this is just a horrific scene and a horrific moment. the large plane crashed this morning north of the somerset county airport, which is in western pennsylvania, not too terribly fall from pittsburgh. the most tragic thing that has happened to america by far. the last time i spoke to my father was tuesday morning before he went to work. i told him have a good day at work and i haven t heard from him since. there are so many pictures. there are so many people who are still missing. thousands of lives were suddenly, in these evil despicable acts of terror, none of us will ever forget this day. god bless the soul of those who have lost their lives this morning in new york, in washington, and near pittsburgh, in pennsylvania. good morning, and welcome to cnn s special coverage of the 20th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. 20 years ago today, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the worst terrorist attack to ever strike the united states. fathers, mothers, bro
we re about a block from the reflecting pool where the twin towers of the world trade center once stood. president joe biden arriving at this moment in lower manhattan. he and jill biden will visit all three memorial sites today. starting here at the museum on this site. vice president kamala harris will speak in shanksville, pennsylvania later this morning, that s where united flight 93 was forced down. she and second gentleman, doug emhoff, will then join the president and the first lady at the pentagon. nicolle wallace, as i always say, for millions of americans especially anyone in the tri-state area, this is the saddest place on earth. there s no way to walk by this spot if you re on jury duty a few blocks away, on an errand or going somewhere else that you don t feel gutted by what was lost here. our day job is to cover politics, what you have in this place and what you have in this remembrance is heroes. heroes who ran into towers. i think 20 years later that means m
a ban on most spectators into the road of olympians who think we somehow care about their political views. they will be great performances but how boring the leader. what a contrast to our wonderful collective memories olympics past, our rivalry with the former soviet union that made beating the key team the true miracle on ice, the mind blowing next 6 performances of dominic dogs and who could forget the mesmerizing gliding to the pool of michael phelps. and whether it was president reagan opening the 1984 olympics or bill clinton at the 1996 games in atlanta we rallied because we loved the country and we left our athletes and for a few weeks we all put our differences aside about pretty much everything else, but today things are different. now there are millions of americans disgusted by the us woman soccer team not because they lost to sweden but because they use the international stage to insult our nation. this isn t what the olympics is all about. the international olym
grab the baby. come on. i got it. i got the baby. i got the baby. okay. we got it. frightening to watch. fortunately, nobody was killed. the baby has a skull fracture and burns. the mother has a broken leg and the krifr is facing drunk driving and vehicular assault charges. as we start a new hour, good day from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex with it reports, we are at 2:00 p.m. eastern. we are beginning the hour with breaking news. house speaker nancy pelosi appointing adam kinzinger to serve on the select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. now the ninth member of the committee and the second republican. speaker pelosi writing in a statement, he brings great patriotism to the committee s mission to find the facts and protect our democracy. the first hearing is two days from now on tuesday i speaker pelosi today also defending her decision to block two of minority leader kevin mccarthy s appointments as one of those picks pu