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and as we prepare to mark 20 years since 9/11, my visit to ground zero with the first fdny chief on the scene. among the names on the memorial, his own brother. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt hello, everyone, and nice to be back with you president biden tonight wrapping up a visit to physically and emotionally shattered neighborhoods in new jersey and new york, where last week s record and deadly floods became icons of a changing climate and a planet in trouble. the president offering words of comfort and promises of support to the affected while issuing rallying cries in the battle to confront the brutal effects of climate change ida s trail of misery still being felt tonight. power outages are affecting hundreds of thousands across the south, as we learn more about how the storm affected the most vulnerable. the actions being taken tonight against several nursing homes in louisiana let s begin ou reporting with gabe gutierrez. reporter: w ....
scrapped earlier this year. right now the situation is out of control. sons of a fallen firefighter are honoring their heroic father s sacrifice. it means so much to be able follow exactly in that foot step and be able to work under the same roof that he worked. brian: great. i love the ferris wheel. a lot of bulbs on there light it up now. later it will not be lit up. monday to tuesday after labor day, how many people are still on it. ainsley: still going. look at this 6:00 in the morning. brian: i don t know how long the lines are. staff steve i don t think very long at all. i don t think it opens until 9:00 o. 10:00 this morning. they might have turned on the lights for us. ainsley: maybe. we appreciate it. steve: welcome, it s fall. just like that, boom. ainsley: i know. no more white, right? we can t wear white after labor day. my grandmother said that the fashion police. brian: you can t go to a restaurant wearing white or vaccine card. two new things. a ....
the day we ll never forget. 9/11. i for some, september 11, 2001 seems a long time ago, for others, it is just like yesterday. the attack that happened on this sunny day is near in our mind. the entire nation gasp when the twin towers reached high in the sky were brought crashing down when two high-jet liners flew directly through them. here are the names of the 3,000 innocent looives that were lost that day including 343 of new york s bravest. cnn is honored to bring you 9/11, a documentary of a rookie new york fireman in d downtown manhattan. their film was transformed into a gripping minute by minute, eye witness account of first responders who rushed to the scene and tried to save people while the towers burned and fell. the brothers kept their cameras rolling and capturing historic s footage of new york s real life heroes. the area that became known as ground zero. when you work in the fire house seven blocks from the two tallest buildings in new york, ....
move materials, the better a chance that you hurt or disrupt whatever is underneath it. they have two active fires going on at that site. the men and women are working on top of one of them. you will see pictures and videos of this. i wanted to start with thinker because of the significance and the eeriness of this. the last time i saw an image like that is when our first responders were standing on the buildings that had been the trade centers and were working through smoke that was so acrid and so choking, and they worked tirelessly because they wanted to find who was there and give answers to the families. and it s happening once again here in florida right now. those men and women are working on top of an active burn, okay? and that is dangerous. they are trying to manage risk. they are standing on top 12 layers of building. it s all been so exprcompressedd it s been so challenging. there is zero quit in anyone that i saw on that site. and it s really important that ....
the operation that is happening. and there are a few things that are important to say, right off the top, now, about-48 hours in. the idea that there are not resources here is absurd. the idea that this is not work that s moving quickly is demonstrably false. this work, by its nature, is methodical. there are people who could be alive. and the faster that you move materials, the better a chance that you hurt or disrupt whatever is underneath it. they have two active fires going on in that site. the men and women are working on top of one of them. okay? you will see video and pictures of this. now, i wanted to start with this picture because of the significance and the eeriness of this. the last time i saw an image like that was 9/11 when our first responders were standing on the buildings. what had been the trade centers. and they were working through smoke that is so acrid, that is so choking, and they work tirelessly because they wanted to find who was there and give ....