that's the uss new york coming back into new york harbor. that ship, naval ship was built from steel that was taken from the former towers in new york city, and screen left is where you see the rebuild inks for the memorial and the museum. that will open on monday, but officially it opens and sunday to the families of the victims. they get first crack to walk-through there and pay their respects. on monday 6,000 people per day, all you've got to do is sign up and go to their website and grab a ticket and you can go through that memorial starting monday. martha: the site of that flag. a very special and important moment in america. we'll be here covering it for you on sunday. hope you'll be with us. bill: bye-bye. jenna: fox news alert. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. here in the fox newsroom as always for "happening now." ramping up security in the wake of a possible terror plot

against the u.s. homeland. law enforcement in new york city and washington d.c. on high alert right now. they are taking seriously what counterterrorism officials called a credible but unconfirmed threat that al-qaida may use car bombs to try to attack bridges or tunnels around the 9/11 anniversary. jenna: we're also told intelligence officials received unconfirmed information terror operatives may already be in the country and may in fact be u.s. citizens. again they cannot confirm this information, but they are chasing down leads and that is what's happening now. that's why we are relaying this information to you. a new york police commissioner ray kelly says this city we are in right now is responding appropriately. >> in light of the new threat information we are taking additional precautions. we willing holding personnel, holding our tours for an additional four hours tomorrow and continuing at least through monday. effectively increasing by a third the size of our patrol,

transit and counterterrorism highway and traffic bureaus. we are also increasing the number of critical response vehicle surges, that's where dozens of police cars respond to predetermined locations for counterterrorism coverage. public is likely to see, and may be somewhat inconvenienced by it, vehicle check.at various locations throughout the city. jon: michael balboney is a former homeland security adviser for new york state. michael, i know you've been talking with some of your sources. they say this threat is credible, what does that mean? >> it means the information that they have received comes from a source that has proven to be credible before, that is something that is more than aspirational. that the individuals that they've picked up or were told have traveled or are traveling

to the u.s. have capabilities they need to pay attention to. jon: you're saying there are three pakistanee man that may be u.s. citizens? >> we everee seen that before, that is the intelligence that's been talking about. intelligence is an art form rather than something totally specific. that's what security officials are looking for right now. jon: they are also looking for a needle in a haystack or so it would seem. we have been looking at video from the entrance of one of the tunnels that swings into man hat and from new jersey, obviously police are searching trucks. what specifically are they looking for, can you tell us? >> what they are trying to do obviously is prevent a device from getting into the bridges or on to the tunnels. the way you do that is you slow stuff down, which of course is an inconvenience for the commuter but essential in to keep control of the situation. the officers, inspect, examine. they are reaching out. it was a security call for all the security agencies in the

metropolitan area this mourn. and they said reach out to contacts in out or counties. talk to people who sell things like propane gas tanks or fertilizers. see if there's been any irregular activity or suspicious activity. you're trying to create a public-private partnership. this is a city and a nation that's done a very, very good job of doing that and they are enhancing that capability now given the current threat that is out there. jon: thises more than just the fact that we are about to mark ten years since the 9/11 attacks. >> traditionally al-qaida has not shown any type of pension for dates, yet the documents that were recovered from the osama bin laden compound did make a reference to this. they haven't had a successful attack, thank god, in the ten years since 9/11. so one would obviously expect that this is the type of thing that they would be examining and looking at. having said that, this city, new york and certainly washington d.c. as well some of the best

protected cities in the nation. they've done tremendous work over the past ten years, you've got to give your hats off to commissioner ray rel lee and dave coen. one of the things, jon that you and i have spoken about is a little bit of criticism for the nypd in terms of their relationships with federal agencies like the c ii a. this is a foreign intelligence-driven threat and having that kind of connectivity with the cia in order to evaluate the threats yourself is incredibly important. jon: former security adviser for new york state and very much plugged in to the state of intelligence in this country and this city right now. michael we thank you for that information. >> thank you, jon. jenna: the house is observing a moment of silence in d.c. in just a moment they are going to do this of course in honor of recognizing the 10th anniversary of 9/11. they are going to move to a

series of votes in the next half an hour or so. after the first vote the house will then pause for a moment of silence in honor of september 11th . what they are doing this morning is debating a bill to reauthorize intelligence programs. in some roundabout way there is some connection here to what we are talking about today as we near the 10th anniversary of 9/11. so we'll bring you back there. it looks like the timing is a little bit unclear on this. we heard initially that the moment of silence was happening. now it appears they are going on with other business. we'll move on as well to another big story we are watching. days of rains turning into disastrous flooding in the northwest. water is pouring into low lying homes forcing tens of thousands of people to move to higher ground. the flooding so intense a warehouse in pennsylvania collapsed. the damage concentrated along one river cresting above 38 feet. below the top of the levee system protecting northeast pennsylvania. countless roadways are now closed. we've seen similar in new

jersey, and in maryland. the president declaring states of emergency in pennsylvania and new york, clearing the way for federal aid now. evacuees are told to stay away from their homes until at least sunday or maybe even monday. it will be a while before anyone knows how bad the damage us. >> completely unbelievable. everything is ruined. first floor is covered in mud. people's cars are ruined. there is a car stuck in that reservoir over there as well. i don't know where it all came from. >> i have grand kids and we had to be taken out on a dump truck, like a crane or something, and there was water everywhere. we couldn't even walk in the streets. >> we have numerous cars overturned. vehicles floated from upstream down here, and there is a lot of damage and devastation here. jenna: those images are just unbelievable. molly line is live in kingston, pennsylvania with more.

>> reporter: we are in kingston, one of the communities that looks like a ghost town like so many other communities that have been evacuated. a hundred thousand people along this river. we are one of the steel barricade that is holding back the river. you can see the water seeping through. the engineers have told authorities here that that is actually okay and this should hold. if you come up onto the other side of the steel barricade you can see just how high the water is. this is over a bridge that was built in 1929, a beautiful gothic historical structure underwater. it goes all the way to the other side of the river to wilkesbury. this was devastated by another hurricane, hurricane ago niece. that's when these measures were put in place. thus far they are holding strong. the water in this particular area is actually starting to recede. you can see on the other side of the river there is a white line and we've been watching the water start to go down, but some

of the communities that didn't have these sort of precautions put in place, the dykes and levees were not so lucky and have suffered severe flooding. jenna: so much water, unbelievable. we'll continue to follow the developing story in the northeast. molly line, thank you very much. jon: now this fox news alert a hurricane watch just issued for parts of mexico. you see that swirling, white mass of clouds there? that is tropical storm nate, which is reapbd tkerg right now in the bay of campeche. it hasn't been moving much or fast. right now it has winds of about 65 miles an hour putting it just below hurricane strength. it is expected to develop into a hurricane probably on sunday. it's about 140 miles west northwest of campeche, mexico and it is in that area where the hurricane warning has been issued. jenna: was that an attempt by our producers to make me look

like i'm a hurricane. jon: you are not a hurricane. jenna: we just wanted to make sure that we are clear and honest with you. we've crossed through a couple of our big stories of today. the weather certainly being one of them. our lead story as you know is this terror threat, credible, unconfirmed but a big news item ahead of the 10th anniversary of 9/11. joining us now republican presidential candidate and former utah governor jon huntsman who recently served in the obama administration as we know. let's start off with the top news story of the day. what would you do if you were president to strengthen our national security? >> well, the most important thing we can do when we have credible evidence of a threat is to get that information out to the american people, and to make sure that you're working with local governments. that is what it seems that people are doing, and then we have to remember that we are up against this aeu se asymmetric threat called terror for a very

longtime. we are in afghanistan with a hundred thousand troops. i'm not sure we should be nation building abroad when we have a nation to built on the home front. increasingly the kind of threat we face internationally will require better intelligence collection capability. more in the way of special forces on the ground and the ability to train some of our friends and allies around the world who likely are going to face similar threats in the years to come. we shouldn't shrink away from this. we should hit it head on. whenever people pop up that want to do is ill we should knock them down. jenna: we certainly focus along on the middle east. we believe this threat is coming from pakistan. but i'm curious your thoughts about where the real threat to our national security is. is it in china? are we taking our eye off the ball so to say? >> our real threat to national security is right here at home, jenna. and that is a crumbling core,

our economy. as our economy weakens we loose leverage in all of our relationships across the board. we lose sight of the big picture, and that is when america is strong, we are 25% of the world's gdp, but when we're strong we exude this goodness, the sense of confidence and hope to the rest of the world that speaks to liberty, tkep democracy, human rights and open markets. right now our light has dimmed. we've got to get that corey built in this country. jenna: i'm curious what you think about the president's plan that he presented last night. i was listening to the plan and watching it on television and had your eleven-page proposal out as well. you put out a proposal for job creation about a week ago. if you were in office right now would you vote to approve the president's plan? >> listen, it doesn't get us anywhere near where we need to be. jenna: would you note for it? >> i would not be voting for it.

we need a big, bold approach to getting this country back on its feet. we are not even getting to the structural challenges that we face. we have a tax code that doesn't work, we have regulatory issues that stand in the way and hobble small businesses in their ability to hire and deploy capital into the marketplace. we are not moving toward energy independence, we are not moving toward free trade agreements. they are sitting, stalled out right now. there is zero leadership on the economic rebuilding side. and number two, we are not thinking big enough, we are not being bold as americans right now. and washington is failing us. this economy has hit the wall and we are sucking wind. i don't think people realize the severity of the situation that we're in, particularly the younger generation that is inheriting this massive amount of debt. when we face a challenge like this, jenna we've got to think bold, we've got to be big, these half steps and half measures may feel good temporarily and it may be a fix over the next year or two but we're missing the bigger issue here. we have structural issues that have to be fixed around taxes

and regulations. until we get there we won't find a fix. jenna: our viewers have questions for you. governor hunts maines going to stick around and answer your questions. get online, foxnews.com/"happening now," click on america is asking and get us your questions and we'll take the questions to governor huntsman right after the break.

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you can't afford to wait. that's 1-888-379-1405. call today. jenna: welcome back, everybody, america certainly is asking a lot of questions of our next guest, republican presidential candidate, former utah governor jon huntsman is sticking around to take your questions. peter has this question for you. he says, which would be better for the economy right now, cut regulations, or reform the tax code? >> i think you have to do both of them together. jenna: peter says you have to choice. peter says you have to choice.

i'm only reading his question. >> if we could just repeal obamacare and dodd frank that would send a signal to the marketplace that would send a message to investors and employers to carry on. regulation would be my guess in that case. jenna: you're tough to, you have to ask the questions the viewers give you. steven has a question, he says would you support a national sales tax? >> you know i've looked at a national sales tax, i think there is a lot of merit to it. what i'm talking about is what i did as governor, we created something close to a flat tax. we phased out all the deductions, the loopholes, the corporate welfare, all the could be webs, we got almost all of them out. what i'm calling for in our nation's tax code is cleaning out the could be webs and use that to lower the rate and broaden the base. it would get us in the game from a 21st century competitiveness

standpoint. i'm not speaking in academic theory here. i've been through tax reform in my state unlike any other candidate in the race. i know how it's done, it took us two years to get here and that's exactly what the nation needs to do right now. jenna: great question from tc. a question that we forget as we move along the campaign trail. he wants to know, mr. huntsman, why do you want to be president? >> i love this country. i think it is absolutely unacceptable for the first time in the history of the greatest country that ever was we are passing on the united states of america to the next generation, i'm raising seven kids, i feel this all the time. we are passing onto the younger generation, a country less good, less competitive, less productive, saddled with debt, for the first time in history. we always pass upward our hopes and terms and aspirations and national standard, and for the first time we are passing

downward. that is the greatest motivator of all. that should get every single person out of their seat around the 2012 election cycle particularly the younger generation when they understand this cancer called debt that is eating away at our core that they are about to inherit. they should be absolutely livid. they are getting the shaft, the younger generation, they are getting the shaft out of this deal. they above all ought to be rallying around the 2012 election realizing that in the republican party and free market principles we have the solutions to start take being the steps necessary to get this economy moving again and get jobs created. jenna: we appreciate you taking our questions from our viewers that are of all ages, they really appreciate it. i understand you have a very important birthday for a certain member of your family this weekend that you guys got going on. >> thanks general ark the greatest human being i've ever known, my wife mary kay. i've been married 28 years. she is turning 50 years old tomorrow. i wish her a happy birthday.

i love her dear leave. she is from florida, here we sit in florida campaigning even through her birthday, jenna. jenna: that is a very special birthday wish. its nice to know more about a candidate's family as well. all of this adds to the picture of who might be the next president of the united states, sir. we appreciate you taking the time to cover bonn much of topics with us and we look forward to having you back on. >> thanks, you're terrific jenna thank you. jon: a massive air assault trying to flight flames burning across central texas. coming up we'll talk to the mayor of bastrop about the worst fire in that state's history. the lights coming back on now in the southwest. a big black out across several states leaving millions in the dark. you won't believe why the power went out. that is next.

jon: right now the biggest aerial assault yet is underway on a devastating wildfire raging across central texas. today officials deploying one of the country's largest firefighting jets. this massive machine can drop 12,000 gallons of fire retardant in one swoop. and that is going to be needed around bastrop, just outside of austin, texas, where fires have destroyed about 1400 bastrop homes. thousands of people forced to evacuate as well, as you can imagine. farther north near the city of hillsboro and lake whitney officials say flames destroyed 15 to 20 homes. overall 180 wildfire broke out

in drought-stricken texas just this week. four people have died as a result. let's talk now with terry orr the mayor of bastrop, texas. it's my understanding that at first you thought that that number was going to be far smaller. this 1400 homes number was something of a surprise to people isn't that true? >> we are in the middle of a human tragedy here, and our initial information was something in the order of 500 homes, which i thought was just absolutely excessive. but as we've had aerial reconnaissance, through gps spotting we've been able to better determine what that loss is. and also and that has been a fly over click, click, click, that's added up to something like 1350 homes. we know there is going to be more than that. as the fire in the northern part has cooled down we actually have people on the ground that are going to the destroyed homes,

getting a gps reading, and then we're combining that with our 9/11 emergency database to establish what the addresses are. many of these homes, there are no addresses, you're just in the middle of a moon scape, but we are definitely going to have a tremendous loss of property. and property loss is only indicative of the great human tragedy. and we will be working very much in the future to alleviate that. jon: well, i know that that is a big part of what you're worried about right now trying to get a financial recovery plan in place, but obviously all of these houses, as devastating as this fire has been, all of these houses can be rebuilt. have you suffered any loss of life specifically there in bastrop? >> we have had two fatalities,

and that, considering the 34,000 acres of burned area, the number of homes, that is to me a remarkable, a remarkable circumstance. but i can say that we had a marvelous, through our city sheriff and our bastrop county judge, mcdonald, we had a good evacuation plan. and what is most important is the citizens in these threatened areas evacuated. and that is what has kept down the death toll. jon: taken responsibility for their own safety and listening to those evacuation orders. mayor terry orr from bastrop, texas, we thank you for coming on, and we wish you well as you try to rebuild. thank you. >> thank you so much. jenna: now to the southwest. crews have the power back on in most areas of the southwest. just a little while ago the electricity came back for

1.4 million people in southern california. a huge swath of land there. the lights are also on for about a million customers in mexico and the power finally restored in arizona. what caused the massive blackout? casey stegall is live in mission viejo, california with more. >> reporter: it's looking more and more like operator end on an employees end at an arizona substation that caused this whole mess. this is the far northern part of the impact area the lights are back on at this gas station behind me. we had reports all over the place yesterday of people stranded at gas stations because their tanks were empty and there was no power to run the pumps, and a lot of people were certainly scared initially because it's safe to say many americans are sort of on edge as we are on the edge of the 10th anniversary of september 11th, and the terror alert level has been raised in many places as a precaution. nearly aufrl the power ha all

of the power has been restored. it was out for 13 hours or so, shutting down schools and snarl link traffic as you can see from the pictures. thousands of traffic lights in the region were out. reports of minor accidents, even people stuck in elevators. officials are stressing that there was no sabotage here. >> we had an employee carrying out what is called a switching procedure in a yuma area substation, but we will need to take a little bit of time over the next day or two to try to figure out exactly what the relationship is if any between that procedure and the outages in yuma. >> reporter: all flights were with grounded at san diego international airport stranding thousands of passengers. the airport back up and running this morning, as is all public transportation in the area even the reactors at the san onofre nuclear power plant north of san diego went off line.

it is supposed to do that when there is a disruption in the power, that is a safety precaution. it could take up to two days before that system is fully back up and operational. it's going to take a little bit of time to iron out all of the wrinkles this whole thing caused, jenna. jenna: unbelievable. and you said it looks more and more like an accident, maybe just a good reminder to get your flashlight batteries ready. you never know what is going to happen. it could be the flip of a switch. jon: that is one big oops, 1.5 million customers. jenna: how would you feel if you were that guy, or lady. jon: i would not feel good. a credible terror threat as america gets ready to remember the attacks of 9/11 2001. a car bomb plot putting washingto washington d.c. and new york city on high alert. we have that stor story. this company received half a

billion dollars now the company is going bust. will we see any of that money again? eric bolling up next.

>> jon: right now we're getting new informs about what authorities call a credible but unconfirmed terror threat on the u.s. homeland, of course it comes just two days before our nation remembers the attacks of 9/11, ten years later. the intelligence, prompting

law enforcement in new york city to take extra precautions. david lee miller is keeping an eye on these latest and fast changing developments. >> reporter: jon, according to a published report investigators believe the possible terror plot has, and i quote, serious teeth, that's what one u.s. intelligence officer told the website run by the investigative project. so far, authorities will not publicly reveal the specifics of a potential attack, but sources have told fox that chatter and intelligence reports do indicate a possible car bomb attack might be in the works in new york city or washington, d.c. three men are reportedly being sought, national security officials telling fox some of the men might be american citizens or permanent residents, and moments ago, new york mayor michael bloomberg told our neil cavuto that although the threat being treated seriously, authorities are still trying to learn more to confirm it from other sources. >> we only have one source

which leaves you questioning the number of terror threats that only have one source are less real than if you have two or more sources, it is conceivable they could do what they want to do not big scale, so you need so say it's credible but not corroborated. >> the full interview can be seen on neil's show later today at 4:00 p.m. eastern. police meanwhile have beefed up security in the wake of the terror plot, new york cars and trucks are randomly being searched, the heightened presence on the street including bomb sniffing dogs and radiation monitoring equipment and more focus directed at bridges and tunnels, secretary of state hillary clinton speaking this hour said the latest al-qaeda threat is, and i quote her now, no surprise to us and serves, she says, as a continuing reminder to remain vigilant. jon. jon: all of us need to do that. david lee miller, thank you. jenna: fox business alert for you now. we want to look at those

markets because they are turning lower today, a few reasons given by a few different sources, everything from reuters to the associated press, the market updates. to explain why we're seeing a lower market, one of the reasons it's lower is the concern about the economic stimulus plan that the president put forward yesterday. that's how reuters described the jobs plan, as a stimulus plan. also there is changing of the guard in the central bank in europe and because of some of the questions about the bank and health of those banks there, that added to some unesiness in the markets overseas and that can be seen reflected in our markets as well. we're keeping an eye on the market, down 228 points on a friday. in the meantime it was once called the future of clean energy by the president but now solar panel maker solnydra is a target of an investigation, the fbi raiding its offices days after it declared bankruptcy and people familiar with the investigation are saying authorities are looking into

whether executives knowingly misled the government to procure $500 million in loan guarantees. that's taxpayer money. eric bolling is live with more on this. what strikes you about this story? >> >> reporter: good morning, jenna. the amount of money concerned, that's taxpayer dollars, $527 million that were loaned to solyndra and guaranteed by the u.s. taxpayer. that's an issue mr. obama has been clear, he wants to promote green energy and other various forms of green power, solar wind, geo thermal, et cetera. the problem with solnydra is this, one of the investors, george kaiser, he happened to be a buttonedler, raising money for the 2008 presidential campaign for mr. obama. phr*plt kaiser and a group of other officials had visited the white house up to 20 times in and around the time that they were given this $527 million loan. in fact, there were four visits to the white house by one of these groups, the week prior to the

$527 million loan to solyndra so the we is bubbling up, was the u.s. taxpayer loan given to solyndra based on this buttonedler, george kaiser, a friend of president obama, was it because he was an investor in the company or not. that's why fbi raided the headquarters in california, they want to know more and i think the american public deserves to know more. jenna: lots of speculation but no answers to the questions you put forward and good ones, too, eric. i know you're going to be talking about this tonight. >> yes, ma'am, we are. jenna: that's going to be a big story among that desk that's shared by five people, appropriately called "the five". there you go. tonight's panel will discuss the debate and talk about the hot stories. eric is going to be on that panel, you do not want to miss it, 5:00 p.m. eastern time. jon: we'll be watching. we are watching tropical storm nate gaining strength and threatening to become a hurricane in the next few hours. there you see it swirling in the bay of pampici off the gulf of mexico.

the latest on the storm's path, next. plus, fueled by the fallen. the story behind a line of vehicles honoring the victims and heroes of 9/11. we'll have the cars right here, outside our studios. jenna, who likes a hot car, is going to check them out. jenna: who doesn't. we want to bring you quickly to the president. he's speaking about jobs. >> america is the envy of the world, in other words, you expect action, and you deserve it, right now. >> [applause] >> and that's why, after a few scheduling issues, i went to congress last night. >> [laughter] >> jenna: do we have him back? i hear it in my ear. we've had a couple problems with the shot. as it goes in and out -- >> we have ways to grow the

economy, help businesses and put more of our fellow americans back to work. it's called the american jobs act. >> [applause] >> next week, i will send it to congress. they should pass it right away. [applause] now, everything in the american jobs act, everything in there, is the kind of proposal that's been supported in the past by both democrats and republicans. i've been radical in this bill. everything in it will put more people back to work and more money back into the pockets of those who are working. everything in it will be paid for. >> [applause] >> but the the reason i'm

here in richmond, because, to make it happen, ef one of your voices can make a difference. every one of your voices will have an impact. i'm going to talk about the politics in a second, but let me right now just talk about what's in the american jobs act. it will create more jobs for construction workers. more jobs for teachers. more jobs for veterans, more jobs for young people. >> [applause] >> more jobs for the long term unemployed. it will provide a tax break to companies if they hire new workers. it will cut payroll taxes in half for every small business other than and every working american. it will jumpstart an economy that has salt and will give

companies the confidence that if they hire new woerbgs and they invest in their businesses, then there are going to be customers there who can actually afford to buy the things they're selling. jenna: as the president speaks to the university of richmond on the american jobs act, if you'd like to hear more from the president, go to foxnews.com/live, stream thr-g on our website. in the meantime we're going to take a quick break and be back to talk more about the job market and what it's going to take to get it back on track.

jenna: as the national conversation turns to jobs and the president pushes his new legislation to help unemployment, urban areas and minority populations have been especially hard hit. here's an example. in l.a., unemployment is more than 12 percent. in chicago, it's more than 10 percent. in philadelphia, more than 9 percent. and when you break it down further, the unemployment rate for african-americans is nearly 17 percent right now in this country, among latinos, more than 11 percent. vallerie wilson is national urban league vice president of research, also an

economist, and it's great to have you with us today, dr. wilson. >> thank you jenna, glad to be here. gen jen what part of your research was so striking, you say if we tackle african-american unemployment, that we would actually bring the national unemployment rate down. tell us more about that. >> well, african-american workers currently make up about 12 percent of the american work force. unfortunately, african-american unemployment as you mentioned is nearly 17 percent, and that unemployment rate has actually grown over the course of the recovery as opposed to stagnating or even declining as we've seen with some other groups. jenna: why is that, by the way? pardon for interrupting but why have you seen it grow instead of shrink with some of the efforts like the stimulus plan, for example? >> well, i think there are a number of factors that have played a role in that. first of all, african-americans, you have the highest rate of unemployment at 46 1/2%, but another troubling trend we've seen is that among african-american college

graduates, the unemployment rate is actually -- has actually more than doubled since the recession and this is a group that typically has a lower rate of unemployment. also we find that african-american unemployed workers are more likely to be out of work for six months or longer, as well as the mounting job losses that we've seen over the past several months at the state and local levels, where a number of african-american workers are disproportionately unemployed in state and local governments. jenna: when you say that about the college graduates and getting work, that is alarming. is there anything in the president's job plan that you've heard in the last 24 hours or so that would specifically help that group? >> i think that just having a plan in general to stimulate the economy, to encourage businesses to hire again, to offer the tax breaks, is something that will help move our economy forward, generally speaking, and for college graduates, i think those kinds of things would be the most

accessible. i think other things would be important in terms of providing whether they were in an industry that cut jobs and haven't come back and aren't going to come back, i think opportunity phos retraining are important as well. jen skwra*epbd we look forward to hearing about more of those plans and whether or not that might be something to take a look at. dr. wilson, nice to have you, thank you very much for joining us today. >> thank you. op jon you might remember the iconic picture from a florida classroom on 9/11, he delivered the message to president bush, america was under attack. now ten years later, andy card looks back, as we remember that day. >>

jon: it is an image many of us will never forget, the commander in chief being told america was under attack.

the white house chief of staff, andy card, who whispered the terrible news to president george w. bush, as the president conducted an education event at an elementary school in sarasota, florida. joining us now, andy card, that man who whispered those words to president bush, he was chief of staff at the time. you actually had an inkling before the event started that something had gone wrong. >> when we arrived at the school there was a buzz in the air, i remember a couple of people asking did anybody hear about a plane crashing in new york, karl rove and dan bartlett and the president was with the principal of the school, the school in sarasota, florida and a staffer from the white house situation room came up to the president and said sir, it appears a small twin engine prop plane crashed into one of the twin towers in the world trade center in new york city and our collective response was what a horrible accident, the pilot must have had a heart attack oring in. >> -- or something.

>> so the president said to go on with the meeting. >> he walked into the classroom with the principal, when the door shut that staffer says sir, it was not a small engine plane it was a commercial jetliner and my mind flashed to the fear that must have been experienced by the passengers on the jetliner, they had to know it wasn't gaining altitude and that same staffer came back to me seconds later and said oh my gosh a second plane hit the other tower at the world trade center and that's when i knew i had to tell the president and i made a decision to pass on two facts, make one editorial comment and do nothing to invite a question. >> you said precisely when? >> i opened the door to the classroom and the principal was speaking to the president and i -- when the principal was then speaking to the students and the students responded i walked up to the president i leaned over and i said a second plane hit the second tower. america is under attack. and that's all i said to him. >> i know from reading his book, that he felt it was important not to panic, not

to show -- not to subpoena jet these kids, frankly, not to just jump up and say gotta go. >> i thought he handled it exactly the right way. >> he was criticized for having stayed in that courtroom. >> i didn't agree on a number of fronts. first of all he did nothing to demonstrate fear to those kids, he did nothing todom straight fear to the media that would have transferred satisfaction to the terrorists in the world, he gave me the time to develop the infrastructure needed to support the support of the president, he said get the fbi on the phone, get a line open to the situation room at the white house, get the crew back on air force one, get the secret service to turn the motorcade around so all of that could be done while the president was in the classroom and i thought he handled it the right way. >> does it seem like ten years to you? >> it does not seem like ten years but it's truly concerning to me that people want to focus on what i said to the president when they should be focusing on the sacrifices made by innocent civilians. >> andy card, thank you. >> thank you. jenna: an incredible

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jenna: welcome back, everybody, we start with this fox news alert. take a look at the markets today, down at their lowest points more than 300 points. september is typically a rough month historically in the markets. there are a few things factors in today. there are questions about european banks and just overall debt in europe. there is also some questions about the president's job proposal, but they really go both directions. one there is questions about the proposal itself, but there are also questions on whether or not it will pass. for those who like the idea of a payroll tax cut and like some of

the components of the plan, that's also causing anxiety in the markets. we'll keep an eye on things. wall street is down about 300 points this friday. folks on wall street in new york overall and washington are seeing a lot more security today. a highly visible response to a specific and credible but unconfirm terror threat. we'll dig deeper into what that means. hi, everybody i'm jenna lee. jon: the second hour of "happening now." i'm jon lee. jon: a possible attack timed to coincide with the upcoming remembrance of 9/11. our national correspondent catherine herridge live in washington. you're the first reporter to get the butt tin, what does it say. >> reporter: it's five pages long, obtain eud by fox. it's called potential al-qaida threat to new york city in washington d.c. during the 9/11 anniversary period. a national security source confirmed to me that the f.b.i. and intelligence community are

seeking a handful of potential operatives, there is a sauler subset that could include american citizens or lpr's legal permanent residents. such attacks may involve operatives carrying u.s. documentation. the attacks would be intended to cause panic in the public and disarray among first responders. it adds that the intelligence is not more specific than the possible timing, the anniversary, in new york and washington and of course the method being a car bomb. you can read into the document itself it also talks about the potential use of ied's jon. jon: so, what is the source of this chatter? >> reporter: well the source of the chatter based on my reporting is a single source, it's a source that has a track record with the u.s. intelligence community, so they have an ability to assess its reliability, and i was told the threat information that really spiked in the last 36 hours came out of pakistan. what also is striking to me is that this f.b.i. dhs bulletin

talks specifically about fizal shazad. he drove the car into times square and fortunately that bomb failed. that was seen by al-qaida and allies oversees as somewhat of a successful attack because they were able to get an american citizen to travel to pakistan, get training to make the bomb and then get them back into the united states, and it was really a matter of luck that the bomb did not detonate that day, jon. jon: catherine herridge reporting live for us from washington. thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. jon: for more on this peter brooks is a former cia officer and a senior fellow at the heritage foundation. peter, one thing i want to get on the table right off the bat, there might be viewers who say, why are you guys telling these plotters everything that we know about this thing. is there any kind of a danger in that? >> well there might be, because they might take evasive

actions. in the same sense, jon, you want john q public out there to be vigilant. we don't want to be alarmists about this threat but we also have to be vigilant. somebody might see something. you know, somebody might be a purveyor of fertilizer for instance and somebody comes in he doesn't know and buys a lot of fertilizer that could be used as a car bomb or buys other kinds of explosives. and they could report it to the authority. i think in that sense, it's very important. jon: the man who catherine herridge was referring to who apparently tried to bomb times square in the past couple of years he was buying that fertilizer. didn't get the bomb put together correctly, that is one of the things they will be looking for. what about propane tanks, things like that. >> that's certainly one of the things they could use. this is why they want people out there -- we only have gnome law enforcement i have, so many f.b.i. agents, so many

intelligent agents, there is 310 million americans who can perhaps help. remember back here a number of years ago when we had that snipe every h sniper. he wasn't found by the authorities, he was noted by travelers who reported it to the authorities. it's very more that we remain vigilant while others are running down additional information about the plot and they can hopefully locate and identify and foil it if it is an actual plot and that the information that we are receiving is good. jon: according to a bulletin just crossing the wires, and there is perhaps no surprise here, but this threat may be linked to ayman al-zawahri, the egyptian doctor who took over as the number one in al-qaida after, of course, osama bin laden was so -- was so deservedly put away by the navy seals team. ayman al-zawahri would clearly like to make a splash and embarrass the united states government, if he could.

the question is, can he? what do we know about the kind of plots that he tends to like versus what his late and unlouisianleader osama bin laden liked to pull off. >> there is a lot of reasons for them to want to do this. obviously we know al-qaida has been focused on dates and anniversaries for a longtime. ayman al-zawahri would love to prove that he is a viable leader of al-qaida. al-qaida has been reeling, jon as you know we took outlawed laud, we took out their new number two in the last couple of weeks. he wants to prove the organization is good, receive funding, get new foot soldiers to come in, avenge the loss of osama bin laden, as is mentioned by catherine that suv plot last may came one spark away from exploding. they see this as a success. i don't think there is a tremendous amount of difference in what they want to do, but they want to do something and they want to show that al-qaida, especially al-qaida central in

pakistan is still a viable and dangerous antiamerican organization. jon: it's an organization that many people hadn't heard of until ten years ago, peter, and still viable and would like to strike us. let's not let our guard down. that is the message. peter brooks, thank you. >> thank you, jon. jenna: right now we move to texas where firefighters are trying to get a handle on one of the worst wildfires in the state's history. 1400 homes burnt to the ground and tens of thousands of acres destroyed. all this from just one of many, many fires burning right now in texas. kris gutierrez is following the latest developments for us near a fire in bastrop, texas, one of the most destructive. kris. >> reporter: yeah, hi, jenna, this afternoon people are slowly being allowed into some of the neighborhoods that have been impacted by this fire. we are at the edge of t

tahchianville rajai. people returned to this house where everything is completely gone, listen here. >> this is our life, our memories. i had the only vhs tapes of my children when they were little. we have nothing. i have two pair of slacks and a pair of shoes. >> reporter: from one end of the spectrum to the other now we were with brian smalley as he literally walked into his house for the first time. despite the faint smell of smoke inside you'd never know a fire came close to consuming his house. everything is just exactly how they left it including bows on his bed where his wife was playing with his young daughter before he had to evacuate. feelings like this make him feel guilty, police even here. >> it's purely by grace that my house is standing here today.

i don't know the reason why. as you can see this community has really been devastated. i have plenty of friends who are without a home and my home is standing here today, so you know, i don't think i understood the magnitude of what really happened here until i walked up. >> reporter: a lot of people echoing that same sentiment. the fire out here is just 30% contained and it's been burning now nor six days. back to you. jenna: amazing stories you're sharing with us, kris. thank you. jon: major developments in a battle over unions in washington state. hundreds of longshoreman storming a grain shipping terminal overwhelming security guards there and dumping the cargo. this violent eruption caps a red-hot summer of labor unrest at the new facility. dan springer is live in seattle with more on what is going on there, dan. >> reporter: yeah, jon the violence broke out at the port of long view in southern washington state, the police chef there telling me that 500

longshoreman broke threw a quit and vandalized a brand-new grain terminal there for two hours. six security guards were hold up in their shack, too afraid for their safety to come out. the flash followed picketing wednesday afternoon that saw the arrest of 19 people and may have been sparked by this photo who shows the president of the international longshorema the ud the place at 4:po in the morning they broke windows, cut rail car brake lines and dumped about 20 tons of grain. cops who did arrive made no arrests. they were so outnumbered. they hope to use security tape to identify some of the vandals. it's believed most of the longshoreman work in the ports of tacoma and seattle and were showing solidarity with the employees in long view. you had four west coast ports shut down by the labor dispute. we can tell you that things are back to normal today, all the ports are open for business,

ships are getted loaded and unloaded but the overall dispute far from settled. a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction yesterday restricting the union from mass picketing that would block trains getting to or from the egt operation. the judge had put out a temporary retraining order with the same restrictions just a week earlier which was ignored. the union says this action was not sanctioned by them, but an official told me it was understandable, as frustrated members took matters into their own hands. egt hired workers from a different union to work at the terminal. port officials say that vie lights their agreement with the company. the courts will decide a matter in the year. the question is will the violence continue between now and then. no one seems to know the answer to that. jon: this is one union in effect angry at the other. >> reporter: they are angry at the company because the company has said they are not going to hire the longshoreman. they wanted to hire nonunion but

apparently they hired from a different union. the port officials said they had an agreement with the company that they would hire longshoreman. longshoreman say they want shows jobs. jon: thank you. jenna: jenna: a judge deciding whether to dismiss charges against a former rutgers student accused of using a web cam to spy on his roommate, and that eventually led to his roommate's suicide. more on that in a second. shocking new evidence in the murder of a border patrol agent. we'll tell you what the government may have known about brian terry's death have i got a surprise for you! [ barks ] yeah, it's new beneful healthy fiesta. gotta love the protein for muscles-- whoo-hoo! and omega-rich nutrition for that shiny coat.

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found out that the charges against him for setting up the web cam in his roommate's dorm room allegedly will stand, and also the person who was on the tape with the now deceased victim, his name will be released to robby's attorneys. they had been fighting to find out that information, and so the judge says the charges will stand, but you will get that information about the other person on that videotape. they want to incorporate that into their case to try to figure out whether or not this case really is dealing with a case of bullying and by as against a man who days after that tape was released and shown to fellow student at rutgers university jumped off the george washington bridge. 19-year-old robby finding out that he will be going to trial, moving toward that. meanwhile the family of tyler clementi trying to seek justice in this case will at least see it go to trial. he was 18 years old when that videotape showed him having an intimate encounter with another man and days later he jumped to

his death. that other person will only be shown in court documents with his initials we're told and will not be released to the public. that just coming in about this case. jenna. jenna: we'll continue to watch these developments, thank you. jon: some stunning new evidence coming to light in the count verse shall federal gun running program known as operation fast and furious. those weapons ended up in the hands of mexican drug cartels. they were used in violent crimes including the murder of a border patrol agent, brian terry. fox news has just obtained some exclusive documents pointing to a possible government cover up. william la jeunesse is live with that from los angeles. william. >> reporter: the cover up of an operation it appears the f.b.i. knew about and helped perpetuate. this man is the latest accused of using a fast and furious gun in a violent crime. his name is angel hernandez diaz, he allegedly rammed two police cars in arizona and stole a truck before being arrested for firing his rifle, but it is

the brian terry case that continues to haunt washington. all along we've been told the f.b.i. found only two guns at the murder scene. now we have evidence of a third gun put there by an f.b.i. informant. >> brian terry is what used to keep me awake at night. it's the ultimate tragedy. >> reporter: the gun battle that claimed border agent brian terry's life happened near midnight. by day break the f.b.i. controlled the crime scene. nine months later, however, the agency has refused to release the details of his death. >> the family wants answers. they'd like to put to rest and put closure to exactly what happened to brian. >> reporter: new documents suggest a cover up may be the hold up. until now those involved insist police found only two guns at the murder scene, two ak-style assault weapons. emails from the day after terry died suggest otherwise. in addition to those guns atf

was quote researching the status of firearms recovered earlier by the f.b.i. a second email asks if the two ak-47's are, quote, in addition to a gun already recovered this morning. so why is evidence of this third gun blacked out? sources say the weapon was procured by an f.b.i. informant inside the sinaloa cartel, for the gang that allegedly killed brian terry. to protect that informant and the f.b.i.'s potential role in the agent's death the gun apparently disappeared. now the f.b.i. said it could not comment because the investigation is ongoing. but this information supports earlier reports that the f.b.i. and the dea new the guns were going to be in southern arizona because of wiretaps on their own informants, jon and no one told the border patrol what they were walking into. when brian terry was shot these agencies new immediately they could be partially culpable. back to you. jon: unbelievable. william la jeunesse reporting live, thank you. jenna: deadly floodwaters are

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jenna: right now near record flooding across the northeast. in pennsylvania we are seeing cat catastrophic flooding. the river under evacuation orders. it appears the river has crested below the height of the levee system protecting the city. we were talking with the mayor during the commercial whether this is a good thing or what is

next. this is mayor tom laden, he is joining us on the phone. you still have some concerns, what are those. >> the concerns are when the water recedes there will be pressure on the banks which will have pressure on our infrastructure, the gas lines, water lines, sewer lines. it sucks the dirt and the low grade material into the river. whenever the river reaches a level that it has reached this weekend, or this past week we experience major sinkholes and utility collapses. we'll be concerned over the next four or five days of sinkholes and utility collapses that happen across the neighborhoods. jenna: i know you're a business owner in the downtown area you have a family as well. how is your family holding up? >> i haven't seen them much over the last three or four days, mostly text messages and phone calls. they are holding up well. they are staying with friends up

on high ground. we are coping witness. we've been through this before. we'll get through it again. jenna: what does the city look like? have you been around on boats? can you even get around that way? we are looking at tape of the water in the river by the way and sometimes it looks calm and at other times it looks kind of rough. >> we just issued a mandatory evacuation for the brooke side area of the city. that will affect approximately 400 to 500 people. a creek overflowed its banks and the fire department is rushing eight to ten residents out of their homes in boats to get them to higher ground. we will probably shut the electrical off in each of the homes to avoid any electrical fires. there will be another 3 or 400 people disrupted for the weekends. jenna: do you have the resources you need? >> so far we've been very fortunate. we've had great assistance from the national guard, our state police, our fire and police have done an excellent job. in fact all city employees really came together to help make things run smoothly.

city hall is closed, we are in a floodplain, we have a command center and we've had great, great work from our city workers. we are are running city government out of a recreational complex. jenna: sounds like you're holding down the fort. thank you for taking the time today. >> thank you, have a good day. jon: one of our chatters in texas was talking about the irony sitting there in texas where it's so dry and they've got all those fires and all of that water pouring on places like pennsylvania, awful. one of america's most prestigious universities in legal hot water now. the family of a murdered graduate student who attended there is suing yale. new details on the lawsuit, what it might mean for that ivy league school. plus they helped take down the taliban, u.s. air force special ops among the first on the

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jenna: welcome back, everybody. air force special operation forces were among the first on the ground in afghanistan post the 9/11 attacks. and they along with special ops

groups from the arm me and navy are responsible for countless missions in the war on terror. both their training and technology evolved in the last decades. rick leventhal is live from lower manhattan with more on this incredible story. >> reporter: the 9/11 attacks left deep wounds in lower manhattan and across the country as well. it sparked patriotism and a renewed interest in serving the country. the elite forces, the competition is fierce. you have to eastern your spot the hard way if you want to be one of the elite forces in the world. >> they took an oath during a time of war knowing they would go down range and fight. that mental for the taoud and dedication imental fortitude is there. >> reporter: the grueling physical training is conducted on the ground, in the air, and underwater. preparing for battle with u.s.

air force special tactics units, among the first on the ground in afghanistan after 9/11, on six-month rotations ever since, an unprecedented stretch of service in our nation's history. >> it puts airman on the battlefield with special operations team in order to make air battle happen at the front edge of the battle, whether it's dropping bombs and saving people in krarbz helicopters. >> reporter: air crews train on high-tech simulators, at the command's largest schoolhouse expanded to handle the growing number of recruits. >> by taking some of the training in the operational units in the fight they can maintain their sole focus on combat. >> reporter: the focus is critical because the risks are so high. 17 of these special airman have died since 9/11, jenna and 93 # critically wounded. jenna: great insight to their story. thank you very much. rick leventhal down in lower

manhattan today. jon: fox news alert under this new terror threat that has authorities so concerned in places like new york city and washington d.c. neil cavuto just finished an interview with new york's top man, mayor mike bloomberg. we'll be hearing from neil in just a bit. we do have neil i'm told. there he is. >> reporter: hey, jon how are you. jon: good, good i'm happy you could be with us. you just talked to the mayor. these must be tense times. you have the marking of 9/11 coming up ten years after, juxtaposed against that this new terror threat. what is the mayor's reaction. >> reporter: the mayor was very sort of calming about it. he's obviously aware of the 10th anniversary that this would have happened, this kind of threat would be out there. it's something that osama bin laden has written about for

years wanting to plan something for the ten year anniversary, something that would directly hit new york and washington. the elements were there, the threat was out there and long suspected. they were hearing a lot of chatter, and you know how this stuff goes, jon, what decides chatter that matters, versus chatter that does not. but mayor bloomberg when i talked to him about it a few minutes ago he was trying to put this in some perspective here that this was just a cautionary move. he stressed that the national terror alert has not been raised. he did tell me this was something that would come with the ten-year anniversary any way. but they are on top of it. this is from a few minutes ago, mayor bloomberg. >> we only have one source, which leaves you questioning the number of terror threats that only have one source are less than those who have multiple sources. you say, well it's credible, but

eye not corroborated. >> reporter: it's not corroborated. but you know how this goes, jon, in this environment you do things out of an abundance of caution. as a republican senator told me on fox business yesterday when this threat was first revealed and announced he had said that it did not seem to be too surprising in this environment and officials of all sorts would probably want to have on record that they were on record with a warning like this. god forbid should something happen. but he left it at that. the national terror alert has not been elevated. they are worried in lower manhattan, that the targets would be car bombs in washington d.c., and in and around the pentagon and ground zero. they felt a need to up the city level in lower manhattan. he is just as other leaders are,

are continuing with these events that will honor solemnly and quietly we might point out the events of ten years ago. jon: a report from reuters confirming that secretary of state hillary clinton is saying that al-qaida is behind this threat. we had got even that word a couple of minutes ago. worth pointing out, neil, and you always do this so well is that what terrorists are trying to do is u.n. nerve us, change our way of life, make us afraid and maybe we should expect that they would do this on such a somber weekend. >> reporter: well you're right, jon. there is nothing morey alternate shaking than coming back here, and i know you and i have come back here almost every year since 9/11, and what is amazing to me when you see these two giant holes that are now fountains, representing the trade center -- you know, the towers that are now gone, is

what we lost that day. but it is no accident, as a guy who covers business and finances for fox that it was as a much target of that than anything else and that we would financially never be able to get our act together. the whole world is wobbly, and giving today's downdraft to the dow we are very, very wobbly. if the idea then was to destroy capitalism in our count throw as we know it, because we lost a lot of our best and brightest just in the financial community to say nothing of all the other heros who lost their lives that day, but still it is, a rebuilding. if i could put a full glass to this. even though we are constantly

reminded, cons trapbt lee threatened, we constantly move forward. jon: neil cavuto, good to talk to you. jenna: you can see more of the interview ot 4:00pm eastern time. the tere owe attacks of 9/11 turning president bush into the leader of a war. we'll look again at the school where the president first learned of the attacks. the angels that are honoring 9/11. i'm going to head outside now. i'll see you there with the cars. jon: she gets to play with all the cool toys. jenna: bayh, jon. bye, jon. [ male announcer ] it's a fact:

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jon: fox news alert weather alert for you now. tropical storm nate is churning around in the gulf of mexico, not moving very quickly, but it's already causing big trouble. a search underway right now for ten oil workers from a texas-based company. they are missing in the stormy waters, apparently after evacuating their oil rig. meteorologist janice dean is live in the fox extreme weather center. j.d. >> reporter: oh, such tragic news. we hope that we have a good news story out of this when we find those workers. unfortunately we are dealing with a tropical storm that is soon to become a hurricane. we will keep you up to date on the breaking news out of the gulf of mexico. here is tropical storm nate. it is slowly strengthening, a lot of warm water here in the bay of campeche, here are the tropical storm models, likes like it will make landfall across eastern portions of mexico. one of these brings it up towards texas.

man they could really use the rain. unfortunately it does not look like we will see tropical storm nate any time soon across the u.s. there is the official track as of 11:00. 65-mile per hour winds. 74 makes it a hurricane. we believe it will become a hurricane in the next 24 hours. we are watching katia which is not going to make landfall across the u.s. we will get high surf and rip currents. be careful out there if you are deciding to surf in what remains of katia across the atlantic. this is marie a we are expecting maria to strengthen and move closer to the lesser antilles this weekend. you see the model bringing it similar to the path of katia and making a b-line close to florida. here is the official track, still a tropical storm. we think it will have the opportunity to become a hurricane in the next several days as it threatens the bahamas

perhaps and hopefully, hopefully will not come here to the u.s. but again we'll have to monitor the station. now katia, there is katia right there, still a hurricane, again not going to make landfall across the u.s. or even bermuda. it will be a shipping concern and also a europe concern heading into the w weekend. we are dealing with the potential of scattered showers and thunderstorms over areas that have seen incredible flooding, across pennsylvania and new york, parts of maryland, baltimore and d.c. we still have the potential for flooding. flash flood watches and warnings remain posted for many of these areas, jon, as we head into the weekend, unfortunately we could see the potential for scattered showers but i don't think anything that is going to lead to more massive flooding. back to you. jon: i know your husband shaun is a big surfer. are you going to keep him locked up this weekend with the surf kicking up? >> reporter: that's a ver very

good point. we don't need him out in those big waves right now. jon: j.d., thanks. >> reporter: nice to see you, jon. jon: it is the image many of us will never forget, president bush hearing our nation was under attack, also watching him that september day in 2001, a classroom full of second graders in florida. today those little kids are seniors in high school, and fox news spoke to them about the moment when history unfolded right before their young eyes. jonathan serrie live at ema e. booker elementary school in sarasota, florida. >> reporter: looking back these students now high school seniors say that president bush made the right decision staying with them in that classroom until they finished reading. but they said that even at the tender age of seven, second graders could tell that the commander-in-chief was clearly upset at that moment that his

chief of staff, andy card leaned over and whispered something in his ear. they couldn't tell what was being whispered but based on the former president's face, how he just changed expression they could tell it was something very serious and something that was clearly upsetting to him. the former president describes his emotions in a national geographic documentary, listen. >> my first reaction was anger, you know. who the hell would do that to america? and then i immediately focused on the children and the contrast between the notion of an attack, and the innocence of children clarified my job. >> he did the best that he could do in the situation, and if he would have left people would have criticized him. if he would have stayed people would have criticized him, so i think he made the right decision by staying there. >> reporter: students say their

teacher who was in the room kay daniels also remained calm explaining to them what was going on, but in a way that would not cause panic in small children. many of their parents, however, were concerned as they watched events unfold on tv. here is what one student nowa 17-year-old high school senior remembers of that day ten years ago. >> i think it was pretty hectic, like a bunch of parents came in, kids were leaving really early because their parents thought that the school was going to be under attack next, because president bush was here. >> reporter: students say teachers managed to keep things calm and based on the discussion that those teachers and eventually parents had in the following weeks, well the kids said they may live life a hrult morlittle more cautiously than if 9/11 had had not occurred, it enabled them to live their life without being in fear. jon: it was a day that changed all of us and it certainly

changed those young kids. let's check in with me partner jenna lee up on the plaza with very cool things to show us. jenna: following up on john a than that serrie's report, one of the thins we're doing this week is taking a look at how different people are remembering 9/11. we have a very special moving memorial to show you. coming up we'll take a look at fuel by the fallen.. take a look at all of these cars. we'll have that story in just a moment on "happening now."

[music playing] jenna: welcome back, everybody, as a journalist sometimes you find stories and other times the stories find you. just over the weekend i was walking through times square when i saw all these flashing lights. as i moved towards the flashing lights i realized there wasn't actually and emergency happening, there was these camaros, brand-new camaros. you can see why this could catch your attention. i found a story that i really wanted to share with you. kevin major howard is the founder of fueled for the fallen, or by the fallen i should say, kevin. and you basically created some moving memorials to remember 9/11, and also to remember some of our servicemen and women. tell us a little bit about where you got the idea. >> about five years ago we're all sitting in front of our television sets and we learned that 12 died today in iraq, afghanistan, 2 the day before that, five the day before that. i woke up this morning and said kevin try to remember a name of a fallen hero who died for my personal freedom.

i could than do it. and i was paying attention. i said america is probably experiencing the same thing as i am. how can we put this back into our lives. jenna: we have different people stopping by to take a look at the names. what exactly do you have written on the cars and why did you choose these specific cars to put this memorial on. >> chevrolet is so american, it's been with us forever. i chose them because -- i created these as the white angels, the 9/11 angels, this is age yell one, the 9/11 first responders. the names on the car of those of our police, fire and paramedics who ran into the buildings to save other people's lives risking their own. jenna: some of the other cars are the names of those in the building and the names at the pentagon as well. >> right behind me we have angel

2, she is one of the twin tower. angel 3 another twin tower. then we have flight 97. jenna: you were telling the story that you were down at pentagon, you brought these cars to the pentagon, what was the reaction there? >> the cars are absolutely embraced. this is our history, our country. and at the pentagon we met a family who was looking for their son romeo and we found him and stood by and shared stories, and smiles, and remembered who romeo was. this is our real history. and i'd love to tell this to others, this is our great nation, let's teach our babies six more words tomorrow, yes, sir, no, sir, please and thank you. i think america would just be stronger for that. let's keep this in our lives, this is our history, past, present and future, let's never forget, these are precious and devastated families. if this tribute brings to life the memory of someone else that they've lost i think it's a grand moment. jenna: let's talk a little bit more as we follow with the

camera as well. let's roll spirit foundation as well, you have a jeep covered with an phefrpb flag. that makes a statement. where do you think this comes from inside of you when you think about your patriotism and this project. people think of great ideas all the time. what made you actually go out and do it? >> i had a great father and he told me about respect and compassion for your fellow man. i think we are in a time now where we need to turn to our neighbors, introduce ourselves by name. this is the spirit of unity, this is a time when we all need to come together and not forget our past, but walk into the future with this bright angel light that we all share, and by the way, these jeeps will actually be on ebay and they are being auctioned off to give back to the heros, please come visit. jenna: i was curious about what your next step is because we've taken these cars around the country to different cities to again show this moving memorial. what is next for you and the foundation? where are you going to bring them next. jenna: ou next. >> our foundation is fueled by

the fallen and our motto is teach a child to thank a person today. we want every person to get a chance to see these hero. let's educate our babies. they are about to inherit this country in a short time. jenna: kevin major howard we appreciate it. this is no easy task getting all these cars outside our fox news. fueled by the fallen.org is where you can check out more about the vehicles and your story. we thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having the ridge gels back at home in new york city. jenna: we'll gladly take all angels. jon: great paint jobs there. eye watching. new details on this latest terror threat tar getting america, apparently from al-qaida, and what this country is doing to try to beef up security. [ man ] ♪ gone, like my last paycheck ♪ gone, gone away ♪ gone, like my landlord's smile ♪

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jenna: welcome back, everybody. fueled by the fallen.org, check it out. jon, i could kind of see you in