in japan. we are live on capitol hill with a look at where the talks stand right now. plus, let it go. for governor ron desantis cost his state a billion dollar project and thousands of jobs all because he is fighting a losing war with disney. how that disney drama and defending diversity will impact his presidential bid with desantis just days away from making it official. and later, tourist trap. america s gun crisis stretching far beyond its borders, a 700 advisories seven countries issue advisories on visiting the united states. what it means for america s seven trillion dollar tourist industry. and a good saturday morning to you all. i am katie phang. we begin overseas in japan at the g7 summit where russia s 15 month war in ukraine takes center stage. just hours ago, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy touchdown and hiroshima to meet with president biden and leaders of some of the world s most powerful democracies. zelenskyy s arrival comes just a day after bide
answer so, let s get started. we re 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, let s 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 screenwriter for a turning red, which has bee nominated for an oscar for bes animated feature film. all of that and more is coming up and a good sunday morning to all. i hope we remember to like you clocks ahead one hour fo daylight savings we re gonna start today s show with a widening rift between former president donald trum and his vice president in a speech last night, mike pence harshly criticize trump role in the january 6t insurrection, as well as trump s attempts to overturn that 20
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, i d say, a wave and a pretty new one of asian american representation in hollywood. i m 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 definitely taking center stage in terms of api representation. but look, do you think movies like crazy, rich asians, actually had to walk so that movies like shortcomings and even joyride could run? that s a great question, and i think there is a direct lineage. i see the connection. i don t think there would be either of those movies without the success of crazy, rich
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 huang s historic attack academy award winds help boost aapi representation, it s 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 nbc s own picchi peacock, hulu, that flicks the streamers are leading the charge of aapi representation, look and broadcast and networks do to change the ground here? they need to take chances on new shows, they need to really consider the asian american population in terms of the thought that they are watching, they are following shows that
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. we ve 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 there s still been a lot o characters whose first languag is another language. i think some of those stories, even though they push open the door, still tell of th narrative where othe foreigners, immigrants - i think what s really exciting is that the stories ar starting to say, yes, we are immigrants and there s the par of the story that you ar really seeing a very america or canadian point of view wher