But Boris Johnson warned it will take several months for highrisk people to complete their shots. The Prime Minister urged the public to keep taking preventative steps. Health secretary matt hancock revealed britain will get the first shipment of 800,000 doses. And people will start receiving shots early next week. Mass vaccinations will take place next year with priority placed on residents of homes for the elderly, nursing care workers and people aged 80 or over. As the vaccine has been developed with new technology, british authorities will continue to check its safety and efficacy. Challenges lie ahead as the vaccine needs to be stored and shipped at temperatures of minus 60 to 80 degrees celsius. Quality checks of the vaccine will take place upon its arrival in britain, and it will be sent to National Health Service Hospitals and other medical institutions. The government plans to create hubs to allow mass inoculations. Turning now to russia, president Vladimir Putin has ordered t
Its a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. What has been done is the greatest achievement of organized science in history. In a august 6th, 1945, the United States detonated the First Nuclear weapon in history over the city of hiroshima, japan, followed by a second detonation august 9th over the city of nagasaki. Six days later japan surrendered bringing an end to the second world war. I have received this afternoon message from the japanese government and applied to the message forded to the secretary on august 11th. I deem this reply a full acceptance of the potsdam declaration which specifies the Unconditional Surrender of japan. Through the work of cspans cities tour well share stories of the people that contributed to this worldaltering event. We begin in new orleans at the National World war ii museum. Were here today on the road to tokyo exhibit which is going to take us through the war in the pacific and asia from 1941 to 19 45. So one of the interesting aspect, i thi
The Senior Historian at the National World War Ii Museum in beautiful new orleans, louisiana. We have a really superb guest with us tonight, a friend of the museum, my friend and a wonderful writer and ahor, ian toll. Ian, welcome. Thank you, rob. Ian probably is one of those people who with, you know, doesnt really need an introduction, as we like to say. You all know what that means, the introduction should be really long. Ians an extremely accomplished scholar and writer. Hes the author of six [inaudible] the founding of the u. S. Navy as well as a trilogy called the pacific war, the third volume of which has just been released called twilight of the gods. Hes won the Samuel Elliot morrisonward from the naval orr of the United States, hes won the william e. Colby militaryriters award, hes won the other morrison award given by the uss constitutio museum. If theres any more morrison awards out there, i fully expect to see you winning one in the not too distant future. But thanks so mu
And air fields near atlanta emergency doctor mike flick eager is embarking on a special mission destination. North korea. They said this is a medical evacuation. We need you to go and bring him out a mission to retrieve u. S. Citizen on a warm beer last seen in public 14 months earlier. A prisoner of the regime of north korea warmongering between rivals, kim jong il and donald trump, is at its peak. Today will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen a silent mission on a difficult route. We elected not to use south korea, china, or russia to help us plan. Days later on a warm beer is back home, but hes fatally ill. Severe brain damage says the coroner, cause unknown. Was it torture . For me as parents become ons in a game played by president trump, who later announces that the north Korean Leader knew nothing about warm beer. All i can do is shake right to the right. When the state department sends emergency dr. Mike flick, if youre to north korea, his plane of choice
U. S. Department of state and got a very high level person on the phone. And i said, heres a situation unless you can intercede and resolve this. This trip is over. After night, time crisis calls with Government Officials, japans Prime Minister eventually gives the go ahead. The next morning, look at hers plane received clearance to fly from sapporo to pyongyang, a flight route that doesnt officially exist. When the plane was probably 100 miles east of the north korean ballenger, ie, the japanese air Traffic Controller said were now terminating served service. North korea is in front of you have a nice day and turned off the radio. The Pyongyang Airport contacts the plane by radio hours later on the ground team is thats accorded to the building where warm beer has been hospitalized. For months. We were dropped off at the front door of the hospital and the company down a hallway up the stairs. And when we entered the room, there were 2 doctors and 4 nurses. One was the chief of staff of