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you re watching a bbc special news report on the nato summit, we ve just been watching their and opening ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the alliance. we ve just heard from the us presidentjoe biden and his last part of his remarks there, he awarded the presidential medal of freedom to jens stoltenberg, the outgoing nato secretary general who will of course be replaced by the dutch prime minister. i mjoined by be replaced by the dutch prime minister. i m joined by barbara starr and here in studio by retired lieutenant general ben hodges of the us army. based on what we just saw there, president biden fitting that presidential medal of freedom onto jens stoltenberg, the highest award that can be honoured in this country. that can be honoured in this count . ., , that can be honoured in this count . . , ., country. certainly, i can t imagine a more well-deserved country. certainly, i can t imagine - a more well-deserved commendation a more well deserved comme ....
crisis in the nhs will be set out on tuesday. measures like mask wearing and home working are under discussion. a day of events marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the us concludes with a simple light show over new york. the 40th great north run gets under way here in newcastle later. nearly 60,000 people will take part in the uk s biggest half marathon. i ll be meeting some of them. good morning. for many of us, a decent day of weather coming up. some cloud, bright and sunny spells and a lot of dry weather. however, in wales it is a different story. here the cloud will thicken late on and we have some afternoon rain on the way. i will have your forecast coming up on breakfast later on. it s sunday, the 12th of september. our top story: the 18 year old british tennis superstar emma raducanu has been congratulated by the queen for her stunning performance which saw her win the us open last night. the teenager from bromley made history in new york by beati ....
an 18-year-old winning the highly-coveted u.s. women s open. it was a somber day across america as the nation stopped to remember the nearly-3,000 people who lost their lives on 9/11, exactly 20 years ago. for the families of the victims, the tragedy remains a vivid memory, undimmed by time. one by one, the names of the victims read aloud. each one, precious to those who knew them. the grief and sorrow of so many captured by a young girl as she spoke directly to the uncle she never met and imagined how he might be today. my uncle, firefighter christopher michael mazulo. i know you are with us every day watching over us and even though i never met you in person, i still miss you a lot. mom always tells me all the crazy, fun things you did and i m sure if you were here, i d probably be doing them with you. and new york city, right now, two brilliant shafts of light where the twin towers once stood in lower manhattan. the 20th anniversary ceremonies were also held ....
everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka whitfield. today marking 20 years since september 11th, 2001. 2,977 people died on that day in the deadliest terror attack in history. in ceremonies at all three attack sites this morning, victims names were read aloud. in new york, people came together to mark this solemn day. children placing flowers for loved ones. they never got to meet. men and women in tight embrace, mourning those they lost. and three presidents and first ladies were on hand for the memorial in lower manhattan. tolling bells followed by moments of silence marked to the minute when the planes hit the two towers and when each of them fell. at the pentagon, an american flag was draped down the side of the building before the names were read there. jay joseph ferguson. amelia v. fields. and in shanksville, pennsylvania, the president and first lady laying a wreath in the memory of the everyday heroes who took down flight 93 and stopped i ....
okay, kids, don t wear masks. then you find out retrospectively that this virus in a strange and unusual way is really hitting kids really hard but hopefully this will be a temporary thing, temporary enough that it doesn t have a negative lasting impact on them. robert redfield echoing dr. fauci on the transmission of the delta variant but he is pushing for kids to get back into schools. redfield noted there are few cdc studies that involve children wearing masks in a classroom setting. these policies should be grounded in data as opposed to opinion. this as florida governor ron de santis announcing the florida board of education may withhold the salaries of school officials who choose to require masks in schools against his executive order. six counties are rejecting the governor s mandate and requiring masks or of have made them optional and in texas the dallas school board voting to require masks in defiance of governor greg abbott s executive order. lloyd ....