setsuko thurlow and hibakusha of hiroshima and nagasaki were nominated for sharing their accounts of the inhumane effects of nuclear weapons, which serves to reinforce the taboo against further use of nuclear weapons and maintain pressure for effective action in eliminating and outlawing nuclear weapons and testing. by sharing first handing experiences, thurlow, who now resides in toronto, and many other atomic bomb survivors like her have played a critical role when it comes to raising awareness of the human consequences of nuclear weapons use and prompting leaders to take action to end the nuclear threat. fitting that, 70 years after the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki, our voters chose to honor those who experienced the horrors of nuclear weapons. i cannot imagine, as a 13-year-old experiencing a nuclear weapon exploding overhead. they have worked hard and tirelessly to ensure that nuclear weapons are never used again. setsuko and the diminishing number of surviving hibakusha are a reminder of why a pursuit of a world without nuclear weapons is so important, to quote our esteem

it has been on display inside the nagasaki atomic bomb museum. last year the image was part of an exhibition i in the city. and two sisters who saw it thought t the boy closely resembled their older brother sosoeji tanasaki. a forensic expert started looking into it. he compared a photo of 13-year-old soji with the one from the exhibit. he cited similarities in the contours of his face and his eyes and concluded it was likely sho shoji. >> translator: my sister and i recognized our brother. >> the sisters say he was a junior high school student who lived near ground zero. they say a water bottle and an umbrella, both exposed to radiation, are their brother's only remaining belongings. >>> ichiro suzuki is one hit away from unofficially tying the major league record for career hits, with the hits he racked up in japan included. the miami marlins outfielder belted three base nok knocks in monday's game against the marlins. ichiro's all-time hits now total 4,255, including 1,278 career hits he accumulated in japan before he joined the major leagues.

and hiroshimaw nagasaki were nominated for sharing their accounts of the inhumane effects of nuclear weapons, which serves to maintain pressure for effective action in eliminating and outlawing nuclear weapons and testing. by sharing first handing thurlow and survivors like her have played a critical role when it comes to raising awareness of the consequences of nuclear weapons use and prompting leaders to take action of ending the nuclear threat. 70 years after the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki, our voters chose to honor those who experienced the horrors of nuclear weapons. i cannot imagine experiencing a nuclear weapon exploded. they have worked hard and tirelessly to ensure that nuclear weapons are never used again. setsuko and the diminishing ka are af habashu reminder of why a pursuit of a world without nuclear weapons is so important, to quote our esteemed director of the arms control association. with that, setsuko, let me give you the award. if you would come up, i will present you, on behalf of the arms control association, with this prestigious award. we are very pleas

you've seen in nagasaki prefecture 135 millimeters of total rainfall. needless to say, yes, we had a massive earthquake in april. even this morning we had a smaller one out here. that's making the ground quite unstable, so the landslide risk is still there. a load, and there's that extreme threat across much of kumamoto, nagasaki, and you could be see landslides here once again on wednesday, because not only the group is loose, but we have more rain on top of what we've already been seeing. in fact the heaviest is expected in northern kyushu, and to the northeast we could see up to 100 millimeters out there. tokyo probably going to be seeing a passing shower or two, heading into the late morning into the early morning hours, but i think the worst of it will be through the overnight heading into thursday morning, if you are in the tokyo area, but overall nothing compared to what we're seeing back toward of west. if we follow this front into center and eastern china, it has been dominating out here as well. since saturday some of these areas have seen 5 t

. >>> and people in nagasaki are already looking ahead to august. that's when they will commemorate the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombing of their city. they're adding new names to a list of victims who have died since last august. the practice started nearly half a century ago to ensure future generations remember all that was lost. takao morita is taking part for the 15th year. her parents' names are listed in nagasaki's register. >> translator: i will continue to do my job in order to pass on to as many people as possible the tragedy of the atomic bomb, as well as the importance of peace. >> as of last august there were 168,767 victims listed. about 3,500 names will be added this year. the register will be placed in a cenotaph on august 9th. >>> the japanese government has set the date for an upper house election. citizens will vote on july 10th. people aged 18 and 19 will be able to take part for the first time. candidates are allowed to campaign for 18 days. the government added a day to avoid a clash with the world war ii anniversary. one

an nhk camera captured the dramatic moments a house was destroyed in nagasaki. the house tumbled down a slope and broke into pieces on thursday. the ground was already loose from a landslide that hit two days earlier. and the ongoing rain tipped the balance. >> translator: the house was making soununds. thenen it rolled down the slope and broke apart in an instant. >> city officials say no one was injured. the neighborhood had earlier been evacuated and police are keeping the area sealed off. >>> as we continue to monitor the situation in southwestern japan, let's get the latest from sayaka mori. >> this year's rainy season has been extremely different from usual. we have seen heavy rainfall almost every day. in kagoshima we're at about 27 days we saw heavy rainfall in the south of kyushu. and in fact, parts of miyagi prefecture over 500 millimeters of rain. and in nagasaki, we saw heavy rainfall. 620 millimeters since the beginning of june. that's twice the amount what we normally see during the entire month of june. so flooding and landslides have been taking

not only hiroshima and nagasaki, now the pacific. well, united states continued with the testing and actually using them. that's when entire japan became truly aware of the nature of nuclear weapon development. anyway, at that time, i left japan. arrived in virginia in august and i was interviewed by the press. i gave my honest opinion. i was fresh out of college and naive, i believed in honesty and i told them what i thought. the united states nuclear policy was bad, they have to stop. look at all the killings and damage to the environment in the pacific, that has to stop and all these kind of things. next day, i started receiving hate letter. how dare you! what you are? who is giving the scholarship? go home. go back to japan. a few days after my arrival, i encountered this situation. i was horrified. it was quite a traumatic experience. what am i going to do? i can't -- i just arrived, i can't go back. i can't put the zipper over my mouth and pretend i never know anything about hiroshima bombing. would i be able to survive in nort

always, forving, as us to hear these stories from hiroshima and nagasaki, as well .s radiation victims down windows, south pacific kazakhstan,nd because they continue to suffer radiation poisoning around the world. i will open it up for questions now. i will post the first question to get the ball rolling. minutes tout 25 continue discussion. first of all, give us a sense of how you came from virginia, where i am so glad that you were determined to speak truth -- how virginia to from toronto, canada? ms. thurlow: i got the scholarship to come to virginia. the school gave me for scholarships. -- a full scholarship. had some sort of idea i wanted to become a social worker. in that chaotic situation, everybody needed help. my church minister was supporting those people. i wanted to become a helping person, someone who can help and contribute to society. workhat, i needed social professional training. japan at thatn time was not quite where it should be. study directly from japan. mr. walker: to the united states or canada? ms. thurlow: united states. then i went to university of toronto t

extremely moving, as always, for us to hear these stories from hiroshima and nagasaki, as well as radiation victims. down-winders, south pacific islanders, and kazakhstan, because they continue to suffer radiation poisoning around the world. i will open it up for questions now. i will pose the first question to setsuko get the ball rolling. we have about 25 minutes to continue discussion. first of all, give us a sense of how you came from virginia, where i am so glad that you were determined to speak truth to power, as we say. how did you come from virginia to toronto, canada? ms. thurlow: i got the scholarship to come to virginia. the school gave me a full scholarship. by that time, i had some sort of idea i wanted to become a social worker. because in that chaotic situation, everybody needed help. my church minister dedicated his life to supporting those people. i wanted to become a helping person, someone who can help and contribute to society. for that, i needed social work professional training. the training in japan at that time was not quite well-established. so i came to study direc

in nagasaki, three chinese men in their 40s disappeared last october. they had arrived at the port there on board a cruise ship. coast guard officials searched for them. and found a map of japan that the chinese government has access to. according to the police immigration and coast guard officials, 22 chinese cruise ship travellers disappeared from last july through may after reaching japan. in january last year, japan started allowing cruise ship travellers to enter the country without visas under certain conditions including a limited duration of stay. the move came amid arising number of chinese traveling to japan. in the past, when chinese tourists entered japan via cruise liners, they needed to obtain a visa from the japanese embassy in china. cruise ship operators apply for entry permission on behalf of the travelers after confirming their identities. and immigration authorities no longer take photos of foreign tourists who arrive on board vessels. the police suspect an organization that arranging illegal immigration may be behind the disappearan

over towards nagasaki as well, and you still have the warnings out there for landslides. that combined with even more rainfall, you could see the bulk of that precipitation coming in from the west. we may see 120 millimeters , 60 millimeters, that's only into friday, by the way. it doesn't count the showers that we're going to see as we go ahead into friday night, into saturday, kumamoto showers all the way out. the good news, sunday finally getting a bit of a break across most of japan, some high pressure will set in at least until next week. all of that is coming in from this kink in the front. that will develop and put towards the east, but right now about 150 to 200 millimeters out here is expected. that's on top of the precipitation we have been getting, causing deadly flooding out here. the past week alone, over 20 casualties have been reported. if you have travel plans across the mid western states of the u.s. on your wednesday evening, had you had into thursday morning, tornadoes threat was there. i think that's going to start to taper off, but more so the damages

this is in nagasaki. there have been widespread records of landslides in japan. some areas received 10 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. it does make you gasp! >>> ahead, improving the learning experience. not just for students, but for their parents, too. we're introducing you to this week's jefferson award winner. >> and we want to know what's cool about your summer camp? email your nomination to coolcamps@kpix.com, and we may come and feature your camp on the show. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, are truant... and more parents are taking an active n >>> well, today's tip of the day is going to be is with red nap cabbage. i like the color of this. more light purple than red. it's called red napa cabbage. selection and storage is very important. use it like regular napa cabbage. it's great in so many different ways especially in a stir fry. let's talk about selection. when you buy them, nice and white, they are supposed to be white and fresh. it's got to feel nice and fresh. now, the leaves get darker purple or darker red at the top. heavy for the size and give it a nice

the bombs dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki caused terrible destruction and the surrender of japan. nuclear weapons have never been used since, except as a threat to prevent further war -- not with the japanese, but with the soviet russians. one of those threats was here in the arizona desert. it's now a fascinating museum. >> this site was built because it was in the 1960s during the cold war, where we were sort of at war with the former soviet union. >> so when the soviets aimed their nuclear missiles at the united states, we aimed missiles back at them -- missiles called icbms. icbm stands for "intercontinental ballistic missile." that means it could fly from our continent to another continent, carrying a nuclear warhead. one kind of icbm was the titan ii. it was a giant rocket kept armed and ready to launch in an underground chamber called a silo. in all, there were 54 silos spread across uninhabited areas of the u.s. they're no longer in use, but you can take a tour of one thanks to the arizona aerospace foundation. >> well, nicole, first of all, welcome to launch complex 571-7

e japanese didn't want nuclear power after nagasaki and hiroshima, but they we talked into it. so it's a really wicked, wicked industry. andny country that has a reactor,e it syria, saudi arabia--you name it, they have a bomb factory. because each reactor makes 500 pounds of plutonium a year, plutonium lasts for half a million years, and all you need is 5 pounds to make yourself a nuclear weapon. so by selling nuclear power abroad, which america is heavily into, it is causing proliferation of nuclear apons--which it says it's t, but it is--and that could trigger a global holocaust between russia and america who still target each other with thousands of nuclear weapons. >> does the average doctor nderstand the full risks involved with radiation and nuclear power plants? >> no. we're not taught about e medical implications of nuclear power in medical schools. we did get some curricula going--physicians for social responsibility in the eighties in medical schools-- about nuclear war, but also nuclear power. it's a very, very interesting subject but one about which most doctors are

a camera captured the moment when a house toppled in nagasaki. nobody has hurt there because the area had been evacuated. heavy rain is expected to continue today. >>> wreckage from the egyptair passenger jet crash in may shows high temperature which means a possible fire. it indicates there was smoke in the lavatory and on board equipment. the flight crashed into the mediterranean. there was no distress call and no military group has claimed responsibility. all 66 people on board were killed. >>> authorities in montana are searching for a bear that killed a mountain biker. police say the man grisly yesterday. >>> coming up on the "morning news." hollywood reaches out. the academy invites a large number of minorities and women to join in a push for diversity. >>> the swimsuit competition takes a dive at miss teen usa. this is the "cbs morning news." all her aches and pains. and i said "come to class, let's start walking together" and i said "and i bet you money you'll be able to do that senior walk". that day i said "ok it's me and you girl, me a

it is very fitting that 70 years after the bombing of the cities of nagasaki and hiroshima, our online voters decided to expose the horrors of nuclear weapons. i cannot imagine being 13 years old and experiencing a nuclear weapon overhead. and, work tirelessly to make sure that nuclear weapons are not used again. rs are an survivo inspiration to those who seek a safer world and a reminder of why a world without nuclear weapons is so important. me give the award here. if you would come up, i will present you on behalf of the whole arms control association. we are delighted and very pleased to have you with us here today. here we go. [applause] thank you. i will let you now make your presentation. we will try to leave time -- have until about 10:00 -- we will try to leave time for questions and answers. the podium is years. >> thank you so much. i'm so humbled and pleased to i'meive this beautiful -- very happy to be here this morning and meet with you and to .eceive this honor if you have the chance to talk a little bit about my experiences. and my thoughts and feelings about nuclear we

pursuing power without virtue he was horrified about the dropping of the atomic bombs in hiroshima and nagasaki. that dropping of the bomb first of all the development of the bomb, the physicists would even consider this thing, i think he was just -- this was too much for him and i go into this in detail, i hope people don't take kirk as crazy. he saw this as a old very response, response that they might give and wondered if it was duty to commit suicide not because he was depressed. not because he was suicidal but because our honor as americans had been so tainted by the attack on the cities that maybe it was the duty of a good american to actually have to pay for this in a kind of way, very interesting, obviously didn't commit suicide but the letters and diries at the time just horrified by this. >> i wanted to talk in a little more detail about kirk's brand of conservatism. when we think about liberals and conservatives, we see almost see cartoonish where liberalism on radio and tv. you write that conservatism for kirk was served as a means, a mood and attitude to conserve to preserve and pa

even in washington d.c., let alone in japan, certainly in hiroshima nagasaki. it is very, very good and we have made progress to date largely because people like yourself and your colleagues made a stand as i say speaking truth to power on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons. what i now do you think 126 countries have signed the humanitarian pledge. 127. i stand corrected they are. we have a couple more questions. will try to go through and keep the questions breathe. i work with physicians for social responsibility i work -- who sends his greetings. you just answered a lot of my questions. they are working with the international campaign to promote the prohibition of nuclear weapons. i agree with you about the minimum runtime that is happening. there is a lot of skepticism in the united states about the prohibition treaty because none of the nuclear weapons state. they are pretty much all opposing it. none of them have supposed it at a none of the so-called umbrella states that are under the nuclear umbrella have supported it. are you optimistic you sho

to nagasaki, immediately after we dropped the atomic bomb. he died at a very young age, almost 40 years ago, ahead of his time of head and neck cancer. thanks for joining us tonight.c >> that's it for us. patty ann brown up next in the fox report. >> reports of a new never trump movement brewing in the gop. donald trump warning that his relationship is a 2 way street. i am patty ann brown in for julie banderas, and this is the fox report. the presumptive republican nominee hitting the campaign trail. this is the second stop of the day in phoenix where trump will hold a rally. he made news in las vegas, blasting hillary clinton and reports that republican delegates are preparing a last ditch effort by changing convention rules. >> and now a couple of guys that are badly defeated and organize a delegate revolt is. it is all made up by the press. okay? it is all made up. and it is a hoax. i am telling you. >>> and alicia, you talked to the delegate that is leading a revolt. tell us the strategy here? >> the strategy is to change the rule in the

that is nearly four times as many people as died in the nuclear attacks on hiroshima and nagasaki combined. the people of leningrad resisted the nazi attack in many ways, showing defiance in a manner that embodied the city's rich cultural traditions, using music. in the pan thee on of the world's greatest kpoesers and when the siege began, everybody, even the world's finest artists had to play a part in the war effort. >> he himself volunteered to be in the fire brigade, the leningrad, conservatory. >> the new yorker's alex ross. >> he wanted to throw himself into the war effort. >> but fighting fires wasn't enough for him. he set out to write an ode to of people of leningrad in the form of a symphony. >> he composed a good part of it during the siege with bombs falling and endless noise of cannons and gunfire. >> his seventh symphony was dedicated to the city of leningrad. once completed, it was performed to great acclaim all over the west. but what he really wanted to do was here it performed in leningrad during the siege. the ultimate symbol of defiance. but the nazis had other ideas. >

that is nearly four times as many people as died in the nuclear attacks on hiroshima and nagasaki combined. the people of leningrad resisted the nazi attack in many ways, even showing their defiance in a manner that embodied the city's rich cultural traditions, using music. dmitri shostakovich is in the pantheon of the world's greatest composers. when the siege began, he was living in leningrad. everybody, even the world's finest artists, had to play a part in the war effort. >> shostakovich himself volunteered to be in the fire brigade at the leningrad conservatory. >> "the new yorker's" alex ross. >> he wanted to throw himself in to the war effort as everyone else did. >> but fighting fires wasn't enough for him. he set out to write an ode to the people of leningrad and their struggle against the germans in the form of a symphony. >> actually composed a good part of it during the siege, with bombs falling, the endless noise of cannon and gunfire. >> shostakovich's 7th is imbony was dedicated to the city of len leningrad. once completed, it was performed to great acclaim all over the west

my dad saw the plume in nagasaki, and later died earlier because of it. no, you don't preach to me. i know who we are. and i know who i am. i am an unapologetic nationalist. i am an unapologetic american. and that statute of liberty that says, "give me your tired and your poor and your huddled masses," we never had a problem taking them in from the beginning. we're the most generous country in the world. as a judge, i've sworn in newly naturalized citizens for years and have never been more proud of immigrants and america. but they do it legally. they have to swear allegiance to america, follow our laws, and they cannot be exempt from arrest because of their illegal status, as they now are in sanctuary cities. even the supreme court had to stop the president who attempted to ban the deportation of 4 million illegals and give them an automatic right to work here. folks, when a man running for president proudly carries with him the sword of socialism, and when a woman running for president accepts money from countries that kill gays and stone women to death, for her family's so-called

. >> stephen: nagasaki and hiroshima and the firebombing of tokyo? all that stuff? >> yep, all of that. >> stephen: very interesting. okay, let's get back to the election for a second. before we go on to the democrats, trump is going to turn to the general. who do you think he'll pick for his vice president? is there somebody out there? because there are people out there who are saying "no way." jeb's people texted back saying "ha ha ha!" nobody wants the gig. >> there is a lot of people who don't want to be on the second with donald trump, that's for sure. so i suggested the governor of new mexico, susanna martinez, who is a very accomplished woman. >> stephen: is this how she's finding out now? >> we mentioned it on the show. >> stephen: everybody watches that. >> i told trump himself. >> stephen: you told him? yeah. did you call him up? >> no, he was on the show, colbert. he shows up once in a while. >> stephen: that's nice. do you let him call in, by the way? >> no, don't let anybody call in. the reason is that if you do a call in with politicians, you will have

dad was on the first navy ship to nagasaki, immediately after we dropped the atomic bomb. he died at a very young age, almost 40 years ago, ahead of his time of head and neck cancer. thanks for joining us tonight.c >> that's it for us. patty ann brown up next in the fox report. >> reports of a new never trump movement brewing in the gop. donald trump warning that his relationship is a 2 way street. i am patty ann brown in for julie banderas, and this is the fox report. the presumptive republican nominee hitting the campaign trail. this is the second stop of the day in phoenix where trump will hold a rally. he made news in las vegas, blasting hillary clinton and reports that republican delegates are preparing a last ditch effort by changing convention

not only hiroshima and nagasaki, now the pacific. well, united states continued with the testing and actually using them. that's when entire japan became truly aware of the nature of nuclear weapon development. anyway, at that time, i left japan. arrived in virginia in august and i was interviewed by the press. i gave my honest opinion. i was fresh out of college and naive, i believed in honesty and told what i thought. the united states nuclear policy was bad, they have to stop. look at all the killings and damage to the environment in the pacific, that has to stop and all these kind of things. next day, i started receiving hate letter. how dare you! what you are? who is giving the scholarship. go home. go back to japan. a few days after my arrival, i encountered this situation. i was horrified. it was quite a traumatic experience. what am i going to do? i can't -- i just arrived, i can't go back. i can't put the zipper over my mouth and pretend i never know anything about hiroshima bombing. would i be able to survive in north ameri

to nagasaki, immediately after we dropped the atomic bomb. he died at a very young age, almost 40 years ago, ahead of his time of head and neck cancer. thanks for joining us tonight. give your dad a hug. >>> hi. i'm greg gutfeld, now with a new minty fresh flavor. here's what's coming up. >> does america still unite in times of tragedy? or are we letting our differences take over? i say yes. and if you disagree with me, you're a dumb jerk. >>> saying the words "radical islam." president obama says it doesn't matter. a former radical islamist says it does and he's going to tell you why. >>> plus, not happy with your choices for president? a new poll says you're not alone. and i mean, a survey, not a polish person. i've missed you america. it's been a hell of a week. >>> let's welcome tonight's guests. he slayed bin laden and then he slayed my heart. former u.s. navy s.e.a.l. and fox news contributor, rob o'neil. she saves on electricity, because she's always so lit. it's our lovable lush, joanna satinski. he's sharp and funny like scissors tha

dad was on the first navy ship to nagasaki, immediately after we dropped the atomic bomb. he died at a very young age, almost 40 years ago, ahead of his time of head and neck cancer. thanks for joining us tonight. give your dad a hug. >>> hi. i'm greg gutfeld, now with a new minty fresh flavor. here's what's coming up. >> does america still unite in times of tragedy? or are we letting our differences take over? i say yes. and if you disagree with me, you're a dumb jerk. >>> saying the words "radical islam." president obama says it doesn't matter. a former radical islamist says it does and he's going to tell you why. >>> plus, not happy with your choices for president? a new poll says you're not alone. and i mean, a survey, not a polish person. i've missed you america. it's been a hell of a week.

. - and nagasaki. this is more form and it is substance. it is a problem the american military has, not just a problem with the soon to be united states air force. it is also a problem in the civilian institutions themselves, the atomic energy commission, which is established after the war. there is missed munication, jealousy, and poor organizational structure within the u.s. government and within the u.s. military during this time. of course, everybody in this room is familiar with the idea of the manhattan engineering district in december 1942. they have the first sustaining nuclear chain reaction, this .dea of fission is possible what could you do for a nuclear event to have an explosion? this is going to deploy over 600,000 americans, and it will cost $2 billion. the second-biggest expense during the second world war. the first biggest expense is the 29 super fortress bomber. the cost $3 billion. you have heard a lot of discussion among scientists involved with this. on the lower left here, obviously is familiar to everybody in here, j

this is the atomic bomb explosion over nagasaki so when people talk about the german atomic bomb program they talk about the gentleman on the far left in and at the start of the war americans and germans ran the same place with the first splitting of the atom the potential for atomic power in the atomic weapon was viable so heisenberg well as part of that program he was of a theoretical physicist winning the nobel prize but he was not the key man in a gentle manner far right who work to the army ordinance department in four years was telling his bosses we should focus on atomic physics it is the future and they would say stop with this malarkey. so the and the splitting of an atom happened and elevated him constellate to a head of the german uranium club he stars research heisenberg provides a lot they he is in charge part of the nazi party he very much wants an atomic bomb. one of the key thing say he needs is heavy water there is a state single plant in all the world that would produce it in any quantity located 100 miles west set on the edge of the press of this on the edge of a place

we're talking about thermonuclear weapons, weapons far, far more powerful than at hiroshima and nagasaki. it just shows you that he really is unfit to have the nuclear release authority that only a president has. i think what you're going to see from hillary clinton today is talking about our alliances. you know, the united states is unique in the history of great powers in modern history because we have so many allies in europe and asia and around the world. if donald trump became president, those alliances may well collapse. he's talked about getting rid of nato. so she's going to explain very clearly that this isn't just your run of the mill difference between should we have intervened in libya and not iraq or invade here and not there. this is a fundamental challenge to the entire way america has done business in the modern era for him to just throw around these concepts without knowing what he's talking about. >> more broadly, hillary clinton has some vulnerability. she has to protect herself against attacks for her decision on the iraq war among other things, doesn't she? >> well,

pursuing power without virtue he was horrified about the dropping of the atomic bombs in hiroshima and nagasaki. that dropping of the bomb first of all the development of the bomb, the physicists would even consider this thing, i think he was just -- this was too much for him and i go into this in detail, i hope people don't take kirk as crazy. he saw this as a old very response, response that they might give and wondered if it was duty to commit suicide not because he was depressed. not because he was suicidal but because our honor as americans had been so tainted by the attack on the cities that maybe it was the duty of a good american to actually have to pay for this in a kind of way, very interesting, obviously didn't commit suicide but the letters and diries at the time just horrified by this. >> i wanted to talk in a little more detail about kirk's brand of conservatism. when we think about liberals and conservatives, we see almost see cartoonish where liberalism on radio and tv. you write that conservatism for kirk was served as a means, a mood and attitude to conserve to preserve and pa

on the tremendous suffering of that war and the meaning of the atom county bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki which we heard about this morning from a survivor. we have asked them to come here today, about sevenears after the prague address to review and reflect on what the president has accomplished over the past several years, a lot has been accomplished. we have asked ben to talk about why that's important. for the world, for u.s. security, and perhaps what more the president and his team believe needs to be accomplished. as the president said, in his eloquent remarks in hiroshima, quote, persistent effort can roll back the possibility of catastrophe. we can chart to course that leads to the destruction of the stockpiles. we can stop the spread to new nations, and secure deadly materials from fanatics. and thanks to probe-'s leadership efforts a great deal has been accomplish evidence but even as he has acknowledged there's much more to be done, and on behalf of all our arms control association members here today, and i know many others out there who have been concerned about these issues,

it starts in 1945 with the bombs in hiroshima and nagasaki. crossroads followed the end of world war ii which was conducted in the pacific. you go from 1945, 1946 and the end of the war, 1951 nevada was chosen to be the continental test site known as the nevada proving grounds. the selection of nevada as the site to host the bulk of atomic testing is one of the stories explored in detail in the book. i think something people might not understand the depth of how this was testing. these were scientific experiments. they didn't really know what was going to happen. they were often outcomes that were unexpected and the shots might be bigger than they thought, usually bigger than they thought, the wind is unpredictable in the desert, the clout of radiation from the atomic explosion right go in the complete opposite direction than anticipated and people could be affected by this in a variety of ways. there was a level of uncertainty. they knew they were being exposed to radiation. the atomic energy commission, there were no atomic worker protocols