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 presidents clinton and obama. he joined a wreath-laying ce
want to say is this group of folks here are the epitome of resiliency and we re here with you. we re going to continue to be here with you. again i want to thank the governor, and senator schumer and the mayor, just for the collaboration of resources that are going to be here in queens. we want to make sure that we re all here to make sure that this is done equitably and that these folks here that have been suffering so long suffer no more. thank you. at this point, we ll take questions. but i also want to make a statement before we go on to questions. to the people who live on streets like these throughout the city of new york, i want them to know, a new administration, my administration, we don t govern by press conference. yes we re here today to answer questions but i want to assure them it is not just about today, but it is what we do tomorrow and the next day and the next day. so you re going to see a different tone, a different era of collaboration and i served as a
batter the east coast, thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. more than a thousand people are allowed to ignore lockdown and social distancing restrictions at a music festival in the netherlands, despite the rest of the country being under lockdown. and at half three the media show takes look at a revolution in media, with amol rajan, the bbc s media editor. good afternoon. the government has warned the european union that any attempt to block the export of doses of coronavirus vaccine to the uk would be counterproductive . defence secretary ben wallace told the bbc there s a risk of reputational damage to the eu if it stops vaccine manufactured there from leaving. frustration is widespread in continental countries that they re not receiving the doses they need. here s our political correspondent, jonathan blake. jab afterjab, the uk s population is getting vaccinated against coronavirus. despite some delays, more than half of adults have had their first dose, and co
protecting voting rights as states look to retract them. a heated president biden said that makes him sick. and expanded background checks after yet another mass shooting in america, killing ten innocent people in boulder, colorado. whether republicans get on board with the issue, president biden said that s up to them. all i know, i ve been hired to solve problems, to solve problems, not create division. reporter: cnn s jeff zeleny now reports from the white ho house. no other country in the world has even come close, not even close to what we were doing. i believe we can do it. reporter: as questions in the east room of the white house turns from covid to crisis on the border. the president decried the crowded conditions in detention centers at the border as unacceptable and insisted his administration was working on controlling the number of migrants coming to the u.s. he said he would treat them humaneely, which his predecessor did not. we re not going to let th
to kabul to talk about security but refuses to say whether us forces will leave afghanistan by may. and the largest asteroid to pass earth this year provides the chance to see a space rock that formed, at the dawn of the solar system. hello and welcome. here in the uk: two police officers are in hospital after clashes with hundreds of protesters in the city of bristol. it happened after a rally against plans to limit demonstrations turned violent. the uk s home secretary condemned what she called unacceptable thuggery and disorder. our correspondent andrew plant sent this report from the scene. in a protest against new police powers, it was soon police themselves who became the target. vans and a police car set on fire, fireworks thrown into the crowd as around 1000 protesters gathered in bristol city centre in what has been, police say, the worst violence the city has seen in years. there s a row of police blocking off what is the central police station here in bristol,