Director of the program, operating here on the west side for adults with flexible schedules and a time for leisure learning, today we welcome you to the 92nd Street Series in partnership with time stocks. Featuring noted New York Times journalist and authors. Of our as with all daytime lectures provide a forum for discussion and debate on issues that affect us all. Todays discussion focuses on a topic that still remains greatly in our consciousness. We welcome journalist james dwyer and kevin flynn for discussing the recently published book 102 minutes, the untold story of the fight to survive inside the twin towers. Jim dwyer and kevin flynn are native new yorkers and winners of many awards together and separately. James dwyer joined the New York Times in 2001 as a reporter for the metropolitan section, prior to joining the times he was a columnist for the New York Daily News and before that he was a columnist for new york newsday and previously a reporter for burkink and record recor
Street y offered here on the west side for adults with flexible schedules and a little bit of time for leisure learning. Today we welcome you to the 29nd street y series in partnership with timestalks called tuesdays with the times featuring noted New York Times journalist and authors. Our tuesdays with the times series, as well as all of our daytime lectures a foumpl for issues that affect us all. Todays discussion focuses on a topic that is greatly in our conscious. We welcome james dwyer and kevin flynn, 102 minutes, the fight to survive the twin towers. Jim dwyer and kevin flynn, native new yorkers, veteran newspapers writers and winner of many awards together and separate. Jim dwyer joined in 2001 as a reporter for metropolitan section. Prior to joining the times, mr. Dwyer was columnist and associate editor for New York Daily News and before that a columnist for new york news day and previously a reporter for the bergen record. Mr. Dwyer is coauthor of two seconds under the world
Also, counterterrorism analyst washington Thomas Anderson talks about the evolving threats facing the u. S. Since the september 11 terrorist attacks. Washington journal is next. Host it is the washington journal for september 11. Todays show will focus on the 19th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. You can see planned events at the pentagon which you are watching at ground zero in new york. On cspan, cspan2 and cspan3. You can check the website for specific channel and time information. Follow along on the radio app. We will take your calls on this remembrance day. Here is how you can call us. The eastern00 for and central time zones. 202 7488001 for the mountain and pacific times. If you want to text us, do so at 202 7488003. Post on our cspan feed. On this day, several papers across the United States devoted. Heir editorial page here is the tribute out of johnstown, pennsylvania. On the 19th anniversary, our nation is distracted by politics. We are obligated to pause on this september
Of the towers. I was in rhode island and i guess a day later, a friend of mine going to go in for surgery and i could smell the gas, i will never forget. Thats from tampa florida. This is from joe, san antonio texas. Go ahead. Good morning. Today is obviously a day of solemn, a day of remembrance of all that happened and unfortunately, a kind of feel better about the situation were in and all that we are dealing with and the death weve had, it just feels so distant 9 11 and the numbness we have towards this. I remember the sense of togetherness in the attacksen happened, i saw it on tv while at school and i remember not knowing what was going on w or what it meant, just a general sense of support in the community and as ive grown older, theres been a lot of support, at least initially in overtime, its sort of rain a little bit in terms of the support we have, i know theres pushing for first aid, responders who have succumbed to certain illnesses do to the toxicity of the particles and
Democratic attempt to pass legislation related to coronavirus, Senate Republicans finally revealed their longoverdue proposal for the next phase of covid relief. In my many years inserting this chamber, serving in this chamber i have never seen republican majority, a Senate Majority of any type respond to a National Emergency and that such a disorganized and disoriented fashion. Weeks of infighting among Senate Republicans in the white house caused unnecessary and harmful delays. Instead of presenting a single unified bill, republicans released several separate drafts last night and there might be more today we had they cant agree on one bill. They cant get 81 votes for any. Thats comprehensive that deals with the problems, the very real problems the American People face and even before republicans announced their bills, senior republican senators admitted they lacked full support of republicans. 2 republican chairman have said that probably half of the Republican Senate will vote agai