to the eisenhower administration in the '50s, the country split into south and north vietnam. communists in the north and so the united states is very eager to preserve the south from a communist takeover. >> the communist north vietnamese believed in nationalism, uniting their country under their own control. >> the cold war conspiracy was that if the vietnamese communist won the war in vietnam, all of southeast asia would fall. the dominos would fall, one after another. >> there is no doubt the fall of south vietnam would have serious repercussions on other countries of southeast asia. this is fundamentally the reason why we're in south vietnam. >> after all, eastern europe has fallen to communism. china has fallen to communism. we can't lose southeast asia. so we have to stabilize south vietnam. >> on january 2nd, 1963, south vietnamese troops surprise a vietcong battalion at a village called ap bac. five american helicopters are shot down. three american advisers are killed. 63 south vietnamese die, half of them shooting at each other. >> we've got u.s. military advisers f

if the communists took cambodia, south vietnam would be next in the war would be lost.ccain emphasized the need for speed, he thought the united states should send every weapon they could find to south vietnam's troop should attack across the cambodian border with squadrons of b-52s should bombard the communists. the joint chiefs of staff quickly assemble tons of weapons for the cambodian army. that was the easy part, now the president needed a plan for the invasion of cambodia and the destruction of what the united states called the central office for south vietnam. it was the communist nerve center of bamboo pentagon, constructed constructed beneath that the jungle canopy. they thought if you could blow up then you could cripple the enemy's capacity to command and control the market forces in south vietnam. admiral mccain said the united states should destroy it and when the damn war. nixon and the joint chiefs of staff never understood that the pentagon there was not a place, it cannot be bombed, it had no fixed address. it was a small mobile group of communist offic

lyndon johnson fort for a stable non-communist south vietnam. nexen is fighting for what he calls peace with honor. a euphemism for america getting the heck out of vietnam with its pows and not having the south all in the immediate aftermath. in nixon's own words, we were fighting for a decent interval percent vietnam. ist political objective infinitely easier to achieve with any form of military power and what lyndon johnson was after. force willstates air focus on those 11 days at the end of the war and say hey the north vietnamese signed the peace accord less than a month later. vindicated what our doctrine said. advancementtinued of precision guided munitions, now the new strategic bomber in the form of a drone. not only have air force officers have thehis but so too last four presidents of the united states including the current one. that is an argument for a different day. what did air power in vietnam show? you have got to be able to determine the kind of war the enemy is fighting. the nature of the enemy. you've got to know the nature of

you have no less than 6 simultaneous air wars going on inside the border of south vietnam. first of all, the air war conducted all over the south. that is the largest air war conducted by united states army. is a vast leage of helicopters. 12,000 helicopters will serve in vietnam over the south. 5000 of them will be shut down. 2,200 air crew members that were pilots will be killed. the vast war extends for the entire vietnam conflict. secondly, you have the marine's air war over the south conducted , primarily here, south of the demilitarized zone. there you have marine helicopters and also marine fixed wing aircraft. the third air war over the south -- the navy's air war, conducted from carrier stations at dixie station in the south china sea and also on occasion from the yankee carrier in the gulf of tonkin. you have your a4's, a6's, primarily fixed wing aircraft conducting that operation. in addition you have your air , force's fighter war over the south, controlled by air force -- seventh air force headquarters in saigon. encompassing air forces in thailand as well. also

if the communists took cambodia south vietnam of the next in the wall would be lost. mccain emphasized the need for speed. without the united states should send every weapon that can find an troops should attack across the cambodian border. the joint chiefs of staff quickly assembled tons of weapons for the cambodian army. that was the easy part. now the president needed a plan for the invasion of cambodia and the destruction of what the united states called the central office for south vietnam. american war planners envisioned it as the communist mayor center, bamboo pentagon. they thought if you could blow up you could cripple the enemy capacity to command-and-control attacks on american forces. the united states should destroy it and when the dam work. but nixon in the joint chiefs of staff never understood that the bamboo pentagon was not a place. it could not be bombed. it had no fixed address. it was a small mobile group of communist officers. it could be located only by the radio signals they transmit, but that location could only be fixed by the antenna they u

communists are massing in south vietnam, and so are we. they feel we are divided.here impressed by student demonstrations. in hanoi, a student is a rare and honored member of society. the enemy knows he cannot defeat us in the field, but by killing americans, he hopes to demoralize us at home. that is what happened to france in 1954. our armed forces are willing to take necessary casualties to seek out and destroy the enemy. the question remains, are the american people willing to lose more and more young men in vietnam? ♪ >> this has been a cbs news special report, the battle of ia drang valley. >> this prerecorded broadcast was produced under the supervision and control of cbs news. we will see revolutionaries and british loyalists on the streets. reese,n with mitchell the colonial williamsburg president and ceo. >> good morning, everyone, and welcome to american or

saigon was the largest city in south vietnam. where all the materials that would come into commercial activity for the country. ships would have to gather and work their way up the river. invitation to ambush. the enemy was there in force. rifles, grenades, mines. took a toll of some of the ships that worked there. it was called the forest of assassins for good reason. a law to of the bandits in pre-war days lived there and did their dirty work. here is one of the soviet-made minds that was recovered -- mines that was recovered. that could sink a ship. here is an occasion where it did sink a ship. seven merchant mariners, and merchant mariners did not get a lot of credit but they paid a price to do this run to saigon throughout the war. merchant ships and even ships from other countries made this dangerous run up the river. it was re-floated in and brought back into service temporarily. so, what we had to do, you cannot allow the ships to be attacked. so the navy deployed mind seeking boats. various other mine-sweeping craft. hel

vietnam regime. we supported the south. >> it's what becomes known as the domino theory.est of southeast asia laos, cambodia, the philippines, they might be defeated. >> as i believe i reported upon my return from previous visits, i'm very much encouraged by the progress the south vietnamese have been making and the assistance our forces have rendered to them. >> when vietnam started up, they believed that they so expertly micro managed the cuban missile crisis that they can do the same in the southeast asian nation 10,000 miles away. the north vietnamese were very different from the soviets and khrushchev. and the attempt to resolve the vietnamese crisis through controlled escalation simply didn't work. >> the government of south vietnam has been overthrown by a military coup. >> if we are at all involved i hope we don't have another bay of pigs on our hands. >> are we winning the war in south vietnam? >> winning? no, we're losing it. >> kennedy says to one of his principal aides that after he is re-elected in '64, then he can talk about getting out of vietnam. it is dif

communists are massing in south vietnam, and so are we. they feel we are divided.here impressed by student demonstrations. in hanoi, a student is a rare and honored member of society. the enemy knows he cannot defeat us in the field, but by killing americans, he hopes to demoralize us at home. that is what happened to france in 1954. our armed forces are willing to take necessary casualties to seek out and destroy the enemy. the question remains, are the american people willing to lose more and more young men in vietnam? ♪ >> this has been a cbs news special report, the battle of ia drang valley. >> this prerecorded broadcast was produced under the supervision and control of cbs news. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] bookshelf history features popular history writers and airs on american history tv every weekend. next, danielle mcguire discusses the lives of women during the civil rights movement. this dece

troops in vietnam. , on american history tv, a cbs news special report on the battle originally broadcast on november 30 1965. ♪ >> three months ago the first air cavalry division shipped off from southarolina. proud, sure themselves, but tested in battle. there were destined for the high country central vietnam. last week, some of them came home. their lives were the price of victory and the battle of your drain valley. cbs news marlee schaefer was there. >> this is where it all began. camp onial forces october 19 11 p.m. the first mortar round fell. at the beginning it was simply another guerrilla attack that was withstood by brave americans and mortar yard strikers. then, decisions are made almost by accident's that turned the for notnto the campaign only the highlands, but for perhaps all of vietnam. the battle of ia drang valley, introduced by morley safer with a special commentary by walter cronkite. walter: good evening. just six days ago, the american people resulted by an announcement, the average weekly date of the dead and wounded in the vietnam war exceeded the korean war. 240 americans were killed and 470 were wounded. the american people did not know then as they do now

. >> these ruins are in saigon, capital of the largest city of south vietnam. >> when he went to vietnamt, 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 victors, 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. >> to most ordinary citizens, it's become obvious the war is not being won. >> opposition to the war was rising. it wasn't just beatniks and young kids. >> we are fighting a war. i'm convinced that it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the world. >> 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 kennedy said on one occasion, mankind must put an end to war. or war will put an end to mankind. you honest

communists are massing in south vietnam, and so are we. they feel we are divided. there impressed by student demonstrations. in hanoi, a student is a rare and honored member of society. the enemy knows he cannot defeat us in the field, but by killing americans, he hopes to demoralize us at home. that is what happened to france in 1954. our armed forces are willing to take necessary casualties to seek out and destroy the enemy. the question remains, are the american people willing to lose more and more young men in vietnam? ♪ >> this has been a cbs news special report, the battle of ia drang valley. >> this prerecorded broadcast was produced under the supervision and control of cbs news. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] bookshelf history features popular history writers and airs on american history tv every weekend. next, danielle mcguire discusses the lives of women during the civil rights movement. this de

vietnam you'll see kennedy seemed deeply involved in what was the overthrow of the president of south vietnam, the likely overthrow. and alsoing the assassination -- also the assassination. he knew the president would be murdered, but he didn't do, at last minute he refused to take steps to save his life. this is all many in these tape recordings. -- in these tape recordings. so it's an eye-opener of a book. tells you things you thought you knew about kennedy. i thought i knew about kennedy. i covered all these topics in 1963. it isn't until now, 50 years later, after listening to these tapes that i found out what really happened. >> how did you get access to these tapes? >> i knew they were available at the kennedy library, but they're very hard to listen to. you know, it was low tech in 1960, '63. so you spent hours, you spent eight hours to get an hour of tape. it was that hard. so it was bitter work, i'll tell ya. many headaches listening to these things. telephone recordings are very good, very clear. but some of -- the kennedy library held back on stuff that was most controversial. you

, the tet holiday, usually there was a cessation of hostilities, more than 100 cities all over south vietnam hue quickly fell. you have seen these images. it was footage like this that turned finally a great part of the american public against the war. ♪ the u.s. marines fought house to house to retake the city. a vicious 3 1/2-week-long battle. eventually, artillery and air support were called in. the city was saved. and, of course, largely destroyed in the saving. the civilian population caught in the cross fire were equally devastated. the north vietnamese to their enduring shame had while controlling the city rounded up anyone seen as a potential enemy and either disappeared them away to unknown prisons or killed them outright. most notoriously when they massacred almost 3,000 people, rolling them, many of them still alive in mass graves in and around hue. duk knows full well the horrors and heartbreak of that time. in his memoir, "where the ashes are: the odyssey of an american family," he captures the terror of a nine-year-old boy, the son of a high ranking south vietnamese civil serva

programs in vietnam that its intent was to build up hamlets and villages and weed out vietcong in south vietnam. it ended up with about 20,000 people killed. colby defended phoenix, said most of those deaths were almost all were combat casualties. that turned out an awful lot of the phoenix deaths were assassinations and tortures, and a lot of the operators that worked with phoenix under the cia can't even bill colby sent out memos saying we don't condone extrajudicial punishment or whatever, a lot of that was still going on. colby always defended his role in vietnam. he was proud of that. i mean, he thought that it was a travesty that the dm at brothers were overthrown in vietnam, and that we could have won the war and his family could have still been in power which probably nothing could'v could have beenr from the truth. well, thank you very much. i appreciate, this event a good audience. [applause] >> thank you so much for coming tonight. he will sign books at the table and we have them for sale at the counter. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> abigail fillmore was the first first lad

just like the united states intervened many years ago to protect south vietnam from being defeated the russians intervened. the 2nd motive alluded to earlier is that they put russia and the role of the kingmaker. they are there on the ground tanks and airplanes and other military accoutrement and had become a much larger factor in any percent -- perspective settlement and then what might be done thereafter. the 3rd motive is highly speculative on my part. i have no hard evidence to back this up. it is a logical inference that we need to at least consider. the syrian regime over some four years which is not a very impressive order of battle managed to kill something like a quarter of a million people to create something like 4 million refugees and to create something like seven or eight internally displaced people's. the russians if they wanted to take kill three times as many people the.is to put a good deal of pressure on the european union. aa great deal of difficulty coping with 800,000 refugees imagine what it would do if they had to deal with three or 4 million. i have no evidence

so lyndon johnson gets handed the totally collapsed government and army of south vietnam. and eventually, he made his own decisions about sending american combat troops. but johnson went to his grave arguing that kennedy's assassination -- or overthrow and assassination of the vietnamese president, johnson was a big supporter of the president, was the reason he ended up committing combat troops. >> patrick sloyan is the author of the new book, "politics of deception: jfk's secret decisions on vietnam, civil rights and cuba." thanks so much. >> good evening. >> good evening. >> again, welcome to the library of virginia. i'm happy to introduce tonight's distinguished author, former governor wilder, who as you heard has a new memoir entitled "son of virginia: a life in america's political arena." as noted, i'm the states politic editor at the richmond times dispatch, and i'm proud to be in sort of what's become a select fraternity of virginia political reporters who first encountered doug wilder back in 1985, 30 years ago when he was barnstorming the state as part of his hist

"south vietnam is covered with dense forest. utilization of concealment has afforded great energy. from the outset therefore has been difficulty of locating the enemy, without information about the disposition, allied forces cannot support firepower. -- exploit their superior firepower. it is for way by which allied forces obtain facilities and the sites of infiltration route." back to the point i made earlier, this is the use of agent orange and other defoiliants to get them out of the mangroves and engage in military combat. ok, agent orange was that the -- not the only way that the u.s. forces helped denude the landscape. it is estimated that about 60% of the forests were destroyed or seriously damaged by the war. and this is an example here, you can see the crater here -- those are bomb craters, artillery craters. according to geographers, although bombardments were heavily utilized in the war, aerial bombardment inflicted damage to the forest on a scale never before congress. much of the damage inflicted on the forests, through the highly explosive shrapnel, was the same as se

in that part of the world, so just like the united states intervened many years ago to protect south vietnam to protect the regime from being out proud. ellis also eluded to earlier and they put russia in the role of the kind of the kingmaker. they are there with a province and tanks and airplanes into their military. and they have become a much larger factor in any settlement to the cbn civil war for what might be done with respect thereafter. this is highly speculative on my part. i have no hard evidence to back this up, but i think that it is logical that we need to at least consider the regime over some four years or so frankly isn't very impressive damage to kill something like a quarter of a million people, mostly unarmed civilians to create something like 4 million out of a population of 24 million create seven or eight will be displaced people in trouble refugees. the russians if they wanted to could produce many more refugees than the regime already has the point being to put a good deal of pressure on the european union's that had a great deal of difficulty coping with 800,000 refu

just like the united states intervened many years ago to protect south vietnam from being defeated the russians intervened. the 2nd motive alluded to earlier is that they put russia and the role of the kingmaker. they are there on the ground tanks and airplanes and other military accoutrement and had become a much larger factor in any percent -- perspective settlement and then what might be done thereafter. the 3rd motive is highly speculative on my part. i have no hard evidence to back this up. it is a logical inference that we need to at least consider. the syrian regime over some four years which is not a very impressive order of battle managed to kill something like a quarter of a million people to create something like 4 million refugees and to create something like seven or eight internally displaced people's. the russians if they wanted to take kill three times as many people the.is to put a good deal of pressure on the european union. aa great deal of difficulty coping with 800,000 refugees imagine what it would do if they had to deal with three or 4 million. i have no evidence

a personal hero, be active against the war in vietnam, active against south african apartheid. we are showing a picture of an older rosa parks protesting outside the south african embassy. she will continue to the end of her life saying the struggle is not over. there is much injustice in the country command she will kind of the resolve to keep fighting. and i think the way rosa parks thought, we solve this in the past. there is much more to be done. >> host: how did you do your research? >> guest: i had to do a lot of digging. i went to all sorts of archives come all sorts of oral history interviews in part because part of the papers were caught up in a dispute over the birthdate. they had gotten the papers to sell with all of her affects. they languished in new york for about a decade until the summer howard buffett made an incredible donation, bought them and recently gave them to library of congress. in february they opened. they are remarkable. the library of congress is open to anyone who wants to visit. you can actually read letters between rosa parks and her husband and

parts of northern philippines into hainan as well and that cold air is lingering as far south as northern vietnam where into the higher elevations in vietnam you can see a little bit of frost. something to keep in mind. hong kong only with a high of 15. it seems relatively warm compared to other areas. as far as hong kong is concerned definitely a chilly afternoon on your friday. meanwhile across the philippines what is left of melor, our sigh foon that devastated central philippines this past week, that is still lingering somewhat. the leftovers of the convection continue to bring showers off here towards the north. really you don't need any more rain. still got the recovery efforts. down in the southopical depress coming in. it's going to stay weak but could cause localized flooding out here. let's look at australia now. taking away from the snow, let's go into the heat. sydney we had severe thunderstorms, a rare tornado. all that has cleared out now and really what is dominating is high pressure and warm weather. temperatures pushing into the 40s for some of you. key thing to note, though, loo

he grew up in vietnam and joined the south vietnamese army at 17 as war raged across the country. >>n the army, and i fought with american soldiers, side by side. 58,000 of them died for my freedom, for my country. so i really appreciate the opportunity to hear. i have my freedom. i have my living and everything, and i think about the 58,000 that died in vietnam. right now, there's nothing i can do for them. but what i can do, i can help their children. >> thank you, everybody. [ applause ] >> so 24 years i'm working in here with one goal. i will try to help all the children of the veterans. that's the way i repay, okay, for what they did for my country. overall, i think the ladies doing very well today. today is a good day. and they also put together a very nice presentation plates. i'm happy with their performance today. it's good. [ applause ] >> coming up, plea deals are made, and cases are closed. for ef ram wandick. >> at the sacramento county jail's correction al center, yvette anderson is now leading group workouts. a small step toward meeting her goal of becoming a personal

when you think about the world today, and this is what makes what you do so exciting, south korea is an ally, vietnam is an ally in terms of -- they don't want to use the word containment, but providing an american alternative in asia. that shows you who ur friends are and who i would have imagined at the end of the veem vietnam war. what we see today -- >> when i look at historical cycles and i see the agony of the middle east, i think a little bit back decades, it was southeast asia that was burning, it was southeast asia that was slaughtering itself and being invaded by foreign governments where you had genocide committed in cambodia, and it's almost hard to imagine today that that was happening only a few short decades ago, and that is perhaps my only hope for the middle east is that maybe they can go through that transition. >> one day it will all be over. but at what cost. >> and perhaps in 1970, it was hard to imagine that tourists would be traveling to vietnam or to cambodia and staying in nice hotels. >> i was traveling there in the '60s. >> rose: thank you all for coming. >> thank you for h

i'm called to babies in vietnam, babies in apalachia, south side of chicago, babies in ethiopia. that's martin king. so many of the freedom and we can go on and on. >> host: talk with the classification of african americans. part of you're describing is amnesia that dr. king wasn't always well loved within the black community. 55% of african americans did not support dr. king on vietnam and ending poverty. it was the ending poverty part that caught me off guard. >> guest: it's true. it's very sad. 72% and 55 is in black people. you remember what whitney young said, setting back the black freedom movement, what you say may get you money in the corporation but may not get you in the kingdom of truth. black leadership over where to go. see martin was saying, corporation is not going to dictate what my correspondence actually is. >> host: i know the difference between right and wrong. >> guest: big money and all the access, power is not going to determine what i say. see, martin was like -- like joe and could have been multi, multimillionary. he brings young brothers. what is he doin

he grew up in vietnam and joined the south vietnamese army at age 17 as war raged across the country.d 58,000 of them died for my freedom. for my country. so i really appreciate the opportunity to here -- i have my freedom, i have my living and everything. i think about 58,000 died in vietnam. and right now there's nothing i can do for them. but what i can do, i can help their children. >> big hand, everybody. >> so that 24 years i'm working here, teaching here, with one goal. that i will try to help all the children of the veterans. that's the way i'll repay for what they did for my country. overall and i think the lady doing pretty well today. today a good day. and they also put together a very nice presentation place. and i'm happy with performance today. it's good. >>> coming up, plea deals are made and cases are closed. but efrem wandik, isaiah thompson, and quentin carthen. did we just, start looking for a house? oh did you see that listing on zillow i sent you. you see that bathroom? did we just decide to buy house? i think so. yay! find your way home. zillow. >>> at the sacram

korea because of the collapse of the soviet union like vietnam it would be a socialist country and rich as south korea is today but there would be indicted in not a nuclear power northern part of the country. so heavily they had not interfered things would be better. so because of the time i will not tell you about the albatross. but the end pages are beautifully designed and the back end paper is the u.s.s. george washington. to do what happens in the pacific bell lot -- a lot. it is a beautiful traditional sailing could do that is a waterfall and a hopeful story. when she was hawaiis gift to the american people. the important data is not the craft but the way that it sailed. id and 1976 almost the with the world knew her what paul the -- politicians have been doing for centuries to navigate without instruments the zero wristwatches wristwatches, sextant or a compass certainly not gps. they had been badly before thousands of miles over open ocean than the imperialists come to say the said the british ordure rude or french or american and you go from these to these then you need a passport becau

because this isn't your territory, this is claimed by all sorts of people, vietnam, phillipines, the pentagon woke up to find that the southhina sea was a quilt of chinese basis and began to say this is no longer international waters, this is chinese sovereign waters, which is why in the last few days the americans have dispatched the destroyer call the uss las issuing -- lassen to show the chinese rather too late in my view. it's only part of the story. we will take the south china sea. that's one story. but also there are three imaginary chains of islands in the west and pacific. runs to northern australia and then there's the third island chain which runs from the illusion islands to hawaii to new zealand, by 2049, the 100th anniversary of the finding of republic, we intend to have the ships operating in the water, by about 2020 in shore. the second island chain by 2049 up to hawaii. they put one aircraft carrier, they've ordered four more which are being built in the shipyards and by 2049 i have no doubt at all we will be seeing chinese battle groups exercising off pearl harbor. to me that seems entirely reasonable. am

south, a few showers for you. but also cooler temperature there is in the northern areas of vietnam where the overnight lows could push into the single digits. now let's look at your three-day outlook. minus 18 only for the high on saturday. that's where all that cold air is coming from, that's going to be impacting japan. sapora, snow, snow, snow, and tokyo, looking at a high of 16 here on friday. should be cooling off into next week. how about here in the americas as well. we are talking about that severe weather situation that we have been seeing across the deep south. a very devastating tornado reported over selveral states, n mississippi towards alabama. this is continuing the shift off towards the northeast. we've been talking about that warm air that's been fueling these storm systems. i do want to take you to some video out of new york city, because some record breaking highs continuing to pump in across this area. you can see right there in central park, a high of 70 there. excuse me, that's times square. central park had a high of 72 fahrenheit, 22 degrees celsius. people in shorts and t-shirts. that is

if china start putting naval bases there and increasing their footprint in the south china sea, that's going to worry vietnamiwan, worry japan. america is going to be there as the back stop but i think you'll see more provocative military incursions and those skirmishes talking. >> yemen and libya. >> yemen is flying under the radar. the bombing campaign has been going on since march 2015. there's a massive humanitarian crisis going on there. syria has porous borders. i think we'll see isis start to flee not only into yemen ben bernanke also into libya. >> do you see an economic crisis with oil that may become very difficult for the west? >> the u.s. is $18 trillion in debt and saudi arabia ran a deficit of $90 billion. the human rights going on in saudi arabia, the way that saudi arabia exports for example. and also the arms trade. the arms trade is thriving between the u.s. and saudi arabia. i think that's something with the quid pro quos of the goings on needs to be addressed in terms of moving forward. >> we've hit a the love continen continencouldn' -- lot of continents. what about colombia? >> i think

south china sea is it's zero sum. it's either yours or mine. it's either china's or philippines or vietnam or whomever.i think the united states in its very traditional role of guarantor and patroller ever the open seas. it has to say that china is not allowed to unilaterally annex these things. that's going to be a real source of friction. >> anandrea james mentioned climate change. there is no enforcement mechanism, there's really no way to try to make sure that all these countries will meet their obligation. >> i don't think so, i think occurrence will actually do their best to keep their obligation not just because there are enforcement mechanisms but in the case of the u.s. prior, kyoto did better than expected. >> but there's no that china keeps its obligations. >> china may surprise the world, china has an interest in actually becoming much more serious about that particular agenda and i think when we look at the pacific we also need to realize one, that it's been one of the remarkable success stories of the last 50 years. you know very peaceful after vietnam, i think there's a very interesting

south carolina. young men trained in a new concept of war, proud, sure of themselves, but still to be tested in battle. they were destined for the high country of central vietnamlast week, some of them came home. were the price of victory in battle. cbs news correspondents were there. >> this is where it all began. .he special forces cap on the night of october 19, at 11:00 p.m., the first mortar rounds fell. >> what kind of fighters are the viet cong that you met here? >> i would give anything to have 200 of them under my command. they are the finest soldiers i have ever seen. >> it was clear that the enemy had been hurt badly, but we paid dearly. it was almost like looking at old newsreels of korea and the .acific war the same faces, the same agony. >> it was pretty bad. we kind of want right into an ambush. ground.he tried to look around for trees. there was elephant grass about three feet high. to look over that, stivers could pick you up really easily, and let you have it. >> doesn't frighten you now to think about it? >> yes, does. it was pretty bad listening to your friends crying out for help, not being able to do a thing. we just could not do anything

south china sea is that it is zero sum. it is either yours or mine. either china's or philippines or vietnam or whoever. i think the u.s. in its very traditional role of guarantee of patrol of the open seas and protector of international law, i think it has to play the role that it has to say china is not allowed to unilaterally annex these things. that will be a source of friction >>> are the chinese laughing at the u.s. given the climate change arrangement is announced. there's no enforcement mechanism. no way to make sure that countries will meet their obligations? >> no. i don't think so. i think countries will do their best. as in the case of u.s. - they did very well. better be expected >>> there's nothing making sure that china keeps its objectly gayings >> >> that's the point. they will surprise the world on the ecology. i think it has interest in being more serious about that particular agenda: when we also need to look that it has been one of the remarkable success stories of the last 50 years. very peaceful after vietnam. i think it is a very interesting shift in this famous pacific peace and i think that to

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south africa is reacting. is are. >> china's military has been conducting operations in the visit of spratley islands, a heart of a debate, with the philippines and vietnam contending that they have rights to them. bomber came within two nautical miles of an artificial chinese reef in the spratley islands. a u.s. warship intentionally sailed within two miles of another chinese built islands. beijing issued another red alert for smog today just a week after its first red alert. the smog is expected to roll in on saturday and not let up until tuesday. the levels of potentially deadly airborne particles are expected 20 times what is considered safe from the world health organization. in an everyday to reduce pollution, vehicles will be only allowed on roads in alternate days. mother teresa is one step further to becoming a saint. mother trea teresa cured a brazn man who had brain tumors. al jazeera liddy dutt is in new delhi. >> welcomed here in india, the chief minister of west bengal, has expressed her happiness and prassepassed on her well wishese ministries of charities. the possibility of september the month of canonization has been reported widely. th

have the north and south and the confederacy and the union and they understand their had been habits and strengths and weaknesses. >> golfers arrive at the 13th hole commemorating vietnamill america's most controversial war. it cost the lives of 58,200 americans. after the paris peace acords ended the war in april, 1973, they would see more than a decade of quiet until communist cuban troops over tlhrew a tiny european nation and president ordered the invasion of grenada. >> we were told it was a paradise and it wasn't it was being redied as a major military bastion to export terror and undermine democracy. we got there just in time. >> for general malcolm frost and dan rice, the 16th hole has particular meaning. >> it's in honor of operation desert storm, class of 56 from westpoint, liberated at the direction of president george herbert walker bush. >> turning a blind eye to sudom's aggression would not have avoided war, it would only have delayed the day of reckoning. >> and our class mate and he was shot down in the last day of the war. >> so, it brings it home to you guys, i mean the sacrifice of so many of the men and women who've gone to this institution. >> quit

north and south and confederacy and union, they are close personal friends and understand their strengths and weaknesses. it is pretty significant. >> through world wars i and ii, korea, vietnamnd the gulf war, vietnam, still america's most controversial war causing the lives of 58,200 americans. among them, 273 graduates of west point. after the paris peace accords ended the war in april 1973, american forces would see more than a decade of quiet. until communist cuban troops overthrew the government of a tiny caribbean nation and, in response, president ronald reagan ordered the invasion of grenada. >> grenada we were told was a friendly island paradise for tourism. well, it wasn't. it was a soviet-cuban colony being readied as a major military bastion. we got there just in time. >> for both of these west point graduates, the 16th hole has particular meaning. >> it is in honor of "operation desert storm." u.s. forced under general norman schwarzkopf. liberated kuwait at the direction of president george herbert walker bush. >> turning a blind eye to saddam's aggression would not have avoided war. would only have delayed the world's day of reckoning. >> the one west point gr

coming to south philadelphia, mayor michael nutter joined the ground breaking for centennial complex, it's a mixture of apartments and this will happen along park sigh avenue. some 350 vietnamribute today to those that fought in that war this follows a presidential proclamation for the anniversary of the vietnam war, 1,483 service men died as did one woman. >>> some moussecly gifted women practiced their talents and brand new instruments this afternoon. ♪ ♪ a popular song, the children at philadelphia montessori charter school received the guitars and amps and other supplies for free. fender guitar and the honey grow restaurant chain provided the funding. >> i like their version of it. it sounds great. more ahead next on "action news" at 4:00 today, a colorado mom still mourning the loss of her state trooper son is forging an unexpected new connection to him thanks to a new connection she sent to her late son's cell phone and we'll tell you what happened when someone responded to the sound of her grief. >>> and we have recommendations coming up in what's the deal. plus 1,000 dollars holiday bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape. it's the best gift ever. now du

reminds me of -- in vietnam one did i cad commanding officer i watched north vietnamese kick south vietnameseht harder than our vietnamese, and as a japanese american, i went through that, i wasn't part of world war ii but my family went through that discrimination about being japanese what it did for my family is seven uncles went to fight in both germans and japan he hopefully muslims will rise up say, this is our fight. you know, the muslims have got to say this is our fight too. not donald trump's fight. maria: yep that is a good point. >> japanese american how do you take what he said? does it i want settle bother you say you are a a friend of donald trump's as a japanese american how do you take that what he said. >> well, donald trump is one of t don most respectfully persons i have met i worked with him 12 years he is a great guy, i think he is stirring up you know for political reasons, america's resentment towards you know xenophobic should we say unfortunately it is religious more than you know fanatics what you call it stupidity. >>. dagen: would you pick up the phone call him and

south, but it was good for the country that the north won. and i think that's a very good description. >> host: in "from this day forward," where with your husband, steve roberts, you talk about the vietnam war and a luncheon you had with your folks at 21. >> guest: not one of my proudest moments, right? >> host: what happened? >> guest: well, it was a time when people were very -- tempers were flaring over the vietnam war, and there was a lot of generational conflict. and my father was in the democratic leadership of congress and a supporter, strong supporter of president johnson's. and the johnson family and our family was very close. and my husband was, you know, subject to the draft, and it was a very bad moment when we got in a big screaming fight in public about the vietnam war which is not something i normally would do. >> host: and you say you regret it to this day. >> guest: yeah, i do regret et. >> host: this is a text message from dan in chicago. having suffered sudden family loss myself, i wonder if cokie could speak to the loss of her father, hal boggs, in a plane crash. >> guest: it's understandable. the plane was never found, and so people always have conspiracies about th

the south, but it was good for the country that the north one and i think that is a very good description. >> host: in: from this day forward with your husband steve roberts, you talk about the vietnam>> host: what happened? >> host: it was a time when tempers were flaring over the vietnam war and there was a lot of judge wright-- generational conflict and my father was in the democratic leadership of congress and supporter, strong supporter of president johnson and the johnson family and our family was very close and my husband was subject to the draft and it was a very bad moments, but we got in a big screaming fight in public about the vietnam war, which is not something i normally would do. >> host: and you say you regret it. >> guest: i do regret it. >> host: this is a text message from dan and chicago: having suffered sudden family lost myself i wonder if cookie could speak to the rock-- loss of her father and the conspiratorial mention surrounding? >> guest: it continues to this day. it is understandable, the plane was never found and so people always have conspiracies about things like that. a million ehrhart has conspiracies around to this day. but, it was incredibly shocki