as one of the largest military strongholds in north vietnam, it was a target of intense bombing raidsnslator: i was just 4 at the time. my parents packed our household belongings and pulled a cattle wagon. we escaped to a neighboring province on foot. the americans bombed a pier along our way. i remember how the sky became fiery red. i was very terrified. i can't forget. >> the vietnam war ended in 1975 when su was 10. but after the war, su and his family struggled and lived hand to mouth. amid such hardship, su found his callin calling. >> translator: i was in the fifth grade when the war ended and someone began teaching traditional dance near where i lived. i loved to dance so i joined the class. >> su was 22 when major economic reforms began. ♪ there was a sudden flood of foreign culture such as magazines and movies into the country. inspired by what he saw, su began taking tango and balance room dancing classes. he earned his teaching credentials and opened his own dancing studio. this is a video taken by nhk during that time. ♪ su then began training fashion models. beauty pagean

as one of the largest military strongholds in north vietnam, it was a target of intense bombing raidsnslator: i was just 4 at the time. my parents packed our household belongings and pulled a cattle wagon. we escaped to a neighboring province on foot. the americans bombed a pier along our way. i remember how the sky became fiery red. i was very terrified. i can't forget. >> the vietnam war ended in 1975 when su was 10. but after the war, su and his family struggled and lived hand to mouth. amid such hardship, su found his callin calling. >> translator: i was in the fifth grade when the war ended and someone began teaching traditional dance near where i lived. i loved to dance so i joined the class. >> su was 22 when major economic reforms began. ♪ there was a sudden flood of foreign culture such as magazines and movies into the country. inspired by what he saw, su began taking tango and balance room dancing classes. he earned his teaching credentials and opened his own dancing studio. this is a video taken by nhk during that time. ♪ su then began training fashion models. beauty pagean

north vietnam's primary resisting foreign occupation has turned vietnam into a chinese vassal state. vietnam today has neither freedom or democracy. what has transpired in the 41 thosesince the war ended not change the gratitude we have for the brave men and women of the vietnam war, as we honor them today. because wehese facts proudly honor those heroes, we must examine whether sacrifice means to us today, and how much the cause for which they died still remains to be achieved. one day, when vietnam is no longer under commonest control, and is a land of freedom and democracy, the vietnam war will no longer be a reminder of division, instead, it will be a reminder of the high price that freedom requires in all great countries. on that day, i believe that we will have, finally, truly honored these fallen soldiers, and the souls of those brave men and women, we will be proud of their sacrifice. >> while i hear today -- why am i here today? i'm here today because the young man saved my life, and changed my life. in four years of combat, there were many soldiers who did this for many of

i think vietnam was not just a simple civil war between the north and the south. vietnam was a full war, plus a counter insurgency, and an east-west confrontation between superpowers, and a diplomatic from the 1950's through the 1970's. we went through six president e -- until my father was released. the similarities are the nationbuilding. i am not sure we mastered that yet, in the iraq, afghanistan, to what we learned in vietnam. i have shared this, and i have a lot of friends still on active duty, and i support what we are doing because the decisions have been made in afghanistan. with a south vietnamese perspective, i am not -- ifhe american military you look at our training and , we are and victories built to kill and win. if you ask a young marine, a combat unit to go to vietnam, and take ahanistan, one-page note out of the vietnam something we took out of general abram's latter years in vietnam, build it so we can leave and they take over. i am not sure that is the model. i only know when you have an allied military like the south vietnamese, the iraqis, the

east.nny turned to the there were development workers ,here from the soviet union north vietnam.cuba. who hadny and knew many been taught by teachers from these areas. french communists came back. politicalthe largest party in france after world war ii. they spearheaded the internal resistance. they were free to come. so, really it was that personal. >> i am afraid we have to leave it at that. of our time. end thank you for joining us today. many of the documents that have been referred to are on the center's digital archives. you to a small reception outside to continue the conversation more informally. not before thanking our future speaker. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. >> this weekend, tuscaloosa, alabama. explore the history and literary colter of the southern city. on american history tv we will the native american culture from about the 11th through the 15th centuries. >> welcome. in its heyday they were the largest city north of mexico. 30contains the remains of flattop mounds. we are standing at mound be. yards.ains 112,000 cubic this would have been wher

there were development workers there from the soviet union, north vietnam. cuba. i met many and knew many who had been taught by teachers from these areas. french communists came back. they were the largest political party in france after world war ii. they spearheaded the internal resistance. they were free to come help guinea, sort of like the abraham lincoln brigade. so, really it was that personal. >> i am afraid we have to leave it at that. we are at the end of our time. thank you for joining us today. many of the documents that have been referred to are on the center's digital archives. at digitalarchive.org. let eric and me invite you to a small reception outside to continue the conversation more informally. not before thanking our featured speaker. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. next, the church committee 40 years later. beginning next weekend on american history tv, we will show extended segments of the 1975 hearings that investigated cia, fbi, irs, and nsa activities. next weekend at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. all on

besides the soviet union, china, north korea, vietnam, laos, cambodia over the course of the cold warame into falling under the coming his banner. -- the communist banner. not too good. during the 1950's, communism was monolithic. we have learned subsequently that communism was not monolithic. dr. kissinger accomplished diplomacy but we failed in southeast asia in the 11-year war. in vietnam. we move to containment in the union to the manchurian border. turn the 1980's, we had pretty warm relationship and considered china as a strong ally versus the soviet union. next slide, please. as far as some of the challenges over the decades to execute the policy, for the united states to maintain a containment policy it was no easy matter. united states is an island nation. my former boss, james holloway iii told me about a meeting with secretary of defense harry brown and the carter administration. during the air of the soviet union in the 1970's. brown argued we needed to pursue civility with the soviet union by achieving parity. to be credible -- for our allies to even know the united state

. ♪ [ singing in foreign language ] ♪ >> located on the north and south banks of the perfume river in central vietnamngement determined by criteria both military and spiritual. for 143 years, hue was the seat of power for the dynasty which ruled the entire country until the late 1800s when the french started taking power and land under their control. the french allowed the imperial throne to rule nominally the center of the country until the end of world war ii in 1945. hue has been celebrated for its dynastic architectures since the early 1800s, vast palaces, pagodas, and tombs. the center is wealth of the intellectual, artistic, culinary and religious life of the country. ♪ oh, yeah, that's tempting. it's around here somewhere. this is dong ba market, and deep inside, somewhere in there is what i want. in my way of thinking, in the hierarchy of delicious, slurpee stuff in a bowl, this is at the very top. he is an author and journalist that spent much of his childhood in hue. >> if i'm going to die, if i'm going to go to prison and they give me my last meal, this would be it. >> this will be it. >>

north korea weapons. and if that's the case with vietnam, that's going to be a concern. we're being very vigilant about making sure that countries are not doing that. >> you also indicated about supplying north korea with weapons. that same u.n. council has indicated to us that cuba is providing north korea with the illegal weapons as the administration tries to renew relations with cuba. should that be a consideration as we go forward. >> as you know there was an incident in which a ship that was transporting weapons which originated cuband seemed to be heading for north korea was stopped by the panamanians. and weapons were found on board. the weapons were confiscated. the ship was finally returned to the north korean ownership there was a $700,000 fine that was paid. the captain was detained. we've come down very hard at the united nations on this shipment, including putting a spotlight on it. putting a spotlight on cuba's apparent role in helping to facilitate the trade in weapons, it's a real concern and we've been very vigilant about making clear that that's unaccep

served his country in the united states army in the long national nightmare that was the vietnam war. this northy seen the marker here for years, but either because it was covered with debris or had been recently flipped over he'd never noticed the inscription. >> what did you think when for the first time you saw that this was a military marker? >> i felt really, um, like i had to do something about it because my family served in the marines and the army and the navy. >> reporter: he says once he and others realized it was a veteran's marker they took pictures and posted them on social media. smith called fox 29 seeking he help. >> it's a tombstone. >> reporter: when we arrived, neighbors quickly gathered around the stone wondering allowed how it could have ended near west 67th and side den ham. a few feet from the front of a neighborhood market. >> it kept on, you know, like yelling out to me to do something about it, you know, like to -- to talk to somebody or to find writ belongs to or where it needs to go to or where it needs to go back to. >> reporter: just a few blocks away on arise with

they asked about aggression in the south china sea and sanctions against north korea and human rights issues in vietnam and burma. this is just under two hours.

in south san francisco, and 65, and sausalito is 64 and upper 50s along the north bay coast and 71 to 76 through the vietnams east bay shore upper 60s to low 70s and 74 to 80 inland east bay. at the game tonight, it will be breezy, 61 at 7:05 at at the coe. still warmest on saturday and sunday and then the cooling hits the coast on monday and then the rest of us next week. >> we have breaking news from philadelphia right now, the f.a.a. has issued a ground stop at philadelphia international airport after a plane made an emergency landing. in was smoke in the cockpit. according to reports on social media, it looked like it is an american eagle plane with no word on the cause. no one was injured. right now planes not thatting off or landing -- not taking off or happening in philadelphia so heads up. we will monitor the story. >> dub nation you is another chance to get your happens on tickets to the when conference semifinals. warriors insiders can buy tickets starting this morning at 10:00 a.m. with seas on to the general public at 2:00 p.m., and we could know tonight who the dubs are laying in the next round.

. >>> vietnam veteran is being credited with stopping an armed robbery at a north carolina waffle houselove that place. he fought off the suspect with nothing but his cane. trace gallagher has the story for us. >> reporter: i love that place, too, gretchen. you talk about the right guy in the right place. it was 5:30 saturday morning. he served two tours in vietnam. he was sitting at his usual place at the corporator near the cash register when a man came in and pointed an ak-47-style rifle at the employees and demanded money. a customer who was with her two small children snuck in the bathroom and called 911. >> we are in the waffle house and there is a guy who is trying to rob it and he has a really big gun. >> reporter: while emergency dispatch is notifying the cops the army vet who learned a lot about ak-47s in vietnam notices there is no trigger guard, no trigger and there is wood all the way up to the barrel. so he tells the cashier not to give the man any money because the gun is fake. that's when the suspect points the gun at the vietnam vet did 2 vet hits wim had his cane. from

vietnam. this will be enough to hold the field. there is a serious war in the north. there are kurds. christians. and local sunnis who want to fight against isis but we've not shown the backing that they need. this is a holding operation so he won't be humiliated. not a way to win a war. >> iran, russia, all testing missiles, north korea as well. that's it for the panel. stay tuned. was the caped crusader caught committing crimes instead of stopping them? go ahead... leave the competition behind. lexus gs 350 and 200 turbo. there's no going back. thope to see you again soon.. whoa, whoa, i got this. just gotta get the check. almost there. i can't reach it. if you have alligator arms, you avoid picking up the check. what? it's what you do. i got this. thanks, dennis! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. growwwlph. it's what you do. oh that is good crispy duck. my school reunion's comi♪ fast. could be bad. could be a blast. can't find a single thing to wear. will they be looking at my hair? won't be the same without you bro. ♪ when it's go,

of being, what, careful about discretionary interventions, whether it was going north of the 38th parallel in korea, vietnam2003 iraq war. the united states in many cases has gotten it wrong by being too ambitious. that's a fair debate. when is it we should use force? under what circumstance sfwhs th --? that's a i legitimate foreign policy question. >> it's apparently true that people do read the article in "playboy." don't raise your hand, mike barnicle. >> heilemann still has that issue. anyway, we'll talk about that issue where he predicted things we're seeing today 26 years ago. we'll talk about that when we return. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. some say "free the whales." for them, nothing else is acceptable. but nothing could be worse for the whales. most of the orcas at seaworld were born here. sending them into the wild wouldn't be noble. it could be fatal. when they freed keiko, the killer whale of movie fame, the effort was a failure and he perished. but we also understand that times have changed. today, people are concerned about the world's largest animals like never

north would ask for peace. the confederacy would have its independence. that is not something unique. the first part of that 1-2-3-4 scale, we side in vietnam. we hit them with everything we had in our arsenal, and they would not quit. stopping the war because the will to continue just slipped away. camengly, that scenario terribly close to success when in the spring of 1864, the south came as close as it would come. despite two failures and northern invasions -- confederate victory was quite possible if the southern and comecould hold off sherman in georgia. throughout may and june, men fought and blood flowed. southerners sherman engaged in an 80 mile campaign. cautious of rather found the union army in front of atlanta and seemingly content to stay there, while the southern army underwent a change in leadership. union efforts in virginia were more complicated and far more bloody. but for a time, the end result seem just as empty. were driven in flight from the shenandoah valley, thereby leaving pressure on that vital legion. the widely heralded grants was soundly defeated in the wilderness, beaten back in spotsylvania, and almost massacre

vietnam war. anderson cooper after katrina. "spotlight." that's the best of journalism when you take a stand. not all the time but a few times but if you don't take stand you're north doing your job. >> i think we have time for two more questions. >> okay. i'm going to make -- >> then the rest -- i know. all right, all right, all right. next? >> i actually work with the -- very dear to the "washington post." i'm a dreamer, been here for 16 years, soon to be undocumented unless we vote blue in this election. my one topic that nobody is talking about is heartbreaking and frustrating, talking about millions of immigrants being deported back to their country. my native country, honduras, guatemala, and many of us, a lot of journalist, we're all blaming the u.s. we're fighting against the obama, whoever is kicking all these people, but then again, we're not being upset, we're not being frustrated with the government in honduras, the president of honduras, the president of el salvador. my two questions is how the latinos that are here, how can we advocate from united states, protect and fight for those people being -- a lot of these children, they go back and they're dyi

vietnam. for the complete american tv his -- american history tv weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. >> washington journal continues. at our table, congressman robert pittenger, republican from northolina and chair of the national task or's on terrorism and unconventional warfare. he sits on the financial services committee. thank you for being here. force,egin with the task why was it formed and what is the goal? force was task chaired by a former majority leader several years ago and he asked if i would like to succeed him in chairing the task force, so i did that and i have been working on that very hard, since then. we have had three forums to date and we have our fourth in june with members of parliament coming from 25 european countries and the purpose is to address intelligence, oversight, preserving, integrity of what we have, looking at terrorism financing as well as civil liberties protections and also cyber worker. host: what our countries saying to the united states and what is your impression of other country's willingness to combat terrorism? guest: the world looks to america, there is no doubt. america is the hope of the world. they see the security of the world and