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answer so, lets get started. were hearing from the manhattan district attorne himself, regarding the possibl criminal charges for forme president donald trump how soon will we see i indictment more importantly, lets surviv a trump challenged in court? former vice president, mik pence, speaking out against hi former boss. i want to know, what is causin pence to suddenly develop spine about the events o january 6th? and later, it is oscars day, a the excitement builds, i wil talk to the ...

But i also think it is important to kind of expand on that and show people in our own complicated glory for. >> you talk about heroes. we also know you from the d.c. comic and marvel universe. but you are a part of, id say, a wave and a pretty new one of asian american representation in hollywood. im going to loop into that group with you the actors that have been in movies like everything, everywhere all at once, and even crazy rich asians and joyride. these are all the movies that are definite...

Streaming platforms like netflix have more than twice the representation on broadcast, and three times more representation than their cable counterparts. while michelle yeoh and key way huangs historic attack academy award winds help boost aapi representation, its clear we need to see more of it. joining me now is nancy wang, you sociologist and author, real inequality, hollywood actors, and racism. nancy, it is doctor, doctor nancy wang union is joining us. between nbcs own picchi peacock, hulu...

Best supporting actress. julia, how do you think thes films helped pave the way, helped open that door to bring aapi representation to the spotlight in hollywood >> it all helps. that door is immense and it very heavy i think that all of these ar needed to push that door open. weve had an amazing run of it there have been a lot of representation recently. i think the highlight of thi has been on immigration an that first immigrant story theres still been a lot o characters whose first languag is...

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Think the rya and the last dragon, the disney movie that came out is awesome. theres a lack of api representation in hollywood. the study found the api community accounted for less than 6% of speaking roles, and less than 4% of leads in hollywood, your thoughts. >> a lot of thoughts. the oscars, one, their viewership, their ratings has been going down for years. i think the lowest viewer ship they have seen is last year, and even though we saw historical firsts, the academy has been working hard...

In this year of pandemic. i love the oscars, so this is like my super bowl, my olympics, im really excited, even as i agree, the academy has a lot of work to do to be truly representative. even just of hollywood, let alone our country. >> and more representation in every category, right, theres not enough api representation, not enough latino representation. not enough indigenous representation, so happy to see this but also still room for improvement. katie, if there were going to be oscars for...

Growing. there are a lot of people who came over on h-1b visas and have their green card and theyre going to be citizes soon and theyre already active in the grassroots. its not surprising and its welcoming to see the grassroots support and the involvement of asian american immigrants. >> 30% in your district? thats extraordinary! asian americans make up 7% of the state population. what needs to be done to get more aapi representation in government, at all levels? >> absolutely. well, one of the...