A speech well received in the room as well as leaders from the arab and muslim world, literally around the globe because there was a dignitary from an intonation is taken as well. Just referring back to what leland. Com is a beautiful show they are putting on and what was an old hotel. Combating extremist ideologies still appears very much a work in progress. The select ticketmaster at the very beginning there with saying we are developing myth and developing not in the system is not quite online at you have to wonder as well how focused are they going to be on this . Is this going to be a make work project or will it start to root out based on social media to my based on fears on the ground for these hotbed of islamic extremist ideology are coming from. The president said in the arab islamic american summit faerber did not extremist ideology is the key to defeating terrorism. He said that there is nothing glorious about being a terrorist and terrorist do not worship god. They just wan
58,000 fell in defense of freedom. Their names now enshrined on a black granite wall not far from here. To all of our Vietnam Veterans gathered here in the midst of this 50th anniversary, i say thank you, and welcome home. [applaus [applause] im told that one of those veterans has come to this ceremony almost every year and almost always introduced as he was today, but i dont think his story has ever been told. And i hope he wont mind too much if i tell it today. 36 years ago this march, a First Lieutenant in the United States army, 1st battalion, 97 artillery, awoke at dawn to a massive north vietnamese attack on a hill top outpost. He and his brothers were heavily outnumbered, it took just minutes for the enemy to break through their defenses and the fighting very quickly became handtohand. History records in that moment that that young 1st lieutenant rallied his brother to stand their ground. Ordered air and artillery strikes from a dangerously exposed position for four straight hou
Americas news hq from washington. 1 00 p. M. Eastern as this is starting to get underway. I am doing better. Liz this is already a year ago we have it and will happen. Elizabeth prann. Thanks for joining us. Lets check in with peter doocy at the unite the right. We are at the foggy bottom metro stop and the reason for that is that unite the right rally demonstrators and we dont know how many there are going to be. They made at the metro station in Northern Virginia 15 miles from here, 10 metro stops away and they were all writing together. The organizer, jason tessler was not able to get a permit for the unite the right in charlottesville last year once to have as many people altogether as they can and they will come here. So far we have noticed there are more Police Officers than normal, but otherwise because we are still a few hours away from the expect the arrival of these demonstrators who say they are going to have a civil rights rally in front of the white house. There is just no