rising death toll. a new record number is the coronavirus pandemic. tears a trade tragic passing through europe and china faces growing global condemnation over a new law rules that have sealed hong kong politicians. prime minister has claimed a massive victory in the northern region of tea gray, where the federal government is battling local forces. the air and land campaign is causing a humanitarian crisis with thousands displaced across the border. amnesty international has confirmed reports that hundreds of civilians have died. the offensive integrate began last week after prime minister are accused the regional government of attacking a military base. aid agencies warn that they can t bring much needed supplies into t. grade because of the fighting phone lines are cut off and transport has been halted in and out of the region. the hum of the dough is following developments from the capital addis ababa 1st thing. they have gained ground in the western part of the country,
bomb hiroshima and nagasaki is that title of a series of american university institute of nuclear studies institute press briefings. up next, for historians who have spent decades studying the topic summarize the findings about then take questions from journalists. the nuclear studies institute recorded this zoom event and provided the video. barbara cochran, professor emeritus of the university of missouri school of journalism, the world first journalism school. andally i was a journalist news executive at the washington star, npr, bc, and cbs. i won t moderate the discussion today. and ninth, 1945, the united states dropped the only nuclear weapons ever used in a war on the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki. 75 years later the debate continues over the decision of president harry s truman to use these weapons. the world still echoes with the repercussions of that act. for journalists, the anniversary of major events offer what editors love, a news peg. anniversaries
button holding a frantic meeting over r.f.k., jr. s bid for the white house. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: good morning. they came out hot, didn t they? dana: they re ready. bill: democrats are changing their game plan stepping up their attacks after months of simply trying to ignore kennedy s campaign. thinking he had no chance of winning. a new poll shows that biden s overall approval rating remains stuck near a record low at 38%. those numbers are not strictly divided along partisan lines. dana: specific issues 32% of democrats disapprove of the way biden is handling the economy and 45% of democrats are unhappy with biden s approach to border security. bill: the poll numbers are one more reason democrats are pulling out all the stops to curb kennedy s third party threat in tight battleground states where biden won by narrow margins in 2020. dana: kennedy says it is not his fault that many democrats are turning from
the roosevelt reading festival continues now. marc wortman discusses his book 1941 fighting the shadow war, a divided america in a world at war. good afternoon. welcome to the roosevelt library s annual reading festival, glad to have you here today. president roosevelt would also be pleased, i am assuming he would be. not that i am channeling him. he wanted to be a community organization. about his era, presidency and issues that he encountered during this period. we are glad you could be here as well. and especially pleased because it is our 75th anniversary and we invite you to get to these activities on june 30th. if you enjoy these types of programs and others, please become a member. we would like that. go to our website, www. fdrlibrary.org. i will go over you probably if you have been here today you know the format. marc wortman will speak for a half hour and we have 10 minutes of questions and afterwards he will go to the lobby where you can obtain the book from
children: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [gunfire] [plane engines] narrator: in the jungles of new guinea, on the barren shores of the on the barren shores of the aleutians, in the tropic heat of the pacific islands, in the subzero cold of the skies over germany, in burma and iceland, the philippines and iran, france, in china and italy, americans fighting. fighting over an area extending 7/8 of the way around the world. men from the green hills of new england, the sun-baked plains of the middle west, the cotton fields of the south, the close-packed streets of manhattan, chicago, the teeming factories of detroit, los angeles, the endless stretching distances of the southwest, men from the hills and from the plains, from the villages and from the cities, bookkeepers, soda jerks, mechanics, college students, rich man, poor man, beggar man