Vietnam. A good time now, the decades have passed. We have always felt that in any kind of historical presentation you have to have 25 or 30 years perspective, the kind of try angulation that can take place from that pass age of time. Rose burns, novick and a remarkable 18 hour series on the vietnam war, for the hour. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the following bank of america. Life better connected. Is and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Ken burns an lynn novick are here to introduce their pbs series about the vietnam war. More than 40 years after the war ended americans are still struggling to make sense of it. The war lasted more than a decade and cost its lives of 58,000 americans and 3. 4 million vietnamese. It divided the country like no conflict since the civil war. The film by ken and lynn look back at those cataclysmic y
The Washington Post says it is a masterpiece and a model for assessing our history. Here is a look at the trailer. I think the vietnam war drove a stake into the heart of america. Unfortunately we have never , moved far away from that. We never recovered. There was no way we could avoid telling this story. Wars are so extraordinarily revealing. It is the worst of humanity but as it turns out also the best of , humanity. There has been a lot done on this subject. Books documentaries, feature , films, novels. It is not like no one has ever tried. But it remains Unfinished Business in American History. The decades have passed and it is important to go back and try to understand it. The real heroes are the men that died. To see these kids that had the least to gain, and yet, their loyalty to each other and courage under fire. It was phenomenal. You would ask yourself, how does america produce young man like this . We wanted to get to know the people and the place and spend time there. Try
Is they dont take a case unless someone has died. Announcer watched tonight at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan two book tv. Announcer now a house hearing on the Research Conducted during the total Solar Eclipse of august 21, and how events like the eclipse can help generate Student Interest in scientific fields. This is one hour and 20 minutes. Rep. Comstock the committee on science, space and technology will come to order. The objection the chair is authorized to declare recessed as a committee at any time. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing entitled the Great American eclipse to totality and beyond. I recognize myself for an opening statement, but im going to submit most of my prepared statement for a record. We need to finish the hearing before votes are called around 10 30 a. M. , so apologies for truncating things. We will be inspired by our witnessing today Witnesses Today and harnessing the enthusiasm for the eclipse we saw when people really came together. I know my husband
Back in 1958. It is an extraordinary situation. You have two candidates, one of them from a party that didnt even exist a year ago, and the other from the far right. So i think theres a mood of, you know, some apprehension, a little bit of surprise about the outcome but also a bit of excitement. Rose and we conclude this evening with wendy lesser who has written a book about the great architect louis kahn. He didnt fall into any camp so the brutalists love him, the modernists love him, the class suss love him, everybody from all the different sources of architecture seem to feel that he is the one that best represents them. Rose hundred days of trump, the French Election and louis kahn the architect, when we condition continue. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the 2308ing 2308ing following kl and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We b
In sport, still tight at the top. Chelsea and tottenham both win in the Premier League. Theres still just four points between them. Do you ever ask to take home your left overs when youre eating out . So called doggy bags are standard part of Restaurant Culture in the states, but they havent really caught on here. Well find out about a new scheme aiming to change that. And carol is out and about with the weather. Hello. Good morning from truckfest. 40,000 are expected to see some amazing vehicles. Everything is in here. 0utside it is raining. The forecast is some bright spells, rain, and a few showers. Brightest skies in scotland and Northern Ireland, especially in the west. I will have more details in about 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Social Media Companies are being accused of a shameful failure to tackle on line Terrorist Propaganda and hate speech. A report by a group of mps claims sites like facebook, twitter, and google put more effort into protect