Chairman of the national transportation safety board. mark was the head of the white house military office when the good afternoon. good afternoon, alex. so you were right there in florida with the president on september 11, 2001. what was that day like? walk us through your experience with the president. watching all your coverage this morning it brings back the teible memories of what happened when the two aircraft went into the world trade center and then later of course the aircraft going into the pentagon and then later that aircraft that went into shanksville. my job of course was to be the support officer of all of the military assets that are basically there to help the president. that included airforce one, marine one, the military aides that carry the satchel with the nuclear codes in it. camp david was part of my responsibility and the undisclosed locations as well.
Make sure it s repaired with the right replacement parts. take the scary out of life with travelers. call or click now for an agent or quote. theeis we have returned to this sacred site to join our hearts together with the names of those we loved and lost. new york city mayor michael bloomberg speaking this morning ring the memorial service at ground zero in lower manhattan. crowds gathered to remember their loved ones and read aloud the names of all those who died in the september 11 attacks nine years ago today. for many who survived the attacks or witnessed the events first hand the memories of tha day remain fresh in their minds. joining me now the former
To talk to the imam about the ground zero mosque. the washington bureau chief of al arabiya joins me now. good afternoon. thank you. i d like your reaction to the news the pastor will not burn the koran. will that ease international tensions? i think it will ease interne,ational tension but we have to recognize, unfortunately, that this so-called past or led us all, te media, the politicians, the international reaction, and he got more than his 15 minutes of fame. he became infamous and he knew what he was doing from the beginning. i didn t think early on he would go ahead with it because he wanted to drag this charade until the 11th hour, getting all this international attention and diaboliqually as i said he made the linkage between theng dastardly act he was planning to do burning copies of the koran and the islamic centern new york. i think given the reaction in
Hello everyone. i m alex witt live at minnesota headquarters in new york. you ve been watching coverage of the 9/11 terror attack in 2001 as it happened. it is now nine years later and throughout this morning memorials have taken place in new york, pennsylvania, and at the pentagon. these are live pictures from gr zero in lower manhattan. earlier friends and family who lost loved ones in the attas gathered at ground zero, new york city, honoring those who died on that tragic day remembering ceremonies in new york including the reading of the names of all of those who lost their lives at the world trade center location. vice president biden attended the service in lower manhattan. we come not to mourn but to remember and rebuild.