and killings of asian americans because of the systemic belief that asians have traded some kind of economic unfairness. i asians have traded some kind of economic unfairness. asians have traded some kind of economic unfairness. isee. hope kina, economic unfairness. isee. hope king. thanks economic unfairness. isee. hope king. thanks so economic unfairness. isee. hope king, thanks so much economic unfairness. i see. hope king, thanks so much for - economic unfairness. i see. hope king, thanks so much forjoiningl economic unfairness. i see. hope i king, thanks so much forjoining us. and finally, in a record 70 years on the throne, britain s queen elizabeth has dealt with no fewer than 1a prime ministers starting with winston churchill, right through to margaret thatcher, tony blair, and now borisjohnson. one of the mainstays of the royal and political calendars is the weekly audience between monarch and prime minister, just one aspect of the queen s work on affairs of state, as
to climb, because we are entering the midterm election season here in the us, there have been politicians who have been using china again as part of their campaign, to drum up support for their base, whether it is about competitiveness. things unrelated to covid. you are seeing that play out as well. is itjust about covid, briefly, if you don t mind, or is it more widespread? it has been a systemic issue, but covid has certainly brought it back to the forefront the last couple of years. really, since the founding of this country, there has been specific laws passed to prevent, let s say, chinese people from coming in, from getting citizenship, and then during the civil rights movement and even a couple decades after, there have been protests and violent beatings and killings of asian americans because of the systemic belief that asians have created some kind of economic unfairness. hope king, a journalist with
to the us now, where a meeting between k pop powerhouse bts and president biden saw the korean boy band saying they re devastated by the recent surge of hate crimes including against the asian american community. the south korean group met with president biden at the white house today to discuss the issue of anti asian hate. the k pop phenomenon are well known for using their music and enormous fan base to speak out on important social issues. they met with the us president privately, after making brief statements to media in the white house press briefing room. lastly, we thank president biden and the white house for giving this important opportunity to speak about the important causes, to remind ourselves of what we can do as artists. i spoke earlier to hope king, who has been covering the issue of anti asian hate for axios. she reflected on why the us president would be meeting with the k pop group.
exactly. women were already disproportionately affected by this and this will add on to that. and the other issue right now with inflation soaring and fuel prices as we discussed high, a magnifying glass put on oil companies and there is this news, the oil giant surpassed apple as the world s most valuable firm. tell us what that means. it is a psychological marker, and apple was the first company to reach the trillion of market cap on the public market which really shows how much investors have lost in the tech stocks in the last week or so, and really the past year, tech stocks have had a huge beating and investors are seeing that there is a bit of a profit mix there. and that is driving prices and what is driving up consumer demand, energy prices and so this is really a psychological raepgs of where things are right now in business. and certainly the futures, a lot of red this morning. so we ll keep an eye on that. axios, hope king, terrific stuff. thanks for joining us toda
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