robert s. mcnamaraon the left and president lyndon johnson on the right at a party noting his departure from the pentagon. it says mcnamara, a brilliant student, compulsive worker and school for the sixth goal for -- skillful planner and organizer. i want to spend some time this morning getting your thoughts on the career and life of robert s. mcnamara who died yesterday. democrats, called -- to a 2-737 -- host: here is part of the right up on "the washington post." headline says terribly wrong handling of vietnam overshadowed record of achievement. robert mcnamara, 93, the former secretary of defense whose record as a leading executive of the industry and chieftain of foreign financial it was all but erased from public memory by his reputation as the primary architect of u.s. involvement in the war in vietnam, died yesterday at is on the washington. the family said he suffered a fall three years ago but did not provide a specific cause of death. he was secretary of defense during the presidency of jfk

how responsible do you believe robert mcnamara was for what went wrong in vietnam?> well, he was certainly at the apex of that pyramid of power along with lyndon johnson. the two most powerful people in the american government,. >> was mcnamara leading the wrong course or was he setting the wrong course? >> my belief and it is informed by many of these taped phone conversation, conversations between mcnamara and johnson, the characterization of mcnamara as being the chief architect is wrong. to me the impetus for escalation clearly came from the president. >> do agree with that, miss shapley that calling him the architect which i did just a moment ago, in fact, and reporting the story is incorrect? >> i think it's safe to say that they were all in it together, as they say, and that the president's in both cases definitely set the tone. president kennedy and president johnson. and as in a sense mcnamara was right, they were prisoners of a mind-set. there's also no question that mcnamara set most of the military policy often over the objections of the uniformed milita

robert mcnamara ran the pentagon for the cuban missile crisis and most of the vietnam war. became a champion of the poor of the world. we look back at his life. >> he had an unusual journey. he was one of the cleverest men to ever serve an american president. in 1960, he was a hugely successful businessman. he was the first head of the ford motor co. not to be a member of the ford family. >> i have asked robert mcnamara to assume the responsibilities -- >>> the newly elected president kennedy invited him to become secretary of defense for a fraction of his salary at ford motor company. the call him arrogant and a machine on legs as he sat out to modernize the pentagon. two years later came the cuban missile crisis. not amara was at the side of kennedy as they faced down the russian attempt to station nuclear missiles in cuba. -- mcnamara was at the site of kennedy as they faced down the russian attempt to station nuclear missiles in cuba. the world had never come closer to nuclear war. >> rational individuals came that close to total destruction of their societies. >> he ov

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robert mcnamara drove that decision. i was the to try to slow it down, as a matter of fact, and i think he was right and i was wrong. but i did it on behalf of the u.s. government. but his legacy is not going to be the world bank. it will be vietnam. and it is time for him to have said it was wrong, but he was part of the wrong. >> was in a tragic figure, charles? >> i think in many ways. i think it is interesting colby remembers is 10 -- his tenure of the world bank, because many don't. i have a different take. everything he touched went wrong. at the world bank had this idea of a huge influx of capital into the poor countries. in a tan nia -- in tanzania, and completely ruined the countryside and agriculture because it favored by urban areas to the point where the farmers in tanzania planted the crops upside-down as a result. >> that is a false example used before by people on the right -- falls. tanzania had the highest literacy rate in the continent because of the intervention of the world bank and the story that has

. >> former defense secretary robert mcnamara died this week. >> our fire prior is immense. why shouldn't we expect to achieve a military advantage? >> robert mcnamara, secretary of defense over kennedy and johnson directed the american participation in the war in vietnam. actually, he was right about the military advantage. the united states prevailed in every major battle. our american soldiers, marines, air and the one battle but the united states lost the war. robert mcnamara cut leader said we were terribly wrong and what to future generations to explain why. you worked for him? >> i was u.s. representative to the board of the world bank and he was president at the time. i saw him almost every day. i think in some ways he tried to compensate for what he did as secretary of defense. not sure he it she did. he brought his considerable talent on behalf of the world's poor, driving the institution and countries in the world to increase assistance to the poor. china would not be where it is today as a world power were it not for the world bank bringing it into the economic f

he became kennedy's cretary of defense. >> i have asked robert mcnamara to assume the responsibilitiesy of defense. >> he was in on the planning of the bay of pigs invasion in cuba, a disaster forennedy early in his presidency. then came vietnam. mcnamara admitted much later it was really just a civil war between north and south, but at the time, the height of the cold war, the u.s. jumped in to stop the domino theory from playing out, the fear of nations falling to the communists one by one. and little by little it escalated to a half million americans in the fight and 58,000 dead. it became widely known as mcnamara's war. >> south vietnam is such a complex situation. one must always look at the pluses and the minuses. >> at first the u.s. tried sheer might, a bombing campaign under mcnamara called rolling thunder. years later, the problem was how to get out. by the time he left government and was given the medal of freedom by lbj, mcnamara was a broken man. it was clear he would always be identified with the war, and when he started to speak at his farewell ceremony, it was clear he

defense secretary robert mcnamara dies at age 9 ndon landmark it'a new installation andhe pubc get an hour of fame. >> rack obama came to oice talking of pressing eeset button onelations with moscow the start of h two-day summ with the president, dimitry medvev, we have seen the first signs of how o whether itight work. the u. and russia he pledd major cuts in their nuclear arsenals, ough both will maintain huge stks. they acknowledge differences on geora, but insisted ere was ore to uite the two counies then divide em. we have is rort from moscow. >> not for me. >> not r you? >> they welce to the prident and first lady to their home for dinner, that -- all sual, just a few dozen bodyguards hidinin the trees. earlr, amid the gded splendorfthe kremlin palace the two presidents had agreed to slash their nuclear arsenals. >> we have taken imrtant steps forward to increase nuclear stabily and stop the sead of nuclear apons. this srts with the reducon our own nuclear arsenals. the world's two leading nuclea wers, the uited states and ruia, must lead by example. >> president's mdvedevas eve

. >> former defense secretary robert mcnamara died lt week. >> our fire power of advante is immense why ouldn't weexpect to aceve ailitary advantage? >> robert mcnamara, secretary of defense under president kennedy andohnson directed american participion in the war in vietnam. tually he was right about th aantage. in ft, the u.s. prevailed in every major battle. our amerin soldiers, marines, herrmann, won the batt but the unit stas lost the war. he lateraid we were wrg, terribly ong, and we owe it to future generatio to explain you worked for him at the world ba. >> i workewith him, u.s. representative on the ard and he was the preside at the time and i saw a lot of him almost every day. i think in some ways to try to compensate for wh he did as secretary of defense. not sure he'd she di but he brought his considerable energy and talent. driving the institution and the world to increase assistae to the poor china would not be ere it is toy as a world power were it not for the world bank bringing its into the economic familof nations encouraging development robert mcnama drove the decisi

. >> robert mcnamara was the architect of u.s. cy during vietnam. robert gates calls him a patriot and dedicated public servant. but critics would disagree. more now from charlie gibson. >> reporter: robert s. mcnamara was a man of extraordinary accomplishment. as head of the world bank he worked to eradicate hunger. he was called the conscience of west. before coming to washington, he had modernized the ford motor company are pulling the plug on the ill-fated edsel. but all of it, everything, is overshadowed by vietnam. >> i've asked robert mcnamara to assume the responsibility of secretary of defense. >> reporter: for seven years under presidents kennedy and johnson, he directed the escalation of our commitment in vietnam. he was so enmeshed in the conflict that by 1964 people were calling it mcnamara's war. >> our fire power advantage was immense. why shouldn't we expected to achieve a military advantage. >> reporter: but in private it's been learned that mcnamara came to have serious doubts the u.s. could win in vietnam. after

. >> recently robert mcnamara died. a lot of different publications, editorials and columns, it is hard because we don't have them in front of us, but a lot of people made apologies for robert mcnamara, saying he was basically a good man and that if things did not go well in vietnam, but he did the right things. if you see different sides. on the right off and they said he was a better man than the left thought he was. kilmeade figure this out. where do you put mcnamara? >>-- held me figure this out? >> anybody would say the left has been hard on robert mcnamara's, anybody who had third opinions in the time of algeria's. if your view about the vietnam war was that it was a horrible disaster for this country, ending in dishonor, your view of robert mcnamara, even though he may have done good things at the world bank, cannot be that great. if you supported the vietnam war and you believed that if only robert mcnamara and kissinger and nixon -- let us not forget lyndon johnson was the person who escalated the vietnam war,

fault of war" and deborah shapley, author of theiography "promise and power: the life an times of robert mcnamaramr. morris to you first. how responsible do you believe robert mcnamaraas for what went wro in ietnam? >> well, as certainly at the apex of that pyramid of power ong with lyndon johnso the two most porful people in the americanovernment,. >> was mcnamara leading the wrong course oras he setting the wro course? my belief and it is informed by man of these taped phone conversaon, conveations between mcnara and johnson, the characterizati of mcnamara asbeing the chi arctect is wrong. to m the impetus for escalati clrly came from the president. >> do agree with tha, miss shapley that calling him the architect which i d just a moment ago, in fac, and reporng the story is incorct? >> i thin it's se to say tt they were all in it together, as they say, and that the president'sn both cases definitely set t tone. president kennedy and president johnson. an as in a sense mcnamara was right, they were prisoners of a mind-set there's also no queion that namara set mostf t military policy oen over t

but everything is overshadowed by vietnam. >> i've asked robert mcnamara to assume responsibility of cretary of defense. >> reporter: for seven years, mcnamara directed the escalation of cmitment in vietnam. he was so enmeshed. by 1954 people were calming it mcnamara's war. >> our fire pow serum mens. why shouldn't we expect to sa chief military advantage. >> reporter: but in private it's been learned mcnamara had doubts that the u.s. could win in vietnam. after he exhe pressed them to president johnson he was given the medal of freedom and shown the door. indeed mcnamara spent the rest of his life agonizing over the war. it seemed to haunt him. >> we were wrong, terribly wrong. and we owe it to future generations to explain why. >> reporter: mcnamara continued his public mia kulpa in "the fog of war." >> any angered with himself that he made mistakes in the application of military power. he's killed people unnecessarily. his own troops or other troops through mistakes through errors of judgment. >> reporter: robert mcnamara was 93 year old. >>> overseas in china today. more than 150

where do you put robert mcnamara? >> this would be -- anybody who was writing about how nigh yeef -- naive the left was about alger hiss, let's say in the 1970's when people were writing about it a lot, would say the left has been too hard on robert mcnamara. your view is basically conditioned by your view of what the vietnam war was. if your view about the vietnam war was that it was a horrible disaster for this country, ending in dishonor. , your view of robert mcnamara, though he may have done good things at the world bank, can't be that great. if you support 24ed vietnam war -- if you supported the vietnam war and believed that if only mcnamara and henry kissinger and richard nixon, let us not forget, lyndon johnson was the person who escalated the vietnam war. but that war went on longer under kissinger, and nixon than under lyndon johnson. so you can't, if you were opposed to the vietnam war, you can't think well of mcnamara, but if you're somebody who believes the vietnam war, for instance, the right today beli

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robert mcnamara served as the secretary under presidents kennedy and johnson.s so closely associated with the conflict in vietnam, that come called mcnamara's car. he waited 30 years before revealing his misgivings publicly. mcnamara was president of ford motor company before backing defense secretary. robert mcnamara was 93 years old. >>> coming up, the latest sports from espn news. you're watching "america this morning" from new york and los angeles. introducing listerine® tota care. everything you need to strengthen teeth, help prevent cavities, and kill germs. introducing 6 in 1 listerine® ttal care. the most complete mouthwash. and to complete your oral care routine add superior plaque removal in places that are hard to reach with reach® toothbrush #and floss. get the complete routine, reach® andlisterine total care. it's much easier to find money at esurance. great auto insurance rates and lots of discounts! got insurance already? save more with esurance's "switch & save (tm) discount"! it also pays to shop online. you get esurance's "fast 5 (tm) discount

>> i thinkthat it's very portant for robert mcnamara to speak out abt these issues. rose: i do,oo. >> inow he has very, vy strong feelings. i knowhe said thgs to me in private. ment >> i'll kl you if y repeat them! >> and, in fact, i won't repeat them out of respect for him and our relationsp. but i know that he has spent a fe... a large fraction of a lifen plic service. d he has learned a lot of thingsrom thatife. and it's imrtant that he brings that knowledge to bear. >> ros but he isot doing it total. you know he's not, earl, ce on! >> now wait a second.... >> rose: you just said that! >> i thin that he cld be more outspoken. >> he specifically thinks i should comment on th iraq situation. in the book,in retrospecand in the other two books i drew lessons. but those lessons can be applied to iraq. let people read the books and apply e lessons. i'm not going to critice my president when 's in a war. up into but let me just suggest to you thaone of the imrtant things tt you underlined other than empathy and other than counication is that we need to ha public debate a

former defense secretary robert mcnamara has died.he unpopular conflict was sometimes called robert mcnamara's war. he later admitted that the administration was terribly wrong to have pursued military action beyond 1963. before joining the kennedy administration, he was the president of the ford motor company. robert mcnamara it was 93 years old. >> president barack obama and his russian counterpart announced a series of important agreements. they have reached a preliminary deal to reduce nuclear weapons and are setting up a commission to work on issues from the economy to terrorism. brian morris has the story. >> as the presidents of the net states and russia met in moscow, the iciness seemed to be melting a bit. >> we agreed that the relationship between russia and the united states has suffered from a sense of drift. we resolved to reset relations. >> despite the fact that in several hours we cannot remove the burden of all of the problems, we have agreed that we will go forward. >> they signed an agreement on cutting back nuclear

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war. >>> took nearly three decades for robert mcnamara to admit he was wrong about the vietnam war. mcnamara's death this week was a painful reminder that both fell short. one of jfk's whiz kids celebrated by journalists and when lbj sent huge numbers of american troops to shore up vietnam against the north, he managed the conflict, even as both men initially denied there would be a major escalation. >> we wish to emphasize we seek no wider war. our response will depend upon the action of the aggressors. in this case, the north vietnamese. >> the press was differential during those cold war days, especially when they were taking on the communists. as more american journalists went to saigon, they saw that mcnamara's war was going badly on what became known as the 5:00 follies. by 1968 newspaper reporters have grown skeptical and television reports were bringing the jungle war into our living rooms and, finally, walter conkrit went to vietnam and to believe in the face of the optimism the opmists that were wrong in the past. >> reporter: mcnamara doubted, almost from the start, that m

robert mcnamara has died. he served as defense secretary under john f.nedy who recruited him and lyndon johnson. he was vilified for his role in vietnam, though in his later years conceded that the u.s. had made a mistake there robert mcnamara was 93 years old. >>> the government's cash for clunkers program is underway across the nation. and while dealerships are expecting to be busy, scammers are already busy trying to take advantage of the new program. tonight we'll tell you everything you need to know so you don't fall victim. >>> and what was it that so many people saw and heard overnight in northern baltimore and harford counties? we'll tell you what police and norm thinks it was. >>> last night i gave you a 2- degree guarantee for today of 85 degrees. the high today 86. we hit our 2-degree guarantee seven days in a row. we'll try to make it eight. the complete forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. [ applause ] >> the dow gained today, but investors are still worried about how long this recession will last. the dow gain in order than 44 po

somedy actually, apparently tried to throw robert mcnamara overboard.ng us now is paul hendrickson, university pennsylvania professorho uncovered the namara ferryboat sty and writes abo it in his book, "the lving and ea the five lives of a lost war." mr. hendrickson, thank yofor joining us tonight. >> thank you, rachel. >> did joe galloway accurately recount what happened on that ferry to martha's vineyard? >> yes, aolutely f all ip tents and purposes. i think mcnamara's posion hanging at bart in a slouched, relaxed way, this is what the artist told me. he saidthat alone drove him crazy. the artist saw him from about 20 feet away in this lunch rm and he lked at mcnama and all of thater aut the vietnam war ca up. here was thi guyoing over to e vineyardfor his weekend holidadain his sporting togs and in thisurderous ragebegan awawng up his throat. as the ararti s sai to me, i i n artist, i w wor i i immediate cocontt. you have a a phone cal, please follow me. they got ouside in the barkness and he got mccnama by e collar and thee lt buckle dd ied to throw

. >>> former defense secretary robert mcnamara passed away this morning. his wife said his death will be failing for some time. he was one of the top architects of the vietnam war. robert mcnamara was 93 years old. >> it was real crazy, the roof crumbling down. >>> investigators are looking into a devastating fire in upper marlboro. firefighters found two bodies inside. the flames were so intense the siding on two neighboring homes melted. the victims have not yet been identified. >> the suspect in a high profile case in upper moral bro will be in court today. shannon washington is expected to enter the plea in a brutal beating of an elderly man on christmas eve. the victim was attacked and robbed in a church parkinlot after dropping his wife off for choir practice. washington is charged with attempted murder and other charges. >>> the hunt is on for a serial killer in the state of south carolina. officials believe the murders of a manslaughter father and 15- year-old daughter are link today three other killings. police are not saying what the connection i

robert mcnamara served under president johnson. in later years, mcnamara said he has deep misgivings about viet nam. he died in the district. he was 93. >>> tens of thousands of michael jackson fans flocked to los angeles to say a final farewell. >> clear and sunny skies today. >> jeff fisher talks about the murder of steve mcnair. p >>> there is new information about the maneuvering regarding michael jackson's estate. a judge has made an important ruling. >> police in los angeles are bracing before huge crowds at the staples center. we're joined with the latest. >> michael jackson died with hundreds of million dollars in debt. it is his attorney and a family friend who will be in charge of that estate. a judge ruled his mother should not administer his estate, valued at more than $230 million. another court battle is gearing over custody of his children. a friend of his wife's responded to reports that she may seek custody. >> that has changed now with michael's death. >> fans now prepared to say goodbye to the king of pop. >> my

robert mcnamara has died. in the middle box, mark sanford returning to work after spending a long weekend in florida with his family. in the bottom box, a news conference in milwaukee about a massive fire at a meat packing plant. this thing is huge. they are morning folks within a 1 mile radius to leave the area because of toxic fumes. martha: many of us have ridden on the monorail in disney world. it is not somewhere where you feel unsafe. this morning officials are trying to feel like -- trying to discover what happened when one train slammed into the back of another one, killing the driver. police have not released the 911 calls from the scene. >> what happened? >> 1 monorail was waiting at the station and there was another one coming up and there was a collision. this is just outside the station. >> are there any injuries? >> i do not know at this time. very likely. martha: shannon butler is standing by with our fox affiliate in florida. any idea how this happened? >> osha is on scene right now. investigat

i think we shld knowhe passing of fmer defense secretary robert mcnamara. a historic figure in allf this. all of the analyses and appreciati forver think about at heid, i think it is a great time to be in the new siness right now. >>chuck, we see him as a trag figure. do you thinke s himself that way? t man who got it wrong? i think heid s himself that way. people need to understand that he had a blood that that he could never bring himse to say. he was responsib for thousds of america -- americs. you cannot look io the eyes of those thousands of people and say, we made a mistake. people wanted m to me a huge apoly. people do not alize the blood bthe felt. thank you very much. that is ourrogram for today. tha you for comg along. you c hear us on x and radio -- serious and some radi sirrus xmradio. until then, cheers.

. >> former defense secretary, robert mcnamara, a key architect in the vietnam era has said. both the kennedy and lyndon johnson administrations were terribly wrong to have pursued a military action beyond 1963, he later said. before joining the administration he was president of ford motor company. after leaving the pentagon he spent 12 years of leading the world. he was 93 years old. more legal trouble for former washington, d.c. mayor who is charged with the misdemeanor of stalking after woman flagged down a u.s. park police officer saturday and said that barry was following her . the woman is a longtime friend of his whose for some reason turned on him. he was released and is expected to appear in court later this week. a problem you see more and adults than children -- doctors report seeing more kids with kidney stones. but doctors say you can do to stay healthy. >> a nice clear stand for this afternoon, plenty of sun. i will let you know how long it will last. right now we are sitting pretty at 81 degrees at both d.w.i. marshall and at the inner harbor. >> changes are c

robert mcnamara was 93 years old.rved as defense secretary under presidents kennedy and johnson, also among the things he's known for, being a key player under kennedy during the cuban missile crisis in 1962. >>> nashville police say steve mcnair's girlfriend bought a gun last thursday, just two days before she was found dead next to the former nfl quarterback. they say the weapon was purchased hours after mcnair and sahel kazemi were pulled over and she was charged with dui, then arrested. police say 36-year-old mcnair was the victim of homicide, but they are not ready to label kazemi's death a suicide. tennessee titans coach jeff fisher spoke about mcnair's death today. take a listen. >> he was special and was going to be special. so here we are, 15 years later, he's no longer with us. >> reporter: a tragic situation. we will continue to follow it for you. >> what a sad story. what a great quarterback he was. thanks very much for that, betty. >>> what were personal details and photographs of the incoming chief of br

. >>> former defense secretary robert mcnamara has died. he died in his sleep at his home in the district early this morning. the 93-year-old served as secretary of defense during the vietnam war under presidents kennedy and johnson. he was vilified for his role in the vietnam war and later devoted himself to helping the world's poorest nations. >>> the telegram in afghanistan are claiming that they are holding in missing u.s. soldiers. -- the telegram in afghanistan are claiming that they are holding a missing u.s. soldiers. they have no proof. american authorities had said the soldier may have been kidnapped. six u.s. troops were killed today in afghanistan in two roadside bomb attacks. >>> the latest phase of the wilson bridge project gotnder way a few minutes access between the eisenhower avenue connector and the beltway pols outer loop closed at noon to vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians. the closures will last through september. motorists should access eisenhower avenue via van dorn street. bicyclist must use alternative routes. we t

. >>> former secretary of defense robert mcnamara has died. he was best known for his leadership role in the vietnam war. in his later years he conceded that kennedy and jon administrations were terribly wrong in vietnam. he died at his home early this morning. his wife said his health was failing for quite some time. dead at the age of 93. >>> team usa is relishing another win. for the third year in a row, joey chestnut has proven to be the top hot dog eater. the top dog we should call him. 259-year-old was able to chomp down 68 dogs and buns to win the competitive hot dog-eating contest. finishing in second was takeru kobayashi. >> a former champion himself. >> yes, he has won before. either way i kind of get a little sick every time i watch it. >> i don't understand how they can dunk it in water and then eat it. >> the method to the madness. >> take another live look outside and stick around, your complete first warning weather forecast two and a half minutes away. >>> first a look at today's midday stocks. >>> welcome back, everybody. what

tavis: shifting gears, even though we have talked about war, with us and others, robert mcnamara, theense secretary, is now dead at the age of 93. to your mind, is mcnamara a hero for acknowledging that he made a mistake in vietnam? a villain for what he did in vietnam? or is that in oversimplification? >> as with any powerful human story, you cannot summon up in the either/or, he wrote/a felon. -- hero/villain. i grew up in washington. my dad worked for mcnamara at the pentagon. this story of mcnamara, his intelligence, toughness, in some ways his arrogance, and then terrible mistakes of the vietnam war. i watched very closely. i knew mcnamara and his family since i was a boy. i think my own personal feelings are what gifted people day were when they came to washington working for jack kennedy. they believed they could really create a new country, such big dreams. they got caught in the vietnam war. mcnamara himself was so confident he was going to get through this with intelligence, figure it out. he cannot figure this out. he got deeper and deeper in this tunnel of the vietnam. i w

the wife of robert mcnamara has been in poor health for some time and passed away at his washington home this morning. he was 93 years old. >>> lights, camera, action! still ahead on abc 2 news at 5:30, who is letting some kids in baltimore take over television. ferocious growling. september, he started doing the housework and caring for his 7- year-old daughter elizabeth. >> you know, in spite of being laid off, i feel like i'm so blessed. when i get a phone call from my daughter and she daddy, i don't feel well, can you pick me up, and i'm able to do it. >> reporter: when chuck lost his job, he became a stay at home dad while his wife kept going to work. >> there is definitely like old- school thought process on staying at home and being a male where you're supposed to be the provider and everything. >> reporter: in tj mckenna's book, he lists five mistakes new stay-at-home dads make. trying to do things the way their wife did them, not asking for help, worrying about the mr. mom stigma, not getting involved in their kids' activities, and isolation. men could lose their identity and fo

mcnamara's legacy is vietnam. james a controversial figure in life. how is he being remembered? >> well, shepard, roberta that was his middle name. he was a brilliant man. weighs remembered for chiefly leading the united states into a quagmire. as secretary of defense in the kennedy administration he advised the commander and chief during the cuban missile crisis. the 19 of 2 -- 1962 clash with the soviet union that nearly plungeed us into nuclear war. military commitment to prevent the communist takeover of south vietnam. in his best-selling but deeply controversial 1995 memoir in retrospect mcnamara acknowledged that he and his fellow policy makers were quote terribly wrong in predictions will vietnam. he served as president of the world bank where he championed aid to developing countries. the author and editor of several books about the vietnam war including perils of dominance said mcnamara never admitted the depth of his own deception. >> he was in fact an early convert to the cause of peace in vietnam. he realized that it was a war that could not be i don't know. in fact, i think there is plenty

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we are getting were the sort of remark -- that's robert mcnamara -- getting more this morning that robert mcnamara died this morning, he had served as secretary of defense during the vietnam war. he became a lightning rod for critics of the war as he defended administration policies on capitol hill. gregg: two weeks ago the leading health care plan in congress covered 30% of the uninsured and cost $1 trillion. today it will cost half that and cover about everybody. the case of the missing numbers, next. megyn: sounds like my high school math. [laughter] we are going to look at a dramatic video of rioters going head-to-head against -- look at this. look at this. against chinese security forces in what is called the worst violence seen in decades. gregg: plus, sarah palin says she is stepping down, citing media attacks against her children as one of the reasons. we will show you what they said about her this weekend. what is next for the former vice presidential candidate? megyn: unbelievable video coming into fox news. look at this. violent protests in china taking a deadly turn. look at h

former defense secretary robert mcnamara has died. you may remember him as a key architect of the u.s. war in vietnam under two presidents, john f. kennedy and lyndon johnson, as well. he died at the age of 93 years old. this is according to his family. once again, former u.s. defense secretary robert mcnamara under john f. kennedy and lyndon johnson died at the age of 93. certainly a member of kennedy's inner circle during the cuban missile crisis, as well, back in 1962. i wanted to get this news out to you as we get it here and confirm it at cnn. >>> from iran this morning, word that a british embassy staffer has been released. now, that leaves one other staffer still in jail. a top iranian cleric said friday he could be tried for inciting post election unrest. meanwhile other leading clerics have come out against the results of a disputed election there. and the former president has also expressed doubts about the official result. he heads the group responsible for appointing or removing the supreme leader, that's ayatollah khamene