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war. anchor: we delay the start of the tonight show starring johnny carson to bring you the following nbc news special report. reporter: at 12:00 noon on april 30, a north vietnamese tank broke the gate of the presidential palace in saigon. a communist soldier ran the revolution s flag across the empty lawn. the shooting on this day the communists won was not in a battle but a celebration. saigon had already surrendered. [gunfire] tonight, nbc news presents the first full report on saigon s first month as a communist city. announcer: nbc news presents a special report. communist saigon. here is nbc news correspondent john hart. john: good evening. it s been almost a month now since the communists won the war in vietnam, and during that time, they have allowed us only bits and pieces of information on what has been going on there since saigon surrendered. but now, we are beginning to know a little more. since last saturday, 82 newsmen, foreigners in vietnam, flew out w ....
around in vietnam. jim: that was april 30th, when the last american helicopter left just before 8:00 in the morning. it was waiting on the roof of the u.s. embassy with the last americans to get aboard. while downstairs, even as the americans were leaving, the south vietnamese were going through the embassy, floor by floor, looting it completely. there were some military police there, and that accounts for the firing that you heard, trying to stop it, but a very half-hearted attempt. jack: they were not shooting people. jim: they weren t shooting, just into the air, warning shots. and that was the last helicopter that left the embassy, carrying the u.s. marines, the marines that had spent the night keeping the vietnamese back. the vietnamese finally got to the roof of the embassy. jack: to the helipad. jim: to the helipad there. jack: were they waiting for another helicopter to come? or jim: although there was no hope, they were waiting for the last helicopter that ne ....
be a big, big improvement. obamacare reman is the law of the land. we did not have the votes to replace this law. so we ll be living with obamacare for the foreseeable future. charles: a lot of drama, obviously a lot of arm twisting, they came up short. how do you think it plays out behinded the scenes and where do you see it going from here. charles: i m sorry, let s start with phil. i think it came down to the freedom caucus they thought would be enough to deliver their whole caucus. they were able to deliver a significant part of their caucus. but there were still holdouts. then you have problems on the other side, you had moderates abandon the bill because they weren t comfortable with those last-minute changes. charles: guesstimating on the street is the hardliners were 15 nos, the moderates went up to 10 nos and you had a smattering of republicans up to perhaps 8:00 that weren t convinced. dr. goodman. having said that, you just heard president trump speaking ....