and we got overrun by north vietnamese regulars a sort of like a human wave. all. and . me and he was. good. and. i think you know. things like. nature and you find. people and your silence means that you're people. i mean i couldn't be so. but it was. the words. he was fighting for. so i became. with more and more soldiers turning against the war. in the first of what would become a network of dozens of thing. war g.i. coffee houses located in the towns that hover near military bases. and the dusty texas town of killeen just outside fort hood which talented over twenty thousand troops became home of the g.i. coffeehouse known as the army officers right. the enemy army. here and then out right. i can fit here and i can get on any army that would be met in our system like. name only i was struck came from a shock absorber on a helmet so that's what do yo yos throw it was it was a place where you go there and it's old soldiers and they had a record player and all the latest rock records and underground papers and using up right. and to go out on ambush like one period to g

later the legacy of that ten year war which left fifty thousand americans and over three million vietnamese dead still remains unsettled and in the decades of debate that followed the end of the war some stories have yet to be heard. today your soldiers sailors airmen marines and coast guard are better educated. are better informed. that traditional american ingenuity and if you. are better as a post fast. and understand what the war is all about. killing . the ceiling. listening. to misunderstand it might be. different to the good. news here are we near gurnall in basic training this savander portraiture school or school and i want to. really get over it i try to spend my whole life having people live a better life and basically feel better that's what nurses till. they tried to trick me into a kill they tried to trick me into somebody who would take a life it's just one thing in real life i feel like that ever called. the so i didn't know that. the president. in my hand. in my little theory you could say that there were probably. like. those almost three in which it. wasn't too much to do

patrol was led by americans but every vietnamese arvin there and they were turned over to our and. our the news the old fashioned methods of interrogation force torture that was pretty common practice. i tell you as bad as the bad is that treatment was the cynicism that attached to it was a part that was really sickening and death of everything i've been taught here a thing i've learned everything i grew up with this is just not the way you treat human beings. and there's a long time for that you could have yes. i got out of the military in one nine hundred sixty six because of the things i saw the things i was doing and the reasons that we were given for doing a personal protest it was just me getting out of the service and there was no movement to join i found the war in vietnam. and i felt that i just couldn't be a part of it eventually i said look i'm not training you guys anymore i don't agree with what you're doing i think it's i think it's medically unethical and i just stopped the lot of the clinic. it took a few weeks for the army to catch up with that and when they did th

it has always past one group of immigrants by, the vietnamese.e not getting tired of being the teacher's pet. >> he has close ties to his neighborhood. he left vietnam in the 1980's and came here as a worker like many others from his country. he built his life in germany aroundndis store. he wanted to give his son all the opportunities he never had. he believes that education is the key. >> i have an engineering degree in math and computer sciences. if i wanted to continue my career here, but i could not. i want my son to work in a company or government agency something, something better. >> he comes by to visit his parents after school. they are proud of his son. he is out-performing his german classmates. he willingly gave up on a possible future in football to concentrate on his studies. he plans to study economics. >> it was a really tough decision. it may sound funny, but i was close to tears. i played competitive sports for five years. it felt like all the time and effort was for nothing. but school is more important. i think i made the rig

we just come back from fighting the vietnamese not i want us to fight the americans. the night before the troops was supposed to leave there was a meeting of blood as they gathered up in a parking lot in the first armored division section and they were out there all night in a parking lot talking to you know. rally why they were opposed to going to chicago we're making it clear that it was a generous out thing is going to go on and how can i go and commit genocide on my people shoot my people and one hundred black g.s. and the straight feel brothers came up and really started pointing on the end about you know discrimination and unfair treatment not getting the right in need it about what was happening with the war as the meeting stretched into the night fort hood's commanding general showed up to talk to the g.i.'s he said i'm just a two star general let me go and talk to my boss and i have an answer for you in the morning so you know we just relax you know when to sleep. crack said they hit me a sad to hear. you know you know what they had to go and o m p's all arou

to shift the burden of the south vietnamese. north vietnam. promised that american ground troops would no longer be involved in offensive combat. this is richard boyle firebase pace bunch of kilometers from the cambodian border sitting in a bunker but it doesn't run the first chapter a lot of people kind of wonder if anybody back in the world knows that we're on to . like. two batteries or a tourist posters here and on groceries like nobody we don't even exist. we just need. troops we're not supposed to be in combat that's why the american army did nine hundred that they were there you know that far as america was before this i got there weren't american troops on the border isn't going. to be fighting a democracy. why no are you all right you go back home the north vietnamese were had they had two regiments to crack regiments stoli surrounding the fire base it's plain something in the series we start going out there will be sitting ducks you know that's the thing about order think he's. going to try to hire a hired man they don't have to go o

the south vietnamese said so. but i also want to tell you the north vietnamese said so. the j-2 classified, top secret document out of hanoi. that shouldn't surprise you. there were leaks all over the place. they knew everything we did, the south seat ma news now. this is what the media had to say about the uprising between '67 and '69. they committed an error in strategy and launch these o for examplive -- offensives without careful preparations. was very successful in the pacification of the mekong river. the chief of of staff had this to say in 1991: what sets the record is it not only totally dominated the enemy but in a period of -- this book categorizes what i've been telling you about. of it's an interesting read of how to fight a guerrilla war in the delta, and if you have any questions, we'll answer them now. [applause] >> any questions? >> my husband was in the delta, he did 180 assaults and he did the marine thing as well. he loved his tiger scouts, and my question is he's always had, wanted to be, to find out what the fate of the tiger scouts is. did the nint

to shift the burden to the south vietnamese. north vietnam. promised that american ground troops would no longer be involved in the sense of combat. this is richard boyle firebase pace. from the cambodian border sitting in a bunker not a dozen from the first captives a lot of people are kind of wondering if anybody back in the world knows that we're out here. like. two batteries or a tourist posters in all grocery with nobody we don't even exist. we just need a miracle ships we're not supposed to be in combat that's why the american army did nine hundred that they were there you know that far as america was before this i got there were no american troops on the border. it would be funny how democracy. why no or. why you go back home the north vietnamese were had they had two regiments to crack regiments totally surrounding the fire base it's plain so it's nice to know. that soon as we start going out there will be sitting ducks you know the best thing for order. to try to hire hired man to go on thursday just set us on the captain crowed in or

even though lunar new n]♪ >>> most important cultural event to the vietnamese people is under way todaythe lunar new year is thursday. a celebration was held this morning in san francisco. many vietnamese will mark lunar new year by preparing special holiday food and cleaning the house, letting go of the troubles of the last year and hope for a better year to come. >>> lawrence is here, and if you like sunshine, you're in for a treat. >> i like the dragons, the fire crackers, love that. >> like that. >> today was an interesting day. showers showed up and some places got heavier amounts of rainfall. also had reports of a little rainbows outside. things beginning to settle down now a bit, as the storm system is making its way out of the bay area. it was a pretty good soaker around the bay area overnight. we had over an inch and a half in some parts of the bay area. things are beginning to wind down now. drairt showing you the moisture moving out of the bay area. this whole storm system running across the bay area, sliding to the south, weakening, quickly diminishing. looks like we'll dry

vietnamese food. >> china town, if you get chinese food you don't have ambience, services to do with it. i saw that missing link, you know. i know i couldn't cook french food. >> but the other thing that's interesting is the slanted door, when you were in the first place down in the mission, reputation was amazing and it was a magnet for all these big name people, from president clinton to mick jagg jagger. how did you manage the get the word out to those kinds of people? how did they find out about it? that was a big part of your reputation. >> well, you know, we just had a sweet spot. i opened having a design background, i had this poster of a noodle and people started talking about it. >> it was a buzz. >> it was all abuzz. we didn't get a review until three months after we opened. we started getting the buzz. but i was model, also, everything we do is different. we weren't like a traditional chinese restaurant. we have six items, sustainable. >> how much does yelp help you at this point or are you immune by yelp? >> they weren't around yet. >> i understand that. do anything for y

the north vietnamese didn't cooperate and nixon didn't make good on that threat. so it worked the other way, too. but then there was this humongous christmas bombing over christmas, at the end of which everybody was out of weapons on the united states looked terrible said they would recommence the negotiations. so it wasn't a policy. i don't see that it was wildly affect to. and yet, it could get us into things that might as then like the cambodian invasion. it might well have better been left alone. >> host: what effect did the christmas bombing have on the terms of final settlement? >> guest: very little. very little at all. and in the end, the north the knees over in the south, took over the presidential palace. and i think what haunts policymakers to this day are these pictures of americans being lifted off, getting on helicopters off the roof of the american embassy. thursday picture -- actually a smithsonian attached to something a kissinger and brent crowe craft in black tie, looking like this. would you like to talk about -- then i would like to talk about

a vietnamese woman artist, composure you name it she does it. i wonder if she bakes i never asked her but. this is a buddhist heart. each time i burned my body for you my heart remanipulained in . i watched the saffron flames engulf me seer my skin, flesh of a plum stripped of it's peel. tender and glowing like mars, i would rise to the sky for you to see me. in those moments i was your torch and we were united. united by the scents the heat the shutter. for love of another i'd say to myself, faithful in muted pain. my hope, my heart extinguishing as you stood there paralyzed each time like a still camera unable to look away. infraction. if my love were smooth and lustrous would you spit me open and fill me up again. would you kiss the scar you made of me name it and claim me like a mountain. bear witness to holiness where 2 rocks collide. if my was unpenetrable and clear would you search your whole life destroying me just to hold me to the light? i am listening you like rain that slips through fingers missing you like childhood dreams and mothe

or not, the lunar new year for number of asian communities is coming up, including chinese and vietnamese. during the celebration, it is also a time when sometimes the not so nice members of the community prey on other members. there will be extortion, asking for money from businesses. the chief is going to be presenting on this and raising awareness on january 19 at 12:00 at the gates of chinatown. the commissioners are welcome and encouraged to attend. i will try my best to attend. in january 20 at the nebraska medical services, i believe the supervisor elect will be there to make the same announcement. i encourage everyone to keep that amount. the last thing i want to report as i attended a community meeting about the department the chief organized last thursday. it was a meeting over at the bayview area of the day after an officer-involved shooting where there was a vietnamese-chinese person who was mentally ill but was killed. members of the community appreciated the chief coming out the next day and organizing a bilingual forum to allow people to ask questions. we did get good quest

foreign catfish, mostly chinese and vietnamese, dominate america's market.per labor, imported cat fish sells for $1.25 a pound less than u.s. catfish. american farmers say unlike their fish, foreign catfish is suspect, full of antibiotics and other chemicals banned to american farmers as unhealthy and it's a threat to american consumers and to this entire industry. >> this is not a trade issue, this is a safety issue. >> mr. president, please -- >> reporter: domestic farmers are pushing the obama administration. they want the usda to inspect foreign fish the way it does beef or poultry. the 2008 farm bill mandated tougher inspections, but they've never begun. >> i feel like the usda, this administration needs to step up and get the rules in place. >> reporter: national fisheries institutes john connelly calls the actions of u.s. farmers shameful. >> what we have is a fake food safety scare designed by a special interest group that wants to limit its competition. >> reporter: and connelly says changing those rules could spark a larger trade war with the vietn

there's an increasing number of vietnamese families and businesses. one of the strengths of the tenderloin is the tenderloin community school, developed 6 or 7 years ago. it's a great school. and there's a lot of kids that go there and that's not something that's thought about. jerry: i think the neighborhood is improving but at the same time we're still facing the same issues as 10 or 15 years ago or longer. there was a neighborhood planning study, the tenderloin 2000 plan published in the early 1990's that identified 5 basic goals for the neighborhood. and 15 years later, those goals... i think a lot of people would regard them as the primary goals for the neighborhood. they include: public safety, affordable housing or housing in general, economic development, the public general environment and social services. and 15 years later a lot of those concerns are the same ones that people have now. chris: new social issues do come up in this country, like the rise of crack cocaine in the early 1980s. but really, other than those sorts of things, there ar

destroyers had been accompanied the south vietnamese parties who were reading the north vietnamese territories and was all hush, hush of course we were all supposed to do that. so the boats cannot and challenged the destroyers who were doing that but they didn't firearm them and win the destroyer's took hostile action against the boats the reagan, they went back. the next like a winner was the destroyers, the mattocks and foot herger chollet started firing and that is when johnson said those boys didn't know they were shooting at. there is no evidence the fighting at anything, but since the united states was involved in the illicit activities the night before which couldn't be discussed the whole thing turned it was a fraud and johnson knew it was a fraud which he used to get a blank check from incompliant congress. they pass the tonkin gulf resolution, to votes in the senate against earnest greeting, and i used to know more, so i went to his office to congratulate him right after against the tonkin gulf resolution and he said two things that stayed with me, however they are not in the book, t

around the table the north vietnamese grew tense and silent and then finally one communist leader said and he barely describes his theory, he says let me assure you mr. mcnamara that our mothers grieve for their sons every bit as much as yours did. but, the fact is as a young officer during world war ii, mcnamara had participated in planning the firebombing of tokyo. it seemed to me he was still emotionally unable to see asians as fully human. so it is understandable for me that andrew jackson and the georgians of the era could not acknowledge the impressive credentials, the impressive achievements of the georgia cherokee nation. there were still men whom are regarded as their enemy. after world war ii, you've remember the nuremberg tribal trials in bavaria were our attempt to mitigate germany's collective guilt. the trials were intended to establish which individual nazi's had been responsible for those unspeakable crimes. but post-war literature out of germany and much of it written by writers far too young to have been complicit suggest that a collective standard of guilt can be har

and i must supply that the residents were standing up for vietnamese, chinese, and latin.re being terrorized. and what mayor jean quan says that people want to participate in a block by block difference. that is what happened here, a block by block, citizens king. they turned in these people, they-the citizens team-- >> and with the citizens came forward. and police believe that the same suspects might have had a neighborhood before. >> an update on a store that we've been telling you about all morning. and until now, we thought the suspect was trying to get into the home. and somebody on the top floor saw below and saw him chasing away. however, new in formation, with penelope, the police department. and you are saying that? the amount apparently, somebody had rang his doorbell and did not answer the door. he was upstairs getting ready for work and heard the noise at the window. and as i mentioned, he open the curtains and saw the suspect right outside the window. >> what do think that this is the same suspect over the last string of burglaries. >> similar. with these sim

at the time the vietnamese were doing a very good job of not only holding their ground but even gaining some ground but they didn't have the fuel to run the tanks and planes and couldn't buy more ammunition to the collapsed today as a result, the soviet union was so involved it had a dramatic expansion of the areas where it assumed not physical control but they brought people with him to be the communist circuit namely the horn of africa, ethiopia, yemen, they went into the southern part of africa and angola and nicaragua. i believe we should be careful of what commitment we make, but if we are perceived to withdraw from us give afghanistan on the domestic pressures before meeting the minimum requirement that we believe required for our own security then we could trigger that same kind of more aggressive expansion jihadists on the one hand on others who have been relying on us to get the job done. but it's also suggests we should take on commitments beyond those that are necessary for our security. afghanistan should not be one of our objectives. >> you talked so much about the federali

the vietnamese communist party is meeting in hanoi to select a new leadership. party delegates will be discussing the future development. the party is facing an uphill task to continue reforming economies while maintaining its one-party socialist system. it is an important time for the country's economy as well as its politics. >> this is the most of important political event in vietnam's. -- in vietnam. today, 1400 delegates are meeting for the selection of new leadership. the leadership of the party will eventually become the the issue of the whole country and there will match umap out the directir the country for the next five years to 10 years. ♪ >> how interested are they in taking -- in what is taking place? >> the interest is focusing on how the leadership will be tackling the economy challenges vietnam has changed a lot. the economy is growing quite a lot. inflation is dropping. the public is really interested in seeing how the new leaders mapped out policies. >> the communists are determined to hold on to their monopoly. will there be significant change

. >> members of the vietnamese communist party are meeting in hanoi to select a new leadership. during the course of nine days, party delegates will be discussing future developments. the ruling party is facing an uphill task to continue reforming the economy. our corresponded is outside the conference hall and said it is is an important time for the country. >> this is the morrimost importt political event. it has been -- 1004 delegates are meeting. the leadership of the party will be the leadership of the country. they will map out the direction for development within -- for the country for the next 10 years. >> as far as the public, how interested are they in what is taking place and what will it mean to them? >> the interest is mainly focusing on how the leadership will be tackling the economy challenges. congress has changed a lot. the economy is going downhill. inflation is dropping. for the public is interested in seeing how the new leaders met about policies for economic development. >> the communists are determined to hold onto their monopoly. where -- will there be sig

largely sparked after two high profile officer-involved shooting in the vietnamese community.he aclu is calling for the cant dads to be publicly named, citing the need for transparency. they will take over as top cop and a police force of more than 1200 officers the new chief here could be named in the fixture few weeks. live in san jose, today in the bay. >> thanks a lot, marla. >> police may have found a third victim. two people were killed saturday night. on saturday morning, a person noticed a man's body next to the club. they think the victim is directly connected to the double hol side they are looking for three or four men who may have been involved in the shooting. >> a close call for an east bay park ranger who is recovering this morning after falling down with a ravine in alamo. it happened near camille avenue in iron horse trail. someone in the neighborhood heard the officer yelling for help. crews were cull called in to pull him up. he is expected to be okay. >> pg&e admits to increasing the pressure on the pipeline two years before the september explosion that kil

force and racial profiling largely sparked after two high profile officer-involved shootings in the vietnamese community. the aclu in northern california is calling for the candidates to be publicly named in the name of transparency. whoever is named police chief will take over as top cop for the 30 largest city in california. this could come as early as early february marla tellez, today in the bay. >> thank you, marla. 5:04 and gavin newsom becomes california's new lieutenant governor sworn in at 1:00 at the state capital. his father will administer the oath. the elder newsom is a former justice of the state court of appeals in san francisco right after he is sworn in. the new lieutenant governor will meet and greet at the state capital. >> before he left, newsom delivered a bombshell decision and a pointed a new district attorney. there was a lot of speculation about who he would choose to replace kamla harris. as today in the bay told us, nobody expected this stunning appointment. >> do i solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> in his final a

i miss the food so much that i thought hey, let's talk about vietnamese cuisine on the air.ege is that i get this job. in fact, we are going to be creating some fine vietnamese cuisine executive chef of and the man their restaurant. his name is jeff tie. >> this restaurant is one of the first restaurants participating in a diner about town concept. it will talk about that, it's a chance for you to get terrific deals on meals on lunches and on dinner. you have an especially good many will talk about it in a minute. what are we going to be preparing? >> even the lunar new year is coming up, in vietnam when the chinese new year we celebrate the first i saw like to bring it then. >> what is new year there's a lot of papaya. >> we chalk this up, this is carrots we mix it with garlic and this is regular fat liquor and this is a coach and this is pope we cook and we julienne them. this is a fried egg and he'd get to were: chicken. >> it's a really unique flavor. >> this thai basil all those three. one of them you could fry into pieces. can we start now? >> yes please. the cream pie

there's also been oxidations from people in both the vietnamese and hispanic communities of discrimination. he'll have the charge there in san jose, but given his popularity in oakland he could give them a boost. since the running there's another man in the running, that's kris moore, the acting police chief of san jose right now. he's a veteran of that department. the city manager of san jose is expected to make a decision within weeks. roaring live in oakland, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> it looks like arnold schwarzenegger will be back in movies very soon. he is looking at three scripts. one is a movie about a nazi soldier that defies orders and helps a group of american pows escape during world war ii. the 63-year-old former governor will be returning to his days of adapting roles to his age the way clint eastwood did. >>> 5:08 right now. a lot of you probably are sleeping in. hopefully you'll miss the fog. how long will it stick around, christina? >>> it is so thick this morning that we'll probably deal with it until 11:00 a.m. maybe even noon in some cities. but the good news

would be a challenge as they are demoralized of accusations of discrimination from people in the vietnamese and hispanic communities. there's another person in the running for the top job in san jose, and that's chris moore. he's currently the acting police chief. bob redell for "today in the bay." >>> thank you, bob. 6:03 right now. we are learning more about a double shooting in san jose this weekend. police say it has ties to an almost decade-old missing persons case. police arrived at the saratoga shopping center to find maurice nasmeh shot to death and wayne sanchez had a self-inflicted gunshot wound. jeanine harms was last seen in 2001. nasmeh was released for her murder but later let go because the case against him was dropped. we are told the two men had a confrontation earlier that night. >> we are trying to paint the picture by investigating but ultimately we may never know what exactly was said in that conversation and how much of this was planned or if it was just a heat of passion type crime. >> police are looking into revenge as the motive. nasmeh was the last known person to

i also have poetry from samantha lai, she's vietnamese, it's very good poetry.t's in english. >> this is under way now? >> it's not really a venture, it's just a service that i'm providing. yes. when they look on choosemyhouse.com, get my e-mail, choosemyhouse@earthlink.get. i'll give them the particulars. they can pick them up. i have them in storage there. close to san jose state. or they can send $20, $30 for the shipping and i'll send them whatever books they want. >> what kind of a response have you gotten? >> this is the first time you're seeing it right here. >> you're breaking news here on "comunidad del valle"? >> yes. >> i'm proud of you, thank you, thank you. what does it take? is it courage to be able to do this, or is it the mentality to say, i'm going to make a difference out there? >> we all have, just like you do, which we have this program. we all have our niches. we all work together, you know, for positive, shall we say, results in our communities and our societies. i think that we can make a difference in many ways. >> you know, in all honest

great food, art and vietnamese families clean their houses and eat special food. a lunar new year's celebration with martial arts, demonstrations and more traditional foods. by the way, this is the year of the rabbit. >>> another precurser to oscars in hollywood. the one movie that walked away with an arm load of s.a.g. awards. >>> why the monteray aquarium says this penguin chick is not ready for prime time. >>> tonight on "game day," hear why the coach says this may not be the case. >>> can you remember the biggest catch in 49ers super bowl history. we will go one on one with the man who caught that football. >>> and, the flying tomato needed a great finish to win gold in the x games. wait till you see what happened. it is all coming up on "game day" next. hi, we're looking toave some money on our car insurance. grea at progressive, you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go,

. >> the break came in november when the suspects allegedly walked into the home of a vietnamese family, celebrating a birthday party. police got to the scene quickly and made their first arrest. 16-year-old remembers how scared she was. >> when two black guys, one short and one tall, they came to my house and take their gun out and -- show everybody. >> what did they say? >> they said give them the money. we are family. take the money and go. take the gun. >> the city of oakland suffered a rash of home invasions and street robberies last year. police say the three suspects would drive through neighborhoods to find victims. >> it's happened more than we like to hear. and it's concerning. and it's a pretty friendly neighborhood. everybody walks their dogs. people rob at gunpoint, getting out of cars at night. so it's -- it's one every though things, i'm happy to hear that something has been done about it. >> police credit the vigilance of neighborhood groups and the victims who helped investigators. >> block by block, citizens came, they assisted, they turned in people who were terrorizi