he has very good ties to hanoi, to very high up people in hanoi, and maybe he can explain it. and so the general and i, on a morning, went out to this guy's house. he lived like a pasha. and he said, look, here's the deal. you're a reporter. they understand you. you can get a visa any time. it's this general here they don't understand. and they don't want to give him a visa because they don't understand the purpose that he wants to come to hanoi. and i said, okay, the purpose of both of us to come to hanoi is to ask your commanders to tell us their side of this battle. it's what military historians do or would love to do if they could. and he said, well, they don't understand that in hanoi. i said, okay, i know what they do understand in hanoi. so you send them a message right now and you tell them i'm the deputy foreign editor of "u.s. news and world report" magazine. 12 million people in the united states read that every week. and i'm going to write every story personally on vietnam and southeast asia for the next 25 years. and i'm going to stick it in this deep and break it

s. government used to come from a vice president campbell versus arrival in hanoi districts and economic ties for arrival, and was delayed over a health incident to some kind, some mystery. according to the u. s. embassy there, john hud reports. curious and somewhat alarming way to start the trip that said, vice president harris pushed ahead with her trip to vietnam, arriving in hanoi right around 10 p. m. local time. there it was delayed several hours however, because of a health situation, according to officials in hanoi. now the u. s embassy, there released a statement reading quote. earlier this evening, vice president's travelling delegation was delayed from departing singapore because the vice president's office was made aware of a report of a recent possible anomalous health incident in hanoi vietnam. after careful assessment, the decision was made to continue with the vice president's trip. you're probably wondering what the term anomalous health incident means. well, it's basically the u. s. government term and, and essentially code word for the have on a syndrome. it's a neurol

however, because of a health situation, according to officials in hanoi and now the u. s. embassy, there released a statement reading quote. earlier this evening, vice president's travelling delegation was delayed from departing singapore because the vice president's office was made aware of a report of a recent possible anomalous health incident in hanoi vietnam. after careful assessment decision was made to continue with the vice president's trip. you're probably wondering what the term anomalous health incident means. well, it's basically the u. s. government term and, and essentially code word for the have on a syndrome. it's a neurological condition defined by, among other things, dizziness, nausea, my range and memory loss. and i got the name after american official based and of course have on a cuba 1st reported experiencing the symptoms back in 2016. and since then, serve and dozens of other cases actually more than 200 and counting of us state department. ca, embassy personnel, and other us diplomats and officials reporting the symptoms in china, russia, and mo

in hanoi. i k and embedded for star nonetheless. thanks john. that was arthur. john hardy reporting that from miami in florida. just coming up to our past 10 here in moscow. thanks for your time tonight. we'll have more stories for you in the headlines and about confidence. i the the i am kaiser this is the kaiser report. let's take a trip down memory lane through the history books, talking about geo politics as it was a 100 years ago, 150 years ago from some big brain sewer to looking at the big map and how that's relevant today, stacy? well, our upcoming guess, dan collins tweeted something that blew my mind and it fits into a lot of what the cause report has been talking about for the past while the past decade. and you know, that whole region of the world of the city chap, a soak road, china, china, emerging, and all the problems happening in afghanistan, the middle east, that certain area of the world that we're going to look at something called that i just learned about. but i'm going to read you the wikipedia because it's really interesting in light of wh

thirdly, we offered economic incentives to hanoi, as well as our allies, so that the hanoi politic could debate among themselves, let's put off objectives and take the aid for reconstruction, and let's go along with this deal. we got rid of the american troops. and we'll just bide our time but take the aid. so we thought that was the incentive. fourthly, we thought china and russia and our self interests, not wanting this issue to flare up again between us, would help persuade hanoi to behave themselves. well, these assumptions did not work out. reasonable people can challenge it but they have to come up with what should we have done, stayed on longer? with the american opinion the way it was? and after all we had done for south vietnam? or go all-out and use nukes and bombs? they weren't just great alternatives, because of the anguish, i respect those who disagree but i don't respect these two arguments which i think are phony. >> earlier, just earlier tonight, didn't you say that dr. kissinger says that the moment, i think in october '72, when the north vietnamese changed for the first

embassy in hanoi reported a possible case. tonight here, more on what this havana syndrome is, and here's abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: tonight, vice president kamala harris has landed in vietnam after her flight was delayed over a, quote, possible anomalous health incident in hanoi. >> madam vice president, why did you continue your trip? >> reporter: the reported incident affected a staffer at the u.s. mission in vietnam in recent days. allegedly an incident of havana syndrome, the mysterious onset of symptoms like headache, earache, nausea and trouble seeing or balancing. cases were first reported by american personnel in havana, cuba, in 2016 and 2017. many of them diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries. since then, dozens of u.s. officials in multiple countries have reported symptoms. can you share more about the possible incident of havana syndrome that delayed the vice president's trip? >> while this is not a confirmed case at this point in time, we take any reported incident -- which was recent and was reported

she's been meeting the president in hanoi. harris is there as part of a tour aimed at countering china as growing influence in the region. florence louis has more from follow them for the us administration has described rivalry with china as the biggest joe political test of the century. and common harris's trip is about convincing nations in the region, in se asia. but the us can be a counterbalance to china is rising influence. now the 2 countries have already traded accusation several times during harris's visit. here, paris has accused china of using collage and intimidation in pursuing its territorial claims in the south china sea, saying countries should find ways to increase pressure on china to make it abide by international laws. in china has hit back and editorial in a state one day. he has described harris's visit as a way to contain china and accused us of trying to drive a wedge in relations between southeast asian nations and china. a chinese foreign ministry spokesman set the situation in afghanistan is an examp

the answer of the enemy has been intransigence at the conference table, blige reince at hanoi, massive military aggression in laos and cambodia. stepped up acts in south vietnam designed to increase american casualties. this attitude has become intolerable. we will not react to this threat to american lives merely by plaintiff diplomatic protests. if we did, the credibility of the united states would be destroyed in every area of the world where only the power of the united states deters aggression. tonight, i again warn the north vietnamese that, if they continue to escalate the fighting when the united states is withdrawing its forces, i shall meet my responsibility as commander-in-chief of our armed forces to take the action i consider necessary to defend the security of our american men. the action that i have announced tonight puts the leaders of north vietnam on notice that we will be patient in working for peace. we will be conciliatory at the conference table, but we will not be humiliated. we will not be defeated. we will not allow american men by the thousands to be killed by

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we were in middle of writing that book a cable arrived from hanoi. we debated it a little bit. there's no not doing it. they put us a little guess. in the center of the vicinity. we were in the very belly of the beast. we would go in and sit down with the general. i think it was seven hours of interviews with him. general became the people of vietnam's and a member of the bureau. he rose to three stars that was the commander of the army war college. when the chinese attacked and seized that mountain inside north vietnam in 1970. this mountain in the vietnamese had done a couple of counter attacks. you better take that mountain back. he told us about doing that. they did. we came back. it was in my christmas. here i am, i've got half a book to write. i've got all this new material to feed in. we were burning the midnight oil seven days a week. i was keeping him up till midnight. he described it later. he said now i know what it feels like to be work on a plantation in the old days. you're the slave driver. i changed it by dining room table. >> paid off. >> that it did. we took t

. >>> vice president kamala harris arrived in hanoi last night after a flight was delayed several hourslth concern. u.s. officials say the flight was delayed due to an investigation into two possible cases of the havana syndrome in hanoi. that's the name for a mysterious illness first reported by american diplomats in cuba in 2016. the white house says the cases in vietnam did not involve anyone traveling with the vice president. >>> a former football star is running for u.s. senate, and wildfire smoke is causing closures. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." the "associated press" reports thick smoke from massive california wildfires forced some schools in neighboring reno, nevada, and parts of lake tahoe to close. smoke blanketed reno yesterday causing hazardous air conditions. schools shut down for a second ounds ofdeay, affecting tens of >> makes life more hard because like some people can't like -- they get like allergies to smoke and get -- they start coughing and all that stuff. so like it doesn't -- it doesn't help at all. >> northern california's 11-day-o

as centers for disease control and prevention, se, se, asian office in hanoi, and as, as an example of the u. s. as interest in public health infrastructure in the region, julius decision to diplomatic ties with neighbor morocco is dominating headlines in both countries. it comes out of a long list of grievances including morocco's recent diplomatic recognition of israel. algeria also accuses morocco of spying on its officials using israeli made spyware. rocco says, the claims are absurd and severing ties is justified on new for our booth heads, the nordic center for conflict transformation of peace building organization. with a focus on north africa and asia, he says both countries have been at odds for decades, especially over the disputed western sahara region. this is unfortunate situation that has endured for creating, believe, economy, integrated region in the world, in a part of the one that is interconnected, socially and culturally. and may have leaving that to the back to 50 year or more. that when i bought that and the high security council, i thought that it constitutes a s

preparedness, she opened the first branch of the cdc, the center for disease control, the us one, in hanoi possible. because after all, in the wake of what's going on in afghanistan, it's quite hard for the us now to be presenting itself as, you know, a really powerful ally to countries in this region. i think there will be much more wait—and—see on that line. the bbc�*s jonathan the bbc�*sjonathan head there on the us vice president kamala harris's trip to the region. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines today. all children in china will begin to study the political ideology of the chinese president, xijinping, as part of the national curriculum. from kindergarten through to university, china's ministry of education said the new material would strengthen resolve to follow the ruling communist party and cultivate patriotic feelings. the latest us intelligence report into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic is inconclusive, according to us media reports. it looked at whether the virus could have been the result of a lab—leak or passed from an animal to a human. the s

preparedness, she opened the first branch of the cdc, the center for disease control, the us one, in hanoit as much as possible. because after all, in the wake of what's going on in afghanistan, it's quite hard for the us now to be presenting itself as, you know, a really powerful ally to countries in this region. i think there will be much more wait—and—see on that line. well, asjonathan head was saying there, the crisis in afghanistan has certainly overshadowed kamala harris�* visit, so where does all this leave the us given the growing chinese influence in the region? joining me from here in singapore is james crabtree, the executive director in asia of the international institute for strategic studies. great to have you on newsday, james. how successful do you think the us vice president's visit has been? has she achieve those goals of this trip, to rejuvenate us commitment to the region? i rejuvenate us commitment to the re . ion? ~ , rejuvenate us commitment to the reuion? ~ , . region? i think it is a mixed picture. _ region? i think it is a mixed picture. judged _ region? i think i

the state department blamed the delay on what it calls an incident in hanoi.gency has used that phrase to describe instances of so-called havana syndrome. the white house says it was not a confirmed case. the sec is demanding more than 250 chinese companies trading in the united states to inform investors about political and regulatory risks, and expansion of a mandate imposed last month seeking u.s. ipos, and the latest response to beijing's ongoing clampdown on private industry. the sec chair says he wants to see the disclosures in corporate annual reports. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. shery: two months after goldman sachs led wall street's return to the office, it is taking pages from the pandemic playbook of rivals, requiring masks and proof of vaccination. joining us now is the san francisco bureau chief. more broadly, what is the response given the fda approval for the pfizer shot? reporter: the fda approv

at the end of the vietnam war, i was in hanoi to conclude the final negotiations. said to me you can take commander mccain home on you -- home with you on your plane as a sign of goodwill. i did not think it was such a great sign of goodwill ahead of the commander in pacific would come home with me on a presidential plane. in any case, i refused to take it. and i was wondering in the four months that intervened before i met him, which was at a white house reception and john mccain came up to me and said thank you for saving my honor. we became good friends. through all the years afterwards, in all of the positions he had until he became senator. i had not known no person similarly dedicated to the importance of america and the lessons he drew from his experiences, democracy as an important commitment of the united states and security. he dedicated himself to this. to me, he is a great symbol of the best america can do and it was an honor for me to remain friends for the rest of our lives. one of the great honors of my life. >> i agree. >> he has been a great suppor

all the offers and approaches needs to be discussed whenever hanoi chooses to not and if they agree the increasing of our takes and humiliate and defet us we -- we shall act accordingly. my fellow americans we live in anarchy both here and abroad. even here in the united states great universities are being systematically destroyed. small nations all over the world find themselves under attack from within and from without. if when the chips are down the world's most powerful nation, the united states of america, acts like a pitiful helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world. it is not our power but our will and character that is beingest it had tonight. the question all americans must asked an answer tonight is this, does the witch est and strongest nation in the histories of the world have the character to meet a direct challenge to win a group to win a just peace, innorse our warning, tramples on solemn agreements and travels. on the sovereignty of unarmed people and use prisoners as hostages. if we fa

government said that there was a reported case of this syndrome in hanoi, but it was not a confirmed case. so it was decided for the u.s. vice president and her team to continue with their visit. today she has been conducting high level meetings with the leadership in vietnam, with the president, with the vice president as well as the prime minister. on the agenda, a whole array of items including climate change, including economic concerns like the global chip shortage. as well as security concerns. top of mind, the south china sea. and china's continued assertions of its sovereignty in that region. take a listen to this from the u.s. vice president. >> we will work closely with vietnam to uphold the rule based international order, including freedom of navigation, an issue that we take seriously. and including as it relates to the south china sea. we need to find ways to pressure and raise the pressure frankly on beijing to abide by the united nations convention on the law of the sea. >> we have received a response from china to those comments by the u.s. vice president. the ministr

>> reporter: well, today in hanoi the u.s. vice president said that the u.s.n a strong presence in the south china sea in order to challenge china's her words excessive and bullying claims in the region. she held meetings with the prime minister, president and vice president on the agenda and it included climate change, economic concerns like the global chip shortage as well as security cooperation especially the south china sea and china's ongoing assertions of sovereignty there. take a listen to what vice president harris said earlier today. >> we need to find ways to pressure and raise the pressure frankly on beijing to abide by the united nations convention on the law of the sea. and to challenge its bullying and excessive maritime claims. >> reporter: china's ministry of foreign affairs countered those comments, we heard from a spokesperson saying that china firmly opposes the u.s. of deploying maritime law forces and disturbing regional peace and stability. and also on the agenda today in vietnam the coronavirus pandemic. just yesterday china soowooped d

the state department blames the delay on an incident in hanoi. agency has used that phrase to describe instances of so-called havana syndrome. the white house says the incident was not a confirmed case. new zealand's central bank decided not to raise interest rates last week because of communication challenges rather than economic risks. the assistant governor told bloomberg it would have been tough to explain a way i -- a rate hike on the country entered a covid locked down. he also told us policymakers considered raising the official cash rate by as much as .5%. the ftc is demanding that more than 250 chinese companies trading in the u.s. should inform investors about their political and regulatory risks. it's an expansion of a mandate first imposed the last month on china-based firms seeking u.s. ipos, and is the latest response to beijing's ongoing crackdown on private industry. the sec chair said he wants to see the disclosures and corporate annual reports. global news, 20 for hours a day on air and on bloomberg quick day, powered by more th

frankie got a rare visa to hanoi, and she was in hanoi when the final offensive began.herine was off in the middle east and she got a flight to paris and then to saigon because she was going to see the end of it. because it is not a story, per se. it's -- as any war reporter will tell you, as i said, it is your life. and their dedication i think shows up -- if you read their copy, look at their photographs, you will not be surprised. the dedication is in the seriousness, the humanity of all of the works they did, and everybody had a hard time getting back to real life. host: did you as a journalist feel a special kinship with the american service people of that period? ms. becker: i did not cover the americans. because -- host: it was an air campaign by that point, right? ms. becker: congress was furious with the invasion of 1970. remember, that was the biggest demonstration across the country ever, and congress said no, you cannot have the american military there for very long, so the american military was sent out. and so my -- it was the guys in the sky. so that was

what i heard from a state department official earlier today there had been four suspected cases in hanoiu had two more reported possible cases also in hanoi at two locations, two officials who work at the embassy who reported this and this was obviously passed onto the vice president security detail and they naturally asked the question is it safe for her to go before they made the call that it was safe for her to go. >> so interesting. i mean, is there any suggestion or concern that these two recent ones were connected to the vice president's visit? >> well, you know, it's interesting. there was a case in the spring of 2019. it was the same trip that trump made, the state visit to london and two members of the white house delegation that actually arrived before president trump were in the hotel in london when they had suspected cases. incid one involving one white house staffer the day trump arrives and a couple days later involving two staffers in the same room. there is this -- you have these two cases that i'm aware of where it was right before a very important u.s. delegation arrive

in vietnam but landed there three hours late because of suspected cases of the havana syndrome in hanoi. two embassy personnel experienced symptoms while working at home over the weekend. that delayed the vice president leaving singapore for vietnam. hafrp syndrome was first reported in cuba. it's a mystery illness with symptoms including dizziness, nausea, migraines and memory losses and has sickened hundreds of u.s. officials over the past few years. >>> health officials hope the fda's formal approval of the pfizer vaccine will convince more people to get shots. it is adding to pressure. united airlines and the pentagon are the latest to require vaccines. >> i think it's going to be a good trend. >> even before the fda announcement this week, the white house reported another 6 million shots in arms had been given in the last week, the highest seven-day total in a month and a half. >>> in israel, health experts say the booster shot there is cutting the number of delta variant cases. the delta variant hit israel in june. the country went from single-digit infections to around 7500 cases

order is being imposed on vietnam's which human city for monday, lockdown measures in the capital. hanoi have also been extended by 2 weeks countries seeing a rapid rise in infections and death. it's vaccination rate, it's one of the lowest in asia. a current of our lockdown in australia, the most popular city has been extended until the end of september. the state of new south wales is reported to more than 400 cases a day of the past week. most of them in the operators of southern haiti's only medical austin plant are appealing for help after it was severely damaged. last sunday's earthquake demand for oxygen has sold this month, driven by the cobra. 1900 pandemic and casualties from the earthquake while the 2000 people. and now nature died in the trema. uganda has suspended the operations of 54 non governmental organizations. the state party that overseas n g o says they want complying with regulations including ban on political involvement. the death toll from an ambush on a military school to convey but keener faster, has risen to at least 80. it's time on groups is struck in less t

>> well, the fact that kamala harris, the vice president, did arrive in hanoi.of her arriving there, ka it this he do not feel there is any cause for concern. they did delay for three hours after checking out the reports. there was a cable sent out from embassy hanoi that two and then found out it is one, there is confusion over that but at least one or more of the embassy staff had been flown out and we should point out that they were not in the embassy. they were working from home because of covid-19. there is no cause of concern should she be in the embassy. that said, her schedule in flux. there are some events taking place elsewhere outside the nbc. don't know if there is any connection. now havana syndrome started in the case of the embassy in havana back in 2017. a number of state department and other agencies, cia people who were posted there had these acoustic problems, disneyness, vertigo, fatigue and hearing strange noises. at that point the trump administration pulled our people out of havana and also sent packing all of the cuban diplomats in washin

all over the world of a still mysterious ailment three hours late, vice president harris arrived in hanoi where we are told she'll be carrying out her full schedule lester >> andrea, thank you >>> with cases of the delta variant of covid rising, americans are once again cutting back on travel, and hawaii is telling residents of the other 49 states, don't come here more now from tom costello >> reporter: with overflowing hospitals resorting to outdoor tents, the tourist dependent aloha state is asking tourists to stay away. honolulu restricting restaurant capacity and large gatherings, including weddings 10 people max at indoor events, 25 at outdoor events. >> i did ask everyone, residents and visitors alike, to reduce travel to hawaii to essential business activities only. >> reporter: while on the mainland, san francisco joins new york in requiring restaurant customers to show their vaccine cards. >> only one table of four said see ya, but otherwise everybody's thankful and very happy. >> reporter: meanwhile, the cdc still advising anyone at risk, including the vaccinated, to avoid cruis

the vice president is in hanoi.e where john mccain crashed many decades ago and paid tribute to his service. certainly white house officials are keeping a nervous eye on the conditions on the ground there. and then of course want to figure out just what's going on, whether these are indeed microwave attacks or espionage efforts or some sort of sonic wave incidents that we have seen across capitals across the globe, and many u.s. officials believe that russia is behind these. no proof of that. moscow has denied it. >> jonathan lemire, thank you so much for your great white house reporting. really quickly, one red sox question, i'm wondering, should matt barnes and martin perez should they be air lifted to say, springfield, massachusetts, just for the safety of the red sox and the standings? >> i'm not sure i would authorize the use of american military force to save them considering their performances the last two days. sox have put up two wins that were so ugly they felt like losses. we of course fought further behi

personnel reportedly ha to be evacuated from hanoi over the weekend where the u.s. embassy in vietnam says they conducted a careful assessment of the situation involving the vice president's trip and the vice president harris will be traveling to hanoi later on tonight. so it's been happening in havana , washington, d.c., and now hanoi. >> we will watch the developing story as well. resident bindings 90 day investigation into the origin nations of corvette came into end today. he could be brief today, when will the rest of us be able to see what the investigators foun outbred. >> briefing on capitol hill as members of congress get updated on the situation in afghanistan but did the congress get the answers they wanted? we will have a congressman weight and on that next. on america's most reliable 5g network. like 2 lines of unlimited for just $27.50 a line. only at t-mobile. eat news for veteran homeowners. newday's refi rate is the lowest in their history. two and a quarter percent. just 2.48 apr. one call can save you thousands every year. and it's easy. there's n

her flight was delayed after an incident involving a staffer in hanoi. havana syndrome attacks can cause unexplained headaches, dizziness and memory loss investigating 130 cases involving americans worldwide. some researchers say targeted microwave energy is the most likely cause. >>> one person is dead and two others injured after a dump truck crashed off a highway and into two apartment buildings in anaheim, california. the man who was killed was in his bed at the time and was pushed by the truck into another building. authorities are looking into whether the driver suffered a medical emergency or was under the influence. >> time now for a look at your wednesday weather. >>> severe storms triggered flash flooding around chicago. the strong winds and heavy rains also knocked out power to about 29,000 customers. in florida several waterspouts were seen off the coast of the th sked chagis aching na beyste y most of the country is under clear skies. looking at today's highs, 80s and 90s along much of the east coast and across the southeast but cooler along

over the world of this still mysterious ailment three hours late, vice president harris arrived in hanoi where we are told she will be carrying out her full schedule. >>> a major victory for president biden's domestic agenda the house voted along party lines to move forward with a $3.5 trillion budget resolution. speaker nancy pelosi broke a stalemate with centrist democrats by promising a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure vote by september 27e budget re the biggesn of the american social safety net in decades. republicans oppose the spending and the proposed tax increases to pay for it. >> the house also passed a sweeping voting rights bill named after the late civil rights congressman john lewis. the bill would fight restrictive voting laws passed in states like texas and georgia >>> after discrepancies by tennessee officials, the flooding death toll is now down from 22 to 18. and the search continues for three who are still missing. residents are assessing damage from the devastating storm with more than 270 homes destroyed. and at least 160 facing major damage president biden has