hiroshima and nawasaki attacks living. this year the average age rose above 80. the blast happened 600m in the air, 160 meters south-east of the hiroshima iconic dome. to prove a link between that moment and the present day illness, a link that could entitle you to aid. you have to prove as an adult or child or unborn baby, you were within 2km of that point, within 2km of that point within two weeks of the blast, or that you were where exposed to large numbers of contaminated survivors, or that you were living within a government-designated radio fallout zone this professor studied long legal battles that resulted. >> the initial radiation lead to 2km, within 2 kilometres. residual radiation will spread to a wider area. depending on the age and sex, and influence, it will be different. >> this person was 4km from the center of the atomic blast in nagasaki. for the last 20 years he's battled ill health, including two bouts of cancer. the government recognised the cancer as a-bomb related, not so a new serious heart problem. >> i can't silently watch my friends from elementary school die one after the other, i have to car

east. and three, 9 first use of nuclear weapon since hiroshima and nagasaka, a pretty daunting prediction. >> we say it may well lead to weapon. the reality of my dad described that this deal makes war more or not less likely. >> think about what kind of regime it is. they have violated virtually every agreement they have ever been a party to. i don't think they can be trusted. >> the book some an expanded version of op-ed that cheneys wrote for the "wall street journal" where the g.o.p. campaigning on. the rise of the islamic state is mr. obama's fault. >> barack obama became president he abandoned iraq. isis was created because of the void that we left. >> really the spread of isis >> professor:. >> the spread of isis was a direct result of the vacuum that was created when the obama administration withdrew all forces from iraq. we turned our backs on iraq. we had iraq in good shape by the time we left office. even obama said as much. >> initially it was president bush who agreed to troop withdrawal deadline although did he so reluctantly. iraq's prime minister nouri al maliki had objecte

dropping of atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki led to the end of the second world war in the artiste. it also -- in the far east. it also ended japan's ambitions. tokyo's aggression cost an estimated 24 million lives. on august 15, 19 45, a message recorded by the emperor a day early -- a day earlier announced the country cost surrender to a sided -- on august 15, 1945, a message recorded by the emperor a day earlier announced the country cost surrender -- the country's surrender. china and south korea suffered under japan's colonial rule. in beijing, people say abe did not go far enough. >> he should have apologized earlier. we've been waiting for it. what he should do now is improve communication and cooperation between china and japan. reporter: protesters made their feelings known in front of the japanese consulate in hong kong. they say words are not enough and are demanding action. >> the japanese army converted everyone's money in hong kong into military currency. they surrendered and left in 1945, but to this day, people have not been able to reclaim their money. reporter: activists say people are owed

east. mr. obama has been presenting his case at the american university. >>> japan is marking the grim anniversary of 70 years since the hiroshima atomic bombing. 55,000 people, including representatives from a hundred countries observed a moment of silence at the historic hiroshima peace memorial park. the bomb dropped by the united states in 1945 killed tens of thousands of people and changed the face of global warfare. jeffrey kingston is the director of asian studies at temple university and joins me live via skype from japan. thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. let's talk through the event itself and the significance of it remembering 70 years on. >> well, annually, they will have a commemoration ceremony about this being the 70th year. as the atomic bomb survivors are the average age is 80, i think that the event this year was a little bit more important, a little more poignant than it has been in recent years. august 6 reinforces japanese deep sense of passivist passivism. that's why the mayor and prime minister abe invited world leaders to visit hiroshima nagasaki to they can see what's at stake as they lobby fo

dropping of atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki led to the end of the second world war in the artiste. it also -- in the far east. it also ended japan's ambitions. tokyo's aggression cost an estimated 24 million lives. on august 15, 19 45, a message recorded by the emperor a day early -- a day earlier announced the country cost surrender to a sided -- on august 15, 1945, a message recorded by the emperor a day earlier announced the country cost surrender -- the country's surrender. china and south korea suffered under japan's colonial rule. in beijing, people say abe did not go far enough. >> he should have apologized earlier. we've been waiting for it. what he should do now is improve communication and cooperation between china and japan. reporter: protesters made their feelings known in front of the japanese consulate in hong kong. they say words are not enough and are demanding action. >> the japanese army converted everyone's money in hong kong into military currency. they surrendered and left in 1945, but to this day, people have not been able to reclaim their money. reporter: activists say people are owed

the memorial service for victims, we'll have a live report from hiroshima on the tributes and process. >> john kerry begins a tour of east asia, and today he met with the prime minister to discuss the expanding u.s. role, specifically the transspecific trade deal. leaders failed to finalise the agreement. today kerry hailed their progress on what he called a significant trade agreement history. >> we know this because people tell it to us. that our presence is not just welcomed, it's distinguished in many places. >> 70 years after the end of world war ii. we are promoting a stable, transparent and rules-based order for the 21st century that will encourage cooperation among all asian pacific countries. >> pacific rim nations account for 40% of the economy. kerry's next stop is malaysia, where he'll meet with leaders across south-east asia. they'll address security issues, chief among them the military expansion in the south-china sea. kerrry is expected to press malaysia on human rights, and reluctance to help thousands tranneded in the andaman sea this year. [ chanting ] >> reporter: protesters rallied outside malaysia's

lead to a nuclear armed iran, a nuclear armed race in the middle east and more than likely the first use of a nuclear weapon since hiroshimay similar to the claims about nuclear threats that cheney made to justify the iraq war. >> now we know they are out there looking for ways to develop deadlier weapons to use against us that they would like to get their hands on our nuclear weapon. >> dick cheney has zero credibility. it led to over 30,000 american soldiers being killed or injured but republicans listened to him. will they listen again? joining me now is john nickles of the nation and author of "the rise and rise of richard b. cheney" and ryan grim. thank you both for being here. john, do dick cheney's frantic washings about a potential nuclear strike sound familiar to you? >> they sound very familiar. 13 years ago in august of 2002, dick cheney was out on the speaking circuit talking about iraq and he was using very similar language to this, and it was really the first signal of how aggressively the bush administration would go to promote a war in iraq. we know how that turned out, we know how wrong dick cheney was tha

east asia. we also see the stopwatch there. the pocket watch. that is a very popular image. the bomb dropped at 8:15 a.m. in hiroshima. the clock stopped. also, it dropped at 11:02 in nagasaki. we did our first exhibit in 1995, we have replicas of the original artifacts. the museums have decided not to let them out. in some of these we have the replicas. >> what we have here are the famous mushroom clouds. the photos of the mushroom cloud. it is on august 6, 1945. and august 9, 1945. it descriptions were that was like a pillar of flames. it kept expanding. from the top of the column, you can see these bursts. they keep going up. it is enormous. the crew said that they could see the cloud from four hours away. looking back it was so high. we see the radioactive debris coming back down. it lands back on the victims. here, we have the view of hiroshima. it is a target for the bomb. you can see the t-shaped bridge. the bomb drifted. it missed the target. it landed over here. this is probably the most famous symbol. this is the old industrial pre-factory. this has been preserved. there was some debate over whether to preserve it. here, itart

east asia. we there is a crucifix -- see the stopwatch there. the pocket watch showing 8:15. that is a very popular image. the bomb dropped at 8:15 on hiroshima. clocks stopped. indr-- it dropped at 11:02 nagasaki. when a -- when we did our first exhibit in 1995, many of them were the original artifacts. some of them were so fragile that the museum had decided not to let them outside of japan. for that reason, some of these we have got the replicas instead of the originals. but almost everything is the original artifacts. here are thegot famous mushroom clouds. 1945.ust 6, and nagasaki on august 9, 1945. the description for them, especially from those on the plane was let it was like a pillar of flames shot up into the air. from thept expanding top of the column, the pillar you see these additional burst that keep going up. 40,000 feet into the sky. an enormous. the crew of the enola gay said that they could see the cloud from four hours away. you could still see the cloud looking back, it was so high. there was a lot of radioactive debris swept up in the cloud. some came down as black rain. here, we see the view of hiroshima city. they though

lead to a nuclear-armed iran, a nuclear arms race in the middle east and more than likely, the first use of a nuclear weapon since hiroshima liz is a former assistant attorney general for the secretary of state. welcome to both of you. mr. cheney, let me ask you. the white house says it will do the opposite, prevent iran from obtain agnew clear weapon. why are you so sure that no deal is better than this deal? >> i think we can get a better deal. that is to say i think you need to look back. if you look at the original deals, those were all legitimate objectives. they were dumped during the course of the administration and the concessions that were made by barack obama and his team are not only dealing with a nuclear problem but they also deal with ballistic missiles, nonnuclear conventional weapons that were never intended to be pa rt of the negotiation bus in an effort to make concessions to the % iranians they made con sexes in several of these areas as well. >> but this is the world, p 5s 1. >> i think if you look at the united states, for example, you've got over 70% of the people in the united states oppose the deal

hiroshima. up next, the somber ceremony this morning in japan. >> good morning. we are looking at the east bay and southbound 680 traffic looks good, passing mission, and heading down to san jose. we'll tell you more about the morning commute when we come back. . >> we have a lot going on. another system is approaching, which is going to give us the possibility of more showers and thousands. we'll talk about that coming up. happy anniversary to me it's safeway's anniversary... happy anniversary to me but you're the one who's gonna save some serious money. happy anniversary to me right now with your club card usda choice ribeye steak is $7.99 a pound 32-ounce gatorade is 69 cents and select quaker cereal is $1.49 happy anniversary to me. safeway's huge anniversary sale! it's just better. >>> the bombing is credit as the event that ended world war ii. japan's prime minister attended today's ceremony in hiroshiam as well as the u.s. ambassador to japan, caroline kennedy. john kerry met with the japanese foreign minister today. they are both in ma laboria for a regional summit. kerry was asked

east. we'll examine the hard feelings china and south korea has with japanese aggression during the war >>> also using the atomic bomb. critics say the destruction of hiroshima and nagasaki was a war crime. was it necessary to end the war? and the proliferation of those weapons since 1945. plus surviving a nuclear blast. one woman in her own words - what she saw and her message to the world. those stories in "the week ahead", plus the headlines in the next hour. hopefully you'll keep it here on al jazeera. plenty ahead. >> we'll see it then. >> well for the first time n.a.s.a. is preparing to display wreckage from the shuttle colombia and challenger. an an exhibit at the kennedy space center features two pieces of debris - one from each shuttle, and artefacts from the 14 killed in the flight. called "forever remember", it focussed on how the astronauts lived, rather than how they died >>> next al jazeera america triple crown winner american pharaoh returns to the race track. we tell you whether his winning streak continues. and a medical break through - two women donate parts of their livers to help save their mother's lives. -- father's life. stay with us.