this will be the biggest commemorative event since the bombing of hiroshima and the bombing of nag -- nagasaki days later. we're going to hear from the mayor of hiroshima who is going to be talking about what he calls the humanity of the use of nuclear weapons. what we've also been told by the director of the peace museum here in hiroshima is that this is going to be the last big commemoration event in which many survivors will still be alive. their average age rose above 80 this year and we've been hearing from some of them in the last few days. >> for decades he kept the most agonizing images trapped in his mind and now they surround him. recently he's been committing his memory of the hiroshima bombing to canvas. >> the baby was facing off with its arms extend like this and to me that represented the a-bomb. i remember it. he was seemingly unscathed as if someone had placed it there. such cruelty. >>reporter: on august 6th, 1945, a u.s. air force bomber took off from a pacific island carrying the first a.comic -- you destructive power they released and a few days later, another u.s. bomber

dropped a second more powerful bomb on nag nagasaki an estimated 70,000 people died.faced with the eminent destruction of his nation the emporrer announced the unconditional surrender ever the japanese military. in a statement, the prime minister expressed deep remorse over japan's past. china and south korea say it didn't go far enough. >> reporter: he didn't find about the ceasefire until to days after and it made little difference to him or his comrades. a 16-year-old, his nationalism long gave way to the war. his war would last two years as longer after the war as a soviet prisoner. >> i didn't kill an enemy or but the military i joined invaded other countries and i was its member. that is a truth. it was military aggression. >> reporter: 70 years on they are in a debate how large the history should cast. today his message is one of piece and condolence. >> reflecting on our past and bearing in mind the feelings of deep remorse over the last war i earnestly hope the ravages of war will never be repeated. with all our people i pay my heart felt tribute to all of th

could take his place at a talk he was scheduled to give to junior high school students visiting nag nagasaki. he agreed but when he arrived at the site and saw all the students staring at him he immediately regretted it. unraveled by the students' fear of making eye contact with him and what he thought was their revulsion, yoshida stood before them and told his story. some students began crying, and when he looked up at that them, he nearly burst into tears himself. afterward, many of the children expressed their appreciation to him. yoshida, however was so shaken by the experience that he returned momentarily to silence. but not for long. in his ongoing effort to accept his disfigurement, yoshida came to terms with the fact that he could not change what had happened to him or how he looked, and he decided no longer to let his shyness get in the way of speaking out for peace. outside the nagasaki atomic bomb museum in 2007, yoshida turns towards the crowds of uniformed talkative students lining up for tours and presentations by survivors. he locates the group of students that is scheduled to

another bombing at nag gay zack can i three -- nagasaki three days later pushed japan to end world war ii. caroline kennedy was at the ceremony. >>> in wisconsin, a candlelight vigil marks three years since the massacre at a sikh temple. a white supremist, also an army veteran, opened fire inside a temple south of milwaukee. six people were killed and four others wounded before the gunman killed himself. >>> mystery surrounding a man behind a memorable voice who serenades passerbys on the streets of manhattan. he is missing. his family is searching for answers. eyewitness news reporter jim dolan has the story. the you a temperature wind and winter wind have come and gone. >> reporter: gary russo gained a bit of fame for his lunchtime breaks. he would put on a show it's up to you, new york, new york >> now suitly russo is missing. >> it's not like gary. he has two daughters, a lot of friends and it doesn't make sense. he has performances still coming up. on july 28, about 1:15 in the morning russo left the home he shares with his sister-in-law. she heard him leaving. >> i looked out the

nagasaki. she says it's her mission to become a storyteller who can pass on these first-hand experiences to younger people. she had a traumatic encounter on her first visit to nag cake for a high school excursion she met this woman that lived through the bombing and went on to recount her experience. she was in a shelter when the bomb detonated over the city. louisiana year she had another opportunity to meet her. hannah felt certain she was on the right road. she said, wooer the last generation that can listen detectly to those who seen the atomic bomb. i felt strongly i needed to do something, maybe to become a storyteller in the future. since then, she has visited nagasaki every summer to hear stories from survivors. but this year was different. she went on a tour of buildings that have been preserved as monuments to the atomic bombing. her first destination was the cathedral. there she met a local student who volunteers at a tour of the building relic. together they traced the scars of the bombing seven years ago. >> you can see the stone sculpture without its head, arms or fingers him they were all osplit rated instantly by the bomb. >> kawsaki explained t