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Port out of the buildings, faces covered with soot after a truck bomb exploded in the parking garage. eight years later, a similar scene but on a grander scale. for the family of those two died 20 years ago today, their loss no easier to bear. jonathan hunt is with us. the ceremonies never seem to lose their power. >> they dont. as you look at the pain etched on the faces of those who lot of loved ones and watch as thats mark a moment of silence and listen to the bell being rung to mark the prec...

Abcs mort dean. >> reporter: the underground explosion was so powerful, it rocked even the top floors of one of the twin towers. >> it was a huge explosion that rocked the building. >> reporter: down darkened stairwells choked with soot and smoke, thousands groped their way to safety. it was a frightening and exhausting experience. >> as we went down, the smoke got thicker and thicker in the stairways. >> reporter: those that feared they would not make it down, instead escaped to the top, 110 st...

Problem. the amount of soot in the air is three times the federal clean air limits. doctors say it is dangerous and can cause lung problems and they want authority to do something about it they are following the story now. dominic. >> it is alarming call from the do of severe health repercutions for the public. a weather condition has left a ca of cold air over the city and trapping in all of the polushion. doctors are pleading with the authority to declare a public health emergency because the ...

Energy problems . salt lake city utah caught in a haze. there is soot cluding the skies in what the epa called the worst air in the nation . well get to that after the break. dont go away. [ roasting firewood ]

Little more than before, starting tomorrow the price of a first class postage stamp increases from 45 cents to 46 cents, get the forever stamps. >> arthel: thats what i do. >> rick: thats what i do, too. a group of doctors is calling for immediate action to approve air quality in utah. this as the environmental protection agency designated salt lake city and the surrounding area having the worst air in the country, right now. doctors say even the healthiest people will feel the effects if things...

Airline, air malta, reported it cancelled flights to ben georgia si after british officials issued the warning there have been many attacks including the attack that killed our ambassador. least week italy withdrew staff after a gun attack on its post-there. >> the smog in salt lake city utah is so bad that some parents are saying theyre keeping their kids inside. the environmental protection agency reports the greater salt lake region has the nations worst air and has for months, because an icy...

And the black stuff right here is like the soot and stuff in the windows, the black, sticky stuff. all this other material is just bars of soap, broken little pieces and stuff. >> in the short time hes been back in population, draper has traded his sculptures for envelopes to mail motions hes written to his judge. and since he has no money in his inmate account, he talked another inmate into making a phone call to his mother to check on her health. >> they called and said she said she was all ri...

Jackson. congressional republicans are now waiting on a key rorbgts and tha key report, and the results could pose a serious challenge to her success ses or. james rosen is live in d.c. with the latest. >> reporter: as lisa jacksons four-year tenure comes to a close she is dogged by an inspector general investigation and a lawsuit filed pwhaoeu a conservative think tank both of which center around her use of an aeu lee always. alias. richard windsor. environmentalist say that should not detract ...

Gregg: they are letting the fire burn because the area is not secure. s.w.a.t. team members and police are certificate -fpgs now for searching for a gunman. we will continue to follow the story. heather: now to this. a new wave of federal regulations drawing fierce criticism from republicans. among others the obama administration announcing a multi-million dollar initiative aimed at reducing soot from industrial boilers and incinerators. they say the new standards are too expensive and are bad f...

America was not in at that time but we knew it was going on in the world. you have no technology and new ways to look at photographs and the film that happened from there. in the documentary what do we learn that we didnt know before about how this sneak aattack was carried out? >> we learned things that speak to the essence of what happened. for example, in the famous footage that captures the death of the battleship "uss arizona." the explosion created a tidal wave that washed up and washed ov...