Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
President Obama visited Hiroshima, Japan in the early morning hours Pacific Time today.
In a speech at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, he decried the use of nuclear weapons and paid homage to the victims of the atomic bomb blast that killed 140,000 people.
"Seventy-one years ago, on a bright cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed. A flash of light and a wall of fire destroyed a city and demonstrated the mankind possessed the means to destroy itself."
Representative Mark Takano of Riverside urged President Obama to take that trip. He joined Take Two for his reaction to the President's remarks today.
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