Vaccine requirements an over reach, who are threatening to challenge it in court . Have at it. Let me note up front we invited 15 of those republican governors to come on the Show Tonight to explain their legal reasoning. Ill save you the suspense. All said they could not or didnt respond. You get the drift. The ultimate reason is simple. This is not what they say it is. These governors who say Vaccine Requirements are awful, you know what they have . Vaccine requirements. For schools. For a range of diseases diptheria, polio, measles, mumps, rubella. The Requirement Havent ended civilization as we know it but for some reason this one requirement for covid will resurrect lenin. We have to ask the governors about the latest evidence that says the dont just work but damn well. The Cdc Today reported on new studies that say those who are unvaccinated are about 4 1 2 times more likely to get covid, more than 10 times likely to be hospitalized and 11 times more likely to die from the disease and those are facts born out each week by a new study that backs up the previous one. The key point of Bidens Sixpoint Plan is to require businesses with more than A Hundred workers to require vaccination or, and this is important, they can set up weekly Testing Plus give workers paid time off to get tested. They actually have a Choice Isnt you didnt hear the republican governors mention when they were thundering away. Something we would have asked them about if one of them just one had found time to come on the program. Reasonable minds could debate the legal framework behind the president s order or how something so vast will be implemented but lets not kid ourselves here. This is not what they say it is. If it were, Texas Governor Greg abbott in his response would not have bemoaned the Attacks On Texans right to choose. You heard that right. The governor who signed into law this new antiabortion measure that bans a womans constitutional right after six weeks, he suddenly is for a right to choose . And remember, there is a testing out here. Why is Governor Abbott so desperate to maintain the right to choose to not get tested . Does he want to protect Worker Ability to walk on the job with a serious case of covid . And then there is what abbott called, quote, an assault on private businesses. Something Floridas Governor Ron Desantis picked up on, too. Today he said the president was having a, quote, Hissy Fit and that people might lose their jobs. Again, a bit hypocritical for both men. They are all huffy about President Biden telling businesses what they can and cant do on vaccines when they have literally told businesses what they can and cant do on vaccines. The Cruise Ship Industry wanted to require vaccinations and Abbott And Desantis said no. Oh, and the order from desantis which was shut down by a judge last month would have included a fine just like bidens. Again, this is not what they say it is. At the time desantis framed his order banning Vaccine Pass ports using similar language as abbott used yesterday. Desantis said he was protecting a personal choice. He also recently said this about the impact of the choice. At the end of the day though it is what somebody, it is about your health and whether you want that protection or not. It really doesnt impact me or anyone else. It really doesnt impact me or anyone else. Again, he didnt say that months ago before there was a delta variant. That was last friday. This is what personal choice looks like right now in florida. It is the current sevenday Moving Average of deaths in florida from coronavirus. Its never been higher. Thankfully cases are finally starting to drop there. As dr. Fauci told Cnn Tuesday Morning when responding to that comment by desantis, quote, when you have a virus that is circulating in the community and you are not vaccinated you are part of the problem. By the way, if republicans and conservatives on the far right were really so upset about businesses demanding employees vaccinate, you would think theyd have something to say about fox news. Its Parent Company has its own version of a Vaccine Passport where workers have to selfreport. Not a peep. Now you may ask why do they think mandates are basically all Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse . Well, because theyve all seen what happens when you try to talk reasonably to people who just dont want to hear it. You know what . I believe totally in your freedoms. I do. You got to do what you have to do. But i recommend, take the vaccines. I did it. Its good. Take the vaccines. But you got no, thats okay. Thats all right. You got your freedoms. But i happened to take the vaccine. Thats why. Thats why they like mandates for Social Media Companies but not for Life Saving vaccines because this is all political. Because the former president was jeered last month in alabama all because he said perhaps the most honest thing hes ever uttered. Take the vaccines. I did it. Its good. Its a personal choice all right. Tell people the Truth Or Risk not having them like you. Lets Start Tonight with cnns chief national affairs correspondent. We heard the president tell republican governors to, quote, have at it. What else is the White House saying tonight about the likely legal challenges . Reporter the White House does believe they are on solid legal footing and this is why. They point to a 1970 act by congress, very important here as it is challenged in the courts. This is a congressional act. It is osha, the occupational Safety And Health act. It keeps all of our workplaces safe. If it is from Fire Escapes to other Matters Anything that would keep from Grave Danger at your workplace. The White House believes after much research that this is the way they think they can get more people vaccinated because they believe this is a Grave Danger in the workplace. This is the legal strategy and legal framework they are going to go through here. Despite all the bluster from republican governors across the country it will not be one of the republican governors filing suit. It will have to be a Business Owner and likely there will be one but the White House, the lawyers i talked to here today and across washington and beyond believe it is because of this osha act, an act by congress, again, not just a legislative or executive act, they believe theyre acting under that framework of the Grave Danger in the workplace. Again, the president said have at it. They seem to mean it, john. Is there a sense of how prepared the administration is to implement and enforce these either Vaccine Or Testing mandates . Reporter look, that is the question here. And the Labor Department is going to write this emergency rule. All they would say today is it is going to be Coming Up in the coming weeks. They are frankly giving businesses some time here. They want businesses to sort of act on their own. And, john, interestingly, the Chamber Of Commerce and the Business Round Table two of the biggest Business Groups here in Washington Support this move. They believe the government is giving businesses cover here to reach ultimate End Goal of vaccinating workers. It is very interesting. We heard a lot of complaints from republican politicians but not as much from actual republican Business Owners or at leaf The Heads of these groups here. The implementation will be coming out in the coming days. As for the federal Worker Mandate that is 75 days away. There is some time here. Why didnt the president do it sooner . They said he was waiting for the fda to formally authorize these drugs. So hes always been resistant to mandates. He suddenly is supporting them. Well see how this plays out. What about possible additional steps . People have asked about Vaccine Mandates for commercial Air Travel for example. Reporter that is something the White House interestingly did not close the door to today. Jeff zaenz who leads the Covid Task Force and white House Press Secretary Jen Psaki both intentionally left the door opened and said additional steps could be taken including on airlines. As of now that is not going to happen. The tsa thinks this would be essentially a nightmare going through passengers coming through proving their vaccinations. It is one of the things they are leaving open. A few months ago the president was opposed to a mandate of even federal workers. They are doing what they can to get people vaccinated. So they left the door open to vaccinating flyers. Well see if that happens. As the weekends here this is a dramatic shift. The biggest steps this president has taken so far in this fight. Delta changes things. Thank you so much for that. Reporter sure. Perspectives and reaction from dr. Jerome adams who served as u. S. Surgeon general under the former president and the Clinton Era secretary of labor, the department that is drafting the rules for the mandate also the author of the book The System who rigged it how we fix it. Secretary, i want to start with you here. When it comes to these mandates for businesses with A Hundred employees and more for either vaccinate or do weekly testing, how big of a task will this be for the federal government to implement . John, it is not going to be a giant task because most big companies already are doing this or are on the way to doing this. In fact, this is a very conservative mandate. Under osha which is 50 years old, that statute allows the federal government to set Workplace Conditions for companies that have as few as ten workers. So to go after companies that have 100 workers or more, youre really talking about companies that already have a fairly large public profile and most of the time try to do what is right for their workers. Now they still are going to have some monitoring and have to do some regulating. Osha inspectors, themselves, are not nearly going to be enough to put this into effect. What about that . How do you police this, secretary . Well, how do you actually do it . I think you have to do it by allowing both workers to express their own views at the workplace in terms of not getting what the federal government says they should get, what osha says that they are allowed to get. Unions have to be very, very actively involved. Where there are unions at the work place. And there also have got to be various private sector groups and Public Policy groups who are working and gathering the data on which companies are obeying this order. Dr. Adams, i want to ask you about some of the pushback we heard from republican governors. Many of whom run states. I mean, all of whom run states that have Vaccine Mandates for kids who go to school of one type or another so it is not like Vaccine Mandates are foreign to any of these governors. Governor abbott for instance in texas is threatening to deny Liquor Licenses to restaurants that require proof of vaccination. How does that save lives . Well, it doesnt. We need to calm down on the political rhetoric. I want to be clear as a doctor. Vaccines work. As you say, they work damn well. They are our number one tool to get out of this pandemic and to stay open. I want to applaud President Biden for trying to think outside the box as to how we increase vaccinations. I was impressed with a lot of the content in yesterdays speech. I did take issue with some of the delivery because i think it fed into the Culture War. I am part of the Covid Collaborative with mark mcclelland, people from federal administrations, and we issued a letter on Covid Safe Zones and workplaces. Here is what we said. We said that Work Places should establish Infection Screening protocols, testing. We said that is where you start and where the mandate should be. And people can opt out of it if they get vaccinated. In essence the same thing the biden administration said but really it is focusing on making sure were creating a safe Work Space by ensuring no one is coming in there who is positive and letting people opt out. I think the words do matter in terms of feeding into the Culture War but i want to be clear. The vaccines work in Work Places, the Chamber Of Commerce, Business Round Table who i have worked with to try to increase vaccinations in the past recognize this is about keeping america open. It is about our freedom. Mr. Secretary, what about the threats of legal action . How solid do you think the legal ground is here for these new rules . I dont think there is any legal ground at all, john. For 105 years the Supreme Court has made it very, very clear that they endorse Vaccine Mandates with regard to Public Health and particularly critical Public Health issues. 105 years ago it was small pox. And one State Government actually forced a small Pox Vaccination on its population. There was an action, an appeal to the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court said, look. Public safety, Public Health warrants government action. That is the essence of our society. If Government Cant take action on behalf of the people with regard to Public Health then what good is the society . Massachusetts and jacobsen, the Supreme Court case. Dr. Adams, you were part of the trump White House in Operation Warp Speed and Jen Psaki said today this administration didnt anticipate so much hesitation and vehement opposition from within the republican party given that it was a republican president who was in office last year when this vaccine was developed. President trump, though i know it wasnt on camera, took the vaccine. I know you dont like To Wade into politics here but, you know, does this level of Vaccine Hesitancy from republicans surprise you . Well, we need to understand that we are already at Vaccination Rates for covid for adults that are higher than we get for the flu in any given year. So we actually are doing relatively well. If youd asked a public Health Professional this time last year what you expected our Vaccination Rates to be for covid i dont think youd find one who would think theyd be much higher than they are when you look at measles and flu every year. We need to take politics out of this and talk to the people directly. Im talking to alt people listening tonight. Please talk to your health provider. Get the facts. Once you get the facts then hopefully youll come to get the vax without needing a mandate, without someone forcing you because the hospitals are full. Im here in chicago right now. I was at northwestern today talking to icu docs who were dog tired Taking Care of people who are mostly unvaccinated. My kids are missing cool because there are so many people getting covid within the schools that we have to quarantine or isolated people. We want to stay open, keep you safe, and the best way is to get more people vaccinated. Dr. Adams i just want to follow up on one point you made. I do understand the number of adults with one dose is over 70 now. However, theres still 80 Million americans who are eligible who havent been vaccinated. That is a huge number given how dangerous this virus is. Correct . It is a huge number but we need to remember that most of these people are not what i call vaccine resistant. Some people say antivax. I find that term pejorative. Most of these people are in the movable middle. Theyre vaccine hesitant. Theyre africanamericans who still remember tuskegee lasted 40 years. Were not going to undo that in nine months. There are women concerned about the Misinformation Theyve been fed about fertility problems. These vaccines do not cause miscarriage or infertility. Three studies came out this week showing that. There are people who have legitimate questions. I found when i talked to them with Compassion And Empathy i can convince a lot of them over time to get their vaccination. That empathy i think was missing a little bit from the president s delivery last night even though again i liked the content about vaccinations, testing, and treatment. Dr. Jerome adams and robert Rice Secretary thank you so much for trying to get people beyond their hesitancy. 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Anthonys florida in st. Petersburg, florida. As the Patients Oxygen levels dropped doctors quickly prepared to intubate her so they could get her on a ventilator to help her breathe. The process involves a slender, surgical probe. He has a stylette that goes in the tube to maintain rigidity so he can guide where the tube goes and uses a blade to lift the tongue out of the way so he can visualize it. It is a fiber optic visualization. There is a little camera so he can visualize the airway and guide the tube into place. Reporter it has to be precise yet time is of the essence. Lives are on the line. You got it. Youre in there. She is coming back. Her Heart Rate is stable. Reporter for this patient a second chance. Later we learned she had received her first dose of the vaccine but got covid while waiting for her second shot. Still, most patients here are unvaccinated. Across the Bay Care Hospital system including st. Anthonys hospitalizations have increased tenfold since the beginning of july and about 85 of the icu patients are unvaccinated. Do they express regret they are not vaccinated . We have had patients that come and request, can i get a vaccine now . But they dont understand that its something that is meant to be preventative and once you have the disease it is not helpful. Reporter dr. Warren abel a critical Care Physician in icu calls the pandemic, quote, our World War ii. Unvaccinated patients as young as 20 years old dying before his eyes. Every person that passes away that was unvaccinated, it is a preventible death. It is very its heart breaking actually. Reporter 27 of the 28 icu beds here are filled with covid patients. Good morning. Reporter far too many are on ventilators like this woman. Can you nod your head for me . There you are. All right. Good. Almost always before they get intubated they want to call their Loved Ones to tell them they love them and say goodbye. And, unfortunately, oftentimes that is the last time they speak to them. Reporter for people who say this is florida, were past it in florida. Were good. What do you say to that . This is one of the worst waves ive experienced. I mean, things are as bad with covid as theyve ever been in florida. Come spend a day with me. Youll see were not okay. I walk down the hall and almost all of our patients are on their bellies to help them breathe. Reporter Randi Kaye joins us now. Given the surge in patients, given that were not okay as these Health Care workers are saying, does the hospital have what it needs . Does it have enough ventilators . Reporter well, john, they have dipped into their Hurricane Supply of ventilators which they would have put aside for a major storm so they are using those and also these refrigerated Mobile Units as morgues so they need those as well. Funeral homes also, john, in this area are feeling the impact. We spoke to the Funeral Director at Wilson Funeral Home here in tampa and he told me not only has he buried friends of his but hes also running out of caskets and is now ordering multiple caskets a day. He had to move the hearses out of the garage to make room for more caskets inside the funeral home. He also told me he is having Trouble Scheduling Funerals because the cemeteries are so busy he cant even get a funeral scheduled on the books. So i will just tell you that being in that icu for anyone who thinks that we shouldnt be wearing masks or we might not need to get a vaccine, they should spend a day with those Health Care workers walking in that icu, walking in their shoes. It could change a mind, john. Indeed. A Bull Market for funerals. What a tragedy that is. Randi kaye, thank you so much. Up next, Breaking News on the battle over masks in florida schools. 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The goal of the investigation is to determine whether the Florida Department of education may be preventing School Districts in the state from considering or meeting the needs of students with disabilities by not mandating masks. This is as an Appeals Court Today reinstated a stay on Mask Mandates in schools meaning schools in the state cannot require masks for now. Todays ruling is the latest in the showdown between governor Ron Desantis and some local School Districts that have insisted on requiring students to wear masks. One of those districts, not part of this particular lawsuit, its superintendent joins me now. Superintendent, thank you so much for being with us. I want your reaction to the Breaking News about the Department Of Educations civil rights enforcement investigation. It is based on concern for students with disabilities. Is that one of the reasons why you wanted to require masks in your schools . Well, it certainly is. This is a reason we have shared with the commissioner of education and the board of education that we have fragile students who need to have the additional layer of Support And Security that our Mask Mandate would have by making sure we have as many people masked to reduce transmission of the virus. Now, i know you say that your district is not part of a lawsuit that was ruled on today by the appeals court, but it is an important ruling nevertheless. What impact do you think it will have on students across the state . So, as far as our district, it is not going to have an impact. We are continuing to do what we have done since the School Year began. We are going to have the Mask Mandate to protect as many students as possible so we can provide facetoface instruction. We know that it is impacting our Quarantine Rates because we are now below A Thousand students which is the first time weve had this since the School Year has begun. The fewer students we have quarantining the more we can have Instruction And Facetoface time with. We have our own case and we have other School Districts that have cases as well as other family groups. This is an interesting hill the governor wants to have this battle on because it is not just one case coming to him. He is going to have to defend this with multiple, different avenues, multiple courts, by multiple people who have the sape types of concerns. It is not something that is really appreciated in the community. We have more than 50 of florida students under this Mask Mandate. I think that is telling and i think it says that this is perhaps not the battle the governor should be taking on. What are you hearing from parents and students . So our students and parents are enjoying the fact they are having class and able to participate in the day to day. I get quite a bit of support from Community Members who are thankful were protecting as many people as possible. It is not just in the schools but the entire community and they appreciate that. Our students are complying. I have my own children in schools and they are enjoying being with their friends and learning. This is what they want. Woo he do have other people who are upset. It is a small group of people. In a Speech Last Night President Biden laid out additional steps to keep schools safe. One is to ask schools to test students and staff regularly. Do you have the resources to do that . What do you think parents will say about having their children tested regularly . So we are working on a Screening Program where we can have parents opt in to test. It would help us to get a temperature and just understand how much covid we have in our schools. We do have funding although we are asking the governor next week where the funding is because we havent had it released yet to us at our district to find out just have the additional resources to fund all of this. We have rapid tests for covid we are currently using for students who show symptoms as well as for five day testing. We are excited about the Screening Program to help us more understand the level of covid by just having random screens. Superintendent simon, thank you so much for being with us tonight. Stay safe. Thank you. Next is california Governor Gavin Newsom facing the Recall Election in four days. Ill speak with a former governor who knows the politics of the state a good deal better than most, Jerry Brown, Coming Up. Scary. Ont have to be Spraying Flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. Psst psst flonase all good. Without my medication, my small tremors would be extreme. I was diagnosed with parkinsons. I had to retire from law enforcement. It was devastating. One of my medications is Three Thousand dollars per month. Prescription drugs do not work if you cannot afford them. Aarp is fighting for americans like larry, and we wont stop. 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What do you say to the rest of the Country Tonight whose watching this Recall Election wondering what on earth is going on here . What is this unusual System California has to recall governors . Is this a process you support in principle . Well, yes. The recall is rarely used except in the last decade or so big money has been able to put recall successfully before the people. Now, this one is going to go down to defeat because for a very simple reason. It has no rationale. The people running to succeed Governor Newsom are ridiculous. Their values, their proposals are so far from california. They belong in a foreign country or something. So the recall, i think, paradoxically is going to strengthen Governor Newsom and what he is trying to do. So weve had this thing since Hierm Johnson a governor back in 1913 put it into effect to fight the Southern Pacific Railroad that had a stranglehold on government. It is a relic. But its there. Youll see the result will abresounding vote of confidence. You found something in california which predates your tenure there governor brown. Not by much. Almost everything started with my governorship in 1975. No. There was another hundred years sitting around with a lot of mischief actually. Do you think it was smart, a wise strategy for Governor Newsom to sort of nationalize this Race And Tie republican Frontrunner Larry Elder to Donald Trump . It seems to be a warning basically saying, be careful or california could end up looking like texas or florida . Well, i think linking elder and the recall to trump helped get the opposition going. I think elder on his own demerits is sinking the recall. So will the others. With this thing, 41 characters, most of them unknown, running against a governor who has been working really hard over the last three years. So, look. This recall, the initiative, it is kind of a wild process. But to get rid of it would take a vote of the people again and i think it might be rather hard to get the people to give up the power. I think they like to hold the last card. So look. I think it may be easy for some and it sounds like maybe you to write off Larry Elder at this point and say he could never win but, look. We had 2016. We saw Donald Trump win an election. Yes. What are your concerns there . Well, if youd asked me a couple weeks ago i might have said, well, this could be close. But it is turning i think on the basic philosophy of california and that is heavily democratic and the people who are running are out of touch. It might not be out of touch with mississippi or maybe texas but they are out of touch not with everybody in california but the vast majority. Id say 55, 60 . We are a divided country. Were also a divided state. But there is a strong majority that agree maybe not everything but the vast majority of what Gavin Newsom has been doing. There is something important people need to be aware of right now that Larry Elder is doing. He is trying to basically set the table for some sort of Voter Fraud here. Again, with no evidence. No basis at all for this. He is saying, quote, i believe that there might very well be shenanigans as it were in the 2020 election. Donald trump said this week the recall is probably rigged. Go ahead. Is this just the new reality to deal with republicans basically going out and saying an election is rigged and crooked before it is even done . If this keeps going, democracy itself, our whole Governing Process will begin to lose credibility. It already is. So it is a very dangerous tactic started by trump and now the little trumps are following it. We have to have a system where the winners win, the winner is accepted by the losers. Everybody gore accepted the loss. Nixon accepted the loss. What is going on here . I think it is a very disquieting sign that comes from the intensity of belief. People are giving their political preferences almost a religious conviction and when it doesnt turn out they just make up a State Of Affairs that dont comport with reality. It is very threatening to our democratic system. The latest conviction coming from someone who i believe did go to divinity school. Former governor Jerry Brown i appreciate you being with us tonight. Thank you so much for your time. Okay. Thank you. Up next Breaking News. President bidens message to the nation with the 20th Anniversary of the September 11th Attacks Tomorrow. A story of friendship, family, and great loss on that tragic day. Craft . Yes heartiness . Yes living life to the flavorfullest . Heck yeah. Panera. Live your yes. Free delivery on our app. Before we talk about taxsmart investing, whats new . Audreys expecting. Twins wed be closer to the twins. Change in plans. At fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. Limu Emu Doug got a couple of bogeys on your six, limu. 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The president will visit all three sites of the Attacks Tomorrow including Ground Zero where the Tribute And Light shines tonight to honor the victims. 360s Gary Tuchman spent September 11th, 2001 and many days and weeks after reporting from Ground Zero but one story he hasnt told until now, a story that is very personal to him and his good friend. On the morning of September 11th, 2001, louis and diane were excitedally getting ready to move into a renovated house in westchester county, new york. Diane, who has been a friend of mine for more than 35 years, says her husband did not have to go to work that day but felt it was important to just go in briefly for a morning meeting. Do you remember anything about him going to work that morning . Yes, because we were so giggly and silly. Reporter louis was a senior Vice President of the fiduciary trust company. He worked on the 95th Floor of the South Tower of the world trade center. He called diane from the office that morning asking if the movers had arrived. And then he started to reflect a moment and he said oh, my gosh. I said whats wrong . He said, oh, i think that plane i see a plane that is going to hit the north tower. I said what . He said im sorry i shouldnt have told you that because you have the movers. Just dont worry about it. Ill call you back. Reporter so he was afraid he was going to scare you. Yes. Reporter and he said he was going to call you back. And then he hung up. Then he hung up. Reporter moments later she saw the plane did indeed fly into the north tower. She was terrified but knew her husband was in the South Tower. 17 minutes later though the second Plane Hit. I froze. And then i kept saying, louis knew. He saw the first plane. He must have goent out. Reporter but he did not. 45yearold louis was killed. He left behind diane and their 2yearold son. A son who shares his fathers first name, louis sam, who is today a 22yearold College Student at Colorado State University majoring in Interior Architecture and design. Do you have any memory of your father at all . No. I dont. Reporter do you feel you were cheated that you have no memory of him . Yes, A Hundred percent. Reporter Diane Remembers Waiting Until Louis was about 4 to try to explain what happened to his father. I said daddy went to work and a Plane Hit his Building And Daddy died very quickly. And so that became how he understood how his dad died. Reporter when louis was in first grade he wrote this in class. My dad died. He was in a building. And a plane crashed into the building. And he couldnt get out. He is an angel now. But he is in my heart now. But i love him. Reporter diane says her little sons words and actions back then helped sustain her i was in the kitchen. I remember so many times, just like, mommy. Im like yes . You need a hug. Reporter this Week Diane is visiting her son at college and she and louis invited me to watch Home Videos of Father And Son taken just a few months before 9 11. Mommy. Mommy. Thats right. What is this one . Reporter your mom was telling us that there are a lot of things you do the way you look that remind her of your father. How does that make you feel . It makes me feel great. Makes me feel connected to someone that i basically never knew. But its really Heart Warming for me. Reporter diane has never remarried. She still wears her engagement ring. Are you happy today . I am. I think despite the horrible tragedy that happened to me and to my mother, i think ive overcome and persevered and am a really happy person today. Reporter are you, diane . I am happy. Reporter you know what . My guess is your husband and your father would be happy that youre happy. Yes. Yes, i think so. Im sure he would be happy. What a story, gary. Did diane and louis have any specific plans for the 20th Anniversary Tomorrow . Diane and lewis are very private people and only attended one commemoration in new York City all these years. They like to do things quietly. What they are doing tomorrow is going to a remote part of colorado on a long hike together. Just mother and son. Wonderful that they have each other. Gary, send them our love. That was a really lovely story. Reporter thank you. You can join jake tapper, wolf blitzer, and Paula Reed as we remember September 11th. Live coverage begins Tomorrow Morning at 8 00 a. M. Eastern. Coming up a very fond farewell to a Friend And Legend in our business who has about six minutes to go before he officially retires. This is the sound of an asthma attack. That doesnt happen. This is the sound of better breathing. Fasenra is a different kind of asthma medication. Its not a steroid or inhaler. Fasenra is an Addon Treatment for asthma driven by eosinophils. 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He was at Cbs News for 25 years where he traveled all over the world with Dan Rather and others and then joined us at cnn shortly after the September 11th attacks in 2001. For years, he produced some of the best investigative stories for this network and eventually came to work fulltime for this show as one of the staff writers. Fitz always has a story to tell. It is not unusual to hear him start off with something like when i was covering the iran Hostage Crisis or that time i was in pyongyang. One of our favorite stories about fitz is when he was still in High School he drove with some friends from New Hampshire to washington, d. C. And talked his way into attending the president ial funeral for john f. Kennedy. Even at that young age he was eager to witness History And Report on it, which he did for the New Hampshire sunday news. Fitz and his wife are now ready for their next adventure. They have two Baby Grandchildren who they hope to spend more time with and hell also have more time to obsess over his beloved patriots and Red Sox which are wicked awesome obsessions. This is his last show and after 45 years in the news business, fitz can finally turn off his phone and relax just a little. Fitz, you are a legend in this business and well miss you not as a colleague but as a friend. Thank you. The news continues. Chris, for cuomo primetime. He was a good man. I was lucky enough to work with him at abc. Strong, smart, and will be missed. One of the best. Welcome to primetime. We promised we would never forget 9 11. Now, this is not a topic that i like to talk about. But tonight we have to. I think we have to talk about what never forget meant because it wasnt a call to simply remember the event or who was lost or how many, 2,977, most here in new york