And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis we hear a great deal about weapons of mass destruction and it seems we have come close to detonating two of those bombs, incidents that have been kept secret until now. Awardwinning journalist Eric Schlosser has pulled back the information on what has been his book,n in command and control Nuclear Weapons, the damascus accident, and the illusion of safety. Lets dart our conversation on a personal note. I grew up in a place called bunker hill, indiana. There is an air force base and my dad served for 37 years and i grew up on this air force base and little did i know that in 1964, the year i was born, there was a major accident in bunker hill, indiana. A be 58 bomber was taxiing on the runway. The runway was icy and the bomber slid off the highway the runway and caught on fire. One was killed but there were five Hydrogen Bombs on that plane. Two of them were unharmed and one of them was scorched and one cau
Because russia still has so many and there is this meant how the from the Nuclear Arms Race cold war that we cannot let someone else have more than we have. Whereas 300 Nuclear Weapons would be enough to completely annihilate any country that there is on earth. More about this damascus incident. Damascus, arkansas is a small town in the foothills of the ozarks and in 1980 they were doing routine maintenance in a missile silo and this was the biggest missile we ever built with the most powerful warhead we ever put on a missile. One of the workmen on a steel platform dropped a socket off of his ranch. Just a routine accident. The socket fill in between the Work Platform and the missile, fell about 70 feet, bounced, hit the missile, and pierced a hole in the metal skin of the missile and suddenly, incredibly explosive, dangerous rocket fuel was feeling the silo and the air force had no idea what to do. We had had a missile like that for 17 years and there had never been a fuel leak and he
The world the 100 million times . Because russia still has so many and there is this meant how the from the Nuclear Arms Race cold war that we cannot let someone else have more than we have. Whereas 300 Nuclear Weapons would be enough to completely annihilate any country that there is on earth. More about this damascus incident. Damascus, arkansas is a small town in the foothills of the ozarks and in 1980 they were doing routine maintenance in a missile silo and this was the biggest missile we ever built with the most powerful warhead we ever put on a missile. One of the workmen on a steel platform dropped a socket off of his ranch. Just a routine accident. The socket fill in between the Work Platform and the missile, fell about 70 feet, bounced, hit the missile, and pierced a hole in the metal skin of the missile and suddenly, incredibly explosive, dangerous rocket fuel was feeling the silo and the air force had no idea what to do. We had had a missile like that for 17 years and there
What we witnessed was shocking to watch, even for those of us who are used to this administration. Heres how it went down. Just before 6 p. M. Eastern time the president released a new twitter video from inside the hospital thanking his followers for their support. Heres a piece of that video. Its been a very interesting journey. I learned a lot about covid. I learned it by really going to school. This is the real school. This isnt a letsreadthe book school. I get it. I understand it. Its a very interesting thing. Im going to let you know what i know about it. In the meantime, we love the usa thank you. The president got into a secret service suv packed full of people who presumably do not have the coronavirus. The motorcade was not on its way to official business of any sort. It appears that President Trump simply wanted tow wave to his supporters. Reporter here at Rockville Pike just behind me, there was the president ial motorcade. The president was visible inside that vehicle durin
Who said there was no evidence of fraud or other irregularities. Nothing has changed the central fact tonight that joe biden is the president elect of the United States. Today he said his Transition Team is indeed moving forward. The ability for the administration in any way by failure to recognize our win does not change the dynamic at all and what were able to do. We can get through without the funding. I dont see a need for a big election quite frankly. What do you say what that might mean for the country . I just think its an embarrassment, quite frankly. The only thing that how can i say this tactfully i think it will not help the president s legacy. Biden is still ahead of trump by more than 257,000 votes in the states where lawsuits have been filed to challenge the results. Biden is leading by over 4. 9 million in the total vote, the popular vote. And while the math appears not to be working in trumps favor, there are new signs of the Trump Administrations role in blocking this