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emeritus donald richie. the vietnam hearings were some of the most extraordinary hearings ever held by congress. they were an investigation in to a war that was still being fought. congress and the senate wanted to know why we were in vietnam, what the administration s policies were, and they wanted to hear from opponents of the war. they give equal status to critics as they did supporters. iswas a real debate and that something that does not happen in wartime. in wartime, everyone rallies around the flag and there is general agreement. the reason was, we never had a declaration of war or a congressional debate. 1954, president lyndon johnson could use that to get congress to pass the gulf of tonkin, resolution, authorizing him to retaliate. them rallying around the flag in support of the president during a period of crisis. it was done very quickly. senator fulbright brought it to the floor just after an hour s hearing. it was passed with only two dissenting votes ....
hearings. these were the first hearings on the vietnam war. the 1966 the at phnom hearings. coverage of the hearings and begin with donald richie, who explains the significance of the hearings. the vietnam hearings were probably some of the most extraordinary hearings ever held by congress. hearing an investigation into a war that was still being fought. wanteds and the senate to know why we were in vietnam and what the administration s policies were and wanted to hear from opponents of the war. they gave equal status to critics of the war as they did to supporters. it s a real debate and that is something which does not happen in wartime. was we never had a declaration of war or congressional debate as to why the united states should fight a war in vietnam. in 1964, there had been a minor incident in the gulf of tonkin between some pt boats and a destroyer. president johnson use that to get congress to pass the gulf of tonkin resolution, authorizing him to retaliat ....
mr. ritchie: the vietnam hearings were some of the most extraordinary hearings ever held by congress. they were an investigation in to a war that was still being fought. congress and the senate wanted to know why we were in vietnam, what the administration s policies were, and they wanted to hear from opponents of the war. they give equal status to critics as they did supporters. it was a real debate and that is something that does not happen in wartime. in wartime, everyone rallies around the flag and there is general agreement. the reason was, we never had a declaration of war or a congressional debate. in august, 1954, there had been an incident. president lyndon johnson could use that to get congress to pass the gulf of tonkin, resolution, authorizing him to retaliate. they will see them rallying around the flag in support of the president during a period of crisis. it was done very quickly. senator fulbright brought it to the floor just after an hour s hearing. deb ....
it has become your s de facto frontier. it has become europe s de facto frontier. turkey has also attacked kurdish forces in northern syria. there are more than 2.5 million refugees seeking shelter. in camps, long ago reached capacity. hundreds of thousands more are expected. in one border town, turks now make up one third of the population. the two groups lived in harmony with many turks benefiting from the arrival of refugees. even though the government has put up a wall, relationships between syrians and turks continue to flourish. it is a big day for the keuri gs. they are fine going to get married. they are already married according to islamic law and have a son. my wife is syrian, they told us to get documents from damascus, but i cannot send my wife back into the war. on the syrian border, there are many turkish-syrian refugees. many refugees have fled from syria outnumbering the 90,000 locals. and more on the way. every day, thousands of syrian refugees ....
good afternoon. thank you for joining us today. on to politics and decision day in new hampshire. the first polling places have started to close in the first in the nation primary. marci gonzalez has the latest from new hampshire. reporter: polling places packed on this primary day. the first polls now closed, the final votes in other precincts now being cast. i honestly was not sure who i was going to vote for up to the very minute. reporter: candidates made the rounds, trying to round up last-minute support and even a p donald trump went into primary day the front runner in the polls, but john kasich had a little boost. winning in dixville, the first precinct to cast ballots at midnight. this election all coming down to undecides and independent voters. who was it? bernie sanders. reporter: looking at the republican and democratic side, he was our clear choice. if there s a large voter turnout, we ll do just fine. reporter: but hillary clinton says t ....