john lang told me the same thing. they both passed now from agent orange. is the last of my vietnam brothers. i'm the sole living person left of that group. it took that. it took somebody else to say i cannot sleep. what is going on? -- wears, we would not would stay in touch, but we would not be talking. if i picked up the phone and called them, it was like, my gosh, it was yesterday that we finished a conversation. it was like we had never been apart for that many years. this is the way it was with us. horrendousoming was because, especially for john lang and for phil sleet. these were west point graduates who had been generations of west point graduates. john's family, his great-grandfather was a west point graduate. is a long line of military families. all these guys expected something more than what they got when they came home. so it was really tough for them. but then my other friends who came out of the cornfields of iowa, they expected maybe not a parade, but maybe they expected their family or their community to understand. by the time they came h

because -- especially for john lang and for phil sleet. these west point graduates who had been generations of west point graduates -- john's family -- i mean, his great, great grandfather was a west point graduate. it was a long line of military families. and all of these guys expected something more than what they got when they came home. so it was really tough for them. but then, my other friends, who came out of the corn fields of iowa, they expected maybe not a parade, but maybe they expected their family or their community to understand. but by the time they came home, the sentiments had turned against the vietnam war. and you had people who were protesting the war which look, i agree, because i did, too. you hate war. you love the warrior. they didn't start this damn war, i kept saying to myself. why are they -- i don't get it. and it's true. even today. you hate the war, but you love the warrior. well, the differences between the way the vietnam veteran was treated and now the iraq/afghanistan veterans are treated is like night and

lang thesefor john west point graduates who would of west point graduates. , his great great grandfather west point graduate. a long line of military families. all of these guys expected something more than what they got from the came home. it was very tough for them. my other friend came out of the cornfields of iowa. paradepected maybe not a that something with their family and the community. home theime they came sentiments had turned against the vietnam war. you have people who were protesting the war who said look i agree because i did too. but you hate war. you love the warrior. they didn't start the dam war. i don't get it. even today. you love the warrior. waydifferences between the the vietnam veteran was treated and now the iraqi afghanistan veterans are treated. it is like night and day. all you vietnam veterans in this room. you deserve to stand up and take a big bow because it was because of you. [applause] [applause] joe klein: any iraqi afghanistan veterans, you join them. one of the reasons i decided to write another book about veterans was because the experience was so d

john out in vegas. i was abruptly led to you. put it in perspective. it looked rough. you heard from roberta lange that chairs were thrown, terrible language was used against barbara boxer. >> many eyewitnesss who saw that, i was there for the barbara boxer incident. it was something to watch. they were creaming at us. they blocked her from being on the big screen with a big bernie sign. she tried to joust with them. you've been to dozens of these. i've been to way too many. there's always passions. there's arguments over rules. people and allegations that the chair is biassed. the bottom line is that they got out organized. the sanders folks got out organized by the clinton folks. they left almost 500 delegate slots unfilled. they lost. they were determined to make an issue of that. really, it's the issue you were bas talking about earlier of what happened to this. is this a harbinger of what happens. toward november it's not going to be any unified democratic party. >> what do you make of the role played by the bernie sanders official leaders. there were national campaign operatives. she was up

so john, at the end of the day, had there been a head count, had they just, had roberta lang decide toount from the floor, would it have changed the outcome? >> well, yeah, let's throw aside all of the stuff that the sanders campaign is putting on about the unfairness of the rules, et cetera. if they had taken the time to do that, to take a head count, they still would have lost. but the key point you just brought up is what everyone seems to forget. the sanders folks could have won that convention easily if they had taken advantage of what they did at the county conventions. they essentially had reversed what happened at the caucus on february 20th that harry reid referred to when hillary won the state by five points. all they had to do was get their people there. none of this would have been impossible. i have to tell you, one other thing people are forgetting, harry reid said this to you, is that he was intent despite having endorsed hillary clinton, to make sure this was a fair process. not just because he wanted to be fair to bernie sanders, but because harry reid is very worried

lang, the chair of the democratic party, has been essentially stalked by phone. has had to endure unacceptable feedback through violence and intimidation. >> correspondents and guests to break it down. let's begin with joe johns. good morning, joe. >> good morning, carol. so far, no hint from the sanders or clinton campaigns that are there any discussions underway to try to come together. after a primary night that brought hillary clinton closer than ever to the number of delegates needed to clinch the democratic nomination, she now needs just 89. as the focus turns to the california primary on june 7th this morning, bernie sanders will be at the fair grounds in san jose. last night, he held a huge rally from los angeles county and gave every indication he flans plans fight it out until the last vote is counted. >> we won a great victory in the state of washington a few months ago. we just won oregon. and we're going to win california. i am getting to like the west coast. >> last night, sanders really did not layout for his supporters how steep a climb it would actually be for him to get the nomination. hillary clinton, for her part, has just about started turning her full attention to donald trump and the re