. >> oliver: jfk and robert mcnamara called them advisors, but the elite warriors did much more than the south vietnamese military to fight. often they founduu >> mays races to the center field bleachers, makes the >> races to the center field bleachers, next to the play. ♪ >> in the summer of 1954, sex goddess marilyn monroe filmed one of her most famous on screen moments. 70 years of french chone yal rule was ending. >> it all came to a head at the battle. president eisenhower decided to broker the geneva accords of 1954. >> oliver: hr mcmaster is the author of dereliction of duty the lies that led to vietnam. >> the geneva acards marked an end for the french in vietnam. >> oliver: the greems split vietnam in 2 at the 17th parallel and called for a nationwide election in 1956. the communist north and democratic south were to be united under the winner and the nationwide ballot never occurred and in the south, he held on it power after what was widely perceived to be a rigged vote. >> you have a >> the vietnam fell to the communist then all >> the vietnam fell to the communists and

. >> bob mcnamara had a talk with me and asked me to come over. i think there is a lot of -- i had the same feeling with president candidate i think there are a lot of people around such as douglas dillon and some others, whether they are involved in making the decisions or not, they frequently have some good ideas in some of these matters. i think that was the advantage of dealing with the problems of the missile crisis and some of the other difficulties over the period of the last three years. i think we should utilize some of those brains and talent to the maximum. having watched over the last three years, i think that we should make sure that there is a full discussion about some of these things. being frank about it, based on my to meetings at the national security council, i felt there was too much emphasis on the military aspects of it. i would think that that war would never be won militarily. will be one as a political war. the best talent is over at the pentagon were you have bob mcnamara. that has to be applied to doing what needs to be

see mcnamara how you look at it this is a rough time for the cia and we never needed a more than we need them now. >> peter king they're reacting to the news this week that the justice department is planning to look into possible abuses -- abuse of prisoners by cia interrogators. that news came on monday when longtime secret cia documents released. this is how the new york times played the news. investigation is ordered into cia. on friday the paper led with the story. these issue puts the justice department and cia at odds. jim, you saw the headlines, ec have it's been covered all week. the press pounced on the story. whose side are they on question mark sematic eric holder is on his way to a profile and encourage treatment here. >> he said he won the argument within the administration thank you and the argument in administration and the money new york times struggle which said we are for him. but there three stories here. there's a story that has washington fixated, which is eric holder versus leon panetta and the cia and investigations, then there's the larger story are doing across t

angela mcnamara. bill: name one, pal. you can't.ey use some kind of crazy addition that nobody understands. cnn is having ratings trouble and that's a fact. i don't have anything against cnn. michael ellis, newburg, new york. bill: yeah, he did, chris. he said a final bill was not on the table. and that is correct. >> you are misstating what i said earle, those who attacked me for writing the article are haters. those who simply disagree with what i said, like you, i don't have have a problem with that bill: excellent, heidi, happy birthday to you. how about our web sight? www.fox news.com/o'reilly. email us with pithy comments from anywhere in the world. o'reilly@foxnews.com. name and town, name and town, name and town if you wish to opine. when writing to us please don't be a gongooz ler when writing to us that is a great word. factor continues 24/7 on bill o'reilly.com. k

see mcnamara how you look at it this is a rough time for the cia and we never needed a more than we need. >> peter king they're reacting to the news this week that the justice department is planning to look into possible abuses -- abuse of prisoners by cia interrogators. that news came on monday when longtime secret cia documents released. this is how the new york times played the news. investigation is ordered into cia. on friday the paper led with the story. these issue puts the justice department and cia at odds. jim, you saw the headlines, ec have it's been covered all week. the press pounced on the story. whose side are they on question mark sematic eric holder is on his way to a profile and encourage treatment here. >> he said he won the argument within the administration thank you and the argument in administration and the money new york times struggle which said we are for him. but there three stories here. there's a story that has washington fixated, which is eric holder versus leon panetta and the cia and investigations, then there's the larger story are doing across the countr

deep dark stories that took place in bars and new york city because i was reading a lot of james mcnamara and that is when i got on hundred 90 rejection slips take to the wall and i was like the most rejected writer. everyone i've worked with since i have a rejection slip from. it's funny i will meet new agents like you rejected me in 98. and rejection, rejection, then i met an editor at random house and he said i am not going to buy any of the crappy forgotten but go and read john grisham and michael crichton so i went back to boston and read john grisham and michael crichton and i read thrillers and i decided i could write a thriller so i wrote in medical thriller about threshold, don't worry, nobody -- you will never find it. it's out there but it was a horrible book and i wrote a book called reaper about a computer virus that makes the jump to the biological world and people start getting sick from their television set and it was kind of a weird plot and ended up becoming a tv movie. i'm telling you the whole history. i know this is a long way to an answer but it became a movie called

of the pacifist who doused his clothing in kerosene and burned himself to death beneath robert mcnamara's pentagon window in 1965, soon after i'd had a meeting in that very office. some said he was delusional, but his wife said he was expressing, "his concern over the great loss of life and human suffering caused by the war in vietnam." over the years, i came to better understand the deeply moral grounding of his anguished martyrdom. >> no more obamacare. just say no! just say no! >> moyers: so you can see, perhaps, why it's hard even to describe as protests what's happening today-- the raucous disruption of town meetings that deny others their right to free speech. the cries of tyranny, the analogies to hitler on the signs and in postings on the internet. that's not conscience at work; it's the product of colicky, cranky unconscionable anger, fueled by lies. here's newt gingrich dissembling on health care. yes, the same newt gingrich, once disgraced, now back on the sunday talk shows like napoleon returning from elba. >> you're asking us to trust turning power over to the government when

. >> yes, in the past week, robert mcnamara died and if anything he was antispecial forces guy, more bombs, more tanks, more men. has the united states done anything to win the hearts and minds of the afghan people beyond this simpler that he just described? or are we spending more material, men, and other resources to prop up a society whose only contribution over last 2 1/2 millenia has been to exact a to between the empires of persian shaand cathay by controlling the silk road? >> i don't know if that is their only contribution. >> [inaudible]. >> yeah, which only, didn't become the huge cash crop it is today until after soviets completely destroyed agriculture in that country. opium is something we haven't talked about and here's what i think about that or here's what the people involved in addressing this problem think about it. particularly sf guys. you know, major general lambert, jeffrey lambert, who ran special operations, special forces command at the time of this whole deployment, said to me recently, he said, if you go in and kick out the opium economy, which is like one

emmett mcnamara of bay shore, new york. 100 years old. former fbi agent for 15 years.one on the dance floor. emmett. my father-in-law, robert emmett. louise king in california. 102. secret do longevity, doing everything in moderation, including moderation. number six, vernon nichols. eyota, minnesota. 100 years old. lives independently and attends church every single week. that's just about it. i didn't say it last week but i just want to recognize les paul, too, a giant in the industry of music. god bless him. he passed away. now back to ann in new york city. >> willard, thank you so much. >>> coming up next, important information for women when it comes to postpartum depression. but first, this is "today" on nbc. when morning comes in the middle of the night... rooster crow. ...it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer dissolves quickly to help you fall asleep. and unlike other sleep aids, a second dissolves slowly to help you stay asleep. when taking ambien cr, don't drive or operate machinery. sleepwalking, and

. >> you talk about your partner, tom britain, about his wife and her relationship with robert mcnamaras the same -- saying? >> he was let go without notice. >> but we are in a different business now. you are in a commercial business. how did they treat you? >> they fired me after my argument with james carville. but i was ready to quit. i did not want to work for them, and they did not want to, so they let me go. but really, i did not have any programs left. the programs i had, "crossfire," "inside politics," they were all cancelled, so i was making a lot of money and doing very little i knew my days were numbered there before james carville. >> what age were you when you jump from an airplane? why did you do? >> 72, 73, something like that. "the novak his own -- zone" was a program where i would interview someone every week and i would do things that were supernumerary. i drove of boat up the river to the naval academy. i wanted to interview the army parachute jumping team, and they sent back a letter saying we could do the interview, but why would mr. novak like to jump? i was scared

you talk about his wife and her relationship with robert mcnamara. >> guest: well, she talked about it. c-span: i know she did. but what was the tom breeden thing? and he was -- eventually they let him go when he was 71. >> guest: 71. they let him go without notice. his contract is expiring and he was out the door. they could be -- television could be very rough. of course c-span's, then benefits and toward its employees. c-span: what we are a different business. you were a commercial business at cnn. how did they treat you do you think over the years and when you left after your argument with james carville? >> guest: they fired me after my argument with james carville. i was on for 25 years but i was ready to quit. so i didn't want to work for them, and they didn't want me to work for them, so they let me go. but really, brought in, they had killed all of my programs. i didn't have any programs left. so, they were looking for a reason to let me go. the program's i had -- crossfire, capital gang, inside politics, and the novak zone -- for all cancelled. so, i was just kind of -- was m

ttem mcnamara of bay shore, new york. 100 years old. former fbi agent for 15stne o o da nce floor..mme my father-in-law, robertem emme. louise king in cafornia. 102. secret do longevitoing everythingn i moderaon, ration.x,siermbsix, vernon nich. eyota, minnesota. 100 years old. lives independently and attends church every single week. that's just about it. i didn't say it last week but i just want to recognize les paul, too, giant in the industry of music. god bless him. he passed away. now back to ann in new york city. >> willar thank you so much. >>> coming up next, important information for women when it comes to postpartum depression. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> back at 8:37. this morning on "today's health," postpartum depressi. having a baby is one of th happiest times i a woman's life, but up to20% of new mothers alsoace difficult bouts of depression. darlene rodriguez from wnbc, the nbc station here in new york city, has one woman's story. darlene, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. as you said, it's aeal problem for some women. many times it goes undiag

. >> yes, in the past week robert mcnamara mara -- dyga and if anything was the special forces by, morebombs, tanks, man. has the united states done anything to win the hearts and minds of the afghan people beyond the simple matter you just described or are we spending more material men and other resources to prop up a society whose only contribution of the last two and a half millennia has been to exact a toll between the empires of persia and cafe by controlling the road. >> well, i don't know if that is the only contribution, but -- [inaudible] >> yeah, which really didn't become the huge cash crop is today until after the soviets completely destroyed the agriculture in that country. the opium is something that actually we haven't talked about and here is what i think about that or here is what the people involved in addressing this problem think about a particularly the sf guys. major general jeffrey lambert retired, who ran special forces command of the time of this whole deployment, he said to me recently, he said if you go in and kick out the opium economy which is like one of th