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Our justice correspondent pete williams joins me with more on this part of the story. pete, walk us through how american security has changed over the last 20 years. >> reporter: dhs, of course, was part of the largest reorganization of the federal government since world war ii. the creation of the department and the tsa. there are many parts of airline security you see with screening. some you don't see. all names are checked in in advance of data bases. this is true with travelers overseas. craig, one change of american life is symbolized by where you are today in shanksville. it was the spi...

Power, just like i don't think masks should be made mandatory. >> harris: kayleigh mcenany. >> kayleigh: it's amazing, harris, when you look at the hypocrisy of what jen socking, biden, pelosi used to say. it's remarkable. the language being used, it is like something that would come from the mafia, trying to shake people is what bill de blasio said. "the voluntary phase is over." this is what you would hear from a mob boss, not a president of the united states. i remember being on the campaign trail with president trump. i remember how, and biden use to talk about vaccines. let's roll the tap...

I can't imagine running through the streets of new york city with a cloud chasing you. i can't imagine being on a plane, hearing struggles, people crying and desperate. i can't imagine being on a plane and talking to someone who says this is what's happening and they get together and say let's pray and let's roll. the whole thing changed. it changed overnight. fear became part of american life and it wasn't on september 10th. >> but it unified us. i heard you say this earlier. after the horrible attacks, right, i am a new yorker. it brought the city together. it brought this country together. ...

I believe he was on the phone with the president and they confirmed that with the president before. i know when i arrived at the bunker there was concern, we knew that when we learned that the flight that crashed in shanksville flight 93, was there some period of time when we didn't know what had happened, and how it had come down and we obviously hoped it did not have to be shot down and we later learned an act of heroism happened when the passengers said "let's roll" and stormed the cockpit. >> i want to ask you about afghanistan. i know your experience with former first lady laura bush. you...

And there were so many that day. the firefighters and the police officers, those were heroes in uniforms. these were folks who boarded a flight from new jersey, headed to san francisco on business trips, on vacations, to see friends and family. they did not sign up to be heroes that morning and a lot of attention is paid to todd beamer, going on a business trip himself to san francisco for one day. he was an account manager and it was todd beamer who said "let's roll" as they stormed the cockpit. those were his last words. we heard him on that cockpit voice recorder, both of which were recover...