president obama to visit hiroshima. it's estimated the attacks on hiroshima and nagasaki killed more than 210,000 people by the end of the year. he headed to hiroshima after the end of the g7 summit. he travelled to peace memorial park and laid flowers at a cenotaph dedicated to the victims. survivors were among those who attended the event. obama gave a speech that so many had been waiting to hear. >> 71 years ago, on a bright, cloudless morning, death fell from the sky, and the world was changed. a flash of light and a wall of fire destroyed a city. and demonstrated that mankind possessed the means to destroy itself. why do we come to this place? to hiroshima. we come to ponder a terrible force unleashed in the not so distant past. we come to mourn the dead, including over 100,000 japanese men, women and children, thousands of koreans, a dozen americans held prisoner. their souls speak to us. they ask us to look inward, to take stock of who we are and what we might become. it is not the fact of war that sets hiroshima

by a hiroshima survivor. when we come back from break, we will be joined by yet another thurlow, aetsuko survivor of the hiroshima bombings. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. president obama has become the first sitting u.s. president to visit the japanese city of hiroshima since u.s. warplanes dropped the first atomic bomb august 6, 1945. the bombing killed 140,000 people and another 100,000 were seriously injured. he spoke today at the hiroshima peace memorial park. we're now joined by setsuko thurlow, a survivor of the u.s. bombing of hiroshima in 1945. she is an anti-nuclear activist who lives in toronto, canada, where she joins us. setsuko thurlow, welcome to democracy now! could you take us back to that day? ,ou, as a child, in hiroshima and tell us what happened? 13-year-oldas a student at the girls school. fors mobilized by the army together with a group of about 30 schoolmates. as we were traine

president come to hiroshima. they survived the bomb. they witnessed what happened hiroshima and nagasaki so it was so incredible that they could actually live to see that day. >> back in hiroshima, i would like to ask one final question to both of you. i'll start with you, yuichi. what message do you want to send to the world? >> what i want to say is that many people in hiroshima are thinking about peace based on their experience. so i really want all of the people in the world to reflect on what peace is and what peace can be based on the experience and i want them to share their message of peace. and my personal message of peace is may nuclear weapons rest in peace. >> ari, your final thoughts? >> i think we have to think deeply about why nuclear weapons exist today and it's because relations between countries are not so great between the power that have the nuclear weapons. i think it requires deep introspective thinking about what we can do in our own societies to get rid of the hatred toward the other that creates the sense of per

nhk world, hiroshima. >> reporter: back at peace memorial park in hiroshima. you're looking at the central portion of the park. in the middle of that there is a flame of peace that is burning. and that flame is expected to continue to burn as long as nuclear weapons are in existence around the world. and the survivors, as you just heard in that story and as i spent time with them, they're hoping that in their lifetime that flame is extinguished so that therere are no nuclear weapons around the world. and they're hoping that president obama's time here on friday will give them momentum for that particular movement. i just have to say that these people are in their 70s, 80s and 90s. yet their passion for life is very evevident, and a desire fo their mission to get rid of all these nuclear weapons is very evident in our conversations. >> peace campaigners in the u.s. and japan are hoping obama's visit will help shine a stronger light on their work. a brother of an atomic bomb victim and grandson of the late u.s. president, president truman, are joining forces to

hiroshima teaches this truth. technological progress without an equivalent process in human institutions can doom us. the scientific revolution that led to the splitting of an atom requires a moral revolution as well. that is why we come to this place. we stand here, in the middle of this city, and force ourselves to imagine the moment the bomb fell. we force ourselves to feel the dread of children confused by what they see. we listen to a silent cry. we remember all the innocents killed across the arc of that terrible war, and the wars that came before, and the wars that would follow. mere words cannot give voice to such suffering. but we have a shared responsibility to look directly into the eye of history and ask what we must do differently to curb such suffering again. someday the voices of the hibakusha will no longer be with us to bear witness. but the memory of the morning of august 6, 1945 must never fade. >> we've been listening to president obama speak in hiroshima there laying a wreath as the first sitt

he has landed in hiroshima. just visited a museum and he is visiting hiroshima. he just stepped up to the microphone to make a few remarks as well. >>> we will listen in as soon as we see him take the microphone. we can tell you this visit comes seven decades after the atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima. this is the first president ever from the u.s., sitting president, to visit this city. he is expected to just be here for a matter of hours. we expect to see him lay a wreath at the peace memorial park. then he will say a few words. expected to give a short speech of reflection, we're told. meant to provide reconciliation, but without actually apologizing as we heard michelle kosinski talk about. alison. it is a tough political climate. >> the white house debated if this was right time for president obama to break this taboo in place. he is the first sitting president to visit hiroshima and it is also an election year. this visit doesn't come without controversy. the fact he is not giving an apology, there is significance in that. >> there is politics at play h

i want to ask you, kevin martin, head of peace action, you have been to hiroshima a net with hiroshima survivors, both in hiroshima as well as your home state of new jersey. withpresident obama meet the hiroshima survivors? >> i certainly hope so. i think he needs to hear their stories, listen to their wisdom, listen to their sense of forgiveness, which is just on sparring as for as i'm concerned, and the only thing the survivors one, of course many of them are very elderly, is to see the abolition of nuclear weapons so that this never happens to anyone again. i was in new jersey just a few weeks ago for a dinner that new jersey peace action had. i was honored to me -- i had met her again. she was 13 years old when the bomb was dropped. she was a hiroshima maiden wrought to the united states for surgery and adopted by norman cousins, an american peace activist. and she said she will be in hiroshima and wants to sneak through the security line and meet president obama and shake his hand and not let go until he promises to eliminate nuclear weapons. i can't imagine they're going to 84-ye

hiroshima teaches this truth. technological process without an equivalent progress in human institutions can doom us. the scientific revolution that led to the splitting of an atom requires a moral revolution as well. that is why we come to this place. we stand here in the middle of this city and force ourselves to imagine the moment the bomb fell. we forced ourselves to feel the dread of children confused by what they see. we listened to a silent cry. we remember all the innocence killed across the arc of that terrible war and the wars that came to four. and the wars that would follow. mere words cannot give voice to such suffering. but we have a shared responsibility to look directly into the eyes of history and asked what we must do differently to curb such suffering again. someday the voices will no longer be with us to bear witness. but the memory of the morning of august 6, 1945 must never fade. that moment allows us to fight complacency. it fuels our moral imagination. it allows us to change. since that fat

barack obama makes a historic visit to hiroshima. the president meets briefly with survivors as he decries the horrors of war. empty gas pumps, closed nuclear power plants, and violent protests. demonstrationsom against labor reform. donald trump seals the deal, getting the delegates he needs to lock up the republican nomination. his sights are set firmly on the white house. molly: barack obama has wrapped his historic visit to hiroshima. the president arrived at the peace memorial park, where he signed a guestbook and later read at the cenotaph. he spoke, standing in the shawl -- in the shadow of the adam dunn. dome.the atom pres. obama: 71 years ago, on a death, cloudless morning, fell from the sky, and the world was changed. a flash of light and a wall of and destroyed a city demonstrated that mankind possessed the means to destroy itself. the president visited both historical and controversial. thecity was ravaged by first atomic bomb. three days later, nagasaki was the target. abee minister sheehan oh spoke of the -- prime minis

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president to visit the city of hiroshima. he has already said that he won't apologize for the dropping of the first atomic bomb in august, 1945. instead, he will use the trip to reflect on the cost of war and the loss of innocent lives. our reporter is in hiroshima and has been speaking to people about this historic visit. >> august 6, japanese time, the first atomic bomb hits an enemy target. reporter: it was, of course, a u.s. president who gave the order to unleash a single weapon that would destroy an entire city, so this, then, is a moment of deep symbolism in what is already a highly symbolic place. more than 70 years on, the holder of that same office, the first sitting u.s. president here to pay his respects to the dead. >> and the first, i saw a single line -- reporter: keiko was eight years old when the atom bomb exploded. she's pleased that president obama is coming to hiroshima. >> that is our long cherished desire to have the president. we do not complain about what happened. but we want him to understand and to

names officially registered at the hiroshima hall of remembrance. so this is somebody who spent the better part of his life to help the families of his former ennoy find closure and to see this surprise invite to the ceremony where the u.s. president visits this site and then of course that incredible moment where he emotionally hugged president obama, it really still gives me goosebumps to talk about it because this is somebody who cared so much about the legacy of all of the victims of the a bomb because, of course, it killed indiscriminately. and now he is also a part of history because everybody will remember that image of him hugging the president. just really remarkable. >> it gives us goosebumps, will, to even hear you tell the story. let's go back for a moment to truman's incredible decision. my bloomberg colleague wrote about yamashita who has a daily book about the life of japan in the early '40s and it suggests japan was prepared for a massive resistant both the citizenry and the military before hiroshima. is there any recognition in japa

hiroshima teaches this truth. technological progress without an equivalent progress in human institutions can doom us. the scientific revolution that lead to the splitting of an atom requires a moral revolution as well. and that is why we come to this plain. we stand here, in the middle of this city, and force ourselves to imagine the moment the bomb fell. we force ourselves to feel the great of children confused by what they sea. we listen to a silence cry. we remember all of the innocent killed across the arch of that terrible wars and the wars that game before, and the words that would follow. we can look directly in the eye of history and ask what we must do differently to curb such suffering again. some day, the voices will no longer be there to bear witness. but the memory of the morning of august 6th, 1945 must never fade. that memory allows us to fight complacency. . it fuels our moral imagination and allows us to change. since that fateful day, we have made choices that give us hope. the united states and

history in hiroshima. this morning, president obama becomes the first sitting president to visit the site since the atomic bombing in 1945. it looked unlikely when he announced his candidacy last summer, but donald trump has clinched the delegates needed for the nomination. already, he's looking to his legacy. >> i want a statue in washington, d.c. [ applause ] maybe we share it with jefferson or something. >>> flyer frustration boils over to airlines as they air their grievances with the tsa on capitol hill. heading into a busy holiday weekend, airlines are pitch information to help out. >>> >> that's correct. [ applause ] >> for the second straight year, two students will share the national spelling bee title. the winning words and what they even mean. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news here in new york. i'm anne-marie green. today, president obama becomes the first sitting president to visit hiroshima where seven decades ago the united states dropped the first atomic bomb. early th

reactions to the announcement on obama's visit to hiroshima have been mixed. nhk world's david mccagg has the story from washington. >> reporter: since the early days of the obama presidency, white house officials have carefully weighed his potential visit to hiroshima. secretary of state john kerry last month laid the groundwork for a trip by the president and intensified speculation in washington. since the end of world war ii, american opinion has gradually shifted. in 1945, 85% of americans approved the use of the atomic bomb on japan. last year, an opinion poll found just over half of americans thought the use was justified. some argue that the bombing saved the lives of both americans and japanese by bringing an end to world war ii. while many others underscore the suffering of the bomb's victims. the american legion, the largest veterans association in the united states, said in a statement that it shares the sorrow for the numerous innocent civilians who were lost in the bombings. it also said the group is heartened that there will be no apology issued

he's the first sitting president to come to japan, to hiroshima. it's incredible this he comes. >> reporter: his grandfather was the only member who flew on both planes that dropped the atomic bombs he said his grandfather had no remorse but he said people must eradicate the causes of war. it left a strong impression on him. he wanted know what happened in the mushroom clouds so he started visiting japan five years ago. >> i came the meet people. i came to listen to their story. >> reporter: he's been interviewing survivorsurvivors. >> i feel very lucky i can hear her story. it's so important that we never forget someone like her story. >> reporter: he compiled testimonies along with his family own story into a book. it brings together the perspectives of both sides. he has been living in another part of japan heavily affected by nuclear fall out, fukushima. he believes that obama's visit will bring global attention to the consequences of the womaningwoma bombings. >> it can create that culture of change. >> reporter: obama's visits is expected to

president to visit >>> history in hiroshima. president obama is the first president to visit since 1945. >>> donald trump is looking to his legacy. >> i want a statue in washington, d.c. maybe we share it with jefferson or something. >>> flyer frustration boils over to airlines as they air their grievances with the tsa on capitol hill. heading into a busy holiday weekend, now airlines are pitching in to help out. >> feldenkrais, f-e-l-d-e-n-k-r-a-i-s, feldenkrais. >> that's correct. [ applause ] >> and for the second straight year, two students will share the national spelling bee title. the winning words and what they even mean. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news here in new york. i'm anne-marie green. today, president obama becomes the first sitting president to visit hiroshima where seven decades ago the united states dropped the first atomic bomb. early this morning, mr. obama arrived at a marine corps air station about 26 miles southwest of the city. he'll travel to hiroshima's peace memorial park to p

obama greeted survivors of the hiroshima bombing. other survivors joined the crowds lining his motorcade route. fewer than 83,000 are left. >> ( translated ): i'm very happy to see him visiting here. he has sent out a message for peace in the past and today he is putting his words into practice. >> ( translated ): it would have been much better if a u.s. presidents could have made the visit earlier. it took 71 years; i think it could have happened earlier. >> warner: a younger generation brought its own perspective to the visit. >> ( translated ): his visit to hiroshima means a lot, because it's a step forward from all the conciliatory rhetoric we have traded so far. >> warner: but there've also been protests in the day's leading up to the visit-- and demands for an apology. >> of course he will not apologize; simply because if he does, the u.s. cannot use the nuclear weapon again. i believe he's not apologizing here to leave the possibility to use nuclear weapons open for the future. >> warner: even before his election-- at a 2008 s

he did it in hiroshima. you want to do a speech about war in the abstract you do it in pragmatic which is what he did in 2009. when you do it in hiroshima of course you're talking about world war ii, you're talking about american dropping the bomb and the implication is that we have a sense of guilt about not an overt apology. this is a visit he should have made next year as a private citizen in which case he can speak like a naive private citizen. what other way is there of dealing with nuclear weapons other than the logic of fear, i.e., deterrence, eliminating them is never going to happen and will weaken us. do we want to be without nuclear weapons when there's a nut case, there's bullies in iron acquiring them. of course not. the president speaking as president representing the united states, i thought it was implicit apology dishonored our nation. not something he should have done. >> two quick points. the first is that it doesn't bother me the visit to hiroshima. on the other hand, i would say it would

ine of president obama hiroshima. historydent obama made moments ago in japan, the first sitting president to visit hiroshima. the president placed a wreath at ground zero. he said the bombing shows that mankind had the means to destroy itself. president obama: we come to ponder a terrible force unleashed in a not so distant past. dead.e to mourn the including over 100,000 japanese men, women, and children. koreans, a dozen americans. it is estimated the atomic bomb killed 140,000 people in hiroshima. president obama and other global leaders meeting in japan pledging to take global action on sacking economic growth. the group wrapped up their summit at a seaside resort. germany has resisted calls for an expansionary fiscal policy. france's president is vowing to defend new labor reform against union resistance. he spoke after police in paris battled protesters opposed to the reform. he said unions cannot dictate reform. workers walked out earlier this week creating a nationwide shortage and gasoline. global news, 24 h

president barack obama's historic visit to hiroshima. nhk world has more. >> i state clearly and with conviction america's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. >> reporter: it was during barack obama's first year in office that he made this commitment. and now, nearing the end of his term, those words are still resonating. >> i believe we can draw inspiration from president obama's celebrated and often quoted 2009 prague speech. we have to insist, yes, we can. >> reporter: a united nations working group held a second round of talks in geneva on the legal framework to ban nuclear weapons. representatives from more than 80 countries and territories took part. but none were from nuclear powers. one atomic bomb survivor called out the u.s. for being absent. >> we were moved by president obama's statement in prague, yet the u.s. cannot even send a representative. >> reporter: there wasn't a delegation because washington thinks it's unrealistic to ban nuclear weapons with a treaty. and it's not alone. w

should president obama apologize when he is in hiroshima? house i think the white has made the right decision not to revisit that decision. the dropping of the bombs were horrific, but they did stop the war and probably saved millions of lives. it is important to president wrote to remember what a world and to help not only the current generations, but future generations understand we need to get rid of nuclear weapons as fast as possible, and make sure we have a peaceful, stable, and secure world. a time whenthis be generations forward will say why didn't the president make that apology given that young americans are much more likely -- much less likely to think then there grandparents that the bombing was justified? did not wantents another world war. i think what the president wants to do is to reflect on remembrance. what does a world war mean? what does dropping a nuclear weapon mean? that has been a hallmark of his presidency. to try to stop other countries from gaining nuclear weapons, as we just did with iran. not in his lifetime, ma

hiroshima, japan. his visit comes 70 years after the u-s dropped an atomic bomb cted, >>> new this morning, president obama went to japan for the first time in hiroshima. his visit is 70 years after the u.s. bombed them. as expected, president obama did not apologize for the incident. but he did join japan's prime minister for a visit to peace memorial park where they honored the 100,000 people murdered in the blast. obama stressed that we would all be better off in a world without nuclear weapons. >> we may not be able to eliminate man's capacity to do evil. but among those nations like my own that holds nuclear stockpiles we must have the courage to escape the logic of fear. >> earlier this week, at japan's g7 summit president obama acknowledged concerns about north korea's nuclear ambitions. >>> president obama didn't apologize for the bombing. cate caugiran got reaction from the people affected by the event >>> reporter: august 6, 1945, 8:00 in the morning, a then 23- year-old richard john gordon b

you see the hiroshima peace park. you see the historic dome. that structure that remained in tact following the blast of the atomic bomb blast on august 6th, 1945. that was not repaired. that is a constant reminder. you see in the background the children's peace memorial. that is a monument to the children that not only died on that day, but died for several years later of the lingering effects of the radioactive material that was leftover in the wake of the bomb. thousands of children who were not alive in 1945 developed diseases and died years later. the effects of the atomic bomb in hiroshima were not on that day, but people suffered years later. as i watched these remarks and interactions, i'm struck emotionally and intellectually by the difference in japan from then until now. just think only 70 years ago, it was not that long ago in historic terms. u.s. and japan were at war in their existence. now a peaceful process of the democracy and strong ally of the united states. that is a testament to not only the japanese people themselves, but

we begin in the japanese city of hiroshima where thousands gathered today as the u.s. president barack obama visited the site of the world's first atomic bombing. obama is the first sitting u.s. president to visit the site where the bomb was dropped 71 years ago and among those who gathered at the memorial were hiroshima survivors. in the first year of his presidency obama gave a major foreign policy speech in praying -- prague during which he called for the elimination of nuclear stockpiles. >> standing at the hiroshima peace memorial, u.s. president barack obama called for a more peaceful world, one without nuclear weapons. president obama: but among nations like my own that hold nuclear stockpiles, we must have the courage to escape the logic of fear and pursue a world without them. we may not realize this goal in my lifetime but persistent effort can roll back the possibility of catastrophe. [cheers] >> obama's rhythm with nuclear weapons is complicated. shortly after taking office in 2009, he gave a speech in prague outlining an ambitious plan to rid the world of

the question, in watching his talk on hiroshima, is twofold. first, we know he is going to avoid an apology. he has said there are no apologies for what the u.s. did, but there are still two completely opposite interpretations of history that go around the hiroshima bombing. if you walk into that museum that is outside the surviving dome that the president is visiting, you get a vision of history where the japanese are walking around hiroshima, there is no context to the war, and suddenly the bomb is dropped. if you talk to americans about this, if you look at the exhibits in the smithsonian around that came up in the 50th anniversary and survived to some degree, what you get is a version in which the decision to drop the bomb ended up ending the war and saved tens of thousands if not hundred s of thousands of american lives. both of these, there are people who believe that there are reasons the japanese surrendered had more to do with the fear that as soon as russia entered the japanese side of the war, they would be able to do that, they woul

he is addressing the marine corp air station in hero -- huh hiroshima. let's listen in. >> we see the strength of our alliance on display right here. this base is a powerful example of the trust and the cooperation and the friendship between the united states and japan. american marines working side by side with japanese self-defense forces to protect the peace and engage with our partners throughout the region and assist with humanitarian aid and disaster relief. you have responded to flooding in the philippines and tie -- thailand and devastating cyclones in bangladesh president you played a part in the relief efforts in the earthquake and tsunami. together you have saved countless lives across the region and we could not be prouder of that. your service is rooted in the shared values of today's japan and today's united states. the values of freedom and the values of democracy and the value of human rights and the value of rule of law. our alliance is not just essential to our two countries, but a sense of stability and a foundation for prosperity in t

today, a high tech bustling hiroshima has arisen from the ashes. as the the city has moved on so have japan's leaders. the prime minister abe offered condolences to the american lives lost in world war ii. a tacit acknowledgement that japan first attacked the u.s. at pearl harbor. for president obama, visiting hiroshima, an attempt to bridge a painful divide with a former foe. not the first time, having reap opened long severed ties with cuba, lifted arms embargo and negotiated with iran. when it comes to bearing the remnants of war there is nowhere he could have made his case more powerfully than here. this visit off to the hallowed ground of hiroshima was a call of action for the next generation to complete the work he will not finish and make sure a nuclear weapon ine again. pro-v formula ever. strong is beautiful. put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. brighter denture

the question, in watching his talk on hiroshima, is twofold. first, we know he is going to avoid an apology. he has said there are no apologies for what the u.s. did, but there are still two completely opposite interpretations of history that go around the hiroshima bombing. if you walk into that museum that is outside the surviving dome that the president is visiting, you get a vision of history where the japanese are walking around hiroshima, there war, andtext to the suddenly the bomb is dropped. if you talk to americans about this, if you look at the exhibits in the smithsonian around that came up in the 50th anniversary and survived to some degree, what you get is a version in which the decision bomb ended up ending the war and saved tens of thousands if not hundred thousands of american lives. both of these, there are people who believe that there are reasons the japanese surrendered had more to do with the fear that as soon as russia entered the japanese side of the war, they would be able to do that, they would be invaded by the russian

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president to visit hiroshima. margaret brennan is there. >> reporter: feet from the epicenter of the blast, a solemn president obama laid a wreath in honor of the lives lost. >> their souls speak to us, and they ask us to look inward, to take stock of who we are. >> reporter: listening to the president was 79-year-old shigeaki mori, a survivor who was just eight when the bomb annihilated hiroshima. mr. obama did not apologize for what the u.s. had done but said he wanted to remind the world of the agony of nuclear war. >> we have a shared responsibility to look directly into the eye of history and ask what we must do differently to curb such suffering again. >> hiroshima, the target. >> reporter: it wassate:15 on that bright, cloudless morning in august when the early changed. a nearly five-ton atomic bomb nicknamed "li from the "enola gay." three days later, a second bomb struck nagasaki. more than 200,000 were killed in the blast blasts. tan was just six, at school when hiroshima was hit. all of her classmates w

president to visit hiroshima. he joined japan's prime munster for a wreath laying at a peace memorial. we'll have much more on that historic moment throughout the morning. first to jacob rascon in san diego where donald trump is going to be appearing later today. we have a lot to break down today. first, what are you anticipating today? second, tell me about this election strategy that donald trump laid out. he's targeting 15 states, he says. >> right. you laid it out there in your intro that california, for example, hasn't been in play in nearly three decades. we're talking about bush sr., ronald reagan who won california, but, of course, that's was back in the 1980s. no polling suggests that's california could be in play, but donald trump laying out this plan. now saying he's going to target california, new york, ohio, virginia and other states that traditionally a republican has no chance in. but he says he's got plans there. our reporting suggests his ground game is severely lacking in those and many other sta

. >>> in a long-awaited develop, the white house has announced barack obama will be visit hiroshima. he'll be the first sitting u.s. president to visit the city that was devastated by an american atomic bomb in 1945. the visit will happen while the president is? japan for the group of 7 summit. >> he looks to send a forward look signal about his ambition for realizing the goals of the planet without nuclear weapons. >>> the spokesperson stressed the visit is not an apology for america. prime minister abe announced he will accompany president obama. >> translator: i have decided to visit hiroshima with president obama on the 27th of this month. after the summit. i welcome president obama's visit to hiroshima from the bottom of my heart. >> abe says he hopes the visit will be a chance for japan and the u.s. to jointly mourn all the victims of the atomic bombing. u.s. secretary of state john kerry took part in a memorial event at the site of the attack. it believes it is believed that white house officials have been carefully weighing the possible public reaction. in an opinion poll con

kevin: hey, sandra, good evening from hiroshima, first sitting u.s. president to visit hiroshima marking the day in 1945, no, he did not apology for america's use, must not fade from our memories and the courage to end their use. mr. obama making his way here to the peace memorial where he marked the faithful day to the end of the war. 140,000 die and 174,000 died two days later in gagazaki. i should also point out that the president had a chance to meet with a number of survivors, and i thought that was probably the most poynant part of this day. the survivors obviously seniors, many of them well into 80's and even 90's baring the physical scars but the president made note of mental scars that not only continue to haunt but also the entire community but i should make sure that the people don't forget that folks over at nagazaki, the folks have endured a similar fate. the president is on ruth -- route to washington, a very long trip ahead after a very eventful trip. thank you. sandra: all right, thank you, kevin core. first state to make violence agai