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Crisis for years but the secretary of state has been asleep at the wheel. and just months ago one of his own ministers accused the road haulage industry a crying wolf over shortages despite the evidence that the crisis was getting bigger and bigger and was grinding our economy to a halt. mr shapps said it wasntjust a problem affecting the uk. this is a global problem. the chief executive of eastern europes largest hauliers says it is a global driving shortage across europe, not — an isolated p...

Jim mcmahon accused mr shapps of being too slow to act. weve all seen constant examples of businesses impacted by supply chains from mcdonalds, fernandos and weatherspoon. weve all seen supermarket shelves empty and that was affecting the delivery of vital medical supplies. weve already seen the number of people wanting to do the hgv drivers test literally fall off a cliff. with over 9000 being completed in 2019. that was before brexit and it was well before covid. industry has been warned of th...

>> there is no question, wolf, this is a significant national security threat. we know this not just by what we have all seen in television and the coverage, but we know this because the director of the fbi has come out and confirmed that domestic violent extremists, right wing extremists are the most significant terrorist threat the country faces right now. the attorney general made similar remarks last week that the secretary of homeland security said the same thing. anti-semitism and racism h...

And so i know firsthand the sacrifices that families make on a routine basis. its about, you know, reuniting with those who lost loved ones. its about reminding them of the fact that we care, that they will be a part of our family forever. i think thats really, really important, wolf. >> 20 years ago today, i believe you were a one-star general. >> i was. >> tell us what you remember about that day. where you were and how you felt when you got the news. >> so i was sitting in my office at the he...

They feel theyre in a new phase. the reality of that new phase is its very likely going to be a new phase of the civil war that they experienced before. the lack of full control over the country that they had before, and that means that there are groups likal ke al qa and other terrorist groups in the country that are likely going to be able to use the terrain of afghanistan to train their own fighters. if they have an agenda to attack the united states or europe, then they will be able to do th...

The background, and i was watching this airplane as it crashed into one of the towers there, the second airplane. then things began to change. you know, we suddenly realized that this was -- we were under attack. so there were a number of things that happened subsequently. youll recall back in those days, we had open bases and installations. we -- you know, our footprint, our security status changed almost immediately. overnight, wrp e were facing a different world. it changed not only the unite...

To be a condition and you dont want an attack like this to have to create that condition. so, what the politicians and the press have to do is stop pitting each other against. the politicians and the press. they have to find a different way of selling themselves.— have to find a different way of sellin: themselves. �* ., ., ., , selling themselves. both do. charles wolf, on selling themselves. both do. charles wolf. on the — selling themselves. both do. charles wolf, on the 20th _ selling ...

This is cnns special coverage. 20 years since the september 11th terror attacks. ceremony at the pentagon wrapping up. secretary lloyd austin will be joining me live in few minutes. we have lots to discuss on this important day. also, george w. bush and vice president kamala harris, they will speak live in shanksville, pennsylvania. all that coming up. right now, i want to bring in our pentagon correspondent, orin lieberman. i know this is an emotional day for the military men and women and the ...

The acting chairman of the joint chiefs of staff that day had run over to the hill. general richard meyers. he took with him a young intern, a captain, just for a quick visit to the hill. they then rushed back after they realized what was unfolding. 20 years later, that captain would become major general chris donahue, the commander of the 82nd airborne, the last u.s. service member to leave afghanistan days ago, wolf. >> amazing, amazing story indeed. oren liebermann, thank you very much. ill b...

Queer years ahead is our values. exactly 20 years later to the minute where the american flight 77 hit the side of the pentagon on the first floor, penetrating three of the outer rings into the building. 20 years to the minute later after that was a moment of silence with the ceremony here wrapped up. many made their way over my right shoulder behind us, survivors, first responders, and loved ones of the fallen, to the memorial garden, where there are 184 memorial benches, each with an engraved ...