caller: first of all, i want to thank ken burns.e is doing a fantastic job, not only addressing vietnam, but i followed him with the civil war, black baseball, etc., etc. in my experience as a 21-year-old in 1964, i enlisted in the u.s. army basically believing that i would be sent to vietnam. fate intervened and i was sent to korea instead of vietnam. every other class was sent to vietnam. the class in between was sent someplace else. i served in the seventh infantry division in korea. but i did follow vietnam very closely. and i was young, naive, and wanted to serve my country, and that is why i enlisted. but at any rate, i made e5 fairly quickly because i was in great shape. exercised, the whole nine yards. when i got out, i went to college in 1967. at that point i was really following vietnam and i was in my sophomore year when the tet offensive occurred. what i did is i started researching how we got into vietnam and our involvement. i think the real untold story of vietnam is the beginning of our involvement in vietnam, which

caller: well, first of all, i want to thank ken burns. he is doing a fantastic job, not only with vietnam, but i followed him with the civil war, black baseball, etc. -- in mysaid i experience, in 1964, i enlisted in the u.s. army, basically believing that would be sent to vietnam. was sentrvened and i to korea instead of vietnam. every other class was sent to vietnam, and the class in between was sent someplace else. i served in the seventh infantry division in korea, but i did follow vietnam very closely and i was young. naive. i wanted to serve my country, and that is what i enlisted. i am 85 -- i made it fairly quickly because i was in great shape, exercised, so when i got out, i went to college. at that time, i was falling vietnam and i was in my sophomore year when the offensive occurred. what i did is i started researching how we got into vietnam and our involvement. i think the real untold story of vietnam is the beginning of our involvement in vietnam, which dated back to 1942. i think that is the real untold story. if people wan

the spirited discussion and strident critiques surrounding the recent ken burns documentary on vietnam tell us that these are not mere his tore graphical debates and this is a teachable moment of our nation to come with the reckoning of the costs of making war. second and equally important for me personally this event demonstrates that the u.s. army is a learning organization committed to interrogating its past in the pursuit of a more effective future force. we will continue this process in march with the meleicism posium with the army's judge advocate general and the center for army general at west point. as i listen to mr. ferriero talk about the exhibit and the tet artifacts contained in it, i had a moment to think about another fringe benefit of my charge which was memories of the museum and archives those items with direct relations to tet. if you attend the police corps museum you'll see a jeep in the mp corps museum, and that jeep is present in many of the iconic photos about -- that deticket the fighting around the u.s. embassy in saigon. that jeep carried the military police

stanton, "the odyssey," and lynn novak, whose most recent project was the 10 part documentary with ken burns, "the vietnam war." :30ch on sunday, 830 eastern. announcer: earlier today, president trump met with crew members and passengers of southwest airlines flight 1380, the flight where the pilot was forced to make emergency landing in philadelphia after an engine failed. one passenger died in the accident. here is a look. pres. trump: some incredible people behind me. i want to say that i am honored to have the heroic crew and passengers of southwest flight 1380 at the white house today. i also want to thank the secretary for doing an incredible job. for her leadership, thank you very much. really fantastic job, in so many ways. while im in route from new york, they were, they were -- a

susan: you are here did participate in a panel on the ken burns series. you referenced that earlier. i'm sure many people watching us saw that as well. one of the things i read, and you reference this, the reliance on the oral histories and not involving academic historians. what are the pluses and minuses of that in your estimation and -- estimation in telling the good on story? professor bradley i think as : much as we would like to think we can have that credit influence on the general public, i'm not sure we do. >> human academic historians -- you mean academic experience? -- you mean academic historians? [laughter] present bradley perhaps it's : more compelling of a way to tell up and we could do. they are just absolutely brilliant interviews. one of the things with historians is you would not get a balanced. -- i think you get a sense it was particularly balanced in the end. it really did represent a very strong critique of american involvement in vietnam during that period of time. one way burns does it is using the presidential tapes. he does it f

caller: first of all, i wanted to thank ken burns. not doing a fantastic job only with vietnam, but i followed him with the civil war, black baseball, etc., etc.. in my experience as a 21-year-old in 1964, i listed in the u.s. army basically believing that i would be sent to vietnam. fate intervened and i was sent to korea instead. every other class was sent to vietnam. the class in between was sent someplace else. i served in the seventh infantry division in korea. but i did follow vietnam very closely. i was young. i had wanted to serve my country and that is why i enlisted. i was identified quickly. i was in great shape, exercising, the whole nine yards. at that time i was really following them the whole year when the tet offensive occurred. researching how we got into vietnam and our involvement. it's the beginning of our involvement in vietnam, which dated back to 1942. that's the real untold story. if people wanted to understand vietnam, they had to understand the cause and effect of how we got into vietnam. host: thank you for

caller: well, first of all, i want to thank ken burns.e is doing a fantastic job, not only with vietnam, but i followed him with the civil war, black baseball, etc. -- in mysaid i experience, in 1964, i enlisted in the u.s. army, basically believing that would be sent to vietnam. was sentrvened and i to korea instead of vietnam. every other class was sent to vietnam, and the class in between was sent someplace else. i served in the seventh infantry division in korea, but i did follow vietnam very closely and i was young. naive. i wanted to serve my country, and that is what i enlisted. i am 85 -- i made it fairly quickly because i was in great shape, exercised, so when i got out, i went to college. at that time, i was falling vietnam and i was in my sophomore year when the offensive occurred. what i did is i started researching how we got into vietnam and our involvement. i think the real untold story of vietnam is the beginning of our involvement in vietnam, which dated back to 1942. i think that is the real untold story. if people want

most recentwhose project with ken burns was a 10 part documentary, "the vietnam war." turmoil68: america in on c-span's washington journal and c-span3. next on american history tv, university of illinois professor adrian burgos talks about the history of race and baseball in america. this 15 minute interview was recorded at the american historical association annual meeting in washington, d.c. historical association annual susan: adrian burgos is teaching history in a specialty that people may not think of as a historian subject. baseball. thank you for being with us. you have written baseball is essential to the hispanic experience in history. adrian: baseball provides an identity for many, especially coming from cuba to puerto rico, venezuela, it goes back to the 19th century. in some cases, for cubans, before there was even cuba as a nation, there was baseball. that helps consolidate their sense of identity. baseball, what makes it unique for latinos is that we are the first group of immigrants to the united states that came with baseball. baseball was not a means o

offensive, and the battle to survive the vietnam war," and if no maker whose most recent project with ken burns was a 10-part documentary "the vietnam war." watch live sunday at 8:30 eastern on c-span cost "washington journal" and on american history tv on c-span3. mayormer philadelphia frank rizzo in the concerns of white middle-class voters is the topic of the interview coming up next. american history tv was at the organization of american historians' annual meeting in sacramento, california, where we spoke with officer timothy lobato, who compares enzo politics in the 1970's to today's lyrical climate. this is about 20 minutes. -- to today's political climate. this is about 20 minutes. lombardo is avat professor of history. what is the premise of your book? the premisembardo: is a way to look at changes in working middle-class politics in the 1960's and 1970's. i used frank rizzo, a key figure in the city in that era

lynn: for ken burns and myself and our colleagues who work on the film, we had the privilege of spending 10 years listening to people tell us their stories, both in america and vietnam. one of the things that was profound for me was that i made four trips to vietnam over the course of the project, and talking to veterans and civilians, there is a lot of unfinished business in vietnam. their country is still unreconciled about what happened during the war and who is responsible and whether it is worth the cost. even though on the winning side they have the pride of victory, it is still an enormously painful and difficult subject. the willingness to be present and hear each other's stories. the vietnamese people who have seen our film -- it has been translated into vietnamese and is streaming there -- it is opening up a conversation there that they haven't had as well. i think it speaks to a fundamental human need to know ourselves and each other before we can really go anywhere. my life has been changed by the privilege of hearing sony different stories of here was on -- of heroism and sa

joining us to talk about that is a book,nton, author of and a filmmaker whose most recent project with ken burns was the 10-part documentary "the vietnam war." watch live sunday on 8:30 eastern on "washington journal" and on american history tv on c-span3. now a conversation about the conversation -- about the potential for russia and other adversaries to hack u.s. elections. we will hear from officials from former administrations about cyber threats and the response capabilities of the u.s. government. >> welcome, everybody. for those of you who have not been on the campus before, i encourage you to walk around and take in the beauty of the canvas. some other day. sick around for our panelists. i got a little feedback from the mike. panelck around for our ist. the question i get is how worried should we be. and on cyber security, the answer really always for me is you can never worry too

>> woodruff: ken burns had a lot more to say about race relations then and now. oyou can find that and mo our website, pbs.org/newshour. >> woodruff: finally, we turn to another installment of our weekly brief but spectacular series. tonight, author and astrophysicist, neil degrasse tyson. for more than two decades, he has rved as director of the hayden planetarium in his home town of new york city. tyson's last book, "astrophysics for people in a hurry," is availle now. >> what i think actually happened, was that the universe chose me. i know that's not a very scientific sentence, but that's what it felt like the universe said, "come, neil join us." and yeah, i never looked back, ck at earth. i kept looking up i was starstruck at age nine. a visit to my local planetarium,. having been born in the bronx, i thought i knew how many stars there were in the night sky, about a dozen. then you go into the dome of the planetarium and then thousands of stars come out. i just thought it was a hoax. by age 11 i had an answer to that annoying question adults always ask chil

echo company: the battle to survive the vietnam war," and a filmmaker who had a recent project with ken burnse 10 part documentary "th vietnam ware." watch "1968: america in turmoil" live sunday at 8:30 eastern on c-span's washington journal and on american history tv on c-span3. >> the peace foundation usa -- kawa's foundation usa held their annual security form in washington dc. the event included keynote remarks by the new japanese ambassador to the u.s., who discussed the u.s. japan alliance, international trade, north korea's nuclear program, and the proposed meeting between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-il -- kim jong-un. >> good morning, everyone. how are you doing? jim.ted to, my name is asak foundation

headlines. ,oining us to talk about that doug stanton, and a filmmaker whose recent project with ken burns was a 10-part documentary "the vietnam war." watch live sunday at 8:30 eastern on c-span's "washington journal" and on american history tv on c-span3. >> this weekend, on american history tv, the vietnam helicopter pilot and crew member monument is dedicated at arlington national cemetery. here is a preview of the ceremony. bob, for the kind introduction. the leadership that you and your team have provided in bringing us together in the nation's to this hallowed place on holy ground. is a place that houses the remains of over 400,000 of our nation's heroes, from presidents to privates, all who committed themselves and their lives to maintain and preserve our nation's security and independence won by our forefathers. what a beautiful day and what a beautiful setting for us to memorialize our comrades in arms . paying our respects and tribute to their sacrifices during the which is always known as the helicopter war. over 12,000 helicopters -- army, navy, air force, marine corps -- carr

documentary "unforgivable blackness" tells the story of jack johnson and was directed by filmmaker ken burns, who joins us now on skype. ken, thanks so much for being here. you are one of those who were adcating for thisardon. what's your reaction now that it's a fact? >> thiis the right thing to do, and i'm just so happy that john mccain, who really led us through a decade and a lf in this, is going to live to hear about it. so'm very, very thrilled at this posthumous pardon and you have to understand it may be, in the only third posthumous pardon, all african-americans, which tells you a little bit about race in america. m >> ytioned john mccain. what about the man who actually signed the pardon, president trump? >> well, you know, to me, this is something we have been add vo advocating for an awfully long time. it's very interesting johnson's private life as you described was quite controersial and involved not just marrying and sleeping with whomevetor he wand but also involved charges of violence, domestic violence. so there are some interesting things. the most important tng, i think,

and i've told ken burns that and also lynn novak. and i've known 'em for about eight years now. so with that, we'd like to open the floor to questions. i would ask you to raise your hand and i would ask you to wait until they get you a microphone. you can address it to the whole panel or an individual as you see fit. in the front here please. wait, we'll get you -- i'm sorry. we already got you one. >> i have a question about our initial involvement. there was a treaty that southeast asia treaty organization. and i'm wondering did we have to honor that -- i believe it dealt with protection -- defense protection in southeast asia to prevent communist overtaking. what involvement did the treaty organization have with our -- >> south vietnam was not a signatory and it was an associated member. it was used loosely in the beginning. it really wasn't. it was primarily united states, australia, thailand and i forget, new zealand and i think the philippines off the top of my head. lou please. >> thank you. i won't ask them if they had gotten any nursing care and how good or bad it was.

most recentwhose project with ken burns was a 10 part documentary, "the vietnam war." turmoil68: america in on c-span's washington journal and c-span3. next on american history tv, university of illinois professor adrian burgos talks about the history of race and baseball in america. this 15 minute interview was recorded at the american

offensive and the epic battle to survive the vietnam war, and a filmmaker whose most recent project with ken burns -- the 10 partrt documentary, the vietnam war. at 8:30 eastern on c-span's washington journal and american history tv on c-span3. a look at the trump administration's policy agenda with scott pace from the to counsel. innovationks about within the space satellite industry. institute.dson this is about 40 minutes. i want to thank you for the extraordinary effort you put into launching this at the hudson institute. he serves on numerous federal advisory boards at the departments of state and commerce and played a critical role in moving satellites off of red list, an important thing for this institute. the hudson institute is a think to globalated engagement for a secure, free and prosperous leadership. to american leadership is technological leadership and that is core to our mission. our founder was a great visionary, and saw the interaction between strategy, technology and demography as critical in shaping the future, in ways that nearsighted analysts couldn't imagine. we do signific

way, ken burns' pa rtner behind that vietnam war cap miniseries will be with us. guest: i would say to photojournalism done by the wayside, it has not. there are still photographers on the front lines of history every single day. and example i used earlier was the meeting of north and south, going back and forth across the line on the dmz in korea. there is a good example of an image. photographers are out shining light in the corners of the world that people need to see. delusion be some because everybody is a photographer now, but not everybody is a professional photographer. not everyone is taking risks, putting their lives on the line to report the truth, which is the way i look at it. i think it is alive and well. as you were saying, it is a different world from your newspapers or television. you can get it from a lot of different angles. host: marvin kalb, your reaction to the cover story of life , 1968,e, june 14 following the assassination of robert kennedy. what does this image tell you? guest: that image, photo by bill that init says to me family,e poor

i wondered if you caught ken burns's recent documentary and if that brought back memories for you? >> all the vietnam veterans i have talked to about the documentary are deeply disappointed. when we talk about vietnam, that means nothing to most of you folks. you do not remember it the way we were treated when we came home. the baby killers and all the horrible things they said about the vietnam veterans. i wrote a book about it. horrible hit job on the vietnam veterans. the way he did it was, you have all heard the phrase dammed with praise where you take a credibility bite from the opposite side of your preordained narrative. he does that in this documentary. this so-called documentary. it is not a fair treatment of the vietnam veteran. in my judgment and the judgment of the vietnam veterans i have been with an talked to since the documentary came out. i can go on and on about it. i guess that is enough said. you are with my son. he was a mess, right? he made it though. he made it through west point. that is the key. that is what i tell every young academy person. we speak to the

joining us are doug stanton, athor of a book, and filmmaker who's most recent project with ken burns wwas the n --entary "the vietnam war." wacth "1968: america in turmoil" this weekend. are inay morning we lincoln nebraska for the capitals tour. the gov. will be on starting 9:45am eastern. professor has a book about free speech and the first ammendment. at our table this morning, dean strossen, former desk nadine strossen, former aclu president and author of this book "hate: why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship." what is hate speech? guest: there is no specific definition that the supreme court has ever validated. the supreme court has consistently said we may never suppress speech merely because some people, even the overwhelming majority of people, believe its message to be hateful. last summer, the supreme court upheld the right of an american rock musician to choose what many people saw as a he speech term as the name of his fans, namely the slants. it is up to us as a society to hatefule what speech is and we choose to ignore and which we choose to listen to

for the two vietnam veterans, i'm curious if you caught can burn' -- caught ken burns' recent vietnam documentary. >> you didn't see it? >> all the vietnam veterans that i talked to about that documentary are deeply disappointed. when we talk about vietnam, it means nothing to folks around here. you don't remember the way we were treated when we came home and all the horrible things they said about the vietnam veteran. i wrote a book about it. horrible,-- it was a horrible kind of a hatchet job on the vietnam veteran. you all heard the phrase damned fake praise, where you take something from your preordained narrative to make it look objective. he does that in this so-called documentary. it is not a fair treatment of veteran in my and judgment of the vietnam veterans i have been with and talks to since this documentary came out. i could go on and on about it. i guess that is enough said. casey.e with my son he was a mess, right? [laughter] he made it though, through west point. that was the key. we speak to the ones in texas every year going to the economies. -- to the academy. and ju

filmmaker lynn novak whose most recent project with ken burns was the 10 part documentary, the vietnam war. watch 1968, american in turmoil and on american history tv on c-span3. >> next, on the presidency. we hear about dolley madison's political talents, and the working partnership she forged with her husband to create a sense of personal and political excitement during their white house years. the president and ceo of the montpelier foundation, she recalls dolley's life and time, and her political successes. the virginia museum of history and culture, and james madison's and montpelier hosted this event. it is 50 minutes. >> today's lecture is cosponsored by our friends at james madison's montpelier. with us to talk about the home's most famous female occupant is the president and ceo of montpelier and the montpelier foundation. she is the first of the women to oversee all aspects of the historic site. under her leadership, montpelier has become an absolute

for the two vietnam veterans, i wondered if you caught ken burns' recent documentary and if that right back memories for you and what you thought of his treatment of the war. >> you didn't see it? >> all the vietnam veterans that i talked to about that documentary are deeply disappointed. when we talk about vietnam, it means nothing to folks around here. you don't remember the way we were treated when we came home and the baby killers and all the horrible things they said about the vietnam veteran. working, i wrote a book about it. the thing -- it was a horrible, horrible kind of a hatchet job job ont job, a hatchet the vietnam veteran. you all heard the phrase damned with faint praise, where you take a credibility bite from someone on the opposite side of your preordained narrative to make it look like you are objective. he does that in this so-called documentary. it is not a fair treatment of the vietnam veteran in my judgment and judgment of the vietnam veterans i have been with and talked to since this documentary came out. i could go on and on about it. i guess that is enough said

not in 20 minutes, as ken burns famously reported in his pbs documentary, but rather in a single morning in cold harbor. it was not that grant would have continued the work of a -- would not have continued the work of slaughter, haley assured , it was that officers within the ranks refused to budge. we were tired of charging earthworks. in the coming weeks, men would come to refer to this reluctance to charge works as cold harbor syndrome. and all rest assured that the homefront too was experiencing its own case of "cold harbor syndrome." that was hardly a jolt of confidence for abraham lincoln course, is standing for reelection against the backdrop of this grisly campaign. our bleeding, bankrupt, almost --ng country, horace greeley the editor of the new york tribune, wrote -- longs for peace, shudders at the prospect scriptures, of further wholesale devastations, of the new rivers of human blood. so persuaded was lincoln with editorial pages like that, that he was going to lose his bid for reelection, that in late august, he and a memorandum where he cabinets members to sign blindly. th

burn --0 minutes as can as ken burns famously reported in his documentary, but rather in a single morning. it was not that grant would have continued the work of a slaughter, tailey assured, it was that officers and men in the ranks, refused to budge anymore. we were tired of charging earthworks. in the coming weeks, men would come to refer to this reluctance to charge as cold harbor syndrome. and all rest assured that the home front was experiencing its own case of cold harbor center. and that was hardly a jolt of confidence for abraham lincoln who is standing for reelection. against the backdrop of this grisly campaign. bleeding, bankrupt, almost die in country, horace greeley, the editor of the new york ,ribune wrote, longs for peace shudders at the prospect of fresh inscriptions, a further wholesale -- devastations come of new rivers of human blood. lincoln withwas editorial pages like that, that he was going to lose his bid for late august,at in he penned a memorandum that he asked his candidate members to sign blindly, they were not permitted to read the contents of the memo, this i

doug suton, on the battle to survive the vietnam war, and filmmaker, lynn novak, whose project with ken burns was a ten-part documentary, the vietnam war. watch 1968 america in turmoil. live sunday at 8:30 eastern on c-span's washington journal. >> congress back from the week-long recess on monday '. the u.s. house will take up legislation to speed up the process for nuclear waste storage at yucca mountain in nevada, and an hearing to turn over a rule on auto loans. the senate is confirmed 15 of president trump ruffle's circuit court knock nyes and when congress back in session next week you can see the house live on c-span, and the senate live here on c-span 2.

he was involved in the original fight of the century and according to the biographer ken burns some years ago at one point he was in this country for the better part of more than a decade, the most famous and the most infamous black person there was. so anyway, we'll get back to more of that in a moment. but right to the news of the day. victor cha, he had been a candidate to be ambassador to south korea at one point. and cara lee with me also. of course an nbc news national political reporter. always good to have you. victor, let me start with you. this cancellation coming just two days after president trump meets with south korea's president. do we think at this point that south korea had any idea that president trump was going to cancel this thing? >> my guess is that they didn't. the decision to meet with the north korean leader by president as you know happened when the south korean national security adviser was in washington, d.c. and i think they were surprised by president trump agreeing to meet. and i think that they were equally surprised by his decision to cancel. i mean one th

filmmaker lin novak whose most recent project with ken burns was the 10 part documentary the vietnamar. watch 1958 america and turmoil live sunday at 830 -- 8:30 eastern and on american history tv on c-span3. tonight on lectures in history. sam houston's state university professor brian matthew jordan teaches a class of the civil war's overland campaign which took place in virginia in 1864 and pitted forces of ulysses grant against the forces of robert e. lee. here is a preview. begin battle is about to at the mill shoe. , -- a frontal assault it would continue for 22 and a half uninterrupted hours. at once the most surreal but savage combat the civil war would ever know. a half next 22 and hours, on average in this tiny space, on average one man fell dead or wounded every four second. 22 and a half hours. to convey a sense of the intensity of the small arms fire musketrylvania, the chopped down a note tree 20 inches in diameter. on display at the civil war museum of american history. what's the intent -- >> watch the entire program tonight on american history tv only on c-span three

. >> my question, ken burns correctly said the park surface is america's best. if we think about holistic and thoughtful conservation, the staggering population growth of the world is problematic in terms of conservation. experiments addressing population growth have been problematic. population limitation, is there a need to decrease skyrocketing billions of people growth, what are realistic options we can do in a sensible way? >> should we listen population growth? is that the question? >> sure. >> okay, yes, and by continuing fallout improving the economic, health and general living standards of the populations of the united states and every other country, what we want to see happen to the world because when people get healthier, especially, dramatically, has been shown, when women get any kind of economic independence, and arcade on the side of the street somewhere and one of these developing countries, cities, first rate plummets. women, it turns out, i am not an expert, turns out prefer a small number of quality children gambling with a number their husban

offensive and the epic battle to survive the vietnam war, and a filmmaker whose most recent project with ken burns -- the 10 partrt documentary, the vietnam war. at 8:30 eastern on c-span's washington journal and american history tv on c-span3. a look at the trump administration's policy agenda with scott pace from the to counsel. innovationks about within the space satellite industry.

our guests are doug stanton and filmmaker lynn novick, whose most recent project with ken burns was the ten-part documentary "the vietnam war." first, here's a cbs report on opposition to the war. >> war and specifically the war in vietnam, troubles all america. it troubles young people more, and the gap is greatest between college students and the rest of society. >> since the war in vietnam began to escalate in 1965, so did the growth of sds. >> a radical student of the university of colorado explains on

. >> hi, my name is ben, and my question is, first of all, i think ken burns correctly said that the u.s. park service is probably america's best idea. so i just wanted to thank you for that. >> it is. >> my question is for professor wilson. if we think about really holistic and thoughtful conservation, the staggering population growth in the world seems to be somewhat problematic in terms of conservation. and experiments with addressing population growth have been problematic. china's experimentation with population limitation has had a number of issues. so is there a need to decrease our skyrocketing billions of people growth, and if there is a need, what are some realistic options that we can do it in a sensible way? >> should we lessen population growth and how to do it, is that the question? >> >> sure. >> okay. yes and by continuing full out improving the economic and health and general living standards of the populations of the united states and every other country in turn. in other words, what we want to see happen to the world. because when people get healthier but especiall

ken burns documentary was shocking to me about 30 minutes into ken burns documentary on vietnam. trump's rise because there are a lot of guys that are sitting in vfw halls across america that saw the best and the brightest, know that vietnam was a disaster. kennedy hiroshi kennedy -- he's on the tape saying we can't win there but if i get out i'll lose the next election. johnson said the same thing, nixon said the same thing and 57,000 kids died because of. >> it so across the 50 years since then, across that span, there's been amazing technological improvements that have transformed our lives. the internet, the cell phones and everything like that. but it came at a cost and part of what i think you're talking about is the result of the improvements we've had. we have a generation of young kids who think this thing is a personal relationship. >> this was fun, thanks. >> thank you for coming. >> the book is "this word show." >> he already said it. >> the ratings are great. charlie le duff, thank you very much. >> the greatest politician in that book was james baker. the only guy t

i was talking about ken burns' documentary on vietnam and there was obviously remarkable work done byngs but it wasn't just lbj, it was jfk caught on tape saying they hate us in vietnam, we need to get out of there but i can't get out of there until after the election, nobody will reelect me if we don't. and you can take it through nixon as well. how did he deal with that? how did he grapple with that? >> the amazing thing is that in the fall of 1965, dick left the white house. here he was at the height of his power not only the "we shall overcome" speech, the great society speech, the howard university speech, he was the central policymaker, but he saw what vietnam even then was doing to domestic programs. >> in '65. >> he left in the fall of '65. he was considered a traitor by some people in the white house. then he started speaking out against the war and he eventually went to work for mccarthy and then for bobby kennedy. that's conscious. he paid a price for it. people said you'll never be back in public life again. but that didn't matter to him. it wasn't that he saw early on wha

burning more than 500 acres. you can see all the smoke in the area...(ken) they're burning near byron...on grant line and mountain house roads in the altamont area... kron4's ali reid has more on the containment efforts. there was a series of seven wildfires burning in byron today.leaving an estimated 500 acres burnt.as of this hour it is 30 percent contained.word of the fires first came i around 1pm and quickly spread because of the heavy winds. according to fire officials, the fires burned the area between camino diablo and the alameda-contra costa county line,winds in the area are estimated at 20 to 30 mph, but being out here feels like the intensity of a hurricane the fire came extremely close to homes and we spotted at least one barn that was completely burned.so far this evening there are no reports of any injuries. reporting live from byron .. .ali reid ... kron 4 news lawrence karnow: it was much cooler today as temperatures dropped over 20 degrees from yesterdays highs. it is windy too bring cool air well inland. we are seeing a few showers on dopp

doug suton, on the battle to survive the vietnam war, and filmmaker, lynn novak, whose project with ken burns was a ten-part documentary, the vietnam war. watch 1968 america in turmoil. live sunday at 8:30 eastern on c-span's washington journal. >> congress back from the week-long recess on monday '. the u.s. house will take up legislation to speed up the process for nuclear waste storage at yucca mountain in nevada, and an hearing to turn over a rule on auto loans. the senate is confirmed 15 of president trump ruffle's circuit court knock nyes and when congress back in session next week you can see the house live on c-span, and the senate live here on c-span 2. >> now a conversation from the brookings institution on the trump presidency, political porlarization and the rise of populism. we'll larry from journalists, academies and former official width the clinton administration. [inaudible discussion] >> good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon, everyone. and welcome to brookings. we have a quite extraordinary panel and discussion for you today. we are cosponsoring this event. we have bright

and a filmmaker whose most recent project with ken burns was a 10 part documentary, "the vietnam war." watch 1968 "america in turmoil" sunday at 8:30 a.m. eastern on washington journal and on american history tv on c-span3. sunday on "q&a" on the 1968 -- apollo mission to the moon. >> i did not know until i talked to the astronauts what role the wives played. it was impossible to disregard, because that is all they talked about. all three believed without their wives, they could not have pulled this off. apollo looked like near certain death. it was rushed to the large craft it was done very quickly, and everything was for the first time. they needed families that were not just supportive, but that did not reveal to their husbands just how much they were suffering and how terrified they were. >> "q&a" sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> where history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washingt

filmmaker len projecthose most recent with ken burns was pbs' "the vietnam war." live thursday on the c-span networks at 11:00 a.m., the american enterprise institute hosts a forum on the 2018 farm bill. at 4:00 p.m., nasa engineers nexta briefing on the mission to mars. alantic 5 a.m. on c-span2, panel with prescription drug experts. and at noon, discussions on the air and nuclear agreement. announcer: coming up, the asylum process in the united states. at 5 a.m., our guest is joseph takovsky, looking at keys figures who shaped the u.s. constitution. and [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. isit ncicap.org] host: good morning. it's thursday, may 3, 2018. we begin this morning with former new york mayor and current trump lawyer rudy giuliani acknowledging on fox news last night that the president reimbursed attorney michael cohen for the $130,000 payment that he made to stormy daniels before the 2016 election. cohen said he ma

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oedly company," the 19 68 ted ffensive and epic battle to survive the vietnam war, and novek, with ken burns part documentary, war," watch 1968: merica in turmoil sunday 8:30 eastern on "washington journal" and on american history t.v. on secretary of state3. >> monday, on landmark cases, a punishment, greg v. georgia, in 1976, troy leon convicted armed robber and murderer challenged his death sentence. is case and four other capital punishment cases were considered by the court. the supreme court ruled against established stricter guidelines for states wishes to impose the death penalty. to discuss this case, capital nker, top punishment legal scholar and professor at harvard. against the death cases and a number of ent shriger, from the legal foundation advocating in favor f capital punishment, written briefs and death penalty cases before the supreme court. monday at 9rk cases eastern on c-span and join the conversation. landmark cases and follow us at c-span. our e have resources on website for background on each ase cht the "landmark cases" companion book, link to the national constitut

we saw ken burns documentary on vietnam. >> it's amazing how much happened. >> and we got to '68.ntary on 1968. you look at '68. you look at '69. you look at kent state. and then you hear people saying this is the worst it's ever been. you have to roll your eyes. >> you have to worry but it's not. >> now the question is when you watch the burns documentary, where are we? are we in '65? are we in '66? he certainly does. what is materially different between this era and that era is this -- we have never, ever and i mean ever seen a period in american history where the attacks on our institutions are coming from within. >> yep. >> from our elected officials, a complete and total abrogation of the constitutional responsibilities of the congress. >> things could crumble. >> of the oversight. we haven't seen that before. >> nixon in '73, '74, not a saint. >> no, no no. >> he had the plumbers. he wanted to go after the fbi. >> absolutely. he attempted to use the cia as a cover at one point to get the watergate investigation dismissed. that didn't work. nothing ultimately worked and he ha

how workers saved babies from burning daycare. (ken)and next: bay area palestinians rally after the recent move of the u-s embassy to jerusalemin an interview youll only see on kron 4... how the san francisco israeli consulate is reacting. ten at ten ♪ ♪ legendary jockey vÍctor espinoza is insatiable when it comes to competing. ♪ ♪ so is his horse. ♪ ♪ when it comes to snacking. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that's why he uses the chase mobile app, to pay practically anyone, at any bank. life, lived victor's way. chase. make more of what's yours. tonight at 10:30 - the latest developments at the gaza- israel border and the united nations.the u.n. security council is meeting over monday's deadly violence in gaza -- that happened as the u.s. opened its embassy in jerusalem.israeli troops killed at least sixty palestinians -- sparking global outrage -- and defiance from both israel and the u.s. both representatives to the u.n. made remarks during the meeting (ken)one day after dozens of palestinian protesters were killed along the gaza border, pro palestinian

burned in a backyard fire pit accident... got a second chance to attend her prom in illinois.(keneen two weeks since the explosion that caused serious burns over much of korryn bachner's face and hands. take a look. the 15-year- old's face is still covered in bandages. she was one of 12-young people injured. the serious injuries meant korryn would have to skip her high school prom, but her friends were having none of that. instead they brought the prom to her. her date decorated the basement... and friends stopped over before going to the actual dance.(sot) korryn: "having all my friends support helps a lot... gets my mind off things."bob bachner/father: "there were tears. a lot of the adults that were watching were just taken aback by it. but no, it went over very well. everybody had a happy moment."(ken) korryn will be a junior next year. there will likely be other school dances in her future, but none likely as emotional as the one in her basement. so far no charges have been filed against the person who poured gasoline on the fire at the party. investigators say it appears to

burned esophagus... what he swallowed ===that's common in toys and household items. (ken) now at 8.(ken) now at 8. scientists worry kilauea volcano could soon send boulders and ash shooting out of its summit crater. because of the danger, the hawaii volcanoes national park closed tonight. thank you for joining us i'm ken wayne. (pam) and i'm pam moore. right now, active eruptions from fissures have stopped. but earthquakes continue, and more outbreaks are expected. kron 4's justine waldman is following the latest developments. she also spoke with family in hawaii with bay area roots, who likely lost everything in the lava. she is now live in our newsroom.. justine? (justine) hawaii's goevrnor said today there's potential for a larger-scale evacuation as more fissures open. he says mass evacuation would be beyond county and state capabilities. new vents have formed in the kilauea (killa-way-uh) rift zone and are emitting hazardous fumes. today, hawaii had to move 50-thousand gallons of flammable fuel out of a plant to avoid a potential diaster there. also with 2- thousand