Hello again. Thank you for joining me. A newly declassified Fbi Document is sHedding new light on tHe investigation into tHe 9 11 Terror Attacks and suspected saudi Government Support for at least two of tHe hijackers. THe release came on tHe 20th Anniversary of tHe attacks and just a week after president biden issued an Executive Order to declassify tHe reports following pressure from victims of 9 11 victims. Now to our senior national security correspondent. Alex, good to see you again. THere are a lot of redactions in tHe documents. Thats right. THe 9 11 families have told tHe president in a letter essentially dont botHer showing up to tHe Memorials Yesterday unless you do this. Now, this report, this document was released by tHe fbi on Saturday Night following tHe events on tHe anniversary of 9 11. It is Heavily redacted, but it does provide furtHer insight into contact that two of tHe first hijackers, tHe first two hijackers who arrived in tHe u. S. Had with tHe saudi government i
Correspondent and Cnn International diplomatic editor. Alex, you first. These documents are heavily redacted. But they do tell us something. What . They do. We should note this was released late Saturday Night after the events commemorating the anniversary of 9 11. And as you mentioned, this is the first part of what we expect to be a series of documents to be declassified following the president s order. This was a 16page heavily redacted report from the fbi, and what it is is a summary of an interview that the fbi did with a Saudi Citizen in 2015. This report coming out in 2016, and classified until now. What it does is summarizes this interview with a saudi who worked at the Saudi Consulate in Los Angeles. He is not named in this report. He was applying for u. S. Citizenship, and he had contact, the fbi says, with people who they themselves had contact with two of the 9 11 hijackers. You can see on your screen the name. He was ostensibly a student in Los Angeles. He was believed to
To resolve them. That is getting power back on in homes. Thats getting gas to fuel stations. Thats getting catarps out ther so people can mitigate their damage and to create and provide the assistance. So people who come home after not having electricity have to replenish the fridge. Part of why were here is we want to know what real people deal with. Cnn is just outside of new orleans. Nadia, youre on the ground with people who are dealing with these conditions right now. And what are they telling you . Well, a lot of people are frustrated, and they are at the point where theyve reached their final straw, and theyre trying figure out what happens next. Theyre seeing the lights come on in some neighborhoods. Where im at in kenner, the lights are still off. And theyre not optimistic theyll turn off by wednesday when the Power Company says theyll be on. And they still have to clean up. Look at this Power Line that came crashing down during the storm. Its still right here in the middle of
Hello, again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. Right now, Desperation Setting in as cities from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast Deal with the aftermath of hurricane ida. At least 50 people are dead across the northeast and many are facing Flood Warnings again today. And were just learning President Biden will visit New Jersey and new York Tuesday to survey the damage. The Death Toll in Louisiana And Mississippi stands at 13. Many hardhit communities there are running short on food, fuel, and other supplies. In louisiana, the desperation is turning deadly. A man was killed after reportedly cutting in line at a gas station. Fuel supplies are growing more scarce by the day. Police say the shooting proves how desperate people are. Its unbelievable that People Cant Act like adults in this situation. Ladies and gentlemen, the services are here. We dont have enough gas. We dont have enough gas being delivered to stations. We dont have enough generators on. T
The search is reportedly su suspended after two College Students still missing were swept into a storm drain. Their car can be seen right here atop the railing above a storm drain. Across louisiana, the situation becoming increasingly desperate as temperatures soar And Food And Fuel run short. In jefferson Pf Son parish, a M Shot And killed while waiting in line at a gas station. Cnn has Team Coverage on the ground as the cleanup continues. Well check in with adrienne in New Orleans in a moment. First, evan mcmorrissantoro in paterson, new jersey. Evan, what is the situation there . Reporter fred, i want to talk to you about how this storm is still going on in places like paterson, new jersey. Take a look at this river over here. This is the passaic river. Flood stage is 7 feet. Earlier this morning, the national Weather Service said it was at 9 feet. You can see how high that water is. Thats still going on. Obviously, its not as bad as it was on Wednesday Night. I want to take you thr