Bomb hiroshima and nagasaki is that title of a series of American University institute of Nuclear Studies Institute Press briefings. Up next, for historians who have spent decades studying the topic summarize the findings about then take questions from journalists. The Nuclear Studies institute recorded this zoom event and provided the video. Barbara cochran, Professor Emeritus of the university of Missouri School of journalism, the world first journalism school. Andally i was a journalist news executive at the washington star, npr, bc, and cbs. I wont moderate the discussion today. And ninth, 1945, the United States dropped the only Nuclear Weapons ever used in a war on the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki. 75 years later the debate continues over the decision of president Harry S Truman to use these weapons. The world still echoes with the repercussions of that act. For journalists, the anniversary of major events offer what editors love, a news peg. Anniversaries present th
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We have copies of frackopoly available for 20 off at the registers which are the next room. Count is how w we want to say thank you for buying books at the Harvard Book Store your purchase ensures thet end of tenant bookstore. Questioi we are pleased to have cspan here tape in the event. When asking questions during the q a please know youll be recorded a please wait for the microphone to come before asking a question. Please please silence your cell phone for tonights talk. Very pleased to introduce our speaker. And exec winona is the founder and executive director of food and water watch which focuses on corporate and governmentnt accountability relating to food, water and fishing. She has written on food, water and Environmental Issues including director of public citizens of energy and permit program and the environmental policy director for citizen action. Her previous book, food up up late the battle of food andd farming in america published in 2012 and been released in paper bac
Thats this Christmas Day on the cspan networks. 50 years ago on september 24, 1964, Supreme Court chief Justice Earl Warren handed a report on the assassination of president kennedy to president johnson in the oval office. The commissioners pictured here concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. The warn Warren Commission acted here for nine months. We set up a camera to talk to a local author using key phone calls, documents and art facts some of the lingering controversies regarding the warn report but first we take a brief tour of the former officers. Hi, im brian summers. So much testimony from the witnesses and those essential to the investigation met here in this Historic Building itself. It was in this room here on this floor that the Warren Commission saw for the first time the entirety of the committee. Would have taken place down here at that time and mid may of 64, Lee Harvey Os walds brother was here. And we have photographs to subs stanceuate that here in the building.
C span networks. For our complete schedule, go to cspan. Org. 50 years ago on september 24th, 1964, Supreme Court chief Justice Earl Warren handed a report of the president s commission on the assassination of president kennedy to president Lyndon Johnson in the oval office. The seven commissioners pictured here with president johnson and general counsel Jay Lee Rankin concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing president kennedy. The Warren Commission worked for nine months in this building, the Washington Office of the vfw, a short walk from the Supreme Court building and the u. S. Capitol. We set up a camera in a fourth Floor Conference Room to talk to investigative journalist philip shenon, whose book a cruel and shocking act examines the Warren Commissions work, using key phone calls, documents and artifacts, mr. Shenon explains the lingering controversies regarding the war and the report. But first we take a brief tour of the former Warren Commission offices. Hi, im b