that being environmental, being green, is trending. that s where the hawaiians have always been. anthony: so, who gets to be hawaiian? this is the question, who is hawaiian? hano-hano: hawaiian is a nationality, brah, you can be hawaiian. anthony: really, come on don t shit me now. hano-hano: they made us, they made us state, they made us. hawaiian is our blood. anthony: i have to be born here. this isn t, come on, this is a different story. hano-hano: wait a minute. i can give you the best explanation. because you cannot be our blood, our blood is kanaka, you cannot be kanaka. hawaiian is our nationality and you can pledge to be that. you see this what we re standing on. our ina, it matters so much that if you love this place and you don t wanna develop it, destroy it, abuse it. we re on the same team. eddie: that s hawaiian, yep. hano-hano: if you eyeing this place and its resources as a money making vehicle for yourself. we enemies, right? and it doesn t matter race,
of hawaii, the department of land and natural resources, have done a terrible job. we re not even looking for blame. we re actually looking for an agreement that from today anthony: right. hano-hano: we all gonna be pono, we all gon be righteous, we all gon be good. our planet is in such, um, bad shape. that being environmental, being green, is trending. that s where the hawaiians have always been. anthony: so, who gets to be hawaiian? this is the question, who is hawaiian? hano-hano: hawaiian is a nationality, brah, you can be hawaiian. anthony: really, come on don t shit me now. hano-hano: they made us, they made us state, they made us. hawaiian is our blood. anthony: i have to be born here. this isn t, come on, this is a different story. hano-hano: it minute. i can give you the best explanation. because nnotyou cae our blood, our blood is kanaka, you cannot be kanaka. hawaiian is our nationality and you can pledge to be that. you see this what we re standing on.
attorney general of the united states, jeff sessions, seemed to dismiss hawaii as a island in the pacific. the context here, he was talking about president trump s travel ban held up in part by a judge in hawaii. i really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the pacific can issue an order that stops the president of the united states from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional powers. all right, so, the justice department is trying to trying to explain this one. let s talk about it with jeffrey toobin, our senior legal analyst, former federal prosecutor friend of the hawaiian people. friend of the hawaiians. aloha, jeffrey. so, here s how he s trying to explain this one. hawaii is, in fact, an island in the pacific, a beautiful one! several. a string of them, where the attorney general s granddaughter was born. the point, however, is that there is a problem and a flawed opinion by a single judge can
these lands, these fish ponds, were managed by their ancestors as a sacred trust. here, where fresh water from the mountains and fast moving ocean waters met. early, sustainable, clean fish farms. something in modern times we are still struggling to figure out. ritte: because you heard about what people think about us. but the true story is that we have a place of abundance and we try to protect it. try to protect all of these things that we ve been able to protect for the last thirty years and it s getting harder and harder. hano-hano: every single one of these hawaiians over here get enough evidence that the state of hawaii, the department of land and natural resources, have done a terrible job. we re not even looking for blame. we re actually looking for an agreement that from today anthony: right. hano-hano: we all gonna be pono, we all gon be righteous, we all gon be good. our planet is in such, um, bad shape. that being environmental, being green, is trending. that s
translates to that which feeds you. springs, mountains, rivers. these lands, these fish ponds, were managed by their ancestors as a sacred trust. here, where fresh water from the mountains and fast moving ocean waters met. early, sustainable, clean fish farms. something in modern times we are still struggling to figure out. ritte: because you heard about what people think about us. but the true story is that we have a place of abundance and we try to protect it. try to protect all of these things that we ve been able to protect for the last thirty years and it s getting harder and harder. hano-hano: every single one of these hawaiians over here get enough evidence that the state of hawaii, the department of land and natural resources, have done a terrible job. we re not even looking for blame. we re actually looking for an agreement that from today anthony: right. hano-hano: we all gonna be pono, we all gon be righteous, we all gon be good. our planet is in such, um, bad