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ticking time bomb, only 18 days until u.s. possibly default on its debt. the ripple effects across the global economy. congress leaves town without striking a deal. were live on capitol hill with the latest. plus, a new dubious distinction for the twice impeached indicted ex president donald trump, hes the only former president of the united states to be held liable in civil court for sexual abuse. how the controversial cnn town hall -- where heat trumps repeated lies, could it get him...

officials will give us an update on any new developments. meantime, i want to bring in our correspondent, who is there, and bring you up to speed on what we know thus far. at least ten people are dead, another ten hospitalized after the shooting saturday night in monterey park. the los angeles county sheriffs department says the male suspect in the attack fled the scene and remains at large. california governor gavin newsom sharing his condolences in a tweet that says, in part, montere...

San Leandro City Councilmember Xouhoa Bowen was elected by her city council counterparts from around the country to serve on the Asian Pacific American Municipal Officials (APAMO) Board of Directors of the National League of Cities’ (NLC). Bowen was first elected to the San Leandro City Council in November 2022. | APAMO is one of the National League of Cities’ Six Constituency Groups SAN LEANDRO, CA – San Leandro City Councilmember Xouhoa Bowen was elected by her city council counterparts ...

Access to aapi communities across the united states. joining me now for more our career such a, professor of psychology at the university of maryland, baltimore county, and norman chan, ceo of the asian american foundation. good morning to both of you, and im so grateful to share aapi heritage month with the two of you. norman, id like to start with you, earlier this month your foundation came out with its annual status index which is the social tracking of aapi in the united states. as we menti...

Nothing new for some in our community. especially the aapi community. thats why almost three years ago, the county board of supervisors took action, right on the cusp of covid, when we saw assaults against people of asian descent. we know this is a problem and we have to confront it. i hope today we remain united. when we see something, we say something. as the sheriff said, we know that this is a day of -- a solemn moment, but we also know that the lunar new year means so much to our aapi commu...

Doing is republicans will define the democratic party for them, and will turn out their base like for example immigration. youve heard republicans spend money on immigration, on the border, and democrats are losing that fight. and immigration is something that has bipartisan support. so i would like to see democrats spending more money on the issues that voters care about and that are based cares about, but also to mobilize them. because we dont do that, tiffany, that our voters wont turn out an...

Can you talk to us about that? >> thats right. senator reid was a leader who never forgot about nevada. he was a leader who always encouraged all of us to remember our roots. and thats something that to this day i carry with me and admire so deeply about him. you know, in nevada, i was able to support and be on his campaign in 2010. and i got to see up close how beloved he was by immigrant communities, latino communities, aapi communities. they knew his work. they knew he was championing them in...

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