. >> have you been back either to san tay or hanoi or saigon since 1975? >> no, no. >> do you ever intend to go back? >> not intention, but desire and hope, yes, someday i will be back. >> are you an american citizen? >> not yet. >> are you going to become one? >> i'm thinking yes, maybe. >> why? >> i don't know. you know, my wife and myamily, my son, they always pushed me to apply for american citizenship. you are old now. you are living here for 27 years. it is about time. so maybe, yeah. i think after 27 years, you know, if my mother country is vietnam, still vietnam, but my father country now is america. so to have dual identity is nothing wrong with that. >> let me read what you said in your book on page 332. you said, "if americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. alas, they have not learned enough yet. the true american feels that he is 100% welcome anywhere he goes. the way americans understand and treat other people is almost guarantees that the world will suffer more trouble. i say this not as an angry crit

. >>> san jose's little saigon controversy is heating up again. this time over a plan to put up freeway signs. remember four years ago members of the vietnamese community demanded that san jose rename the area known as little saigon. it was compromised by allowing privately sponsored street signs. cal trans says it it cannot post the signs unless the council approves a resolution. a vote is expected on election day, november 6th. >>> up next, comcast is slashing jobs and closing call centers and moving out of the bay area. why the cable provider is heading for greener pastures. >> also here, look, ma, no hands. california makes it legal, but how soon will we really see these driverless cars. >> and lady gaga is talking about her body. her confession and call to action to her fans. and then late other "nightline." >> carolyn and dan, coming up next, the home makeover, how an expert's cheap and easy tips helped one couple increase the value of their home by tens of thousands of dollars. plus looking for latter day love. what it takes to win the he [

the saigon streets had become too dangerous.pon returning to the river front, however, he was agas to find that the goat, which carrieded all that he loved had crossed to the other side of the river. his heart sank. can it could take on a good day, a half day's drive to reach the other side of the river, nevermind dodging bullets on the way and boat could set out at any time. spying a dingy at the last minute, he got across the river. our boat, then, left saigon at night on april 29th, and by mid-morning the next day, we made the way several miles offshore to a coastal city 80 miles south of saigon. the boat's captain said he would go no further and ordered all passengers to disembark on to an abandoned u.s. ammunition barge. can you imagine my parent's dismay? our family, along with several hundred other passengers or so, this is how much we crammed on to that boat, were stuck on the barge with absolutely no idea what to do. meanwhile, the barge was floating dangerously closer and closer back to the coast, back to the shore, an

. >>> san jose's little saigon controversy is heating up again. this time over a plan to put up freeway signs. remember four years ago members of the vietnamese community demanded that san jose rename the area known as little saigon. it was compromised by allowing privately sponsored street signs. cal trans says it it cannot post the signs unless the council approves a resolution. a vote is expected on election day, november 6th. >>> up next, comcast is slashing jobs and closing call centers and moving out of the bay area. why the cable provider is heading for greener pastures. >> also here, look, ma, no hands. california makes it legal, but how soon will we really see these driverless cars. >> and lady gaga is talking about her body. her confession and call to action to her fans. and then late other "nightline." >> carolyn and dan, coming up next, the home makeover, how an expert's cheap and easy tips helped one couple increase the value of their home by tens of thousands of dollars. plus looking for latter day love. what it takes to win the hear

little saigon has been a priority for the community for years and years. i would rather move forward with that and look for funding for other aspects. newer projects through those types of developments. that just some of my initial thinking. i really want eddie ellis to happen. i'm not confident in some of the upcoming events over the coming months. i'm repeating myself there. with the west plan, which is something that came out of the transportation authority study, is that something we are looking to down the road? >> so we are recommending funding for something that was included in that neighborhood transportation plan, mid-block crossings at seventh and eighth, submit bid the authority. we have been in discussion with mta. they have agreed to be the sponsor and internally developing a project and schedule tol -- schedule to deliver and other authorities as well. >> thank you. >> finishing up on ellis and eddie, attachment 3, the authority submitted a bunch of projects because when we do plans we have to work with implementing agencies primarily and mak

. >>> san jose's little saigon controversy is heating up again.o put up freeway signs. remember four years ago members of the vietnamese community demanded that san jose rename the area known as little saigon. it was compromised by allowing privately sponsored street signs. cal trans says it it cannot post the signs unless the council approves a resolution. a vote is expected on election day, november 6th. >>> up next, comcast is slashing jobs and closing call centers and moving out of the bay area. why the cable provider is heading for greener pastures. >> also here, look, ma, no hands. california makes it legal, but how soon will we really see these driverless cars. >> and lady gaga is talking about her body. her confession and call to action to her fans. and then late other "nightline." >> carolyn and dan, coming up next, the home makeover, how an expert's cheap and easy tips helped one couple increase the value of their home by tens of thousands of dollars. plus looking for latter day love. what it takes to win the heart of the [ male announce

. >>> little saigon controversy heating up over a plan to put up freeway signs to direct visitors to the area. four years ago members of the city's vietnamese community demanded san jose rename the story road area little saigon the council compromised by lug privately sponsored signs. caltrans says it cannot post the signs unless the council approves a resolution. >>> green light from the santa clara board of commissioners for an islamic community center in san martine. supervisors gave final okay yesterday after the planning commission approved plans for the center last thursday the project covers 15 acres on monterey highway north of california avenue. the complex will include a prayer mosque and community center with a cemetery. debate took place in two public meetings in morgan hill last week. >>> time to check in with mike. couple foggy spots this morning. >>> santa rosa half mile visibility, all below 10 unlimited threshold, four miles visibility at half moon bay to five at novato, seven to nine everywhere else. definitely hazy if not cloudy in most areas this morning. the fog

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. >> father basil remained in vietnam for four years after the fall of saigon, trying to keep out ofhe eye of communist officials. >> some people say, "you're a very good person, maybe you can become a priest." but in that time, in communist rule, nobody have to, have had to fulfill that dream. >> this is the first time father basil has been in charge of predominantly american parishes, ones where most of the members are farmers or retirees. he says he has struggled mightily to improve his english. >> my first two years i feel lonely because i don't understand english much. but now after four years, i understand english more and people know me more, understand me more, and i express english easier. one person said, "you know, father, maybe you can speak vietnamese with an american accent." >> the parish bookkeeper, susan costello, helps correct his grammar when he writes his sunday homilies, and parish council members presented him with a ping-pong table, so he could take up a pastime many americans enjoy. >> his speech when he got here wasn't really good, but every week it gets bett

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diplomatic missions is a time-honored strategy, saigon, 1968. sanz 93, nairobi, 1998 -- among many others. but the gold standard was set in nine 79 with the occupation of our embass netehran. islamic terrorist who is called themselves students held 53 american hostages for more than a year and emboldened the cause and set the stage for their stated march to islamist sepremacy. president carter then showed the same timidity we see in obama today in the face of a new onslaught from the east. now, 3 1/2 years into obama's quote, smart diplomacy, close quote, history's lessons go unheeded. if anything, government officials have stirred the flames of this islamic terrorism, spiking the football became a football for bragging about the osama bin laden raid. it is the theme of his campaign for re-election. during the presidential campaign and at the democratic connection, vice-president biden gloated away at the successful navy seal raid, almost inviting a response from people who need little encouragement for butchery. osama bin laden is dead and gene

i emigrated in 1974, a few months before the fall of saigon. was not a place that was very welcoming. bigotry,yself asfacing not just from white americans, but black americans and latinos. i think every immigrant child in this country if there were allowed to tell the real emotional truth of their experience here, people in the u.s. would discover that we actually make immigration a more horrific experience than the needs to be. i feel that as a country, we're in a dream where there are no mistakes, there is no evil, or always good, we heard no one. you cannot grow if you admit no mistakes. >> pulitzer prize winning dominican junot diaz. >> interesting he appears on the front page of "the new york times" book review this past sunday with his new book. the dominican republic really is one of the many examples, but there others of salvador, guatemala, and cuba as well in terms of the effect of american foreign policy on the migration. i think that is a key issue that i have in my book and the film tries to provide with new examples. my examples a

allies in saigon were much more calculating. and indian put more resources into helping nixon when and i've read in many places that they actually, that that matter because nixon did win at a very razor thin victory. >> thank you very much. i have a question about intelligence report. because before the united states was go to war with any country, they would have to, like they would have to go based on an intelligence report. so my question is, is there any politics like on the intelligence from the intelligence, they just didn't get it right? >> that's a good question. which is found out recently in the nation secure archives has this on the website. i say recent, about two years, that if you look at the gulf of tonkin document, it's like the attack never happened. this is what gave lbj the blank check to rage war in vietnam. he knew then that north the torpedo boats did not carry out the second attack. and so again you could see so many similarities, especially with what happened with the war in iraq. so in short what i can j

pattern it we have seen a lot of lightning strikes in the central valley, courtesy of the for a fall of saigonohn q. have it is the link for autographs north worked. storm tracker 4 shows a shower activity along the coastal and approaching the mountains there in the central valley we are seeing pretty intense thunderstorms. the white marks on your screen indicate lightning strikes. >> in the south bay, call mark conditions. as we look ahead to tomorrow, the threat of thunderstorms stay with us. a 30 percent chance of seeing scattered thunderstorms mainly in the north bay, the delta in the inland valley. starting saturday, calmer weather returns. tomorrow, temperatures running mainly in the '70s in the south bay. it is likely that these temperatures will warm up very quickly. upper 50s and low 60s for the coastline, 70's through the market. there is a red flag warning in effect. remember, you can get the latest temperatures and forecast any time. it is quick, convenient and always on. >>grant: a powerful earthquake rocked costa rica and much of central america. the earth quake was centered 90 m

of this year, an american citizen, yes, the doctor is an american citizen and was arrested at the saigon airport and was charged with terrorism. with terrorism, and what for? terrorism, for four months, for possessing educational documents on leadership skills and on nonviolent political activism. how can prevention of educational documents be considered terrorism? last month, the vietnamese document decided to change his crime from terrorism to subversion. december pite -- despite all of those things, democracy activates such as song, and all of the above have been detained under an article 79, which penalizes carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people's administration. when you are charged with article 79 in vietnam, it carries a maximum of the death penalty. father lee, blogger dukai and santan hi are charged with article 88, which penalizes conducting propoganda against the state. and that carries a maximum sentence of 12 years. so what does this house resolution do? it aids these very vague national security provisions and calls on the government of vietnam to stop abu

he was chosen by jfk to be the -- >> guest: ambassador to saigon. >> caller: yeah, the ambassador towing the instructions that jfk gave to him to try and work to try to get vietnam to be neutral like laos, henry cabot lodge seemed to do everything possible to make sure that he did not stay as leader of vietnam. and i'm very curious if jfk had his own vision and his own understanding of trying to end the cold war and not send troops to vietnam and at the same time the elements within the government who opposed his policies were actually undermined everything he tried to do? >> host: tell you what, colleen, let's get an answer from michael beschloss. >> guest: well, you remember i was saying earlier we need solid evidence, in this one we do have. kennedy dictated a memo on the coup that killed the president of south vietnam and his brother, and he criticizes himself for having not given enough attention to the process that led to this general's coup into that assassination. as far as appointing henry cabot lodge who had run against him for senator for massachusetts in 1952, kennedy onc

he was chosen by jfk to be the -- >> guest: ambassador to saigon. >> caller: yeah, the ambassador towing the instructions that jfk gave to him to try and work to try to get vietnam to be neutral like laos, henry cabot lodge seemed to do everything possible to make sure that he did not stay as leader of vietnam. and i'm very curious if jfk had his own vision and his own understanding of trying to end the cold war and not send troops to vietnam and at the same time the elements within the government who opposed his policies were actually undermined everything he tried to do? >> host: tell you what, colleen, let's get an answer from michael beschloss. >> guest: well, you remember i was saying earlier we need solid evidence, in this one we do have. kennedy dictated a memo on the coup that killed the president of south vietnam and his brother, and he criticizes himself for having not given enough attention to the process that led to this general's coup into that assassination. as far as appointing henry cabot lodge who had run against him for senator for massachusetts in 1952, kennedy onc

he and the first lady got businesses across the private sector to saigon, supported by tax credits --ey are committing to bring on a quarter million more new veteran jobs. and it is not just about finding new jobs, it is about giving these men and women the chance to learn the skills for the jobs tomorrow. that is why i am proud that the president is offering veterans the best education benefits since the original bill. this education is something that can and will change their lives. it guarantees american progress, vitality, and growth. my parents were members of the greatest generation. hi dad joined the army in 1940 as an enlisted man fixing bombers and world war two. he served in the strategic air command. another was a volunteer for the uso and later as a widow, she raised five children. in the years sense, i have been privileged elite and serve with members of this next great generation. i see in them tough, bribe, courageous and inspiring men and women. i see the country's future leaders. these service leaders have been to some of the bleakest corners of the globe. they know h