The eventsmore on that led to the bombings when we talk president Harry Trumans grandson, Clifton Truman daniel. 75 years ago today, the uso and the Nuclear Weapons bureau. Gay,ed from the b29 enola the bomb called little boy would explode with an impact of 15 kilotons and be responsible for the death of 237,000 people. That and the bombing of nagasaki on august 9 would propel japan to surrender and the end of world war ii. Good morning. It is washington journal for this thursday, august 6, 20 20. We are going to spend the entire program on the 75th anniversary of the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki and the end of world war ii. Would like to hear from you. Your thoughts on the decision to use the abomb, the end of the war and hiroshimas legacy. Zones, and central time 2027488000. Mountain and pacific 2027488001. World war ii veterans and their families 2027488002. Japaneseamericans, 2027488003. That line also available for your texts. Make sure you tell us where you are texting from
Why do you think your grandfather made that decision . Guest my grandfather always said that he made a decision to end the war and save american and japanese lives. I understand that thats a simplistic answer, but that was something that he stuck to all of his life. For me i have been listening a little bit to the Previous Program the previous guests. It is still today a complicated issue whether it was the right decision to end the war. Whether a blockade would have done the same thing. Whether or not we would have had to invade. For me working with survivors, working with the truman library, for me its more important to listen to the stories, to understand why it happened, why the decision was made. So that we dont do it again. And more broadly so that we can avoid future conflict. I think if we look at all the reasons that we got to where we got in 1945, well have a bert understanding how to head it off again. Although sometimes i dont have much hope for that. Host what sort of reso
Democracy is at stake where leadership role in the world is at stake were the lives of tens of thousands of americans are on the line. Incompetent and callous leadership could care less. We have got to change that. Im Jonathan Capehart a Senior Writer for the Washington Post and welcome to Washington Post life. This is a special live recording of my post opinion podcast. In former president Barack Obamas first term susan rice with United States ambassador to the united nations. In her second term she was Obamas National Security adviser are you today rice as a private citizen. She is the author of tough love, my story of the things worth fighting for and under serious consideration to be joe bidens Vice President ial running mate. Welcome back for the third time susan rice. Welcome. Thank you its great to be with you. About one minute before we came on air there was breaking news that the Trump Administration dropped a plan to Deport International Students in on line classes and your r
Cases so tonight there are more than 329,000 cases of covid19 and more than 7,000 fatalities. The state is also reporting that hospitalizations are also on a 14 day upward trend. We have Team Coverage tonight on californias reopening rollbacks kron fours dan thorn live for us in concord where the. Sun Valley Shopping Center has been forced to close its first we want to get to Ella Sogomonian in the newsroom with the latest on the governors bombshell health order today l a ken and pam that health order means that Effective Immediately certain indoor businesses have to close up shop. Across california, including 5 bay area counties take a look those establishments include indoor operations and restaurants wineries tasting rooms Family Entertainment centers. Sues museums, movie theaters and card rooms. Governor newsome also ordered bars to close all operations. Governor newsom announced today that the counties on the covid19 watch list must go even further and shut down more businesses cu
Do think the next six, eight weeks we could get this under control. Many still refusing. Doesnt make sense. Why are we Wearing Masks to be outside . The amount of people who think they dont need to do something is enormous. President trump continuing to deny the reality on the ground as states like georgia set new case records. Georgias been a great example of a state thats done it all right. And demanding schools reopen, despite the risk. We have to reopen the schools. Get them open. When he says open, he means open the schools. Science does not stand in the way of it. Why does the u. S. Trail the industrialized world in controlling the virus . Are things about to get worse . And what can we do now to emerge from the crisis . Plus, the passing of an american hero. To see something that is not right, fair, and just, youve got to do something. Remembering john lewis, civil rights leader, congressman and and the conscience of a nation. Welcome to sunday and a special edition of meet the