This is Robert Siegel from n.p.r. News please join us weekday afternoons at 4 o clock for All Things Considered on Aspen Public Radio broadcasting on k a j x Aspen and Casey Jr x. Carbondale. From w.h.y. Y. In Philadelphia I m Terry Gross with fresh air today we talk with Ken Burns and Lynn Novak about their new p.b.s. Documentary series The Vietnam War you could take just a collection of a half dozen things from the Vietnam War and just say Aren t they happening now you know mass demonstrations all across the country against the current president a White House in disarray obsessed with leaks the present certain the press is lying about him making stuff up big huge document drops of stolen classified material that comes into the public s view with the help of remarkable interviews and film footage some of which had never been publicly shown before the series tells the story of the war from multiple perspectives American soldiers the government the South and North Vietnamese and the pr
The u.s. Used to destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War 2 North Korea claims they tested a hydrogen. Continental missile u.s. Ambassador to the says it s time for every diplomatic effort says North Korea. War . With North Korea. In this news. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m core of a coalmine the National Hurricane Center says hurricane Erma headed for the Caribbean Islands has gained a lot of strength its top sustained winds are at 175 miles per hour at the top of the scale the chief of the Hurricane Center Michael Brennan told c.n.n. Irma s power is deadly right now we have those that core of 175 mile an hour winds near the center we could see storm surge of 7 to 11 feet that s certainly life threatening and very very heavy flooding rainfall the those those winds in the core capable of catastrophic damage total building failures trees knocked down severe damage to infrastructure in any any location that gets the I Wal of Burma at this point Irma is expected to strik
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