20 years ago i was a senior at the University Of Miami getting into the shower. I remember complaining about how tabloid the Today Show was that day, wishing for something more substantive. I got out of the shower, turned up the tv, and the North Tower of the World Trade Center was on fire. What were you are doing when you heard the news . Would you recognize who you were then or the country we lived in . And what have we gained after 20 years of war . What have we lost . Are we safer now than we were then . People have been asking those questions throughout the day, taking perspective on this 20th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Memorial ceremonies took place across the country today. It was a chance for Family Members to honor their Loved Ones and for the nation to honor its promise to never forget. Today President Biden visited the sites of all three memorials. He started in Lower Manhattan alongside former president s clinton and obama. He joined a Wreathlaying Ceremony
Says i want to get out and get on a plane, we will make that happen. Nato allies holding an Emergency Session Today about the rapidly deteriorating situation for allied troops and diplomats on the ground. We discussed our approach to those in power in kabul. The eyes of The World are on afghanistan. We expect the taliban to uphold their commitments and assure that afghans that afghanistan does not again become a Safe Haven for international terrorism. And today my interview with the parents of a brave young foreign Service Officer killed by a taliban ied just outside the afghan capital in 2018 while working to give afghan children a chance for a better future. I think a lot about all of the different work that ann was doing especially with afghan women. She was Reading Books to the children when this terrible thing happened. She knew that that was the key, to educate the children of afghanistan. Joining me now nbc national Security Correspondent Courtney Kube and Kelly Odonnell and Ass
president for now. lawyers for donald trump vowing to fight the colorado supreme court ruling that could keep him off the ballot in 2024. where this fight goes now and how fast. and here s not a surprise, trump s republican rivals are rushing to defend him after this unprecedented ruling. we re in iowa as the candidates storm the campaign trail with less than a month to make their cases to voters before the caucuses. and new images from inside the tunnels built by hamas. the new york times reporter who was taken inside is our guest. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner. john berman is off today. this is cnn news central. this morning donald trump is vowing to fight back after being booted from the ballot in colorado. last night in a stunning decision the colorado supreme court ruled the former president is not eligible to be a presidential candidate in 2024 because he, quote, engaged in insurrection citing the 14th amendment. the majority opinion came to the conc
that. bret baier joins us as governor ron desantis lands on the cover of time magazine and reportedly tells his donors that he believes trump cannot win. first, general jack keane is standing by on breaking news that is developing at this hour that the united states will participate in the training of ukrainian pilots on f-16s. so where is all of this headed? there s been a longstanding request for f-16s from the united states. so there are reports that there s been significant advances in this. president zelensky is coming to the g-7 in japan to talk one-on-one with the allies and president biden about all of this. that s where we find our correspondent from the white house, peter doocy. he s live in heiroshima. that was january. now in man, a senior administration official tells us as the training takes place, zelensky on his way to japan for in-person meeting. he says this will greatly enhance our army in the sky. i count on discussing the practical implementation of t
or smugglers see laws unenforced, they ll abuse the laws. we ve seen increase brazenness by cartels that feel empowered because we don t have a federal government pushing back against those cartels and their illegal activity. of course, the worst thing of all is the catastrophic death that we have witnessed. now, we saw this horrendous death occur in a track in san antonio earlier this week. and it is heart breaking. the numbers have increased. it s now reported that 53 people in that truck lost their lives. it is the deadliest migrant smuggling incident on u.s. soil, and it s on president biden s watch. the thing about it is that it s not the only way in which people who are trying to migrate here lose their lives. in the harsh high temperature of texas in the summertime and the texas heat, it will prove even more deadly. every year there s many reports about migrants that lose their lives in the heat. i was visiting with the sheriff moments ago. he was telling me reports ab