obama has become the first serving u.s. 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 apart. artifacts tell us t

of this meeting, i am going to visit hiroshima where a nuclear bomb was dropped together with president obama of the united states. and in hiroshima, we will express our condolences to all victims of the use of nuclear weapons, and send to the world the information on the impact of the use of the atomic bomb. i believe that will be a strong step forward to realize -- the tragedy that happened and realize a world free of nuclear weapons. we today have the responsibility to make sure that the tragedy will not be repeated. we must build a better world for our children and grandchildren. and for future generations. i believe that this summit was an essential summit where this determination was reaffirmed by g7 leaders. i conclude by this -- why expressing my sincere appreciation. without their cooperation, this meeting would not have been possible. thank you very much. >> now we have a q and a with reporters. >> i am from tv tokyo. this is the first g7 summit in asia and eight years, there are many security issues, including the south china sea. in terms of the world economy, you

. defending her use of e-mail as secretary of state. >>> president obama on a historic visit to hiroshima. happy friday. welcome to "early start." i'm ana cabrera. >> i'm alison kosik. donald trump is the republican nominee. by cnn's count, he crossed the threshold of 1,237. enough to win him the nomination. trump campaigning on wednesday, attacking hillary clinton and president obama brushing off the president's remarks that the world leaders are rattled by trump. trump saying there's nothing wrong that. >> that's good if they're nervous. that's good. that's good. let them be a little bit nervous. i'll have a better relationship with other countries than he has except we'll do better and they won't be taking advantage of us and won't be calling us the stupid people anymore. >> the latest now from cnn's phil mattingly traveling with the donald trump campaign. >> reporter: donald trump had two campaign events in montana. these were crucial to get over the delegate total to secure the republican nomination. trump reached that total. his opponents readropped out we ago. high on his list is t

become the first sitting president to visit hiroshima. the historic visit came almost 71 years after the city was devastated by an atomic bomb. the first of two dropped on japan by the u.s. at the end of world war ii. obama headed to hiroshima after the conclusion of the group of 7 summit in ise-shima. he travelled to the peace memorial park and laid flowers at a cenotaph dedicated to the victims. survivors were among those who attended the event. obama then gave the speech that so many had been waiting to hear. >> why do we come to this place? to hiroshima. we come to ponder a terrible force unleashed in the not so distant past. 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 arch of that terrible war. but among those 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 lif

, democracy now! >> that is a future we can choose, a future in which hiroshima and nagasaki are known the atomicdawn of warfare, but as the start of our own moral awakening. amy: president obama becomes the first sitting u.s. president to visit the japanese city of hiroshima since u.s. warplanes dropped the first atomic bomb on the city 71 years ago killing 140,000 people. we will speak to the pulitzer prize winning biographer of robert oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. we will also speak to a survivor of the hiroshima attack. but first, we look at how puerto rico is facing a complete takeover by a federally appointed control board. hillary clinton backs the deal, bernie sanders opposes it. >> it is morally unacceptable that billionaire hedge fund managers have been calling for even more austerity in puerto rico. austerity will not solve this crisis. amy: we will speak to a young chicago immigrant rights activist is suing the department of homeland security for rejecting her renewal for deferred deportation status because of her activism including her arrest at the , democratic

-shima until friday. once the summit wraps up, u.s. president barack obama will head to hiroshima for a historic visit. he will be the first sitting american president to visit the city where his country dropped the atomic bomb 71 years ago. at least three atomic bomb survivors will accompany obama when he lays flowers at a cenotaph dedicated to the victims. >> translator: i want to tell the president the goal is for a nuclear free world. if i get a chance, i want to say we're supporting him and let's work together toward the future. >> meanwhile, the head of u.s. veterans group told nhk a former prisoner of war will not join the trip. the group had chosen a 94-year-old veteran who was held by the now defunct imperial japanese army. an official at the white house told nhk they were merely considering inviting a former p.o.w. but decided not to. nuclear disarmaments and nuclear proliferation have been central to obama's policy. he will deliver a message on the issue from hiroshima. we get some background to the president's visit. >> reporter: soon after he took office, president ob

. president to visit the japanese city of hiroshima but officials say he will not apologize for the 1945 atomic bombing. we will look at how the trump campaign named a leader of the white nationalist movement to be a delegate in california. >> to those who are concerned about the role we will take in the ensuing years, i greet you. my name is wayne jonathan. i'm a white nationalist. amy: the trump campaign claims johnson was picked due to a database error, but is there more to the story? we will speak to the mother jones reporter who broke the news. then to "madness." >> what i found at the date -- date correctional facility, this as dramic as sere as those king pla at gutanamo. amy: we ll look shockin new pose abo how menlly ill proners inlorida he been ttured, dven to suicide, and even killed by guards. we will speak to author eyal press and a psychotherapist who blew the whistle on the abuse. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a car bomb has exploded in a crowded market in the iraqi capital baghdad

visit hiroshima since world war ii. >> good morning everybody. how are you. fine, fine, fine, fine fine fine. >> long weekend for some at least. >> bank holiday here in the uk. lots of you heading off for travel. they are saying basically if you don't have to travel don't because the airports are going to be a mess. >> avoid the queues and everything. >> yeah yeah. here the markets. we're flat to a little lower. but the mangt of our european equities are just trading down a tad as seen right there. spanish banks weighing a little on temperature picture. surprise cash call from banco popular weighing on things. >> right. >> and bigger stories. >> right. and friday here we've got ipos. g7 and the countdown under way for janet yellen. first let's get to the ipo picture. philips lighting is pricing higher this morning. the dutch conglomerate says the offering was oversubscribed multiple times. the pricing implies valuation of 3 billion euros for the division. let's get to steve cedric from amsterdam and this has been a long time coming. off to a solid start. >> yeah absolutely. and van

hiroshima. we are there to gauge reaction to the historic visit. there have been clashes in paris between right police and protesters after widespread demonstrations against controversial labour reforms. lucy williamson reports from le havre. lucy: centuries ago, they marched for liberty, equality. today, it was for overtime wages and the 35-hour week. unions here fear the government is trying to boost the economy at the expense of workers' rights. the government says it is simply trying to create more jobs for young people. many in france accept the need for a more flexible economy, but , among the unions, there is a sense of anger and betrayal that a socialist government could be the one to do it. just hours after the government said it would consider modifications to its labour reforms, this is the response of the unions -- more demonstrations, more strikes, more disruptions. with petrol stations running out of fuel, oil tankers wait outside of french ports, sitting out the strikes. the protesters may be a minority, but they drive france's trains, work its nuclear plants, and t

>>> 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 place a wreath. the bomb killed an estimated 140,000 people. he did not apologize

. 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 minister shins oh abe spoke. >> pledging our commitmen

5:15 a.m. in hiroshima. >> more than 80,000 people were killed. tens of thousands were horribly burned and poisoned with radiation. the president again warned japan and said surrender or face a rain of ruin. there was no reply, so another atomic bomb was dropped on japan. this time on nagasaki. finally japan gave up. >> i accept a full acceptance of the deal. >> he had not regretted using atomic bombs to end it. >> i made that decision with conviction, saving hundreds of thousands of lives, japanese as well as americans. >> it was the only sensible thing to do. it was the only thing to do. >> truman lived to see other nations develop atomic weapons. he watched the world come to the brink of nuclear war in the cuban missile crisis and then stepped back with treaties to limit nuclear weapons signed under kennedy, nixon and johnson. what did not happen was another use of atomic weapons by anyone. the city of hiroshima devastated years ago is thriving today. while the cold war may be history, it has been replaced by fears of nuclear war states. a simple movement marks the spot where

. we bring you live picture from hiroshima. barack obama is due to become the first sitting u.s. president to visit hiroshima. this is the site were seven deck is ago the u.s. dropped a devastating atomic bomb which killed 140,000 people. he will be meeting with four survivors of the atomic bomb and is extremely important, because this comes at a time where disarmament bills are in doubt. ♪ francine: nothing like starting off a friday with a chart of the hour that talks treasuries. this is what i picked out for stewart richardson. of course, it is yellen day. we also spoke to the bond guru. this is what i am showing you. if you look at the white line yields, blue line is else. -- is something else. it is the demand that foreigners have to buy treasuries. when he look about yields being suppressed, people say we do not know where to go. against almost everything the can go wrong -- ahead hedge against almost everything that can go wrong. still with us, stewart wealthson of rmg management. we often look at yields in isolation. there is so much appetite for treasuries no matter w

rope at hiroshima. this is "special report". >>> good evening. welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. ing the world to, in his words, ponder a terrible force unleashed, the president did not mention how that terrible force may have saved a million american lives possibly lost if a ground invasion of japan had been necessary. but his visit and his words had significance at home and abroad today. our correspondent is traveling with the president and reports tonight from hiroshima. >> reporter: it was a culmination of seven decades long walk for restoration and reconciliation and finally if only for a brief moment a painful past gave way to the promise of a hopeful future. it was a powerful moment drenched with emotion and draped in history when a survivor's embrace came to symbolize more than generations could imagine. >> 71 years ago on a bright cloudless morning death came from the sky and the world was changed. >> reporter: become the first sitting u.s. president to visit hiroshima, president obama called on a world to have a moral akin memory of those killed by nuclear weapons by h

encouraged by news of the first u.s. presidential visit to hugh row shee hiroshima. >>> some growers of tea are fighting back with organic products. >>> looking to the heavens. nasa astronomers discovered more than 1200 planets. some could support life like our own. >>> in a long-awaited development, the white house has announced barack obama will visit hiroshima. he will be the first sitting u.s. president to go to the city since it was devastated by an american atomic bomb in 1945. obama will make the trip later this month when he's in japan for the group of 7 summit. >> the president intends to visit to send a much more forward-looking signal about his ambition for realizing the goal of a planet without nuclear weapons. >> the spokesperson stressed the visit is not an apology for dropping the nuclear bomb. japanese prime minister shinzo abe announced he will accompany obama. >> translator: i have decided to visit hiroshima with president obama on the 27th of this month. after the ise-shima summit. i welcome president obama's visit to hiroshima from the bottom of my heart. >> abe says he

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. we begin this evening with an analysis of president obama's historic trip to hiroshima. al is on scene. >> it is no secret the japanese army was responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths and it's a big reason why there is a lot of tension between zeke and japan. president obama tried to ease the tension, at the same time encouraging the japanese self-defense force to take a more active role in the region due to heightened threat from korea among other places. japan's neighbors are leery of the country remilitarizing after 70 years of pacifism. >> i am joined by jennifer harris and patrick cronin. >> if selling arms to vietnam is the arranges what is the question? it's not as if it comes to a real military conflict, these arms salesserly going to be doing the work in any of that conflict just as we see with our continued military sales to taiwan. you know, the u.s. will have to stand behind the security guarantees in order to be seen as credible. >> also this evening a conversation with andrew mcafee, author and principal research scientist at m.i.t.'s initiative on the digi

to hiroshima on friday. joining me is david sanger of the new york times. he recently returned from traveling with the president. i am pleased to have him back on this program. thank you for doing this. i think you just got off the plane as we taped this. thank you for coming by. give me an overview of this trip. put it in context. part of it is legacy building, part of it is reminding americans that he is constantly talking about the importance of asia. david: that's right. the two big parts of this trip are the vietnam side, which was what he did the beginning part of the week. which was the first time he had gone to vietnam and was important, because he is trying to wrap vietnam into the overall strategy of the asian pivot. that has been drawing out countries like myanmar, vietnam. where we had diplomatic relationship of 25 years. but we have not really deepened the relationship. to try to get vietnam, the philippines, others in the region to participate in this effort to jointly contain the chinese without making the chinese view it as containment. it is not an easy trick. as yo

. they were looking for this kind of address to speak to moving beyond what happened here as hiroshima. obviously, it is something that both nations have to deal with. it's emotional on both sides, what happened here. to try to think back and picture it like president obama said. to be here. you are forced to imagine what happened on that day. he wanted to have this be a real turning point. the relationship, obviously, with the u.s. and japan is strong. he wanted this to be a real reconciliation. a moving past. apology not necessarily needed for a moment like this. but people here are responding to it. there will be lots of reaction to it once the president leaves later today. >> michelle, we were listening and it was so emotional and somber in his remarks. a reflection of the past and taking us into the future and the turmoil we see this day and age. i'm curious what the sentiment was when he made the remarks where you are. >> reporter: it was quiet here. you could only hear his remarks in the air. you could practically hear a pin drop. people wanted to hear these words. they were cur

from hiroshima, japan, thank you so much and enjoy this historic event yourself today. >> and unfortunately we are told we will not be able to receive this speech at the marine air force base live. we apologize for that. we will be getting to the memorial address though at approximately 4:40 eastern time this morning. we will be able to see those ceremonies live. we hope to bring that to you. let's go ahead and get you to "red eye". >> and he was born in canada. >> thank you for having me, tom. >> gavin, you know you don't talk during your introductions. >> happy to be here. >> sitting next to me is the host of the gavin mcginnis show. let's start the show. >> bernie sanders is catching up in california. he is virtually tied with hillary clinton ahead of next month's critical primary. clinton is expected to secure the nomination that night even before the polls close because of her commanding lead in what is called super delegates. but wait a second. could some of those super delegates switch sides? sanders retweeted a link to a new song called super delegates and by a band ca

president obama's visit. >> it will be a good opportunity for him to see what's happened in hiroshima but also for us to rethink about what we can tell to president obama or to the people who is coming to hiroshima from all over the world. >> reporter: his grandmother is a survivor who lives in a nursing home. 71 years ago she saw the city after it had been completely destroyed. >> translator: i still remember that time. it makes me feel so lonely. >> reporter: the memory haunts her. now she has a message to share with future generations. >> as a grandmother, is there anything you would like to pass onto me? what sort of hope do you have for peace? >> translator: no war. no wars should ever happen again. >> reporter: his family history inspired him to study world conflict and peace building. he earned a masters degree in the u.s. he chose middle east as place to do his field research. he's always had a personal attachment to this. it's meant to continue burning until nuclear weapons are abolished. he hopes that obama will express the same hope as people in hiroshima. >> it may be difficul

white house says the announcement of president barack obama's trip to hiroshima is receiving positive response even from those who fought in world war ii. >>> eagerly awaiting. countries pushing for a ban on nuclear weapons are waiting to hear just what the u.s. president will say. >>> egyptian search and rescue teams are looking for a passenger plane that has gone missing with 66 people on board. the egyptair flight took off from paris late wednesday night local time headed to cairo. the airline says the passengers are mostly egyptian but include french, iraqi and others. the plane disappeared from radar three and a half hours after takeoff. it says it was in egyptian airspace flying at 11,000 meters. the plane is an airbus a320 like the one on the screen. local media quote officials in cairo as saying the plane's last contact was ten minutes before it vanished. one flight information website shows the aircraft suddenly disappearing over the mediterranean sea. egypt has had other major airplane incidents during the past year. last october a russian airliner went down over the sinai p

. those go on sale at 1 p.m. today. >>> time now 4:40. president obama in hiroshima for a historic visit. next, we talk to a woman who survived the atomic bomb 70 years ago. did gone before... 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 af

warning. president obama at hiroshima. he delivers a historic speech. the first sitting historic president to set foot there since the u.s. dropped the atomic bomb. i'm francine lacqua. tom keene is in new york. let's spend a couple of seconds thinking about the beautifully written speech that president obama said --it was an historic speech and it really important one. tom: and some controversy on both sides. did you see the headline come across the bloomberg from prime minister abbÉ? many young americans died in the war. that is an extraordinary headline to see the president and the prime minister with the memorial behind them. this is deeply emotional from my childhood. that is not a church. although it has bordered on a religious moment. hiroshima hall, arguably one of the great world heritage site. just extraordinary to see this moment. i was caught by the president speaking of a terrible force. we know he will meet with for survivors of that 1945 bombing. get to the bloomberg first word news. ine of president obama hiroshima. historydent obama made moments ago in japan, th

hiroshima on friday. joining me is david sanger of the new york times. i am pleased to have him back on this program. thank you for doing this. i think you just got off the plane as we taped this. thank you for coming by. give me an overview of this trip. part of it is legacy building, part of it is reminding americans that he is constantly talking about the importance of asia. david: that's right. the two big parts of this trip are the vietnam side, which was the first time he had gone to vietnam and was important, because he is trying to wrap vietnam into the overall strategy of the asian pivot. that has been drawing out countries like myanmar, vietnam. but we have not really deepened the relationship. to try to get vietnam, the philippines, others in the region to participate in this effort to jointly contain the chinese without making the chinese view it as containment. it is not an easy trick. on the one hand, he is trying to engage the chinese, saying we understand we need to work as partners and so forth, and yet he is using facts that the chinese have been so aggressive in the s

hiroshima bombing. >>> on friday president obama became the first sitting u.s. president to visit hiroshima, japan. 140,000 people were killed there in 1945 when the u.s. dropped the first atomic bomb. among the survivors of the bombing, a bonsai tree that bridged the japanese and american cultures for decades. >> reporter: yaso masaki says bonsai is in his blood. but yamaki says when the atomic bomb dropped in hiroshima, glass pierced his 14-month-old face and damaged many bonsai trees. his father nursed several back to life including this 390-year-old white pine. >> taking care of bonsai. >> reporter: jack sustak cares for the tree now in washington, d.c. yamaki's father gave it to the u.s. in 1975 for the bicentennial celebration. >> to have mr. yamaki give his prized tree after what it had been through and what the family had been through and the city, as this symbol of peace and friendship, really has meant a lot to us. >> reporter: the family wanted the gift to be about peace not war. so they didn't reveal the tree's survival story for quarter of of a century. yamaki visited

from washington, i am katty kay. barack obama will visit hiroshima, the first sitting u.s. president to do so. discussing dirty money on a hot .ic the british prime minister tells the queen who she thinks are the most corrupt countries in the world. >> nigeria, the leaders are fantastic. nigeria and afghanistan, probably the most corrupt countries. ♪ katty: this is the russian favorite to win the eurovision song contest. our correspondent not only heard him saying, he provided the tune. ♪ katty: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. barack obama will make a historic visit to hiroshima more than 70 years after the u.s. drops a atomic bomb on the u.s. an atomic bomb on the japanese city during the second world war purity made it clear it would not be an apology from the president. gary o'donoghue reports. gary: hiroshima, the site of the first atomic on, dropped to end the war in the east. ever since the 140,000 people who died directly as a result here- have been remembered . do the u.s. and japan are now close and political allies. the presiden

cleave, thank you. in hiroshima, japan, today, president obama said the memory of the first atomic bomb attack must nev fade, and he called on the world's nuclear powers to have the courage to give them up. mr. obama is the first sitting u.s. 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

stories. making history, president barack obama visits hiroshima after becoming the first sitting u.s. leader to visit the scene of the world's first atomic bombing. we won't give up as blockades are lifted across france. union leaders are vowing to continue to bash the government's plan to reform labor laws. and talking energy, the russian president vladimir putin arrived in greece on one of his first visits to an e.u. country so far this year. >> good evening. 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 weapo

time, president obama for the first time as leader of the united states paid a visit to hiroshima, the city which suffered the atomic bomb here. u.s. president -- of the atomic bombings and renewing his determination for a world free of nuclear weapons. this gives great hope to people all around the world who have never given up their hope for a world without nuclear weapons. i would like to give a whole hearted welcome to this historic visit which have been awaited not only by the people of hiroshima, but also by the japanese people. i express my sincere respect to the decision and courage of president obama. with his decision and courage, we are opening a new chapter to the reconciliation of japan and the united states. and in our history of trust -- >> so here we're listening to the prime minister of japan talk about the long established trust and reconciliation between the two nations of the united states and japan. obviously, history in the making right here as we watch the prime minister stand beside the president. the president in his own remarks saying we need the courage

barack obama becomes the first sitting president to visit hiroshima, japan. >>> a debate between bernie sanders and donald trump and hillary clinton with her e-mail controversy. >>> massive flooding and we will tell you what is ahead for your memorial day weekend. a frightening scene for over 300 passengers april board a smoking airliner. the best beaches in america. a busy friday ahead! "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning and happy friday to you, everyone. thanks for joining us today. i'm betty nguyen. >>> today, president obama makes history and becoming the first to visit hiroshima since the united states dropped the first atomic bomb there in 1945. here are part of his remarks before his historic visit to hiroshima. >> this afternoon, i will visit hiroshima. this is an opportunity to honor the memory of all who were lost during world war ii. it's a chance to reaffirm our commitment to pursuing the peace and security of a war where nuclear weapons would no longer be necessary. >> nbc's ron allen is traveling with the president and has a preview from japan. >> reporter: a

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