. >> yes, good afternoon from hero shema. a dramatic day through out.re earlier and we thougsaw the streets were lined by japanese in anticipation of his arrival and his remarks. making history becoming the first sitting u.s. president to visit the city site of the atomic bombing. the president is here in japan for the g 7 summit but made his way into this direction earlier today stopping at the u.s. base and he met u.s. personnel and thanked them for their dedication and service to country. the memorial had people in attendance that killed 140,000. the pain of the past but a promise of the future without nuclear weapons. >> you must change our mind set without war itself to prevent conflict through diplomacy. the strive to end conflicts after they have begun. >> the president also meets with survivors he held hands with others. nagasaki was also bombed back in 1945 and they were over looked. the president made a point to mention them as well today. back to you in new york. >> live in hiroshima. thank you so much. 39 minutes after the hour. a criminal c

president, 11 of your predecessors decided against going to euro shema.t do you know -- euro shema -- hiroshima? what were they worried about that you are not? doh nonproliferation, how you communicate risks in a way that it will get resolved? it seems to get worse. americans are worried about terrorists with suicide vests. do they worry enough about nuclear mishaps which are unlikely events that could millions? are we paying enough attention to kim jong-un and things that are going on? all, ibama: first of will not characterize how other presidents were thinking about these issues. i can tell you how i'm thinking thet it, and that is that dropping of the atomic bomb, the ,shering in of nuclear weapons it was an inflection point in modern history. it is something that all of us with in one way or another. obviously, it is not as prominent in people's thinking as it was during the cold where -- the cold war, at a time our parents and grandparents were huddling under desks in frequent of as, but the backdrop nuclear event remains something that i think pres

we will head over to issue shema with a look at what to expect this weekend.sing up next, the oil continuing to dominate headlines. back with john one bloomberg markets: middle east returns. '♪ to oil, let's get back 50 bucks a barrel, first time in six months. we are in singapore with john to scroll, just -- john driscoll. a have had oil at 100 bucks barrel for quite a considerable length of time. i want to get your view here, how much demand destruction did that create? you say this is a supply-driven oil price currency. maybe it's because the demand is not where it used to be. what is your view? look backean, if we at the last major price correction in the second half of 2008, 2 thousand nine, you saw 2008,f a demand-driven -- 2009, you saw more of a demand-driven correction. at that level, you destroy demand. oil becomes unaffordable. you can't have things like subsidies. the sharpest correction i have from $150 toreer, $40 a barrel. as take this latest price correction in context. this has resulted in excessive non-opec supply, abundant inventories, as we

his --stion, and washing and watching his talk and hear a shema, is two-full. -- twofold.e has said there are no apologies for what the u.s. did, but there are still two completely opposite interpretations of history that go around the hiroshima bombing. if you walk into that museum that is outside the surviving that the -- dome president is visiting, you get a vision of history where the japanese are walking around hiroshima, there is no context to the work, and suddenly the bomb is dropped. if you talk to americans about this, if you look at the exhibits in the smithsonian that came up in the 50th anniversary and survived to some degree, what you get is a the decisionich ended up ending the war and saved tens of thousands if not hundred thousands of american lives. both of these, there are people who believe that there are reasons the japanese surrendered had more to do with the fear that as soon as russia entered the japanese side of the war, they would be able to do that, they would be invaded by the russians in the north and the u.s. from the south, and that may have

he was the first us president to visit the roe shema where hundred 40,000 people were killed, that fateful day in august.>> we stand here in the middle of this city and force ourselves to imagine the moment the bomb fell. we force ourselves to feel the dread of children confused by what they see. we listen to a silent prayer. reporter: in the past, the president has envisioned a world without nuclear weapons and he spoke about that today saying we need the courage to escape quote, the logic of fear. noteworthy that he did not talk all that much about the courage of the american gis who fought and died in world war ii. the president's visit to hiroshima has reignited the debate about dropping the atomic bomb. while some modern historians argue dropping the bomb at hiroshima and not a psyche was necessary, attend to spiking the football top military leaders we say we need to remember who we were fighting. >> fanaticism was incredible which led the us leadership to estimate that if in fact an invasion of mainland japan would be required, there would be over 1 million us casualties . reporter:

at the also lay a wreath humor shema peace memorial, becoming the first sitting president to visit a site where an atomic bomb was dropped during world war ii. the chair ofs," the armed services committee discusses the defense by thezation bill passed house this week, soon to be taken up by the senate. that is sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. now a house judiciary subcommittee hearing on the dangers of synthetic drug abuse. include parents whose 19-year-old son died after smoking synthetic marijuana known as spice. this is one hour, 20 minutes. >> the crime, terrorism, subcommittee comes to water. we welcome you this morning for this hearing on synthetic drugs. last week, the house took significant steps forward in combating the opioid epidemic in america. today, the subcommittee will examine a related, but equally important issue, the scourge of synthetic drugs in the united states. simply put, synthetic drugs are a prime example of how criminals can stay one step ahead of law enforcement. today, parents have to worry about illegal and synthetic drugs, many of which a

yvonne man joins us from issa shema. good to see on the program. talk us through the agenda.aders there in force trying to lead -- trying to leave domestic troubles behind. right to theis growth seems to be the theme that the prime minister is going to be delivering. the next couple of days during the g-7, that is going to be the big question. we are coming off of a dive. how frustratedaw the japanese were when he came to coming up with a shared strategy to target and? -- to target and takcckle this slow growth and we saw the friction between the u.s. and japan. the recent moves in the yen are not overly volatile at the moment. not showing support when it comes intervening on the end. on the flipside, yet the u.k. and the likes of germany not too spending.tra deficit that is the challenge come through for the chair abe. how is he going to push these issues through. here is what he had to say. determined to work closely with the united states and addressing various challenges of international committee based on our robust alliance. an alliance of hope between japan and the uni

japanese conservatives began to push for a forward leaning position, dr.firming japan's claim to tara shema. there were a variety of factors that played a role there. it was talked about as being the sense of being a small and insignificant island but in defending korean national honor and national security from japan unwarranted claim in 2005. and while the chinese government has been resisting -- these ideas were picked up by chinese activists going back to the 1960's, in 2012, we had the leaking thernment to the china century of humiliation. saying it had been stolen from china and that china has to defend. it is unacceptable to the chinese people that japan continues to exert control. so nationalism now has been tight to territorial issues in ways that are taking the history problem to new levels of tension. what does this all mean? what are the implications of what we are talking about in terms of regional security? jonathanrn back to caverley. i will make quick points. some people might think that these are two separate topics. in three very important ways, nationalism and arming inte

schultz: john, the president is not going to revisit the bomb your shema. -- hiroshima. he will lay a wreath at the peace memorial. people briefly to other grounds and deliver brief reports reflecting on his impressions. he will be joined by the prime minister abe. i do expect them to recognize the human toll of war, the special responsibility the united states carries as the only country in the world to use the nuclear weapon, and of course he will reaffirm the united states' commitment to working towards a world with no nuclear weapons. greg? reporter: you said there is no wiggle room. february -- president said was a multiyear appropriation with broad transfer authority. if you look at the history of how congress actually throw these words around, they'll most always put a year appropriation on these. what number does this administration need in fiscal year 2016? mr. schultz: that number is $1.9 billion. thank you for the opportunity to address this. what i meant by look over is that number -- wiggle room is that number we developed was not done willy nilly. it was ba