Airplane dropped one bomb on hiroshima and showed its usefulness to the army. That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of tnt. The japanese began the war from the air, they have been repaid many fold and the end is not yet. When this bomb that we have now added a new and revolutionary increase in destruction to supplement the growing power of our armed forces. In their president firm, these are now in production and even more powerful bombs are in development. It is atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. The force from which the sun draws its power has been let loose by those who brought war to the far. East we are now preparing to destroy more completely every preventive enterprise the japanese have in any city. We shall destroy their docks, factories and their communications. Let there be no mistake we shall completely destroy japans power to make war. It will spare the japanese people from utter destruction that the ultimatum of july 26th was issued. Th
To be the supreme allied commander and it was an accident of timing with this decision. So i was the accidental admiral. Host that the navy was an accident as well as a career . Somewhat. Going way back i grew up in the marine corps family. My father was the fighting in korea and vietnam and i grew up in that environment and i went to Quantico High School and then went on to the Naval Academy thinking i would be a marine corps officer. After my first year the navy sends everybody out on a cruise and you go out on a ship beautiful cruiser on san diego it was late in the day the sun was setting and and i just wanted to be a sailor at that point so i told my dad and my mom and they were hoping it would be a marine that they got over it years later when i got my first star is that i think that came out okay. Host you almost left the nav navy . I did i graduated from annapolis and went to see for five years three on a destroyer in san diego and then to florida where i come from you today my
Admiral why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral . [laughter] what a great question. You can choose to hear a particular course you will lose ultimately in a different direction. And then to be in charge of all activity and with the commander of us Pacific Command position for senior admiral. My boss, a wonderful boss, secretary gates called to say forget about the pacific we will send you to nato i bk the first and only admiral to be the supreme allied commander and it was an accidenthe. That the navy was an accident as a career . Soet somewhat. That my father had kernel of marines growing up in that environment and going to Quantico High School thinking it would be them marine corps everybody goes out on a cruise going on a cruise are in san diego. Late in the day on the peer and the sun was setting looking out on all that ocean and i just wanted to be a sailor. I told my dad and mom they were hoping it would be a marine that years later my dad said that came out okay.
Peace memorial park. But this year, it has been significant significantly scaled down because of the coronavirus problem. So there were only about fewer than 1000 people attended, which is about one tenth of the usual attendants. I understand the mayor of hiroshima spoke, what did we hear from the mayor . She said that despite the coronavirus scare, he called for more leaders to sort of cooperate together more than ever. And also he called more leaders to visit hiroshima, to see firsthand the reality of the atomic bombing. So that they will be to abandon Nuclear Weapons. He noted that and asked for the japanese government to do more for me to take leadership in playing the bridge between Nuclear States and the non Nuclear States so that they will work harder toward Nuclear Weapons ban. Mari yamaguchi, youve been reporting this week on the survivors, the victims of hiroshima. How they have been stigmatized over the years in japan and here, this urgency to bear witness gross for last hir
I talked to babies might be crushed in the live. Broadcast live direct from our studios in moscow this is R T International thomas certainly glad to have you with us. Now we start with breaking news this hour from beirut there has been an intense standoff in the lebanese capital where there is an outpouring of grief and anger over tuesdays deadly explosion Security Forces used rubber bullets and tear gas to break up crowds calling for justice. Was. On saturday protesters stormed several government buildings in beirut Security Forces have driven out protesters who earlier stormed the Foreign Ministry they took over the building and declared it a headquarters for the revolution. We are coming back to the property of our people these building belongs to the people of lebanon. We went to martyr square to set up gallows for those who did this to our country today will hang nooses and we will not lead a single government ministers. The police started firing tear gas at us on monster square a