brian: mark bowden, hue, what was it? mark: a city in the war, the american vietnam war.n the sena probably the biggest, bloodiest, battle -- and the scene of the biggest, bloodiest battle fought. brian: how did you approach this differently? mark: this is the first time a journalist like me would have access to get to meet participants so i was able to tell the story through both the american soldiers and marines who font, and also the vietnamese viet cong, the north vietnamese army. in enough time has gone by, there is a lot of documentation in the archives in hanoi as well as here in bethesda, maryland, at the national archives. there are also records of the johnson administration at the lbj library in austin. all of william westmoreland's papers are there. the national security staff papers. so, 50 years as kind of a good time, i think, to go back. the record is established. the participants are still alive. then: in the early part of book, you say the battle would be the bloodiest of the war and a turning point not just in that conflict led in american history. why?

. >> sunday on "q&a," mark bowden talks about his book "way: 1968, one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the vietnam war." >> the battle of hue because the tie gone military command was so out of reality what was happening on the streets. they really got a lot of young americans killed because what general westmoreland denied that the city had been taken. it was a fact that he continued to deny it for nearly the whole time the battle was fought. a consequence would never concede the sheer number of enemy forces that were in the city. so small units of marines and troopers were being ordered to attack positions that were held by overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched position. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> former white house ethics director walter shaub outlined ways to strengthen executive ethics rules. he criticized the trump administration for not adhering to ethical norms that previous administrations have observed and what it might mean for the future.

q&a, mark bowden book "hue"about the vietnam war. shocked me because the military command was so out with the reality of what was happening in the literally got young americans killed. the city had been taken, it was fact, he continued to deny it he whole time the battle was fought and would never oncede sheer number of enemy forces in the city. small units of marines and were being ordered to attack positions that were held overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched positions. >> sunday night, 8 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> sunday night on afterwards, democratic congressman loro talks about efforts to protect social necessary her book "the least among us, waging the vulnerable."e >> when social security reached had ronald oint, we o'neal who came together and acted and the social acted to make security solvent into the future. of this, mending of ands about social security and being insolvent can be

and, by mark bowden. he's a national correspondent for "the atlantic" magazine, and recently wrote a comprehensive cover story titled: "can north korea be stopped?" gentlemen, welcome to you both. ambassador hill, i'd like to start with you first. can you just give me your official reaction to this most recent launch? >> i think it's a very serious matter. it's pretty clear they've made progress on intercontinental ballistic missiles. from what i can understand, if you sent it at a different pitch, it could actually exceed the 5,000 miles that qualifies it as an intercontinental ballistic missile, so it's a pretty serious matter, and we also understand they made progress on miniaturization, so it's not farfetched to assume in the next two or three years they will have a deliverable nuclear weapon aimed at the united states and the real question is how is the president going to explain that to the american people and perhaps more immediately what is he going to do about it. >> brangham: mark bowden, presid

. >> tonight mark bowden talks about his book, one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the vietnam war. >> the battle of hue shocked me because the tigon military command was so out of touch with the reality of what was happening in the streets. they literally got a lot of young americans killed because what general westmoreland denied that the city had been taken, it was a fact, but he continued to deny it for nearly the whole time the battle was fought. as a consequence would never concede the sheer number of enemy forces that were in the city. so small units of marines and troopers were being ordered to attack positions that were held by overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched positions. >> tonight, at 8:00 eastern on -span's "q & a." >> today on c-span-3 we look at two u.s. presidents. at 6:00 p.m. eastern john f. kennedy's life in photos from the smithsonian art museum's collection of images that chronicle the life of the 35th president. >> they never pushed photographers or writers away. they didn't care how they were photographed. they didn't care whether the tie

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. >>> sunday on q&a, mark bowden talks about his book "hue, 1968" one of the bloodest battles of the vietnam war. >> the battle shocked me because the military command was so out of touch with the reality of what was happening in the streets they literally got a lot of young americans killed because what general west more denied that the city had been taken. it was a fact that he continued to deny it for nearly the whole time the battle was fought. and as a consequence, would never concede the sheer number of enemy forces that were in the city. so fall u small units of marines and troopers were being ordered to attack positions that were held by overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched position. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> the commission on security and cooperation in europe, also known as the hake sink i can commission, held a discussion or vladimir putin's influence on the russian government. this panel is about 90 minutes. >>> all right, then, let's get started. full house today. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. thank you all for coming toda

. >> sunday on q&a, mark bowden talks about his book "hue 1968" one of the longest and bloodiest battlesof the vietnam war. >> the battle of hue shocked me because the saigon military command was so out of touch with the reality of what was happening in the street. they literally got a lot of young americans killed. because what general westmoreland denied that the city had been taken. it was a fact but he continued to deny it for nearly the whole time the battle was fought. and as a consequence would never concede that sheer number of enemy forces that were in the city. so small units of marines and troopers were being ordered to attack positions that were held by overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched positions. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> justice department officials will be on capitol hill in the morning to briefed members of the senate judiciary committee on the requirements for foreign agents to register with the government. we will have live coverage starting at 9 a.m. eastern on c-span3, online@c-span.org, or.org, or listen live on the free c-

. >> sunday on q&a, mark bowden toss about his book. >> the battle shocked me, the battle of hue, the saigon military command was so out of touch with the reality of what was happening in the streets. got a lot of young americans killed. because what general westmoreland denied that the city had been taken. it was a fact, but he continued to deny it. for nearly the whole time the battle was fought. and as a consequence, we've never conceded the sheer number of enemy forces that were in the city. so small units of marines and troopers were being ordered to attack positions that were held by overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched positions. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a.