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
Hoping to bring you live coverage of acting Homeland Security secretary wolf right now. There is a technical issue with our signal that we are trying to resolve. This is live coverage on cspan. Lets hear from daniel on the line for world war ii family members. Caller yes. Forather did volunteer world war ii and fought in europe. I just want to share that the Nuclear Bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki were horrible war crimes. Wars are to be fought with military. Any attack of civilians is a war crime. The development of Nuclear Weapons has given us a massive thatsof Nuclear Waste leaking all over the place. We have accidents like crazy if you want to listen to john olivers show, the comedian. He will have you scared to walk out the door from all the accidents we had. Paying for Nuclear Weapons is against the law. We should not be paying our taxes to the federal government as long as it has Nuclear Weapons. We are financing terrorism. Nuclear weapons are a crime against humanity. Host ma
Minutes just like it should. Remember to listen to wtop 103. 5 fm when you hop in your car. We have breaking news right now, policeinvolved shooting at an apartment complex in Prince Georges County. It started last night on Spring Hill Court in greenbelt. Derrick ward is live with new information. Reporter well, good morning. As you can see, its a relatively calm situation out here right now, but that is a stark contrast to what happened out here about 10 35 last night. Thats when police got a call for someone with a gun here in the 6200 block of Spring Hill Court. And when Greenbelt Police officers got here, they were met with gunfire. Joining me now is George Matthews of the Greenbelt Police department. What happened once the officers got to the scene . The original call was for a person shooting a gun in the area of the 6200 block. By the time the officers it arrive on the scene, the individual evidently worked his way up to the third floor balcony. And the officers were actually ta
Competitors who are investing heavily in renewable and next Generation Energy technologies. I strongly urge that we defeat the previous question and i urge a no vote on the underlying bill. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from colorado yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Burgess thank you mr. Speaker. I yield myself the balance of our time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Burgess i cannot recall a place in the constitution where it says the house passes a bill, the senate cant pass it, so the house comes back and tries to find a better bill that maybe the senate will now take up. I wish that had happened on that health care stuff back in 2009 and 2010, we would have a lot better world today. The fact of the matter is the house has passed the student loan bill. The senate has the obligation to act. The deadline of july 1 was in fact provided to us by a funding clip the democr
In private. Thanks to everyone who responded. We appreciate, as always. We will see you tomorrow. We will. Fox friends starts right now. Bye. Good morning. Its tuesday, may 20. Im elisabeth hasselbeck. Happening now, he played a cop on the hit show the shield, but this morning he is the one in cuffs. The shows star arrested after his wife was found shot dead. This developing story and details straight ahead. Veterans across the country left to die while waiting for care they were promised but how did the president of the United States, commander in chief, find out about the scandal . I believe that we learned about this through the reports. I will double check if thats not the case. But thats when we learned about them. Oh, he saw it on tv . If it wasnt for the press, what would he know is going on in his own
administration . Maybe nothing. Good thing he gets cable or does he have the dish network . He walked on stage to speak, then revealed his disability. As a person who stutters, i