until the unimaginable happened. the plane has crashed into one of the towers there. innocence lost. a minute of silence. they kept saying a terrorist attack, a terrorist attack. 20 years later you think that day affected your life, who you are today? i wanted to leave sarasota after high school. not many people would have thought i would have become a cop. i ve had my stumbles, you know. i ve been to prison twice. it s always going to be a part of our lives. there is only 16 of us with him. we get to be the people that tell the story. tonight, their stories in a cnn special report. front row to history, the 9/11 classroom. hello, i m victor blackwell. most of us remember where we were on september 11th, 2001. i was in college, and i remember clearly walking into class and seeing my professor fixated on a tv. his hand was over his mouth, and i looked at the tv, and i saw smoke billowing from a skyscraper. at that moment, that was all i knew. i
innocence lost. join me in a moment of silence. he kept saying a terrorist attack, a terrorist attack. 20 years later. so you think that day affected your life, who you are today? not many people would have thought i would have become a cop. i ve had my stumbles, you know, i ve been to prison twice. it s always going to be a part of our lives. there was only 16 of us with him. we get to be the people that tell the story. tonight, their stories in a cnn special report. front row to history, the 9/11 classroom. hello, i m victor blackwell. most of us remember where we were on september 11th, 2001. i was in college, and i remember clearly walking into class and seeing my professor fixated on a tv. his hand was over his mouth, and i looked at the tv, and i saw smoke billowing from a skyscraper. at that moment, that was all i knew. i also remember seeing the president surrounded by young school kids that morning. we later learned that president george w. bu
january 6 rioters say they didn t get enough support. good morning, everyone. happy thursday. at a time of growing division and debate over masking and vaccinations in the united states, there is one thing that is certain. the delta variant is fueling a rapid surge in cases and it is really forcing officials to push mandates to protect americans. now, in the coming hours, u.s. president biden is set to lay out the next steps in the fight against covid-19. and that includes boosting vaccinations. a source says that he is expected to announce that all federal workers and contractors will be required to get a shot or submit to regular testing. the move comes as the president is urging all americans to get vaccinated. take a listen. the pandemic that we have now is the pandemic of the unvaccinated. so please, please, please if you are not vaccinated, protect yourself and the children out there. the urge and pleas may be working. cdc thinks that the daily pace of getting their
fredricka whitfield. the second day of the g7 summit is in full swing in england. president biden is meeting with his foreign counterparts right now on the topic of health which comes at a critical time as the world tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. biden also held a bilateral meeting this morning with french president emmanuel macron. all of this as biden s first meeting as president with russia s vladimir putin is set to happen this coming wednesday. this morning, the white house says biden will hold a press conference after their meeting. cnn s kaitlan collins is following all of this from england. so good to see you. so what are the big priorities today? reporter: well, i think the big priorities that they really want to talk about are the three cs, as the white house is referring to it privately, which is china, covid-19 and climate. those have really been the big three things they said president biden has wanted to push while he is here for the first tim
pulse shooting fiveiers, citieser dealing with mass shootings every day. passengers grapple with a man who is threatening to take the plane down. joe biden is the 12th u.s. president to meet queen elizabeth ii during her reign. that special relationship means something. i m pamela brown in washington, you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. great to have you along with us. tonight we have more questions than answers about an explosive justice department probe under donald trump. the department seized megadata of information from lawmakers, staffers and family members. adam schiff was one of the democrats caught up in the investigation. congressman swalwell was another, but rod rosenstein and others are telling people close to them, they didn t know about swalwell and schiff being involved, according to a person i spoke with this evening. that raises more questions. the justice department inspector generality has launched a probably into the manner. meantime