in march of 1975, the north vietnamese began their final move into south vietnam and within six weeks this 30-year war really quickly came to an end. there were a number of small and larger adoption agencies in vietnam that were working with children and preparing them for adoption. they wanted to expedite and get the children out of harms way. it took a while because the war was still at a stalemate. it wasn't until march of 1975 that the north finally began to make the moves that ended up moving souurning intthe central highlands and slowly moving continuously south. they made a bad choice to pull back when the north began this final condemnation and pull back and try to fight in the area where they felt most comfortable. that caused a panic so in the northern part of south vietnam they felt they had been abandoned by the south vietnamese government. they started fleeing further south. in saigon, i guess the bes way to describe what was going on after the war was increase in chaos, and panic, and a lot of south vietnamese wanting to get out because they were afraid of what was going

south vietnam is divided into four areas. the fourth corps area in the south, the third corps, the second corps, and in the north, the first corps or as we call it, the i corps area. the area within this i corps is approximately ten thousand square miles with a beach line or coast line of one hundred sixty seven miles. the rd marine amphibious force is responsible for all united states military operations in the i corps area. located here, in about the center of the i corps area, is our major operational base of da nang. you will recall, that it was at da nang, that the initial landing were made by the ninth marine expeditionary brigade. this is now our largest operational base. at about here, approximately fifty miles to the south of da nang, is the operational base at chu lai. the marines and the seabees, have built a small airfield for tactical support. our third operational base, is approximately forty five miles to the north of da nang. it is the base at la phube. now although the bulk of our marines are located in or aro

so people in the northern part of south vietnam felt they had been abandoned by the south vietnamese government and they started fleeing further south. so you had hundreds of thousands of people fleeing one part of the country, moving south toward the east and south so toward the coast and then south toward saigon and i guess the best way to describe what was going on in that last weeks of war was increasing chaos and panic and a lot of south vietnamese wanting to get out of the country as well because they were afraid of what was going to happen when the communists took over. at that point there was something like 800,000 displaced children in vietnam. so that's a really, really large number and that was the result to a large extent of the war.by displaced, i don'tnecessarily mean they were orphans but they were not able to be raised by their parents. when it became clear that the south vietnamese government was going to collapse , the adoption agency administrators in saigon understood that this was going to be a crisis for their agencies and for the children they were trying to se

so, in march of 1975, the north vietnamese ban their final move into south vietnam and within six weeks the 30-year war really quickly came to an end, and there were a number of small and larger adoption agencies in vietnam that were working with children and preparing them for adoption, and these agencies decided at that point when the north vietnamese were about to take over they needed toed and do is the adoption and get the children anywhere n their care out of vietnam as quickly as possible. with the help of the u.s. government they arranged an air arrest and evacuated the children. the united states left vietnam or pulled out for the most part in early 1970s but it took awhile for -- the war was still kind of at a stalemate and wasn't until march of 1975 that the north finally began to make the moves that ended up bringing the war to an end and that was by moving south, starting in the central highlands and then sort of explore -- slow live moving south. from there, and the south vietnamese government made really bad choice to kind of pull back when the north began this final kind

war, after the tet offensive, the media all said that this uprising of communist guerrillas in south vietnamould show that our policies have failed and that the commonest of one. it happened that later evidence from commonest leaders themselves was that the american troops had wiped out the vietcong guerrillas and they were never a serious force thereafter. what came through the media was had the vietcong guerrillas succeeded and had inflicted terrible loss on americans and that the war was unwinnable. if the public thinks the war is unwinnable, that will in fact make it unwinnable. lynn johnson came on aaron told the truth -- came on air and told the truth, and yet he was not believed. all those in the media were putting forth what turned out to be completely false stories. therefore all 50,000 americans who lost their lives in vietnam, winning victory after victory, all of that went down the tubes because the president did not have credibility when he needed it. the impact has been of the vietnam war and watergate years on this country? thomas: no question, a great cynicism about the repub

. -- in south vietnam. there were never a serious force thereafter.ut what came through the media was the viet kong guerrillas were succeeded against the americans and the war was unwinnable. if the public thinks the war is unwinnable, it will make it unwinnable and lyndon johnson came on the air, perhaps told the truth, a rare thing for him, and yet he was not believed and all those in the media were putting forth what turned out to be completely false stories were believed and, therefore, all 50,000 americans who had lost their lives in vietnam, winning victory after victory, all of that went down the tube because the president didn't have credibility when he needed it. mr. lamb: what's been the impact of vietnam and watergate all of these years on the country? mr. sowell: no question, great cynicism by the public. if i may go back to kennedy in 1962 and the missile crisis. i was never a big fan of president kennedy, and he won very narrowly in 1960. but when he came on the air and told us that the russians were going to put nuclear missiles, 90 mil

chaos and panic with the south vietnamese afraid of what would hurt happen when the communist takeover. at that point there was a hundred thousand displaced children in vietnam so that is a really large number and that is as a result that they were orphans but not able to be raised by their parents. when it became clear the south vietnamese government would collapse, adoption agency in negative traders understood that this was going to be a crisis for their agencies and the children they tried to send for adoption overseas. many were in the adoption pipeline over months and years but adoption can take a long time to process so they became concerned the children in their care would not end up to go overseas because the government would collapse because they would have to leave them in vietnam for what would happen to them. they began to appeal to the u.s. government to remove the children from the country. said damien his own private airlines. called world airways to bring in a lot of military equipment into vietnam he made a lot of money but also had a concern over children so he flew the postal -- the first planeload so was a big publicity stunt or doing it

south korea, india, vietnam is singled out as well, why?f these grand multilateral trade deals is over. when i look back to what he said in that first joint session of congress, the only asian mentioned was this reference to tpp. he made clear that the era of job killing tpp is over and will be replaced by bilateral trade deals. including one that was of vietnam, and i think there will be an opportunity for stronger u.s.-vietnam engagement. around.tick we will be fleshing out other themes, where does china fit in, are they an ally, and north korea. chatning us for a group later on, but before that, we are talking about and massive week for central banks, markets expecting the fed to all must certainly raise rates, but what about other central bank decisions? more on that shortly. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: welcome back. this is "bloomberg markets: asia" i am peter elstrom --david ingles. week for central banks. i guess told his that growth is the factor that unites. >> growth is moving up and inflation is moving up, not only the u.s.. japa

vietnam has criticized taiwan's military trils on a disputed island in the south china sea. it calls it a throat maritime security. taiwan effectively controls tai ping island. taiwan's coast guard says the three-day exercise has been under way since wednesday. the island is about 16 00 kilometers from taiwan. a spoke has issued a strong statement against the drills. last november taiwan invited the media to a maritime rescue drill. tai was trying to stress that the island belongs to taiwan. pulling up stakes and preemg to move abroad. the united states is a popular destination, especially because it's keen to attract immigrants with money to invest. now talk of changes to u.s. immigration policies has some chinese rushing to submit application before the door is shut. here's our report. >>> five, four, three, two, one. >> about 200 people who want to obtain u.s. residency have gathered here. the event is organized by a firm that helps people wade through the procedures. >> i have spoken with them several times, so was ready to sign a contract. >> she's a former u.s. immigra

vietnam. the demand for the horn there is very high. rhinos are being hammered. even in the last week, there has been an upsurge in poaching in southm like never before. somebody on this site just made a big order, which would have caused a recent spike, but it has been bad anyway, two or three rhinos poached every day. corrupt officials must have helped bring this illicit cargo into thailand, he says. thankfully, though were honest officials willing to stop it, but that alone isn't enough to stop the ring is running this smuggling ring is runningthis! profitable trade. now, the weather. fine, mild weatherfor fine, mild weather for the fine, mild weatherfor the uk. clearly, that is not making headlines. what is going on in north america is. this storm is dumping a lot of snow inland, away from the lggggjge east coast. lots of cold immediate east coast. lots of cold air in place across canada and eastern united states, with thejet strea m eastern united states, with thejet stream becoming more powerful as ;% cold f stream becoming more powerful as ;% cold air f stream becoming more powerful as ;% cold air comes out of stream becomin

vietnam? i think we are in a new era now where the hangups of the second world war, particularly in south eastcal power with an uncertain trumpet administration and the end of the obama pivot to asia and a growing and visible dominance of china. every country in this reason recognises that and is acknowledging it. china is becoming a big investor as well. they have always tried to balance china with the united states. if the us will be a lot less visible than japan states. if the us will be a lot less visible thanjapan sees the need, andjapan visible thanjapan sees the need, and japan has always relied on us backing, they have to take the initiative themselves and go win with assertive diplomacy. we see not just the traditional but japanese diplomacy with money, that is still there, increasingly we are seeing military ties at a low level being built by japan. so japan military ties at a low level being built byjapan. so japan wants a much biggerfootprint across built byjapan. so japan wants a much bigger footprint across all areas that it used to have stopped —— than it used to have. singer an

it, which is in the i-95 corridor, south philadelphia area, and you still are totally -- if you go to north philadelphia, you still see the fact that you've got a vietnamhere with the housing and the infrastructure and everything else is in incredibly poor shape. and if i had the opportunity for the budget, i would go to the neediest community -- and the neediest community happens to be in north central philadelphia. and so, i'm in the minority in terms of thinking that the budget really has some benefits economically but doesn't have any real benefits for the needy community. >> you don't see it trickling down, with creating jobs and rising the lifestyle of everyone up? >> well, the only way you're gonna create jobs is with the unions. >> no. >> and minorities have had a very difficult time getting into most of the unions in the city. and all of those jobs, as you know, in terms of construction and construction activities in that area is all union jobs. >> i hear "no" over here. >> no, look, it's not that nelson's in the minority. i think we all agree that there are many needy projects that need money. i think the nuance point that we're trying to mak

vietnam, malaysia, very large trade deficits. they are going very rapidly. they are richer than they are. and south korea and malaysia are richer than the united states, financial crises in 1997, this is the root of all evil. east asian financial crisis developing countries began large surpluses. the story is accumulating large reserves, the reason was the bailout from the financial crisis, alan greenspan and robert rubin, post harsh terms, they want to deal with the imf after that. that was a lesson they learned in latin american, south asia, anyone position to regulate reserves in the developing world did so after 1997. these countries instead of running trade deficits were net lenders, very diverse story so the people who argue for the current system were the enemies of the world poor, not bernie sanders is that is true in theory and with a look of the period 1997, you are welcome to ignore it but that is not reality. a lot of people in the developing world happy to work on what they were doing. in michigan, ohio, and in the developing world happy to train as doctors, lawyers, dentists, and prof

ireland and vietnam curvee vietnam actually outstrip china, while malaysia, thailand and italy onto faren't far behind. other countries which run significant deficits include india, south korea, taiwan, france and switzerland. what all this adds up to is a group of 16 countries that account for the lion's share of our deficit problem. if, of course, you see these by lateral trade deficits as a problem, that's the question for us. do trade deficits matter. more specifically, do america's large and persistent trade deficits pose an economic and national security threat. to begin our inquiry, let's first knock down the straw man typically set up to debunk concerns over the trade deficit. that view is summarized in a quotation from a think tank analyst. i'm going to read it to you in two parts. here's part one. quote, the trade deficit is not caused by unfair trade practices abroad or declining industrial competitiveness at home, unquote. if this is true, one must wonder why other countries force technology transfers or currency manipulation to boost their competitive advantage abroad or protect their markets at home. one must also wonder why countries ever try to improve

vietnam veterans are hoping you can help them finish up a major project. they are in the process of obtaining tens of thousands of photographs, those soldiers are from the philadelphia suburbs, south jersey and delaware. and the plan is to display the picture as long side the memorial wall in washington. if you want to submit a photo go to 6abc.com for a link on how to do that. >> a worth while project. >> yes. coming up regulations meant to protect internet users may not go into effect after all. >> and spending money to make money there are a few common yard sale items that are worth more than their sale price. we'll break down what to look for. >>> "action news" continues with adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> hello again 4:30 and "action news" continues with some big news for anyone looking for a caffeine fix that border lines on dangerous and americans can get death wish coffee. >> plus, talk about a mind body connection for the first time ever a paralyzed patient is able to move his arm just by think being it. inside of the technology being called ground breaking. >>> and dance discrimination, a mother in georgia says she was banned from atte

south africa. the last three years over a thousand rhinos each year poached. it's a huge trade driven by vietname between the two for rhino horns. it's difficult to stop. >> would it be helpful to educate the public about it and let them know what's going on. >> absolutely. listen, a rhino horn is nothing more than fingernail material. compressed hair like a big fingernail growing. it has no medicinal qualities at all. this has been proven. it's just something that's believed to be an aphrodisiac and believe in some of the asian cultures to cure cancer. it's a myth. to kill such a majestic animal for a myth is horrific. thank you very much. >>> part of the reason if you will remember a year ago we were in africa on safari to talk about this problem of poaching and, t.j., you and i were both there and saw you talking to the park rangers trying to combat this problem. you also spoke to a poacher who admitted he killed 50 rhinos. this is an all too common problem in the wild. >> you're talking about people who don't have work who are just depressed when it comes to their financial situation. you te

vietnam, have you many other countries. and i do family size none of the countries south of us, mexico, central america, south america, nonew a 20 countries. but there is up to 62 other countries that are giving us a hard time. we just need to enforce the law that's been on the books for so many years. brian: there is obviously, trade depending on the country, that really will yield how much leverage we have. congressman, the big picture,sog towards these dreamers, these people taken here as young kids to stay here, those who break the law as illegal immigrants almost make it impossible. so are you joining with the president on that, making that scoop up the illegals who are convicted of crimes and getting them out? >> look, for many years before president trump got elected, my position has been very clear. i do support immigration reform. strong border security. have some sort of guest worker program. and then what do we do about the 11 or 12 million undocumented persons we have? but if somebody breaks the law, we don't want those individuals here. we do not want those individuals. and they need to be deported. this is wh