the vietnamese are not celebrating. they must stay and face the uncertainty of whatever is going to happen to them next. >> in hanoi, the american military involvement in the vietnam war finally came to an end. for if anything or anyone symbolized the american agony of vietnam, it was the prisoners. >> most were pilots, and many had spent more than six years in prison. now they were on their way home. >> it wasn't really until we rolled down the runway, finally lifted off enemy soil, that we all broke loose and and started hugging and kissing the air force nurses. it was just unbelievable. and it was all euphoria. >> families gathered in the den to watch the arrival of the planes in the philippines. there was no word which of the three planes the lieutenant colonel would be on. the first one landed, but it wasn't that one. then came the second plane. someone in the family said that he won't be on this one either. but he was. >> oh! >> it was him! oh, my god! oh! >> we were greeted by thousands of people. they let out th

that was part of north vietnamese strategy at time. they were ready to move to big unit battle after having to assume the defensive posture. following american military intervention in 1965. and throughout 1966. this caused so many debates. because on one side some of the leaders didn't want to revert to a defensive posture. that in doing so moral of the trops would be low. that they had to wage big unit war because that was the only way to win. to maintain the strategic initiative. these were the big battles. but, this was also they were hoping that u.s. policy makers would look not at but further south. and then to to the west. and that was caisson. what they were hoping for was that lbj would think that it would become from 1967 and that the north vietnamese would pull their resources to take caisson. and engage in negotiations. so that you would have the scenario of what happened. and in fact they circulated what was called the this was called the the diversion plan. it was a deception plan. it was called in the vietnamese 694/tg 1

i was an advisor with the south vietnamese. whewe might as well have been on different planets even though we occupied the same map. that's the way it was. we do not purport to provide the whole vietnam experience. but what we can do is give you a feel for our own individual experiences. rather than me introducing them individually i will let them , introduce themselves in turn so we can get through to discussions about what they did and get to questions and answers. we'll start with brigadier general retired cemetery. >> good evening. my name is sam cherry. i 1964 rutgers graduate, am a commissioned the same day i graduated, commissioned second lieutenant. after airborne school, i went to port louis, washington, had to do a year on the ground in a cavalry squadron. i entered flight school in april of i became a rotary wing 1966. aviator and helicopter pilot december 7, 1966. on the way home to new jersey for christmas, i stopped in at fort bragg. they said you have to sign in here. we are putting together a new helicopter assa

in terms of north vietnamese leadership. there's so many debates going on and they mirrored the debates taking place in washington, d.c. in 1967 and that was how to deal with the military stale mamate t had descended. you could compare the month going from something like the spring of 1967 when there were high level meetings taking place between the military and party leadership about what to do to break the stalemate until the end of the year that what would take place deeply fractured the communist party. >> who were the key leaders making the decisions in north vietnam? >> so one of the most surprising things about what i had discovered through the course of my research was the extent to which president hochimen and the secretary of the defense were marginalized and sidelined. this is when that happens and it happens to them on the part of two men who carried out the campaign pretty much to marginalize their power and the party and that included general secretary lahung and his right hand man who would rise to fame as bei

and they were there to help the vietnamese air force. moscow and beijing were squabbling and fighting. the soviets would say to the vietnamese especially as the chinese cultural revolution was raging, look at what china's doing to your war effort. we can't get aid to you because the cultural revolution is going on and they care more about things going on in china than your war effort. both sides basically wanted -- they were fighting the vietnam war to show they were the leader of the international proletarian movement to show that mao's doctrine would defeat the united states. they both had a high stake in the vietnam war. >> let's hear from oxnard california. this is richard. welcome. >> hi. good morning. i found this kind of really interesting because this whole area are areas that i served and i was in vietnam in 1968 to early 1970. one quick thing that really bothers me. i was in the recon unit in the marine corps and we did a lot of missions up into the dmz, mainly concentrated on the routes. we used to put in sensors and things so

byfound ourselves surrounded 35,000 north vietnamese. three-montht of battle after desperate fighting. during the course of that i was wounded twice. and then went on to a full military career. i retired it fort leavenworth after serving in japan and other places. been on the faculty of her since. i was an advisor on the ken burns series. i think the history is right. iti have a problem with it, is that those like the people you see on this panel, who went and did their job is best they could, and came home proud of their service, i don't think that story was told in the series. i have told ken burns that and others. i have known him for about eight years now. with that i would like to open the floor to questions. i would ask you to raise your hand and wait until they get you a microphone. you can address it to either the whole panel or an individual, as you see fit. in the front. >> i have a question about our initial involvement. there was a treaty that southeast asia -- the treaty organization, did we have to honor that? defensee it d

a vietnamese businessman who germany says was abducted in berlin and then smuggled back to hanoi by vietnamese security services may face the death penalty the businessmen won is accused of corruption in vietnam annoyed denies kidnapping him but the case has caused a diplomatic rift between germany and vietnam german diplomats had both expected and feared vietnam's top news headline it is now become a matter of life and death. is public enemy number one in vietnam but germany sees him as the victim of a number precedented abduction. police say that while walking in the central tear garden park in august town was seized by vietnamese agents he was overpowered in broad daylight dragged into a car and flown to viet nam as a supposedly medical case next week he could face the death penalty turns kidnapping has seriously damaged relations between but lynn and hanoi. vietnamese know what they have to do to restore good relations between us and revive our strategic partnership germany's foreign ministry blames the vietnamese embassy for abducting tan the ambassador was subsequently summoned diplomats

we are on our sixth vietnamese officer. i worked very closely with five of them and they have been delightful people. i would love to go back. at some point in time, i think i will if she whom must be obeyed, will let me. >> upwards of 70% of the population was born after the war so there is not a corporate memory of the war there. if it is socialism, it is not the socialism ho chi minh had in mind. it is very capitalistic in the south but also be north. -- but also in the north. i have been top to bottom, east to west. >> on one of his trips, jim sent some pictures back to the rest of us. we can debate winners and losers but it appears to me that the south vietnamese people finally won. i think that is a good thing. >> neon something like las vegas. >> i have been back four times and they have been very gracious. >> i would love to go back but they will not let me go where i was when i was there. apparently, a problem with the indigenous population. >> i'm not sure i would want to go where i was. >> there are periodically

alleged abduction of this vietnamese businessman in germany as soured relations between berlin and annoyed. usually low temperatures are making life difficult in many parts of the united states and forcing some to put their new year plans on ice. i met her in thanks for joining us thousands of iranians have turned out in a mass show of support for the country's religious rulers after days of rare and. government protests pro regime demonstrators have gathered in several cities for marches that were planned weeks ago meanwhile the government of the islamic republic has warned people against what it calls illegal gatherings this follows two days of angry protests over corruption and a surge in food prices u.s. president donald trump has warned tehran to respect protesters rights tweeting that the world is watching. and for more we are joined by f.p. correspondent eric randolph in teheran eric antigovernment protests in iran they are rare but still we've seen two now three days of scattered anti-government protests what is the scale of this what does it mean. this starts in. the second city s

alleged abduction of this vietnamese business. has soured relations between berlin. plus some usually low temperatures are making life difficult in many parts of the united states and forcing some to put their new year's plans. i met her thanks for joining us the iranian government is warning people not to take part in what it calls illegal rallies the move comes as anti-government protesters take to the streets for the third day in a row. in a number of cities including to her on thousands of iranians have also been taking part in pro government demonstrations. fifty five hundred fifty iranians took to the streets across the nation in rallies that had been planned weeks ago they commemorate pro-government demonstrations in two thousand and nine that put an end to unrest following a disputed election state sponsored role as well in more than one thousand two hundred cities and towns. earlier state television had find the reported anti government demonstrations that have been taking place over the last few days the newsreader blamed what she called hostile websites an

politics, vietnamese culture, vietnamese people. he couldn't get those stories on the air. all that our bosses back in new york wanted at that time was as much combat footage as they could get. it was very short-sighted. and we haven't changed all that much. incidentally, while you're looking at that picture, that's an aracon 16-millimeter camera. how much did it weigh, tony? a lot. terry: 30-35 pounds. ted koppel: yeah. so while the rest of us were carrying our backpacks with food and water, tony would be carrying that camera, and the sound of the battery pack, and whatever else he had to sustain him out in the field. and the stories that we did out there would take maybe two or three days before they got on the air. because the film would be sent back to saigon. from saigon, it would be shipped to tokyo. from tokyo to los angeles. l.a. to new york. new york, a motorcycle courier, terry's former career, would pick the film up, take it into abc news, west 66th street, the film would be processed. so the stories that we wrote out in

vietnamese businessman who germany says was abducted in berlin and then smuggled back to hanoi by vietnamese security services may face the death penalty the businessman trench one ton is accused of corruption back in vietnam annoyed denies kidnapping him but the case has caused a diplomatic rift between germany and vietnam. german diplomats had both expected and feared vietnam's top news headline it is now become a matter of life and death. is public enemy number one in vietnam but germany sees him as the victim of an unprecedented abduction. police say that while walking in the central tear garden park an organist turned was seized by vietnamese agents he was overpowered in broad daylight dragged into a car and flown to viet nam as a supposedly medical case next week he could face the death penalty turns kidnapping has seriously damaged relations between lin and hanoi. the vietnamese know what they have to do to restore good relations between us and revive our strategic partnership germany's foreign ministry blames the vietnamese embassy for abducting tan the ambassador was subsequently su

almost half of vietnamese are under the age of 30. fewer every year even remember what they call here "the american war." those years were a defining time for just about everyone, vietnamese or american, who lived through them. and though there are still a lot of conflicted feelings back home, for most vietnamese these days, the war has become an abstraction, not even a memory. vietnam is still a poor nation, but the standard of living has improved a lot with the relaxing of hard-line communist economic policies. more and more foreign tourists every year, western chains, inevitably, are everywhere, and president obama is visiting for the first time, taking another step on the long path toward normalizing relations between the two countries. that is good. ooh, hot. ooh, i hit that chili hard. ♪ [ bells ding ] ♪ [ horn honks ] [ thunder crashes ] ♪ >> tao: nice to meet you. >> anthony: yes. >> tao: it's such a pleasure. >> anthony: oh, and we have a beer ready to go, great. >> tao: yes. so, we are doing by bottle or we are going t

abduction of this vietnamese businessman in germany. between. usually low temperatures are making life difficult in many parts of the united states. and welcome to the program reports are coming in from iran that at least two people have been shot by secure. city forces in the western town of the rood this comes as anti-government protesters take to the streets for the third straight day in a number of places like here in kerman province protests have also spread to the capital tehran there demonstrators damaged buildings and torched rubbish skips earlier thousands of iranians turned out to show their support for the government at rallies that were planned some weeks ago. for more we're joined by iranian journalist side come ali they've gone he's with the guardian newspaper in london side it's good to see you it's difficult right now to verify what's happening in or iran but you've been monitoring the situation on social media what are you seeing. a lot have been though is based on the videos that are posted online some of them have been very fl

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and look, i don't hold a grudge against the north vietnamese. i don't like them. there are some i would never want to see again. but at the same time i was part of a conflict and i thought they were some of the meanest people i've ever met in my life and i never want to see again but there was several that were good people. and that were kind to me. so that's why it was much easier for me to support, along with president clinton and others the normalization of the relationship with our two countries to heal the wounds of war. >> when you got back from over there, how much did you and your dad talk about it? >> a lot. a lot. it was very hard on my dad, particularly since i knew what was happening to me and he didn't. and so everybody that would come through hawaii would want to talk about me and they did the right thing. they said please, just don't talk about admiral mccain's son because then that takes up the whole conversation. but every christmas for four years he would fly are it way up to the dmz, the dividing line between north and south vietnam and have chr

i think the vietnamese assimilated the pain of the violence. we go to muse yeem where the truth is hung in black and white and we are in total shock, we sit and drink beer on the street corner and try to piece it together, but maybe there's no piecing to be done. maybe i thinkec there's no sense to be made of this war that the pain that many have felt still feel it's just their problem. it's all in their heads but what nightmare isn't and what does this a make -- does this make te nightmare a fiction? what's to be done? who is watching? she's placed on a metal cart. the bags roland suspended fish grow and shrink in size depending on the movement of the cart, firstin one cold-eye dialates, opening and closing as if trying to speak, i look at it while it looks at stan parker as he sits near the street and cries. who let whatever happened to sam parker, tom and the platoon happen. who is responsible? who could have stopped it? what tfer, who could have, how do you survive something like that, time, does time heal all wounds? [applause] >> thank yo

look, i don't hold a grudge against the north vietnamese. i don't like them. there's some that i would never want to see again, but at the same time, i was part of a conflict, okay? and i thought they were some of the meanest people i ever met in my life and i never want to see again but there were several that were good people and that were kind to me. so that's why it was much easier for me to support, along with president clinton and others, the normalization of relations with our two countries to heal the wounds of war. >> when you got back from over there, how much did you and your dad talk about it? >> a lot. a lot. it was very hard on my dad, particularly since i knew what was happening to me and he didn't. and so everybody that would come to hawaii and his command would want to talk about me and they did the right thing, they said, please just don't talk about evan mccain's son and then that takes up the whole conversation. but every christmas for four years, he would fly all the way up to the dmz, the dividing line between north and south vietnam and

the vietnamese, having vietnamese fight their own war was not working, and the americans were all happy and pulling their people out. .. well, of course, i knew what was happening better than somebody in new york. and that's always the problem. >> those in new york never felt that way. >> the new york people, they have well we want this from soviet soviet -- we want what you gave us but that's the classic situation. the reporters in the field need to be trusted and it's hard for the new york offices to do that. they -- they're running commercial operation they don't want to offend anybody. they don't want to be too controversial. they don't want to offend the white house. so they're trying to assemble a news program in -- in a few hours in the afternoon, and put this on the air. informing people as much as they think they can with what they've gotten without causing offense. it's always tony and i and all of the correspondents he had worked with -- we believe in what we're doing because there's something sacred about must be informative to americans it's theoretically what had keeps the

i don't hold a grudge against the north vietnamese. i don't like them. there's some that i would never want to see again. but at the same time, i was part of a conflict. okay. and i thought they were some of the meanest people i have ever met in my life. and i never want to see again. but there were several that were good people and that were kind to me. so that's why it was much easier for me to support along with president clinton and others the normalization of relations with our two countries, to heal the wounds of war. >> when you got back from over there, how much did you and your dad talk about it? >> a lot. a lot. very hard on my dad, particularly since i knew what was happening to me, and he didn't. and so everybody that would come through hawaii in his command would want to talk about me. and they did the right thing. they said, please just don't talk about admiral mccain's son because then that takes up the whole conversation. but every christmas, for four years, he would fly all the way up to the dmz, the dividing line between north and south

the vietnamese know what they have to do to restore good relations between us and revive her strategic partnership germany's foreign ministry blames the vietnamese embassy for abducting tan the ambassador was subsequently summoned diplomats suspected of involvement were expelled and german economic aid was cut back the vietnamese government not only were dec's the german accusations but claims that tan gave himself up voluntarily to police in vietnam after being accused of corruption. that's a bare faced lie we know what happened the german police know what happened and of course the vietnamese themselves know best of all. perlin is pursuing several different channels to secure the release every day counts. well george is all conquering football team there are currently world champions confederations cup holders and number one in the fever rankings the team is now preparing to defend its world cup title in twenty eighteen and russia. love believes he has all the ingredients needed to win the competition for a fifth time. for germany's coach joachim the upcoming world cup is the brandin

around that north vietnamese unit and take a lot of north vietnamese soldiers. the valley was about three miles wide. it was filled with eight feet tall elephant grass with leaves that were razor-sharp. at the side of this valley was an open clearing maybe 400 yards. that is where my company landed. my company commander immediately occupied to platoons on claire's. claire's. i told him it was a suicide mission. i knew the north vietnamese had russian artillery. clearing,across that i heard pops. i knew what they were. i had been trained to know what they were. it were artillery rounds incoming. later, 40% of my platoon was either dead or wounded. i went to get a medic and together, we bandaged the wounded and dragged the dead to the lv. z. the rest of the company went back into the bamboo woods. i was loading a wounded man onto the helicopter. there were only three of us out there. they say a picture is worth a thousand words. so this is the helicopter and the wounded whe man. that young man was killed and i was covered with his blood. jim dietzing is by who is

this time, you will hear the distinctive sounds from another vietnamese musical instrument, the dan trung. and we wrap up with one of our favorite fun guests, a yo-yo exhibition by the remarkable national yo-yo champion known, as you might expect, as yo-yo joe. if you haven't seen joseph harris before, you're in for a real eye-opening experience when we show you a brand new routine he did just for this show. well, we have watched with pride as the group astralogik grows in popularity around the bay area. we were happy to be able to help the san jose based duo launch their first ep, "dream awake," produced by one of our other favorite guests, musician tim atlas. this time, they came to the "asian pacific america" studio to perform their song "be." the group says it is trying to spread a message of self-empowerment, compassion, and love through their music. here is astralogik. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i woke up this morning ♪ not knowing what the day will bring. ♪ ♪ will i live my fantasies or fall back asleep? ♪ ♪ oh lord, it's so frustrating 'cause i know i got it in me. ♪ ♪ will my

and, look, i don't hold a grudge against the north vietnamese. i don't like them. there are some that i would never want to see again. but at the same time, i was part of a conflict, okay. and i thought they were some of the meanest people that i ever met in my life and i never want to see again. but there were several that, that were good people, and that were kind to me. so, that's why it was much easier for me to support, along with president clinton and others, the normalization of relations with our two countries, to heal the wounds of war. >> when you got back from over there, how much did you and your dad talk about it? >> a lot, a lot. it was very hard on my dad, particularly since i knew what was happening to me and he didn't. and so everybody that would come through hawaii in his command would want to talk about me. they did the right thing. they said, please just don't talk about admiral mccain's son because then that takes up the whole conversation. but every christmas, for four years, he would fly all the way up to the dmz, the dividing line between no

he understood the of bureaucracy and the of veterans' organizations to find former vietnamese and viet cong fighters that i could interview and also in the american war but because of the military background could put the vietnamese and veterans at ease talking to me also working with ken burns with the pbs series. the first trip that i took anti-introduced me to 20 or 39 of which i understood i don't speak vietnamese soil and ask the question and get 20 minutes to respond then give me a 302nd summary. [laughter] so when i got home i hired a young woman who was a grad student so planes taking the she transcribed the interview so i had a chance to read so i went back the following year and then to ask that follow-up questions but the problem is that in the interim someone google me to decide i was an important american writer. so i got a nice note from the ministry saying because the was significant journalist or writer to have a deputy of minister so i sat down to draft a note back things for working with him but could contact before hand and said this is not an offer that you can refu

data it drove directly to berlin strapped oh districts where the vietnamese embassy is located at the car parked there for five hours that's where all traces of train vanished ten days later he appears on vietnamese state television to make a confession. it was reckless and in considers of me to go into exile and i realized in germany that i had to come back to face the truth. transmission is in line with the vietnamese government claims they maintained train is corrupt and voluntarily gave himself up however his german lawyer calls it a kidnapping and a forced confession. is totally unacceptable. so it's well beyond the remit of any stace. the only way to explain this is that someone thought a covert mission could be made to look like a voluntary return. for. the investigation has reinforced suspicions that the vietnamese embassy was the nerve center for the kidnapping squad that travelled to berlin. previous enemies checked into this berlin hotel a week before the disappearance the deputy chief of vietnam secret service also traveled to the german capital to oversee the kidnappers.

in the vietnamese capital hanoi we will tell you why motorbikes could soon be disappearing from the city's streets. the anger over u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital shows no sign of abating from her to jakarta to karate thousands are still rallying against it this was the scene in the turkish capital ankara earlier on where thousands took to the streets to vent their anger and stand in solidarity with the palestinians meanwhile the turkish president. said he wants to open an embassy in occupied east jerusalem days after leading calls at a summit of muslim leaders to recognize it as the capital of palestine and the united nations security council is also considering a resolution submitted by egypt calling for the us jerusalem decision to be

one is that i have one friend on the wall who was killed in january 1968 when the north vietnamese came through. i trained with him and knew him well. he was a good friend of mine. it is the brilliance of the vietnam wall that it is by virtue of its black granite a reflective surface, so i believe that almost by accident, the reflective quality of the granite to those who have survived is a magical accident that i came upon. the second emotional tie is the sculptor of the soldiers at the memorial was a friend of mine, and i was not sure when i started to focus on this question as to whether this book would work. i had done dual biographies before, pete rose, a baseball book, saladin versus richard the lionheart, a medieval book. the form of dual biography interested me greatly. whether i could do a dual biography was a question in my mind. i was interested in the artistic process that those artists went through. what should the place be for a lost war, a divisive war? what shape should it take, what went through artist's minds to try to figure out what would be appropriate. what would b

there were no night patrols by our vietnamese forces. only the vietcong were out at night, they owned the country at night. >> we were very much in love. i joined dan in vietnam, and on that trip, he asked me to marry h him. we went to this party where there was this person who had been in north vietnam and was describing the effects of our bombing. it was a -- just welling up of a kind of visceral disgust. >> we left the party, patricia had something to drink during it said -- >> how can you be part of this? because in some ways, he was more part of it than i think he realized? i was thinking i'm against the bombing, i'm trying to stop all the bombing in south vietnam. trying to do the best i can to moderate the killing, and i'm not getting any credit for that. and she's holding me responsible for the whole war. >> my accusation of dan, and i think the passion with which it came out that really caused him to close off. he was saying, i don't want to be with somebody that is that critical of me, and doesn't see i'm risking my life to try

i think that's a contribution from our vietnamese monks especially. they are very sharp in getting things done in the most efficient way and prompt way. the americans were just a little more loose and took a little longer time to get things done and all that. - [jann] why does it sound like he's talking about us? jann, he's did four while you're doing two. i know, i want that brush. (laughing) yeah, we are so slow, rodney. takes time. - [jann] of course, i want it to look really good. - [father] they could speed up the camera when they play it. - [jann] that's right. - [rodney] not a bad idea, father. decorating the cakes would certainly go faster. is it good? it's good. at this point, we would forgive the good father for thinking the two of us were nuttier than, well, you know, and speaking of nuts-- oh no, oh no! what did i do wrong? (speaking foreign language) i don't speak vietnamese but something has gone awry. you'll see there's a head and a tail to the nut and they all wanna be the same. the same side, the same direction. - [jann] is that one t

when they did, that entire area was surrounded with dead north vietnamese. those guys fought for their lives for three or four days. the lam son 719, i never prayed so hard in my life. from the minute we took off to wherever we went west and back again, i was praying. when we did the extractions, they were saying, go down there and pick them up. the first wave went into pick them up. the south vietnamese, they were trying to get out of there because they were getting their you know what's cleaned, and they were not being orderly about getting an aircraft. the huey would only carry about 13 total people, 8 american combat loaded troops plus 4. the south vietnamese were just cramming on aircraft 13, 15, 20, whatever they could get on there. some of these hueys could not take off. they would try to and then they would crash, over the ridge line. we went to the maintenance people, vehicular maintenance, and we got as much accelrys as -- axle grease as we could get. we greased the tubes and the skids so if they were hanging on, once we cleared the ridgelines, the

the south vietnamese were in panic mode. they were trying to get out of there because they were getting their you know whats clean. they were not being orderly about getting on the aircraft. the huey can carry about 13 people, eight combat troops plus a crew of four. these south vietnamese were cramming on the aircraft. i mean 13, 15, 20. whatever they could get on there. some of these hueys couldn't take off. they would try to and then they would crash as they went over the side of the ridgeline. to counter that, we went through the maintenance people, vehicular maintenance, and got as much axel grease as we could get and greased the cross oo tubes and skids so if they were hanging on, they didn't stay long. that was the only way to save the aircraft and the crews and pilots. we did that for two or three days. i was telling dwayne earlier, i still have at home today an inch and a half piece of mortar round that went through the right of my aircraft going into one of those ridgelines. but, i mean, down south for a year, you

the vietnamese were in panic. they were getting their you know whats cleaned and they were not being orderly about getting on the aircraft. huey can only care 13 people plus a group of four. these south vietnamese were cramming on to the aircraft. some of these hueys couldn't take off. they would try to and crash as they went over the ridge line. to counter that, we went to the vehicular maintenance people and got as mush greece they could get so if they were hanging on, they they didn't stay on for long. we did that for two or three days. i still have at home today an inch and a half piece of mortar round that went into my aircraft. lam song, down south for a year, yeah, you got shot at. yeah, we took a bunch of hits here and there, put aircraft into maintenance because of it, but lam song was beat up and really built my respect for the world war ii pilots. >> thank you, ed. [ applause ] >> like i said, when i saw ed had flown, i thought, we got hear this story. vietnam was a helicopter war. and i think it's wher

seventy five a tank broke through the gates of the american embassy in saigon as it was called the vietnamese fighters were running up the stairs of the u.s. embassy trying to catch the bottom of the u.s. ambassador's helicopter as he clattered away to safety his paper showering everyone it was truly remarkable the vietnamese people had for not just french imperialism for decades but then american imperialism and defeated them both but again the parallels between now and that period spain of course as catalonia in that situation not a day goes by here in britain that we don't hear about dublin now controlling the future of britain because of rex in negotiations again and again in this memoir island personally its impact on your life and what the british did to and from the very youngest years that i can remember my ears and my head and my heart were filled with the stories of british iniquity in. and the one nine hundred seventy s. was the most dreadful decade in just one year almost five hundred people lay dead on the streets of six counties in the north east of the few graustark up as a dea

still to come on counting the cost i'm wayne hay in the vietnamese capital hanoi where we'll tell you why motorbikes could soon be disappearing from the city streets. is it a taxi or is it then sounds like a philosophical question but that's exactly what the european union's top court had to rule on this week and its verdict should be classified as a transport service and regulated like all the taxi operators of that landmark ruling resolving it was identity crisis also has implications for the gig economy needs barker reports from london it's a landmark judgement with big implications for other online companies the european court of justice ruled that is a taxi service and not a technology firm as the company insists it will now have to comply to the same regulation as other transport firms rules that can be set to country level the long running court case was first brought by taxi drivers in spain with a backlash against those being explosive. thousands of taxi drivers took to the streets accusing the company of unfair competition there were similar scenes in several other cities th

still to come on counting the cost i'm wayne hay in the vietnamese capital hanoi where we'll tell you why motorbikes could soon be disappearing from the city streets. is it a taxi or is it then sounds like a philosophical question but that's exactly what the european union's top court had to rule on this week and its verdict should be classified as a transport service and regulated like all the taxi operators of that landmark ruling resolving it was identity crisis also has implications for the gig economy needs barker reports from london it's a landmark judgement with big implications for other online companies the european court of justice ruled that is a taxi service and not a technology firm as the company insists it will now have to comply to the same regulation as other transport firms rules that can be set at country level the long running court case was first brought by taxi drivers in spain with a backlash against being explosive. thousands of taxi drivers took to the streets accusing the company of unfair competition there were similar scenes in several other cities this was

still to come on counting the cost i'm wayne hay in the vietnamese capital hanoi where we'll tell you why motorbikes could soon be disappearing from the city streets. is it a taxi or is it then sounds like a philosophical question but that's exactly what the european union's top court had to rule on this week and its verdict should be classified as a transport service and regulated like all the taxi operators of that landmark ruling resolving it was identity crisis also has implications for the gig economy needs barker reports from london it's a landmark judgement with big implications for other online companies the european court of justice ruled that is a taxi service and not a technology firm as the company insists it will have to comply to the same regulation as other transport firms rules that can be set a country level the long running court case was first bought by taxi drivers in spain with a backlash against those being explosive. thousands of taxi drivers took to the streets accusing the company of unfair competition there were similar scenes in several other cities this was

still to come on counting the cost i'm wayne hay in the vietnamese capital hanoi where we'll tell you why motorbikes could soon be disappearing from the city streets. is it a taxi or is it then sounds like a philosophical question but that's exactly what the european union's top court had to rule on this week and its verdict should be classified as a transport service and regulated like all the taxi operators of that landmark ruling resolving it was identity crisis also has implications for the gig economy needs barker reports from london it's a landmark judgement with big implications for other online companies the european court of justice ruled that is a taxi service and not a technology firm as the company insists it will have to comply to the same regulation as other transport firms rules that can be set a country level the long running court case was first brought by taxi drivers in spain with a backlash against being explosive. thousands of taxi drivers took to the streets accusing the company of unfair competition there were similar scenes in several other cities this was pari

in the vietnamese capital hanoi we will tell you why motorbikes could soon be disappearing from the city's streets. the anger over u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital shows no sign of abating from her to jakarta to karate thousands are still rallying against it this was the scene in the turkish capital ankara earlier on where thousands took to the streets to vent their anger and stand in solidarity with the palestinians meanwhile the turkish president. said he wants to open an embassy in occupied east jerusalem days after leading calls at a summit of muslim leaders to recognize it as the capital of palestine and the united nations security council is also considering a resolution submitted by egypt calling for the us jerusalem decision to be withdrawn well the egyptian resolution affirms that any decisions and actions which purport of all to. the character status or demographic composition of the holy city of jerusalem have no legal effect a null and void and must be rescinded in compliance with relevant resolutions of the security council pres

even a unified vietnamese identity doesn't exist. [dings] like, it's kikind of like s sayg italians--defined by tomatoes and olive oil. wwhat people see as essential,, it''s because they'y're looking from like an n outsider's point o of view, and it's not granular. 'cause once you go granular, it's

three industry there's lots of concern over safety and security not too long ago one vietnamese company was able to break into the i phone x. facial recognition system proving that even biometrics aren't hack proof to talk more about this we're joined now by todd shipley president of euro software now todd to be clear this company has spent time beforehand making a face mask to help them get past the system and the user had to be present to unlock the phone each time that mask failed so with that in mind how big of a deal is this really well thanks for having me on today it's it is a big deal because they did it within two weeks of the i phone ten coming out so the fact that they were able to actually fabricate something that was to get around it needs to be a concern for everybody if they can do it that quickly. well over time our faces can change whether it's because at the age or make up or in some cases plastic surgery so why don't we just stick to fingerprints what is the alert of facial recognition technology. well i think the louer is that it's the ease of use and a lot of people

i'm wayne hay in the vietnamese capital hanoi will tell you why motorbikes could soon be disappearing from the city's streets. hello and welcome back as we look at the weather across southeastern parts of asia is this area of cloud across the philippines which is causing problems as the tropical depression current tie the winds are particularly strong with everest giving fast amounts of rain and because it's very slow moving that rain is going to continue through monday elsewhere we've got some heavy rain affecting parts of java and bali through towards east timor some heavy showers a stand up through them on a plane into singapore. looks largely drawn further north it's a pretty decent picture across much of thailand cambodia and central and southern parts of vietnam and that continues over the following twenty four hours at that stage card type should be moving away from the philippines down into a strait is warming up in many places here but you see this area of low pressure across western areas and that while bring some rain into parts of western australia during the course of mon

m one thirty in the vietnamese capital hanoi they will tell you why motorbikes could soon be disappearing from the city streets. the chorus of condemnation against the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital is getting louder protests are continuing in parts of the world many two weeks off to president trump's decision these are pictures from turkey's a capital ankara where people came out to vent their anger turkish the turkish president is planning to take the issue to the u.n. security council attaching a name is in ankara. here for more than an hour. each day in addition to all the turkish and palestinian flags you're also hearing signing a lot of entire american sentiment such as the president no one has emerged as a advocate for the palestinians and he's been we're adding other arab and islamic countries. to show their solidarity and real against president donald trump's resignation of jerusalem as the capital. rio won when they won hosted a summit for the organization for islam the cooperation organization with fifty seven members during that summit he said that this deci