we have already volunteered to do a bipartisan event in the washington. let s get this show on the road. thank you, and god bless you. [applause] president clinton, thank you. it feels a bit like the rabbit who wanders into the territory of the eagles to speak after these folks here. [laughter] the difference is the eagles are friends. they are friends of everyone of us here. thank you. my name is john reynolds. i am the chairman for the federal advisory commission for the flight 93 memorial. it is my pleasure to represent an incredible partnership and its constant attention and action over the last decade. it is a partnership that is mostly invisible and unknown except to a few. it created a vision coming to fruition here as a result of diversity and commitment. it has created this national memorial, this national park. the partnership consists of five groups. they are the families of flight 93, a family members of the 40 heroes. flight 93 task force composed of family mem
in one morning, a turn of history and a rush of heroes forever changed this land and this nation, and this world. the battle that began six miles overhead ended with a roar of engines in this area behind us in the stony creek river. since that day, millions of americans have come to honor their heroes of flight 93. they have brought to this hallowed ground their pictures, their letters, and their prayers. and the people of this land themselves survivors and witnesses and first responders welcomed those who came. they helped us mourn. they helped us reflect, and they helped us build a memorial for all of america and all the world for all time to see right in this place. to the citizens of somerset county and to those who led that effort, including governor ridge
gack benz terrorists who were planning to slam their plane into a washington d.c. landmark, probably the u.s. capitol or the white house. let s go live to laura ingle at the ceremony which will be starting at any moment now, laura. good afternoon, patti ann, we have had a beautiful day as it turns out. didn t start out this way and we have some rain and awful lot of mud for folks trying to get to the ceremony, long lines of cars trying to get here, as you can see behind me, we ve got some of the family members and the special invited guests being seated right now as we wait for the dignataries to arrive, and secret service is all over the place, and of course, we have a long list of very special guests coming here today. vice-president joe biden, former president, bill clinton and george w. bush and also we ve learned speaker of the house, john boehner will be here this afternoon. today s events will include remarks from the former president which will be followed up by t
another area on the high risk list. the government has made improvements in collecting, analyzing, and sharing information with the law enforcement but they need to further improve those efforts establish accountability structures to make sure that the sharing is occurring, and that the information that these stakeholders need itare being sent. it relates to the broader issue about the need for effective information relating to homeland security to be shared with law enforcement and others. host: cathy berrick the managing director of the homeland security and justice department. the report the department of homeland security progress made and work remaining in implementing the homeland security missions 10 years after 9/11. you can find it on there website. thank you for being on the program. tomorrow continuing our coverage of events relating to the 9/11 attacks including the president s trip to new york pa., and the pentagon for the 10th anniversary. he and the first lady