for me, going back to iwo jima and saipan, i think iwo jima hit me the most. when you go there, there is nothing there. it is still the same thing it was back in world war ii, which was an airbase. there is no development. the japanese are still occupying it. that's one of the things that surprised me and that i really didn't know, that the united states gave the islands back to japan. you hear all the stories about it being one of the battles that will live on in american history, and you wonder why they they gave back an island that so many americans lost their lives on. i am glad you were a navajo code jima, and because of the things you did, you are able to help the marine corps take the island. if it wasn't for you guys, there would've been a lot more people who lost their lives. when i think about that and when i went to visit the island, it makes me realize what a significant contribution my father did for the united states. for me, you have always been my hero because you have always taken the time to teach me the things i needed to know. in order to g

saipan, i do, like on thene turn, they sent all communication that was knocked out. so, i had to carry a message on foot. cp they told me where the position was, but it wasn't there. i had to look around to find it. -- i didn't, not on requests, iept when would receive a message or send a message. i don't remember the content of the messages. they were all important messages, i know. to -- and that is about all i can tell you. i was only getting $50 a month. [laughter] >> that was combat pay, right? one of the questions i said before albert came back that the historywho read of the battle of saipan know what a ferocious battle it was. i was just inquiring about your physical and mental health at the time, when they load you out and they say, there is another battle three miles away. it's a long time. you didn't really remember. how about you? did you remember how fit you were? mr. smith: being young and knowing that you are in a war, you don't feel those things. you aren't sorry about being tired or anything. you are never tired and you do not care to sleep. for nigh

about being in guam with general cates in the fourth marine division and how you guys landed and saipan, the things you did there, it help me are -- how special we how special you are and how proud we are to have you as a father, and how glad we are that you came back. it's just awesome. right now, i am really grateful i have this opportunity to tell i know i feel because there are people who live their lives and feel very -- these things for their parents and

in saipan the position was being overrun. and during the time that the patients were beginning to be evacuated, dr. solomon actually noticed japanese soldiers coming under the flaps of the tent. he won clubbing several, stabbing one with a bayonet and he shot one that we know of before ordering that the hospital be immediately evacuated. and then he went outside and disappeared. what he did was he took a position with a 30 caliber machine gun some distance toward the enemy that was coming at the hospital. in order to stop the attack or at least slow it down long enough for the patients to be evacuated. during the course of the night he was wounded three times. and we know that three times, his gun, the 30 caliber was dragged to a new position. he was found still manning the gun, unfortunately deceased in the morning. and 90 japanese soldiers were found in front of him. having been gunned down overnight as he defended the hospital site to evacuation. he was immediately put up for the medal of honor and it was just as immediate

guadalcanal, saipan and guam, iwo jima. okinawa. was that special advice, was that for when our tribes raided one another. here, maybe it pertains to that. interfere withot interfere going across the seas. 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 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 an unimaginable ordeal that they suffered. when you look at it, not 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 wants to kill you, that wants to kill all americans. that yet -- but yet you don't see them. you see a lot of your friends

this reporting and connecting to other reporting here is we've got entities including this raided saipanating money to an entity that disappeared it. we have no idea where the money went. it definitely wasn't reported to the fec. after that money was donated to this trump inaugural gala, the trump administration did take action to benefit those firms and others like them. now noble's accounted for that money still. and we don't have any sense that anybody's looking for it. it's just -- i realize it's a complicated set of facts, but when you liep them up sort of clonlogically in terms of who got what for what they appeared to spend their money on, this is just a stunning piece. please keep us surprised. >> thank you. >>> all right, much more to get to tonight. stay with us. all right, much mo to tonight stay with us on a john deere x300 series mower. because seasons may change... ♪ ...but true character doesn't. ♪ wow, you've outdone yourself this time. hey, what're neighbors for? it's beautiful. nothing runs like a deere™. run with us. save $300 on x330 and x350 select series lawn tracto

we know very little about the raid in saipan, at that casino. know that a month later, some contractors who were hired by imperial pacific, the company, were arrested for harboring or hiring foreign workers illegally on tourist visas. so you can infer that it possibly had something to do with that. but interestingly enough, these corporations and businesses that sponsored the gala, several of them benefited from a bill that trump signed into law a year later. that actually assisted them and offered more avenues for hiring foreign workers legally, which essentially allowed these businesses to avoid what we now know some of them did do and hire foreign workers legally on tourist visas. >> you're right. we don't know how the dots connect. they're connected to reporting. we've got entities including this rated saipan casino firm, donating money to an entity that disappeared. we have no idea where it went. wasn't reported to the s.e.c. after the money was donated to the trump inaugural data, the trump administration did take action to benefit those f

he also into saipan where many japanese committed suicide terribly. by jumping off the cliffs when american forces we re jumping off the cliffs when american forces were bearing down on the island. this emperor who hasjust left the scene saw his role is really helping the reconciliation process between the japanese people and among the japanese people the war. he was also very well loved for his role in any earthquake of 2011. thank you very much forjoining us. i was thank you very much forjoining us. iwas injapan thank you very much forjoining us. i was injapan in the early 1990s and akihito was well loved. i was injapan in the early 1990s and akihito was well lovedm i was injapan in the early 1990s and akihito was well loved. it was also the time that the now emperor was marrying his wife. oh golly, ok. yes, we just have time. was marrying his wife. oh golly, ok. yes, wejust have time. do was marrying his wife. oh golly, ok. yes, we just have time. do you want some top facts about? akihito was the first ever permitted to marry a commoner, as he did

children chamira, and some said our parents never talk about you from there, you guys came back from saipan, and then we went around guam, the some, and theye were on the navajo names in the cemetery. and nobody knows he was there. he was killed there in action. if one had passed, we call the children, and we did that before, too, my son and i talked andtudents, the elementary, some of my students never heard about iwo jima, and also we had wayained our culture, the of our teaching. they lacked it. wasink the important thing making education, and then some students wrote to me, the logix, and the story of iwo jima. i had it in my file. they said that they would talk about it in the future, the navajo code talker. george: i wonder if you could tell us about how you felt about that first trip you took back, which was in 2002. did you have misgivings about going into thousand two? trips in 2005.e two that feel differently going back a second time? culture and the anglo culture in america are different. you have different values in different police, so help us understand how you felt about goin

whether they live in ponce, puna, lincoln, or saipan, they are all americans. we should not discriminate as to which americans should receive disaster relief." we'll have more on this story and situation in puerto rico after headlines with new york congressmember nydia velazquez. president trump announced via a series of tweets monday night republicans are developing a really great health care plan to replace the affordable care actt bubut that it won't be introducd until after the 2020 elections. the tweets come after the justice department last week said courts should overturn the entire affordable care act, not just the individual mandate provision, which is being challenged in a federal appeals court. some republicans have publicly opposed the justice department move. last week, senator susan collins sent a letter to attorney general bill barr asking him to reconsider the decision, writing, "the administration should not attempt to use the courts to bypass congress." republican state attorneys from ohio and montana filed amicus briefs with the appeals court

saipan, iwoarm, ,ima -- we went to guam, saipan iwo jima , which is only open to tourists a few days a year, and okinawa, which is a japanese province. i thought it was appropriate. also, they have an unbelievable park there, so i thought that would be of a place to end the show. one of the individuals you met and continue to talk to today, sam sandoval. who is he? >> he was there at the very beginning. he wasn't one of the original 29 , by the way, they said you could have 30, and on the day the buses arrived at the reservation, only 29 showed up. awestruck terms of the original 29. sam was not one of those, but he certainly early on, because he was at guadalcanal. when you went in the service at that time, you were gone for the duration. 1945.ame back in so sam is small in stature but he has survived four or five landings. and he is the only one of my group still alive. , hes not in great health would be about 94 years old now, and i keep in close contact with him. we have done several presentations together over the years, and i consider him like a friend. marine.very special he f