Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Tonight a dangerous and pivotal point in u. S. History. How the actions of former President Donald Trump and his supporters could damage American Democracy. Trump not only insisted he won, his lies made millions of americans doubt the u. S. Election system. He relentlessly pressured officials and the Department Of Justice to help reverse the 2020 results and when that didnt work, his supporters turned to changing Voting Laws across the country. To understand how dangerous this is for americas democracy, you have to look at the entire scope of the actions by trump. His Inner Circle and republican politicians who are clinging to his lies even to this day. Here is cnn senior investigative correspondent Drew Griffin. Reporter pamela, cnn spoke to a Dozen State and county officials involved in elections, many republicans and expressed concerns about the future of the united states, and that Donald Trumps Big Lie could change this nation forever. Donald trumps
Plus, never forget on the 20th Anniversary of 9 11, a reflection on the lessons learned. Is the u. S. Safer now . The national Security Adviser on 9 11 is ahead 6. Hello, i am Dana Bash in washington where the state of your union is remembering our americas heroics. Yesterday america marked 20 years since the 9 11 attacks. We put a spotlight on how much things have changed. President biden spent the day honoring those killed on 9 11 with trips to the pentagon, Sh Shanksville and ground zero. Many americans growing numb of the thousands dying, literally preventable deaths from covid19. President bidens most aggressive push to get the pandemic under control. Vowing to fight a new Mandate Covering as many as 100 Million americans, one model used boo i the cdc projects, almost 100,000 more could die by december. Joining me now, dr. Murthy, thank you so much for joining me. I want our viewer to listen to what president Elect Joe Biden said this december and what Jen Psaki said just this jul
Conducted an operation that killed Osama Bin Laden. That was ten years aGo. Think about that. Were Going to stay until we have a deal or we have total victory. Ive learned the hard way, there is never a Good time to withdraw u. S. Forces. The taliban is continuing its offensive across afghanistan. Taliban fighters have broken through the front line. The Afghan Army has collapsed. The central Government has fallen. Panic fills the air in kabul. President biden said this is not Going to be saiGon. But guess what. Theres been an Explosion Outside kabul Airport. 170 afghans killed. 13 american troops killed. I stand squarely behind my decision. Its time to end americas longest war. Is it a mistake . I think it is, yeah. Because i think the consequences are Going to be unbelievably bad. I must say that its a moral defeat for the United States. I think is the president is right. Enough is enough. What was all of this for . That has to be the question veterans are asking. Two decades. More th
Credible evidence of substantially declining protection against severe disease which is the primary goal of vaccination. And in other words, these authors and this is a well respected group of folks, say, look it doesnt help prevent severe disease, why are we doing this and what are the point of this and this is including the Science Health Organization and Food And Drug administration. Now lets look at the other side. That side is rooted in many ways here in israel where i am now. There is lots of israeli date yu looking at boosters, they have given booters to about a third of the population over the past six weeks and they say that it does help protect against severe disease and hospitalization. They say they have lots of day of thea that does show that it helps and dr. Fauci, the president s medical adviser has quoted this data many times. Lets take a listen at what he said last week. If you look at israeli data and they are about a month ahead of us in vaccinations and boosters, et
Until the unimaginable happened. The plane has crashed into one of the towers there. Innocence lost. A minute of silence. They kept saying a terrorist Attack, a terrorist Attack. 20 years later you think that day affected your life, Who You Are today . I wanted to leave sarasota after high school. Not many people would have thought i would have become a cop. Ive had my stumbles, you know. Ive been to prison twice. Its always going to be a part of our lives. There is only 16 of us with him. We get to be the people that tell the story. Tonight, their stories in a cnn special report. Front row to history, the 9 11 classroom. Hello, im victor blackwell. Most of us remember where we were on September 11th, 2001. I was in college, and i remember clearly walking into class and seeing my professor fixated on a tv. His hand was over his mouth, and i looked at the tv, and i saw smoke billowing from a skyscraper. At that moment, that was all i knew. I also remember seeing the president surrounded