Companies as a Public Service and brought you today, your television provider. Up next, the Manhattan Project is a subject of a lecture by George Mason University history professor Martin Sherman is the author of a world destroyed, harris she met and its like a cease and a coauthor of a pulitzer winner, mr. Sherman details the development of the atomic bomb, beginning with the discovery efficient in 1938 through the use of atomic bombs in cities like kawasaki and hershey. The event was hosted in washington d. C. It is just under two hours. Our speaker tonight is martin sure. When hes the professor at the history at martin mason. Hes also the author of a world destroyed, the atomic bomb and the world, alliance which won the historic foreign relations, as well as the american book prize. It was a 1975 finalist for it is subtitled hiroshima and its legacies. Hes held appointments at the cardoza fund, visiting as this thing professor at American History at Yale University and as the burnet
Crashed off the North Carolina coast. All four crew members bailed out and escaped with minor injuries. The coast guard reported the planes collided in midair during a training run but the navy said only that it was an inflight mishap. In japan president obama and the other g7 leaders agreed to stand firm against chinas military expansion in the south china sea. Beijing told them to mind their own business. Tomorrow, mr. Obama visits hiroshima, a city devastated by the bomb. Margaret brennan has the story of some americans unlucky enough to be there that day. Reporter the images are haunting. But for susan archinsky and husband tony, theyre also personal. A stark reminder of the american prisoners trapped in hiroshima when america detonated the first atomic bomb. One of them was susans uncle. How close were they . Very close. To the center of the bomb . Right underneath it. Like 900 meters from the epicenter. Reporter the explosion ripped through the city, killing 80,000 people instant
At atlantas hartsfield airport theyre testing an Automated System to move passengers through security more quickly. David begnaud was there. Reporter atlanta is the worlds busiest airport. Thats why it was selected for this test case. The idea is to free up tsa agents so they have time for other things and if it streamlines the process and makes the lines shorter, thats a plus too. Heres how it works. You take out a basket from underneath, put it on top. Drop your luggage and then you put it on the automated belt. Let me give you the passenger perspective using the phone. If someone in front of you is taking a little extra time to take her shoes off, maybe theyre distracted. Your bag is already on the way, on the belt, headed for the machine. As you come out on the other side, youll notice something new. If your bag gets flagged for water or Something Else they want to check, what happens is it gets kicked to another Conveyor Belt on the lefthand side so it doesnt tie up the bags that
At atlantas hartsfield airport theyre testing an Automated System to move passengers through security more quakely. David begnaud was there. Reporter atlanta is the worlds busiest airport. Thats why it was selected for this test case. The idea is to free up tsa agents so they have time for other things and if it streamlines the process and makes the lines shorter, thats a plus too. You take out a basket from underneath, put it on top. Drop your luggage and then you put it on the automated belt. Let me give you the passenger perspective using the phone. If someone in front of you is taking a little extra time to take her shoes off, maybe theyre distracted. Your bag is already on the way, on the belt, headed for the machine. As you come out on the other side, n something new. If you baguettes flagged what happens is it gets kicked to another Conveyor Belt on the lefthand side so it doesnt tie up the bags that are good to go. If your bag is good to go, you grab and it your on your way. Th
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