it is a vietnam story. the most dramatic and divisive conflict since the civil war ended in chaos and some say shame. americans wanted nothing more to do with vietnam. nightmare best forgotten. a little story, an insignificant one, on the contrary, it is very much worth telling. allow me to let you sample late little piece of it. lt. bob wanted into the combat information center. amid the many radar scopes was a large radar repeater the consolidated information from the other displays. one look at the repeater screen put everything in perspective. each green blip was a ship of some sort making it easy to see the location of every craft on a master grid. but the screen image appeared on bond. the shoreline was out of focus. going topside to the flying bridge he grabbed the large binoculars and scanned the brightening horizon. the mystery of the battery radar screen instantly cleared of. hundreds of boats were headed out to sea in kirk's direction. as the distance closed he noted every type of watercraft from

it's a vietnam story. when our most traumatic and divisive conflict since the civil war ended in chaos, and some say shame, americans wanted nothing more to do with vietnam. it was a nightmare best forgotten. a little story and insignificant one? on the contrary. this is the vietnam story i think is very much worth telling. in the next few minutes allow me to let you sample just a little piece of it. lieutenant bob lenke wandered into the uss kirk communication center. there was a large radar repeater that consolidated information from other displays. one look at the repeater screen put everything into perspective. each green blip was a ship of some sort, making it easy to quickly see the location of every craft on a master grid. but the screen image appeared odd. the shoreline was out of focus. going topside to the flying bridge, he grabbed the large binoculars and scanned the brightening horizon. the mystery of the blurry radar screen instantly cleared up. hundreds of boats were heading out to sea in kir

>> yesterday, vietnam's prime minister in his speech in myanmar asked other leaders to support vietnam and put pressure on china to remove that oil rig from the waters that vietnam says is in its territory. earlier, foreign ministers issued a statement calling on self-restraint from both parties as well as progress in formulating a code of conduct for that sea region. the unumlear whether will get support it is looking for from other countries in the region. >> how did this dispute play out? we have these protests here. what are people saying? >> in vietnam, people are riveted by this story, this class, this dispute. drivers, police officers, shopkeepers, everyone is talking about it. over the weekend, there were protests in the major cities across the country. these protests are fairly rare in vietnam. the government keeps a very close watch on any kind of activity in the streets. this weekend, people came out in force. china'st outside embassy in hanoi as well as one near the chinese consulate in ho chi minh city where there were a thousand or more people on the street. they were con

china evacuated 3,000 of its citizens from vietnam. they are being taken to safety by sea and air, following a wave of anti-chinese riots in which two have been killed. china's decision to drill for oil provoked anger much what is the latest from the evacuations? >> well, china is now dispatching five warships to vietnam to evacuate chinese that have been unable to leave. flights have been leaving vietnam, but they are full. china made this really powerful symbolic digs to send war ships into vietnamese waters to bring out the nationals. 3,000 chinese have been brought back to the country from vietnam and have been giving disturbing eyewitness accounts of what happened during the disturbances which began on wednesday. some talked of how they were beaten within an inch of their lives, saying they were terrified by the sheer fer ofty of the services. many have been detained. a text message was sent urging restrants. it seems the vietnamese authorities are trying to put a lid on the responses. china's response has been restrained. they sa

they certainly roiled vietnam. and they want to stop these protests in vietnam it's very clear what can be done. the chinese can take the rig away. china has these territorial claims of all of these countries in the region. they all have a problem with china not just vietnam. >> woodruff: we heard the chinese spokes woman it's clear who is the aggressor here. she meant the vietnamese. who is telling the truth? >> i think both sides think they're telling the truth. f rankally i think the chinese side acted assertively here not a very good situation. having said that, this is disputed waters. it falls within the exclusive economic zone of islands that china claims. and so simply pointing fingers and saying it's the other side fault isn't going to get us very far. >> woodruff: don't they know putting these in the waters would get them them upset. didn't they realize the people of vietnam. >> i cannot imagine they thought vietnam would accept this without a lot of protest and they thought the people of vietnam would no

have already proved it would be futile for vietnam to unreasonably and illegally interfere and jeopardize the work of chinese fishing boats and eventually vietnam is damaging its own interests by doing this. >> more now from adrian brown who is in beijing. >> reporter: this is a reminder tensions between vietnam and china are not going a way, in this latest incident there are different versions of what happened. china says a vietnamese fishing vessel bumped into one of itses are vessels and capsized and sink and they said they that attacked it and caused it to sink. this happened in a place where they are drilling for oil on lands that are claimed by china and vietnam and this began at the beginning of the month and they protect the drilling

. >>> evacuation is underway in vietnam. beijing brings citizens home follow ago wave of antichinese rights. >>> there's help to rescue those trapped by the worst flooding. >>> one of the world's most famous flower shows bursts into full bloom. >>> hello. south korea's president has announced plar announce planned plan break up the coast guard. most school children died when the sewol sank. he apologized for the sinking and said the safety agency would handle new duties. >> a tearful president park without the name of passengers and crew who died trying to sai others this in the ferry disaster that's had increasingly repercussions. this was her most formal apology in a televised address to the nation. i could not sleep for the past days in anguish thinking of the student who is have not lumed yet. the responsibility is placed on me. the boats were only able to rescue a third of those on board. 339 on board were teachers and students on board on a school trip. the captain was charged with manslaughter along with three other c

let's kick it off with vietnam. it will cite china sunk one of their ships. >> political tension between the countries in the region have been there for forever. economics have been comparative and are trumping the political animus, it is fine. when economic advances are left secured because of situations, before, of course you have the tensions reappear. you have something part a picture for a breach of the global economy in the next five-10 years. the advantages of staying comparative across countries are going to be compared to a much bigger, much stronger political activity. >> how many calls did you get from clients? focus on vietnam or thailand? exchanging fire. >> what are they asking about? >> they go about even. yeah, yeah. >> political? >> yeah. i always tell them to look at the bigger picture. more difficult he and the economy. to i think this is the way trade this story. looking at a broader picture and seeing where i put my money in order to use this in order to be protected. >> a window it includes --

-- thailand vietnam, north vietnam. >> over the past few weeks. the latestu for story. the new prime minister modi will pakistani with his counterpart. his inauguration was in new delhi. he there were a series of clashes. said improved relations with neighboring countries is high on the agenda. said he is ready for talks with russia and pledges to curb the violence. a russian said that are ready for talks. faced with a shrinking economy and pro-russian forces trying to take control of the ukraine east. violence is grubbing eastern ukraine. separatists gunmen took over the airport and refuse an ultimatum to leave. he reiterated his pledge to bring the fighting to an end. kuala lumpur said raw satelliate data related to the missing plane could become a public today. thatare set to share they'll plane ended up in the indian ocean after changing course. has beenh area expended. most of the passengers were chinese. malaysian airlines is going over review of its business. increasing rivalry but aims to break even next year. bankruptcy, we are told, is not an option. haslinda

india said it would support vietnam in any dispute. joining me is professor wu, president of the jeffrey institute on south-east asia. china made a move to station an oil rig, in a boundary 150 miles from the vim nam coast -- vietnam coast. why did this cause tension? >> the i would say are under dispute. this is an effort by china to change the facts of the ground. the vietnamese see that as an aggressive act. and given the general defensiveness of china in vietnam because of historical reasons, it's easy to understand why the general public reacted with fury the way that they have in the last few days. >> if we can go a little deeper, you mentioned there has been an uneasy relationship between vietnam and china. >> i assumed the level way to think of it is what ho chi min in the internal meeting after the vietnamese communist party. the french have been here for 200 years, but the last time the chinese came, they stayed for a century. so during the vietnam war, the chinese where with the vietnamese, shortly in 1979 china sent in a fo

vietnam's leader-is under pressure. certainly they need to respond to the sovereignty challenge in an effective manner because what china or beijing is doing is making unreasonable claims not just with respect to waters, but the entire south-east asian sea region, and so what vietnam is struggling to do and has not done effectively enough to the moment is to craft a clear unified response, and general the kind of chaos that we observe absolutely cannot be tolerated and i think that we are thou seeing hanoi try to craft a more coherent, effective response to this emergency situation. >> does china's action test america's resolve in coming to the aid of allies in any way? >> well, absolutely. i think washington has signalled its intent to ren gauge with asia -- re-engage with asia. vietnam is not an ally of the united states, but i think that everybody recognises the united states is interested in a stable east asian region, one conducive to normal economic relations and to the significant extent that this poses a threat,

china said it stopped all bilateral programs with vietnam. the move followed days of riots in which two people had been killed. china evacuated 3,000 citizens from vietnam by air and sea. the balkans experienced the worst flooding in more than a century. at least 25 have been killed, and tens of thousands left their homes. rivers burst their banks across serb and herzegovina. north korea offered a rare apology to people who lost relatives after an apartment building collapsed. state media offered no further details. 93 families from living in the building. >>> an opposition leader was detained and arrested for violence in darfur. there are forwards his arrest will increase political tensions. now, the husband of a pregnant sued niece women sentenced to death for aposta sis said he will appeal the ruling. she was convicted for agentededly abandoning islam for christianity. a court rules she should be hanged >>> in a community of muslims and christians that lived side by side, and have done so for years. an attack on a church in 2012 shocked th

they have suspended towards to vietnam. -- tours to vietnam. clashedthere when ships at cm we have this first talent and we have this first-hand account. >> both countries claim territorial rights to these waters and chases and collisions. this crash occurred last week. sayvietnamese coast guards the boat was idle in the water when the chinese vessel ramped it. there was damage. no one was hurt. a radar screen shows that there area, which in the is more than double the vietnamese. chases like this are daily occurrences. both sides are ordering the other side it to leave. isthis coast guard vessel seven not of miles away from the exploration rig that you can see in the background behind me. there is a ring around the rig. as closeon is to get to the vessel as possible. typically, chinese vessels give chase. >> the turf battle at sea is likely to continue. bloomberg. here?t is happening what has been done to calm the waters. >> the tensions will subside on land. they were quick to disperse the protests that were planned and they will not allow th

and nothing done for the ones out of vietnam. we are now getting taken care of from vietnam. that is not shinseki's fault. was --s time. if there it was so messed up then why didn't people to something about it many years, after vietnam, the korean war. they did not know what to do. they do not know what to do now. it takes time but he needs -- he should have had the time. that they them doing are playing a game and they are supposed we supporting us. i went to war for them. i gave my life for them. i did not know we had such heathens in the republican party running this country. to do my jobn time and i get so sick and tired of hearing them cry very loose -- kryger weicrybabies cry. your commentsor and your views. we will take more comments tour morning at 7 a.m. eastern on ."ashington journal whenat has been the result you have this classic economic holdout problem with retransmission for video you have companies doing this game of chicken where they cut off service to customers. they're starting to block traffic on their internet services for customers and the ultimate res

martin luther king and wrote king's famous antiwar speech "beyond vietnam." king delivered the address at riverside church here in new , 1960 seven, exactly one year to the day before he was assassinated in memphis, tennessee. harding was involved in numerous civil rights groups including the southern christian ship conference, the student nonviolent court in committee and racial equality. after king was assassinated, harding became the first director of the martin luther king jr. memorial center and of the institute of the black world. you later became a professor at iowa school of theology in denver. professor described him as "the most importance overrides leader not everyone has heard of. i interviewed vincent harding in our firehouse studio unable first, 2008. it was three days before the 30th anniversary of king's assassination. it was in the middle of barack obama's historic run for president. i began by asking dr. harding to talk about where he was when he learned that dr. king had been killed april 4, 1968. >> i was sitting with my wife and a friend

those nva decisions from north vietnam would have been killing american soldiers in south vietnam. >> phillip, how do you think the vietnam war would look had the mung soldiers not been there? how would the outcome have been differently. >> tremendously differently. for example, the vietnam memorial here in washington would be two or three times larger with perhaps 150,000 names instead of 52,000. >> you think the contribution of the mung soldiers saved 50 to 100,000 american lives? >> incredible. >> absolutely. >> you mentioned this was a secret, a classified operation, but -- >> yes >>-- does it being a secret operation justify benefits and recognition being held from thousands of men? >> well, i think in bi-partisan fashion, the u.s. congress has finally, recognized the need to remedy this injustice, and it wasn't until 1997 that the mung veterans were formally recognized and in part, because it was a deeply classified program and so the legislation now in congress that's been introduced by senator lisa mckurskoy and mark begoch from alaska and jim costa from california is solidly

no doubt these will have an impact on vietnam's economy here. what is vietnam saying - not just because of the economic implication, but -- >> the economic impact will be huge because taiwan is a large investors, and the taiwanese factories were targeted most by the mobs, the mobs making no distinction between taiwanese and other factories. they targeted a factory displaying a sign with chinese characters. taiwan is a big investor in japan. with so many evacuated, so many businesses shutting down, this is going to have an impact on the vietnamese economy - certainly in the long term. how we move forward from here - well, the language from beijing has been restrained, and the reason we have counter demonstrations in budget is such simply - authorities don't want gatherings as we approach the june 4th anniversary. adrian brown joins us from beijing. thank you. >>> to other news - north korea offered a rare apology to people that lost relatives after an apartment building collapsed. the company's newsagency significant specify how many were killed,

. -- and-china protests anti-china protests continue in vietnam. china's growing over recent installment of an oil rig in disputed southeast asian waters. we will be getting reaction from china. first to turkey where at least 200 people have been confirmed dead in one of the worst mining disasters in turkish history. an exploding transformer deep underground triggered a massive fire that is still not under control. rescueders have been but some 200 more are still trapped underground. most of the victims died from carbon monoxide poisoning. rescuers are pumping oxygen in the mind to try and help those -- in the mine to try and help those still inside. alive from thed coal mine, a glimmer of hope for the families of those still trapped, desperately trying to reach them before the oxygen runs out. rescuers have been working through the night. some have been able to walk away , their faces and hardhats covered in soot. the fire and explosion were caused by an electrical fault. it happened during a shift change. with some of the tunnels kilometers long,

in the next 60 minutes, beijing sends ships to evacuate citizens from vietnam as a wave of anti-china anger sweeps the country. serbia's biggest power plant is under threat as the worst flooding in a century sweeps across the balkans. dozens killed during fighting in benghazi. we will examine whether public musems around the world are relevant with the examples of online technology. >>> vietnam's govern is trying to stop a wave of antichina septemberiment that swept the country. after days of riots targeting chinese-owned factories. china is sending five warships to rescue people caught up in the violence triggered by territorial dispute in the south china sea. more from beijing. >> reporter: after days of often violent anti-chinese protests, the vietnamese authorities appear to be containing the disturb answers. police broke up this small protest in ho chi ming city sunday morning. protesting to halt deep-sea oil in vietnam. efforts to chase the chinese rig away from the waters. the skirmishes have been going on for almost two weeks. the worry is that it could soon get out of control

since the end of the vietnam war in 1975. the move followed days of anti-chinese riots in which two at least have been killed. >>> north korea offered a rare apology to people who loft family members after a 23-storey building collapsed in pyongyang. >>> in mali around 20 civil servants have been kidnapped. there are reports one soldier was killed and 23 wounded in a gun battle with the rebels on saturday. >>> in many parts of kenya muslims and christians live peacefully side by side. in the case of a kenyan town they have done so for hundreds of years. that's why an attack on the church shocked the country. al jazeera revisited the town to see how people have recovered. >> reporter: this pastor describes the horror of what happened here two years ago. attackers armed with machine guns opened fire on a sunday service at the african inland church. 15 worshippers were killed. another church nearby was attacked with hand grenades. the pastor was not here. he arrived seven months later when no one else would agree to leave the ch

you is said that vietnam doesn't -- you said that vietnam doesn't -- [inaudible] that's not true. the vietnamese communists maybe. but the vietnamese in the south who fought against the communists, we like the values. secondly, in 1974 china did invade seat fam. you said that would -- vietnam. you said that would not happen. and china has repeatedly -- >> and now your question? >> and recently in 2009, even now, with the fishing vessels. so that's a clarification. my question to you is your title, "the end of a stable pacific." i would like to ask you -- [inaudible] and all the policymakers here -- [inaudible] and i believe that the u.s. has a role in it, the u.s. is the leader of the world. how do we avoid the end of a stable pacific so then come back to the institutional? how do we -- >> okay. >> -- form a new -- [inaudible] where china can sit down and sign this code of -- [inaudible] and where would u.s. come in as a leader? >> yeah, i think i have, i understand your question. yes, it's true that the chinese did take the -- [inaudible] and this is part, the dispute between chi

sends five ships to rescue its people from vietnam after days of riots. a rare apology from officials in north korea after a 23 storey apartment block collapses - hundreds feared dead >>> libya's government describes a rogue general assault in benghazi as an attempted coup. >> i'm robin adams. fans of atletico madrid wake up celebrating their triumph. action from their la liga games later in the programme. >>> the forehandly and cooperative atmosphere between china and vietnam has been destroyed. that is a damning haved ict of the foreign ministry was it sends five warships to rescue the citizens. it followed days of riots targetting factories and people in fiat vam.

but vietnam keeps pulling him back. back to the fields of fire. back to a place the marines called arizona valley. >> i think what happened to the villageers is the greatest tragedy of the war. did you do them any good while you were there in 1969? >> we did our job. >> did that do them any good? >> i'm not so sure. >> his son went with him on one trip and afterwards enlisted in the marine corps. >> my son served in iraq. he was a lance corporate. some of the worst fighting. >> a war then senator webb vehemently opposed? >> it's hard to be in contact but nothing harder than having it with your kid in combat not knowing whether or not he's alive. >> when president bush asked webb how his son was doing, webb replied, that's between my boy and myself. an incident webb refuses to explain. >> well, let's just say maybe he and i both had a bad day. >> which is easy the understand when you read this passage from his memoir. >> i, my fellow combat veterans stand on one side of the great divide with the rest of the world on the other. >> what's the divide?

dang's remarks follow a series of massive anti-chinese protests in vietnam. several of the demonstrations have turned violent. two chinese workers have been killed. the tv reports said that the prime minister had instructed the relevant authorities to take strict measures to prevent acts of violence. protest leaders are taking to the internet to call for more anti-chinese protests on sunday. >>> hundreds of chinese nationals are reported to be fleeing vietnam. people carrying baggage formed a long line at a checkpoint at cambodia. cambodian police say more than 600 chinese crossed over on wednesday. about 100 people are said to be staying in nearby hotels to see how the situation develops. a number of employees and their families whose work places were attacked by protesters arrived in the southern chinese city of guando. >> translator: many chinese people escaped. i've seen some of them robbed of their money. nobody came to help us. >> translator: these are photos of the company where i worked. everything was stolen or destroyed. i'm not sure about the futur

these are the burnt remains of the chinese-owned factories in vietnam. mobs have burned and looted followingfinal -- china's installation of an oil rig in disputed waters. beijing summoned the vietnamese ambassador and demanded protection for chinese interests and citizens. the bone of contention is the rig's location in the south china sea, near the disputed islands over which the two countries have contesting claims. on monday, chinese and vietnamese ships exchanged water cannon fire. >> it is hard to deny that vietnam is the provoker. we urge vietnam to stop all provocative action, come to their senses, and stop all acts intended to create disturbances. >> tensions have spilled over. local media reported 19,000 workers took part. this taiwanese businessmen said he barely escaped the country -- businessman said he barely escaped the country by disguising himself as a vietnamese worker. >> i never felt so scared in my life. i still have lots of friends who could not escape to the airport. they did not dare come out because if they did, they would be bea

involvement in the vietnam war. in mass marches, rallies and demonstrations. >> i think the protest movement by 1970, it was very much a part of the culture. my name is laura davis. i was 18 years old and a freshman at kent state on may 4th of 1970. >> i have very strong views about not just the war in vietnam, but all wars. we're human beings, we have something between our ears that most animals do not. and so we can make decision, we can compromise, we can work out solutions to problems. my name is dean kahler, i was a student at kent state university in may of 1970. i was 20 years old. ♪ there's something happening here ♪ ♪ what it is ain't exactly clear ♪ ♪ there's a man with a gun over there ♪ ♪ telling me i got to beware ♪ i think it's time we stop ♪ children ♪ what's that sound ♪ everybody look what's going down ♪ >> the country was divided against the war or for the war. other wars there had been great support for. for world war ii, even korea to a large extent. this was unheard of, t

scores were injured when anti-china protests turned deadly in vietnam. they were the first to be evacuated. anger sparked when china moved an oil rig to part of the south china sea claimed by hanoi. adrian brown reports from beijing. >> reporter: after days of often violent anti-chinese protests vietnamese authorities appear to contain disturbances. police broke up the protest in ho chi minh city. demonstrators are angry over china's refusal to halt its deep sea oil operations in waters claimed by vietnam. >> translation: the intention today was to show support for the government's efforts to chase the chinese rig from our waters. >> reporter: the squirm irs in the waters have been going on for almost two weeks, and the worry is that it could get out of control. like china, vietnam's government is also communist and tend to keep a lid on dissent. it was unable to stop days of violence in a third of the country's provinces. some attacked chinese-run factories. many were taiwanese owned, a distinction lost on the rioters. the trouble began after china move

the conflict in vietnam. it feels like unfinished business. the purple heart recipient struggled and he suffered a brain injury, fought a nasty addiction to cocaine and he still lives with survivors guilt. >> i feel so bad, i'm sorry... if i had -- i would love to go back there and finish what we started. >> this memorial day, he is a among the 2500 spectators, his mind wanders to vietnam. >> i am still there and i always will be there. >> so if you have a chance to celebrate this memorial day barbecues and traffic, a simple thank you just may go a who way. >> for memorial dale a for and your -- a plaque bearing the name of those who died in combat. >>> and those in novato, more than 600 veterans are laid to rest at that cemetery are you which included the laying of raves 600 people and musical taps. we will on are those who lost their lives at 7:00 and they are very important. one eye tee is replacing series of copt sewers -- sculptures or another is creating a small spark and through 0 who has fall end. the

>> >>> more anger in vietnam as thousands ever chinese nationals leave the country. >>> welcome to al jazeera, live from doha. also ahead - a rare apology from officials in north korea after a 23-storey apartment block collapses. hundreds feared dead. >>> the race against time to rescue survivors from bloods in the balkans that killed 25. >>> a famous film festival shows a film of life in war-torn africa. >>> china moved 3,000 of its citizens out of vietnam, followi following riots in which at

aside from vietnam, others claim part of the area too. police on wednesday said that more than 400 have been arrested since the protests began. china's foreign ministry is shocked by the aggression against its nationals and urged the deposit to protect them. >>> let's go live to singaore. we can talk to malcolm cook a security expert from the institute of asian studies. thank you for talking to us. it seems this is opening another hostile front, if you like, for china, in terms of this territorial dispute covering so many of its neighbouring countries: hel hello malcolm. i don't think he can hear us. we hope to establish communications. >>> in the meantime another major story - afghanistan. it is, of course, heading for a second round of elections next month. we have heard that today, that the presidential run-off election will be held in june. final results from the first round show no candidate got the 50% needed to become president. the former foreign minister abdullah abdullah won around 45% of the vote. that is quite a bit ahead of h

he shared vietnam and iran. he said he was bobbled by those places while he was a contributing editor at "the nation." we have sarah lewinsky, who just came from the central african republic. that is the most intriguing place. we have the executive director of the center for conflict. scholz.tammy storch -- she was a supervisor. a lead supervisor. kind of a big deal. and the director of national security. of strategic studies at the u.s. marine corps college. our second one today, who is the author and contributing editor for the solitary wash websites. she is a visiting scholar. welcome. without further ado, i will give it to bob and each panelist will have about 10 minutes to speak. after that, we will go into audience participation and questions. students will come and ask questions first. thank you so much. >> make you for coming today. it is a great pleasure to be here. to suchmarkable to come a topic that is not exactly easy to swallow for most people. in fact, talk about the euphemism, collateral damage a

chinese travel agencies have suspended tours to vietnam. bloomberg was right there when rival ships clash at see. our hanoi bureau chief brings us his first-hand account of the rising tension. chinese antinomies ships have been locked in a tense cat and mouse chase about 149 miles off vietnam's coach since china hauled in this billion dollar explanation rig earlier this month. both countries claim tell it -- territorial rights to this area. this clash occurred last week as a vietnamese boat got close to the rig. it did amuse coast guard said their boat was idle in the water when the chinese vessel rammed it. there was minimal damage, but nobody aboard was hurt. chinese government says its boats have also been rammed while legally protecting the rig's operations. a radar screen shows there are about 60 boats in the area. that is more than double the number of vietnamese coast guard ships and fisheries surveillance boats. this one are daily occurrences as both sides blast horns and blair recordings ordering the other side to lease. vietnamese

to islands also claimed by vietnam. this is also, say analysts, about china wanting to test american's results to see how far america is prepared to go defending allies in the region particularly japan and the philippines. also china says that its actions at the moment are in many ways a direct response to america's attempt to reengage with this part of the world. they say that america's efforts to assert its influence once more in this part of the world is increasing tensions and that is with the united states and not china says beijing. >>> coming up on al jazeera we are in a part of pakistan that the taliban once controlled. >>> pakistan here is coming to an end and i will be looking at the reasons why along with the dire consequences for those who have run out of work. >>> and good bye to a record that is never likely to be repeated. details coming up. >> these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested >> these people have chased a president from power, they've torn down a state... >> what's clear is

>> from the vietnam memorial, which includes the three soldiers statue, the vietnam women's memorial and the vietnam veterans memorial wall, we are going to head across the potomac river for the wreathlaying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown. and later, remarks by president obama who just returned from an unannounced trip visiting troops in afghanistan. ... >> president obama has arrived for today's observance. in the honorable chuck hagel, secretary of defense. the 18th chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. theutive director of national military cemetery. commanding general of the united states army military oestreich of washington. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please ,tand for the introduction invocation, and national anthem. , majorand chaplain general jeffrey buchanan, commanding general, united states army. executive director of the army national ella terry cemetery. chairman, joint chiefs of staff. the honorable chuck hagel, secretary of defense. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ [applause] >>

china and vietnam both claim the islands. the project sparked anti-china protests in vietnam. vietnam's officials say the new site is even closer to the islands. a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson shrugged off the protest. he said vietnam was obstructing chinese operations. >> translator: the drilling is being conducted in undisputed waters close to china. it is a legal and normal operation. >> chinese officials say the operation will continue until mid august as scheduled. a move that has triggered criticism from washington. >> china continues to maintain the rig, and escalate tensions in the disputed waters. our position will remain the same, which is these are provocative actions that continue to raise tensions. >> psaki added that her country does not take a position on the area's sovereignty. she says the united states encourages both sides to maintain dialogue. >>> let's now get the latest business stories from ron madison. >> thanks, shery. straight to the markets. asian equities moved higher as investor sentiment was encouraged by positive data out of the u.s. ind

number of neighbors, above all, japan and vietnam. >> the senkaku islands are at the center of a long-running dispute. although officially controlled by japan, china also lays claim to the uninhabited territory. the real issue is not the terrain rising from the sea, but the oil, gas, and fish, deep below the surface. see -- speaking at a conference in singapore, the u.s. defense secretary had some tough words for beijing. >> china has called the south of peace,a sea friendship, and cooperation, and that is what it should be, but in recent months, china has undertaken destabilizing unilateral action's asserting its claims in the south china sea. >> the islands are not the only bone of contention. beijing has laid claim to parts of the south china sea, and caused anger by putting up an oil rig in vietnam's waters.

in the work in vietnam veterans? world war ii veterans? there is nothing that makes the population different. treatment and is usual, non evidence based compared to using this treatment with vietnam veterans. look at the difference. if we ask them to do this they did much better. as the general mentioned, would like to talk about focus with cbi. individuals to go through a traumatic brain injury incident cannot do posttraumatic stress work. maybe the memory for the incident that caused it is too fragmented. maybe there are two disconnected, to of base in their attention and concentration. we actually admitted patients into the program with mild to moderate, and lows of the year ddi and i am thrilled to tell you that they did fantastically well, but more importantly the low and severe td i did better in cognitive therapy than those moderate. the sylmar knew they had a problem and were invested in working through their problems in getting better. i have a lovely story about a and man who went through at least 13 different events before vienn

i certainly vietnam and in desert shield is a low ranking enlisted man in the vietnam era and a high ranking nco in desert shield, when we went to kuwait with the first bush. the thing that sickens me about all the politicians and the president and everybody how much on saying veterans mean to them and all that area and when the congress cut the budget for the military through sequester when they could've done something to keep that budget harried it takes money to win wars, to fight wars. when you let sequester go through and cut military budget, you are making dead soldiers. hear people me to come on tv and talk about how much they care about the veterans. they don't. i see hundreds of homeless veterans every day. i make silence is in things like that and take close out to them when they are on the streets. do something about all veterans. i'm sorry. i'm getting emotional now. thank you very much. scott, a republican in colorado. what are your thoughts? caller: my father was a helicopter pilot in vietnam. he did two tours over there with shot up prettyot good the first tour. today

but the philippines, malaysia, vietnam and typay claims part of the sea. there are photos of chinese reclaiming land and suggests china may be building an air strip. two thirds of the poachers caught here are chinese nationals but they also point out that it's not easy to patrol a vast sea given their limited capabilities. china is committed to a peaceful solution but government authorities here remain cautious and they are concerned that the dispute in the south china sea is a major conflict, western philippines. >>> you are watching the news hour in doha and still to come. >> translator: there was a fighter, a tall one pointing out women and telling the others to rape them. >> a call for justice in south sudan by those forced out of their homes because of the fighting there. ambitious project which is meant to promote economic growth but it's threatening fishermen's income and the french open decides to change his name to stan and is knocked out in the first round. ♪ the leaders of india and pakistan have formal talks in new deli, the first time since

they want an ends of the violence in vietnam. mean are angry that china has installed an oil rig in the disputed territory of the south china seas. >>> china's foreign ministry said that four ships capable of rescuing 4,000 people have been sent to vietnam. we have more from beijing. >> reporter: well, the evacuation of chinese nationals from vietnam is now gathering pace. 60 of the most seriously injured have arrived. there are 3,000 chinese in total so far being evacuated but had 0 remain in the country. which is why they have dispatched four vessels to central vietnam. this evacuation process will go on for several days, i imagine. now this latest clash between vietnam and china is not just over china's decision to deploy an oil rig on islands claimed by vietnam, this will test america's resolve, and how far america will go in defending it's allies especially japan and the philippines. china says its actions are in direct response to america's response to reengage with this part of the world. they say that america's efforts to

china is appealing to vietnam to do more to direct nationals. -- protect nationals. there's no counter demonstrations and the reason is simply - the chinese don't want spontaneous gatherings on the streets as the june 4th anniversary approaches. china has disputes with two other neighbours - japan and the philippines, and to its people, i don't think it wants to be seen as the bad boy on the block. >> north korea offered a rare apology to people whose relatives were killed after an apartment building collapsed. the newsagency said irresponsible supervision was to blame, but did not specify how many were killed, only that it happened tuesday in pyongyang. south korea's unification ministry said 93 families were living in the building. >>> a career analyst and journalist said the move may be an attempt to upstatement the south korean government. >> let's take it on face value that there has been an accident of this nature, that there has been a building collapse of a 20-odd storey in pyongyang, one of north korea's most - probably the only real affluent city, a desirab

but vietnam claim parts of the area, too. police said 400 people have been arrested since the protest began. china's foreign ministry said it's shocked by the arching against its nationals and urge vietnamese government to protect them. >> manila released these military surveillance photographs showing chinese land reclamation on one of the south china seas. >>> south korea has charged four crew members of the capsized ferry with manslaughter. the accident last month killed more than 300 people, most of whom were high school students. 11 other crew members have been charged with negligence. they have been under criminal investigation accused of escaping the sinking vessel leaving passengers to drown. >>> 11 bodies have been pulled from the ferry that sank in a river south of the bangladeshy capital. they were traveling from dekka. at least four managed to swim to safety. >>> two palestinians have been killed and four horror injured during clashes. it comes up as thousands rallied in several cities in the west bank and gaza to

. >>> vietnam and china traded accusations on tuesday who was the agresor in a clash that led to the sinking of a vietnamese fishing boat in the south china sea. ten vietnamese fishermen have been rescued after their boat was rammed by a chinese vessel. vietnam says the incident happened close to a chinese oil rig near the disputed islands in the south china sea. china state media reported that they were harassing the chinese craft. there's been a standoff in the area between rival ships since the rig was installed in early may. beijing says relations with hanoi could be damaged. adrian brown has more. >> reporter: this is a reminder that tensions between vietnam and china aren't going away. in this latest incident there are different versions of what happened. china says that a vietnamese fishing vessel simply bumped into one of its fishing vessels, capsized and sank. hanoi says that's not the case. they accuse beijing of attacking the vietnamese fishing vessel and causing it to sink. now, this all happened in an area where china has been drilling for oil close to islands which are

to islands which are also claimed by vietnam. this is also, say analysts, about china wanting to test americas resolve, to see however america is prepared to go in defending its allies in the region, particularly japan and the philippines. also, china says that its actions at the moment are in many ways a direct response to america's attempt to reengage with this part of the world. they say that america's efforts to assert its influence once more in this part of the world is increasing tensions, and that is a fault of the united states and not china, said beijing. >> that's adrien brown reporting. many people in china praising their government for protecting its sittence abroad. >> the search for malaysian airlines flight 370 is entering a new phase. china will begin mapping the sea bed off the coast of australia this week. a chinese ship will join the search, hope to go reach depths of 23,000 feet, a navy submersible reached 15,000 feet before malfunctioning last week. the missing jet with 239 onboard disappeared in early march.

tokyo has indicated that it will provide vietnam with patrol boats, but japanese prime minister shinzo abe is calling for dialogue with china. not welcome dangerous maritime encounters between fighter planes and ships. what should be exchanged are words. let's sit at a table, first exchange smiles, and then have a discussion. response from china has not yet been forthcoming. earlier, the japanese coast guard reported two chinese ships and -- entered territorial waters. >> u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel has been commenting on the situation in thailand, saying the country's military leaders that took over power in a coup earlier this month should come as he put it, move immediately to hold elections, after the for that the timetable return to democracy, hinting that polls could be more than one year away. >> the announcement by general prayuth chan-ocha has mixed reactions. the capital city has been in crisis for months and some are frustrated elections have been pushed back until next year at the earliest. >> it is too slow. i wanted sooner. the delay has gone on too long, for sever

he shared vietnam and iran. he said he was bobbled by those places while he was a contributing editor at "the nation." we have sarah lewinsky, who just came from the central african republic. that is the most intriguing place. we have the executive director of the center for conflict. scholz.tammy storch -- she was a supervisor. a lead supervisor. kind of a big deal. and the director of national security. of strategic studies at the u.s. marine corps college. our second one today, who is the author and contributing editor for the solitary wash websites. she is a visiting scholar. welcome. without further ado, i will give it to bob and each panelist will have about 10 minutes to speak. after that, we will go into audience participation and questions. students will come and ask questions first. thank you so much. >> make you for coming today. it is a great pleasure to be here. to suchmarkable to come a topic that is not exactly easy to swallow for most people. in fact, talk about the euphemism, collateral damage a

some chinese vessels circled the ship from vietnam. one fishing boat was rammed with 10 people on board. those 10 people were eventually rescued by vietnamese ships in the area. the chinese have responded and according to the officials, they came out with a statement about an hour back. esey are saying the vietnam send those ships to disturb an operation in the area. china has adopted a firm stance in dealing with these things. the fishing boat just overturned and they now ask vietnam to stop this behavior. it took me very serious. david, just give me a little more context on this because it all boils down to -- there was a chinese oil rig that was brought into the seas and that is part of the dispute, isn't it? >> right. it was earlier this month when they started drilling in that oil rig in this incident took place not very far from there, about 17.5 nautical miles. the first it is not time we've actually seen a chinese ship ram into a vessel. it might not be the last. these are disputed waters. china maintains that the oil rate is w

and i been to vietnam have a daughter adopted from vietnam. when we went to adopt her. their,diers who served many of them went insane. many of them were indeed baby killers. you hear a lot of veterans say, they called us they be killers. . do not know what percentage a number of them were. a line from the war was, we had to destroy this village in order to save it. it has become a clichÉ. a person named turse has written a brilliant book that i recommend. it is called "kill anything that moves." he went into the u.s. archives and dug up the true story that one-off.s not a we were using civilians as target practice, pushing them out of helicopters, executing them in the fields for no good reason. this is what our nation did. i am going to skip ahead. you think that is in the past. , we a like anden idiot from texas. i have a bumper sticker that says, somewhere in texas, a village is missing an idiot. he invaded iraq. i am tired of hearing it being called a mistake, a blunder, something like that. this was a deliberate war of aggression. an illegal one, as many have sai