that was written by william lawrence.o he is there for all of the testing, and i wish my writing were as good as williams is but you get to read some of his in the book. then he is brought to the ibis was there with the crew. he's not allowed on the first flight because it's obviously the first flight and they just had 12 men and they were not going to spare an extra seat but he does in that going on the second play, the nagasaki flight so he is there and describes as a first-person witness the detonation of the second atomic bomb in warfare, and he's a great character and it's a delight to read -- think about,, how do you describe the first atomic bomb blast? how would you describe the tasks? having to describe scene and atomic bomb take out the city? he doesn't masterfully. >> sure does. the surprising thing, it's almost like a postscript that you wrote about, chris, was that i guess there was a movement several years later to pull the pulitzer prize from him and the "new york times" because of the arrangement that had

advanced studies and social sciences at the doha institute in washington the states we have william lawrence is a visiting professor of political science and international affairs at george washington university and in beirut we have dahlia again and she is a resident scholar at the carnegie middle east center welcome to you all a male can i come to you 1st is the military now calling all the shots in algeria. well you know it has been a year then to plan has been the negatives has a president and what we can see is that there hasn't been any kind of true when will all of the leadership systemin all jeff and actually even be far to boom when to feel caught arrived at the head of the country in $1000.00 that there was already a problem of leadership so the current feeling now. is that there's a kind of effect seat nisar on the names that we're already heard in the ninety's during presidential system was the new presidential prisoner president to blunt has shown that it is not sustainable as long as the army is really in charge of the country well we have had been absent from the country for a

with the biden administration towards peace and stability in the middle east let's bring in william lawrence he's a former u.s. diplomat and currently professor of international relations at the american university joins us via skype from washington d.c. we have great to have you back on the program so how significant then is this arms sales freeze by the u.s. and why is that bad ministration doing this now do you think. well there's sort of 2 stories here one is that it is entirely normal as the administration is saying to review such weapons sales when a new administration comes in with i'm usual is all of these public statements and all of this turmoil including tweets by senators you know and all and all the brouhaha around it that that's quite a typical it's very likely that these sales will go through but it's the way in which the children ministration hastily went through a whole bunch of quid pro quos relating to the abraham accords and other he actions at the end of the ministration created a circumstance by which he even if the democrats and b. vitamins trishna agree with the arms

working closely with the new biden ministration towards peace and stability in the middle east william lawrence is a professor of international relations at the american university he thinks the sale to the u.a.e. will likely go through. well there's sort of 2 stories here one is that it is entirely normal as the administration is saying to review such weapons sales when a new administration comes in with its own usual is all of these public statements and all of this turmoil including tweets by senators you know and all and all the brouhaha around it that that's quite a typical it's very likely that these sales will go through but it's the way in which the children ministration hastily went through a whole bunch of quid pro quos relating to the abraham accords and other hasty actions at the end of the ministration created a circumstance by which he even if the democrats and the by the ministration agree with the arms sales there's a kind of bitter taste in their mouth about the way in which trump went about it and that's really what's under review and so what happened last year in the year bef

paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence william and jack herb man go hung out. >> they work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'd get >> there's a new holiday shopping tradition, and shop and dine in the 49 is inviting everyone to join and buy black friday. now more than ever, ever dollar that you spend locally supports small businesses and helps entrepreneurs and the community to thrive. this holiday season and year-round, make your dollar matter and buy black. >> president buell: please call the roll. >> clerk: [roll call] this is the recreation and park commission meeting of december 17, 2020. please note that due to the covid-19 health emergency, and to protect the board members, the city employees and the public, that the meeting rooms at city hall are closed. however, the commissioners are participating in this meeting remotely at t

paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence william getty and jack herb man go hung out. >> they work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'd getetetetetetetetetett lesb ri >> by the time the last show came, i was like whoa, whoa, whoa. i came in kicking and screaming and left out dancing. [♪] >> hello, friends. i'm the deputy superintendent of instruction at san francisco unified school district, but you can call me miss vickie. what you see over the next hour has been created and planned by our san francisco teachers for our students. >> our premise came about for san francisco families that didn't have access to technology, and that's primarily children preschool to second grade. >> when we started doing this distance learning, everything was geared for third grade and up, and we work with the little once, and it's like how were they still p

paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence williametty and jack herb man go hung out. >> they work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'd get . >> president yee: of the 26 neighborhoods we have in west portal, it's probably the most unique in terms of a small little town. you can walk around here, and it feels different from the rest of san francisco. people know each other. they shop here, they drink wine here. what makes it different is not only the people that live here, but the businesses, and without all these establishments, you wouldn't know one neighborhood from the other. el toreador is a unique restaurant. it's my favorite restaurant in san francisco, but when you look around, there's nowhere else that you'll see decorations like this, and it makes you feel like you're in a different world, which is very symbolic of west portal itse

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times" and goes to see the editor and he says i would like -- because he knows about lawrence -- i would like to get williamlorenz and i would like him to basically disappeared off the face of the earth and i want him to go inside. he's going to get the greatest story of all time. i'm trying to remember i don't think he told the editor with the story was. i'm sure he didn't, but basically the editor said imagine that today is a general went to the times and lorenz is basically told you will have the greatest story of all times but you will not be able to tell it until we tell you you can. any news man would rebel at that idea of this great story. he hung out in los alamos and was part of it all and he was there when they tested the bomb and he had a genius and we quote at great length from some of the dispatches that he wrote and truman announced the whole project but his writing was fantastic and he came up with the phrase maybe you've heard it before. it was written by william lorenz. and so he's there for all of the testing. i wish my writing were as good as william lorenz, but you get to read some of it

paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence william and jack herb man go hung out. >> they work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'd get >> mayor london breed:good morning, everyone ssmentsd today we have 27,000 cases of covid-19 that have been diagnosed since the beginning. 249 people are hospitalized and, sadly, 235 people have died from covid in san francisco. we are now almost three weeks past christmas and nearly two weeks from new years and we are still seeing a post-holiday surge in our covid cases. dr. colfax will go through the numbers, but a few things to note. while our cases are still higher than ever, the rate of increase isn't as severe as we saw after thanksgiving. this is some good news and it means hopefully that people are following the health orders. however, we started this holiday at a more precarious point. so even a lo

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paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence williamrb man go hung out. >> they work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'd getetetetetetetetetett >> by the time the last show came, i was like whoa, whoa, whoa. i came in kicking and screaming and left out dancing. [♪♪♪] >> hello, friends. i'm the deputy superintendent of instruction at san francisco unified school district, but you can call me miss vickie. what you see over the next hour has been created and planned by our san francisco teachers for our students. >> our premise came about for san francisco families that didn't have access to technology, and that's primarily children preschool to second grade. >> when we started doing this distance learning, everything was geared for third grade and up, and we work with the little once, and it's like how were they still processing the informatio

lawrence. >>> that is tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. ♪♪ good evening once again. day nape of the biden administration. the state of our nation is such that the fortress of the capitol building following the january 6th insurrection may soon be made permanent. and the speaker of the house is rather ominously warning, the enemy is within. today the acting chief of the capitol police department recommended the fence remain around our capitol building indefinitely, and that there be a back-up force always stationed nearby to bombed to any such violence. this violence follows the warning about the potential of attacks by those inspired by the assault three weeks ago now. an attack even donald trump's former defense secretary now says was, quote, fomented by the former president. all of it in service to the big lie. since january 6th, a lot of members of congress are reporting, 32 members of congress have now asked house leadership for more protection. >> we will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when the

williams. >> well, good evening. thank you, lawrence. please don't go anywhere. i'm coming right back to you after i say that day 1448 of the trump administration was disgraceful and dark and sad and humiliating and embarrassing for our country because an angry mob took over the u.s. capitol with seeming ease as to how this dark day we all witnessed in our country has affected the business at hand, the business we started watching early this afternoon before this happened, before a mob took over the center of our government. that's where my friend laurwren comes in. for people who have been not entirely dialled into the coverage tonight, can you tell us the state of may between the two houses of congress and how today's mob has affected tonight's vote? >> well, we've already seen that it cut in half the support for what they wanted. they went up to that capitol today insisting basically that people vote in favor of these on sque -- objections and in pure vote terms what they accomplished was a stronger vote against what they wanted. a stronger vote against the ex

lawrence. >> that is tonight's last word, the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. ♪ ♪ and good eveninge again, day 9 of the biden administration and the state of our nations such that the fortress may soon be made permanent and the speaker of the house is rather ominously warning that "quote the enemy is within." the acting chief of the capitol police department recommended the fence remain around our capitol building indefinitely and that there be a back up force always stationed nearby to respond to any such violence. >>> this follows yesterday's warning from our own department of homeland security about the potential for attacks by those inspired by the assault three weeks ago now. and an attack even donald trump's former defense second said was fomented by the former president and all of it because of the big lie. a lot of members of congress have received threats to their lives while in washington. and back home in their districts. 32 members of congress have now asked house leadership for more protection. >>> we will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when

lawrence. >>> that is tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour with brian williamsministration. the state of our nation is such that the fortress of the capitol building following the january 6th insurrection may soon be made permanent. and the speaker of the house is rather ominously warning, the enemy is within. today the acting chief of the capitol police department recommended the fence remain around our capitol building indefinitely, and that there be a back-up force always stationed nearby to bombed to any such violence. this violence follows the warning about the

lawrence. >> that is tonight's last word, the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. ♪ ♪ and good eveningf our nations such that the fortress may soon be made

lawrence, thanks for having me tonight. >> thank you. tim gosar get tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now.wi >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,455 of the trump administration, 7 days until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. it's now been exactly one week since insurrectionists, american citizens, looted and desecrated our capitol.nsto this dark day in modern american history now takes its place among all the other dark days we have witnessed over these past four years. this president will now leave office having lost the house, senate and white house, having lost re-election, having lost the popular vote twice. as of today and as children will be taught in schools for the rest of our days, donald john trump of queens, new york, now becomes the first president in american history to be impeached twice. the man who warned us we would get tired of winning has now lost everything. n his place in history has now been cemented.s the man who we heard on tape trying to rig the outcome of an election he lost, the man whose malfeasance, malpractice and ea enabler

lawrence, thanks for asking such great questions. >> thank you. tristan harris gets tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts right now. >>> well, good evening once again, day 1,456 of the trump administration. that leaves just six days until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. tonight, there are more u.s. troops in washington than we currently have deployed in iraq, syria, and afghanistan combined. the u.s. capitol and increasingly the network mall are armed encampments, in effect. sadly, they need to be. eight days after insurrectionists looted and desecrated the center of our government and in light of the numerous and serious threats coming in to the inauguration. tonight, politico has some disturbing reporting. an inauguration rehearsal scheduled for sunday has been postponed today because of security concerns. even the president-elect has canceled his plans to take amtrak to washington from wilmington. that was planned for monday. more seriously, politico also notes thi as one of the many reasons for the intense security. "a vast swath of the president's diehard base in maga na

lawrence, thanks for having me tonight. >> thank you. tim gosar get tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour" with brian williams. day 1,455 of the trump administration, 7 days until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. it's now been exactly one week since insurrectionists, american citizens, looted and desecrated our capitol.nsto this dark day in modern american history now takes its place among all the other dark

lawrence, thanks for asking such great questions. >> thank you. tristan harris gets tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour with brian williamsvening once again, day 1,456 of the trump administration. that leaves just six days until the inauguration of joe biden as our 46th president. tonight, there are more u.s. troops in washington than we currently have deployed in iraq, syria, and afghanistan combined. the u.s. capitol and increasingly the network mall are armed encampments, in effect. sadly, they need to be. eight days after insurrectionists looted and desecrated the center of our gove

williams. i've got jerky for everybody. we are live all night. >> jerky jerky! >> the jerky bar is always open. >> whoo! >> thank you to joy reed, lawrence o'donnell, my friends for being here. 11th hour starts right now. >> well, good evening once again. at the end of what was day one of the biden administration. today joseph robinette biden jr. became our 46th president. he comes into this job after three runs for the office. after decades of experience in the senate, six terms and then two terms as vice president. in many ways, however, we are a new country tonight. joe biden and his vice president kamala harris together usher in a new era, search, in a nation roild by health, economic and political crises. already scaled down because of our uncontrolled pandemic, the inauguration itself became even more tightly controlled because of the violent looting and desecration of our capital two weeks ago. with washington on lockdown, there were no crowds. just the overwhelming presence of intense security, a lot of it military. still, there were the familiar signs of the peaceful transfer of power, three of our former presidents, clintons, b

williams. i've got jerky for everybody. we are live all night. >> jerky jerky! >> the jerky bar is always open. >> whoo! >> thank you to joy reed, lawrencee again. at the end of what was day one of the biden administration. today joseph robinette biden jr. became our 46th president. he comes into this job after three runs for the office. after decades of experience in the senate, six terms

paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence william getty and jack herb man go hung out. >> they work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'd get . >> president yee: of the 26 neighborhoods we have in west portal, it's probably the most unique in terms of a small little town. you can walk around here, and it feels different from the rest of san francisco. people know each other. they shop here, they drink wine here. what makes it different is not only the people that live here, but the businesses, and without all these establishments, you wouldn't know one neighborhood from the other. el toreador is a unique restaurant. it's my favorite restaurant in san francisco, but when you look around, there's nowhere else that you'll see decorations like this, and it makes you feel like you're in a different world, which is very symbolic of west portal it