we took them into the lz, and we brought them out. in between, we carried supplies, ammo by the time, water, food. if they got hit, they knew that we were going to be in there to pick them up. they knew that within a matter of minutes, a medevac is going to be in their and pick them up. does not matter what we lose. we are going to be in there. when those guys were engaged in combat and call for guns, they are coming. i think that is -- the first combat assault, i remember thinking this is going to be a long war. this is going to be a long year. maybe i can pick up anything, a tank driver. as you went on, it became accepted. you knew it was a risk you would accept. when i got there, i know these guys would say the same thing, i did not really know why i was there. i cannot say i was there to fight for democracy. i was there because my country sent me. they asked me, and i went. i volunteered. every helicopter pilot, all 40,000, imagine that, 40,000 helicopter pilots served in vietnam. we all volunteered. every one of us. and i think if

that aircraft came up and the nose ducked, and we cleared the lz. one aircraft that i have to get in. that is the lifeblood of a shotopter, and he has been and he managed to get out of the lz.i now we are going to pick up and get more, and we will go back. oh yeah. we will go back. i think that was the mantra of the helicopters. those guys on the ground new we were going to be back. we took them into combat. , and wethem into the lz brought them out. supplies,, we carried ammo by the time, water, food. if they got hit, they knew that we were going to be in there to pick them up. they knew that within a matter of minutes, a medevac is going to be in their and pick them up. does not matter what we lose. we are going to be in there. when those guys were engaged in combat and call for guns, they are coming. -- the firstis combat assault, i remember thinking this is going to be a long war.this is going to be a long year . maybe i can pick up anything, a tank driver. you went on, -- as it became accepted. you knew it was a rescue would accept. when i got t

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the forum we have here. i'm very grateful for it. lz, irespect to mr. vo twittered my representatives. i watched the whole proceedings. -- i wouldure request that the president of facebook, the president of facebook, the president of twitter with his counsel appear so that we, american citizens, can see how the presidents of these companies, respond to the questions. host: a few seconds. what is your reaction to bringing in these executives? guest: your frustration is shared. there were senators, including main's angus king who said he wanted to see the chief executives come before congress and testify -- including maine's angus king. host: all right, dustin volz, cyber security reporter from readers. you can find his wor c-span's washington journal, live every day with news on policy issues that affect you. activist norman solomon will talk about the future of the democratic party and we will focus on the world of the medical community in combating the opioid crisis with massachusetts primary care physician dr. peter greenspan. be sure to join the discussion. announcer: on "newsmakers,

the charm? as more are caught in scanned -lz. who if anyone maybe forced to resign? and thinking about buying a drone for christmas? there are significant dangers. what police say they need to counter a growing nuisance that could be getting much worst. >> some of these drones can fly anywhere from one pound to latest we practiced with is 15 pounds of explosives. it's a huge amount of explosives. >> moral gaugeses on capitol hill with more women accusing al franken of sexual conduct. the senator issuing this statement with the minnesota star tribune: >> fox news media analyst howard kurt is live in washington. howard, people think they're charming and a little too comfortable in those situations. al franken is accused of groping women, grabbing them by the rear end. what do you think about this apology? >> the fact it's his third apology tells you he is still under siege, politically speaking. it's an improvement on the first. two it's still in adequate. he acts like a over aggressive hugger. he has been accused of grabbing womens butts. i think he's staying in the b

they were looking for the american red cross workers who had flown into their lz. these thank you's and hugs that we got, and continue to get every time we come here, are so amazing to us. diane's message in circle of healing was truly begun. the spiritual component of healing was a weaving through us, and it was only the beginning of a long road for many of us. i am grateful to the vet center, because they really helped me. they gave us back our pride and honor in our service when we were feeling less than whole. during our vietnam era, 2% of the military were women, the cusp there was a cap on how many women can serve. now there's almost 15% women that serve. over 250,000 served during the vietnam era, but it's much more than that now. what i wanted to mention, because there's still many areas that need advancement. we continue to help with that. exposureerience toxic related to cancers and ptsd like our fellow soldiers. vietnam veterans of america and other major veterans service organizations have worked tirelessly to help get that toxic exposure and research ac

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the wound. you don't know if you're going to get shot at. you don't if you're going to be able to land. you're flying into this hot lz and sometimes throwing people on board and trying to treat them as best you can en route while you're pulling the guts out of the helicopter. >> anthony garcia jr. is a veteran of the second iraq war. he and his team repeatedly flew into the line of fire to rescue wounld wounded soldiers. the army trained him to do the best you can. >> there were definitely things that you can't get out of your head. you know, things you wish you could unsee. >> amanda is an air force veteran. she and her team cared for those wounded. at war, they were celebrated hard chargers, but back here at home, things were just plain hard. >> we're trying to change the way that the united states of america views the veteran. most of us don't have ptsd. it's just we're getting used to having our freedoms back. >> today anthony is the co-founder of an oakland, california, based tech start-up guide on. he's making it his business to change those civilian perceptions. >> they have always viewed a veteran as somebody

. >> do you believe the party has been hijacked by extreme left he lz warrens, barack obamas. >> i putatic primaries, i think in those typically moderate will win a lot of drots democratic, we got to eliminate caulk becauses presidential races is there is a battle going on, i don't think there is a leader of the democratic party right now, i think republican party is less united than democrat party but right now, the democrats have the edge that as the come out. >> do you think democrats are edited especially after what donna brazile said of an in california an election for state party chair carried it on because bernie sanders kind of versus the others they said too close, a cheated, seem defied as a well, let's hear from donna brazile choice words following aftermath of bombshell basically said go to hell. >> yep. well, i don't think there is any -- look there is no question that she really spoke up here but what she said about dnc dnc going to be reformed a club that has frankly engrained a lot of habits here look at primary system iowa, new hampshire, look at bias could be played i