. >> during the recent visit we spoke with heather marie the author of beyond contacts about the shift in gender roles in american and vietnamese cultures following the vietnam war. >> the name of my book is beyond combat, women and gender in the vietnam era. i wanted to write this boo

. >> during the recent visit we spoke with heather marie the author of beyond contacts about the shift in gender roles in american and vietnamese cultures following the vietnam war. >> the name of my book is beyond combat, women and gender in the vietnam era. i wanted to write this book because as i read the works that have already been written about the vietnam war and as i read contemporary accounts of the war, the presidential documents, media coverage of the war, memoirs, those sort of things, i realized that women themselves were absent from these stories. the

. >> during the recent visit we spoke with heather marie the author of beyond contacts about the shift in gender roles in american and vietnamese cultures following the vietnam war. >> the name of my book is beyond combat, women and gender in the vietnam era. i wanted to write this book because as i read the works that have already been written about the vietnam war and as i read contemporary accounts of the war, the presidential documents, media coverage of the war, memoirs, those sort of things, i realized that women themselves were absent from these stories. the ideas about women and gender were central so for example, the ways in which an american president or policymaker referred to vietnam as she. the american man that is going out to bring democracy and spread american foreign-policy. all of these issues were tied into gender so no one knew what the vietnam story would look like if we put women and is gendered ideas at the center of the story. they are at the star the start e vietnam war and maybe 1% of them were women. they also served the next biggest number in the army corps

heather: statue of the virgin mary surviving fire among fire of three homes.hree homes near crirps. >> some may blame god. some may blame the hurricane. the only thing stand were holy things. todd: the statue's survival is a sign they can make it through. heather: yes, they can. "fox & friends" starts now. >> my thoughts and prayers for those affect by hurricane harvey. nothing can defeat the unbreakable spirit of texas and louisiana. >> harrowing and heart wrenching situation unfolding in houston. todd: shutting down highways and byways and turning them into waterways. >> i have been in law enforcement for 28 years and this is the worst i have ever seen. >> i'm still breathing. >> i love this town. i love these people. excuse me. >> people stuck in their homes. got to look out for everybody. >> you see people pulling together and hpi

host: mary from south carolina , theoned heather heyer 32-year-old woman who died in the violence introt's will -- in charlottesville. says she will not talk to president trump here's the story from "the new york times." thisuote that she gave was -- another tweet here -- let's go to mount pleasant, texas. we have lee on the phone. caller: they need to give him a chance. host: what do you see as the president's greatest opposition? caller: the republican party. do you recommend a course of action for the next 3.5 years? to, signaave executive orders. host: oklahoma. we have billy on the line. caller: good morning. i agree completely with the last person that was on there. biggesthting the opponent any politician has ever had with his own party against them. he can't maintain a majority. the thing about this interview thing -- i've been sitting here listening to this while i been on hold. everything that's been on here that influenced this c-span has been from the liberal side -- yet, you ask the people you're interviewing whether they are republican or not. i don't think that is fair. a

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marie green. president trump condemned racists during a white supremcy. some gathered outside the hotel where the president is staying and heather is with us this morning.orirst te since the inauguration president trump came back to his hometown and he was greeted with protesters many aligned here on ft the president arrived at his new york city home last night outside of trump tower. it was one of several demonstrations around the country denouncing this weekend's rally in charlottesville, virginia during which white supremacists clashed with counterprotesters leaving one person dead. >> i cannot stand for nazis in my country. i want anyone who lives here to feel safe. >> reporter: the man w charlottesville is according to friends someone who admires hitler. he appeared in court monday officially charged with injuring 19 and in the death of the 32-year-old heather heyer. >> i'm extremely proud of my daughter. i'm extremely proud that she stood for what she believed in. >> reporter: criticism for not immediately condem aning s peciftfi dcally o ofsupremacy grayoups ds id so o monday. >> racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and

heather: shane pruitt and his wife casey showing off the baby girl that they named kelsey marie.by birth and two by adoption. todd: this is not the bad. the tom brady wax figure at new museum in boston. the figure just unveiled getting panned online. one thing both can agree on not as infamous as this courtroom sketch. heather: riot over chick-fil-a over cold nuggets. todd: "fox & friends" begins right now. heather: bye. >> the trump administration took a big step today toward fulfilling a central campaign promise by endorsing immigration reform bill. >> this competitive application process will favor applicants who will speak english, financially support themselves and their families, and demonstrate skills that will contribute to our economy. >> we bring over a million immigrants into this country a year. that's like adding the population of montana every single year. >> the bill would sharply he

marie. hundreds of people peacefully gathered last night at the university of virginia singing spirituals and holding a moment of silence. this, of course, followed a memorial earlier in the day for heathereyer who was hit and killed with a car over the weekend. organizers last night, though, they were cautious, primarily communicating over the phone or through private messages out of fear that white supremacists might also show up. ♪ and the home of the brave hundreds gathered wednesday evening at the university of virginia for a candlelight vigil denouncing the violence and racism that was on display over the weekend in charlottesville. >> we just don't want this anger and hate in our town. >> being here tonight was a way of really reclaiming the city. >> protests continue throughout the country. this one outside trump tower in new york was organized the by a jewish group. even in santiago, chile, clvs a show of solidarity in charlottesville. here in d.c., the condemnation of president trump from democrats and republicans continues in light of his comments blaming both sides for the violence the in charlottesville. >> the president speaks for himself. the klan is evil. >> republican se

mary bruce. >> reporter: inside that packed memorial, a mother, grieving and defiant. >> they tried to kill my child to shut her up. well, guess what. you just magnified her. >> reporter: in the days since heather was killed, president trump has spoken out. but not to the mother susan. for the first time, she explains why. >> this is new territory for you and for this to so tragically happen and bring your daughter and your family into the spotlight and people reaching out, including, we understand that president trump has reached out. have you talked to him directly yet? >> i have not and now i will not. at first i just missed his calls. the call, the first call looked like actually came during the funeral. i didn't even see that message. there were three more frantic messages from press secretaries throughout the day and i didn't know why that would have been on wednesday and i was home recovering from the exhaustion of the funeral. and so i thought, well, i'll get to him later. so i hadn't really watched the news until last night. and i'm not talking to the president now. i'm sorry. after what he said about my child and it's not that i saw somebody else's tweets about him. i saw an actual cl

. >> marie: in my previous life before i got to fox, i was the state department spokesperson who briefed at the podium everyday and the person who does not now is heatherormer fox colleague. there she has. that's from her briefing today, much of it was on north korea. my one more thing is it's a really tough job. it's a very demanding one and she is by far the best spokesperson the administration has and they are not using her enough. >> greg: i agree. >> marie: she spent all of today -- i watched the briefing. try to make sense of a really competent issue for an administration that hasn't always made sense on foreign policy. >> greg: >> jesse: wow, you werg so well. >> marie: i know, we always talk about how this administration needs some help and they have a gem. it down the street at the state department, my old job. they should give her more. >> greg: you know what else we have common with her? both on "the five." she was in for you, once. she did a great job, by the way. we didn't even do miss you. [laughter] >> kimberly: she loves foreign policy and national security. >> greg: kimberly, i have "one more thing." greg's greatest of all time. otherw