Guest my interest in writing about Nuclear Weapons, the spark i spent time in the air force after i finished writing any book, and one of the officers told me a story of the damascus accident. He was in a Missile Launch. I thought it was an extraordinary story. I had never heard of it. I could not believe what happened. The more i learned about it, the more it seemed like it was a very good way to look at these larger themes about Nuclear Weapons. About our strategy for using them, and about our management of this them. Its a story in which a seemingly trivial event, someone drops a tool leads to a potential catastrophe. The dropping of the tool damages an intercontinental ballistic missile, creates a situation with the missile might explode. In this case, the missile has the most powerful Nuclear Warhead the United States deployed on the ballistic missile. It was quite a story. Originally, i thought the book would be relatively short. Ivity going tell that story. The more i learned, t
Frustration among your democratic caucus. Fair . Thatstrue, but youocused on the number, and e number approximately the same of two, three months ago as it is today whenhe republicans put forth a political initiati. People respond to it politically. I thin the question is, are democrats long coidence in the president s ability t make obama care work . No. Let me just say this. On all these specifics, we he to completely step bck and see the bigr picture. What i love about Health Care Professionals is that they are ca. And we must remain calm when we talk about the heal of our country. The affdable care act, as i call it have always calle it, the Affordable Care act is right up therewith social security, medicare, affordae care for all americans as a right, not a privilege. The ollout of the bsite, thats terrible. But the fact is that will b fixed. And that is the instrument of enrollmen as you know. What the republicans did on friday was not a fix. And if i just y, the law does not dem
I could take a picture and within minutes, tweet it to a Million People. It just finally allowed me to really share the experience with many people who wanted to come on board. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the United States and five other world powers resumed talks with iran today over reining in its nuclear program. Negotiators gathered in geneva, while in tehran, irans Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei said his country is willing to negotiate, but will not be cowed by sanctions. translated t
I could take a picture and within minutes, tweet it to a Million People. It just finally allowed me to really share the experience with many people who wanted to come on board. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the United States and five other world powers resumed talks with iran today over reining in its nuclear program. Negotiators gathered in geneva, while in tehran, irans Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei said his country is willing to negotiate, but will not be cowed by sanctions. translated t
A ceasefire is still out of reach, but secretary of state john kerry says its possible for israelis and palestinians to make a deal. According to u. S. Officials t. Israel thats agreed to a 12 hour humanitarian truce and hamas has agreed to hold its fire as well. There has been no Real Movement on the ceasefire agreement. Secretary kerry has been working on the two step plan, but israel has rejected some of the language in it. More than 30 airstrikes today, where a 12 hour pause will happen. And Nick Schiffrin t. What affect will this truce, should it come to pass, actually have . Well, the fear is that this truce is not going to happen. U. N. Officials had not even been told. And that gives you a sense how seat of the pants this diplomacy is having right now, and it can have a humanitarian ceasefire, but what is a humanitarian crisis . The United Nations doesnt know, and youre not coordinating to bring in the food and the water and the medicine and all of the supplies that the 240,000