the dispatches from baron oshima are golden. just an example, a couple examples, one of the biggest concerns that the allies had was, they had put together this huge deception program to help, or to convince the germans that the invasion across the channel was going to come at calais and not where it actually occurred. they learned from oshima through several different messages that he was sending back to japan that the germans had bought into the deception, lock, stock and barrel. in addition, in january of 1944, president -- excuse me. general eisenhower still had a general eisenhower still had a lot of questions about what hitler's atlantic wall consisted of. he needed to know about manpower, logistics, weapons, et cetera. and baron oshima went on a tour of installations early in the year. he sent back a long detailed report, and low and behold much of the information in that report helped to answer the questions that general eisenhower had been seeking to finally find a solution to. so the bottom line is, while purple fails

. -- in here oshima -- in hiros hima. kate moody explains. >> after hours of heavy rain, the hills around hiroshima gave away. the series of deadly landslides swept away cars, trees, and buildings, leaving a trail of mud, debris, and crushed homes. some victims were buried alive as they slept. others were lucky enough to escape. >> i woke up in the middle of the night. the corridor to the living room of my house was already flooded. i heard the sound of more water coming in, so i rushed out of the house. >> all we could do was gather up as a family and try to get away. the flow of mud coming into the house was very strong. >> some residents were airlifted out of their homes, while others waited for help. hase minister shinzo abe ordered hundreds of military personnel to join rescue operations in the western city. the mudslides were the result of orth of heavy rain falling in 24 hours. landslides are a common risk in mountainous japan, where many homes are built on or near steep slopes and torrential downpours make the gro

he insists that oshima departure has nothing to do with the scandal. >> candidates for chicago city council started kit circulating a petition yesterday, one candidate is a member of the daley family. patrick thompson of the city's water wreak acclamation tester commissioner, the grandson of meamayor richard j. daley. he's running to succeed 11th ward alderman richard balcer who is stepping down. there has been public speculation that balcer is being forced to make room for thompson. >> let me making one thing perfectly clear, i was not forced out. i have been here 17 years. >> this opportunity came up and he has served our community for 17 years and he has done a terrific job and he has a lot to be proud of a lot of accomplishments. i hope to build on the accomplishments that he is the fourth. >> aldon balcer says he wants to spend more time this family take better care of his health. he plans to support thompson in next year's aldermen collections. governor quinn signed a bill aimed at fighting discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace. legislation protect pregnant women and

what we see is here oshima, soviet invasion and nagasaki right on top of each other. it's a 1, 2, 3 combination punch that causes at least some portion of the japanese leadership to say, okay, it's time. as to what is the decisive blow, it's very difficult to decide which it is. and i tend to think really in terms of it's the sheer combination happening so rapidly on top of each other that really provides the psychological shock that let's the japanese leadership, at least some of the japanese leadership, change their thinking. but you raise a very good point. and there are some americans who say, hey, maybe soviet intervention. it's certainly worth a shot, right? negotiate and surrender. are the japanese offering anything that the united states can consider vaguely acceptable? >> no. >> no. add to that the united states is reading japanese diplomatic traffic. we've broken the japanese diplomatic ciphers, so they know they're seeking mediation and know the terms. and they know the terms are completely unacceptable. so there is not going to be a negotiated surrender. a

what we see is here oshima, soviet invasion and nagasaki right on top of each other. it's a 1, 2, 3 combination punch that causes at least some portion of the japanese leadership to say, okay, it's time. as to what is the decisive blow, it's very difficult to decide which it is. and i tend to think really in terms of it's the sheer combination happening so rapidly on top of each other that really provides the psychological shock that let's the japanese leadership, at least some of the japanese leadership, change their thinking. but you raise a very good point. and there are some americans who say, hey, maybe soviet intervention. it's certainly worth a shot, right? negotiate and surrender. are the japanese offering anything that the united states can consider vaguely acceptable? >> no. >> no. add to that the united states is reading japanese diplomatic traffic. we've broken the japanese diplomatic ciphers, so they know that japan is seeking mediation, but they also know its terms. and they know the terms are completely unacceptable. so there is not going to be a negoti

what we see is here oshima, soviet invasion and nagasaki right on top of each other. it's a 1, 2, 3 combination punch that causes at least some portion of the japanese leadership to say, okay, it's time. as to what is the decisive blow, it's very difficult to decide which it is. and i tend to think really in terms of it's the sheer combination happening so rapidly on top of each other that really provides the psychological shock that let's the japanese leadership, at least some of the japanese leadership, change their thinking. but you raise a very good point. and there are some americans who say, hey, maybe soviet intervention. it's certainly worth a shot, right? negotiate and surrender. are the japanese offering anything that the united states can consider vaguely acceptable? >> no. >> no. add to that the united states is reading japanese diplomatic traffic. we've broken the japanese diplomatic ciphers, so they know they're seeking mediation and know the terms. and they know the terms are completely unacceptable. so there is not going to be a negotiated surrender. a

i don't buy it, but anyway, the japanese had to consider august ther oshima, on august 8, russians enter the war, then not a sake -- then they surrendered. but had it gone on, the soviets had already begun an invasion of japan. had the war gone on another few weeks or another month or two, the old postwar time would have looked entirely different with japan. sovietould have had occupation and we would have had a situation much like germany. happen, so i recommend article by a good fellow named david lands who is a specialist in soviet war plans in world war ii about the invasion of japan. it is mentioned in my paper. what i have argued then is president truman was not as involved in the decision to use the bomb as subsequent literature has alleged all stop -- literature has alleged. he should not be blamed. the president roosevelt had may, a few months longer, june, july, august, i don't think anything would have been different. the bombs were ready when they were ready and would have been used. we would be looking at president roosevelt's role in the bomb. and have i stop there any ques