in atlanta welcome to all you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. this is cnn newsroom . i m kim brunhubar. plenty of americans remember exactly where they were on 9/11. in the coming hours those memories and emotions will come flooding back as the u.s. marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks. where the twin towers once stood are now two beams of white light. this anniversary comes he at the very moment the u.s. has left afghanistan, ending the 20 year war that was triggered that day. nearly 3,000 people died on 9/11 at the world trade center, at the u.s. pentagon and in a feel in shanksville, pennsylvania where passengers foiled one take. they were mostly americans. but others came from more than 90 countries. the president and first lady will pay their respects at all three sites on saturday. earlier joe biden spoke about the deeper significance of the tragedy. memories is what makes us who we are. america at its best. to me it s the
last night a tower of light lit up the sky from lower manhattan where nearly 3,000 people lost their lives and there s a similar tribute over at the pentagon where more than 180 people died. two decades have passed since terrorists hijacked planes crashing two into the twin towers at the world trade center and one into the pentagon. passengers on a fourth flight fought back forcing hijackers to crash the plane into a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. who could ever forget the story of the two words. for the first time as commander in chief, president biden will pay his respects at the three sites. he recognized the people who died and the people they loved that are left behind. it s so hard, whether it s the first year, the 20th. so many have grown up without parents. parents are suffering without children. husbands and wives had to find ways forward without their partners in life. brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, loved ones awith a hole n their heart. no matter
victim worth millions, and all kinds of conflicting clues. i ve never had a case is complicated before. police following multiple leads until we asked, who is that? he says he s my neighbor, he lives two floors below. a suspect under arrest. having someone you love just taken away. sorry.! case closed. where was that? could there be something else or someone else they must? there were so many parts of the puzzle that we re not adding up. someone had pulled the trigger. but had someone else pulls the strings? he was the type of guy that could take bad luck and turn it into a fortune. hello. and welcome to dateline. they were neighbors living large and their salt lake city aloft building. a sophisticated crowd who enjoyed mixing business with pleasure. then a murder revealed a phony in our midst. a man they claimed repaid their trust with lies. was he, they wondered, the mastermind behind this cold blooded killing, or did investigators need to be l
laws, implemented after black and brown voters in georgia gave joe biden the presidency and democrats control of the united states senate. a lot of people were hailing lewis on this anniversary including arizona conservative democratic senator kyrsten sinema, who got quite a bit of blow back for calling him her dear friend and personal hero. since sinema stands in opposition to ending the filibuster. meanwhile, other democrats were making good trouble in atlanta today. for the first time in 20 years, the senate rules committee held a field hearing, starting with impassion remarks from georgia senator, the reverend raphael warnock. john lewis s pastor at ebenezer baptist church. sadly, what we re seeing in georgia is an attempt to deny certain people the ability to have their voices heard in our democracy. as i have said time and time again, some people don t want some people to vote. congress must take action on voting rights. we have no time to spare. there is nothing more