. >> richard thornberg has been governor less than three month when he began to confront the possibility of a nuclear catastrophe. it was the worst accident in the history of the nuclear industry. when the first call came in to thornberg at 8:00 a.m. wednesday morning march 28th, no one suggested the dimensions of the problem. two hours later, the lieutenant governor was so reshured by the operate or, metropolitan edison, that he announced that everything was under control. but then in that same afternoon in a spot check at the state capital, the governor's own inspectors picked up abnormalal readings of radiation. the search for truth was under way. >> watch the hour long investigation on three mild island this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. eastern. only on "american history tv." next on "american history tv," you u.s. army war college professor tillman biddle discuss the challenges the powers faced. we hear how the united states and great britain responded to foreign and domestic problems and how that eventually enabled them to win the war in 1945. the new york military affairs symposium host

>> richard thornberg has been governor less than three month when he began to confront the possibility of a nuclear catastrophe. it was the worst accident in the history of the nuclear industry. when the first call came in to thornberg at 8:00 a.m. wednesday morning march 28th, no one suggested the dimensions of the problem. two hours later, the lieutenant governor was so reshured by the operate or, metropolitan edison, that he announced that everything was under control. but then in that same afternoon in a spot check at the state capital, the governor's own inspectors picked up abnormalal readings of radiation. the search for truth was under way. >> watch the hour long investigation on three mild island this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. eastern. only on "american history tv." next on "american history tv," you u.s. army war college professor tillman biddle discuss the challenges the powers faced. we hear how the united states and great britain responded to foreign and domestic problems and how that eventually enabled them to win the war in 1945. the new york military affairs symposium host