Taliban government. Plus, the f. B. I. s $10 million reward for one of its top leaders. Exclusive interview: the secretary of homeland security, tonight, days before the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Are there any credible threats against america? plus, the terror attack s mastermind back in court. New details from guatanamo bay. Domestic abuse in the military. Our twoyear investigation speaking with nearly 40 survivors. Why this woman says the military failed her. And a former flight attendant s personal journey to honor flight crews killed in the september 11 attacks. This is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. O donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. President biden is bringing new focus to the devastating effects of climate change and the need for america to rebuild its decaying infrastructure. The president just wrapped up a visit to new york city and new jersey, where the aftermath of hurricane ida
sacrifice themselves on the basic principle that we should live free. while the cause is the same everyone has a different reason for serving. maybe they are following in their father s footsteps or felt a calling after the terrorists tore down the twin towers. for me it was a patriotic parade or a series of them in a small town. motherly day and fourth of july parades in a tiny town in southern minnesota where my parents grew up. the whole town lined up on the tree sign side of the main street waiting for the veterans to walk by and when they came older vets and younger vets, crowd clapped and saluted. the reverence that town had for the veterans made me say, wow, those men really did something special. something bigger than this town. something bigger than themselves. these men were willing to put on a uniform and face danger for me, a kid they never met. it was just a handful of veterans, from one town. but every town in america gave men like that. out of sheer patriotism
Veterans, from one town. but every town in america gave men like that. out of sheer patriotism and when you add up all of those small towns it gives you a glimpse of the sheer wait of the cost of freedom. for generations families field with filled and love for their country sent their own to battle in trenches, beaches, jungles and deserts. and not everyone made it back. in guatanamo bay, cuba, i served with a guy who was a real salt of the earth guy. smart, committed, and really hard-working. back home he was a police officer. service was in his blood. we both later deployed to afghanistan. we were in different units at that point and different parts of the country and that s when i got word that he had been killed in combat. it hit me like a ton of bricks. it s a feeling almost everyone who served knows.
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