we talked with general william westmoreland, commander of american xwrund forces, and lieutenant rob gert curb man, who xhabds the marines this. >> there have been some questions from outside and inside your own command structural the way down to some privates i met on con thien about the defense of that outpost. and some who perhaps aren't as confident as the general may be. >> well, when sit in a place such as that and night comes on, really have to rely upon yourself and upon supporting fires and naturally the confidence may not be as great as it is back here where i can see the many forces that can be brought to bear. and which those right on the spot may not be aware. i am confident that we can hold this area and we have been doing it. furthermore, from what reports we've had from prisoners and document, we've been hurt willing the enemy badly. >> they have attempted to make it appear that they are winning a military victory t. their target is american public opinion. they had hoped that by inflicting these casualties, it being fully understood by them that the casualties inflic

westmoreland says the americans are responding with the greats concentration of conventional fire power in history. the u.s. artillery fire is ten times greater than the enemies. it comes from the outpost corners of what is called leather neck square. from these big guns at camp carol. the batteries fire off as many as 10,000 shells daily. lobbing them over the heads of the men of con thien deep in to the demilitarized zone. and then there are the b-52 bombers striking from nearby thailand. they pound the zone day in, day out, with tons of explosives. with this saturation, why haven't the north vietnamese positions been destroyed? marine commanders say the enemy guns, most of them highly mobile, are out of deep caves and tunnels, only a direct hit can silence them. and there has been no silence at con thien. the story of how con thien came to be a miniature korea began last may. the marines there were in construction battalions clearing strips to help protect against attacks. the outpost was little more than a few trenches dug on a hilltop, still green and unscorched, manned by 300 sout

westmoreland eventually settled for an apology. but it sent wallace into depression. >> what happened with me is that a marriage broke up, i had to move out of my house where i had lived for 22 years, and i was on trial for libel simultaneously. >> reporter: he stepped down in 2006, but continued to land big interviews for "60 minutes." >> allow me to finish with the nuclear dossier first. >> you've finished with that. you've finished with that. >> translator: no, it's not finished, sir. it is not finished. we are just beginning. >> oh, that's what i was afraid of. >> reporter: in 2005, he told the late tim russert how he wanted to be remembered. >> how should we remember you? give me the epitaph right now. >> tough but fair. >> tough but fair. amen. >> mike wallace was married four times and leaves behind his current wife along with his son fox news host chris wallace and two stepchildren. >>> in other news tonight, residents of tulsa, oklahoma, are breathing a huge sigh of relief. police there say they've made a pair of arrests a

in 1982, wallace was named in a libel suit by general william westmoreland, the former commander of u.s. forces in vietnam. wallace had narrated a cbs report's documentary that claimed westmoreland lied about enemy troop strength. the suit was dropped but listening to his work questioned in court sent wallace into the first of three depressions. he acknowledged this to correspondent morley safer. >> did you try to commit suicide? >> i've never said this before. yes, i tried. >> pelley: but he was in the end unbreakable. it was 65 years from wallace's first appearance on camera in a world war ii film for the navy to his last interview for "60 minutes" at the age of 89. >> do you think people are going to believe you? >> pelley: with baseball star roger clemens who was fighting charges of steroid use. >> i never used anabolic steroids. never. >> pelley: he told new correspondents at "60 minutes" "our job isn't hard. just look for the truth." mike did that without flinching. later we'll look at mike's favorite stories. they're probably yours, too. there have's a link reported between obesi

led to a $20 million liable suit westmoreland accused him of producing a story slanted and untrue.sunday host chris wallace sat down with his father on his program >> you don't retire because? >> because i love -- it is not work what i do. i love what i do i get up in the morning and i think i am going to have the opportunity to ... i wasn't that happy about waking up this morning >> i felt the same way. >> reporter: in 2006, wallace did retire, as a full time correspondent, and continued to contribute until finally hanging up his maestro phone after almost 60 years the unmistakable voice of mike wallace was not on the air but his brave reproach and unstinting style marked him as a legend who inspired generations of news men and women and his manner will always be remembered despite his controversial style he was loved by many of the news makers he would pursue. i am eric sean, fox new >> [ male announcer ] at green giant we know nature gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why green giant picks vegetables at their peak. ...and free

. >> william westmoreland: and the facts prove that i was right.allace: all right, sir. >> safer: general william westmoreland sued mike and cbs for reporting that westmoreland had deliberately falsified estimates of enemy troop strength in vietnam. the suit was eventually dropped, and mike talked many times about the deep depression that descended on him during the trial. what he did not talk about was something a few of us always suspected. did you try to commit suicide at one point? >> wallace: uh, i've never said this before. yeah, i tried. i don't know why the hell you asked me that question because i... other people have and i've... it's the first time i've answered it honestly. i wrote a note. and mary found it. and she found the pills that i was taking on the floor. i was asleep. >> safer: that was more than 25 years ago. mike's wife mary got him through it. and those intervening years were some of the most productive in his career. you've since become a kind of poster boy for dealing with depression. >> wallace: yes, i have. depression can

back then and we can talk about rumsfeld in iraq and so on when they when westmoreland says essentially the iraqi and the iraqi people that was a slip the vietnamese people are the enemy and we've got to keep the body count up and that's how we measure our progress is not an invitation to war crimes so. i don't think that's a radical thing to say i think that's just a honest thing to say if you read the historical record why can't we face are passed on honestly we certainly want germany to you know and you've done a marvelous job with lies my teacher told me in doing that i'm curious about what we do if you are saying here has this old saying everything you know is wrong you know what everything we know is wrong about the civil war civil war you know this book course it has the confederate flag on the front it tells the confederate story but not the way that it's being told these days i have asked more than five thousand people mostly teachers around the us for about the last six or seven years why did the south secede i always get four answers i get they seceded for slavery for states'

and also, the william westmoreland situation.ealing with the vietnam war and allegations and he had a liable trial in new york city and later on discussed how that was, frankly, plunged him into a situation of depression. >> he had a long struggle with depression. and he was very open and candid about discussing that, and in the case, the westmoreland case was one of the most celebrated lawsuits of its kind and the producer of that segment on westmoreland, george crowell, i don't know if he's still around or not, as in so many cases with magazine stories, tv magazine stories, producer is the praying force behind it and you put -- a journalist like mike, would do interviews and participated in it but the core of the work is done by a producer and, obviously, there is a reposed trust and as it turn out the story was -- all kinds of problems with it. serious problems with it. and, mike obviously suffered enormously because of that. and mrungi suppose contributed plunging him into depression and later he became a spokesman for the ca

there was clearly -- >> the westmoreland trial. >> rose: yes. >> that played so prominently because he was deaf sphait deva. it was a public attack on a story he was involved in, a documentary cbs reports produced by the great george kyl and some mistakes were made in it but not in terms of the content from everything that has been reported. and that's the main thrust of the piece but it was devastating for him because it was very public, he was getting ticked away at every day. and he went into a serious depression. and talks about that with morley in our tribute to him on sunday which is a depression that was so severe that he tried to take his own life. >> rose: he fact he talked publicly about it on larry king about it. >> it was post depression which was really a huge contribution in terms of his life because he was such a major player in bringing depression to the forefront as something not to be ashamed of but that's something that can be pretty. and he was treated successfully and i think morley said he noticed as he came out publicly with this affliction it helped him through

there and in some cases, when you get into garrett county, out toward areas in pennsylvania and westmoreland and somerset counties, now you are talking 6, 12 inches of snow. 3000 feet. 4000 feet. even accumulation today. for us in the dc metro, it is just going to be a raw, nasty afternoon. temperatures holding slowly, not trying to get into the upper 40s. with occasional showers, southern maryland, i know you have had a peek or two of sunshine. the winds 15 to 20 miles per hour. even with the upper 40s with the winds this afternoon, could be gusting 30 to 35. big system a nor'easter, an upper storm right here still questioning out the snow in the mountains. rainshowers generally west of i-95. we are dealing with it on and off for the afternoon. low 40s, north and west of hagueers town. culpepper to dc to baltimore -- hagerstown, culpepper to dc to baltimore. 40 degrees the wind chill currently in washington. look outside, just a gray, low clouds hanging out over the capital with light sprinkles out there. 46 a west northwest wind at 15. the barometer way low, 29.40. the cold air you can see

breakdown and a suicide attempt brought on by a damaging lawsuit brought by retired general william westmoreland. about himself, he left us with two quotes. he said he walked a fine line between sadism and intellectual curiosity. he also asked us to remember him as tough but fair. mike wallace, gone tonight at the age of 93. that is our broadcast on a monday night. thank you for being here with us as we start off a new week. i'm brian williams. we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang in for jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. investigators are trying to determine what played a role in saturday's deadly crash which took the lives of a father and daughter. tonight many in the east bay are taking a close look at their own driving habits. jodi hernandez joins us from the crash site where

i have asked the commanding general, general westmoreland, what more he needs to meet this mounting aggression. he has told me, and we will meet his needs. >> combat units of the united states marine corps arrive in vietnam, joining other marines already there. it is the first time that marines in full combat gear have hit the beach in an active combat zone since korea. army combat units also arrive, and the message of their presence on vietnamese soil is plain. whatever the present or future needs of the fight for freedom in vietnam, they will be met. so the war goes on. clearly, it is the communists who have made that choice. and as always, the innocent suffer. for the children of vietnam and of all southeast asia, the future is in the balance. if they are to realize their heritage as free men tomorrow, there are for us today hard realities to be faced. >> i do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men into battle. i have seen them in a thousand streets, of a hundred towns, and every state in this union, working and laughing and building and filled with hope and

and that is strangely -- william westmoreland was interviewed about this. he was asked about this 12 years ago. commander of vietnam. had a funeral not long ago. i saw bob hope, 2003. and he was asked about what do you make of the fact that you commanded american forces in vietnam, and we had this terrible setback in southeast asia. and the west has won. what do you make of that? he says, well, i guess it's the luck of the yankees. i just don't know. but i think the answer is that this was a very difficult period. it was a transition period in america. that's pal able in the speeches of that period. that we are really passing through a transition. america is assuming great responsibilities without clir cut enmys and challenges. the am biggous responsibilities that we're assuming. and i think we have difficulties. i think it's impossible anywhere from '61 all the way to '80 for a presidency not in some sense to disappoint america. >> anyone who lived through the nixon administration has deep impressions of your father. what is the most popular misconception

breakdown and a suicide attempt brought on by a damaging lawsuit brought by retired general william westmorelandft us with two quotes. he said he walked a fine line between sadism and intellectual curiosity, and he asked us to remember him as tough but fair. mike wallace, gone tonight at the age of 93. that is our broadcast on a monday night. thank you for being here with us as we start off a new week. i'm brian williams. we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night.

mcmillen: well, i was actually born and raised in westmoreland county so i have been aware of the conditions in herminie all my life. herminie has declined, because for any type of business of any size to come in and create jobs, they need the infrastructure there, and in herminie, it's just not there. narrator: to address community frustrations, sewickley township, home of herminie, created a sewer authority board in 1998. it's comprised of residents and business owners who worked for almost a decade to get sewage infrastructure for the area. miller: we were novices. i don't think anybody in the township knew where to go. and we were frustrated at times. we thought we were right on the cusp of getting funding, and then, something happened and we didn't get it. yeah, we could go out and float a loan, and probably people would be looking at maybe $100 a month in sewage bills. so what you have to try to do is get enough funding to keep sewage rates at a reasonable rate so people can afford them. and that's been a real problem. without grant money, it can't be done. mcmillen: they were in line,

and i think that that is strangely, william westmoreland was interviewed about this. and he said, he was asked about 12 years ago, the commander of vietnam and we saw him at a funeral not long ago and i guess bob hope, 2003. and he was asked about, what do you make of the fact that you commanded american forces in vietnam and we had this terrible setback in southeast asia and soviet union has collapsed around the globe and communism is in retreat everywhere and the west has won. what do you make of that? he said, well, i guess it's the luck of the yankees or something. i just don't know. but i think the answer is that this was a very difficult period. it was a transition period in america. i think that's palpable in the speeches of presidents in that period that we are really passing through a transition. americans assuming great responsibilities without clear cut enemies and challenges. they're ambiguous responsibilities that we're assuming. and, so, i think that we had difficulties. impossible from '61, i would say all the way through '80 for a presidency in some se

would not have enough troops to do what westmoreland was doing, to prosecute the attrition war that he's going to do. and he believed that the u.s. would end up having the same problems and the same fate as the french had. and so he adopts a very aggressive form of phase two where he's really going to -- he's not going to go full conventional war against the americans, but he's going to very aggressively fight the arvn, fight the american army. and to provide the strength for this, the north basically moves to a point of the mobilizing the entire country for the war where north vietnam has to become a base for sending men, materiel and so on for fighting this war in the south. the problem with doing this, through 1966 and 1967, they pursue a very aggressive form of phase ii. they're trying to keep the u.s. off balance, trying to end pacification -- american pacification programs, trying to break the army. but they suffer a lot of casualties doing this. and it isn't having the effect that they think it's going to have. they think they're going to break the american and the south vietnames

preston westmoreland is trying to sell the property. it's in the middle of nowhere without any roads to it. it will cost you a pretty penny. >> the cost is $43 million but i have to tell you, there's probably a little wiggle room in that price. there are estimates could be maybe 50-$60 million worth of gold left. maybe more. >> ama: one protect spiff buyer came twice with a geologist and left a bottle of whiskey for the gold gods. >> alan: and you hope the mine gods will be good to them. >> frances: a lot of people were asking me, did we break any records? the answer is, no, but we got close. let me show you a live shot. we're looking for mt. tam, and we have coastal clouds moving in. here's how we did today. so, in santa rosa, 89 degrees. but in terms of beating records, 93 was what we had to beat, set in 2009. now we got close to our record in san jose just by a degree. 91 in san jose. 92, set in 2009. monterey, far from it. 69 degrees. so didn't quite get there but we did really enjoy a beautiful, warm day, temperat temperaturesr 90

would not have enough troops to do what westmoreland was doing, to prosecute the attrition war that he's going to do. and he believed that the u.s. would end up having the same problems and the same fate as the french had. and so he adopts a very aggressive form of phase two where he's really going to -- he's not going to go full conventional war against the americans, but he's going to very aggressively fight the

general william westmoreland led to a $120 million lible suit.land and accused wallace and others at cbs of a report slanted and untrue. the case was settled out of court. he made his battle with depression public. he took on the tobacco industry and eventually his own network. >> they just did not want this piece to go on the air because they were in the middle of negotiations with westinghouse to sell cbs to westinghouse and westinghouse would not want to buy cbs if it could conceivably be buying at the same time a 10 to $15 billion lawsuit. >> reporter: even in his 80s he kept up a full schedule n 2005 "fox news sunday" host chris wallace sat down with his father on his program. >> you don't retire because? >> because i love, it is not work what i do. i love what i do. when i get up in the morning i think i am going to have the opportunity to, i wasn't, that happy about waking up this morning. >> i felt the same way. >> reporter: in 2006, wallace did retire as a full-"time" correspondent. and continued to contribute until finally hanging up hi

general william westmoreland. >> why would it have been a political bombshell?d to evaluate this thing and neither was the media. >> after a lengthy trial, the suit was dropped. before the case went to the jury. cbs offered an apology. later, wallace revealed that was when he began a battle with depression. >> what happened with me is that a marriage broke up, i had to move out of my house where i had lived for 22 years. and there was i trial for libel, simultaneously. now that kind of stress put together, simply, i don't know, triggered and i didn't know it was happening. >> in 2006, wallace stepped away from "60 minutes" and full-time reporting. he was 87 years old. he is survived by his wife, mary yats, his son broadcaster chris wallace and a daughter, pauline. he leaves behind a body of work that raised the bar and set a standard in a way that few, if any, of his peers will ever match. >> i spoke with nbc news correspondent and long-time colleague of mike wallace, harry smith where he discussed the rare stature wallace held in the news business. >> what wall

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you have seen in westmoreland county.u to bring it to the rest of country and stop the washington interference with producing our own energy here at home. don't you agree? [applause] i also have had the opportunity to talk to small business. get shares and can ohio meeting with small businesses getting involved in the energy business and we are talking about people who own companies that sell equipment, sell trucks, people that own restaurants in area, people that own hotels. you have seen in westmoreland county. this is a church of creator that if we deal with this in a way that encourages rather than discouraging and we will created jobs. yet we have a president and administration looking for new ways to impose federal regulations on energy production. tim and i are talking about this tonight. there are literally a dozen different federal agencies and departments looking at ways to provide federal reg natori overlay on our production of oil and gas through the shale pines. this is not the way for us to get our upon -- t

. >> he was public about his battles with depression in the wake of the westmoreland trial.t he talked about publicly. he worked along with with mary wallace to raise money and raise awareness. and i did a number of interviews with him on the subject. was that something you saw? was that something you were aware of in the work place? >> well, i wasn't aware of him being depressed in the work place. he was too much of an outgoing guy's guy. i never really sensed that myself. but when he went public with his depression, it was early. it was before anyone else of his level ever did that. it was part of the man's fearlessness and courage. i mean, everything he did demonstrated fearlessness. and that was huge in how many people he helped by going public and saying if the toughest guy in america has this disease, which people thought was a sign of weakness, had all different kinds of stigmas. if he could have it, then i'm okay admitting i have it. it was an enormous thing for him to have done publicly. >> do -- one of the other things morally morley safer said today was, that mike