the wishes of hanoi. johnson's approach is to fight the insurgents in the south with american military personnel and then to bomb the north for its support of the state of war in southern vietnam. that is significant because, for the people of northern vietnam, this is lost on them. as far as they are concerned, the americans are bombing us for no reason. that is why the bombing was counterpart at. it inspires northerners to fight more valiantly once they get deployed to the south. they eventually buy into the home there and have presented to the to the effect that american war in vietnam is effectively unprovoked american aggression against our poor, innocent people. now, always keep this in mind. we talked about this on tuesday. johnson and his team are concerned, it is important to do something about vietnam. at a minimum, to prove that the u.s. is not a tiger, as was said about the u.s. ultimately, to demonstrate american resilience in the cold war. not take anything else from this lecture, please rem

we assume during those talks hanoi will not take advantage of our restraint. we are prepared to move immediately toward peace through negotiations. so tonight in the hope that this action will lead to to early talks -- to early talks, i am taking the first step to de-escalate the conflict. we are reducing substantially reducing the present level hostilities. and we are doing so unilaterally and at once. tonight i have ordered our aircraft and our naval vessels to make no attacks on north vietnam except in the area north of the demille trieszed -- demilitarized zone where the continuing build-up directly threatens allied positions and where the movement of troops and supplies are clearly related to that threat. the area in which we are stopping our attacks includes almost 90% of north vietnam's population. and most of its territory. thus, there will be no attacks around the principle populated areas or the food producing areas of north vietnam. even this very limited bombing of the north could come to an early end if our restraint is matched by restraint in han

they must stay and face the uncertainty of whatever is going to happen to them next. >> in hanoi, thevietnam war finally came to an end. for if anything or anyone symbolized the american agony of vietnam, it was the prisoners. >> most were pilots, and many had spent more than six years in prison. now they were on their way home. >> it wasn't really until we rolled down the runway, finally lifted off enemy soil, that we all broke loose and and started hugging and kissing the air force nurses. it was just unbelievable. and it was all euphoria. >> families gathered in the den to watch the arrival of the planes in the philippines. there was no word as to which of the three planes the lieutenant colonel would be on. the first one landed, but it wasn't that one. then came the second plane. someone in the family said that he won't be on this one either. but he was. >> oh! >> it was him! oh, my god! oh! >> we were greeted by thousands of people. they let out the schools, and everybody was waving flags and calling our names. it was a great, great homecoming. >> we are honored to have had the o

missing loads have been triggered by heavy rains severely affecting coastal areas around the capital hanoi chasms of homes have been damaged and the extreme weather is forecast to continue for the next few days. while u.s. president donald trump has lashed out at his former lawyer after secret tapes emerged of the two men talking about payments to a former playboy model and tweets child said the recordings made in the run up to the twenty sixty u.s. election by his that authority michael cohen were unheard off and could have been illegal f.b.i. agents found the tape during a raid on cohen's office. the headline grabbing end to another headline grabbing week for the u.s. president as trump departed for a weekend of golf journalist shots of questions about the tape now in the possession of the f.b.i. it was secretly recorded by his former lawyer michael cohen trump has now hit back on twitter saying it's inconceivable that a lawyer would tape a client totally unheard of and perhaps illegal the good news is that your favorite president did nothing wrong the taped conversation is said to relat

missing floods have been triggered by heavy rains severely affecting coastal areas and the capital hanoi thousands of homes have been damaged weather is forecast continue for the next few days. german football mesut ozil has broken his silence and is on his controversial meeting with turkish president after one he was photographed without a one along with fellow germany international going to go on in may just weeks before the world cup in russia ozil who has turkish heritage says he had no regrets about meeting with the one he insisted it was not a political stunt despite the encounter coming ahead of elections and a host of social media in germany international said refusing an invitation to meet with any president would have been disrespectful to his ancestors roots also was heavily criticised for the meeting in both german media and by the german football association. but joining me now in the studio to talk more about. president harrington from the prez. this uni's finally released this statement now why now two months after the meeting you know i think he finally buckled under the

they have a lot of that going on in the hanoi hilton. the professor actually said, well, i think the senator should prove that it is not true. in other words, you have to disprove the negative. i mean, first of all, i called the cnn reporter and said, why the hell would you interview that man? you gave him free airtime for him to make up a story and people will say, gee, i wonder if that is true or not. i think that is what has to happen with the media. the media has to look inward, not outward. we are not the problem. the media has to have standards set where they have to say, we have to start patrolling the stuff ourselves. mark: stay with 2008 for a moment. i have to ask -- [applause] i have to ask, with respect, did senator mccain's choice of sarah palin as his running mate lead to a rise -- [laughter] i'm sorry, rick. meghan: i got you. i will take it, rick. mark: but did it make populism more mainstream by bringing to prominence somebody with a more populist message? meghan: first thing i want to say is my father could have chosen

officials he met a day or two earlier were still ringing in his ears, he said, when the leaders in hanoi go to bed at night, the notion of conflict with america is the last thing on their mind. was al thought, there time in korea a century ago, when young korean patriots, many christians converted by american missionaries saw independence from japan's colonial rule. inspired by american notions of freedom, independence, and self-reliance, they admired woodrow wilson for self-determination for all people, until they found out it did not apply to korea. american missionaries who were personale models, felt salvation and national salvation were one, but when the chips were down, it did little to remove the japanese yoke. the national independence was brutally put down by japan, some among them fled into the hills of manchuria to take up arms. others, equally patriotic, felt it best to work within the colonial system and seek to reform it from within. another group actively collaborated with japan. that was the beginning of the deep division in korea that led to two koreas we know today. 1 w

cities ofthe major hanoi and the port of haifong are going to have a restricted zone a prohibitive zone of , attacking. every target will be chosen by the president. he will approve every target. we will talk about that. these are the three major restrictions besides normal our oe -- roe. the roe of the pilot who comes over target and after target, sees a cargo plane with a star on it, recognizing it as north vietnamese cargo plane a target , of opportunity. should sit down and that is -- shoots it down and that is beyond the rules of engagement. very restricted use of air power. those are the restrictions, the three major restrictions we are talking about to try to not escalate this conflict. -- the target picking off initially starts off by johnson meeting with a small group of advisers, specifically meeting in 1965 with robert mcnamara during lunch and the secretary of state. mcnamara will have a list. this list of targets has been moved up from first secondary -- first second air division, running the show. -- is going to move up to the pentagon, over to state, back to the jcs and t

officials he met a day or two earlier were still ringing in his ears, he said "when the leaders in hanoi go to bed at night, the notion of conflict with america is the last thing on their minds." a final thought, there was a time in the past when young soughtpatriots independence from japanese .olonial rule inspired by american notions of freedom, independence, and self-reliance. they imagined woodrow wilson for they -- by missionaries that personal and national salvation were one but when the chips were down, little was done to help them remove the japanese yoke. they were brutally put down by japan, some among them fled into the hills of manchuria to take up arms. others, equally patriotic, felt it best to operate within the colonial system and seek to reform from within. another group actively collaborated. that was the beginning of the deep division in korea that led to the two koreas we know today. mark theh 1 well centennial of this uprising. to celebrate it together as a reminder that both sides at one time thought our national independence. he can be assured by south korea that t

hanoi maintains he returned voluntarily.ss: the european court ofjustice has thrown out an appeal by the confectionery group, nestle, to trademark its kit—kat chocolate bar. the firm had been trying to trademark the four—fingered shape for more than a decade, which rival chocolate—maker cadbury had been fighting against. the prime minister of laos says more than 130 people are missing after a pa rtially—built dam collapsed on monday, flooding nearby villages. thongloun sisoulith has now gone to the affected area to monitor relief efforts. the two south korean contractors constructing the dam say they reported damage at least a day before parts of the structure gave way. environmental groups say large dam projects in developing countries, such as this, pose significant safety risks to the local population. a short time ago i spoke to marwan jilani, head of the country cluster support team of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies in bangkok who told me more about the rescue mission. yes, it is a

now, in the vietnamese capital hanoi, he stressed that denuclearisation was a condition for lifting sanctionsple of vietnam, saying president trump believed pyongyang could replicate its path to normal relations with washington, and to prosperity. an appeals court in brazil has cancelled an order to release the country's former president lula da silva. it reverses an earlier, and unexpected, order by another judge of the same court. the popular left—wing politician is serving a 12—year sentence for corruption. a show of freedom or sexism? five young women have been patrolling the streets wearing shorts, and it is causing a stall stir in the media and online —— causing a stir in the media and online. everybody‘s happy. let's return now to sophie long, at the cave system in tham luang. we spoke at about the same time yesterday. at this point in time the operation will be about to begin. can we have a recap of what happened between then and now? yes, of course. we got official confirmation that the rescue operation had begun at 10am local time yesterday. we we re at 10am local time yesterday. we

now in the vietnamese capital hanoi, he stressed that denuclearisation was a condition for lifting sanctions trump believed pyongyang could replicate its path to normal relations with washington and to prosperity. let's get a little more now on the rescue of the young football team from a cave in thailand. the whole rescue mission has been a race against time, with the fear that heavy rains might return at any moment, flooding the caves again, and making it impossible to bring the trapped boys out. sarah keith—lucas from our weather team has been looking at what's in store for the region in the coming days. it is all eyes on the skies above thailand and of course we're in the wet season, from may to october. there has been a drier interlude but over the next 24—48 hours you can see the showers getting going again. some heavy showers. don't take the position of them too literally, they will be fairly hit and miss. more showers over the next seven days but the most frequent and heavy will be during the day on monday. some heavy downpours with thunderstorms. it looks like the showers will ease

he's now in the vietnamese capital hanoi and stressed that denuclearisation was a condition for lifting follow the example of vietnam, saying president trump believed pyongyang could replicate its path to normal relations with washington and to prosperity. the british man poisoned by the novichok nerve agent has regained consciousness, two days after his partner dawn sturgess, who was also poisoned, died. doctors treating charlie rowley in a hospital in southern england say there's been a small but significant improvement in his condition. police are investigating a possible link to the case of russians sergei and yulia skripal, who were poisoned with the same substance in nearby salisbury. hollywood star george clooney has suffered minor injuries in a scooter crash in sardinia. the 57—year—old's scooter was hit by a car that failed to stop, and he slammed into its windshield. clooney was taken to hospital, but is now recovering at home. president trump has arrived in brussels ahead of a wednesday's nato summit. he's been trying to persuade european nations to spend more money on defenc

he's now in the vietnamese capital, hanol he's now in the vietnamese capital, hanoi, and said that denuclearised north korea to follow vietnam, saying vietnam helped to normalise relations for a path to prosperity. the british man poisoned by the novichok nerve agent has regained consciousness, two days after his partner dawn sturgess, who was also poisoned, died. doctors treating charlie rowley in a hospital in southern england say there's been a small but significant improvement in his condition. police are investigating a possible link to the case of russians sergei hollywood star george clooney has suffered minor injuries in a scooter crash in sardinia. the 57—year—old's scooter was hit by a car that failed to stop and he slammed into its windshield. clooney was taken to hospital, but is now recovering at home. 100 planes from the iconic spitfire to the latest stealth fighter jet have flown across central london to mark the centenary of the royal air force. thousands gathered to watch the the biggest display of british airpower in over 30 years. the centrepiece, watched by the queen and oth

demands to denuclearize, but during a news conference in hanoi, pompeo responded that if the charges are true, then, quote, the world is a gangster. pompeo insists the north did reaffirm its commitment to dismantle nuclear weapons even after it called the talks deeply regrettable. >>> a british woman poisoned by the same nerve agent used on a russian spy has died. dawn sturgess and a man were exposed to the poison in june. the man remains critically injured. investigators believe the couple somehow came in contact with a syringe or container that held the same substance used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in march. british authorities have now opened a murder investigation into this case. it's unclear, though, if the incidents are related. >>> staying overseas at least 100 people are believed dead and dozens more missing after record rainfall triggered flooding and landslides in western japan. more than 2 million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes. and some areas have already seen more than 23 inches of rain since friday with another 10 inches in the fo

now in the vietnamese capital hanoi, he stressed that denuclearisation was a condition for lifting sanctionsample of vietnam, saying president trump believed pyongyang could replicate its path to normal relations with washington and to prosperity. an appeals court in brazil has cancelled an order to release the country's former president, lula da silva. it reverses an earlier — and unexpected — order by another judge of the same court. the popular left—wing politician is serving a 12—year sentence for corruption. a show of freedom or sexism? 5 young women have been asked to police the streets of broummana in lebanon, a touristy area up in the mountains, wearing shorts. it's causing a bit of a stir in the media and online. let's return now to sophie long at the cave system in tham luang. what is happening where you are? there is a lot of action here in camp we have seen there is a lot of action here in camp we have seen ambulances go in and a few come out towards the cave entrance about 500 metres up a track behind me. the remaining nine stuck four kilometres inside a cave inside that mt ther

parents via skype last november, out of the blue a gambling loss prompted him to visit a hotel in hanoiumped from the rooftop. his parents are now campaigning for others whose children have killed themselves because of gambling problems. if we had known about the level of the risk and the suddenness of the risk, then we would have said... we would have gone and got him. he wasn't on the edge, you know, he wasn't on the edge that sunday. the point about it is the scale of the risk and the suddenness of the risk. he didn't wake up that wednesday morning thinking, "i'll be dead tonight." last month, the government reduced the maximum bet at fixed odds betting terminals on the high street from £100 to £2. but after extensive lobbying from the industry, allowed for a two—year implementation period. this week, more than 30 mps and peers wrote to the chancellor to urge a faster transition. political and medical opinion is hardening against gambling, but the economic clout of an industry which employs thousands and generates billions in tax remains hard for government to resist. bookmakers say

he has become the icon in vietnam or he is like a rock star in downtown hanoi. it is unbelievable. only thing he regrets about vietnam is that there is a statue of him by the lake where he crashed into and it identifies him as an air force pilot. off.t really pisses him that is the legacy doesn't want. meghan: we went to visit it and a man has his bike chain to it. we have to get that out of pierce a weekend the it here at -- out of here so we can see it. mark: even in washington, he never missed a weekend in returning to arizona where you were born and raised. what was it like to be with your dad on the weekends? meghan: we would pick him up at the airport and make signs and i would be -- i remember it was like disneyland. the best thing ever when he was home. we would go up to sedona almost every weekend where my family has a ranch. he would take us in the creek and take us wishing. normal dad stuff. that is a testament to him that he was able to compartmentalize his career to be at home and be present as a other. -- present as a father. when people ask what he was like as a dad,

for hong kong and across indochina it's looking pretty wet loss' very wet of the moment vietnam to hanoi probably seeing some showers highs here of thirty three. on july fourteenth. two thousand and sixteen. an attack on the city a day in nice change people's lives. to be easy has killed at least sixty people. to years on al-jazeera world meets the french muslim families who lost their loved ones. truck attack a nice an al-jazeera. tarvaris taken over the top stories here at al-jazeera nato is actually general yen so often try to play down differences between member countries after president trump lambasted allies for their trade relations with russia in a heated exchange with missiles of the message from said it was unfair that europe relied on the u.s. for defense but bought energy from russia china says it stands on the right side of history in defending multilateralism as it warned it would retaliate against any further u.s. terrorists accuse washington the bullying as washington announce a possible ten percent charge on another two hundred billion dollars worth of goods from china b

continue have unleashed floods and landslides across vast areas of the country including in the capital hanoi. and they still haven't people have died in a heat wave that has gripped most of japan with some cities seeing record temperatures mercury reached forty point seven celsius in central japan earlier this week leaving thousands of people needing hospital treatment for heat related conditions authorities are urging people to take precautions as the hot weather is set to continue into next week. for work today i have to be outside the whole day and i'm not used to this heat i knew it would be hot today but i didn't think it would be this hot so i am a little worried. this year is way too hot i can't stop using a wet towel all day and i froze this bottle of water so that i can take something cold with me. the philippine president would regard it is expected to sign a new law that could end the forty year war for independence it will give the muslim minority on the island of mindanao their own government mindanao is home to the moro islamic liberation front a conflict that has cost more tha

shredded uniform off to july the twentieth nine hundred forty four high shows how much he meant to hanoi easy for him how to him going up but of course he was also trying to inflate and emphasize his prowess as a soja. this is how i fight for my country came from i'm doing everything in my power to reach my goals mind it see that. i'm going to going on bus accounts on the reality was different up at the board of the wolf. he was shut off from the world. it's remarkable that he wanted her to see his friend it uniformly forms that's the type he was basically acting like any normal man in his relations with. two days off are. in the following weeks able brown traveled back and forth between munich and back to scott and her family did not accompany her to oprah's on spec and because she felt lonely there she asked her cousin care trial to come from vienna and visit her the nineteen year old was finally allowed to travel to munich in august one thousand nine hundred forty four. to s.s. men were waiting for me one took my suitcase and the other said get in the car will take you to your cousin

. >> reporter: after his talks in pyongyang, pompeo goes to tokyo and hanoi coordinating diplomatic strategyregion. in washington, gillian turner, fox news. >>> the u.s. imposes billions of dollars in tariffs on chinese goods. china responds almost immediately with tariffs of its own. coming up next, details about what the chinese -- about what china calls the biggest trade war in economic history. >> plus, everybody knows bay area rent is sky high. but maybe not this high. the new list that san francisco tops. >>> new u.s. tariffs on chinese goods took effect today and china is hitting back with its own tariffs and it could import us. the port of oakland says california growers could feel it. agricultural exports to asia through the port have grown at least 40% in the last five years alone. the chinese tariffs could hit california products such as wine, meat and nuts. they are also likely to made goods from china more spencer. farmers expensive. >> reporter: the united states imposing 25% tariffs on $34 billion of chinese imports. it is one of several potential hikes which could impact up t

he urged pyongyang to follow hanoi's example, to engage and enjoy the possibility of lucrative trade relations. >> in light of the once unimaginable prosperity and partnership we have with vietnam today, i have a message for chairman kim. jong-un. president trump believes your country can replicate this path. it's yours if you'll seize the moment. the miracle could be yours. it could be your miracle in north korea as well. the united states has been clear about what we seek from north korea to set in motion this great chain of events. the choice now lies with north korea and its people. if they're able to do this, they will be remembered and chairman kim will be remembered as a hero of the korean people. >> pompeo dismissed north korea's assessment that the two days of denuclearization talks had a gangster-like mindset. he also noted economic sanctions on north korea remain in place until denuclearization is complete. we're of course continuing to follow the breaking news in thailand. more on the ongoing mission to save a trapped team of 12 boys and their coach. ahead. plus more scen

towards nepal so there's moving the forecast on twenty four hours still looking largely fine for vietnam hanoi is looking very hot and humid then is the southeastern parts of asia there's just a scattering of showers for the philippines much of borneo is going to be pretty wet at times java are as a ship at this time of year drawing bright thirty three there in jakarta and then as you move up through them in a pinch of there are singapore showers for both singapore and kuala lumpur northwards into the gulf of thailand weather conditions not looking too bad i think bangkok you may see the odd shower but i think for much of the time it's going to be fine now into south asia showers extending quite a long way north it should be dry for delhi but coming southwards dance for the west and again some very heavy rain expected here mumbai highs of thirty. so whether it's sponsored by cattle and waste. we will maintain the finest fighting force the world has ever known united states army was so reliant on the private sector i would call the dependency we have a mismatch between the way we. are to be and

neither time depress him on i was there in hanoi when he told us putin said he didn't do it, and trumpd and he believes himself he didn't do it only to later suggest he would side with his own intelligence agencies over the russian president but there's going to be, as the weekend goes on, further calls for this summit not to happen but the white house wants it to. >> that statement from the sarah sanders came out as i was asking you. good for being on that. jonathan. evan, given that the president this morning called it a witch hunt and given he's known about the indictments for days, he's still going. he hasn't yet condemned the russians, condemned the state, even said a word about it publicly. do you think he's going to take it seriously when he sits down with putin? are we supposed to trust that he's going to push him? there's not going to be a note taker there as far as we know. only a translator. >> i think we're all still in the space where we're applying traditional expectations for a u.s. president to donald trump. that's a mistake, and john mccain who i have an immense amount

[inaudible] --ond the university hanoi also became very important. 1961, hawaii also became involved in the occupation. quite a few okinawa traveled from okinawa to hawaii to receive training in industrial sewing, commercial dining, cosmetology, and tourism and hospitality, under the supervision of an american woman who had previously served as home economist in the philippines. so, during the occupation, women's to mystic activities, -- domestic activities flourished across the pacific. subsuming the violent contours of foreign military domination into relentless, nonstop talks and practices all centered on the home and homemaking. then reimagining the occupation as a moment of women to women transnational encounter involving women of varieties of racial and national background. today, i presentation won't speak about war brides per say, but more about the background and context that existed at the time. despite the seeming innocence and insignificance, women's lives in postwar okinawa were deeply political. where things such as gender, race, class, nation and empire all played very

and hanoi hilton, i believe, there were attempts, but nobody ever escaped, and it's not clear whether there are any attempts the get them out. just curious as to what you were involved with, if there were plans to try and find folks, bring them home, things that happened in iran in regards to the hostagings. anything that you can describe in regards to missions like that that existed from that perspective. >> we did -- tried to do prisoner recoveries when we could find out about them, you know? and we did a number of things. there was a team of deserters from the united states army that they called salt and pepper, one black guy, one white guy that was working with the north vietnamese. they were high on that prisoner snatch list. if you ran across them, get them back. they wanted to have a question and is answer period with them. [laughter] the tailwind was an example of a mission that went really bad when it -- because it has always potential to be bad in the first place. trying to get -- i don't know if anybody here remembers the tailwind debacle where they accused special forces o

mike pompeo making his way to tokyo, to abu dhabi with a stop in hanoi and then to brussels. that's where our attention is going to turn this week. we have heard very little from the president about what we can expect from that meeting in brussels. the nato meeting, the meeting with vladimir putin later in the week. what's the white house saying about what we should expect as the president makes his way to europe? >> interestingly, david, they're saying very little. and so what we're waiting to see is if the nato meeting ends up much like the g-7 meeting, where the president really slams allies. of course, we have seen him make this case over and over again, that he wants nato members to pay more for their own defense. he's not unique in making that argument. president obama said very much the same thing, although he said it very differently. so there's a question as to whether or not the president will up-end what has been seven decades, really, of world order here with the u.s. really taking a leading role at this meeting. and then as you mentioned, from there he goes and m

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country on a mission of regime change in vietnam. 50,000 americans died, the regime is still there in hanoi. it hasn't harmed or threatened a single american in 30 years since the end of the war. that's a line that got me. what can you say tonight sir to the sons and daughters of americans who served in vietnam who assure them that you will not leave this country down a similar path. in iraq? that's really powerful stuff. unfortunately, the president sped right to the question and instead he saw this in terms of what was then known as the powell doctrine. the reason the united states lost in vietnam was it didn't have a clear goal, a clear military goal, it didn't -- it wouldn't use all the tools in the toolbox. all these expressions that were used at the time. so the president said oh that's a great question. by the way, whenever someone says that, they don't think it is that great. our mission is clear in iraq, we have to go in and the mission is clear. it is disarmament. in order to disarm it means regime change. i'm confident we would be able to achieve that and i minimize -- a way that

the different efforts and peace channels there were to negotiate settlement between washington and hanoi. we took one look at that and said if we write about that we don't know whether or not those channels are still alive. we could harm diplomacy. we will not go into that. we were mindful of actual national security needs. susan: let me show you the headline that came out of that were heard it was june 13, 1971. vietnam archived three decades of growing u.s. involvement. it was the byline for that story. was there an immediate reaction in the country for this? the first story? floyd: it is something that grew, it was a page one story, it was a big story. it was clear that it was a big story. they did not publish the -- "the times" did not publish the entirety of the rest of the pentagon papers. they spent three months editing them to decide what was newsworthy and what would help national security beyond the one chapter smith talked about. it was a big deal from the moment it started to be published. it was not surprising that the administration reacted strongly to it. the question was,

the regime is still there in hanoi and it hasn't harmed or threatened a single american in the 30 years since the end of the war. that's the line that got me. what can you say tonight, sir, to the sons and daughters of americans who served in vietnam to assure them that you will not lead this country down a similar path? in iraq. that's really powerful stuff. i mean -- and the -- unfortunately, the president's -- he sort of sped right through that question. instead, he saw this in terms of what was then known as the powell doctrine, right, the reason the united states lost in vietnam was it didn't have a clear goal, a clear military goal. it didn't -- it wouldn't use all the tools in the toolbox, all of these expressions that were used at the time, and so the president said, oh, that's a great question, which, by the way, whenever somebody says that, they really don't think it's all that great. our mission is clear in iraq. should we have to go in, our mission is very clear. it's disarmament, and in order to disarm, it would mean regime change. i'm confident we'll be able to achieve tha

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publicly we know he is going to tokyo and hanoi to keep the maximum pressure going. >> michael, thanksreport on the russia investigation which called findings that russia meddled in the 2016 election to help president trump accurate and on point. catherine herridge is live in washington this morning. >> thank you, good morning. the senate intelligence committee released an unclassified report backing up the 2017 intelligence assessment that found russia wanted to damage hillary clinton and over time the russian government developed a preference for donald trump. when the report was released in 2017 there was some daylight between the nsa, then led by mike rodgers, the f.b.i. led by james comey and the c.i.a. then led by director john brennan over the key findings. the differences were not politically motivated but analytic differences. it was more sophisticated and widespread than previously reported including the use of so-called troll farms designed to manipulate social media. the report says the committee's investigation exposed a far more great russia effort to interfere with the 2