and that's all we had in the world. 45 years ago, on the fall of saigon, this was a vietnamese community exactly us-- a different cultural, a different people, a different language. i'm sure, very similar sentiments, very similar fear, very similar desperation, very similar hopes of a better future in the u.s. >> reporter: washington state has a proud history of welcoming vietnamese refugees starting shortly after the fall of saigon in 1975. as their numbers swelled at the refugee tent city constructed at the caendleton marine base next, washington's then- governor, daniel evans, offered the state's help in initially relocating 500 vietnam refugees a very moral thing to do. >> and vietnamese americans, especially those who are here in washington, have never forgotten that, his generosity. ♪ >> reporter: the vietnamefugee exodus spanned nearly three decades.e 70,000. most of the initial afghan refugee assistance in the seattle area and elsewhere is mostly faith-based relief agencies like rl tlid haeft refugee crisis. ie o,o sek ptan uinic and former refugees stepping into what we're doing

and i mean on the, on the television monitor that it was exactly like saigon in 1975. i mean, it was utterly parallel. you know, we, we left in 1975 nixon having spent billions of dollars to arm the south vietnamese army was called the via the victimization of the american vietnam war. whole idea that nixon's can, you know, strategy was to get the american boys out of the coffins and back home. and, and we could, we could just use money and power and arms to equip an army that in the end had no will whatsoever to fight. and had had just rampant corruption from the level of, of the field up into the presidential palace will surely that's exactly what we saw in afghanistan. and, you know, this is the, the lesson, it's a lesson alex that does go back to 911. what's the single most important strategic lesson to derive from that attack in the world towers? it's simply this, it's a power in this interconnected asymmetric world. no longer guarantees security. you can have the most powerful army in the world and then suddenly a bunch of kind of misfits with the equivalent of a

it is the fall of saigon and the iran hostage crisis rolled into one. our country has not been this embarrassed in my lifetime. the american people have every right to be angry. because it didn't have to be this way. it should not have been this way. we went to afghanistan to stop the terrorists who killed nearly 3000 americans on 9/11. my husband deployed to afghanistan to fulfill that mission. president wyden -- i did -- president biden -- what he had his brothers and sisters but for. -- fight for. let's look at the overseas structure. we have around 200,000 american troops deployed today. less than 2% were in afghanistan at the beginning of the year. we had fewer troops than we have in a dozen other countries. was it enough to make afghanistan a flourishing western-style country? of course not. no number of troops could have done that and nationbuilding should never have been our mission, but we didn't have enough troops to stop the taliban from taking over and renewing a safe haven terrorists and that was vital for american security. then joe biden

i spent two years as the "new york times" bureau chief in saigon.re that, just a month or two before that, i was in cambodia. and in november of 1968 and i went, i interviewed prince norodom sihanouk, the head of state, and he told me word for word exactly what was going to happen in vietnam, that we would have to go, that the vietnamese would not give up, that it was their country and not ours, and we'd be wise to pack up and go home. this is 1968, judy. this is tens of thousands of lives short of what happened by 1975. and yet, he predicted it on the money. i put it in the "new york"-- >> woodruff: you reported that. >> and no doubt it was read in the white house, and washington paid no attention. >> woodruff: you and i met during the jimmy carter campaign. you covered his administration. anything about covering presidents, or people at that level, that-- that has left you thinking, "there's something good about our democratic system," or not? >> oh, it's a mixed bag, you know that, judy, i mean, it's it's-- but, yes and no, i'm afraid it's the ri

yes, there are parallels to saigon and vietnam.ly there are differences and different aspects of it, but the overall perception and the way we had to flee really while the enemy, meaning the taliban is taking over, those are strong parallels and those are images that are hard to get out of your head. >> i want to ask a couple more questions before i go to -- i'm looking at these very good questions from the audience. and one is, how much -- i hope this is not too parsing, but how much do you think u.s. officials truly flat-out lied to the public versus putting a good face on things sometimes or even the kind of self-delusion that sometimes happens in wartime at the highest levels? >> that's another good question. when i say lie, i don't say that lightly. at "the washington post," if anything, we're criticized for being too hesitant to use that word. we give people the benefit of the doubt, if we don't know what's in their mind when they say something, we say it's a false statement or contradicted by evidence or things like that. in

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i have faith feel come to the crisis after all it's only 16 years froml the fall of saigon to the fall the soviet union. when present reagan predicted the soviet collapse it appeared unimaginable. now nine years later it happened. i believe that freedom and democracy will also lead chinese communism and the criminal regime t in iran on the ash heap of history.. [applause] and when i look to the american future, i see what others don't and i marvel at it. i see a country proud of principles and its place in the world people at peace with each other to protect our values in the culture shining as a beacon for all to see. and that it seems impossible but not just my vision how abraham lincoln met calling for a new birth of freedom during another terrible time it is what ronald reagan had in mind when he called the last best hope of man on earth and another time of great division in our country. and then to bring up the best of the country and summoned the best of our people. no matter how hard it may seem, those who see america's glory days behind us but i don't believe that. how could i

the service center will open for tours on saturday afternoon in san jose's little saigon. it is for mental and dental services with free childcare. it was designed to accommodate thousands that were not getting county health services. >>> now, to the high sierra and boy, look at all of that snow coming down tonight. it is still october it is looking a lot more like winter in the truckie area. >> yes. more rain on the way. both rain around here and snow in the high sierra. all sorts of good news. we are dry right now. chilly for the rest of tonight with clear skies over head. the temperatures will drop down into the 40s across most of the bay area. the rain returns already tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. that is just the next in a series of systems with the unsettled pattern continuing through the workweek and early next week. let's focus on the next chance of rain that will arrive late tomorrow. for most of the day you will see a mix of clouds and sunshine. gradually more and more cloud cover as the system approaches us. the showers do not move into the north bay unti

from my york city book to algiers to saigon. the soldiers of the empire were called on to modernize for friday. only lucille, this id jane did one time colony. again, not 3 little viola, but the manase saw me. you'll drop off a anemic gin. why? by feeble thought this you gave me let a ball. he's got the all the left in his on 10 months later, on the 14th of june, 1940, the german army marched into paris. the ranks of colonial troops was shocked. france had been defeated. the white colonizer was not invincible. ah, marsha peyton's government in vichy collaborated with nazi germany, while charles de gaulle made his famous call of the 18th of june to fight on. but he stood alone to resist and to liberate france. he had only one option to rally the empire to his cause. starting with africa. in august 1940 felix, a boy, the 1st black governor of chad joined to go. soon, cameroon, the congo, the barn, and others joined him. with this level of support, the goal could now prepare for the liberation of occupied france. support for the ge

vietnamese traditions like bamboo etching, symbolizing protection a safe space after the fall of saigonknow thousands of vietnamese refugees. fled persecution and headed to the united states, but so many ended up here as a second generation vietnamese american. it's a very emotional project. it is absolutely labor of love, bettie youngs parents came to san jose as refugees in the late seventies, relying on social services as a kid, she often translated for them. she hopes no other kid will have to do that. we are ready. we will be staffed with bilingual impact. cultural staff speaking vietnamese and spanish to serve not only the vietnamese american community, but our neighbors in san jose. i'm azenith smith ktvu, fox two news. up next in sports. boston red sox do something that has never been done in post season. baseball history. sports director market baniyas is here next to tell you what, but first a look at the san francisco skyline is the sun went down tonight. very pretty out there. you're watching the 11 o'clock news on ktvu will be right back. working from home means driving les

many vietnamese—americans, it was a painful reminder of the ordeal they suffered after the fall of saigono well the hardships of being a refugee. shejoins me now from seattle, where she co—founded viets for afghans, an initiative to help afghan families navigate their new life in the us. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday today. firstly, tell me more about viets for afghans. what led you to start this initiative?— this initiative? yes, as eight us citizen — this initiative? yes, as eight us citizen and _ this initiative? yes, as eight us citizen and as _ this initiative? yes, as eight us citizen and as a - this initiative? yes, as eight us citizen and as a refugee, j this initiative? yes, as eightl us citizen and as a refugee, i just felt that we failed our afghan allies. that we do the evaluation and it was very sudden. the number of thousands of people that we have left behind who have been our allies for the last 20 plus years. and so... and the suffering that is to come for those who are left behind and their confusion and the chaos for the people who have been evacuated. all

many vietnamese americans, it was a painful reminder of the ordeals they suffered after the fall of saigon joined me earlierfrom seattle, where she co—founded viets a afghans, an initiative to help afghan families navigate their new life into the united states. as a us citizen and as a refugee, i just felt that we failed our afghan allies. the way we left and evacuated was very sudden. the number of 1,000s of people that we have left behind who have been our allies for the last 20 plus years and so the suffering that is to come for those who are left behind and their confusion and the chaos as for the people who have been evacuated, all that brought back a lot of memories of when i was a refugee. so me and my friends just decided we needed to do something because we don't see an option not to do something. you said it reminded you of your own experience. did you have a similar experience? yes, so my family and i, we became refugees when i was ten years old and we were one of the group of people ten years old and we were one of the group of boat people and 31 of us fled the country in the s

one being -- book on saigon, selma to saigon, which deals with kind of the african american role in the vietnam war effort. but also the last point i want to make about kind of why this doesn't play out for johnson in quite the way that he wants to is, elizabeth hinton points out in her book dealing with kind of just the way that the war on poverty moves from on poverty to the war on crime is the way that these unintended consequences such as these programs that are funding not only social reforms but also policing reforms in ways that the federal government is essential funding the, kind of, local policing behavior in african american community that ultimately leads to some of the issues and difficulties with policing and expands problems with policing but also just the mass incarceration of african americans. and so that african americans are looking at lyndon johnson and they see the promise of the war on poverty. but they have this memory of him as a congressional leader. they view a lot of the assassination, as being left at lyndon johnson's door, and he is partially responsible. b

tiffany evo and kim pham are clearly excited to work at today's mid autumn festival in little saigon. first time the event has been held because of delays caused by the pandemic, but has been a very sad year for old of us, including business owners. such as this woman she runs filipino chinese pop up the orient with her husband, because the pandemic yes. last year is very bad. she relies on festivals like these to survive. it's helped. it's helped by left. this is cultural vitality, and it is economic vitality. city officials telling us they encourage safe outdoor gatherings like this one. because this helps bring foot traffic to businesses who've been hurt during the pandemic. mayor steinberg speaking with us after recovering from a breakthrough case of covid-19, or not, out of this yet, but you know, we are certainly i think on the back end of it, and if we just keep doing the right thing and. mascot and people get vaccinated or in facts. innate it'll be that much faster. i'm told that there are about 45 different restaurant businesses participating in today's festival organizers te

this is manifestly not saigon. >> ♪♪ when did you decide this will defend your sacred motto ♪ >> logisticalon my hands ♪ ♪ got blood on my hands ♪ ♪ flag of the taliban ♪ ♪ over afghanistan. >> will you recognize the taliban government? >> sean: joining me now singer-songwriter john ondrasik is playing tomorrow night. he has been touring all over the country. he is on the upper west side in new york city on broadway. we have been friends a long time that i've known you for a long time. you're really not that political. this hit you hard. i'll be honest, john. it is day 51. we abandoned americans, their families, green card holders eligible to be here, thousands of them, tens of thousands of allies. walk us through the process. you don't usually do political songs, although "superman" would need to be exception. >> sean, i had no intention of writing a song. i take no joyen in writing this song but when we saw those images, it certainly shook all of us. when our 13 soldiers were killed, i was very angry, like so many. i banged on my piano. it didn't take shape, the song until i got a call fr

had no idea that your mother was born in morocco and your dad was a jewish refugee and they met in saigon during the vietnam war. [laughter] >> even before we met, i know. our path is different even though both of us who grew up there. my impression of greenwich as a child emigrant who brought us their so i could reap the benefits of the education system was for many years in the u.s. i thought they were a kind of white people in the u.s. and that illusion i think trapped me for some time and took me a while to understand how diverse the u.s. is. i want to begin by asking your experience growing up in this town and obviously i feel like diligence may be a habit of your personality early on and thoughtfulness. did you think that greenwich was one town like i did or were you more informed as a child than i was? >> before i answer, i want to tell you what a pleasure this is. i've been looking forward to this event will. every word written but it's going to be for the book that you did. one of the extraordinary pieces published for a long time and not described in that way it's an extraordina

if we look at today and what's taking place in kabul and look at saigon we should think also a 20 yearwar in afghanistan was not that different from the 12 or 15 year over you want to count the number of years we spent in vietnam. so in some respects we deal with history and rave review the myths that of misguided us in terms of how we think about it is essential. the poem is a myth. it's a beautiful poem that celebrates so much about who we want to be as americans and yet it can leave so much out that helps us get through the hard parts of our history that we shouldn't forget. >> thank you. i thought it would end with the poem that elise has her book by archibald -- called the young dead soldiers do not speak. nevertheless they are heard. they say we were young, we have died. remember us. our death are not ours, they are yours. they are deemed what you make them. whether our live senate as were for peace or for hope or for nothing we cannot say. we were young they say. remember us. you're watching american history tv. >> let me tell you about our speaker tonight. wynn fellowed gallagh

don't talk about is there almost an advantage in that, the fact that if you're a startup founder in saigon or whatever it is, is there an advantage to being under the radar. >> as an investor i think what's really changed in the past ten years from when we first started investing in a lot of these markets is a lot of things are changed on the macro level certainly a year like 2020, technology and all kinds of things have really accelerated so in many ways we are known as probably one of if not the first silicone valley early stage investor that has gone into markets like latin america, vietnam, east asia, and africa itself so now it's almost a nice validation of that global thesis we're seeing a lot of local players coming up in the early stage venture market as well as the large firms coming into capital venture and going into markets. and 2020, deals being done over zoom now many silicone valley investors feel more comfortable investing in emerging markets. there's still a long way to go and we're excited more money is coming into a lot of these companies. >> easier than getting on a pla

the book is four wars, five presidents a reporters journey from jerusalem to saigon.ou for being with us. >> judy, a pleasure to see that you're keeping the lights on and making it all go. >> thank you. >> among the 200 or so breeds of goats, yes that's right. goats across the united states. the san clemente island goats are one of the rarest. as dennis kellog reports, one nebraska man is doing all he can to save them. >> reporter: welcome to willow valley farmless. we're going to take you on a goat walk. >> reporter: tom is a modern goat herder. the goats are like a family to him. he has gotten to know them after he left his job to take care of them full time. >> i'm part goat. maybe that's my calling to do this. >> reporter: there's 750 of these san clemente goats. threatened with extinction. >> i like to keep these guys as feral as possible. >> there used to be as many as 18,000 of them after they overran the island's natural eco system most were rad radicated. sean and his partner carol are doing all they can to save the breed. >> i think it's very important these

after years of county planning, the vietnamese- american service center is ready to open in little saigon on san jose center road. >> as prices are real and extremely exciting. >> the project integer says the building offers medical, dental, and mental health services plus senior citizen meals and nutrition classes. childcare is free. >> they will have activities and snacks. >> the $65 million bilingual center designed for thousands of vietnamese americans who were not accessing county health care services. sylvia, the idea, to remove language, cultural, and transportation barriers. >> we want this to be a one- stop shop. >> one that patients find welcoming. >> i am extremely happy and proud that i have played a part in all of this. >> the ceo of eta's architects dated classic vietnamese symbols, etched glass represent protection, floor designs depicting vietnam's coastline, and a ceiling resembling a traditional hat. >> one of the symbols easily recognized vietnamese people is a conical hat. >> there is also a space for community gatherings to celebrate good health and could times. in sa

vietnamese traditions like bamboo etching, symbolizing protection a safe space after the fall of saigonhousands of vietnamese refugees fled persecution and headed. to the united states, but so many ended up here as a second generation vietnamese american. it's a very emotional project. it is absolutely a labor of love, bettie youngs parents came to san jose as refugees in the late seventies, relying on social services as a kid, she often translated for them. she hopes no other kid will have to do that. we are ready. we will be staffed with bilingual impact. cultural staff speaking vietnamese and spanish. to serve not only the vietnamese american community, but our neighbors in san jose, i'm azenith smith ktvu, fox two news. well jury selection is under way in the trial of three white man accused of killing ahmad armory coming up how prosecutors and defense lawyers are selecting from a pool of hundreds of potential jurors. around the bay area this afternoon. partly cloudy, cool and dry. that's going to change as a system begins to move a little bit closer to california. better details on

and we think of saigon.should think that a 20-year war in afghanistan is not that different from a 12-year or 15-year or however you want to count the numbers of years that we spent in vietnam. so in some respects our review of history and re-review of the myths that have misguided us in terms of how we think about history seems to be essential. longfellow's poem is a myth. it's a beautiful poem that celebrates so much about who we want to be as americans, and yet it can leave so much out that helps us get through the hard parts of our history that we actually shouldn't forget. >> thank you. >> thank you. i thought i would end with a poem that elise includes in her book by archibald macleish. it's called "the young dead soldiers do not speak." nevertheless they are heard in the still houses who has not heard them. they say we are young, we have died, remember us. they say our deaths are not ours. they are yours. they will mean what you make them. they say whether our lives and our deaths were for peace and a

challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigonyou enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and

vietnamese traditions like bamboo etching, symbolizing protection a safe space after the fall of saigone know thousands of vietnamese refugees. fled persecution and headed to the united states, but so many ended up here as a second generation vietnamese american. it's a very emotional project. it is absolutely a labor of love, bettie youngs parents came to san jose as refugees in the late seventies, relying on social services as a kid, she often translated for them. she hopes no other kid will have to do that. we are ready. we will be staffed with bilingual impact. cultural staff speaking vietnamese and spanish to serve not only the vietnamese american community, but our neighbors. and the center is open to everyone, including neighboring residents, but cost for this project $50 million live in san jose. i'm adam smith, ktvu fox two news. vice president kamala harris visited lake mead in nevada today to pitch the president's infrastructure and build back better plans. the vice president said. president biden's agenda can help address the region's worsening drought conditions like need s

challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, there's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to d