good morning, from new york city. welcome to a special edition of your cnn sunday morning on this september 11th, 2011, the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. hello to you all. i m t.j. holmes this morning coming to you from a spot overlooking ground zero. we ll have a lot more for you from here and this morning soledad o brien will be joining me throughout the morning. she s at riverside park on the upper west side of manhattan. that is where firefighters are gathering to pay tribute to their fellow firefighters who died in the attacks. we check in with her in just a bit. also, as always, on this sunday morning we d like to say a special good morning to our service men and women watching us right now on the american forces network. thank you for being here, thank you for what you do and certainly on this day, a day that really changed the course of many of your lives. today we are going to remember the victims of 9/11. of course, in new york, washington and pennsylvania.
morning. i m t.j. holmes. we are standing by for one of a number of events that will take place this weekend to remember the victims of 9/11. this is in washington, d.c. where we re expecting to see president george w. bush come out and lay a wreath at the pentagon. he will do this there at a stone. it s essentially the impact point where that plane hit the pentagon ten years ago tomorrow. the president not expected to make remarks, not expected an audience there for it. but we will bring it to you as it happens. we re keeping an eye on what is happening in new york city. take a look this morning. a close shot of one of two of the twin reflecting pools. these huge pools are now sitting where the twin towers once stood. the footprints of the towers. this is the memorial, 9/11 memorial, the official memorial will open on monday to the public, but it will be dedicated tomorrow on the ten-year anniversary of the september 11th attacks. as the nation gets ready to pause and reme
drought-stricken texas where strong winds from tropical storm lee are kicking up several major wildfires. you see them here. this is south of austin, texas. crews are scrambling to knock down flames as soon as they pop up. 1,000 homes are at risk, in the line of fire. the situation has been getting worse. fire officials can t tell us how many evacuations they have or any damage assessments as of yet. we ll have more ahead on the fires including a live report from the scene and also a man who may lose his home to this fire. first we want to bring you up to date on the enormous amounts of rain tropical storm lee is dumping on louisiana and also mississippi. this was tropical storm lee tearing through the gulf this weekend. this is an oil rig and the workers there, you see them leaning into the wind holding on for dear life just to find out how fast the wind is blowing. they found out fast. on land, lee has been a flood maker. parts of louisiana have gotten a foot of rain or mor
reporters in tow. are we falling for yet another presidential tease? what to make of dick chain nay s media blitz? are the anchors holding him accountable? hurricane irene, i say television was swept away with breathless coverage. we ll ask two critics whether i m all wet. as the media gear up for the tenth anniversary of 9/11, a look at how that tragic day changed the news business at least for a while. slate lays off one of the country s most provocative media critics. jack schaeffer will speak his mind. i m howard kurtz and this is reliable sources. the headlines were instantaneous. politico s lead story for sarah palin the game is still on. the new york times said palin sounded more like a candidate than in any other speech this year. the washington post, palin blasts crony capitalism, all because the former alaskan governor decided to show up yesterday in iowa. former alaskan governor sarah palin delivered a series of sharp attacks against president bar
the shanghai composite all down this morning. the major european markets are in the red as well. u.s. futures are down too. the world is waiting to hear the results of the monthly u.s. jobs reports. that comes out at 8:30 a.m. eastern. on the weather front, just a few days after irene, the weather radar is getting another big workout. a tropical depression is running loose in the gulf of mexico, and it s heading for the gulf coast, packing lots of rain and lots of wind. cnn s jennifer delgado is keeping watch for us. jennifer, this thing popped up pretty fast, didn t it? yeah. you know, we ve been watching this, really, for the last two days. you re right it did develop quickly. it is still a tropical depression, but we do have tropical warnings in place from pascagoula, mississippi, all the way toward sabine, texas. you re looking at satellite imagery. the winds sustained at 35 miles per hour with gusts up to 45. working into parts of southern louisiana as well as into a