obviously in serious trouble. no other way to describe it. the language here at times if i slip into language which seems a little melodramatic, forgive me. but this is a circumstance which is very, very difficult to describe in many ways without sounding melodramatic and certainly in 20 years of covering horrific events this is something i have never seen before. and many of the emergency workers just happy to be alive and certainly that picture tells it all. many are happy to be alive at this point. that is nbc s pat dawson who is standing about ten blocks from where the world trade center twin towers used to stand. you are looking at one of the collapse of those towers now. we have an alert out of pittsburgh that the officials at somerset county are confirming a crash of a large plane north of the airport 80 miles southeast of pittsburgh. and again, officials at the somerset county airport confirm the crash of a large plane north of the airport which is located 80 miles to the sou
the first few minutes, emergency workers were just trying to get out of there, to survive. the situation was so desperate they just wanted to get out of there. now many of them are beginning to regroup. a couple of them asked me where their commander might be. they re trying to get together and go back in there and try to take care of the people who obviously are in serious trouble. there s no other way to describe it. the language here, if at times i slip into language that seems a little melodramatic, forgive me, but this is a circumstance which is very, very difficult to describe in many ways without sounding melodramatic. certainly in more than 20 years of covering horrific events, this is something i ve never seen before. as we say, the emergency workers now beginning to try to gather t themselves. you can see t.
is standby equipment but still an important part of the government. i don t know if he s the one to change it. pollsters said we re all like the rolling stones. we can t get no satisfaction. the 71% who are dissatisfied deeply or angry clearly want some change. and it kind of explains some of the things happening on the republican side. sure. it explains why there s so much support for candidates who come outside of government and politics. trump, carson, fiorina. what do you make of ben carson s assent? do you take it seriously? of course i take it seriously. you have to pay attention to what people are doing and saying. he has risen up without any melodramatic statements, without any drama. he is a quiet guy. although he s saying important things. he is a quiet guy. he scores with people on the personal characteristic and also on the republican side they like
well, there goes gravity. here with us now contributing editor of vanity fair lisa robertson author of the new book there goes gravity: a life in rock and roll. how great to have you with us. you know, there was a time i know it sounds sort of misty eyed and melodramatic, but there was a time when rock and roll was more than a business. you were there when it was. it was fun. it really was. extraordinary. john and yoko and the stones. zeppelin. new york dolls. unbelievable. tell us about it. well, you have to put it in context. because it really was a time when things just happened. there weren t thousands of publicists. people weren t branding their image, having a clothing line, a fragrance. and we just went out and we had fun and we hung out. you would go to cbgbs and just
emergency workers were trying just basically to get out of there, to survive. you could see that written in their faces. the situation was so desperate they just wanted to get out of there. now many of them are beginning to regroup. a couple asked where their commander may be. they re trying to regroup, get back in there and take care of the people who are in serious trouble. the language here at times if i slip into language which seems a little melodramatic forgive me but this is a circumstance which is very very difficult to describe in many ways without sounding melodramatic. certainly in more than 20 years of covering horrific events this is something that i ve never seen before. as we say, the emergency workers now beginning to try to gather themselves. over there you can see a police emergency service unit. they are trying basically now to re-establish some kind of a safe perimeter. and many of the emergency workers basically just happy to be alive. certainly that picture tells