And the mastermind of 9 11, Khalid Sheikh mohammed. And these captured terrorists gave us information that allowed the cia to round up virtually all the key members of that network and dismantle them and stop the attack they had planned. And today we are honored to have with us the man who interrogated those hot value terrorists and got them to provide that information that saved, saved so Many American lives, thats james mitchell. In the 15 years since 9 11, no one has heard from ksm. Hes been isolated from the world first in cia custody, then at guantanamo bay. But dr. Mitchell has looked directly into the face of evil, and in doing so he came to understand the terrorist mind, what drives and motivates them better than almost anyone in america, because the terrorists told him what drives them and what they believe. And now for the first time, dr. Mitchell is sharing what ksm told him, including his opinions on u. S. Counterterrorism policy, the Bush Administrations response to 9 11,
Attacked us, what do they want . And most importantly what else with a planning . Today we take for granted the fact that we know the answers to those questions and wind of the attacks were carried out by alqaeda on the orders of Osama Bin Laden, that they were conceived and executed by his operational commander, a terrorist mastermind named Khalid Sheikh mohammed. In the early days after 9 11 we didnt know any of that. With almost nothing about the enemy who he does. We did note ksm was a mastermind of 9 11 or the command of alqaeda or who his key accomplices were or what theyre planning by way of a followon attack. Unbeknownst to us there were two Terror Networks out there that were waiting to carry out the second wave picked it was in the case and network that of 9 11 and something called the hezbollah network in Southeast Asia terrorist that case and recruit because he knew they would look out for arab men and then a series of attacks planned that are guest today knows very well. B
Understand recor understand, some of them are still receiving medical treatment. So i dont have an update on their conditions since i spoke to you 30 minutes ago. Know that were trying to get that. There are officers there trying to make that happen. We have identified the gunman. He is a 26yearold africanamerican individual. The Police Department is working now to develop more information about him. There are certain things that need to be done before we announce his identity and release his photograph. And those things are happening. I still expect to identify the gunman in the short term. Reporter do you have more information about the weapon used . No. Again, the scene is locked down. Someone asked me earlier how many people were inside the church at the time. Im going to approximate it at about 50. I know that we have 30something in a side building on the church campus, air conditioned side building, who are being interviewed by our detectives. Someone asked about children. We thi
Story just ahead but first to the stunning public showdown between the nfl and President Trump. At this hour the president is not backing down from his controversial calls for the nfl to punish and even fire players who exercise their First Amendment right to kneel during the National Anthem as a show of protest of social injustice. We have great people representing our country, especially our soldiers, our First Responders and they should be treated with respect and when you get on your knee and you dont respect the American Flag or the anthem, thats not being treated with respect. Ive never said anything about race. This has nothing to do with race or anything else. This has to do with respect for our country and respect for our flag. Mean while, the nfl is making its position on the matter clear, not only does the league call the president s comments divisive but its standing in solidarity against them. At every single kickoff today in more than a dozen cities, these were the scenes