national gave two of the hijackers. this is key because families of 9/11 victims have been demanding answers on saudi arabia s involvement, suspected involvement for years. now they are eagerly awaiting the release of more documents in the days ahead. a chance of getting some closure 20 years after their loved ones were taken from them. cnn s alex marquardt is here with me. how much do we know from this new document? i do think this goes to some extent to, i think, take care of some of the feelings some of these families have had. but they want more information than perhaps we re getting. feelings and suspicions. the question of the ties between these hijackers and the saudi government. what this document does, it cements the ties between two of the hijackers, the first two who arrived in the states and saudi officials in los angeles. it s heavily dere dacted. a lot of it is the summary of an interview the fbi did with a saudi who is unnamed in this report in 2015. he was
next week. and as americans commemorate 20 years since the 9/11 attacks, are we any safer from terrorists than we were on that day when the towers fell and the nation changed forever? we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden pushing back hard at republican critics on his new covid-19 strategy. our chief national affairs correspondent is at the white house for us. jeff, the president appears undaunted by the backlash. the white house does believe it is on solid legal ground here saying it is the responsibility of the federal government to provide a safe workplace and protect workers. now, these actions this week have gone much farther than president biden has gone before. in fact, a reversal from previous pledges not to issue mandates. but he said he never expected the resistance to be so fierce. that s why he s taking these steps and leaving the door ope
entitled to be treated with dignity. that s what labor unions are all about. they provide dignity for people who deserve to be treated differently, and i want to thank joslyn, and i want to thank president and madam president. i know you didn t expect to be in this role at this moment, but as i told you before i believe that the future of american labor is in very good hands. i really mean it. thank you. [ applause ] i want to welcome everyone to the white house. i really mean that. this is your house. it s not hyperbowl. this is a fact. this is your house. i wouldn t be here without you. in my white house you will always be welcome. you will always be welcome. labor will always be welcome. i intend to be the most pro-union president, the most pro-union presidency in american history and one of the things i am able to do that is that the public has changed, too and you ve educated the public. i want to thank the dues-paying members of the laborers marty. marty walsh who h
cases skyrocket, and students, the majority of whom are not yet eligible to be vaccinated head back to class. welcome to mtp daily. a couple of big victories for republicans in texas with national implications. the biden administration and democrats in congress are looking on after a summer of broken quorums and bolt from the statehouse, the controversial voting bill got greg abbott s signature in the last hour. the final version bans drive through and 24 hour voting, establishes new id requirements for mail-in balloting. criminal penalties for voting law violations and empowers partisan poll watchers. the supreme court let texas near total abortion stay on the books for now, effectively bans abortions after six weeks, before many know they re pregnant. no exception for rape or incest and gives $10,000 to anyone that sues someone that helps give an abortion. they have public opinion on their side. here s what they don t have. options, or not many of them. speaker nancy p
texas antiabortion law was insane, wait until you hear what they are saying now. more here on that. why the aclu is a endorsing the vaccine mandates. but first, let s take a trip down memory lane. remember what old joe was running for president, if he was elected they said it would be nothing he can accomplish. he crushed the virus, revitalize the economy, fix the climates, restore americans prestige on the world stage. it would be a new golden era. i m restoring america s leadership on the world stage. to rebuild the backbone of the nation. middle-class, and to make america respected around the world again. i m sending a clear message to the world. america is back. katie: but does america feel back at? despite the troubling administration handing biden the vaccine, kids are starting another school your mask then distance and when they took office the vaccine was supposed to be our ticket to freedom. but it is being used to keep us a lot done and afraid of the air we br