manmade disaster, it was a terrorist attack. and the president did not know about the attack when he walked into that classroom in sarasota, florida. he d been told it was a small twin engine prop plane crashed into one of the towers in the world trade center in new york city. i then learned it wasn t a small twin engine prop plane in fact there was another plane that also hit the world trade center. so when i entered the room, i delivered a message he didn t expect to hear, he certainly didn t want to hear it. but i delivered it in such a way that we didn t need to have a discussion. i didn t present any questions for him to answer or even invite a dialogue. i just passed on two facts, a second plane hit the second tower. and one stark reality that at the time was maybe not even a fact. i said america is under attack. that day did change america. it changed the world. but it also saw the sacrifice of almost 3,000 people who died in that attack including over 400
pentagon and a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. back on that day, the morning of september 11th, president george w. bush was in a classroom of second graders in sarasota, florida, in what is now infamous video, the president s chief of staff walks up to him and whispers 11 words into his ear. a second plane hit the second tower. america is under attack. the man who whispered that was andy carr and he joins me now. andy, thank you very much for talking with us today. just tell me, what was it like to be the person who had to deliver that news in that setting? katy, thank you for having me on this day where we promised we would never forget and also a day where we have to pay attention to what has been happening to our citizens because of natural disaster. but september 11, 2001, was a
officials and not the press does that mean you will prosecute leon panetta for leaking the name of the unit commander of seal team six instead of those who told us about our phones and e-mails? you remember leon panetta. the guy who thinks it is 1923 and a ten engine prop can t get to libya in time to save american lives. back to the surveillance. i may be picky but the pesky united states constitution requires some indicia of wrong doing before you can survail americans. i have an idea. how about we increase the size of the federal government, add another agency to oversee the possible abuse of the surveillance. and if it is essential that you have this information to protect the nation against terrorism and whether suspected terrorists have been in contact with persons inside the u.s., how is it that you missed the boston bomber and his repeated contact with jihadi mom and
officials and not the press does that mean you will prosecute leon panetta for leaking the name of the unit commander of seal team six instead of those who told us about our phones and e-mails? you remember leon panetta. the guy who thinks it is 1923 and a ten engine prop can t get to libya in time to save american lives. back to the surveillance. i may be picky but the pesky united states constitution requires some indicia of wrong doing before you can survail americans. i have an idea. how about we increase the size of the federal government, add another agency to oversee the possible abuse of the surveillance. and if it is essential that you have this information to protect the nation against terrorism and whether suspected terrorists have been in contact with persons inside the u.s., how is it that you missed the boston bomber and his repeated contact with jihadi mom and
officials and not the press does that mean you will prosecute leon panetta for leaking the name of the unit commander of seal team six instead of those who told us about our phones and e-mails? you remember leon panetta. the guy who thinks it is 1923 and a ten engine prop can t get to libya in time to save american lives. back to the surveillance. i may be picky but the pesky united states constitution requires some indicia of wrong doing before you can survail americans. i have an idea. how about we increase the size of the federal government, add another agency to oversee the possible abuse of the surveillance. and if it is essential that you have this information to protect the nation against terrorism and whether suspected terrorists have been in contact with persons inside the u.s., how is it that you missed the boston bomber and his repeated contact with jihadi mom and