as the vice president. all the resources will be brought to bear by the federal government to determine who did this. who was responsible for this terrible event. it was followed boy a moment of silence for the victims. >> we are going go to andrea mitchell who has more information on the tragedy. >> i have spoken to ia top u.s. official who said early reports to our intelligence community and other officials within the administration are that this was a hijacked american airlines plane en route from boston to los angeles. one of the two planes was apparently a hijacked american airlines plane. early reports need confirmation but this is what the u.s. government is being told by american airlines officials. they are assuming and obviously informed the president that this is a terror attack. >> we have no information as to