this country and its people forever. it s changed our security and our priorities. and most of all, it has changed the day-to-day of everyday life in the united states. what has changed since 9/11? maybe the question is, what hasn t? a 6-year-old girl searched before boarding a plane. a wheelchair becomes a red flag on airplanes, trains and subways, intense scrutiny. backpacks are searched and sniffed. even a trip to the ball game is an exercise in homeland security. homeland security, an entire government bureaucracy that didn t exist a decade ago. an agency that gave us the terror alert level. the federal government was raising its threat level to orange. reporter: before then orange was just a color or a fruit. hardly an assessment of potential threats. there are threats the 9/11 generation is used to. they ve grown up during two wars and they re still just kids. there was 9/11, then london, the shoe bomber, madrid and mumbai. rounding out a decade of anxiety that mark
this american morning. good morning. zogood morning alina. it s early. it is early. not so early for you. always great to have you here. carol is off, christine is off. that s right. we ve got you back, which is fantastic. we ve got a really serious situation going on in texas. it s it seems to be getting worse although in some parts getting a little more control over it. these raging wildfires we re telling you about sweeping across the country right now. the governor rick perry is describing the disaster as, quote, a monstrous storm of smoke and flames. the flames are sending thousands of people running for their lives, showing no mercy. it s killed four people. hundreds of firefighters are on the frontlines dousing some of the fires, new ones, they re starting new ones hoping to get rid of the bone dry bub brush that goes up in an instant. this is what s left of a ranch in austin, texas. a pile of twisted metal and ash. the texas forest service sa