the territory of hawaii.] >> on that fateful morning, 49 civilians lost their lives as a result of the attack. as a base for all of the services, the then territory of hawaii and its citizens played a major role in one of history's greatest salvage and repair efforts, restoring most of the damaged ships and expediting the return to the fleet. hawaii's citizens opened their homes and businesses to servicemen stationed in the islands and to those returning from war patrols. today, the state of hawaii remains a strategic and welcoming home port for our military, continuing to offer aloha to all. representing the territory of hawaii is staff sergeant matilla of hawaii and park ranger borja of guam. will our civilian survivors and witnesses please stand as able? [applause] ♪ [band playing] ♪ >> civilian survivors and witnesses, please be seated. united states army. [bell ringing] >> while many history books tend to focus on the pearl harbor attack, the brave members of the united states army fought to defend their

the territory of hawaii. [bell rung] on that fateful morning, 49 civilians lost their lives as a result of the attack. as a basic for all of these services, the territory of hawaii and its citizens played a major role in one of history's greatest salvage and repair efforts, quickly restoring the damaged ships and expediting their return to the damaged fleet. hawaiian citizens opened their homes and businesses to those stationed on the islands and those returning from our patrols. today, the state of hawaii remains a strategic and welcoming homeport for our military continuing to offer aloha to all. representing the territory of hawaii is a staff sergeant and park ranger. our civilian survivors and witnesses please stand as able. [applause] ♪ civilians, survivors, and witnesses, be seated. united states army. [bell rung] while many history books tend to focus on the pearl harbor attack, the brave members of the united states army fought diligently to defend their post. december 7, 1941. from schofield barracks

the territory of hawaii. then territory of hawaii and its citizens played a major role in one of history's greatest self a general poll -- repair efforts, expediting the ships returned to the fleet. homes citizens opened up and businesses to serviceman stationed in the island and those returning from war patrols. today, the state of harare -- hawaii remains a strategic port for our military and continues to offer a low hall -- aloha to all. will our civilian survivors and witnesses please stand as able. [applause] ♪ >> civilian survivors and witnesses, please the seated. united states army. [bellringing] >> while many history books tend to focus on the pearl harbor attack, the brave members of the united states army fought diligently to defend their post on the cymer seventh, 1941. july 7, 1941. representing the united states army, captain caitlin moore and park ranger michael baron. will all of our army veterans please stand as able. [applause] ♪ [applause] >> army veterans, please the seated. united states

how does all this feel for people in hawaii?ple here are happy to see good relations with japan. we have a substantial japanese—american population in hawaii, including the descendants of people who lived through pearl harbor, and some of the actual people who were there 75 years ago are still around, so that part of it is very clear. during the war, hawaii was basically under military rule and ourjapanese population was not shipped off to the mainland and put in camps, but it was kept on hawaii. only a very few people were put in camps during the war. so that is a very lively memory still around, but there is also 75 years, or 70 years at least, of very positive relationships between hawaii and japan. we have many, many tourists coming from japan, a continuous stream of immigration, and the relations are good and people want to make them better and better. russia has observed a day of mourning for the deaths of 92 people on sunday in the military plane that crashed into the black sea. a0 ships and more than 3,000 people are sea

how does this feel for people in hawaii? allies. -- post-war.is feelfor people in hawaii? people here are happy to see good relations with japan. we have a substantial japanese and american population in hawaii, including the descendants of people who lived through pearl harbor and some of the actual people who wear there 75 years ago are still around so that part of it is very clear. during the war, hawaii was basically under military rule and ourjapanese population was shipped off to —— was not shipped off to the mainland but was kept in hawaii. not many people would put in camps during the war. that is a lively memory still around but there are also 75 years of very positive relationships between hawaii and japan. we have many, many tourists coming from japan, a continuous strea m coming from japan, a continuous stream of immigration and relations are good and people want to make them assa and better. and historic visit in many, many ways. professor, thank you very much. russia has observed a day of mourning for the death of 92 people on sund

so many things changed or for hawaii. there was a military government that people do not realize that really covered hawaii. we can add that is another government structure that hawaii had. that brought a huge change to hawaii. i can say i saw the beginning of the war with japan on december 7. announcer: japanese torpedoes capsized the u.s. oklahoma within 10 minutes during the pearl harbor attack of december 7, 1941. the ship suffered 429 casualties. the 35 of the dead were identified. the military board in 1949 ruled that the identities of most of the lost crew were nonrecoverable. their remains were buried in 46 plots at honolulu's punch bowl cemetery. a 2015 defense department order prompted a renewed search for their identities in the hope of returning them to their families under the supervision of the defense accounting agency, the remains of the uss oklahoma crew have been disinterred and sent to laboratories for dna and other analysis. just as november, nebraska's air force base laboratory proceeded -- navy firem

i was attending the university of hawaii as a junior. part of the rotc program. on the morning of december 7 i was sleeping off the events of the junior prom the night before. awakened by all this thunderous sounds that never ceased, until we went outside. from our house, we cannot see pearl harbor. but all we saw was black smoke and little white puffs up in the air. and, you know, we had maneuvers all the time. but this one looked real serious. so i turned on the radio. and there was this -- i think we only had one or two radio stations. kgu. edwards was the announcer. i can still remember his name. he is screaming into the mic get off the streets! take cover! we're under attack by japanese planes! and i never forget this. he says, this is the real mccoy! because the whole thing was just surreal. it just... you know the fact -- when i heard the announcement that we're being attacked by japanese planes, you know, i felt like i'd been hit with a piece of shrapnel. you know it was just total shock. and utter disbelief and denial. there was a tinge of, you might say

also do want to note that hawaii is also a popular tourist destination.ot of people travel around the new year. the next several days we have a front moving in from the north, bringing scattered showers on and off. and definitely by friday, but at least temperatures on the warm side out there. but through the rest of tuesday, it does look like high 20s and sunny skies all day. now if we look back across the ocean towards northeastern asia, a classic winter weather set-up really dominating much of japan, even extending down to the south, into taiwan, eastern areas of china. you can see on the satellite, those northwesterly winds coming through, picking up the sea-effect snowfall, even down to the south, nock-ten now down to a tropical depression just because of that dry air and high vertical wind shear coming with it. where all the rough weather is now is back towards the north. if you take a look at japan, in fact, going into thursday morning, about 20 centimeters of snowfall expected. and by thursday night, you could be seeing double that. and even winds

i was teaching at the university of hawaii law school at the university of hawaii political science departmentition, i was asked to sit on various boards and resume my practice of law. it was a matter of 18 months but during that time it was a wonderful experience to reunite with people and there are so many different types of issues that hawaii was faced with. a lot of it related to our people,roup, indigenous i was able to keep abreast of a lot of the issues because it was not long enough to be away to divest the major issues that we are facing in our community. >> anything you would do differently now that you -- from your previous years in the house? ms. hanabusa: the one thing i would do differently, having been here for four years, you can hit the ground running and you are able to look at things and know what to do. i jokingly tell people -- i do not have to know where the bathrooms are, it is a way of saying that you are familiar with the setting and also having the relationships built. whatl people, no matter anybody says, congress is no different than any other local government or lo

japan's prime minister pays his respects at an american military ceremony as his historic visit to hawaii gets under way, 75 years afterjapan‘s bombing of pearl harbor drew the us into world war ii. dozens of ships are still searching for remains of a russian military plane that crashed into the black sea on sunday with 92 people on board. time's running out fast for the cheetah. urgent action is needed to save the world's fastest land animal from the brink of extinction. and tributes continue to pour in from fans and fellow artists alike for george michael following his death at the age of 53. the singer's partner says he will never stop missing him. hello. the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, is making a historic visit to hawaii, 75 years after the japanese attack on pearl harbor that brought the united states into the second world war. the visit began with mr abe paying tribute to american military personnel buried at the national memorial cemetery of the pacific. before he left tokyo, mr abe said he wanted to send a message that japan would never repeat the atrocities of past wars

the territory of hawaii.ves as a result of the attack. as a base for all of the services, the then territory of hawaii and its citizens played aid major role in one of history's greatest salvage and repair efforts, restoring most of the damaged ships and expediting the return to the fleet. hawaii's citizens opened their homes and businesses to servicemen stationed in the islands and to those returning from war patrols. today, the state of hawaii remains a strategic and welcoming home port for our military, continuing to offer aloha to all. representing the territory of hawaii is staff sergeant matilla and park ranger borja of guam. will our civil wrian survivors witnesses please stand as able? [ applause ] ♪ ♪ >> civilian survivors and witnesses, please be seated. united states army. while many history books tend to focus on the pearl harbor attack, the brave members of the united states army fought to defend their posts on december 7, 1941. the u.s. army had and continues to have a large presence on owe with

. >>> navy region hawaii and naval service group the pacific ♪ ♪ united states pacific command arriving♪ please be seated. ladies and gentlemen it is customary december 7 we observe a moment of silence as 0755 to commemorate the beginning of the attack on pearl harbor. 0755 you will hear the ship whistle. please join me at the time bowing our heads for a moment of silence to remember those that courageously fought and those who died here december 71941. the f-22 raptors from the 199 and the 19th squadron for the flyover formation from just beyond the arizona memorial and continuing over the island in honor of those who gave their lives here 75 years ago today. you may see one pull away from the formation and fly to the club's honor on december 7 the gap in the formation represents the fallen comrades and we shall always remember their sacrifice. please rise for the morning colors and the singing of the national anthem by the third class united states pacific band and state song. sound attention. colorguard purveyed the colors. the national anthem. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ and the rockets red glare ♪ t

his parents came to hawaii from rural japan. they worked hard on the coff farm, raisg g theininene chchildren. then camjajapan'surprpri attack opepearl rboror. theihohomela and the newew cotry beca bitter emies. volunteed to fighin the u.s. milary soonfter t atck. heas 18. >> our parts said,ell, yr country is wre you we born. you' americacitizen,o you have to ve as amican citizen. >> reporter: he fought side by side with thousands of other japanese-american volunteers from hawaii. while manyny japanese-americans were interned at camps on the maininland, these men fought in eueurope. his regiment became the most decorated unit for its size in the history of american warfare. his son wesley says he feels thankful for his father's choice to fight for the u.s. >> they fought two wars. one with the enemy and secondly against discrimination and prejudice. for us, sensei, we realize that the world would have been a lot differently if my father and all of his buddieses did not go tot war. >> reporter: he feels shinzo abe's visit to pear

on that day, on the morning of december 8, bombers fling toward hawaii. fleeing toward hawaii. dive bombers going into action and enemy fire does start. [indiscernible] host: an understandably bold newsreels from japan after the attack on pearl harbor. back with ian toll, author of " pacific crucible," on the 75th anniversary on the attack at pearl harbor. asking, whatwitter part of the attack on pearl harbor did not go as planned? ian: the attack went largely as planned for the japanese. there was one element of the attack, which was essentially not coordinated with the aerial attack, and that was a number of what was called midget submarines. two-manre small, submersibles armed with for peter does attempting to penetrate pearl harbor, which two of them did get into pearl harbor and may have contributed of thecapsizing battleship oklahoma. , sothe crew did not survive there is debate about what those the marines achieved. they mightope that some of theecover submarine. but none was recovered. went on as attack they had planned. it was a tactically, brilliant success. they lost

so he came home to hawaii, and even hawaiian airlines here wouldn't hire him. so he -- somebody told him why don't you go to japan and look around, and that was in 1941. i don't know why he didn't catch the last boat out, but he got caught in japan and he spent a nightmarish four years in japan -- the japanese cam pay tie which is their fbi, raided his rooms because in the japanese eyes, anybody from america was a spy. and he got drafted by the japanese army, and, you know, because of the fact that he was an american, he used to get beat up by the corporals and his superiors, and he just had a miserable time because he's not -- he wasn't accepted or trusted in his own country and goes to japan, land of his ancestors and he's treated like an american. you might say that his story was one of a man without a country. >> but your feelings towards him, you didn't know the story. can you share that? your feelings after the war not knowing that story, how you felt towards him and how you united as brothers, but your feelings were very different when you found out he w

carriers on the pacific cruise tour hawaii. a strong wind blows.s rough, and the waves are high, crashing against the side of the ship's. our men below deck, the commander of the imperial air squadron sounds the alarm. war heroes determined to respond to their country's call. ♪ offby one, navy eagles pop from the deck. ♪ on that memorable day, december 8, squadrons of nippon bombers head tour hawaii. first nippon planes attack america's air base. next, nippon planes lead heavy charges. enemy cruisers are hit hard in the harbor. of the american navy, which bolstered the strongest fleet in the world. nippon now commands the vast waters of the pacific. the greatest victory in hawaii allows us to carry operations of the philippines. new chapter in the history of asia begins. ♪ host: an understandably bold newsreel after the attack on pearl harbor. back with ian toll, author of "pacific crucible" on the 75th anniversary of roe harbor. -- pearl harbor. one twitter user asking, what more of the attack did not go as planned? ian: the attack went largely as

and a visit to hawaii byjapan's prime minister.programme ofjohns hopkins university, professor kent calder, who told me about his family connection with the attack on pearl harbor. my harbor. father's uncle was the commander of my father's uncle was the commander of the west virginia. prime minister abe will be visiting exactly the ship that was right behind the ship that my uncle commanded and he sadly was killed that day by a bomb frack went on the west virginia. was killed that day by a bomb frack went on the west virginialj was killed that day by a bomb frack went on the west virginia. i guess in the wake of all this we should all welcome reconciliation, that the us andjapan all welcome reconciliation, that the us and japan have managed to strike up us and japan have managed to strike upa us and japan have managed to strike up a strong alliance, president 0bama managed to visit hiroshima for a significant ceremony there. is it your concern that this current episode is being used in someway for political gain? i think the event

stories: bugle sounds japan's prime minister pays his respects at an american military ceremony in hawaii, 75 years after the japanese attack on pearl harbor. dozens of ships are still searching for the remains of the russian military plane that crashed into the black sea with 92 people on board. vera rubin, the pioneering astronomer whose work led to the discovery of dark matter, has died aged 88. and time's running out for the cheetah. scientists say urgent action is needed to save the world's fastest land animal from extinction. japan's prime minister is making a historic visit to hawaii, 75 years after the japanese attack on pearl harbor that brought the united states into the second world war. first, shinzo abe paid tribute to the american dead at the national memorial cemetery of the pacific. before he left tokyo, he'd said he wanted to send a message that japan would never repeat the atrocities of past wars. laura bicker reports. archive: december 7th, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy. the japanese attacks came in waves during a deadly two hours. bombs ripped through us batt

the morning of sunday, december 8th, bombers speed toward hawaii. they go to the america air base. >> next to the island. they go into action. enemy aircraft. the fleet is the strongest fleet in the world. the greatest victory in hawaii. carrying out operations over a wide area of the philippines. america and britain, east asia is imminent. a new tester in the history of asia against. >> understandably bold news reel from japan in 1941 after the attack on pearl harbor. back with ian toll, author of "pacific crucible" on the 75th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. they were asking what part of the attack on pearl harbor did not go as planned? >> well, the attack went largely as planned fort japanese. there was one element of the attack, which was essentially not coordinated with the aerial attack, and that was a number of what were called midget submarines. these small two-man sub percent i believe so around with two small torpedoes attempted to penetrate pearl harbor, i believe two of them got into the harbor and fired on our ships and may h

japanese prime minister sheehan oblique is in hawaii -- shinzo abe is in hawaii for a landmark visit to pearl harbor, the site of the japanese attacked 75 years ago that provoked america to join world war ii. we will be back with more at the top of the hour. you are watching "dw news." do stay with us. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] qwueeewep@1@1pxxxxxx ♪ >> russian rescuers have found the main black box from military plane that crashed into the black sea on sunday. the syria down plane went down with 92 people on board. a turkish court tries 29 former police officers accused of aiding and attempted overthrow of erdogan's government. the trial in istanbul is the biggest today five months after the coup attempt. the power of reconciliation, the words of japan's prime minister as he visits perl harbor 75 years after japan's surprise attack.

. -- head for hawaii.ippon planes attack america's air base. next, nippon planes land heavy charges. dive bombers go into action. enemy cruisers are hit hard in the harbor. there shows the miserable state of the american navy, which boasted the strongest fleet in the world. ♪ >> nippon now commands the vast waters of the pacific. her mighty warships plow the way majestically. the greatest victory in hawaii facilitates us to carry operations of the philippines and beyond. a new chapter in the history of asia begins. ♪ host: an understandably bold newsreel from japan in 1941 after the attack on pearl harbor. back with ian toll, author of "pacific crucible" on the 75th anniversary of pearl harbor. a question from one of our viewers on twitter asking, for the japanese, what part of the attack did not go as planned? ian: the attack went largely as planned for the japanese. there was one element of the attack which was essentially not coordinated with the aerial attack. that was a number of what were called midg

japanese prime minister sheehan oblique is in hawaii -- shinzo abe is in hawaii for a landmark visit to pearl harbor, the site of the japanese attacked 75 years ago that provoked america to join world war ii. we will be back with more at the top of the hour. you are watching "dw news." do stay with us. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] óxóoóx ♪ announcer: euromaxx highlights. here's your host, carlos mcconnie. carlos: howdy everyone! how's it going? thanks for joining me on this edition of euromaxx highlights. it should be a fun half-hour. let's begin by taking a quick look at what we have coming-up for today's show. love affair -- why germans give their cars nicknames. looking good -- designer spectacles from berlin are in hot demand. open spaces -- levalet is a talented street artist from paris. to start the show we will be visiting a famous german christmas market. and that is where we will have the chance to taste a very special holiday treat.

we start some 5,000 miles away in hawaii. historic moments 75 years in the making. in just over an hour president obama will be welcoming japan's prime minister to pearl harbor for the first visit to the memorial there by a japanese leader since the attack that launched the u.s. into world war ii. we are watching cabinet concerns. the president-elect's picks for top spots not always in line with his own views on key issues. what does that mean for a smooth transition? plus, thousands of americans still in the dark after a christmas blizzard pounded the planes. we'll have the latest on the storm's path as folks try to make their way back home. we begin in hawaii before shinzo abe's visit to the memorial at pearl harbor he'll sit down with president obama for a face-to-face meeting. tammy lightner is in honolulu covering it all. >> hey, hallie. this is a significant day in history. this marks the first time that a japanese prime minister will have an official visit to pearl harbor with a sitting president. their day will begin with a bilateral meeting. then there will

the lieutenant governor state of hawaii. the honorable jeanine davidson undersecretary of the navy.retary of the navy for manpower and reserve affai affairs. admiral scott swift commander u.s. pacific fleet. general robert brown commanding general u.s. army pacific. commander pacific air force. lieutenant general marine forces pacific. former commander u.s. army forces command. former commander u.s. pacific fleet, general gary north, former commander u.s. pacific air force. the honorable kirk caldwell the mayor of the city and county of honolulu. the mayor of the county. the mayor in japan and members of the core and senior executive service and all other general officers elected and appointed leaders, welcome. [applause] nestled along the waters along the stream is the visitor center where more than a million and a half come each year to learn the history of the pacific war. the national park service is a proud steward of the memorials dedicated to the uss arizona, the uss oklahoma and utah. collectively, these and other memorials represent those who were lost on december 71941. ov

stationed in hawaii.his one final day they decided to use their pilot's license to and hyper codes, which are little tiny canvas airplanes. these are the first americans taken down by state-of-the-art japanese fighters. to think of being in one of those little tiny planes and meeting the japanese air force is just astonishing to me. >> at 8:00 a.m., as they flew over oahu into pearl harbor? >> 96 ships in the harbor many them, the average age at that time of the servicemen is 19. they have no idea what is about to happen. ine of my favorite quotes was " didn't think they were sore at us." the japanese have created technological advantage with state-of-the-art torpedoes. off and theyeak strike the target. they created state-of-the-art naval shells and those were the extraordinary explosions in the powder magazine. over thatem arriving famous north shore of oahu. it is famous for sportsmanship now. they say "i can't believe we are looking at a nation at peace." >> steve twomey? the subtitle of your book is

troops and their families for their service at a marine corps in hawaii.stmas eve, the president personally called u.s. service members to each branch of military stationed overseas and on twitter, a picture and this message -- best part of the holidays is the time we share with those we love. on behalf of michelle, malia and sasha, merry christmas, everyone! a series of last. the president teaming up with michelle to poke fun at their first holiday address in 2009. >> given how our first weekly address went i needed that barack needed all the help he could get. >> the greatest gift we have received over the last eight years has been the honor of servinging as your president and the first lady. stephanie ramos, abc news -- honolulu, hawaii. >> our thanks to stephanie there. >>> increasing tension between the obama administration and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu over the u.n. issue of settlements. the protest the white house failure to block the resolution condemnening israeli settle nmt the west bank. >> the prime minister blamed the white hou

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abe arrived in hawaii monday for events. among them, a visit to the cemetery where he laid breawrea to remember those killed in pearl harbor attack. today is the first formal trip by the japanese leader to the site of the japanese air attack that killed more than 2,400 americans and drew the u.s. into world war ii 75 years ago. we get more from athena jones in honolulu. >> reporter: this visit by prime minister abe coming seven months after president obama made a trip to hirmoshima. the first sitting president to pay respects to tens thousands of people who lost their lives. now prime minister abe doing it at pearl harbor. the white house says the visits serve as book ends to one another highlight the power of reconciliation. the former adversaries to become the closest allies. 75 years ago in the aftermath of pearl harbor, the close friendship and alliance with the two countries could never have been imagined. as for what is on the agenda, we expect them to have a formal sit-down. after they, they will visit the "uss arizon

there are no planned events here at the memorial scheduled today, but there have been servces in hawaii since the weekend.earlier this week a wreath laying took place to honor those who died in the attack.it was 7:55 on the morning of december 7th.the u-s-s arizona took four direct hits from japanese planesit was the most heavily dad of all the vessels in battleship row that day. and one of the deadliest attacks amg those in hawaii is a veteran who survived the attacks from wisconsin. you'll hear story coming up in our next half hour.live in milwaukee. kyle aevermann. cbs 58 news. 3 govecott swalker is spending some time with members of the national guard in the middle east this week. he tweeted out ?this picture? yesterday.. saying "it's such a great wisconsin national guard troops... thank you for your service." his office didn't say where he is in the middle east. walker is there with a ting troops. governors coming up.. what do you wear on a trip to mars? mars?we show you the spacesuit...that's pretty close to the real thing...and meet the brian bd the 3 when the flame is blue... th

last night most of the big island and all of hawaii were under a winter storm warning. officials were closed to force a section of hawaii's volcano national park due to fog, heavy snow, icy conditions. snow on hawaii's mountain peaks is not uncommon in the colder months because they are this has to be giving meteorologists a lot to talk about since usually it's warm, sunny, beautiful. today, tonight and the rest of the week. >> most people don't live at the top of those peaks so they are down where it is milder and it's just rainy and windy. >> you can look at it. >> yeah. like living in seattle in the city. it's not normally snowing in the city but you get to see it >> we have a few talking points. for snow lovers, flurries before the week is over but it won't be for everybody. certainly accumulating snow in the matter area, i just don't see that happening this week. >> good. >> give it a little time. we have other places that we will talk about snow possible. all right, here is a look at the michael and son weather camera. after rain showers last night, clouds are cle

>> initially be were taken to our lab in hawaii.ater transferred to our lab in the air force base in omaha, nebraska. of the dna work we did it was sent to the armed forces dna identification lab in dover, delaware. >> what is the process in terms of identifying the remains and getting them home to their families? , once they're in the lab they go through the identification process. we also work with families to get their family reference samples so that we can help with the matching in the dna. once the process moves through in a sailor or marine is identified, in this case in the -- welahoma, then we will work with the service casualty office. majority is, the worked with the navy. isn with the navy will do that service casualty office will reach out to the family to explain the situation and we can make that identification and they will be accounted for that love going over the phone. over the course of the next month or two there will be formal paperwork so that they can make a determination, making decision of where they would

troops and their families for their service at a marine corps base hawaii.ristmas eve, the president personally called u.s. service members from each branch of the military stationed overseas to thank them, too, and on twitter -- a picture and this message -- best part of the holidays is the time we share with those we love. on behalf of michelle, malia and sasha, merry christmas, everyone. it's a series of lasts. the president teaming up with michelle to poke fun at their first weekly address during the holidays in 2009. >> given how our first christmas weekly address went i realized that barack needed all the help he could get. >> reporter: the first couple reflecting. >> the greatest gift we have received over the last eight years has been the honor of serving as your president and first lady. >> reporter: this year, a historic stop for president obama. the japan these prime minister will join him at pearl harbor tuesday, first time a japanese leader has visited the site since the attack. stephanie ramos, abc news, honolulu, hawaii. >> our thanks to steph

japan's prime minister arrives in hawaii for an historic visit to pearl harbor. 75 years after the ports suffered a devastating surprise attack by japanese warplanes was the tributes from fans and fellow artists alike for george michael following his death at the age of 53. his partner says he will never stop missing him. dozens of ships continue the search for what remains of a russian military plane that crashed into the black sea on sunday with 92 people on board. hello. the japanese prime minister shinzo abe it has begun an historic visit to hawaii, 75 years after the japanese attack on pearl harbor that brought the united states into the second world war. he and president obama are due to visit a memorial that honours the sailors and marines killed in the 1941 attack. before his departure from tokyo, mr abe said he wanted to send a message that japan would never repeat the atrocities of past wars. the bbc‘s laura bickerjoins us from washington. what do we know about the form of this visit? first of all, he has arrived in hawaii. he will meet with president obama over the next few ho

went to relocation camps and the same low was not used in hawaii. to me, the greatest irony of it is that one of our most liberal and respected chief of justices , his namereme court is earl, he was chief justice at wastime that segregation abolished, he was the attorney general of california who was in part responsible for sending the japanese to relocation camps. attitude roosevelt's 's do you know roosevelt attitude toward white question mark toward hawaii? he was in a panic about the japanese and they had to do something about it. the general in charge there turned out to be somebody who was a good friend of the general marshall chief of staff. he got away with it. it was a terrible general. he got away with it. pearl harbor, he announced that the japanese were flying over san francisco and everybody had to turn their lights off. he was good at scaring people. why were the german americans not treated similarly? stanley: i don't know, the germans and italians in america were not treated similarly. there was no problem with those germans. i don't

i was born in hawaii, raised in hawaii. i had friends that were japanese.d me -- the midwife that delivered me was japanese. i lived there during the second world war, remembered pearl harbor, the planes flying overhead. the smoke that is coming. my mom crying. getting us kids in the house. to get us away from the danger. we lost people in our area that died from friendly fire, ships flying at pearl harbor and landing in our area, killed people in our neighborhood. i remember that we had to dig in our yard. windows we couldn't look out of because the panes were painted black. i served in the military. i served in the army during vietnam and retired from the military. but this day is a special day for me because i remember pearl harbor. i made it through there. i remembered the camps during the second world war and us having to run in the bunkers, you know, hastily built, a hole in the ground with dirt on the top. i just wanted to share that. i was watching your program. this is a hell of a day. it stuck with me. >> we appreciate you sharing that memory with

fly out directly to hawaii. 75 years since the attack. we're definitely going to pearl harbor and we went. we could not wait to go. being that you have this huge budget, you were able to pay the rights fees to see my family photos from pearl harbor. we had a chance to not only see veterans signing peculiars and big tribute. it's a thriving military port and base. it also is a tribune beauty to those who gave their lives that day. so we got on the boat. we go out there with the -- after seeing the movie. the competency movie. we go to see the uss arizona. after i saw the great job the tour guide did and how fundamental and elementary the movie was. when americans come to see, this do they usually ask questions as this they know what's going on or don't? they said most of the young people have no idea what happened and who won the war and who was on what side. and these are the state troopers that do this on a regular basis. they give the tours. and i was just struck by that. >> that's unbelievable. i think if you were to ask your basic con

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in hawaii for 1:30 in the afternoon on sunday in washington.the first word of the secretary of the navy received was from a messenger who showed up at his office where he was at that point talking with the chief of naval operationsand i believe the assistant chief of naval operations was there so the three of them are there and he hands him a message as the ranking person. he was a civilian newspaper guy that had been the republican vice presidential candidate in 1930s as.idn't he didn't really know the naval message terminology. he looked at the message and said out loud this must be the philippines, it has to be in a error. he took the message and he knew the lingo and said this is perl telling them there is a raid underway at the moment. at that same moment or perhaps little before, he came out and stood on his lawn. he lived in brand-new quarters, residents built for the commander-in-chief of the pacific fleet on a little volcanic rise. the house is still the quarters of the commander-in-chief of the pacific fleet and it overlooks the harbo

attack on pearl harbor, the national service in the lesnar beat will host a ceremony wednesday in hawaii. at the world war ii memorial in washington dc, senator john mccain is the keynote speaker. c-span cameras will be there and you can watch the ceremonies here on american history tv on saturday, december 10 beginning a.m. eastern. american history tv, only on c-span3. all weekend american history tv is featuring tempe, arizona. recently visited the city showcasing its history. it is home to arizona state established in 1885.ed learn more about tempe all weekend here on american history tv. >> this is the historic niels petersen house in tempe, arizona. it was built in 1892. it is a victorian-style house. it was a farmhouse when it was first built, built by an immigrant farmer. at that time, it was considered one of the most elegant homes in the salt river valley. niels peterson, who the house was named after, was born in 1845 in denmark. he was the youngest of six siblings. which means he was not able to inherit any of his family's land. he had to go off on his own to establish a life

troops and their families for their service at marine corps base hawaii.ristmas eve, the president called u.s. service members from each branch of the military stationed over seas to thank them, too. on twitter, this picture, the best time of the holidays to share with those we love. mary christmas everyone. the president teaming up with michelle to poke fun at their first weekly address in 2009. >> given how our first christmas weekly address went i realized we needed all the help we can get. >> the greatest gifts we've receive in the last 8 years has been the honor of serving as your president and first lady. >>> this year a historic stop for president obama, the japanese prime minister will join him at pearl harbor tuesday. the first time a japanese leader has visited the site since the attack. >>> stephanie ramos abc news, honolulu, hawaii. we have some precip tailings out -- precipitation out there. >> reporter: let's check storm tracker 6 live double scan, in the poconos freezing drizzle possible. the national weather service let the freezing rain ad

and a historic day in hawaii. why president obama is meeting with the japanese prime minister in hawaii today. the new year means new laws in california. one of the most notable has to do with guns and ammunition. ella sogomonian joins us live from the newsroom with more. california lawmakers took aim at gun owners as well. there are several new rules that will take effect january first. that includes a new definition of an assault weapon and handgun storage for cops. california gun owners have new guidelines to abide by with the start of the new year. lawmakers passed a package of bills to strengthen the state's tough gun laws. the first bill requires people who own magazines that hold more than 10 rounds to give them up. and buyers purchasing ammunition have to undergo a background check before the sale plus will be barred from buying new weapons that have a device known as a bullet button. scott jackson, bay area firearms training instructor " >> reporter:in addition - the new law closes the bullet button looph

the codebreakers in hawaii.i notice two thirds of the japanese fleet have moved near the marshals and they knew what that meant, so that went back to washington, it was ingersoll and then stark spent the final warning on december 7. after yard let japan make the first offensive mood but kimball countermanded that and that's what my grandfather use that morning. i spoke to to enough eyewitnesses from that morning,d my grandfather was in the admiral's quarters when they cited the submarine, and why he had submarine watch on is because they had been followed from a meeting with the british across the pacific by a japanese fleet summary. >> host: okay let's hear from our authors. >> host: this story is really amazing and they're still a pearl harbor mystery about them which exists to this day which is we found one of pearl harbor in the 1960s fully intact and pulled it up and it had no signs of human life in it at all. and the theory is that the two officers aboard the submarine escaped into the hawaiian japanese-am

hawaii's mountains usually get about three feet of snow in an entire year. this weekend, kids are lining up at the nation's largest mall, the mall of america, minnesota, to see santa claus. he happens to be the mall's very first african american santa claus santa claus. marlie halmarlie hall introduce. >> ho, ho, ho. merry christmas, everybody! >> reporter: larry jefferson is as jolly as any sant saquib can be. he's got the traditional red coat and white beard but this old saint nick is black. >> it's no big deal. i'm just santa, you know, but i just happen to be a santa of color. >> reporter: for the first time in 24 years a black santa is greeting families for christmas photos at the mall of america. jefferson started his four-day stint on thursday after he was discovered by the santa experience, the company that runs the mall's photo studio. co-owner landon luther conducted a nationwide search for a diverse santa. >> at the santa experience, we're looking to have a santa for everyone. >> reporter: jefferson has been a professional santa for about 17 years

. >>> japan's prime minister has started a three-day visit to hawaii. he will remember the victims of japan's surprise attack on pearl harbor 75 years ago error the strike on the u.s. naval base pulled the americans into the second world war. shinzo abe is paying tribute to american war dead at the national memorial cemetery of the pacific. about 50,000 people are buried at the cemetery, including u.s. military personnel who died in the pacific and vietnam wars. several japanese prime ministers have visited the site since world war ii. abe has also visited a memorial to a japanese fishery training vessel that sank off hawaii in 2001. it was hit accidentally by a u.s. submarine, killing nine people, including high school students. on tuesday, abe is scheduled to hold his last meeting with barack obama. the president's term ends next month. the leaders will also visit the "uss arizona" memorial where they will offer flowers and deliver remarks. ahead of the visit, the governor of hawaii gave an exclusive interview to nhk. david ige is a third-generation j

folks, this is hawaii!vel at mauna kea is 11,000 feet which is obviously very, very high but not only has it snowed in hawaii, it will snow an additional two to three feet coming up this weekend. it is a veritable snowstorm on the big island above 11,000 feet in elevation. parts of mauna kea will have more snow than the sierra nevada by the end of this weekend. back here in the bay area, it is not as chilly as it has been. san francisco and oakland a fine friday night clear and 60. livermore and concord 54. san jose 56. santa rosa 49 degrees. your current temperature. downtown ice this weekend in san jose, lots of sunshine. should be a beautiful weekend if you want to head out and skate with your family. 63 degrees this weekend. the sunnier choice will be tomorrow though. overnight tonight san jose you will drop to 42. redwood city 42. san rafael 44. and santa rosa 39 degrees. you felt the breeze today. it was a 62-mile-per-hour wind gust at the top of mount diablo. that wasn't everywhere but it was certain