a day in vietnam. this day, this trip is not to delineate the why of vietnam, rather it is to see the what and the how of our military operations. to give you a deeper insight into this war. and the way it is being fought. while the coordinated effort of all americans in vietnam is vital to the success, it is the young men of our navy and marines corps team that we will see first hand. down there, in vietnam. we landed on the airfield at da nang. and will travel directly to the headquarters of the third marine amphibious force for a briefing by the operations officer. >> gentlemen, i will give you a brief run-down of our present status in vietnam together with a thumb-nail sketch of the initial landings and subsequent build-ups. as you can see on this map, the seventeenth parallel divides north and south vietnam militarily speaking 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 co

as you can see on this map, the seventeenth parallel divides north vietnam from south vietnam .ilitarily speaking, 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 10,000 square miles with a beach line or coast lineup 167 miles. the third 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 landings were made by the ninth marine expeditionary brigade. this is now our largest operational base. at about here, approximately 50 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 25 miles to the north of da nang. it is the base at la phube. now although the bulk of our m

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 send for adoption overseas. many of these children had been in the adoption pipeline as they called it for months or years and they were waiting because adoption generally can take a long time to process so they became concerned that the children who were in their care were not going to end up being able to go overseas because the government would collapse and they would have to leave them in vietnam and they were worried about what would happen to them . so they began to appeal to theus government to help , to remove these children from the country. and it

vietnam.cle bell dings ] ♪ ♪ [ horn honks ] >> anthony: listen to me. listen to me. there is no other way to see this city, hanoi, than from a motorbike or a scooter. to do otherwise would be to miss it all. [ horns honking ] ♪ >> anthony: it is one of the great pleasures of my life to join the river of people rushing through the streets. ♪ ♪ [ horns honking ] ♪ ♪ >> anthony: vietnam. it grabs you and doesn't let you go. once you love it, you love it forever. i've been coming here since 2000, the first time i'd been in this part of the world, and it's held a special place in my heart and my imagination since. i keep coming back, i have to. [ bells ding ] vietnam has changed since last time i was here. it's changing every minute. [ horns honk ] but some things, for now, anyway, remain the same. important things, like this stuff. that's going to be good. bún oc. first meal in hanoi, and it's something they do here better than anywhere else. okay, i'm officially in hanoi now. mm. magic. a spicy,

when saigon fell, there were no more planes leaving vietnam with children in them. so it was a very short time and intense time. during that period, something between 2-3,000 children were evacuated. following saigon and the months after that, a group of lawyers filled an action suit on behalf of the children and made sure all the children being adopted were legally eligible for adoption under the terms of the geneva accord. that lawsuit was eventually thrown ougt more for legal reasons than on the merits of the case because the judge decided these people had not suffer in the same way. there were individual lawsuits that went through and these were mostly based on birth parents who gave up their children at the end of the war. the birth parents filled to regain custody saying they had to give them up. those lawsuits ended with the parents getting custody but th were very difficult and for the most part adoptive families ended up raising the children. i have been doing research on the refuge situation in europe and the middle east. and it has been interesting to be

and then there were a number of small and larger adoption agencies in vietnam working with children and preparing them for adoption and these agencies decided at that point to get fed children and your care. with the help of the government their range to airlift to evacuate these children. >> united states left vietnam in the early '70s but it took awhile stomach and the north to bring them learn but then baking date to waste to pullback with this innovation and try to fight in the area they felt most commendable. so the people of this stuff one and they started to flee for runners south. but at 1.favor of the moving towards the east i guess the best way to explain was to increase 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 underst

there was something like 800,000 displaced children in vietnam. so, that is a really, really large number and that was a result to a large extent of the war, and by displaced i don't necessarily mean they were orphan buts 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 understand that this was going to be a crisis for their agencies and for the children that they were trying to send for adoption overseas and hasn't many of these children had been in the adoption pipeline for months or years already and were just waiting, because adoption generally can take a long time to process. so, they became concerned that the children who were in their care were not going to end up being able to go overseas because the government would collapse and they would have to leave them in vietnam, and they were worried about their -- what would happen to them. so they began to appeal to the u.s. government to help to remove these children fr

coming up, we will talk about vietnam.e of the smaller economies in asia, but it is jostling when it comes to this we will infrastructure look at the ambitious plan in the country. that is next. ♪ david: checking in on trading in sydney. 22 degrees. we might get showers later on in the day. time to get over to korea, some soul-searching. maximum amount of inflows coming in through that market. when compared across asian peers, over 3 billion net inflows. strong's level since october. , the samein hong kong can't be said. the markets are doing fairly well. 25,000 seems further than it was a week ago, 1/4 of 1%. the hong kong dollar is expected not doing anything positive. over to tokyo, what are we doing? 24 minutes into the afternoon session, lat, which could be worse when you look at where dollar-yen has been trading. level push to lower that during the new york session. dollar-yen up 1/5 of 1%. have a look at how markets are across southeast asia. -- end and asian stocks indonesian stocks hitting a fresh high. look at th

i think we are ina japan invaded vietnam? i think we are in a new era 110w japan invaded vietnam?n south east asia, do not really play big. people here are conscious of the shifting balance of political 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

scaring people and students said it didn't make anybody safer bet turned a protest against the vietnam war into a protest of the occupation of the guard so let's turn to arouse and now instead of having the third person bogyman that everybody could agree iraqi protesting each other but with the same thing guardsmen that is what was left in the armories as everything else have meant to vietnam this was left was the world war ii battle rifle so now you have this access pentagon equipment that they give to the police department to justify the budget request for more equipment so no baltimore or even ferguson that has equipment basically made to go door-to-door and afghanistan and it creates its own reality and that is a horrible lesson. >> will open to the audience for very short general interest questions we will try to get to as many as we can. with for the microphone because this is broadcast. >> i was wondering when you first got interested writing about pence day and how long it took you to write the book greg. >> i was a high-school teacher would've happened teaching high-school sen

. >>> now, japan's imperial couple have met people contributing to ties with vietnam, where they're on their first visit. one of them was a man born as a conjoined twin and operated on by japanese doctors. he and his wife were among the people who met the emperor and empress. the fusion of bodies is believed to have been used by a toxic chemical used by the american military during the vietnam war. the twins were separated by a team of vietnamese and japanese doctors three years ago. viet died in 2007. duc has been working at the hospital where the certainly took place. the emperor expressed his condolences, but said he's glad to see duc healthy. duc showed the emperor a photograph of his twin children. the imperial couple also talked with a japanese celebrity who's been doing charity work in vietnam for many years. >> translator: i believe the meeting will boost bilateral ties in political, economic, and cultural fields. >> he introduced visually impaired children to the couple and said he and a japanese music producer have been helping them. earlier, the couple met with veterans. aft

thank you to all of our vietnam veterans. may god bless you on this national vietnam war veterans memorial day. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized mr. hoyer: i rise to honor a dear friend, marine mo gillman who retired as the legislative director of the national treasury employees' union. he served with great ability for 31 years after working in this house. n.t.u. represents 150,000 federal employees working in 31 federal agencies. mo has been a tireless in the effort to ensure that federal civilian employees receive the pay, benefits and workplace protections they deserve. spent at n.t.u. educating about the important work that federal servants carry out. at the time when some in congress and in the current administration are denigrating federal servants and cutting the budgets for which they work, i'm more than a littl

the real stars are the ones who fought in vietnam and defended their families. their sacrifice, we got a generation of peace. let's think about what we got from mr. nixon. he shocked the world by traveling to china to meet mao zedong. he was showing the russians they could not win the cold war, and thus made possible the end of the cold war and the end of the is only at union -- soviet union . --crafted the first verse strategic arms limitation treaty with russia during the height of the missile race. only nixon could do that. only nixon, because no one doubted his hostility to communism, and no one doubted his resolve. nixon used to say over and over, and only he could go to china and end the war in vietnam and start strategic arms socks and treaties with russia. these foreignrmed policy miracles, he was performing breakthrough domestic actions on a political level. and made real 80 southern strategy, -- a southern strategy, which rocked the southern states into the gop cap. this was something no one that could happen, but the heaters are saying this was -- the

. >> i cut my eyeteeth in the vietnam war movement. i was cut from a basketball team, a guy knocks on my door and says "how would you like to join the young democrats, we're working against the vietnam war." i was against the vietnam war. i've never seen so much energy until now. we toppled the most powerful man in the world. so this energy among the public is huge. on the aca a month ago no one had heard of trumpcare. now 57% of americans think it's a terrible idea and a very small number as you showed on your chart think it's a good idea. >> 6% strongly support it. >> we tried to help spread that, but without a grass-roots organization and without these organizations that are not mobilized and usually, the aarp, the ama, out there. this wouldn't have happened again and again and again. why? because the trump administration is so far to the right that the american people won't swallow it. >> senator chuck schumer is the leader of the democrats in the senate. i have a couple other things i want to ask you about, including leading the f

. >> my name is frederick, i'm a vietnam veteran. >> i felt from ptsd and all the money and the lives that were lost in vietnam, seem to translate and when we are congress in this country, history is repeating itself. i'm having a difficult time now getting coverage and medication for ptsd. the homeless veterans from vietnam, those things need to be debated on afghanistan because this law scene is going the way, we have never pulled out of vietnam, we would probably still be there right now. >>. >> thanks color, too frederick! and thank you frederick for your service in the vietnam and i hope that you have congressional office for the united states senator has been to help you with your needs and ptsd. this is a whole point of why john and i are pushing so hard, because we are spending billions and billions in a black hole. there's no end to the blackhole. and we'respending billions in a black hole, we take away . so this is why i hope that those in washington join john and i and a few of our colleagues and asked the congress to support hr 1666 and give us a chance to debate our respo

the real stars and their families are the ones who fought in vietnam and their families. it was built with their sacrifice. we got a generation of peace. let's think about what we got from mr. nixon. he shocked the world by traveling to china to meet mao zedong. he made peace with china. by doing that, he was showing the russians that they could not win the cold war, and thus made possible the end of the cold war and the end of the soviet union under ronald reagan and george h w bush. he crafted the first strategic arms limitation treaty with russia during the height of the missile race. only nixon could do that. only nixon, because no one doubted his hostility to communism, and because no one love of freedom. iny nixon could end the war vietnam and start strategic arms stocks and treaties with russia. after he performed these foreign policy miracles, he was performing breakthrough domestic actions on a political level. he was creating and made real 80 the southern strategy, which the southern states into the gop camp. this was something no one that could happen, but the

. >>> japan's imperial couple have met people contributing to ties with vietnam. where they're on their first visit. one of them was a man born as a conjoined twin and operated on by japanese doctors. the chem were among 100 people who met the emperor and empress on tuesday. he and his twin brother were born with their lower bodies joined together. it's believed to have been caused by a toxic chemical used by the american military during the vietnam war. the twins were successfully separated by a team of japanese and vietnam he's doctors three decades ago. viet died in 2007. dok has been working at the hospital where his surgery took place. emperor akito expressed his condolences over viet's death. but is glad to see dok is doing well. dok showed the emperor of his children, who he named after mount fuji and the cherry blossom. the imperial couple talked of the japanese celebrity who has been doing charity work in vietnam for manany years. >> translator: i believe the meeting will boost bilateral ties in political, economic and cultural fields. >> sugi introduced

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and robert kennedy, the war in vietnam and its escalation and the gift from the two preceding democratic presidents and their liberal think tank advisers, the smartest of the smart, the best of the best, give us this and more in vietnam. on the streets and in the living rooms, this revolutionary turmoil felt like flesh and blood. the country seemingly was running out of control, and it was in this situation the american people hired richard nixon to make peace. despite the hostility of the liberal left and media, that is what he did. again, that was richard nixon, the peacemaker, making peace at home. let's think. as john reminded me, there was term where both houses he controlledd boat, and it was jaw-dropping. first and foremost, despite an elderly uncooperative congress and totally uncooperative media, he slowly but surely ended the war in vietnam. it is hard to believe this, but at the time mr. nixon took office, 300 americans were being killed per week. .here was no end in sight through skills, negotiation and the willingness to use the stick and carrot, richard nixon brought the no

lamb: we talked about the impact of vietnam and watergatee impact of vietnam and watergate on the countrymr. sowell: great in any number of ways. it is irrevocable. the only thing we have any influence over our the present and the future. and nothing that we do -- i was so pained to learn that, apparently, angela merkel in germany felt a need to take in these refugees in order to help germany live down the terrible record of hitler. nothing is ever going to change did.hitler nothing. all you can do is do things that will have an effect on the president and the future and the effects of her policies in the present and the future has been disastrous. there's no reason to believe they're going to be less disastrous in the future. mr. lamb: i want to go back and look at video of you in 1987 testifying before the united states senate judiciary committee about robert bourque. it's about 30 seconds. >> this may be the most important supreme court nomination of our time, not simply because the present court is so closely divided or even is the moste borque highly qualified nominee in this generat

on march 29, 1973 the last combat troops were withdrawn from vietnam. when they returned to the united states these veterans like many who returned earlier were greeted with a cold and at times hostile reception. looking back more than 50 years at the experience during the vietnam war and return home, billy two feathers who served with u.s. army wrote my return to the states was typical of several people i talked to. family and friends would say been a while. others would call me names that i won't repeat. kenneth bizby who served in vietnam wrote when i got back to my hometown no one seemed to notice that i had been away nor did they care. these accounts and others record the national sentiment on a personal level. their stories remind us that most returning veterans were not even acknowledged for their sacrifice and that many suffered because of it. while the nation has worked to correct this mistake over the last few decades there is more congress can do to honor our vietnam veterans while they have an opportunity. today the committee has a chance to

japan's emperor akihito and empress michiko are in vietnam for a six-day visit. so far, the trip has included a meeting with the country's president and there's more to come. nhk world has the details from hanoi. >> reporter: the emperor and empress started their official visit by attending a welcome ceremony hosted by the president and his wife. it's their first overseas trip since the emperor alluded his fish to abdicatete office in consideration of his gradual decline and phphysical conditit. the imimperial couple chatted wh ththe president and his s wife for nearly 30 minutes.s. >> reporter: the emperor and empress dedicated flowers to honor vietnam's founding father, ho chi minh. vietnamemese media report the state visit is a historical milestone. they say it opens a new chapter of friendship and cooperation between the two nations. people in vietnam also welcomed the imperial couple. >> translator: i hope we will further promote cooperation and mutual exchanges. >> reporter: the emperor is expected to deliver a speech at a welcome banquet tonight. and the i

but the other thing about vietnam, we were talking about this, the idea that many argue in the vietnam war studies, especially on the north side, the more pressure, what would be called bullying, you are asking this question, the further radicalized the regime in power. did you about the more moderate elements. and i think the same thing occurred in nicaragua. he basically allow them to justify repression, because they call it a state of war and people lose their civil liberties during the state of war. so if anything you radicalize them. it is not to say that they were not some within. the ortegas are a fascinating story, we could spend a whole day on them and still not be able to answer all the things. but vietnam as an analogy is used a lot, this is what happened in the north, you saw it with others replacing ho chi minh, the more moderate voices and the same thing i think occurs in nicaragua. and el salvador. because there is no place for them to go. the moderates get squeezed for not being on either side or either extreme, so i think that plays out. and one more final thing. immig

i'm a vietnam veteran. i suffer from ptsd and all the money and the lives that were lost in vietnam seem senseless. and when will congress and this country, history is repeating itself. something needs to be debated on afghanistan. because this war is going to last forever. we have never pulled out of vietnam, we would probably would be over there fighting now. >> this is the whole point of why john and i push so hard. because we are spending billions and billions and billions in a black hole. there is no end to the black hole. when we're spending billions and billions in the black hole, we're taking away from programs like our veterans, like our children. so this is why i hope that those who have been watching this show will join john and i and a few of our colleagues and ask the members of congress to support hr 1666 and give us a chance to debate our responsibilities. jim from ohio? let's go to anthony. anthony joins us from newport, tennessee. independent line. anthony, thank you for calling. >> caller:

you have homeless veterans from vietnam. something needs to be debated on afghanistan because this law has been going on forever. we would probably be over there fighting now. >> guest: to frederick's point and thank you frederick for your service and get tom and i hope that you contact your congressional office or your united states senator and asked them to help you with your needs with ptsd. this is the whole point of why john and i are pushing so hard because we are spending billions and billions in a blackhole. there is no end to the black coal. when we are spending billions and billions of the black hole we take away from programs like are veterans of mike our children so this is why i hope those who have been watching the show would join john and i and ask members of congress tot support h.r. 1666 and give us a chance. >> host: from ohio republican line jimmy is our next guest. jim, go ahead.. jim from ohio. let's go to anthony. anthony joins us the newport tennessee independent line. anthony thanks for calling. >> ca

air fighter pilot who was a prisoner of war in vietnam. and the argument that social media is creating new threats to democracy in #republic. and thoughts on the pentagon's advance defense research agency and how it has shaped technology for decades. .... >> welcome back to the campus of university of arizona and day two of the tucson festival of books. booktv is life aga we are in the gallagher theater and here is a quick look at the lineup in just a few minutes we will be discussing politics that followed by a call-in program with venetians in his book is called people get ready. you will hear the authors talk about civil rights in the supreme court, freedom of the press, immigrants and education and epidemics. all sorts of call-in programs today including one with maureen dowd of "the new york times." you can follow along with our programming and get behind the scenes pictures and videos on the site, facebook.com/booktv, insta graham @booktv and twitter@booktv. we are going live to the first author panel and this is on politics. >>> i t

i did wind up in vietnam at chu lai. and it's a very--it's a good experience in looking back, but it's a hard experience. damian: you grow up fast. armand: yes, you grow up fast and quick. i spent 4 years and got out. the reason i got out because i got married when i was in the marine corps, 2 years in it. and as hard as it is for us-- as it was for us in vietnam, it was just that hard for my wife and my child because i left her pregnant. damian: the whole family was serving with you. armand: yeah, absolutely, first time that you ever saw a war through a tv. damian: wow, well, you sent us some great pictures of the post. you also are going to see some family and some children because that's what you all do now. i mean, you served your time in the military, and now you're helping the community with the american legion post 809. talk about some of the community work that you all do. miguel: one of the things that we are known for is our services for veterans that pass on. we do the military honors at the grave site, which

veteran of vietnam and 30% disabled. health care through the va. he gentleman that called in 100% he needs to cancel blue cross blue shield and v.a. would of it. 100% get medicare and the va bills edicare first and then the va picks up the difference in my care. so i don't pay any out-of-pocket expenses. i'm fortunate. but after you said dos, my is, of all my files on all veteran flop tkwrpy disk, if they are u dos that is a floppy system. i'm being sarcastic. i'm going to contact your office because i have personal issues ith the va and their record keeping and like you said, d.o.d. and va don't communicate with each other. guest: good morning from irginia great state and thank you and contact my office if we can help you we will do it. director of the hampton va which is the fast eggs growing in the -- fastest for women and veterans dos.it was like we are on i don't know how else they would tore it but they have floppy disks which is incredible and something we are going it tackle the d.o.d. and va talk. host: we will get one last phone call. in

brian: we talk about the impact of vietnam and watergate on the country.hat about the impact of slavery on the country? thomas: great. in any a number of ways. the question is -- the thing that always gets me is that the past, whatever it is, good, bad, it is irrevocable. the only thing we have any influence over our the present in the future. pained we do -- i was so to learn that apparently angela merkel in germany saw the need to take in these refugees in order to help germany live down the terrible record of hitler's. nothing is ever going to change what hitler's did. nothing. all you can do is do things that are going to have an effect in the present and the future. the effects her policy are having in the present have been disastrous. there is no reason to believe they will be any less disastrous in the future. andn: i want to go back look at some video of you in 1987 testifying before the united states senate judiciary committee about robert bork. thomas: this may be the most important supreme court nomination of our time. not simply because the pre

in addition to bill's book about the vietnam generation, i had written a book with pete peterson called "on borrowed time," basically about how today's old-age entitlements programs may not be there for today's younger generations when they retire. i became interested in how we think about allocating resources between the young and the old. why is it that some generations when they reach old age are rewarded for a lifetime of great achievement, and why is that other generations reach old age and they slip into poverty and no one seems to care about them? so, i became interested, too, in looking at patterns in the past. what was remarkable is that when bill and i got around to looking so, i became interested, too, in i went to school in the bay area -- palo alto. how did you get out here in washington? neil: well, that's a long story. i first came out to indianapolis where i was a managing editor of a magazine. i went to graduate school at yale in history and economics. i worked for about eight or 10 years as a policy analyst. i finally came down to washington and continued writing and j

it turns out vietnam veterans are beginning to show symptoms now after all these years. so they've been in combat and they come home and they are raising their families and they've got a job and they retire and they are going something is wrong. they check into the va because they are exhibiting symptoms and all of a sudden you've got vietnam veterans, there's a lot of them beginning to head into the va is fy15's ventures are important. as many people can get help as quickly as possible. the problem of frustrating if ia veteran that has just come out of combat there is a threat of self medication and there is a lot of that. the challenge is to prevent that from happening as best we can. >> i quit drinking in 86. [applause] who will be the subject of your next portrait and why? >> that is an interesting question. me. [laughter] it turns out masters paints themselves a lot. one reason why is if you miss it if it doesn't upset anybody. [laughter] one of my instructors suggested i paid veterans with -- she's painted faces nobody knows, relatives, people he grew up with and t

i'm a baby boomer which means vietnam war. when there was a draft and the war, people didn't understand it and when the vets came home they were treated despicably. we get attacked and i made it abundantly clear that were going to defend the country and millions volunteered totally different attitude, being able to salute people who volunteered in the face of danger was a high all honor. oftentimes, i thought about the integrity and courage of those who are willing to volunteer to wear the uniform. and painting them, i had a lot of pride. i guess the toughest was me and melissa stockwell dancing. melissa is a first lieutenant, the first woman to lose her leg in combat. when they are on metal at the paralympics in rio at the triathlon. she said let's dance, i said i don't want to dance. i'm not a very good dancer. she convinced me to dance and so i painted melissa. the hard part was me, the easy part with her. most the time i look like alfred e neuman. [laughmac] remember him? he iran for president. >> mr. president caroline fr

in the latest case, they've simply moved production from china to vietnam and thailand. but this is precisely the kind of trade cheating that must be stops. it -- stopped. it underhines the whole international order even as it puts thousands of americans on the unemployment line and imposes millions of dollars of losses on companies like whirlpool. at the macro level at the national trade council, i've also been tasked with assisting on trade-related issues and the important trade negotiations that will soon be moving forward with nafta partners leak mess coe and japan -- like mexico and japan as well as other allies such as japan and great britain. the overarching goal is to promote what president trump has called free, fair and reciprocal trade. let me say that one more time. tree, fair and re-- free, fair and reciprocal trade. the problem, of course, is that america's trade with the world is anything but reciprocal. while we have the lowest tariffs and and nontariff barriers in the world and foreign capital enters this country with few restrictions, american export ex

the country to watch is vietnam, who has doubled arms imports over that i've-year period. >> a lot oft coming from the u.s. and last one, the region that has always been a good importer of u.s. weapons, the gulf region, the middle east. >> remember these trends are driven by where there is conflict, and that is an ongoing civil war in yemen. saudi arabia is the leader of the coalition fighting in yemen. arms imports in the middle east ve arabia is the leader. they have doubled their arms imports over that five-year period, but you also see that in qatar, there is a huge uptick. about 245 or send growth. minute,is week's money tips on what to do if you lose your debit or credit card. >> it is rare for any operation to go exactly as planned. that's why preparing for the unexpected is so important in the same way having an emergency fund gives you a sense of security, you can get the same feeling even if you misplace your debit or credit card. some financial and divisions have a way for you to safely put a freeze on all activity until you either find a card or determine it is actually lo

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 mark

vietnam was one of those. the iraq war was one of those, the mccarthy era was one of those, but the press has searched for the truth and it's essential for america democracy, but it's not the end. watergate, you know, the brilliant work on watergate, but that's not what led to the impeachment of richard nixon. it needed the government to find the courts to realize what their role was. at this point in our current situation we have the courts to a certain extent, who knows what congress is doing and thinking, i mean, at this point basically the republican establishment has made-- it's like damn yankees, they made a deal with the devil to get what they wanted and knowing what they were putting up with, perhaps. so, the press cannot change-- the press can only do what it does and do it as well as they can. i think it's starting to do that again in this era, but it takes more than that. it takes you. to change the government so that this can get back. >> the journalism work being done today is amazing. you are rig

i wanted to say congratulations to the vietnam veterans on vietnam veterans day.ere we are, 60 some odd years later. look at the political scene right now. the people who are rich, i'm not envious of you, but when is enough enough? it together. we are all going to perish sooner than we think. host: are you referring to what the president did yesterday? caller: yes, ma'am. you'ves the last time seen an armored car pulling a hearse into the cemetery? host: he went to the epa headquarters to sign the executive order. [video clip] president trump: we are keeping our promises and putting power back into the hands of the people. first, today's independence action calls for a reevaluation of the clean power plan. [applause] president trump: perhaps no single regulation threatens our miners come energy workers and companies more than this crushing attack on american industry. second, we are lifting the ban on federal leasing for coal production. third, we are lifting job killing restrictions on the production of oil, natural gas, clean coal and shale energy. finally, we'r

it was also the era of the anti-vietnam war movement where hundreds of thousands of people knew that they could congregate to question the government's policy for having gotten us into a pointless war. and so at the very end of the 1960s, on june 28th, 1969, at the stonewall inn, young gay people decided that they had to fight back. and that began a very militant gay liberation movement that has since become much more complex and diverse. it's become a mainstream movement now. but it wouldn't have been possible without, as you say, the sexual liberation movement, the black liberation movement, the anti-vietnam movement and other movements as well. >> host: next call comes from roger in east lake, ohio. hi, roger. >> guest: hi, roger. >> caller: i'm surprised i got through this quick. the thing that bothers me about this whole transgender watt room thing is it seems -- bathroom thing is it seems to have started at least on one side by people in washington who kind of decided without knowing what the heck's going on. it seems to be one side is rather subjective. there was a kid i heard

a woman from vietnam. an outspoken critic of human rights violations, blogger, and online activists. lynn has been held in a detention center since october after exposing a toxic waste dump. one of the worst environmental disasters in vietnam history. while she cannot join her fellow women of courage at the ceremony, we admire her for refusing to be silent in her defense of freedom of expression and she is being honored to expose justices and corruption and using her voice to stand up for their protection of people's rights and freedoms. [applause] [applause] >> now, it is my pleasure and honor to introduce two of our international woman of courage who will give remarks on behalf of the group. i bring to the podium -- and natalie. [applause] first lady, melania trump, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. today, for me marks the pinnacle of everywoman success story. i'm greatly honored to speak on behalf of the phenomenal nominees. often times we work selflessly, with sacrifice others c

i want to make a comment, sir, iraq ghanistan and ituation, something similar to vietnam, we're there and support ou to assist them, iraqi and iraq in their thing there. we want to stay in there and help them clean up and stay there to keep them straight, to have them keep things out. we did it once, pulled them out and what did it do? let isis back in there. syria, it is not our war, it is their war. we are there as support unit and vietnam, just a conflict nd wouldn't let us do what we needed to do to begin with. let's clean up to begin with. thank you. guest: this certainly was shift under the obama administration to move from large american footprint of 100,000 troops in iraq and afghanistan to a small number, 8000 in afghanistan now, 5000 ew hundred in syria, in iraq. smaller american footprint now, emphasis on working with local forces, again, trump administration will tweak this we're not seeing huge expecting huge surge of again, the rces, but focus on the military part of the equation and the problem always seems to come, the military has scored many victories over past decad

senator mccain, his opening words to me, 500 australians died in vietnam. you know, i said, yeah, i knew some of them. certainly, my own family was close to being one of them. know, of course it is a history there. >> the nature of the u.s.-australian alliance which you allude to in your remarks surprised many of us of how close we are as a nation. you mentioned 31 states where australian troops are stationed in the united states. does that surprise members of congress sometimes when you talk to them? amb. hockey: no. the members of congress have a very deep understanding, particularly the intelligence communities and the defense one who is in any the military knows the background. whatever the united states military personnel go, there's probably an ozzy -- there is ussie there for the like it or not. ofrun the stereotypes jackmane dundee or hugh or greg norman, or cate blanchett. they're stereotypes, don't get me wrong, but that is bitterness --tual our mutual betterness. >> what are people concerned about? my diplomatic buzzer is going off. [laughter] wh