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The united states was killing 25,000 civilians a year. we were blowing up and burning down this country we were supposed to be saving. >> success continues to be elusive in any meaningful way, and johnson keeps being told i need more troops. >> i have today ordered to vietnam certain forces which will raise our fighting strength from 75,000 to 125,000 men, almost immediately. this will make it necessary to raise the monthly draft call from 17,000 to 35,000 per month. this is the most agonizing a...

Fire from a village, they didnt send a squad in to find the sniper and kill him. they called for artilleries and air strikes and blew the whole hamlet away. the united states was killing 25,000 civilians a year. we were blowing up and burning down this country we were supposed to be saving. >> success continues to be elusive in any meaningful way, and johnson keeps being told i need more troops. >> i have today ordered to vietnam certain forces which will raise our fighting strength from 75,000 ...

The united states was killing 25,000 civilians a year. we were blowing up and burning down this country we were supposed to be saving. >> success continues to be elusive in any meaningful way, and johnson keeps being told i need more troops. >> i have today ordered to vietnam certain forces which will raise our fighting strength from 75,000 to 125,000 men, almost immediately. this will make it necessary to raise the monthly draft call from 17,000 to 35,000 per month. this is the most agonizing a...

Sniper. they called f artilleries and blew it away. the united states was killing 25,000 civilians a year. blowing up and burning down, this country we were supposed to be saving. success continues to be elusive in any meaningful way and johnson keeps being told i need more troops. >> i have today ordered to vietnam certain forces which will raise our fighting strength from 75,000 to 125,000 men, almost immediately. this will make it necessary to raise the monthly draft call from 17,000 to 35,00...

The 60s was a decade of change in the united states in our history, there was rock and roll, space race, but also the vietnam war and the death of thousands of americans in that country. take a listen. this is a clip from the cnn special "the 60s." >> i have today ordered to vietnam certain forces which will raise our fighting strength from 75,000 to 125,000 men almost immediately. this will make it necessary to raise the monthly draft from 17,000 to 35,000 per month. this is the most agonizing ...

And with time running out, as youve well noted, they feel that they must re-examine every piece of evidence that they have, to be 100% sure. they cant accept that they could make a mistake here that would mislead them somewhere down the road. back to you, john. >> all right, our jim clancy in kuala lumpur, where so many families now are still waiting for answers. >> and so many of those families are agonizing. this wait has been agonizing for any word on their loved ones, and that wait goes on. ...

Overnight many received a briefing from malaysian airline representatives. pauline, how did that meeting go? >> reporter: well, kate it didnt go very well because family members came out very angry and frustrated. they say they are getting inconsistent information and very vague answers. in beijing this morning relatives of the chinese passengers who make up almost two-thirds of the 239 missing are growing skeptical of malaysias investigation. after todays briefing with malaysian government offi...

Scattered within a radius of several kilometers. mentime, there is new information that may reset the picture as to what exactly happened inside malaysian airline flight 370s cockpit. >> a course close to the investigation told us that military radar shows the 777 making a sharp westerly turn over the south china sea and changing altitude. were told that the airplane flew as low as 12,000 feet before it vanished from radar. also, the sharp turn that it made appeared to be intentional. >> of cour...

Frustrating. our job is to keep looking and looking until you find it. >> of course, the wait for concrete answers has been understandably agonizing for the family and friends of the 239 people on board. more than half of them are chinese nationals. david mckenzie has been speaking to some of their families in beijing. >> weve been talking to family members through these more than two weeks now. certainly the emotions go up, down, depending on the information flow coming out. right now, were kin...

Presumably to give medical assistance. the counselors i have spoken to over the past few days have said, when the news does finally come, it will be almost too difficult to contemplate for people who have been hoping for the worst case scenario, hoping for a hijacking. now, as it appears from what we know, all hope is lost for these families and certainly this is agonizing in this hotel, which has been a real hellish experience, appears to be coming to an end. the grieving process appears to be ...