thousands of people working on the manhattan project they built three cities and here's and no courage tennessee los alamos. new mexico and hanford washington just to produce to research how to make the bombs and make the materials and from which to make the bombs so this effort i have been going on a long time ever since the beginning of the war and einstein wrote about it over franklin roosevelt saying that it might be possible to make an atomic weapon so all this had been going on and we had started preparing to drop the atom bomb in the fall of one nine hundred forty four before we even had a bomb we were with we were if you were about poker player you'd say you're betting on the come so that's what happened then they had a test of that one of the first atomic bombs and. i want to go to new mexico

on july sixteenth of one thousand nine hundred forty five after that that everything started getting hotter and everything of that time and we knew we were going to have a weapon to drop so then we had a paradigm we had already been preparing to drop it so if we don't know how to drive and by this time we never would the day before we had a briefing in the morning and then they told you to go bag it's and sleep because you have to take off at two forty five am everything started at two forty five and so then you went back and. to get some sleep and i would nobody slap how they expected so you're going out drop the first atomic bomb and then go get some sleep eight o'clock at night they came and got us finally and then took us over and gave us the final breakfast in a sort of business i call the final breakfast they call it the mission breakfast and then over to define a briefing where they gave you the latest medal bed that road data folder where all

the air sea rescue ships were and everything of that type any final things that day you needed to know so then we finally finished all that we get on the airplane it took off very simple he went once he got up on the plane what was it like how are you feeling it was easy because everything went exactly according to plan there wasn't a surprise in a whole bunch and with what we had prepared for and had been expecting and everything of that type all this time you could see the city of you can see the coast of japan from a good two hundred miles away i mean maybe a hundred miles away you could see the city of here seem from fifty miles away so you just went in and turned on the bomber on now but this time was in the ball but there is sands and you set there and waited for the drop when the drop came the plane surged because you had somebody lost ninety four hundred pounds and timbers took over manual control again and made the turn to get away from the bomb the

biggest thing that we were concerned about was is just bomb going to work because this was a bomb that had never been tested this was you know a uranium two thirty five bomb that had never been tested the one they tested was approved tony a bomb so it wasn't going to work or wasn't going to work and it took forty five seconds from the time the bomb left the airplane until they exploded everybody was sitting there time again some way shape or form i had a watch so i knew what the time was that other people were counting one thousand and one one thousand and two and so forth and. somebody the bomb went off and you saw a bright flash of light in the airplane if you knew the thing at work and the only question then was why was i going to do it in the airplane so we were going away from it this time we got putting distance between us and the bomb kept out up after a little very short time we got the first shock wave which is measured about three

and a half g.'s you up there in washington you know all these military people you know what a three g. is and everything of that type so does seem like much to a fighter pilot but if you want to be twenty nine at thirty thousand feet seemed like a hell of a job so then we turned around after you work so we weren't going to my shock waves we turned around the look what had happened and the shock wave of the city of hiroshima was completely covered with smoke and dust and you could not you knew a tremendous amount of damage had been done underneath that plowed there and everything but you could not see what it was when they tested the first atomic bomb in new mexico as you mention robert oppenheimer his of course the mastermind behind the manhattan project i read a quote for having he said you know few people cried it must first silent how did you feel when that bomb detonated and i was happy to work that's number one you know we had been in a long war we had been attacked by the japanese the japanese people were

not nice people in those days my next door neighbor who was a prisoner of war all the time has more stories about this to tell him i can tell but we had to but time death march the all the casualties we took on the solomons and the sort of thing that i wanted the policy of the united states government at that time was to subdue the nation of japan and i was willing to do anything i could do to help that out. and that was my policy also was to that country was trying to subdue japan and i was trying to do all sorts subdue japan let me make one comment here the japanese you know today are not the japanese we fought during world war two the japanese that they are nice people and everything of that type we've had japanese students living with us in our homes in

california for many many years and they're in to. can ask for better but the japanese during world war two are not that nice of people and that's all say about them do you think that the japanese people will ever be able to forgive thing americans after all this destruction and both thresh managua saki or i don't know all their world are not afraid of a pretty fiber if i had been living and here is the american i guess saki at that particular time i probably won't forgive me either because those people suffered an awful lot but whether they will accept it or not dropping the atomic bomb saved their lives and our lives japanese lives if we had had to invade japan the japanese casualties would have been much much much much higher and our casualties would have been terrific you know they're still giving out purple hearts

that were made to give a wild in the invasion of japan we still haven't used up all the purple hearts that were manufactured at that time it was not a nice war fifty million people got killed during world war two and they all have bad stories to tell about it and hindsight do you think that there was any way to avoid it using the atomic weapon any other options that would have achieved the same call three main options one was to put a blockade around japan and start of the people the death how do you a star of people of death already living on one thousand calories you can't do it. a second and then yeah the two options were dropped the atomic weapons or put a pull scale invasion into japan the atomic weapons weather had quis all the no less casually overall than if the invasion of japan would have done and if you ask any g.i.

that would disturb anybody then it was in a service over and over the pacific and you have a little of the atomic bomb and i think my next door neighbor come over here when he found out what i did a dump in the atomic bomb and he came over here six o'clock one morning pounding on my door says i just found out what you did you save my life and i says are you proud of my door at six o'clock again the i thought i won't say but big that's all i can say but everybody is in the pacific at the time says will come up to me and say you saved my life do you regret being on that mission that dropped the first ever atomic on i regret we ever had to have made so i regret every mission i had over europe and everything of that type i dropped a lot of bombs over there to kill people and probably killed seventy million but do i regret the atomic mission i regret we had to do it as a fellow here yesterday and what was it he was saying that the japanese should apologize to us for making us drop the atomic bomb that was a new twist on things i never had heard before but i don't regret that we had to do

it but i think we had to do it nordic and the war with a minimum loss of life so you know of course that she would have nuclear warfare is still very relevant today as the threat of nuclear war still lingers is there anything that you would like to say the politicians today that are control as as the world's nuclear stockpiles i can i say to any politician any diplomat anybody in any five. area of authority today i would like never to see another atomic weapon used but i'm afraid we're going to we will not see it by russia or we will not see it by the bay ger powers or anything else i dread the day when the terrorists are going to get clear weapons because they are not near as thoughtful of. the consequences of nuclear bombs as we are as major powers are and they will toss in

a wild like matchsticks i'm afraid my last question for you if world war three broke out today god for bad and you were given the same order if you were they said go drop an atomic bomb on whatever city would you do it again if everything was exactly the same as you had was then that's the point where you'd get i know it's not possible to really duplicate things that precisely but if the same situation existed again exactly as there as it had back in one thousand nine hundred five yes i would go on it i would volunteer for about some other fact i don't want to go to war. for bush. you know but. always by one vote for kerry for

character so the people that are going to be validating this machine can stand there all day long and vote for somebody and it will be right every time but the guy can walk up here and if he hits the right buttons. they can flip a vote that. says. first create. second. in the. third the remaining machinery. is. legal on our team. they faced this is not

a good warm. day for. everybody is sure to support. they have no idea about the hardships the group face to. play. with. the army. is the most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism. but you have to live a. real life stories from world war two. hundred forty five. the russian emergencies that minister is warning of radiation risks as well fall is spread to the region contaminated poling chernobyl it's been going to produce

radioactive hole schools and the x. prize elsewhere are saying this will sign it. but i'm his last going to. warning us. but the ceremony will be overshadowed by calls to keep a memorial cross and dedicates to the late president who was killed in a plane shooting. in sixty five years on the ocean or is remembering over one hundred thousand victims of the walt does atomic bomb attack in the seventeen nations that joined the stolen sarin many including with us to tens and spy the usa which drops the nuclear weapons on japan. next to the sports highlights without injury.

hello and welcome to this post news and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes. siberian express russian side to make the playoffs off the beaten him a soul in cyprus on the way. while trading top places defending champions through green leaves their captain. a senior used to lead lead is a neat. tiger is in trouble at the golf championship with his number one status under threat. the start of the football west of beer have made it into the europa league play off french squeezing past apollo in the solo in cyprus on the way goes through the siberian side leg in the first leg at home and even though they lost three one last night it did make it to an aggregate and i still went through on that away to go through. with a vital strike beer supply most of the gang men are having camille sent self after fifteen minutes for using and also going through very gala taseer i use

ventus and this also made it a c. outlaw with two one i wouldn't win as i stood guard edge moment that mccarthy be on the way it goes to school determined to make the group stages of the competition but perhaps the biggest performance of the night went right. across the first leg of the third quarter final the moment the press three one but they turned things upside down in the second leg to be bringing the strike from history. and then turning effort. into the next round if they draw on a good three. meanwhile brazilian side international are through to the final. a couple of it to doris they lost two unassigned pile-o. in the second leg of their semifinal many a finish to two are not good but international do you go through on that away go through again it was the host to open the scoring thirty minutes in time pilar

a group of people. very making it one nil this is level mathison after the break though they go once again k k yeah sounds very good on the end of the show and the make it one one two minutes later because the vieira found himself mocked in the area and stayed calm enough the ball passed the goalie to give his side a she won victory but by the looks international. green in the first leg result means they were playing mixed club keepers in the final. my back in russia spot at moscow was still trying to persuade celtic. join them with a very ducati of contract but while they were waiting for his answer but another new signing argentine defendant nicholas put arrow on could feature and he could feature in the crunch game against league leaders and eat at the weekend his flooded me spit back. nicholas baraka is given a map of moscow as

a present from some russian journalist the media didn't want their argentine defender to get lost in the big city and how about the record certainly won't have a lot of time to explore russia's capital at least not in the early days but there is and why it's struggling to break into the leading group the premier league however hard work doesn't scare the core much as when you all get banned then that . sparked off a great team i'm happy to be here as you know what i've already noticed is that when you park your server skillfull encourages me i can't wait to make my debut for the club and the people they are the easier it is said to be around ten meaning your wrists and the defender will wear number nineteen at his new club off limits to wide side we don't understand the need and says scott just signed a defender in a four year deal and likely to carbon is fully aware of purpose advantages. pre-measured come in the well we needed a strong center back i mean our defense has been below par so far this season we

just hope people just real quickly still in their motion but i certainly won't be the last spot duck some signing as the most go plop by doing all they can to bring i didn't like the movie stadium the russian giants are ready to provide i wished i was a personal driver border guard and cool however my d.d. hasn't made up his mind yet but one thing's for sure he won't be able to help sort out in this sunday's clash with arch rivals eat where the muscovite side has a perfect chance to get their own campaign back on track but he missed their walk to i see matt the captain of the defending russian premier league champions three being khazan has made to legally descendants any and have been looking to strengthen the position of defensiveness for joining the semi singing todd dismissing a long finding it's an attempt to make sure thirty four year old sumac has paid to sky high sounding manager if someone asked us whether through being inspired more.

four hundred matches in the russian prime league scoring ninety seven goals ceci that was also captain of russia when they finished in the semifinals at the european championships in two thousand and eight. when the oilers are streaming times to have says fabregas the mess quad in the twenty three year old paid in a public training session and they don't go in speculation of a move to boston right now so far the spanish champions have focused by the gunners to sell left on the field their careers remain about his future at the emirates for manager awesome going to the high priest to keep robert gas in his side and the past are finally kind sincere of the way as it's been five years since aston last lifted a trophy. that was where russia's biggest basketball star andrei kirilenko is currently in moscow at the moment as the utah jazz forward attended a promotional abang secular lincoln nicknamed the a k forty seven was on hand at the pulpit under the bridge playground at the event which preceded this a squeaky basketball tournament that the team russia captain will miss this month's

world championships in turkey due to health reasons for still things ali of his current national campaign. as i said it was a local scene here but with all the photos for the lawsuits it's it's needed i have to make good to see you just meet you remember what you change it every day in the season on the spot three months which is you know a lot long long time with the playoffs you know it's it's really easy so as to think about that he was there with you it is. really a very gritty multiplication it's. a story with our heart there with regards to the coach talked about right there i am not afraid to tell us the missions we talk to all the days and the thing i like it's a huge. very good gender streetside so everybody at the same page coach is players all the stuff they want to feel like want to play and they really want

your heart to be really what you would wake up ready to. staying in moscow the newly formed russian olympic committee convened for the first time. and its first decision came from the olympic head alexander as you called him suggested reducing the executive board so twenty people had been selected to play to lead russia's at least two hundred twenty twelve and twenty fourteen in the pics the body also passed a project called the strategy for the development of the russian olympic committee which includes changing the regulation of the green on the long term development of the links poles in russia. i'm very pleased that almost everyone has approved a document on the development strategy for the next ten years and that's for the first time in this history of the can i use for some of the oldest federation non-government organizations and regional members support our strategy for me the most inspiring thing from this meeting is that there is

a clear understanding that only top russian between government and non-government organizations can produce success and the only game we have is providing excellent facilities for our fleets so they can concentrate on their performances. now in other news tiger woods has had a shocking start to the world golf championship in ohio a tournament he needs to do well in to keep hold of his number one ranking he carded a four over par seventy four to like tied the seventeenth place in the field of just eighteen one a must it wasn't going well when on the eleventh day when a big diff it came back down off his club and hit him on the head and he wasn't having much luck on the greens oh meanwhile one man vying for that number one world ranking is u.s. masters champion phil mickelson strikes off the overall ready to have a. lot of self shot a six under sixty four in his opening round in westwood who could also take the number one spot is seven shots back. and finally one stage of the european track

racing championship will be held in russia for the first time this weekend the race what a. place near the western city of smolensk while some muscovites there were any getting ahead a head start and checking out the competition scene i'll go ahead progressing showed off their vehicles in red square while the championship so russian driver alexander evolve was busy answering questions from curious tourists yet the race organizers seem to be the drivers concerned as he would love to make russia a permanent stage for european truck racing. three years ago we started with the russian driver through give all to russian drivers assurance in the european directories and i started three years ago as i said before. we are very successful with him we work very good together with the russian. the russian t.v. we promote europeans like this also here in the russia and alexander is very

helpful in this side and he's a very very nice guy all the team members love him and they like to work together with him. and that brings us to the end of the small for the moment so we've got more feel a bit later on next life is the weather on a hot. issue is that so much different each musician on. what is culture powerful than ideology today with the rise of an emerging economies is the way prone to more clashes.

one of the key elements of democracy which is so i'm comfortable for me a fourth. who pays for the news. how dependent is this independent media. and who is behind the t.v. story. charge of media fiction and reality.

first. a clear cut. second explosives are used to blast a baby or the material. third the remains by machinery. finally. is deposited in vallecito. top legal on a hard. fifty. fifty five. ft. wall fall is give more coals now heading to the region to terminate ground radiation raising fears it could spread into the.

i'm stacy bevan's a moscow region or a wildfires have the story part of a village join me for details coming up. as well commits do you need or all the months of mourning for the link you choose done in a fool's plain tragedy. is due to be inaugurated spolin you president but the ceremony is more. in central warsaw joining us from the polish capital. sixty five years on her remembering overall hundred forty thousand people who were killed by the first ever atomic with us attending the ceremony for the.

very good morning to you this is live from london i'm honest habits the russian emergencies ministry is warning of radiation risk. get closer to the area affected by the chernobyl nuclear disaster the fear is that kid to disturb the contamination in the ground and spread a wind well that's. his business he's in the mosque a region for us one of the most affected by the blazes stacey it's a warring concern isn't it what's being said about how the families could potentially affect this ground radiation. good morning to you alice just the focus is the southern region because the fires are now heading south and the minutes ministry is concerned is that fires could go towards the forest in the region which is what has been contaminated by the ground so has been so the concern is that.