mr. richie with the drought update. we have lots of interesting news. in december, the numbers started to improve the reservoir is at 75% capacity . and this is a reflection of how we manage during the drought to conserve as much water as possible. this year we will look at the other side of this claim as we try to figure out these excess flows of this year and how we manage this in the water bank at a robust way. the water bank is at a 32% capacity. normally at this time-year-old be about 100% so we want to make sure we get that back as soon as possible. our storage is about 49%, we are below on our total system store is right we are working on that already. we are still well below average. our precipitation has continued to decline, we have started to get close to the 1993 curved. with this phenomenon we are staying above the average level on a continuous basis for this year. >>> water available to the city, this year we already have 65,000 available and we we have about 50,000 for the entire year. we will be looking at these public storage levels tha

we begin with senate historian emeritus donald richie. mr. ritchie: the vietnam hearings were some of the most extraordinary hearings ever held by congress. they were an investigation in to a war that was still being fought. congress and the senate wanted to know why we were in vietnam, what the administration's policies were, and they wanted to hear from opponents of the war. they give equal status to critics as they did supporters. it was a real debate and that is something that does not happen in wartime. in wartime, everyone rallies around the flag and there is general agreement. the reason was, we never had a declaration of war or a congressional debate. in august, 1954, there had been an incident. president lyndon johnson could use that to get congress to pass the gulf of tonkin, resolution, authorizing him to retaliate. they will see them rallying around the flag in support of the president during a period of crisis. it was done very quickly. senator fulbright brought it to the floor just after an hour's hearing. debate.it was passed w