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Three months later his planes was hit by enemy fire. >> yesterday over hanoi three american planes were shot down and at least two of their pilots captured. one of them was lieutenant commander john mccain iii, the son of a u.s. naval commander in europe. >> i was hit. i can see that the wing was gone. i ejected from my airplane. i was knocked unconscious by the ejection and injured, my arm broken. my leg broken. >> reporter: dragged by the lake by an angry crowd he was severely wounded and in s...

It would always happen to somebody else. and then when it did happen to you, there is this sharp intake of breath and a recognition that in fact this is real and it is happening to you. and when it did happen to him, he said he thought that this was -- he had to steel himself and prepare himself for the most difficult final exam he would have to take. when he was in -- as mike at beshlass reminded us, when he was in prison, his father -- john mccain father had just become the commander of all na...

Propaganda value. >> when they discovered my father was an admiral they took me to a hospital. they couldnt set my bones properly so they just slapped a cast on me. >> a french film crew was summoned to document the pows good treatment. but mccain refused to cooperate with his captors even when he was offered the opportunity to go home. >> our code said we could only go home in the order of our capture, and there were men who would been shot down long before me. >> it would cost him two years in...

And killed or captured. but it was never going to happen to you. it would always happen to somebody else. and then when it did happen to you, there is this sharp intake of breath and a recognition that in fact this is real and it is happening to you. and when it did happen to him, he said he thought that this was -- he had to steel himself and prepare himself for the most difficult final exam he would have to take. when he was in -- as mike at beshlass reminded us, when he was in prison, his fat...

Were in a war, there was a possibility might get shot down and killed or captured. but it was never going to happen to you. it would always happen to somebody else. and then when it did happen to you, there is this sharp intake of breath and a recognition that in fact this is real and it is happening to you. and when it did happen to him, he said he thought that this was -- he had to steel himself and prepare himself for the most difficult final exam he would have to take. when he was in -- as m...

Some kind of equal to the us. theres only one leader of the free world and that is the president of the united states but putin wants to see himself on an equal playing field with the us president so there a lot of propaganda value in terms of this summit. putin will want to see some concessions from the united states and this is a dangerous arena for president trump. its vital that he does not make any concessions. concessions putin will want to see are with regard to the ukraine and crimea iss...

>> well, kim jong-un, its great for kim jong-un, i think. hes gotten this -- i mean hes probably better known to a lot of people in the world than half the democratic field right now. hes gotten more media attention, more propaganda value. everyone is saying how great he is, you know, the peace maker. its an extraordinary gift by the united states. >> i want to ask you about "the washington post" tonight, reporting that trump was antsy and bored. those are quotes. after arriving early and he wan...

Retired rear admiral john kirby, spokesman for the state department. put on your military hat for a moment. is it appropriate for the president of the united states to salute a foreign general, let alone a foreign general of a regime like north korea? >> no, its not. the very valid concern here was he was showing deference and respect to an officer in the military who not only brutalizes their own soldiers but their own people and still have a robust military program capable of destabilizing the...

Dream faster, and above all... now, ill dream gig. now more businesses, in more places, can afford to dream gig. comcast, building americas largest gig-speed network. this morning north korea state media has just debuted some new footage that was shot during the trump/kim summit. take a look at this. the president extends his hand to the north korean general. the general responds with the salute. the president returns the salute and then both men shake hands. why is this significant? our milit...

I want to talk about the salute. we saw the president in 2012 for a stiff bow. this is fully uniformed general. what people are saying, military experts is he should have been briefed by his military aid. theyre going to issalute you. dont salute back. >> its clearly a mistake in protocol. they are using this for propaganda value. >> its being cycled over and over on state tv. >> part of the pageantry of their leader on the world stage. this plays into that narrative. im a bit more forgiving. th...