20 years since the horror of 9 11. America remembers and reflects. Let us be worthy of the selfless sacrifices. Let us remember who we became on september 12th. Inside politics the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to Inside Politics sunday im kaitlan collins in for abby philips. An anniversary comes after americas longest war ended in afghanistan. Yesterday the nation paused to reflect on 9 11 and remember when americans united in the face of tragedy. I saw millions of people instinctively grab for a Neighbors Hand and rally to the cause of one another. That is the america i know. Union is what makes us who we are. America at its best. To me that is the central lesson of September 11th. Overnight the fbi declassified a 16page documents regarding connections between the 9 11 hackers and the saudi government. Some pretty big redactions and doesnt draw any definitive conclusions but does come after biden signed an Executive Order to make public for years what has
Syndrome, i dont even remember the handoff. I dont even remember what i said. Its kind of crazy, when you honestly, though. This is this is honesty. You meet especially, when we were in our big studios, the number of people that we would meet on a daily basis. And i have been doing two hours for, what, five, six, seven years. I forget how long. Two hours a night. And i dont mean to be rude. People would say, hey, do you remember i was on your show . And i would go, oh, yeah, i remember. Dont quite remember. And then, they have to remind me, prompt me and then i will go now, i remember. But i think i was interviewing like, maybe, 20 people a night at one point. And so, you know, theres only so much information that can be held up in this little, tiny you know, i think its interesting. You know, thank god you and i dont really think about why we do what we do. We just do it. I love it. We think about what we say, but we dont think about, you know, what its going to mean that we said it.
Calling your Vaccine Requirement an overreach. Challenging it in court. Have at it. Plus Gavin Newsom using the covid crisis to frame a Recall Campaign question. Do you want california to look like florida or texas . And 20 years after 9 11, a look back at the day that changed the world. Well talk to a reporter who was in that Florida Classroom when President Bush was told america is under attack. And then aboard Air Force one as officials debated whether it was safe for the president to return to washington. We begin with a frustrated president and a big Policy Shift he calls necessary to reset the countrys covid trajectory. President biden visited a local school in washington. He said the mandate will keep the children in the classroom and he said republicans who disagree are putting Americas School children at risk. I am so disappointed that particularly some of the republican governors have been so cavalier with the health of these kids. So cavalier with the health of their communi
Second lieutenant. She will join us along with her mother who is a Brigadier General who witnessed that explosion. They will share their memories 20 years later. Welcome to the lead. Im Jake Tapper and we begin today with our Health Lead and president Bidens Message to republican governors looking to challenge his new mandate on businesses to either test or vaccinate their employees. Biden saying, quote, have it. The president s new policies will affect about twothirds of the american workforce or roughly 100 Million americans, forcing federal employees and federal contractors and healthcare workers, all of them to get vaccinated, even private businesses with more than 100 employees will need to make sure their workers get weekly testing or get the shot. For context, 75 of u. S. Adults already have at least one dose of the covid19 vaccine. Biden is talking specifically to the roughly 27 of eligible unvaccinated americans who are the ones keeping this pandemic going. And even though oth
Exceptions for rape or incest. We will bring you the Attorney Generals comments as soon as he starts. Were also watching the White House, where this Afternoon President biden will unveil his new Sixpart Strategy to try to curb covid. The plan includes his Executive Order that requires all federal workers and contractors to be vaccinated with no Opt Out for regular testing. Today his chief medical Advisor Dr. Fauci said the pandemic is under not even modestly good control. The u. S. Is averaging 150,000 new cases every single day with the Delta Variant preying on the unvaccinated. We have an average of 1500 americans a day dying from the virus. Compare that to the fourth of july. The Case Average was about 12,000, deaths were at 200 a day. Right now nearly 100,000 americans are in hospitals with covid. Also, at the same time the president is set to speak, Los Angeles unified School District will hold its meeting where its expected to approve a Vaccine Mandate for students, the first maj