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Vietnam. with the death toll soaring, with protests and riots tearing the nation apart. president johnson had staked his legacy on getting america out of vietnam. >> i told all of you the other day -- >> johnson is talking to nixon, basically saying, i know you're interfering with my diplomacy, and i think it's about as low as you can get. and nixon lies and denies that he's doing it. >> you just see that your people don't tell the south vietnamese that they're going to get any better deal out of the united states government. >> your people, that's how he puts it to nixon, your people are mess...

Government troops are rolling back the opposition gains in the city of damascus, as a new rebel group launches an operation to seize control of the economic epicenter. and the death toll soaring, reaching a tragic milestone, in what has been the deadliest week in the uprising. world affairs reporter dominique di-natale has more. >> the death toll has now surpassed the 19,000 mark, after the greatless casualties. coming in a week in which the rebels and the regime both dominant of the capital damascus, and the mutilated bodies of rebel fighters killed in clashes with government forces who have ...