volunteer statements for this rangers colin viet nam and in march the statements for vietnam the nixon vietnamization so i was the first was not to go to vietnam and i left the service 40 years later after 30 years and 29 days after 9/11 so i fell in the middle we worked 20 hours a day, too. we had eight army calgary killed by a tree and i get to troops run over. we have guys that started the jeep because it was waist deep snow and 5 degrees below zero and died of carbon monoxide poisoning. was a dangerous world and was as if there was no fighting it's just i wasn't sent. i was sent cent. now what then did i discover out of that experience and the experience of my sons who did go? my nephews who did go and the people we interviewed did go, and what i got from the interviews of those people played it back against my career was this idea that everybody knows who is wounded. i had a person come to me with a book and say let me show you the page with nisha e-verify decided to go to get counseling and actually was that that right there. my god that is what's wrong with me. i've been shot and wounded

nixon library. hundreds of people from the vietnam war joined together. yorba linda, california. > reporter: bill, many people remember richard nixon for watergate and the things he did wrong. for american prisoners of war in north vietnam nixon was a hero who kept his word, ended the war and brought them home and held a large dinner in their honor. it was the largest every held at the white house, 1300pow as much and their families h. bob hope, jimmy stewart, john wayne entertained. and they sang god bless america led by the man who wrote it irving berlin. >> the american people wanted to have something good out of vietnam and we were something good. we were something that they could look at and say, these guys went through it. >> reporter: this was the scene yesterday as the pow's arrived from all corns of the u.s. greeted by a grateful nation, a marine band and a red carpet. an emotional reunion with friends and yet a remembrance of those missing in action and did not make it home. >> it's not what i experienced, but what did i bring from the experience? part of it is, love of

vietnam. president nixon had established victimization. as the first class not to go to vietnam. i left the service 30 years later. after 30 years and 29 days, two weeks into months before 9/11. so i fell right in the middle. not that we didn't do anything for 30 years. we work 20 hours a day, for his death amid casualty. i would refer not to talk about those. but we had a kid killed by a tree limb. i had troops are now rare. we had guys this dirty cheap because of his waist deep snow and five degrees below zero net carbon monoxide poisoning. it was a dangerous world here to listen as if there was no fighting. has just said i wasn't an area so what then did i discover a bad experience and experience of my sons who did go, my nephew stated to the people i interviewed who did go and what i got played back against me carry her with this idea that everybody goes who's going to and i had a person come to me and send them to show you the page of the paragraph where i decided to get counseling and that sentence right there at this female soldier said a close vote and that that's what's

. >> 40 years ago president nixon invited hundreds of vietnam p.o.w.uge dinner at the white house. this past week the knicks on library invited them to recreate that dinner on that evening. and for abc america strong series some of those p.o.w. sat down with abc news anchor diane sawyer. >> the is a pilot shot out of the sky. taken prisoner and tortured by the vietnamese. soldier pulled out of socket. burned with electric wire and for years. >> captured november 7, 1967 and there for 1955 days. >> 21 0three days in a prison camp. >> 1900 days in prison. sfivrjs 40 years later they still recognize the squeaky gate from the prison hell. >> coming for somebody it ain't good. >> they beat my good friend to defendant over the first month. on his wounds. >>reporter: captain guy he listened to the screaming he knew his only choice as two ask god to teach him how to for give. >> i got on my knee and after three months of heavy prayer real heavy i'm talking hours a day could i financially form just in my mind the words the lord, i for give them i was praying fo

nixon library. remembering when brotherhood was everything, in the distant memory that is vietnam. >> what is it youfive or six friends that they can really count on in a tough situation, but we had 300 friends, that we knew would take, not just death for each other, but torture for each other. torture is much harder to take than death. and we had 300 friends like that. >> in prison, they wrote down songs about america on toilet paper. they hid it from the vietnamese. and 40 years ago, they found one of them, written in prison. it's called the p.o.w. prayer, about honor and freedom -- and home. ♪ oh god to thee we lift our prayer and sing ♪ ♪ oh god to thee we raise our prayer and sing ♪ from within these foreign prison walls ♪ all the harm at the hands of our enemies ♪ ♪ we pledge our faith and loyalty ♪ ♪ to our god, america, and thee ♪ [ applause ] >> and the nation salutes them back. we thank you for watching tonight. we're always here at abcnews.com. "nightline" will be here later and we'll see you again tomorrow night. goodnight. will be here later and we'll see you again tomorrow night. goodn

president nixon invited every vietnam p.o.w.e white house. >> never has the white house been more proud than it is tonight because of the guests we have tonight. >> it was huge. >> reporter: lots of celebrities. >> lots of celebrities. >> reporter: who did you see? >> i sat with john wayne at our table. and i thought, oh, man. this is it. i'm sitting with the duke, my hero, you know? >> you're the best we have. i'll ride off into the sunset with you any time. >> reporter: you brought a date to the dinner. >> yes. >> reporter: and she stuck around? >> 40 years. >> reporter: the stars of the day, bob hope and phyllis diller, entertained the crowd. >> i mean, i don't see what you need with two sex symbols. >> president nixon made us feel like we were stars. >> reporter: robert spent three months in a north vietnamese prison with agnew. for them richard nixon is not defined by watergate or his resignation. there's a lot of people that don't think very kindly of him. i imagine you have very different impressions. >> absolutely. he br

the richard nixon presidential library that memorial day weekend. hundreds of p.o.w.'s from vietnam0 years ago. it's time. william a live at the nixon library. so glad to hear this is happening. >> jamey, that was the largest dinner ever held at the white house. and we're looking at some 1300 people. in a few hours about 200 of those p.o.w.s who were starved, beaten and bound in north vietnam will commemorate that dinner held in their honor by then president nixon may 24th, 1973. >> this is our 40th reunion of having this dinner at the white house and it's a big deal to us. 40 years of freedom. >> very emotional time. but i think it was really great. a healing thing for the nation. for us, a great welcome home. >> the former p.o.w.'s arrived yesterday from all corners of the united states with wives, children and grand cheated and greeted by a red carpet military band. it marked the end of an emotional chapter in history. tonight, they can share another moment together, remember those who did not make it and honor the president who recognized their sacrifice and did not forget them

vietnam. president nixon had established victimization. as the first class not to go to vietnam. left the service 30 years later. after 30 years and 29 days, two weeks into months before 9/11. so i fell right in the middle. not that we didn't do anything for 30 years. we work 20 hours a day, for his death amid casualty. i would refer not to talk about those. but we had a kid killed by a tree limb. i had troops are now rare. we had guys this dirty cheap because of his waist deep snow and five degrees below zero net carbon monoxide poisoning. it was a dangerous world here to listen as if there was no fighting. has just said i wasn't an area so what then did i discover a bad experience and experience of my sons who did go, my nephew stated to the people i interviewed who did go and what i got played back against me carry her with this idea that everybody goes who's going to and i had a person come to me and send them to show you the page of the paragraph where i decided to get counseling and that sentence right there at this female soldier said a close vote and that that's what's wr

for that reason, we got the home coming that every vietnam veteran should have. >> reporter: president nixon all of the p.o.w.s on the south lawn of the white house. it remains the largest dinner ever held there. >> never has the white house been more proud than it is tonight because of the guests we have tonight. >> it was huge. >> reporter: lots of celebrities. >> lots of celebrities. >> reporter: who did you see? >> well, i sat with john wayne at our table and i thought, oh, man, this is it! (laughs) i'm sitting with the duke. >> reporter: despite the smiles, it was not an easy week for president nixon. the watergate hearings began six days before the p.o.w. dinner. ♪ america -- this weekend they gathered for dinner again, this time at nixon's presidential library where a new exhibit honors their experiences and their memories. >> together we've stepped into the dungeons and we faced the dragon and we came out of it. >> reporter: it is a bond that time has only made stronger. ben tracy, cbs news, yorba linda, california. >> glor: up next, help for the troops made to order. 120,000 wins an

vietnam-era prisoner of war. it comes on the 40th anniversary of a star-studded dinner president nixon hosted for them at the whitesa garcia has more on the p.o.w. reunion. >> reporter: nearly 200 american veterans in prison during the vietnam war reunited to celebrate more than four decades of freedom. navy commander edward alvarez is a p.o.w. who spent the most years in captivity. he was 26 when his plane was shot down. >> i was held for eight and half years. >> reporter: in 1973 president nixon held a dinner at the white house to honor more than 600 returning p.o.w.s. more than 40 years later the nixon library is marking the occasion with ceremonies and another dinner friday. the menu for this anniversary dinner includes sirloin steak, potatoes, and mousse. it's almost the exact same menu that was served in 1973. white house staffers said they chose the dishes to represent american food that the returning p.o.w.s dreamed of in captivity. singer tony orlando spoke about his iconic song "tie a yellow ribbon," which he performed at the white house gala. >> the opening line of that song is their mothers' and wives'

actions in the probe and those of the nixon administration when it attempted to block the new york times from publishing the pentagon papers, the secret history of the vietnamr leaked to that paper by whistleblower daniel ellsberg. two days after the times first published excerpts of the pentagon papers, the nixon government asked for and received a supreme court injunction against the newspaper, arguing that publication of the documents posed a -- immediate danger to the security of the united states." >> a band is being compared to president nixon. how does he feel about that? >> i don't have a reaction from president obama. i can tell you people who make those comparisons can check their history because what we have here with one issue in benghazi is so clearly as we're learning more and more a political sideshow, to politicize the tragedy the president feels strongly about that. >> that was tuesday. on wednesday, the question was raised again on whether the open administration's probe of the emails of associated press reporters and editors recalls nixon's targeting of the press. this time the question was posed directly to president obama. >> i want ask

hundreds of former p.o.w.s from from the vietnam war gathered today for a reunion at the richard nixonntial library in california. they spent years in north vietnamese prisons and were finally released ileased in 197. there's a banquet tomorrow night to mark the 40th anniversary of the welcome-home dinner that president nixon threw for them at the white house. a tornado was on the way and so was a baby. we'll have her story next. i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant kind. [ clang ] my house is where plants came to die. but, it turns out all i was missing was miracle-gro potting mix. it's got what a plant needs like miracle-gro plant food that feeds them for up to six months. you get bigger, healthier plants, guaranteed. who's got two green thumbs thanks to miracle-gro? ah, this gal. boom! with the right soil, everyone grows with miracle-gro. with the right soil, and i've been around the toughest guys in football. and now i'm training guys who leak a little to guard their manhood. with man style protection... whoa... of new depend shields and guards. who are you? this is

it's vietnam and watergate. look, president nixon'sin 1973 makes the statement where he denies lots of things. a year later, evidence comes out, some of which he provides to the court, which contradicts almost completely what he wrote in 1973. so it didn't even take a year. as a citizen come you had to wonder. a slight two about vietnam by johnson and mcnamara and now i've lied to about about our electoral process in our government's commitment to privacy that president nixon. but the democrats and republicans have lie to me. i was at an event a year and half ago with carl bernstein and satellite link. bernstein was exercised about the lifelong after he left the white house after two nixon to eradicate the list of things he did. how good job of historians, how he did in making us forget the things he did. >> at his funeral, bill clinton said let's not judge. they will, time that we judge's entire presidency by one thing. i think he was taking a broader view of nixon now. the war was johnson's war. he told sulzberger the u.s. can't fold

vietnam enjoyed another homecoming at the nixon presidential library.e 200 pow came here to then president nixon may 24th, 1973. >> very emotional time. but i think it was really great, perhaps early thing by the nation. for all of us is a great welcome home. >> dinner largest ever at the white house marked end divisive chapter in u.s. history point of closure for the returning pows. >> the american people wanted to have something good out of vietnam. and we were something good. we were something that they could look at and say these guys went through it. >> though vietnam signed the geneva convention american soldiers were bound, beaten and starved. >> it's not what i experienced but what did i bring from the experience part of it is love of our country, appreciate the freedoms we have. realize the sacrifices that it takes, to have that. >> the pows remember nixon not for watergate but the president who brought them home. >> he kept his word and i am forever grateful. >> i appreciate the opportunity to say god bless america. i love this country very mu

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it's vietnam and watergate. look, president nixon'sin 1973 makes the statement where he denies lots of things. a year later, evidence comes out, some of which he provides to the court, which contradicts almost completely what he wrote in 1973. so it didn't even take a year. as a citizen come you had to wonder. a slight two about vietnam by johnson and mcnamara and now i've lied to about about our electoral process in our government's commitment to privacy that president nixon. but the democrats and republicans have lie to me. i was at an event a year and half ago with carl bernstein and satellite link. bernstein was exercised about the lifelong after he left the white house after two nixon to eradicate the list of things he did. how good job of historians, how he did in making us forget the things he did. >> at his funeral, bill clinton said let's not judge. they will, time that we judge's entire presidency by one thing. i think he was taking a broader view of nixon now. the war was johnson's war. he told sulzberger the u.s. can't fold

the nixon library is marking the 40th anniversary of the largest dinner ever held in the white house. the celebration of pow's released from vietnam 200 gathered for a reunion dinner. told by two of the american heroes. >> their waist may be thicker and hair lines thinner. this can't take away the love they have for their country. the reunion in the nixon mu so many for a special dinner and exhibit of 40 years ago. >> this is col. the flag. >> aviators were each shot down over vietnam and held captive in hanoi. their return home symbol otherwised the end of the war. >> we represented the only tangible victory coming out of vietnam in the eyes of the american people. i was in table d. >> it was entertainer sammy davis' idea to have a celebration. >> wont it be nice to have all of the pow's in a white house dinner. >> it was the largest ever white house dinner and a huge tent covered the south loin and bob hope was master of ceremonies and john wayne spoke. >> one of us said what is in this dor? i don't know. it was president nixon's study. and he was sitting behind the desk and we walked in. oh, my god. it isoc, boys, that's all ri

>> 40 years ago tomorrow, then president nixon held a dinner to honor and welcome home the prisoners of war from north vietnamose same men arrived in california stepping on the red carpet to view a exhibit and recreation of the dinner, same food, chef and friends. we talked to them. >> this is cool here. the flag. >> aviators here were hot down over vietnam and held captive in hanoi. their return home along with other pow's symbolized the end of the war. >> it was the only tafrjible victory. i was in table d. >> and it was entertainer sammy davis junior. you ought to have a big party for them. >> with 1300 guests it was the largest dinner and's huge tent covered the south lawn. bop bob hope was master of the ceremonies. >> you think it is finished and we opened the door and it was president nixon's study and we walked in and he said it is okay boys, that's all right. i will be down there in a minute. you go right a head. oh, my god we walked in on the president. >> for many, the highlight of the evening was singing of god bless america. >> my wife was standing there and tears falling on her face. she talked a

dollars for gold but at the current as the cost of the vietnam war escalated there was a run on us gold and other countries realize that president nixon was spending far too many dollars in what could be redeemed in gold so what the nixon do well and nine hundred seventy one he permanently severed of a link between the dollar and gold when he closed the gold window. i have directed the secretary of the treasury to take the action necessary to defend the dollar against the speculators i have directed secretary connally to suspend temporarily the convert ability of the dollar. or other was. and late one nine hundred seventy two and i.m.f. committee on finance ministers and central bankers met to discuss monetary reform and according to an a.p. report the committee of twenty eight will be working to build a more flexible system and in the dollars of one special status as the chief reserve currency but that happened because the most important commodity in the world which is crude oil would be rising all only and u.s. dollars whether this was by design or accident of this would allow the u.s. . price inflation to be contained in an essence

dollars for gold but at the current as the cost of the vietnam war escalated there was a run on us gold and other countries realize that president nixon was spending far too many dollars in what could be redeemed in gold so what next and do well and nine hundred seventy one he permanently severed of a link between the dollar and gold when he closed the gold window. i have the rest of the secretary of the treasury to take the action necessary to defend the dollar against the speculators i have directed secretary connally to suspend temporarily the convert ability of the dollar. or other was. and late one nine hundred seventy two and i.m.f. committee on finance ministers and central bankers met to discuss monetary reform and according to an a.p. report the committee of twenty eight will be working to build a more flexible system and then the dollars one special status as the chief reserve currency but this isn't happening because the most important commodity in the world which is crude oil would be rising all only in u.s. dollars whether this was by design or accidental this would allow the us. price inflation to be contained and in ess

dollars for gold but at the current as the cost of the vietnam war escalated there was a run on us gold and other countries realize that president nixon was spending far too many dollars in what could be redeemed in gold so what the nixon do well and nine hundred seventy one he permanently severed of a link between the dollar and gold when he closed the gold window. i have the rest of the secretary of the treasury to take the action necessary to defend the dollar against the speculators i have directed secretary connally to suspend temporarily the convert ability of the dollar. or other was. and late one nine hundred seventy two and i.m.f. committee on finance ministers and central bankers met to discuss monetary reform and according to an a.p. report the committee of twenty eight will be working to build a more flexible system and then the dollars one special status as the chief reserve currency but this didn't happen because the most important commodity in the world which is crude oil would be rising all only in u.s. dollars whether this was by design or accidental this would allow the us. price inflation to be contained and in esse

an exhibit featuring the original vietnam pow dimmer will be on display at the nixon presidential librarylabor day. jon: a motorcycle club in tennessee remembering fallen soldiers on this memorial day weekend. thousands of members participating in the annual thunder ride yesterday. kicking off with a multigenerational ceremony to honor those who died serving our country. >> i love it. >> i cried. i'm not going to lie. i'm a grown man but i get a tear. he is understanding what this is all about and he knows at he have he is years old, that he is taught, it's the gentlemen and the ladies and everyone that fights for our count to keep him free, and keep me free. >> the 60-mile thunder ride wrapped up with a wreath laying ceremony at veterans overlook on clinch mountain. i was at arlington cemetery a couple memorial days ago and the big thunder ride descends on washington, d.c. was going on. i'll tell you what, you have never seen that many motorcycles in one place. uma: i actually had the pleasure of seeing it. it is amazing. jon: it is an absolutely incredible site. many good ol' american m

nixon museum at a special exhibited. >> this is cool. >> aviaters were each shot down over vietnam and held captive in hanoi until freedy 1973. their return home along with other americans symbolized the end of the war. >> we represented the only tangible victory coming out of vietnam in the eyes of american people. i was at table >> it was entertainer sammy davis, jr. to have a big celebration. >> he said to the president you ought to have a big party for them. wouldn't be aul nice to have all the pows at the dinner. >> it was the largest ever white house dinner. a huge tent covered the south lawn. bob hope was master of ceremonies. john wayne spoke. and given access into the house. >> what goes in this door. we opened the door and it was president nixon's study. he was sitting behind the desk. we walked in, oh my god. he said, it's okay boys. it's all right. i'll be down there in a minute. you go right ahead. we were like, oh, my god, we walked in the president. >> highlighted was the singing of god bless america, led by the man that wrote the tune,er singer berlin. >> my wife still talks about that. she talks about

>>anna: it was an emotional reunion this past weekend as the nixon presidential library honored over 200 vietnam were honored at the largest ever dinner held at the white house this weekend. that dinner was re-created celebrating their 40 years of freedom. >>jesse: our fox news correspondent was there and has this story told by two american heroes. >> waists may be a bit thicker but 40 years can't take away from the love these p.o.w.'s have for each other and their country. an historic dinner and special exhibit of those days four decades ago. >> this go -- this is cool. >> these aviators were shot down over vietnam and held captive in hanoi until freed in 1973. their return home along with other p.o.w.'s symbolize the end of the war. >> we represent the only tangible victory coming out of vietnam in the eyes of the american people. i was at table d. >> it was entertainer sammy davis jr.'s idea to have a big celebration. >> he said to the president you ought to have a big party for them. wouldn't it be nice if you could have all the p.o. w.'s at a white house dinner? >> it was the largest ever w

vietnam prisoners of war. p-o-w advocate ross perot was among those to salute them friday night at the richard m. nixon presidential library in yorba linda. president nixon honored this group of p-o-w's at the white house 40 years ago with a heroes welcome and a star-studded homecoming celebration. to honor the p-o-w's, an labor day. >> some possibility of some whet weather. >> good morning. we could see light showers minimal in nature. the gusting winds could be north of the golden gate bridge. as we take a look at the day planner some areas of fog and spot the drizzle. that light rain that we're talking about with the forecast models are starting to back off. sonoma, possibly santa rosa and petaluma. we want to keep the potential in the forecast and keep your umbrella, handy. the chance for showers predominantly in the 50s. this area of low pressure with light/moderate rainfall. north-western california is waking up to some shower. the futurecast does not show much. by noon, just some light rain on napa, fairfield, vallejo. light rained today. the showers will taper off by 4:00 p.m. we could see some

"new york times" when president richard nixon ordered the old gray lady to cease publication of the pentagon papers detailing america's involvement in the vietnamlished excerpts that shows the american government in less than favorable light. but as counsel for the times goodell argued that publication of the pentagon papers fell under the freedom protected of the first amendment. judge murray gurfein wrote this. : what a beautiful way of putting it. the supreme court ultimately agreed 6-3. but as recent events have shown president obama does not suffer a con con con tankerrous press james goodell published a memoir of his time called "fighting for the press." he joins us tonight from new york city. welcome to "the war room," james. >> thank you glad to be here. >> michael: we are certainly glad to have you. let's go back to june 13, 1971 when president nixon first learned go the papers leak. here are excerpts from that phone call. >> nothing else. >> very significant this goddamn "new york times" exposÉ most highly classified documents of the war. >> oh, that, i see. i didn't read the story but you mean that was leaked out of the pentagon? >>

. >> 40 years after the emotional return to the u.s., vietnam prisoners of warren joyed another home coming at the nixondential library. some 200 arrived to commemorate a dinner held in their honor by then president nixon may 24, 1973. >> very emotional time. it was really great for us, a healing thing for the nation. for all of us it was a great welcome home. >> reporter: the dinner largest ever at the white house marked the end of a divisive chapter in u.s. history and a point of closure for the returning p.o.w.s. >> the american people wanted to have something good out of vietnam and we were something good. we were something that they could look at and say these guys went through it. >> though vietnam scened the geneva convention, american soldiers and airmen were bound, beaten and starved. >> it is not what i experienced but what did i bring from the experience. part of it is love of our country, appreciate the freedoms we have, realize the sacrifices that it takes to have that. >> reporter: the p.o.w.s remember nixon not four water gate but as the president who kept his word. this is a replica of t

despite president nixon and secretary of state henry kissinger's efforts to extend the deadline the massive swell of antiwar resistance in this country and force congress to withdraw from vietnam on august fifteenth one thousand seventy three however there was no victory claimed in the war went on until april thirtieth nine hundred seventy five when the capital city of saigon fell in the north over took the weekend to south quickly announcing a unified vietnam under communist rule. ten years of bloody will. millions dead fighting an ideology for a power elite sound familiar. ten years ago today we heard the infamous mission accomplished speech about iraq from bush on the aircraft carrier but as we already know military missions are not accomplished in mere weeks in the wars are not easily won they come at a great cost a loss of life the loss of innocence and the loss of moral integrity may hide in the uncomfortable truths that bring us to fight these wars will always be held captive to history's repetition. oh. i didn't know the song and good morning we were. well remember that we will leave. that. limitation free could you take should free transport charges free to make human

despite president nixon and secretary of state henry kissinger efforts to extend the deadline the massive swell of antiwar resistance in this country and force congress to withdraw from vietnam on aug fifteenth one thousand seventy three however there was no victory claimed in the war went on until april thirtieth one thousand nine hundred seventy five when the capital city of saigon fell in the north over took the weekend south quickly announcing a unified vietnam under communist rule. ten years of bloody war millions dead fighting an ideology for a power elite sound familiar. ten years ago today we heard the infamous mission accomplished speech about iraq from bush on the aircraft carrier but as we already know military missions are not accomplished in nearly weeks in the wars are not easily won they come at a great cost a loss of life a loss of innocence in the loss of moral integrity by hiding the uncomfortable truths that bring us to fight these wars will always be held captive to history and repetition. i. believe. you have any welcome to teal. air you can feel of how oh my.

nixon's domestic agenda. everybody has been interested in the foreign policy side, with the opening to china and the end of the war in vietnam but in the -- i noticed this in the second term of the bush administration there was more interest in richard nixon's domestic policy. it's a real problem for historians because on the tape, richard nixon is not always very happy about his domestic policy. i was wondering, since you were back and looking at the older period for richard nixon, where would you put him vis-a-vis the new deal? interested in a continuation of the new deal? doubting the new school in what role does he say government playing society. >> i think he certainly had no desire town due the new deal. even asking month he was very much in fav of some sort of catastrophic health plan. when nixon was growing up, his family was not poor but he had two brothers who died of tuberculosis, so there went very good health care, and into he was very much internationalist, in spite of the isolationist wing of his party, he was a big supporter of the marshall plan and voted for it, and he was a lot of -- even if he didn't love

dollars for gold but at the current as the cost of the vietnam war escalated there was a run on us gold and other countries realize that president nixon was spending far too many dollars in what could be redeemed in gold so what the nixon do well and nine hundred seventy one he permanently severed of a link between the dollar and gold when he closed the gold window. i have the rest of the secretary of the treasury to take the action necessary to defend the dollar against the speculators i have directed secretary connally to suspend temporarily the convert ability of the dollar. or other was. and late one nine hundred seventy two and i.m.f. committee on finance ministers and central bankers met to discuss monetary reform and according to an a.p. report the committee of twenty eight will be working to build a more flexible system and then the dollars one special status as the chief reserve currency but this didn't happen because the most important commodity in the world which is crude oil would be rising all only and u.s. dollars whether this was by design or accident of this would allow the u.s. . price inflation to be contained in an

thursday, vietnam veterans and p.o.w.s reunited for a three day celebration at the richard nixon presidentialviously he inherited that from linden johnson. he does goat credited for getting us out of that war. it was a very difficult, tricky situation, also bringing home our pows and mias which was a big concern. with rush sharks keep in mind with hush shah, he did cool reels with russia. he helped pass the abm treaty walls assault strategic arms regulations talks. on russia and vietnam again he had a very strong forward-looking record. >> nic, we will get you out of here on this. history always he is gives us a nice pad on presidents looking back nice pad on individuals. do you think the history will look upon him favorably? >> that's a tough question. i think his record after his presidency has been up and down. he rehabilitated himself nicely in the 1980s and wrote a lot of books. became this elder statesmen then when the nixon tapes came out i think it set him back. let's be honest a lot of stuff onyx son tapes which are problematic. if you look just at his record, his olympicments, you h

the protest against the vietnam war i mean it seems like such a bad policy about it grossly backfiring. well it would have been does the united states at that time and president nixon announced it they were going to be having the cambodia they were announcing the cambodian invasion on april thirtieth one thousand nine hundred seventy eight the fact remains and it was actually it's documented that the united states was bombing cambodia and laos for a solid year before that this announcement was planned it's our feeling that when the announcement was was made he also planned domestic battles against the students which they considered new laughs from the huston report if it gets really deep it involves cointelpro which is part of the f.b.i. and i feel the department of defense because they're truly. the only organization that benefited from the killing of anti-war protesters it's our feeling that it's it's actually an international human right for people to protest and when the state kills protesters whether they're students or any type of protester it's a it's a criminal act as well as a crime against man it goes much deeper than murder so new evidence arrived in two

vietnam. whether it was johnson or nixon, there was always a large chunk, 20%, 25% who said we're not doing enough yes, a majority oppose obama care, but only about a third oppose it for conservative reasons about 15%, 20% oppose it because it doesn't go far enough. >> that's right. and we never break those figures out and we really should. i actually had a question for zeke, which is about the public relations campaign that's necessary to get people to sign up for insurance. thatst what the administration is going to be about this summer, i think, leading into the fall and congress is trying to essentially defund that will the administration have the resources to get that message across? you know, coast to coast. >> i think you're absolutely right. it's a very important message and the republicans are trying to make it very difficult to actually get the bill implemented and get people to be aware of it. and i think the administration's task is to use every bully pulpit it has to inform people about the options. they have four months, june, july, august, september and october 1st, people will be a