residents okinawa have been protesting the construction of the new base.astst month, , they voted, oppg the facility. over 70% voted against it. there are fears it could wipe out the mammal by wiping out its habitat. governory, okinawa's repeated calls to shinzo abe to hold talks with rez or -- with residents. building the base will require paving over and filling in hundreds of acres of coral and the main food source of the mammalal, seagrasass. washington and tokyo continue to press ahead with the military base. ofmarch 20 marks the start spring in the northern hemisphere. fromate varies every year march 19 to march 21. it is linked to the time when the equator is closest to the sun. to talk about spring, let's bring in ian whitaker. thank you for taking the time to speak to us on this first day of spring. there is confusion. we just assumed it was m march , but that is not the case. >> n not at all. what point of the year you are in. on grerewich mean time and wherere you arere relative o ththat, the point of the equino, a specific time during the day v

and okinawa. was that special advice, was not for when our tribes rated one another -- raided one another? here, maybe it pertains to that. maybe it does not interfere with the seas, butoss i always wondered what those countries look like. i have seen people over there going through ordeals, being marched at gunpoint and hungry, their land is devastated, everything they have is gone. here, we enjoy the elements of good things, and we also have been captivated by other people. our people, our people suffered that harsh ordeals and my wife nelly says, you don't know how many children they lost in their kind of situation. a lot of people lost their lives, their loved ones, and unimaginable ordeal that they suffered. it, there, when you look at knowing anything about it, it did not mean much to me at the time. although you have feelings for those people that we have intruded on over there, in the islands. so going back, looking at the results, like oh, iwo jima is a good example of the enemy that want

, and ial area ofat the bur okinawa, completely devastated, all of that vegetation completely gone, and when you said the the man, you land had been for new there, andenewed that meant something to the okinawa people. same thing with guam. guam had become so green there. and when he was there with the and totally devastated it. that is not the way it is supposed to be. the environment is supposed to be green and supportive, those of us who inhabit it. maybe you could just mentioned something about the trip, and when you saw those islands before, maybe you could tie the land, your land released in word of the trip itself. keith: well, i would say the land over there, as you already mentioned, it was dilapidated, and that can make you sick. and going back to the land after 60 years, it is quite, uh, well, surprising, i guess. wayhe way it looks, the way compared to what it was when we were there. at that time also, i did not really realize that the natives ordealad gone through an that was on call for. and so going there and talking , they look ate the united states marine corps and many

of course, everyone knew in the thatmath of iwo jima okinawa is looming. this is why the b-29 seemed to be so important at this point. it wasn't the only show in town, though. know, navalou blockade was having a big impact on the japanese at this point. we basically destroyed their navy and are cutting them off from all sorts of supplies. so there's a lot of anxiety, as you can imagine, in the aftermath of iwo jima. arnold is very anxious to aid in that fight. this was an immense investment. commanders ands the second commander of that lome.was curtis probably the air force's best field commander. arnold'sally become fair-haired boy. mariana's andhe was told make the b-29 effective. i'm not going to ask committee questions about how you do it. pressure's touge do that. he had a lot of trouble doing the precision bombing he tried to do at the outset. we try to do the same kind of bombing in europe. basically, sort of under pressure, he decided to do something quite dramatic. down and flew them at low level and attacked japanese cities. that was just the con

to american women have launched an initiative to help people new japanese island of okinawa who've been sexually assaulted by u.s. military personnel washington has over twenty five thousand troops in the prefecture hundreds of army members have been convicted of serious crimes there in recent decades including rape we spoke to one of the women working with the victims . their reason now when it's your average you know and it's because in my heart. the human is going through we went through i was so lost i didn't know where to turn for help i didn't know who to trust i didn't know and you know what answer what questions to ask i didn't know what to search for i feel like the military justice system is it antiquated system and it has not caught up with the times today to be able to accommodate the cases that we're seeing and to adjudicate successful age adjudicate cases that we're seeing this is this is not and negative light that's being shown on our military and that's the positive that we we don't want this behavior happening. america's for ten minutes she bases located in a densely p

military bases in a okinawa two american women are helping victims of sexual assault by u.s. servicemen the adrian perry told us why she started up this group. the reason that i wanted to create survivors united it's because it's been my i know our feeling is going through we went through i was so lost i didn't know where to turn for help i didn't know who to trust i didn't know anyone know what answer what questions to ask i didn't know what to search for i feel like the military justice system is here into play that system in it has not caught up with the times today to be able to accommodate the cases that we're seeing into you adjudicate successfully adjudicate cases that we're seeing but this is this is not a negative light it's been shown on our military and that's the positive and that we we don't want this behavior happening. for term of military bases located in a densely populated area and hosts nearly half of all american troops stationed in japan locals have been outraged by the behavior of u.s. troops in the past to be devolved in numerous crimes over the years t

military bases on okinawa two american women helping victims of sexual assault by u.s. servicemen the aged perry told us why she started the group the reason that i wanted to create survivors units because i know our feelings going through we went through i was so lost i didn't know where to turn for help i didn't know who to trust i didn't know anyone know what answer what questions to ask i didn't know what to search for i feel like the military justice system is it antiquated system and it has not caught up with the times today to be able to comedy the cases that we're seeing into you adjudicate successfully to adjudicate cases that we're seeing but this is this is not a negative light it's been shown on our military and that's the positive we we don't want this behavior happening this comes amid concerns raised by residents long term they voted against relocating a u.s. military facility closed to fishing village over environmental and safety concerns seems only nineteen percent roof favor of moving the air base to new location away from a densely populated city of

base in okinawa the fact overwhelmingly reject the initiative in a referendum opposition to america's presence in the audience has been steadily increasing jews want to go widespread criminal activity by military personnel including sexual assaults we spoke to an american woman helping the victims. they're raising that i wanted to create survivors' units because when my in our family was going through we went through our so lost i didn't know where to turn for help i didn't know who to trust i didn't know and you know what answer what questions to ask i didn't know what to search for i feel like the military justice system is it antiquated system and it has not caught up with the times today to be able to accommodate the cases that we're seeing and to adjudicate successful age adjudicate cases that we're seeing but this is this is not a negative light that's being shown on our military and it's a positive that we we don't want this behavior happening of a photon limited to bases located in a densely populated area hosts they haul for all american troops stationed in the country locals

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as possible of the hearing regime because a lot of movement is there in the background in algiers okinawa sort of for us thanks very much. this is deja vu news live from berlin still to come on the show we look into the practice of illegal sand quarrying and house destroying lives and land in rural kenya. with. first here in germany the trial of an iraqi asylum seeker cheesed of the rape and murder of a fourteen year old girl begins today prosecutors allege that twenty two year old suspect ali be attacked and killed a victim in the city of last year and then fled with his family to iraq german investigators eventually found and brought him back the case has been seized upon by the far right to stoke anger over all americans open door policy at the height of the refugee crisis. when suzanna disappeared in may last year two weeks went by before any trace of her could be found then police discovered the body of a fourteen year old next to a railroad track and a home covered with dirt and branches. a young iraqi living in a refugee shelter in response was the main suspect the investigating te

military base in okinawa despite fears local opposition there last month residents voted in a non-binding referendum against relocating a facility close to a fishing village over environmental and safety concerns seems only nineteen percent voted in favor of moving their base to a new location away from a densely populated city hosts nearly half of all american troops stationed in japan locals have been outraged by the behavior of u.s. troops in the past have been involved in sexual assaults and killings. just. add a rock personally know of a case that is ongoing right now and it's a child on child sexual assault case you. actually hear an alkie now and it's a it's a teenage child who has. allegedly sexually assaulted sexually abused multiple young children. i'm talking almost a dozen at this point and the justice system the military justice system cannot handle anything with juveniles they're not equipped they aren't set up to do so so the theories and these three young very young children are just heartbroken and out of loss and just trade gripping at the street this seems trying to. fi

next to american women have launched an initiative to help people on the japanese island of okinawa have been sexually assaulted by u.s. military personnel washington has over twenty five thousand troops in the prefecture hundreds of pass out of being convicted of serious crimes there in recent decades including rape we spoke to one of the women working with victims. and their reason that i wanted to create survivor's units because it's been my you know our feeling is going through we went through i was so lost i didn't knew where to turn for help i didn't know who to trust i didn't know and you know what answer what questions to ask him and it has not caught up with the times today to be able to accommodate the cases that we're seeing in to adjudicate successfully adjudicate cases that we're seeing but this is this is not and negative light it seems to mine our knowledge here and this is a positive that we we don't want misbehavior happening. america's for ten minutes we base is located in a densely populated area and i was to around half of all american troops stationed in japan resent

but of course, the pineapple hack that was done that has gone viral is from okinawa.utely, so these pineapples are specially grown in the ichigo—byo region, and they are specifically known as the archean hour snacking pineapple. these ones take about 20 months, because the fibres grow slowly, and they grow quite separately. which is why you can twist them off. so for those who feel a bit dejected that there pineapple doesn't work the same way, it is probably because it is the wrong variety of pineapple to use. i am having a difficult time hacking this pineapple. i can't even twist it open. put some effort in, come on. we can have a competition across the time zones. i was reading across the time zones. i was reading a bit of research, a tip for you, a p pa re ntly a bit of research, a tip for you, apparently it has to be quite right, and you should roll it across the worktop first to loosen the fibres, so worktop first to loosen the fibres, so try it again later. it sounds so scientific. pleasure, you are welcome. i am scientific. pleasure, you are welcome. iam ben sc

their experience would go a long and 1944.43 okinawa of 1945, there is a lot of names leaving the squadronshat flew the coral see and the guadalcanal battles. the fighting spirit and combat experience not only helped turn the tide at guadalcanal but would go a long way making a major difference in america's success in world war ii. we need to wrap this up for questions. i will throw it back to you. >> thank you for a great presentation. [applause] overve time -- we will go a bit into the break. time for one or two questions but the rest will stay for the roundtable. we had a forum here 10 years ago on midway. cleese. he died may be last year, age 101, but he said in five minutes it was nonsense. it was less than four minutes. and [indiscernible] dusty cleese was a heckuva guy. i had the pleasure of interviewing him a couple of times. he was kind enough to answer a lot of questions. if you haven't read his autobiography, first-rate book on the first year of the dive bombers, it is never call me a hero. great guy. we will go with one on the floor and one in the mezzanine next. >> i was wonder

the war was progressing, okinawa, your juma. it was impossible to ignore the fact that the japanese were slowly being defeated. particularly with the intensity of the air raids, there was not any question about it. we were evacuated from the coast where we lived in yokohama until 44. then the japanese government evacuated all foreigners living on the coast line because they were anticipating an invasion. we were moved to tokyo, courtesy of the japanese government, which found us a house and paid for the move. they were decent about it. >> was that frightening? mr. shapiro: it was very frightening. the intensity of the air raids in the fall of 44 and the spring of 45 became uncertain whether we could survive. frightening. what would happen to japan? >> excuse me. i wanted to know if you had any concept or idea about why did the japanese become allies with the germans politically? i have never quite understood. >> well, it is a long and complicated story. partly it is because the japanese feeling of inferiority after world war i w

i spent time in the marine corps in okinawa, japan. worked for the secretary of the navy at the pentagon. i had a position on a state department team in iraq in 2004-2005 doing reconstruction work and political work. i lead a marine corps company back to iraq in 2006-2007 as a combat engineer company commander. i ended up receiving a direct appointment into the foreign service in early 2009. went to afghanistan. i think what i was expecting was that, the obama administration was going to seek peace. and to the conflict -- end to the conflict. president obama sent a context of sending two brigades of troops. he ended up sending over 70,000 plus an additional 40,000 nato troops and 100,000 contractors. what i saw in afghanistan in the same things i had seen in iraq in 2004-2000 5, 2006-2007, as well as when i worked at the state department in between those times. there was no difference in the administration's. desiresnistration's were to win for political reasons, domestic political reasons. everything else was secondary. in 2009, after

military present, there's 25,000 troops on the ground, naval and air power, the forces in okinawa, guam hawaii are there for deterrence. they are there to ensure that there isn't a war on the korean peninsula. so the whole notion of giving that away up front is just hard to understand what he's thinking. why would he use the language of the chinese and north koreans? >> talk about how much hard work has gone into deterrence. the president talks about his predecessors as failures on this front. and it ignores the work during the cold war and later to keep the peace. >> well, i think so. look, it's been remarkable over the course of action. my dad fought in korea from 1951 to '53. it's astonishing we managed to go lo these many decades with the incredible commitment and sacrifice and dedication of the armed forces and the political leadership of the region and the united states without there being another conflict. of course, legally that conflict remains in place. so i think that the notion that the others were failures overlooks what has been one of the most successful deterrent operati

believe this is the case but you can correct me here are some other time, we have a tent system in okinawa which depends on a very specific sequencing, is there a concern of the delay of that process or is it just a deferral to the commander-in-chief, period expect as i laid out earlier, the first of the criteria, poses no or minimal operational readiness impact your and to your point, that's exactly the kind of criteria and analysis we are doing within the services, that if there is a requirement that we would take into consideration. >> when we appropriated funds we prioritize the expenditures of monies, of power also reserved to congress. are kind of taking some of our other responsibilities away from us and making that judgment for us when we have made a judgment on appropriations. thank you. >> miss robie? >> thank you all very much for you here. i will go ahead and apologize. my questions are repetitive from previous questions. i'm sorry. i have been taking a lot of meetings in the hallway this afternoon. just bear with me. it is my understanding that no funding for family housing fo

we will put up a more traditional kind of statue of soldiers, maybe not raising the flag okinawa style, guadalcanal, but let's show diversity. that is always a good thing to do. the african-american statue is actually sculpted based on the sitting of an african-american sculpture and so is the white dude. but the latino is kind of like a composite. i don't know how they figured that was a latino. i grew up in dc and never thought of that as a latino. you know, if you are going to do diversity, maybe there should be more than three people up there. where are the women, too? they were also part -- >> just very quickly, i wanted to highlight a positive thing going on here and that is the northwest band of shoshone nation has purchased the bear river massacre site and he is in the process -- i'm not the best person in the room to talk about it. the chair is right there, of the tribe, but they are in the process now of developing their own commemorative, interpretive center for that site and i think that is a step forward when native people interpret it themselves and i think it will be an

and right after our visit here, they went off to okinawa, japan, for two weeks of innovation boot campion boot camp. no hand to hand combat. >> they say with duct tape you can do anything. i love the characterization of marine mcguyver. >> duct tape and hot glue can get you a lot of places. >>> up ahead, stunning new information about how a tabloid obtained intimate texts between amazon founder jeff bezos and his girlfriend. you're watching "cbs this morning." >> announcer: this morning's "pushing the limits" is sponsored by the all new subaru forester. welcome to the suv for all you love. whoa! (man) how hot is the diablo chili? (waitress) well. you've got to sign a waiver. [laughter] (ranger) you folks need bear repellent? (woman) ah, we're good. (man) yes. (vo) it's a big world. our new forester just made it even bigger. (woman) so what should we do second? (vo) the 2019 subaru forester. the most adventurous forester ever. our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition... for strength and energy! whoo-hoo! great-tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein and twenty-six vitam

believe this is the case but you can correct me here are some other time, we have a tent system in okinawa which depends on a very specific sequencing, is there a concern of the delay of that process or is it just a deferral to the commander-in-chief, period expect as i laid out earlier, the first of the criteria, poses no or minimal operational readiness impact and to your point, that's exactly the kind of criteria and analysis we are doing with the services >> if there is a root wire meant that we would take into consideration . >> i would close with this operation that when we appropriate money we expended ties and that's a power left to congress, so you are kind of taking other responsibilities away from us in making the judgment for us when we made that judgment on appropriations, but thank you. >> thank you all very much for being here. i would apologize if my questions are repetitive from previous questions. i'm sorry, i've been taking a lot of meetings in the hallway this afternoon. so, bear with me. it's my understanding that the funding for the family housing projects will be use