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Soldiers of d-day after downp y downplaying his own service during his interview with piers morgan yesterday. >> before the war, many had never ventured beyond their own community. now they had come to offer their lives half a world from home. they came wave after wave without question, without hesitation, and without complain. >> you were not able to serve in vietnam because of a bone spur condition in your feet. do you wish you had been able to serve. would you like to have served? >> i was ne...

From the concierge doctor in manhattan, a tenant of his father who did it as a favor to know the vietnam war was the number one issue of the country and dividing our country like we cant believe even today and to say nobody ever heard of vietnam is absurd. >> it is. in 1968, the average casualty rate per day killed in action was 47. 47 americans died every day on average in 1968. it was the war that was one thing in 1966. the war was a different thing in 68-69. it was a generational choice, but ...

Money proposal. we will be hospitreporting on t going forward. thanks to governor bullock. thats this episode of the beat. "hardball" with chris matthews is up next. the loony tunes in london. lets play "hardball." good evening. im chris matthews in washington. the craziest story in the world tonight is in london where the president of the united states today was performing the political equivalent of loony tunes. trump started by saying he got out of going to vietnam because as he said, nob...

Violent protests. largely against the vietnam war. >> it really did seem like the world was unraveling, growing up in a suburban existence with parents who saw chicago in 1968 erupt into flames, saw people burning their draft cards, saw a sexual revolution, saw a drug revolution, saw woodstock come into their homes. >> when i joined the nixon white house, there were a lot of demonstrations against the war. it probably was some of the most intense times i think our country had ever faced. i mean,...

We both had studied film. then we also found out we both had suffered from depression. >> so this is the letter that i received from louise wise services. you were born at 12:51 p.m. on october 9, 1968, to a 29-year-old jewish single woman. she was very intelligent with a high iq. she entered college on a merit scholarship, but emotional problems interrupted her attendance. she had a history of voluntary hospitalizations for emotional problems. although i have not been able to locate the origina...

That as a pivotal sort of moment as opening up his own opportunity on the bus that took him across town was bus number 13 and it was a really critical lesson about lesson about how people become successful, the hole that opportunity is so very crucial, that its not about -- its not as much about ability and effort as it is about opportunity. and he wanted to provide opportunity for those morehouse graduates. >> and what really was instructive to me reading that because i grew up in the north in ...

I hope people see this video, women and young girls, as the opportunity to take agency over your body, over your space and let people know when theyre making you uncomfortable. were making a lot of jokes and certainly karine, hats off to her. this could have been really dangerous. why we have security protection for candidates. it was in 1968 when robert f. kennedy was assassinated. the president was lyndon b. johnson who said we have to provide security and protection. thankfully senator harris...

The awful grace of god. >> the awful grace of god. that was robert kennedy april 4th, 1968, speaking after the sudden and shocking assassination of dr. martin luther king. bobby found those words when he was drowning in his own sea of grief from a book that his sister-in-law, jacqueline kennedy gave him in the months after the loss of president kennedy, who was his brother, his boss, and the north star in his life. saturday night vice president joe biden lost the north star in his life, his son,...

The world war ii memorial in the nations capital and later, vice president mike pence will lay a wreath at arlington national cemetery and president trump will deliver a memorial day address on the uss wasp in japan. all of this is ceremonies across america remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice including a lasting memorial off the florida coast in honor of the lives lost at sea protecting us. phil keating has more. >> 1968. >> these concrete spheres soon will bring to life a perman...

Guy he is preet. when he didnt get a job in the trump administration he turned around and started attacking donald trump to appeal to liberal sycophants who listened to his podcast. he our show and our show is ranked above his. you know people who know preet ba harrahs is he a show han. he should turn in his law degree there is a fourth amendment in the bill of rights which prevent against unauthorized search and seizure and donald trumps civil rights and his team were violated. he was spied on ...