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today is marking a difficult milestone that changed our country and the world. tributes will be under way at all three sites where nearly 3,000 americans lost their lives. of course, president biden will visit them right here in new york city where the first two planes crashed into the twin towers of the world trade center.we a commemoration ceremony is set to begin around 8:40 a.m. eastern. the obamas and the clintons, they will also be attendance. former president trump says he will visit ground zero, too. though it is unclear if he will be at the actual ceremony. of course, later this morning, a ceremony at the pittsburgh. the site of the second terrorist attacks a big american flag, just moments from now, unfurling over the side of the building as the sun rises in our nation s capitol. we will take you there live as it happens. we ll take you to shanksville, pennsylvania, where the fourth plane, united flight 93 crashed before reaching washington, d.c., than ....
after a stunning series of attacks today against targets in new york and in washington d.c.. the world trade center and the pentagon. the terrorist used hijacks a billion airliners and their passengers as guided missiles in their attacks. the most serious attack on this country since pearl harbor. tonight, the dead still are being counted, an unknown number still of missing. at this hour, in this war, another development, there are reports out of kabul, the capital of afghanistan, of explosions, with the pentagon and the cia are flatly denying that the united states had anything to do with those explosions. this has been one of the darkest days in america, and it is not yet over. here at home now a quick look at the locations where the airliners hit, the twin towers of the world trade center, 20 minutes apart. then, within an hour this morning, the pentagon. and then, the final crash just minutes later about 80 miles southeast of pittsburgh, 266 people on the four airpl ....
years ago. now we have the beautiful freedom tower standing tall behind us. the incredible moving 9-11 museum, which you must make time for when you come to new york city. it is an absolutely moving experience. it s a tough experience, but it s one that i think all americans benefit so much from from being part of. it is impossible as we sit here today to avoid the book ends of where we were then and where we are now as a country. i want to take you back to what president bush said then about the taliban and al-quaida. watch this. there s no timetable for the taliban just like there s no negotiations. i have said that the taliban must turn over to al-quaida organization living within afghanistan and must destroy the terrorist camps. they must do so. otherwise, there will be a consequence. there s no negotiations. there s no calendar. we ll act on our time. martha: negotiation and no calendar. 20 years ago, things of course have changed. many things have changed. as ....
national security correspondent jennifer griffin starts us off from the pentagon. we saw in iraq what happened when the u.s. declared a war over and pulled out troops leaving isis to grow e the u.s. isn t done with afghanistan. as the taliban continue to brandish american weapons captured from the of a dan army when the government fell 17 days ago, those fighters expressed anger the u.s. had disabled all of the military planes and helicopters at the airport before leaving. for the first time since the last american soldier left afghanistan, the defense secretary and chairman of the joint chiefs faced the press. they took just three questions. including whether they might have to partner with the taliban in the future. i can tell you from personal experience that is a ruthless group from the past and whether or not they change remains to be seen. and as far as our dealings with them at that airfield in war you do what you most in order to reduce risk admission and ....
that the risk of blood clots from catching covid is nearly nine times than from having the vaccine. scotland records the highest number of new covid cases in a 2k hour period since the start of the pandemic. a world record and a third gold medal for paralympics gb s kadeena cox after a stunning ride in the velodrome. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the defence secretary has said that british forces have entered the final stages of flying people out of kabul. large crowds have again gathered at the airport despite yesterday s suicide bomb attack. 90 people were killed in the attack including 13 us military personnel. most of the dead were afghan civilians. speaking to the american people president biden had a message for the attackers saying, we will hunt you down, and make you pay. the uk says the kabul bombings will not affect the the uk forces airlift timetable. so far nearly 111,000 british nationals and eligible afghans have been airlifted out. but t ....