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Detonated the worlds first atomic bomb trinity. the doomsday weapon worked. physicist robert oppenheimer passed it over to the military in the person of general leslie groves the true director of the project the us government and military could now decide how and whether to use the atomic weapons two bombs were sent to the base at ten yet. despite protest from many scientists the military refused to consider detonating one outside populated areas as a demonstration of force to have its full effe...

Can you explain what that is? in the past report about the russians and others having suitcase nuclear bombs. we have talked about that in the end so crisis in cuba. what are they and what is it? >> the very first atomic weapons that were used in japan were powerful bombs. no question about it. then, the technology was upgraded to what we call nuclear bombs. 100 times more more powerful than that. weve gotten used to these enormous capability bombs. the idea behind those is that if your opponent...

Ingredient in atomic weapons. this isnt sending to holland or pair guy. this is russia with at least we have add investor tailor relationship and cold war with them. i dont know why we would turn over 20% of our uranium. i cant think of an innocent explanation. >> judge jeanine: you cant. left out a big piece. the clintons got $145 million. >> to donations to the clinton foundation. that were aware of. >> judge jeanine: who knows what other cash. >> three people knew back then. covered it up mue...

So he is going to build on those relationships and, of course, we will do two conferences. one in vietnam and we will go to hanoi to touch base with the national leadership there and go to the philippines where he will meet for conferences but where he will meet the president of the philippines. all of this is just to solidify relationships that are already pretty positive in my view. >> laura: japan wants a nuclear language from the united states. if north korea should launch an attack on japan...

So he is going to build on those relationships and, of course, we will do two conferences. one in vietnam and we will go to hanoi to touch base with the national leadership there and go to the philippines where he will meet for conferences but where he will meet the president of the philippines. all of this is just to solidify relationships that are already pretty positive in my view. >> laura: japan wants a nuclear language from the united states. if north korea should launch an attack on japan...

A retaliatory attack. but petroff breached protocol and didnt report to his superiors he said lets wait for a second verification and that probably saved our lives and. yes the risks are high but what is the alternative there is also the view that nuclear deterrence ensured peace in europe for seventy two years with the exception of the balkan conflict is that not a valid argument i mean. thats like upping the ante in poker you can do that for a while and itll be ok but at some point something w...

A trailblazer in the drive for a comprehensive u.n. treaty banning nuclear weapons one hundred twenty two countries have signed what is the treaties goal. as a theme of the treaty is goal is to lay a new foundation for the international regulation of nuclear weapons on the basis of international law. the goal is to ban and stigmatize nuclear arms and to send a clear signal that atomic weapons are weapons of mass destruction and that there is a dreadful and inhumane as other weapons of mass destr...

Will sign the treaty of course it will still take a while some will sign the treaty sooner than others i think. but to some voluntarily renouncing nuclear weapons is a sign of weakness. you know theres nothing week about voluntarily renouncing nuclear weapons weve seen that many countries dont believe in this notion that atomic weapons are a sign of power and might they voluntarily renounce nuclear weapons not because other states are saying youre not allowed to have these weapons because youre ...

Will sign the treaty of course it will still take a while some will sign the treaty sooner than others i think. but to some voluntarily renouncing nuclear weapons is a sign of weakness. no there is nothing week about voluntarily renouncing nuclear weapons weve seen that many countries dont believe in this notion that atomic weapons are a sign of power and might they voluntarily renounce nuclear weapons not because other states are saying youre not allowed to have these weapons because youre just...

A retaliatory attack. but petroff breached protocol and didnt report to his superiors he said lets wait for a second verification and that probably saved our lives and. yes the risks are high but what is the alternative there is also the view that nuclear deterrence ensured peace in europe for seventy two years with the exception of the balkan conflict is that not a valid argument i mean. thats like upping the ante in poker you can do that for a while and itll be ok but at some point something w...