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condition. several football players among them a campus in mourning tonight. dennis rodman telling nbc news hes going to russia to help bring brittney griner home. the former basketball star has played a role in international diplomacy before the nationwide teacher shortage and how some school districts are dealing with it. kids in classrooms but the teachers are remote. and they were a secret weapon during world war ii now, finally being honored. were with the last of the navajo...

One that carry birds around >> this looks like you in uniform, in your marine corps uniform ingenious, the code unbreakable, but it was at first rejected by marine top brass. but after a test -- >> he said, we dont understand it either, but it works send us some more navajos. >> reporter: navajos who had been forced to attend strict boarding schools, whose purpose was to strip them of their heritage, their spirit you went to indian school when you were small, and did they punish you for speaking...

Couple of days theres a new controversy that breaks another norm. and hes really redefining the presidency. and he has had some highs, you know, neil gorsuch to the supreme court but an awful lot of lows. and, you know, to single one out, look at charlottesville and just how much his comments there about both sides really -- really divided this country in a pretty horrible way. >> and its funny. i asked all of you before the show for highs and lows. the other high we were talking before the show...

Day. but, again, it was totally uncalled for in regards to mentioning pocahontas in this setting, especially in the fact that it had nothing to do with this gathering. this was all about honoring the code talkers, and rightly so. >> sonny, one more question. >> please zblie read that you want americans to know the proud history of native americans and their service to this country. and you say that the native people of america have voluntarily served with honor by per capita in larger numbers th...

Portrait? >> im not sure that -- and it isnt up to me to infer whether or not that was intentional or not intentional. that portrait has been sitting there since, you know, january i believe when he put it up there. it does concern me that we dont consciously think about what, you know, what that inference could make to native americans and certainly this whole event was about honoring the code talkers, the last of the 20 that may be alive. >> and there was a great deal to honor there. such hero...

>> if there is a time to correct the record for elizabeth warren. i dont think stepping on the code talkers moment was the time. >> i agree with that. >> look, this is a matter that is not about elizabeth warren. as van said and the history of the war, particularly in the pacific records, these men were a heroic unit, they moved mountains to save american lives, and the president should have had the dignity the stature, the presence of mind and the sense of purpose, their visit to the oval offic...

The record for elizabeth warren. i dont think stepping on the code talkers moment was the time. >> i agree with that. >> look, this is a matter that is not about elizabeth warren. as van said and the history of the war, particularly in the pacific records, these men were a heroic unit, they moved mountains to save american lives, and the president should have had the dignity the stature, the presence of mind and the sense of purpose, their visit to the oval office was to honor their service, the...