saigon, the capital city of south vietnam, falls. the 15-year-long vietnam war comes to an end., 40 years later, economic reforms have brought remarkable development to vietnam. it's a young vibrant country. less than half the population experienced the war, but many vietnamese still bear the scars. [ speaking foreign language ] ' . >>> agent orange is a chemical defol yapt. the united states and south vietnamese armies sprayed large quantities over the jungle. their aim was to strip the trees bare. without cover, enemy soldiers couldn't carry out attacks. agent orange contains dieoxin, a substance toxic to the human body. this family has been suffering from the effects for three generations. t imt et is a former soldier who was exposed to agent orange on the battlefield. soon after being discharged, he began experiencing live and kidney problems. he's been on daily medications ever since. his son started suffering joint problems at the age of 6 and eventually lost the use of his hands and feet. >> translator: i had a sickness. none of the people around me wanted anything to do

>> well the exhibit focuses on intrepid's time in the vietnam war. the intend served three -- the intrepid served three tours of duty. what the ship was doing, their involvement in the vietnam war. >> and talk to us about some of the artifacts that people will see. >> the largest artifact in the exhibit itself is an a-force sky hawk. an aircraft that served on board intrepid. in addition to that there are a number of smaller artifacts, there are oral histories, photographs, other kinds of media. >> we're looking at some of them right now. how long did it take you to put this whole thing together? >> from start to finish it was 18 months or so which was really intense period of time to grapple with a complicated topic. >> why was it important for you to put this together and teach people about this? >> well, the vietnam war is a big part of intrepid's history but not a lot of people know about the naval air war. we wanted people understood this aspect of the war. >> what would people find most surprising do you think when they come visit? >> i think th

the >>> from 1946 to 1954, the french fought a losing war in vietnam. pped by a famous defeat. 3,000 french troops lost their lives in this bloody 55-day battle and the man that defeated the french, the same general who was now fighting the americans. >> this was virtually a right plum ready for picking from the general's standpoint, the vaulted marshall of north vietnam, the great he roy a the french nicknamed him volcano under the snow. the placid exterior hid a fierce determination to win at any cost. you ann i have talked to north army officers in the aftermath of this war. it's clear to them at least that he saw this as another opportunity. >> oh, there's no question of that, yes. trap the enemy in a very remote, pifficult to resupply location and close the noose. >> he never counted on the air strikes. >> correct. >> tactical air, b-52s. the u.s. had overwhelming air superiority in vietnam. something the french had lacked. general westmoreland personally visited the base in the build-up. he planned to use it as bait and use the massive air power li

it's still an emerging market. >> reporter: the vietnam war ended in 1975. many living in south vietnam were forced to flee. mass migration continued for several years. nguyen and his family defected in 1978. he was only 3 years old when his parents brought him onto a boat out of the country. they found a new home in the united states. he grew up as a typical american kid and didn't really think of his origins until he reached his 30s. the rapid development of vietnam made him think of its business possibilities. >> honestly, i can wake up tomorrow and open up any company i want and do whatever i want to do here. of course you need to put hard work into it to be successful. >> reporter: at the developer he now works for, he introduced the idea of sharing progress updates on all projects. in vietnam, construction projects fall behind deadlines or go over budget. ken is helping keep things under control. this year, his team is starting more than ten new projects. >> i can learn from him about the logic, his logic is really good and also i think a lot of skill i

the vietnam memorial is very much a dose of breathing. of the 15,000es soldiers who died in the war. is it his brother comrades can their loss.ove for it is pleasant, because those men and women would benefit us today if it were not for the war. world war ii memorial has a different theme. it was politically a very different with vietnam. ofis much more a place celebration of triumphant return. celebrity rate return for those lebratory return. they are welcomed and celebrated for but there generation of compost. those themes are not up through it for a world war i memorial because we do not have the .eople we're past the time of mourning for those veterans although their sacrifice needs to be honored and commemorated. we're not welcoming them back is returning heroes, so what is the theme of the memorial? should it be educational? but you do not want it to be too didactic. to my mind, and up good world war i memorial road invoke and convey to things. of scale and the sacrifice americans. we lost more american soldiers and not more than we

horace: robert thought he was doing a good thing rallyers ago when he made a donation to the vietnam rans of american association. the donation was his 1999 ford this one.ke he took off the license plates, the title, and organization took the vehicle come out of sight, out of mind. until this year. forcar had been impounded unpaid parking tickets in baltimore and stated he had 11 days to contact the city and satisfy the fines before it would put a hold on his ability to register any vehicle in maryland. that started a barrage of theers between dwyer and city of baltimore's telling division. in november he received this letter that stated, "your case has been deleted from liability files and no further action needs to be taken." he thought he was in the clear. in december he received another letter stating the car had collected $2300 in tickets. >> somebody out of state bought it. he says he has no problems with the vietnam veterans association, but after checking with the maryland mva, extreme of ownership had stopped with dwyer. called theide baltimore city towing division and said t

government lifted its ban on weapon sales to vietnam two years ago. in the dim global economy, vietnam is growing. it is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and that along with tbp coming on line soon, industries like this are looking to take off. >> for every one billion u.s. export will create about 100,000 jobs. exports from vietnam will exceed 40 billion by 2020. >> reporter: that's a million half more vietnamese employed in the textile and apparel industry alone. so as the leadership is chosen in the next five years, the younger hopes good fortune in vietnam continue >>> the united nations estimates that around 40% of afghan children are out of school because the poverty. for families are forced to send their children to do hard labor instead. -- poor families >> reporter: these children are forced into hard labor. working to make bricks to help their family pay off debts. everyone has to work. the young and old. this boy is only 78 >> translation: i-- only 8 >> translation: i collect the bricks and put them together. my hands and feet hur

said edward kane for the president of united states. and then we saw people in vietnam. t then i fell for that and i believed it to. >> we did what we were supposed to do. as they came down the trail they ambushed them. there was six of them. said they did not shoot back. when i came down upon the road to see if we could take a prisoner with the bicycle in front. so we went to see if they were still alive. and that was a little girl. a little girl like that. jesus christ. i did not the guy would do that. >> he has a huge chart. but that was the complexity of his feelings and then to be betrayed by his government with that incredible sensibility i haven't met anybody who is the affected deeply. we probably disagree and everything politically. but that is what bonded as. so he is the gary cooper character. as we see his reaction. >> where did this title come from? >>, but as i was starting research but to be a nonfiction writer. and then to look for the sensibilities. and poetry is one of the ways that goes through that. . . waiting outside, fingers gripping the chain-link

the ban on sales of equipment was lifted. vietnam that is growing one of the fastest in the world. that with tpp coming on line, industries here are looking to take off >> for every one billion of u.s. textile export will create around 100,000 jobs. exports from vietnam will exceed 40 billion by 20 on 20. >> reporter: that's a million and a half more vietnamese employed in the industry alone. as the communist party chooses its leadership nor the next five years, the younger generation hopes growth and good fortune continues >>> when we look at the future of this younger generation, are we going to see changes there, do you think? >> reporter: i think what is very important is, as we heard that gentleman say, who run one of the largest textile companies here in vietnam, that the growth that he is expecting, it is expanding, 100,000 for additional billion dollars in exports and considered to grow considerably. for the youth of this nation they are focused on more jobs and more opportunities. if we continue to see this growth, obviously, that's going to give them more opportunities for

richard nixon was president in 1969, he inherited the vietnam war. as you know. reports came to him that the north vietnamese forces were seeking sanctuary in then neutral cambodia. they were using that as a safe place, if you will, to launch invasions, operations against the south are in starting when nixon began to authorize the bombing of targets in cambodia. in 1970, the first american ground forces actually crossed the south vietnamese-cambodia border and invaded cambodia. nixon not ask for any congressional authorization. this was a secret operation from the beginning. when it was discovered, there were protests, this is where you have the can't state shooting on may 4, 1970. you should also know there were protests in favor of the president invading cambodia. congress took a dim view, a president waging war without prior congressional approval? it would rescind something, the gulf of tonkin resolution authorizing lyndon johnson to act in the annan in ways people would come to regret. it is also the root of what becomes known as the war powers resolution of

two after he brought the last american troops home they could take oversight -- over the south vietnam area without fear of him intervening. that is another shocking fact people can learn from the nixon tapes and documents that have been declassified. >> this information is from the tapes that have been recently declassified? >> yes, it is from the bulk of the richard nixon tapes. most of the tapes people heard came out decades ago during the watergate trials and deal with nixon's domestic abuse of power. in more recent decades, the national archives declassified the bulk of the nixon case. more than 2500 hours of them. they deal with everything including foreign policy. we are used to thinking of nixon as a great statesman who is also a bit of a rogue. but the tapes show there is one nixon that foreign policy and domestic policy are both geared toward nixon's domestic, political triumphs. >> you are at the miller center at uva with presidential research. when you were putting together this book what did you have to do get this information? how do you access the nixon tapes? >> the mil

kirsten joyce cynthia dias fought during the vietnam war. 8 news now reporter michael stevens explains why her story has motivated federal politicians. good morning michael? ((michael stevens)) cynthia dias lives here at veteran's village after overcoming homelessness... she called the streets of las vegas home for six months and suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. dias did something she never dreamed of doing. she sat alongside first lady michelle obama, as the president delivered his last state of the union address. we asked the vietnam war veteran to describe her experience at the white house in one word and she said: "unbelievable." dias was humbled by the invitation: ((cynthia dias - u.s. navy veteran: disbelief. it's like, it's a one in a lifetime experience and why me? why amongst all the veterans in this country would they pick me? i have no idea. )) ((michael stevens)) dias says she didn't get to talk to the first lady much. but she kept busy during her stay in washington d-c. she, along with veteran's village founder arnold stalk, arranged meetings with politicians t

hue's place in history long regarded as the heart of the imperial dynasty changed forever during the vietnam of the most bitter fighting of the war. during the lunar new year, the tet holiday, usually there was a cessation of hostilities, more than 100 cities all over south vietnam were attacked by the north vietnamese and vc. 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

the u.s. is depending on vietnam to make its new trade deal work. scott heidler is reporting. >> following 2,000 year of confucio thrvetionism, the relationship this with china has become increasingly unsteady, dedicated to co confucious, vflg china vietnam. >> it depends on the relationship between the government, and you also know that recently, the relationship between china and southeast asia it changed a lot. >> reporter: as a result of the souring relationship, vietnam has been embracing america's pivot to asia. the relationship with its former enemy has never been better. the u.s. fronted a transpacific trade agreement is in the final stages before being signed, it will remove tariffs, make trade between members easier and cheaper. hugely benefit economically, the agreement could also loosen vietnamese ties with china. >> the relationship, economic relations between vietnam and china is overt dependency. we do hope with tpp in place, it will have more and deeper relationship. >> that relationship can now include military equipment. vietnam is

since 2013, governor scott has awarded more than 3000 of these metals. serve in the navy during the vietnam war. it is a great day to be here and thank all of these veterans and thank our national guardsmen. >> i feel honored to be a part of a bigger day, service to my country and especially be in brotherhood with the rest of these guys. >> in deland, alex villareal, wesh 2 news. jason: the final seat is ready for racing at daytona international speedway. executive jim france helped bolt in the final of more than 101,000 seats. they also invited a long time season-ticket holder to help make it happen. the daytona rising project which began in july will be finished in time for the rolex 24. americans held in iran are being treated after they were released from captivity. michelle: the new details we are learning about their lengthy ordeal. today -- jason: hey, guys, it's annie. you know, as moms, we are always looking for new pwell today, i'm going to share pa simple tip that could help you stretch your budget when it comes to your grocery shopping. not bad. stores aren't always the best dea

the tpp. that gives vietnam a critical advantage as a production base. its lower labor costs are also attracting foreign manufacturers. this japanese garmentmaker is gearing up for the tpp. the company's vietnam factory used to be a limited operation, making basic fabric. that all cnged in november. the plant is now a fully integrated garment center, starting with yarn production. that's because through exports to the u.s., the clothes have to be made from yarn in the country of origin. >> translator: by spinning, dyeing and producing yarn here, we were able to shorten the delivery time and increase productivity. we're now ready for the tpp. >> reporter: vietnam's auto industry is another sector preparing for free trade. but the adjustment could be painful. right now, city roads are clogged with motorbikes. incomes are rising and so are aspirations. many in this country of 90 million people are ready for an upgrade in their mode of transport. >> translator: i want to drive a car. >> i can go far away with a car. >> reporter: japan's mitsubishi motors has

he learned in his first year in office from the cia, the joint chiefs, his general in vietnam, the pentagon, that south vietnam could not survive without american troops defending it. so, he knew he was not going to be able to fulfill his campaign promise from '68. instead he decided to fake it. he timed his withdrawl. the military withdraw to his re-election campaign. by the time he started taping the conversations in the oval office in '71 he knew he was going to bring the troops home shortly before or after the election and chose that to keep saigon from falling before election day and taking his shot at a second term down with him. so it is startling to hear an american president base such profoundly important decisions that affect literally the lives of american troop primarily on how they affect his own political well-being. this extended to this negotiati negotiations with the vietn vietnamese. he sealed a deal by assuring them if they waited a year or two after he brought the last american troops home they could take oversight -- over the south vietnam area without fear of him inter

and the vietnam war. rotest comment as one person came out of it as another, clubbed by the police, had severe back problems. after that event two of the top leaders of the anti-war movement fled and he was one of the people who emerged as the new leader so in the days after the protest he started to become a public figure. shortly thereafter he was elected to the council of the student work and shortly after that became the mayor of madison, the boy may. through the 70, 80s, 90s to today, he has been on and off mayor of madison for life. once in a while, he will come back. the transformation is interesting as well. one of the times he was defeated he was considered too conservative, in the pocket of the real-estate people. now he is considered this ornery old guy, ready to come back to his roots in some sense but still the mayor and always been very focused on gritty issues, what they used to call the socialist tight. finos about street lighhe knowsd cares about that. >> host: this is a tweet from sweden.

. >> tim: i'm sure he played for general wes moreland who was head of the troops in vietnam. the reason i bring that up, joe torre told me a story about stan. wasn't particularly good with names, as we knew, and after two or three days, he was calling general westmoreland, wessie. >> i'm sure he was a low-key, friendly guy. but musial is like that. had a way of talking to people, whether it was john paul ii, or over in poland, he had a way of talking to people that they accepted him as a character even if they didn't know exactly what tim-- type of character he was,t he never met a stranger. >> tim: everything stan touched turned out right. you could be in a poker game with him, as i was, when i was

we asked the vietnam war veteran to describe her experience at the white house in one word and she said: "unbelievable." dias was humbled by the invitation: ((cynthia dias - u.s. navy veteran: disbelief. it's like, it's a one in a lifetime experience and why me? why amongst all the veterans in this country would they pick me? i have no idea. )) ((michael stevens)) dias says first lady much. but she kept busy during her stay in washington d-c. she, along with veteran's village founder arnold stalk, arranged meetings with politicians to gain their support in the fight to end veteran homelessness: ((arnold stalk - founder, veteran's village: ms. dias was an excellent advocate for veterans, by the way. she was all queued up and we went in there and talked about the need for hud vash vouchers so that our veterans could have rental assistance. ((michael stevens)) coming up in 30 minutes, we'll let you know what the future holds for veteran's village. as the organization looks to expand. back to you. ((brian loftus)) > michael, homelessness among veterans continues to be an issue in the valley

the boom is luring back thousands who left tur the turmoil. vietnam war and its aftermath. these expatriates were once labeled as dissidents. is they have started to trickle back after the government established poses to bring them home. today, their skills are helping the country to develop in the second part of our series, on vietnam, we meet one such returnee. >> reporter: ho chi minh city, this former capital of south vietnam has become a major destination for returnees who want to invest in business opportunities. it's also becoming a battlefield for companies who want to recruit them. that's because ethnic vietnamese comes from overseas have acquired skills that are much in demand in this emerging economy. this is one of the largest recruitment companies in the country. the asean economic community has been established and the transpacific partnership trade deal is set to go into effect. they've prompted foreign corporations to move into vietnam at breakneck speed. those companies are relying on recruitment firms to find qualified employees. many vietnamese returning f

the united states was involved in the vietnam war. the shah was quite frustrated and disillusioned at what he perceived as a sort of abdication of american leadership in the cold war. he worried about the decline of american power and what this would mean for iran. and he was quite hopeful that a man like nixon could resurrect u.s. leadership. and their meeting in tehran is really extraordinary. first of all, the shah's advisers told him not to meet with nixon, of course, because they worried that he would be seen as sort of taking sides in american domestic politics. what if hubert humphrey or any other democratic candidate were to win that election, what would be the consequences for the u.s./iran relationship. but nonetheless, the shah dismissed these concerns and he would meet nixon who was his friend. and they have a really wide-ranging discussion for two hours, discussing everything from the situation in the horn of africa to vietnam. you can just imagine these grand geopolitical thinkers, very well versed, very well informed, re

. >> guest: the middle of the vietnam war. it was a very dynamic time, i would say. you asked that question because it's the center of my book, they marched into sunlight, which is about a protest at the university of wisconsin, against dow chemical company, that turned into a police riot, basically, and a battle in vietnam was going on that same 24-hour period in which a battalion of the first infantry division, the black lions battalion, went off on a search and destroy mission and got destroyed. everything is up in the air in october of 1967. it's right after the summer of love in san francisco, the counterculture is strong. the antiwar movement is growing. nobody knows where anything is going to go. for the war and the antiwar. it's a few months before the tet offensive when the public turned for good against the vietnam war. it's a period when lyndon johnson, as president, and the commanding jenna vietnam, general william west moreland are pushing for more troops, thinking they can win the war through attrition, through fining the viet cong and killing more offer

managed to accomplish many of his goals opening to china dÉtente with the soviet union and ending the vietnamwar before everything caught up to him. >> did that set precedents for future administrations because i think every president since has consolidated national security plan in the white house up to the obama administration. you hear from any cabinet agency that they don't believe they have enough authority, but the white house controls everything that i think that something that doesn't door to the last 45 years. >> why did you pick this store? >> i've long been interested in nixon, up with him as president and have been looking very -- there is facets of his life and administration and found some things that led me to this and fairly significant discoveries i think. >> have learned everything we can learn about richard nixon? >> no. that's the great thing about history, right? so many things that you think of it out get uncovered, get declassified, people learn about them and that can help you understand things that you thought you had known for years. >> what did report on for the u.s

the air. while vietnam airlines was initially looking for a 20% stake from a strategic partner, the ceo of vietnames told ana has takentake could expand later on. taking theming up, lead. we will be talking to obama and head ofclinton's innovation. ♪ rishaad: a look at stories from around the world. the red cross says aid tracks have entered three besieged syrian towns where residents are starving to death. images of malnourished people have been drawing attention in recent days. the border has been under siege by forces loyal to president bashar al-assad. aid has also reached to shia towns controlled by anti-al-assad rebels. messi has been named the world's best football player again. rinaldo had won it for the last two years. up every 70l or so minutes. is up fory mansion sale for $200 million. the property includes a 29 room home at with wine cellar, theater, gym, and zoo license. as well as this infamous grotto. hugh hafner bought the mansion over $1for just million. robotics, internet cyber security, and big data are becoming increasingly important influences on business in the 21st century.

what does this mean for the direction of the country? vietnama number of major challenges, including continuing to reform its rather inefficient state owned enterprises to, laying the groundwork for new treaties, including the transpacific partnership, as well as continuing to manage its increasingly difficult overionship with china disputed territorial issues in the south china sea. minister isprime considered something of a vying to be the next general secretary. , ish, in vietnam considered, at least ostensibly, the most important position in the government. he is competing with the current secretary. he hopes to extend his term. if sang becomes the next secretary, people believe he will become much more aggressive in reaching out to the united states and developing military tries -- ties. trang would be much more cautious moving forward. rishaad: thank you, john boudreau. let's continue this discussion on leadership transition. carl thayer joins us now on webcam. thank you very much for joining us. start, -- that stark, the choice between le

the issue. >>> vietnam's ruling communist party opened a congress thursday to name new leaders. delegates are also focusing on the country's challenges. and that includes china's increasingly assertive claims to territory in waters vietnam considers its own. lies in the east china sea about 25 kilometers off the coast of central vietnam. >> translator: both the separately and parris islands belong to japan, not china. they're violating our territory. the fishing grounds are ours. >> translator: it's extremely frustrating. the south china sea is our ancestral home. >> reporter: the island has been a front line of difference for vietnam since around the 17th century. soldiers were dispatched there by the king to guard the south china sea. here is one of the fishing posts in ly son island. from here many fishing boats are headed to para sell and spratly islands. about 30% of ly son's residents make a living off fishing. since 2012, life on the island has taken a turn for the worse. local fishermen have come under increasing threats over tax by chinese vessels around the spratly isla

for many, many years. >> his the vietnam that -- but after he left the marine corps for "the baltimore sun" and wrote the few books that has the most fascinating stuff about john mccain and poindexter with a group of characters part of the reagan did illustration he is not won a pulitzer from salon.com. >> host: craig timberg thank you for being on "the communicators".

intention of actually making a feature film about the street kids of vietnam. keep in mind i had never really made a film so i was just kind of very young and ambitious. and when i went over there, basically, we had to get permission from the government to shoot. and while this was happening, you know, people had heard about us and one day a television producer from vietnam came to our hotel and was like okay i understand you want to make a movie about this but why don't you come with me to this peace camp. so we went to this maternity hospital and tucked away in the back was a small camp for kids that had been affected by agent orange. it was a care center. i said maybe we should drop the cameras, let's look into this, i looked into what agent orange was. i started volunteering for two weeks, i was during that time only about 21, i was very close to the protagonist in my story and we just hit it off and they were just kids and i wanted to tell that story, a story i felt hadn't been told. >> explain to us how it's possible decades after the vietnam war has ended

vietnam would have more relationship. >> that can include american military equipment. the government lifted bans on sales to vietnam two years ago. >> vietnam is glowing. it's one of the fastest growing economies in the world. and that along with t.p.p. coming online, industries are looking to take off. >> for every one billion of u.s., of textile export, it will create about 100,000 jobs. exports from vietnam will exceed $40 billion by 2020. >> that's a million and a half more employed in the textile industry alone. as the communist party chooses its leadership for the next five years, the younger generation hopes grofth and fortune -- growth and fortune continues. >> the philippines gives a red carpet welcome in japan, 60 years after diplomatic relations were renewed. many have painful memories, not everyone is happy about the emperor's visit. >> reporter: trying to make peace with the pass. the emperor welcomed warmly by the president. a look at the strive made between the two countries when japan occupied the philippines. the period under his father was one of the dark

that's a communist nation next to vietnam targeted by u-s aircraft during the war. obama will reportedly make his initiative official during his landmark trip to laos this fall. he's been working to improve u-s relations with southeast asia as a counterbalance to china. happening today experts will inspect metal debris that washed ashore in thailand--and remains of a downed plane. the apparent wreckage landed on a beach nearly four-hundred miles south of bangkok. malaysian authorities are warning against speculation that the metal piece could be from the malaysian airlines flight that went missing in twenty- fourteen. an aftershock followed an earthquake that rattled alaska... cell-phone video captures the moment the quake hit anchorage international airport. preliminary results put the quake at a 6-point-8 magnitude.. and the an aftershock at 4-point-7. there are no reports of injuries... but some damaged, and some lost power. day! holiday is celebrated on the last monday in january. whether you're sending a package or playing virtual bubble wrap online... indulge

he says he has no the vietnam veterans association. the trail of ownership stopped with him. >> he says he won't know for sure until he has to renew the registration on the vehicle he owns now. and at that point he doesn't know what will happen. horace holmes abc7 news. alison: that is not fair. leon: save your paperwork. alison: still to come another twist in the case of freddie gray. still ahead. who a judge is ordering to take the stand and where the case goes from here. leon: plus, he is accused of giving semi-automatic rifles to two terrorists. a friend of the san bernardino shooters is responding to the you've upgraded all your old technology... so what about this? it's time to get into the new with ford ♪ come e and get it if you really want it... ♪ new is ecoboost technology. new is a foot-activated liftgate. new is tougher, stronger and lighter. nenew is ford. america's best-selling brand. now get into a new focus fusion, or escape with 0% financing for 60 months plus $2,000 dollars trade-assist cash. only at your local ford de

more 160,000 applied for asylum in the country last year. vietnam's communist party has reelected chong as its top leader. the country's economy is booming because of increased trade with the u.s. it has now become one of the fastest growing markets in the world. >> reporter: veelt's communist party drew its congress to a close on thursday morning. in closed door meetings they selected the next leaders for five years to come. the general secretary, which is essentially the top leader of the communist party and the nation here, was reelected. mr chong had had served for five years. he will serve for another five years. at his speech he said there are many challenges ahead and opportunities for the country. he said there is a lot of work to be done. he is most likely referring to continued reform, also the economy and how things have been going for the country here. it has been going well. that's probably what he meant by the opportunities, but the challenges could be said of what has been going on with china aterritorial disputes in the south china sea

but there are no quick cures for the diabetes plague facing their country. for vietnam's health authorities, the hard work is just beginning. yuko fukushima, nhk world. >>> tomorrow we'll bring you part two of our series on vietnam with a look at expatriates who are returning home to be entrepreneurs. >>> that's it for business news. i'm going to leave you with the markets. >>> the islamic state group confirmed the death of jihadi john. at announcement comes one year after he appeared in a video threatening the lives of kenji goto and another japanese citizen. the journalist and self-proclaimed military contractor were eventually killed by the group. since then, the international fight against the militants have stepped up. we look at the state of the conflict. >> reporter: air strike after air strike have taken place in territories held by the islam state militant group. the coalition and russian forces have been bombing for months in syria and iraq. but what impact have the air strikes really had? an egyptian organization that monitors radical activity says the strikes

president obama will reportedly tackle one legacy of the c-i-a's so- called "secret war" during the vietnam era. he's expected to announce a major initiative to clear leftover vietnam-era bombs. from 1964 to 1973-- u.s. warplanes dropped more than 2-million tons of bombs in laos. but an estimated 30- percent of the ordinance didn't explode on impact. and to this day-- it continues to kill people in laos when it's set off. obama will reportedly make his initiative official during his landmark trip to laos a manhunt is underway for three inmates who officials say broke out of a maximum security jail in santa ana, california. they escaped friday.... and managed to cut through steel bars in their cells and sneak through plumbing tunnels to the roof. after that, they reportedly used sheets to repel four stories to the ground. the escapees include a suspected murderer and two inmates charged with attempted murder and kidnapping. the three are considered dangerous. a 50-thousand dollar reward is being offered for information leading to their capture. more trouble for takata. a tenth death has been

michael: i used an old, iconic photograph from the vietnam war era where the saigon police caught a justietnamese terrorist who had killed a kernel and his family in saigon. he executed them on the streets of saigon. i used that iconic image to portray george w. bush being assassinated by politics during the advent of the erect war. that image itself -- during the -- iraq war. i was not investigated initially. drudge wrote a headline -- political cartoonist being investigated by secret service. when i got into the office of the l.a. times, we were inundated with calls. i had really not been contacted by anyone in the secret service. general rule at the l.a. times is all you have to do is call and start cussing and they would forward you to my phone. i never really received any phone calls before the story broke. and then as it turned out, the l.a. branch of the secret service did contact me but only because they had this big publicity about me being contacted by the secret service and i think they felt left out. i got a call in the middle of the day after numerous calls and this guy said

the vietnam veterans didn't come home to a very warm reception and it's time that we change that outlook and that's what we're trying to do here."this morning's event one of several similar events support siouxland soldiers will hold for military members in the area throughout the year. 3 3 siouxland area taco john's restaurants are giving back to the community. 3 this mororng... owners presented proceeds from the chain's annual nachos navidad fundraiser to special olympics iowa.this is the sih year restaurants in sioux city, north and south sioux city, cherokee, le mars, sheldon, spencer and storm lake took part in donating proceeds from the seasonal dish to the special olympics. 3 "it's a great thing for our organization, helps support our athletes, so can compete in all sorts of activities and have a chance for them to have - friends."vo continuesover the past six years... the restaurants donated nearly 12- thousand dollars.this year's total came it at just over 21- hundred dollars. 3 3 3 chad, we woke up to a winter wonderland again this morning.i thought you looking at a spring? 3 <

reminds me of that time during the vietnam war when walter cronkite spent the entire newscast going off on a tangent about his scrotum. (laughter) (as cronkite) "and that's, the way it was, down there." (applause) some of you remember him. so maybe he's just warming up. maybe the serious journalism is still on its way. "at this moment, i expel a minor traveler's flatulence. sorry." "rolling stone" has a editors, right? (applause) "minor traveler's flatulence"? like if he writes "fart," at this point, i'm going to think he's a bad journalist. right? oh, my god! he said "fart!" to which penn then explains that el chapo pretends not to notice. what does penn think is going to happen? (as el chapo) "the rules of farting and dealing drugs are the same, my friend. whoever smelt it, dealt it!" (applause) ooh! ooh! okay! very intriguing. okay, writing about your farts isn't traditional journalism, but c'mon, it's not like sean penn made a mockery of the very tenets of journalism is built on, right? >> sean penn is sort of posing as a journalist here. sean penn admits it, sent this interview, se

called "secret war" during the vietnam era. his aids say he's expected to announce a major initiative to clear unexploded u-s bombs in that's a communist nation next to vietnam during the war. but an estimated 30- ordinance didn't explode on impact. and it continues to kill or maim people in laos when it's set off up to this day. obama will reportedly make his initiative official during his landmark trip to laos this fall. he's been working to improve u-s relations with southeast asia as a counterbalance to china. new video released by the islamic state group shows the nine extremists who carried out the novemeber 13 attacks in paris. the video shows the men beheading bound shooting a kneeling captive in the head. this happened in islamic state controlled territory while they plotted plotting the slaughter in the french capital that left 130 people dead. all nine men died in the attack or its aftermath. a man accused of shooting a police officer in miami through a fit during his first court appearance yesterday. david andres me

she has apologized for her conduct during the vietnam war openly helping the enemy while americans werenninged in southeast asia. talking points accepted miss fonda's apology because that to do. but i don't believe jane fonda has learned any lessons at all. if she believes noe noam chomsky is not a hater, then she is out of her mind. chomsky makes trump look like mother teresa one of the reasons i continue to do this program now in our 2 oth season is because i am able to expose rank hypocrisy. he you are free to take donald trump or leave him. he you are not free to to threaten anyone who reports on him. i challenge him all the time and have openly said his ban of muslims from overseas and proposed roundup of illegal aliens would never be implemented because of legal barriers. here we are responsible using facts to support our opinions. we practice democracy, freedom ofnq expression. robust debate in the radical precincts, noam chomsky and his crew seek to shut down expression and debate by using threats and smears. and one more thing. this group may actually help donald trump. people on th

president obama will reportedly tackle one legacy of the c-i-a's so- called "secret war" during the vietnam war. his aids say he's expected to announce a major initiative to clear unexploded u-s bombs in laos. the u-s targeted the communist nation during the war but an estimated 30- percent of the ordinance didn't explode on impact. and it continues to kill or injure people in laos. obama is expected to make his initiative official during his landmark trip there this fall. investigators say they're following several leads in the hunt for 3 escaped inmates in california. they eluded the entire safety system to break out of the maximum- security jail in santa ana on friday. authorities are calling the escape "well planned" and "sophisticated ". after they crawled through a plumbing tunnel and rappelled off the roof. investigators are looking at how much inside help they may have received. hossein nayeri, jonathan tieu and bac duong were jailed in separate cases involving murder, kidnapping and attempted murder ""we are in a position when we absolutely need the public's help. there are people

. >>> and a new memorial is honoring veterans in the vietnam war. it now stands at alameda square. and they raised more than fits - - $16,000 for the memorial, a tribute to troops - - to troops, and peace between enemies. >>> it started as a beautiful and everyone in the world was outside today. now snow is falling. >> it is so nice. so nice. >> a drop in temperatures and finally some snow fall with big that flakes in the backyard. and part one is already pushing into the state and already out through the pacific. on the doppler we will be keeping an eye on the system as it uses heavy snowfall after the western slopes and grand junction and snowmass, you'll get a good dose here. some snowboarders will be heading up to the snopes tomorrow. and got some light snowfall, with this band extending to the north into the east. it will bring about 3 inches. and it has been so warm. and you might start to see a little bit of accumulation. and with the high country, winter storm warnings continue until 9:00 tomorrow morning. this will be in effect for the northern and central mountains. up to

one of first lady michelle obama's guests of honor during the state of the union served during the vietnam war as a registered nurse. she now lives and volunteers at veterans village in downtown las vegas. next - when you win the powerball later this week - you're going to need somewhere to spend your fortune.. have an property for you! hey guys. last night they were at the golden globes but in vegas. we've got the details. one of those stars is jennifer lopez. we hear from the singer and take you inside her vegas theater for the very first time. plus jlo's fellow idol judge keith urban also coming to town. does he have his eyes. does he have his eyes on a vegas residency? plus details on another country superstar ready to add some new music to our city. and matt damon commenting on sean penn's interview with el chapo. plus the vegas stars remembering davis bowie and the tributes right here in vegas to honor this music icon. we'll see you some of the 'all new' stories we are working for eight lives taken over the weekend-- including a man who was a husband, father now his family is in need

president obama is getting ready to tackle the c-i-a's so-called "secret war" during the vietnam era. the president's aids say he's expected to announce a major initiative to clear unexploded u-s bombs in laos. that's a communist nation next to vietnam targeted by u-s aircraft during the war. obama will reportedly make his initiative official during his landmark trip to laos this fall. he's been working to improve u-s relations with southeast asia as a counterbalance to china. do you hate shoveling snow? most of us probably do! coming up...we'll show you some unique ways people have shoveled, to make it a little easier. when there are huge amounts of it. so this weekend during the big storm, people got creative. a man in new jersey hoverboard to shoveling. perhaps more impressive...a war nebraska, attached a shovel to his got to work! efficiently cleaning all the sidewalks in the neighborhood. today: a partly to start with increasing afternoon clouds and an evening shower possible, high: 43 tonight: a few scattered showers, low: 35 tuesday: showers end morning then a few random flurri