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After a stunning series of attacks today against targets in new york and in washington d.c.. the world trade center and the pentagon. the terrorist used hijacks a billion airliners and their passengers as guided missiles in their attacks. the most serious attack on this country since pearl harbor. tonight, the dead still are being counted, an unknown number still of missing. at this hour, in this war, another development, there are reports out of kabul, the capital of afghanistan, of explosions,...

Too quickly to the judgment here that this happened because there was a lull in the peace process in the middle east. particularly if its osama bin laden and that would be my number one suspect. hes been at this for quite some time. he took out our embassies in kenya and tanzania. he took -- so, i dont think we ought to draw that connection to quickly between the absence of progress in the peace process in the middle east and what happened to america today. i think these people that did this hav...

York governor kathy hochul signs legislation meant to help world trade center responders. the series of bills signed just today to mark the anniversary, fred. its supposed to basically expand the criteria for those who responded to the world trade center site and make it easier for them to apply for benefits online. theres so many americans that participated in rescue and recovery efforts, really following the events that took place 20 years ago today. >> polo sandoval, thank you so much, in new...

Temporal reminder of the loss of nearly 3,000 people, jake. >> laura jarrett, thanks so much. paula reed is live in shanksville, pennsylvania, not far from pittsburgh, pennsylvania, western part of the state where president biden has just arrived. paula, tell us what youve seen. >> reporter: really an incredible tribute here today at the national memorial to flight 93. flight 93 was one of the four commercial airliners hijacked on 9/11 but didnt reach the intended target, believed to be the u.s....

Children, everywhere in our country that they are safe. >> we have just learned that air force one has safely light ended, just outside of washington from our vantage point we can see sharp shooters on the roof of the white house tonight, secret service patrolling the ground, police cars driving up and down pennsylvania avenue, the white house in a lockdown as we wait to see what the president has to say to the nation. tom? >> thank you very much, nbcs campbell brown, and there are so many quest...

Intelligence inside, the cia did intelligence outside, it made it hard to bring all of the pieces together. i can tell you, dana, a day doesnt go by that i dont wish we had seen it differently. im incredibly personally remorseful that we didnt, because when nearly 3,000 people die often your watch, its something that stays with you -- die on your watch, its something that stays with you. but i think we did everything we knew how to do at that time. what we didnt have the imagination to see was t...

And then, the final crash just minutes later about 80 miles southeast of pittsburgh, 266 people on the four airplanes alone all presumed to be dead. at the world trade center, even nine more than nine hours after this disaster began, officials do not know how many people were killed, how many still are trapped in all the rubble. we do know that on most days there would be at least 20,000 people at work in the world trade center at the time the airliners crashed into the twin towers, another 90,0...

9/11 attacks on the united states. he paid tribute to the nearly 3000 people killed when al qaeda terrorists crashed airliners into the world trade center in new york, and the pentagon in washington. the head of britains domestic intelligence service says the threat of terrorism in the uk remains "a real and enduring thing". ken mccallum revealed that 31 late—stage attack plots had been foiled here in the last four years. and he warned that more sophisticated groups could reform once again. la...

This is bbc news. the headlines: president biden has appealed for national unity ahead of the commemorations, 20 years on from the 9/11 attacks on the united states. he paid tribute to the nearly 3,000 people killed when al-qaeda terrorists crashed airliners into the world trade center in new york, and the pentagon in washington. lawyers for the american woman suing the duke of york over sexual assault allegations say theyve successfully served him with legal papers — a condition for the lawsu...

Changed everything in this country. ive covered this year in and year out for 20 years now, and i will never stop as long as im working because what happened that day changed the fabric of who we are. not only the beautiful lives lost, but the message that from death theyre sending to us, do not forget. ♪♪ >> 20 years later this is a day of tears and tributes of solemn and respectful remembrance as america renews its promise to never forget. our country coming together on saturday afternoon ...