president truman's grandson, clifton truman daniel, also participated in the discussion.his event was hosted by the japan society. it is about one hour and 10 minutes long. >> it's a very exciting time to be involved in nuclear abolition, that is getting rid of all nuclear weapons. there has been some signifigant the martial islands last week filed a suit in the international court of justice against the nine countries that have nuclear weapons for their failure to negotiate in good faith to abolish nuclear weapons in the world. there's also been two international conferences recently where 120 citizen groups have called for a complete ban of nuclear weapons for humanitarian and environmental reasons. they call for a ban because nuclear weapons breed fear among nations. they don't build security. thech the they have the capacity to destroy all life forms on earth. all complex life forms on earth. they divert funds from health care, education, social services. finally, before i introduced our guests, i'd like you to close your eyer

our first is clifton truman daniel. would you like to come up? [ applause ] >> he is the grandson of harry truman, the only person to order the deployment of nuclear weapons on a civilian population in the time of war. is here because he is dedicated to see they will never be used again. i believe that your grandfather is very proud of the work that you're doing. you will also hear from reiko yamato from hiroshima. he is a shining example of dedication. since the atomic bombing she's devoted her life to working in japan to assist atomic life survivors with a lifelong health consequences of radioactive fall out and worked on the global , stage for nuclear abolition and is speaking at the united nations today. >> it's also my honor to -- michio.e to bash [ applause ] >> he has come to us via a japanese organization that travels the world looking for peace and environmental justice. in addition, it raises money and gives material aid to people affected by natural disasters. [ applause ] >> we believe that you have the right to know about the world t

our first is bclifto clifton truman daniel. e oto come up. [ applause ] >> he is the grandson of harry truman, the only person to order the deployment of nuclear weapons in the time of war. i believe that your grandfather is very proud of the work that you're doing. you also will hear from yamada from hiroshima. he is a shining example of dedication since the atomic bombing she's devoted her life to working in japan to assist atomic life survivors with a lifelong health consequences of radioactive fall out and worked on the global stage for nuclear abolition and is speaking at the united nations today. >> it's also my honor to introduce michio. plauz la [ applause ] >> he has come to us via a japanese organization that travels the world looking for peace and environmental justice. in addition, it raises money and gives material aid to people affected by natural disasters. [ applause ] >> we believe that you have the right oto know about the world that youeñ live in and that all people should commit themselves to abolishing nucle

our first is clifton truman daniel. would you like to come up? [ applause ] clifton is the grandson. he's the only person to order nuclear weapons to be used on people. clifton doesn't want them used again. clifton, i believe your grandfather is very proud of the work you do. you will also hear from yumada from hiroshima. he's a shining example of dedication. since the atomic bombing she's devoted her life to working in japan to assist atomic bomb survivors with a lifelong health consequences of radioactive fallout. she also works on the global stage for nuclear abolition and will be speaking at the united nations later today. >> also my honor to introduce michio hakarea. he has come to us via the peace boat traveling the world working for peace and environmental justice sharing stories for others ravaged by war. in addition they raise money and give material aid to people affected by natural disasters. we believe you have the right to know about the world that you live in and all people should commit] nuclear weapons that could destroy life on e

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. >>> next, president sherman's grandson, clifton truman daniel joins survivors from hiroshimao to discuss the lasting legacy of the nuclear attacks that ended world war ii. this event hosted by the japan society, is an hour and ten minutes. >>> the top new sorry of the entire 20th century, beating out the landing on the moon, the attack on pearl harbor, the wright brothers first flight and other very prominent stories and events that occurred in the last century. along with the morns of the story of the atomic bombs of japan has comp over the last five decades or so enormous and often highly acrimonious controversy, both among scholars and public. i think it's safe to say the issue of the atomic bombings is arguably, and i would say a strong argument, the issue of the atomic bombings of japan is the most contentious debate in all of american history. i don't think we're going to settle it today. but i hope we will advance our knowledge of the subject, shed some light on some important issues and perhaps lower the volume of ill will that all too often has been a prominent part of this cont

. >>> next, president sherman's grandson, clifton truman daniel joins survivors from hiroshimao to discuss the lasting legacy of the nuclear attacks that ended world war ii. this event hosted by the japan society, is an hour and ten minutes. >>> the top new sorry of the entire 20th century, beating out the landing on the moon, the attack on pearl harbor, the wright brothers first flight and other very prominent stories and events that occurred in the last century. along with the morns of the story of the atomic bombs of japan has comp over the last five decades or so enormous and often highly acrimonious controversy, both among scholars and public. i think it's safe to say the issue of the atomic bombings is arguably, and i would say a strong argument, the issue of the atomic bombings of japan is the most contentious debate in all of american history. i don't think we're going to settle it today. but i hope we will advance our knowledge of the subject, shed some light on some important issues and perhaps lower the volume of ill will that all too often has been a prominent part of this cont

clifton daniels. would you like to come up? clifton is the grandson of harry trumanas was told, the only perp in history to deploy nuclear weapons on a civilian population in times of war. clifton is here because he's dedicated to seeing they are never used again. clifton, i believe your grandfather is very proud of the work you're doing. you'll her from reiko, yamada. lifelong health consequences of radioactive fallout. she works on the global stage for nuclear abolition and will be speaking at the united nations later today. it's also my honor to introduce michio hakariya. he has come to us via peace boat, a japanese organization that travels the world working for peace and environmental justice, sharing stories with others ravaged by war. in addition peace boat raises money and gives material aid to people affected by natural disasters. we believe you have the right to know about the world that you live in and all people should commit themselves to abolishing nuclear weapons that could destroy life on earth as we know it. this is why we do the work that we do. go