this coming weekend. tonight at 9:00 eastern, new york city principal talks about starting an inner-city middle school in her book "the bridge to brilliance: how one principle and active community is inspiring the world." she gained national attention when focused on a post of "humans of new york" website which went viral. , afterward former u.s. attorney general talks about his life during the george w. bush ministration. in his book "true faith and allegiance." by wall streeted journal legal affairs reporter. >> have been several memoirs written, people's perspectives have been out. i thought it might be important to outline. -- important to add mine. there has been a lot written and said about me. i wanted them to get my perspective about the events that shaped me. eastern, 7:45 p.m.

gary trudeau talks about his ge" about the"yu use of donald trump as a character histone -- in his comic strips. the lessons u.s. president learned during their first years in office. new york city's impact on the union cranked on the civil war.and positive impacts on studying abroad. go to book tv.org for the complete we can schedule. with this year marking 15th anniversary of the september 11 2001 terror attacks, the smithsonian is putting together a special exhibit that will be open for just one day tomorrow. here is a preview. institution --on >> he is the curator for the national september 11:

collection. we are looking at a collection of pieces. what are we looking at? >> we are looking at the september 11 collection. the collection represents all three of the attack sites. we have here shanksville, pennsylvania. and in the middle we have the pentagon. and on the far right we have the world trade center. >> how did you get these pieces? sentcent curators -- we curators to each one of the sites used after each of the attacks occurred. curators spent time looking at three specific focal points. they looked at the attacks themselves, the recovery effort, and the first responders. they chose to focus on three elements of the september 11, because otherwise it would have been far too enormous to cover.

it is very emotional to separate the story from what was happening. with those three, they were able to create a representative story. >> some of these pieces unveiled for the first time with interesting stories. from the pentagon, a note.tell us about this note. >> we were contacted by a donor. they had a very interesting story. frank worked at the pentagon. when the attacks occurred, they both met at a prearranged site, that was their car. daria got there first and let this note for her husband frank and that she will go to her more traditional about wishing area. it is a wonderful piece because 2001, phones in

were not ubiquitous. cell phone coverage that day was spotty because of the massive number of people trying to call emergency services. it is a good question. what would you do to contact your loved ones when you don't have access to something today? it's difficult to understand because the cell phone is everywhere. this simple note helps us understand. >> on the table, some pieces of plane. we are looking at a jacket from the world trade center. -- she jacket belonged was an employee of the salvation army. i think it is significant because it tells a story about who took care of the first responders. who took care of the family members at ground zero. care of law enforcement officers.

-- thee more common people at ground zero, recovery workers, those that we know and expect. at the end of the day, someone was feeding them. the recovery workers were working 24/7, three shifts a day. somebody gave them clothing when they were called. most of this was happening in the late fall and winter 2001-2002. making sure everybody was warm. and there is no question they were trying to help visitors understand there was much more going on than just the recovery effort. we wanted to make sure people understood. >> you spent a lot of time putting these collections together.what you want people to take away ? providing this

storage approach, you can come and look at the objects as they are now. you can interact with our territorial staff. they can talk to you. you can discuss how the objects, where they came from, how they were collected. most importantly we want you to connect with the objects themselves. allow you to be your own curator. remember what happened on that day. as each passing year goes by we are further away from what happened. we hope people connect with what happened on september 11. will you are seeing this small part of the collection at the smithsonian. we are talking to the curator. thank you for your time. >> in the president's weekly address, he redistributed to the

victims of the september 11 attacks. obama: 15 years ago, a september day like any other became one of the darkest in our nations history. the twin towers were reduced to rubble. the pentagon was in flames. a pennsylvania field burned with wreckage of an airplane. an nearly 3000 innocent lives were lost. sons and daughters, husbands and wives. neighbors and colleagues and friends. they were from all walks of life, all races and religions, all colors and creeds from across america and around the world. this weekend we honor their memory once more. we stand with the survivors that still bear the scars of that day. we thank the first responders who risked everything to save others. and we salute the generation of americans, our men and women in uniform, diplomats and

intelligence, homeland security professionals, who served and have some cases given their lives to help keep us safe. a what has changed in 15 years. we have delivered devastating blows to al qaeda who attacked us on 9/11. we deliver justice to osama bin laden. we strengthened homeland security, prevented attacks. we have saved lives. at the same time, the terrorist threat has evolved. as we have seen tragically from boston to chattanooga, to orlando. in afghanistan, iraq, syria, and beyond, we will state relentless fighting isilists and al qaeda. we will do everything we can to protect our homeland. it is important to remember what has not changed. what that define us as american. the resilience that sustains us.

after all terrorists will never be able to defeat the united states. their only hope is to terrorize us into changing who we are, or our way of life. that is why we americans will never get in to fear. that is why this weekend we remember the true spirit of 9/11. we are still be america of euros that ran into harms way, the ordinary folks who took down hijackers. the families who turned their pain into hope. are still the that looks out for one another. in the face of terrorism, how we respond banners. -- how we respond matters. we cannot react in ways that he wrote the fabric of our society. it is our diversity, the welcoming of all talent, the treating of everybody fairly, no matter their race, gender, or

safe is part of what makes our country great. is what makes us resilient. if we stay true to those values, we will uphold the legacy of those lost and keep our vision strong and free. god bless you and god bless the united states of america. >> georgia senator issued a republican response, but the usual video virgin not available. he said "we remember the brave and heroic acts of our citizens, are first responders, and our medical nationals on that day. we thank the men and women in the uniform and those in the intelligence community that made us safe and made tremendous services to keep us safe, and in some cases, the ultimate sacrifice themselves. he says the u.s. must directly and aggressively combat the islamic state. we must kill them before they kill us."

liven's washington journal every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up sunday morning, we are opening up the phone lines and taking your calls, texts and tweets, reflecting on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. at 7:00on journal live a.m. eastern. join the discussion. >> this weekend book tv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. here are some of our programs this weekend. tonight at 9:00 eastern, new york city principal talks about starting an inner-city middle school. she gained national attention when she was featured in a post on "humans of new york" website, which went viral. afterwards former u.s. attorney general talks about his life during the george w. bush

administration in his book "true faith and allegiance." he is interviewed by wall street journal legal affairs reporter. >> there have been several memoirs written. i thought it might be important sake. mine, for my son's but there has been a lot written about me. some of it to, some of it not true. i wanted to get my perspective. eastern, at 7:45 p.m. political cartoonist garry trudeau talks about his next book " yuge!" about the use of donald trump as a character in his comic strips. plus the lessons the was presidents learned during their first years in office. then new york city's impact on the union calls during the civil war. and the positive and negative

impacts of studying abroad. go to book >> our topic this week is this book, the network, the battle for the airwaves and the root of the communication stage. woolley.r is scott looking back 100 years ago, what was considered high-tech then? wireless age had been around for about a decade and a half, but there was really only one at, which was texting. 4 am radio as we know it, there was the wireless telegraph. it had been around, but it struggled to make itself proven as a wireless technology, with the exception of the sinking of the titanic in 1912.