breaking news. the american embassy in kabul, afghanistan, coming under fire in an intense attack. word out of iran, the two american hikers convicted of espionage could soon be free. let s go ahead and start with the bold attack on america s signature presence in a war-torn country. rockets and machine gun fire aimed directly at the american embassy in kabul. gunfire coming from every corner of the building. take a listen. and we re now being told that it was a well-coordinated attack. i want to bring some more information straight from a man that i m going to talk to now. he s actually taken governor there in the embassy. i have known him for a long time. he works at the embassy and has been in afghanistan about five years now, but for security reasons, we are not going to identify him. can you hear me okay? i sure can, kyra. good morning. good morning. i sure appreciate you calling in. it seems a little quiet behind you now. when i talked to you earlier, i could actu
good morning, from new york city. welcome to a special edition of your cnn sunday morning on this september 11th, 2011, the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. hello to you all. i m t.j. holmes this morning coming to you from a spot overlooking ground zero. we ll have a lot more for you from here and this morning soledad o brien will be joining me throughout the morning. she s at riverside park on the upper west side of manhattan. that is where firefighters are gathering to pay tribute to their fellow firefighters who died in the attacks. we check in with her in just a bit. also, as always, on this sunday morning we d like to say a special good morning to our service men and women watching us right now on the american forces network. thank you for being here, thank you for what you do and certainly on this day, a day that really changed the course of many of your lives. today we are going to remember the victims of 9/11. of course, in new york, washington and pennsylvania.
newsroom. i m don lemon in tampa, florida, tonight where preparations are under way for monday s cnn tea party republican debate. we begin though with the tenth anniversary of 9/11. security is extra high tonight as final preparations are made for sunday s dedication of the 9/11 memorial site at ground zero. a massive police presence rolled into lower manhattan just a short time ago as part of a security sweep. a hunt is on right now for three stolen trucks, including two that belonged to a company that worked at ground zero. we will take you live to the site in a few minutes, but first leroy homer. earlier today the 40 people who died board united airlines flight 939 were remembered at a ceremony in shanksville, pennsylvania. george bush who was president when the 9/11 attacks happened and former president bill clinton were among the dignitaries to speak at today s dedication. the site features a long marble wall with the names of the flight 93 passengers and crew. th