Including immigrants, with so many serious legal issues, such as Domestic Violence and immigration policies. While many heroes get welldeserved recognition during Asian Pacific heritage month, with me right now is angelica cortez, founder of the l. E. A. D. Filipino program, who has mobilized the community in many important ways, not only to get more people involved in public affairs, but is also dedicated to empowering filipinas. And also with us is Deputy District Attorney johnny gogo, who not only tries to help families keep their youngsters from ending up in the wrong end of the legal system, but tries to assist the younger api generation to become prosecutors and judges as president of the Northern California region of the national Asian Pacific islander prosecutors association. I want to see that Business Card later, okay . Welcome to the show, both of you. To give an idea, first of all in terms of the prioritieswell, first of all, i want to find out how you feel about getting, y
People. And tonight, theres a new way to make sure it never happens to you. Good evening. Tonight, we begin with the american hostages taken captive by terrorists with links to al qaeda. It has been a day of chaos, details still pouring in about a deadly rescue operation, helicopters circling overhead and a frightening scene below. It happened in the north african nation of algeria and abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz spent the day with the defense secretary, leon panetta, in italy, as he was tracking every new development. Martha . Reporter diane, this is a very fluid situation but reports we are getting tonight about the raid are very ominous. A u. S. Official telling me tonight there were ten americans at the field, five are safe. But the fate of the other five, we do not know. What is clear tonight is that this is far from over. With algerian forces now surrounding the complex, the british Prime Minister is warning that this raid could end in even more bloodsh
Uncertain, a very fluid situation and i think we have to prepare ourselves for the possibility of bad news ahead. Reporter the worst, coming after the algerian military moved in with helicopters, reportedly fearing the hostage takers were going to escape. The terror group was holed up in the natural gas plant along with their hostages, the americans and other workers from britain, france, japan and norway. Some reportedly forced to wear explosives around their necks. Tonight, algeria is saying the raid left not only some of the militants dead, but some of the hostages, as well. But it is not clear how many. And the battle is ongoing. A u. S. Official saying tonight it is believed that between 15 and 20 hostages still remain inside. The militants say this is in retaliation for the frenchled assault against islamic rebels in the nearby country of mali. Today, the secretary of defense, monitoring developments here in italy, spoke to us exclusively. I dont think theres any question that ba
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