today we drove to the outskirts of hanoi. country to the city, marc jacobs, prada, i mean, this is a very young country now. >> tao: oh, very much a young nation. they like to eat, uh, kentucky fried chicken. they like to spend a lot of the time on the internet. the history of our country is a history of a war. we had a thousand years under the chinese, and then we had 80 years under the french, and then the japanese came in, and when the americans left, finally, in 1975 we got involved with cambodia. so, we only have peace since 1989. just in the matter of a few decades the entire population will be those without any war experience, and that's a great thing. >> anthony: and what are we eating today? >> tao: well, we are going to have a bánh cun. >> anthony: and that means? >> tao: rice roll. very thin. >> anthony: like a crepe, uh -- >> tao: yes, it's like a crepe. and inside ground minced pork and wood ear mushroom. >> anthony: ah. >> tao: you dip it in and then you go. >> anthony: mm. oh, that's very good. everything we do

. >> spent 14 months as p.o.w., most of the time at hanoi hilton in north vietnam. >> pretty strong. >> beaten, interrogated, survived on a little food and water. >> 405 days. '72 to '73. some days are bad.

i saw my husband in hanoi. i'm john mccain. she didn't know whoe was.e's really skinny, still ugly. probably see him in a month or so. >> p.o.w.s knew something was happening. treated a little better. march of '73, taken to the airport. >> looked like guys in american military uniforms. first thing you say, even turned those guys. turns out read your name and literally repatriated. once made it to the water, then we celebrated. >> received several military awards including the purple heart, silver and bronze star. mission now to help fellow veterans at alma mater. >> school has been supportive. students seem to appreciate what we do. >> on this independence day, freedom and special thank you to all veterans and to ralphgalati, the magic award. >> i'll accept it greatly. >> will be presented with the award during the city's celebration of freedom on the fourth of july. begins at 10:00 on independence mall followed by united states of america's independence day parade. both broadcast live only on nbc10. >>> pretty hot outside today but not a bad afternoon

and that's the reason for that, these are people who lost the war after the hanoi occupied the whole country of people who fought for the saigon regime, who fought in the south vietnamese army were sent to prison, in many cases never came back. there were purges, there were-- people were persecuted. in fact, we have many vietnamese living in america who fled during those years to escape that kind of punishment. one of the south vietnamese commanders i interviewed lives in arlington, virginia, goes by harry now, was in prison for eight years before his friends in the american forces, people he worked with during the war managed to get him released and brought to the united states. and you know, he could only point to a three or four people who served with him, who would be willing to talk to me because they fear still retribution by the hanoi regi regime. >> host: how about one more for now and take more later. >> sure. this is more of a process question and so, if you want to address it now or laterment i'm just curious that when you write this book with so much research required and

. >> dong cho island on hanoi bay. >> hanoi? >> by the west lake. >> oh, my god, look at that.es everybody fall in love with the country like i did? i came here, and it stole my heart. you know. >> i think it's a very good meeting point. between vietnam and america. but in the past, it was over, and now is a new time. >> mm-mm. wow, that's great. dude, that's pretty spicy. perfect with beer. >> we need more drinks. >> lobster from the south china sea. give it a nice haircut table side, and it's perfect. >> mm-mm. >> sweet? >> sweet, just like i remember. >> yeah. >> yep. i'm a sentimental guy. >> sometimes at work i try to be serious, and i just think about work, but i don't know why, when i meet you, i just think about drinking and getting something good to eat. one more cheer. >> good to see you again, my friend. its been a long time since my old friend and i met. a hell of a lot of road with this guy. ♪ one of the great joys of life is riding a scooter through vietnam. to be part of this mysterious, thrilling, beautiful choreography. thousands upon thousands of people, famil

prime minister, despite the changes here in washington and hanoi, for that matter, i see your visit to washington as the next logical and important step in this involving partnership. thank you so much for allowing heritage to be part of your visit. [ speaking vietnamese ] >> so please let me invite you to the podium. [ speaking vietnamese ] [ applause ] [ speaking vietnamese ] >> translator: thank you very much for that introduction and distinguished participants, distinguished vietnamese ministers, representatives of the u.s. government, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends. [ speaking vietnamese ] >> translator: at the invitation of president donald j. trump, i am leading the vietnamese delegation on this official visit to the united states. we have been having a series of meetings and activities in new york as well as here in washington, d.c. today. [ speaking vietnamese ] >> translator: i have had a series of meeting with american secretaries, members of the cabinet, and a number of major u.s. corporations. i also just before coming here had a very fruitful and successful meeting wi

we have been active on the international front with trips to the aipac ministers meeting in hanoi, a meeting in paris, good wto mini ministerial at all of these meetings and the bilateral meetings in washington, i have conferred with my counterparts from every world economy. in many cases they have indicated a willingness to work with the united states on efforts to reform the global trading system in ways that will lead to market outcomes that are fair and efficient. we have also reached out to members of the committee, other officials, and stakeholders in an effort to determine what improvements are needed in the international trading system? we are already making progress in four areas. one, the plan to renegotiate nafta. two, advancing the agenda. three, opening markets for exports. four, lowering the nation's deficit for trading. let me discuss each of these topics. notified congress that the president will conduct negotiations with canada and mexico in an effort to renegotiate in modernized nafta. as you know, the congressional notification is followed by a 90 day period of con

identified by law enforcement, as 66-year-old james hodgkinson tells fox about an incident in bellevue and hanoi last march that only stopped after police were called in. >> he pointed the rifle toward the center of the timber back there and started shooting up across the field. it was a high-powered rifle, and i thought good grief, their houses over there. >> a facebook page bearing the subject's name includes antitrust rhetoric reading, "trump is a traitor. trump has destroyed our democracy. it's time to destroy trump and company." spokesperson for the american society of home inspectors confirms that james hodgkinson was a member of the trade association but dropped out in 2015. a few years earlier, eight illinois newspaper reports that the suspect sent editors to the editor reeling against republicans. in august of 2012, hodgkinson writes, "i have never said life sucks. only the policies of the republicans." the fbi has said they are focused firmly on timing and motives. [indistinct question] >> what do you mean? >> i have no indication of why today at all. >> and the fbi said that they beli

hanoi?will you go to how long do you think you will have to spend there? robert: i don't know.e stayed in the hill country until i could feel like i could write about the hill country. like everything with me, it takes longer than i thought. brian: how do you stay healthy? robert: how do i what? brian: how do you stay healthy? i know you are a swimmer. robert: yes, i do a lot of exercise. [laughter] robert: i swim a lot. i used to run a lot. my ankle gave out. in my house, i have an elliptical. i do a lot of exercises. brian: we have talked so much, i think you talked about in the audible.com program that you had a serious back problem based on playing basketball. robert: yeah. [chuckling] brian: and were you laid up a long time for that and is it still bother you? robert: well what happened was, i was at harvard when i was 29, or 28. i played an intramural basketball league, a big mistake. i really hurt my back badly. i had to stay in bed, i had a bad thing -- they did not want to operate because the chances of success was too small. so ina had been teaching to earn money. tha

ministers meeting in hanoi, a meeting of the oecd in paris and the wto mini ministerial. at all of these meetings as well as the numerous bilateral meetings here in washington i've conferred with my counterparts on almost every major world economy. in many cases, they have indicated a willingness to work with the united states on efforts to reform the global trading system in ways that will lead to market outcomes that are both fairer and more efficient. we have also reached out to members of this committee, other administration officials and key stakeholders in an effort to determine what improvements are needed in the international trading system. we are already making progress in four vital areas. one, the president's plan to renegotiate nafta. two, advancing the strong enforcement agenda. three, opening markets for u.s. exports and four, lowering the nation's trade deficit. let me briefly discuss each of these topics. first, on may 18th, i notified congress that the president will conduct negotiations with canada and mexico in an effort to renegotiate and modernize na

airlines topping $59 million as it prepares for a shareholders meeting in hanoi. new projects and will raise capital in the fourth quarter. thecompany hopes to raise number of passengers by 10% to 22.6 million this year. >> a rise in full-year profits for qatar airways. income rose to $529 million. the state own carrier added 10 carry 32 million passengers, a rise of 20%. >> that is almost it for us here on "daybreak asia." i'm to look at what is coming up. u.k., borisfrom the johnson saying everyone -- tripe, the was challenge for the leadership of theresa may. butveryone is backing her, george osborne saying she is a dead woman walking. rishaad: we will discuss that. also, from the university of hong kong, professor of european studies on the election over the weekend. macron has this landslide victory and the ability to govern unimpeded. biggest hotelhe groups in the world joins us and about 45 minutes. ♪ ♪ it as 9:00 a.m. in hong kong. i'm haidi lun. rishaad: i am rishaad salamat coming to you from bloomberg's asia headquarters in hong kong. this is "bloomberg

we met for the first time eight years ago in hanoi and our paths have crossed several times since then. finally, is michael elleman, iiss senior fellow fort miff defense based here in washington. before i hired mike in 2009, he spent five years at bu zell and hamilton where he supported the implementation of cooperative threat reduction programs in the former soviet union. previous to that, he spent 1 months at the united nations as a missile expert for weapons inspections missions in iraq. he writes and speaks extensively about north korea missile development. the fully event will run for an hour and a half following remarks by each of the panelists. we'll have a discussion portion and i'll turn it over to questions for you. this event is on the record. it's being broadcast by c-span 1 and c-span radio. additionally, a video will be posted on the iiss website. because of the c-span broadcast, we have extra lights here which adds to the heat in the room. and unfortunately, today, the air conditioning chose to go out for the entire building. and the room is packed with people. so i'm go

would say in this issue of engagement, i was on the job for days when the president sent me off to hanoi to go to the opec meeting and bleary-eyed, walking around trying to read briefing papers so i can tell one country from another, but he did that because he wanted to make the point that you're making, that we have to be engaged, these people have to know we're coming, we are going to do business, that we are going to sell american products, going to do bilateral agreements that out of tpp was known by no means pulling out of the asian-pacific, the president's view is that we can get better deals on a bilateral basis that engage in terms of overall whose model works, hours or china's, that's a very big, very serious question. my belief is that ours is the path that will prevail and i think a lot of people in that part of the world are concerned about this question but the question i ask is how do we prove that? we have to take on china when they do things that are inconsistent with our values but the way we think the economy should develop and work. if you look at it objectively you wo

been involved with vietnam veterans, while john mccain may be grumpy he spent enough years in the hanoim some room. i'm not there. i don't agree with what he is saying. trump, we're in very early innings. what strikes me what is going on here, in retrospect, prime minister cameron, mateo renzi in italy, all called for elections they thought would meaningfully advance their cause. 0-3 each one was nearly out of office. i think theresa may was well-positioned to be a dead woman walking. she has a lot of problems. i don't think the relationship with the northern ireland group will be particularly robust. may be very robust for northern ireland. she can meet with macron. i don't think we'll hear end of it. soft "brexit" is like soft boiled eggs. i don't know what that means. when you get a divorce you divorce. the notion you do it softly, gingerly, gently, when the eu is negotiating hard against you because they don't want other people to do it i don't think they had the recipe. they had it. they lost it. her fault. stuart: peter, strong stuff. stay there please. nba hall-of-famer din neces

ministers meeting in hanoi, a meeting of the oecd in paris and the wto mini ministerial.