Joining us from his home is the author, howard means. Thank you for being with us. What happened and why did four students die and nine others were injured . Thats a big question. In the ultimate large sense of this, all the toxic orders of together atlowed Kent State University and the first weekend of may in 1970 it was an age of hate. Was an age of distrust. It was a generational divide. Right now, the museum laura davis was talking about, does a wonderful job of capturing all of this. Is a gem of the museum. That has a wonderful walk you can take, narrated and if you are anywhere near kent, stop and do it. In the more immediate sense, you nixons speech to that thursday, in which he announced the extension of the war into cambodia, after saying he was going to bring 150,000 troops and that was a time bomb waiting to opt, which it did the next evening in the bars offcampus. There were windows broken and trash cans set on fire. The real problem with that demonstration was it convinced
Innocence. He talked about the state of the vietnam war and actions in the white house for the antiwar protestest. First president nixon in a white house address a few days earlier. In blatent retaliation, and they are occupied by north vietnamese forces. Once enemy forces are driven out, and once their military supplies are destroyed, we will withdraw. These actions are in no way directed to the security interests of any nation. Any government that chooses to use these actions is a pretext for harming relations will be doing so on its own responsibility and on its own initiative and we will draw the appropriate conclusions. Now let me give you the reasons for my decision. A majority of the American People, a majority of you listening to me, are for the withdrawal of our forces from vietnam. The action that we have taken tonight is indispensable. A majority of the American People want to end this war rather than to have it it drag on. The action that i have taken tonight will serve tha
Neutrality. This is not an invasion of cambodia. The areas in which these attacks will be launched are completely occupied and controlled by north vietnamese forces. Our purpose is not to occupy the areas. Once enemy forces are driven out of these sankfrng ai areas, we withdraw. These actions are in no way directed to the securitien intere security interests of any nation. Now let me give you the reasons for my decision. A majority of the American People, a majority of you listening to me are for the withdrawal of our forces from vietnam. The action i have taken tonight is indispensable for the continuing success of that withdrawal program. A majority of the American People want to end this war rather than to have it drag on. The action i have taken tonight will serve that purpose. A majority of the American People want to keep the casualties of our brave men in vietnam at a minimum. The action i take tonight is essential if we are to accomplish that goal. We take this action not for t
Im Charles Payne in for stuart varney. Varney company starts right now. While cnbc is on break, we are open for business. Charles hundreds of americans back in the u. S. This morning after being evacuated from the coronavirus affected diamond princess cruise ship. Lauren, we know some have tested positive for the virus right now. Lauren yes. So the u. S. Chartered the two flights that arrived early this morning, one in california and one in texas. As they were going from that cruise ship docked in japan to the charter plane, 14 tested positive for the coronavirus. That essentially doubles the number of infections right here in the u. S. We had 15, now you have 14 coming in. They will be in quarantine. They were already in quarantine for about two weeks but they will be in quarantine at those two air force bases for another 14 days. Charles thank you very much. Mean meanwhile, macao says the casinos can reopen. Susan its a big deal especially for casino shares that trade in the u. S. ,
On which the yeas and nays are ordered. He clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 765, use Resolution Resolution providing for consideration of the senate 1158,ent to the bill h. R. To authorize cyber incident departmentams at the of Homeland Security and for other purposes, providing for consideration of the senate bill h. R. 1865, to require the secretary of the treasury to mint a coin in of the opening of the National Law Enforcement museum in the district of for other nd purposes, and providing for the adoption of the resolution house permitting 61, individuals to be admitted to the hall of the house in order to obtain footage of the house session for inclusion in the orientation film to be shown to visitor at the capitol center. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. Members, this is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning