Good Morning And Welcome to your new day. Im boris sanchez. Im christi paul. Its saturday, September 11th. We are so grateful to have you with us this morning as always because today were all pausing to mark this grim day. 20 years since the September 11th attacks. Its hard to believe that its been two decades and its hard to really over state just how impactful this day has been in american history. Last night the tower of light lit up the sky from Lower Manhattan where nearly 3,000 people lost their lives. This morning theres a similar tribute over The Pentagon. We watched just moments ago as The Pentagon unfurled the american flag over the West Side of The Pentagon, a tribute to those lives that were taken there. 20 years have passed since terrorists hijacked planes crashing two of them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and one of them into The Pentagon. Passengers on a fourth flight fought back forcing them to crash into a field in pennsylvania. It was only a 20 Minute
Last night a tower of light lit up the sky from Lower Manhattan where nearly 3,000 people lost their lives and theres a similar tribute over at the pentagon where more than 180 people died. Two decades have passed since terrorists hijacked planes crashing two into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center and one into the pentagon. Passengers on a fourth flight fought back forcing hijackers to crash the plane into a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. Who could ever forget the story of the two words. For the first time as commander in chief, President Biden will pay his respects at the three sites. He recognized the people who died and the people they loved that are left behind. Its so hard, whether its the first year, the 20th. So many have grown up without parents. Parents are suffering without children. Husbands and wives had to find ways forward without their partners in life. Brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, Loved Ones Awith a Hole N their heart. No matter how much time has
About what it means to her. Thank you for being here, everybody. We do begin this hour with President Biden stepping up his war against the coronavirus. More man dates, more political and legal battles ahead and likely more in vaccinations because of it. In an impassioned speech, the President S frustration with americans still resisting Gettin G expected to that is up ten poibs from a year ago soxts think about where we were a year ago and now we see an increase. An think that sentiment is driving why his overall approval on handling the virus is down a little bit and exactly those worries and concerns that the president is aiming to address last Night And Today at school when you see them talking about this now. And the numbers nationally and 400,000 were dead when he took people have died from covid19 when he took office. 250,000 people have died since he has been in office. That is the national numbers and then as youre saying when you look at peoples communities what theyre sighin
So cavalier with the health of their communities. This is were playing for real here. This isnt a game. And more than a third of adults in the u. S. Are still not fully vaccinated. And its the unvaccinated, in large part, who are overwhelming hospitals in some states. The country is now averaging more than 1,500 covid deaths each day. Thats up 9 from last week. Cnns Nick Watt has more. For elected officials actively working to undermine the fight against covid19. Reporter so said the president announcing sweeping Vaccine Mandates with a Testing Optout for millions of american workers and cue some of those elected officials hes talking about. Texas is already working to hard this power grab, governor of texas. This unconstitutional move is terrifying, governor of mississippi. We will fight them to the gates of hell, governor of south carolina. The majority of american workers support Vaccine Mandates in their workplace and here in Los Angeles. The item passes. Thank you. Reporter unanim
bullied by the pulpit, the president returns home to advance his policies on the world stage and quiet voters skepticism on his approach and ability to serve. and kevin mccarthy runs the congressional hamster wheel. he s battling the same problems caused by the same set of hard liners and this time a new version of the same question, can he escape with his job? i m dana bash let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first america is replaying and reliving one of its darkest days. by this time, 12:01 p.m. eastern, 22 years ago, both world trade towers had collapsed. lower manhattan was in the middle of an evacuation, its streets, firefighters, police, people were caked in concrete dust and ash. this morning, the tolling of the bells followed by moments of silence and then reading of the names, all remind us that nearly 3,000 men and women whose lives were stolen on september 11th in the terror attacks that forever altered america and the world. brynn gingras