saigon's troops made a stand. it was a vital one.might be lost, and south vietnam could be cut in two by the north vietnamese and the viet cong. >> 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 t

government for which the government in saigon would be excluded. the hanoi regime is demanding the following preconditions to which the united states must agree before the communists will condescend to negotiate. first, that the south vietnamese government be overthrown. second, that the liberation front be accepted as the sole bargaining representative of the south vietnamese people. and third, that south vietnam be put under the control of a coalition government formed ivy communists and from which the south vietnamese government would be excluded. may i conclude, therefore, with certain simple points which are at the heart of the problem and u.s. policy in south vietnam. first, the elementary fact is there is an aggression in the form of an armed attack by north vietnam against south vietnam. second, the united states has commitments to assist south vietnam to repel this aggression. third, our commitments to south vietnam were not taken in isolation but are a part of a systematic effort in a postwar time to assure a stable peace. fourth, the iss

saigon under fire. >> the enemy in vietnam has demolished the myth that a live military strength controlscountry. >> the american embassy is under siege. inside are the vietcong terror squads that charged in during the night. >> the tet offensive was an enormous game changer. they were shooting up the american embassy. they had hit dozens of cities all over vietnam. it was a tremendous shock. >> we have known for several months now that the communist planned a massive, winter-spring offensive. we do not think that our military operations are going to be at all materially affected. >> he was unable to be honest with the american people, because, of course, he was unwilling to simply say, this is an unwinnable war. >> cronkite's vietnam report, reel one, take four. >> these ruins are in saigon, capital of the largest city of south vietnam. >> when he went to vietnam during tet, it was the first time, and maybe the only time, that walter had shown any kind of bias in his public broadcast. >> it is increasingly clear to this report, that the only rational way out would be to negotiate, not as

operation baby lift which explores the dramatic air lift of more than 2,000 vietnamese children as saigon fell in april 1975. and raising awareness, conducting research, and reducing coronary artery disease in south asians. and artistic performances with one of my all time favorite groups san jose tiko which combines cultural understanding and artistic expression. they are cool to watch. they have a big concert coming up in the south bay. more when they perform live later in our show. there's a lot to celebrate with the 110th an verniversary of ja town. whether overcoming adversity or helping the community including overseas in japan. joining us now is japanese cultural community center of northern california the director of development and communications and theoy ar the. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> let's talk about the anniversary of the earthquake. how did the community respond, and what is it doing now? >> you know, next friday marks, actually, the fifth an niversar of the east japan earthquake and tsunami. we're planning a number of activities to commemorate the annivers

howard saigon pro basketball team which participates in the basketball league.led me to meet some of my partners right now and los angeles football club. all of these things culminate and build into something bigger like this. it did not happen like this. i walked in and said let's start a football club. it was i have these partners and friends. we love sports together. opportunities come about, let's explore it. haslinda: football in the u.s., like vegas football. henry: football in the u.s. means something completely different. haslinda: the women's team has won in the world cup. do you think that will be a game changer? do you think americans will view soccer in the same way? henry: it has always been one of the top youth sports. happenedomething that from the early teen years from where the dissipation of the game of soccer is the highest in the -- where the participation in the game of soccer is the highest. when i grew up, there was no professional league to speak up. if you are a young talented athlete, you got diverted into other sports, like baseball, o

capital, the largest city of south saigon. >> when we went to vietnam, it was the first time and maybeme walter had shown any kind of bias in his public broadcasts. >> it is increasingly clear to this report that the only rationale way out will be to negotiate, not as victims, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy and did the best they could. >> after walter cronkite, johnson's popularity sinks. >> it is clear the war is not being won. >> opposition to the war was not rising. >> it wasn't just beatniks and young kids. >> we are not fighting a war. i'm convinced it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the war. >> martin luther king came out against the vietnam war. his own followers said, you shouldn't be focusing on that. you should be focusing on our issue. he said, they're intertwined. you can't separate them. >> president said mankind must put an end to war. a war will put an end to mankind. >> you honestly think if there was an election, a vote for or against the war, the anti-war people would win out? >> w

. >> you know, bill, as somebody born in saigon, vietnam i have not forget 10 and i love what happened. thank you very much. >> back to your fox 29 weather authority now. we braced ourselves against another windy day today. we got a chilly night. >> chief meteorologist scott williams has your full forecast in 15 seconds. >>> temperatures today were stuck in the 50s. still blustery out there but with those diminishing winds and clear skies, get ready for a cold overnight low temperatures around freezing for most and then a rapid warmup as we move toward the middle and latter part of the week but also some chances of some rain. as we look at what's happening right now with those winds, still gusting over 30 miles an hour in atlantic city. they miles per hour gusts right now in philadelphia. still close to 40 miles an hour gusts in the pocono mountains. so the dry conditions and we're looking at the pollen just kind of blowing all around over the next couple of days. increasing into the high category for tomorrow along with thursday really medium to high for your friday. and into the upco

. >> miss saigon. >> we missed lunch. >> you don't want a lot of people to find out that you live herepeople will make fun of it and it can really haunt you after a while. it starts... you start to have no friends, people will tease you about it and stuff like that. >> i'm embarrassed because i'm poor and because i live in a shelter. it makes me feel like i just... wish i never lived here. >> there's a kid at the school who looks... dress worser than me. but he has his own house, though. he got a house to call home. he don't have to go sit down with thousands of people to eat dinner. he can run to his refrigerator and open it up. and i can't do that. i have to wait until a certain time and have to eat, because if i don't eat, i will starve all night, until the next morning. >> make sure you stay in line so you get your plate, okay? >> yes, sir. >> stand right here, and as soon as she goes, jonny, you go after jasmine. >> as a mother, you always got different thoughts going through your head and mind and wishing that you could change things and wishing things was different. but what are

attack on ford was from the right on foreign policy, on detente, helsinki accords and from the fall of saigonened technically on his watch and helm's got a lot of foreign -- really hard line foreign policy into the platform. it was the first republican platform that advocating a human life amendment, which showed the way that party was swinging on social issues and reagan's strength was all in the south and the west and that's where the republican party moved. >> there's also the degree to which there's -- clinton had this line about how democrats fall in love, republicans fall in line and there's this will rogers i believe to an organized party of the democrat, but actually those roles have flipped in the modern time. the democratic party is more orderly party than the republican party, but you see here -- if you go back to '64, this kind of sense of permanent revolution and insurgency is actually central to the image of modern conservatism. this isn't knew. >> absolutely. the last president to actually win a broken convention, got the brokered convention and won was fdr in '32 he beat al sm

here you can see huge crowds of vietnamese scaling the walls of the embassy in what was then saigon, onboard the u.s. helicopters that were evacuating the country. as america finally came home. >>> north korea today launched another short-range projectile, possibly a missile. that's according to military officials in south korea. they say the projectile flew 120 miles then hit land north. this happened -- it has happened repeatedly over the past month after the united states and allies strengthened economic punishments against the country. it also comes as the united states and south korea militaries continue their joint drills in south korea. jennifer griffin at the pentagon this afternoon. how are officials reacting to this latest in the series? >> well, shepard, defense officials here at the pentagon who i've spoken to confirm that it was in fact a short-range missile fired by north korea earlier today. it was fired from the eastern port city and flew about 125 miles. north korea has recently fired a slew of short-range missiles and artillery shells. >> we've been carefully watchi

attack on ford was from the right on foreign policy, on detente, helsinki accords and from the fall of saigonechnically on his watch and helm's got a lot of foreign -- really hard line foreign policy into the platform. it was the first republican platform that advocating a human life amendment, which showed the way that party was swinging on social issues and reagan's strength was all in the south and the west and that's where the republican party moved. >> there's also the degree to which there's -- clinton had this line about how democrats fall in love, republicans fall in line and there's this will rogers i believe to an organized party of the democrat, but actually those roles have flipped in the modern time. the democratic party is more orderly party than the republican party, but you see here -- if you go back to '64, this kind of sense of permanent revolution and insurgency is actually central to the image of modern conservatism. this isn't knew. >> absolutely. the last president to actually win a broken convention, got the brokered convention and won was fdr in '32 he beat al smith ou

they did one about the evacuation of ten hanoi and saigon. take a moment to engage them in conversations. don't just say thanks for your service. say what are you doing now or what did you do. the nonveterans worked together and there's something we can do as veterans. we need to tell our own stories. i often refer to the story as a general officer on the on and off base to say i could get in or out but i haven't gotten around to try to get the stuff. you always forget when you're doing a home project so someone will come up to me and say very often, someone will come up to me and say where did your husband served? i get a little irritated and i usually say world war i. [laughter] just to see if they can do the math. then i say okay let me help get the story out there and i stopped and i explained i served in the military and my husband husband supported me throughout the years of service and i tell the story. do i feel like giving it, no but we must reduce the civil military divide. and we have to stop telling the stories only to each other.

thestaircase on the top of embassy in saigon, and a lot of people said, why would you want to remind people of that? the fact is, president ford -- that staircase was a symbol of for those to be free 7000 american and being amazed who climbed it in the end in april 1975 as the berlin wall on display outside. host: there is a website to contact richard norton smith called presidentsandpatriot s.com. mr. smith, what is that? guest: for 25 years, i have been reading what we call presidential tours -- leading what we call presidential tours, so we decided to wrap it up this year. it has nothing to do with 2016 campaign. we have two trips coming up, one in may in the midwest called churchill, harry and ike, the 60th -- 70th anniversary of the speech -- exactly, so we will be doing all of that. october, we will return to our roots. days.sidents in 10 we will go through the valley, new england, fantastic trip. roosevelts,e's, kennedys, you name it. host: up and down the east? guest: the hudson valley's gorgeous and the time of the year, and the mountains in vermont. anyway, anyone who is in

they just did one about the evacuation of hanoi and saigon. it's amazing to watch. but not everybody takes the time to watch these. so talk a moment -- take a moment to understand that and engage veterans in conversations. don't just say thanks for your service. say what are you doing now, what did you do? de-stigmatize mental illness. non-veterans and veterans in institutions, let's work together to change the cultural narrative about veterans. and there's something that we can do also as veterans. we need to tell our own stories. i often refer to this story when i go to the home depot, so as a general officer, we had the placards on our windshield in order to get on and off base. mine has a star saying that i can get in and out of carlyle army base, and i haven't gotten around to try to get the stuff that gets it off. so when i get out of my car if i'm there alone to pick up whatever i need for a home project, someone will come up to me and say -- very often -- oh, where did your husband serve? [laughter] >> yeah. >> now, i get a little irritated. [laughter] and i

"the new york times's" editorial page were writing very critically and their reporters in saigon were contradicting what the american military was saying. so the press and the media were dividing up among these lines. senators were having to choose sides also, and that was becoming much more of an issue. i don't -- i think this was a high water mark in some ways for the administration. from this point on, the support for the war begins to diminish. the opposition begins to increase and affect the news gets worse and the more troops have to be sent in. and the hopes of the time that rusk was speaking in 1956 that the president was going to limit this war and keep china out of this war and that a were going to not send any more troops and that it was not going to get worse and there was a hope among a lot of people that this was the top, but fact of the matter is, this was just the first step in a decline and that the numbers in the troops in vietnam were going to increase as well as the number of casualties and body bags being sent back were going to be increasing. this was televised,