and i think westmoreland understood this. probably the fundamental issue, this is westmoreland's words in 1966, is the issue of coordination of mission action tifts inside saigon, it was abundantly clear that all political, military, economic and security in this sense police programs must be completely integrated in order to attain any kind of success in a country which has been greatly weakened by a prolonged conflict and is under increasing pressure by large military and subversive forces. it's important to note here that this long conflict long preceded american participation. and this integration will bedevil american commanders throughout their -- military operations, even successful military operations, often caused depopulation in the country side, therefore contradicting the very goals that americans were trying to achieve. how could you develop a sense of political stability and political community, when your village, your district, your province is being ravaged by war, and again, this is a country that has long be

if critics who argue that westmoreland.here are those that argue that westmoreland should've focused more on counterinsurgency. the problem with that is that's not how the enemy was fighting. the enemy was, in fact, sending large military main force units into south vietnam in hopes of achieving the political objective of winning the war through military means in short order. so as an example, in the aftermath of both john f. kennedy -- deaths in 1963, sees an opportunity here to potentially try to win the war before the americans, or at least defeat the south vietnamese armed forces before the americans war really takes hold. and clearly, you see that through the infiltration of north vietnamese army units to include regiments into south vietnam. when i mentioned that westmoreland realizes he can't ignore these bully boys or main force units, i think that's important. and recent scholarships suggest in one sense, he was right. he couldn't ignore them because he was also trying to win this war militarily. and if he couldn't

that's blocked off between westmoreland and ontario. you can take 15th or 20th streets to get around that. and finally, for drivers in new jersey, we still have this accident on the turnpike northbound right as you approach exit 2, which is route 322. the right lane is blocked so traffic can get by, but you can expect to see a little slowdown there. chris? >>> at 4:32, we are following this breaking news from rome this morning. pope francis officially has confirmed that he is coming to philadelphia next year for the world meeting of families. that announcement happened just within the past 90 minutes at a small gathering in rome. nbc 10's matt delucia is live outside of the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. now, this was expected. in fact, the pope has mentioned in public several times in the last few months that he does plan on coming to philadelphia, but now it's official. >> reporter: yeah, chris, there was plenty of speculation over the past several months, but now that's been put to rest. pope francis made it official ea

general westmoreland said it was one of the most serious battles in vietnam. and here's this little girl asking for his purple heart. and then i called his mother, i call it his wife, her grandmother, and i chatted with her and i can remember the day i awarded the medal to the wife, 12 gorgeous women with small boys and i said would you like to read the citation and i got flashback had ar hat i couldn't stom. boring yours -- am i now? the viet nam memorial, which i think a lot of you have been to, there is one name on there. you can ask me who is john? i'm going to tell you who he is. our operation utah, which was a very vicious operation. finally overcame the enemy, so to speak, and moving out to a new position. and john was my point man, meaning he was the guy up front. and suddenly, there was an explosion. .nd i saw john drop and i ran over. and a good portion of his skull had been blown off. he was still alive. bleeding profusely. a coroner came with me, shook his head and john knew, knew he was dying. please be careful. the hero is mine. is last words wer

now, house fire on 17 street closing it at westmoreland street. your alternate to get around that so far just take 15th street. septa, new jersey transit, dart, running on time, no delays at the philadelphia international airport. ukee, good morning. >> thank you, more breaking news, three people are in the hospital this morning after a fire breaks out in north philadelphia. the call came in firefighters got the call around 2:30 this morning, to the 3,000 block of north 17th street, firefighters rescued four people from a porch roof. we're told that fire is now under control, it is not yet clear how it all started. >> well, president obama denounces isis after its execution of american -- >> the president said the group is quote bent on selling debt and destruction, captured in syria little more than year ago. the 26 year old former army ranger turned aid worker converted to islam. he changed his name to abdul ram and, while in captivity. now, unlike previous isis videos there is one did not show him alive before the beheading. >> this video that

three new pumps are open at the turnpike's new stanton service station in westmoreland county. it's popular among commercial trucks and charter bus companies. it cuts down on pollution and it's also cheaper than regular gas. >>> how about this, a wounded veteran gave his new bride a stunning surprise on their wedding day. >> i had to do something just to show her that my affection for her is as much as what she feels for me. >> next, his gift that is making this couple a vieral sensation this morning. >>> plus, a present for the pope. what thousands of students in this area are doing to try to convince the pontiff to visit philadelphia next year. >>> 4:55 and postal workers in philadelphia are holding a rally. protesting the closing of mail processing centers, which they say will lead to delays in the delivery of mail for everyone. this is all part of a national day of action. today's rally will be held at ninth and market. >>> today officials in delaware county will hold a briefing on why they don't want any more casinos in the delaware valley region. council members say they

we are following fire activity in north philadelphia on north 17th street between westmoreland and ontario streets. you can take 15th or 20th to avoid that area. and then finally, a live look outside, 95 right at the split with the vine street expressway. you can see the majors are wet this morning, so as you heard matt say, slow down and take your time. >> all right, jillian. of course, you can stay on top of the developing winter weather situation we have now with the nbc 10's first alert weather app for whatever winter brings our way later in the season. that's a free download at nbc10.com. >>> back to this. we have breaking news out of rome this morning. it is now official, pope francis is coming to philadelphia for next year's world meeting of families. the holy father made it official a little less than an hour ago. taking a live look outside at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. we are expecting the archdiocese of philadelphia to comment on the announcement later this morning. tracy davidson is joining us live from our digital operations center with more on the officia

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mary's, mechanicsville calvert beach and king george and westmoreland county countyies.redericksburg. not quite done with the rain yet. where it's not raining currently around the metro d.c. area, more showers this evening, maybe. might want toic ta the umbrella in case. a few showers around. cool, 56 degrees at notice a change wunonce the wind picks u. tomorrow, a lot cooler than today. cooler and breezy. lots of sunshine, though. temperatures 49 to 55 and with wind, upwards of 20 miles per hour. cooler as well. thinking about taking lunch yot doors, tomorrow you may want to think again. 56 degrees on saturday. after a very cold start. most of you down into the lower 30s. then 58 degrees on subbed sunday. weekend cool, quite nice. 62 on monday. 66 on veterans day and look at next thursday. that when the real cold arctic air moves in. high temperature of only 46, and guys, might get colder than that late next week. >> bring it on. what you got? >>> a big day of preparations in the nfl that has nothing to do with football. the story how leah phil gets ready for daddy's bi

. >> and much of professor, world-renowned lynn westmoreland ,issident, noam chomsky speaking in octoberthe hall of the united nations general assembly at an event hosted by the u.n. committee on the exercise of the unalienable rights of the palestinian people. if you would like a copy of today's show or any of our interviews with noam chomsky, you can go to our website democracynow.org. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] >> for many peoples, civilizations, and faiths, nature, or the natural world, has been an important access point to the sacred. and as we experience the wondrous spectrum of life forms that surround us here on earth, perhaps the most urgent question of the 21st century is, how do we balance the biological needs of other species with our seemingly unending needs as humans?

. >> and much of professor, world-renowned lynn westmoreland ,issident, noam chomsky speaking in octoberthe hall of the united nations general assembly at an event hosted by the u.n. committee on the exercise of the unalienable rights of the palestinian people. if you would like a copy of today's show or any of our interviews with noam chomsky, you can go to our website democracynow.org. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] >> heirlooms are treasures passed down through the generations. with "heirloom meals," we seek to capture the essence of family traditions through our connections with our memories about food and meals, savoring yesterday's traditions today. welcome to "heirloom meals thanksgiving special." we are going to walk down food memory lane with several guests, from pilgrim lineage to newly minted citizens, and explore how we all attach memories to smells, sights

then lincoln drive southbound rittenhouse, now house fire closing 17th street at westmoreland streeto get around that for the time being since that's closed your alternate to take 15th street. back to you. >> jess, thank you, breaking news this morning, including words the pope is officially coming to philadelphia. pope francis will visit the us for the first time for next september world meeting of families. among other stops the pope will celebrate mass on the ben franklin parkway. >> also, fire officials are investigating a deadly fire in germantown. one man was killed, and four police officers injured when flames tore through a building on chelten avenue. so far there is no word on a cause. >> firefighters rescued four people from a roof during a fire on north 17th street in north philly. those victims were ' vac val -- evaluated at temple university hospital. we'll be right >> eagles quarterback mark sanchez had some problems yesterday, over through, couple picks, as well. greenbay won it 53 to 20. >> we just didn't get going early enough. we start today move the ball, then we k

it was owned by former virginia governor westmoreland davis, who raised his own birds there in the 1930s 1940s. the event has become a white house holiday tradition. >> this is the 8th i've had the privilege to meet and set free in the rose garden. >> reporter: in 2000, "jerry the turkey" from wisconsin, sported a white house pass around his neck. four years later, the bush administration also had some with fun with the event. that year's turkeys were chosen in a vote on the white house website. >> this is an election year and biscuits had to earn his spot at the white house. biscuits and his running mate gravy prevailed over the ticket of patience and fortitude. the vice president and i are here to congratulate biscuits for a race well run. >> reporter: the obama white house has taken to social media sites like instagram to decide which bird goes before the cameras. mac and cheese might be a side for your thanksgiving dinner, but it won't be for the first family this year. domenico montanaro, pbs newshour >> woodruff: again, the major developments developments of the day. police braced

three new cng pumps are open up in westmoreland county. cnb stands for compressed natural gas. these new cng stations were unveiled this afternoon. compressed natural gas is popular among commercial truck fleets. it cuts down on pollution. it's also cheaper than regular gas. goes for about $1.99 a gallon here at this stanton station. >>> speaking of travel, septa will continue running subway trains all night on weekends despite a hefty price tag. keeping those trains rolling costs about $34,000 more than the night owl buses they've replaced. the transit authority says weekend business is booming. an average of 15,000 people ride the trains each weekend throughout the end of october and that's, of course, according to septa. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> i'm meteorologist sheena parveen. we are continuing to watch some rain changing over to light snow across parts of the area. so in some cases, we could see a little bit of light accumulation on grassy surfaces. the poconos could see about an inch of snow, but here is what the radar looks like. we are looking mainly

his newest book "westmoreland's war, reassessing american strategy in vietnam," oxford university press, 2014, was recently selected for inclusion on the chief of staff of the army's professional reading list. colonel daddis is also an important -- important to this organization as liaison between the society for military hior

. >> tim westmoreland came to work for me in the subcommittee. was this your first job? >> my first job out of law school. >> and he was working on public health issues. and tim said to me, i'm worried about these budget cuts during the reagan administration about the public health efforts. we've got to be prepared for whatever may happen. and so what happens? suddenly gay men were dying of a rare form of cancer called carpisarcoma. they said this is geometrically multiplying. it's moving very quickly, expanding very quickly. we held a hearing on it. in los angeles. and we held a series of hearings on it. president reagan would not even mention the word aids. but his department officials understood what was going on and they were worried about it. so tim talked to them -- or talked to me, i shouldn't presume, that if we asked a representative of the administration what their position was -- what their view was, they would give the administration's position. but we framed it in terms of, what is your best expertise, your best expert judgment? should we do this, that or th

owe much to our relationship with the congressman to our wonderful faculty colleague, timothy westmoreland. tim is a professor here at the law center. his teaching in his classes are legendary. particularly, he actually can explain to students what a budget looks like, and what goes into it. and he's also been a very effective, loyal staff person for congressman waxman over the years. and has just been great leader to all of us at the law center in problems of health, budget in congress per se. so thank you both for joining us. it's just a great honor. by tradition, what we will do is that tim will be asking the congressman a number of questions. they'll have a conversation. once that's over, i will probably ask the first one or two questions. and then i'll go to the audience, allowing students to speak first, and then the general audience. so thank you all. you're in for a treat. >> thank you, larry. you're at the institute of health law. you've been doing health law since before there was a field of health law, when people really thought the only thing there was was medical malpractice l

in one westmoreland, pennsylvania clinic, 174 days, nearly six months for a specialty appointment. >>let was mental health. let's say you're dealing with post traumatic stress or something and you ask for an appointment, i know you're dealing with things right now. we'll see new two months. two months for a mental health appointment. >> and we know the suicide rate is tragic for people coming back serving over the last 13 years. pete, you're going to come back later at the top of the hour and discuss this. but you believe it is about the incentive structure? >> it is about the incentives. this is no incentive to be more efficient and treat veterans like customers. this is a bureaucracy. we're nameless. we are numbers. it's not about a shortage of doctors. there's plenty of doctors. the v.a. doesn't track how many doctors they have in many places a new story came out. this is not about doctors. this is about efficiency and incentive which is why government run health care does not work. >> secretary mcdonald who is an expert said the first thing he would do is restructure that and get

chele bachmann, lynn westmoreland reviewed some materials. trent franks looked at some of the materials. but we were concerned because care, this named co-conspirator in supplying and helping terrorism as a front group for the muslim brotherhood, we were surprised that care had such powerful in-roads into the f.b.i., enough to the point that they could demand to have the training materials for the b.i. reviewed and had them as ed of things that they apparently a front group for the muslim brotherhood found offensive. they as named co-conspirators in funding terrorism, they were offended. so, massive number of pages that radical islamists might find offensive that people who want to kill americans might be offended by were purnled from our training materials -- purged from our training materials. state department, apparently purged materials. intelligence community purged materials. and as one intelligence officer told me, we have blinded ourselves of the ability to see our enemy. breaks my aker, it eart, grieves me deeply when innocent muslim

did you ever get a chance to meet westmoreland? >> just very briefly at the end of his life he came up for a visit to west point. >> i had seen him speak once after he had retired and one of the things that struck me was he certainly looked the part if you were casting for a 1960s four-star general. >> we need to remember that this is the man who won the "time" man of the year. if you read that article, he's lauded as one of the best and the brightest. he attends harvard management school, and so i don't think he's quite the modern major general, if you will, that some would have -- [ inaudible question ] >> yeah. right. >> how much control did westmoreland have over the bombing of the north versus the restrictions? >> that's a great question. none. and that's the other thing that's important here, right? much of my discussion tonight obviously focused on the ground war inside saigon, but there's also an air war over south vietnam which is only of tangential, not concern, but only tangentially under the responsibility of westmorela

army -- his newest book westmoreland's war, reassessing american strategy in vietnam, oxford press was recently selected for include on the chief of staff on the army's reading list. colonel daddis is an important -- liaison

free fire zone, westmoreland basically stipulated all of south south vietnam was a free fire zone. and in many ways you can't stipulate, okay, this part is okay to bomb, this part is isn't. that was the case. those were the issues, you know, at play in south vietnam during the war. so, you know, although as a historian context is important, i hate to draw simple analogies with the vietnam war, with wars today, but you can see sort of mistakes being repeated again and again. >> just on the broader historical point about education, i think this is hugely important, and it's hugely important for everyone here in part because we make choices about what gets taught and how things get taught in a democracy because we, the people, care or don't. and if we really want to be an informed citizenry and participate in the big choices that our country's going to face, our citizens also need to learn about history, about government, civics and so on. and the way that happens is because, is when we get together and clamor and ask questions of our elected representatives and so on, and try to get