he said, i'm going to take saigon. there's troops down in the delta, but i'm going to encircle them and take them the same way. let's get these americans out of here. i don't want to start another war. i will if i have to. they're capitalist running dogs, he hated us. but my orders are don't start another war. so before the morning of april 29th the ambassador martin had ordered jim keane to split his msg detachment. he said i need extra people out at the airport. there was a defense attache's office adjacent to the airport. it's where we had run everything during the vietnam war. all the big generals were stationed there. now it was still the same buildings, but it just had advisers. and he said i need men out at the dao because if we're going to do a helicopter evacuation, it's got to be from the defense attache's office adjacent to the airport. so keane's like, no, i can't split my command. i only have 55 people, i can't split my command. and here's something about the msgs, they're the only branch of the marine cor

the vietnamese community members wanted the area named little saigon. they made an effort to recall councilman wynn. >>> some homeowners rolled up their sleeves, not for yardwork but to do paperwork in the hopes of saving their homes. people showed up with their documents and financial history to work with counselors on lowering interest rates, their mortgage payments or perhaps the amount of principal on their home loans. suppose sponsored by neighborhood assistance corporation of america. the event continues through wednesday. if have any questions or want to attend you can visit their website which is www.naca.com. >>> let's check in right now with comcast sports net newsroom and henry wofford with a look at what's coming up in sports. >> hello, diane. perfect time of the season. bragging rights are on the line, the champs are looking for pay back after losing to the oakland a's last night. we'll have a preview of game two of the battle of the bay. hang with us. >>> welcome back. we're closing in on the first pitch over at the coliseum where jonathan

several hours later in little saigon, a woman had just gotten out of her car when a robber grabbed her purse and tried to run away. >> the female's husband jumped in and it was a tug of war, then the suspect jumped to a vehicle and fled. >> reporter: two robbers then took money away from a man at at knifepoint. this happened a few hundred feet from the reese's doorstep. >> even on a busy street it's scary that something like that would happen. a side street or alley, you might expect that. >> reporter: police say the last robbery happened in the area of 15th and commercial. >> i guess it could happen anywhere. >> reporter: four robbies in 16 hours. neighbors say it's a time of desperation. >> people need the money and will get it any way they have to. >> reporter: and many worry more crimes like these will happen in san jose. >> they know the police aren't around, so their opportunities are -- they know the police is not going to come by. so they're opening their window of opportunity, i think. >> reporter: san jose police say it appears none of these robberies are connected and say al

. >>> reporter: here at the asian plaza on mclaughlin road in the little saigon area of san jose, an elderly woman was just getting out of her vehicle when the suspect walked up and grabbed her purse and then got into a getaway car. but when the victim's husband came to her aid, a tug of war ensued over the purse and the getaway driver took off. both victims were dragged to the ground. merchant hong trang says everybody in the plaza is talking about what happened here in broad daylight. >> everybody, the whole community, worry about the robbery, for their safety. >> reporter: in another case about 9 a.m. monday morning, two employees of a store at valley fair mall were leaving to make a cash deposit at a bank when a suspect ran up to the employees and forcibly took the deposit bag out of the victim's arms and fled on foot. >> were they targeted because somebody knew they were going to make the deposit or was it a random act and more like a purse snatch? we are still looking into both of those possibilities. >> reporter: in a third robbery at blossom hill and judith two suspects robbe

the locations are widespread, little saigon, valley fair, blossom valley and the north side. no one was seriously injured. there is mow indication of any connection between these crimes. >> from the information that we have right now, we can almost unequivocally say it's a coincidence. we don't believe they are related. >> in the valley fair case, a thug forcibly grabbed a bank deposit bag from two store employees. >>> 4:43 now. >>> one problem related to a construction project at stanford has apparently now been resolved. a $5billion project to expand stanford medical was put on hold last week. that's because of its potential impact on the nearby daycare center for children of university staff and students. now the daily news reports that there is a plan to move the daycare to a site away from the construction zone. >>> google diving into facebook's turf. i guess so. the site unveiled its new social network service yesterday. it's called google plus. they invited a few users to give it a test drive. it has the same features as facebook like sharing photos, videos and links b

the next 48 hours, we'll concentrate that to wet weather from hong kong, into ho chi minh city or saigoncenter of circulation not really a wind event. although in the past few hours i did see a peak wind gust in hong kong of 50 kilometers were hour. it's substantially lower than that right now as we continue to monitor this. then our other tropical system, our tropical storm, 7w, lies well to the east of the philippines, will move towards the east china sea and then into the yellow sea, perhaps at its peak intensity as we go into the 48-hour time period. rainfall amounts in some sections of china in the past 24 hours, zain, reported over 100 millimeters in some areas. back to you. >> thank you so much. cnn mentioned a moment ago there was a man who was posting on facebook during a standoff with police. cnn would like to apologize. we put the man on the screen saying it was jason valdez. it was not actually him. it was someone else. our apologies here at cnn for the confusion there. you're watching "world one," live from london. left behind, thousands of u.s. troops get ready to go home.

. >>> reporter: here at the asian plaza on mclaughlin road in the little saigon area of san jose, anerly woman was just getting out of her vehicle when the suspect walked up and grabbed her purse and then got into a getaway car. but when the victim's husband came to her aid, a tug of war ensued over the purse and the getaway driver took off. both victims were dragged to the ground. merchant hong trang says everybody in the plaza is talking about what happened here in broad daylight. >> everybody, the whole community, worry about the robbery, for their safety. >> reporter: in another case about 9 a.m. monday morning, two employees of a store at valley fair mall were leaving to make a cash deposit at a bank when a suspect ran up to the employees and forcibly took the deposit bag out of the victim's arms and fled on foot. >> were they targeted because somebody knew they were going to make the deposit or was it a random act and more like a purse snatch? we are still looking into both of those possibilities. but luckily, nobody was hurt. >> reporter: in a third robbery at blossom hill and

they happened in all parts of san jose from valley fair mall to little saigon. officers say the robberies range from gunshot to grab and go. one man robbed at knifepoint on blossom hill road feet away from the reese family's doorstep. >> even on a busy street, kind of scary something like that would happen. a side street or alley, you might expect that but not on blossom hill road. >> san jose have not made arrests in any of these robberies. they don't think the robberies are connected. 6:05. we're a step closer to getting a state budget. governor jerry brown is expected to sign the budget plan today, just a few days before it's supposed to go into effect. both houses approved the plan last night with little debate. the budget was worked out between governor brown and democratic lawmakers who have enough votes to pass the budget without republican support. the new budget eliminates a $26 billion deficit through deep cuts but no tax increases. however, students at uc and cal state schools will likely see more tuition increases because of the plan. the budget slic

woodruff: it's been 36 years since last helicopters lifted off the american embassy in what was then saigon, the capital of south vietnam. almost four decades since american troops fought a protracted, costly, and losing war. and ever since, that war and how it was fought has dogged presidents and american military leaders. that was the premise of the a new book "haunting legacy: vietnam and the american presidency from ford to obama." it's co-authored by a father and daughter writing team, journalist marvin kalb and deborah kalb. it's very good to have you both here. marvin kalb, why do you argue that the vietnam war and the loss of it was turning point in american history? >> well, because up to that point, judy, the u.s. had never lost a war. friends of mine in europe have always said you guys have never been so lucky. we've lost many wars and we readjust. in the united states it took a long period of adjustments, 36, 37 years now since the end of the war, and we're still haunted presidents are, by the way in which that war affects what they think about. are we going to lose another war?

they happened from valley fair mall to little saigon.nshot to grab and go. one man robbed at knifepoint on blossom hill feet away from the reese family's doorstep. >> even on a busy street it's scary something like that could happen. a side street or alley, you might expect that but not on blossom hill road. >> san jose have not made arrests in any of these robberies. they don't think the robberies are connected. now we switch gear and check in with christina for your forecast. good morning. >> good morning to you. we still have moisture hanging around. quite a bit of fog, cloud cover in places like san francisco this morning. flight delays with people trying to get into san francisco have a 30-minute delay. if you know someone arriving here in the next few hours, i would go ahead and check in with your carrier or their carrier before you pick them up. 54 in san francisco, 56 in sunny vail. we're headed towards a pretty cool day. not as warm as we traditionally see this time of year. 69 in nap ark, 69 in santa rosa. we have to wait until