First responders and survivors have been diagnosed with cancer. This changed everything from how we fight isis to how we negotiate with iran to airport security. Debra feyerick is in manhattan near ground zero. Reporter we are just south of ground zero where this powerful ceremony is taking place. You think about 14 years, carol. Just behind you see the tower, one World Trade Center that has risen from the ashes over the last 14 years. It will never replace the two buildings that fell. It will never replace anything lost on that day. But what it does show, what it does represent is that there is something there to remind people and to bring people together. Now, i did speak to the Police Commissioner of the nypd. He said were sort of at a cross road right now. A number of people dont remember 9 11 and they need to. We cannot grow complacent. Listen to what he had to say. If you were six years old at the time it has no relevance to you. This needs to serve as a constant reminder that theyre out there trying to kill us, the terrorists, al qaeda, isis, islamic radicals. And we need to as the nypd constantly be mindful of that. Reporter thats exactly what the Police Commissioner continued to say. That is that al qaeda still has the United States in its cross hairs. That it still looks at the ground zero area as an area that is potentially still vulnerable. You think about the number of Counter Terrorism officers that are in this city on any given day. What happened 14 years ago didnt only change that day. It changed everything up to that moment. Thats why the families gathering and reading those names will pause on the second plane that hit the second tower. All right. And that moment of silence coming up in just a few second. This is the time the south tower was struck. [ bell ringing ]. [ reading victims names ] id like to dedicate this short poem to my brother. Do not stand on my grave and weep. I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the mornings hush, i am the swift unliplifti rush. I am the stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there. I did not die. My brother michael. And my cousin melissa. We are so blessed to have you as an angel. And were empty without you. We love you very much. So touching. My next guest survived the 9 11 attacks. He was working in the south tower when the second plane hit. His office was on the 84th floor. Only four people above that impact zone survived. Brian, thank you so much for being here. Its good to be here. Its been 14 years. How should we keep remembering that terrible day . The process is underway right now today. And you just need to if each individual remembers or takes in that life is precious, then the remembrance goes on all year. If you know that youre alive for a reason or somebody has passed for some other reason, we cant answer those unanswerable questions as to why they died. Ive been lucky enough to let those sorts of things go and move on. I just hope everybody has a different story. Everybody was affected differently. I hope those who are struggling still can move on. You heard what the commissioner said. Even my Production Assistant who was helping me compile my list of facts, he was in third grade when those planes hit. So many dont even remember that day. What should we teach them . I was in two schools in new jersey yesterday telling them the story. Some of the High School Students were alive. But others in the sixth great, one of them was my grandson, by the way, they need to hear the story just like we all needed to hear the story of pearl harbor, what happened. The world is different as a result of 9 11. But the world is also different in a positive way where we are more fully informed. Its good you say that. Because your story has positive aspects to it. You met who came to be your very close friend. Bring us through what happened that day. Youre on the 84th floor. What happens . I knew in that split second it was terrorism because we had been looking up nine floors to the building next door wondering what was going on. But knew something was amiss more than a small plane, thats for sure. The room fell apart. I had been asked to be a volunteer fire marshall and the World Trade Center provided me with a flashlight and a whistle and everything else. I had that with me at the time and led a group of six people off our floor to stairway a. We were stopped by a woman coming up and said, you cant go down. Theres flames below us. I heard a banging noise inside the 81st floor and said to the fellow beside me we should help this person, not knowing who it was, a stranger. As the two of us went in on the 81st floor, the rest of the group was convinced by the lady to go up and they all died that day. Tragic. We went in on the floor, my coworker ron was overcome with the smoke. He went back to the stairs. I carried onto find this stranger. Dug him out of the rubble. And he and i returned to the stairway. I guess that was the fateful step. I pointed the flashlight down through the smoke. I wanted to test. I believed the lady, but we wanted to see for ourself. On the 76th floor we broke into fresh air, got down with four minutes to spare. Who was that stranger . A man named stanley. He called me his brother for life. Hes an asian indian. Nobody would take us for brothers at all. Youre best friends to this day . We are. I talked to him last night. When you talked to him, did you talk about what today would mean for both of you . He and i both do a lot of speaking. We travel all over the continent and speak to business groups, churches. We share our story sometimes together. More often were apart. But thats what we do. At least something beautiful arose out of something so tragic. We try to give people hope. I so appreciate that, i do. Brian thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your story. As we go to break, i want to show you pictures from the pentagon and also from shanksville, pennsylvania where a new memorial has been opened. Diabetes, steady is exciting. Only glucerna has carbsteady, clinically proven to help minimize blood sugar spikes. So you stay steady ahead. Weve been together since 2012. Dinner is absolutely our favorite time together. I do notice that sometimes i eat better than her. I get my healthy bowl of beneful, and she eats a cheese stick and a cracker. Thats what she ate last night. Cheese stick and a cracker. Can you believe what some people put in their bodies . vo beneful originals is a healthy blend. Your dog will love. With whole grains, real beef and accents of vegetables. Beneful. Healthy with a side of happy. A new cnn poll shows trump in first place with 32 , more than his two closest rivals combined. Hes so high in the polls hes turned his own bar graph into luxury condos. Stephen colbert making light of Donald Trumps rise in the polls. But the donalds dominance is making others sit up and take notice. A new quinnipiac poll is out it shows trump with yet another commanding lead as he and ben carson top the pack. All just days before the next Republican Debate where trump and carson will be joined by Carly Fiorina in a prime time face off. Funny joke from colbert. Youre right. Trump is still in the lead. Take a look here. You can see that trump is at 27 . Ben carson is not far behind him at 21 . Both of them are up considerably since july. Cruz and bush are far behind the leaders. There you have the other three candidates who are tied for fifth place. Fiorina, kasich and rubio. I should mention this poll is particularly bad news for scott walker, the wyomia wisconsin go. His lead has evaporated. Hes fallen all the way to 3 . Take a look at how many people would definitely not support trump or bush, for that matter. That number is 25 for trump. Bush is right behind him there at 23 . And you can see the other three candidates who are in the double digits on that question. And by the way, i should mention that ben carson is at the bottom of that list, only 3 saying they would not support him. Thats very good news for carson. Thats the lay of the land as we approach our own prime time debate on wednesday. Take a look at the top tier candidates who will be on the prime time debate stage and where theyll be on that stage based on their poll standings. Trump gets center stage because he is the front runner. And fiorina is the new addition here. She surged in the polls after her impressive performance at the first debate. Its going to be must see tv. Im going to be there. Its going to be fun. Lucky you. Thank you so much. Another reminder to tune into cnn for round two of the republican president ial debates. It all kicks off at 6 00 p. M. Eastern wednesday night with happy hour debate, followed by the main event at 8 00 eastern time. Ill talk with one of the republican president ial hopefuls. That will be louisiana governor bobby jindal in your second hour of cnn newsroom. Joe biden stopping by ste n Stephen Colberts new show, opening up about a potential run. I want to talk about the elephant in the room, which in this case is a donkey. Do you have anything youd like to tell us right now about your plans . Yes. [ cheers and applause ] i think you should run for president again and ill be your Vice President. Well, sir, you said recently that you dont know if you are emotionally prepared to run for president. Look, i dont think any man or woman should run for president unless, number one, they know exactly why they would want to be president. And, two, they can look at the folks out there and say, i promise you you have my whole heart, my whole soul, my energy and my passion to do this. And and id be lying if i said that i knew i was there. All right. So lets talk about that. Amanda carpenter is with me. Good morning. So mark, what do you make of biden. He sounded like a candidate at a union rally the other day and last night he sounded like hed sit on the sidelines. He wants to create a ground swell of people who say, please, joe, run for president. It was also interesting the way joe biden talked about his faith. He talked about it in a very comfortable way. Lets listen. How is your faith . I know youre a man of deep faith. How has your faith helped you respond so having lost your first wife and your daughter and now your son. For me, my religion is just an enormous sense of solace and some of it relates to ritual. Some of it relates to comfort of what youve done your whole life. I go to mass and im able to be its just alone even in a crowd youre alone. I say the rosary. I find it to be incredibly comforting. So i thought he talked about religion in such a genuine way. When you compare it to what happened out in kentucky when Mike Huckabee went to support kim davis and ted cruz went as well and Mike Huckabee apparently blocked him from joining on the stage. That seems so political to me. And im asking you this question, amanda because you once advised ted cruz. On the joe biden element, this is a guy who wears his heart on his sleeve. His genuineness is whats really appealing about him. But as for the incident with huckabee, it was so unfortunate. The issues that were facing, republican, democrat, they are bigger than a politician. They are bigger than cruz versus huckabee. I mean, were talking about matters of faith, about terrorism with iran. Look at what happened with the iran rally the other day where cruz rallied with donald trump. I would like to see more of people coming together on the issues they agree on rather than fighting for their stage time. I hope we can learn from i dont buy it. Maybe im cynical too. I appreciate the sentiment but my thought is ted cruz is only standing next to donald trump because hes still banking on the idea that donald trump is going to fall out and hes going to get all those supporters if hes not an enemy of donald trump. Listen, ive got to tell you with the iran deal, this is literally a life and death matter for our friends in israel. This isnt about politics. If theres issues where people can Work Together listen, they said similar things about how to stop illegal immigration. I would like to see a united republican field showing that we stand together on so many issues. Yes, is there some political benefit in the background . Whether ted cruz is running for president or another senate seat or nothing at all, he still would have been there. He wouldnt say that hed even endorse or vote for donald trump. He did everything but answer the question. Im still seeing a lot of infighting among the gop. The big debate is coming up and i think everybody is going to pile on donald trump. Theres not going to be a united front on that stage as far as issues are concerned. Listen, i am not a fan of the infighting going on in the republican party. I think its beneath people like bobby jindal to give a speech trying to insult their ways to the top of the polls when theyre at 1 . Just because donald trump does it doesnt mean you should adopt those tactics. I think donald trump is providing a pretty good litmus test for those candidates. Weve seen whats happened to everyone whos gone down the at track trump ho attack trump hole. Mark lamont hill, amanda carpenter, thank you so much. I appreciate it. Lets take you to the pentagon. 9 37 a. M. Eastern time back in 2001 was the time this plane truck the pentagon, of course. Ill be right back. Struck the pentagon, of course. Ill be right back. But it is not the device that is mobile, it is you. Real madrid have about 450 million fans. Were trying to give them all the feeling of being at the stadium. The microsoft cloud gives us the scalability to communicate exactly the content that people want to see. It will help people connect to their passion of living real madrid. Outperforms the 1 nondrowsy allergy pill. Most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance, flonase controls six. So you are greater than your allergies. Flonase. Six is greater than one. This changes everything. Youre looking at a picture near the pentagon at the 9 11 memorial there. You see the defense secretary ash carter. He just laid a wreath at that memorial, of course honoring all of those who died aboard American Airlines flight 77. Lets listen. All right. We see them. Theyre walking ahead to a crowd of people gathered at the pentagon to honor the 184 people total that were killed that day when this plane hit the pentagon. Inside the building, 55 military personnel were killed. Rear admiral wilson flag was on that plane. He was killed. And Barbara Olsen was killed. She was on her way for a taping of the bill mahr show. She called her husband before the attack asking what she should do and then he never heard from her again. On the pentagon building the flag hangs today from sunrise to sunset in honor of patriot day and in remembrance of the 184 lives lost at the pentagon. Ladies and gentlemen, the National Anthem of the United States performed by the United States navy brass quintet. Ladies and gentlemen, the United States navy chief of chaplains. Rear admiral margaret kibbon. If you would, please pray with me. God, our creator, words cannot express the breadth and depth of feelings. If you can give grace to articulate our thoughts and hear our prayers. Hear our prayers of intercession for those for whom this day only serves to open deep wounds of grief and loss. Bless this day those who understandably still mourn the events of that fateful day. Continue to strengthen, comfort and console them. And allow their resilience to be a source of inspiration and healing to this great nation. Hear our prayers of gratitude for those who gave the full measure of their devotion, the first responders, the unsung host of civilians and those in uniform who perished serving within these walls or who sacrificed their lives in the years that have followed in defense of this country. Hear our prayers for guidance as we seek to uphold and maintain the memory of those whom we honor. Strengthen this country with unity and resolve as we still face threats to our little bibe. In yoour zeal, may who remain le to serve your carefully and faithfully to preserve the freedom and future of the United States. All mighty god, we lift up these prayers to call upon your will to transform this ceremony to serve us, our grief to grace and our foellowship to a future framed with hope that those who valiantly died that day would be honored in our prayers and by our lives. In the strength of your name, we pray. Amen. Ladies and gentlemen, 14 years ago at 9 37 a. M. The pentagon was attacked. Please join us in observing a moment of silence to remember those who perished. Ladies and gentlemen, the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general paul selva. Mr. Secretary, distinguished guests, friends and family of survivors and the fallen, thank you for being here for this mornings ceremony. My wife and i offer a very special welcome to each and every one of the survivors and the families and friends of those who lost their lives on these grounds 14 years ago today. We know these memorial ceremonies and youve been through many are tough, emotional filled moments for you. And we thank you for being here with us. It takes a great deal of courage to come back on a day like today thats not unlike that day in 2001. That could bring back in such stark relief that first raw moment when everything changed. Your grief, your solace, so personal to you, is shared with all of us in this nation. Today our nation joins you to reflect and to remember the 184 lives that ended here at the pentagon and those that perished in new york and at pennsylvania. They were all fellow americans, members of our nations family, members of our families. But today is about strength and resolve. We find strength in the children and spouses of the survivors who carried on and who were here to celebrate the memory of their relatives. They have blossomed into great families and into fine young men and women that we should all be very, very proud of. And they are out there today making their mark on our world. I also see in the eyes of members of this audience with resolve of this nation, to defend freedom and liberty wheth wherever it is challenged. An entire generation of men and women who have put their lives on the line for the concepts of freedom and liberty that we hold so dear. Today offers all of us an opportunity to rededicate our lives to those causes, to the things that make this nation great. Ricki and i appreciate all of