Some small plane had lost its way and hit one of the World Trade Center towers. Obviously, within a short time after that, we understood that it was a big plane and it was a deliberate attack. I never made it to new york that day. Dayd to defer my trip one while we dealt with the chaos that was created by the attack. David talk about that chaos for a moment. Obviously we lost power throughout southern manhattan. A lot of markets went down there was concern about the payment system, for example. Harvey the problem was the damage that was done was quite extensive. Was figuring out how extensive the damage was, and what the protocol should be forgetting the markets back to a normal state. We immediately decided to shut down the security market. With thet in tandem then chairman of the new york Stock Exchange, and who became my constant telephone buddy throughout the week we had to deal with the wreckage that was caused by the attack. David how could you get information those first hours .
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Somewhere in the world, the daily distancing show presents the Democratic National convention, electing americas first black president s friend. Trevor night three of the Democratic National convention was focused on women. Women fighting for their rights, women pushing for change, and women who dont want to say they told you so but they told you so. We also heard from Elizabeth Warren who delivered a speech from inside a school about the biden policies that would help families and working mothers. Now, if you paid attention, you would have noticed she also left a little easter egg for people in the background with letter blocks spelling out b. L. M. , which, if you think abit, the perfect rorschach test, because if youre woke it stands for black lives matter. If youre conservative it means blue lives matter. And in my mind it means beyonce loves me oh, my god beyonce loves me i knew it i knew it now this wasnt just womens night because it had a lot of women speaking. It was womens nig
Vice president mike pence, the number to call is 202 7488001. If you are a supporter of democratic nominee joe biden and kamala harris, 202 7488000. For independents, 202 7488002. You can also send us a text message at 202 7488003. And on twitter, we are at cspanwj. On facebook, we are at facebook. Com cspan. We want to begin with some breaking news. The headline from the Washington Post. Coastal towns nearly wiped out. The president yesterday got a firsthand look at the damage inflicted by hurricane laura. ,e covered many of his events his stops first in louisiana, later in texas coming two days after the category four hurricane slammed the gulf coast, leaving at least 16 dead in storm hit areas, many now with severe wind and flooding damage. Authorities warned that some people could be without Running Water or electricity for weeks, all coming in the sinlate augus. That is the president yesterday touring the damage in texas and louisiana. Cnn is reporting that the president will trav
From trevors couch in new york city, to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Trevor lets begin with another important story about race in america. Now this is a story all about how one young mans life got flipped, turned upside down. And i would like to take a minute, just sit right there, i will tell you about how this man became the prirns of a town called belair. Now if you are saying hey, trevor, come on, thats a silt koment. No, it is deadly serious. And the fresh prince of belair is getting a dramatic makeover. Youre going to belair to live with your uncle. And your yawntie. According to the Hollywood Reporter will smith is teaming up with Morgan Cooper to create a new show base and coopers viral youtube trailer that he made last year reimagining the beloved 19 90s comedy as a modern day drama. Smith is onboard to produce and cooper will cowrite and redirect the reboot. Trevor i want to be honest. I dont know how to feel ab