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Also for the first time both the 9 11 museum and memorial will be open. President obama will be at the pentagon. He will lay a wreath at the memorial and then speak. At 10 03 in shanksville, pennsylvania, the names of the flight members and crew from flight 93 will be read. Good morning. It is thursday, september 11. Im elisabeth hasselbeck. The president finally talking tough on terror. The core principle, if you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. Hes vowing to destroy isis. But dont call it a war. Whats the plan . We are live in washington. And what else wont the president say . Isis is islamic. Lots of people say it is islamic. Only the president wont. Why wont he call isis what they really are . Islamic extremists get this. A brandnew bombshell in the ray rice scandal. Roger goodell says he never saw the knockout video but this morning a Law Enforcement official says the nfl had the tape in april. And a brandnew investigation is launched just while you were sleeping. What a show. Mornings are better with friends. You know, elisabeth, when you lit up the program and said it is september 11, that immediately takes us back. This is a day well never forget. And youre looking at the Freedom Tower in lower manhattan. A lot of lights on i be side there. A day of remembrance and resilience. And this is the 9 11 memorial last night lit. The waterfall, ongoing waterfall, manmade waterfall. You said for a long time it was a construction site. It seemed like forever we were wondering when is it going to be built . Were right there. People are around and the respect with the footprints also present. In the green room, mayor Rudy Giuliani just walked in. He was mayor that day. And we are going to remember, as we do every year, on this september 11. In the meantime we go to a fox news alert. On this september 11, president obama has promised strong action against the terror army isis. The president laying out his plan in a prime time deas last night at 9 p. M. With a strong message to isis. We will hunt you down. Doug luzader live in washington with the fourpoint plan the president laid out last night. Reporter this was the president s response to all of that criticism he ran into last month after admitting that the administration had no plans to take on isis. Tonight with a new Iraqi Government in place and following consultations with allies abroad and congress at home, i can announce that america will lead a Broad Coalition to roll back this terrorist threat. Our objective is clear. We will degrade and ultimately destroy isil through a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy. I made it clear we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country wherever they are. That means i will not hesitate to take action against isil in syria as well as iraq. This is a core principle of my presidency. If you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. No safe haven. But isis has grown so quickly in recent months that it may now take years to defeat them. Heres the president s fourpoint plan. First, we will conduct a Systematic Campaign of airstrikes against these terrorists. Second, we will increase our support to forces fighting these terrorists on the ground. Third, we will continue to draw on our substantial counterterrorism capabilities to prevent isil attacks. Fourth, we will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians who have been displaced by this terrorist organization. So this is our strategy. Lets run through this quickly. First and foremost, this is an expansion of the air campaign with airstrikes now in both iraq and syria. The president is also talking about arming and training syrian forces. That will require congressional authority. Hes also sending 475 additional u. S. Troops into iraq. He was very clear, though, to say that those will not be combat forces on the ground. They will be instead working with their iraqi counterparts. However, that obviously brings with it some risk. Back to you guys. Thank you. Hes going to be putting about 500 more people down on the ground. Hes going to be asking for about 500 million to train and arm moderate rebels. I dont know where hes going congress has got to vote on that. Hes got to go find them. He did to his credit, the president did come out stronger than he had in the past when speaking about isis. But when you look at the American People and how theyre feeling right now, more americans roit now feel less safe than before. So did he have a choice . When you see these recent polls, when asked when it comes to foreign policy, they find 57 of voters find the president weak and indecisive. He had a task ahead of him walking into that speech. They find him weak and indecisive at a time, on todays anniversary of 9 11, as were facing isis, they do not feel as though he is steady in terms of decision when it comes to foreign policy. When asked more or less if we are respected around the world today as compared to 2008, almost 60 of voters say less. Were less respected when it comes globally. I tell you what, the president certainly deserves public support as long as he is willing to fight this war. Although last night he was reluctant to call it war. He wouldnt call it war. Instead he called it a counterterrorism strategy as well. And whats interesting, he also refuses to call them islamic radicals. In fact, he even said theyre not really islamic at all. Heres the president followed by george will. Isil is not islamic. No religion condones the killing of innocents. And the vast majority of isils victims have been muslim. And isil is certainly not a state. Isis is islamic. Lots of people say its islamic. Only the president wont. This may be the president feels obliged to be politically correct. We have islamic people in our country in great numbers, great loyalty, great americans and they want to make sure that everyone feels happy. Clearly isil, the i stands for islamic and thats what it is. This may be a perversion of it but lets just say a strain of islam that has recurred. Whats disturbing when you dont go to war and you dont call our enemy what they are, islamic extremists. There was a major conference among muslims in this country yesterday trying to rally support to stop this version of islam because its attracting mutants from all around the world to go over this and fight against us and for clearthinking people. Its also concerning somewhat that the president keeps on talking about no troops on the ground and comprehensive strategy. Remember how tough it was we have troops on the ground. For our troops to take back fallujah, ramadi and now mow self. How are we supposed to send the u. A. E. Troops, what the president says pharmacists, farmers and doctors with stethoscopes and tanks to go back and take these three major cities against a ruthless, bloodthirsty enemy . Arming them, he think it was i think it was august 8. Yet yesterday in his speech he said were not going to get on the ground but were going to try to form a coalition as it stood last night to get together and defeat this thing which i cant call radical islam. He said were going to have a coalition, going to have a lot of partners. He would not name them. The key as people wake up, the key is to know the president of the United States there in the white house hast night vowed to destroy isis, which is what we want as opposed to last time what he talked about, managing. This is a step in the right direction. He was forceful, clear and precise. The question is will he bring it up again . The next speech cant be about minimum wage and equal pay. Its got to be about this. It should extend beyond poll results as well. Time will tell and the nation is praying. As we mentioned, americans feel less safe now, the new York Police Commissioner warning the terrorist threat from isis is riskier than it has been in years. Anna kooiman is live from the 9 11 memorial with the latest. Hey, anna. Reporter it was once called ground zero is where we are this morning ahead of ceremony. Despite heightened anxiousness about the terror group isis, new york intelligence is saying there is no evidence of a specific threat ahead of commemoration that begins at 8 30 this morning. We heard from the police commissioner saying there will be thousands of officers and specialized teams using hightech tools. There will be undercover officers, bomb dogs monitoring today. He says the new York City Police department is ready. Isis creates a totally new area of threat for us and one that is probably even more potentially impactful on us than al qaeda. Their ability to enexpire not only those who will go there to fight and then potentially come back, but also to inspire those affected, sitting in their basements poring over commuter terminals they have incredible ability to affect those young men and women. There will be a moment of silence at 8 46 when the first plane hit the north tower. The names of the 2,983 victims the men, women, the children who died at the World Trade Center and the pentagon and on flight 93, pennsylvania, will be read allowed. In shanksful, pennsylvania, the heroes were honored as the family carried lanterns one by one by the wall of names. In washington, d. C. Later today Fire Fighters and members of our military will unfurl a large American Flag from the roof of the pentagon where 125 people lost their lives. Coming up at 7 20 this morning, im going to give everyone an inside look at the memorial, the museum, the 30,000 artifacts that are inside and hours of sound and video. This will be the first year that the victims families and First Responders families will be able to look i be side the Museum Following the ceremony. It will be open to the public at 6 00 tonight. By the way, the commemoration starts in the 8 00 hour. Youll see the beginning here on the Fox News Channel. Well run our film called as it happened. Which is the only time during the year we show the most dramatic parts of what happened on 9 11, the plane crashing and the buildings falling. Believe it or not, there is a lot more news going on including an explosive story in the nfl that is getting bigger than it was yesterday, believe it or motte. Heather nauert is here with that. As we continue to remember what happened on 9 11, we continue to follow other news. The nfl struggling to get back on offense after a bombshell revelation, the league actually did receive video of ray rice punching his thenfiancee five months ago. Roger goodell says he didnt see that tape until this week but a Law Enforcement official says he sent that video to the nfl back in april. A League Employee is even heard on a recorded voice mail confirming that she received that video. She called it, quote, terrible. He lied and he knew about this tape. Hes out. So now the question is, if the tape did come to the office, you know, how high up did it go . And why didnt it get to goodell . What happened . The nfl commissioner now calling in the former f. B. I. Chief Robert Mueller to investigate the nfls handling of the case. What a story. Lets go live overseas to pretoria, south africa, where a verdict could come in at any minute in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial. Right now the judge reading a summary of the testimony and then rejecting pistoriuss temporary insanity defense saying he was an evasive witness. A decision could take hours to come, but the judge has said that the state has not provided reasonable evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that pistorius is guilty of premeditated murder. Those are your headlines. See you back here in about 25 minutes. 13 minutes after the hour. 9 11 also marks two years since four americans were killed at benghazi. This is when secretary of state Hillary Clinton, this is what she had to say about it. The fact is we have four dead americans. Was it because of a protester was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they would go kill some americans. What difference, at this point, does it make . Turns out its a big difference. A new bombshell book claims clinton herself may have doomed them. Doomed them. The authors here live. Here i am. Rock you like a hurricane. Fiber one now makes cookies. Find them in the cookie aisle. In the places you want to be. Where you can explore super destinations and do everything under the sun. 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Special mission which to this day is still being called by some in the media a consolate. It wasnt. She is saying she didnt review the cables. It wasnt her job. The secretary of state cant review the cables of so much paper work. And the Senate Confirmed this, the senates 88page report, that Hillary Clinton personally signed special waivers to allow the facility to exist because it didnt meet even the minimum Security Standards of the state department, including and this is critical, especially in light of the new testimony by the survivors of benghazi. They said that they were told to delay in the nearby c. I. A. Annex, which if you remember was about a mile away. She called something called the colocation waiver which meant it allowed the u. S. Special mission to exist separate from the c. I. A. Annex. In other words, the protection for the u. S. Special mission, because of the secretary of states signature on a waiver, was located a mile away. So that decision actually could have ultimately, although unwittingly doomed them. Why was the c. I. A. There . Why were we there . This is the real benghazi story which extends far beyond what happened two years ago and goes all the way, i think, to the current threats of isis. And that is that we were there primarily to, my information its in the book, the real benghazi story for two main reasons. Number one stevens served less as an ambassador and more as almost an arms dealer to jihadists, to the rebels first fighting in libya against muammar qaddafi and secondly to bring some of those weapons through turkey and other places through the insurgency in syria. That is number one. Number two, there was a section, a separation collection effort of man pads, man pads, missiles which bring down planes. Looted from libya, looted from qaddafis reserves. Woad a multimilliondollar unprecedented effort centered at the c. I. A. Annex, centered at that mission. That is why we were there. May have even prompted the attacks, an awful lot of jihadists. Read about it in a brandnew book called the real benghazi story. Aaron klein, thank you very much. A major health scare for toronto mayor rob ford. Why he was rushed to the hospital. The president now talking tough to isis. The man who faced terrorists 13 years ago and mayor of new york city, rudy jowlan ni, joins us live next. The son picks up the check . [thinking] im still working. Hes retired. I hope hes saving. I hope he saved enough. Who matters most to you says the most about you. At massmutual were owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. Whether youre just starting your 401 k or you are ready for retirement, well help you get there. Every time you take advil liqui gels youre taking the pain reliever that works faster on tough pain than extra strength tylenol. And not only faster. Stronger too. Relief doesnt get any better than this. 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The retrial starts on september 29. From no strategy to, well, talking tough on terror, the president laying out his plan to take on isis. I can announce that america will lead a Broad Coalition to roll back this terrorist threat. Our objective is clear. We will degrade and ultimately destroy isil through a comprehensive and sustained terrorism strategy. Are we seeing a different, more determined president . The former mayor of new york city, Rudy Giuliani, joins us on this september 11. Good morning to you. Good morning. You were watching the president last night there in the white house. Good news; right . Hes going to destroy them. That is the good news. The answer is we see a more determined president from the one who didnt have a policy a week and a half ago, two weeks ago. On the other hand, its not much of a policy. It doesnt commit enough troops, because troops are going to be necessary to get this job done. It doesnt acknowledge the fact that its a war, which is really almost silly because theyre at war against us. I dont know why we struggle so much with whether we are at war with them. They are at war with us. Those things, i think, give it a kind of reluctance thats going to make it hard to put a coalition together. Do you believe this is a long standing policy, one that will continue and sustain through polling, which may have been a motivating factor . It doesnt sound like it. It didnt sound like this is a longstanding policy. Remember when president bush addressed congress after september 11 . He said this is going to be a long, long time. I think he said not years. Decades. It turns out to be absolutely right. He turns out to be absolutely correct. This is going to be decades, and it shouldnt surprise us. The cold war was decades. So we need the commitment to remain in this with the forces that are necessary. I think having taken our forces out of iraq is part of the reason that we have the situation that we have right now. Lets must have on and talk about what today is. It means so much to so many people, so impactful for you. The question is, is it going to happen again . It happened in 1993 and happened substantially in 2001 in the World Trade Center. Are we safer now than we were when george bush left office, than we were in 2001 . Were certainly safer than we were in 2001. A tremendous number of changes have taken place. We dont have to detail them all, but at airports, the amount of intelligence gathered and shared is much, much better. The new York City Police department is about as well trained in counterterrorism as you can possibly train a police department. Ray kelly started it. Bill branton is doing that in new york. In those respects were safer. Now with this new threat, isis, some of the other things connected to it, if youre asking me are we safer than we were two or thee years ago, it sounds like probably were not. Now were facing a new danger we dont understand completely. Certainly were safer than we were the day before september 11, 2001. Why would we be less safe than we were three or four years age administration took their foot off the gas . I dont know exactly the answer to it. This isis thing seems to have been a surprise to them. It seems to have been something they didnt really understand was going to emerge. Whenever you have a surprise and you dont have all the information, how can you assess the full nature of the danger . I worry about this, mayor, combined with bill branton who is obviously very competent, but this mayor isnt. When it come to the threat, theyre not flying over to these International Events to study how could it affect new york, like ray kelly was doing. The combination of who is in white house and who is running new york city kind of worries me. In the big picture, what are you doing today . Today ill be at the ceremony, be there to remember the friends that i lost and all the families that ive gotten to know. I get to see them. I get to see them again. Then im going to go to a Port Authority station, im going to go to a Police Station and im going to go to a firehouse really just to talk to them and remember. Then i get together tonight with a a lot of the people that we shared the experience with. It was a day that was the worst day of my life and it was a day that was the greatest day of my life. My wife and i have tremendous emotions about today. We remember almost every second of it, sometimes inaccurately. The key is to remember. Former mayor of new york city, americas mayor, Rudy Giuliani. Mayor, thank you. 6 30 in new york city right now. A fox news alert breaking right now. 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He could still be convicted of a lesser murder charge of culpable homicide, both of which could carry lengthy jail terms. No jury, one judge making this decision. Oscar pistorious not guilty of premeditated murder. That is a fox news alert we have ramped up for military assistance for syrian opposition. Tonight i call on congress again to give us additional authorities and resources to trean train and equip. This idea that we could provide some light arms or even more sophisticated arms to what was essentially an opposition made up of former doctors, farmers, pharmacists and so forth and that they were going to be able to battle a well armed state backed by russia, backed by iran, that was never in the cards. President obama last night and just a few weeks ago. The president now talking tougher on terror and changing his tune when it comes to arming Syrian Rebels but is it too little too late . Here to react is Lieutenant Colonel tony shaffer, former commander of c. I. A. Forces in afghanistan Gary Burnstein and former assistant secretary of defense for International Security affairs during the reagan administration. Gentlemen, thank you for being with us this morning. Reaction particularly as it relates to arming Syrian Rebels. A switch there from even october 8. Colonel, start with you. We have to be very careful with this. The president has asked for a lot of money to arm these militia. First off there is no good militia. If we give this money to these folks without any understanding of who they are, other bad things could happen. We have a professional military force. We train egyptians, the jordanians and others. The president stated he doesnt want to put u. S. Forces on the ground. Whoever we arm, we have people with them, whether they are Intelligence Officers or special operators. Were going to have to have people side by side. This is no victory here without a small number of boots on the ground. And the statement that were going to do this with no Ground Forces or any forces on the ground is ridiculous. Is there any chance of success by air and limited boots on the ground which will not be combatdirected . No. This president is very hard to get a handle on because he also told us last night that hes pulling all of us out of afghanistan. Youre fighting them there, youre fighting them he has to go back into iraq because he pulled out too early and he assures us hes going to pull out of afghanistan. There is no consistency to what he has to say. What happens . If arming the moderates and our Coalition Forces there fail on the ground, what is the strategy then . Thats part of the issue. This was not a strategy. A strategy requires you to look at the whole. This is not simply about isis. It is about al qaeda and afghanistan coming back, it is about all of it. You push the balloon in one spot you have to attack it across the networks. Were not doing that. As much as it concerns us that we need to do something, the way he portrayed it is not a strategy. It is small elements on a campaign plan. Isis threatens kuwait, qatar, it threatens the g. Crm c. They are going to be attempting to penetrate individuals, human individuals, get inside those organizations, create revolution there and seize half the worlds oil. Theyve got to be devoted. This has to be corridorrized quickly. Weve heard it is going to take time. It is also going to take efforts perhaps beyond what was expected. For every point the president made, some of the criticism is he walked it back qualifying it with things that would not occur. What happened in a recent poll is president obama prepared to do wheaf it takes to defeat islamist extremists, almost 54 said no, he isnt. He isnt ready to do whatever it takes to protect. The president s strategic end point does not make sense. The radical sunnis began because the shiites in baghdad oppressed the sunnis. Now the president is saying were going to put those sunnis back once we get the moderate ones under the baghdad government. That dog isnt going to hunt. There is going to be a sunni state in the middle east. Its either going to be radical or its going to be moderate. But theres no way the sunnis are coming back under the shiites. The president s end point is the worst possible end point and its not going to happen. I think we want a definition last night as americans. Did we get it when the president cant say we are at war and cannot say radical or extreme islamists . When the japanese attacked us, we were at war. The president didnt mince words. Isis declared war against us they are coming. We need to accept that on its face period. There is no other way to say that. The president appears more interested in his own political interests than conducting National Security in pure form here. Lets get down to business, defend the country. Worry about the politics later, mr. President. Lets defeat this enemy. Something is going on in the president s mind that is hard for us to understand. Last night he said the Islamic State and the levant is not islamic. Hello . How do you parch that adjective or noun or verb . Is an islam is not an islamist does the bird tweet in the tree . It doesnt make sense. Why does he say that . Political correctness. There has been this orwellian attempt to basically these are not the enemies youre looking for going on. It is totally insane. It is like saying Dunkin Donuts doesnt have doughnuts. These folks are out to kill us. We have to look tenet work. This is not simply about isis. It is about muslim brotherhood. We need to get serious about defeating long term. This is a strategy to go after al qaeda and off shoots. He didnt put out a strategy. He put out a tactical plan against a single enemy. I think the president sees all this in the context of colonial problem, these people are freedom fighters. It almost goes back to desouzas books and films. The president doesnt appear to have the same frame of reference that the rest of us have in fighting. Framing it today, the 13th anniversary of september 11, are we more safe or less safe today than we were in 2008 even . Before the attacks. If you put it this way, will we be attacked again, the answer is yes. It may motte be here at home it may not be here at home but we just had two americans beheaded. So there are going to be more american deaths. Radical islam is a disease inside the arab muslim world that we can contain but we cannot destroy it. We can keep tamping it down until it runs its course. And there are going to be more casualties. Are you confident this president , this commander in chief can get the job done . The southwest border is really open. I wrote a book about it. It is inevitable something is going to happen. The question is what can we do to minimize the plan for it. The best answer is intelligence. We stopped the interrogation program. We need to restart it. I dont think theyre organized for success. I dont think they have the goals, the proper end goals here. And im very, very concerned. The president is not serious. Enough. Perhaps as it relates to the American People, they dont believe hes willing to do what it takes. Colonel shaffer, we want to thank you, mr. West, we want to thank you. A fox news alert breaking. At least one verdict in the Oscar Pistorious trial. Not guilty on premeditated murder. The judge on that next. And he considers Osama Bin Laden his hero, even naming his son after him. Then he became a c. I. A. Spy revealing all kinds of secrets. Why he says al qaeda and isis arent the only threats America Needs to threats America Needs to worry about. Can this decadent, fruittop pastry with indulgent streusel crumbles be from. Fiber one . Fiber one streusel. Available at walmart. So what were looking for is a way to plus our Accounting Firms mobile plan. 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On this september 11, we have more breaking news out of south africa where a judge has just cleared Oscar Pistorious of premeditated murder. The judge ruled that prosecutors failed to prove the olympic star intended to kill his girlfriend reba steenkamp, beyond a reasonable doubt. Joining us now, foxs news judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. Judge, this is a judge. This is not a jury. And she came up with that verdict. What does it mean . Its a very different system than we have in the u. S. In the u. S. The jury would simply check a box, guilty, not guilty, and a clerk would read it aloud. In south africa where the judge is the judge and the givesshe not only gives reasons for it. Its very interesting and its very helpful. Its helpful for the people of south africa to understand whats lawful and whats not lawful. And its transparency in the government even more than we have here. She starts with the most serious crime. Premeditated murder. Fo for which he would been sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison. He is not guilty of that because the state did not prove that he planned and plotted the murder ahead of time, which is the essential element for that changes, that elevates an unlawful killing to firstdegree murder. No steps taken prior to in planning this . Correct. In the process of explaining why she acquitted him of premeditated murder she said other things which should be troubling for him and his lawyers. Show said he is not a very good witness and i dont believe everything he said on the witness stand. She said this is no question that he unlawfully discharged a weapon and as a result of that killed rebastein catch. He probably will be killed reba steenkamp. He probably will be found guilty of something but he will not be spending the remainder of his life in a prison. Whats left . Whats left is what we would call seconddegree murder which is a willful intent to kill but without premeditation. After that is criminally negligent homicide, behavior so reckless that you should have known it would result in someones death. Hes facing four or five major crimes but the biggest one hes off the hook. Which doesnt surprise me because no one thought he thought at 11 00 im going to shoot her. Something prompted him to shoot. There was an avengence or did he think an intruder im sure hes going to be found guilty of something. Breaking news, Oscar Pistorious not convicted of premeditated murder but still on the hook for something. Judge napolitano thank you. Next, he considered Osama Bin Laden his hero, even naming his son after him. Then he became a c. I. A. Spy revealing their secrets to the United States. The United States. Why he says al qaeda and isis arent the only threats America Needs to worry about. Sh incredible saving. Incredible saving. Like buy one get one 1 2 off select mens and ladies jeans. And take 20 off our entire stock of bedding. Hey, i notice your car yeah. Its in the shop. Its going to cost me an arm and a leg. You shoulda taken it to midas. They tell you what stuff needs fixing, and what stuff can wait. Highfive arg brakes, tires, oil, everything. whistling the war on terror changed dramatically since alqaeda attacked america 13 years ago today. Alqaeda turned into a series of offshoots that threaten all western nations. So how serious is the terrorist threat now . This is a former alqaeda terrorist turned c. I. A. Informant who helped take down terrorist al alawlaki. His new book called agent storm, my life inside alqaeda and the c. I. A. Is out today. Morton, thanks for what you did and have done. First tell us about your background. How did you get inside alqaeda . What was the attraction for you and islamic extremism . Well, i started islam studied intensively. I studied muslim scholars and because of those studies, you came to the conclusion that jihadi is an extremely important part of islam. And by me meeting it wasnt something i seen. People who were there from all country, from u. S. , from europe, from asia and africa, we all came to the conclusion that jihad is very most important action that you can do in islam. It guarantees you paradise without being held accountable for your sins. This blond haired guy decides hes going to become a member of alqaeda and you were surprised how you were accepted quickly. Well, it wasnt becoming a member of alqaeda. I actually pledged allegiance to alqaeda while i was a double agent. I had the same idea as alqaeda and so do hundreds of thousands of husband millions, or muslims who are study islam, all come to the conclusion that what alqaeda is upon is the true interpretation of islam. So you talk to people. Theyre not just crazy people. Alawlaki is a highly educated guy. What do they think about us that makes us their number one target first of all, as a muslim, as true believing muslim, islam means submission and muslim who believes in this, he believes he must submit himself fully, without questioning. Everything islam stands for is the truth. Everything that is not islamic is falsehood. So everything you must love is for the sake of allah and everything you must hate, you must hate for the sake of allah. So right now what do we need to know about alqaeda here in the west as we look back 13 years since 911 . We need to know that alqaeda is still out there, its still existing and they have now now competition with isis. However, both of them have the very same ideology, the fundamentals are still the same. What is the difference between them is the way of trying to achieve those goals. Isis obviously is much more hard core than alqaeda. However, the ones who are most successful, unfortunately. Alqaeda now will try everything to compete and they will try to to be the first to do an attack. In your mind, can they be rehabbed or do they have to be killed . Well, once theyre out there, i think they must be killed and once we are those we can identify in europe or United States, they must be arrested or, yeah. They must be under heavy surveillance. Morton has done the western world a great service. He wrote in his book more thats out today. Thank you for joining us today. Thank you. Thank you so much. The c. I. A. Owes him 5 million. Coming up, president bush gave this warning in 2007. I know some in washington would like us to start leaving iraq now. Begin withdrawing before our commanders tell us we are ready would be dangerous. And he was right. His former chief of staff joins us next. Then you heard from three men on the ground who were in benghazi who say they could have saved their fellow americans. Now what you havent heard yet. How do you feel about Hillary Clinton . It might just change. They will join us live. It is our job to figure out what happened good morning. Today is thursday, september 11. Im elisabeth hasselbeck. A fox news alert, moments ago a judge just clearing olympic star Oscar Pistorius of premeditated murder charges. The reason why live from the courthouse in south africa. The president finally talking tough on terror. The core principle of my presidency. If you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. Wow. Hes vowing to destroy isis. Just dont call it war. His fourpoint plan live from washington. Members of benghazi Security Team speaking out, saying americans lives could have been saved if a stand down order wasnt given. They, the three of them, join us this morning with a message for Hillary Clinton and president obama. Youre going to see it this hour. Youre watching fox friends on september 11 right here on the Fox News Channel. That was a Freedom Tower in animation. Now youre seeing it live. For the longest time it seemed like is this thing ever going to get built . And it is beautiful and a landmark now in new york. But you cant stop think being why its there. And what happened. Then you will see the Freedom Tower last night here. You see the tributec in light which will take place at 6 30 tonight. 6 00 p. M. Tonight and continue to shine those blue beams into the sky with resilience and strength until sunrise the very next day, september 12. You can see that from my window at home. That reminds you where we all were 13 years ago. Meanwhile, in the last 15 minutes on the western facade of the pentagon, they did what they have been doing for a number of years. They unfurled the American Flag. On 911 it was flight 77 that crashed into the western facade of the pentagon, killed 59 people on the airplane and 125 military and civilian personnel who were at their posts in the pentagon 13 years ago this morning. President obama scheduled to speak at the ceremony in and a moment of silence following that. Weve got breaking news on september 11. South african judge cleared Oscar Pistorius of premeditated murder charges, saying oscar did not foresee he could kill anybody the night he shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. However, culpable homicide and other charges still on the table. Greg palkot is live in pretoria with the latest. Reporter hey. We spent the morning in the courtroom behind us and it was a day of high drama. Just about ten feet away from where i was sitting, Oscar Pistorius. As i watched him come in, he seemed quiet. He seemed resolute. He seemed, well, a little bit confident and maybe he had a right to feel that way. Later on, however, near the end of the session, we were sitting in on, he cried. He cried. He sobbed. He had his head down. Maybe, however, he was crying for relief because so far hes been let off by the judge here of the most serious charges that he faced and that was premeditated murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on valentines day morning some 18 months ago. The judge speak very quietly, very resolutely, saying she could not stand by the charges being made by the state, by the prosecutor. She threw out one after another of the evidence the prosecutor presented. The witness, the ear witnesses what theyre called, hearing the woman scream, hearing an argument coming from the house. She threw out other evidence, too, like the fact that Reeva Steenkamp had a cell phone in the toilet cubicle when she was killed, that she had locked the door, that she had maybe eat an little bit later, that there was any kind of argument. She said that was all circumstantial evidence and that it was not enough to convict Oscar Pistorius of premeditated murder or even a slightly lesser charge that, is murder without any planning. Again, those charges could have landed him in jail for a lifetime, or at least 25 years for the first chance of getting parole. Him there for 20 years. Could now he faces the culpable homicide, the manslaughter charge that were about to go back into the courtroom and see if the judge decides to give him that. There are indications she could give him that. She has indicated she has lot of problems with the way Oscar Pistorius performed on stand and as she describes as peculiar circumstances of that night. Back to you. He has been described as a terrible witness. Greg palkot live with the very latest. Now to another fox news alert, the president using the eve of 911 to promise strong action against the terror group, isis. The president laying out a plan in a prime time address with a strong message to terrorists we will hunt you down. Doug luzader is live in washington to break it all down. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The president described the spread of isis in both iraq and syria as a cancer and said its going to take some time to get rid of it. To do that, the United States is going to expand the somewhat limited campaign weve seen so far, going after isis targets. So tonight with a new iraqi in place and following consultations with allies abroad and congress at home, i can announce that america will lead a Broad Coalition to roll back this terrorist threat. Our objective is clear, we will degrade and ultimately destroy isil through a comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy. Ive made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country wherever they are. That means i will not hesitate to take action against isil in syria as well as iraq. This is a core principle of my presidency. If you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. Reporter it looks like this is going to primarily involve broadening the air campaign carrying out some of the same targeted strikes weve seen in iraq, but expanding that to syria as well. For the president , that is point one. First, we will conduct a Systematic Campaign of air strikes against these terrorists. Second, we will increase our support to forces fighting these terrorists on the ground. Third, we will continue to draw on our substantial counterterrorism capabilities that prevent isil attacks. Fourth, we will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians who have been displaced by this terrorist organization. So this is our strategy. Reporter lets look at the overview here. Again, air strikes in iraq and then expanding those into syria as well. The president is also talking about arming and training certain syrian rebel groups. Thats something that will require congressional authorization. Hes also talking about sending 475 additional u. S. Troops to iraq. They will work with their iraqi counterparts to do training and so on. The president is quick to point out these are not combat forces on the ground in iraq. Theyre not supposed to be engaged in fighting, but you never know what these folks will run into. Steve, brian and elisabeth. Thanks a lot. The thing is, theyre not in a hover craft. We have 1600 men on the ground and we do know theyre actually in the area fighting, advising the iraqi troops as they move forward and might be in the midst of the militia as they try to oust isis from iraq and now were hitting syria. What are we going to hit syria with . Air strikes, of course. Theyll be limbed in its effect. Well also use the Free Syrian Army, which by the way, there are reports Free Syrian Army was part of the group that sold off sotloff to isis. So i dont know what you can trust the socalled moderate help because theyve been infilt rated. While the president kept reiterating, were not going to send in combat troops, we have boots on the ground right now. The president , however, what he wants to do is he wants to build this coalition and have them provide the manpower. Theyll be the boots on the ground. Well be flying over dropping bombs on them. Ralph peters was on with sean hannity last night talking about this coalition where they do the work and we fly over and this is his observation. Does he really believe that hes going to build a serious coalition . Hes got nine states so far. Bush had 48 which contributed troops in 2003. Hes got nine states, none of which are willing to fight. There is no coalition. Hes counting on a government in baghdad that has excites no loyalty from the people. Its so pathetic that ive actually got to control my anger and simply say its idiotic nonsense. The threat of isis attacking the United States at any moment by their own claim. You have americans now, according to recent polls, feeling as though we dont have a president who will do whatever it takes to get the job done. And a lack in confidence globally, they indicate, as it relates to our president , how hes viewed from global leaders. When you take all of that together, brit hume summed it up and said were not looking at leadership. Think of the first gulf war when Saddam Hussein had invaded little kuwait, a rich and not particularly little oilrich country run by a monarchy. Do you think the American People on the night of that invasion thought it would be a good idea to send American Forces to fight and die in the desert to protect kuwait or get it back from Saddam Hussein . Of course they didnt. It required leadership from the president of the United States. When you blow an uncertain trumpet and commit to doing less than you could and suggest that others should do the fighting for you, look, that might be fair and it would be a better world if more of the countries were willing to step up, but thats not the world we face. Jordan said you can train here. Saudi arabia says you can train them here. While the uae has an air force. Qatar has essential base for us and what about other sunni countries, cause we dont want to pit sunni against shia. What about other countries putting boots on the ground . We remember how tough it was to take back fallujah, mosul. Who is capable of going house to house . None of the iraqis that dropped our weapons and ran for the hills when isis came in the first time. I wond who are will be on the ground to do the fighting. That will be the coalition. Thats going to be the hard part. The president said well have one. Just didnt say who. The key last night is the president said we will destroy isis, or isil. Thats what we want to hear of the its a lot better than what he said were going to manage them. Its lot better than when he said that we got no strategy. The wall street journal this morning on their op ed page writes, lets hope mr. Object object is a better war president than he has been an antiwar president. Yep. Lot of americans will be holding him to his words that he spoke. President bush warned us what would happen if we left iraq too soon. Now we are seeing it all unfold and come true. Former white house chief of staff to president george w. Bush, andy card, joins us live with his reaction to this president s plan next. And youve heard from three men on the ground in benghazi who say they could have saved their fellow americans, four of them who died that day two years ago. What you havent heard about how they feel regarding Hillary Clinton. Theyre here live on fox news. M theres never been a better time to come to Bass Pro Shops than right now. 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Ive made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country wherever they are. This is a core principle of my presidency. If you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. A clear objective. Thats what president obama promised in last nights address to the nation announcing his fourpoints plan to combat isis. Did we see a different president last night, is the question . Or is his tough talk a little too late. Joining us with his reaction is former chief of staff to president george w. Bush, andy card. Good morning. Did you hear clarity . Did you get a distinction in terms of what the plan is going forward, and do you believe the president . I love that one sentence that president obama said. Its repeating comments made by president bush when he was president. Both right after 9112001 and after the surge was successful in iraq in 2007. So i know that sentence means a lot and it was very important. Im not sure that there is the resolve to follow through and i dont want the terrorists to have safe havens, to plan attacks and to get ready to do bad things. I do want us to be able to hunt them down and make sure that they dont attack america. On this particular day, a day of remembrance and reflection, its also a day of resolve. We remember the victims of 911 in new york city and the pentagon and the flight that landed in shanksville, pennsylvania. We remember the people that we lost, like George Howard that we promised never to forget, and the heros that died, like todd beamer and the First Responders that responded and some gave their lives. But we also have to remember that there was a day of resolve that showed up that day and america stood as a United States and said we have the resolve to make sure this never happens again. And were going to bring the people to justice that did this. Its very important that that resolve be reflected from the president of the United States. Im not sure that you can prevent the terrorists from doing their acts and hunt them down if you dont have a coalition that includes america that will be on the ground hunting those terrorists and bringing them to justice. So its not just going to be an air campaign, in my opinion, that succeeds. In the coalition that george w. Bush put together going into afghanistan and going into iraq was much larger than the nine nations that evidently president obama is talking about. Hopefully we can get to a very large coalition. But its got to be led by america. Today certain israeli a day of remembrance and resilience in ways, but one of deep concern as it relates to threats. In 2007, president bush made a prediction and has been since seen by 38 Million People, brian you allude to do this before. Please take a listen. I know some in washington would like us to start leaving iraq now. Begin leaving before our commanders tell us were ready would be dangerous for iraq, for the region, and for the United States. It would mean surrendering the future of iraq to alqaeda. And we did and it happened. Your reaction . It was prehe isent and easily predicted this is what the state would be like today and it is and now we have to find the resolve to make sure that the bad guys dont have a place to do bad things to americans. Its going to require a lot of leadership from washington, d. C. And resolve from the president of the United States. He should be demonstrating to us just how important it is that america rally behind this cause to defeat the terrorists. And after winning through the surge, its important not to give that win away, especially as we have another shot at it in afghanistan. If we pull out, its going to be the same thing. That was the president who defied the polls in his actions and another one had the polls push him to action. Thank you for joining us on this very important day. Thank you. Thank you. Coming up straight ahead, youve heard the three men from the three men on the ground in benghazi who say they could have saved their fellow americans. Now what havent you heard yet, how they feel about Hillary Clinton. They will join us live. Then the antenna of one of the towers, a melted phone and staircase telling the stories of september 11. We will take you inside the museum as we remember 13 years later here i am. Rock you like a hurricane. Fiber one now makes cookies. Find them in the cookie aisle. At od, whatever business youre in, thats the business were in with Premium Service like one of the best ontime delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. Od. Helping the world keep promises. Quick headlines now. Jody arias won o represent herself. She was convicted of murder last year in the 2008 killing of her exboyfriend. But jurors couldnt reach a decision on her sentence. Shes not saying why she changed her mind. The retrial starts on september 28. Alzheimers, 51 more common in people who took anxiety pills like xanax or valium. The new study finding the risks started showing up within three months of use. Researchers say this does not prove that the drugs cause alzheimers, but there is a connection. Today marks the 13year anniversary since the worst terrorist attack occurred on american soil. To remember that date, thousands of people have already visited the museum here in manhattan. One of the most recently added items, the shirt worn by the navy seal who delivered the final three shots that killed Osama Bin Laden. Yep. That just was there and anna is there now. Anna kooiman live at the museum to show us what else is inside should you get to manhattan. Hey, anna. I do recommend coming down here and taking a look. Good morning. Although some have criticized the museum for being too touristy. The collection of artifacts has grown significantly since it opened in may as victims said they would be held in the highest esteem. Very few can forget where they were the morning of september 11, 2001. Here beneath the ground that once held the twin towers, memories of horror, confusion and heroism relived. The innocent who died that day did what we do every day, simply get up in the morning and go to work. There has been an explosion in world trade one. Its the other building. It looks like a plane struck it. Its horrible. The terrorists tested our patriotism and faith that day. But American Flags flew high and who can forget the cross forged in steel . More than 10,000 artifacts on display throughout the museum, the antenna from the north tower, a melted phone from the pentagon, the staircase telling stories of survival. Frantic civilians fleeing from the towers before they collapsed. The entire crew of firefighters from ladder 3 responding, died inside when the north tower fell. This watch belonging to one of the heroic passengers who overtook the terrorists on flight 93. So many faces vanished that clear september day. Family members posting signs after calling hospitals and hot lines searching for the missing. Many of which never turned up. In all, 2983 innocent people died. I can hear you the rest of the world hears you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon but just as america vowed, we will never forget. Usa usa usa. The commemoration starts at 8 30 this morning. There will be six moments of silence. The first beginning at 8 46 when the first plane touched the north tower and we all know what happened after that. We will never forget. Back to you. Thats right. Thank you very much, anna kooiman down there in the World Trade Center area. Youll see it all live right here on Fox News Channel starting in the 8 00 oclock hour. There is a lot to see. Remember we will and resilient we are. 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Com la quinta we thank you for joining us on the 13th anniversary of 911. Check out this awesome point of view. Navy parachute team, also known as leap frogs jumping into a National Park in washington with the American Flag. I love seeing that today. It was heros day at the stadium which honors all the men and women who put their lives on the line every day to protect our freedom. There you go. Two years ago today, the american consulate in benghazi was savagely attacked. The 15acre compound was lightly defended ask soon overrun by islamist extremists with a clear objective killing americans. Security contractors, chris, tanto paronto, and two other men all experienced former military members, hired by the c. I. A. To protect spies, diplomats and american personnel were on duty when the call came. Contractors stationed at the nearby c. I. A. Annex included tantarosto and tig. According to the special operators, a senior c. I. A. Officer told them to stand down. He said hey, we need to get over there. Were losing the initiative. And bob just looked straight at me and said stand down, we need to wait. It happened that night. That happened. We were told to wait, stand down. We were delayed three times. After a half hour passed, a call came over the radio, if you guys dont get here, were going to die. Defying orders, the contractors rushed to the compound to confront the enemy, but before the night was over, four americans had lost their lives. Sean smith, a state Department Communications officer. Two security contractors, glenn, daughter tee and tyrone woods and ambassador chris stevens. Joining us today two years later, the coauthors of 13 days in benghazi. Good morning to all of you. Good morning. We saw the clips with bret baier last friday night where you are confident that had you been allowed to go when you wanted to go to help the guys over there at the consulate, theyd be alive. Yes. Since then, we talked to some people and they go, you know what . They say, the contractors, special guys, say that they say that you were told to stand down, but now these people in washington are going, no, thats not true because nobody ever said dont stand down. They simply said hang on. Wait a little bit. What do you think about that . I heard stand down. I didnt hear no hold on, hang on, give may minute. A delay is a delay. In combat, delay gives more time for the enemy to do what they want to do and accomplish their objective. Its semantics. It makes no difference to us, we were held back for 25 minutes. I look at it like this, if we would have left earlier, it would have increased the probability that we could have made a difference and saved the ambassadors life. The fact that we didnt go for 25 minutes, that increases the chance that youre not gonna. Remember, we finally left of our own accord. We were never given the okay. We just finally said the heck with it. Because bob, bob somebody, the c. I. A. Guy there, said hang on. Im trying o find you some help. He never told us he was finding help. No. Thats what weve heard. Were finding out things new ourselves. Sure. Its funny how washington works that way, isnt it . The state department hired a Quick Reaction force. Who are they and who are they . One of the many militia that were in benghazi. Benghazi, there were tons of militias and they were all vying for control of the airport, the seaport, commerce, anything of importance. We dont know exactly who they were, who they were allied with. I know we went over there and met with them. Or i had driven over to their compound. What it all entailed, above my pay grade. They were the ones who were supposed to protect the consulate and, you know, when the shooting started, seemed like a lot of them just got the heck out of there. Yeah. Here is the author talking about the 17 feb commander. The commander had told them that he didnt want to move his troops toward the compound gate. Instead he told the tl hed make a phone call to the attackers to negotiate for the release of americans. He wondered how the commander knew whom to call and how he was on good enough terms to someone connected to think he could work out a deal. What does that mean . Means he couldnt be trusted. Means we didnt know what really alliances that they held. We werent sure who they maybe were allianced with, but we didnt know. So in other words, the people that Hillary Clintons state department hired to protect them, you didnt trust . Oh, no. Not at all. We had no rapport with them. We never did any sort of internal defense or any sort of training with them to build that rapport. We didnt know. Do you trust Hillary Clinton to be the commander in chief if shes elected president of the United States, givenc the fact that her state department was asked for more security and they said no, cant do it . I would say that the decisions made at that level are at that level. Were trying to stay out of the fray of that. The book is about what we wanted what happened that night on the ground because that is the story that hasnt been told yet. We just want people to know the truth and then let the people decide. Thats fine with us. As long as we have the truth out there, were happy with that. Sure. But you know, what happened two years ago may not have happened with the ultimate result had there actually been security there. Hopefully they do their after action report and they learn from it and it doesnt happen again. Its just too bad that this had to happen for this sort of reaction to take place. Tig . I agree with him. Its a track record is her track record and the way she runs things, its there. There is a new poll out that shows that americans actually feel less safe today than they did were going to put that up on the screen so people can see it. Given the fact that you were over one of the thing about the feb 17 militia, okay, so you didnt trust them. Didnt the terrorists buy the house next door to the consulate as well . One of two compounds. Yeah. It was nearby. If you read in 13 hours, there was a spot there where the department of state guys got ambushed, where they came out of the gate and people that read it that was in the area of where it was very close. A group of terrorists that had a black flag had bought a house. Yeah. And those were the same people who were probably hired to protect the people inside the compound. Thats what we have read ourselves in open source, yeah. I know you were busy promoting the book over the last couple of days. I dont know if you were watching the president last night in his prime time address. But now the plan to beat down isis is to arm the Syrian Rebels, the people who not so long ago he said, no, thats a bad idea. Now were going to do it. Does that work . You know, what happened whats happened, theyre very similar in their mindset to the people that attacked us in benghazi. We saw what happened there and i think well see more of the same. Its hard to get into again, cause thats not our realm. We arent at that level. We dont make those decisions. Its difficult for us to really give you a good answer on that, a wellinformed answer, especially since we havent been watching too much because of how busy weve been this week. Sure. When people find out that youre the three guys, three special operators who wrote the book, do you tell them do you get a feeling that some americans simply dont know what happened and whats the one thing you try to tell them so they know what really did go down two years ago today . The thing that happened the goal that weve had in writing this book is to honor those four americans that lost their lives that night. To get the truth out because the story have been told its been gone over and kicked down the road what happened afterward, the talking points, have been talked about what should have happened before. But this is what happened there. This is whats really important and this is a story that the americans havent heard, about what happened on the ground from the time we got the call to the time i got on the plane, bloody and wounded. I think what gets lost when it starts to be trying to fill somebodys agenda is the courage. These guys worked with, of roan, of bub, that gets lost and thats what we take. Great with your politics on whatever. Honor the guys who fought and realize, there is still guys out there doing this. And remember those and see actually what we actually did. Its more than what people think. Well, the book is great and it does if you got questions about it, check it out, its called 13 hours. It was released this week. Gentlemen, thank you very much for your service. An honor, thank you very much. We all wish you could have been there a half hour earlier. Yes, we do, too. Thanks. Coming up, the mother of sean smith, one of the americans that these guys tried to save, joins us live. She has a special message for them. They have never spoken until now. Youll see it next male announcer its happening. Today, more and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about longacting levemir®, an injectable insulin that can give you blood sugar control for up to 24 hours. And levemir® helps lower your a1c. Levemir® is now available in flextouch® the only prefilled insulin pen with no pushbutton extension. Levemir® lasts 42 days without refrigeration. Thats 50 longer than lantus®, which lasts 28 days. Today, im asking about levemir® flextouch. female announcer levemir® is a longacting insulin, used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes and is not recommended to treat diabetic ketoacidosis. 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His mother, pat smith, who has been on the channel over the last two years joins us this morning from san diego. Good morning to you. Hi there. Pat, weve had a number of conversations about what happened two years ago today and weve got with us three of the guys who were there that day in benghazi. I understand you wanted to Say Something to them. I wanted to thank them here i go again. I wanted to thank them for everything theyve done. Ive tried to read the book. I can only get so far. But ill read it. I love those guys and anything they need, anything they need, i will be ill sell my house if necessary for them for what theyve done. Theyre good people. Thank you. Thank you, maam. Thank you, maam. Its an honor to finally talk to you, maam. Were really happy you came on with us. Thank you. I wantedc to come there to w york or washington or wherever you are, but i couldnt. I couldnt do it. We understand. Please know that if you have gotten that far in the book, that your son was said prayers when we found him and so we did say our prayers over him. I saw that. Thank you for being on with us. You guys are wonderful. I dont know why anybody wouldnt believe every word you said. You were there fighting for them everything im sorry. Thank you. Thank you. You know, miss smith, we will get together sometime in the future and we can meet in a private location. Yeah, yeah. You can ask as many questions as you need to. Were here to answer them for you. Okay . Thank you. Very much. I have a million questions and i cant remember any of them. Well get it set up as long as youre willing to meet with us, well come to you. Really . Are you kidding . You tried to save my son. Pat, i know one of the things that has frustrated you from the getgo was the fact that the phone call where your son reveals, we got the message. Youre pretty much on your own. These three guys tried to get there a half hour earlier but were told hold on, lets straighten things out first. Yes. But who gave it . Who is the one that ordered that . Who is the stupid idiot that we have in our government that would order Something Like that . Apparently it was bob the c. I. A. Chief, right . Thats who we got our orders from. What happened to hillary and obama . Why arent they doing something . It was their area they dont give a damn about their people thats how i feel. Im sorry. No, please. You can vent to us all you want. Its fine with us. Please do. I want to do things for you. I dont want to vent to you. You guys are wonderful. Thank you. Youre the son that i dont have anymore. Now ive got three more. Yeah. You got three and you got two more, too, that just in the wings. Please, i want to meet you all. I want to meet you all personally and give you all a big kiss and a hug. Thank you. Yes, thank you very much. Thank you, maam. We will do our best to make sure that you all get together soon. God bless you, miss smith. Thank you very much. Thank you, pat smith, for joining us live. Also chris, mark and john. Their book is 13 hours. Thank you. Thank you. He says no boots on the ground. But president obama ordering hundreds more troops to iraq. Democratic senator joe manchin weighs in next [ siri ] i feel pretty. Oh so pretty. Oh, hi, cortana. You look. Nice. [ cortana ] thanks. This is the new htc one m8 for windows. Sleek. But, im more than just a pretty face. Me, too. I can check your calendar, then traffic to help you make your manipedi on time. And you sound great too. Well, i have two speakers for music. Oh. I only have one. Really . Yes. And im sitting on it. President obama promising last night no american boots on the ground in iraq. But he has ordered more than 400 troops to the war torn country for aid. Up to 1600 now. Is the president walking into yet another war that he thought he could avoid . Here to react, member of the Senate Armed Services committee, West Virginia senator democrat senator joe manchin. Senator manchin, did you like what you heard last night . I never seen the president this resolved. I felt good about that. I saw what he was committed to. He has a plan. I like what he laid out from that standpoint. We have to see it unfold. Today well have an all Member Meeting at 4 00 oclock. Hopefully well get questions answered that i need to have more of a comfort zone. But the no boots on the ground is something that i have been committed to. I dont believe that us getting involved in an occupationtype war has proven that its benefited anybody. We did this 12, 13 years ago. I dont second guess it. I dont condemn. The bottom line is it didnt work out well. Is iraq in a better position than they were before we got there and in libya and the whole north africa . Right. Maybe we hope to get it back to where it was in 2007. Can we win the war with syrian free army, whats left of the iraqi Ground Forces, because were not going in, or mosul who is more of a defensive force, does that worry you . Well, also as ive said, i want to see who the coalition is. Is the other arab nations, the neighbors in that area, the saudis, the uaes and all the different people r they going to be committed . As they as concerned as we are . They should be. Its in their backyard. This is not just a war on the western or christians. This is a war on humanity. And i would hope everyone would have the same concerns we have. Thats what were going to learn today. But the bottom line is, only thing i know is that any time we tried to arm people who think we are the friendlies there, they ends up using it against us. Those arms are used against us. So im very concerned about that. This is what worries me, is that this is a area this group controls about 8 Million People. Its the size of maryland. Were going to take it down with lightly armed troops. Our best fighters had trouble taking fallujah and a mattie. Now tear taking new fighters. Senator feinstein among the democrats who is a little critical of the president that time is wasting and this threat and the president s got to do more and listening to his intelligence advisors. I have all the respect for diane feinstein. Shes an excellent chairman. She does her homework. She briefs us. Shes been very, very forth coming. I really appreciate her straightforwardness on that and with that being said, if i was the white house, i would take her advice. Great, do you want to vote in congress to authorize his battle plan . Absolutely. We need to vote in congress. I said this. If i was president , i would definitely want the buyin from congress. I would want the input from congress and if we have a resolution, it should be an open ended resolution to why we can have some amendments and have some inputs. Thats what needs to happen to solidify this country back and be resolved enough to defend ourselves. The white house doesnt listen to you enough. Hopefully theyll listen to start changing their tactic today. Senator manchin, always great to talk to you, thank you. Thank you. Coming up straight ahead in the final hour, breaking overnight, a judge just clearing olympic star Oscar Pistorius of premeditated murder charges. We can take you live outside the courthouse with the developing details. Thats at the top of the hour. Back in a moment of research. Inside are specific vitamins and minerals to help support your heart, brain and eyes. Centrum silver. For the most amazing parts of you. Centrum silver. Dad,thank you mom for said this oftprotecting my future. You. Thank you for being my hero and my dad. Miliry families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa Auto Insurance could be one of them. 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Hes vowing to destroy isis now. But he wont call it a war. His fourpoint plan strategy, not a war plan, straight ahead. Two years to the day, mother of sean smith, one of the americans killed in benghazi speaks for the first time to the men that tried to save him. You guys are wonderful. Thank you. Youre the son that i dont have anymore. Now ive got three more. Yeah. The emotional first encounter youll only see right here. Mornings are better with friends live look at the World Trade Center. Believe it or not, 13 years after 9112001, that is the Freedom Tower. Once a sketch for the longest time. Now we can say it is completed along with the tribute down there. Of course, along with the museum that is finally set up. Its a beautiful building. Here you see the tribute in light. Last night those blue beams strongly standing tall into the sky as america remembers. And a little over one hour ago down in the washington, d. C. Area, as you can see right there, as has become the tradition at the pentagon on the western facade, they lowered the flag. Remember, it was the final strike of a building when the terrorists flew a jet liner into that western facade at the pentagon killing everybody on board the airplane and about 150 people who worked in the pentagon. Steve, it was very soon after the plane went into that building when that flag came down, as they started to rebuild that building. The commemoration starts live down at what was known as ground zero. Now down at the World Trade Center center area this hour and you will see it right here on the Fox News Channel. You sure will. We have a fox news alert for you, a twist that many didnt see coming in the Oscar Pistorius trial. A judge just clearing him of premeditated murder charges. But that trial is not over. Paul pillsly who was in the courtroom has more for us live. Good morning to you, paul. Reporter good morning to you. Its quite a scene here. Already small demonstrations have started of womens league supporters against the verdict from the judge. While the whole judgment is still going on, she said two major points. She said that Oscar Pistorius is not guilty of premeditated murder and Oscar Pistorius is not guilty of unplanned murder. That only leaves the lesser charge of culpable homicide. Perhaps giving an indication of how shes going to go and shes going to discuss that in the next hour. Perhaps giving an indication of how its going to go, the judge said that Oscar Pistorius acted unlawfully when he fired his weapon at the door. Earlier the judge dismissed the ear witnesses, these are the people who said they heard shots and screams from the pistorius house on the night. She dismissed the messages between Reeva Steenkamp and Oscar Pistorius. She said all relationships are dynamic. And what happened was quite amazing with Oscar Pistorius. Once the main verdict was given that he is not guilty of premeditated murder, his shoulders dramatically slumped forward and he started to cry uncontrollably. An ongoing scene here in pretoria. Back to you. Wow. Thank you. Paul, thank you very much. That is the latest in south africa. The way they break up the verdict is surprising. Usually its yes or no, guilty or not guilty. The next charge coming up soon. We had judge napolitano on an hour ago and he said he was impressed with the judge in this case. Meanwhile, our top story, it was last night from the white house the president of the United States made a prime time address. It was about 15 minutes in length and even though in the past he has referred to isis or isil as the jv, he said they he didnt have any strategy and took a lot of heat for make comments about the american journalist who was beheaded and went golfing. His polls have since tanked. Last night the president of the United States reacting to isis and the threat of isil, as he calls it, made it very clear, were going to destroy them. Hes got a fourpoint plan. Here it is. First, we will conduct a Systematic Campaign of air strikes against these terrorists. Second, we will increase our support to forces fighting these terrorists on the ground. Third, we will continue to draw on our substantial counterterrorism capabilities that prevent isil attacks. Fourth, we will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians who have been displaced by this terrorist organization. So this is our strategy. Thats his strategy. He laid it out. He was 15 minutes. He seemed very strong. I mean, he seemed like he was there. A lot of times to see him really passionate, you have to talk about minimum wage or equal pay. There he was talking about a strategy going forward. But the analogy to saying the success they had in somalia and yemen, it will be like that kind of scares me cause were just targeting individual terrorists in those countries. Where this is a huge swath of terrorists, well financed, extremely well armed, a lot of them have our stuff, and so far without a commitment on ground troops, you wonder how effective we can be. Questions arose after just a month ago, august 8, the president undermined the ability of moderates that we could be arming in terms of what they could do potentially to defeat isis or isil. To then say no, this is now our plan has americans wondering why perhaps some are hoping not, but is this a reaction to recent polling where they dont believe this president will do what it takes to get the job done. But the president certainly does think he is doing a great job. Here ex spiking the football, saying we are indeed safer today. Over the last several years, we have consistently taken the fight to terrorists who threaten our country. We took out Osama Bin Laden and much of alqaedas leadership in afghanistan and pakistan. Weve targeted alqaedas affiliate in yemen and recently eliminated the Top Commander of its affiliate in somalia. Weve done so while bringing more than 140,000 american troops home from iraq and drawing down our forces in afghanistan where our combat mission will end later this year. Thanks to our military and counterterrorism professionals, america is safer. I cannot believe he cited and i forgot he did that bringing hope the troops p iraq is probably the most controversial thing as of today than anything hes done. We dont want 14 there. We need a stump fighting or else this could have happened. We dont have that speech, if you leave 20,000 there. Yet the president said that was one of the great things and im concerned hes going to do the same thing in afghanistan. The 38 Million People that went back and watched in 2007, president bush stated clearly the danger would be worse if we left too soon. There are 38 Million People since have come here and watched that, seen that video which now is unfolding before our eyes. The president of the United States, this one, is actually copying what george bushs strategy was and that was to go get em and kill them over there before they come here, particularly of interest on this, the september 11. Weve got a new fox news poll out that shows this, and that the question is this are we in the United States safer today than we were 13 years ago . Just like the president just said. You know what . 43 of you say that we are safer. But 45 say less safe. 8 say about the same. Whats interesting is on that top line, it was just back in 2010 where a majority of americans say theyre safer and now weve dropped ten points. That does not inspire confidence. 77 answered that it is likely they believe that isis will try to launch an attack on u. S. Soil soon, when asked. 77 responded yes, it is likely in my head and heart that isis will try to launch an attack on u. S. Soil. Does that give a reading that americans right now feel more safe . When the Homeland Security secretary, secretary of state and attorney general all say this is the gravest threat theyve seen since they took the job, eric holder, jay johnson, as well as secretary of state john kerry, that alarms people, along with the chairman of intelligence in the house, mike rogers. Also we see the lethality in which isis is putting together and killing people in the area of syria and iraq, knowing that at least 100, maybe 200 americans are fighting amongst them and they have passports to come right back. It is good that the president came out very strongly last night and said, were going to go out there and destroy them because when you look at his history, and its just a fact, in the beginning when george bush was talking about the surge, barak obama then senator, was against it for the most part. As was Hillary Clinton. c absolutely. But barak obama was against it until he became president and then started taking credit for it. Then when its time to leave iraq, rather than leave a small residual force, nothing. Had he acted and left some people in place, many of the smart guys who analyze this every day say we would not be in the pickle we are today. Yeah. I think thats basically it and im worried hes going to do the same thing in afghanistan if people dont speak up. Coming up, our analysis of the president s speech continues in just a minute. Up next, peter johnson, jr. Is here. He says the speech could turn his presidency around. Do you agree with that . Well discuss. The mother of sean smith, one of the americans killed two years ago today in benghazi, speaks for the very first time to the three guys who tried to save her son. You guys are wonderful. Thank you. Youre the son that i dont have anymore. Thank you. Now ive got three more. Yeah. The emotional encounter that was just here in just a minute can this decadent, fruittop pastry with indulgent streusel crumbles be from. Fiber one . Fiber one streusel. Available at walmart. We have a look at some other stories making headlines today. The nfl is struggling to get back on offense after a bombshell revelation five months ago, the league reportedly received video of ray rice punching his then fiance. But nfl commissioner Roger Goodell says that he didnt see the tape until this week. Goodell now calling in former f. B. I. Chief Robert Muller to investigate the nfls handling of the case. Then three members of the Security Team in benghazi, libya, two years ago speaking out just moments ago on fox friends, saying that american lives may have been saved if a stand down order had not been given that day. State Department Officials sean smith was among the four victims. His mother pat smith was on the show a short while ago. She got a chance to talk to the men who tried to save her son for the very first time on fox friends. Listen to this exchange. Please know that if you gotten that far in the book, that your son said prayers when we found him. So we did say our prayers over him. You guys are wonderful. Thank you. Youre the son that i dont have anymore. Thank you. Now ive got three more. Helping to bring her just a little bit of peace. And those are your headlines. This is a core principle of my presidency. If you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. President obamas address last night was littered with references to americaning andallism and the greatness of the United States. So what will this changed attitude mean . Joining me is peter johnson, jr. As we predicted yesterday, the president invoked america, america, america, and america again, i think to great effect. The issue is will the action match the rhetoric . For the first time, we heard a president , president obama, invoking american exceptionalism and american nationalism. Lets see how he touted american exceptionalism last night. America is better positioned today to seize the future than any other nation on earth. It is america that has the capacity and the will to mobilize the world against terrorists. But as americans, we welcome our responsibility to lead. Clearly the president s speech writers and the president decided to look at the speeches of abraham lincoln, ronald reagan, and even bill clinton to some extent in examining what this president should be doing going forward. Lets look at what president reagan yes, president reagan said in 1983 about the downing by the soviets of the korean airliner. We know it will be hard to make a nation that rules its own people through force to cease using force against the rest of the world. But we must try. This is not a role we sought. We preach no manifest destiny. But like americans who began this country and brought forth this last best hope of mankind, history has asked much of the americans of our own time. Much we have already given. Much more we must be prepared to give. Captivating moment there. It was a captivating moment. And president obama last night, i believe, tried to match that kind of compelling lets look at what he said about our safety depending on our willingness to defend our nation. Our own safety, our own security depends upon our willingness to do what it takes to defend this nation and uphold the values that we stand for. Timeless ideals that will endure long after those who offer only hate and destruction have been vanquished from the earth. So quickly, i say, as we remember our lost sons and daughters of america on this 911, lets give the president a chance. Lets see if he acts in accordance with his words last night. Time to stand up and stand for the president. We need to dwight isis or isil or whatever you want to call it. Congress needs to step up now big time. And America Needs the president s words to mean something and actions to follow. Well said. There has been problems in the past. Lets see if he does better this time. Thank you. Up next, your reaction to the president s speech. We share your emails and tweets. Stay with us. Then a look back at the moment awful our lives changed forever as it happened. Were remembering 911 13 years later walgreens knows that heartburn sufferers can sometimes find themselves at the corner of mmm, home cooking and umm, i think thats enough. Thats why walgreens offers new nexium 24 hour, protection Strong Enough for whatever your day dishes out. Walgreens makes it easy to treat frequent heartburn. With new nexium 24 hour, now get nexium level protection without a prescription. At the corner of happy and healthy. Today marks 13 years since terrorists killed the a attacked the United States, killing thousands of americans in new york city and washington and shanksville, pennsylvania, forever changing many lives. This morning the victims, survivor, heros and their families are all being remembered. Rick leventhal live at the 911 memorial. It was 13 years ago today you were down there, but for a different reason. Reporter yeah. We were there for the worst dave our lives. Today were here to remember and honor the victims of that attack on 911 and there are family members gathered at the base of one world trade hyped me for a ceremony starting less than 20 minutes from now. Of course, other ceremonies, including at the pentagon where the flag that was draped over that building after the 911 attack was unfurled again this morning at dawn. The president will lay a wreath at the pentagon later this morning. In new york, the ceremony officially begins at 8 39 a. M there will be the reading of the names by the family members and there will be six moments of silence for the times when the two planes hit the two towers, when the towers fell, and when the other planesc hit the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania. There will be thousands of Police Officers here and specialized teams in uniform and undercover using hightech tools and bomb sniffing dogs to try and keep the peace. We heard from the Police Commissioner about his concerns about security and Major Concerns about isis. Isis creates a totally new area of threat for us, one that is probably even more potentially impactful on us than alqaeda. Their ability to inspire not only those who will go there to fight and then potentially come back, but also to inspire the socalled disaffected sitting in their basements, poring over their computer terminals. They have incredible ability to influence those young men and women. Reporter last night lanterns were placed in shanksville, pennsylvania, the names of the passengers and crew of flight 93 will be read at a memorial this morning beginning at 10 03 a. M. And bells of remembrance will be rang for all the victims in pennsylvania. Congressional medals will be he wants prosecuted all all three sites today. But again, this ceremony, a compelling and very important one scheduled to begin less than 20 minutes from now. Rick lech at all live from leventhal, 13 years ago today was the worst day of many peoples lives. Right. And youre about to see ricks unbelievable work as we look back at that day 13 years ago. We promised that wed get to your emails on the president s speech last night to get viewer responses. Thats right. Linda, you said the president talks about coalition, but who will trust us, especially when we have the doctor who tend us track down Osama Bin Laden and look where that got him . In prison. Yeah, hes still sitting there. John paul franks tweets says president obamas speech last night, too little, too late, too uncertain. The president gave his speech last night on the each of september 11, as is the tradition here at the Fox News Channel, well never forget and every year we do show just one time those Iconic Images of the planes flying into the buildings and the buildings crash. We only do it once a year so the people never forget. We were actually brian and i were actually in our chairs here just 13 years ago. We were in bill oreillys studio and edie was between us, which is now bill oreillys studio. Lets look at september 11 as it happened as seen on fox news. We have a very tragic alert for you right now. An incredible plane crashed into the World Trade Center here at the lower tip of manhattan. Its believed the 737 thats crashed into this, speculation that at least three joining us, one of the producers with fox report on the scene. Owen, what do you know . Reporter im on the roof of my building, about five blocks to the south of the World Trade Center. Im looking right now at the World Trade Center. There is a massive gaping hole on the second tower. Its about 15 stories from the roof. Its unbelievable to look at. You can see it right now. You can see emergency vehicles heading toward the team. Tons of people in the street. There are papers, things fluttering out. Cant see any evidence of what it was that could have crashed. All i can see is that there is a massive, gaping hole with tons of glass broke. All we can do is stare aghast at these pictures at this point. You are looking at the North Building of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in manhattan. These are coming to you live now. Debris raining down from 110 floors up. As you can see, this is a Clear Blue Sky day in manhattan. If this was an accident, it would be a needle in a hay stack kind of accident. There was another one. We just saw another one. We just saw another one apparently go another plane just flew into the second tower. This raises this has to be deliberate, folks. We just saw on Live Television as a second plane flew into the second tower of the World Trade Center. Given what has been going on around the world, some of the key suspects come to mind, Osama Bin Laden. Who knows what . Eric shawn is with us. I know you have a lot of sources at the f. B. I. And other agencies like that. What can you tell us . Of course i apologize for being out of breath cause i was walking down fifth avenue, which is close to our studios and i heard a jet, perhaps a 737 or a small airbus flying low, unusually low over fifth avenue making a right. Im not going to i dont have any reports on what type of plane hit the World Trade Center, but people looked up and it made a right toward the building. It is a tragedy. It is abhorrent. It is disgusting. Im wondering, are these pilots terrorists themselves . Are there terrorists in the cockpit who are holding guns to a pilots head . I cant imagine you can speculate completely about how this happens because obviously it takes a lot of training and expertise to fly a complicated, sophisticated aircraft, whether its a boeing 737 or a smaller airbus. These are not little cessnas and little pipers. So you have to wonder and raise what important there is with the type of scenario going on in the cockpit. Our Wendell Goler is at the white house, rather make that sarasota. Hes traveling with the president. Wendell goler, whats the reaction from the president . Reporter john, the president is here promoting a Reading Initiative on the second day of a twoday trip to florida. He just finished reading to children at the school and asked about the incident, he said he was aware of it and that he would have something to say about it later. Lets bring in david lee miller, our correspondent. He has an eyewitness with him, david lee, what can you tell us . Good morning. A few blocks from the World Trade Center right now, all the roadways are pretty much cut off. The only way to get near the buildings is on foot right now. The scene is absolutely a horrific one. You have people streaming out of the area. You got people literally in tears and shocked. People working in the nearby buildings that cannot believe what has happened. Still many remember the terrorist attack years ago on the World Trade Center and many of them, this is just an ugly reminder of all. Although the details are not certain. As i was walking making my way to the World Trade Center, i stopped to speak to sylvia, were a few blocks away from the buildings. She used to work in the trade center. Im going to hand her the telephone right now. Shes going to describe for us what she saw this morning as she was arriving at work. I heard a loud rumbling. When i walked out, i looked up in the air. There was an airplane actually going into the World Trade Center and flames were coming out and smoke was just billowing in the air and tons of people were running down fulton street, running each other over. I made my way back to my office. When i got upstairs, i looked out my window to see what was going on and the second World Trade Center just went into flames. From one minute to the next. Sylvia, thanks for that eyewitness report. When we saw that second plane slam into the second tower intentionally, quite clearly, you got to believec this is a terrorist attack. Harvey is on the line a frequent guest of ours and a terrorism expert. Harvey, is it too early to speculate about suspects . One thinks only this could be the most horrifically planned incident in the anals in terrorism against the United States. Think about it. You look outside, the fox studio, look how clear it is. How could you miss the trade towers . Not just one, but two planes . Well, and it brings to mind everybody hates those metal detectors at airports and everybody makes passing through them almost a joke these days. But clearly it seems that something is going to change if you can make this kind of statement and kill as many people as are likely to be dead in this kind of scenario. John, were talking about terrorism. No matter how this turns out, this is going to be a day thats going to live in infamy and its going to cause changes in terms of security like this country has never seen before. President bush is about to speak. Hes in florida on what was supposed to be a joyous event at an elementary school. Lets listen in. Today weve had a national tragedy. Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country. I have spoken to the Vice President , to the governor of new york, to the director of the f. B. I. , and have ordered that the full resources of the federal government go to help the victims and their families and to conduct a fullscale investigation to hunt down and to find those folks who committed this act. Terrorism against our nation will not stand. Now if you join they a moment of sigh me it a moment of silence. May god bless the victim, their families, and america. Thank you very much. We are going to be look at an enormous death toll. 50,000 people work in those two buildings. John fund from the wall street journal is on the phone with us. John, were you in the area when the planes hit . I was across the street in my office building. What did you see . What did you hear . I heard an incredible sonic boom and looked up and there was already much smoke and flames pouring out of the building. About 15 minutes later, the second sonic boom, which would have been the second tower and the second plane. Rible and heartnjuries . Rending thing about this is about 15 minutes ago, bodies started dropping from the top floors of the closest to the highway. About at least five or six. It was absolutely terrible. Obviously they had two choices. To be burned in flames or to leap and end it all. It was quite tragic. Let me bring you to the conversation david, my colleague. What can you tell us . I want to give you some latebreaking information issues perhaps one of the things that is of greatest fear is that there is yet another terrorist attack, since those two plane crashes happened within 20 minutes of each other, all of manhattan has been sealed off. This is probable low unprecedented. All of this is unprecedented in this dastardly occasion. But manhattan has been sealed off. The hudson river bridges and the tunnels have been sealed. Clearly there is an attempt right now to thwart any further act of terrorism, act of violence against the people of manhattan. So manhattan is in a lockdown. We are hearing right now another explosion that has taken place at the pentagon. We have the heart of the financial district of america being attacked. Now we understand that there is an explosion or has been an explosion in the pentagon, the heart of the military command center of the United States of america, john. It cant get much worse than this, lets hope. You got to believe that it has happened again, another large airliner, perhaps hijacked, perhaps part of some widespread plan apparently slamming into at least the area around the pentagon. They have not struck at america. They have struck at some individual places in america, but this country will go on. I want to go to our washington managing editor, brit hume, who has the outlook from the nations capitol. This raises all kinds of questions about americas response and i guess that response is not going to be immediate, is it . Well, whether it is immediate or not, the one thing i think we are seeing is this series of evacuations from various buildings around washington. And i think its important to say that we dont know and have no reason to believe that the white house, for example, was facing any immediate or imminent threat. The same is true on capitol hill where it appears they will be evacuating the building up here soon. Nothing has happened at either of those places. This, john, i think this is one of these days where we can say that things will not again be the same in the United States of america. This is the kind of terrorist attack that is the nightmare that experts and others have warned about, but some of us may have thought really could not happen on such a scale. This is quite remarkable. As we watch these pictures. The World Trade Center, 110 stories, literally starting to fall. Its gone the whole tower holy crap they knocked the whole friggen thing down. I hope i live. I hope i live. Its coming down on me. Here it comes. Im getting behind a car. You okay, sir . Okay. You are inside the World Trade Center. Doing what . Getting ready to go upstairs and search. How did you get out . We found our way out. Walk toward the light. Hello . David lee, what can you tell us . John, the scene is horrific. One of the two towers literally collapsed. I was picking my way to the foot of the World Trade Center, suddenly while talking to an officer, asking me about my press credentials, we heard a loud blast explosion. We looked up and the building literally began to collapse before us. There was debris falling at least three quarters of the height of the building. The entire perimeter began literally, including myself, thats why im out of breath, to run for our lives. Those steel girders, strong as they are, have a lot of weight to support and apparently im not a structural engineer, but im just guessing now that they gave way. The loss of life here is going to be enormous. God help those who are there and the victims and their families and all the souls lost today. Can you tell me what you saw, what you heard . You all right . Look at this guy. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. This poor woman. Wow. United 93. United 93, do you still hear cleveland . United 93, united 93, do you hear cleveland . 85 miles southwest of pittsburgh, United Airlines flight 93 crashed. From the size of the impact crater, it would appear it angled nearly straight in. I think the pilot downed the plane in a remote area. There wasnt very many house there is where it went down. I dont know. The whole thing is unbelievable. This is clearly a national catastrophe. There will be some response from the white house. Lets go to Wendell Goler who was traveling with the president in sarasota, florida and find out what the latest is there. Wendell . Reporter the president left sarasota, Florida Air Force one took off just a short while ago. Convened a meeting of his National Security advisor, including the Vice President , heads of the c. I. A. , National Security agency, and the f. B. I. And also new york governor pataki of a the two attacks on the twin towers in new york. He was briefed by his National Security advisor, condoleeza rice, who phoned him after the first attack. Mr. Bush was reading to some children when the Second Attack occurred. Chief of staff andy card interrupted him, told him about the attack, it was clear we were dealing with terrorists. I want to bring into the conversation general al hague, the former secretary of state. General hague, at a time like this, how does america respond prudently with the proper amount of caution and yet with whatever force needs to be applied . First we have to know the full limits of this tragedy and its unprecedented, of course. But we have to stay above all united and calm and ready to take resolute action which sometimes we have failed to do in the recent past. When the perpetrators are uncovered and we have many, many indicators of precisely who they are, this was too broadly based a terrorist act to be just a few crazies. This is a terrorist movement and we know where theyre located today. Obviously as a nation, were going to have to take action against them. There it goes there it goes there it goes we do need to put it down now. I think you need to put it down now. Here we go. America, offer a prayer. That is exactly as it happened 13 years ago today. We show it once a year because if you dont take time to remember, u forget. You got to remember how it felt and what it all meant. And what it looked like and what it means to americans today. Youre now seeing a live look at the white house where the president and first lady are about to walk out and ground zero where a moment of silence is about to begin. As you recall, it was 13 years ago today at 8 46 that the first airplane, american Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north towers between the floors of 93 and 99. The memorial will be open to the families all day. Shut down to the general public. About 6 00 oclock you can go down. Right now its about the president marking this moment with a moment of silence and hopefuldy at your house, your school, and of course downtown in new york city. What youre going to see in the next 15 minutes here on the Fox News Channel is youre going to see the annual reading of the names, but it starts with a moment of silence. So lets go live now to washington and lower manhattan. bell tolling is gordon anna, junior. Marie rose amad. Andrew anthony aparte. Vin sent paul abante. Lawrence chris ton adel. Alana abraham. William f abrahamson. Richard anthony asetto. Paul aquvida. Christian adams. Donald leroy adams. Patrick adams. Shannon lewis adams. Steven george adams. Ignatius udo adanga. Kristy adamal. Terrence edward attarly, junior. Sophia v. Azu. Lee ad letter. Daniel thomas ablito. Emmanuel akwawa. Joseph addenelo. David scott agnes. Doll alberto. Brian g. Ahern. Joanne marie aliotis. Terrence andre agin. Goodwin agala. Trudy m. Aldero. Margaret n. Alaro. John leslie albert. Pita craig alderman. My father, john leslie albert. He was a dedicated father, loving husband, a respected colleague. Hes sorely missed. And my sister, dorothy r. Morgan. You stand tall in our hearts. Jacqueline elaine avisbedly. Anna alipapo. Eric allen. Joseph ryan allen. Victor dennis allen. Richard l. Allen. Christopher allenhouse. Anna f. Allison. Janet marie alonzo. Anthony alvarado. Antonio alvarez. Victoria alvarez rita. Elmo alvir. Angela amaranzo. James m. Amhas zo. Paul w. Abros. Wade scott amundsen. Joseph achundia. Yvette constance anderson. John jack handserfield. Jean ann andruki. Joseph ange leany, senior. Joseph and john angilini, junior. Mary lynn edwards angel. Laura angeleta. Doreen angarsani. My beautiful, loving daughter, maria santilian. Your dad and i love you very much and always in our prayers. Also sending their love and kisses from your brother, victor and his wife, talia and two nephews. Also from your youngest brother, raymond and his wife, jen, and you have a new niece, martha, which we named her after your nickname. Tomorrow she will be two years old. May god bless your soul and the soul of our niece, judy jesus fernandez. Lastly may all may god bless all the souls of 911 victims. And my husband, michael. We love you. We miss you and not a day goes by that we dont think of you. Peter paul apollo. Frank thomas aquilino. David gregory archie. Michael george arzinsky. Adam p. Era. Michael j. Armstrong. Jack charles aaron. Joshua todd ang. Richard avery arono. Carl francis asaro. Michael a. Asiak. Thomas j. Ashton. Manuel o. Saimabay. Gerald atwood. Lewis f be fabersano, junior. Arlene t. Babakatis. Jane allen basilar. Andrew j. Bailey. Bret t. Bailey. Garnet a. Bailey. Tatiana balanskias. Sharon m. Balcome. Katherine bantis. And my brother, love you always. Miss you still. God bless america. And my uncle, sean, i never got the chance to meet you, but youll always be inc our heart. Gerard baptist. Walter baran. Gerard a. Brevara. Paul vin vent barbaro. Victor daniel barbosa. Colleen ann barcab. David michael barkway. Matthew barns. Melissa rose barns. Sheila patricia barns. Edmund j. Baron. Arthur thaddeus barry. Diane g. Barry. Lorise vincent barry. Scott d. Barr. Carlton w. Bartel. Guy barsby. Inav. Besina. Kenneth william backniky. Steven joseph baits. Paul james bataglia. W. David bower. Yvonne louise carpio batista. Mar low batista. Mark lawrence bavis. Jasper baxter. Lorraine g. Bay. Michelle belle. Todd m. Beamer. Paul frederick biatina. Jane s. Beaty. Alan anthony began. Carl john badikian. Michael ernest beakman. And my husband, Port Authority police officer, warwin wellington stewart. Lets all come together as a country to pray for our leaders that god will grant them wisdom, knowledge and understanding in directing them on moving this country forward. Thank you. My wife, sarif. No day shall erase her from the memory of time. Maria a. Bayer. Jack belke. Knee napa therese bell. Debbie s. Bell lows. Steven elliott bellson. Paul m. Beneditti. Brian craig bennett. Eric l. Bennett. Oliver bennett. Margaret l. Benson. Dominic j. Berardi. James patrick berga. Steven howard berger. John t. Bergen. Alvin bergshaun. Daniel david bergstein. Graham andrew berkeley. Michael j. Berkeley. Donna m. Burnours. David w. Bernard. William h. Burnstein. David m beret. David shelby barry. Joseph john barry. William reed bethke. Timothy d. Betterly. Carolyn myer buge. Edward frank bia. Paul michael bia. Anil baharani. Peter alexander beihlbuild. William g. Bigart. Brian eugene bilcher. Mark bingham. Paul vincent beanie. My uncle, frank, we all miss you terribly. My brother, james joseph kelly, you are forever in our hearts, we miss you every day and love you. Gary eugene bird. George john bishop. Jeffrey donald bigner. Christopher joseph blackwell. Carrie blackburn. Sue and blairp. Harry