nixon's visit to china in the soviet union they actually defeated the number vietnamese and viet cong on the ground they had no american ground support. nixon submitted to the senate for ratification with the constitutional rights to sign it by his authority to make such agreements but he wanted the senate in the hands of the other party to agree to the implications if added is as expected the north violated the terms the democrats would join the republicans to approve the use of air power against north vietnam that brought them all along with the training of the south vietnamese. the fact the vietnamese violation came at the time of the watergate affair when the authority was the proper reading every day contributed to the representatives cutting off all aid so it had no chance of survival. the fact is we won the cold war and so it doesn't matter but in that sense it doesn't matter but there were a great many people who died in the killing fields of cambodia in the treaty that they negotiated and had been upheld by the united states. >> host: for the last 50 years what you write abou

she met in the vietnamese capital to win a contract for a planned nuclear power plant. here's the report from hanoi. >> reporter: president pak is making her first visit to vietnam since assuming office. her talks on monday mainly focused on strengthening economic cooperation between the two nations. >> translator: we agree that sharing south korea's experience in developing nuclear power plants should contribute for advancement of the power generation. >> reporter: vietnamese leaders have agreed to have russia build its first nuclear power plant. and japan build its second. government has already made plans to build additional plants. as they believe economic development depends on secure ing the supply. international competition for construction contract is heating up. in january, japanese prime minister shinzo abe made vietnam the destination of his first state visit since assuming power last year. japan is already vietnam's largest investor and donor, and hoping to further the ties by exporting infrastructure technologies. but south korea has similar plans in mind.

they were not going to help the french and they were going to allow the north vietnamese to take over. the reason for that was because they just ended the korean war is extremely unpopular and he did not believe the american people would support another war in asia. interestingly, 10 years later when johnson was faced with a similar problem, whether or not to interview in vietnam, the korean war took on a different view. by 1965, the korean war was seen as a big jury that we had after outdraw soft i stopped communism in asia and it was the korean war analogy that largely formed johnson's decision to send troops in march 1965. do not thank you. >> thank you. >> first, i did spend military time in korea. now this is 50 years ago, not 60. and i have always been interested in the view from your side as to what you think the chinese goal is. at this point in time, obvious at the north koreans there's don't develop a nuclear. they're still developing rocket. they still have a very, very soft economic base. my view is if you take away the chinese support, it will collapse. what is in that? >

i wanted to shout you tell if t n d c and the vietnamese justice center for examining this effort. i look forward to seeing a day when all san franciscans can have access to affordable healthy food. thank you. thank you supervisor mar. with that madam clerk, please call the roll (calling names) there are 10 i's >> the ordinance is passed. why don't we move to our roll call >> supervisor you are first to nouns items. week it's good to see you hope you have had a nice holiday. i'd like to begin by talking about an item that i am co- sponsoring with supervisor wiener and i want to thank supervisor wiener and that's a hearing request that specifically calls on looking at san francisco priced fiscal and ignorance shortcomings as outlined in a 2010 from the office of the controller. we want to know the steps including the shortcomings that were raised and how pride is doing. pride as i know st. is one of the largest and well known pride frontals, in fact, last hundreds of thousands of people attended pride in san francisco and celebrated the supreme courts rules on same-sex marriage. the

or the youth of vietnamese youth center their collaborative in supporting the small businesses. one of the most spierg piece ofs legislation because of the bottom-up legislation groups and also the people who support the intends it's been a great learning experience to learn from our grassroots folks from the city. thank you >> colleagues can we take a roll call vote on this item? (calling names). >> >> ordinance is passed think is first reading . >> from sixth street subject to specified finding. >> supervisor kim. >> thank you. since i've come into office it's been a fast-growing corridors. with those folks coming here on a daily basis. we're reaching a tipping issue where moss more residents come to this area. a few weeks ago a couple of folks who opened a small retail on second street is partnering now to have a few service grocery stores in a neighborhood that lacked one. it's been great we've been able to find a grocery store. as this area continues to develop at least 31 units will be coming on line and we're expecting thousands of workers. this is the time for the city t

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 champions won the group in last yours competition. going out on barcelona, they are looking to do better this s

vietnamese, tagalog, chinese. just to let you can receive assistance from some very qualified individuals. >> any other questions? if not, thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> this is smack in the middle of the tenderloin neighborhood where there are 50,000 people within walking distance. you see the kids that are using what's provided, but there is so much opportunity for this to be a stronger, more welcoming, healthier, cleaner, safer place for the people in this community to play. there are going to be new green areas, a full-size basketball court, outdoor fitness equipment, community gardens, a brand-new clubhouse. it's going to be a much more welcoming spot for a neighborhood that really needs it. ♪ ♪ >> (clapping) so this is a photograph of my father which was taken in 1986. it's one of the families farther photos it's the way i think of him. my father who could be very articulate was hesitate to speak about art. his own work or the art of others. i think he felt trapped by the formality and the per

vietnamese, tagalog, chinese. just to let you can receive assistance from some very qualified individuals. >> any other questions? if not, thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor farrell, for being here this morning, and also for your great partnership with the board of supervisors. carmen chu, you're helping us bring in the money already, thank you. assessor chu. (applause) >> london breed, thank you very much, supervisor, always a pleasure to work with you as well. all of you, friends, spouses, family, people who are just enthralled with this wonderful great city of san francisco like i am. thank you for all being here to witness and honor and thank the people who are stepping up with us to help manage this wonderful great city. thank you, chief hayes white, for being here as well, and other department heads and other commissioners, thank you for joining us as well. we have 25 individuals today who are sacrificing a lot of personal time, sacrificing their own family's time away for ni

he will use the site to ship vietnamese coffee across the u.s. >>> we continue to track diana nyad ase makes that trip from cuba to key west florida. that is diananyad.com, a web site that tracks per progress online. she is trying to do so without a wet suit, cage or flippers. this is her fifth attempt trying to do so. you're looking live right now at what soon will be a celebration. she is expected to reach the shores of key west, florida sometime around 2:00. all of us here at al jazeera continue to track her movements as her movements are also being tracked across the u.s. sometimes they say why do you do it, in her case she is 64 years old and she does it simply because she wants to point out that it is never too late to chase your dreams. >>> and it's never too alate to be up on all the news. check us out at aljazeera.com. talk al jazeera is next. i'll del walters in new york, we'll see you then.

. >> the vietnamese had invaded them and i am staying with my brothers and my sister at the internally displaced camp. the people's camp and they had caught a member and they have put them into prison. but the people rioted in demand and they gave them over and they had a public execution. and i was nine years old and witnessed my first public execution. >> you also write that the soldiers had been hanged bobbing up and down like a chicken, blood flowing down the forehead and ears in dripping from his chin. the man i almost feel pity for him, but it's too late to let go and go back. it's too late for my parents and my country. as you hear those words, do you feel that moment? do you feel fear? >> yes. i have spent so many years wishing that i never saw it. it let and printed memory. it was too late for them and it was too late for me. >> political commentator bill o'reilly spoke and he was published in 2000 as well as the drudge manifesto. flags of our fathers is also released that year. his book, which later became a movie, recounts the military service of the sixth man in the iconic

. >> that's the question these vietnamese delegations have been asked to answer this week.they hope to shock them into action. each member of the group is hoped to use it to spread the message, a politician, a journalist and vietnams most famous comedian who has told his 500,000 facebook followers what he thinks. to a poaching gang, this horn could be worth a quarter of a million pounds. in the townships and villages there is no shortage of people prepared to do the killing. the rhino won't mate without a weapon to protect its young. game parks can't remove the animal's horns but can try to cut their values. a growing number of reserves are injecting the horns with poison. it doesn't harm the animals but will give the consumer an experience they won't forget and it could help to kill demand. with the very survival of this species under threat there is a growing consensus here, that desperate times call for desperate measures. >> on the news hour tomorrow on air and online world leaders converge on new york. margaret warner reports. judy woodruff sits down with former presid

vietnamese, tagalog, chinese. just to let you can receive assistance from some very qualified individuals. >> any other questions? if not, thank you very much for coming. [applause]

i ran a clinic for the vietnamese while i was there trying to help them along the way as well. >> you applied to 13 medical schools, 12 said no. the university of virginia said yes. >> thank goodness. >> you talk often about your being a c student, d student, all that. at 32, you discover you're dyslexic. how do you get to the university of virginia? i don't know why they picked me to be honest with you. i'm glad they did. they treated me very well. gave me a great education. >> you've gone on to run the cleveland clinic. how many patients a year? >> multiple millions. >> did plenty of operations as cardiologist. go back to the education part of this. why did those 12 turn you down? >> frankly, i went to williams college. i heard a story of taking french. i never heard a word of french spoken in my life until i went to college. i thought, well, i better learn how to speak french, the language. so i found out that i couldn't do french at all. i first day walked in and everybody was saying wiwi. and i -- oui, ui. i looked up for wewe and couldn't find it. i had three d minuses and a d.

vietnamese, tagalog, chinese. just to let you can receive assistance from some very qualified individuals. >> any other questions? if not, thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> this is smack in the middle of the tenderloin neighborhood where there are 50,000 people within walking distance. you see the kids that are using what's provided, but there is so much opportunity for this to be a stronger, more welcoming, healthier, cleaner, safer place for the people in this community to play. there are going to be new green areas, a full-size basketball court, outdoor fitness equipment, community gardens, a brand-new clubhouse. it's going to be a much more welcoming spot for a

vietnamese, tagalog, chinese. just to let you can receive assistance from some very qualified individuals. >> any other questions? if not, thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> good morning, everyone, so great to have everyone here on this beautiful morning, my name is os and i am the council member of the city of san jose and the board chair of the bay area air quality management district and vice chair of the valley transportation agency and it is my pleasure to be here with you this morning. and as the chair person, the lead agency for this project, i would like to officially welcome you to the inauguration of the bay area bike share. this is the first public bike share program in california. and the first regional multicity bike share program of its kind in the nation. this exciting new transportation system offers an alternative to the bay area commuters that eliminates high, polluting vehicles. and in the bay area, transportation is the largest source of air pollution and a major contributor to green

these volunteers speak italian, hindu, french, mandarin, portuguese, spanish, tagalog and vietnamese. they are the ones that really help. a couple things i want to point out, the main changes here. when you walked in here you bumped into a bunch of brochures. the real experts are not the brochures but the staff and volunteers who share their information and passion. we put the brochures against the wall and brought the volunteers and staff to the middle. when the people came and they needed to understand what was the heart and soul of the city to meet the geniuses, they found in front and middle. that was an important change. we don't always have a dj out here. many times we have volunteers and staff. another feature we are proud of is technology. we have touch screens. we have sf made products, we'll have more in the future as we continue. we have these the wonderful maps back here. the one of san francisco and it's neighborhood and the one of california. it amazing how many volunteers want to get in front of this map and discuss what they remember about san francisco. we encourage y

together our collaborative covers all of the major languages spoken by our clients, chinese, spanish, vietnamese, russian, other eastern european languages, burmese, tagalog and others. we urge you to attend upcoming naturalization workshop on august 10, 2013, to take advantage of the naturalization services which will be offered that day at number 1 south van ness. no appointments needed and free of charge. on behalf of all of our collaborative partners and our clientsv i want to thank mayor lee, president chiu, dr. hernandez, and all of our philanthropic funders. thank you so much for your generous support and your continued support through the san francisco pathway to citizenship will be a great success. we will give you our 200% effort. thank you very much. (applause) >> there is nothing more exciting and challenging as going through the process of naturalization in the united states. we're now going to hear from three individuals who are sharing their first person stories and have been very courageous and open about sharing these stories with us. first we will hear from claudia rodriguez an

having led a rifle platoon in the third marine division, receiving a bronze star, purple heart, and vietnamese cross of gallantry. i was always on the lookout for incoming students who played squash. bob more than filled that bill. he improve my game, although i never, never beat the man. i did, however, get to know him very well. he was a prince. bob also was smart, smart enough for me to offer him a job as my research assistant and dumb enough to accept. he was a delight to work with, and together, we produced an article -- the energy environment conflict: fighting electric power facilities -- which was published in 1972. when bob graduated from uva he left a real hole in my life, but i knew for sure he was going to accomplish great things. we kept in touch as his career progressed until fbi swallowed him in 2001. bob's legal career has been mainly in public service with interruptions for private practice. all of his focus on criminal law, financial fraud, public corruption, narcotics, conspiracies, money laundering, terrorists. he first became known in san francisco where he served in the u

we offer it all over santa clara county and in english and spanish and vietnamese and that is one example of what we do. a second initiative we are working to make happen is something called "school link services" where there's all of these different resources floating out there to help children, to help young people, but often it's not centralized in the school and so it involves a lot of cooperation and collaboration between all different county agencies and we're sphere heading that, so those are some of the efforts we have taken in our office, and again from a perspective of the prosecutor and it really offends our sensibility for someone to be taking advantage of to be harmed or abused and we want there to be justice for that victim and we want that offender to change their ways and we want that the climate and culture in which the bullying takes place begins to change and it's not acceptable so we use a combination of hard power and soft power. >> jeff thank you. [applause] two to three minutes goes really fast and that was a little over, just fyi. superintendent. >> don't start the

it is a vietnamese size two. - dressing up isn't any easier for men.it's like when a younger man shows up wearing the same cufflinks? you might as well be invisible. - yeah, well, i'm not gonna let this dress win. i have a plan. this morning, i joined-- - a suicide cult! - a gym. what do you want, jack? - i just received a call from don geiss' estate lawyer. apparently, i've been named in his will. - i know this is a difficult time for you, but word of advice: if the will says that you have to spend the night in a haunted house, you better hope that everybody else there is black guys and sluts. - i just want something to remember the man by. - okay. - his pen or his tie clip. maybe that boyhood sled he held so dear. i believed he called it... sleddy. something which i, in turn, can then pass on to my...protege. - [gasps] any chance it's one of those bendy hospital beds?

lieutenant thornton was a senior advisor to vietnamese navy s.e.a.l. patrols and was awarded his medal of honor for bravery and action on march 6, 1976 in vietnam. lieutenant thornton and his team snuck behind enemy lines, they made contact with an enemy force, engaged in a fire fight with the enemy, inflicting many casualties before withdrawing. when some of the men were caught off from the team, lieutenant thornton went back in through enemy fire to find the wounded men and carry them to safety. in killing several enemy combatants and hauling the wounded out, lieutenant thornton saved the life of his superior officer and it is for this heroic spirit that i am proud to honor and remember the actions of lieutenant michael edwin thornton. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom ohio seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the heroic efforts of specialist fourth class gary george wetsle of the united states army. he served in

presentations of some of our collateral that's done in chinese, spanish, we have some russian tagalog, vietnamese. we're trying to cover our bases as far as multi-lingual cases go. without further ado, i'd like to bring up mr. hatchet to discuss the check out bag ordinance. >> good evening. again, this presentation is for restaurants. again, picture yourself as a restaurant ioner. i'm clark hatchet with the department of environment outreach team. i'm here to talk about the plastic bag ban and the new rules as of october 1st, 2013 as it applies to restaurants. here in san francisco we are a leader with innovative policies and programs in terms of the environment. we still have a few problems to solve in our city, and one big one is solving the problem of the pesky plastic bag. plastic bags clog our sewers, neighborhoods and parks. they clog up recycling machines causing us to clean up every year. [speaker not understood], we banned plastic bags in 2007 at all large supermarkets as well as pharmacies across the city. there was no charge for the paper or disposable plastic bags allowed to be used i

>> okay, being the eldest of three and a vietnamese family is very difficult. throw in being gay, it makes it a lot more stressful. and throw in being clinically labeled as obese at age 13, you have a recipe for bullying and discrimination all over. so that was me. and it was hard and it wasn't until someone took a chance on me and mr. burket saved my life. there are moments where i've been in the shoes where my youth have been. if it wasn't for mr. burket, i wouldn't be here and i wouldn't be able to provide the services that i provide my youth today. that's why i do it. that's why i'm a program coordinator at the wellness center, that's why i co-chair gay asian, that's why i sit on the wellness committee of san francisco. it's a way for me to give back. i hope that answers your question and thank you for allowing me to be a panelist. >> rick, amina or stacy, anything you with like to share from your personal experiences? ?oo >> speaking about your personal life in front of people you know or don't know isn't always an easy thing, you wouldn't know by looking

reporter: the risk for the white house, this becomes the iconic image of the war, just as this south vietnamese general came to symbolize america's ally in that conflict. the first senate vote to authorize the strike is scheduled for next wednesday. a "washington post" count shows the administration is losing support in the house with every day. >> andrea mitchell, thanks. >>> as the debate goes on here, as we mentioned, the president far from home tonight. he's attending that g-20 summit in st. petersburg, russia, an event fraught with tension right now and where he came face-to-face as we showed you momentarily with president vladimir putin. our chief white house correspondent chuck todd traveling with the president, with us by satellite, chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. usually in the world of diplomacy, a handshake is simply a handshake. but when it comes to watching a handshake between president obama and vladimir putin, whose differences on syria have completely overshadowed this economic conference. the hand itshake was friendly enough and even lasted a couple of ex