and tom hagel. both volunteered to go to war and fought in the same army infantry unit. in our year of war, daniel bolger accounts the journey from middle america to vietnam at the height of the war and then home again. as we observed the 50th 50th anniversary of the war, the privilege to hear from these two eye witnesses. the author, daniel bolger, served in the u.s. army for 35 years. retiring at a lieutenant general and command troop inside both afghanistan and iraq, earning five star madals, one for valor. he is a contributing editor for army magazine and the author of eight other books and currently teaches history after north carolina state university. chuck hagel has long served our country. he was the secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015, and before that a u.s. senate from his home state of nebraska. during the vietnam war, he served in combat as a sergeant in the u.s. army and earned two purple hearts. this combat infantrymon and the vietnam yes cross gallantry. he walk as a congressional

secretary hagel. [applause] secretary hagel: thank you. and thank you for your service to our country. mr. farrow, thank you for hosting this event and all that the national archives do for our country. the national archives is truly a national treasure that affects and reaches into every home in our country, as well as telling the story to the world of who we are as a people. and as a nation. so, thank you for you and your colleagues do every day for our nation. dr. villard, congratulations on your book. it is 5000 pages. i know the scholars will appreciate it, but rummaging through it a little, and getting a sense of what you cover, it's a pretty masterfully written and historic document that i know will make endless contributions to educational institutions across this country for years to come. so, i congratulate you on a terrific accomplishment. to our veterans here, who have already been recognized, thank you for your service to our country, and your families, what your families have contributed, often, i think the spouses of our mil

and today we are privileged to hear from two vietnam veterans who are comrades and brothers chuck hagel and tom haeckel both volunteered to go to the war and fought in the same army infantry unit. from middle america to the vietnam war and then home again. as we observed we are privileged to hear from the two eyewitnesses. retiring as a lieutenant general commanded troops both in afghanistan and iraq earning a five star medals in combat action badge as a contributing editor for the magazine and the author of eight other books. he currently teaches history at north carolina state university. he was the secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015 and beforend that, a u.s. senator from his home state ofeb nebraska. during the vietnam war, he served in combat as the army and earned two purple hearts in the combat infantry badge and vietnamese gallantry. after graduating from the university of nebraska at omaha he worked as a staff assistant, cofounded vanguard cellular and served as the head of the administration and became president and chief executive officer of the uss zero. he was the author

the question that chuck hagel did not address is how many dead americans are you willing to toleratea gets nuclear weapons and even worse if it sells them to other rogue states around the world? the choice that the administration is likely to face is not between the world as it is today versus the world after a preemptive strike against north korea's nuclear program. but the difference between that and north korea, this regime, the world's only hereditary communist dictatorship with deliverable nuclear weapons there are military options. i'm not saying this is pleasant. but the due bills are coming due. and if chuck hagel is willing to say i can live with a nuclear north korea, that's the choice he's making. i'm not willing to live with a nuclear north korea. >> martha: it sounds like that is a choice he is making. he is encouraging. he said we should get busy and start following what the south koreans are doing and find openings with the north. you also say the mistakes that were made during the obama administration in terms of intelligence and what they knew about the program, the

photographer hagel housetop captured all the facets of daily life in east berlin during the last decade he called the collapse of communism in east germany. as a photographer i'd say i'm following the tradition of photographers like. in the one nine hundred fifty s. started running around the streets like stray dogs. now an exhibition of one hundred works by house filed here in the german capital depicts everyday life in the former east berlin the presentation has sparked international interest. these are the photos show a period of time that we actually lived through and that's the great impression that remains. for me the people were ok and it was fun with those people with. whether they were soldiers bikers or punks house fans works treat them all as equals. and there's a great amount of empathy and hotels felts photos he's got compassion for those who've been cast aside societies outside all that's very important and it can't be created artificially. even when the killjoy authorities always kept a watchful eye on things our old house phones pictures show but there were loopholes in

people were treated to traditional german music today as they waited in line for a box of fasnachts at hagel'sakery in mayfair. the sweet fried dough is a traditional fat tuesday treat in our area. some customers scooping up several dozen. >>> summer britcher started out last night with a lot of promise. unfortunately, her run ended in disappointment when she came off the line and hit the wall. she finished almost at the bottom of the standings. she could still medal the team event in the finals coming up on thursday. >>> two members of the women's usa hockey team are allowed to take to the ice despite having the statue of liberty emblazoned on their helmets. olympic rules say that athletes cannot wear or use equipment that has any form of publicity or propaganda on it. today usa hockey and the ioc said the helmets are fine. >>> nbc 10's keith jones is live in pyeongchang. look for his live reports coming up on nbc 10 news at 11:00. >>> well, lack closely right there. that's a 1985 chevy corvette those people were jumping up and down on during the eagles' victory parade last weekend. now, poli

retired lieutenant general daniel bulger interviews former defense secretary chuck hagel and his brother tom who are the focus of his book, "our year of war." retired u.s. army captain flo groberg talked on his book, "eight seconds of courage." worldworld war ii veteran jerry yellen recalled his bombing missions over japan in his book, "the last fighter pilot," and max boot on his book, "the road not taken." booktv in prime time tonight on c-span2. >> for nearly 20 years, "in depth" on booktv has featured the nation's best known nonfiction writers for live conversations about their books. this year we're featuring best selling fiction writers for our monthly program. join us live sunday, march 4th, at noon eastern with jeff share rah whose novel, "gods and generals," was made into a major motion picture. his most recent book is "the frozen hours." his other books include to the last man plus 11 more novels which recount the military history of america from the american revolution to the korean war. during the program we'll be taking your phone calls, tweets and facebook messages. our spe

retired lieutenant general daniel bulger interviews former defense secretary chuck hagel and his brother tom who are the focus of his book "our year of war." then it's retired u.s. army captain flo groberg on his book "eight seconds of courage." then jerry yellen recalls his bombing missions over japan in his book "the last fighter pilot." then later author max boot is interviewed about his book "the road not taken." book tv all this week in prime time on c-span 2. and join us tonight for remarks from vice president mike pence. he spoke at the conservative political action committee's annual gathering here in the washington area. you can watch his full speech tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern on hour companion network c-span. >>> sunday on c-span's q&a, duke divinity school assistant professor and prosperity gospel scholar kate bowler talks about her memoir "everything happens for a reason" reflecting on being diagnosed with stage four colon cancer at the age of 35. >> i felt the presence of god. i felt the love of other people, just people pouring in, the intense -- all the intense prayers. i

retired lieutenant general daniel bulger interviews chuck hagel and his brother tom who are the focus of his book our year of war. then it's retired u.s. army captain flo groberg on his book eight seconds of courage. after that world war ii veteran jerry yellen recalls his bombing mission over japan in his book "the last fighter pilot" and later, author max boot is interviewed on his book "the road not taken," book tv all this week in prime time on c-span2. also today eric trump, son of president donald trump will address the annual conservative political action conference at maryland's national harbor. you can watch live coverage beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern and our companion network c-span, and join us tonight for more cpac with remarks from vice president mike pence. he spoke this morning to the conservative gathering. you can watch his full speech tonight 8:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >>> sunday on c-span's q & a, duke divinity school professor and prosperity scholar kate buller talks about her memoir, everything happens for a reason reflecting on having stage 4 colon cancer

retired lieutenant general daniel bulger interviewed former defense secretary chuck hagel and his brother, tom, who are the focus of his book, "our year of war." then it's retired u.s. army captain flo groburg on his book "eight seconds of courage." after that, world war ii veteran jerry yellen recalls his bombing missions over japan in his book "the last fighter pilot." and later, author max boot is interviewed about his book, "the road not taken." booktv all this week in primetime on c-span2. >>> also today, eric trump, son of president donald trump, will address the annual conservative political action conference at maryland's national harbor. you can watch live coverage beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. >>> and join us tonight for more from cpac with remarks from vice president mike pence. he spoke this morning to the conservative gathering. you can watch his full speech tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern, also on c-span. >>> for nearly 20 years, "in-depth" on booktv has featured the nation's best known nonfiction writers for live conversations about their books

also, speaking was a former defense secretary chuck hagel, former u.s. army sergeant who served in vietnam during the tet offensive. this event took place at the national archives in washington, d.c. >> tonight's program is part of a series of discussions, films, lectures and other programs that tie into our special exhibit "remembering vietnam." upstairs in the gallery. the exhibit is a fascinating collection of newly discovered and iconic original documents images and film footage that illuminate 12 critical episodes in the war that divided peoples of both the

. >> a line formed early for fa fasnachts at hagel's bakery.everal customers leaving the store with several boxes. one fan said she grew up eating the fried dough before lent. >> i get a dozen donuts, the powdered and the sugar. the fasnacht donuts, you know? >> she says waiting outside in the cold for the fasnachts was well worth it. they look good. we were hungry before, now we're really hungry. >> i was looking all over the newsroom for the samples. >> i know, they didn't make it back here somehow. >> i don't know what happened with steven. he kept them all to himself. share some weather with us, won't you, tammitammie? >> they look tastier than this forecast. it's all over the place. let's start first with this morning. you stepped outside, you said, whoo, that's a little cooler than the weekend. you needed your sunglasses and a coat. we started at 27 in philadelphia. 22 in pottstown. right now we're at 40 in philadelphia. 37 in pottstown. 35 in dover. 35 in atlantic city and reading coming in at 39 degrees. now, what we're going to be look

retired lieutenant general david bulger interviews alexander hagel, then flo groberg on his book, "eight seconds of courage." after that, jerry yellen recalls his bombing missions over japan in his book "the last fighter pilot." later, author max boot is interviewed about his book "the road not taken." book tv all this week in prime time on c-span 2. join us tonight for remarks from vice president mike pence. he spoke at the conservative political action committee's annual gathering here in the washington area. you can watch his full speech tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. >> monday, on c-span's landmark cases, we will look at the supreme court case mccullough v maryland, a case that solidified the federal government's ability to take actions not explicitly mentioned in the constitution and restricted state action against the legitimate use of this power. explore this case and the high court's ruling with university of virginia associate law professor peterson and mark hillenbeck, university of arkansas law professor. watch landmark cases live monday at 9:00 p

retired lieutenant daniel boulder interviews former defense secretary chuck hagel and his brother, tom, for the focus of his book are year of war. retired us army captain talks on his book eight seconds of courage. world war ii veteran jerry yellen calls his bombing mission over japan in his book the last fighter pilot and max is interviewed on his book, the road not taken. but to be in prime time tonight on c-span2. >> sunday night on "after words" tara talks about growing up with survivalist parents in the idaho mountains in her book educated: a memoir. she is interviewed by author and journalist susanna. >> a lot of people seem to have taken to heart this idea that to learn something you have to have a degree you have to have a whole institution in place to teach it to you. i am grateful to my parents that i was not raised to think that so i decided i wanted to go to college when i was 16 it felt like something i could do, not because i had formal education but because i need to learn algebra and i will buy a book and i will learn it and i didn't do an amazing job. i barely got into

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they are hagel kim jong un's sister who is appearing in this olympics, 27 years old.a darling. brian: they are calling her the ivanka trump of these games. here is an example. the "new york times" writes. this. kim jong un's sister turns on the charm. taking pence's spotlight. north korea judge winner at diplomatic gold of a olympics. "the washington post" the ivanka trump of north korea captivates the people in the south. ainsley: this is the dictator's sister. this is embarras embarrassment. ridiculous. she oversees propaganda in that country. the country that kills and starves people. keep in mind otto warmbier. >> she did make headlines in the box in the opening olympics that was great. a step forward. that's the image i'm talking about there. brian: why is that great? i don't think she should be there. steve: they have a unified korea. brian: all a show. steve: it is propaganda. invited the president of south korea to north korea. they haven't figured out whether or not he would go. nonetheless, news busters refers to her as north korea's head of their propaganda