Page 36 - Atomic Age News Today

One of the preeminent russia experts in america, hes a nation" magazine and he joins us tonight for some perspective in this conversation. you have followed this country for 50 years and know many of the leaders personally. give us a sense of what is at stake in this conversation about russia for the united states. >> for 75 years, the president of the united states, beginning with roosevelt, has met the leader of the kremlin, beginning with eisenhower in the atomic age, the main purpose was to ...

And he joins us tonight for soms conversation. you have followed this country for 50 years and know many of the leaders personally. give us a sense of what is at stake in this conversation about russia for the united states. >> for 75 years the president of the united states has met the leader of the kremlin, beginning with eisenhower in the atomic age the main purpose was to avoid war with russia. right now, we are in a new cold war and a hot war from ukraine to the baltic region to syria. pres...

Never seen anything like it. while news of it and the destruction in hiroshima japan was just starting to circulate, the second bomb was dropped on august 9th, tomorrow. suddenly the world had entered what we would call the atomic age. and thankfully for all mankind that was the last nuclear weapon ever deployed in warfare. and this day in history is notable in presidential history because of richard nixon. he accepted his partys nomination on this day back in 68. then six years later he resigne...

The great harry truman, before we go tonight, is about these days. this particular week in august is an important week on the calendar of world history, and presidential history. its full of associations with the stories we are now covering. and talked about here tonight. the first-ever atomic bomb was dropped on august 6th, two days ago, back in 1945. and the world, of course, had never seen anything like it. while news of it and the destruction in hiroshima japan was just starting to circulate...

The stories we are now covering and talked about here tonight. the first-ever atomic bomb was dropped on august 6th, two days ago, back in 1945. and the world, of course, had never seen anything like it. while news of it and the destruction in hiroshima, japan was just starting to circulate, the second bomb was dropped on august 9th, tomorrow. suddenly the world had entered what we would call the atomic age. and thankfully for all mankind, that was the last nuclear weapon ever deployed in warfar...

Donald trump. i dont know if jared kushner was in the meeting and subsequently. who knows where the idea came from. >> i will call time out. bat channel is a diplomatic term of art and that was efforts in the atomic age in the cold war and rick is sitting here at the stable and aimed at a better world. a safer world. going around the bureaucracy and channels of communication that existed that could get muddled. that is something different until we learn evidence towards i better and safer world ...

It was february 21st, 1969 that a relatively obscure 31-year-old set up the first back channel with soviet ambassador dobrynin that fellows name was henry kissinger. and it was not known to the state department. i note that kissinger sat down with donald trump, i dont know if jared kushner was in the meeting in november and subsequently. who knows where the idea of a back channel came from. there is a lot of precedent. >> back channel is a diplomatic term of art. that was efforts in the atomic a...

I note that kissinger sat down with donald trump, i dont know if jared kushner was in the meeting in november and subsequently. who knows where the idea of a back channel came from. there is a lot of precedent. >> back channel is a diplomatic term of effort. that was efforts in the atomic age, especially in the cold war. and rick stengel sitting here at the table a veteran of the state department, aimed at a better world, a safer world, going around the bureaucracy and channels of communications...

Set up the first back channel with soviet ambassador debreenan. that fellows name was-ry kissinger. and it was not known to the state department. i note that kissinger sat down with donald trump, i dont know if jared kushner was in the meeting in november and subsequently. who knows where the idea of a back channel came from. there is a lot of precedent. >> back channel is a diplomatic term of effort. that was efforts in the atomic age, especially in the cold war. and rick stengel sitting here a...

I think mccain will have to if hes serious at all about pursuing this path. >> and finally, long term, this is a new form of warfare and long term just like the advent of the atomic age, the way we dealt with it was treaties. we need long-term and arms control treaty that deals with cyber war. right now its the wild west and we dont know what the new rules are yet. >> do you agree very quickly with john mccain that the president has no strategy for cyber warfare? >> i dont think the existing adm...