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Relations committee. >> we are happy that conversation is taking place. we need china to lead that. and the presidents tweets made it more difficult for diplomacy to work. the we know the only reasonable solution for north korea crisis is through the diplomacy and the presidents tweets make that more challenging. >> harris: is this story advances past the midday point, we are looking for information on what the tweet meant. is it part of policy or learned? >> reporter: it is a clearest indicatio...

Them in this victory. is that enough for you? >> yes, sir. >> im going to put this in two parts. ill be a little more candid in a second. >> lyndon johnson doesnt want to be a president who found his administration torpedoed by an unpopular war. parenthetically, however, we have a very interesting episode that happens in august of 1964 in the tonkin gulf. >> three pt boats identified by our state department as north vietnamese attacked the uss maddox, a destroyer operating in the tonkin gulf som...

>> this is a special report from cbs news in washington. today just past the midday point, unofficial sources started to report additional naval combat action in the same tonkin gulf. >> now i would like to review briefly in chronological order, the unprovoked attacks that took place today, august 4th. >> we know now for sure the second tonkin gulf incident didnt happen. but the johnson administration pretty much dismissed evidence indicating that an attack actually hadnt taken place. >> there w...

Cbs news in washington. today just past the midday point, unofficial sources started to report additional naval combat action in the same tonkin gulf. >> now i would like to review briefly in chronological order, the unprovoked attacks that took place today, august 4th. >> we know now for sure the second tonkin gulf incident didnt happen. but the johnson administration pretty much dismissed evidence indicating that an attack actually hadnt taken place. >> there was this acute political pressure ...

There had been covert actions against north vietnamese and directed by the united states and the north vietnamese were responding to that on august 2. >> this is a special report from cbs news in washington. today just past the midday point, unofficial sources started to report additional naval combat action in the same tonkin gulf. >> now i would like to review briefly in chronological order, the unprovoked attacks that took place today, august 4th. >> we know now for sure the second tonkin gul...

>> this is a special report from cbs news in washington. today just past the midday point, unofficial sources started to report additional naval combat action in the same tonkin gulf. >> now i would like to review briefly in chronological order, the unprovoked attacks that took place today, august 4th. >> we know now for sure the second tonkin gulf incident didnt happen. but the johnson administration pretty much dismissed evidence indicating that an attack actually hadnt taken place. >> there w...

>> this is a special report from cbs news in washington. today just past the midday point, unofficial sources started to report additional naval combat action in the same tonkin gulf. >> now i would like to review briefly in chronological order, the unprovoked attacks that took place today, august 4th. >> we know now for sure the second tonkin gulf incident didnt happen. but the johnson administration pretty much dismissed evidence indicating that an attack actually hadnt taken place. >> there w...

Cbs news in washington. today just past the midday point, unofficial sources started to report additional naval combat action in the same tonkin gulf. >> now i would like to review briefly in chronological order, the unprovoked attacks that took place today, august 4th. >> we know now for sure the second tonkin gulf accident didnt happen. the johnson administration dismissed evidence indicating that an attack actually hadnt taken place. there was this acute political pressure from the right wing...

Attack. there had been these covert actions against north vietnamese directed by the united states, and the north vietnamese were responding to that on august 2nd. >> this is a special report from cbs news in washington. today just past the midday point, unofficial sources started to report additional naval combat action in the same tonkin gulf. >> now i would like to review briefly in chronological order, the unprovoked attacks that took place today, august 4th. >> we know now for sure the seco...

A very unconventional war. >> were over here to win, and we have what it takes to assist them in this victory. is that enough for you? >> yes, sir. >> im going to put this in two parts. ill be a little more candid in a second. >> lyndon johnson doesnt want to be a president who found his administration torpedoed by an unpopular war. parenthetically, however, we have a very interesting episode that happens in august of 1964 in the tonkin gulf. >> three pt boats identified by our state department ...