the province is a one-hour drive from hanoi. of contact is the local retired veterans association. it lists some 60,000 members in the province, with branches in every village. some high-ranking members are there to greet us. we've asked them to view the film. we're hoping they can give us a clue as to where the footage was shot. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: how nostalgic, old-style, straw-thatched houses. >> they're intrigued, but they don't know the name of the village or the name of the young men. then comes the footage of military training. >> translator: i see mountains. our province doesn't have mountains. that's hai duong. >> the training site was supposed to be a secret. but the mountainous terrain has revealed the likely location. >> translator: this is basic training in hai duong. chi linh. it's located in northern haiduong province. soon we're on our way to chi linh, we've contacted the veterans group there and they've told us about a large gathering of former soldiers. we head to the venue. [ applause

thiet brought his son to the village in hanoi. first time, a doctor diagnosed song's disability as resulting from thiet's exposure to agent orange. song moved from his home to the peace village to begin treatment and rehabilitation. >> translator: when rehabilitation began, the pain was unbearable. it felt like 100 -- a thousand needles were being stuck into my joints. every day i took medicines to ease the pain. >> translator: when he first arrived, song had damage to every single joint in his body. he could hardly walk. but he listened to his doctors and instructors. with the staff pushing him on, he worked hard to recover, amazingly hard. >> this is the room where song underwent therapies. the muscle in the boy's one arm and both legs have become stiff. he can't get up on his knees or even crawl. we're hoping that he'll become able to walk. >> the children perform exercises to restore mobility and function, shadowed by their therapists every step of the way. song continued his rehabilitation for eight years. eventually he was a

planes came in from hanoi and boats did, as well. this the first ship that came down from the north into the harbor or the river port of saigon. jack: reopening commerce. between north and south. jim: bringing in from the north the petroleum products, oil and gasoline which are in short , supply in the south. and probably at some point taking out the agricultural goods which the north needs , because the north is undersupplied in most food products. jack: in theory, of course, the north and south are geographically complementary. can one travel by road now from north to south? jim: within the last three weeks, there have been a number of convoys, including convoys of journalists and officials that have come down by bus from hanoi, stopping at wai and danang and all the coastal cities on the way to saigon. jack: a bridge obviously. jim: this bridge is the work that is being done very rapidly the roads are being repaired. the north vietnamese regulars are doing much of the work. indeed, they've had a good deal of experience in the nort

she came to hanoi twenty years ago without ever having seen the place before.he did so after the unexpected death of her husband. since then she has created a new life and career for herself and the international market for contemporary vietnamese art, a form of expression that was totally alien to post war vietnam. >> so it wasn't that this wasn't a sophisticated, artistic culture, it was very sophisticated, but from 1930 to 1980 they're documenting all these wars, so then it was after the war ended, all of a sudden there was no more wars to document and that was really the beginning of-- and the gang of five really started that road to really contemporary art in vietnam. >> reporter: after reading an article about the group of vietnamese modern artists dubbed "the gang of five," suzanne made it her mission to find them and help them emerge from the shadows of government censorship and the american embargo, which made their work difficult to find. and virtually impossible to sell. she managed to find ha tri hieu on her first week in the country. >> when he wen

i live in hanoi and i compose instrumental music.e written a total of nine sonatas for piano and violin. this is the second theme. >> ♪ >> i live here with beethoven. i have learned so much from him. it's thanks to german music that i've been able to write my sonatas. sometimes i sit here and talk to beethoven and find inspiration that way. he is my master. ♪ this is a german piano, an alexander herrmann. i bought it in 1957, i think. i use a german piano to compose my music. europeans call me the beethoven of vietnam, and quy, the master of sonatas. here, this is the certificate. it makes me proud. ♪ nowadays, the world is dominated by american music. everyone performs pop, rap, and other kinds of music, which i think are a bit too disorderly. thank you for visiting me. i hope you enjoy the rest of your stay in vietnam. ♪ >> what a charming man. now bio-invaders sound like an , army. in fact, they often feel like one to native species. they can arrive from all over. it's more than just coincidence that the main routes for bio-invade

it beats the capital hanoi as the wealthiest city and is a magnet for workers all over the country. five years alone, the population has increased by almost 800,000. the city has come a long way since the end of the vietnam war 40 years ago. we asked locals what they feel about the recent revision in the same-sex marriage law. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> located on the edge of ho chi minh's business and shopping district is a famous cafe and bar which is popular with the gay community. papa cafe first opened 16 years ago. at around 11:00 a.m., office workers from the area drop by. they come for the tasty and reasonably priced lunches. during the day, there are very few gay customers. it's also a favorite lunch time place for families from nearby residential areas. ♪ the cafe's owner nguyen used to be a regular customer and bought the store from the original owner. the cafe started offering lunch eight years ago. [ speaking foreign language ] >>> at 7:00 p.m., papa cafe opens for the night. [ laughter ] >> tucked away in a back street, it looks comp

the rulers in hanoi are urged on by peaking. this is a regime which has destroyed freedom in tibet, which has attacked india and has been condemned by the united nations for aggression in korea. it is a nation which is helping the forces of violence in almost every continent. the contest in vietnam is part of a wider pattern of aggressive purposes. why are these realities our concern? why are we in south vietnam? we are there because we have a promise to keep. since 1954 every american president has offered support to the people of south vietnam. we have helped to build and we have helped to defend. thus over many years we have made a national pledge to help south vietnam defend its independence. and i intend to keep that promise. to dishonor that pledge, to abandon this small and brave nation to its enemies and to the terror that must follow, would be an unforgivable wrong. we are also there to strengthen world order. around the globe from berlin to thailand are people whose well-being rests, in part, on the belief that they ca

they dispute the hanoi figure that 3-4 million vietnamese have been affected by the chemicals. >> what for vietnamese are one of the biggest concerns, environmental pollution. cooperation is hitting this historical legacy. in terms of dioxin, there are other sources in vietnam. >> reporter: regardless of the source, the current generation's suffering is solely focussed on survival. >> translation: the thing i want is the goodwill of all people, and to do everything medically like blood transfusion to keep my boy alive as long as possible. >> reporter: the medical needs intensified. he under goes two transfusions a week. his mum hopes future generations see the legacy come to a close. the family lives day to day. >>> susan is a co-coordinator of vietnam agent orange relief and responsibility campaign. thank you for joining us. these stories are no surprise to you. you were in vietnam a year and a half ago. what are the biggest challenges that remain? >> there's a number. there's about 28 hotspots where the american military had bases. during the vietnam war. around the perimeter there's

. >> i was in hanoi last year and spent ten days with hahn li. him, got to know his family well. he treated me like a king. >> reporter: he says he told him they were never enemies, they were just soldiers. >> he was doing his job. i was doing my job. it just happens that way. >> reporter: we end this report at the vietnam veterans memorial here in washington, d.c. the wall with more than 58,000 names of those who lost their lives. it is part of the healing process for families friends, and veterans. a place to say thank you for your service and sacrifice. maryland recently enacted a law to welcome home vietnam veterans. it comes more than 40 years after the war ended, but some say it's a good start. reporting from the vietnam veterans memorial, chris gordon, news4. some really great reporting by chris there. >> yeah. looked like a rewarding experience for him as well. >> absolutely. >>> and if you're going to be at the memorial today, have sun block and water today. heat and humidity will come early and stay late in washington this summer. what

. >> i was in hanoi last year and spent ten days with him. had a great time.t to know his family very well. and he treated me like a king. >> reporter: stiles says hahn mi told him they were never enemies, they were just soldiers. >> he was doing his job. i was doing my job. it just happens that way. >> reporter: we end this report at the vietnam veterans memorial here in washington, d.c. the wall with more than 58,000 names of those who lost their lives. it is part of the healing process for families friends, and veterans. a place to say thank you for your service and sacrifice. maryland recently enacted a law to welcome home vietnam veterans. it comes more than 40 years after the war ended, but some say it's a good start. reporting from the vietnam veterans memorial chris gordon news4. >> i know we've got a lot of veterans in town. some taking part in honor flights. going to be hot and humid for them. >> thinking we should go in may before it gets really hot. oops. then we have one of our warmest mays on record. already the way it's shaping up this may is go

. >> i was in hanoi last year and spent ten days with him. had a great time. to know him, his family very well. and he treated me like a kin. >> reporter: styles say he was told they were never enemies. they were just soldiers. >> he's doing his job. i was doing my job. it just happens that way. >> reporter: we end this report at the vietnam veterans memorial here in washington, d.c. the wall with more than 58,000 jams of those who lost their lives. it is part of the heal process for families friends and veterans. a place to say, thank you for your service and sacrifice. maryland recently enacted a law to welcome home vietnam veterans. it comes more than 40 years after the war ended. but some say it's a good start. reporting from the vietnam veterans memorial chris gordon news 4. >> chris has written about the trip and posted exclusive photos and videos in our nbc washington app. go there and just search vietnam. >>> memorial day weekend is the unofficial start of summer and we're going to welcome in sum we are a bang aren't we? >> exactly. and some thundersto

held at the infamous hanoi hilton. >> starvation interrogation. >> his captivity would linger for 14 months. the guiding light that kept him and others alive, the articles in the code of conduct and the realization other men and women were fighting and dying for their freedom. >> we couldn't do anything less than survive and thrive and do our duty as p.o.w.s. >> he eventually gained release in the spring of 1973. but over 58,000 americans never came home alive from vietnam. >> we have problems and we made it. come down and look at the wall. look at every name on the wall. >> a lot of names on that wall as a matter of fact, 64 of them from edison high school in philadelphia. we'll have more on the ceremonies around the city coming up in the next hour. live in center city, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >>> a 21-gun salute in delaware county. nbc 10 was there for memorial day parade and a ceremony at the media courthouse. >> in virginia president obama took part in memorial day ceremony at arlington national cemetery. the president laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown to honor the sacrif

i was having a sip of my -- >> what is this the hanoi hilton, he can't take a sip of coffee. >> i thoughtop this morning. >> what are you going to do torture me? [ laughter ]. >> i can't tell you. >> sounds like a drug transaction. >> no no sometimes i give people a hard time you know. >> i decided i was going to do with you, not give you a hug. >> good call on that. >> behave yourself all right? >> yes, sir. >> did somebody say to you, you don't wear a coat and tie when you go on the show. >> when you're not running for everything and going to be on a radio show with a cowboy. i didn't expect to you have a velvet jacket and a black tie. >> it's cord roy. >> how's the bout with cancer. >> i had an accident this morning. >> what happened? >> i was taking a shower and stepped on my [ bleep ]. >> well you're an old hand but for me i want focus. everybody we're doing a show, the don imus show. >> son of a bitch. welcome to the show tom. i haven't had coffee. >> come on! no, no don, not so much. not so much. >> are you kidding me? [ laughter ]. >> it's 412 degrees. >> come on. >> what's the ma

far left is senator hanoi and on the far right is another senator from hawaii. >> a state senator? >> all of these are members of the u.s. senate. every day, i talk about what is i have many stories -- what it is like to be here. i talk about being on the shoulders of them. we all work here, but the halls of congress, especially capitol hill, is a very different place at night, when all of the tour groups are gone, and we're walking to and from the capital. i heard stories about the senator talking about his long nights in the capital. in fact, he had his office in the senate. it is a surreal experience to walk through the halls, and hearing your footsteps, and realizing that these people who came before me also represented the state of hawaii. >> more of congressman to akai's interview, as well as lee zeldin, might ke bost, and bonnie watson coleman. next, a discussion on counterterrorism and war. their discussion was part of a series held during a conference looking at the bush presidency, hosted by hofstra university. prof. firestone: might it is bernard firestone. i am a dean h

is at all the new effort is a point to speed as the main factor in the derailment this health that hanoi to was human error or technical >>: they're focusing on the speed as a factor into this guide the robot which killed seven people and injured more than 200 efficient and the train was traveling a more than twice the speed limit of 50 mi. per hour when the rounded a bend in jump real detail as the engineer hit the emergency brake just moments before the crash presents the process of getting a search warrant for his phone records to determine whether or not he was distracted at the time of the crash clearly it was reckless in terms of the driving by the internet there was no way in the world that he generally going that fast and to the curb >>: this land those comic from the mayor as inflammatory sang it is too early to the conclusions. >>: we wanted the facts before we start making judgments. >>: a share on or up or taken a turn into a nightmare koala's said and black and i at one for one side of the train to the other side it was out of control and it was very rapid. mbb >>mark: will

it was a 30 mile train trip to hanoi. we had no way of knowing where the supplies for.resident johnson had set up a situation so that we would never hit the harbor. our men were used as bait. 70% of all men in vietnam, the soldiers were used as bait. host: that with dan, remembering the vietnam war. we are asking you who you are remembering. we will go to thad, waiting in colorado. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: i am remembering my dad he is a vietnam vet, a sergeant in the army, attached to several different regiments of units. he did not talk about it a whole lot. he talked about it a little bit to me. i am remembering my dad. he passed away in 2006. he had come down with a pancreatic tumor. the v.a. with its infinite wisdom decided to treat him for diabetes and outlook for anything else. thank you, v.a., for killing my dad. host: james is up next from fort washington line four democrats. caller: good morning. i'm remembering my friend from memphis, tennessee. he was in the country about 16 days before he got killed. the other person that i'm rememberin

and sam johnson was the fault -- air force pilot shot down and spent a number of years in is a the hanoi hilton. and diane very proud to serve with sam johnson here is in the u.s. congress and the house of representatives. when i get through with his book then i will start

air force pilot shot down in vietnam and spent a number of years that hanoi hilton and i've very proud to serve with sam johnson here is in congress in the house of representatives. when i get through his book that i will start reading sam johnson's >> key wanted to stay there. he always wanted you on the other end of the lion. i was only there a week or so i think it was the second week i had an office stowe mahal the large office you have all these meetings and i have my own bathroom he called one morning and a call in those days we had space it would not bring intermittently, but intel was a hazard you can never pick it up fast enough. we called it does a potus why. [laughter] we're is the? she said he is in the bathroom mr. president he said isn't there a phone in there? she said no. he said put a phone in there. i came out. [laughter] she said the president wants to call i said forget about it. the same time i am in the same place and the same call. he shouts i told you to put a phone in there.

and sam johnson was the fault -- air force pilot shot down and spent a number of years in is a the hanoi hilton. and diane very proud to serve with sam johnson here is in the u.s. congress and the house of representatives. when i get through with his book then i will start reading sam johnson's. >> united states supreme court is a free-speech issue you cannot pass a law how much people can spend in a federal election the you cannot do that the supreme court will not let you do that. you don't like citizens united? you cannot override that with an act of congress the only way you can override the decision is a constitutional amendment and it is hard to amend the constitution. the best you can do is have disclosure we have suggested congress should pass a law requiring every organization that mentions a federal candidate by name during a election cycle be required to disclose all contributors said reno for it is coming from courts will permit disclosure but not limits. we also made other recommendations some are controversial. seven years ago congress permitted earmarks where they could de

air force pilot shot down in vietnam and spent a number of years in the infamous hanoi hilton. i'm looking forward to reading reading -- reading that one and i enjoy and am very proud to serve with sam johnson here in the u.s. congress in the house of representatives. but we have had some good reads and i want to get through this book and i want to start reading sam johnson's. >> booktv wants to know what you are reading this summer. tweet us ranchero booktv or you can post it on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. >> since we are now embarking on a new presidential campaign can you believe it's time for that already? we are already looking at the spouses of the candidates and i say spouses instead of wise because they went in entrance of the campaign changes the whole dynamic of what our definition of the first spouse might be so that may be something you're thinking about as well. to whet your appetite for what you you're going to see ahead before i introduce her panels i want to show you a priceless piece of film from the national archives collection from the german libr

sam johnson was a air force pilot, shot down in vietnam and spent a number of years in the infamous hanoi hilton. i'm looking forward to reading that one. i've enjoyed and proud to serve with sam johnson in the u.s. congress and house of rest. but we've had some good reads and when i get through with mr. cernene's book. then i will read sam johnson's. >> booktv wants to know what you're reading this summer. tweet us your answer @booktv or post it on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. >>> here is a look at bookings published this week. taking a stand senator and 2016 candidate rand paul offers his plan for the country which promotes school choice, reform of mandatory minimum sentencing and a change in u.s. foreign policy. wall street executive jason trennert gives his defense of the investment banking industry in "my side of the street." in "firefight." ginger adams otis reports on racial inequalities in the new york city fire department and a lawsuit which was filed against the city. godfrey hodge send, former white house correspondent during the kennedy and johnson administrations c