Mr. Abe, the prime minister of Japan, said on Monday that he will join President Obama this month at the site of the Japanese attack 75 years ago. By NHK, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date December 5, 2016. Photo by Jason Szenes/European Pressphoto Agency. Watch in Times Video »
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Rachel Maddow explains what the nuclear football is and its corresponding “biscuit” and notes that when President Barack Obama makes his historic visit to Hiroshima, Japan, the nuclear football will not be far from hand.
Tourists at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum look at the bomb-singed remains of clothes that had been worn by Hiroshima’s civilians during the attack. AP Photo