Military in the world. We certainly spend more on our military than basically the rest of the world put together but we dont know how to win wars. And it seems to me that there really has to be a Serious National Conversation as to why is that the case . Where does the fault lie . Is that our politicians are too stupid . Is that our generals are inapt . Is the size of the forces are too small or and this is my belief is that the fact that by its very nature war is unpredictable . To go to war is to roll the dice and you might win and you might not. Senate majority harry reid and republican leader Mitch Mcconnell came to the senate floor to mark the 9 11 attacks and to talk about syria. Later in the day senator reed announced the senate would stop work on a resolution to authorize military strikes against syria and will instead work on Energy Efficiency legislation. Mr. President , to i can mentor for those 12 years ago so clearly. Not far from here in s219. That was where leader daschl
centered at the new 9/11 memorial at ground zero. o say, can you see by the dawn s early light the names of the people who died in the world trade center attacks were read and moments of silence were held at the exact times the towers were hit and again when they fell. family members gathered at the memorial stone walls to touch the names of their loved ones. president barack obama and former president george w. bush helped lead the commemoration there. in arlington, virginia, u.s. troops placed wreaths at the memorial for 9/11 victims at the pentagon. the 184 people killed when the hijacked american airlines jetliner struck the building are all in that memorial. what once was lost, but now i m find the military choir sang amazing grace as part of the events at the pentagon. vice president joe biden helped lead the ceremonies there earlier today. and in shanksville, pennsylvania, a memorial service for the victims who died when united airlines flight 93 plun
here at ground zero to remember the lives of thousands of our citizens, the heroes, the soldiers, the victims, all americans. after all when the towers came down, our entire nation stepped up. look how fare ve come, today, ten years later, the moving memorial will finally be revealed and open to the public. there are credible tributes, stories that demonstrate our nation s strength, proof that no matter how the terrorist strikes america comes back bigger and more united before. welcome to the three our he edition on this beautiful, well, kind of dark now, sunday morning. but even last night, gretchen when i got in and steve, i don t know when you got in, the place was packed and this city was booming. as people come from all around from today s event. and when light actually comes here we ll be able to he see behind us in and the beautiful memorial that s been put in place here with this country s largest water falls and every name of every victim etched into this memor
be revealed and open to the public. there are credible tributes, stories that demonstrate our nation s strength, proof that no matter how the terrorist strikes america comes back bigger and more united before. welcome to the three our he edition on this beautiful, well, kind of dark now, sunday morning. but even last night, gretchen when i got in and steve, i don t know when you got in, the place was packed and this city was booming. as people come from all around from today s event. and when light actually comes here we ll be able to he see behind us in and the beautiful memorial that s been put in place here with this country s largest water falls and every name of every victim etched into this memorial. that s right, and not only are the names of the 2001 attacks, but also the 1993 attacks on the world trade center as well. brian, to point about all the people who gathered around the memorial site. right down there, barely outside of my frame, but there s actually on
people on edge, same as it was. and not just because of the anniversary. the breaking news tonight, new developments in the potential plot targeting new york and washington. two of the three people thought to be connected to it are american citizens. susan candiotti has been working her sources. she joins us now so does fran townsend former homeland security advisor for george w. bush. on the phone, analyst peter berg again. last night we thought at least one person was a u.s. citizen of the three. now we re hearing two, fran. that s right. which adds to the amount of information we have on that. but the question is, how much more do we know? not that much. what we are hearing and continue to hear is that there is not very much specific information about these people. for example, their names said to be very common ones as we have learned, making it much more difficult to try to track them down. and as well, trying to find out more about what the plan was, where they intend