Janice lee blainey. Craig michael blass. Richard middle on blood, jr. Michael andrew doccardi. Susan m. Bochino. The Mary Katharine boffa. Nicholas andrew bogdan. Darren christopher bohan. Lawrence francis boisseau. Vincent boland. Alan bondarenko. Andre boneur. Frank bonomo. Yvonne lucia bonomo. Seaon booker. Maryjane booth. Sherry ann bore bow. Jerry j. Bourg. My brother, hero, best friend, sal edward tiery, jr. Your memory and my love for you will last forever. The nation mourns along with the victims of september 11. This day should be a day of reflection and remembrance only. God bless all their souls and god bless america. My father Christopher Michael grady. I love you and miss you so much. Up forever be in my heart. [bell tolls] klaus botta. Jay howard bolton. As we listen to the names as we have heard every year over the course of these 13 years, its an inescapable somberness and sorrow that fills this country as we hear the names of these loved ones and you hear the personal interjections of children who were in many cases babies and toddlers when they lost their parents. Every year you think you are a bit father away but it comes rushing back. When you think about the moment of silence we just object search offed when flight 175 crashed into the south tower. You see the water and reflecting pools there now. So many years this ceremony was around the gaping hole. Now both the museum and the memorial are there for people to go to. It seems 13 years but it seems like not one day has gone by. Quiet defines and anger and sorrow and remembrance and emotion as we all recall where we were on that day, what happened and the threat of terrorism of islamic Jihadist Terrorism that still continues to threaten our country in the western world. Martha you were one of the first people down there, eric. We listen to your voice and play that package of sites and sounds from that awful morning every single year and it stops me in our tracks because we are always on when this was unfolding. We have had the same threat since 1990 when an extremist rabbi was shot to death. That was 1990. 2001 im walking to work at fox news and American Airlines 111 flew off my head. It was a beautiful, crisp september morning and the plane was very loud. I looked up, and your mind thinks, gee, hes really low. But you cant imagine thats actually the case. He flew over and a few of us looked up. He was crabbing a bit, making a right angle heading directly toward the World Trade Center. I thought it was a shuttle or plane coming down from bostons logan. It came around the corner. It was primary day. There were microwave trucks and the guys said the plane just hit the World Trade Center. Just astounding. Im so angry, martha, to this day. I have covered this for all these years. We have known about this threat from 1993 and the bombing of the World Trade Center. The guy who shot kahana was part of the bomb plot of the bombing of the World Trade Center in 95. Since then, on and on from the Embassy Bombings to 9 11 to other attacks. This has continued and as we see the threat today we can only honor and remember and say thank god for these people, for the victims, for their families and for this country that we recall this. We honor this, we remember them and we shall do that for the rest of our lives. Martha our own Rick Leventhal was at ground zero when the tours began to come down. Rick leaven than is with us this morning. Good morning, rick. Reporter i think what strikes me and many of us is time does not heal all wound. None of us in new york that day will ever forget what happened. Coming here every year is one way to relive it and obviously as eric said, a very important time to pay tribute to those who lost their lives and the First Responders who went running into the building and lost their lives trying to save their fellow new yorkers. It was a difficult time for this city and for this nation. I was in eastlake, ohio sunday which is 16 miles northeast of cleveland where they built a 9 11 memorial. There are 1,400 communities that build their own 9 11 memorials. They had a ceremony there to remember the victims of 9 11. And important part of this is these events affected all of this nation, not just new york, not just washington and not just shankville. It touched us all and we are all still dealing with it today. Martha we watched as i said the story unfold over the course of the last hour when it all began. And we heard your voice as you were down there. I not was an incredibly frightening day and one during which you remained steady and reported from the scene throughout all of it. Just a little bit about what that was like for you and how it impacted you. Reporter it was a very uncertain time. We didnt know what was going on. We were four blocks from the north tower when it collapsed. But we couldnt see the tower. We saw that 200300foot wall of smoke roming up Church Street rlg at us. I judgeed into this large satellite truck and everything went black. Right before we got into the luck was a piece of a jet engine federal agents were taking photos of. When we came out of the luck was 3 to 4 to 5 inches of soot covering the aircraft. Talking to all these people who made it out of the buildings but were covered hea head to toe int was the most challenging day of my life. It was just important maintain come poles our because i was there as the eyes and ears of the nation in that situation to try and tell those stories and try to report on what was happening around us. But it definitely put us to the test because it was so horrific. So angering. What i felt was fury that day moving forward, anger at what had happened. In a sense up needed to do of what i could and i think a lot of people felt that way within whatever they could, to respond. To come back and thats one reason i volunteered to go to afghanistan later that year to try to follow up on this story and obviously we are still following up on it today. Martha as we heard from the president last night we still face a very serious threat from islamic radicalism. It continues 13 years later and we listen to those names and we remember each one of those individual as their loved ones do on this day. Rick, thank you very much. Rick said it so well talking about the selflessness of the First Responders to rushed into the buildings into harms way. The businessmen, the workers in the World Trade Center. They live in the district of our next guest. Congress nang pete king represents the district of long island. Hes on the count are Intelligence Committee. This took such a terrible toll in your district. Constituents, friends, people you grew up with. This is real, its here, its now, you are reminded of the people you know. Richs soninlaw was killed. Your thoughts on islamic terrorism and what this day means. I agree with evening you said before. This began in 1990. Maybe on 9 11 we had an excuse, but there is no excuse today. The same people who carried out the attacks on septembe septembe still coming after us today. So much americans put 9 11 in the same category of pearl harbor or gettysburg. But the threat is still alive today. Every american and every member of congress should realize we can never let our guard down and we cant fall into political correctness. The enemy is islam he can jihad and they are as dedicated now as they ever were. Eric you see the fire engines go by, you have got the names on the doors of those who died. You go by the supermarket and the fire hughes. For those who were not here and do not know anyone who was killed that day. What do you say to them to say this continues, this is now and this threat of Islamic Jihad is very real . When you have it in your own neighborhood with your own friend and constituents. 13 years later you still see the traumatic effect it has on these families. They can never have a private grieving. Nobody in any city in america should ever have to go through that. Those of us who are from new york and saw it firsthand, that we stand together and let the rest of the country know this is not a new york issue. This is an american issue. It happened to new york and it could can happen in any major city in america. To the islamists everyone is the enemy. We should never let our guard down and forget the sacrifices made on 9 11. Eric the president said terrorism, terrorists. He said isil is not islamic, its not a state, its a terrorist organization. What do we do about this group thats kills theo van gogh. You cant defeat the enemy unless you identify the enemy. The enemy is a distorted version of islam but it does come from islam. The overwhelming majority of good muslims have to speak out. We cant be politically correct and ignore who the enemy is. Joe lieberman says if you dont identify the enemy you wont be able to defeat the enemy. There were catholics dedicated to killing people, when i as a catholic have a special obligation to denounce them and i would want people to know where they are coming from. I found for instance last night the president went out of his way to say the Islamic State is not really islamic because they couldnt be murderers. Dont be so politically correct. Identify the enemy, go after the enemy. Thinking somehow this is just some Extremist Group that has a grievance. This is a group of vicious, evil, diabolical people who want to destroy everyone who does not share their twisted view of the world. Eric we are watching the vivid and poignant results of that. The human toll these people have suffered and you personally have suffered. Congressman pete king of long island, new york. Thanks for the great job you do in alerting people to this constant danger. Martha the president has left the white house. Hes on his way to the pentagon. 13 years ago today the pentagon was hit, flight 77 went into the side of the pentagon at 9 37 in the morning. A couple minutes before that Vice President cheney and his aide were taken into the cold war bunkerneath the white house. Im joined by liz cheney. Liz, welcome, good to have you here today. As you look back on that day and think about what was happening with your fault are at this moment, what goes through your mind . I think all of us on these days of anniversary are taken immediately back to that day. What you remember in particular is just the tremendous concern and fear that we are going to be hit again. Particularly that morning in was just a real sense of not knowing exactly what was going happen next. Had it not been for those brave passengers on flight 93 who took over the plane in it ended up crashing in shanksville we could well have had the white house and capitol hit as well as the pentagon. The terrorist plot was to do even more than the horrific damage they did. I also remember the resolve. I think thats an important thing to remember on this day. As the congressman was just saying, were still at war with the same enemy and its a war we must win. We need to use this day to rick and say a prayer for all of those victims and their family members. And also to resolve that it wont happen again and we wont surrender and we wont quit fighting. Well do whats necessary to defeat the terrorists. When i listen to the of that morning and even as it was unfolding. The mentions that everyone understood in that moment that there would be retaliation. In what would come a moment and it would come soon when the United States would start to fight back against this enemy. A piece ran in yesterdays wall street journal that says dick cheney is still right about the actions your father and the Bush Administration took at that time. Did you ever think we would still be fating this enemy all these 13 years later and thoughts on your father and his strategy at the time. I think that certainly everyone thought we would be attacked again. If you had said then that 13 years would pass without another successful attack on the homeland i dont think people would have believed it. I think the policies they put in place what they did was understand this wasnt law enforcement, this was war. That meant you had to have a broad strategy. Up had to go on offense militarily. You had to deny the terrorists safe haven. You had to make sure you had the maximum. The fact that we dont capture and intear gaipt terrorists as hampered our ability to go after their networks. And understand whats going on with the terrorists. We have to be moving on all fronts. We cant think we are going to just arrest terrorists within put them on trial in the United States and be safe. Martha the president talked not having a safe haven for terrorists and find them wherever they were. I think those word echoed back to the word we heard george w. Bush said. I wish the president s actions met the rhetoric. In the same speech in the opening paragraph of his speech he reaffirmed his commit to the withdrawing allamerican troops out of afghanistan. Its incom its i am i i am e predenying safe haven is critically important but you cant do that if you are withdrawing from the world as this president is. Martha a lot of people are concerned about what is untold inning in afghanistan as you point out, given what happened in iraq. In terms of learn, the lessons of what happened and going back to that editorial about the strategy that Vice President cheney and president bush had in terms of rooting it out where it was, and denying safe haven as you points out is one thing to say it. But you have to follow through and deny that safe haven as we watch the president as hes pulling up to the pentagon here. I guess im talking about the will to win. Do you believe the president has the will to win . I hope he has. But what he havent seen any evidence of that. It looked to me last night that he announced a strategy thats an improvement over where we were before but it seeps to be the bare minimum he had to undertake. Its good we are not just using air power forehumanitarian purposes. But its not sufficient. You have a situation where in order to use that air power effectively we need spotters on the ground to guide the airstrikes. Back in october of 2001 when we went in and took out the taliban, that was a very successful and effective campaign. It was conducted primarily by cia officers, special operators on the dpronld working with our allies in afghanistan. But for the president to continue to say what we wont do, there is no reason why the world why you would announce to the enemy, here is everything we are going to do, with you dont worry, no boots on the ground. Martha we have 1,500 military advisers. Dont you take that to mean that well have special Operations Forces under one title or another that would be part of those quote advisers on the ground . I hope thats the case. But the president s ambivalence and reluctance to date is very troubling. Its also troubling that he specifically pointed to yemen and somalia as models for action here. I dont understand that. Anybody who is paying attention understands the threat to the United States from al qaeda and the arabian peninsula, from al qaeda in yemen is significant. Its one of the most significant threats we face. For the president to say this is my model is frankly perplexing. Martha liz cheney, thank you very much. Always great to speak with you. We are watching as the president arrived at the pentagon. Flight 77 went into the pentagon at 9 37 a. M. , into the pentagons west facade killing 59 on board the plane and 125 military and civilians inside the pentagon. 100 were injured in the fire afterward. Its a day to remember and go back to as we face this evolving threat as we talked about which when still have in an incredibly potent way now. Once again. Eric you have to realize look at that building at the moment, right now they are planning and repairing for potential airstrikes in syria looking out the window at the reminder of why they are doing it. The result of terrorism in their offices. Where they work. The heart of the military complex of this country that will prepare for whatever type of militari exercise the president of the United States decide to launch against the new threat of isis. March already its interesting to note that the president made that speech last night on the eve of september 11. He goes through the exercises and remembrances. In were indications in the speech last night that the president changed some of his thinking about the strength of america, the use of power that america has access to and we can only wonder whats going through his mind as he reflects and looks at the challenges. Him. There is the president and the first lady as they walk toward this remembrance ceremony. Well have a moment of silence that will happen at 9 37. And the names continue to be read here in new york as we remember those who westerly lost on that day. Its powerful to say the least. Eric the president who has in a sense changed his thinking because of the events on the ground, we are joined by National Security correspondent Jennifer Griffin, but lets have some silence as the president lays the wreath. Snoatwreath. Taps eric officials paying tribute to those killed at the pentagon on this day this morning. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin is outside of that building, the pentagon at the moment. Jennifer, your thoughts as we see this unfold. Reporter i think its particularly poignant outside this location. I have been here the last 7 years. In the last few minutes alone there have been five planes that have flown over. They are so close you feel like you can reach out and touch them. It takes you back to that moment 9. 9 9 37 00 a. M. The president of the United States has potentially launched a third war in iraq fight can the same islamic extremism, the jihadists who carried out that attack. I think of the youngest member who was killed at the pentagon. Dana was 3 years old. She was on board the flight. Neither are any of those 180 people who were killed when United Airlines flight 77 slammed into the building. Every year its the same trauma for the people planning for what is the continuation of a war that as you mentioned began in the 90s. Character characte90s. Eric. Thank you so much. Martha our coverage of 9 11 1 years later continues after this. 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Take over your bank accounts, or even drain your investment accounts. Mr. President , mrs. Obama, thank you for being here this morning. I want to offer a special welcome to the families and friends of those we lost on these grounds 13 years ago. We know these memorial ceremonies are especially tough, emotionfilled moments for you. It takes a great deal of courage to keep coming back here. Not long ago i received a note from a mom whose daughter is buried across the way at arlington cemetery. She says at any instant a smell, a color, a song or a date on the calendar can bring into stark relief that first raw moment when everything changed. She said if there is any secret to grieving is there can be room for sorrow and joy, sadness and pride, to exist in the same space at the same time. And she learned that grief is not a lack of faipt or sign of weakness. Its just the price of love. Days foremost about reflecting and about remembering. And about the love for the 184 lives that ended here at the pentagon and those that purnged the new york and summer set county. Days also about strength and resolve. We find strength in the children who lost parents on 9 11 and who have blossomed into fine young adults and are making their own mark on their world. We find resolve in the men and women that 9 11 rowtsed to step forward to defend our country. A generation that served in iraq and afghanistan. And today offers all of us the opportunity to rededicate our own lives to the causes of our great nation and its great future. For as one of our nations leaders said, we could ease lit allow our time and energy to be consumed by the crisis of the moment, of the day, but we must also lay the ground work to help define our future. Its my privilege to introduce the man who spoke foes words and who striestles to live them every day, our nations secretary of defense, chuck hagel. [applause] general dempsey, thank you, mr. President , mrs. Obama. Well forget what happened on this date at this hour at this place. An act of terror that shook the world and took the lives of 184 americans. We remember those we lost on that day, this day as we are surrounded by those who loved them. We celebrate our nations strength and resilience. We draw inspiration from the ways in which survivors and victims families continue to honor their legacy. Our thoughts also turn to others whose lives were forever changed that day. The First Responders and survivors whose heroism and resilience we celebrate. The pentagon personnel who came to work the next day with a greater sense of determination than ever before. The men and women in uniform who stepped forward to defend our country over 13 long years of war. Bearing incredible sacrifices along with their families. We live in a time of many complicated challenges. But america has always faced challenges and we always responded as a nation united in purpose, woven together in a fabric of strong character and resounding commitment to each other and to our country. To lead our nation at such a defining time requires the courage and vision to lead, but the you limit that recognizes this unique privilege. These traits are embodied in our commander in chief. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. [applause] good morning. Skip europe tells us we count as blessed those who have persevered. Secretary hail, general dempsey, members of our armed forces and most of all the survivors of that september day and the families of those we lost. Michelle and i are humbled to be with you once again. It has now been 13 years, 13 years since the peace of an american morning was broken. 13 years since nearly 3,000 beautiful lives were taken from us including 125 men and women serving here at the pentagon. 13 years of moments they would have shared with us. 13 years of memories they would have made. Here once more we pray for the souls of those we remember. For you, their families who love them forever, and for a nation that has been inspired by your example. Your determination to carry on. To resolve, to live lives worthy of their memories. As americans, we draw strength from you. For your love is the ultimate rebuke to the hatred of those who attacked us that bright blue morning. They thought to do more than bring down buildings or murder our people. They thought to break our spirit. And to prove to the world that their power to destroy was greater than our power to persevere and to build. But you and america proved them wrong. America endures in the strength of your families who through your anguish kept living. You kept alive a love that no act of terror can ever extinguish. You, their sons and daughters are growing into extraordinary young men and women they knew you could be. By your shining examples your families turned this day into something that those who attacked us could never abide, that is a tribute of hope over fear and love over hate. America endures in the tenacity of our survivors. After grievous wound, we learned to walk again and stand again. After terrible burns you smiled once more. For you, for our nation, these have been difficult years, but by your presence here today in the lives of service that you have led, you embody the truth that no matter what comes our way, america will always come out stronger. America endures in the dedication of those who keep us safe. The firefighter, the officer, the emt who carries the memory of a fallen partner as they report to work email and every day prepared to make the same sacrifice for us all. Because of these men and women, americans now work in a gleaming Freedom Tower. We visit our great cities. We fill our stadiums and cheer for our teams. We carry on because as americans we do not give in to fear ever. America endures in the courage of the men and women who serve under our flag. Over more than a decade of war, this 9 11 generation has answered our countrys call. And three months from now our combat mission in afghanistan will come to an end. Today we honor all who have made the ultimate sacrifice these 13 years. More than 6,800 american patriots. And we give thanks to those who served in harms way to keep our country safe and meet the threats of our time. America endures in that perennial optimism that defines us as a people. Beginning tomorrow there will be teenagers, young adults, who were born after 9 11 its remarkable. While these Young Americans did not know the horrors of that day, their lives have been shaped by all the days since. The time that has brought us pain but also taught us endurance and strength, a time of rebuilding, of resilience, and of renewal. What gives us hope, what gives me hope, is that these Young Americans will shape all the days to come. 13 years after a small hateful minds conspired to break us, america stand tall and american stands proud. And guided by the values that sustain us well only grow stronger. Generations from now americans will still fill our parks and stadiums, our cities. Generations from now americans will still build towers that reach towards the heavens. Still serve in empas in embas that stand for freedom around the world and giving meaning to those word written season securies ago. Land of the free, home of the brave. No matter the trial, no matter the challenge, america will always be america. We count as blessed those who have persevered. May god bless your families who continue to inspire us all and god bless our armed forces and all who serve to keep us safe, and may god continue to bless the United States of america. Martha president obama speaking at the pentagon remembering those who were lost. Talking about the children who would become teenagers. The first generation of teenagers who were born after september 11 talking about how their lives and all of our lives have been shaped by what happened on that fateful day. The president has a lot on his plate. Last night he gave a major speech from the white house outlining his strategy to continue to take on this threat which has evolved into something we know as isis or isil which is an outcropping of al qaeda which has proven to be one of the most vicious outcroppings and outgrowth of that group that we have seen off the course of these 13 years. So we watch as this ceremony unfold at the pentagon and we remember the astounding impact of that morning as we watch all of this this morning. Eric the president im struck by not only saying that love overcomes hate and this countrys spirit endures and continues and calling it the 9 11 generation. We had the greatest generation. The the me generation and now hes so right, the 9 11 generation. Martha joining us is chuck nash, a retired navy captain and fox news analyst. Your thoughts on what we heard from the president this morning and last night in light of everything we face. Starting with this morning it was a good speech. It laid it out and paid homage to all those who died. And also to the survivors and also to recognize the 9 11 generation. Up said it before, ill say it again, this nation is blessed with the fact it appears every generation we have had since 1776 when the chip were down and we needed people, they stood up, they came forward, and if you look at the tremendous outpouring and the folks who jammed the enlistment offices for the Armed Services after 9 11, i know a lot of those folks. I was a vietnam era guy post vietnam era guy. But the young kids that came forward and are still coming forward today that are flying off aircraft carriers over in the persian gulf right now or i should say the arabian gulf, those folks are still doinged the job and as a nation we are truly blessed that every generation they do continue to step up. Martha you think about the moment that was galvanizing as well as horrific. You talk about all those who signed up, who committed their lives to protecting our country in the wake of that. In some ways as we have seen what has been happening with isis, sadly and tragically the beheading of jim foley and Steven Sotloff has galvanized this nation to some isnt as well. I think what happens is there are only 1 of americans who are involved in the military. And that includes their families. So very few people have real skin in the game. Everybody who pays taxes is paying part of that. But the real skin in the game is when you send your loved one overseas to do the nations bidding, then lay awake at night wondering if they are going to come back and if they come back are they going come back in one piece. There is a lot going on. I think people for the most part the further this recedes into history, maybe it not so visceral and its occasions like this where we remember, but its also those horrific images of the foley and sotloff executions, murder, that really bring it back home. Thats who we are fighting. Thats hop we have been fighting all along. Before 9 11 thats who we have been fighting. Every once in a pile you have to see Something Like that to ratchet it up and put it most in your mind. Thats the threat. Captain nash, thank you so much. Good to be with you this morning. Reporter captain nash spoke about the generation thats stepping up. You think about michael moore, one of the navy seals who was killed. Those who have given their lives in afghanistan and walk. And the listings of names. 3,000 people who died on this date 13 years ago. The names continue to be read. In a moment well go back to the commemoration in new york. Well be joined by former new york governor George Pataki and former George Bush Cheech of staff andy card, the man who whispered in the ear of the president of the use the that this country ppts of the United States that this country was under attack for the First Time Since pearl harbor. Michelle goldstein, monica goldstein. Ronald f. Golinski. knochello . Hey, i notice your car is not in the driveway. Yeah. Its in the shop. Its going to cost me an arm and a leg. Thats hilarious. Sorry. You shoulda taken it to midas. Get some of that midas touch. They tell you what stuff needs fixing, and what stuff can wait. Next time im going to midas. Highfive arg i did not see that coming. Trust the midas touch. For brakes, tires, oil, everything. whistling that we all need to protect ourselves from crime, in todays world that includes Identity Theft. Its a serious problem. We all have to protect ourselves. 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The museum is a remarkably, beautifully designed and well put together thoughtful, respectful museum and its important for all of us to spend some time there when you can. Im joined by andy card who was the chief of staff to president bush on this day. Its a day that is no doubt burned in his memory. I looked again this morning at the tape of you walk into that school room and giving that news to the president of the United States. What went through your mind as you remembered all of that today . Thank you for having me on. This is a day of remembrance and reflection. Its also a day of resolve. Ill reflect you as i remember the victims of 9 11. But in reflecting it was a perfect day in american on september 11, 2001. It was just beautiful. We woke up at a resort in sarasota, florida. The president went out for a run, came back. I remember telling him it was going to be an easy day. He was talking about leaving no child behind in education. There was a buzz in the air. I remember karl rove and dan bartlet asking the question, anybody hear about a plane crash in new york city . We arrived in a classroom that had been converted i to the president ial command center. I remember going into the classroom and the second graders were just starting to come back into the classroom. I went back into the holding room. And the navy captain came up to the president and i was standing with almost along with the principal of the school. She said, sir, it appears a prop plane crashed into the World Trade Center in new york city. The reaction of the president and the principal was all the same. What a horrible accident. The door shut, i was still in that holding room with you deb lauer said it was a commercial jetliner. My mind flashed to the fear that must have been experienced about it passengers on the plane. I dont know thats where my mind went. But that was only a nanosecond, she came back up to me and said, another plane hit the other tower at the World Trade Center. Three initials popped up in my head. Ubl. Usama bin laden. Does the president need to know . The answer was yes. I made the decision to pass on two facts and make one editorial comment. I opened the door to the classroom and stood at the door as the teacher was conducting dialogue between the student and the president. I didnt want to interrupt that dialogue. When the teacher turned to the student, said take your books out. Thats when i went up to the president and leaned over and whispered into his right ear, a second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack. I didnt want him to ask me a question so i stood back from him and i saw his head book up and down. I knew he was thinking about what i said to him. I went back to the door and i saw secretary rod paige, the secretary of education, then i saw the second graders and i saw thary flierker the i saw ari rif lerks scher, it gave me time to do do some work so i could get the fbi director on the phone. Get a line open to the white house situation room. The secret service i said turn the motorcade around. To dan bart threat i said get stop remarks written for the president. We have 600 people in a gymnasium to talk to. The president said get the fbi director on the phone and we could see here he is, mr. President. We promised we would never forget the victims that day and the heros that day. So thats why its Important Information us to remember. We dont want it to happen again. Martha never forget. Every time i see a Bumper Sticker or sign. They aren windows all over this nation. Each year you feel like you are farther away and yet as has been said. It never goes away and perhaps it never should. As the president reminded us last night it has not gone away. When you heard president obama talk about not denying a safe haven to terrorists. Were you encouraged by that resolve last night . Well, he used almost the same language george w. Bush used as president right after the attacks and subsequent. I remember president bush in 2007 warning this day could come and lets do everything to prevent it from coming. Im talking about september 11, 2014 with a challenge called isis. That really wants to harm america. So, yes, i was pleased when i heard president obama say he didnt want any terrorist network to have a safe haven where they could plan attacks an was going make sure we would get them. I was troubled that i didnt see the resolve on how we would get them. Its not going to be coalition partners. Hes talking 9 coalition partners. Martha well take a moment of silence. Thank you, andy. [bells tolling] ronnie lee henderson. Martha that moment marks the collapse of the south tower. A moment that for all of us watching it happening live in new york city outside of new york city and across the nation was an absolutely extraordinary, unfathomable moment. You thought you had seen the worst that could possibly happen that morning, then it got so much worse. And we listen to all these families that they remember the ones who were lost and we remember the firefighters and the nypd and the firefighters who went up the stairs of the building before it collapsed and they were on a mission that they knew could be a fateful o. We remember them today as well. We are glad to have andy card with us today as he has been in the past. Before we stop for the moment of silence we were talking about the coalition that once again an american president is trying to build to go up against this group. Do you think the partners are willing once again . I think they are willing if america lead. America has to provide strong leadership. A president of the United States must be admired by the neutrals, respected by the allies, and feared about it enemy. But the president of the United States must always lead. Im quoting from what Prime Minister tony blair said in his biography. He was talking about the United States. America wants to be loved but it must always be admired, respected and feared and the president of the United States must always lead. Thats quite a thing for a Prime Minister of Great Britain to say. I want president obama to really lead a coalition that will make sure there is no safe haven for terrorists to foment danger and fear put the coalition together, inviting partners to be part of it, i hope he is going to be engaged in it and that is fully engaged. It is tough to say you will be engaged just flying planes. You need to do everything it ta takes to make sure terrorist cant plan attacks into the United States. I believe we have nine coalitions signed up but president bush had 3040 when we went into iraq. There is a lot of work to be done to find partners to be there. And i want the president to provide leadership. Andy carr, thank you for being here with us today. Always a pleasurei. Marking the moment of silence when United Airlines flight 93 crashed into the field after the pass passengers tried to take control. Donald arthur peterson. We see live pictures at the World Trade Center and in pennsylvania. United Airlines Flight 93 left newark bound for San Francisco when the flight attendants and the passengers realized there were highjackers because that plane was delayed. If it had taken off on time they might not have known this. The people fought back from the people that captured the crew. And instead the plane crashed into ground killing all 44 people on board. How do we stop this day from happening again . One man who was there former new york governor joining us now. Governor, our state and our country had a long history of other terrorist attacks. What do we do . How do we stop them . Will we succeed . Well, sean, 13 years later as you hear the names read and the mother talk about the loss of her only child and you think of the firefighters and Police Officers we lost the emotions is still there. 13 years later we are at risk again. I dont think we have faced as much terrorist having the ability to attack us again as we do today. Isis poses a real threat and woo we have to be aggressive. It is finally good to hear the president use the word terrorist and terrorism and we with we are going after them. It is time to go after them. You use the word finally. Do you think it will work . We are relying on the iraqi and the Free Syrian Army. They refuse to arm the syrian army but do you think if that had happened that would be enough . There is no question the void america left in iraq and other parts of the world helped isis become as strong. Will it work . We have the best military and special forces anywhere in the world. I think it is unfortunate the president said what we would not do but will do. If it took a platoon of ten troops to get a leader send them in. I dont want to see one more Young America sent there but we have to protect ourselves. We cannot lead from behind. Alqaeda had 500,000 when they attacked and this group has 500 million. They have territory they control and people with western and american passports and we have a pourous border. We cannot lead from behind this time. It cant just be words. This must be real American Leadership to destroy isis and make sure america and our friends is protected. 519 highjackers had overstayed their visas. We are told there are 250 brits and maybe people are american passports that could slip through. How do we prevent that . Eric, i think the threat is the greatest it has been since september 11. We have an open border and know that isis has hundreds of millions of dollars but it is willing to use that to have terrorist cross our borders and attack us. We have to seal the border, protect ourselves and aggressively attack them. Since september 11th we had not had a terrorist attack. The bombing at the Boston Marathon was islamic terrorist. We have not been free from those attacks. We have to be proactive. I think it is important today that the American People wake up and push this administration to overseas protect americans so we dont have to be remembering horrible days and attacks like we are today in lower manhattan. And the head of the arab league said it is time for the arab states to step up and try to deal with the radical islamic philosophy that is only expanding. What do we do . Shouldnt egypt and the Saudi Arabians and others step up and deal with the problem in their own back yard . There is no question we need the Islamic States that understand the threat that isis pose not just to us in the west but their countries as well and get active and put in military force but we have to lead. This is a wellarmed, wellfinanced, Violent Group that even alqaeda says is outside what they can deal with. We have to be aggressive and it takes leadership. The president said the right words and i hope they are followed up by the right actions and continued leadership to destroy this horrible cancer that destroys us every day. On this day of rembrance and the we are reminded of the threat that still exist today. Thank you for joining us. As we remember the victims of 9 11 we face a new threat and the president laid out this plan to deal with the group and senator marco rubio is joining us live to discuss that after this break while we remember the event 13 years ago that changed america. We just saw another one apparently go another plane just flew into the second tower. 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If you threaten america you will find no safe haven. Florida republican senator marco rubio serves on the foreign relation and Intelligence Committees and joins us now. Good morning. Great to have you with us. Thank you. What was your reaction to the president s core principle statement . It hasnt been up until now. But i think we are in the better place with the president. It wasnt long ago he wasnt recognizing them for what they are and now he is. He was poking fun at the syrian reb rebels saying it was a fantasy a bunch of farmers could be a fighting force and now he wants to arm them. We are in a better place than we were a week ago because of him coming around. But i have deep concerns after the speech. He said it is going to be like places in north africa but those areas are unstable and dangerous National Security threats happening there. And in those countries you have governments cooperating with us. And isis has weapons, controls territory and generate a Million Dollars a day in oil revenue from refineries they have seized. They are taken over oil fields and banks and have an enormious amount of money. Brett brit hume has been talking about the president is looking back and needs to acknowledge some of the mistakes and recognize some of what president bush said is right about all of this terrorism. His sound sounded familiar when he talked about the safe haven to what president bush said not long after the 9 11 attacks. Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us or you are with the terrorist. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime. That sounds similar and i think that line the president said last night jumped out at so many people and it will be proven by the actions and the commitment and the attention that the president actually pays to this issue will it not. Two points i will make on that regard. The reason the president s policy planned is because it is built on neo isolation and saying it is our fault the problems are happening in the middle east because we are too involved so if we pull out it will get better. This is creating tremendous problems and here is the proof of this. The second thing is you didnt hear the president saying last night we will do whatever it takes to prevent isis. I believe the combination is air power and local forces on the ground it may not work. If it doesnt are we going to allow isis to exist . We will try the best but if it doesnt work out we will let them stay. The president didnt say we will do whatever it take tos to win. And allowing isis to exist in any form is not acceptable. You have to wonder because his timeline is three years he said. Which obviously goes beyond his presidency and may push beyond this presidency the decision about whether or not the job was completed under his presidency and whether or not we won as you say. And dan wrote a column this morning outlining what we have had to deal with. In the years after 9 11 came london, madrid, the Boston Marathon, multiple failed attempts to bomb new york, mumbai, thousands of arabs blown up in the daily life. That is the short list. Isis is just the tip of the worlds unstable iceberg and we are all living on the titanic. Is it that scary . It is. There are different alqaeda affiliates planning to attack us. And all of the groups have lost donors and fighters to isis because they are getting the positive publicity. So those groups are attempted to plan an attack so they can recapture fighters and attention they lost over the last few months. Isis is a threat before us but there are host of other groups planning the same thing and could be a bigger, newer threat in the future. It is complicated and the isolation of the president made it moreso over the last six years. Thank you, senator. Senator marco rubio, always good to talk to you. It is an emotional morning of remembering. The simple and powerful reading of the names a. Up next we will talk to the cochairman of the 9 11 commission who investigated what the administration didnt do to prevent this and we will tell us what he believes is the next major threat to our country. But if you look at the Broad Spectrum of what threatens the United States, i think it is the attacks being made on the Cyber Systems and this can be done by hackers anywhere in the world. It can be done by governments in the world that dont like us. But we are very vulnerable to it because our whole society is build around the internet. Water supplies, electrical grids and communication grids and all of the rest of it. So if i rank the National Security threats to the United States at this time Cyber Security is at the top of the list i am sorry to interrupt but that wasnt mentioned in the president s speech. Are we doing enough to protect that . We are slow to the game. We have to create a National Cyber center where we bring together from the public and private sector people who are being attacked. We have to share information and develop the technology so we have good defenses against these attacks. We have to go on the offense as well. We have a lot to do. This is a major concern of mine at the moment. All of this is completely new from 9 11. We didnt even look at Cyber Threats back then but things evolve. Do you think we will succeed or this could happen . On the cyber attack, i think eventually we will get the upper hand in it. But it is an ongoing thing. This is a generational matter. It is like an arms race in a way. They developed the sophisticated tools to attack us and we try to develop defenses. We raise the ladder like an arms race. It isnt going to be solved in a day or two. It will take years. We certainly hope they are not successful. It is a new threat. Thank you congressman and thank you for protecting our country. Back to new york where we are listening to the listing of names that were lost and at 10 28 eastern time is the moment the north tower collapsed at the World Trade Center after burning 102 minutes. When it fell it killed approximately 1400 people in the building and the surrounding area. 14 people survived who were in that building and able to make it out and that moment happens a few seconds from now. Lets pause and listen to that. We love you and we miss you. And our beloved sean gordon corbit, husband, son, father, brother, uncle and friend. We adore you, we treasure you and you are not forgettable. Your daughter is a reminder of our faith every day. God bless you. [bell ringing] robert henry lynch, jr. We remember today on september 11th. We will be right back. Searching with devotion for a snack that isnt lame but this. Takes my breath away we are back with a brand new poll on Foreign Policy and terrorist threats and the numbers are not looking for the president. People fear an attack is coming but they dont think the president will have the ability to do what it takes to defeat isis. 77 of registereded voters say that isis will likely try to launch an attack on u. S. Soil soon. 19 only think it is unlikely. 76 say the United States should be doing more to stop isis. 15 disagree. Bret baier is here this morning. Great to have you here. Obviously the numbers were before the president spoke last night and he was obviously, i think, trying to turn this sentiment around because we saw this creeping into the national consciousness. Of course. It isnt just our poll. Washington journal and others had upside down numbers. 57 responded in our poll that is president is weak and undecisive and 26 were democrats and 63 account independents. A lot of numbers there. Our poll, people about the internals, this particular poll the republicans worth 39 and self identified democrats 40 . Bottom line, before this speech, the white house was upside down on a number of issues. Indeed they. And lets look at a couple other numbers. One you mentioned and we will put it up on the screen. The next is president obama prepared to do wha whatever it s to defeat islamic extremist. 54 say he is not. And the other is on president obamas leadership on Foreign Policy. 57 say they believe the president is weak and indecisive and as you pointed out there are more democrats than republicans represented in the enterals of the poll. And 48 believed he was weak last year so the majority thought he was good last year so he has a lot of work to do to prove he is on target and means business. Expect this to turn around after the speech and stop the numbers from tumbling as much as they have. The question is the rhetoric versus the action. When he talks about a Broad Coalition that number stood at nine countries. Is it going to get to what the white house hopes . 40 countries involved in this. And what are the actions taken . Over the next few days you will see a lot develop and in the short term there maybe a bump for the president on what he said. But in the long term you will probably see concern about the president s leadership. The president will meet with the leader of the u. N. Security council and he said he wants to try to get the group into a firmer coalition. About as you say many times this president has come out saying he means business and will get to the bottom of something. I think the white house has a tall task to demonstrate with actions, daily schedule and agenda and where his attention is going in the coming weeks that this is what he is focused on. We have seen this play out. This blue print where the rhetoric and bar is set high and what ends up happening is a walk back of one way or another. You can go down the issues one after another. Guantanamo bay there were two major times when we as a country were closing that. It is still open today. Many different issues where the rhetoric is why but the results were not coming through. Even benghazi and the irs with the president committed to getting to the bottom of this and seeing it through but perhaps the perception is that never happened. When you look at what is coming up in terms of commitment on this issue. You have the u. N. Meeting and what else do we expect over the coming weeks to see a followup . I think when the first strikes hit in syria that will be a game changer and what follows after that. Last year when making a case for action in syria he said the United States doesnt do pin prick strikes. The boots on the ground is the Free Syrian Army according to the white house. Are they up to the task . Saudi arabia says they will train some of the people. It is this all going to tie together . I think we will see in the coming days how this operation is going to unfold and the American People, i think, will rally to the president at first, but as we have seen in the long term there are questions and people know that. It is going to be interesting to see the military side. He would not say when the airstrikes would come and that is understandable but that is the proof in the pudding as we say. Thank you very much. See you tonight. On his 9 11 there is other news with the stunning turn of events in the murder case of Oscar Pistorius. He was cleared of murdered but could be convicted of homicide which is the equivalent of our manslaughter in killing Reeva Steenkamp. The judge has adjourned for the day. Reporter good news and bad news for the star. He could have been convicted of premeditated murder for the killing of Reeva Steenkamp and that would have carried a possible life time jail sentence. He was sitting ten feet away from me in the courtroom. He started stoic and when the judge announced the state had not made their case he cried maybe tears of joys and maybe tears of relief. Viewed in totality the evidence failed to establish that the accused had the intention to kill the deceased let alone premeditation. Reporter there is a substory in this trial. She was born in a stuff township and was a victim of a par tide rule and now she is ruling on the fate of a white man. What can we expect from the judge tomorrow . Oscar pistorius is by no means out of the woods. He faces that manslaughter charge. It is called culpritable homicide and the maximum jail time on that is 15 years. In the closing comments the judge called this behavior, the four shots into the bathroom she was in, negligent. She noted the crime and the wide spread use of guns but noted not everyone dealt with the problem he did. We talked to Oscar Pistorius aunt and uncle on the way out and asked how they felt and they said talk to us tomorrow. We will bring you the verdict as it happens tomorrow. The special committee for benghazi is gearing up for their first public hearing on the questions about what happened before, during and after the terrorist attack that happened on september 11th two years ago today. We will talk with the attorney for one of the benghazi whistle blowers coming up and tornado sirens sounding in the midwest as Severe Weather rumbles through the heart land. Folks were scrambling as the alarm went off. It was pandemonium. All kind of things were flying around and debris and i just kept trying to pedal. And i stopped a little while and heard my son yelling. Severe storms ripping through the midwest and one thof hardest hit places was northeast ohio. A possible tornado touched down there. We have no reports of injuries. We are asking residents who dont live in the area to avoid the area. You think it cant happen to you but it can. We are lucky we are all okay. That is for sure. The weather prompted a nearby university of akron to cancel classes and a baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Minnesota Twins was called off. This day marks two terrorist attacks. The one tht in the country and the one against our nation in benghazi that killed four people including our ambassador. And more relivations continue to amerge and a special committee that was appointed to investigate what happened during the attack is preparing to hold their first public hearing next week. What do we expect to have . We have the attorney representing greg hicks the former whistle blower. Welcome on this somber day. Thank you, eric. I have conducted investigations in the house and senate. Since you have that experience what are they going to do next week . Let me tell you that how system works because it is important to know understand the difference in the regular Committee Hearings and what is going on with the special committee. If you believe there were four committees that have jurisdiction over the benghazi. The Armed Services, Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Committee and over sight and thy were all getting different information and keeping it to themselv themselves. This committee, there is just one, and they will be sharing all of the information. You will not have jurisdictions fighting each other why is that important . The democrats said they have all of these committees and dont need another one. Now we have one committee and everybody is on the committee and will know everything that is going on. It is down to a managable size. The regular committee are 40 people and that is not manageable. The organization too structure that is workable but getting the information is a different matter. Talk about that information. What do you expect them to find and reveal and expose if anything. We had that amazing hours bret baier did with the annex guys saying they were delayed by someone named bob and they believe if they were not delayed they would have gone in and saved the ambassador. We would never know that but did you expect that to be part of the hearing . I would assume that will be part of the hearing. The are two different ways congressional information is given. And that is witnesses and do documents. I think the witnesses issue will be solved. They would have five minutes and then when the minority got it they would say why glad you are here and then it goes back to the majority. Do you think we will know what the president did and heard that night . Carter ham, general in the pentagon said he knew it was a terrorist attack and he told the secretary of defense, the joint chief of staff also, they go to the white house, meet with the president and at 10 p. M. The president has a phone call with Hilary Clinton and then video comes out. Do you think we will find out exactly what went on . Yes, because the witnesses will be interviewed in depositions with one lawyer doing the questions and it can go on for hours. Trey gowdy can say what did you do all night . And why did you take security from 39 people to 9 . Did you personal sign the waiver she had to sign under the law to allow benghazi to exist as it did . She has to answer that questions or you can wait until the cows come home but she has to answer them. This is a new world. Bump up in election. Thank you for joining us. Lets go to jon scott and sea see what is coming up on happening now. We continue to remember the terrible events 13 years ago when the United States was struck by terrorist. John ridge is here and president obama expanding the role of fighting terrorist in iraq and we have reaction and in depth analysis and a solar storm to tell you about and a verdict in the Oscar Pistorius case ahead on happening now. On happening now. For over 60,000 california foster children, extra curricular activities help provide a sense of identity and a path to success. Joining the soccer team. Getting help with math. Going to prom. I want to learn to swim. Its hard to feel normal, when you cant do the normal things. To help, sleep train is collecting donations for the extra activities that, for most kids, are a normal part of growing up. Not everyone can be a foster parent. But anyone can help a foster child. New details on the ray rice story after roger said no one at the nfl had scene t seen the tape or given the opportunity. But it is said a tape was sent to the nfl back in april. They are looking into that saying that wasnt the case. The league announced they have appointed former fbi director robert mular to do an independent investigation into how this was handled. This was the big news yesterday after the ap person said they spoke to an nfl person that saw it and commented and there was a reaction on a voicemail that someone was announcing shock at what they had seen in the second part of the tape inside the elevator. We are on it and will bring you the latest news as it happens. Lets look at the situation at ground zero. I hate calling it that. I would rather say in a sense of moving forward we can call it the World Trade Center sight. They continue to read the names of those lost and tonight a tribute in light that replicates the vanished centers. There are two beams that are just a bit away. The echo piercing the night sky and every time you see that after the sun sets it is a powerful and symbolic and emotional to what happened tonight and it will be lit all night in new york. You see families leaving photos and rubbing the names so they can take that home on paper of their loved ones. It has given everyone a place to go to think and reflect on all of this. We wish them well. We will take a quick break. We will be right back. We will be right back. Whenwork with equity experts who work with regional experts thats when expertise happens. Mfs. Because there is no expertise without collaboration. Here i am. Rock you like a hurricane. Fiber one now makes cookies. Find them in the cookie aisle. 13 years after. Well continue to remember 9 11 as we go throughout the day and look back at benghazi two years ago. A pleasure working with you. See you tomorrow. Hearing your own remembrances, eric. Thank you for having me. Deeply memorable day which we honor, remember and reminded of the threat that still exists. Im eric shawn. Happening now starts right now. Jon fox news alert. Right now, as we mark 13 years since the attacks of 9 11, in the nations capitol the doors are closing on a secret session of the house of representatives. Members there getting a closeddoor briefing from the president s National Security team on the threat of isis and the president s plan to take the fight to the terrorist group. That briefing scheduled to begin on capitol hill right now. Being led by martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and tony blanken, deputy National Security advisor. That briefing not open to the public. Well monitor whatever information comes out of it. Well bring it to you happening now