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Lot of details. We know from her team she overheated this morning. And we know from her doctor now saying that was diagnosed with pneumonia on friday. Interestingly, though, they didnt tell the public or the press about this pneumonia diagnose. We just found out about it now. What do you make of all this . Well, you know, its exactly as you said, were still getting bits of information. Its coming in sporadically trying to piece it together. All sort of stimulated by the video of her having difficulty getting into the van and having difficulty holding herself up with her balance. You know, i think that in medicine, common things are common. So the idea that someone is feeling out of sorts, unbalanced, as having a difficulty walking, getting into the van, like we see in this video could be explained as something as simple as dehydrated. When you become profoundly dehydrated, you drop your blood pressure, you dont feel well. Its hard to get around and have these sorts of problems. Whats interesting is that first we hear she was overheated and thats sort of what caused these symptoms. Then just recently we hear that she has pneumonia, and it sounds like bacterial pneumonia and it was diagnosed two days ago. Shes been powering through the schedule just trying to make it work with pneumonia or even against the advice of the doctor who said, you need to get rest, you need to be rehydrated. Were hearing bits and pieces of information but still trying to piece it all together, pope. Does it make sense to you with this pneumonia diagnosis that shed go out in public so much, go to this 9 11 ceremony, then go over to chelseas apartment after she had that stumble getting into the van. We can pull that up and show you that as well, this morning having to leave this ceremony early. And her team said that she played with her grandchildren at the apartment. I mean, with pneumonia, is it contagious . Does that all make sense to you . Well, you know, its not every bit of it makes sense or not every bit of it seems to fit, but its all possible. You know, bacterial pneumonia, there are varieties of it depending on what type it is, some are more contagious than others. When someone has started therapy with antibiotics, you can reduce your contagiously. Your doctor probably would say you shouldnt play with young children, you might put them at more risk. We dont know how serious this is, does it involve the entire lung or a single lobe. We dont know how it was diagnosed . That would be typical to get a chest xray. You get bloodwork. So again theres a lot of unknowns here still. I think the idea that she was playing with the grandchildren is another question mark. But its all possible that it could fit, but we dont have all the pieces to make it all fit together. You know, the context that this comes in, sanjay, is the context of some big trump surrogates and trump himself sort of questioning her health, her physical capacity to be president , and a lot of these questions are not grounded in any fact, but the reality is that we do not have the Health Records of secretary clinton or donald trump in all of this. Does this really drive home the point that perhaps both of them should release their medical records in totality . I think so. You know, look, ive been reporting on this sort of issue for a long time, several elections. Were not hearing much from either candidate. The candidate in terms of their health, weve got these summaries of their health overall. Given, you know, i think an episode like this, there might be more of a push to get the Health Records. Im not sure were going to see them, especially not this close to the election. But whether were releasing the medical records publicly or releasing them to an independent board of doctors who have no relationship to the candidate and can make an independent assessment of those records. The public doesnt necessarily clamor for this sort of information. They havent always clamored for it in elections past, but theres a greater desire with this particular election to see the Health Records. I think from whats happened today, that interest, that desire may increase even more. Dr. Sanjay gupta with us. Stay with me as we bring in our reporter who is right outside of the home in chappaqua where Hillary Clinton went today. M. J. , you were with secretary clinton on friday, you were at that press conference that she held. She then sat down for an interview with our chris cuomo. At some point on friday, we now know from the campaign they knew she had this pneumonia diagnose. Is it atypical that they would not tell the public that until this happened this morning that caused her to leave the 9 11 commemoration early . Well, i think thats certainly one of the Big Questions right now, poppy. Why it is that clintons doctor diagnosed Hillary Clinton with pneumonia on friday, but were really only learning about this diagnosis today on sunday, two days later. And i think sanjay was making the point a little bit earlier that perhaps we wouldnt have even found out about this diagnosis had she not had this stumble at the 9 11 memorial. We saw that video of her stumbling as she got into the van. She had to be helped as she was getting inside the car. And Law Enforcement officials have told cnn that she did appear to faint. To be clear, this is not information thats coming from the campaign. This is information thats coming from Law Enforcement officials. But clearly as her doctor stated herself, Hillary Clinton was overheated, dehydrated and she had to be treated for that. And on top of that on friday, she learned that she has been diagnosed with pneumonia. On friday she had a very busy schedule. She had a meeting with National Security advisers and experts in the morning, then held a press conference, then headed off to a fundraiser after sitting down with cnns chris cuomo. So thats a very packed day. And as jeff zeleny reported earlier, some questions are starting to come up within the campaign as to why she didnt clear up her schedule more and why she had such a packed schedule when she knew that there were these concerns out there about her health . Youre in chappaqua. The last statement we got from the clinton camp outside of this doctor statement, her personal doctor statement, was nick merrill hours ago 90 minutes after she left the 9 11 commemoration ceremony saying she overheated, she went to her daughters apartment, shes feeling much better. Have we heard anything from the clinton camp or have you seen anything in chappaqua, her coming out of her home, et cetera, anything since then . Its pretty much business as usual here. The secret service are positioned outside of her home, as they always are. Clinton came home this afternoon. Has not left since. At some point her doctor came to the house, checked her out and then the statement came out. And the statement came out from the doctor. But the Clinton Campaign is, as jeff zeleny, and weve been reporting all afternoon, is gauging whether Hillary Clinton has been overscheduled, whether shes doing too much. A diagnosis of pneumonia on friday. She continued with her day. Multiple fundraisers, a big National Security meeting. Shes a candidate who has to appear at fundraisers to raise big money. She appeared at almost 40 fundraisers in august. And while that was a heavy month for her, it allowed her to raise a ton of money. This is somebody who its a time crunch its a lot of time for her to commit to fundraising and a lot of energy. So no, no change here. It looks like it always does. Shes in her house. Were told shes not moving for the rest of the day, but theyre still toying where whether theyll cancel a big week or part of a big week of events. Shes supposed to fly to california, her and her press pool on her new plane are supposed to fly to california. Thats in question. Does she go to l. A. On tuesday where she has two fundraisers and a speech . Thats in question. She didnt take necessarily the pneumonia diagnosis seriously on friday because she continued with her schedule. What happened at the 9 11 memorial seems to have elevated things and theyre taking this more seriously now. Jeff zeleny was reporting last hour that the team is making a serious evaluation of her, her travel schedule going forward. But he made an important point when he compared what we know and dont know about these candidates, donald trump and Hillary Clintons Health History compared to previous president ial candidates. He pointed out that, you know, one of the older candidates in races, john mccain. We knew a lot more about john mccains health than we do about these two candidates which are the oldest to run. Thats right. And the health of both donald trump and Hillary Clinton have become political issues this Campaign Cycle especially because theyre older candidates. That is just the truth. And i think both donald trump and the fact that he and his surrogates have been pushing Hillary Clinton to release more information have in turn put pressure on the Clinton Campaign to be aggressive about asking Donald Trumps campaign to release more information. And i think it is fair to say that at this point we have a little bit more information about Hillary Clintons recent state of health than donald trump. The only thing that weve gotten so far from Donald Trumps campaign is this letter that his doctor acknowledged afterwards, took him five minutes to write. There was a car waiting outside. Some of the language in that letter, of course, has come into question. For example, the doctor stated that he could state unequivocally that donald trump would be the healthiest president to have ever existed in the history of this country. I think for both campaigns, theres going to be pressure to release more information. I really do think at this point transparency is a key word. And especially for the Clinton Campaign. They understand very well that the issue of transparency and then the separate issue of honest es and trustworthiness, all of these issues are potential vulnerabilities for her. The fact that she was diagnosed with pneumonia on friday and then for whatever reason chose not to disclose that information, that could potentially raise some questions. Thank you so much. Also our thanks to dr. Sanjay gupta. Well take a quick break and more on this breaking news. Hillary clinton diagnosed with pneumonia on friday. The public has just learned about it today. Now the Campaign Aides saying that theyre evaluating whether or not she will continue on this planned trip to california. She was set to leave for los angeles tomorrow. What does it all mean 58 days out from the leaked . Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hmmmmmm. Hmmmmm. [ dreams by beck ] hmmmmm. The turbocharged dream machine. The Volkswagen Golf gti. Named one of car and drivers 10best, 10 years in a row. Get between you and lifes dobeautiful moments. Llergens flonase gives you more complete allergy relief. Most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. Flonase controls 6. And six is greater than one. Flonase changes everything. I take pzero heartburn h morning for my frequent heartburn because you cant beat prilosec otc the 1 doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for ten straight years. One pill each morning. 24 hours. Zero heartburn. So far donald trump has not said anything about Hillary Clinton today being diagnosed with pneumonia and leaving leaving the 9 11 commemoration ceremony earlier today. He has not tweeted. His campaign has not released a statement at all. This despite the fact that for several months some trump top surrogates and even himself have questioned her health and her stamina. So lets talk about all this and the optics and the campaign. Cnn Senior Correspondent Brian Stelter is with me and lonnie chen is with me. Hes the Public Policy director for mitt romney. So nice to have you both with us. Brian, as the media expert in all of this, how does this lay . What are the headlines tomorrow morning . When are we going to hear from donald trump . Im really interested in why trump hasnt weighed in. Politically it makes sense. Why would he . Theres nothing he needs to stay right now. This is being drifb by the Clinton Campaign. It will also be driven tomorrow as to whether clinton makes that fundraising trip or not. Were talking about one of the most famous people in the world here. One of the most scrutinized people in the world. Hillary clinton sometimes resents that scrutiny. Sometimes she tries to hold things back. That causes reporters to get more curious, more frustrated, then she gets more resentful. Theres a vicious cycle in play in situations like today where we dont feel like in the media were getting enough information from the campaign. In turn, the campaign feels like theyre under fire from the media. I think clinton supporters watching this right now are very frustrated by all of that. Theres a lot of important subtext to all this. Other than this one image, we havent seen clinton and reporters will continue to ask legitimate questions. Theres this image and then shot by someone in the crowd of her sort of stumbling, helped by secret service into the van. Thats a troubling image for the campaign. Lonnie, let me ask you this. You worked on mitt romneys team. You worked on issues like this and you know how important optics are especially 58 days out. Clintons doctor just came out with a stapt and said in a statement that Hillary Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia on friday, and we were not told about it until today. It raises the question of whether the public would have been told about it at all or if they should have been. If this hadnt happened. Is this problematic for the campaign na the diagnosis came two days ago. Yeah, poppy, this is one of those situations where, as you might say, the coverup is worse than the crime. I mean, look, the reality is that these are normal health situations. These president ial candidates work extremely hard having seen this up close and personal with governor romney, how hard he worked on the campaign trail. In 2012 health wasnt the issue because both governor romney and president obama were in superb health. This time around obviously the age of candidates has become an issue. For Hillary Clinton their Campaign Needs to err on the side of transparency. As brian was saying going forwa forward. They dont need to fuel this any more than the media or the Clinton Campaign themselves are already fueling it. Trump sits back and continues to drive his message. He doesnt even need to say anything about this, frankly. By the way, this would be a great time for him to release medical records to say im putting my medical records out there. Hillary clinton, the balls in your court. Or for him to take the high road. I think we should be honest about the subtext of this today. Were talking about the first female nominee of a major party in american history. Donald trump trying to show his strength. Hillary clinton also trying to show her strength. If she had pneumonia and she went to the 9 11 ceremony this morning, thats a very strong, bold thing to do. Also knowing that trump was going to be there. We should be honest about the double standards that women sometimes face with regards to their health. Portrayed as being weaker than men. How she have to work harder to show theyre as strong as men especially in workplaces, especially in politics. I think we should be honest with ourselves about some of the subtext here even as we rightly scrutinize her health today. But given the context that she is coming off of weeks and weeks of donald trump and his supporters saying where is Hillary Clinton . Where is she . And she doesnt have the salmon na to be president. Lanhee chen and Brian Stelter, wish we had more time. 15 years since this nation was attacked on 9 11. Hillary clinton did sit down with our chris cuomo for an extended interview on friday. And she spoke about what 9 11 means to her and what her experience was like in the days after the attack. Youll watch that interview only right here, next. Today sarahs class is reading my most celebrated work, hamlet. But, alas, poor sarahs home again with tooth pain. Shes missing out on the rich classroom discussion and catching up on social media instead. Notcool. Remedialreading. Ohlooktheregoesyourgpa. Surprisingly, kids with Poor Oral Health are three times more likely to miss school. Crest. Dont let them miss out. Audi pilotless vehicles have conquered highways, mountains, and racetracks. And now much of that same advanced technology is found in the audi a4. With one notable difference. The highly advanced audi a4, with available traffic jam assist. All right. Now to a cnn exclusive. Our chris cuomo sat down on friday with Hillary Clinton, ahead of the 9 11 anniversary, and on this day 15 years ago when those planes struck the twin towers in lower manhattan, clinton was a junior senator here in new york. Now, the democratic president ial candidate is looking back on that day, and she describes what she calls the sickening experience of 9 11. Remind people where you were on 9 11 and what your earliest memory is of that day. I got to the senate, and by the time i got there the senate was being evacuated, the senate buildings, the capitol itself. So i gathered up my senior staff, and we were just looking at each other with such total pain and confusion. And we then, of course, learned about the second plane. We learned about what was happening in new york. Got to tvs as quickly as possible to begin monitoring it. It was just a sickening experience, chris. And i went the next day, Health Records<\/a> of secretary clinton or donald trump in all of this. Does this really drive home the point that perhaps both of them should release their medical records in totality . I think so. You know, look, ive been reporting on this sort of issue for a long time, several elections. Were not hearing much from either candidate. The candidate in terms of their health, weve got these summaries of their health overall. Given, you know, i think an episode like this, there might be more of a push to get the Health Records<\/a>. Im not sure were going to see them, especially not this close to the election. But whether were releasing the medical records publicly or\rreleasing them to an independent board of doctors who have no relationship to the candidate and can make an independent assessment of those records. The public doesnt necessarily clamor for this sort of information. They havent always clamored for it in elections past, but theres a greater desire with this particular election to see the Health Records<\/a>. I think from whats happened today, that interest, that desire may increase even more. Dr. Sanjay gupta with us. Stay with me as we bring in our reporter who is right outside of the home in chappaqua where Hillary Clinton<\/a> went today. M. J. , you were with secretary clinton on friday, you were at that press conference that she held. She then sat down for an interview with our chris cuomo. At some point on friday, we now know from the campaign they knew she had this pneumonia diagnose. Is it atypical that they would not tell the public that until this happened this morning that\rcaused her to leave the 9 11 commemoration early . Well, i think thats certainly one of the Big Questions<\/a> right now, poppy. Why it is that clintons doctor diagnosed Hillary Clinton<\/a> with pneumonia on friday, but were really only learning about this diagnosis today on sunday, two days later. And i think sanjay was making the point a little bit earlier that perhaps we wouldnt have even found out about this diagnosis had she not had this stumble at the 9 11 memorial. We saw that video of her stumbling as she got into the van. She had to be helped as she was getting inside the car. And Law Enforcement<\/a> officials have told cnn that she did appear to faint. To be clear, this is not information thats coming from the campaign. This is information thats coming from Law Enforcement<\/a> officials. But clearly as her doctor stated herself, Hillary Clinton<\/a> was overheated, dehydrated and she had to be treated for that. And on top of that on friday, she learned that she has been\rdiagnosed with pneumonia. On friday she had a very busy schedule. She had a meeting with National Security<\/a> advisers and experts in the morning, then held a press conference, then headed off to a fundraiser after sitting down with cnns chris cuomo. So thats a very packed day. And as jeff zeleny reported earlier, some questions are starting to come up within the campaign as to why she didnt clear up her schedule more and why she had such a packed schedule when she knew that there were these concerns out there about her health . Youre in chappaqua. The last statement we got from the clinton camp outside of this doctor statement, her personal doctor statement, was nick merrill hours ago 90 minutes after she left the 9 11 commemoration ceremony saying she overheated, she went to her daughters apartment, shes feeling much better. Have we heard anything from the clinton camp or have you seen anything in chappaqua, her coming out of her home, et\rcetera, anything since then . Its pretty much business as usual here. The secret service are positioned outside of her home, as they always are. Clinton came home this afternoon. Has not left since. At some point her doctor came to the house, checked her out and then the statement came out. And the statement came out from the doctor. But the Clinton Campaign<\/a> is, as jeff zeleny, and weve been reporting all afternoon, is gauging whether Hillary Clinton<\/a> has been overscheduled, whether shes doing too much. A diagnosis of pneumonia on friday. She continued with her day. Multiple fundraisers, a big National Security<\/a> meeting. Shes a candidate who has to appear at fundraisers to raise big money. She appeared at almost 40 fundraisers in august. And while that was a heavy month for her, it allowed her to raise a ton of money. This is somebody who its a time crunch its a lot of time for her to commit to fundraising and a lot of energy. So no, no change here. It looks like it always does. Shes in her house. Were told shes not moving for the rest of the day, but theyre still toying where whether theyll cancel a big week or part of a big week of events. Shes supposed to fly to california, her and her press pool on her new plane are supposed to fly to california. Thats in question. Does she go to l. A. On tuesday where she has two fundraisers and a speech . Thats in question. She didnt take necessarily the pneumonia diagnosis seriously on friday because she continued with her schedule. What happened at the 9 11 memorial seems to have elevated things and theyre taking this more seriously now. Jeff zeleny was reporting last hour that the team is making a serious evaluation of her, her travel schedule going forward. But he made an important point when he compared what we know and dont know about these candidates, donald trump and Hillary Clinton<\/a>s Health History<\/a> compared to previous president ial candidates. He pointed out that, you know, one of the older candidates in races, john mccain. We knew a lot more about john mccains health than we do about these two candidates which are the oldest to run. Thats right. And the health of both donald trump and Hillary Clinton<\/a> have become political issues this Campaign Cycle<\/a> especially because theyre older candidates. That is just the truth. And i think both donald trump and the fact that he and his surrogates have been pushing Hillary Clinton<\/a> to release more information have in turn put pressure on the Clinton Campaign<\/a> to be aggressive about asking Donald Trumps<\/a> campaign to release more information. And i think it is fair to say that at this point we have a little bit more information about Hillary Clinton<\/a>s recent state of health than donald trump. The only thing that weve gotten so far from Donald Trumps<\/a> campaign is this letter that his doctor acknowledged afterwards, took him five minutes to write. There was a car waiting outside. Some of the language in that letter, of course, has come into question. For example, the doctor stated that he could state\runequivocally that donald trump would be the healthiest president to have ever existed in the history of this country. I think for both campaigns, theres going to be pressure to release more information. I really do think at this point transparency is a key word. And especially for the Clinton Campaign<\/a>. They understand very well that the issue of transparency and then the separate issue of honest es and trustworthiness, all of these issues are potential vulnerabilities for her. The fact that she was diagnosed with pneumonia on friday and then for whatever reason chose not to disclose that information, that could potentially raise some questions. Thank you so much. Also our thanks to dr. Sanjay gupta. Well take a quick break and more on this breaking news. Hillary clinton diagnosed with pneumonia on friday. The public has just learned about it today. Now the Campaign Aides<\/a> saying that theyre evaluating whether or not she will continue on this planned trip to california. She was set to leave for los angeles tomorrow. What does it all mean 58 days\rout from the leaked . Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hmmmmmm. Hmmmmm. [ dreams by beck ] hmmmmm. The turbocharged dream machine. The Volkswagen Golf<\/a> gti. Named one of car and drivers 10best, 10 years in a row. Get between you and lifes dobeautiful moments. Llergens flonase gives you more complete allergy relief. Most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. Flonase controls 6. And six is greater than one. Flonase changes everything. I take pzero heartburn h morning for my frequent heartburn because you cant beat prilosec otc the 1 doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for ten straight years. One pill each morning. 24 hours. Zero heartburn. So far donald trump has not said anything about Hillary Clinton<\/a> today being diagnosed with pneumonia and leaving leaving the 9 11 commemoration ceremony earlier today. He has not tweeted. His campaign has not released a statement at all. This despite the fact that for several months some trump top surrogates and even himself have questioned her health and her stamina. So lets talk about all this and the optics and the campaign. Cnn Senior Correspondent<\/a> Brian Stelter<\/a> is with me and lonnie chen is with me. Hes the Public Policy<\/a> director for mitt romney. So nice to have you both with us. Brian, as the media expert in all of this, how does this lay . What are the headlines tomorrow morning . When are we going to hear from donald trump . Im really interested in why trump hasnt weighed in. Politically it makes sense. Why would he . Theres nothing he needs to stay right now. This is being drifb by the Clinton Campaign<\/a>. It will also be driven tomorrow as to whether clinton makes that fundraising trip or not. Were talking about one of the most famous people in the world here. One of the most scrutinized people in the world. Hillary clinton sometimes resents that scrutiny. Sometimes she tries to hold things back. That causes reporters to get more curious, more frustrated, then she gets more resentful. Theres a vicious cycle in play in situations like today where we dont feel like in the media were getting enough information from the campaign. In turn, the campaign feels like theyre under fire from the media. I think clinton supporters watching this right now are very frustrated by all of that. Theres a lot of important subtext to all this. Other than this one image, we havent seen clinton and reporters will continue to ask legitimate questions. Theres this image and then shot by someone in the crowd of her sort of stumbling, helped by secret service into the van. Thats a troubling image for the campaign. Lonnie, let me ask you this. You worked on mitt romneys team. You worked on issues like this and you know how important optics are especially 58 days out. Clintons doctor just came out with a stapt and said in a statement that Hillary Clinton<\/a> was diagnosed with pneumonia on\rfriday, and we were not told about it until today. It raises the question of whether the public would have been told about it at all or if they should have been. If this hadnt happened. Is this problematic for the campaign na the diagnosis came two days ago. Yeah, poppy, this is one of those situations where, as you might say, the coverup is worse than the crime. I mean, look, the reality is that these are normal health situations. These president ial candidates work extremely hard having seen this up close and personal with governor romney, how hard he worked on the campaign trail. In 2012 health wasnt the issue because both governor romney and president obama were in superb health. This time around obviously the age of candidates has become an issue. For Hillary Clinton<\/a> their Campaign Needs<\/a> to err on the side of transparency. As brian was saying going forwa forward. They dont need to fuel this any\rmore than the media or the Clinton Campaign<\/a> themselves are already fueling it. Trump sits back and continues to drive his message. He doesnt even need to say anything about this, frankly. By the way, this would be a great time for him to release medical records to say im putting my medical records out there. Hillary clinton, the balls in your court. Or for him to take the high road. I think we should be honest about the subtext of this today. Were talking about the first female nominee of a major party in american history. Donald trump trying to show his strength. Hillary clinton also trying to show her strength. If she had pneumonia and she went to the 9 11 ceremony this morning, thats a very strong, bold thing to do. Also knowing that trump was going to be there. We should be honest about the double standards that women sometimes face with regards to their health. Portrayed as being weaker than men. How she have to work harder to show theyre as strong as men especially in workplaces, especially in politics. I think we should be honest with ourselves about some of the subtext here even as we rightly\rscrutinize her health today. But given the context that she is coming off of weeks and weeks of donald trump and his supporters saying where is Hillary Clinton<\/a> . Where is she . And she doesnt have the salmon na to be president. Lanhee chen and Brian Stelter<\/a>, wish we had more time. 15 years since this nation was attacked on 9 11. Hillary clinton did sit down with our chris cuomo for an extended interview on friday. And she spoke about what 9 11 means to her and what her experience was like in the days after the attack. Youll watch that interview only right here, next. Today sarahs class is reading my most celebrated work, hamlet. But, alas, poor sarahs home again with tooth pain. Shes missing out on the rich classroom discussion and catching up on social media instead. Notcool. Remedialreading. Ohlooktheregoesyourgpa. Surprisingly, kids with Poor Oral Health<\/a> are three times more likely to miss school. Crest. Dont let them miss out. Audi pilotless vehicles have conquered highways, mountains, and racetracks. And now much of that same advanced technology is found in the audi a4. With one notable difference. The highly advanced audi a4, with available traffic jam assist. All right. Now to a cnn exclusive. Our chris cuomo sat down on friday with Hillary Clinton<\/a>, ahead of the 9 11 anniversary, and on this day 15 years ago when those planes struck the twin towers in lower manhattan, clinton was a junior senator\rhere in new york. Now, the democratic president ial candidate is looking back on that day, and she describes what she calls the sickening experience of 9 11. Remind people where you were on 9 11 and what your earliest memory is of that day. I got to the senate, and by the time i got there the senate was being evacuated, the senate buildings, the capitol itself. So i gathered up my senior staff, and we were just looking at each other with such total pain and confusion. And we then, of course, learned about the second plane. We learned about what was happening in new york. Got to tvs as quickly as possible to begin monitoring it. It was just a sickening\rexperience, chris. And i went the next day, Chuck Schumer<\/a> and i, we were one of the very few planes in the sky that day, the 12th. And we landed at laguardia. We were on a fema plane. And we took a helicopter, and we went over, circled the burning pi pile. And when we landed, we met up with the governor and the mayor and went walking toward ground zero. As we moved farther south, then we saw this curtain of black smoke that was stretched across the island basically. Occasionally it would be broken by a firefighter coming out. I remember one image so indelibly dragging his ax. And it was as close to a depiction of hell that ive ever personally seen. There was a lot that i remember from those early days and from all the days after because, as an elected official, i felt such a responsibility to reach out and help everyone who had been affected by this terrible attack. There werent that many survivors, the ones who did survive were grievously injured. The loss of life was overwhelming. I went, like so many others, to the armory and the piers looking to sew what was happening, how people were reacting. But it was also, you know, my\rjob and the job of other elected officials to get our city and our state and our country what we needed. So i went back that night, and chuck and i had been at a big meeting with all the local, state, federal officials. We got word just shockingly that the white house had sent up a request for 20 billion because, of course, the pentagon had been hit. We were going to have to immediately start hardening our security. And there wasnt one penny for new york. And chuck was trying to find his family. He hadnt seen his wife and children. I got the last train out of penn station and got to washington in the Early Morning<\/a> and went immediately home, changed, showered, got to the senate,\rwhere i began talking with my colleagues about what i had seen and what we were going to need in order to rebuild. Later that day, chuck and i went with the two senators from virginia to the white house, and it was just the four of us, plus president bush and his top officials, and we were describing what we had seen. This was the day before he himself went. And president bush said, what do you need . And we said, we need 20 billion. He said, you got it. And he meant it, and there were a lot of efforts to undo that pledge starting almost immediately, but we were able to count on him, and it meant a lot to help the families, the victims, the downtown, everything that needed to be rebuilt and give people hope again. It did become very personal for\rme. I saw so many problems that others werent yet aware of because i was listening and watching, and one of the things was what was happening to, you know, the people in the neighborhoods and particularly the people working on the pile because it was clear they were being affected by this toxic brew of what had been bombed by the planes and was in the air. And unfortunately, the administration kept saying, no, theres no evidence of that. You could see the evidence. You could smell it. You could taste the evidence. So i became very passionate about helping everyone whose own health was going to be damaged because they had put themselves out to help. And when i met the families of the injured, you know, profoundly burned, in comas, induced comas for months, the\rwhole bottom half of a young womans body vul perrized by being hit with some piece from the plane. Recently engaged. Looking forward to somehow figuring out how she could walk at her wedding. Her fiance refusing to leave. Her begging him not to marry her and move on with his life and him refusing to leave. When i first visited her at the hospital. She was at the old st. Vincents hospital originally. She was so profoundly injured. Beautiful face. Long hair. Managed even through all the pain to display it, a whimsical humorous personality. And she desperately wanted to go on with her life, but she feared that she couldnt. Well, you know, i did everything i could to help her because i keep thinking, what are we here for . Not just what are we here if youre in public service. What are we here on this earth\rfor . What is the purpose . And i just feel so strongly. And part is to, you know, do whatever we can with whatever skills and resources we have to help others. And the need was so great and so present and every place we went people hunting for their relatives, you know, i was working hard to set up the Victims Compensation<\/a> fund and worked closely with kent feinberg. And id have to send one of my staffers to go knock on a widows door as she still after six months could not get out of bed. And i would meet these shattered lives of people where they were broken, but i saw so many of them strengthen and show such resilience. So i felt privileged. You know, whatever i could do\rwas an honor. But it gave me an insight into the human spirit and i like to think the spirit of new york and america that i wish every american could understand because its what makes us who we are and how lucky, blessed we are to face terrible tragedies but to recover, to move forward, to keep thinking about the future. Coming up, how americans are paying their respects to those lives lost in the worst terror attack in u. S. History. Some relationships you stick with. Over time, they get even better. Thats why more people stick with humana medicare advantage. We Work Together<\/a> with you to find the best plan, however your needs might change. 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With 24 7 digestive support. Try align, the 1 ge recommended probiotic. Across the nation people paused today to remember the 15th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. [ bell tolls ] in new york, people gathered at ground zero where the tolling of a bell followed by a moment of silence marked key moments of the attacks. Family members and friends read aloud the names of all of the 2,977 people who lost their lives in new york at the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania. At the pentagon, president obama laid a wreath as he paid tribute to the 184 victims killed there. And in shanksville, pennsylvania, friends and relatives gathered to remember the lives lost on United Airlines<\/a> flight 93. Passengers aboard that plane fought to regain control from the hijackers who had taken over\rand crashed it into a rural field likely saving countless lives. Many of you may be thinking about where you were on 9 11, how you felt, what you saw, who you lost. Lets listen to what some Public Officials<\/a> said today as they marked the day. I looked out my Office Window<\/a> on sixth and 51st street. The first thing i saw was the smoke billowing out of the first tower against the backdrop of that beautiful blue sky. And then at some point i looked up and i saw the explosion, the second plane hitting. I was going back and forth between watching it visually out the window and looking at it on tv. And then the thing ill never forget was to watch that first tower collapse. For those of us in new york, the twin towers had been a permanent fixture on the skyscape, the landscape for almost 40 years\rthen. When we first saw it, it was so high. I really didnt comprehend it yet. I thought it was debris at first. Then i saw arms and legs waving. I said, oh, man, those are people. You know . A and it was a horrific scene. I had seen a man jump from the 101st floor. I had seen People Killed<\/a> by debris, maybe 200 yards from me. The police with me didnt want me to go down because they thought it was too dangerous to go down. They were right. But i had to get an assessment. People think about the attack, they forget the fact that i had to protect the rest of the city. You see that first tower collapse, it was almost a moment where my mind could not believe what my eyes were seeing. I kept wanting to see thatter emerge from the smoke and the dust. And, of course, that never happened. And its a memory, frankly, thats burned into my mind. Ill never forget it. Going on the boat was quite a thing. They were very i dont want to say upbeat when they were going. A lot of them were talking about how resourceful their husbands, their fathers were, that they had a lot of rescue things in their pockets. They said, theyll get out of this. And when we got to the site, we gathered on the corner of liberty and west street, and they just looked at the rubble, the immensity of it. That realization hit them that their loved ones were lost. We felt alone. Then all of a sudden the whole country rallied around us. You know, florida sent us people, chicago sent us people. President bush had fema up here within two hours. Joe alba, who is one of the Unsung Heroes<\/a> of september 11th. All of a sudden by the end of the day we felt embraced by the whole country. You cant believe how important that was to giving me personal\rconfidence. Right. And my people personal confidence that we could get through it. Remember here at ally, nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. Whos with me . Im in. Im in. Im in. Im in. One, two, wait, wait. Wait wheres tina . Doing the hand thing . Yep we are all in for our customers. Ally. Do it right. We are all in for our customers. Wireless service is essential to our business. Tmobile network has been amazing. I save a lot of time using tmobile cause i dont have to worry about the overages. 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And help make tomorrow possible. Youre only a day away \r50 days and counting nm election day. And right now the race is incredibly tight in a number of key states. Lets take a look at florida, for example. Trump and clinton, according to the latest quinnipiac poll tied a dead heat in florida. While clinton is giving trump a run for his money in the normally solid red state of florida, trump is actually leading in nevada. Thats a state that went for barack obama in 2008 and 2012. What is going on 50 days out. Incredibly tight race both when you look at the National Polling<\/a> but more important the key swing states. Right . So when you look at this, this comes in the context of\rpresident obama has a 58 Approval Rating<\/a> which would really be helping clinton. Americans according to the latest cnn poll think that the economy is at the best part in years. Why is she not doing better . Thats a great question. The Washington Post<\/a> had a story about that yesterday looking at part of the reason is that democrats are freaking out about this because democrats tend to freak out about campaigns. But there really is this question of why Hillary Clinton<\/a> hasnt been able to distance herself more particularly because donald trump hasnt shown an ability to expand his base. One of the theories is that were so polarized these days that essentially any republican or democrat could come into the race, get 40, 45 of the vote and everyone else is fighting over the middle. I think thats what were seeing. One thing that is interesting, hopefully we can pull up some of these key states like florida, north carolina, ohio and pennsylvania. Gary johnson has a pretty significant percent. 9 in pennsylvania, 14 in ohio, 5015 in north carolina. These were taken before his aleppo gaffe this week saying what is aleppo. If he loses significantly following that, where does that support go in these states . Does it go to clinton, does it go to trump . One of the things we polled 50 states and we found with all four on the ballot in a state it ended up helping donald trump overall. So if gary johnson loses support, it suggests it might be helpful to Hillary Clinton<\/a>. Its important to note that one of the things we see and one of the trends is that Third Party Candidate<\/a> tend to poll better in the summer than they do in the ballot. Interesting. Worth noting that those numbers are overinflated. The except is ross perot who ended up on the debate stage. If one of these candidates can pull a ross perot. They have to get a 15 average across five polls and theyre not there yet. Nice to have you on the program. Coming up next, were marking 9 11. Marking a staggering 15 years\rsince this country was attacked on that day. Im going to introduce you to two extraordinary people, two parents who lost their son peter on 9 11 who have done something remarkable in his name. Peters in my mind every day. The work were doing makes me mindful of peter because thats why were doing it. Hmmmmmm. Hmmmmm. [ dreams by beck ] hmmmmm. The turbocharged dream machine. The Volkswagen Golf<\/a> gti. Named one of car and drivers 10best, 10 years in a row. As the country mourns the nearly 3,000 lives lost on 9 11, it is hard to believe that its been a staggering 15 years since the attacks. I think we all hoped that we would be able to find purpose in despair and meaning in loss, but that is extremely hard to do. Especially when the news cameras are gone and the headlines fade. But in face of the most\rextraordinary loss, lidz az aldn have found purpose in their son peters name. Tonight we wanted you to meet them. As we sit here, its hard to believe its been 15 years since our country was attacked in that way, since peter and thousands more were lost. When you think back to 15 years ago and where you are today, what do you think of today when you think of peter . To me it feels like yesterday. I am not the person that i was when peter was alive. Im a different person now. That ladys gone. Okay . And thats okay. Because i think i have grown in a lot of ways. I think that the whole trajectory of my life was changed. What do you want the world to know about peter . Peter was fun. That may sound like a very trite thing to say, but i also believe as a parent you have to have fun raising your kids. He was fun to be with. He so enjoyed life that he made it fun for the people around him. So one of peters friends said this about him. This. If life was to be loved, then his life was an exemplary one. He was so loved by people because he himself loved. What do those words mean to you . Peter, first of all, cared about life. Peter was one of these kids, even as a kid who took the time to smell the flowers. He could appreciate a beautiful night sky he stopped to see the beauty around him and to take it\rin and absorb it. When you say that, it strikes me because i think thats near the end of life when we all look back and say, i wish i had smelled the roses. I wish i had done that. Even though peters life ended far too soon, he was so young. He didnt have to wish he did that. He did that. He did. Peter touched more people in his life in his 25 years than i touched in my entire life. More people cared about him because he was so good to them. This is your First Time Ever<\/a> being here at the memorial. Yes. Whats it like . Strange. Its a beautiful place, but its\rdisconcerting. For me it rubs my face into something that, while i think about it every day, im not directly confronted by it. So is difficult. Its hard. Absolutely. I felt as long as i was here i needed to go and see and touch his name. And that was extraordinarily upsetting. It was like there it was written in stone. I probably will not come again. It is peters not here. It is the scene of his death. And i dont need to be here. The two of you years ago started the peter c. Alderman foundation. Now a million and a half dollar a Year Foundation<\/a> to help victims of war and extreme trauma throughout the world. Peter was killed because of terrorism. There was nothing we could do for peter. But there are over a billion\rpeople on this earth who have directly experienced torture, terrorism or Mass Violence<\/a> and 50 to 70 of those people can no longer lead functional lives. And if in peters name we can return these people to life, theres no better memorial. We couldnt do it for peter, but if we could do it for others in his name, thats what we are all about. Peters in my mind every day. The work were doing makes me mindful of peter because thats why were doing it. It became even bigger than peter. This was done to leave a mark that peter existed and this would be a better place because he lived. But its become i mean, we have treated over 100,000 people. When was the moment for you when you were able to stop crying, sobbing enough to say now what are we going to do in\rpeters name . The sorrow and grief are still there, okay . I still cry. But there was almost an Immediate Reaction<\/a> when crying to say i want to leave a mark that peter was here. I dont care about leaving a mark. My kids were my mark. Peter didnt have the opportunity to make up his mind whether he wanted to do that. And i wanted the world to be a better place because he lived. A better place because he lived. Yes. Absolutely. Absolutely. And i think weve accomplished that. My loss is horrendous, but peters is so much greater than mine. Peter never got to live his life. We go to his friends weddings. Peter will never have a wedding. We meet their children. Peter will never have children. So my grief is more for what peter has lost than for what i have lost. To parents watching who lost\ra child, to loved ones watching, anything you can say to them, anything that has helped you cope along the way . I never thought i would ever feel good about anything ever again after peter was killed. And i feel good about the work were doing. If you want to feel better, go help somebody. You dont have to help lots of people. You dont have to do it upscale. Help somebody. Just do it once. Youll see, youll do it again and youll feel better. Liz, what do you think peter would say 15 years after he was murdered here looking at the work youre doing in his name . I think he would think we were a hoot. I think he would be very proud. If you can in a word, who was peter . My child. Light. You can learn more about the work that they are doing at the peter c. Alderman foundation. Org. And remembering the friend they loved so much 15 years after they lost him, one of peters friends recently posted this. I loved pete. It was impossible not to. I mean, really, was there ever a person who met him who didnt . He was pure and kind and funny and positive and so, so loving. Another writes, i would give anything to have him by my side. I will have to settle with keeping him in my heart for as long as it beats. A tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. Which provided for their every financial need. And then, in one blinding blink of an eye,\rtheir tree had given its last. But with their Raymond James<\/a> financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. And they danced. See what a Raymond James<\/a> advisor can do for you. I have to tell you something. Dad, one second i was driving and then the next. They just didnt stop and then. Im really sorry. I wrecked the subaru. I wrecked it. Youre ok. Thats all that matters. vo a lifetime commitment to getting them home safely. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Enepeople want power. Hallenge. 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Ill be back with you here live at 10 00 eastern. Coming up next, the film you will not want to miss. Cnn films presents 9 11 15 years later. This is an updated look of the iconic film with the only known footage from inside the tower. I want to leave you with some of the very powerful images from today from Memorial Services<\/a> in new york, at the pentagon and the rural countryside of shanksville, pennsylvania. Im poppy harlow. Ill see you back here at 10 00 p. M. Eastern. Good night","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"https:\/\/comparemela.com\/images\/vimarsana-bigimage.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240618T12:35:10+00:00"}