single aim of trying to turn around this war that has taken nearly ten years. they have the palace still sits in ruins, a reminder of 30 years of war. they are running alongside the crumbling buildings a new paved road. this road project is an infrastructure project many thought would transform afghanistan september 11th but despite millions of dollars in aid and the fall of taliban peace and stability have yet to materialize here. the taliban were back and wreaking havoc. while the u.s. military was focused on iraq, the strategy was to kill as many insurgents as possible. that produced little in the way of tangible results. you can kill bad guys all day long and they will just regenerate. you have to change the conditions on the ground that preclude that insurgency from resurging again. in 2009, president obama sent
attackers, maybe coming through dubai or europe to carry out an attack near the anniversary of 9/11. that has set off all these security measures. somebody in the intelligence community said. reason you heard about the threat is because it was linked to 9/11. we wanted to get information out there. we wanted america to be on alert and keep their eyes out for anything suspicious. that is the only reason that this became so public. but again the headline right now gregg, according to a senior u.s. official who is intelligence briefings today, this plot is looking less and less credible and looking more and more like a goose chase but still they are working this 24/7. gregg: thanks. heather: that would be good news. we are seen serious police activity at ground zero as new york city prepares to open the national september 11th memorial to the public.
ceremony. for flight 93 memorial. gregg: as we remember the victims of 9/11, the feds are trying to determine if a threatened attack involving a car bomb in washington or new york is the real deal. molly henneberg is live with more on that. one senior u.s. official telling fox news this threat is looking less and less credible. what do you hear about that? they don t have any names associated with the would-be attackers and they don t even know if they exist. they ve been scouring the phones and data bases and nothing is turning up according to what they believe the profile is for the two or three men. some in the intelligence community are beginning to wonder if this is a big goose chase. still, f.b.i. says bureau is treating this as a credible threat, working 24/7 on it to stop any kind of attack.
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threat. officials are saying that the ceremony will proceed as scheduled. regardless of any kind of terrorist, terror threat that has overcome a lot of people here in new york city with fear. they say do not live in fear. continue on with the daily lives. gregg? gregg: julie banderas, thank you for that. heather: a former president george w. bush and bill clin top and vice president joe biden among a group of dignitaries on hand today to dedicate the flight 93 national memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. the ceremony honoring the passengers, crew who fought back against the terrorist on board their plane. laura ingle is live in shanksville. tell us about the dedication ceremony today. reporter: good afternoon. it was the emotional day that many did expect. we were expecting quite a bit of rain because it had been raining here, creating a virtual mud field here, behind us. but the sun came out. and gave everybody a very