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Permission from a voluntary regiment of armed men could i take a photo. one of the gentleman said no. one of the others who i didnt engage with or speak with put a gun on me and walked me to the vehicle where my family was located about 600 yards. in taking refugees out, youre dealing with a real martial moment. its very precarious. >> i wonder what is it like for the kids in these situations especially knowing that theyre going to the borders and their fathers will not be going with them? >> th...

Listening. you must have made this film because you worry it could happen again. >> yes. you know, i was of draft age during the vietnam war. i was against that war as i was against the war in iraq. i, you know, i couldnt believe in my lifetime, we were about to go to war. this is back in 2003, based on a lie. again. it was happening twice in my lifetime. so, i wanted to get this story out of how does this happen? how does the government -- i understand propaganda, every administration needs pro...

Iraq invasion but nobody was listening. you must have made the film because you worried it would happen again. >> i was of draft age in the vietnam war and i was against that as i was the war in iraq. i couldnt believe we were about to go to war in 2003 based on a lie again. it happened twice in my lifetime. i wanted to get the story out of how does this happen. how does the government? i understand propaganda. every administration needs propaganda to sell a policy or to sell a rational ato go t...

Antiwar movement has parallels to what were seeing here. this is a spontaneous uprising of kids who are affected personally by gun violence and are taking to the streets, if you will, to say enoughs enough. we had the same thing. i was draft age, ours was a draft-driven antiwar effort. we took to the streets to say enoughs enough, we dont want to be drafted. we dont want to go there. we dont have a dog in that fight, and we saw what happened. i think were in a similar, you know, sort of pivot po...

Director rob reiner and actor woody harrelson, yes, him as lbj, stars in the film. i started by asking woody about the process of physically and audio wide transforming into lbj. >> is it the ears? >> the ears. everything from the eyes down, really. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> he even had contact lenses. >> everything. >> that is -- so, rob when did you start doing this film and why this renaissance of lbj? >> well, you know -- >> what grabbed you? >> this is the crazy part, because you know both woody...

When i was growing up, i hated him. i was of draft age and was against the war. i learned as i went into politics, public policy and government that what he did was monumental. the second thing i wanted people to see is what a real president does. >> yes. >> you know, hopefully theres a young generation that only sees this president. thats not the way presidencies work. lyndon johnson, youll see a different president. >> the film is amazing. that is our show for the day. join us next week. ill b...

The ages of 18 and 20. it would be great. if they want to continue their service, thats something different. every kid should give two years to their country, for sure. >> i am for this because i am 47. there is no way in hell -- i think if i was 20 -- if i was 17 i would be going, this is nuts. i am a hipocrite. mccrystal says if these guys would have a uniting thing they can go to a bar and talk about service. he has a point. >> thats a thing of the past though. look at who is draft age. it is...

It would be great. if they want to continue their service, thats something different. every kid should give two years to their country, for sure. >> i am for this because i am 47. there is no way in hell -- i think if i was 20 -- if i was 17 i would be going, this is nuts. i am a hipocrite. mccrystal says if these guys would have a uniting thing they can go to a bar and talk about service. he has a point. >> thats a thing of the past though. look at who is draft age. it is the same people we saw...

Part of the troops that were fighting in vietnam. frustrating not to feel like i was there? well, he could feel like he was there a few years later if he went to see "apocalypse now." every man who lived through the vietnam era who was at least of high school age at some point during the vietnam era, knows that mitt romney is lying in every word of that statement. every american who went to vietnam knows that every able-bodied man of draft age who didnt join the military made an active choice no...

Vietnam era who was at least of high school age at some point during the vietnam era, knows that mitt romney is lying in every word of that statement. every american who went to vietnam knows that every able-bodied man of draft age who didnt join the military made an active choice not to join. but the same mitt romney who said he kind of sort of wishes hed gone to vietnam also said, quote, when my dad said that he had been wrong about vietnam and that it was a mistake and they had been brainwash...