operation from there. and he traveled to libya with republican congressman. i can tell you firsthand account my meeting with general ham, specifically, do we have resources in the area. the answer is yes. do we have proximity. the answer is yes. as to why we didn t send in some assets, the general said he was not requested to do so. tier one special operations forces deployed to southern italy were also never given the go order. harris: jennifer when the story was breaking the first couple of weeks we learned about two suspects picked up a turkey reportedly fake passports, what more do we know about the two men? well, we know that two suspects as you mentioned were seen at the attack site. they were detained at the airport in turkey and at least one of them, aim told by a senior u.s. official, was transferred to tunisia, where u.s. authorities have not been given access to them. much to the frustration of the
taliban may have deliberately chosen an attack site near the post to lure the two sides into firing on each other. it s possible. that s an area cluttered with taliban. the pakistan encampments were maybe a couple hundred meters apart. the taliban runs freely. we conduct a special operation when we have a high degree of confidence. there are taliban in a specific area. a fire fight ensues. the pakistanens think they are getting fired on. they fire back. so what does pakistan want? nato has already apologized. an apology is not what they are after. we stopped the billions of dollars we were giving them annually. they want money and they want the united states to say that it is not going to conduct any cross border operations ever
glad you are with us, i m jenna lee. 10 years ago, the worst terror attack in u.s. history. what an incredible transformation we ve seen since then. welcome to this special edition. we see some of the transformation from where we are standing. we hope to share some of those shots with you. today we remember the 2,977 people who died that day. this morning you will see their names scrolling on the bottom of your seen. if you see it right now, those are some of the names of the victims. we honor them as we honor the many americans over the past decade who have made sure there s a lasting tribute to the victims. we have live team fox coverage from the attack site. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. laura ink tkpwral in laura ingle in shanksville, pennsylvania. we ve had 10 years since
interesting. maybe they ll have a better on-line presence. that s what zagat needs in my humble opinion. thank you very much. we appreciate it. american morning continues right now. i m christine romans. here s what you need to know to start your day. people in new york and washington being told to stay alert and stay calm. the feds watching a possible terror threat as our nation marks ten years after 9/11. i m carol costello. a fiery president obama announcing his jobs plan to jolt the economy and create jobs, challenging congress 17 times to pass his bill right away. we ll tell you what s in it and what republicans are saying about it on this american morning. hi, christine. good morning. it s friday, september 9th. welcome to american morning. ali is off. you had the president and football last night, so you re i know. i m exhausted. up first we have to talk about this breaking news. we have new information that al qaeda may want to mark 9/11 with ano
news today about all of the first responders who rushed through the dust and smoke to rescue people. we know that there were a host of carcinogens in the air and a new study finds 19% more cancer in the firefighters who responded around the attack site than those who were not exposed. robert bazell is the health correspondent, and a 19% to a layperson like me sounds significant. yes, michael. this study only covers the first seven years even though it is ten years later, it takes a while to analyze the data. now, this is first seven years after the attack, and more people thought more carcinogens more cancer, but only a few weeks ago the federal government said that cancer is not one of the diseases for which people could be reimbursed if they were exposed to 9/11. this should change that? well, it probably will, because cancer takes several years after expose sure to develop, and that is why it is one of the reasons to just be