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>> anthony: but i find it interesting that the people who had, perhaps, the most painful experience were among the first to reach out. i think the john mccain story is particularly interesting because here's a guy who had an atrocious experience here in prison and yet he has been among the most vocal supporters of normalizing relations. >> tao: it took several trips to vietnam. and so he could see vietnam in a different light. it's no longer a war. it's a country with people. >> anthony: have you been out with returning veterans from -- >> tao: oh, yes. all the time. >> anthony: did they often...

Haiphong area. the north vietnamese said american planes carried out heavy attacks around those cities tonight and that hanoi's armed forces shot down a large number of planes and captured several pilots. >> first lieutenant, navigator b-52. >> nixon wanted the communists to think he was crazy in the hopes that that would drive them back to the bargaining table. >> a lot of the civilian areas were hit apparently. >> civilian areas must have been hit, and i don't want to say that it was not a very painful thing to have to do. >> when 8,500-pound bombs go off one plane, that's the closest thing ...

There's been a great deal of confusion here at the pentagon. the military is awaiting guidance from the white house. bret baier had an exclusive with president trump on board air force one on the way back from singapore. >> is the military drawing down in south korea? you hinted at that. is there this tit for tat? >> no, it's not going down at all. it was never discussed. we have 32,000 soldiers in north korea. i would like to get him home but it's notice on the table right now. at the appropriate time it will be. >> the president has brought up in the past few days the cost of these large sca...

Particularly interesting because here's a guy who had an atrocious experience here in prison. and yet he has been among the most vocal supporters of normalizing relations. >> it took several trips to vietnam so he could see it in a different light. no longer a war. it's a country with people. >> have you been out with returning veterans from -- >> oh, yes. all the time. >> they often want to go the area they served. >> oh, yes. >> they often meet with the people they fought. >> yes. >> b-52 pilots clung to the areas they unloaded their bomb. >> yes. >> what is that experience like? what do you...

Him a place in history. >> times of civil rights, no tree in the forest is as tall except lyndon johnson. >> if ever there was a nation capable of solving its problems, it is this nation. >> johnson had to be the best. he just was driven by this idea to be top dog. that's also how he felt about vietnam. >> since i reported to you last january, the enemy has been defeated and bin battle after b. >> he knew all of that would make him a candidate for some future of mount rush more but he also knew he was unlikely to be a future mount rushmore and this frustration made lyndon johnson's fingernails...