hiroshima's peace memorial on the motu yes the river part of the peace memorial park now a green space that used to be a city neighborhood. used to live there before it was obliterated on august 6th 145. 4000 people died horrific deaths here including hamas family his father mother and 2 siblings. do if you go over by father they were just hiding i couldn't believe they were dead i kept looking for them. for me this is not a peace memorial it's a graveyard. when i see people there it's like they're stamping on the heads of my parents and siblings she knew them when i was. just some i was 11 when the atomic bomb known as little boy annihilated hiroshima bomb i was staying with his uncle outside the city at 8 16 am he saw the flash felt the explosion and then the mushroom cloud rose in the morning sky. although. today is said to tell his story in a public interview series for a long time he couldn't bear talking about the bombing his family was dead but the subject was taboo in japan and survivors were stigmatized but that's changed. i still don't know what we're going to talk about ther

survivors and families of the victims laid down wreaths and offered prayers at hiroshima as a peace memorial park they also marks the moment the bomb hit with the sound of a bell followed by a minute of silence. for this years of ceremonies had to be scaled back a juge of the coronavirus and only a handful of foreign dignitaries attended the event it was also a broadcast on why. a few survivors are still alive today but their stories speak of horrors that will hopefully never be repeated. jiro home assuming it is. in japanese that means a survivor of the bomb. he was exposed to radiation in his mother's womb as she walked around ground 0 in hiroshima looking for his father. but his father had been killed. the part about us. if we don't speak the bombing will be forgotten as if it had never happened that's why we must keep the history and people's testimonies on record with us. on august 6th 1945 u.s. president harry truman gave the orders to drop an atomic bomb on the japanese port city of hiroshima. the blast and shock wave instantly killed tens of thousands of people tens of thousands more died

the bombing and its aftereffects survivors and families of victims late greets he or she most peace memorial park they also remember the moment the bomb hit went with a bell followed by a minute of silence the ceremonies were scaled back because of the global health emergency only a handful of foreign dignitaries attended. and a few survivors are still alive today their stories speak of horrors that the world hopes will never be repeated. jiro hama sumi is. in japanese that means survivor of the bomb. he was exposed to radiation in his mother's womb as she walked around ground 0 in hiroshima looking for his father. but his father had been killed. if we don't speak the bombing will be forgotten as if it had never happened that's why we must keep the history and people's testimonies on record of us. on august 6th 1945 u.s. president harry truman gave the orders to drop an atomic bomb on the japanese port city of hiroshima. the blast and shock wave instantly killed tens of thousands of people tens of thousands more died from strange new diseases caused by radiation. 3 days later the u.s. dropped a 2

august 6th, about 13,000 strings of handmade paper cranes are offered at the memorial in the peace memorial park, but there will be fewer cranes than usual this year. the coronavirus pandemic has led to a plunge in the number of visitors who bring origami to the site and fewer opportunities to get together and fold cranes. people from the local social welfare council and ten companies are working to add more cranes. four employees at a local bank headquarters in the city were threading the paper cranes on to strings. >> translator: we started making the cranes in the hope that we could do this while praying for peace. there will be fewer foreigners and tourists at the ceremony, but i thought it would be better to fill the memorial with a lot of cranes. >> more than 15,000 paper cranes have so far been made by those taking part in the initiative. they're scheduled to be put on display next to the children's peace monument at the park on wednesday. >>> and from 8:00 a.m. japan time on thursday, we will take you live to hiroshima for o our coverarage of the memorial ceremony in a special edition of

>> reporter: ahead of the 75th anniversary of the bombing, sako and kayo visited hiroshima peace memorial park together. they remember the more than 300,000 victims and the hope that such a strategy never occurs again. >> traralator: itt may not be possible to pass down all the memories of survivors, but i'll do my best to convey their hope for world peace to the next generation. >> reporter: the average age of atomic bomb survivors is now over 83. wartime memories are fading, and there are few opportunities to hear firirst hand accountnts. when kayo is certified as an a-bomb legacy successor, she'll join others working to keep those memories alive. >>> let's check out the world weather with our meteorologist tsietsi monare. so, tsietsi, a tropical storm has wreaked havoc in the u.s. east coast. what's the latest? >> yeah, the storm was quite intense. it was a hurricane just before it made landfall just a little over midnight on monday. and then as soon as it made landfall, it sort of downgraded. but the issue is it still brought some strong winds and also possibilities offed flooing. it's mov

killed more than 140000 people survivors and families of victims laid wreaths at erosion was peace memorial park today they also remember the moment the bomb hit with a bill followed by a minute of silence the ceremonies were scaled back this year because of the global health emergency only a handful of 4 dignitaries attended. a few survivors are still alive today their stories speak of horrors that the world should ensure never happened again. jiro how masoom e is a. in japanese that means survivor of the bomb. he was exposed to radiation and his mother's womb as she walked around ground 0 and he rose shima looking for his father. but his father had been killed. that put it with us. if we don't speak the bombing will be forgotten as if it had never happened that's why we must keep the history and people's testimonies on record with us. on august 6th 1945 u.s. president harry truman gave the orders to drop an atomic bomb on the japanese port city of hiroshima. the blast and shock wave instantly killed tens of thousands of people tens of thousands more died from strange new diseases caused by rad

normally gathered to commemorate the bombing anniversary, but this year's ceremony at hiroshima's peace memorial parkas keptt small due to the coronavirus pandemic. hiroshima mary because uma matsui addressed survivors -- hiroshima mayor katsumi matsui addressed a group of survivors and public officials. >> had at that nothing would grow here for 75 years, and yet hihiroshima a recovered, becomia symbol of peace. joined byore, we arare a survivor of the atomic bombing of hiroshima. hideko tamura snider. she was 10 years old when the .omb was dropped first her memoirir is titled "one susy of: a c child's memories hiroshima." she is a retired psychiatric social worker and founder of one sunny day initiatives. he joins us from medford, oregon stop we welcome you to democracy ,ow w it is a not a to have you hideko tamura snider. can you go back 75 years ago, 8:15 i in the morning, in your city of hiroshima. tell us where you were and what happened next. amy, fofornk you, inviting me. yes, i remember. almost 75 years, it is almost lilike yesterday. child, justipiest haven from thery soht before, seeking f

elderlrvivors marked the event at the hiroshima peace memorial park. the pandemic reduced turnout to fewethan a thousand, a fraction of past years. we'll return to hishima, later in the program. new york state went to court today in a bid to dissolve the national rifle association. the civil suit accuses top executives of siphoning millions of dollars in funds for personal use. state attorney general letitia james says it's a blatant violation of the n.r.a.'s non-profit status in new york where the group is incorporated. s clear that the n.r.a. has been failing to carry out its stated mission for many, many years, and instead has for greed, abuse and brazennd illegality. the suit a baseless attack ond second amendment rights. terrible thing, and suggested the n.r.a. move to texas. new campaign fundraising numbers are in, and president trump outpaced former vice presidentde last month. mr. trump and the republican national committee rep taking in $1bi million. thn campaign and the democratic national committee ought in $140 million. still, the two campa

peace park in hiroshima? >> yes. it was held at the peace memorial park but this year it has been significantly scaled down because of the coronavirus problem. so there were only about fewer than 1,000 people attended which is about 0.1 of the usual attendance. >> we understand the mayor of hiroshima spoke. what did we hear from the mayor? >> she said that despite the coronavirus scare that she called for world leaders to cooperate together more than ever and also called for leaders to visit hiroshima to see firsthand the reality of the atomic bombing so that they will be more likely to abandon nuclear weapons and also he noted that and asked for the japanese government to do more for -- to take leadership in playing the bridge between nuclear state and no nuclear state so that they will work harder toward a nuclear weapons ban. >> mari, you've been reporting this week on the survivors, the victims of hiroshima, how they have been stigmatized over the years in japan and this urgency to bear witness grows for the last hiroshima victims. how is the gov

if we have the powerpoint, that is me and masahiro in the peace park at the start, getting ready to go in for the memorial events on august 6th, 2012. the next one, please. that's our interpreter. you can see behind her the dome, which was the industrial production hall in hiroshima, that was nearly directly below the blast and was spared because of its steel and stone construction. it withstood the bomb, and stands as a mem yayale. the first question i was asked in japan, are you here to apologize? my answer to that was, no, i am here to honor the dead and listen to the living, in the hopi hoping that nobody ever on this planet does this again. it came up again, and masahiro jumped ahead of the question, and say if we asked clifton for an apology, he can ask us forren a apology for pearl harbor, and where do we go from there? then it becomes a blame game. next slide, please. i'm placing the wreaths at the back of an office building. the it used to be the site of the military police headquarters where 12 american prisoners of war of were being held. all 12 of them died. they were interned, buried with the

that is me and mozzarella yes sassy in the peace park it hiroshima at the start getting ready to go in for the memorial on august six, 2012. the next one please. this is you can see that's our interpreter sitting next to us. you can see behind her, the atomic bomb dome which was in industrial production facility in hiroshima that was nearly directly below the blast and was spared because of its steel and stone construction. it withstood the bomb, and it stands a memorial to the. bob occluded the picture because the first question i was asked in japan is are you here to apologize? my answer was that was no. i'm here to honor the dead and listen to the living. in the hopes that we don't ever do this ever again. the question came up several times and during this interview it came up to again and not zero as sort of for me and he jumped ahead of the question and. he said if we ask clifton an apology for nagasaki here summit, we can ask him for an apology for pearl harbor. then where we go from? there it becomes a a blame game. next slide please. a placing a wreath at the back of an office building. a used

host: what can you tell us about the ceremony that took place oday the peace park, is it, in hiroshima? guest: yes. it was at the memorialark. but this year has been significantly scaled down cause of the coronavirus problem. there were only about -- fewer than 1,000 people attended, which is about 1/10th of the usual attendance. host: the mayor of hiroshima spoke. what did we hear? guest: he said that despite the coronavirus scare that he called for world leaders to cooperate together more than ever. called world leaders to visit hiroshima, to see firsthand the reality of the atomic bombing so that they will to abandon pted their weapons. also he noted, and asked for the japanese government to do more r -- to take leadership in playing the bridge between nuclear states and nonnuclear states so that they would -- they will -- work harder toward the nuclear weapons ban. host: you have been reporting this week on the survivors, victims of her roish ma -- hiroshima. how they have been stigmatized in japan. and here the urgency grows for the last of hiroshima's victims. how is japan helping to preserving the legacy of those

that is me and masahiro in the peace park in hiroshima at the start getting ready to go in for the memorial that's on august 6th, 2012. the next one, please. and this is -- you can see behind, that's our interpreter sitting next to us, that's masahiro and me and our interpreter. you can see behind her and me is the atomic dome, which was the industrial hall in hiroshima, which was nearly directly below the blast and was spared because of its steel and stone construction. it withstood the bomb. it stands as a memorial to the bombing. i included that picture because the first question i was asked in japan is are you here to apologize, and my answer to that was no. i am here to -- i am here to honor the dead and listen to the living in the hopes that we don't ever -- anybody on the planet ever does this again. the question came up several times and during this interview, it came up again and masahiro answered it for me. he jumped ahead of the question and said, look, if we ask clifton for an apology for hiroshima and nagasaki, he can ask us for an apology for pearl harbor and where do we go fr

memorial events have been scaled back this year due to the pandemic but i small ceremony still took place in hiroshima prime minister i'm the mayor of the city we're joined in the city's peace park the few surviving witnesses of the horrific event that marks the blast with a minute of silence. the u.s. and japan are forever linked by the tragedy here's what people in new york city and hershey must say about the events of 945. take a drastic measure it's here and i like to say i feel like i haven't learned much about it so i just see the us. japan has just. done the not to listen more to brush up on. their members so long. was it ever sold. like harbor maybe pearl harbor had something to do with the us response to for over. yeah that's that's pretty much all i know of. where. the things are all terms of. it being justified i don't know i think it's tough to to blame people for the mistakes of history and see why something like that catastrophic should go like not an apology we're like better appreciate payoffs or retribution but obviously to some solidarity something to recognize that loss of life and a commemoration one way or another i'm look for reparations i'm native american

memorial events have been scaled back this year because of the planned but a small ceremony still took place in hiroshima prime minister in the marrow of the city we're joined in the city's peace park the few surviving witnesses of the horrific event they marked the blast with a minute of silence at. the u.s. and japan are forever linked by that tragedy but it seems the gap still exists in people's understanding of it. much. against the u.s. . japan and just. the consequence of war they brushed up. their numbers so long. was it a result. like harbor the pearl harbor had something to do with the us response to . yeah that's that's pretty much all i know. we're. fixing terms of. it being justified i don't know i think it's tough to blame people for the mistakes of history and see why something like catastrophic should go like an apology were like but preaching chaos or retribution but obviously you some solidarity something to recognize that loss of life. reparations one way or another i'm not for reparations i'm native american beef think of more get any that's not going to happen it's not going to happen for the japanese. japan is a strong relationship with the us including with th

peace park in here she ma? >> yes, it was held at the peace memorial park. but this year, it has been significant significantly scaled down because of the coronavirus problem. so there were only about fewer than 1000 people attended, which is about one tenth of the usual attendants. >> i understand the mayor of hiroshima spoke, what did we hear from the mayor? >> she said that despite the coronavirus scare, he called for more leaders to sort of cooperate together more than ever. and also he called more leaders to visit hiroshima, to see firsthand the reality of the atomic bombing. so that they will be -- to abandon nuclear weapons. he noted that and asked for the japanese government to do more for me to take leadership in playing the bridge between nuclear states and the non nuclear states so that they will work harder toward nuclear weapons ban. >> mari yamaguchi, you've been reporting this week on the survivors, the victims of hiroshima. how they have been stigmatized over the years in japan and here, this urgency to bear witness gross for last hiroshima v