morley? morley: thank you, walter. this emphasized one single point, tell us about it.are at war not only with the viet cong, but at war with a devastating army. full war declarations are not necessary. ahead, even higher casualties, a point that every troop and every general in vietnam is acutely aware of, something that is not fully grasped at home. in this program, we will not try to give the order of battles. what we will try to do is give the mood and the feel of those five weeks. it all started at pleime. it was almost by accident. it looked at first like a routine vietnam attack. this was an outpost in the central highlands held by a handful of american advisers and 350 mountain tribesmen. as it turned out, this was a new kind of attack i in new kind of army. as was a full-scale, sustained assault by two heavily armed regiments aimed at wiping pleime off the map and sucking american troops into an ambush. this is what stopped them from doing it, american air power. the north vietnamese attacked, and our fighter-bombers roared in with guns blazing. there was a rin

cbs news correspondent morley safer was there. on the night of october 19, 11:00 p.m., the first mortar rounds fell. at the beginning it was simply another attack by a few americans and 350 strikers. but then command decisions were made that turned the battle into the campaign for not only the highlands, but perhaps all of vietnam. >> the battle of ia drang valley. a cbs news special report by morley safer and the team in vietnam with a special introduction by walter cronkite. >> good evening. six days ago, the people of america were jolted by an announcement. a single week that exceeded the average weekly week of dead and wounded in the korean war. 240 americans killed, 470 wounded. the american public had not known until then, but they knew now. the united states is indeed at war against a formidable enemy. valley.le of ia drang costliest, and most significant fought by american troops in vietnam. safer's coverage over the past year. new standardid a for war reporting in the age of television. the weeks that followed have emphas

cbs news special report by morley safer with the widow of a combat casualty and enlisted men. american history tv all weekend and on holidays, too, only on c-span 3. all day coverage from washington, d.c. friday it's the 32 nd annual miami book fair. all day coverage begins at 8:00 am eastern, featuring author talks and interviews. saturday afternoon at 3:00, from this year's fall for the book festival at george mason university. robert poole on the plot at arlington cemetery known as section 60 and sunday night at 9:00, attorney roberta kaplan who argued the case united states versus windsor. >> we filed the case. the government always gets a certain amount of time to respond. i got a call from the trial level attorney basically saying we need 30 days. we need time to decide. i'll be honest with you. i didn't believe her i thought she was stalling for time. i don't get to be a plaintiff all that much. i was very worried and want to make sure that when the case was over not only was she still alive but healthy enough to enjoy it. that was very much weighing on me. i said to th

>> morley, yes, legally, i doubt they would come after them.ntial education -- parental education comes in. kids don't understand it. shunting it off in a different direction, these kids take pictures, the girls take pictures of themselves and send naked pictures. than the boys rate them. that's was going on.>> it's a whole different level.>> are you saying these laws are outdated?>> absolutely. we have to bring them up to today's standards. this is a generation that doesn't think as we think. those things are not as big a deal to them. is that right, wrong? if we use the 40, 50, 60-year- old taking, it's wrong. but then you get down to that level and how kids are being raised, it's different. >> increase education, change laws.>> it's not that easy to do, but yes. it is a hot issue.>> michael cardoza, thank you. orr coming up, no more headers for young children playing soccer. you safety guidelines for kids under 11.>> how about this line. once in a while, you can get shown the light in the strangest places. we dive into the history of the var

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and sunday afternoon at 4:00 on "real america" the cbs news special report by morley safer on the five-week battle of ya drang valley with interview of officers and enlisted men and widow of a combat casualty, all weekend and on holidays, too, only on c-span3. >>> four days of nonfix books and authors this holiday weekend on c-span 2's "book tv." thursday morning starting at 8:00 eastern all-day coverage of the 15th annual national book festival from washington, d.c., friday it's the 32nd annual miami book fair. our all-day coverage begins at 8:00 a.m. eastern feature author talks and interview. saturday afternoon at 3:00 from this year's fall for the book festival at george mason university robert poole on the 14-acre plot at arlington national cemetery known as section 60. and sunday night at 9:00 on "after words" roberta kaplan which struck down the defense of marriage act. >> we filed the case and the government always gets a certain amount of time to respond and i got a call from the trial level attorney basically saying, look, we need 30 days. we're thinking about what to do in the ca

and sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america the cbs news special report by morley safer on the five-weekbattle of ia drang valley. american history eve all weekend and on holidays, too, only on c-span 3. >>> four days of non-fiction books and authors this holiday weekend on, which span 2's book tv. thursday morning starting at 8:00 eastern all-day coverage of the 15th annual national book festival from washington, d.c. friday it's the 32nd annual miami book fair. our coverage features author talks and interviews. saturday afternoon at 3:00 from this year's fall from the book festival at george mason university, robert poole on the 14-acre plot at arlington national cemetery known as section 60 and sunday night at 9:00 on "afterwards" attorney roberta kaplan who argued the case "united states v. windsor" which struck down the defense of marriage act. >> we filed the catse and the government gets a certain amount of time to respond and i got a call from the trial level attorney saying, look, we need 30 days. we're thinking about what to do in the case and we need time to decide. and i'll b

these interventions are not just write morley, they are firmly in our national interest. they mean that britain not only meet its obligation to the poorest in the world, but cannot focus its resources on instability and conflict which impinges on our security at home. andonding rapidly decisively to emerging crises overseas. finally, britain's safety and on oury depends not just own efforts but hand in glove with our allies to face the comic -- to work on the common threats that face us all. we are stronger together. we will play our full part. will -- we will work with our allies in europe and around the world. stephen, history teaches us that no government can predict the future. we have no way of predicting precisely what course of events will take over the next five years. but we can make sure that we have the versatility and the means to respond to new risks and threats to our security as they arise. our armed forces, police, security, and intelligence sources are the -- intelligence forces are the pride in our country. using renewed economic strength, we will help t

the special report by morley safer on the five-week battle of the valley with interviews with officersnlisted men, and the widow of a combat casualty. >> john hinckley shot president reagan and he was not wearing a bulletproof vest. john hinckley was stocking jimmy carter before this. feynman talks about various assassination attempts and physical threats. >> 16 presidents have faced assassination threats but none directly since ronald reagan. long and it you we talk about kennedy in 1968. and george wallace who was shot and paralyzed for life in 1972. i cover candidates as well as presidents. it's a long list. met with theobama president of france. it this is about an hour. president obama: it has been an talk to you and we with good times and bad. i want to once again express our deepest condolences to you and all of the people of france for the heinous attacks that took place in paris. we're here today to declare the united states and france stand united in total solidarity to deliver justice to these and to defend our nations. spirit, i welcome you here today. with your understandi

to the state capital in an apples to ask for legislative changes that would allow her police chief morleywould -- annapolis book festival to discipline and get officers who were convicted of crimes to get them off the government payroll. convicted of crimes, under current law officers that have been convicted in criminal court of misdemeanor crimes like perjury and assault, they remain on the payroll for many months while they appealed the department disciplinary procedures to labor arbitrators. .. >> >> we do not have data about the number of people who die each year in police custody. we don't have that number and police is very decentralized. we do have some departments that make this information transparent and other departments to around the country will not make such information available. governor walker in wisconsin to his credit signed legislation after an incident in that state where now there will be an official tally of anybody killed that is tallied at the end of the year with an explanation to what happened and that is available to the public each state should have such a pr

the cbs news special response -- , with from morley safer interviews from officers, enlisted men, andhe widow of a combat casualty. american history tv all weekend and on holidays too. , we are going to talk about efforts to raise the minimum wage across the country. in particular, this fight called fight for $15. discussionroundtable across the country. we i joined here at our "washington journal" table by james sherk with the heritage foundation. and joining us from kansas city is kendall fells, the organizing director in the organization called fight for $15. kendall fells, let's start with you and ask you about this effort, fight for $15. what is behind it? guest: i think first we have to take a step back to about 36 months ago, about 200 fast food workers in new york city when on strike. they had to demand, $15 an hour and the right to form a union. fast foode when workers went on strike, people thought they were crazy. here we are, 36 months later, and you see victories all across the country. $15 in l.a. state,tewide in new york where about 150,000 to 200,000 fast food workers

and sunday afternoon at 4:00 on "real america" the cbs news special report by morley safer on the five-week on la drang valley. only on c-span3. >>> a hearing now examining the upcoming international climate change negotiations in paris. senators heard differing views about u.s. goals for reducing gas emissions from representatives of groups including the u.s. chamber of commerce, the world resources institute, the business council for sustainable energy and the manhattan institute for policy research. the obama administration has set a reduction target of greenhouse gas emissions of 26% to 28% below 2005 levels by the year 2025. this two-hour hearing was led by shelly morcapito of west virginia. >>> the hearing will come to order. we have some unusual circumstances. the chairman, i am not the chairman of the full committee. the chairman is sitting to my right. as you know chairman inhofe. he's on the conference committee for the highway re-authorization and so he has asked to make some statements and then he's going to go to his meeting, so with that i'll recognize chairman inhofe. >> than