military advisers in the early 1960's to the fall of saigon in 1975. he wrote more than 2000 news stories from vietnam for the associated press. he has written several books, including his autobiography. live from the battlefield. and his memoir on the vietnam war called "the fall of saigon." and then dan rather. my friend dan rather has been a fixture in broadcast news for over six decades. during which he has won every major journalism award. dan has interviewed every president since eisenhower and he has covered almost every important date line of the last 60 years, including of course extensive coverage of the vietnam war. dan spent 43 years at cbs, 24 years of which he served as the anchor and managing editor of the cbs evening news. today he is founder, president and ceo of "news and guts," an independent production company specializing in nonfiction content. our moderator is andrew sherry, vice president of communications at the night foundation, the country's leading funder of journalism and media innovation. as a journalist he was based in hon

most often saigon da nang. and then in may of '69 i went out to be the 7th fleet intelligence officer. for the following 27 months i was in country in the combat zone every month. and by the end of that time i had grown pretty pessimistic about how this event was going to play out. when the agreement was signed for the withdrawal i was not serving in the intelligence world. and then when saigon fell in '75 i was the director of naval intelligence. at that point i was very pessimistic about what our relationships with that part of the world were going to be over the ensuing years. and never on the rare occasions when i was optimist ic did i conceive a vietnam that would become a significant trading partner and that we would in fact have a substantial number of common interests. so i was pleased with the opportunity to address and particularly to introduce to you the current vietnamese ambassador to the united states. pham quuchlt uang vihn started college the year that saigon fell. graduated in 1980. went down t

it was a direct route to saigon. and this area, d, it is not connected to the trail or a supply network from north vietnam. so look out close that is to saigon, and it is a viet cong base, it has battalion's from time to time. and definitely the last time we talked about this, the triangle. also, a base area. we talked about the war that was fought there. this was an area that was shot through with tunnels, the area in which a lot of the planning took place, and essentially this is in the suburbs of saigon. so you can see where in 1967, the war zones, the 3 corps is an important part and it will become the focus of the war for at least the beginning of the year. three operations are run around the iron triangle in an effort , to pacify the area. in many ways, they would see those tunnels remain until we decided to plow them under. also, as you know, we discussed that they had to pause and she had to present this again, it was a free fire zone. americans can assume anything moving in that area is an enemy force, and e

i did not want to go to saigon. they wanted me to go to saigon to work. i told them, i could stay at home and do this. radios did not work. so, we did not get any of that kind of stuff, most of the stuff that i hired. because i have to tell you, i had two brothers also in the war at the same time, so there were three of us in the war at the same time. really wore my grandmother down. but they were navy and i was army. and so, we just didn't get that kind of thing add there wasn't -- and there wasn't the kind of wiring in the heavy war zones that would allow radio and that kind of stuff to come through. so, we did not know much until the very, very end about what was going on here. i have to tell you, i was sort of glad we did not get to hear it. because when you got 30 guys , eyesheir bellies open blinded, i don't want to hear any about that mess, ok? because i really had something to do. as that make sense? chair adams: oh, yeah. maj. allen: i had something to do other than stand around and talk. because the 25th infantry was a mighty infantry group. it

. >> in 1995, 2 decades after the fall of saigon, the united states normalized diplomatic relations with vietnam and president obama recently spent three days visiting the country. next, vietnamese ambassador to the united states pham quang the history oft diplomatic relations between the u.s. and vietnam and how the relationship has changed since the end of the war. this two minute program is part of a three-day conference at the lbj library in austin, texas. >> ladies and gentlemen, please admiral bobby inman. [applause] >> in july of 1967, i arrived in be head of sweden to intelligence for the pacific fleet. i would go in party -- i would go in country. to be of 1969, i went out the seventh fleet intelligence officer. zone.in a combat by the end of that time, i had grown pretty pessimistic about how this event would play out. when the agreement was signed for the withdrawal, i was not serving in intelligence role. i was very pessimistic for what our relationship with that part of the world was going to be over the ensuing years. optimistic, never did i conceive of vietnam that would b

pham quang vinh started college the year that saigon fell. he graduated in 1980. he went to australia to brush up on english and he came back and much of his career subsequent to that has been focusing on international organizations. s in theone two tour vietnam embassy representing the united nations. he is the highest-ranking career diplomat and still a very young man. it is a great honor for me to introduce to you ambassador pham quang vinh. [applause] pham quang vinh: thank you very much. i feel a privilege to be invited to this event. i thank you for the invitation, hospitality and arrangements. especially from the lbj presidential library and foundation. earlier today i had a chance to talk with the director of the library. and the chairman and executive director of the lbj foundation. i did take a brief tour of the library and i had a working lunch with the chamber of commerce here in austin. and i was able to meet with the daughters of president johnson. i expressed my great banks to you all -- thanks to you all for that. been briefed on the schedule of th

most often saigon da nang. and then in may of '69 i went out to be the 7th fleet intelligence officer. for the following 27 months i was in country in the combat zone every month. and by the end of that time i had grown pretty pessimistic about how this event was going to play out. when the agreement was signed for the withdrawal i was not serving in the intelligence world. and then when saigon fell in '75 i was the director of naval intelligence. at that point i was very pessimistic about what our relationships with that part of the world were going to be over the ensuing years. and never on the rare occasions when i was optimist ic did i conceive a vietnam that would become a significant trading partner and that we would in fact have a substantial number of common interests. so i was pleased with the opportunity to address and particularly to introduce to you the current vietnamese ambassador to the united states. pham quuchlt uang vihn started college the year that saigon fell. graduated in 1980. went down t

i didn't want to go to saigon. they wanted me to go to saigon to work. i told them i could stay at home and do this. and so radios didn't work. so we didn't get any of that kind of stuff. most of the stuff that i heard because i have to tell you i had two brothers also in the war at the same time so there were three of us in the war at the same time. really wore my grandmother down. but they were navy, and i was army. and so we just didn't get that kind of thing. and there wasn't the kind of wiring in the heavy war zones that would allow radio and that kind of stuff to come through. so we didn't know much until the very, very end about what was going on here. and i have to tell you, i was sort of glad we didn't get to hear it because when you've got 30 guys with their bellies open, butts broken, eyes blinded, i don't want to hear anything about that mess, okay? because i really did have something to do. does that make sense s? >> oh, yeah. >> i had something to do besides stand around and talk about what y'all wasn't going to do. because the 25th infantr

after the fall of saigon, close to three quarters of a million came tose eventually the united states. so, that is what was going on with refugees. 1980's -- this started in the late 1970's -- it started to become apparent there was increasingly large population of people here in the united states who realistically could not be sent back to their home can use and had no organized method of applying for asylum or applying .o stay here there are many theories as to why. i can give you some of them. there may be truth in all of them. from the third world were more exposed to the lifestyle of western democracies and freedoms we enjoyed through television and radio, and now, of course, through the internet, and rather than flee across the border in africa, they decided they would come to the united states naturally. you cannot blame people for doing that. for more people come here that reason. transportation was more available. there simply were more planes available in the 1980's then in the 1950's. there was also a phenomenon -- i do not have the numbers on this, but, people in some coun

i didn't want to go to saigon. they wanted me to go to saigon to work. i told them i could stay at home and do this. and so radios didn't work. so we didn't get any of that kind of stuff. most of the stuff that i heard because i have to tell you i had two brothers also in the war at the same time so there were three of us in the war at the same time. really wore my grandmother down. but they were navy, and i was army. and so we just didn't get that kind of thing. and there wasn't the kind of wiring in the heavy war zones that would allow radio and that kind of stuff to come through. so we didn't know much until the very, very end about what was going on here. and i have to tell you, i was sort of glad we didn't get to hear it because when you've got 30 guys with their bellies open, butts broken, eyes blinded, i don't want to hear anything about that mess, okay? because i really did have something to do. does that make sense s? >> oh, yeah. >> i had something to do besides stand around and talk about what y'all wasn't going to do. because the 25th infantr

tasked with building a camp for army's special forces in dong xoai, south of the vietnamese capital, saigon. >> special force a-team is all that's there. >> mutual respect between the two groups. >> william stokes from lynchburg, virginia, led the special forces a-team with the 20 americans at the camp were some 250 local militiamen. >> having the seabees there was a bonus for us because it gave us more americans to help supervise defense. >> we are there because the nation has asked us for help against the communist aggression. ten years ago our president pledged our help. three presidents have supported that pledge. and we will not break it now. >> at the time seabee team 1104 landed in dong xoai 1965, there were some 10,000 american boots on the ground in vietnam. among them, 26-year-old construction mechanic 3rd class marvin shields. >> marvin was a lumberjack kind of from the northwest. very gentle guy. he was the type of person that in his spare time, he made chopping blocks for all the vietnamese women that needed that type of thing. >> the seabees hit the ground running, hauling gra

>> before saigon, i had ap and american tiger, an end and allowed everywhere and i would be sent to vietnam. vietnam war over. he told me. then he came, a friend of mine. >> oh, my. >> uh-huh. >> then i applied with the helicopter and i chop helicopter and coup 30 people and helicopter helicopters. >> i have to show my family and try to go and come other. then i go back to vietnam on every year and marine and trail and little border china vietnam and lend my story and look. >> so you keep continuing. >> continue, yeah, uh-huh. >> good. well, this has been a pretty special afternoon for me. i hope it's been for you. we'd like to take some questions. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. [ applause ] >> that picture, is that kim there? >> yes. >> you mentioned several iconic pictures and how they were interpreted when used. adams is a particular instance where i think he regretted to a great extent in the way that picture influenced the outcomes, particularly reputation of general. do you have any comment or opinions on how your pictures ended up? because unlike the written journalist we talk

i didn't want to go to saigon. they wanted me to go to saigon to work. i told them i could stay at home and do this. and so radios didn't work. so we didn't get any of that kind of stuff. most of the stuff that i heard because i have to tell you i had two brothers also in the war at the same time so there were three of us in the war at the same time. really wore my grandmother down. but they were navy, and i was army. and so we just didn't get that kind of thing. and there wasn't the kind of wiring in the heavy war zones that would allow radio and that kind of stuff to come through. so we didn't know much until the very, very end about what was going on here. and i have to tell you, i was sort of glad we didn't get to hear it because when you've got 30 guys with their bellies open, butts broken, eyes blinded, i don't want to hear anything about that mess, okay? because i really did have something to do. does that make sense s? >> oh, yeah. >> i had something to do besides stand around and talk about what y'all wasn't going to do. because the 25th infantr

took the photograph of the young vietnamese operative who was witnessed to the fall of sigh c con -- saigon and all in the audience and memorial is also here and after 18 hours of this, it's really nice to get to the wall. >> you've seen a preview of vietnam war tonight. i've had the good fortune of seeing a good deal more and i will tell you it is just as breathtaking as the clips that you've seen. lynn, but not only is the narrative breathtaking, but so is the scope and ambition of what you've achieved. ten parts, 18 plus hours where do you start on a project like this? [ laughter ] >> we gulp really hard and, you know, at least for myself and for ken and everyone on our team, we tend to pick things about which we are not experts. we did not go into this knowing what the film would be like or the story we would tell. every project is true but on this one even more so. it's a voyage of discovery. we start out by reading a lot. watching other films, finding out which are historians and experts that spent their lives learning this subject and in this case, we dedicated quite a lot of time to

invasion in that country in 1956, and 57% oppose taking in boat people from indo china after the fall of saigon, but america's leaders insisted and all of the groups were accepted, assimilated, and become vital parts of american society. the problem is not one that affects the political right or the obama administration. where is bernie sanders, who is very concerned about americans who can't pay for college, but seems largely indifferent about syrians who can't manage to stay alive. where are the world's rock stars who sang we are the world? ♪ and staged a live aid concert to fight poverty in africa. millions of syrian men, women and children, innocence are fleeing their homes and living in squalor and losing their lives. where are all of us? for more go to cnn.com/fareed and read my "washington post" column this week. and let's get started. >>> donald trump is the presumptive gop nominee. on tuesday hillary clinton will almost surely become the presumptive democratic nominee. but america has at least one candidate who is an actual official announced nominee of his or her party. last week in

the fall of saigon to defense orders. >> old saigon 1975: have a great weekend. >> you too, man. doing anything special? >> no, not a darn thing. >> really? >> yeah. coming up though -- >> i'll give you a call. >> yeah, i will. maybe he's got an answer, jan hatzius going to react to this morning's jobs report, goldman sachs chief economist and live report from walmart shareholder meeting in arkansas. we'll be right back. >>> good morning and welcome back to "squawk on the street." i'm simon hobbs here with david faber and mike santoli. carl and sarah are off today. meanwhile, on the markets bitter disappointment this morning for many that the economy only generated one quarter of the jobs expected by the market in may, 38,000 nonfarm positions. falls on the stock market cushioned by the expectation that the fed is now less likely to raise interest rates this summer. but bank stocks are taking that on the chin. on the foreign exchange market severe pressure on the u.s. dollar, the euro, the uk pound and the japanese yen rocketing higher as the greenback takes a pummelling. >>> we

this is also known as little saigon. and it's a place where there's a very large vietnamese population. she's been up advertising in multiple languages on the radio, as she tries to run against bernie sanders, who his much stronger among white voters, and younger latinos, for example. but it tells you how hard she's working here in the final stretch, that this is unexpectedly closer than they thought it was going to be. it's very important to them to try and finish this primary race in a position of strength, not weakness. now all of that said, you just played a little bit of those new attack lines that she's using against donald trump. that foreign policy speech she gave yesterday, i was there, and it's really giving a lot of democrats heart that this race is going to play more in their favor, that hillary clinton is better prepared for this, than maybe some people were worried about. and one point that aides have made to me privately is that hillary clinton hasn't run in a general election before. a lot of our percepti

. >> in 1995, 2 decades after the fall of saigon, the united states normalized diplomatic relations with vietnam and president obama recently spent three days visiting the country. next, vietnamese ambassador to the united states pham quang the history oft diplomatic relations between the u.s. and vietnam and how the relationship has changed since the end of the war. this two minute program is part of a three-day conference at the lbj library in austin, texas. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome

the mountains in saigon, the ridges, the rivers and ravines to cross. in addition, the the germans had used their time to build a hindenburg line into one of their major generals and it had four defensive positions across the ground. each of those four positions had four lines associated with barbed wire and everything else. this was one of the most out defenses that the world has ever seen. the main thing in the american sector was there was a top-secret observatory on the highest field that observatory could slow progress as you can see, the building at the upper left is the manor house. inside it, if you look just at the top up near the roof, you can see a structure of some structure. it was a huge concrete and steel tower surrounding of periscope topped by a telescope. it extended out the roof and the germans could use it to spot targets. they could see them anywhere on the american sector of the battlefield. the bottom picture shows the bottom part of the periscope. you can see this was a huge building. the germans were absolutely committed to prot

. >> two years after the fall of saigon. four years after the american -- the withdrawal of the final american troops from vietnam. can you talk about what the mood was like within the military at that very interesting moment in the history of the u.s. armed forces and how the lessons of vietnam were being discussed in that -- in that period. >> thanks, mark. first, let me begin by saying what an honor it is to be on the stage with these two great warriors and public serservants. i have followed both their careers for most of my carecareer. thank you very much for everything you've done for us. [ applause ] as i said, i came in 1977. i graduated from rotc at the university of texas and immediately went into basic s.e.a.l. training. and all of my instructors were vietnam veterans. really for about the next ten years or so in the military, the vietnam generation continued to kind of train and mentor those of us that were new. i can tell you from kind of a military standpoint, tactically, operationally and strategically, everyt

. >> in 1995, two decades after the fall of saigon, the united states normalized diplomatic relations with vietnam and president obama recently spent three days visiting the country. next on american history tv vietnamese ambassador to the , united states pham quang vinh talks about the history of diplomatic relations between the u.s. and vietnam and how the relationship has changed since the end of the war. this 20-minute program is part of a three-day conference at the lbj library in austin, texas.

in 75 he returned to vietnam to fly missions during the fall of saigon, being one being one of only two former pow pilots to return to vietnam after 1973 to fly missions. during his dad's captivity, his mother raised him along with his brothers and greg and dan and his sister toddy. general l'engle's younger brother greg also carried the family tradition of military service and he currently serves as a major general in the air force. once confirmed, general l'engle's experience and leadership will be instrumental in getting the national guard as it faces a myriad of challenges both home and abroad. faces a myriad of challenges both home and abroad. mr. chairman, thank you for giving me a few minutes to introduce general lange gallon i am pleased to introduce them to the committee. and recommend his confirmation. >> thank you senator cornyn, i know that you have important obligations, i thank obligations, i thank you for being here to introduce this highly qualified general lange gallon thank you. >> general lange gallon i hope that unlike your father and me, that the number of landings

in 1975, he returned to vietnam to fly missions during the fall of saigon, being one of only two former pilots to return after 1973 to fly missions. during his dad's captivity, his mother raised him along with his brothers, greg and dan and his sister, toty. and his younger brother carried the family tradition and currently serves as a major general in the air force. once confirmed his experience and leadership will be instrumental to the national guard as it faces a myriad of challenges both at home and abroad. thank you for giving me a few moments to introduce him and recommend his confirmation. >> thank you senator cornyn and i know you have important obligations, but i thank you for being here to introduce this highly qualified general. thank you. i hope unlike your father and me that the number of landings have matched the number of takeoffs. so, i have standard questions for the nominees that need to be answered and then we will proceed. in order to just answer yes or no to the following questions. in order to exercise its legislative and oversight responsibilities important that