announce uhuru, i see war. woodruff: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: north korea may have taken a fateful step forward on the path towards being a nuclear weapons power. the washington post reports that u.s. intelligence officials have concluded the north korean regime has developed a nuclear warhead small enough to fit inside its missiles, which are believed capable of striking not only south korea and the immediate region, but also the united states. speaking in new jersey this afternoon, president trump had tough words for pyongyang. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very th
that the pentagon has a plan for a strike on north korea. north korea doubled down to strike the u.s. territory of guam saying it will be in a position to do so by mid august. as it brushes off trump s comments as retaliation as a load of nonsense. still the president s tough rhetoric was backed by stronger words by the defense secretary as he warned north korea to stop considering actions that would lead to the end of the regime and the destruction of its people. promising it would lose any conflict that it initiates. how much would a war would an attack plunge us in to? the pentagon has prepared a specific strike plan for a pre-emptiv attack on north korea if it should be ordered. the battle tested b-1 bomber. seen here in a military video, training for such a mission. the b-1, recently updated, has been a work horse in afghanistan and iraq. since the end of may, the b-1s have accelerated their training, conducted 11 practice runs, including one on monday. six b-1s are
welcome back to the campus of university of arizona and day two of the tucson festival of books. booktv is life again today. .. this is the tv on c-span2 and we are going live to the first panel on politics. [inaudible conversations] welcome. good to have you here. welcome to the nice annual festival of books in tucson. it s under incredible experience for all of us in tucson to have this with such incredible speakers and authors coming in from all over the country. i will be your moderator this morning. [applause]. think you. you are very kind. when i think cox cox mccue can indication for sponsoring this then you. mr. nichols is sponsored by cindy and neil raney. can we have a quick round of applause parsed bonser s. [applause]. this will last an hour and immediately following the session the authors will go to the book signing tent. mr. nichols will be a bit delayed, so david will sign his books for you, if he would like. [applause]. which will increase their
diane: catherine:hurricane patricia is making landfall in mexico tonight. near the resort area of manzanilla. it s being described as the strongest hurricane ever in the western hemisphere. thousands of residents have fled their homes along the southwestern coastline. and tourists have been removed from coastal hotels and taken inland. forecasters say the storm s winds have eased only slightly and it s expected to be extremely dangerous . the pacific coast is dotted with sleepy fishing villages and huge resorts. many of them empty tonight. planes are being diverted but one air force reserve member says her crew flew into the outer edges of the huge storm. filling our roller-coaster. constant dropping out of your stomach we left it intensifying each half to the i ll last night they kept getting stronger and stronger. catherine:the view from outer space is feared. it went from a tropical storm to a huge hurricane in less than 24 hours. the potential to cause death and
online news outlet that occasionally will stop you in your tracks. today gawker stopped me in my tracks when they ran a short feature story, mostly pictures, but a feature story on a statue. a really, really, really big statue in nashville, tennessee. now, i have been to nashville. i ve been to nashville more than a few times. i can never remember seeing this statue, though, or maybe if i did my brain went into save yourself mode and erased it from my memory. this is a terrifying thing. it s 25 feet tall, it s a bunch of different colors. look at the eyes. are terrifying blue marble eyes. and look at the teeth. this thing has a mouth like a circular saw. look at those chompers. terrifying, right? it looks a little bit like i know what you re thinking scary lucy, that bronze statue that was supposed to be lucille ball in her hometown and then the locals asked the nice artist who made it to please take it down because it was scaring the children. looks a little bit like s