harry truman was furious with du gal and he told james burns' aide, i would send for him. poland is not invited to the conference except to give a brief statement on one day of the conference. to present their various positions. so it is the great powers who are going to run this and make these decisions. this is the table in the main conference room inside of the palace. it is intentionally kept small to limit the number of people who could attend. only the people who are sitting at table are allowed really to have a voice. the people that you see in the back are there to be advisers. they're there to be translators and several of them who left memoirs say they spent an awful lot of time cleaning those ash trays. so you could see that the room is red. that is also by design. and you could see the way that they're starting to think about what they want, when push comes to shove, in setting the future of europe. the treaty of versailles allergy analogy is not the only analogy they talk about. some of the american and british hardliners talk about the munich analogy, that th

they include the american secretary of state james burns who may well have been the person who convinced woodrow wilson to go to paris in person. they include churchill who was there and quite disappointed. they include the great british economist john maynard kans who was at potsdam and the paris peace conference. to these people the paris peace conference is not something they read about in history books or something they had a sort of vague memory of. these were fundamental shaping events in their own lives and their own political careers, and they believed that the reason they were here fighting a second world war, closing a second world war is because of the mistakes that were made at the end of the first. and all of them understood this when they came to potsdam in 1945. the very first thing harry truman said in his role as president of the united states at the conference was a warning to everybody seated around the table that i'll show you in just a minute not to repeat the mistakes of 1919. before going to potsdam, josef stalin said the same thing to the american representative j

burns is the -- james burns is the only man in american history to be on the supreme court, the house of representatives, the senate, the cabinet and a governorship, although the governorship comes after the war. governor of south carolina. so he knows everybody. he knows where the bodies are buried. he knows how to get things moved through the various branchs of government. everybody in 1944 thought that burns was going to be the vice president. and if that had happened then when roosevelt died burns would have been president. so he's the guy that's really whispering in truman's ear. the legend goes he's the last person in washington to stop calling him harry and start calling him president truman because they knew each other so well. and they needed each other so much that they had this kind of informality between them. and burns' assistant talks about the two of them on the trip back from potsdam, just sitting together over a bottle of bourbon everyday and just talking about things every single day. so the relationship is really close. it will break down quickly. so, i think burns

burns -- he was briefed i stimson and james burns -- by stimson and james burns. he was fully briefed within about 24 hours from assuming the presidency on the state of the manhattan project. host: it is the 75th anniversary of the bombing of hiroshima. we are talking about it with ian toll, whose new book is coming out in september, "twilight of the gods: more on the weston pacific, knight -- western pacific, 1944-1955." the lines the same as they were last hour, mountain and pacific, (202)-748-8001. easton, (202)-748-8000. for those who are world war ii veterans or family, (202)-748-8002. and our line for japanese-americans, (202)-748-8003. ian toll, one of the questions that came up a couple of times last hour is why didn't the u.s. do some sort of demonstration of the bomb to show the japanese its power instead of actually using it on a city? mean, i think that is a hard question. view, the really hard questions when it comes to the atomic bomb is not so much should we have used the bomb or not, given the circumstances in the summer of 1945, the urgent need to

james burns. he appointed james burns secretary of state. he helped him write his speeches but really one of the things a lot of historians have said truman just picked up where roosevelt left and he just didn't do much during the war. he did a lot and he replaced the entire cabinet in very quickly. so essentially i think you did create it himself but through the war years there was henry stimson, james burns, sam roseman but after the war the figures that came up were young people mostly lawyers that he handpicked for the lot of them didn't have a tremendous amount of political experience but after the war ended by the time of the 1940 election comes around his main go to us clark clifford who wrote a lot of speeches and was on the campaign trail the entire time. truman came out and had no political experience whatsoever. specter was interesting to hear and it's interesting when you go back in the political history and you see someone come on the stage iv the first time and clerk clifford had a big role in the 1960s as well and george mcgov

i also think it's true that james burns, a new secretary of state who is very close to truman at this point, they later have a rupture. was trying to make sure that whatever truman did he did not get his information from the british, that it should come from american sources. burns takes charge -- it was that yalta, so he was physically there, although he did not play a very important rolled. roosevelt had that falling out. it's kind of a pattern in his life. there was no real opportunity to do that -- i think burns would have frowned upon the. instead would burn status as he is the guy that ends up taking control and telling truman this is what i remember from yalta. this is what i remember that we agreed to do. >> all right. our next question is from stan. president truman later expressed regret about decisions made at potsdam, especially in regards to poland? >> he did. in fact, in his major speech on the agreement to the american people right after he comes right out and says it. he says the polish part is the part of his most uncomfortable with. he in effect sister his advisers,

james burns. he appointed james burns secretary of state and burns was very pivotal, sam rosen helped write his speeches. but really one of the things, a lot of i think historians have said while truman picked up where roosevelt left and he just didn't do much during the war he did a lot and you replace the entire cabinet. general tom park, so essentially i think he really did create himself but at the beginning through the war years there was henrystimson . there was james burns, sam rosen but after the war the figures that came up were young people, mostly lawyers and he hand-picked, a lot of them didn't have a tremendous amount of political experience after the war ended so by the time the 1948 election comes around, his main go to was clark clifford who wrote a lot of the speeches and was on the campaign trail and until truman came around had no political experience whatsoever. >> it was interesting to hear when you go back into political history and you see someone come on stage for the first

james burns, he appointed james burns his secretary of state, burns was pivotal, helped him write his speeches, one of the things historians have said, truman picked up where roosevelt left and didn't do much, as a matter of fact replace the entire cabinet, and essentially really did create it himself but at the beginning there was henry stimson, the figures were young people, hand-picked, tremendous amount of political experience. after the war ended, the 1948 election comes around, his main go to was clark gifford, truman had no political experience. >> guest: going back in political history, you see someone come on stage, what the role is in the 60s, henry wallace's political campaign, something that was interesting, like watching a movie someone who becomes a big star later in their first role. >> guest: john f. kennedy - >> guest: next in at the same time. during the campaign, who is on the horse? >> guest: there is this amazing -- giving a speech on the back of this train and the guy who heckles him on top of a horse and opens up, looks at the horse's teeth. .. literally this is

e,uman told james burns's aid if i want to see de gaulle, i would send for him just as i would the head of any other minor power, which is a great line. poland is not invited either, except to give a brief statement on one day of the conference to present their various positions. so it is the great powers who are going to run this and make these decisions. this is the table in the main conference room inside the palace. it is intentionally kept small to limit the number of people who can attend. only the people who are sitting at the table are allowed really to have a voice. the people you see in the back are there to be advisors, translators, and several of them who left memoirs say they spent an awful lot of time cleaning the ashtrays. you can see the room is red. that is also by design. and you can see the way they are starting to think about what they want, which comes to shove one setting the future of europe. the treaty of versailles analogy is not the only one to talk about. some of the american and british hardliners also talk about the munich analogy. that they need to be very

james burns he secretary of state, burns was very pivotal and helped him write his speeches. but really one of the things a lot of historians had said while truman just picked up where roosevelt left and just didn't do much during the war he did a lot. in fact he replace the entire cabinet very quickly general tom clarke, a new -- so essentially he really did create something. but in the beginning yes there's henry stimson, there is james burns, sam rosenman, their young people mostly lawyers that he handpicks. a lot did not have a tremendous amount of political experience after the war ended, the 1940 election comes around its main go to was clarke allowed the speeches is on the campaign trail until truman came around and had no political experience whatsoever. the one that was interesting to hear the start when you go back into political history and you see someone come on stage for the first time and what that role is. this case clifford he has a big role in the 60s as well. you mentioned george mcgovern was at henry wallace's first political campaign the campaign decision

but a lot of the acres that are added on to now are controlled burns to the port were james darya great news to pass along that campus of u c santa cruz, the evacuation orders have been lifted so they're going to systematically. bring people back on to campus they protected it for days now the fire never touched it to the point where they felt safe enough now to allow people to return to the residential areas of you see santa cruz. some of the other areas, including scotts valley, the unincorporated areas, my current location, people could be returned to their home in days, maybe a couple of days from now felton that could be a week out so we getting closer as far as evacuees, returning to their locations and we're talking about 77,000 people had to be evacuated. there are neighborhoods that are so decimated that there's nothing to return to and they're still telling people do not sneak past checkpoints because you can kick you could get hurt you could get killed and you are taking away resources from the authorities or still very much. they have their hands full battling this fire whic

james burns, sam. but after the war, the figures that came up for actually long peoplinto young people printed y lawyers that he hand-picked. a lot of them did not have a lot of political experience. as some of the time the 1948 came the election, his main get to was clark. he wrote a lot of his speeches and was on the campaign trail the entire time and until truman came out, he had no political express whatsoever. george: is always interesting to go back into political history is he someone come on stage for the first time. in this case clark, which he had a big role in the 60s as well. and also george mcgovern, and henry wallace's book first political campaign. the decision making. so there was very interesting. it's like watching a movie when somebody is starring in their very first movie. a.j.: one of the people who came into office in 1948, by the way john f. kennedy. george: and nixon to write. and richard nixon in same time. here we have a picture. during campaign and someone is on the horse. wa

james burns. he appointed james burns secretary of state and burns was very pivotal and sam roseman helped him write his speeches but one of the things and a lot of the i think historians have said truman picked up where roosevelt left and did not do much and did a lot and as a matter fact he replaced the entire cabinet very quickly and a new so essentially i think he really did create it but through the war years there was james byrne, sam roseman and after the war the figures that came up were young people mostly lawyers that he hand-picked a lot of who do not have a tremendous amount of political experience so after the war ended by the time 9048 it comes around his main go to work clifford on the campaign train and until truman came around there was no political expanse whatsoever. >> i thought it was interesting to hear the start up and it's always interesting to go back and little history and then you see someone come on stage for the first time and what their role is and in that case he had

james has burns over 75% of his. >>and these fires continue what like we talked about yesterday we're getting a little bit better weather. so let's see if that continues today. >>yeah, definitely not as bad of weathers we had been seeing we're continuing to joy enjoy a nice cool down today that will helping out the firefighting effort all across the bay area. we do have a mix of both fog and smoke rolling through the golden gate that's made for some very poor air quality in marine county this morning. moran in portions of sonoma county definitely having the worst air quality in the bay. well the rest of the bay area actually looks at some pretty good conditions for the most part we'll hold on to fog through much of the morning today and that is good news that fog really helps firefighting efforts, especially our blazes closer to the coastline. and this nice little dip in the jet stream bringing along with it some cooler air and a good push of ocean cool there into the bay today that flow starts to relax tomorrow. so

to safety tom burned 35% of his body james burns, 75% of his the 2 men have a long road ahead of them as they begin to recover. >>in alameda county, michelle kingston kron 4 news and another fire we are monitoring in the north bay is the woodward fire him over in county, it is burning in the point reyes national seashore flames there have grown to more than 2700 acres. >>it is only 5% contained the fire is threatening more than 1600 structures evacuation orders have been issued for about 90 homes on silver hills road, fox drive and noren way with dozens of wildfires burning across the bay area, the fast-moving flames are forcing thousands of people to evacuate, although some have been allowed to go home. many others have not been ordered to evacuate, but they have received a warning from cal fire to be ready should they get the order to leave. well for dallas sogomonian joins us from our newsroom to break down where these orders and these warnings are in effect l a. and we're going to start off to the north bay right now specifically in sonoma county. so let's turn your attention. >>t

burns -- he was briefed i stimson and james burns -- by stimson and james burns. he was fully briefed within about 24 hours from assuming the presidency on the state of the manhattan project. host: it is the 75th anniversary of the bombing of hiroshima. we are talking about it with ian toll, whose new book is coming out in september, "twilight of the gods: more on the weston pacific, knight -- western pacific, 1944-1955." the lines the same as they were last hour, mountain and pacific, (202)-748-8001. easton, (202)-748-8000. for those who are world war ii veterans or family, (202)-748-8002. and our line for japanese-americans, (202)-748-8003. ian toll, one of the questions that came up a couple of times last hour is why didn't the u.s. do some sort of demonstration of the bomb to show the japanese its power instead of actually using it on a city? mean, i think that is a hard question. view, the really hard questions when it comes to the atomic bomb is not so much should we have used the bomb or not, given the circumstances in the summer of 1945, the urgent need to

to safety tom burned 35% of his body james burns, 75% of his the 2 men have a long road ahead of them as they begin to recover. >>in alameda county, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>the scu complex fires have scorched 5 east bay, regional parks, while 3 of them are still actively burning park officials say son all a lonely wilderness morgan territory mission peak in round valley, all of them hit by lightning that cause fires inside the park's of fires and round valley morgan territory mission peaks are in the process of being mopped up all district parks except shorelines and regional trails have been closed since last friday because of high fire danger and unhealthy air quality. if air quality improves to acceptable standards park officials say they plan to reopen most non fire affected parks. tomorrow. take a live look outside now we'll give you a view not sure what it is it said the embarcadero in san francisco with a little hit and looks like maybe of some fog above the bay bridge and that certainly is helpful for the fire crews out on the lines tonight, our chief meteorologist la

the first day he was in office he got briefed by jimmy burns, james burns came to spartanburg, south carolina, and briefed truman about the bomb. truman wrote in his memoirs, he said it was a weapon rate enough to destroy the whole world. -- great enough to destroy the whole world. on april 25efing from groves and secretary of war stimson, and he wrote this is so powerful i could destroy the world and i thought about it and listened and agreed maybe we should not use it because it can destroy the world. on july 25, at potsdam, he got the full briefing on the test amagordo.r -- al he wrote in his diary, this may be the destruction prophecy in the freddie sally after noah and his ark, not a bigger more powerful bomb to fired instruction. the question for us at some level is why truman, who was not bloodthirsty, was not an evil figure, why he would use the bomb, in a way he had been warned was most reckless way possible, and was likely going to lead when arms race that could and destroying life on the planet? let me touch on a couple of more aspects of that. the scientists, many scienti

to safety tom burned 35% of his body james burns, 75% of his the 2 men have a long road ahead of them as they begin to recover. >>in alameda county, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>and the north bay, the lnu lightning complex is burning across the noma napa solano lake and yolo counties kron four's noelle bellow joins us now from sonoma county where cal fire said today is optimistic about efforts by the fire crews to contain the lnu noel. >>that's right pam i'm here in sonoma county where the walbridge fire has been burning for over a week now still smoke billowing on the ridge behind me i'm standing on a property on mill creek road which is one of the roads that folks still can not to return to and it's because fire crews say they're still active flames. deep down this road want to show you some video of what it was looking like earlier today officials saying that the walbridge fire really is just a very large fire with what they call fingers of flames stretching in a lot of different directions. it's also a lot of different topography out here different types of fuel for the fire i

james burns said the same thing in spartanburg, south carolina. he said "this is our way to make the russians manageable in europe." if you think that is a justifiable reason for killing hundreds of thousands of people, then there is almost no limit to what you can justify. you could justify using atomic bombs today if it will give us some way that will achieve some moral purpose. fortunately, that is not the attitude the world has adopted, view,der the current u.s. we have lowered the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons. we are developing two more usable smaller nuclear weapons and the world is in a precarious situation now. host: as we wrap up, what is the legacy, in your view, of the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki? it undermined america's claims toward exceptionalism. we like to think of ourselves as different from all of the countries, is more moral, more just. we go out and the world and do things, spread freedom and democracy. at the heart of that understanding -- it begins with the cold war, really, and our victory in world war ii.

james burns, truman's top political adviser, said the same thing. he said this is our way to make the russians more manageable in europe. if you think that is a justifiable reason for killing hundreds of thousands of people, then there's almost no limit to what you can justify now. then you can justify using atomic bombs today if it's going to give us a way to achieve some moral purpose. fortunately, that's not the attitude of the world has adopted. but under the current u.s. nuclear posture of europe and the trump administration from february 2018, we've lowered the threshold for use of nuclear weapons. we are developing two more usable smaller nuclear weapons and the world is really in a very precarious situation now. >> the world is too dangerous for us to have that luxury. directorer kuznick is of the nuclear studies institute at the american university. thank you for

tom was burned over 35% of his body james. the suffering from burns over 75% of his. >>we're also learning more about one of the 5 people who died in the l a new lightning complex fire 64 year-old solano county resident, leon james bone. his body was found in his home on english hills road. he lived on the property that his parents lived on they passed away and he was living there, but his family says since he was almost completely blind he really had no way of getting the word about the fires. >>he had no running water. no electricity, no telephone. and he had no way of being alerted. so we're just assuming that he probably was so overcome by smoke and this guy there on the property in the bin. >>and the family couldn't even get on the property because of the high heat to see what happened and that's why it even took first responders a couple of days before they could go back to that home and that's how they found his body there james's property wasn't the only one that was destroyed either in that neighborhood several other homes were burned down. >>we'll take a bre

. >> -- >> james burns, one of his closest advisers, said the same thing to leo lizard -- when they south carolina. on may 28. he said this is our way to make the russians more manageable in europe. now, if you think that that is a justifiable reason for killing of hundreds of thousands of people, then there is almost no limit to what you can justify now. then you can justify using atomic bombs today. if it's gonna give us some way that's gonna achieve some moral purpose. fortunately, that is not the attitude that the world has adopted. under the current u.s. -- of the trump administration, from february 2018, we've lowered the threshold with the use of nuclear weapons. we're developing two more usable smaller nuclear weapons, and the world is really precarious situation now. >> peter cousin it as we wrap up, what is the legacy in view of the bombings hiroshima and nagasaki? >> legacy. i think it undermines america's claims towards exceptionalism. the united states, we like to think ourselves as americans, as different from all the other countries. as more moral, more just. we go out to t

james burns, truman's closest adviser said the same thing to leo zalard and walter bartkey when they met with him in spartanburg, south carolina, on may 28th. he said this is our way to make the russians more manageable in europe. now, if you think that that is a justifiable reason for killing hundreds of thousands of people, then there's almost no limit to what you can justify now. then you could justify using atomic bombs today, if it's going to give us some way that's going to achieve some moral purpose. fortunately, that's not the attitude that the world has adopted, but under the current u.s. nuclear postural view of the trump administration from february 2018, we've lowered the threshold for use of nuclear weapons. we're developing two more usable smaller nuclear weapons, and the world is really in a very, very precarious situation now. >> pete kuznick as we wrap up, what's the legacy in, in your view, of the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki? >> the legacy, i think it undermined america's claims towards exceptionalism. the united states, we like to think of ourselves as ameri

james burns told his top advisor said the same thing to the rest when they met with him and south carolina on may 28. he said this is our way to make the russians more manageable in europe. if you think that is a justifiable reason for killing hundreds of thousands of people, and there's almost no limit to what you can't justify now. and you can justify using atomic bombs today. if it is going to give us a way that is going to achieve some moral purpose. fortunately that is not the attitude that the world has adopted, but under the current u.s. posture view under the trump administration from february 20 18th, we've lowered the threshold. we've use nuclear weapons. we are developing two more usable smaller nuclear weapons and the world is really in a very precarious situation now. >> as we wrap up, what is the legacy in your view from the bombings of who hiroshima? >> the legacy. i think it undermined americas claims toward exceptionalism. the united states, we like to think of ourselves americans, it's different from all the other countries. as more moral, more just, we got in the world t

james burns said the same thing to leo zel ard and harold jury on may 28th. he said this is our way to make the russians more manageable in europe. now, if you think that that is a justifiable reason for killing hundreds of thousands of people, there is almost no limit to what you could justify now. then you could justify using atomic bombs today. if it is going to give us some way that is going to achieve some moral purpose. fortunately that is not the attitude that the world has adopted. but under the current u.s. nuclear posture view of the trump administration, from february 2018, we've lowered the threshold, the use of nuclear weapons, we're developing two more usable smaller nuclear weapons, and the world is really in a very, very precarious situation now. >> peter kuznick, as we wrap up, what is the legacy in your view of the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki? >> the legacy. i think it undermined america's claims toward exceptionalism. the united states, we like to think of ourselves at americans as different from all other countries, as more moral, m

james burns is the only man in american history to be on the supreme court, the house of representatives, the senate, the cabinet, and a governorship, although the governorship comes after the war, governor of south carolina. so he knows everybody. he knows where the bodies are buried. he knows how to get things moved through various branches of government. everybody in 1944 thought burns would be vice president, and had that happened, when roosevelt died he would have been president. he's whispering in truman's ear. the legend goes he was the last person in washington to stop calling him harry and start calling him president truman, because they knew each other so well and they needed each other so much that they had this in formality between them. and burns's assistant talked about the two of them on the trip back from potsdam just sitting together over a bottle of bourbon every day and talking about things every single day. so the relationship is really close. it will break down quickly. so i think burns is the most important voice talking to truman. he had been at yalta, he had been

james burns is the only man in american history to be on the supreme court, the house of representatives, the senate, the cabinet, and a governorship, although that comes after the war, governor of south carolina. so he knows everybody. he knows where the bodies are buried, he knows how to get things moved through various branches of government. everybody in in 1944 thought burns would be vice president, and had that happened, when roosevelt died he would have been president. the legend goes he was the last person in washington to stop calling him harry and start calling him president truman, because they knew each other so well and they needed each other so much, that they had this in formality between them. and burns's assistant talked about the two of them on the trip back from potsdam just sitting together over a bottle of bourbon every day and talking about things every single day. so the relationship is really close. it will break down quickly. so i think burns is the most important voice talking to truman. he had been at yalta, i think at tehran, he had been at the paris peace con

. -- james burns is the only man in american history to be on the supreme court, the house of representatives, the senate, the cabinet, and a governorship, although that comes after the war, governor of south carolina. so he knows everybody. he knows where the bodies are buried, he knows how to get things moved through various branches of government. everybody in in 1944 thought burns would be vice president, and had that happened, when roosevelt died he would have been president. the legend goes he was the last person in washington to stop calling him harry and start calling him president truman, because they knew each other so well and they needed each other so much, that they had this in formality between them. and burns's assistant talked about the two of them on the trip back from potsdam just sitting together over a bottle of bourbon every day and talking about things every single day. so the relationship is really close. it will break down quickly. so i think burns is the most important voice talking to truman. he had been i think at tehran, he had been at the paris peace conference. h

. >>> joining me now congressman james cli burn of south carolina. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> a moment in history. give me your reaction to the former vice president picking senator kamala harris to be his running mate. >> i love it. i have been saying forever as a father of three black women, i can think of nothing that would make me more proud than for us to honor all black women, all women, and to be selfish about it. the three daughters of mine. >> you know what people say behind your back, they say that this is all your fault. congressman. your support in south carolina brought joe biden's campaign back from the dead. really. it resuscitated him. black women resurrected him. biden was their first choice. kamala harris didn't make a dent in the poll. so, what is different about how those women feel now about senator harris? >> it's interesting. you may recall just on the eve of my endorsement, the thing that made it so emotional for me was a black woman. sitting in the pew of the church. in rich land county, who called me o

. >> madam speaker, james clay burn e say he's concerned about the convalescent plasma, will the select committee on the coronavirus crisis hold hearings as to why that happened. >> a number of committees that will. i know the chairman of the health subcommittee on energy a are looking into this and have certain requests into the fda on all this as well as mr. clyburn's committee. but the american people need to know, because this is a big danger and i expect it more of commissioner hahn. what a disappointment and to see other -- to see scientists and doctors talking about how he should probably walk this back. just raises certain questions, but what's really important is it diminishes the confidence that people may have when in fact we do have clinical trials, we need people to participate, we pray for therapies that will be helpful. we pray for a vaccine. we don't pray for the fda to use speed instead of efficacy and safety as the criteria. >> madam speaker, thank you so much for joining us this hour. >> as we go off, it's about kids going to school, we want it to be safe for them and

burns, who was the war mobilization czar, subsequently appointed secretary of state. and he was fully briefed within 24 hours of assuming the presidency on the state of the manhattan project. >> it's the 75th anniversary of the bombing of hiroshima. we are talking about it with the intel whose brand new book is coming out in september, twilight of the gods, war in the western pacific 1944 to 1945, the mines as they were last hour for the eastern and central time zone -- >> for those of you who are world war ii that's or family we there is another phone number. and our line for japanese americans exists as well. ian toll, one of the questions that came up a couple times in the last hour was why didn't the u.s. do some sort of demonstration of the bomb to show the japanese its power, instead of actually using it on a city? >> i think that that is a hard question. in my view, the really hard question is when it comes to the atomic bomb and not should we have used it. given the circumstances in the summer of 1945, the urgent need to end the war and to end it quickly witho

burns who was the war mobilization czar, who truman subsequently appointed as secretary of state, and he was fully briefed within about 24 hours of assuming the presidency on the state of the manhattan project. >> it's the 75th anniversary of the bombing of hiroshima. we're talking about it with ian toll, whose brand-new book is coming out in september, twilight of the gods, war in the western pacific, 1944-1945. the lines as they were last hour for the eastern and central time zones, 202-748-8000. for those of you who are world war ii vets or family, 202-748-8002, and our line for japanese americans, 202-748-8003. ian, one of the questions that came up a couple times last hour is why didn't the u.s. do some sort of demonstration of the bomb to show the japanese its power instead of actually using it on a city? >> yeah, i mean, i think that's a hard question. i mean, you know, in my view, the really hard questions when it comes to the atomic bomb is not so much should we have used the bomb or not. given the circumstances in the summer of 1945, the urgent need to end the war and end th

their body up to 75% of james's body is covered with burns. >>people in napa county can finally head in the evacuation area to see if their property has been burned or damaged and firefighters are still trying to get a hold of >>9.26 is the time right now want to get a look at the weather with john good morning. good morning daria still foggy out there not a lot of sunshine breaking through just yet semper on not seeing improvements with the fog but you have seen improvements in air quality after a morning with poor air quality in the north bay conditions much better now moderate we're holding on to good conditions in the east bay in the peninsula course conditions down around the santa cruz mountains fog is still very present all the way into the east bay will start to burn off over the next couple of hours by early afternoon, we've got a good dose of sunshine inland fog remains near the coastline. 50's and 60's for current temperatures with san francisco at 54 oakland conquered palo alto and san jose as well as hayward in fairfield all at 61

james f burns who had been a supreme court justice, he was known as mr. assistant president during the third term, he was at all-time and took shorthand. he was skilled at shorthand, so he had the very best notes of the ultra president of anyone, and truman reaches out to burns and taps him as his secretary of state. he doesn't officially become secretary of state until july 1st, but he's at truman's side constantly. and of course, he's the one who was spurs in truman's ear that the soviets were breaking their agreements at the altar. burns has a very, very different view than simpson. the opposite view in fact. simpson's assistant john mcclain reported that after a conversation with burns, this is a memo that foot rights to simpson, that burns was quite radically opposed to cooperating. he wish that mccoy wrote to have the bump in his pocket after conferences after the war. the actual quote is, during the conference he was intend to attend in london beginning september 4th. so that's after the war. but during the war, burns press secretary, walter brown

right now as james talked about 80,000 acres burned yes that's more than 24 hours ago, but not a significant jump because 24 hours ago we were sitting at around 77,700 so in additional 2000 acres over 24 hours calfire we'll take that any time as supposed to say 10 or 20,000 acres every day they're establishing control lines as we speak and those control lines are very important because right now it's protecting the city of santa cruz, it's protecting santa clara county from the fires reaching into the heart of santa clara county. and it's also protecting you see santa cruz. but protection is not just happening by firefighters a lot of local residents are staying behind and fighting the fires which according to authorities they say that is not advised and that's not sitting well with the residents. >>a lot of fire i've seen a lot of firefighters that i feel like are being held back and we're being told that if we are seen on the road that we will be put are being arrested. we are not allowed to put out fires on other people's properties we can only protect their own property at this point whi

>>morning and thanks for waking up with us i'm darya folsom and i'm james fletcher again our big story this morning continues to be the wildfires that are burning across the bay area for the better part of a week now the good news, though there is some progress finally now being made. let's take a look at the l and you lightning fire. >>that complex of fires in the north bay is 27% contained some good news there. the s c you lightning complex fires in parts of the east and south bay. those are 20% contained and the czu complex fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties, those are at 19% containment. the cooler weather and the extra resources coming into the bay area those are going to help. we have team coverage on starting with the czu fires in san mateo and santa cruz counties take a look at them at first the shows you the burn area. 440 homes and other structures have been destroyed kron four's will tran is there live at the cal fire base camp in scott valley with more well. >>actually we just got an update from cal fire unfortunately you talked about the structures and the damage w

james. >>all right john thank you very much coming up the next hour we have new numbers on several wildfires burning across the bay area we're going to live team coverage coming up in just a moment. and the democratic national convention officially underway a breakdown of what happened last night and what we can expect. to stay tuned. and also new acreage numbers for those fires we'll update you on that as well as we take a live look out here at the san mateo bridge will be right back. >>breaking news this morning for fires raging out of control this morning in the bay area we're live as firefighters rush to get a handle. on these fires as temperatures continue to soar. >>you're watching kron 00:04am morning >>good morning and thanks for waking up with us get ready for another hot day, i'm darya folsom and i'm james fletcher yeah hot to say the least john trouble in the weather center. we want to start there with a check of the forecast john hey guys at least there is some good news in the f

this afternoon he toured the browned out burn zone with supervisor james gore who usually has answers for . >> does anyone have any answers for how many houses burned here? >> no. there are people throwing around estimates, 15 to 20 but nobody knows right now. there are no confirms numbers. >> reporter: but everyone knew to worry. residents watch the smoke and the planes above them fighting and contemplating evacuating. >> fingers crossed. i think it may be moving away. >> reporter: one can only hope. back on mill creek road, the remnants only hint at what used to be here. a mail route. a beautiful drive through the woods that isn't ore. and all along that drive, the stuff of memories turned to ash. seth used to live here. >> there's about a six bedroom house right there, gone. two houses on the left, one house on the right, within the next couple yards. >> reporter: we asked seth how many homes he thinks survived. >> two houses out of probably 15. >> reporter: again, it is too early to know and almost too painful to guess. in healdsburg with that sky behind us. if wasn't such a diffi

back to you james all right, thank you very much john. we are seeing a significant jump in containment numbers with regard to the wildfires burning across the bay area in fact fire crews have been battling the flames for over a week now. >>and they have made progress cal fire says the lnu lightning complex fire in the north bay is now 27% contained. so great news on that front. the scu lightning complex fires in parts of the east and south bay's. now 20% contained. and the czu august lightning complex fire burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties is now 19% contained. cal fire says cooler weather and extra resources coming in from outside the bay area of really helped crews. gain at least some ground on these fires. let's get you closer look now at the fires in particular will begin with the czu august lightning complex fires again those are the ones burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties cal fire says the overall acreage burned is now 80,000. we know that one person has died in these fires at least 7 people are considered missi

james bail from the burns institute. chair ronen, if it is appropriate i would love to call up director davis at this time. >> please do. >> thank you. director davis, you have the floor. >> thank you. hello, happy monday to everyone. thank you supervisors for this opportunity. thank you supervisor walton for your leadership and the work on behalf of the african-american community and the city of county of san francisco as a whole. i am grateful to share a quick update of the work we have been doing. as i was looking over the announcement i am grateful so many of the supervisors signed on and made the commitment. they are helping to address some of the wrongs that have happened not just nationally but locally. redevelopment as well as what we saw with imminent do main a lot of people suffered. i am going to share my screen and go through this you see my screen? >> yes. >> great. again, really grateful for this opportunity to be part of this work. part of this conversation around reparations is repairing the impact of bro

james bail from the burns institute. chair ronen, if it is appropriate i would love to call up director davis at this time. >> please do. >> thank you. director davis, you have the floor. >> thank you. hello, happy monday to everyone. thank you supervisors for this opportunity. thank you supervisor walton for your leadership and the work on behalf of the african-american community and the city of county of san francisco as a whole. i am grateful to share a quick update of the work we have been doing. as i was looking over the announcement i am grateful so many of the supervisors signed on and made the commitment. they are helping to address some of the wrongs that have happened not just nationally but locally. redevelopment as well as what we saw with imminent do main a lot of people suffered. i am going to share my screen and go through this presentation. can you see my screen? >> yes. >> great. again, really grateful for this opportunity to be part of this work. part of this conversation around reparations is repairing

james bail from the burns institute. chair ronen, if it is appropriate i would love to call up director davis at this time. >> please do. >> thank you. director davis, you have the floor. >> thank you. hello, happy monday to everyone. thank you supervisors for this opportunity. thank you supervisor walton for your leadership and the work on behalf of the african-american community and the city of county of san francisco as a whole. i am grateful to share a quick update of the work we have been doing. as i was looking over the announcement i am grateful so many of the supervisors signed on and made the commitment. they are helping to address some of the wrongs that have happened not just nationally but locally. redevelopment as well as what we saw with imminent do main a lot of people suffered. i am going to share my screen and go through this you see my screen? >> yes. >> great. again, really grateful for this opportunity to be part of this work. part of this conversation around reparations is repairing the impact of bro

are burning... all of them---are very close to each other. again -- the áhennessey fireá has prompted mandatory evacuations. ácal-fireá says there is an immediate threat to life (pam) on monday- the áhennessey fireá exploded to 27-hundred acres near álake hennessey.á the ágamble fireá also sparked yesterday--- near álake berryessaá and has now burned 5,000 acres. the third fire----the á15-10 fireá is burning near áputah creek bridge and berryessa knoxville road.á that fire has charred some 45-hundred acres. so far---three buildings have been destroyed. more than 200-other structures are being threatened. in the east bay...one cal-fire incident includes several fires and spans several counties.the ás-c-u or santa clara lightning complexá--- spans across several counties. the fire erupted overnight... and have now burned more than 25-thousand acres....they are forcing mandatory evacuation orders tonight here are where orders are in place.in alameda county...they include del puerto ca

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likely all sparked by lightning, let's take a closer look at the map james. >>and i want to start in the east base we have the marsh fire that's that complex it's burning near the sun all regional wilderness in alameda county right word border santa clara county. the burning since sunday and so we're tracking that were also as we slide the map here looking at the deer zone fires, those are burning on the back side of mount diablo out of control right now they broke out sunday. so we'll keep an eye on that as well and then in napa county there are a couple fires that we're following first off the hennessy fire that when it exploded in size yesterday right near lake hennessey and then up near lake berryessa is the gamble fire. that would also breaking out yesterday that one so far 600 acres in size let's go out and see then how these crews are doing sarah stinson is live in alameda county at the marsh fire. >>will tran is in napa county at the hennessy fire will let's start with you. >>right now i'm at a checkpoint in you can see the chp officer right behind me

james. >>all right john thank you 7.56. still ahead in the next hour for kron 4 morning news, firefighters have made significant progress in fighting all 3 major wildfires burning across the bay area will have the very latest numbers for you in just a moment. more businesses will be allowed to open today reopen after months of being close to tell you what the new state guidelines look like and what this means. and the oakland a's self-isolating now in houston after a member of the organization tested >>the state is allowing some businesses to reopen after months of being close including indoor malls in live with the details coming up. >>somebody with the oakland a's has covid that they're not saying who but the whole team now has to hunker down in houston and wait to see if anybody else has it and containment numbers continue to grow in the fight against wildfires here in the bay area will have the latest numbers in just a moment. >>you're watching kron 00:04am morning >>i guess it was 5, 6 months first time we've all been

>>and thanks for waking up with us on a monday we're all in this together at very fulsome and i'm james fletcher lots to talk about from the pandemic to politics to fires burning across california we'll get to all that here in just a bit just getting out of bed though is the first he is right well it's going to be a lot easier getting out about this morning daria. >>we're not seeing the fog completely socked in like we have over the last a couple of weeks in fact look at this nice shot seizure tower camera showing a you can see a little bit of it just real patchy though this is actually the golden gate bridge towers there you can in the middle of your screen. so at least we can see them right and that's a good morning, a good way to start off as the visibility a little bit to spotty in some areas but not too bad like what we've seen over the last couple of weeks temperature wise look at this very widespread anywhere from the mid 50's all the way to the upper 60's 60 did 9 degrees already and any out this morning 60 in oakland, 56 in san francisco. things are going to warm up around the

>>and thanks for waking up with us on a wednesday, i'm darya folsom and i'm james fletcher and of course the big story that we've been following all morning long has been the wildfires burning throughout the bay area for a week now the good news is there is big progress made now on the fire lines, let's take a look at the lnu lightning complex fire that's the one in the north bay is 33% contained right now. then there's the s c u fires, those are part of the east and south bay 20% contains these numbers are much better and the czu complex which include a san mateo and santa cruz counties that's 19% contained. we are getting cooler weather and there are extra resources coming into the bay area from the outside to help our crews get the upper hand. so let's start a team coverage now with the czu fire in san mateo santa cruz county is first a look at the map of the area burned so far more than 538 homes and structures have been damaged or destroyed in kron four's will tran has been getting these numbers and updated in live from the cal fire base in scotts valley. well. >>so unfortunately th