's the society from top down limits what black men can be. it starts at the top and filters into the community. the idea of being a doctor was

with us jewelry pace and the associated press, ron of national journal, robert costa. here they go again. many in the republican establishment and testablish ment see the beginning of the end for donald trump. it's important they predicted this a few times before only to see mr. trump defy the laws of gravity. trump was not the dominating presence in the second debate as he was in the first. >> i think women all over this country heard clearly what mr. trump said. [ applause ] >> i think she's got a beautiful

anthem's membership agreement in the association places limitens on how much of those business may be conducted outside the bluecross blueshield brands. it is possible that cigna's ability to compete post acquisition may be constrained by anthem's membership in the bluecross blueshield association. for its part, anthem believes that the addition of cigna's members will not cause them to run into any limits imposed by the association's membership agreement. in addition, there is the question of how these mergers may affect forms of competition in the health insurance industry, sperveg cli the trend forwards outcome treatment based models. these alternative approaches to health care seek to improve care and lower costs by focusing on patient outcomes and overall health, particularly through preventive care, rather than paying for services on a fee bay sus. as the marketplace evolves in response to consumer demand and government policies, it will be important to ensure that consumers are benefitting from vigorous competition and wide choice rather than being locked into the offerings of

. >> cassandra good is the associated editor on papers of james monroe. she earned her doctorate at the university of pennsylvania. why is james monroe still such a significant player in american history? cassandra good: the first thing that people think of is the monroe doctrine, which still has ramifications today, but we joke at these papers that he is like forest gump. he shows up everywhere. if you look at the painting of washington crossing the delaware, he is there. the louisiana purchase, he is involved. the war of 1812. he is president. he just gets his hand in so many moments in the first 40-50 years of the country. >> why does he have a global view of the world? cassandra good: moroe was sent on his first diplomatic appointment very early in his career. he was not educated abroad, but he was sent to france by george washington and that was his first experience -- and then when he was sent back to europe later traveling to several different countries. i think that that really impacted his idea about foreign policy when he was president. >> what w

and according to the austinen football officials association, the referee is wanting to press charges. >> there are 23 7/8 around the country that have decided to create laws that make it a criminal action to assault a referee. texas is one of those states. >> reporter: in 2011, a florida youth football ref filed a lawsuit after being tackedaled on the field by players and fans unhappy with the call. he settled this case for more than a quarter million dollars. in texas, the independent school district investigating this incident tells us the video is extremely disturbing. not the good behavior we teach students and it will not tolerate this kind you have behavior. as for the executive secretary of the austin football officials association, he hopes the two students who hit the ref never play footbl again. kendis and reena? >> brandi, thank you. coming up in our next half hour, a family's belongings put up for sale by a squatter who set up a virtual shop when they were out of town, selling their valuables online. the home owners get iing a huge shock coming home. >> plus, sized yoga.

you are an ordained priest with the association of roman catholic women priests. >> yes. are calling for justice for women in the church and world, including women priests, and asking pope francis to make the connections between poverty, violence, and abuse of women in the world. and our second-class status as women in the church. could you explain what happened yesterday during the protest? where were you and how many people were involved in a protest? >> there were seven of us. three otherests and women priests besides myself and one former jesuit brother. , women priestsns are here, promisee of conscience, father roy how the sun "pope francis, ordain women priests." we eventually did a die-in because we otherwise would have been forced to go on the streets. as we lay down, we held our signs across our bodies. amy: and talk about where the ordination of women stands in the catholic church. well, we have been told by previous pope that it is a closed issue. and we don't accept that. it is a very serious issue. jesus in the gospels is changing the paradigm of domination,

and the asian peace officers association and one of the police officers association fromhe beginning we were instructed this is had to be an open and transparent a public process as much all of meetings were held in public and open to the public and open to the media, and all the materials were available so everything we did from our draft policies that we worked through, our minutes, our agenda they were public documents that were published on the web available for anyone that comes to the meetings and obviously all the bhooegz recorded as a public process from the beginning next slide, please. >> on june 2nd we had our first working group meeting and we decided the following tongs so in order to tackle this large process we had to have a base to start with we came together or to the tackle with a working document we felt really had some of the main points of a body camera policy that we can start the conversation with that's a document that was dated as of upcoming on the screen may 28 work 2015 we wanted to look at other model policies out there at the time and other r

and the asian peace officers association and one of the police officers association fromhe beginning we were instructed this is had to be an open and transparent a public process as much all of meetings were held in public and open to the public and open to the media, and all the materials were available so everything we did from our draft policies that we worked through, our minutes, our agenda they were public documents that were published on the web available for anyone that comes to the meetings and obviously all the bhooegz recorded as a public process from the beginning next slide, please. >> on june 2nd we had our first working group meeting and we decided the following tongs so in order to tackle this large process we had to have a base to start with we came together or to the tackle with a working document we felt really had some of the main points of a body camera policy that we can start the conversation with that's a document that was dated as of upcoming on the screen may 28 work 2015 we wanted to look at other model policies out there at the time and other r

to unrest in west africa according to the associated rest news agency. greek tsipras sworn in as prime minister for the second time this year. the syriza party won a convincing victory yesterday and will now form a government with the nationalist. and the second day in cuba for the pope -- tens of thousands of people braved soaring temperatures to hear francis perform mass. the tour will soon take him to the united states. we begin this hour in burkina faso -- reports further bloodshed has been avoided. the associated press news agency is reporting the general who overthrew the government last week has apologized to the nation and promised to hand power back to the civilian government. this comes after soldiers in the regular army marched on the capital and the french president warned the general to hand back power or else face the consequences. let's go to the capital, ouagadougou. our correspondent is there. has the coup ended? reporter: not yet. we have the leader of the former and hasonal authority blamed the leadership with what is going on with the

and the asian peace officers association and one of the police officers association fromhe beginning we were instructed this is had to be an open and transparent a public process as much all of meetings were held in public and open to the public and open to the media, and all the materials were available so everything we did from our draft policies that we worked through, our minutes, our agenda they were public documents that were published on the web available for anyone that comes to the meetings and obviously all the bhooegz recorded as a public process from the beginning next slide, please. >> on june 2nd we had our first working group meeting and we decided the following tongs so in order to tackle this large process we had to have a base to start with we came together or to the tackle with a working document we felt really had some of the main points of a body camera policy that we can start the conversation with that's a document that was dated as of upcoming on the screen may 28 work 2015 we wanted to look at other model policies out there at the time and other r

still again today in an interview with the associated press, she insisted everything she did was allowed and she has nothing to apologize for. over the weekend, clinton acknowledged personally paying a statement department staffer to maintain her private e-mail server while she was secretary. this after pag leanneo said he will plead the fifth about his involvement. >> we have encouraged everyone to cooperate. >> i believe i have the ition vision, the policies, the skills, and the determination to get us back on the right track. >> with clinton trying to right her campaign, a seemingly carefree vice president joe biden marched with organized labor in pittsburgh. and supporters encouraged him to run. >> talk to my wife about that. >> further fueling speculation with a biden campaign, the new poll numbers in show while dond trump beats clinton, biden tops the republican front-runner, but even if biden jumps in, voters right now clearly favor washington outsiders. and that's why you see candidates like sanders and trump surging as well as business executive carly fiorina who today said it's

this was her consist conclusion before the american bar association. our conclusions reinforce our concern about strong barriers to entry and expansion in health insurance markets and are particularly significance in light of the affordable care act. it is imperative that we prevent mergers or acquisitions that will create or increase the size of dominant health insurance plans. particularly in the small group and individual markets. they will generally be viewed with skepticism. they will almost never justify an anti-competitive merger. the suggestion has been made and i think it is a pillar of the arguments for this merger that these barriers to entry are insignificant i think experience belies that contention. i would like responses if you would please. >> thank you for the question senator i understand your point of view. i would like to make clear what the data shows us in the markets where we compete. in medicare advantage, there is plenty of competition. twenty-eight new entrants and more than half the hospital systems over the last three years.

the nfl referee association released a statement condemning the actions. the executive director saying he has never seen anything like this in all my years of officiating at the high school, collegiate or professional level. according to the austin football association the referee wants to press charges. >> there are 23 states around the country that have decided to create laws to make it a crime to hit the referee. texas is one of them. alison: coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- focusing on the most dangerous people in d.c. the new effort as police try to cut down on increasing violence. plus a major settlement in baltimore. how much money the family freddie gray could receive. and grim anniversary. a year after the disappearance of two children. new push for answers. "abc7 news at 6:00" starts right now. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". maureen: first at 6:00, illegal gun on the street of d.c. now police honing in on 50 repeat offenders. leon: this is as the homicide rate continue to soar. nearly 110 people have been murdered in the district this ye

. >> reporter: refusing to apologize with the associated press. now saying she's sorry for not using a different server. after a campaign launch aimed at fixing the problems from her last campaign, it's clinton 3.0, from a team of her long time aides and probe. tv ad makers and campaign manager moom. and polster joel benenson. and close advisor, podesta, plus, husband, bill. fund raising next week, but so far, not campaigning. >> well, you know, she is who she is and she can't transform her personality overnight and she shouldn't try. >> reporter: ahead, whether joe biden jumps into the race. investigation into her email system and testimony to congress next month. andrea mitchell, nbc news washington. >>> the war of words continues between gop presidential candidates, donald trump and jeb bush. trump has released another instagram video slamming the former governor. >> having trouble sleeping at night? too much energy? need some low energy? >> they have an hsa in some companies, some companies don't. >> jeb, for all your sleeping needs. >> meanwhi

today, the associated press ran its fact check. it's not just donald trump, but both are coming out saying hillary is the original so called birther. >> there have been a lot of finger point iing. >> in 2008, she was the original birther. hillary is the birther. >> but, according to the clinton campaign the claim she started the birther movement is just not true. >> did you or your campaign start the whole birther thing? >> that is -- no. that is so ludicrous, don. you know, honestly. i just believe that, first of all, it's totally untrue. >> you don't believe that senator obama is a muslim? >> of course not. there is no basis for that. i take him on the basis of what he says. >> you said you take senator obama at his word. >> according to a facts check done by the associated press, there isn't any clear evidence that she starred the birther movement. it's also bad blood. >> so just to get it straight. dontd trump was asked by a pan in the audience. he just said he didn't believe that he supports having a muslim in the white house.

. >> reporter: refusing to apology with the associated press and now saying she's sorry for not using a different server. and it's clinton 3.0, from a team of her long-time aids and president obama. tved a ed a ad makers and campaign manage, mook. and polster joel ben stn. and close advisor, obden, plus, husband, bill. fund raising next week, but so far, not campaigning. >> well, you know, she is who she is and she can't transform her purse nal overnight and she shouldn't try. >> reporter: the fbi investigation into her email system and testimony to congress next month. andrea mitchell, nbc news washington. >>> the war of words continues between gop presidential candidates, donald trump and jeb bush. >> having trouble sleeping at night? too much energy? need some low energy? >> they have an hsa in some companies, some companies don't. >> jeb, for all your sleeping needs. >> meanwhile, bush was on the premier episode of the "late show." they didn't talk about trump. >> you can be friends with people you don't agree with on everything. >> so, maybe the donald and jeb should stop their b

and the bar association is not the judges, and the bar association's against this too. so you got the bar association and the judicial conference, both of which are conservative organizations, being against it. and the study, yeah, some of those folks might not have been there from 1983 to 1993 but they still knew what the rule was and they were able to study and able to understand things. they weren't there when cases were filed. they didn't know the facts of the case. they learned. they got minds that are capable of absorbing information, analyzing, synthesizing it and coming to decisions. you didn't have to be alive around when slavery around to know slavery was bad. you didn't have to be on the bench from 1983 to 1993 that rule 11 way working and this rule which brings back that old rule would be a failure. i think if you don't learn from experience, there is deference you should give to the bar association and to the judicial conference, both of which have come out against this. there are motions for summary judgment. they take there's no way to get rid of a frivolo

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and the editor or the associate editor can assess whether those names would be okay. y pick some others from outside. not unlike nsf and how they do their work, okay? the problem that has happened is that the publication system is so overwhelmed with submittals that a lot of editors simply will take whoever is offered as possible reviewers by the author in order to actually get the peer review. and that's what probably happened in the papers referring to with respect to the health department ruling in new york.g in my case, the paper i submitted just got published, i chose a professor at -- at pennz state, who is clearly unbiased, national academy of science person, i chose a couple of people from the united states geological survey, who i thought knew a lot about methane and done independent work. and i purposefully did not choose for my reviewers, who i recommended, anyone who i thought would be biased, you know, towards the oil and gas industry. and i know who those people are. and so i got the review back and there is some really good comments and we modified the

within the past hour, the associated press is reporting one person has died in the fire. homes and businesses have burned. cal fire is reporting no containment. >> tom baker has been talking with vaquez. we're staying on top of the weather conditions. we went to the fire line tonight and have new video from middletown. >> first of all, still no details on the death or injuries. we're waiting on cal fire for that. what we are seeing is here in middletown and the surrounding communities just the heartbreaking aftermath of this fire. homes that are burned to the ground. and the valley fire is not finished yet. >> yet. >> they ask when they can go home. we found areas still burning sunday night. the difference now, the winds aren't whipping to carry these embers a half nile in all directions like before. >> our number one focus was lifesaver tee. >> cal fire is complaining to a crowd of people how the fire blew up so fast. >> we did the best we california once the fire got into town, we did the best we could. >> saturday night was horrifying, surreal for so many people who dr

telling the associated press, what i did was allowed. and denied that the e-mail controversy is damaging her campaign, but did concede it's become a distraction for her bid for the white house. >> cecilia, thank you so much. >>> and millions of americans facing punishing weather. from torrential downpours sparking flash flooding in the midwest. to another heat wave sizzling the east coast. from pittsburgh to new york. here's rob marciano. >> reporter: powerful weekend storms scattering beachgoers in florida. the last unofficial day of summer, with beaches almost empty. only a brave few out roaming the sands this morning. time lapse video showing the light show off the palm beach coast, and above the nebraska plains. in carroll, iowa, rain falling at two inches per hour. this street turning into a river, swamping cars. >> it came down in a matter of seconds and there was nothing we could do about it. >> reporter: the inside of that man's car, now filled with dirt and debris. this creek in augusta, wisconsin, still swollen after a half-foot

in an interview with the minneapolis star tribune and the associated press, dr. palmer said the hunt in zimbabwe was perfectly legal and he is heartbroken about the disruption this has caused his staff. the 55-year-old, who has not been charged with a crime, also intains that he has not been in hiding. "i've been out of the public eye. that doesn't mean i'm in hiding." cecil the lion was killed outside of the park grounds where he lived and was protected. when dr. palmer was named by zimbabwe officials in late july, it triggered an instant backlash. television host jimmy kimmel gave this emotional monologue. >> people loved to see him on safaris until earlier this month when a tourist on a hunting trip shot him. >> reporter: petitions circulated to extradite dr. palmer to zimbabwe. his vacation home was vandalized. "this has been especially hard on my wife and my daughter. they've been threatened in the social media. and again, i don't understand that level of humanity, to come after people not involved at all." asked whether he would ever return to zimbabwe for f

the associated press said in an article, the obama administration says it is actively considering waysbe more responsive to the global migrant crisis including refugee resettlement. the u.s. provided over $4 billion in humanitarian assistance since the syrian crisis began and over 1 billion in assistance this year. but you have some organizations calling on the u.s. to step up and do more. >> yes. the u.s. has taken in less than 100 refugees -- sorry, less than a thousand refugees, and there's always more that can be done. the global community as a whole has got to step up and take on more responsibility, as we're seeing this, again, reach catastrophic levels. >> thank you for the work you are doing on the ground, and obviously you have great responsibility to continue the cover of this story. it is raw to show the images that would certainly make anyone want to act and do something here. thank you very much for your time. we greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> the story is the focus of today's "news nation" gut check. what does your gut tell you? should the u.s. be doing more to

that is what i asked the san francisco association of realtors. >> kind of what i liken it to, if you are on a jet and the jet goes from really fast to really really fast. to really fast, you are going slower, but you are still going really fast. >> reporter: as for the number of homes hold, 457 last month. that is down almost 17% from last august. but of course, prices are still over the top. one of the homes that just told, the so-called mummy site, this house on lake street in san francisco just sold for a whopping $1.5 million. back in april, first responders removed a mummified corpse from the victorian home. the place was filled with trash, mold, and rats and it still needs some major tlc. by the way, ken, whoever bought it paid more than 500 grand over asking. >> like you said, it is all how you look at it betty. >> reporter: that's right. a lot of money either way. >> $1.5 million for a tear- down. >> betty yu in the news room, thank you. >>> tonight, coyotes on the prowl killing pets in a san francisco neighborhood. the city's response. learn to live with them. >> we have nev

joining us now is tom ben with the association. with us. >> thank you for having me. >> some would say rent control is crucial for the low income. what do you think is wrong with the ordinance. >> we've only built 100,000 units. therefor it's really a supply issue. unfortunately rent control is sometimes viewed as the answer. but it's only a really a short term fix to what is really a much larger problem. >> what would the answer be? do there needs to be more studies. you still have to keep your low income renters in mind. what are the answers. >> in terms of richmond our concern is the ordinance was adopted without really doing any sort of economic analysis to make a determination. it's whether or not the rent control ordinance that was being portrayed was really going to do what they said it was going to do. all you have to do is look across the rest of the state even here in the bay area you can look at san francisco, san jose, oakland all three of those communities have rent control. and they have some of the highest rents in t

in an interview with "the associated press," mrs. clinton says what i did was allowed and the e-mail scandal has not even sure campaign that continues to be an issue in her campaign including carly fiorina. >> we cannot have a president of the united states who has lied about her e-mails and your lies about the server in her basement either. cheryl: meanwhile, bernie sanders is now leading clinton by nine points in new hampshire. president obama signed an executive order with contractors to offer paid sick days to employees. it will give 300,000 workers up to seven days paid sick leave each year in a speech in boston the president also pressing congress on this. >> i am calling on congress. take a cue from the rest of the world. were together in a bipartisan fashion. find a way to make paid leave, paid family medical leave a reality for all americans. that is something we should be doing. cheryl: some business groups argue the executive order would make it harder to retain federal contract nursing could hurt economic growth. >> congre

he is president of the manufacturers association. oday to answer questions about the big picture because he is in charge of it. he was here to talk about the new model, so i started with that. >> it is the most sold car for nissan in the united states. this segment used to be the largest segment in the u.s.. it is now the second largest in the u.s. contact are taking the lead, but still, it is an important segment. the second most sold car and growing. matt: you do not sell diesel in this country. is this technology to difficult to make perform and still pass epa emissions testing? >> i do not think so. it is a specific technology. nissan, as you mentioned, will not sell any diesel cars. we have electric cars and hybrids. most of it is a powered engine. this technology is much more widespread in europe. matt: you're the head of the automobile manufacturers association. with all the ceo's's and leaders of those companies, including volkswagen, is this an issue that you think is pervasive? are carmakers across the globe having to sheet

yes, you are the president of the united states tennis association. so president obama, every year, gives the state of the union address. and, at some point, he says, "the state of the union is strong." what's the state of tennis in america? >> the state right now is that it's positive. we're growing. and, if i can be as impactful as i think i'm being right now, you know, sky's the limit for what we can do in growing tennis in america. >> how were you introduced to the game? >> i got lucky. i stumbled on it. i'm where i am today because of my parents. and because of that summer my parents were teaching summer school, and i was a tag-along little sister with my two brothers that were in a program that was sponsored by the martin luther king boys club in chicago. every summer, they had a different activity. that summer happened to be tennis. and happened to be four blocks-- >> really? >> --away from home, where we walked. i was six; they were-- i don't know, 12 and 14. they hated tennis. i was the ultimate tomboy, because my oldest brother used to always

a representative for the austin football officials association say he hopes these two students never play football again. >> the worlds population is aging faster than most countries can handle. now a new report on which nation is best to grow old in. >> steven colbert makes his debut as host of the late show with a presidential hopeful in the hot seat. >> al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective. weeknights, on al jazeera america. >> the worlds aging population, two people in the world turn 60 every second. by 2030, there will be more people over 60 than under the age of 10. a group found inequality among older people is increasing. it looked at income, security, health and whether old people live in an enabling environment, found the best country for older people is switzerland. most in the top 10 are in northern europe. bottom of the list, iraq, pakistan and the west bank in gaza. >> the chief

he set up the generator developed by associate professor hata. e oxygen content in the water doubled. and the number of fish that died fell to almost zero. >> translator: the technology works for both water and air. they're the things that people rely on in agriculture and fisheries. all you need to make this device effective, i think we can expect this will be a revolutionary approach. >> reporter: these tiny bubbles hold enormous potential for people working in all kinds of fields. so people are aiming to use them to create a wealth of new industries. yusuke noguchi, nhk world, kochi. >> and that's it for business news for this hour. i'll leave you with another check on the markets. ♪ ♪ >>> the president of myanmar has met with leaders of ethnic minority guerrilla groups. political observers believe a truce could build support for the ruling solidarity and development party. he met minorities leaders on wednesday in the capital. he emphasized the importance of a ceasefire. >> translator: i'd like to express the importance of peace in the transit