and one dogs a news story to biden's motorcade getting into yet a nother car accident that's at the end of the show but first today's top story. today marks the sixty fifth anniversary of the u.s. dropping the atomic bomb on hiroshima now it was a moment celebrated by americans when they used an experimental weapon to take down the enemy but neither japan nor the u.s. knew what consequences would come from dropping the atomic bomb until it already happened or to correspondent and office has a story. it was a top secret mission a new weapon of mass destruction scheduled to end a world war and muscle dechen balk would serve as the necessary evil guiding the atomic bomb to its targets. sixty five years ago the b. twenty nine bomber known as the enola gay dropped the world's first atom bomb on the japanese city of hiroshima three days later

a second bomb was dropped on the go saki the bombs would serve as the first human experiment of nuclear warfare setting off radiation environmental and lasting damages long after the dust settled back in bach twenty two years old at the time recalls that historic moment we move forward who going to do it was supposed to shorten the war. but we did not know how until the bombs exploded. we did not realize that this would lead to the cold war that was not a normal cavaleri or thought at that time and the hero's welcome he received when he came home i remember taking a photograph and i remember the flight back to tim. and the festivities that were started in honor of the crew of the you know it's a glorious moment for the united states a moment intended to save the world from the threat of communism

a justified moment and yet huge in order to sharpen the agony of war in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young americans. we shall continue to use it until we completely destroy and but the glorified end to a bloody war left deep scars on the receiving end more than one hundred thousand japanese civilians were killed in the initial bombing and hundreds of thousands of others affected for decades to come for the first time since the u.s. dropped a bombs on the stock in her roshumba the u.s. will be sending a representative to attend the commemoration ceremonies in japan however here in washington d.c. there will be no official apology from the federal government's however for some americans who have been living with the guilt all their lives they are apologetic i'm sorry for what we did. i'm glad that a representative is going there it does not surprise me that there is no apology remorse for americans who experience hiroshima and others who only read about it in

their history books came here where they reflect say a prayer and light a candle for those who perished i pray for. the american empire their violence is somehow legitimate because attack being exercised by the state that's a savage concept it has no moral sensibility and it has no legal sensibility. according to late historian howard zen the nuclear bombings were legitimized in the us as an easy acceptance of atrocities as a deplorable but necessary price to pay for progress and all inflicted death is evil and some degree or another this happens to be at the upper end of the scale of evil it seems to me and we haven't stopped doing really evil things we were at war with the japanese would have gotten this first they were not have been afraid to

use it on us sixty five years later the us remains defiant in its stance on the bombings a necessary evil to end the threat of communism to western civilization. today losing touch with the rest of the rules on the legacy they left behind in a decision to use the world's first nuclear bomb on a civilian population. washington d.c. . and this is pretty interesting because you see that turn out there and it wasn't large but sixty five years later the issue remains incredibly emotionally charged in japan i want to show you the images of the hiroshima peace memorial in japan so you can see the turnout there and this is actually the very first year as i mentioned a united states representative has attended the u.s. has never apologized for dropping the bomb on hiroshima and it still hasn't but perhaps maybe the tune of the u.s. is changing with this symbolic gesture of sending somebody joining me from our l.a.

studio and we'll have those images later of the japan ceremony so you can see just how many people this still affects but right now we're going to talk about what sending a u.s. delegation means i'm going to speak about it with tea party congressional candidate christoffersen if he's in los angeles thank you for joining us christopher do you think should the u.s. have sent a delegation to hiroshima. no it's very obvious why you don't do something like that i think individual contrition and personal remorse is one thing but for a government to actually send their own emissaries after the battle has been settled after the war has been concluded not only says the wrong thing that actually undermines diplomatically the whole purpose of going to war is known as a how so how does it say the wrong thing how could you send the wrong message when you're going to commemorate dropping the first atomic bomb that forever changed warfare killing one hundred forty thousand people instantly decimating an entire

city a one mile radius just instantly what's how can you how is showing sympathy a bad thing. sympathy is one thing but war is an act whatever means that you have to employ to draw a quick conclusion to it is what you have to do war is the ultimate expression of i said no and if they needed to drop a bomb on japan to get the japanese to change their mind about fighting that's the purpose of war and unfortunately we're living in an age now where people have an apologetic mindset rather than an understanding of what it actually takes to defend a nation what it was unnecessary row whoa hold on apologetic mind that the us has never apologized for dropping the atomic bomb on hiroshima it still does not and the state department reiterated that today despite sending a delegate that there is no apology here. right now if the government lets let's clarify my statement nothing united states government we have not the citizens have

this is an immense talent he that has pervaded our are our own national identity the fact that we can have citizens who may not have lived through the war actually have an attitude where well you know something since i was in fear i'm sorry that we actually had to drop this bomb or knew the the the whole purpose of this is again symbolic and not hold on a cent so you think that it is a bad thing for citizens in the u.s. to feel bad for dropping the atomic bomb on hiroshima and killing one hundred forty thousand people instantly. no it is our surlier and i preface my comments with that an individual can feel how they want about it but that individual's government after the battle has been settled is an entirely different thing so i disagree with the fact that we actually sent a delegation but your personal feelings on the matter can be what they are ok but

you also i have no problem you also seem to imply that this is an apologetic gesture but yet the state department has not issued an apology so what's wrong with commemorating and understanding what this means to japan. will listen when the government gets involved with making any kind of gesture they don't have to say anything this is an issue this is a symbolic excuse me this is a symbolic gesture power perceive this power cheap i don't have to make an apology i just have to be there and commemorate the moment and that's that's really what it is it you also said that diplomatically this undermines the us how so. because we are at a time period in our national history where we have more than one force kind of leaning on us right now we have an internal economic struggle that's going on we have an internal political struggle and then we have the geopolitics globally that never are constantly knowing at us we've got korea we've got china we've got the

middle east and this is just one more entanglement that can help set the stage as far as the world view is concerned and these things need to be considered this is not the know something i want is a bad thing how is this a bad thing how is trying to improve the u.s. reputation abroad on behalf of the obama administration how could that possibly undermine u.s. interests at a time when we are involved in two conflicts in the middle east for example and perception of the u.s. clearly matters. well first of all the fact that japan is an ally and we trade with them that's the clearest evidence right there that we have obviously mended our past so we don't need to go back and revisit what happened this sending an envoy to revisit this is outrageous it is an on necessary diplomatic routes and that's outrageous in japan as our as our ally and we're trying to mend our past why wouldn't we sent them i just don't see why that would even be an issue because jim japan's. remember us of the event is their own sovereign at they can do what they

want but for us to get in the middle of it being the victor in that situation sends another very different message and i'm sorry that maybe that was an articulated clearly but they are two different things japan celebrating it's one thing america sending an envoy there diplomatically isn't japan's under treaty and we won they lost is that simple we sent an envoy celebrating the defeat of the japanese i think it says the wrong thing become a great individual or. is we are remembering what a terrible teacher of a lie that everyone can understand is a tragedy what about looking for a nuclear nonproliferation is a priority of the obama administration and if they are trying to convince other countries that they should take that seriously isn't this exactly what they should be doing to show that there is a big a big repercussion to nuclear bombs to the nuclear threat. well

i think this is how this very clever way to go about it do i have a problem with that no i have no problem with the advancement of. bringing the global community together to discuss them business and global marland this is the clever way to ensure that it hiroshima situation never happens again then how could you refer you to the necessity of sending a delegate. simple because there's a difference between being clever and being intelligent liberals are clever clever is just motivated they're motivated to send a message intelligence number one never omits consequences down the road an intelligent person would not send a delegation for an event such as this a clever person might go we can slide in a social justice narrative right now and that's really what this is going to boil down to so i mean great folks get off the houses or else had an intelligent person get what would an intelligent person get wrath. tell an intelligent person would

let the japanese commemorate the issue how they want to and stay away from it and recognize that hey that was then this is now it's kind of like a parent who disciplines a child you can go back to that child after you administered some discipline and how that child will go you know i love you but this is why i did it. but to do this on a national level ok we dropped the ball we settled the issue the first that we came back in the open diplomatic relationships trade relationships should have said enough but to come but later but worldly chris i want to thank you all marine corps i want to thank you for weighing in with your thoughts sometimes though a child needs a big hug regardless of any thoughts otherwise i want thank you for joining us from los angeles on this on this topic still to come on the show the president is trying to put a positive spin on the latest jobs report out today but is there really anything to be upbeat about when the report shows no real growth in jobs of any substantial

amount lower than expected clearly we'll discuss that in just a moment. so . welcome back alona is still out so today you are going to get lauren unplugged another abysmal jobs report came out today for the month of july painting doom and

gloom for the american economic recovery with fewer than expected private sector jobs for a nother month in a row however you would never know about this depressing trend listening to the remarks from the country's chief executive let's take a listen. with those temporary jobs side there's no doubt that we saw another month of private sector job growth and that is obviously critical because when businesses are hiring again people start spending again that in turn gives businesses more and more incentive to grow but it also showed the sixth straight month of job growth in the private sector. all told our economy has created nearly six hundred thousand private sector jobs this year showing that july marked the seventh straight month of job creation in the private sector so jobs have been growing in the private sector for seven straight months. oh as may june and july for three months in

a row president obama has touted private sector job growth as an achievement for the economy seventy one thousand private sector jobs were created in july that was much below the estimate of ninety thousand that was expected june numbers how they also came back revised thirty one thousand jobs originally were believed to be created. i excuse me thirty one thousand jobs have been revised that's what was actually created eighty three thousand was what was initially reported and these drops in the bucket are touted as a chief ments amidst a recession that has cost the jobs of eight million people despite a stimulus that was supposed to help the long term unemployed is the highest it's been since the numbers were first recorded in one nine hundred forty eight the number of people on food stamps are at an all time high i mean this is an outrage why aren't heads rolling you might ask well obama's economic advisor christina

romer stepped down from her position to reportedly teach she predicted joblessness would be at eight percent after the stimulus of course it came in at nine point five percent for last month which is right around where it has been of course she made a big mistake but here's the problem economists and policy insiders i've spoken to argue she actually wields a little influence and interestingly is believed to have wanted a one point four trillion dollars stimulus much larger than the one that actually was granted and remember many economists believe that the stimulus was not large enough and that is the problem that is why we have not seen more growth my sources tell me her proposal for that larger stimulus the one trillion dollars one was shot down by higher ups never presented so where's the scrutiny of other stewards of the economy what about ben bernanke at the fed who some economists argue has done little to stave off the threat of no growth of deflation which many are warning of now my question is when does rhetoric and inspiring confidence just become

disingenuous. yes when do americans you know pay the price for what and who are keeping their jobs here to discuss this thompson from the atlantic i want to thank you for being here again these job numbers don't look at to me they seem to look good to the president of the united states who keeps saying private sector job growth at what point does obama's positive message become totally disingenuous and disconnected from the facts right well it is typical for presidents to be optimistic about the hand that their job and their sort of divided between being optimistic and all misrepresenting the situation right so what he's saying is technically true we have seen private sector growth last month it was seventy one thousand dollars seventy one thousand people you need something closer to three times that amount to keep up with population growth so it's not enough and i think if you talk to anybody in the boman ministration none of them would say

this is enough the longer using it is simply simply look this is progress considering that the economy was losing hundreds of thousands of jobs per month you know a year and a half ago this is progress do you think it's progress oh it's obviously better than it was if you look at it and i think you're better than nothing and i think it's better than nothing that is always less than expected and it i mean everyone is saying that the problem is joblessness the problem is the lack of job creation is this being addressed well it's very difficult for the federal government to create a private sector job talking with friends and my magazine i was trying to come up with the right the right metaphor for it we sort of decided it's sort of like a dog can't have a kid the federal government can actually create a private sector job it can only create public sector jobs let's talk about public sector jobs then a lot of the jobs that were lost or government jobs in july were at the state and local level fifty that's not something that the government didn't factor into something like that stimulus modeling when they were so off i mean that level has

been hit. so hard what do you think of that absolutely i mean look i if i had my druthers if i was advising the president i think i would have probably asked for a stimulus closer to one point two one point four trillion dollars you know the president is between a rock and a hard place he was working with a senate then that wasn't terribly excited about passing a trillion dollar stimulus plan and he's working with a congress now that certainly isn't very excited about passing more state it was a dog fight just to get twenty six billion dollars to shoulder more medicaid spending for the states so again it's a tough hand let me ask you you said if you were advising the president let's talk about some of the people that are so christina romer is departing she stepped down we don't really know what's behind that but how much just a matter because from what i understand she really isn't the one who wields a lot of influence and she may have gotten it wrong with the eight percent unemployment projection with the stimulus which you know yes you could fault her

for not having the right modeling however if she was one of the few people that would champing one point four trillion dollars stimulus which many argue is more what with needed are they getting rid of the wrong people are the wrong people getting stepping away from the table i don't know that that she was gotten rid of you know i don't know that that she was necessarily pushed and it's not clear that she jumped because she felt like she was ok fine if she attends down are the wrong people stepping down are the wrong people getting out you know i'm going to exactly i'm not exactly sure what each of the economic advisers to the president were asking in february january two thousand and nine i think right now you know having talked to people close to you know tim geithner. my sense is that they're just frustrated they know exactly what they've got in congress what they've got in congress is moderate democrats the entire republican party that doesn't want new spending and if we are going to have new spending it has to be offset by spending cuts or tax increases and you don't have an appetite for more. right bailed out of

store so then why is obama pressing congress when he makes these job remarks for a jobs bill and not sort of thing why not push the fed with monetary policy some people believe that the fed policy is the reason why we may be headed towards deflation that they've been too tight with money why isn't ben bernanke getting heat put on him right i mean look. the reserve is independent you know president obama can ask very politely but ben bernanke he doesn't have to do and why are we hearing him politely instead of just putting pressure on congress to pick which you argue isn't going to move you make a good point it's difficult right now you have the federal funds rate i think to point one in one thousand and two when we were covering from ninety three recovering from the early eighty's recession the federal funds rate was closer to eight percent. in terms of monetary policy we've we sort of use the ammunition we have it's very difficult without getting incredibly creative with working with longer term you know thirty thirty year interest rates. to to really have any

pressure on monetary policy so basically the u.s. economy is caught between a rock and a hard place when it's sort of about policy and what the federal government can do i think we're stuck in a bog i think it's going to be tough sledding well it will be interesting to see how we get out of this fog and even more tellingly how the people that we're supposed to listen to our public figures talk to us about it and i thank you for joining us thinking and china is working on a new weapon that has the rest of the pacific countries scared stay tuned to find out what it is and why it's so powerful and also what it's very interesting name it and the f.b.i. is taking on of all things wiki pedia they're mad that their logo is on the popular encyclopedia site and they want it removed stay tuned to find out how this that has turned into an all out war. the british. it's time to.

markets. to the global economy. for years the u.s. dominated the waterways with their superior ships and weapons aboard state of the art carriers but china go figure is competing for the top spot with their new missile the dongfang twenty one d. interesting name this missile is capable of being shot off from land or from

a carrier ship it travels ten times the speed of sound and has amazing accuracy now reports say although the missile is still in testing it's expected the weapon will be able to hit another carrier ship from a nine hundred miles away a very long distance so as word spreads about the incredible advancement in technology many countries like the u.s. are fearful of china becoming a dominating power in naval weaponry for years carrier ships have been considered the ultimate tool for the navy moving artillery which makes it an impossible target to hit well until this missile came along china has been known for years behind the curve when it comes to defense weapons so when the country revealed details on the dongfeng the world listen so what does this mean for china's military presence quite a bit according to several sources having a weapon in your arsenal that is capable of taking down the carrier ships is

something that other countries should be wary of but be sure to come back next week because we will have an interview to determine what this means for china's role among other pacific countries as well as for the united states. now the f.b.i. and the internet site are involved in a legal scuffle the f.b.i. is threatening wiki pedia with legal action if the online site doesn't remove the f.b.i. seal from its site now the seal is featured in an encyclopedia entry about of course the f.b.i. and of course as you know wiki pedia is an online encyclopedia it's run by a nonprofit group and is edited by the public the people you but we get the. isn't scared of the legal letter actually from the f.b.i. they responded saying they've discussed the issue with outside counsel and are prepared to argue their point in court has to stay a nonprofit telling the f.b.i. to go ahead and take them to court the f.b.i. says they did not authorize the site to use their logo and they contend the f.b.i.

symbol could be used to make fake badges and identification cards i mean really give me a break with the p.d.f. says that's false and no one on the web site would think they are presenting the f.b.i. on their page i really don't know how you could make an f.b.i. badge from a computer print out on wikipedia anyway it's still not clear if the fight which already made its way into the wikipedia entry on the f.b.i. seal of course will be taken to court for now the tech press is weighing in though often with amazement calling the battle childish blog system site says maybe the f.b.i. got wiki pedia confused with the wiki leaks site that's been causing a stir lately over leaked war documents either way if the case heads to court you can say that's your tax dollars hard at work. don't go anywhere there is still much more coming up on today's show n.b.c. is merging with comcast but it's making quite

a few people nervous about whether or not this deal could create a monopoly we'll talk with radio host sam seder about it after the break also we'll introduce you to one half of the rap duo their spin the lyrics over the wiki leaks case stay tuned to find out how they're using their skills to inform the public. for the. we've got. the biggest issues good voice ceased to face with the news makers. seven thirty am in the russian capital thanks for being with us here on our t.v. zero headline the death toll from the wildfires sweeping across central russia raises to fifty two more than thirty five hundred people have been left homeless smoke forest and peat bog fires the worst the city has ever experienced and choking

moscow when disrupting air travel forecasters predict the record breaking heat wave sports in the region is said to continue through at least next week. poland's new president promises of camarade speech sworn in for a five year term peace it seems like a chance he who was killed in a plane crash in russia in april how murawski is poland's fourth democratically elected president since the fall of communism twenty years ago meanwhile protests have broken out over a plan to move a memorial cross that had been dedicated to the former president. and russian president dmitry medvedev it calls for further reforms to the country's law enforcement agencies he also suggests a name change known as the middle east see essence one hundred seventeen he's proposed a return to the use of the term police force according to the president new legislation is needed to reflect public demand for a limit on these powers trust in the force has been marred by recent high level corruption cases in

a rogue officers involved in shooting sprees. those are the hour's headlines now it's back to the alone to show a recent u.s. media merger that has raised questions about an industry monopoly we take a look at what's behind the fears stay with us. it's time for our tool time winner tonight and it's a candidate who was running for congress in tennessee wait a year this v.j. kumar their areas he lost his bid for the republican nomination in tennessee's fifth district yesterday we have an idea as to why he may have lost you see instead of running on the issues like jobs or health care and education kumar ran an ad that appears to be calling for a war against islam take a look.