protests over the vietnam war. the newly declassified documents say that the agency tapped the overseas communications of senators frank church of idaho and howard baker of tennessee. this because the white house was worried that antiwar critics were being influenced by hostile foreign powers. it was called operation minaret. according to documents martin luther king, jr. and muhammad ali were also being watched. not said who authorized the

servicemen had with women in vietnam during the war there. according to estimates, some tens of thousands of american servicemen had children with vietnamese women. some of them were the result of long relationships in vietnam, something the tribune points out would be unthinkable, unimaginable for veterans in the iraqi or afghanistan wars because it can us -- because interactions with locals were so minimal. but in vietnam all these children were born. it seems a lot of these veterans and a lot of these children, known as ameri-asians. a lot of them are trying to find them now and a lot of the veterans are retiring and want to heal the wounds of the past. the children are in their 30's, and because of the harsh treatment they received in vietnam, they have special immigrant status in the united states try to find their parents, and every now and then you get sweet stories of reconciliation but they are very rare. >> thank you so much. >> paris kicks off their league campaign tonight with a tough trip to the greek champions. the french champio

war. >> how long were you in the army? >> 15 years. we served until 1992. it was a year in vietnam early on. but for the most part, i was -- my experiences were those of a serving officer in the latter part of the cold war. we thought that we existed to be prepared, to fight world war iii, and that our ready to do that would prevent world war iii from happening. so i spent seven years in germany and most of the rest of the time in state-side units that would have deployed to germany in the event of a crisis. >> it was a time that patriotism equated to seeing military service. as not simply honorable but almost a part of what it meant to be a citizen. i grew up in that environment. when it came time to go to college, i had choices. and i think -- i went to west point, not because i thought i was going to be a career officer, but because i was attracted to what they had to offer and thought i would save my parents some money by paying for my education. >> they paid for you go there too, slight. >> it's a stiphon. it's spending money, more than spending money, yes? >> where did you grow up in il

so there's a constant reminder to us that we were entering an army that was at war and vietnam given it was a protracted war was a experience that awaited us. it became apparent as we were there war was not going well. not just that it was unpopular at home, it was mismanaged in the field, mismanaged from washington. now i wouldn't say as a 19-year-old i would have been a i believe to articulate the ways in which it was being mismanaged. but this is going to turning out the be world war ii and ending with a ceremony on the battleship. the tet offensive early 1968 happens in our junior year, and in many respects, the tet offensive is the turning point in terms of the american experience in vietnam. it's at that point when even the johnson administration acknowledges that we're no longer fighting to win. what we're fighting for is not clear, but we're not fighting to win. so by the time my class graduates and we deploy, most of us in spring and summer of 1970, we deploy to a war that we know will not be won. we deploy to war that we really have no intention of winning any longer. we dep

by the time the vietnam war ended. the image of the united states military and american society was that the military was rather bumbling incompetent in effect as an institution and the officer corps in the couple of decades following the vietnam war was absolutely committed to. changing that image and restoring the reputation of the american military in the eyes of the american people get really stuck in you know like who cares about the war. or. to a great degree that effort achieved success by the time of operation desert storm in the early one nine hundred ninety one many commentators had expected the war against iraq to be a long drawn out bloody some people said another vietnam this was a great triumph in the eyes of the officer corps a triumph not simply that. kuwait had been liberated a great triumph in the reputation carried over from vietnam days was seemingly buried once and for all. the one blemish on operation desert storm. was that. a substantial proportion of the small number of u.s. casualties suffered

by the time the vietnam war and. the image of the united states military and americans. side was that the military was rather bumbling incompetent ineffective institution and the officer corps in the couple of decades following the vietnam war was absolutely committed to. changing that image and restoring the reputation. i said the american people get really stuck in you know like who cares about the war. to a great degree that effort achieved success by the time of operation desert storm in early one thousand nine hundred many commentators had expected the war against iraq to be a long drawn out bloody some people said another vietnam this was a great triumph in the eyes of the officer corps a triumph not simply that. kuwait had been liberated a great triumph in that the reputation carried over from vietnam days was seemingly buried once and for all. the one blemish on operation desert storm. was that. a substantial proportion of the small number of u.s. casualties suffered occurred as a consequence of friendly fire that's the fundamental lesson of vietnam for much of t

. >> that was true at the end of the vietnam war. thatis is the same iran is supporting hezbollah and syria. >> at the end of the vietnam war, we negotiated that. every negotiation comes with someone that initially you did not trust. >> tom delay, vindicated. a veryve been doing this long time and this is as gratifying a win on both a personal and professional level as i think i have ever had. case, ass a lyrical a political prosecution is obscene in 30 years. attorneyas tom delay's announcing that a jury had tossed out his conviction on money-laundering charges. >> i do not know the case well enough. the prosecutor say they will appeal. for delay, it is a big degree -- victory. the truth is he had adenomas influence in washington. didshered in an era -- they not call him the hammer for nothing. >> this was about funneling money to help republicans take control of the texas house, thereby enabling them to pass congressional redistricting plans to port more republicans in congress. it seems from the presentation that was made to the j

by the time the vietnam war and. the image of the united states military in american society was that the military was rather bumbling incompetent in effect as an institution and the office. core in the couple of decades following the vietnam war was absolutely committed to. changing that image and restoring the reputation of the american military in the eyes of the american people here really. and you know like who cares about the war . to a great degree that effort achieved success by the time of operation desert storm in early one thousand nine hundred many commentators had expected the war against iraq to be a long drawn out bloody some people said another vietnam this was a great triumph in the eyes of the officer corps a triumph not simply that. kuwait had been liberated a great triumph in that the reputation carried over from vietnam days was seemingly buried once and for all. the one blemish on operation desert storm. was that. a substantial proportion of the small number of u.s. casualties suffered occurred

what part of vietnam were you stationed in and what was your job? >> the war was going down. would.nt nixon a lot -- periodically go on tv and make an announcement another 40,000 u.s. forces were coming home. units were closing down in vietnam. the effect of that on the individual was you might be assigned to this unit for your first six months and then you would go to another unit for the next six months. that is what happened to me. i served in a little town not too far from the coast for roughly the first three months. in thewas transferred central highlands. the calvary's mission was to acure a highway that ran from city on the coast through the central highlands. our job was to keep the highway -- the highway opened. then able to leader, thenon later -- leader -- i was an operations officer -- officer. >> i will come right back to this. will kinduntil 2013, of work? >> from 1992, when i got out of the army, i guess i have been an academic and a writer. i spent six years in washington of advancedschool international studies. that is my academic apprenticeship. i was runnin

great society notwithstanding, there was also the matter of fighting a little war in a place called vietnamis is e memorial tohat war, an undeclared war whose full cost was kept secret could moneta policy alonent's harness the runaway inflation caused byguns-and-b? meant we would try fighting abroadar without any major sacrifice of social programs at home. war spending spurred the economy even higher. factories reached full capacity. labor was inemand ancould command higher wages. here were sown the seeds of inflation. i beeve we can continuehe greatociety while we fight in vietnam. the milita cefs were asking for more money yet president johnson rejected a tax increase. we asked his economic adviser, james duesenberry, why. we had, after all, just gone through a big program of tax reduction, sohaturning around did not appeal to m. t i think a moignificant matter was that it brought the issue of the vietnam war into a very sharp political focus. william mcchesney martin, then chairman of the federal reserve, had very good contacts with the pentagon and through e federal resee system,rs. tho

to be fighting for themselves, even though he had campaigned that way and he had believed the war in vietnam was a mistake, by 91964, once he was president, lbj had become convinced despite everything he said before, the war in vietnam needed to be expanded. it should have a much greater u.s. involvement. on august 4th, 1964, lbj made that case to the public in the most dramatic way possible. in a live late night urgent broadcast, president johnson told the country that the united states navy had come under attack. in the gulf of tonkin just off the coast of vietnam. president johnson said there had been open aggression on the high seas against the united states of america and that the united states of america needed to respond to that aggression. it was a compelling case made in a very serious way. now, in the long run it turned out we got snookered. turns out the whole gulf of tonkin thing didn't happen the way lbj said it happened at all. when he said it back in august 1964, congress fell in line. as soon as the president gave that speech, his own party in the senate rallied to his side.

the vietnam war suddenly gives demand a big shot in the arm. our aggregate demand cur suddeshifts up here.d look at the difference. the increasing demand's effect goes io higher prices. we're already producing at the economy's capacity. supply does not increase. we have entered the wod of demand-pull inflation. keynesians felt that e economic cure was simple. lower demand by raisiaxes. if aax cut can raise demand, a tax increase can rece demand. we can never know how this remedy would ve worked. a tait wasn't tried. can rece demand. what is certain ishat inflation was to become, in the years following, a more complex and painful phenomenon. inflation, a source of anguish and despair as it undermines puhasing power and eats away at savings. it's hard tola inflatio when it spreads rapidly, many are unprotected, particularly those on fixed incomes. but tfrom unexpected wrising prices. just who are they? people in debt can gain from inflation. the great middle class traditionally goes io debt to buy a house. when interest rates on existing mortgage

senators during the height of protests over the vietnam war.munications of senators frank church of idaho and howard baker of tennessee. this because the white house was worried that antiwar critics were being influenced by hostile foreign powers. it was called operation minaret. according to documents martin luther king, jr. and muhammad ali were also being watched. not said who authorized the wiretapping. >>> doctors are now saying a late-night snack could help you sleep a little better and actually help you lose weight. but we aren't talking snacks like pizza and ice cream. the food should be below 150 calories like a cup of blueberries, half of an apple with peanut butter or two hard-boiled eggs. >> no mac and cheese or spaghetti and meat balls. >>> an intense new film that transports us back to one of the hardest times in our nation's history. watch. >> was born a free man. lived with my family in new york. >> i was kidnapped, sold into slavery. >> well, boy, how do you feel now? >> for all of those details, we step into the fox light with

war? >> vietnam experiences, understands war, understands the lessons of vietnam, and is therefore going to prevent us from doing dumb things. on the contrary, he's the lead cheerleader to go do another dumb thing. >> president obama would say to you, "these are children being grossly and painfully killed." >> yeah. >> "how can you watch these videos with the foam coming out of the nostrils. and we've got to do something." >> well, the attack is a heinous act. now, does the fact that they were killed with chemicals make it more heinous than if they were killed with conventional munitions? i'm not persuaded. i mean, i think the issue, one of the issues here, to the extent that moral considerations drive us policy, and i would say as a practical matter they don't, but let's pretend that they do to the extent that moral ks drive moral considerations drive u.s. policy, there's a couple of questions to ask. one would be, "why here and not someplace else?" i mean, just weeks earlier, the egyptian army killed many hundreds of innocent egyptians. and we sort of shook our finger at egypt a little bi

for those who'd died in korea or vietnam but a total war between the great balance. it was a combination of everything sometimes it just happened and a genius was needed and sometimes they were impetuous but in general tremendously successful. >> host: toward the end of "flight of the eagle" u.s. is the incomparably most successful country that has ever been but now slovenly and complacent with its leadership had failed it it is not lazy or driven by a death wish. but the u.s. seems to have lost its greatness with the absence of any rivals to it. >> guest: i did not mean all those adjectives but there are those aspects. if i was after all embellishing a basic statement the most successful country in the history of the world. after the contemporary times the united states is responsible the rest of us must never forget what we will be grateful for the free market system and also to be close allies but the united states lead us there but it is not a well functioning democracy. the and what we see without the international challenge of the pre-eminence of our of its exi

they had seen with civilian interferes with with the vietnam war was a fiasco. the air force guards felt it was unto the civilian leadership to tell us when to go to war. then we have to fight the war. we're the experts. so it wasn't really until the end of the cold war that you have civilians in the first bush administration making crucial decisions about the targeting and execution of our nuclear war plan. that's pretty extraordinary. >> it leads back to the sense of secrecy which you're describing is not only extending secrets for the american public but actually within the bureaucracy itself. do you think things are better now? >> when henry since jeer went off the air force base to the headquarter of the strategic air command to get the briefing on a nuclear war plan, again, he's the president's naicialt security adviser. he's an expert. detail of the plan were deliberatively hidden from him. he's the source of that. he tells the story. >> guest: i actually think there are internal air force memos that mentioned they're not telling him everything. >> we actu

the scene for example of a civilian interference during the vietnam war that had been a fiasco and the air force tilt quite sincerely it's up to the civilian leadership to tell us when to go to war but then when we have to fight the war we are the experts. so it wasn't really until the end of the cold war that you had civilians in the first bush administration making crucial decisions about the targeting and execution of the nuclear war plan and that is pretty extraordinary. >> host: said that leads back to the secrecy that you are describing as not only describing the secrets for the american public but also within the bureaucracy itself. do you think things are better now? >> guest: when henry kissinger went to the air force base for the headquarters of the strategic command to get a briefing on the nuclear war planas -- again he is the national security advisor and expert on the nuclear weapons and the details of the plan were deliberately hidden from him i actually think that there are internal air force memos that mentioned that they are not telling him everything. >> host: so we

both vietnam war veterans.20 years ago, both men belittled the select committee's effort to probe live sightings of pows, writing off activists as right wing crazy. in the end and in the harsh light of new information of other sources, there is little doubt that some men were left behind in southeast asia. what is calling? that to this day, the stars of vietnam's fated mission now influence our policy to make war in the middle east. can we expect them to stand up for those who don't return? general eisenhower made the case for an argument we might consider in these prewar days. in the final choice, a soldier's pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner's chains. we must remember this or risk forgetting who we are. >> you know, security videos, do they actually show the oklahoma city bombing and two suspects? and of those supposed videos really missing? the fbi says they looked for them. coming up, are those alleged tapes what could they show and what could it mean in our fight against terrorist? you that aleve

to go to canada during the vietnam war. these were people who had the -- kids, mainly boys, who would be eligible for draft for the vietnam war. and they were peace oriented activists. it was out of vancouver where it was actually started. and the most important thing that we take from quakers and quakerism is the commitment to peace, the commitment to justice, and a notion that quakers call "bearing witness." and the "bearing witness" is a very simple but very powerful idea. it says that if there's an injustice in the world, those of us that have the ability to witness it and to record it, document it and tell the world what is happening have a moral responsibility to do that. then, of course, it's left up to those that are receiving that knowledge to make the moral choice about whether they want to stand up against the injustice or observe it. >> well, when you made that choice a year ago when you actually put yourself in that inflatable and went toward that ship and started climbing up the rig, did you realize that your

diary treasure belonging to a vietnam war veteran are now back where they belong.mission couple found items in the trash after the previous owner's rental promp went into for khroerb slur. fox's green was there for the reunion of family and memories. >> if picture worth 1,000 words, then these are worth millions. there was family reun kwroufpb sorts scout park in hazel park that's where alicia and angela curry received countless family pictures july skpraoerbgs their dad's journal from his tour in vietnam. >> here their wedding album. he found al of this in trash after her rental promp tpwhaoepbt foreign he told us he wanted to give banning. but for while seemed like it would not happen. larry call left voice mail saying took the promp to lawyer to have it appraised. and would later decide if they would be handed over. wow! >> overwhelming. >> very overwhelming. i mean, i -- wallace. the deepest debt of gratitude. >> if i could bring that you to them, mine, i feel like santa clause. sister were floored. but larry says the voice mail was stop people from showing up

that version of military history emphasizes that up until the vietnam war, the citizen soldier, not the professional soldier provided a cornerstone of our military system. after vietnam for reasons that are quite understandable given the catastrophe that vietnam was. we jettisoned that tradition and embraced with the founders would have called the standing army. i believe that is -- the standing army has of basis for our present military system has produced very negative consequences. when you say what am i asking the american people to do, i am asking the american people to reconsider that tradition of the citizen-soldier and to recognize that an inherent in our concept of citizenship, should be some obligation to come to the defense of the country when indeed the country is in jeopardy. tavis: that raises a question and a comment. are you suggesting we ought to reinstate the draft? theke your point about citizen-soldier, by the same token, you have the president and members of congress setting us on stupid missions, why would i sign up for that? >> i would hope you would sign up for t

is in missouri, surveillance video outside the home of an 85-year-old veteran of the korean and vietnam wars. these two show up and you see them go inside the house and leaving a few seconds later. before you know it, you see as many as seven guys come back into the house of this man. they knocked him on the head and they proceeded to steal some of his weapons. they came back two days later and did the same exact thing. they pull a gun. they push him inside his house and then again another group of men storm inside the house. this time, they take more weapons, rifles, guns and ammunition. they get away. they believe they belong to a gang. they are looking for them because now they are armed. >> this 85-year-old man doesn't see the chance against a group of young guys. this is a guy that has served our country, who has fought for our freedom, who deserves nothing but respect. instead, he is treated like less than a human. >> it's monday. we're starting the week off right by giving away an ipad mini. >> that's right. we will be giving you monday's buzz word and telling you how to enter. >> the

the vietnam war, a number of other things.when the american public truly understands what is going on on the streets of america, i think that she will change hearts and minds and see some folks get a little more courage upon the hill to do something about this particular issue. folks need to see it. it is painful. it will make you uncomfortable. believe me. mary landrieu and i -- we are uncomfortable everyday. when you get a text message about what is going on in our street, it is not a happy time. well, you cannot always be happy in these jobs. death and destruction is not a happy business. what it is taking place. the question is -- what are we doing to change that outcome? >> in your remarks, using about illegal guns at the risk of the problems, yet right here in washington, we solve gun violence with legally purchased s.n using morning to be done to restrict purchases of guns even when they are done legally -- do you think there should be more restricting on a purchases of guns even when they're done legally? >> we do not