. >>> dutch van kirk has died. the last surviving member of the air crew that dropped the atomic bomb on hiroshima. he was the navigator of the b-29 bomber enola gay. he set the course that led to the release of the bomb august 6th of '45. in later years he believed nuclear weapons should be abolished. theodore "dutch" van kirk was 93. >>> with head injury awareness on the rise, in ways that could change the game of football, the ncaa has reached a preliminary settlement in a class action

van kirk issued a public statement with the pilot in 22005. they said they felt no remorse for carrying out their mis. >> allied lives, japanese lives, prisoners of war would have suffer and, on a net basis, the bomb did save lives. >> van kirk was the final survivor of the crews of the two planes that dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki. a land sliez had hit following torrential rains. it has reportedly swept away scores of houses and more than 150 people have been tripped. federal rescue workers are being hampered by continuing rain and roads are delivering to the villag >> time now for a check of the residents in rumania are seeing many areas inundated with severe floods. >> i first want to start off showing you this video of weather out of rumania. we have been seeing that severe flooding where hundreds of villagers had to be evacwaited. three are still missing as a result of all of this rainfall. up to 180 millimeters over the past few days. nearly 200 residents had to be forced to flee their homes. this is actually one of thes

theodore van kirk died monday.was 93. >>> the legal fight between an ex-professional wrestler turned politician and a late navy s.e.a.l. is over. former minnesota governor jesse ventura won a $1.8 million judgment against chris kyle. the jury sided with him in claiming that kyle defamed him in his best-selling book "american sniper." >> the end result i'm pleased with because my reputation is restored now, what's left of it. >> the two-year legal battle concluded tuesday in a federal courthouse in st. paul, minnesota. >> sure you're nervous because any time a jury is out for over a week, you have no idea what's going through their minds. >> reporter: the jury voted 8-2 in favor of the former governor. he brought the suit against navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle who fabricate add story in his book about punching out ventura in a bar. >> there weren't any witnesses who saw me get hit and knocked down. >> reporter: it wasn't just the alleged punch. he said it started when ventura made a comment at a s.e.a.l. wake quoting "s.e

. >>> dutch van kirk has died. the last surviving member of the air crew that dropped the atomic bomb on hiroshima. he was the navigator of the b-29 bomber enola gay. he set the course that led to the release of the bomb august 6th of '45. in later years he believed nuclear weapons should be abolished. theodore "dutch" van kirk was 93. >>> with head injury awareness on the rise, in ways that could change the game of football, the ncaa has reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit by former athletes. millions would be monitoring what the sports world now calls concussion management. >>> sooner or later, i guess we can rely on science to solve most of our problems. researchers at stanford have taken a big step toward designing a lithium anode battery that would triple or quadruple battery life in all of our electronics. it could also help with some big ticket items, like all electric cars and storing power on municipal grids. >>> when we come back here tonight making a difference. and a young boy on

van kirk died yesterday of natural causes in georgia. he was 93.s in washington state faced a big challenge today. a hiker fell down an embankment. first responders decided the only way to get him out was to hoist him up to the high steel bridge 420 feet above the river. the hiker suffered a broken leg and some bumps and bruises. and then there are the two indiana women run over by a railway bridge and lived to tell about it. the video from the engineer's perspective was released today. the women were trespassing on the 80-foot-high bridge earlier this month and there was no way to escape the locomotive. the engineer feared that he killed them, but they weren't hurt and were last seen running to a car. well, they're fond of sand dunes and salty air. the seals that have fallen in love with old cape cod. that's next. your sacrifice and thank you for your bravery. thank you colonel. thank you daddy. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance can be one of them. if you're a current or former military memb

theodore van kirk was 93.navigator on board the enola gay, the plane which dropped the world's first atomic bomb on the japanese city. on august 6th, 1945. an estimated 140,000 people died. mr. van kirk sat for an interview in 2010 that he hoped atomic bombs would never be used again. >> one of the good things to come out of it, people have seen the devastation that atomic bombs can create. and keep in mind that our bombs were midgets compared to the ones they have today. but i want people to recognize the dangers of a nuclear bomb and the fact that they can destroy the world, if they are released. i would hope that atomic bombs will never again be used for any reason. >> well, let's take you to bristol now. we speak to the author and documentarymaker gordon thomas, a friend of theodore van kirk and once took him on a visit to hiroshima. how did what happened to him on that day affect his life? gordon, can you hear me? >> i can hear you now. >> i was wondering how his life, theodore's life was affected by the

theodore van kirk was a navigator aboard the enola gay. helped bring about the japanese surrender to end world war ii. he spoke with cnn about the mission in 2012. >> 43 seconds from the time we dropped it at 30,000 feet until the time it exploded at 18,000 feet. the first thing you saw was that large white cloud that was well above our altitude. if you looked down at the city of hiroshima it looked like a pot of boiling oil. >> the point is we dropped the bombs and saved a lot of lives. we and the japanese would have had a blood bath. if we had invaded japan. and they knew we were coming. they knew where we were going to land and they had their guns waiting for us. >> after he left the military he got married, had four children and got his masters in chemical engineering. his son says his father had no regrets about the hiroshima mission. van kirk was 93 years old. >> let's get the latest information out of libya. the country quite frankry is a mess. military fighters stormed a special forces base in the libyan city of benghazi. at least

van kirk was 93 years old. >>> new deadly unrest in china's turbulent western region.nese state media report that dozens of people were killed monday when police shot at a mob, a group described as a knife wielding gang attacked civilians and government officers, there are longstanding tensions in the region between chinese and muslim. >> also in china, they are praising the former domestic security chief and is now under investigation for corruption. >> if indicted he would be the most senior figure ever to face such charges in the history of modern china. >> in a one sentence announcement, the ruling party dropped a political bombshell in china. once an untouchable leader, now investigated for suspected serious disciplinary violations. likely ensnared as part of a massive anti-corruption drive. >> i think the significance of a move on the part of the chinese government, it will be a departure from a policy they've had for many years of not taking action against people at the top of the chinese leadership, so one of nine top people in china, to bring him down is very

theodore van kirk died of natural causes. he was 93. he was the navigator, on the aircraft that dropped the bomb on hiroshima. >>> this week is 100 years since the start of world war i, and in the first person report we talk to photographer peter mcdermott, who makes composite images of iconic places connected to the war to show you how much has changed a century lair. >> in some ways the research as fascinating. i spent a lot of time going through the archives, finding something that is in existence. the main point is bringing together a way that is interesting to people. and to make it seem relevant to today, tooling it to places that some people will be familiar with. the differences are better explained visually. there is great differences in the technology used in war, between then and now. i wasn't looking for contrast. but sim larities. in some of the places little has changed in 100 years. shooting the images in london, france and belgium over the last few months has been fascinating. sometimes moving. to be standing within a fe

theodore van kirk was a navigator of the enola gay. the b-29 super fortress dropped little boy, the world's first atomic bomb, over here oshima on 45,0006, 1945, killing people. in the 2005 interview with the associated press, dutch van kirk said that his experience showed dot wars and atomic bombs not solve anything and he would like to see the weapons abolished. he was 93 years old. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. on booktv's "in-depth," former republican congressman from texas and presidential candidate ron paul. conversation as he takes your calls, e-mails, and tweets, live for three hours, sunday, august 3, at noon eastern. tune in next weekend for mary frances berry. author michael korda is our guest in november. and in december, american enterprise institute and noted musician arthur brooks. 'sn-depth," on c-span2 "booktv." american artifacts on american history tv. this weekend our visit to the national security archives at george washington university reveals declassified documents about the gulf of ton

theodore van kirk was 93 years old. >> a scare at a phoenix airport overnight after a smooth landing.uquerque touched down safely. as it was taxiing an indicator light in the cockpit showed smoke on board. more than 60 passengers evacuated to the tarmac, exited through the main cabin door, walked down the steps before taking a bus to the gate. and here is a tough day that only seemed to get worse. that kid see him there leaning on his mustang. a texas cop wrote him a speeding ticket. look at that. a pickup truck sideswipes the car. the pickup driver drifted on the road apparently distracted by a spilled soda. cited for several violations too. >> guess he didn't get out of paying the ticket there. crews are gaining the upper hand against the fire near yosemite national park. now 34% contained. firefighters have been helped by helicopters which dumped water on the danger zone. evacuation orders have been lifted. about half of the nearby residents. meantime, crews in los angeles working 'round-the-clock to clean up a different kind of mess on the ucla campus. a 90-year-old walter main li