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>> excellent. >> -- a night of serious reflection on a situation that really now needs our attention. >> absolutely. get to it, my friend. thank you, lawrence. >> thank you, rachel. katherine tai was born to parents who were born in china, went to yale, and then to harvard law school, became an expert in trade and she served in the bush administration as the general counsel to the united states trade representative, a cabinet level position. general counsel is a very important job. she continued as counsel to the trade representative during the obama administration when the trade r...

Clearly will be a detriment to their ability to enter these higher education institutions. so it's based on flawed reasoning, and in fact, they didn't even produce harmed people as they did in the case of baki and these other folks. they actually had an organization that filed the case. and that tells you something. they could not find the evidence that would show that aapis were harmed by affirmative action. >> yeah, and representative horseford, the sort of reasoning by the conservative majority here was that the constitution is color blind, and they sort of made this sort of typical argumen...

Decision do, is they point at asian americans and say, they are the reason we need to get rid of affirmative action, even though every asian american i know is for affirmative action. but they try to divide all of us and carve out asian americans into a separate category. what do you make of that and what do you make of the decision? >> well, conservatives on the right have been trying to use asian americans as a wedge in their desire to get rid of affirmative action. but in reality, this supreme court decision today is no net positive for aapis. actually, there was a study done on what benefi...

Another horrific hate crime against asian americans. >> reporter: recent data show only half of aapis feel safe going out. and 65% worry about the safety of family members and elders. he lives and works in monterey park. do you think this shooting will change the community? >> i think it has already. >> reporter: generations have leaned on the city for hope and new beginnings. now heartbreak in the new year is bringing them even closer together. >> we don't want this to be sort of what monterey park is known for. it's so much more than a city that's been marked by a mass shooting. >> kathy par...

I want people to see is have more empathy. this idea that aapis don't actually below, questioning where are you from, really, where are you from when people have been here for generations. focuses want to support the aapi community, i encourage you to support your local businesses, restaurants, entrepreneurs or educate yourself on the history of aapis in this country. >> amanda wynn, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. still ahead, a voluntary search has yielded more classified material at president biden's wilmington home. the new pressure it's putting on the white house. plus, we're ...