together with president obama. -- in her oshima and nagasaki. -- in hiroshima and mega sake.i am convinced of this. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> at one point during this event, we saw president obama embracing one of the survivors. we also watched as he took a two or of the heart. is the first president to visit hiroshima. at the conclusion of the summit, japanese prime minister delivered remarks where he discussed the economy, the threat of extremism, and russia. this is about 25 minutes. >> on the tpp, it is important for all countries concerned and the domestic procedures as to be promoted has been agreed upon. the tpp will provide an opportunity for the japanese economy to grow in the medium and long-term. it will also strengthen economic ties of members. tpp, therefore, has strategic effects, benefits must be realized sooner so that i would like to promote the necessary procedures at the parliam

president barack obama says he will visit her oshima, japan, the city u.s. forces dropped an atomic bomb on at the end of the second world war. he is not expected to offer an apology, so what will he offer? good to have you with us. to sin, to slim, after decades of downsizing, germany has announced plans to expand its armed forces. it is a paradigm shift, 25 years after the end of the cold war. back in 1990, germany had 600,000 soldiers in the armed forces. today, they are just shy of 180,000 left as a result of a strategic shift toward a lean, tech savvy and mobile, modern army. they were significant cuts at the same time. the military commitment abroad has grown, around 3400 german soldiers are currently deployed in more than a dozen conflict regions around the world. we are talking about afghanistan to iraq, to the balkans and to south sudan in africa. germany's defense minister wants to add another 14,000 soldiers and 4000 civilian personnel. not everyone here has welcomed the plans. reporter: the defense minister visited nato maneuvers in poland . new

together with president obama. -- in her oshima and nagasaki. -- in hiroshima and mega sake. i am convinced of this. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> at one point during this event, we saw president obama embracing one of the survivors. we also watched as he took a two or of the heart. is the first president to visit hiroshima. at the conclusion of the summit, japanese prime minister delivered remarks where he discussed the economy, the threat of extremism, and russia. this is about 25 minutes. [speaking japanese] >> now he will give his remarks. >> i am going to start off i expressing in my capacity as japanese prime minister a heartfelt welcome to everyone who came here from around the world. abundant nature, delicious food from the sea and land. my hope is that everyone was able to fully enjoy japan's homegrown features. andshrine's solemn pristine air always makes me is moreif my posture straightened

was defending on the see that some of the commemorate the 50th anniversary of the --bings of her oshima hiroshima and nagasaki. i remember seeing all of these people i had been told about during my childhood were the real heroes of our society and whose books lined my father's bookshelves in our small apartment that we lived in as little kids. came.e day dan berrigan he was outside of the pentagon, just standing like anyone else. to me, it would be like saying lebron james, for some kids today were it would be like, oh, my god, it is father daniel berrigan. i went up and introduced myself to him. we were standing around and liz mcalister, of course is an amazing activist and just an incredible, wonderful person who also was phil berrigan's partner and one of dan berrigan's closest people ever to him, i think she realized i was a little bit swe struck and she said, kid, would you mind escorting father berrigan to go and use the bathroom? and this is pre-9/11, so i'm like, wow, i get to walk dan berrigan to a bathroom and i did not know it, but it was pre-9/11, we could actually go into t

all those who lost their lives during world war ii and in the atomic bombings. 71 years ago in her oshima and nagasaki, -- hiroshima and nagasaki, a great number of citizens lives were ended. many children and many citizens. dreams and beloved family. when i reflect on this fact, i cannot help but feel painful grief. even today, there are victims who are still suffering from the bombings. those who went through immeasurable tragedy, indeed in this city, 71 years ago it is unthinkable. but of those, this must be in common, that any place in the world, this tragedy must not be repeated again. it is the responsibility of us to live in the present, to inherit this deep feelings. we are determined to realize a world free of nuclear weapons, no matter how long and how difficult the road will be. it is the responsibility of us to live in the present, to make efforts. children who were born on that unforgettable day to make every effort, bowing for this light. this is the responsibility of this world to live in the present. we will fulfill our responsibility. hope for the people in the world. tog

then josh earnest on the president's upcoming trip to your oshima japan.later, senate hearing later, senate hearing on counterterrorism efforts in sub-saharan africa. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with new some policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, oklahoma republican congressman, tom tom cole joins us to discuss this week's meeting between speaker paul ryan and donald trump. he will also talk about disaster relief in the wake of this week's deadly storms in his state. then, new york democratic guzman, gregory democratic guzman, gregory meeks will be on to talk about issues before the financial services of one of her committees. congress and makes it sit on both committees. he will also discuss the upcoming election. the latest edition of mit technology review explores new genetic technology that could eliminate the mosquito species and eradicate malaria and about one year. we will be joined by the magazines biomedicine senior editor, antonio rigoletto. watch c-span's "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00 a.m. e

he confronted the consequences of using an atomic as he visited --oshima to remember instead its dead. host: addressing troops of the marine corps base near hiroshima. choreography intended to show strength as well as sorrow. he said the visit was an opportunity to honor the memory of all those who were lost in world war ii. his speech was not without some criticism and debate, for example, former alaska governor sale of -- sarah palin was highly critical of the visit as "the hill," notes. oursays obama was dissing vets, and that he believes the greatest generation was perpetuating the evil of world war ii. he said our commander-in-chief lying and -- suggestions to the world that we were wrong to prove that we would eradicate evil in world war ii. that's about the president's visit to japan that he was speaking at the site for the hiroshima tax yesterday. -- attacks yesterday. in our discussion about commencement speeches, we have patrick calling in from carnegie, and fling it. patrick, do you think commencement speeches are two political? should be more political. i have to correct t