All told, there are six moments of silence this morning, including one for the crash of flight 93 in shanksville, pennsylvania. President obama is making remarks at the pentagon and hes already observed another moment of silence at the white house. We have a lot to get to including the latest on the president ial campaign. Slew of new polls and interviews with jay johnson and one of the bush administrations supporters of the war in iraq that was prompted by the 9 11 attacks. But first, joining me now is tom brokaw who was on the air when he realized america was under attack and here we are 15 years later, president ial campaign in the backdrop. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton are both there this morning. What a difference 15 years makes. Well, it was 15 years ago it became one of the worst days in american history. It unleashed the wrong war in the wrong place. There were no weapons of mass destruction. Its been costly. 4500 americans have died in the war and a cost within the drills
Pennsylvania. President obama made remarks at the pentagon earlier today and he has already observed another moment of silence at the white house. We have a lot to get to this morning including the latest on the president ial campaign, a slue of new polls nationally and in the Battle Ground states, interviews with Homeland Security chief jeh johnson and one of the bush administrations most important supporters of the war in iraq that was prompted by the 9 11 attacks Paul Wolfowitz. First there was breaking news with Hillary Clinton and for that and her health and for that were going to go to my in new york city. So, kristen, what we do know is that she left the 9 11 ceremony in new york city early. Apparently had some sort of episode. Tell me more details. Reporter she left just after 9 30, youre absolutely right, chuck, a little early. The campaign saying she wasnt feeling well. Let me read you the campaigns statement, it says secretary clinton has headed to the ceremony to greet some
What a shameful day this is. The government of the United States of america will close. They are talking now about not raising the debt ceiling. They will only talk after the government shuts down. Id like to say good evening, but it isnt a very good one. The president is driving the government shut down. The president is not willing to come to the table. He wants the checkbook. Maybe hes not the problem. The president s not asking for anything. They have to get a life. This is not a game of chicken. I feel sorry for Speaker Boehner. The sheer ridiculousness. Insane. Republicans have left the point of reason. Republicans are stail still playing games. They dont believe in government and tomorrow will be a bad day for government. A day of celebration in the republican dominated house. Tonight the United States government ends. The government shut down washington. This is the finale of [ bleep ] gov. I didnt come here to shut down the government. In 237 seasons this transformed in to an
Lets just make it easier for democrats. With theirtable inability to cut spending. I am 96 years old. I am a political junkie. These things will change. We all have our up finance. Opinions. I have to thank cspan. Up to stay up this late at my age, it is a to talk on ce span. I have done wanting to talk for a long time. We are glad to hear from you. I waited a long time for you to answer my call. We werent ignoring you. God watch all the time, and was america. God bless america. I want to end by saying obama will go down in history as the peoples president. What do you think of cory booker winning in that special election. I spoke to him, and he impressed me. I was amazed. , here ise a feeling another black man who sounds intelligent. They gave me a boost. About that, aaron blake tweets that it will mean they. Ill reclaim the majority the ninth African American senator in history. The seventh since reconstruction, and the first from new jersey. I just want to say i agree with everythin
At the same time, republicans in the house are holding their own meeting to discuss the way forward on the budget battle. This is all happening a day after the Senate Passed and then sent back to the house legislation that would continue to fund the government until november 15th. Senate democrats stripped a provision that would have defunded obama care. Meanwhile, the president is holding firm on the budget and the debt ceiling. I will work with anyone who wants to have a serious conversation about our economic future. But i will not negotiate over congresss responsibility to pay the bills it has already will racked up. I dont know how to be more clear about this. No one gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the United States of america just to extract ideological concessions. Lets go to capitol hill. Nbcs luke russert with a good saturday to you there in the rotunda. Where do things stand right now . Well, good morning. Sorry. Good afternoon. Its already been a long morning h