100th Floor News Today

hello. im victor blackwell. welcome to "cnn newsroom." >> im alisyn camerota. we begin with the fight for evidence in the investigations of the january 6th attack on the capitol. the "washington post" reports that more texts are missing, this time from president trumps senior homeland security officials related to the days surrounding the riot. now its more than just the secret service that can not produce critical texts connected to the trump supporters who tried to overturn joe biden...

For 9/11 families united who lost her husband tom, who was on the 100th floor of the north tower. your reaction to what you heard there from the former president. nobody has gotten to the bottom of 9/11. >> that is such a ridiculous statement for him to make. we met with him just two years ago on the 19th anniversary in the white house, specifically asking him to release documents that have to do with the investigations into the kingdoms culpability with 9/11. we had former fbi agents with us te...

Me they could take out. when i went up to him i saw a man jump from the 100th floor. state of shock. you realize it a couple days later. i saw the man splatter on the ground. i went up to pete and i said pete, can we get up there with a helicopter? and pete said my guys can get everybody below the fire. he looked at me like steel eyes like, mayor, dont push me. im going to get my men killed up there i looked up and realized why the flames shoot out of window. you put a helicopter anywhere near t...

Going up past me im a little bit slow going up the stepping. actually a gold star mother of somebody that i served with kyle comfort. we didnt know each other for us to meet each other, figure that connection out on the 100th floor as we were just approaching the summit there was a really special moment for both of us and speaks to us what these events are all about coming together. brian: my quads would hurt. you are more sore. >> i am sore. thats the truth. i dont regret it. those are the mome...

Heres the plan. congressman clingsz has a plan. senator graham has a plan. mark it up. isnt that the -- isnt that the military mindset? >> this is what we are saying to them what is taking you so long? why dont you see this crisis? have you three people who spent their careers trying to prevent people from going out and attack us. pretty basic put an obstacle where they want to get to and where theyre. brian: optimistic congressman baird we are going to get something done or no? on the border? >...

Flooding disaster. an 87-year-old man was swept away after a failed rescue attempt in dallas. a police officer had to be rescued from atop of his patrol car, as you can see here. he got a lift from a helicopter. and this is a live look at new york from our affiliate fox 5. the big story there tonight, the opening of the one world trade center observatory. elevators take visitors to the public viewing space on the 100th floor in just one minute. you can see the skyline to the atlantic ocean. th...

There now rick? good morning. >> reporter: bill were on the 102nd floor. you can rent this space out for weddings or parties. one floor below are the three new restaurants. on the 100th floor, that is where one world observatory is open to the public. the first guest walking into the front door as we speak. the views from the three top floors from the tower are virtually the same, and as you said they are spectacular. there is the hudson river westside highway, all the way up past the george was...

Death toll rises in the texas flooding disaster. an 87-year-old man was swept away after a failed rescue attempt in dallas. a police officer had to be rescued from atop of his patrol car, as you can see here. he got a lift from a helicopter. and this is a live look at new york from our affiliate fox 5. the big story there tonight, the opening of the one world trade center observatory. elevators take visitors to the public viewing space on the 100th floor in just one minute. you can see the skyli...

The observation deck on the 100th floor opens friday. at 17the ground floor for the incredible view. >> reporter: the numbers tell part of the story. 1,250 feet above the ground. views stretching 50 miles on a clear day. almost a decade of rebuilding. and yet once you are up here even on a cloudy day, those numbers give way to feelings which are quite frankly difficult to describe. room mr. h room m rumor has the it that you can see the curvature of the earth and the weight of recent history. >>...

Trade center, now sthahares the status. with a predicted 3.8 million visitors a year to the observatory it could well match that success. for those involved in the project though, it already has the. >> when i walked by the building now, it feels right. >> when people stand and look from the 100th floor out theyll get the same feeling? >> i think they will have a very powerful feeling, yes. i do. i think they will feel like this was the right thing. >> claire sebastian. cnn, new york. >> that it...