the p.o.w.'s did. most veterans were spit on or afraid to wear their uniform because the antiwar movement was so vulgar. they are being accepted and the veterans have done well. some have had homelessness and drug problems. economic gains -- economic success, marriage success, career success, we have outperformed the general society. i always want to fly and when i got into the university of georgia, i got into the rotc and it was smooth sailing. >> i want to ask you about some of the names that you labeled your vietnamese caretakers in the p.o.w. camp. dumb-dumb. >> he was a big brute and dumb as dirt. you had to name people and places. our cellblocks are named after las vegas casinos in the 1960's. you had to name the guards. dumb-dumb was one of the guards. the first time i got to the hanoi hilton, i was given a pair of pajamas and had my first bath in two weeks. i sat on a little stool by these guys who had written on the truck with me. this guy, in an immaculately fitting uniform, puts his hands up

a pentagon agency called the joint p.o.w./m.i.a. accounting command, is in charge of returning their remains, but we found the mission is being undermined. in 2012, they spent $100 million identifying only 80 of the missing. here's chip reid. >> reporter: army lieutenant robert fenstermacher died in 1944 when his plane crashed in belgium. his remains weren't recovered until last year. he was buried at arlington national cemetery in october. bob fenstermacher is his nephew. >> i think when we send an american to war and they're killed in action, it is clearly been the tradition of this country to bring them home. >> reporter: but fenstermacher's remains were not found by the u.s. government. he was discovered by one of the private groups that have stepped in where the pentagon's joint p.o.w./m.i.a. command has failed. last year the government accountability office said the missing persons mission is being undermined by long-standing leadership weakness. congress ordered the pentagon to increase identifications to 200 a year. at jpac's

what do you think are the main reasons this p.o.w. gain more attention in the national media? >> it's a complicated story to begin with. probably the main reason that stories of americans being held captive either by foreign nations or groups like the taliban, the main reason is because generally speaking the u.s. government and the families often request that the media not cover it because the more you cover it, the more power you are theoretically giving to those holding the american prisoner or hostage. that's not always the case. sometimes families ask the media to cover it because they feel the u.s. government isn't doing enough, but when negotiations are starting to heat up the media is requested to not cover the story and quite often the media does that because obviously we're americans, human beings, we want the person's end to captivity as well. >> tell me if i'm wrong but the muddied circumstances of this man's capture as outlined by michael hastings in "rolling stone" a couple years ago seemed like they're not the traditiona

it was the first video from the p.o.w. in three years. >> i know that gave his family so much hope he might be alive. here is my question for you, when did the u.s. try to engage taliban if they did and has there been progress? >> the attempt to reach out and negotiate with the taliban began with the obama administration took office, when ambassador richard holbrooke assigned to pakistan and afghanistan. bergdahl believed to be held in pakistan. so far pakistan has done little to assert its influence. for the bergdahl family, of course, it is an excruciating situation of watch and wait. >> live with the breaking news, thanks so much. >>> top u.s. spy chief now admitting regrets about massive phone surveillance that spied on all of us. in a new interview james clapper, director of national intelligence said, quote, i probably shouldn't say this but i will. had we been transparent since the out set after 9/11 and said both to the american people and to their elected representatives, we immediate to make sure this doesn't happ

the p.o.w. camp setting suggested supply shocks are far from the normal situation, not right either. you have the alternative analogy or storiment here's the one which tyler and i tell in the principles of economics book. a real shock. they are weather shocks in india. panel a on the left here, what you see in green is the growth rate of the output, gene for growth, and in blue is deviations of rainfall from the average. what you see in a is when the rainfall is above average in india, you get a lot of growth in the output, and when it's below average, you get below average growth. panel b shows because india is a agriculture economy, you see them in the real gdp statistics. correlation is not close, but you see when rainfall shocks are above average, real imrks dp is above average. you think about the economies, most of the world's recession and depressions have been shocks, rbc style shocks. now, the criticism here is that it is hard to think of big shocks to technology. the one i just gave yo

report thais negotiations are under way for the release of the remaing p.o.w. in afghanistan. the taliban demanding the release of guantanamo bay terrorist. president obama using an executive order for e glal waing agenda. the president ordering the e.p.a. to devel new fuel efficiency standards for heavy duty trucks. the president making good ongoing around congress to act on his own. he took a moment to brag about his recent actions. >> oer the past three weeks, i required federal contractors to pay their employees a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour. i ordered an across the board job training programs and creat something we call my r.a. we brought together business leaders to help more unemployed americans find work no matter how long they are looking. i'm eager to work with congress wh i can. when i can work on my own, i'm going to do that >> what is unclear is how this helps grow the middle class. the white house admitting they had no idea w many employees federal contractors have earning the minimum wage while, at the same time, claiming they were helping, quote, hundre

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the administration is said to be intensifying efforts to recover an american p.o.w. held by the taliban. jennifer griffin has the latest from the pentagon tonight. >> for the second time in a week, u.s. official said appear to be floating through the press an offer to the taliban to exchange america's only living p.o.w., sergeant bowe bergdahl, for five taliban leaders kur s currently detained at guantanamo bay. >> we are not to go directly to your question, involved in actest negotiations with the taliban. clearly, if negotiations do resume at some point, we will want to talk to the taliban about the safe return of sergeant bergdahl. >> unnamed u.s. officials say the five commanders will be released into the protective custody of doha qatar where they opened an office last year. bergdahl was captured in june 2009. this exchange was floated by the state department in 2012, but it appears to have gained traction among u.s. officials since january. a former spokesman for detainee affairs says it's a bad idea. >> we're talking about some of the top leaders that they have

he is the only p.o.w. from the longest war.s perfectly appropriate and right that the united states is trying to figure out ways to bring home. then you get into the business of, how do you do that? the people who are holding them are not nice guys. as your previous caller was alluding to, you get into a what messy, murky area of the united states is willing to do to bring him home and to they're willing to talk to to do it. this being done through diplomatic channels and who is doing it? guest: it is diplomatic and the little the military. is not government that the united states recognizes. it is not a formal diplomatic channel. they do not have embassies and ambassadors you can call up on the phone. it is being done through an intermediary, through the government of qatar. they have relationships with the taliban movement. what happens is the united states sent diplomats to talk to qatar and says what they would like to do and qatar goes and talks to the taliban, which has an unofficial office and presence. i will try to kee

it was the first video of the american p.o.w. in three years, jenna. jenna: we talk about the taliban as one big group. according to reports he is held by the haqqani network based in pakistan, a very dangerous group. what has this looked like over the past two years as far as progress and trying to engage members of that specific terrorist group? >> reporter: well the attempt to reach out began, jenna, the attempt to reach out and negotiate with the taliban began when the obama administration took office. it has not born fruit. even this latest effort appears to be in a early stage. bergdahl is widely believed to be held as you mentioned by the haqqani faction of the taliban in pakistan. so far pakistan has done little to assert its influence over the haqqanis. >> they're supposed to be our ally and truth be known they act against our interest time and time again. i'm confident our bought put some pressure on afghanistan to give up this guy because they know where he is. they're very tied to the haqqani network. >> reporter: for the bergdahl family the

why did a video surface three weeks ago proving that the only known american p.o.w. is still alye after we heard nothing for three years? well, "the daily beast's" josh rogan says he knows why, and he's here to break the story on the lead. >>> and the pop culture lead. new rule. whenever bill maher launches a campaign to mess with congress, he must stop by the lede to explain it for rest of us. he joins us this hour to discuss his plan to unseat some as of now unsuspecting member of congress. >>> good afternoon. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. did you hear the sochi games are having trouble keeping enough snow around? well, they are welcome to ours. this is what the roads look like right now in raleigh, north carolina. a massive traffic jam. in the coming hours, washington, d.c., philadelphia, new york city, probably boston, too, pretty much every major city in the northeast is in the bull's-eye as this deadly winter storm that has closed the south for business barrels on. at least five deaths are blamed on the storm after it went through texas, louisiana, mis

the guy. i'm watching him, i'm thinking p.o.w. has to read the statement. >> so inhofe says whenever it snows that's proof that there is no global warming. >> i don't really like him that much. >> lindsey graham has -- he is likely to have a difficult primary challenge. >> seven people running against him. >> and he just gets something stuck in his craw here. the odd thing, though, this isn't even about benghazi. we're not talking what happened, whether there is adequate security, why these guys got killed, could something have been done to prevent it. we're talking about things that happen affidavit they died. and did he call it terrorists? did he call it extremists? it doesn't matter if he called it a ham sandwich. >> we're talking about the etiquette of talking points. >> the cia, the intelligence committee wrote the term extremism. that's the word they use for terrorists. >> right. >> it was general petraeus himself ahead of these directives who took out the phrase al qaeda. it's all in the record. >> right. but to have a cove

bomber was shot down in the pacific. 47 days in a bare raft, subjected to barbaric war crimes in the japanese p.o.w he's here to see his life story brought to the screen by a hollywood superstar. did you find the book on your own, or did somebody send it to you? >> i wanted to direct something again, but i just wasn't sure what, and it had to be something i would love and care about, because it takes much more time away from your family and much more effort than acting. >> reporter: it might surprise you just how difficult it was even for angelina jolie to get a green light. >> this has been the hardest thing i ever done. i had all the hours of phone calls, and i made all these boards. i took my glue and tape, pictures off the internet, and i put all my boards in a garbage bag, and i carried them to universal myself and put them out, and i pitched my butt off. >> reporter: you want to send a message here, as well? >> for me, i think louie's been very clear about what his message is, and certainly the book. and i think for my children and for everybody, i want to be able to say it can seem dark and

went through survival school, they taught us the people who capture you are probably the least trained to capture p.o.w.'s, maintain them. the best time to escape his right then. these are rookies and i pulled out my combat masterpiece. i had two rounds. get away, get back. then i fired a round right over there head. they did not flinch. and onesed their rifles of them reached in his pocket a little comic book that some of them carry in their pocket. it had drawings on one side and vietnamese fanatics on the other. the drawings showed them capturing an american pilot. in his uniform with his helmet on come a parachute, and his hands up. surrender.y said, hands up, hands up. so here i am facing about nine long guns, staring at me, and i decided that was the best advice i would get that day and i said, hands up. lee ellis pow tonight at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> back to the common the -- back to the house financial services committee. offering their own insights about the economy and monetary policy. to begin with live coverage on c-span3. >> we will now come to order with our second panel. professor of

why did a video surface three weeks ago proving that the only known american p.o.w. for three years? well, "the daily beast's" josh rogan says he knows why, and

went through survival school, they taught us that the people who cap sure are probably the least trained to capture p.o.w.'s and maintain them. your best chance to escape is right then. i thought, these are rookies. three rounounds and ds. i went like this, get away. i fired a round of that tracer over their head. they did not flinch. they just raised their rifles like this. one of them reached in his pocket and pulled out [indiscernible] it had drawings on one side and vietnamese semantics -- phonetics on the other side. the drawing show them capturing an american pilot. said, surrender. no die. hands up. hands up. here i am, facing about nine long guns staring at me. i decide that's probably the best advice i'm going to get that day. >> former air force pilot and vietnam pow lee ellis sunday "q&a."t 8:00 on >> next, the results of a poll by the siena research institute. we discussed the results with the institute's director, don levy. >> for the fifth time since 1982, the siena research institute in new york has released the survey on the first ladies. here are the results of the top 10. number one, el

bomber was shot down in the pacific, 47 days in a raft, subjected to barbaric war crimes in the japanese p.o.wow decades later, he's here to see his life story brought to the screen by a hollywood superstar. >> did you find the book on your own, or did somebody send it to you? >> i wanted to direct something again, but i -- i wasn't sure what. and i wanted -- it had to be something i would love and care about. it takes much more time away from your family and much more effort than acting. >> it might surprise you just how difficult it was even for angelina jolie to get a green light. >> this has been the hardest thing i've ever done. had all the hours of phone calls and things and made all these boards. i took my glue and tape and pictures off the internet and tried to -- and i put all my boards in a garbage bag and carried them to universal and put them out. and i pitched my butt off. >> you want to send a message here, as well? >> for me, louis has been very clear about what his message is and certainly the book. and i think for my children and everybody in the world, i want to be able to sa

the best advice i was going to get that day. i went hands up. >> former air force pilot and vietnam p.o.w. lee ellis, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> the context here is that lee enjoy as reputation in the modern day as someone who counseled acceptance and submission and resignation to the situation. that has always struck me as -- it's sort of a series that doesn't add up in the sense. we know lee was the most prestigious man in the south. we know in the end the south didn't simply submit to the political will of the north. that southerners, ex-con fed rats began quickly to contest the northern understanding -- confederates began to quickly to contest the northern understanding of submission. what i found is that in the eyes of confederates lee was not a symbol of submission. he was a symbol of unbowed pride and a kind of measured defiance. >> rethinking grant and lee at appomattox. saturday night at 10:00 eastern, and sunday morning at 11:00, part after three-day presidents' day weekend on c-span3's american history tv. >> f.d.a. official says the nation's drug shortage is decl

the taliban if released. and it's unclear how big of a threat they pose. biggest concern could be from bergdahl. me are losing time and leverage to bring home their p.o.w.. >> now concerns over iran's nuclear program. talks resumed with iran and global powers. but on both sides, there seems to be little success. >> reporter: talks on iran's nuclear program once again. the foreign minister greeted the e.u. official in charge of foreign policy. representatives from thish international community, known as the p5 plus 1. the security council as well as germany. these countries came to a deal with iran in november. it was a historic agreement, but only a temporary one lasting six months. now they must attempt a permanent deal. there are many issues still to be resolved, as well as areas of mistrust and suspicion. >> during these negotiations on the comprehensive agreement, all concerns about the iranian nuclear program will have to be addressed. and of course there will be intensive and difficult work lying ahead of us. the overall objective remains to seek a comprehensive solution to ensure that iran's nuclear program is peaceful >> reporter: one of iran's

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