Thats five times or so the size of the bombs were dropped on japan at the end of the Second World War in hiroshima and nagasaki. They were bad enough, they were legitimately called city busters. This, among other things, means that the North Koreans dont have to have a terribly accurate missile if attacking a city when you have that kind of a yield. Its a very large weapon. Its not as big as weapons can be, if they are true thermoNuclear Weapons, a lot of the yield comes from fusion as opposed to fission, but its a very large weapon. Host let me share with you reporting this morning from the Washington Post, the bomb was a twostage weapon with the yield that analysts say could make a city buster. The quake was felt in northern china with emergency sirens , blaring along the north korean border, according to local media. South korean Authorities Say sundays earthquake appeared to be artificial, consistent with a nuclear test. It was north koreas the sixth sixth nuclear test, the first s
Gentlemen. We had a small group, National Security meeting today with the president and the Vice President about the latest provocation on the korean peninsula. We have many military options and the president wanted to be briefed on each one of them. We made clear that we have the ability to defend ourselves and our allies, south korea and japan. From any attacks and our commitments among the allies are iron clad. Any threat to the United States or its territories, including guam or our allies will be met with a massive military response, a response both go effective and overwhelming. Kim jong un should take heed of the nufmente unified voice. All members geed on the threat that north korea poses and denuke mmitted to the larrizzation. And we are not looking to the total destruction of north korea. But as i said, we have many options to do so. Thank you very much. Do you believe they have a Nuclear Warhead that can go on a missile . Was it a is the president going to war, secretary mat
You know, this is my last campaign and maybe i will run for school board sunday. [laughter] brian your book is called the last campaign. You say in the book that moment got you the title. Why . Anthony i saw that moment in a Political Science budget class in 2003 and decided to write my thesis for that semester on that idea that a president ial library is the president last campaign, not the final electoral contest. And when i finished that paper, my professor said this is a book, you should consider making this into a book. A week later, i got into an rv i had an troubled to all the essential libraries in six weeks, the once i had not been to yet. I came back convinced that maybe there was more than a book in it. For me, going to the president ial libraries was only the beginning of the journey. Because seeing the libraries as a tourist was different from researching in the records and going to the National Archives and seeing how the libraries developed. It was because of what i foun
A warm welcome to all of our viewers around the country and on cspan. We will be archiving the video for this event so you will have an opportunity to view it later. So if you would like, at brookings. Edu. We welcome any questions or comments you have while we set up a twitter feed at cjreform, so you are welcome to post any comments you have. Our prisons are overcrowded and there are Racial Disparities in sentencing. We need to develop alternatives to existing policies. Today we will be discussing criminal Justice Reform and how to approach that issue. To help us think about that, i am pleased to welcome Governor Terry mccullough. Many of you know him as the governor of the commonwealth. He helped to create and build a 21stcentury economy. But, he is also committed to bettering the lives of ordinary people. After the tragic violence in charlottesville, he spoke out forcefully about hatred and bigotry. Just the other weekend, he hosted a weekend to bring together juvenile inmates and
Cspan. Org and listen ton the free cspan radio app. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. Cspan was created for americas Television Companies brought to you by our cable and satellite providers. Ashington journal. Our national right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and start by reminding our viewers what right to work laws and what the foundation does. Guest our right to work law protects every workers right to join the union but would not contemplate workers being fired from their jobs for dues or fees to a organization, the labor union. 28 states have right to work laws on the books. One, missouri is being contested at this point and probably will wind up on the ballot in 2018. Over the past five years, six new states passed right to work laws and again, its very simple and protects a workers right to join or not join a labor union as a condition of employment. Host you mentioned right to work laws state a map on your website showing those states with right to work laws on the books. W