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End of the tunnel, and there is no light there. Theres no understanding of america in the 1970s without understanding how the decade began in relationship to the war in vietnam. Normally live casualties for the previous week are released on thursday. But fighting in the last week has been so bitter that military sources released the casualties unofficially today. 340 americans and 527 South Vietnamese were killed last week. Enemy dead were reported to be more than 5,000. There was some grumbling among numbers of young g. I. S taking part in the assaults, questioning whether the objective is worth the bloodshed. Out here in this very difficult war, i think history will report this may have been one of americas finest hours because we took a difficult task, and we succeeded. Youre doing your job. I can assure you were going to try to do ours to see that you didnt fight in vein. Thank you very much. Nixon did not want to be the first president of the United States to lose a war. It was a
Radio show, marie harf. And former Deputy Campaign manager for donald trump, president of Citizens United david bossie is here. Its a long list. David let trump the trumpet. Harris this is such an important day to get your perspective. He said that he wanted to go forward with this as promised. David i look forward to it. Harris he is going to meet with the president at the white house. Comes after a series of meetings he had a new york city with north korean vice chairman. He is also going to meet with the president at the white hous white house, expecting to give him a letter from the north korean dictator as i mentioned. Secretary pompeo meeting. Our two countries face a Pivotal Moment in which it could be nothing short of tragic to let this opportunity go to wast waste. This is a difficult challenge. Make no mistake about it. There remains a great deal of work to do. And we made progress here. Here. Harris president trunk stomach trump has said that his main take more than one meet
Made by the two of the meeting. It does no good if we dont think that there is a real opportunity to put them together. But we have made Real Progress toward that. Harris kevin has more from the north lawn. The opposite of the picture that you are seeing right now. We are hearing details about who will be greeting the north korean official. It is a very interesting opportunity for this white house, harris, not just for people like john bolton. Team each with their counterparts, this is really a chance to once again, solidify this idea that relationships can be built today can have a Lasting Impact not just on the United States and on north korea, but on the entire globe. As you pointed out, the North Koreans are expected to arrive within minutes. Certainly could be within minutes, if it takes longer than that, it certainly could be within the hour. Looking just beyond the camera there, i am seeing a number of things here. If that happens, we will break away. It is also fair to say that
Cnn newsroom starts right now. At 3 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast we start with another high profile departure from the Trump Administration. The head of the epa, the Environmental Protection agency has resigned under a cloud of controversy. Scott pruitt was at the white house on wednesday, the fourth of july, for celebrations there. His resignation comes amid a long list of alleged ethics violations. You see some of them here. Its a long expensive list. Pruitt is the subject of at least 14 separate investigations. Among the claims, trying to use his position to secure a job and a Restaurant Franchise for his wife. President trump has been hesitant to take action, instead praising pruitts deregulation efforts in that agency. On thursday he tweeted this. Within the agency scott has done an outstanding job and i will always be thankful to him for this. In an exclusive investigation cnn has uncovered the latest pruitt scandal. Our drew griffon has details for you. Reporter it may