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of pop culture nostalgia this week to give us all the feels. so, get comfy in your thinking chair and grab your handy dandy notebook. we will tell you all about it. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. 20 years ago, at this hour, millions of americans turned on our tv screens and watched president george w. bush address the nation. today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. none of us will ever forget this day. yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world. it has been a day of somber ceremonies across the country. many of us remember 20 years ago not being able to stop watching the coverage. maybe, you felt that way today. for some of us who lost friends, family, and neighbors, they never really looked away. everyone s got their own story from 9/11 and some of you shared your stories with u ....
however, in contrast to the current administration s emphasis on unity, the most recent ex president sewed more division. he was absent from any 9/11 memorial services this week end, the failed former president visited a police precinct and neighboring fire house. rather than honor first responders who lost their lives helping others 20 years ago, he continued to spread lies about the 2020 election. that same rhetoric is what helped drive a violent mob of his supporters to storm the capitol in a last-ditch attempt to prevent biden from taking office months ago. while the 9/11 terrorists and january 6th insurrections may have been threatened by what our democracy represents, both attacks remind us our freedom is wort fighting for. in fact, former president push emphasized that exact point this weekend. there is little cultural over lap between violent extremists abroad and at home. but there is destainful plural ris m and disregard for human life. in their determinat ....
those still heavily redacted, it details contacts between saw dee associates in the u.s., but does not provide proof that saudi officials were complicit in the plot. new polling today shows dwindling support for donald trump to run for white house from members of his own party. a majority of republicans want trump to be the party s leader, but 49% say the gop would be better off with a different nominee in 2024. let s go beyond the headlines now. lauren egan is in delaware. ally vitali is at the capitol. he did make a bid to the press in shanksville, pennsylvania. reporter: that s right. the president s message yesterday was one of unity. he praised president bush s speech that he gave on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and he really echoed this message of the country coming together, touting how the country uniied after 9/11. take a listen to what he had to say. i just i just think i thought that president bush made a really good speech today. genuinely g ....
that does it for me. thanks for watching. i ll see you back here next weekend at 5:00 p.m. eastern. my colleague, alicia menendez, picks up our news coverage now. thank you so much. hello, everyone. i m alicia menendez. we begin this sunday with the future of the president s build back better agenda. because this week, expect movement in the senate. committees expected to wrap the final drafts of a budget reconciliation package that would expand medicare, kield care, and paid leave among other democratic priorities. the washington post frames the stakes, writing, quote, strategists in both parties believe democrats are likely to lose the house and possibly the senate next year. so this could be the party s only chance in years to enact an expansive domestic agenda. the finished product will become the clearest picture of what today s democrats stand for. supplanting the countless speeches, platforms, and ten-point plans they delivered when out of power. but the legi ....
mark bingham. [ bell tolling ] reflections on lives lost in new york, pennsylvania and washington, d.c. on this day 20 years ago when hijackers turned passenger planes into weapons in a terror attack that killed 2,977 people, flight crews, firefighters, first responders and civilians. families in new york city gathering once again to never forget. we miss you with every passing day. celeste was a model. shelves our light. what a vivacious and dynamic personality. she had a habit of saying get over it. cathie, we have never gotten over it but we have gotten on with it. we have tried to live life fully each day, and your love and companionship as a sister continues to inspire us. at the pentagon an american flag unfurled at sunrise on the west side of the building where a plane struck and 184 people were killed. [ bell tolling ] and her husband, rear admiral wilson f. flagg, united states navy reserve. retired. remembrance ceremonies also took place ....