aircraft struck more than twenty thousand tons of explosives on towns in north vietnam. that combined power much thought of the atom bomb dropped on hiroshima in one thousand four hundred five. just absolutely normal it's explosions and. devastation caused by back to the same time i think it also persuaded. that. it was time. to. the city of hanoi the wreckage of one of thirty u.s. b. fifty two bombers is still buried in a lake here the consequences of the military operation linebacker two soon after that the u.s. troops started to leave vietnam. mean often brings his grandchildren here when the war was over he served in the vietnamese army for a further twenty years retiring as a general now he writes his memoirs about how his battalion took part in resisting the last american air raid. happened right here. because her lawyer was subjected to very heavy. and the wreckage of this aircraft is a good illustration of the defeat suffered by the united states here. unlike his vietnamese counterpart sergeant nicholai kolesnik decided against continuing his military career. aft

vietnam. it was later revealed that he was acting on orders from then president richard nixon. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,680 after gaining 44 points. the s&p was up 6, and the nasdaq added 20. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei rose 164, while in hong kong, the hang seng nudged up one point. >>> hopeful economic numbers and upbeat quarterly earnings got wall street back in the black on wednesday. the market started cooking after payroll company adp said private employers added more jobs in july than forecast. that boosted optimism for traders, skittish ahead of tomorrow's crucial monthly unemployment numbers from the government. adding to that confidence, a separate report that showed the service sector grew faster than expected in july. >>> priceline led in earnings news, soaring 22% on its stronger-than-expected quarterly results and outlook, suggesting consumers are willing to spend on trav

korea vietnam laos all kinds of countries and now they call it precision bombing where you know they're guided by lasers and that much more intelligence and there's all this electronic devices in the bombs to guide them but we still you know there's still a lot of other people killed that we don't intend to kill that's always been the problem and i found his use of the word scalpel very interesting because it gives a kind of a false sense of security to americans thinking we're only killing you know these three or four people and not you know we're missing everybody else and that's not what happens and unfortunately when you start killing people in a burton way in you kill civilians and you kill families and you kill people and children it creates animosity toward the united states it comes back comes back the term blowback comes to mind it does create a lot of animosity and you can find this in pakistan in afghanistan as well where civilian casualties have really turned the civilian population against america not only fuels more anti-american resentment it only helps recruits but you k

international reports blame the north korean students for. responsibility. well they did today we look at the author effect sort of vietnam war the personal recollections of american veterans thirty five years old that's coming up in our special report. she joined the military. because i thought that it was my duty that it was something that i can do to help my country. my government that is necessary for me to feel. there was a lot of. there was a lot of murder of american officers and soldiers there were a lot of. these all the war i was not i wanted to win a lot of medals and to have a lot of desperation. but afterwards i realize that they don't mean anything. that him for. i don't i don't i never check the medal. head now with the business news on the stand that one country has found a rather novel way to pay its bills dining halls to pay for russian gas with we'll look at what a little later in the program but first the agricultural bank of china has raised a record twenty two point one billion dollars in additional public offering the country's number

point to blame the north for the incident but pyongyang denies responsibility. but it out from the author effects of the vietnam war and the personal recollections of american veterans thirty five years on that's coming up in our special report. because i thought that it was my duty it was something to try to help my country. my government. necessary. you know there was a lot of. there was a lot of murder of american officers so. there were a lot of. if. you feel the way i was that i wanted to leave a lot of metal. a lot of desperation. but afterwards i realize they don't mean anything. that came for. all the data space news news with daniel is next. going to business the agricultural bank of china has raised a record twenty two point one billion dollars for its initial public offering the country's number three brave falling stock markets in shanghai and hong kong to become china's last major fun show to list investors have been cheated by a double digit growth in the chinese economy for cool to two. just take a look at how the stock markets are doing japan is

for two hours from now we look at the aftereffects of the vietnam war and the personal recollections of american veterans that in five years on is coming up in our special report. to join the military. because i thought that it was my duty and it was something that i do to help my country. my government that is necessary for me to be. there was a lot of them. there was a lot of murder of american officers and soldiers there were a lot of. these. people the i was not i wanted to make a lot of medals and they have a lot of desperation. but afterwards i realize they don't mean anything. that came for. i don't i don't i never check the medal. with the business needs end up strong in a strong start to the week absolutely some key companies have come out with positive results this morning we'll have the details in the program but first the agricultural bank of china has raised a record twenty two point one billion dollars in an initial public offering the country's number three learn the brave markets in shanghai and hong kong to become china's last major financial to list investors have b

especially high since the sinking of the spring of the south china on international report blames the north for the incident but denies responsibility. right to the sound we look at the after effects of the vietnam war in the post-war recollections of american veterans thirty five years old that's coming up in our special report. because i thought it was my duty it was something to help my country. my government was necessary for america you know there was a lot of. there was a lot of murder of american officers by sea. there were a lot of. people the way i was not i wanted to make a lot of mess and i have a lot of desperation. but afterwards i realize they don't mean anything. that came for. i don't i don't i never meddle. so yes you can watch that report in about ten minutes time now their way it's time for the business news with daniel and john investors who feel they've been misled russia cannot get off their chest we understand the government closed the website where they can complain about corruption details later in the program but first the agricultural bank of china has raised a re

since the sinking of a spring of the south warship the cho noun and international report blamed the north for the incident but pyongyang denies responsibility. now later today we look at the after effects of the vietnam war and the personal recollections of american veterans thirty five years on that's coming up in our special report. to join the military. because i thought that it was my duty and it was something that i do to help my country i believe my government. is necessary for america you know. there was a lot of. there was a lot of murder of american officers and soldiers there were a lot of. these all the while i was not i wanted to win a lot of medal and they do have a lot of desperation. but afterwards i realize that they don't mean anything. that came for. i don't i don't i never kept the medal. you can watch the wounds of war throughout the day here on t.v. went over to the business. implicitly standing by hi there daniel i'd like the world stock markets have lost their morning suddenly and the shares of slumped into the red across the board the details in the program but fir

ten minutes from now we look at the off the effects of the vietnam war on the personal recollections of american veterans thirty five years old that's coming up in our special report. so i got to show it. because i thought that it was my duty it was something that i do to help my country . my government. necessary for america you know there was a lot of. there was a lot of murder of american officers so. there were a lot of. before the war i was stunned i wanted to make a lot of mistakes and i have a lot of desperation. but afterwards i realize they don't mean anything. that informs. i don't i don't i never meddle. daniel joins us now with all of today's business. it's a business the agricultural bank of china has raised a record twenty two point one billion dollars for its initial public offering the country's number three learn the braves falling stock markets in shanghai and hong kong to become china's last major financial to list investors have been cheered by double digit growth in the chinese economy for a quarter to. talk to the stock markets now japan ended low on news of poi

in vietnam we had vietnamese troops on our side and vietnamese troops, north vietcong that we were fighting, and during the course of that war, vietnamese troops on our side became kind of dependant and not very motivated. and all that time the vietcong was becoming more and more skilful as they were fighting a more and more skilful us and their motivation stayed strong. how is what we're doing with the taliban going to be different from that, because it seems like we're facing a similar situation where the afghan troops that we're train up, they're coming up in somewhat of a dependant mode with us, but the taliban troops we're fighting are getting more and more skilful fighting us. how do we fix that? >> yeah. i mean, that is a central challenge when you're working with indigenous forces. but you will only succeed when those indigenous forces can maintain domestic order and deny their countries safe havens for terrorists. and so it's a question of balance, it's not one or the other. and -- i mean, we wrestle with this in iraq all the time. you know, we build these units, then we take them

in vietnam we had vietnamese troops on our side and vietnamese troops, north vietcong that we were fighting, and during the course of that war, vietnamese troops on our side became kind of dependant and not very motivated. and all that time the vietcong was becoming more and more skilful as they were fighting a more and more skilful us and their motivation stayed strong. how is what we're doing with the taliban going to be different from that, because it seems like we're facing a similar situation where the afghan troops that we're train up, they're coming up in somewhat of a dependant mode with us, but the taliban troops we're fighting are getting more and more skilful fighting us. how do we fix that? >> yeah. i mean, that is a central challenge when you're working with indigenous forces. but you will only succeed when those indigenous forces can maintain domestic order and deny their countries safe havens for terrorists. and so it's a question of balance, it's not one or the other. and -- i mean, we wrestle with this in iraq all the time. you know, we build these units, then we take them

in vietnam we had vietnamese troops on our side and vietnamese troops, north vietcong that we were fighting, and during the course of that war, vietnamese troops on our side became kind of dependant and not very motivated. and all that time the vietcong was becoming more and more skilful as they were fighting a more and more skilful us and their motivation stayed strong. how is what we're doing with the taliban going to be different from that, because it seems like we're facing a similar situation where the afghan troops that we're train up, they're coming up in somewhat of a dependant mode with us, but the taliban troops we're fighting are getting more and more skilful fighting us. how do we fix that? >> yeah. i mean, that is a central challenge when you're working with indigenous forces. but you will only succeed when those indigenous forces can maintain domestic order and deny their countries safe havens for terrorists. and so it's a question of balance, it's not one or the other. and -- i mean, we wrestle with this in iraq all the time. you know, we build these units, then we take them

people talking like a person from north carolina, put him on and let him speak and show ignorance in this country because until the ignorance is dealt with we are always going to have these kinds of comments. let the tea party. i thank god for this great day. host: we will go to birmingham, alabama. republican line. caller: good morning, how are you doing? like the last caller, thank god for c-span and the ability to speak. you spoke about iraq inquiry that is being played today at 3:00. it is a very i opening event and i was a lot of c-span viewers would watch what is taking place in britain because we need that to happen here as to a real inquiry as to the lead up to that war. i think, in my own personal opinion, that i was -- the i was taken off the ball in the lost war of afghanistan. we should have been doing things required there because the taliban in itself enabled al qaeda to attack us and right now the taliban is trying to mount a strong combat to allow al qaeda in those border regions of pakistan to come back. if we keep pretending that for the last nine years that we did