saigon's troops made a stand. it was a vital one.s might be lost, and south vietnam could be cut in two by the north vietnamese and the viet-kong. >> the plan that the north vietnamese conceived would be a two-year plan. what happened was that when attacking the central highlands town of ban my thuit the thieu government lost its composure. >> government troops were secretly ordered by president thieu to pull out of the central provinces. >> the withdrawal became a rout, civilians and soldiers fleeing in panic, leaving behind huge supplies of american-made war materials. >> the north vietnamese never dreamed it would result in such a dramatic decision as to abandon the highlands which had been fought over for 12 years so they reconvened their central military committee and determined that the iron is hot, and this is the time to strike. >> president thieu said he would not abandon the city, but the people are leaving anyway. the president said he would not abandon the city, and that city is gone. >> the world witnessed the tragedy of

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he is a leader in the little saigon community.merly serving as the president of the chamber of commerce. he and his wife are passing on the same values of working hard and character development to their three children. it's a legacy that will honor his parents and the america they love and call home. >> highmy parents who didn't speak english well and were not highly educated and had lost everything not only financially but lost their country. to come to a new place and not know with what the future had in store with two very young children it's unbelievable to me. >> for tam and his family the american dream is very real. and they are very dedicated. to helping others pursue their goals beyond the dream. >> tam and chrisseen i have so much respect for you. what a great story. >>> you said it best. the american dream, right there. on the fourth of july. >>> thank you, happy fourth. >> a top isis leader is killed by a u.s. drone strike in syria. we'll talk arewith a retire td navy captain about what that means. >>> team usa set for

as saigon fell in 1975. in 1976, jimmy carter, four years later, in 1980, it was ronald reagan, four years later, 1984, ronald reagan. 1988, it was george h.w. bush. george h.w. bush was a legitimate war hero from world war ii. 58 combat missions, shot down over the pacific. continuing missions with his engine on fire as he piloted his avenger aircraft. george h.w. bush, legitimate world war ii hero. but after that election, in which he was elected president in 1988, our presidential elections after that couldn't just be about our candidate's heroism in the war that the country felt good about winning. after 1988 and poppy bush getting elected, some of the candidates started to be young enough that what we were talking about at election time was not world war ii, but rather, where they were during vietnam. this war about which we have more complicated feelings as a country. so it was bill clinton and his student deferments in 1992. in 2000, it was george w. bush and his assignment to the guaranteed state sid

the third city of june was off was off the saigon river in south vietnam. ♪ the village population liveds that surrounded the river and made use of every available resource to uphold the strong, healthy, happy lives they had known. for so long . their village had existed for centuries and it continued to exist until one night in june. on the night of the 18th communists came to spread their political message. they killed the men and burned the village. ♪ south vietnamese soldiers were called in to help save what could be saved, but it was too late. all that was left to do now is was take care of the wounded frightened, and homeless. ♪ the conquerors had come twice. once by day, as friendly strangers the promises of a new life, communal living, more land. then they came by night with promises replaced by flames, smiles replaced by pillaging villager happiness replaced by murder. on the 21st, the army went act to route the communists out. -- wins back towent back to route the communists out. so the soldiers came by rail, by air, by land, and water to win back the remnants. communists from

this is the night saigon fell. their special report was 7382 days in vietnam. this was this huge, retrospective report about the war, about all that had been lost there. at the end of this nbc news special report, david brinkley ends it with what is basically a commentary from him on what was lost and what future presidents should learn from that experience.

the secretary general of the vietnamese communist party. 40 years ago saigon fell.e and i have no evidence for this whatsoever, i believe that the smarter generals in the pentagon are looking at syria and iraq and they are seeing saigon in damascus. and fearing that islamic state will take damascus which will utterly change the game. who thought they were going to take mosul? who thought. >> putin stopped the damascus thing. >> good luck. >> putin is not going to let that happen. >> you have got to be concerned about the worse case. the military you can't be a polyanna like obama. you have got to prepare for the worst thing that could conceivably happen. >> the american people are willing to vote for polyanna these days, colonel. that's all all of this is happening. >> that's true. >> they are willing to take polyanna. fine with a the majority of the folks. we aappreciate it. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. if he wasn't already bill cosby is now done as an entertainment figure in the u.s.a. is it legal has some thoughts after bill cosby adm

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this is the night saigon fell. their special report was

the meantime, police just posted pictures on twitter of yet another bear sighting, last night, on saigon road in mcclain. >>> coming up, two brothers killed in a crash. tonight, what we are just learning about the young victims and the help for their friends who are still coming to grips with this tragedy. >>> the fire ripped through a popular tourist december at this point nation, as crews from our area arrived to help fight the flames. >>> i'm taking on the kids and so far i am winning! this is awesome! we are going to do a backyard weather right now, the weather also awesome. going to talk about that coming up. if you've got weekend maps shall don't want to miss this >>> a huge fire destroyed four buildings in the historic area of hampers ferry, west virginia today. fire departments from maryland and west virginia helped fight those flames this morning it happened on high street, a popular tourist december at this point nation. those buildings there date back to the 1800s. they have shops and apartments in them. no word yet on what caused that fire. harpers ferry, of course is a natio

want to see just how much change is taking place, all you have to do is walk down this street in saigonn you went cnn? >> they wanted me to go work at the white house as senior white house correspondent, and i had just moved to new york. this the town i wanted to live. >> you didn't want to do that. >> you didn't want to do that. so you resigned. >> i resigned from there and i've been following the history of rogers els. >> under the circumstances a meeting? >> not yet. >> a meeting with him. >> listen it is not easy to crack the lineup for new york yankees. >> absolutely. this man i've seen on tv doing it but it was for another channel. so he hires you and puts you with her because no one would work with her. >> i'm bill hemmer. >> i'm martha -- >> when you come from another network, fox, it's a substantial change ir in your life. the way it's set up we don't have employees other networks have. we do so much more with so much fewer people. >> that's because of how smart we are. >> you're parents have been married 52 years. >> 54. >> 54 years. you better give them a nice present, hemmer

states army had withdrawn from vietnam and the north vietnamese army started its final assault on saigon. the ca myrrh rouge took over in cambodia. the king of saudi arabia was assassinated. the red brigade's red army faction and japanese red army engaged in bombings throughout europe, the middle east, ira and the volunteer force were killing dozens in northern ireland and britain. a twa flight was bombed from tel aviv to jfk killing 88 people. cia station chief richard welch was assassinated, two fbi agents were killed at pine ridge indian reservation, a bombing of croatian nationalists at laguardia airport killed 11 people, and a bombing in downtown -- [inaudible] and so with this dynamic threat environment going on, how is it possible that the investigation began, vice president mondale, why was it necessary, and why did you want to be a part of it? >> i think you begin by looking at seymour hirsh's story, got an explosive headline in "the new york times" that contained the list of abuses and dysfunction in the intelligence agencies, a list made up by the agency itself that had leaked

a couple months later, the vice president resigns, a couple months later fall of saigon and then youut more than the history lesson this time is it is very different. even in china, they're bieguying stocks to try to support the market. it's a major time for central banks. if you look at some of the corporate noises that we've had, they are warning about this economy as well as others. >> so one of the things we did, and i think this is the note sara was talking about. we looked at unemployment. we looked at jobless claims cpi, even commodity prices and looked at where they are relative to fed funds and historically how they look. there's this clear chinuationdelineation. they keep talking about normalization because it is kind of abnormal relative to what you've seen in history and we have weakness in commodities and people are worried about it but that tends to be more about a china story than a u.s. story. there's this view investors have that if commodities are weak inflation won't be a problem. people look at the cceci number but if you look at the number of employees looking fo

united states army withdrawn from vietnam and the north vietnamese army started its final assault on saigon. the khmer rouge took over in cambodia, king of saudi arabia assassinated. japanese red army engaged in bombings throughout europe, middle east, i.r.a. and ulster volunteer killing dozens in northern ireland and britain. abu nadal organization bombed flight from tel aviv to jfk killing 88 people. station chief was assassinated in greece, two fbi agents killed at pine indian reservation. a bombing by croatian nationalists at laguardia airport killed 11 people and puerto rican national killed four in a bombing in new york. so with this dynamic threat environment going on, how is it possible that the investigation began vice president mondale, and why was it necessary and why did you want to be a part of it? >> i think begin by looking at seymour hersh's story, an explosive headline in the "new york times" that contained the list of abuses and dysfunction in intelligence agencies. a list made up itself that leaked and told the nation we were really in trouble. if you look at these proble

we first met when i was a teenager in saigon and dick had established a program called the shoeshine boys project to care for homeless children who had been orphaned or left alone during the war and he brought them together and sent them on the streets with shoeshine boxes as a way of making a living and finding something that they could do and provided them care and a home when they came home at nightfall. over eight years that project helped thousands of children in cities all across vietnam. dick attributes the success of that project to close partnership forged with local communities and the project's management by vietnamese citizens. when dick returned to the united states he continued to advocate for post-war humanitarian causes and he started a foundation to raise awareness about the effects of agent orange on the vietnamese population. dick remains a trusted friend and tireless advocate to the vietnamese people. as our two countries work together on a new and more engaged future, we should expand our efforts to improve the health and well-being of the vietnamese people. we c