with pennsylvania as our first example we are going to look into some of the details of the pennsylvania constitution. so the pennsylvania constitution of 1776 is a printed version of the constitution that was written very momentous year. on the heels of the declaration of independence and with the united states declares itself to be an independent nation. within each of the states and some have already been engaging in this, they are creating their own government. some are at doubting their colonial charters to this newly declared faith. others are starting from scratch and writing a new form of government for their state. that is what happened in pennsylvania. the legislature in pennsylvania get together they decide they're going to write a petition with a republican form of government. they come up with one of the more revolutionary constitutions. maybe you could elaborate on that? >> pennsylvania certainly one of the most fascinating cases of this. 1776 a lot going on already. you think americans must be thinking your declared independence, we wrote a declaration, we approved it. the

it's something that i am going to stop here in pennsylvania. they will not get the personal information that they are asking for from the good people of pennsylvania. >> is there any real peril to handing it over to a senate caucus? >> absolutely. we have laws in this commonwealth that make clear that people's personal private information needs to be protected. in fact, our pennsylvania supreme court has held time and time again that the right to informational privacy here in pennsylvania is protected under our state constitution. just the act of handing it over to some of the senators is questionable. certainly handing it over to some third party organization that these republicans have yet to name who probably are going to be folks associated with the former president puts -- really violates the law in pennsylvania, violates our constitution and is something that certainly is not going to happen on my watch. >> it seems like it's an attempt just to show -- to make it seem like they are doing something, some sort of investigation on so-called

the democrats in pennsylvania actually filed a lawsuit to stop these subpoenas from going out. but just tonight, something new. the attorney general of the state of pennsylvania has now also filed suit against the republican-led senate committee that is conducting this election investigation, along with the chairman of that committee and the republican leader of the state senate all in an effort to stop these subpoenas to get all this data on everyone who voted in the state. i want to read how the lawsuit starts. pennsylvania citizens have constitutionally guaranteed rights to free and fair elections and to the protection of their personal information. both fundamental rights are threatened by the abuse of power at the center of this case. the commonwealth of pennsylvania, the department of state and acting secretary of the commonwealth bring this action to protect nine million pennsylvania voters from an unlawful attempt to sub and share with unknown third parties their private information. the pennsylvania's state senate's intergovernmental operations committee has demanded v

honda joins us now via skype from pittsburgh in pennsylvania. thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera, such on a coin, i, connie can distinctive a picture that so many people remember talk us through the moments that led to you taking this picture. while i was down photograph in the the attack i was, i got down to lower manhattan before the 1st hours had collapsed. and after that, after that 1st tower collapsed, i was near an office building between the smoke into debris. you couldn't really see anything. it was like night, so there is a police officer pulling people into the, into a building. so i went into that building. it was a small lobby of an office building. and a few moments later, or there were other people in the lobby, and a few moments later, a person comes in completely covered in dust. and you couldn't really tell what colors address or shoes or anything like that. and this turned out to be marsey borders and she stopped for a 2nd by a bank of elevators. and i took one frame of her and then a group of people were helpi

leaders here in pennsylvania, lied to by the former president. those lies are dangerous. they're not just things that get talked about around the water cooler or on television. they're things that, you know, end up being a kocancer on our democracy. they're things that don't allow us to agree on basic sets of facts and data and science that we need, for example, to beat this pandemic. they're tearing us apart. and they are making people feel as though they will not be counted in our democracy. i'm fighting back against that. it's important to note, anderson, that they sued us over 40 times here in pennsylvania. first to make it harder for people to vote and second to make sure that their votes didn't count. we beat them every single count, and we'll do it again with this sham audit. >> attorney general, appreciate it. thanks so much. josh shapiro. still to come, a way to escape all the political drama. what i discovered when i did? digging into my mom's family for a new book. psst! psst! allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily st

registered voters in the state of pennsylvania. i am curious, though, as to their powers to interfere here. joining us now is pennsylvania state senator anthony williams. he is the ranking democratic member of the committee in the pennsylvania senate that voted along party lines to issue subpoenas to vacuum up all this personal information on all the voters in the state. senator williams, it's a pleasure to have you with us tonight. thank you for being here. >> it's a pleasure. thank you for having me here. >> first, let me just ask you, we've been watching this from outside and watching local media and watching some of the hearings as they've been happening, about you we're watching it from afar. is there anything that i described wrongly or anything that i'm sort of missing in terms of explaining to our audience what's going on here? >> you did an extraordinary job of giving accurate, precise information. the only thing that i want to make sure everybody understands how serious this is. you're extraordinary in terms of your deliv

this is in pennsylvania. in new york city where we're just hearing from officials, we know that nine people are confirmed dead. the national weather service issued a flash flood emergency for the first time ever for new york city. the record rainfall from the remnants of hurricane ida inundating subways with gushing water. it shut down the transit system and also, as you heard from the governor, stranded riders who didn't know it was shut down for hours. this is a subway system in new york. it is terrifying. and it wasn't just the record rainfall that is causing problems all throughout the region. as i mentioned new jersey, we're talking tornados destroying homes. it is enormous tornados causing extensive damage in parts of new jersey. coming up this hour, president biden will be addressing the nation in really we expect now just minutes about everything that has played out in terms of the effects of hurricane ida, from louisiana, now up to the northeast, and the president will be traveling to louisiana tomor

and mckean located in lewis, pennsylvania. it's critical congress continues to support these hardworking men and women from these federal institutions. as a member of the bureau of prisons reform caucus, i'll work to oversee the implementation of programs laid out in our legislation. for emproving staffing conditions to implementing the first step, to expanding current technical education opportunities for inmates as they look to find a better place in society. it is important we understand the accidents taking place in our federal system. it's my hope this caucus continues to meet and improve the relationship between congress and the bureau of federal prisons. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? mrs. maloney: i request unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. and to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. maloney: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in s

, new york, and in pennsylvania in particular and new jersey. the flooding has just been catastrophic. the death troll reaching up to 12 people. the numbers could rise. thousands of people left stranded and thousands of people left without electric and thousands of people lost their cars as you can see by the flooding video on your screen. joining me over the phone is hoboken, new jersey mayor. thank you, sir, for talking to us. this is flooding unlike ever seen before by new jersey residents. what is it like where you are? >> you use the word cat as trough -- people trapped in their cars, dozens ever people needing to be rescued from floodwaters so it's a catastrophic event but we are utilizing all of the resiliency measures that we've invested in to make sure the waters recede as soon as possible and then we'll move into the phase of storm recovery. >> julie: do you feel like people were properly prepared? from the images we're seeing it seems like a lot of people were caught offguard and had no idea this was coming or had they known, maybe th

joining us now is pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro, mr. general thank you for making time to us i know it's a busy night. >> think good to be with you rachel thanks. >> is it clear to you why this want this information about all the voters in your state? >> i think what's clear is that they continue to perpetuate the big lie. i think what's clear is that in doing so they not only been lying to their constituents, but now they are putting 9 million pennsylvanians at risk of having their private information compromised. they're violating their constitutional right to privacy, they're trying to have a chilling effect on our election. are also makes clear, we will not let them get away with it. >> it is surprising to me given how provocative this request is in the republican subpoena, or the demand in the republican subpoena, and they must know that voters across the state are not going to watch all of this personal identifying information handed over to an investigation in the state legislature. but given that, knowing how provocative it must

the attorney general of the state of pennsylvania has now also filed suit against the republican-led senate committee that is conducting this election investigation along with the chairman of that committee and the republican lead over the state senate all in an effort to stop these subpoenas to get all this data on everybody who voted in the state. i want to read you something about how the lawsuit starts. quote, pennsylvania citizens have constitutionally guaranteed rights to free and fair elections and to the protection of their personal information. both fundamental rights are threatened by the abuse of power at the center of this case. the commonwealth of pennsylvania, the department of state and acting secretary of the commonwealth bring this action to protection 9 million pennsylvania voters from an unlawful attempt to share with unknown third parties their private information. the pennsylvania's state senate's intergovernmental operations committee has demanded voters' private information, not to conduct a good faith investigation or to further secure pennsylvania's elections

is what pennsylvania is working on right now. and you want to know how they're working on it? if you voted in the pennsylvania presidential election this year, they are not trying to subpoena your full name as a voter. your home address, your drivers license, and a portion of your social security number for their review. for every single person who voted in pennsylvania, they will all of that data. all of that personally identifying information. because maybe in that donald trump is still president. so the urgently need every voter personal identifying information for their investigation. meanwhile, right now, we're having the fans off the united states supreme court and the u.s. capitol again. as the former president beats his chest today and screams about the rigged elections and how we need solidarity with all the brave patriots who violently tried to overthrow the u.s. government and keep him in power, on january six. there is plenty a political ambition. intrigue and, suspense on one side of the aisle tonight. but the other

paula reed is live in shanksville, pennsylvania, not far from pittsburgh, pennsylvania, western part of the state where president biden has just arrived. paula, tell us what you've seen. >> reporter: really an incredible tribute here today at the national memorial to flight 93. flight 93 was one of the four commercial airliners hijacked on 9/11 but didn't reach the intended target, believed to be the u.s. capitol, because the crew members banded together and stormed the cockpit. instead of crashing in washington, d.c., the flight crashed here in a field in rural pennsylvania, and it is that unity that's the theme today. vice president kamala harris and former president george w. bush both gave remarks in tribute to lives lost. i think it will be the former president's remarks that people are going to be talking about. he touched on this idea of unity and unity that he saw when he was leading the country on the days following 9/11. he said he believes the threat of domestic terror, domestic extremism is just as significant as any foreign extremist threat, an apparent reference to the

joining us now is democratic congressman conor lamb of pennsylvania. he is now a candidate for the united states senate, running for the seat now occupied by republican senator pat toomey. thank you very much for joining us tonight, congressman lamb. i want to get your reaction to what the pennsylvania republicans are requesting in these subpoenas. >> i think you used the key word in your opening, lawrence. it's nice what the newspaper did, but this isn't just not an audit. this is an attack on our system and our democracy itself. in this particular instance, yeah, i think people are really going to feel it once they realize that these republicans in harrisburg want all their personal information, and it's just one of many ways in which they hope to scare people out of voting. and if they can't scare them out, they'll try to keep them out by getting rid of drop boxes and convenient voting hours and vote by mail. and if they can't do that, they'll get out the county election worker or the state election worker who is actually counting the ballots in som

joining us now, pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro. attorney general, that's actually a good start, if media organizations around the country decided to call the bs out for what it is, these are not audits, they're nonsense. >> they're absolute nonsense, and katie hobs is right, it's a fraud, i think it's a charade and a sham and i think what is important for pennsylvanians to know is that these republican pennsylvania senators are using taxpayer dollars to undermine the faith in our democracy with this charade, and i've been hearing for weeks, actually months that this would be some kind of big block buster hearing today. instead, today's hearing was a complete and total dud that produced zero evidence in their attempts to satisfy the very people that they have been lying to for the last ten months. >> well, let's show our viewers what we mean. let's play a little bit from this hearing. what you're going to hear from is the fulton county, pennsylvania, commissioner, stewart alche, he's a republican, and the pennsylvania state senator,

-- xl, pennsylvania. as our heroes fought to overcome the people brought to our shores that morning, to date, an additional 2000 first wrist boundaries that took part in the immediate rescue and continued recovery efforts have died from related illnesses. and with every month we continue to lose more. the ripple effect of september 11 is unfathomable. there are still many questions to be answered about the day. fax to be declassified and released. and justice to be served. so much of september 11 involved paid, loss, terror, our lives were never to be the same. yet from the ashes of the day, stories of heroism and courage emerged, providing hope to a world adrift in fear and confusion. first responders running into burning buildings with little regard for their own safety. citizens inside those buildings refused to run from danger so that they could offer assistance and comfort to those left, knowing that their decision would cost them all but up -- but their order. and here in the skies over southwestern

we have a look at that field where the plane crashed in rural shanksville, pennsylvania. this event just ended. former president george bush just spoke. it departed on the way to s fo. one of the passengers was mark bingham, a graduate of uc berkeley. bingham among those who fought back against the hijackers who believed intended to crash that flight in washington, dc. everyone on board including those four hijackers died. bingham has since been recognized by the bay area, by the nation, and by the lgbtq community for his bravery. his friends are ensuring his legacy isn't forgotten. >> that one little act that him and the passengers of flight 93 saved the whole lot of lives afterwards. so let's celebrate that. let's not cry. >> i hope the gay hero part of it goes away, although it's important, we fight to get to a point where it's like, okay, he's a hero. that's the end of the story. >> happening today, the veterans support will host a ceremony at the flame of liberty memorial. los gatos civic center. the victims will be honored including mark bingham who we just mentione

i mean the pennsylvania gop is literally subpoenaing to scrape every pennsylvania voter, republicans and democrats, i want to emphasize about, seven million personal identifiably, files of seven million pennsylvania voters, into an unsecured database and effectively turning it over to some random vendor that they find in the penny saver, and hope it's all going to work out and it's literally risking an enormous crisis, and identity theft catastrophe here in pennsylvania. all for an election that news max called for joe biden ten months ago. >> yes, so ten months ago, reliable sources of information, even news max, even news max called biden. let me ask you this. republicans held this public hearing earlier this week to kick start this fake audit and give them a form of legitimacy. it generated headlines that real people read and they rightfully freak out even though we will still have the same results at the en -- end of this, what is your reaction to, i don't know what to call it, the validation that republicans get just from this headline, just the fact that you and i are having a

so pennsylvania praising veterans who fought and the so called war on ceremony. at the pentagon, us defense secretary lloyd austin, paid tribute to the american soldiers who died since $911.00. we know that you carry pain every day. we know that you bear your losses. not just at times of ceremony, but also in ordinary moments of absence. in quiet minutes that can seem to stretch on for hours. all of us are here because we remember and i hope knowing that is at least some measure of comfort and other news for the palestinians who escaped from an israeli maximum security. prison is set to appear in court after days on the run, but the $900.00 continues for 2 others who tunneled the way out of gilbert prison on monday. i forces reports from last year was around 5 am local time on saturday is really counter terrorism units arrested to more of the 6 escaped, palestinian prisoners in laurie park, east of the town of nazareth. a tip off from a local resident, reportedly led to the capture of mohammed al our day, a member of palestinian islamic jihad, and zachary, as who

it krashed on a field in pennsylvania. on board, mark bingham, traveling from his new york office to his san francisco office, he was among the passengers who fought back against those hijackers. who had intended to divert the plane to washington, d.c. but because of his bravery and that of many others, that plane went down in a field outside shanksville, pennsylvania everyone on board were killed. bingham has been recognized by the lgbt community for his behavery. for the first time. >> some of the children are available to talk about the lessons. >> what do you think we should hang onto in. >> unity and trying to live our lives in their legacy. >> the other message is resilience. resilience is a muscle. so much of what happened on that day over the years weave he a been able to reflect on as being an immense tragedy. but on the 20th anniversary, maybe it's sitting on the couch with you all that makes me feel different. >> you can join us for the special edition of "dateline," remembering the heroes of flight 93. bob rede

how is this going to sit with the nearly 7 million pennsylvania voters? >> well, i would expect that the commonwealth and our attorney general, josh shapiro, and the city of philadelphia -- i'm only one member of the board of elections here, but i would expect that they would resist this effort because not only is the information everything that you would need to commit identity theft or open a credit card or take out a loan in someone's name with their birthday, with their social security number, with their driver's license number, but it's really very unclear where this information would wind up. what third party would be provided with this information to do this so-called investigation? >> listen, we know that at least two of these lawmakers went to observe the arizona audit, which turned out to be really a clown show or a fraudit as i've been calling it. are they planning to use that as a model? >> i don't know. you know, i'm a big fan of the movie "charlie wilson's war," and there's a good quote in it that says, hey, we're going to keep doing this po

i think that's the same case with pennsylvania. it's just a complete waste of time and i think it will backfire there as well. i've been a very vocal opponent of these efforts because they're undermining democracy and they're just one big disinformation exercise after another. >> it would be laughable except that there are real world consequences to misinformation. as we saw on january 6th and we might see this weekend. >> that's exactly right. there's a consistent theme here that the elections are fraudulent and therefore that justifies for some people violence, because something legitimate was taken away from them. or it justifies these republican and gop state attempts to deny people the vote. they're all leading into the only legitimates anymore for the gop are ones in which the gop wins. they will threaten the sanctity of our elections in the process of the win. how do people who care about the rule of law fight back? i think you're seeing it a little bit this weekend. i don't think this rally is going to amount to much and i

in pennsylvania, it is a canary in the coal mine. we saw attempts by republicans in the state legislature to do things that would limit the ability of some people to register, to vote early, to vote by mail and to vote in person. and now -- and the head of the republican party there went to arizona to watch that audit to see if they could learn any new tricks from it. >> you are exactly right, ali. you are draw a straight line between the lies that occurred in the election. the litigation. we were sued 19 times before a single vote was cast to make it harder for people to vote. we won every time. we then had a safe and secure election. they sued us 20 plus more times after that to stop certain votes from being counted. the lies continued. there was a violent insurrection that occurred at our capital. state capitals across this country are trying to pass laws to stop certain people from being able to vote. thankfully we have a democratic governor here who has been vetoing that and now we move into these sham audits. so there is a dire

joining us now is democratic congressman conor lamb of pennsylvania. he is now a candidate for the united states senate. running for the seat and now occupied by a republican senator. >> thank you very much for joining us tonight, congressman lamb. i want your reaction to what the pennsylvania republicans are requesting in the subpoenas. >> i think you use the key word in your opening lawrence, it's nice what the newspaper did. but this isn't just an audit. it is an attack. it's an attack on our system, and on our democracy itself. and in this particular instance, i think people are really going to feel it once they realize that the republicans want all their personal information. it's just one of many ways in which they hope to scare people out of voting. and if they can't scare them out. they'll try to keep them out. by getting rid of drop boxes convenient voting hours, vote by mail. and if they can't do that, they will get out the county election workers, or the state election worker who is actually counting the ballots and some of the states. if th

joining us now, a pennsylvania native, and the 47th governor of this great state of pennsylvania, everyone, please welcome governor tom wolf. [applause] >> thank you for being here. thank you for honoring me and allowing me to be here today. pennsylvania is proud to have been involved with these memorial services and everything to honor the people who gave so much to all of us on that day. every time i visit this memorial, i am struck by the solemnity of this place. even more i am struck by the compassion and heart of people who built this place of remembrance. the people who visit to share stories of love and grief. the people who care for this space and the visitors who come here day in and day out. every year, we remember the lives that were lost in their violent terrorist attacks on september 11, 2001. this year we are commemorating the 2010 anniversary of this tragedy. just like we do every year, our nation will come together and mourn and remember. we remember our first responders. remember those who went into danger on september 11, and in the days that followed, to protect others.

pfluger: i'd like to thank my colleague from pennsylvania. madam speaker, i rise today in support of every american family. cold, dark, and hungry is where those families will be if we continue on this path. cold, dark, and hungry. just two years ago the united states became energy independent. the number one producer of oil and gas in the entire world. thanks to the previous administration's leadership on deregulating industry that made greater gains in reducing harmful emissions than any other administration in the history of this country. now we risk losing our competitive edge on the world stage with needless regulations and more taxes in the budget reconciliation bill that will only hurt small and independent producers and will hurt every working class family in this country. let's look across the atlantic to our neighbors in europe right this second who are currently suffering through a cataclysmic energy crisis. their chortage of -- shortage of natural gas and fuel is causing multiple governments across europe to shut down factories an

how is this going to sit with the nearly 7 million pennsylvania voters? >> well, i would expect that the commonwealth and our attorney general, josh shapiro, and the city of philadelphia, i'm only one member of the board of elections here, but i would expect that they would resist this effort because not only is the information -- everything that you would need to commit identity theft or open a credit card or take out a loan in someone's name with their birthday, with their social security number, with their driver's license number. but it's really very unclear where this information would wind up. what third party would be provided with this information to do this so-called investigation? >> listen, we know that at least two of these lawmakers went to observe the arizona audit which turned out to be really a clown show, a fraudit, as i call it. are they planning to use that as a model? >> i don't know. i'm a big fan of the to move "charlie wilson's war." there is a good quote that says we are going to keep doing this political tradition of saying one th

before leaving pennsylvania, biden made a surprise stop at the shanksville, pennsylvania volunteer fire department. it was there he made comments to reporters defending the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. >> if you told anybody we were going to spend 300 million bucks a day for 20 years to try to unite the country after we got bin laden, after al qaeda was wiped out there, can al qaeda come back? yeah. but guess what, it is already back other places. what's the strategy? any place al qaeda is, we're going to invade and have troops stay there? come on. >> we have reporters at all of the sites. polo sandoval is at ground zero. let's begin with paula reed in shanksville, pennsylvania. i want to begin with president biden defending the withdrawal during his visit to a shanksville fire department, but those aren't the only comments he made today. >> reporter: that's right. we were not expecting to hear from the president today. the only former president we expected to hear from was former president george w. bush. but president biden made brief remarks while visiting a volunteer fire stati

in pennsylvania, in -- also let's add a fourth. in pennsylvania. we're seeing some in delaware as well. in new jersey and parts of new york. historic flooding, breaking records. record amounts of rainfall coming in a matter of hours. and that is what is so different about this storm than we're hearing from officials. it's not just the total amount of water. it's all of the rain falling in just a short amount of time. and the pictures you're looking at, what we're being told from the officials is what's happened with the remnants of hurricane ida here is places that don't usually flood, they are flooding. places that don't normally face tornadoes, they are getting hit. we've heard from the mayor of mameric, a city outside of new york city saying that there are parts even though that town is on the water on the long island sound, parts of that town that no one ever sees flooding or has a problem, they are needing to get rescued out of their homes as well. all of this playing out. we're waiting to hear from -- i was just going to say we're waiting to

the reality of what happened here in pennsylvania. again, that we had a free and fair safe and secure election. >> a lot of people say, look, not going to happen. what you are seeing in texas or arizona can't happen in pennsylvania, as you do not have a republican governor who will let this go through. >> a democratic governor -- >> who is not going to let some of this nonsense go through. but that's not really the right assurance we should be having. we need to figure out ways to not entertain this kind of nonsense. because at some point, in every state, there will be a democratic governor or not. that's not the point. the point is, how do we prevent absolutely unlawful, mythical, made-up stuff from possibly coming close to becoming law? coming>> by speaking truth and t giving these folks who continue to perpetuate the big lie a platform to share it. look, they have been spoon feeding lies to the good people of pennsylvania for the last ten months. and so i understand why someone pennsylvania have reacted with questions about our ele

right now, all of philadelphia and pennsylvania and new jersey doesn't look like this. all of the small streams and rivers filled up and dumped into the big rivers. the flooding you're looking at is the big rivers. this is the schuylkill river, big one through delaware and towards philadelphia and the raredon river in new jersey. cresting as i speak and today. that's where rescues are taking place like this. the town i lived in, the river hit an all time record crest a block from my house. what's left is a muddy mess. i'm looking at this water here. after this water recedes, there's going to be three to four inches of muck behind this. that will be in homes too. >> we don't know the exact locations of images we are looking at, but it shows how widespread it is. even the idea could people have gotten in cars and evacuated, where would they evacuate to? it knocked out the whole region. as you said, it is a sunny day this morning. naturally, beyond the rescues what happens, the water is naturally going to recede? >> water will flow to the ocean through gravity. some rivers

bell rings ..and shanksville, pennsylvania, the other sites of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. gordon m aamoth, junior. edelmiro abad. and then the haunting, harrowing recitation of the names of those who died. ronald philip kloepfer. and my husband, joseph reina junior. and my uncle, james francis quinn. with the readers pausing to pay tribute to the loved ones. continue to watch over us and your family. 20 years feels like an eternity, but yet it still feels like yesterday. until we meet again, my love, rest in peace. the president, who is visiting all the 9/11 sites today, released this message. and george w bush, who was president in 2001, contrasted america today with america then. so much of our politics has become a naked appeal to anger, fear and resentment. 0n america's day of trial and grief, i saw millions of people instinctively grab for a neighbour's hand and rally to the cause of one another. that is the america i know. but today belongs to the people whose lives were rent by these unfathomable acts. i was sleeping when the first tower hit, and my mum woke me up b

it eventually went down in a shield in shanksville, pennsylvania. they're joining us from the memorial site in shanksville. good to see you all. dina, what has the day been like for you and your young ladies? >> you know, i would have to say this has been a really beautiful day of commemoration and just reflection, remembering tom's life and heroism of flight 93, enjoying memorial plaza and the park. it is wonderful to be able to reconnect with some of the family members we lost touch with. i think for the girls, it has probably been healing. madison, would you say healing? >> yeah, i would say so, yeah. >> because this is the first time, right? that's my understanding, first time that the young ladies have been to shanksville. describe for me why it felt healing, if you could. >> yes. this is the first time they've been. you know, the twins, halle and madison were five years old when tom died, anna claire was 3. i think it has been healing because they've had 20 years to think about what this place was like. it was kind of an anomaly, a mystery. to

president george w bush speaking in pennsylvania i w bush speaking in pennsylvania earlier. one of the four planes hijacked 20 years ago crashed into the pentagon, just outside washington, dc. 18a people were killed. a memorial ceremony is underway at the site of the attack to honour those who lost their lives. gary 0'donoghue is there for us and joins me live. it has been very striking in today's coverage how president george w bush use that address in pennsylvania to draw a direct line between the 9/11 hijackers and domestic extremists. he even referred to them as children of the same foul spirit. how does that strike you coming months after the january six riots on the capital when supporters of president trump try to overturn the election? t try to overturn the election? i think it is an extraordinary intervention, giving the high profile nature of the occasion today, all the symbolism around 9/11 and symbolism around the second decade after 9/11 and the withdrawal from afghanistan. there is little difference effectively from violence abroad versus violence that comes fr

she is going to speak in pennsylvania. and notably, absent from the ceremony will be donald trump, although he will be attending later on in the day to pay his respects here at the reflection tool. now, what i can tell you is that this will be a ceremony that will go on for some time because the names of all of the victims will be read out and it is a long list. in addition to that, there will be moments of silence 6 in total to commemorate not just the planes crashing into the towers, but also when the towers collapse and what there is an impact at the pentagon and also and shake. so pennsylvania, now we are not expecting the president to speak, this is a ceremony that will be attended by family members as well as 1st responders. but i can tell you the millions will be watching the ceremonies, whether it's live streamed or on their televisions. this is something that certainly affected so many millions of people, not just in the united states, but around the world and the san averse research of a lot of emotion. of course

-- xl, pennsylvania. as our heroes fought to overcome the people brought to our shores that morning, to date, an additional 2000 first wrist boundaries that took part in the immediate rescue and continued recovery efforts have died from related illnesses. and with every month we continue to lose more. the ripple effect of september 11 is unfathomable. there are still many questions to be answered about the day. fax to be declassified and released. and justice to be served. so much of september 11 involved paid, loss, terror, our lives were never to be the same. yet from the ashes of the day, stories of heroism and courage emerged, providing hope to a world adrift in fear and confusion. first responders running into burning buildings with little regard for their own safety. citizens inside those buildings refused to run from danger so that they could offer assistance and comfort to those left, knowing that their decision would cost them all but up -- but their order. and here in the skies over southwestern

it is indicative, in southwestern pennsylvania. it is a tie in to the hemlock row of trees, which is when flight 93 crashed here on september 11th. the angles you see here catch the angles of the eastern hemlock of the branches mimicked again, in the sidewalks. as we approach in and see across the glass as well as ceiling tile. let's walk inside and take a look at the exhibits space in 2015. the first panel you come to on the side is entitled ordinary day and each wall you come to in the visitor center has a glass panel giving you an overview of what each wall will cover, if they didn't experience september 11th everyone thinks back to the bright blue sky there was, so important to place people in the context of somerset county, in shanksville, pennsylvania. new york city is quite familiar to a number of people. as you progress through the timeline you will see that it places you tom daschle attack sites. there is foreshadowing that takes place but it places you in arlington at the pentagon, at the attack side of flight 93 which is

and the same goes to the ceremony and shanks, bill, pennsylvania, and the pentagon as well. but like you said, i think that to this year, because 2 decades gave people reason to reflect even more about the last 20 years. what happened to then and what has happened in the past 2 decades, but also it comes on the heels of the u. s. completely withdrawing from afghanistan . of course, the country that the u. s. went to war on an occupied 20 years ago. so i think that is added to the reflection if you will. the former president, bill clinton was here. brock obama current president, joe biden. george w bush was at the ceremony in pennsylvania, who was absent from here. former president donald trump. he chose not to attend the formal ceremony. instead, he came after it was over to the ground. 0 very briefly spoke to some police and firefighters, and use the opportunity to denigrate joe biden, in the pull out from afghanistan. but beyond that, i think there's a lot of focus on how many people died here, but also how many people died in subsequent wars throughout the world in the la

so in pennsylvania, alan, thank you very much indeed. well, at a set of money at the pentagon, us defense secretary lloyd austin, paid tribute to the american soldiers who died since $911.00. we know that you carry pain every day. we know that you bear your losses. not just at times of ceremony, but also in ordinary moments of absence in quiet minutes that can seem to stretch on for hours. all of us are here because we remember and i hope knowing that is at least measure of comfort or for more on the legacy of the 911 attacks i speak to bloomberg columnist, bobby gosh, good to have you with us on earlier in the day we heard from a president george w bush saying that to be the subsequent events following the attacks on the twin towers and the pentagon and in pennsylvania had been debated. he said, where do you stand on the effectiveness of the so called war on terror? well i think there are 2 parts to it and there is a short, shorter part was between 911 and the and the events leading up to the end of 2002. and then you had the war in ira

join us for live coverage from new york mother pentagon and shanksville pennsylvania, starting at 7:00 eastern saturday on c-span. watch online at c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> on 9/11, 2000 one, i was in the 50th find -- flying trainings hundred and. we were in mississippi, on central time, showed up like any other day, went to the airports -- air pork games. like my car, walked into the squadron and saw a group of my air force pilot classmates had surrounded the operations desk televisions and were watching live footage from new york city, from the world trade center, where the first tower had already been hit, and was on fire. this was not being picked up by networks -- now being picked up by networks across the country and around -- across the world. there is still speculation at the point of what had hit the tower and what was happening. i picked up the phone, this was before cell phones. we were all carrying pages -- pages back then. i called the wife. this essential time. 8:00, 9:00 central time. hawaii is six hours behind east coast time, five hours behind c

solemn ceremonies were also held in pennsylvania and at the pentagon. president biden and the first lady paid their respects to the victims who died in each of those places. and while he was in pennsylvania, the president reflected on the emotional difficulty of these anniversaries, but said they're important and they need to be done. for more, here is arlette saenz. >> reporter: president biden visited all three sites of the september 11th 2001 terror attacks, marking the 20th anniversary since those attacks on saturday. the president started his day in new york city at ground zero where he was accompanied at the 9/11 memorial by former president barack obama and former presidents bill clinton. they stood at that site as each of the names were read of those killed in the terror attack 20 years ago. the president also stopped in shanksville, pennsylvania, to lay a wreath at the site where flight 93 crashed into that rural pennsylvania field after some passengers overtook the hijackers who had hoped to land that plane in the capitol. instead, it crashed

democrats as you imagine in pennsylvania are livid about this. they think there's no reason to do another post election audit and a huge security concern. the governor will do everything he can to stop it but so far it's not clear what action they'll be able to take. we don't know if the pennsylvania department of state will comply with this subpoena. we don't know what they may might try to challenge it. the governor might try to challenge it. we know democrats in the pennsylvania senate are planning to file a lawsuit later this week. zeal we'll see how this plays out. >> it does seem like an intrusion. >> it's a lot of data. >>> joining us now democratic congressman from pennsylvania brendan boyle. your reaction to this move? thank you for being with us. >> well, it's completely outrageous. it's obviously furthering the big lie that inspired the attack on the capitol on january 6th that is further inspiring this apparent rally that will be here this weekend. literally i just went by the rather depressing site of fencing back up at the u.s. capi

reschenthaler of pennsylvania, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. reschenthaler will vote no on the bowman amendment number 105. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. carter of texas, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote no on the bowman-clark amendment. as the member designated by mr. issa of california, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. issa will vote no on passage of the bowman-clark amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on the bowman amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congress member napolitano pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on the bowman

pennsylvania. >> killing the crew members and passengers on board 33 passengers. 7 crew members. that flight was headed to san francisco. >> good morning and thank you for joining us here on the kron 4 weekend. morning news. i'm noelle bellow. i'm will tran. there are several ceremonies taking across the bay area today. we will have much more on that coming up. and just a few minutes from now. this was the scene earlier this morning at the pentagon, an american flag unfurled at sunrise to honor the victims who lost their lives when. >> american airlines flight 77 crashed into the side of this building. president biden will be attending a ceremony at the pentagon later this afternoon. stick with us here on kron on as well will be carrying that this afternoon. >> so the ceremonies have been taking place already in new york. the pentagon a little bit later. as you mention shanksville, pennsylvania, a somber day. we will have ceremonies right here in san francisco as well. we were impacted. there's a l

ceremonies were also held at the pentagon and in pennsylvania, all attended by the president and first lady. we begin our coverage with arlette saenz at the white house. >> reporter: president biden visited all three sites of the september 11th 2001 terror attacks. he started his day in new york city at ground zero where he was accompanied by former president barack obama and former president bill clinton. they stood as each of the names were read. the president also stopped in shanksville, pennsylvania to lay a wreath at the site where flight 93 crashed into that rural field after passengers overtook the hijackers who had hoped to land that plane in the capital, instead it crashed and killed those on board in pennsylvania 20 years ago. the president wrapped up his day at the pentagon laying a wreath there with vice president kamala harris. and in a video released ahead of the 9/11 remembrances, the president called for a moment of unity. and as he was speaking with reporters, he shared the story of how one his friends lost a loved one, a son, in those tower attacks in new york city. a

you have governor tom ridge arriving, he's the governor of pennsylvania at the time. of course, he will eventually be promoted when president bush creates the department of homeland security as the secretary of department of homeland security. and, of course, the media immediately wants to know about this plane crash with what's happened in new york city and what's happened at the pentagon. there's an immediate thirst for knowledge and understanding about why this plane has crashed here, what investigators are looking for and sort of what the experience has been. the media's going to to be pushed out of, away from the site within the first hour or so of being here, and so there's a press conference that's established very near where the first 911 phone call is going to be received. and this is a really great place to sort of transition, i think, because -- on to the next wall behind us. this, this quote here is taken from the special agent in charge, but it shows the methodical nature that all of the investigators that came to flight 93 to this crash site were going t