military was involved in north vietnam in terms of bombing in north vietnam, that the u.s. troops were all in south vietnam and they were fighting in the south union army against the national liberation front or the viet cong in south vietnam. so, american women who served in south vietnam or in the south. some of them are statione were n saigon, the capital of south vietnam. others were stationed at bases throughout south vietnam. so one of the major bases in south vietnam had a number, quite a number of american women army corps personnel that served. americans ar nurses served in sh vietnam and then the red cross civilian volunteers served anywhere the red cross needed them to be, so they could be in saigon, they could be at another major city or they could be at small military installations out in remote areas in the jungle, held in rural areas and so really they were serving all throughout vietnam. american women served in vietnam found that the way they were treated depended in part on who they were interacting with. many of the women i interviewed for beyond combat s

he's in vietnam. i am so proud of him and what he does and he is going to be home in a couple of months. i can't wait to see him. do you know my brother and he was struck by the fact that these two soldiers sitting on his porch really didn't say much of anything to him, didn't acknowledge his questions. his parents came home, and of course the soldiers informed them his brother was not becoming hombecoming home as hir had been shot down and he was dead. he told me he ran up in the woods behind the house and just wept thinking about his brother and a little bit embarrassed about sitting there asking these soldiers do you know my brother when they had come to informed the family that his brother was dead. we all need to assist in the responsibility of caring and sharing these stories. these stories need to become embedded more and it's critical to note it is and only about those who die, those who served with them also have important reflections to share and they need an opportunity to do that rather th

movie but it is not the story of the vietnam experience. the few weeks ago in bin burbank the first question from the members of the audience is i was a screenwriter on the movie and it was accurate to you worked very hard i did not debate that point with him so except in for some remarkable books particularly the of fiction of people like tim o'brien a few of those accounts recognize those who serve they were scared kids. you signed up for very scary assignment. we knew them as the baby boomers the anti-war protesters the stereotype hippies to challenge the boundaries of american culture but it is also clear to meet the this was the of the full face of thisne generation for example, about 40 percent of the '60s generation served in the military and henderson went to vietnam.went so maya book tells a story of the members of that generation enriched by over 160 interviews between men and women and i really did focus on the ground action to combat the war fighting in vietnam led described inn greater detail today think of the say pivot point.

it's the biggest holiday in vietnam. in january, 1968, there were fewer than a thousand arvn troops stationed in the city and surrounding area and a smaller number of americans. as the holidays approached, a large portion of the former were looking forward to a long holiday furlough. in this peaceful city during tet, it was traditional to send cups and papers with lit candles floating down the river like flickering, prayers for health, for success, for the memory of loved ones, an i way or departed, for success in business or in love and perhaps for an end to the war and killing. it made a moving collective display of vast flotilla of hope, many thousands of tiny flames. they would wind down the wide water without sound, flowing past the bright lights of the modern city to the south, framed to the north by the fortresses' high black walls. people would line both banks, to favor the spectacle, and sending their own offerings. it was the gesture of beauty and calm, of harmony between the living and the dead, an expression

in south vietnam. so he felt angry and betrayed. he felt like he had been used to pedal a false information from his anchor desk. he went to vietnam much to his credit. he told him things were just fine and away. the fighting was all but over. he found the worst battle in the city that he have seen since world war ii. and very definitely not over. americans were still dying and still been wounded. and when he came back to the nine states he aired a documentary and he departed from his usual practice of not giving his opinion about things and very famously said this war is not going well. it is at best a stalemate. and gave his opinion that he felt it was negative be a military victory on the horizon. now given that they had been labeling critics of the war as hippies and radicals that didn't jive. uncle walter was probably the most traditional figure that most americans knew. he was certainly not a hippie and he was certainly not a radical. i think his report have a tremendous impact and is one of the

war. >> the name of my book is beyond combat, women and gender in the vietnam era. i wanted to write this book because as i read the works that have already been written about the vietnam war and as i read contemporary accounts of the war, the presidential documents, media coverage of the war, memoirs, those sort of things, i realized that women themselves were absent from these stories. the

our vietnam veterans are worried something more complicated and more meaningful than that. they are americans. and the full meaning of that word as any other american. >> during the recent visit we spoke with heather marie the author of beyond contacts about the shift in gender roles in american and vietnamese cultures following the vietnam war. >> the name of my book is beyond

war. >> the name of my book is beyond combat, women and gender in the vietnam era. i wanted to write this boo

>> i took two to vietnam. each was to - 3 weeks long. but i hired a fellow there and's he was a former military officer much too young to have fought in the military war but was savvyih about finding vitamins, retired generals and how to deal with the government. so he began working for me plumbing the archives and looking for historical documents and material memoirs. he began interviewing on my behalf so when i came for the first time to hue he had set up two and three interviews a day for solid two weeks. i would interview heavily and then come back with 40 or more interviews which i would have to have translated and transcribed. so it was a laborious process but if i had the opportunity which i did not have so much of black hawk down, did go to somalia and did the best i could to tell the somali side but it was difficult. mogadishu is a extremely violent place. vietnam was welcoming and has become welcoming to american travelers and journalists. i have the opportunity and felt like i needed to take advantage of it. you keep chipping

the front claimed to have a base behind enemy lines in vietnam. phong revealed the camp's real location, in the jungles of thailand. he wasn't just editorializing against the front. he was endangering their military enterprise. bangkok, thailand. the u.s. has a long, close relationship with the military here. from the vietnam war when thailand was a base for covert missions, to the war on terror when it hosted a cia black site. i arrive in bangkok a year into a military coup. a junta of generals rules the country in the name of the monarchy. but if the generals are in power, maybe it will be easier for them to speak. >> that year that armitage stay no more... >> thompson: chavalit yongchaiyudh was prime minister of thailand in the '90s, but he prefers to be referred to by his military rank of general. the group that we're looking at was called the front and our understanding is that you set up a camp on the border with laos. do you remember the front? >> thompson: and they were operating with the acknowledgment of the thai government there on the

marine corp reserves during the vietnam. in vietnam. he makes a big deal. is there anything you would want toe say to him. >> let's protect the independence and the integrity of the special counsel who is investigating russia interference in our 2000 collection. possible collusion and conspiracy involveding the. that work is paramount in importance. it really is not about me. >> tand rosenstein said over th weekend, the mulen was i. that he's convinced there is no fishing expedition. in fact, he has a very wideman date. it includes financial dealings rpgs and be know it. and we have seen from the financial dealings of michael flynn how that can work, so this ku continued witch hunt is a legitimate and ongoing investigation. it is real. it is based on facts. >> because rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, he named robert mueller to become the special lois. the president hasn't hesitated to rosa's seen. some reported prooifrtly. we know about them baupds. let now to try to restrict that reporting is all extremely comfortab comfortable. we announced tw

i know you took the opportunity, you went back to vietnam. speak about talking about war letters from the other side that you discovered in vietnam. >> part of the reason for my trip, 40 countries around the world, find letters by our troops because of troops in combat in iraq and afghanistan. i was never in combat but meeting with them, the story was his friends, i wanted to see what they were writing. i went to iraq, a lot of people connect with iraqis, people who would look for letters and emails, got nothing, came home, had a wonderful -- from a small town in nebraska. any iraqi letters, a lot of iraqis in nebraska, went to the iraqi community, there are immigrants, they talk to families and we got these letters and emails, not the enemy perspective but what it was like to live in iraq under saddam hussein but vietnam was interesting because at the encouragement of vietnam veterans, we are curious what was the other side, vietnam was an interesting dilemma because it is a communist country and their archives are heavily censored. what the

north vietnam and south vietnam, these two warring factions. collusion to keep that war going because it's good for the nixon campaign to keep that war going. the nixon campaign desperately feared that lbj would succeed in some kind of peacemaking, some kind of serious deescalation of the war. the nixon campaign desperately feared that lbj could create, possibly through some breakthroughs in the paris peace talks, a sense of optimism that the vietnam war might be ending. and if that happened, they felt humphrey would surge, nixon would lose. and so the nixon campaign and president nixon himself directly were involved in communications with the parties, north and south vietnam, to keep this war going, do not, do not advance the paris peace talks. and that kind of collusion is much worse than anything that's being discussed about 2016. >> this is your second book. >> my second book. it took me a while to get through the second book. the first one was 1984. i had had a few second attempts at books that didn't make it to the finish line. and so i'v

i think senator blumenthal should take a nice long vacation in vietnam where he lied about his service, so he can at least say he was there. earlier in the night talking about the same time. "interesting to watch senator richard blumenthal of connecticut talking about hoax russian collusion when he was a phony vietnam con artist.

and he -- at some point in his career he said in the vietnam era and then at some point he said vietnamrue. did he not make big combat stories about being in battle the way the president describes in his tweets. the senator said this afternoon i don't know what's on his mind. i know what's on his mind richard blumenthal at least for a few hours today. the new chief of staff john kelly had a very ie show of new discipline last week. i think everyone was really happy about that. no matter who you be. but he never thought that he could stop the president from tweeting this kind of thing. he is still going to consume cable news and do this kind of thing. and what the people around the president want is they want him to tweet about policy. not make new announcements. they don't want people to know he is spending this much time thinking about senator blumenthal. >> everyone talks so much about donald trump's feelings, moral failings but don't apply same standards to other people. blumenthal did, in fact, say that he served in vietnam. throughout a senatorial campaign he received five defermen

all 107 veterans are of the vietnam war. >> vietnam vets were treated so poorly. of a lime time to washington, d.c. including a member of the honor flight crew. >> it is honor to serve my fellow veterans. >> bruce served in vietnam from 1969 to the 1970. in the 100 101st airborne divis. >> we didn't get a lot of pats on the back. we didn't get a lot of thank you. today that changes. >> what a change. instead of dirty looks, these veterans received cheers. a true welcome home. [applause] >> it was unbelievable, i was not expecting that at all. even the little kids were welcoming us. when we first came home no one treated us like we had done anything. and it is different now. it is amazing. >> john o'connor, jr., served in the navy during vietnam. despite his experience he encouraged his daughter to serve his country as well. >> amazing to see men this strong break down and cry. it means so much to them. >> it was a day full of emotion. what made the 800-mile trip worth it to gaze on the names etched into the vietnam war memorial. >> this is something -- they really

this i is a state-owned companan vietnam.tit oversees a a lot o of busis and a assets in the ecoconomy. he h h misused s state access ad it was a v violation o s state assets. laila: how credible arby's corruption claims against them -- how credible are these claims against him? tuong: he has denied that he was involved in any corruption. he said the corruption took place b before he tookokhe position.. it was o out of his contntrol. according to him. laila: german authorities alleged hehe was kidnapped from berlin a and taken back to vietnam. are you aware of similar cases? has this happened before? tuong: i am not aware of any similar cases before this case. laila: germany has protested very strongly over this case. what sort of reaction do you think the anon expected after this -- do you think vietnam expected after this? tuong: it is hard to say what they expected. they might have extract related -- they might have relayed the process and thought they could have gotten away with it. they might have thought that after the

vietnam veteran fighting with the city over his home. he chained himself to his front door. but up next, president trump nears a decision on the >>> we've got breaking news right now in the country's fight over immigration. president trump is expected to end the daca program. that's the obama era program, which shielded immigrants from deportation as they were brought to the country here as children. >> the final decision on that front has not been made, and when it is, we will certainly inform everybody in this room. >> the program protects nearly 600,000 so-called dreamers. leaders have signed a letter, pleading with the president to keep the daca program. >>> a federal judge in san antonio has dealt trump on sanctuary cities. the judge ruled that law likely violates the constitution. it was supposed to take affect some time tomorrow. >>> a white georgia police officer makes an offensive comment to a white driver that he pulled over. he said quote, we only shoot black people. cobb county police lieutenant greg abbott is telling the driver, he is arresting her for dui. she'

we're fighting vietnam pete we have a -- vietnam. we have an arbitrary line.f we don't go in there and clean them outcome of this war will never end. pakistanant a war with but we need to go to those mountains could we're losing people over that area because stupid decisions are made by civilians who don't listen to the military. this has happened over again. we've got to stop fighting arbitrary lines because we lose people people we cannot win wars. you have to go in and clean up the mess. host: in all the years we have been in afghanistan focusing on the tribal chiefs, that hasn't been done to a large measure? caller: no, it hasn't. we have to clean them out. host: how do you do that? do they repopulate? caller: no. we have to go in on the ground, sees the weapons, take into custody those that we know are entering into afghanistan by way of pakistan and close it down. sealing the border is a good part but we are not capable of doing that with the troop levels we currently have. if you want to conduct military operations in afghanistan, one of the keys is to

so needed that traditional versus countercultural than the troops supporting vietnam.t of the working class middle-class folks have their sons over there. so, nixon stood behind the troops in the non- against the demonstrators and against the radicals and those in their moratorium in 69 who had spun off and tried to assault the department of justice to raise the vietcong flag repair on constitution avenue and i remember on the fifth floor looking out it looked like the russian revolution solis t did with those folks unabashedly on the issues of elitism. he stood with populism that he was with the middle americans, the forgotten americans are the silent majority. all these folks do within the broad majority in the silent majority was quite pleased with them and all these folks started moving out of the democratic party or the way from the elite like teddy kennedy and the rest of them and a number of democrats wrote a book in 1970 said democrats better wake up because these folks liked agnew and nixon and the views they got thought and they don't like all this radicalism

within six months, he was trained as a medic, and arrived in vietnam.ht away, jim poured all of himself into his duties, treating the sick and wounded. before long, all his fellow soldiers called him "doc." on may 13, 1969, less than three months after he arrived, jim was one of 89 men in charlie company to embark on a mission to secure a transportation route near -- as jim and his men jumped out of the helicopter, it quickly became clear they were surrounded by enemy troops. within minutes, two choppers were shot down and one of his men was badly wounded in the middle of an open field. jim did not hesitate. he blazed through 100 meters of enemy fire to carry the wounded, and the soldier to safety. but this was only the first of many heroic deeds jim would perform over the next 48 hours. after tending to the first wounded soldier, jim joined a mission to advance toward the enemy. and advance they did. before long, they were ambushed. again, he ran into danger to rescue his men. as he cared for two soldiers, shrapnel from a rocket propelled grenade slash

the an army medic to and former teacher who served in vietnam. injuries, he is credited with saving 10 members inhis particular -- platoon a battle that lasted five days. some of the members of the platoon were at this ceremony. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ >> let us gather in these sacred words. no one has greater love than this to lay down one's life for one's friend. let us pray. almighty god, we thank you for the gift of this day, of this time, and for all living, lives devoted in service to you, and to our country. our hearts are especially grateful today for the courage, honor, and extraordinary service of specialist james mccloughan, whose repeated acts of bravery convey to us a true understanding of the value of life. as his service demonstrates your faithfulness in unconditional love, for all humanity, we ask you, lord, continue to inspire and guide others to their own acts of selfless service, and grant us all now hearts eager to seek your will and all ask that serve to preserve life, liberty, and the

caller: i am a vietnam veteran marine. and what he said, it sounds good, but is it going to happen, and can he make it happen? i don't think he can, and as much as i dislike him, i what him to succeed, and i want him to get things done, but i really do not believe he is going to get anything done, and everything he just said sounds like bologna. you, carlos,ask the one thing you said about policy difference or perhaps clarity from the past, he said we are not nationbuilding again. we are killing terrorists. what do you think about that? caller: no. back to charlie wilson's war. congress did not want to do anything. they succeeded in getting the russians out of there, and they just left it at that. i do not think they want to finish this. i do not think they want to settle it. i think the way it is right now is the way they wanted to be, whoever they are. the unemployment and the stock market and all, you know, it is just like ronald reagan. should he get the blame for double-digit interest rates? you know, when he took off

theit was really about vietnam war, not the korean war. it happened to be set in korea, but the antiwar activities on part of the doctors and soldiers is something you see in the vietnam era. the korean war ended in 1953 in july, at least the major military operations. with only an armistice, a cease-fire. hostilities increased across the border, the new demilitarized zone, which replaced the 30th parallel as a dividing line. there were numerous instances, perhaps the most famous was, the capture of the north koreans by the u.s. in 1968. the crew was held prisoner. to brutalsubjected treatment. here is the director. here is they fully very north korean captives by giving the international sign of friendship there. [laughter] they suffered some setbacks because of that. this really didn't help their treatment in captivity when the north koreans found out what they had done. war as maybef the unnecessary, maybe something that could have been avoided, something that if we fought it, we should have fought for complete victory rather than this

, was a marine injuredteran, who was in action in vietnam. he is currently receiving veterans disability compensation for combat wounds. he has hearing loss, and also for heart disease. resulting from exposure to agent orange. he also suffers from high blood pressure and can vary heart disease -- and secondary to the heart disease doctors have diagnosed him with fibromyalgia. >> i have that. >> [indiscernible] deniedtion is, he was disability for the high blood pressure, secondary heart hisase and denied disability for fibromyalgia, -- diseases are not from agent orange exposure. they said that for any veteran to get paid for a disease that was a result of agent orange exposure, congress has to pass a law saying that this disease is added to the list of diseases resulting from agent orange exposure. high question is this, blood pressure and secondary heart disease, which is an agent whyge presumptive disease, doesn't he, why isn't high blood pressure secondary to heart fibromyalgia for veterans, a lot of them have fibromyalgia, due to chemica

to see it go to the vietnam vets.ame experience as them. and so this was a moment that they could share together, remember together. it was a really special day. abby: they will never forget it and i'm sure you won't either. american airlines thank you for making that possible. >> american airlines and all of the people part of the flighted for american airlines were all volunteers. really special day. abby: thanks, lisa. >> thanks, guys. i appreciate it. clayton: president trump can use technology to remove the north korean threat. erik prince on deck. abby: bowling is on the plaza. pros are here to give us tips. ♪ (laugh) no. with claim rateguard your rates won't go up just because of a claim. i totally could've - no! switching to allstate is worth it. pepsoriasis does that. it was tough getting out there on stage. i wanted to be clear. i wanted it to last. so i kept on fighting. i found something that worked. and keeps on working. now? they see me. see me. see if cosentyx could make a difference for you- cosentyx i

but it was really about the vietnam war, not the korean war. it happened to be set in korea, but the theme of antiwar activities on part of the doctors and soldiers is something you see in the vietnam era. but the korean war ended in 1953 in july, at least the major , military operations. with only an armistice, a cease-fire. hostilities continued across the border, the new demilitarized zone, which replaced the 30th -- 38th parallel as a dividing line. there were numerous instances, perhaps the most famous was the capture by the north koreans of the uss pueblo in 1968. the crew was held prisoner. again they were subjected to , harsh and brutal treatment. here is the commander. here is some of his crew. they were supposed to be posing for a picture to show how well they were treated and fooled their north korean cap this by getting international sign of friendship there. [laughter] they suffered some setbacks because of that. it really did not help their treatment integrity -- in captivity when the north koreans found out what they had done. th

vietnam veterans gather to wash the vietnam wall and relive old memories.e the gathering is a form of healing. for others its a reminder of what they lost. >> this is a way to give them the respect that they've earned and we feel like we're >> bob was uniqueng fishing, run over the hills. west virginia served in vietnam with his uncle bob.ome,e did not. simmons' of the names on the vietnam veteran wall. >>> and here at home, delaware county is celebrating its veterans with a parade and ceremony in ridley township. service members enjoyed some food off the grille at the third annual veterans appreciation day. several local law enforcement agencies joined them at the v.f.w. hall. organizers say the event is crucial towards pointing veterans towards local resources. >> my job is pretty easy in terms of being able to help veterans but it's difficult when they're not aware that i'm there. i tell you, it's really remarkable as a veteran to see how much these people really care. >> the event started off with a motorcycle procession and a parade and you can still h

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vietnam was never his priority but vietnam comes to define his presidency, to undermine so many of the good things he was doingm at home. >> host: talk about two more recent presidents. first, ronald reagan, where do you put him as you look back at his presidency from 1981 to 1989?gues >> i have to say, steve, writing a chapter on ronald reagan, doing a research on ronald reagan was one of the most eye-opening parts of the book for me. i didn't predict where i would come out. ronald reagan was really first president to recognize this problem. he understood presidents were doing too much. he tried to step back. in a sense he made progress with the soviet union. shifted american policy, ended cold war. he was able to see the big picture. not allow the crisis of the moment to drive him. but he did not show the same discipline i argue, did not show the same perspective when he dealt with many other issues from terrorism to problems in the middle east, to the aids epidemic at home and inequality in the u.s. even reagan, who understood in problem of overcommitment and overstretch found himse

i'm sorry this is the in vietnam in vietnam. three bankers have been sentenced to death and even know. even though i'm against the death penalty that sounds pretty nice. sounds like sounds like an improvement on the american system of sentencing wall street con artist to twenty years to life on a yacht a government position and a parisian mistress who always smells amazing. something lavender she does i don't know what and not only has trump given the economy at goldman sachs just as obama did but this week we learned wall street fines are down a whopping sixty six percent under trump we truly live in a kleptocracy ruled by thieves but you wouldn't know it if you get your news from google we have new evidence there's a new search protocol restrict access to leftwing websites since april all turn that traffic fell by sixty three percent global research down by sixty two socialist worker down by forty seven media matters fell forty two democracy now thirty six down wiki leaks thirty truthout twenty five and lastly down by a full f

she is one of over 265,000 women who served during vietnam. >> women were a part of the whole vietnamrafted to go to war. we all volunteered. >> they finally got their own memorial in 1993 and thousands cheered their return back in wisconsin, showing it is never too late to say thank you, and welcome whom. >> this is just amazing. absolutely incredible. one of the best days of my life. david: wow. how wonderful. we forget but they were literally spat on, these veterans who risked their lives, saw their friends die, came back. the antiwar movement was in high pitch. they were credit baby killers. one things, if things seem out of control in this country, just be very happy at least veterans coming home from wars are treated well. thank god. they should always have been. they weren't in vietnam. but they are now. that is good news. melissa: absolutely. what an incredible piece. wow. >>> coming up looking to the future. sean spicer is eyeing his next move. ♪ poor mouth breather. allergies? stuffy nose? can't sleep? take that. a breathe right nasal strip instantly opens your nose up to 38