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Planyourvaccine.com. let us again with democratic congressman raja krishnamoorthi of illinois. hes a democrat on the oversight committee and coronavirus subcommittee. his district includes elgin, schaumburg, and chicagos western suburbs. congressman krishnamoorthi, good evening. >> good evening. >> can i start with your thoughts on today, how you spent today, what your reflections are after the ceremonies 20 years after 9/11? >> thank you, joshua. i actually started the day with a remembrance ce...

Booth after the attacks. 20 years later, those eyewitnesss return to the booth with reflections on the past two decades. memory box is next on msnbc, and streaming exclusively on peacock. come on back tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern for the final episode of "the week." ill tell you a bit more about my next move, and dont worry, im not going far. until we meet again, im joshua johnson, see you sunday. good night. im joshua johnson, see you sunday. good night ♪ music playing. ♪ theres an americ...

Late today president bidens last stop, laying a wreath at the pentagon after visiting all three sites. >> these memorials are really important >> president trump making a surprise visit to the fdny and nypd in chicago, a flag raised at west point, army takes the field with flags raised at windsor castle, guards playing the american national anthem just as they did 20 years ago the world coming together to never forget for 20 straight years now america has set aside this day to remember those who...

Welcome back, everybody here to ground zero, and alex, i want to talk to you about your own reflections. on september 11th, 20 years ago you were working for msnbc, and you ran here to the site to report on it in the days after. >> yeah, it was a harrowing experience just even getting down here in the dead of night. but youre absolutely right, i reported all night long. and for some days afterwards, just steps from ground zero. the entire area was pitch dark with no power at all, only the lights...

Getting a glimpse of you as well from 20 years later. thank you for your thoughts. first lady dr. jill biden released a statement moments ago commemorating 20 years. whats her message? >> reporter: were learning about all of her reflections, of course, 20 years ago. it was, at the time, professor jill biden who let her husband know, then senator joe biden, that these attacks were taking place. she called him while he was on an amtrak train from wilmington, delaware here to washington, d.c. whe...

♪ ♪ >> mark bingham. [ bell tolling ] >> reflections on lives lost in new york, pennsylvania and washington, d.c. on this day 20 years ago when hijackers turned passenger planes into weapons in a terror attack that killed 2,977 people, flight crews, firefighters, first responders and civilians. families in new york city gathering once again to never forget. >> we miss you with every passing day. >> celeste was a model. shelves our light. what a vivacious and dynamic

Believe were looking at vice president kamala harris and president george w. bush. both will be speaking. well bring that to you live. excuse me, it is her husband. its hard for me to see. doug emhoff, of course, the second gentleman. bill: president biden was here. we saw him standing along with president obama, hillary clinton and bill clinton as well. you may have noticed he left the ceremony. hes going to hit all three locations, but we do not expect a speech anyway, thats the guidance from ...

United states congress. and by the way, in the creation of the recommendations and commission itself, nobody was more of a leader than jane harmon. she was a really valuable person in the united states congress to get this report done. but the idea is the largest organization of u.s. intelligence in history, except one, the only recommendation we couldnt get through was reforming congress. but everything else got through and has made this country a lot safer. >> congresswoman harmon, can i turn ...

Know, 9/11 and not too far off the 9/11 that the president of the united states chose coming to throw out first pitch in new york instead of arizona because of what had happened. >> yeah. i think, joe, what it said to the country was it was okay to play baseball again, it was okay to do things that we love as a country, as much as we were sad and grieving at that time. joe torre, thank you for being a huge part of that moment in our nations history and thanks for your time and those reflections ...

Much has been said about how this country came together in the days after 9/11. forgive me for a few moments as i offer my own reflections. ill never forget the moment when i saw the second plane hit the world trade center. i was working as a reporter in chicago at the time. but for days after september 11th, 2001, i would wake up in the morning and ask myself, did that really happen? maybe you did that too. i remember president george w. bush with his bullbullhorn, vow the u.s. would respond. >...