that decommissioned battleship, it was held in southern california. that's where the "uss iowa" has been turned into a museum. well, we can now report that on the night of that fund-raiser the group that used donald trump's presidential campaign to do this fund-raiser, right? that group was not legally allowed to operate in the state of california. veterans for a strong america got its franchise tax board registration suspended in california months ago. not only did veterans for a strong america not file their federal tax returns, state officials say they did not file their california tax returns either. as far as the state of california is concerned, veterans for a strong america should not be operating in california at all. in fact, they told us it's illegal for them to operate in california with their tax status suspended. we asked california officials today whether it was legal for this group, whether it was legal for veterans for a strong america to hold that fund-raiser with donald trump in the state of california. the answer, "no.