Of pop culture nostalgia this week to give us all the feels. So, get comfy in your thinking chair and grab your handy dandy notebook. We will tell you all about it. From nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. 20 years ago, at this hour, millions of americans turned on our tv screens and watched president george w. Bush address the nation. Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. None of us will ever forget this day. Yet, we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world. It has been a day of somber ceremonies across the country. Many of us remember 20 years ago not being able to stop watching the coverage. Maybe, you felt that way today. For some of us who lost friends, family, and neighbors, they never really looked away. Everyone s got their own story from 9/11 and some of you shared your stories with us on twitter. Mary beth
That does it for me. Thanks for watching. I ll see you back here next weekend at 5:00 p. M. Eastern. My colleague, alicia menendez, picks up our news coverage now. Thank you so much. Hello, everyone. I m alicia menendez. We begin this sunday with the future of the president s build back better agenda. Because this week, expect movement in the senate. Committees expected to wrap the final drafts of a budget reconciliation package that would expand medicare, kield care, and paid leave among other democratic priorities. The washington post frames the stakes, writing, quote, strategists in both parties believe democrats are likely to lose the house and possibly the senate next year. So this could be the party s only chance in years to enact an expansive domestic agenda. The finished product will become the clearest picture of what today s democrats stand for. Supplanting the countless speeches, platforms, and tenpoint plans they delivered when out of power. But the legislation s $3. 5 tril
President biden urged unity as america reflects on the attacks. Everybody says, biden, why do you insist on bringing the country together? that s going to affect our wellbeing and how the world responds to us knowing that we can actually, in fact, lead by example. I think we can do it. Meantime, former president george bush honored the lives lost on flight 93 in shanksville where president biden also paid his respects to the victims. Contrast all this with the most recent former president, native new yorker donald trump didn t attend any ceremony paying tribute to the victims today. However, he visited a new york city fire station and released a video statement to mark the anniversary where he discussed the attacks for about 30 seconds. Spent more than double that time slamming president biden over america s withdrawal from afghanistan. Well, other presidents honored the victims today and trump plans to wrap up his day comment take thing on a pay per view boxing match in florida. Forme
Throughout the next two hours, you don t want to miss it. We begin with a stark contrast how president biden and president trump are marking 9/11. Not long from now biden is scheduled to make highways to the pentagon after visiting both ground zero and shanksville, pennsylvania, to honor the lives lost that harrowing day. Meanwhile, former president trump who is set to offer commentary at a boxing match this evening used the majority of his address marking the anniversary to bash biden over his withdrawal from afghanistan. This is the 20th year of this war and should have been a year of victory and honor and strength. Instead, joe biden and his inept administration surrendered in defeat. The former president did make a trip to the nypd s 17th precinct hours ago to honor the sacrifice made by the city s first responders but took time to criticize the president once again over the withdrawal. I want to bring in nbc s mike memoli who has been with us all day and is at the white house for
Vaccination effort at home and abroad. The president is also expected to take indication on a number of topics, including the refusal investigation from the investigation into governor cuomo. We will carry the president s comments live when they happen, and talk more about the investigation into governor cuomo. But we re going to start with the unfurling human tragedy among the men and women who protected the capitol and the lawmakers who worked inside it on january 6th. It s now colliding with one of the party spiraling into conspiracy lies. Yesterday officials confirmed two more police officers who responded to the attack at the capitol, have died by suicide. Speaker pelosi issued a statement about hashida, who called him a hero. D. C. Police also confirming that officer kyle defrietag was found on january 10th. Officer harry dunn spoke specifically about the ongoing trauma to officers who responded that day. I m now receiving private counseling, therapy for persistent, emotional tra