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On september 11, 2001, they watched two planes hit the world trade center. >> we knew, immediately, as soon as we saw the images, that we needed to protect and defend. >> odonnell: protect and defend the nations capitol, as commercial airliners had become weapons of war. what did you understand about the rules of engagement, heather? >> we understood what the threat was. we were looking for a rogue airliner, flying low, that was not communicating with air traffic control. >> odonnell: the pilots...

That airport. and there have been weeks now, of quiet diplomacy to try to get the airport up and running again. as you can imagine, there are a lot of issues here. some of them are technical, how do you get the taliban to safely operate a very complicated air traffic control system. but a lot has to do with security. can civilian airliners safely land and takeoff at an airport controlled by the taliban that is threatened by isis-k. what we dont know at this point is whether todays arrangement is...

>> good afternoon, john. days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, i asked one of their attorneys why his client appeared to be in such a good mood. >> smiling in court today? >> i am sure he was smiling in court because he was happy to see us. the man has been on lockdown as long as everyone else has been, and to see his legal team that he hasnt seen in a long time. it is cause for pleasure. >> khalid sheikh mohammed, better known by his initials, ksm, his idea to hijack the airli...

Justice. hes been in gitmo 15 years. lucas tomlinson reporting live from guantanamo bay, cuba. lucas? >> good afternoon, martha. days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, five of the key planners back in court today. one of his defense attorneys said why his client was in a good mood today. >> why is he smiling in court today? >> im sure he was smiling in court because he was happy to see us. hes been in lock down for as long as everybody else has been. to see his legal team, he ha...

Attacks will return to the guantanamo bay courtroom in a couple of hours. steve: lucas tomlinson is live on gitmo. he is on the island ahead of the hearing. lucas, good morning. >> good morning, guys, 20 years after the 9/11 attacks, the accused mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed never faced a trial. one of the victims brothers doubts justice will ever be served. >> i dont expect too much out of them this week, you know, those hearings down there have been a comedy of errors now. we have a defens...

Terrorist in the united states to carry out the attacks. his ex-wife is in prison. khalid sheikh mohammed, better known to the world by his initials, charged with killing nearly 3,000 people. it was his idea to hijack airliners and use them as flying bombs. he went to college before graduating to a life of terror. he has carried out more than two dozen terror attacks around the world. he was captured in pakistan in 2003. he is 1 of 39 prisoners remaining here at gitmo. today, $13 million a year ...

Afghanistan including pentagon spending as well as state department so when you think of it that way throughout the last 20 years it is shocking but is not surprising. >> thats the truth of it i am so glad you help to eliminate we will see you soon. we will see you next sunday on we will see you next sunday on "the next revolution". on the morning of september 11th, 2001. 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners. they flew them into the world trade center, the pentagon >> the day that ch...

Afghanistan including pentagon spending as well as state department so when you think of it that way throughout the last 20 years it is shocking last 20 years it is shocking but is not surprising (patriotic drum music) - [narrator] it was a day that changed the world forever. on the morning of september 11th, 2001. 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners. they flew them into the world trade center, the pentagon and a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. nearly 3,000 people were killed th...

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And aerospace companies are looking at ways of cleaning up the stuff that comes out of those. if were going to allow people to keep on travelling, then were going to have to make aircraft which are far more efficient. and so there will be a real pressure to develop technologies, new shapes of aircraft, new propulsion systems that fundamentally reduce the fuel burn of aircraft. here at the university of cambridges whittle laboratory, they specialise in work relating to turbomachinery. there are s...