>> most people see that the nagasaki bomb came so quickly after hiroshima. the japanese were still in discussions about what their response would be. i do not think their decision making was sufficiently clear cut. what is clear is the americans, who had not conceded on the matter of the emperor before hand, once the japanese sued for peace, gave an assurance that the emperor could stay, subject to the authority of the american occupation commander, who was of course going to be douglas macarthur. that was a quite substantial qualification of the emperor's role, so, sure, they were saying that the emperor could stay, but it was going to be a different type of emperor than had existed prior to the japanese surrendered. >> one of the reasons that has been lost as to why, we were prepared at that date to accept some role for the japanese emperor. i think that had a great deal to do with our concern about whether the japanese people would indeed laid down their arms -- lay down their arms or whether they would continue at whatever level to fight the occupation.

the 1990's which were the necessary cause more deaths in iraq than were killed in hiroshima and nagasaki combined. terrorism was beginning to be a problem both of these are put in two high order, of course, by 9/11, which said it was also massively exaggerated. i call a massive extrapolation. osama bin laden and al qaeda represented a fringe group of a fringe group in 2001. fairly desperately trying to keep their names on the map. they were rejected by most violent jihadists because they were crazy. they thought they were stupid and immoral. the texted 9/11 basically suggest that was the case and then a massive crackdown on al qaeda. al qaeda still continues to be persistent problem for some people. probably less than 200 people running around in pakistan, according to a fair number of analysts, including american and egyptian intelligence. and although their fears about reconstitution and so forth, al qaeda basically is essentially nothing since 9/11. there has not been a single real al qaeda central operation anywhere in the world as far as i can tell since 9/11. if you count people wh

. >>> president obama hopes to become the first sitting president to visit hiroshima and nagasaki, the cities hit by u.s. nukes during world war ii. it won't happen when he visits ya japan this weekend. he says his schedule is full. in the past presidents have avoided the cities so they don't appeal critical of the decisions to drop nukes. many think it saved lives ending the war. >>> another astronaut accused of attacking another woman over an ex-boyfriend may take a plea deal. lisa nowak will be in court in florida. prosecutors say the deal has some conditions but they're not giving the details. nowak pleaded not guilty to attempted kidnapping and other charges. the woman she allegedly attacked is expected to be there today as well. that ought to be interesting. >>> new this morning, basketball legend kareem john allan muhammad has -- kareem abdul-ja has revealed he has cancer. >> he was not only one of the greatest basketball players of all time but also a star in movies like "airplane" and tv shows. it was shocking to hear the 62-year-old saying he has a rare form of blood cancer c