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other than setting off a full-size test. herken: they settle upon the site where the bomb will be tested, and oppenheimer chooses the name for the site: trinity. carr: he had been reading the poetry of john donne at the time, and one of those poems, uh, include the line, "batter my heart, three-personed god," a reference to the holy trinity in christianity. herken: and i think that that was a tribute to jean tatlock, because jean and oppie used to read the poetry of john donne in bed (ticking) newsreel narrator: sunday, july 15, 1945. alamogordo, new mexico. it is d-minus one for the test of the world's first atomic device. nolan: the hours leading up to the trinity test
scientist of the manhattan project, led by robert oppenheimer, realize that they can't fully eliminate the possibility of a chain reaction that would set fire to the atmosphere and destroy the entire world, when they detonate that that first test at trinity. and i became really interested in exploring that moment and taking the audience to that moment where they made that incredible decision. because how could you make that decision? how could you make that decision? how could you take that on yourself? you know, there's a possibility that when you push that button, you might destroy the entire world. and yet they went ahead and they pushed it. and the reasons behind that were equally dramatic. you know, they were in this incredible, very tense race against the nazis to harness the power of the atom during world war two. they really felt they had no choice. and of course, the way scientists analyze probability is very different to the way the rest of us do.
on the scene but are hugely talented. who should they be watching? >> yes, there's 14 newcomers out of 23 players on the roster this time around. so i would definitely look out for trinity rodman and she is the trinity rodman, you know, dennis rodman's daughter, she's very good. she's exceptional. also sophia smith also up top with trinity, she is a fantastic player this is her first time. also who is really critical in my opinion are the two center backs allen na cook and naomi germa who will be playing in front of alyssa nar the former captain and stall water, becky got injured so two rookies will be playing critical center back positions. >> all right. briana, we will all be watching tonight as the u.s. women's team hits the grass on the field. thank you for joining us. >> thank you.
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they did so, resoundingly, but in doing so, changed the world. and in ways that we're still reckoning with and always will be reckoning with. >> and you are known as a master story teller. one of the biases of the stories in history is we know how it ends and, sometimes that can lead us to the wrong conclusions for the future. we say, that worked out okay enough, or okay for this side or this group. one of the things that i think you seem to do very effectively here, and people will make up their own minds, is you bring us into how it felt at the time, the stakes as you mention, against the nazis, the pressures of the time, also the shortcomings of the time and mccarthyism. and you remind everyone that at the beginning, even the scientists wondered, what is the risk rate of incinerating the entire earth? >> they had this moment coming up to trinity, the first test detonation of an atomic device,
The Trinity test on July 16, 1945, marked the first demonstration of the devastating power of atomic energy, fundamentally altering the course of human history. The enormous amount of energy released through atomic fission was groundbreaking in the realm of energy sources.
>> after trinity and after what happened in japan, he repositioned himself afterwards to try to figure out where he stood. it's a very unusual journey to take where you -- it's really interesting to play. i think it is much more human because none of us are clear cut, definitive in what we believe to be right all of the time. >> i want to ask you, christopher, about sort of the return of the summer blockbuster. we grew up raiders of the lost ark, back to the future, ghostbusters, empire strikes back. we have really moved away from that. i got a sense yesterday, for the first time, and that this is a movie and that is really going to drop people back. >> i think there is always a wonderful place in the culture for the big screen, for oppenheimer. i chose to shoot large format film, imax film.
single bomb opened the age we now live in. >> after trinity and after what happened in japan, he repositioned himself afterwards to try to figure out where he stood. it's a very unusual journey to take where you -- it's really interesting to play. i think it is much more human because none of us are clear cut, definitive in what we believe to be right all of the time. >> i want to ask you, christopher, about sort of the return of the summer blockbuster. we grew up raiders of the lost ark, back to the future, ghostbusters, empire strikes back. we have really moved away from that. i got a sense yesterday, for the first time, and that this is a movie and that is really going to drop people back. >> i think there is always a wonderful place in the culture for the big screen, for oppenheimer. i chose to shoot large format film, imax film. we want to put the story on the biggest screen possible, bring people together and have them go through this man's extraordinary experiences. >> it was an extraordinary experience, an extraordinary
yvette nicole brown, thank you so much. i'm glad to see you and thank you for helping us to understand even more the senator tommy tuberville backlash at the highest levels of the military. defense secretary, lloyd austin, telling cnn's wolf blitzer that the republican senator hold on national security issue and is impacting military readiness. trinity takes issue with a pentagon policy that offers time off for service members and dependent seeking abortions. both joins in a moment. first, listen to president biden's take. is the idea we do not have a chairman and the joint chief of staff, the identity of all these promotions that are in advance for now, we do not know what could happen. the idea that we are injecting into fundamental foreign policy decisions, when in fact, as domestic social debate on social issues, is bizarre. i do not ever recall that
trinity, an atomic bomb crater by scientists working for the us government, and used controversially to end world war ii. the world will remember this day. now one of the world's most renowned film directors, christopher nolan, is telling the story of] robert oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist behind the bomb and that test. they are saying there is a chance when they push that button we destroy the world. the chances are near zero. i became really interested in exploring that man and taking that moment where they made that incredible decision. how could you take that on? you know there is a possibility, when you push that button, you might destroy the world, and yet they pushed it. making the bomb was a triumph of human ingenuity and science but also