he was on one of the last helicopters out of saigon in 1975. but returned several times. >> vietnam is more isolated today than it was ten or 15 years ago. internationally, the vietnamese were a lot more popular as victims of american aggression than as the aggressive regional power they have become. >> reporter: his expensive experience overseas and in war zones often put him in danger. in january, 1991, simon and three cbs colleagues were captured by iraqi forces near kuwait. they were held in prison 40 days before they were finally released. the next year, he wrote about the experience in his book, 40 days. >> the window looks pretty good. >> that is what bankruptcy looks like. >> reporter: bob simon joined 60 minutes in 1996. this season marked his 19th year with the broadcast. simon was one of the most honored journalists in the business, winning 27 emmy awards among many, many others. simon's family has close ties to cbs. bob's daughter tanya is a talented producer for 60 minutes and tonight our thoughts are with tanya and bob's family. b

was on one of the last hell cooperate tore leave saigon in 1975 as it fell. he built a career in war zones around the world, faulk land somalia, and nearly every conflict in between, spending decade covering middle east from tel aviv. >> tel aviv's largest square was invaded. sadness beyond word. >> reporter: he went where the news was, risking his life along the way. >> we saw in the deep blue distance and it was an iraqi army jeep. they took us away report report during the opening days of the first gulf war in 1991, simon and three members of the cbs news crew were taken prisoner by the iraqi military and held as pow in iraqi prisons for 40 days. >> it changed you. >> yes. >> how. >> too hard to tell. >> reporter: simon joined 60 minutes in 1996, this was his 19th sees than on the broadcast reporting last week on the selma. sixty minutes executive producer jeff fager, praised his friend. >> he loved his friend and that was from the moment he started at cbs news long and brilliant career and body of work that is really difficult to match. >> reporter: bob s

four years later he moved to saigon to cover the vietnam war. he was on one of the last helicopters to leave saigon in 1975 as it fell. he built a career in war zones around the world. the falklands, yugoslavia, sew mala and nearly every conflict in between covering the area for nearly a decade. >> tel a viv was created by sadness, sadness beyond works. >> reporter: he went where the news was, risking his life along the way. >> we saw a jeep in the distance, and it was an iraqi army jeep, and they took us away. >> reporter: during the opening days of the first gulf war in 1991 simon and three members were taken prisoner by the iraqi military and held as p.o.w.s in iraqi prisons for 40 days. >> has this changed you? >> yeah. >> how? >> i don't know. too early to tell. >> reporter: simon joined "60 minutes" in 1996. this was his 19th season on the broadcast, reporting last week on the movie "selma." he won 27 emmy awards including this one about a south america orchestra whose poor members constructed their instruments out of trash. >> just look a

simon moved to saigon in 1971 and london in '72 covering the vietnam war. he was on one of the last helicopters out of saigon in 1975 but returned several times. >> vietnam is more isolated today than it was 10 or 15 years ago. internationally, the vietnamese were a lot more popular as victims of american aggression than as the aggressive regional power they've become. >> reporter: his extensive experience overseas and at war zones often put him in danger. and in january, 1991, simon and three cbs news colleagues were captured by iraqi forces near the kuwaiti border. they were held in iraqi prisons for 40 days before they were finally released. the next year he wrote about the experience in his book, 40 days. >> the window looks pretty good. >> that's what bankruptcy looks like, huh. >> reporter: he joined "60 minutes" in 1996. there season marked his 19th year with the broadcast. simon was one of the most honored journalists in the business winning 27 emmy award among many, many others. simon's family has close ties to cbs. >> bob's daughter tanya is a tal

it was not to control saigon or to have a coalition government. nixon, as i understand it, never intended for saigon to become ho chi minh city while he was in office. he hoped to leave a successor republican or democrat, with a strategy that could be persistent, could be prolonged with enough well. - will. it turned out, he had a good basis for doing that. he hoped even more to make it easily sustainable, a cheap sustainable war because the north vietnamese troops would not either anymore. >> tell us about 1970. what effect did kent state have on you? what effect did the escalation in cambodia have in your sense of urgency? >> there i thought -- that did have a big effect. it told me the escalation is happening sooner than i expected. let me go back to 1959 -- i did not -- 1969. we came very close, as close as 2 million people. if the moratorium had not occurred, i believe we would have escalated and probably used nuclear weapons in the fall of 1969. nixon had plans done for nuclear attacks a mile and a half from the chinese border. it was in a r

four years later he moved to saigon to cover the vietnam war. he was on one of the last helicopters to leave saigon in 1975 as it fell. he built a career in war zones around the world. the falklands, yugoslavia, somalia and nearly every conflict in between spending decades covering the middle east from tel aviv. >> tel aviv's largest square was invaded by sadness, sadness beyond words. >> reporter: he went where the news was risking his life along the way. >> and we saw -- [indiscernible] it was annual iraqi army jeep. they took us away. >> reporter: during the opening days of the first gulf war in 1991, simon and three members of his cbs news crew were taken prisoner by the iraqi military and held as p.o.w.s in iraqi prisons for 40 days. >> just changed you. >> reporter: simon joined 60 minutes in 1996. this was his 19th season on the broadcast reporting last week on the movie "selma." "60 minutes" producer jeff fager praised his friend. >> he loved what he did. that was from the moment he started at cbs news, a long and brilliant career and a

it wasn't quite like the evacuation of saigon, but it was not it was a kind of withdrawal that was donet behind and the rebels come in and take the marine side arms. not exactly a pleasant scene. but the real problem is less psychological than what's happening on the ground often two fronts devastating set back. makes access to attacking aqap. al qaeda in iraq. the most active of al qaeda cells in the world makes access hitting them difficult. this is what is overlooked in the analysis. it is that it is now going to become an ally of iran. the ones who took over the state are closely supported by iran an iran has spoken of turning yemen into hezbollah. iran's way of operating in lebanon. this is the way it once operated in yemen. as you showed on the map, you have got iran now dominating the three arab capitals in the north. baghdad, damascus, beirut, and now with yemen in the lower left-hand corner, you have got a surrounding of all the pro-american states, jordan, and the gulf states by iranian clients. this is a big set back. and it scares the gulf states to death. >> juan? i think w

the sro collaborative map it's not my map but it leaves of leaves out the civic center and puts in saigon we've tried to do for several years i'm the seminar member of the health board right down here and captain assuring in his we moved over where we had the sheriff's deputies for security obviously we've had to rely on the police like a lot of those people have to do theirs issues we want our patients to be able to get into the clinic and not want them to be bordered are worried about going on o ongoing work i would say that there is probably a lot of aggression into the controllers model but this is the tenderloin there is never a time whatever the issues side issues of the lower block on eddy street there's also finite resources that is this community to go into meeting to work things out you put in the mall there's quite possibly a different view about what policing is about this can't be good for public safety i'm sorry that's - that's our side of where we want appropriate boundary that are community-based thank you (clapping.) >> is there any additional public comment. >> that's th

award-winning filmmaker rory kennedy is about the final weeks before the fall of saigon and it's justbeen nominated for an academy award. the film tells the courageous story of 9 american personnel who against direct orders from the white house decided to save as many of their south vietnamese allies as they could. and here's a clip from the trailer. >> the final battle of saigon has begun. >> that morning, there must have been at least 10,000 people. at the embassy. >> there was a sea of people wanting to get out. they looked up and the helicopters leaving, and i could see their eyes desperate eyes. >> reporter: there are no words to describe what a ship looks like that holds 200 and has 2,000 on it. >> we have no more helicopters. that's t.if. >> as it took off i could see the group where we had left them. it was just so serious and deep a betrayal. who goes? and who gets left behind? >> joining me now rory kennedy, director of the academy award nominated film "last days in vietnam." congratulations fon the nomination. i guess the heart of this is something we didn't know about whic

to saigon to cover the vietnam war. he was on one of the last helicopters to leave size gone in 1975 as i fell. he built a career around the world, faulkland yugoslavia and somalia, and spending decade covering the middle east from tell a he vee. >> tel aviv's largest square was invaded by satans, sadness behind ward. >> reporter: he went where the news was. risking his life along the way. >> we saw in the keep blue distance, and it was an iraqi army jeep and he took us away report report during opening day of the first gulf war in 1991 simon and three members of his cbs news crew were taken prisoner by iraqi military and held as pow's in iraqi prisons for 40 days. >> has it changed you. >> yes. >> how. >> i don't know, too early to tell. >> reporter: simon joined 60 minutes in 1996. this was his 19th season on the broadcast, reporting last week on the movie sell a man. sixty minutes executive producer jeff fagger praised his friend. >> he loved what he did and that was from the moment he started at cbs news long and br

this is san jose's little saigon neighborhood, and even at, you know, just a couple minutes before 9:00, it is a bustling part of town. several lanes of traffic in each direction. officers say that witnesses told them that the suspects shot at the restaurant, then took off on foot. >> the restaurant had curtains on it. we believe that the shooter was possibly shooting at the restaurant, but didn't really have a target in mind. one of the rounds went in through the restaurant, through the curtains and struck a patient while she was eating. >> reporter: witnesses told police that the shooter fired more than one time. though that woman was only hit, it appears one time. that was in the neck. she is in stable condition. police are working on a suspect description that might be helpful to release to the public. sometimes it's just too general. witnesses say that the suspect managed to leave the scene before police arrived. that person was on foot. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> no doubt frightening for that woman. thank you, kris. >>> happening today, the antioch teenage

in san jose's little saigon neighborhood.olice say the woman was just having dinner before 9:00 when someone took aim at the restaurant, though not at her. >> the restaurant had curtains on it. we believe that the shooter was possibly shooting at the restaurant, but didn't really have a target in mind. one of the rounds went in through the curtains and struck a patron while she was eating. >> reporter: those bullets didn't just go into the restaurant. that woman was struck in the neck. and though that is a very delicate part of the body, she is in stable condition this morning. witnesses told police that the suspect fled the parking lot on foot before police arrived. police have not released a suspect description at this point, but they say it appears that the shooting was random. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you, kris. >>> this morning, palo alto police hope to release a sketch of the man who's been taking pictures of women inside of a public bathroom. last night, a woman using the restroom was stu

a riveting film she's made about the fall of saigon as the north vietnamese took the city.n april of 1975 there were still some 7,000 americans there. and hundreds of thousands of vietnamese who had helped them. >> we got out of dodge. we left. and many, many people were left behind. >> the u.s. government put off evacuation, and then said rescue only the americans. but some of them disowe bade and conducted black ops to save their vietnamese colleagues. >> sometimes there's an issue not of legal and illegal but right or wrong. >> stewart harrington was a captain. >> people like myself and others took the bull by the horns and organized an evacuation. >> harrington got a truck and filled it with south vietnamese military officers their wives and children. then he drove to the u.s. air base. >> i told them when you hear three thumps that means hold the baby's mouths, don't breathe, don't talk don't make any noise. >> american officers were able to help 75,000 vietnamese escape. >> what happened to the south vietnamese who didn't get out? >> many people were killed. others we

four years later he moved to saigon to cover the vietnam war. he built a career in war zones, itself falklands, yugoslavia, somalia and nearly every other conflict in between spending decades covering the middle east from tel aviv. >> tel aviv's largest square was invaded by sadness. >> reporter: he went where the news was risking his life along the way. during the first gulf war in 1991, simon and his cbs news crew were taken prisoner by the iraqi military and held as pows in iraqi prisons for 40 days. he talked about it with ed bradley. >> reporter: has it changed you? >> yes. >> reporter: how? [ inaudible ] >> reporter: this was his 19th season on "60 minutes." jeff fager worked with simon on hundreds of stories. >> he stood out that way, he always did. his observations, what he noticed, what he picked up on and his ability to articulate it in a story was really rare. >> reporter: colleagues say simon's life changed three years ago after the birth of his beloved grandson. >> so i'm teaching jack about motor psyche cams because -- motor cycles

. >> he was one of the last journalists to leave saigon during the vietnam war, he was captured during the iraq war. bob simon was a respected and loved newsman. tonight his colleagues open up about one of the most difficult stories they've ever had to cover. because we still -- nobody here has processed it yet. >> when steve told me, i think we sat on the phone and there was silence. there was nothing

he covered vietnam and was one of the last -- on one woft last helicopters out of saigon. he achieved near celebrity status in israel riding a motor psyche to scenes while covering the middle east for years. he was there for the end to fatah and became close to prime minister playing tennis with him before his public assassination. in 1991 while covering the gulf war he and his crew were taken into captivity and beaten with canes for 40 days which he wrote about in his book. >> we skau a jeep in the distance. and it was an iraqi army jeep. and they took us away. and we eventually wound up in the secret police headquarters called muhoborat and treated very badly. >> yesterday they were released in baghdad and this morning they talked with ed bradley. >> bob simon producer peter bluff, cameraman roberto alvarez, and sound man juan caldero. >> has this change you? >> yeah. >> how? >> i don't know. too early to tell. >> simon said he was sure he would be killed if cbs executives had not lobbied mikhail gorbachev to intervene because simon was jewish. his last report to air bef

he covered vietnam and was one of the last helicopters out of saigon and he achieved nearly celebritytus in israel while riding a motorcycle. he became close with prime minister yit sack rabin, playing tennis with him before his public as sas sass nation. he and his crew were taken into captivity, beaten with canes, which he then wrote about in his book. >> we saw a jeep in the distance, and it was an iraqi army jeep and they took us away. and we eventually wound up in the secret police headquarters and treated very badly. >> yesterday they were released in bagdad. this morning they talked with ed bradley. >> bob simon, producer peter bluff, cameraman roberto alvarez and sound man juan calbera. >> has it changed you? >> yeah. >> how? >> i don't know. too early to tell. >> simon says he was sure he would be killed if cbs had not lobbied gorbachev to intervene. he and his daughter were working on a report for ebola for this weekend's "60 minutes" broadcast. bob simon was 73 years old. >>> the murders of three north carolina students has sparked an international outcry that muslim lives

. >> we will saigon with the measles. six-year-old leukemia survivor will get his shot in a matter of days, a year since the last chemo session and he will finally be well enough to with stand the vaccine. >> the story is not about our son. it is about the expectant mothers and bennetts and hundreds of kids currently with suppressed immune systems. >> they upped the school district to support legislation requiring every student toen physically vaccinated. no more personal belief excel shuns and the only exemption is for kids who are too sick to get the vaccine. pediatrician and state senator is the cosponsor. >> the rate of adverse effects from vaccination is much less than the disease itself. >> marin county has the highest rate of personal belief exemption, 6.5 percent kindergarten but the board decided to support the legislation so it becomes law. beyond is not sure what he will do. his daughter is only partly emknew niced because he is not convinced they are 100 percent case. >> what i can get a exemption. >> there ar

it is the may hong restaurant near center and tully road in san jose's little saigon neighborhood. police say the woman was just having dinner before 9:00 last night when someone took aim at the restaurant from the parking lot, though not directly aimed at the woman. >> the restaurant had curtains on it. we believe that the shooter was possibly shooting at the restaurant, but didn't really have a target in mind. one of the rounds went in through the restaurant, through the curtains and struck a patron while she was eating. >> reporter: the woman was struck in the neck. though she is in stable condition this morning, she was shot at least one time, witnesses tell police that the suspect fled the parking lot before police arrived. they told police that he took off on foot after firing those several shots. police have not released a suspect description this morning, but if they release any other information, we'll bring it to you the next time we see you in just about a half-hour. >> we'll check in with you then. thank you very much, kris. >>> this morning, palo alto police hope to re

a soldier outside saigon, racine -- rushing to pull his own brother from a burning vehicle. the senator will lead the fight for the post-9/11 g.i. bill to give them the same opportunities he had. i asked chuck to lead the department at a moment of profound transition. we express our gratitude under his watch. our combat mission in afghanistan is over. america's longest war has come to a responsible and honorable e nd. because of a strategic review is made difficult choices and a time of tight budgets. today our troops are supporting afghan forces and continue to face risk to remain relentless in the pursuit of al qaeda networks. they are leading the coalition to destroy isil. chuck strengthened key partnerships in the middle east. under his leadership, our forces in west africa are helping to lead the global fight against ebola. showing american leadership at its very best. even as we have met these present challenges, chuck has helped us to prepare for the century ahead. in europe, a stronger nato is reassuring our allies. in the asian pacific, one of my priorities, chuck h

. >>> from chinatown to little saigon the asian american community is celebrating the first day of theew year the noise is meant to scare away spirits this is the year of the ram. and you might see real rams that took part in the celebration today. >> i bumped into them in the hotel. this is something they never see. so i'm glad they got to be a part of it. >> in san jose, dozens gathered to raise the south vietnamese flag in city hall. chinese new year parade will be march 7th. >> san francisco is getting ready to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1915 world's fair. abc7 news was there for a community celebration this saturday in the marina district. the site was one of the original locations of the panama pacific exposition. people were fascinated by airplanes which did stunts over the bay. >> did a full loop upside down. >> the california historical society will have it's own event sunday, more events plan planned in both locations throughout the year. and you should know awbc7 news anchor cheryl jennings will be hosting the event this saturday at noon. >> a las vegas murder arrest.

. >>> from chinatown to little saigon the asian american community is celebrating the first day of theew year the noise is meant to scare away spirits this is the year of the ram. and you might see real rams that took part in the celebration today. >> i bumped into them in the hotel. this is something they never see. so i'm glad they got to be a part of it. >> in san jose, dozens gathered to raise the south vietnamese flag in city hall. chinese new year parade will be march 7th. >> san francisco is getting ready to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1915 world's fair. abc7 news was there for a community celebration this saturday in the marina district. the site was one of the original locations of the panama pacific exposition. people were fascinated by airplanes which did stunts over the bay. >> did a full loop upside down. >> the california historical society will have it's own event sunday, more events plan planned in both locations throughout the year. and you should know awbc7 news anchor cheryl jennings will be hosting the event this saturday at noon. >> a las vegas murder arrest.

the soldier outside saigon rushing to pull his own brother from a burning apc. the deputy at the va who stood up for his fellow vietnam vets who were exposed to agent orange. the senator who helped lead the fight for the post 9/11 gi bill, to give this generation of heroes the same opportunities that he had. today we express our gratitude for the progress under his watch. our combat mission in afghanistan is over it and our time in afghanistan has come to a responsible and because of chuck's direction. a strategic review has made difficult choices in a time of tight budgets while still making sure that our services are ready to be called into action in any contingency. they continue to face risk and they remain relentless in the face of al qaeda networks. they are leading the coalition to destroy isil. chuck strengthened key partnerships in the middle east. under his leadership, our forces in west africa are helping to lead the global fight against ebola. showing american leadership at its very best. even as we have met these present challenges, chuck has helped

. >> reporter: the hack-a-thon is part of a competition with girls in saigon, brazil and the united states. they wrote codes and then brought their idea to life. >> you have your own profile. then you have to choose if you want to help somebody or you want to be helped. there's going to be categories like bullying, cyber bullying, being abused, physically abused, verbally abused. >> reporter: other groups worked on ohana a sensor to track girls if they go missing. a mission black girl's code is organizing the oakland team. >> our mission is to encourage young woman of color to get interested in coding and technology to hopefully become the tech leaders of tomorrow. >> reporter: the girls say they're keeping an eye on the computer screen and the other on the future. >> i want to be an entrepreneur. if that doesn't work out i would love to be in the coding field. i made websites, i want to keep doing that. >> reporter: the coding is over, now all that remains is the worldwide competition. the winner of the app competition will be selected in mid-april. that app will then go on to be professi

wished the community a happy new year and praise the city's efforts to improve the neighborhood of lig saigon. later in the day the festival featured a lion dance and firecrackers. >> sunny and warm across the bay area and cold and snowy across most of the northeast. another winter storm is set so sock that region and officialed in one state have issued an arrest warrant -- the animal that they blame for their winter misery. >>> more on our incredibly mild, warm weather. meteorologist mark tamayo has a little dip in temperatures in his forecast . >>> homeowners and boston city officials are still trying to figure out what to do with all of the snow from their latest form is? and now they are going to get hit with another winter blast this weekend. more than a foot of snow expected in some areas is already england pennsylvania and listen it this new hampshire has put on arrest warrant for punxsutawney phil. >> no chance of snow in the bay area. bright, blue skies and brew, blue bay waters looking over the bay bridge from our cameras in the city today at a lot of sailors took the opportunity to

troops pulled out of vietnam in 1975, the city of saigon, now ho chi min city, became a location of squatters. >> scott heidler reports. >> enjoying the air and the view was unthinkable when luan noti was growing up in this house. her family had lived along the banks of the canal for 50 years. >> translator: the water was black. there were mosquitoes all over the place. when they removed the mud and garbage from the canal it cleaned the air. >> but the project took more than dredging the canal. the ambitious project the goal, reconstruct the canal that had become an open sewer for 1.2 million people. it took a decade to complete and some were resettled by the government. the improvement is obviously along the eight mile canal that snakes through center of the city. but the 56 miles of sewer lines are key to making it all work. and the price tag shows the depth of the government's ambition. this phase cost $316 million most from world bank loans. >> solutions and technologies being built we constructed several layers of sewage and drainage lines. >> reporter: and there are more areas of the ca

>> a war he covered for much of the 1970's, he was on one of the last american helicopters out of saigon. >> simon was named chief middle east correspondent for cbs in 1987, reporting on conflict in the region for over 20 years. he witnessed different wars. >> miracles never cease. >> he covered the israeli president's assassination. and he and his crew captured a brutal beating of 2 palestinian teenagers. it was a powerful image of the conflict. >> cold, deliberate, methodical and went on for 40 minutes. >> but he was never one to shy away from war zone, he covered the gulf war. he ended up being part of the story when iraqi forces kept him and his crew. for 40 days, they were imprisoned, beaten, starved, and threatened with death. he spoke about it with ed bradley. >> has it changed you? >> yeah. >> anyone, who watched simon's work on "60 minutes," knew his range as a reporter. his skill for storytelling and the grace of his words. >> before long, a makeshift conservatory. every room, every corridor, no matter how small or dark or stifling was teeming with sound. >> he helped us unders

saturday at noon event free and open to the public >> san francisco china town to san jose little saigon bay area asian american community celebrating the first day of the lunar new year. >> firecracker setoff all over china town. this is the year of the ram also known as year of the get to or year of the sheechlt might everyone zacharia moussaoui see some real ram. they tack narcotic a lunar new year celebration in china town today. >> if they were totally amazed it's something they don't see in other states where they have smaller asian community. i really glad to take part in this. >> san jose doesn't gather to raise the south vietnamese flag outside city hall. tenth year the flag raising has taken place exploratorium chinese new year's parade is march 7. >> did you see the crown? >> fantastic. pretty impressive. >> great to see the celebration day. weather perfect we need rain but nice to have event like this it's clear. >> we have weather the next couple of days. can coming for the second half of the weekend in terms of temperature. hints of rain possibly now. >> talk about all the

this happened at may hong restaurant a vietnamese restaurant in the little saigon neighborhood. police believe the woman who was shot was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. police say the woman was having dinner just before 9:00 when someone took aim at the restaurant. >> the restaurant had curtains on it. we believe that the shooter was possibly shooting at the restaurant but didn't really have a target in mind. one of the rounds went into the restaurant through the curtains and struck a patron while she was eating. >> the woman was struck in the neck and is in stable condition today. witnesses tell police the suspect took off running. police have not released a suspect description at this point. >> happening today, the antioch teenager akiezed of kidnapping and raping a domino's delivery woman will face a judge. darrion miles jr. will be charged as an adult. the victim told police miles kidnapped her at gunpoint as she delivered his pizza sunday morning. she said she was forced to drive to another location where police say miles sexually assaulted her. >> palo alto pol

documentary, looks at the american attempt to save the lives of our allies as they withdrew from saigon. in the end they left thousands of south vietnamese behind. as advancing on the city. here's a look at the film. >> that warning it must have been at least 10,000 people who ringed the embassy. >> there was a sea of people. wanting to get out. >> they looked up at the helicopters, i could see their eyes. >> there were no words to describe what a ship looks like 200, and it's -- it holds 200 and it's got 2,000 of them. >> i could see the group right where we'd left them. it was just so serious and deep. on the trail. >> director of the film, rory kennedy is in our studio, it's good to see you. welcome. >> thank you john. >> why did you do this, why now? >> well, i feel like this is such an important story and it's a story that i think we all think we know as a nation. what happened at the end of vietnam. i think the truth is, that many of us are familiar with that iconic image of the helicopter leaving what we think is the top of the embassy but we actually don't know what happens. and

a war simon covered for much of the 1970's, he was on one of the last american helicopters out of saigon>> a tough statement, warning israel against military intervention, was not taken at face value. >> >> simon was named chief middle east correspondent for cbs in 1987, reporting on conflict in the region for over 20 years. he witnessed the egyptian president's first visit to jerusalem, covered yitzhak rabin's assassination, and during the intifada captured the brutal beating of two palestinian teenagers with a telephoto lens. it was a powerful image of the conflict. >> it seemed cold, deliver it, methodical. it went on for 40 minutes. >> never one to shy away from war zones, he covered the opening days of the gulf war in 1991. but he ended up being part of the story when iraqi forces kept -- captured him and his crew. for 40 days, they were imprisoned, beaten, starved, and threatened with death. he spoke about it with ed bradley. >> has it changed you? >> yeah. >> anyone, who watched simon's work on "60 minutes," knew his range as a reporter. his skill for storytelling and the grace of

a war correspondent on one of the last helicopters leaving saigon, he kept 40 days in an iraqi prison first gulf war. he took home 27 emmy awards covering stories from all around the world. and now surprisingly, he is dead. this was very unexpected. remember 60 minutes reporter bob simon next. what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch to xfinity home? i get live video monitoring and 24/7 professional monitoring that i can arm and disarm from anywhere. hear ye! the awkward teenage one has arrived!!!! don't be old fashioned. xfinity customers add xfinity home for $29.95 a month for 12 months. plus for a limited time, get a free security camera call 1800 xfinity or visit comcast.com/xfinityhome. >>> guy, these are the tough stories for us to report. this business i'm in, television news, lost a great one last night. it's someone you know. bob simon. you know him because he joined cbs nearly 50 years ago. he covered every corner of the world. he racked up every award in the business multiple times. he risked

he was one of the last -- on one of the last helicopters out of saigon when the u.s.f wars and conflicts and nearly died many times doing so. for the better part of five decades he gave vieweres an up close look as history unfolded. >> lebanese officers in the hills needed the cease fire. they were running out of ammunition and energy. that has been corrected now. ever want to know what a revolution looks like feast your eyes on manila. >> eight months ago the happiest place in the world but tahir square where people overthrew a dictator in 18 days. the people are back again. but the happiness is gone. >> in 1991, at the beginning of the gulf war, iraqi forces captured bob simon and his crew near the saudi border with kuwait. those iraqi forces imprisoned the journalist for 40 days starving them and beating them regularly. bob simon spoke about the ordeal. >> we have lost a little weight. we have aged a little built. we're fine. this is a story that could have ended another way, but it has a happy ending. >> bob simon from 1991. he received dozens of awards and honors

severe beating in northern ireland and was one of -- he was on one of the last helicopters to leave saigoning the american withdrawal from vietnam. more recently he spent 20 years covering the middle east from the cbs bureau, often riding his motorcycle to the scenes of palestinian bombingsing and attacks to beat traffic jams. he's been contributing to "60 minutes" since 19 t 6 and was working on a story about the search for a cure for the ebola virus for this sunday's broadcast along with his cautious tonya who's a producer on the show. he was killed last night while ride anything the backseat of a car service on new york city's west side. he was not wearing a seat belt. the executive producer of "60 minutes" said: it's a terrible loss for all of us, it is such a tragedy made worse because we lost him to a car accident, a man who has escaped more difficult situations than almost any journalist in modern time. here's more from cbs anchor scott pelley. >> ethic stories of human struggle. i think he threw himself into these situations because he could write great things about epic events. >>

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. >> the final battle of saigon has begun. >> why do you want to be an army boy? >> who wouldn't?g four charlie rose has been provided by coca-cola company. american express. additional funding provided by >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.w >> the following kqed production was produced in high definition. [ ♪ music ♪ ] it's all about licking your plate. >> the food was just fabulous. >> i should be in psychoanalysis for the amount of money i spend in restaurants. >> i had a horrible experience. >> i don't even think we were at the same restaurant. >> and everybody

now you go into any strip mall up and down little saigon and they are selling them out in the open.ve your cash ready. it really is that easy. we're live in east san jose. kiet do, kpix 5. >>> critics say ucla medical center did not act quickly enough to contain an outbreak of a deadly bacteria. two people had died and seven more have gotten sick from a drug-resistant super big. -- superbug. doctors link it to endoscopes that might not have been properly cleaned. they sent free testing kits by mail to 180 people. they dropped the ball. >> in those three weeks, the bacteria can spread and obviously patients are at risk because then say we're going to do it by mail? to me it is inappropriate. >> the "los angeles times" reports that the fda knew about the potential sterilization problems with endoscopes for more than two years. but the agency decided benefits from the devices outweigh the risks. >>> newly released documents show britain's electronic spying agency collaborated with the nsa to steal codes from sim cards. the website called the intercept has posted a story about the docum

want to buy some firecrackers and fireworks, you can pretty much go into any strip mall in little saigon. they sell it right out in the open just have your cash out and ready. it's that simple. live in east san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> 5:32. a check of weather and you know what? it's the weekend. >> you know what's interesting about kiet's story though, i was reading a story about beijing they were banning fireworks there because of the toxic pollution that is in the atmosphere and it's already the number one most polluted city in the world. so when you keep that in mind and the pollution coming to the bay area, you might want to consider that, right? >> you have it balance it with that thousands of years of tradition. >> maybe find new ways to celebrate. >>> now, about the weekend. >> about the weekend. yeah. let's celebrate the weekend now. first thing though we have to get you out the door and we have a lot of condensation in the form of drizzle out there. as you are heading out right now we have areas of very dense fog primarily away from the bay into our inland areas. but everybod

sent him to vietnam and he was there through the end leaving on one of the last helicopters out of saigonay three. >> reporter: he reported from war zones in porchal and in 91 the persian gulf war and was 40 days in torture by the iraqi army and talked about it last year. >> when you are detained in horrible conditions as they have been it's undescribable the only people you can talk to are the people who have been this that condition. >> reporter: he also expressed his solidarity and support for our three al jazeera colleagues then being held in an egyptian prison. >> but the fact they are keeping western journalists in jail i don't get it. >> reporter: if numbers are anyway to sum up a career simon was unrivalled and won 27 emmy's 4 peabody awards and 40 journalism awards in all and a journalist whose extraordinary work had a tremendous impact. bob simon with 7 -- was 73 >> that is the program and i'm bob seigenthaler and we continue with stephanie sy. >> al jazeera's investigative unit has tonight's exclusive report. >> stories that have impact... that make a difference... that open yo

. >> the final battle of saigon has begun. >> why do you want to be an army boy? >> who wouldn't?g four charlie rose has been provided by coca-cola company. american express. additional funding provided by >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.w >>> this is "nightly business report" with tyler mathisen and sue herera. >>> big deal. greece and its euro zone creditors agree on a four month extension of that country's bailout and that sends the dow and s&p 500 to all-time closing highs. >>> tech talk. as the nasdaq takes one step closer to 5,000, our market monitor has a list of technology stocks to put on your buy list. >>> and the hunt for yields. companies are hiking dividends like madmen and four stock tips if you want now. all that on "nightly business report" for friday february 20. good evening and welcome. i'm tyler mathisen. sue herera has the evening off. >>> well what a finish to the week for st