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you through exactly the time line of what happened on september 11th, 17 years ago and we, of course, will do the same thing today. brian: they did a remarkably sensitive, insightful job with the museum there, with the reflecting pool that you are staring at now, and finally 17 years later u almost all the rebuilding is done or they are very close. they finally fixed the subway station destroyed on 9/11 17 years later. sadly we are also talking about some of the cancers that those working on the pile to save as many lives as possible and to clean up down there, people are still suffering. it's almost like a time bomb went off that day and we heard about that yesterday and hear more about it today. it's also important to not only go back over the moments when tacks happened witbut also the moments of silence. six moments of sigh lengths today when both towers fell and when the pentagon was hit and when both towers towers were hit as well when flight

93 went down. steve: this hour 6:45 we will take you down to washington, d.c., the pentagon, where every year we see them unfuller a guy unfug pentagon partially collapsed. 25 men and women who worked in the pentagon were killed. ainsley: 40 were killed in shanksville, pennsylvania. we will be taking you there live when is he there they built the tower of voices beautiful. 40 wind chimes. can you hear the 40 wind chimes of the 40 people who lost their lives. we need to get to this fox news alert as well. four states declaring emergencies now as hurricane florence is heading for the east coast. more than 1 million people ordered to evacuate in the carolinas, in virginia and maryland. brian: category 4 storm, which could be a five soon, is expected to cause catastrophic damage when it makes landfall later this week.

steve: todd piro is live in wilmington, north carolina where operations are underway today. i understand in south carolina they are expecting one million people to hit the road and get out of town. how about north carolina. todd: that is exactly right. 1 million in south carolina. we don't have an official number from north carolina where we are here. as can you see we are between 48 and 72 hours of this storm hitting and already buildings boarded up. this isn't just the scene along the shore where we are. inland we saw a lot of buildings already boarded up there has already been some flooding in the outer banks but, of course, of the focus yesterday and over the next few days is preparation ahead of florence' direct hit. people throughout virginia and the carolinas getting their homes ready it's also a time to protect and prepare not just your property but yourself some folks already encountering empty shelves as they stock up on supplies and gas lines

already starting to get long as people fill up not knowing how long they will have to be in their cars trying to evacuate. even the navy making sure its fleet in the area are in calmer waters. all this preparation is vital, says officials, like the governor here in north carolina. >> one of the things that will be potentially different and more impactful with this storm are the high winds and the storm surge u so, we encourage people to abide by evacuation orders that are issued by local counties and do not try to ride out these storms. >> even the president weighing in on the magnitude of florence tweeting to the incredible citizens of north carolina, south carolina, and the entire east coast, the storm looks very bad. please take all necessary precautions, we have already began mobilizing our assets to respond accordingly, and we are here for you. parts of north and south

carolina as well as virginia already under evacuation orders that again in less than an hour from now. states of emergency declared in those three states as well as maryland. back to you. brian: all right. thanks, todd. one of the most important thing under rated things is book your hotel now. you are going to be competing with a million people to book a hotel. don't do it for one day, do it for five days. ainsley: wherever you are going? brian: go find a hotel and book it because you will be sold thought a nano second. steve: some people can't afford a hotel that's why in south carolina, in particular, there are 26 states, 26 counties where they have already close you had the school and they have closed the public -- state public buildings to make them available as shelters. in that live report, todd was just talking about the storm surge and janice jean is joining us now as she tracks florence. they are saying where the storm comes ashore. ainsley: right. steve: the surge could be

10 feet. ainsley: i read 20 feet in one article. janice: up to a foot right now ginsding on where the storm makes landfall. it's the right front quadrant that you get the worst of the rain and the winds and the storm surge. storm surge advisories have been posted. that's new. also, hurricane watches are now up for the carolinas, so we're going to get advisories every three hours now because the watches are up. category 4 overnight the storm has gone through restructuring. we call it an eye wall replacement cycle. and all that means is these very strong hurricanes like to try to strengthen more. so one eye wall is replacing the smaller eye. that is a sign that we might get a 5 today. so category 4 right now, 140 mile-per-hour sustained winds. can you see that restructuring happening on the satellite presentation. all that tells me is this storm is getting stronger. hurricane watches have just been posted now so that is -- that's another sign that we are getting closer to ha landfall.

right now we expect thursday, friday, some of the computer models are slowing the storm down before landfall. this now is friday morning, overnight thursday, friday, look at what happens. that's sunday. the storm stalls. remember hurricane harvey last year, southeast texas, i am so concerned that this is going to stall and dump epic, historic amounts of rain fall not only along the coast but inland. so i feel nervous again this morning with this storm system. this is going to be historic, possibly a storm they have never ever seen before across south carolina, north carolina, and virginia right now. >> janice, we're used to these types of storms in the carolinas. i grew up there but not ones that are this large. category 4, possibly a 5. that's extremely scary. janice: yes. the problem is, ainsley, these storms kind of make landfall and get picked up by a cowflt, a trough, this one has nothing to steer it.

to so like harvey last year, sitting and spinning and bringing all of this moisture from the atlantic that could be absolutely devastating. certainly potentially life threatening. ainsley: hats off to governor mcmaster for evacuating that area. there was one governor that waited too late and they didn't reverse the lanes on i-26 and some of the highways going in and out of charleston, and it caused a huge mess, people were stuck in traffic. running out of gas, this governor is taking heat and learning from those mistakes of the past. janice: we have got some time but it's running out. steve: thank you very much, janice, in fact, the four main highways from the coast are one way only today to get those 1 million people inland where it's going to be safe. brian: meanwhile, 8 minutes after the hour, it's safe today, it wasn't safe 17 years ago. pete hegseth is downtown, which is where -- right where the world trade center once stood and since been replaced by the freedom tower and some other building in that complex.

17 years later, pete, has anything begun to stir downtown. pete: suspects such an honor to have this assignment. next to the west side highway next to the freedom tower. and watch these cars coming in and come to work. can't hem make you think about 17 years ago the men and women driving in to work, not in any way could they have anticipate you had what was coming for them that day. and the lives of the families and friends and our whole country affected 17 years later. there is going to be ceremony as there always is here in about an hour it kicks off. the families will start arriving. as you mentioned, brian, there start with bagpipes and national anthem. pentagon was hit u when the south tower fell. when flight 93 went down in shanksville with the heros there and of course when the north tower went down. 10:28 the reading of the names anticipated to be done about noon ended with the

playing of taps which always puts a shiver up my spine. a day we will never forget and i appreciate the opportunity to bring to life and make sure people remember that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance and we remember that this morning. brian: 17 years after we went to battle about six weeks later we were battling and hunting down bin laden and trying to get al qaeda out of afghanistan. 17 years later big story in the time "times" on sunday how e are not making progress there you talk to somebody like senator graham. every day there is not annual attack is because we went into afghanistan and we made sure it wasn't a terror haven. how do you view this? pete: you know we had to go in and obviously disrupt them. the taliban harboring al qaeda. quickly kicked out that regime. al qaeda then slinkerred in to pakistan and came back into afghanistan. i served there in 2011 and 2012. i went in optimistic hoping

it could be successful. i left a lot more pessimistic than i did. standing up utopia government. the taliban controls much of the countryside. now as you know we are beginning possible peace talks with the taliban. you can't allow a harbor for al qaeda and the taliban. but you also can't endlessly invest millions and trillions of dollars where afghanistan biblical time with ak 47 and cell phones. you can't remake it you have can prevent islamist from taking control. al wary taking control. we have to be strong. steve: good point. pete hegseth down at ground zero. brian: why is a -- steve: jillian joins us for the news. jillian: starting with a fox news alert. >> the afghan taliban reportedly ready for new

peace talks with the u.s. according to reuters that could include discussing a possible prirch swap. a state department representative met with taliban officials back in july in hopes of making progress to end the 17-year conflict. the wife of a -- murdered in cold blood is pleading for answers. 21-year-old marine corps sergeant christopher truax found with a gunshot wound to the head inside a parked car in san diego. his wife alexia says she will continue to search for clues as investigators offer $1,000 rewaferred for information. truax leaves behind a young son who turns 1 year old this week. two more service members have been identified from the remains returned from north korea. the identities were made using d.n.a. samples matching chest x-rays and dental records. this comes as the white house confirms a second summit between president trump and kim jong un is in the works. president trump recently receiving a letter from the north korean leader requesting that follow up

meeting. oakland radars back lynch. taking a sit on the bench before the star-spangled banner. radars losing 33-13. and in his nfl debut sam donald shakes offer a rough start to pair of shutdowns. shredding detroit lions 48-17. send it back to you guys. brian: can you believe the jets pulled that off? jillian: not even close. brian: on the road. steve: a little shaky in the beginning. thank you, jillian. house republicans unveiling tax reform 2.0. but, this time around, they are looking to make some of those tax can yo cuts permanent. stuart varney on deck with what that means to you coming up next. ainsley: he went to west point after 9/11 knowing he was going to face war. now 17 years later is he a combat vet and u.s. senate candidate. he will help us all remember

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and company and fox business network 9 to noon. can they make it permanent? can they do this? >> it is designed to give republican as lift in the mid terms. it's designed to remind voters it is the republicans tax cuts that created this great economy. what they are trying to do is, one, make these tax cuts to individuals permanent. in other words, they are not going to go away ever. they're permanent. number two, make it easier for small businesses to introduce a 401(k) pension plan for their workers. number three, more writeoffs for small business startups. all of this would be good for the economy but primarily politically motivated. real mind people it's the trump tax cuts that have given us this economy. steve: they are trying to put every democrat in the house and maybe the senate on the record voting against it before the mid terms. >> whether or not the senate takes this up is very much in question. i mean, have you got 8 weeks until the actual election. the senate is not likely to take up this bill it is -- i'm not going to call it

window dressing but it is politically motivated. get the message out there. brian: i watched kevin hastert yesterday come out with his charts, economic advisor and show you what the trump economy is as oppose to the obama economy. to me and even watched the follow-up questions. outside the debt, which he blamed on the child tax credit, which he says was the democratic plan, he says that this has been all trump. >> is he right. if you look at those charts, this is obama, this is trump. and this cut off point, at the bottom of the v that's the election of donald trump. that's the tax cuts that we h president obama had been trying to say that, look, this recovery started with my administration, ewe got to gte give some credit to my administration for the current state of the economy. well, i really disagree with that because the economy really started to pick up steam when the president de regulated industry and when the president cut taxes. it's very clear straight up from there on out. ainsley: stuart, today is

9/11 and we want to reflect and remember those who died on this day 17 years ago. where were you? >> i was at home. i was watching "fox & friends." i saw your coverage. and when the second plane hit 9:02 was it. steve: shortly after 9:00. >> jon scott called it terrorism. i immediately went to my children's elementary school. i had two kids in elementary school at that time, and the doors were locked. now, i spoke to the principal and they said look, this is a security precaution. we are not going to let the kids be taken home. we don't want any kind of panic. lessons will continue as normal. and that's what we did. brian: was that manhattan? >> no, that was in new jersey. steve: same thing at my kids' school. the doors weren't locked they kept on as if it were a regular day and the parents would start to come from lower manhattan and else where to pick up the kids as they could. >> my children's school they told the children something dramatic had happened without scaring them and continued as normal. exactly the right thing.

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afford it it's called rheinau along the german border. plans to use crowd funding plan that amounts to 25 u.s. dollars per person. steve? steve: good luck with that behind every victim of the september 11th attack is an important story. we will never forget that day. and 17 years later we continue to honor the 2977 people who lost their lives. 17 years ago. one of those victims was that man right there, steve schlag who worked in the north tower of the world trade center. his cousin, joe conor was in the city that day. and witnessed the attack. he joins us right now with his message for americans. 17 years later he joins us today from minneapolis. joe, good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. thanks for having me on. steve: i know it's tough for you, but take us back 17 years ago. you were at work, weren't you? >> yeah. i commuted through the world trade center every day for just one day short of 13

years. and i was after the my desk and i was plugging in my laptop when one of my colleagues made a noise and as i turned around, i saw the side of the world trade center explode, the north tower. and a fireball and what looked to me like a giant air conditioner sort of ripped through. and then i saw papers fluttering in the wind and i looked at my own desk and thought my god all these things that people thought were so important to them are now just exposed. and we never dreamed that the trade center would collapse. but i pick up the phone and tried to cousin my cousin steve he works for counterfeits gerald. i left a voice mail i hope you are okay. i don't know if you are in the north or south towers. his card said world trade center one. and obviously he never got home that night. steve: you know, back then, the conventional wisdom was all of the people in both towers were told by the fire department stay at your desk

because we're going to come and get you. in 93 when there was a tear attack with a bomb in the basement, the buildings didn't collapse. nobody, like you said, noble ever thought they would collapse. and that's why it was so shocking when they did and, you know, you look at the numbers, and they are unbelievable. >> yer. yeah. i knew people in '93 the smoke came up through both buildings in 1993. a lot of people in the south tower left immediately even against the advice of their companies and fire department. they got out because they knew both buildings were so intertwined. so a lot of people's lives were saved because of that that day. steve: joe, the day before september the 11th, 2001, you actually started to write the story that would eventually become a book about your father. >> yeah. steve: and you specifically did not speak to your cousin that night before, did you?

>> no. it was two years exactly to the day before september 10th, 1999, the terrorists that murdered my father, steve's godfather. my father was murdered by the faln terrorists. they walked out of jail from their clemencies from the clintons. i wanted to start writing about that. i brought home my laptop and i was getting on the train. i had a doctor's appointment that night. a checkup. i knew steve would be on 245 train. i want to start writing. he always had beers. i don't want to have a beer before guy to the doctor's office. so i purposefully avoided him. and i started writing a couple of pages. and finally this year, after 17 years and meeting a guy named jeff ingber the book was finished 17 years later talking about shattered lives. we talk about steve and my father and the politics of terrorism and the fact we never want to forget.

it's such an important point that, you know, we as a country, steve, as we said before, sort of move on, but, you know, we can't forget what happened. and we have to keep fighting terrorism or this is going to happen again. it happened with my father in 1975 and happened with steve in 2001. we have had other attacks. i want americans to know this can happen again and will happen again. we just need to be vigilant and not let the people who were murdered die in vain. we can't -- we have to serve justifiable to those who attack us. steve: well said. joe conor. thank you very much for joining us today. >> thank you. any time, steve. take care. steve: you bet. all right. it is 6:30 now here in new york city. a fox news alert. hurricane florence strength to a category 4 storm as it heads straight for the carolinas. we're live where it's supposed to hit the hardest coming up. and a brand new revelation about the man who opened fire at border patrol agent.

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bags as well. the massive hurricane could make landfall as soon as thursday, they're predicting. ainsley: president trump has spoken with fema and closely monitoring the category 4 hurricane. he has also talked to the governors in those areas that are going to get hit. the storm is packing winds up to 150 miles per hour. look at that image. brian: 17 years later and the never forget the attacks 9/11. steve: one we are still fighting 17 years later. ainsley: john james is a combat veteran and now a michigan senate candidate with part of the first class at west point to swear the oath of affirmation after september 11th with the understanding that he was going to be going to war john james joins us now to reflect on these 17 years at war with terrorists. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. ainsley: tell us the story where you were when you heard the news. >> ironically between my

american politics class and econ class. brian: at west point. >> at west point. leaving class, i remember walking through the rotunda, walking up to washington hall and hearing whispers and echos in the hallway about planes hitting towers and a lot of us thought it was a movie because it was surreal it couldn't be real that a plane had hit a tower. by the time i got to econ class everybody saw one tower smoking. nobody really knew what was going on. west point is just 40 miles north of here right up the hudson. we watched as the next plane hit and we stayed and we watched as one tower fell and the second tower fell. we watched our american brothers and sisters die right before our ice. the thing that was surreal to us sitting right there in that classroom, we are thinking somebody has to do something about this and suddenly realizing that we're the ones that america looks to to do something about this. steve: what was that like when you realized i'm going

to battle? >> well, as a 20-year-old, 19, 20-year-old, you have to think about this. people leading heroes into combat are just kind of kids themselves. we ask our service members and our leaders to do so much to take on obligations that are so heavy and big but they do it because they love their country. it was an honor to serve with them. walking back through the hallways with teenagers, 18, 19, 20-year-old sons and daughters of this nation who literally take the oath and were willing to serve and the brightest of america. looking back and forth you had people that had your back. not only swear that oath of affirmation our class of 2004, we have lost the most among any class global war on terror. and i just want to remember my classmates and their families today. brian: when you were in class, being that we had the embassy bombings in 1997 and cole bombing in 2,000, were

your officers, professor teasing you this is going to be the battle, this is coming to a head soon? >> at west point, we have a number of captains and majors and lieutenant colonels who are more seasoned who have been preparing their entire careers to lead us into combat. as we come out to lieutenant, we look to these men and women to lead us effectively. after having that background, they understood the ground swell of terror that was coming around the world. this is a dangerous place. and as the world becomes a more and more dangerous place, we need combat veterans on the floor of the u.s. u.s. senate who understands how to keep americans safe because they have done it before. this is serious business. i'm prepared to do what i can to continue my sufficiency to the nation and to continual my service to my state and it's an outstanding obligation and honor. ainsley: john, tell us a little bit about yourself. where you grew up and why should people go to the polls and vote for you as the next senator? >> sure, i grew up in detroit. i drawin graduated from high scl in 1999. yachted from west point in 2004. become a ranger qualified

apache pilot and flew 750 hours in baghdad. i came back home when i was over in iraq i was beamed back messages areas at home, areas of detroit, pontiac, benton harbor looked worse than the combat zone i was flying in. it irked me that there were not enough folks fighting for michigan ganders. we needed jobs for people fighting michiganders. help create jobs and grew my business from 125 to 137 million. i believe we need people on the floor of the u.s. astronaut who understands what it's like to sign the front and back of a check. make sure know how to take care of people and economy and markets but someone who understands what it takes to keep america safe. brian: i know the president is a big believer new. for your family are they believing you are republican because they're democrats, right? >> i was raised by parents who were abandoned by the

democratic party. these are people who remember when kennedy stood up in front of the nation and said ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. this new far left democrat party is asking the exact opposite. it's all about me. it's all about i. it's all about free stuff not a fair shot. and what we're about, the republican party is a party of freedom. it's a party of emancipation. it's the party of sufficient fridge. sufferage. understanding, making tough life and death decisions from the battlefield to the board room that's the what we need on the floor of the u.s. senate. steve: he would like to be the next senator from the great state of michigan. brian: hard to bet against you. >> thank you. ainsley: thank you so much. and thanks for your service. brian: you haven't met jillian left but trust me she is over your shoulder. don't make a move. jillian: we said hello in the green room from a distance hello, good

morning. get caught up on headlines really shocking video that much cass the moment a traffic stop turns into a point blank shootout with police. we do want to warn you, you may find this video disturbing. >> don't have anything on you, right? [gunshots] isn't that unreal the lapd releasing video of the july shooting. the unidentified female officer is recovering after being hit in the leg. the suspect was killed by return fire. the manual who opened fire at border patrol agent had previously been deported from the u.s. the mexican national known as eh check it's o has a criminal record including smuggling. he shot at agent sitting inside his car in san diego. that agent was not hurt. the suspect is in custody. a broadway legend invoke ago presidential assassin when asked about president trump. >> where is john wilkes booth when you need him? [laughter]

>> right? will i be on an enemy's list? my god, i hope. so. >> that's actress carol cook referencing the actor john wilkes booth who shot president lincoln in the head in 1865. she now joins celebrities like snoop dogg, johnny depp and kathy griffin who have joked about or referenced violence against the president. from the boxing ring to the political ring. oscar day la jolla says is he considering a run for the white house. >> why don't you stand up and have a bigger voice and obviously the biggest voice you can have is being president. the numbers are right and they tell me it looks good.

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brian: can you see the whole entire wing of that pentagon has been rebuilt since. one of the benefits of not having to deal with, i guess, the bureaucracy was if you are the pentagon, it's up to the pentagon to rebuild.

they rebuild rapidly. ainsley: red, white, and blue representing those men and women who have died, who made the ultimate sacrifice and all of your families, we remember you and think of you today. we all have memories of 9/11 and where we were on that morning. steve: it was the deadliest terror attack on american soil in history. brian: 2799 people lost their lives. more since swirling cancer agents down on 9/11. we heard about that yesterday. keep in mind, too when you think of the pentagon, not everyone is in the military there is a loft civilians who work in the pentagon who lost their lives that day just because they were sitting at their desk. steve: don't forget the 64 people who were on board that airplane whether it crashed into the pentagon as well. we will never forget. meanwhile, turning now to extreme weather. four states under states of emergency as hurricane florence now cat 4 barreling toward the carolinas. brian: more than a million people ordered to evacuate ahead of the storm. we are still a couple of days ahead.

ainsley: we have team coverage with hurricane florence with janice dean in the weather center and jonathan serrie live in writesville beach in. >> this is the time before the storm to prepare. this free's up federal funding to assist with state and local responses to this potentially catastrophic storm. earlier, the president tweeted, quote: my people just informed me that this is one of the worst storms to hit the east coast in many years. also looking like a direct hit on north carolina, south carolina, and virginia. please be prepared, be careful, and be safer. people are taking the storm seriously. we have seen them stocking up on fuel, water and other emergency splice at a gas station near wilmington, saw cars line up as they waited for a fuel truck to replenish the supplies. florence is expected to bring heavy rains far

inland. >> had to do a lot of rescues during hurricane matthew, hurricane floyd, hurricane fran. we have mapped out areas. we know where flooding can likely occur. so that there will be some inland evacuations as well. >> potentially evacuations hundreds of miles inland. meanwhile in south carolina governor henry mcmaster has ordered mandatory evacuations of 8 coastal county including the popular tourist destination of charleston starting at noon today. state highway officials will be reversing lanes on four major highways including interstate 26. all traffic will lead away from the coast. the governor estimates this will effect approximately 1 million people. but, steve, ainsley, and brian, he says it is worth it to protect lives. you don't want to take any chances with this powerful storm. back to you. steve: right about that. jonathan, thank you. ainsley: my sister is a school teacher in charleston trying to get out.

all flights are sold out going out of charleston. might have to go to a different airport. steve: janice dean joins us with the weather. > janice: would are going to get a new advisory as of 8:00 a.m. hurricane watches in effect for the carolinas. the storm is strength. it's going through what we call an eye wall replacement cycle. that means the outer eye wall takes in for the inner eye wall. all that means is we could potentially have a category 5 later on today. we do anticipate at least a category 4 as it makes land fall across the carolinas. that's the center of the storm where you see that 4. anywhere from the south carolina up to virginia you still need to pay attention. we don't know the exact location where the eye is going to come inland there is the tropical models. as you can see the big problem here is this storm could slow down and dump incredible historic amounts of rainfall. not only along the coast but inland. of course, we have the storm surge, the hurricane force winds, we could also see tornadoes. back to you. steve: all those models are

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brian: newly revealed text messages between fbi lovers peter strzok and lisa page show the couple were apparently involved in a scheme to leak stories to the press. ainsley: all right. so this happened in april of 2017, and peter strzok, he texted page and said i have literally just gone to find this phone to tell you i want to talk to you about media leak strategy with the doj before you go. steve: is that legal? what does it mean for the fbi and doj? let's talk to fox news

senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. judge it, sounds like what they were doing between the dossier and leaks, they were going to the fisa people and saying hey, look, we have got this evidence. we have got these news stories that essentially they were using as evidence. >> so right before we came on air kumaritashvili looked acomey looked at me fbi leaks unbelievable. they do this when they want to target a person. who do they target? their boss. the president of the united states by leaking information to the press and then using the press sources as basis to get a fisa warrant. steve: this was in 2017. >> correct. i have been a critic of fisa been around since 1978. lowers the standard for issuing a warrant. brian: so secret. >> correct. the temptation for fbi agents instead of going to judges like i was where you have to demonstrate probable

cause of crime and the judge grills you and decides whether or not is he going to signed warrant go to the fisa court which delivers this number will blow you away 99.97% of all warrant requests. because they there is no scrutiny, there is no transparency, there is no challenge. and the standard is so low. ainsley: judge, they sent that text message on april 10th, 2017. two days later. he writes to her and says well done, page. because he was told there were going to be two negative articles about page's namesake which is carter page coming out and he wases congratulating her on getting these negative stories out into the press. >> this is obviously the wrong way for the fbi to conduct law enforcement. here's what a lot of people probably wants to know is it a crime? depends on what they leaked. if they leaked secrets, grand jury information they could be prosecuted. brian: he might sue. >> that will open up a can of worms.

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♪ brian: it was a long time coming finally downtown has been rebuilt and commemorated at the same time you are looking at the reflecting pool where everyone who lost their lives are actually on the rim of the footprint of where the towers once stood. steve: the names that you can see in the foreground there, those are the footprints of where the twin towers food until 17 years ago today when two jets flew into the world trade center

and the pentagon in the 9:00 hour. ainsley: the pentagon can you see the unyou are if you recalling oif youunfurling of t. brian: we have mayor rudy giuliani. four states declaring emergency as hurricane florence heads to the east coast. more than a million people ordered to evacuate in virginia, south carolina north carolina and maryland. the storm is expected to cause catastrophic damage when it makes landfall probably on thursday. ainsley: todd piro is live in wilmington, north carolina where preparations are underway. touchdown, what's the latest there? todd: steve, anxiously and brian good morning. if you looked up calm before the storm in the dictionary i'm pretty sure this is what you would see. these waves are cool, crisp. if you were a surfer. you love exactly what you are seeing right now.

come 48 hours from now nothing should be in this water except for fish. the president approving an emergency declaration where we are here in north carolina. parts of the state already under an evacuation order as of just a few minutes ago. now, there has already been flooding along the outer banks but, of course, the focus yesterday and the next few days i days is ahead of florence directive. people getting their homes ready but it's also a time to protect and prepare not just your property but yourself. some folks already encountering empty shelves as they stock up on splice. gas lines already starting to get long ation people start to fill up. not knowing how long they have to be in their cars trying to evacuate. even the navy making sure its fleet in the area is in calmer waters. all this preparation vital, according to officials like the governor here in north carolina. >> one of the things that we'lwill be potentially different and more impactful

with this storm are the high winds and the storm surge. so, we encourage people to abide by evacuation orders that are issued by local counties and do not try to ride out these storms. >> even the president weighing in on the magnitude of florence tweeting to the incredible citizens of north carolina, south carolina, and the entire east coast. the storm looks very bad. please take all necessary precautions. we have already begun mobilizing our assets to respond accordingly. and we are here for you. 1.5 million people in total already evacuated from the carolinas and virginia. evacuation orders in parts of virginia are expected to go into effect within the next hour. steve, ainsley and brian. steve: all right, todd piro live in wilmington, north carolina. as you can see in the studio he was mayor of new york city 17 years ago. rudy giuliani.

rudy, i remember 17 years ago as we woke up 7:00 in the morning, it was primary day. >> it was primary day. we had to suspend the primary. governor pataki did it 11:00 in the morning and about this time i was headed to the peninsula hotel to have breakfast. i was finishing breakfast and somebody walked in, a police officer walked in, patty, she said to my counsel a twin engine plane hit the north tower. he said mayor, it's a bad fire, that's what she says. we better get down there right await a minute as we left bill simon, former assistant and i who ran for governor of california a couple years ago, bill glabsd me and said god bless you. i thought it was another new york city tragedy. steve: an accidental. >> about three quarters of the way there i got a call from bernie kerik and bernie said mayor, a second plane just hit. i said god that explosion

was a second plane? he said yeah. second plane. ainsley: this video right here what's going through your mind, do you remember? >> what's going through my mind is exactly what peter gansy told me get people north. get them the hell out of here peter said. that happened when i was down by -- i walked down to where the tower was. he was collecting. brian: heading south, are you? >> i'm heading north now i was heading south originally i went south. and pete said to me get these people to go north. they are all clustering here. they were remaining. when they came out of building about a third of them were remaining and they were watching but they were hindering the fire trucks from getting. in and then events actually the ambulances. so pete says get them the hell out of here. get me the cops and get them out of here. as soon as i got out of building we were trapped in 20 minutes, bernie and i, and three of my deputy mayors danny, i said exactly what he said, i started yelling at people go north,

go north. i got on television with a cbs reporter and i said everybody better go north. brian: does it make it easier that the downtown has been virtually rebuilt. dolls it make it easier we can go in and see the museum. >> yes. it's a -- it's actually a wonderful story if you think about it i struggle for about 3 months, four months trying to bring people back. mike bloomberg did for about a year bringing people back. more than twice as many people down there now than on the day of september 11th, 2001. more than four times as many businesses. it's become one of our centers now, i mean, that's one of great places to go not just to see the museum but to seat wonderful brookfield center and a whole bunch of the other things that are there. steve: as we were looking at some of the images, mark if you could rerack some of the pictures of rudy walking through the streets, you had in your hand one of those

little papers that a lot of people were circulating. now, 17 years later, we know all that dust was toxic. 10,000 people have been diagnosed with cancer the terrorists killed 3,000 and ultimately cancer may kill thousands more. are you worried today you might have breathed some really bad stuff. >> you notice i wasn't wearing a mask there with the president and i wasn't wearing a mask here. i was holding it. can you see hillary clinton to my left, your right who was wearing a mask. no, we did not realize it was as bad as it was. we were told by the e.p.a. that it was. steve: that it was safe. >> not safe but it wasn't toxic. brian: man, were they wrong. >> you could get congestion. i halfway through had a nasal because i couldn't breathe.

steve: are you worried? >> no. i haven't any conditions. have you ptsd. a certain number of the firefighters and police officers. particularly since it was -- in some ways even nor stressful for them than maybe even a war would be because they were looking for their sons, their brothers. their best friends. their uncles but one of the psychiatrist who is an expert on ptsd how many battles have we lost 3,000 people. less in pearl harbor. ainsley: i was a local reporter in south carolina there was a group from an elementary school. they raised enough money to replace one of the fire trucks. and we came up. i was a lot of local news reporters came up with this group on the governor's plane, actually, it was so cool to see the country coming together and unite.

it was the first time i met you. we were the macy's thanksgiving day parade float. you invited them to come on your float. they were so touched by that we got to meet the firefighters who received the new fire truck and joe torre was on the float. >> he sure was. and it started raining that day. ainsley: started raining that day. no one cared. it's so interesting how far our country has come. what have we learned since that day? >> what you said, ainsley is how we got through. first couple of days were just gruesome. the realization that we lost that many people. the realization we weren't you will bodies. brian: everybody at the hospital. >> that was a shock to me. i thought the first day we were going to save a lot of people. we saved whatever we saved in that first couple hours and that was it people coming forward throughout the united states and throughout the world, that is a particularly memorable experience that you are talking about. because it was kids. but, it happened with firefighters from chicago and philadelphia and florida and texas. it happened with school

classes all over the country. it happened with a bunch of canadians, 25,000 coming to new york in november. canada to new york. canada to help new york. so, that got you through. that said to you oh my gosh we have a whole country behind us. there is a lot of decent people throughout the world. brian: it's not over. did you go to london, you see people getting run over in london just because they are walking on the sidewalk. you z. the random stabbings in belgium and france. you see isis came up and has been dispersed since. and in afghanistan, big story how we are really not making much progress. others would point out that if we take our eye off the ball in afghanistan. we could expect more buildings to fall here in america. >> i think, you know i subscribe to that president bush said it correctly a couple weeks later when he addressed congress and the governor and i were invited to it he said this is going to be a very long war because these people have maintain thud extreme

ideology for centuries. i'm not talking about all muslims. i'm talking about the ones who do this who are, in my view somewhat insane. although not excusablably insane. they know what they're doing. so, we're going to have to fight it for a long time. and i think that -- i think president trump has done a really excellent job of keeping it contained about as well as going to keep it contained. i hate to say it because, i'm not superstitious, but i guess maybe i am. i hate to say it but we were pretty dash safe the last year or two. brian: yemen, somalia. >> troubles around the world. i remember one special forces guy i met tunnel to towers who has no legs and having a home built for him tunnel to towers. he told me, you know i said how did you get through it this whole thing he did four tours. he said i get through it because i know i'm keeping everybody safer u. brian: they looked in the eye.

>> i know it's very simple. i said a lot of these incident electric actuals don't get it it's real simple. everybody engaged coming here and keeping a mother alive a son alive. brian: mr. mayor, they saw the evil up close. people burned alive. but the people that they spawn and the philosophy they have exist. >> i really try to recommend to the military mao firefighters and police officers who face it to go around the schools so the next generation knows it. i know people say people don't remember. maybe i see the other side of. people come up to me all over the country and still remember. the most often thing said to me is, police thank your firefighters for me because it's the people either in the building are and came down or relatives or friends came down gosh, it was amazing to see those firefighters running up the building. all those firefighters are in heaven now. they are not here with us. that's the reason all those

are alive. they wouldn't give up ground. ainsley: they kept going back. >> in even when they heard evacuate. to a firefighter, if they got an order to evacuate it meant everybody off the floor then i evacuate. so the ones that got caught were the ones -- the ones whose floor were empty, they came down, but the ones who weren't they waited. steve: rudy giuliani. thank you very much for remembering what happened in this town. >> thank you for your wonderful coverage of it back when it happened. it was very, very helpful to have television covering it in a very thoughtful way. steve: it is helpful so we never forget that it happens again. brian: we are not talking about attorneys or anything else. that's for another time u. ainsley: no mueller investigation for now. thank you so much. mr. mayor. >> all right. ainsley: 13 minutes after the top of the hour. special coverage continues marking the 17th anniversary of the september 11th terror attacks. pete hegseth is live down at the freedom tower ahead of this morning's saudi arabia money. that's coming up next. ♪

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>> the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have cons is he created it far beyond our powers to add or detract. the world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. steve: he was the governor of the great state of new york george pataki down at ground zero. pete hegseth is there 17 years later. is he "fox & friends weekend" host army vet. pete, your life was changed forever after 9/11. >> of course. with millions and millions of americans foggy day down at the bottom of the freedom tower, it was a crystal clear day 17 years ago on a tuesday. there will be ceremonies as we talked about, six moments of silence as the names of all the victims were read. when the towers hit, when the towers fell.

shanksville flight 93 going down as well as what happened at the pentagon. the lives of the families affected and lives of americans. i ended up serving in guantanamo bay, cuba guarding detainees in and serving in afghanistan all fighting against this threat of radical islam which still manifests itself today. we had to kick out the taliban, get rid of the harbor of al qaeda terrorists you either fight them here or fight them there. they remain vigilant. al qaeda's number two is still at large. is he still preaching sermons like one just recently saying america is the first enemy of the muslims from syria to iraq to yemen to somalia, to libya, to afghanistan and pakistan. al qaeda still seeks to regroup and still seeks to strike us. and as some have said the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. this ceremony is somber but also a reminder we are still in the fight. steve: where are we in the fight. >> it's been a long one.

america's gaze looks past it al qaeda made a resurgence. isis stole the headlines from 2014 and 2016. came from the ashes. thankfully this administration crushed them. al qaeda has used their failure to rebrand themselves more subtly and in an attempt to recruit young muslim kids into radical terror organizations that are trying to take control there but they still have their gaze on the far enemy which is america and europe we have seen the refugee crisis. this is things like extreme vetting and speaking truth about the threat remain very, very important 17 years after 9/11. this is a generational fight. guys, my generation know that but we have to remember it. ainsley: pete, we know you served and thanks so much for and this a thanks for the reporting. >> thank you, guys. we remember everything today brain brian today the monsters behind the 9/11 attack still haven't faced

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interrogation. methods argued by some democrats. >> borrow waterboard sergeant tore temperature is. it's contrary to our traditions and ideals. that's not how we operated. we don't need it to prosecute the war on terrorism. >> the cia's actions a decade ago are a stain on our value. >> the previous interrogation techniques are immoral. >> our next guest says justice still has not been served. brian: what do they know? this guy knows. he was there and stared them in the eye and interrogated five of them. dr. mitchell helped develop the intear congratulation program and personally interrogated khalid sheikh mohammed. on this day when people try to make sense of the attacks you know a lot of the people that did these attacks the master mind behind it and tried to keep the killing going. what is your message to america today?

that they shouldn't be distracted by efforts by their attorneys to fiost the blame for these delays off on other things. we know that the techniques that were used by me and dr. justin and other cia interrogators weren't torture they were looked into two years in front of a career prosecutor under the hostile to the interrogation program obama justice indictment andepartment, nocase. try to recreate history but the falls directly on eric holder and barack obama. because what khalid sheikh mohammed did was he confessed to these crimes in open court and then barack obama and eric holder because they wanted to take narcissist credit for prosecuting them set aside those confessions and dropped all charges against

them to try them in new york city. then they had to start the military commissions all over. and ksm pled not guilty. and i know that guy. and what he decided he was going to do was continue his jihad in the court because if he is wasting millions of dollars on legal maneuvering, that's million dollars of dollars that don't help the wounded vets or don't go to securing our borders or don't go to helping the families of the of e victims he murdered. is he going to drag it on as long as possible. ainsley: we had pete hegseth on that fought author this country after 9/11. he says al qaeda still wants to strike us. when we look at these images, you talk to these guys they haven't faced trial yet which is just absurd in my opinion. how would we know we are safe? are you worried about the future of this country? >> i think they still would like to still do

catastrophic attack the way finance mess as it sized now they will have to focus on lone wolf attacks until we become so complacent that they are able to make another catastrophic attack. fortunately, every day the men and women of the fbi and local sheriff's departments and law enforcement efforts inside the united states are doing what they can do to prevent these attacks. brian: when you found out that zawahiri is trying to mobilize al qaeda again to attack us and list us as number one enemy, my feeling is the evil pediatrician who was in on anwr i anwar sadat's assassination, why is he still alive? why are we not targeting this guy? >> we are targeting him. hiding him. who there are people who claim to be our friends who probably know where he is and are probably hiding him. but and we need to find him and kill him. but, back to the people in

guantanamo bay, they should be subjected to a military commission, found guilty, and summarily executed. we should not be bending over backwards to let them file thousands of motions because justice delayed cheats the victims and the families of the people who were killed in those attacks from true justice. brian: people should understand they don't deserve compassion. they are evil. you stared them in the eye. you got to know them psychologically. there is nothing -- they are not rehabbable. they need to be killed. >> they are not -- yes, they need to be voted off the island permanently. they are not going to change. zawahiri is not going to change his stripes. they are not going to live with us in peace because their goal is to destroy us so that they can take over the world. ainsley: it's thought going to happen. thank you, dr. mitchell. >> thank you for having me.

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florence churns toward the east coast. steve: this is the image from the international space station, what a picture. ainsley: that shows you just how scary this is. meteorologist janice dean is tracking the hurricanes. janice, what is the latest? janice: the latest is the storm is trying to strength. i wouldn't be surprised to see a accurate 5 in the next couple of hours. remember harvey last year for southeast texas. this storm could be north carolina's harvey because we think there is a strong possibility that the storm is going to stall and bring potentially catastrophic life threng floods to the area. on top of the storm surge on top of the hurricane force winds, on top of the threat for rainfall and tornadoes depend on when the storm makes shore. we are going to start to feel the effects in the next 48 hours. we are also going to seat national hurricane center give us a new advisory at 8:00 a.m. so every three hours.

there is the track as of five:00 a.m. so maintaining that category 4 strength. perhaps getting close to a 5 or getting to the 5 in the next 12 to 24 hours. then we anticipate a landfall somewhere along the coast of north carolina. but that cone of uncertainty see it gets wider over time. that's because there is uncertainty with the forecast models as we go through the next several days. we think there is a possibility of the storm to stall. here is the gfs and euro model in very good agreement. look what happens. stalling out maybe dipping towards south carolina and bringing the potential for in some cases we could see upwards of 40 inches of rain. if these forecast models continue to predict a stall. so, this could be a very historic storm for the north carolina coast line, south carolina coast line and virginia. heed the warnings. heed the warnings, heed the warnings. steve: that's right. that means have you got to worry about the flood. j.d., thank you.

ainsley: thanks, janice. it was the heroism of our next guest what he saw some fellow americans on september 11th that inspired him to go and join the military. brian: sean parnell retired army ranger and author of man of war. you also know him because his book outlaw platoon the true story of what he witnessed at war. >> it's great to be here especially on september 11th. it's a great day. brian: this is when you chose to relet's book. >> september 11th was one of the most horrific days in history. i was a college kid. i think my major was elementary education. i didn't know what i wanted to do. i remember waking up in run down apartment surrounded by beer cans. the world was spinning i had a little bit of a hangover. staggering it over to the tv set flicker to life just in time to see an airplane crash into the world trade center. in that moment i remember taking a few steps back and sitting on that couch

transfixed to that television set to just images of raw horror as they engulfed our fellow americans. a lot of things affected me that day. but, most what affected me the most was how americans responded to that attack. you know, police officers, firefighters, just ordinary american citizens who in my opinion on september 11th, 2001, became extraordinary because, instead of running away from the flames on that faithful day i washed americans run headlong into them to save people they didn't know. i thought to myself how can i sit here and do nothing when ordinary americans are giving everything for people that they didn't know. so two days later i went down to the recruiter's office and said i want to join the army. because i wanted to be involved in america's collective response against the people that attacked us and in the infantry to be on the front lines and airborne schools where the army could teach me to jump out of perfectly good airplanes and go to leadership school because it was the best

school america had to offer. i did. i went to afghanistan for 485 days and beat down some terrorists and took the fight to the enemy as long as i possibly could and witnessed more selfless acts of bravery from my soldiers. all of that stuff is what inspired me to create the character eric steele who elm bodies the selflessness and greatest aspects of the american character. eric steele is that guy. the main character of my new book. brian: go ahead. ainsley: did some other individuals that you were fighting with in afghanistan, did they have similar stories? did they sign up as a result of 9/11? >> 9/11 galvanized an entire generation of american warriors to serve. if you ask -- had you pete on. he is down at ground zero right now. you ask our generation of why we signed up. almost universally they will say it was h september 11th. next great generation of americans. all volunteer group of veterans an warriors who volunteered to serve this country infantry in the wake

of. steve: there is going to be commemorations throughout the day. there is a whole generation i really don't remember it thin there is othethen there ise so far ago. they just forget. >> such a great point. special program if you sign outlaw platoon i will send free books and do a skype. one of my things used to be where were you, kids, on september 11th. now it's like i was a toddler, i don't remember anything. and i was talking to a couple of seniors in the class they said their september 11th lessons on terrorist attack are boiled down to two pages in heir history books what was life changing for all of us here on this couch is two pages. brian: part of hills industry now. now it's been rebuilt and the footprints have been outlined and the names are there. and the museum exist. it's now a place to go and the number one city in the world new york city. however, the war still goes on. brian: 17 years later about the raging war in afghanistan. i know how you want to see

it end. how should it. >> we need a drastic policy shift in afghanistan right now. we sort of lost our way in 2008. shifted from a counter terrorist strategy basically closed, destroy and kill the enemy. in doing so you secure the people. we moved to counters insurgency really the simplest way to describe it is hearts and minds. in afghanistan that's not the right strategy because it's tribal. most of the people in afghanistan don't even realize they live in a country called afghanistan. brian: they live in a tribe. >> ask somebody how old they are in average. i don't know i think i was born in october 20 years ago. they don't know. they have no idea. so what we need to do is shift from a counter insurgeon is i in afghanistan and go back to targeting the enemy and taking out the worse of the worse so that the islamic republic of afghanistan can extend the reach of its government and secure its people. we have to do that as soon as possible. otherwise, we're just going to keep. brian: spending a lot of money. >> and costing american lives. brian: we are paying for all of afghanistan. >> at some point they have to do it on their own.

ainsley: sean, as appears he a wolfmuch as welove our elemeny teachers. thank you for what you have done. platoon and this new one man of war. good job. steve: 19 minutes now before the top of the hour, jillian joins us with the headlines. >> that's right. get you caught up with the headlines. snopes acknowledging democrats need new blood while saying she is not going anywhere. >> to have no woman at the table and to have the affordable care act at risk, i'm here. jillian: the house minority leader referring to president trump adding had hillary clinton won in 2016 she likely would have left congress. how about this story? a terrified family hides in the bathroom and calls 911 when their neighbor shows up on their doorstep with an assault rifle and bullet proof vest. this chilling surveillance

video from outside the home in boca raton, florida. the family didn't know he was there until the husband got an alert on his phone about movement outside of the house. he was thousands of miles away in california and told his family to call police. the suspect now under arrest and the family thinks he was trying to kill them. that's crazy. protesters rally against a mayor who banned the city from making nike purchases for recreational facilities. last week louisiana mayor aciousd memo order dergs the ban. just days after nike launched an advertising campaign featuring collin kaepernick. meantime a georgia college also joining the ban announcing it will no longer purchase or carry nike products. mcconnell university is a small christian college and announced it is cutting ties with nike and stop carrying the products in its campus store and donate any proceeds from the products still left to wounded warriors and the fraternal order of police. send it back to you guys. steve: the repercussions continue. thank you very much. ainsley: thanks, jillian.

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brian? brian: thanks, jillian. state of emergency in four states as hurricane called florence barrels towards the east coast. ainsley: more than a million people have been ordered to evacuate ahead of this storage. steve: jonathan serrie is live in one of the barrier islands wrightsville beach, north carolina where, jonathan it, doesn't look too bad right now because i see somebody in the water over your shoulder. >> thearkts steve. the calm before the storm. many people are making emergency preparations. right now i'm standing in front of johnny mercer's fishing pier originally built in the 1930s made out of wood but in 19965 series of two storms, bertha and fran completely destroyed it and so now they rebuilt it in 2002 out of concrete. and take a look at this home video showing how well it held up during hurricane matthew. i'm told hypotheticalsly this pier under new construction could with stand winds of up to 200 miles per hour. of course, that's not the case for all of the

structures on the carolina coast. so the president has approved emergency declarations in north and south carolina. earlier the president tweeting my people just informed me this is one of the worst storms to hit the coast in many years. also south carolina, north carolina and virginia. please be prepared be careful and be safe. we have seen long lines at stores and gas stations. the mead concern is the coast it is expected to bring storms far inland. south carolina governor henry mcmaster evacuations of eight coastal counties trying to move people away from the coast. he estimates this will effect possibly 1 million people. listen. >> we know that this evacuation order that i'm issuing is going to be inconvenient for some people. it's going to be inconvenient. but, we do not want to risk one south carolina life in this hurricane.

>> so, starting at noon today, they are going to reverse the flow of four major highways, including i 26. in other words, all of the lanes are going to carry people away from the coast. that begins at noon. back to you guys. steve: all right. jonathan serrie live in wrightsville beach in north carolina. thank you very much. brian: 11 minutes now before the court top of the hour. 9/11 attacks many to fight for our country. navy seal reenlisting in the military. now he is in congress. he will join us next. steve: we will take you step-by-step through that darkest day in america's history september 11th, 2001. as it happened. we pay tribute to the victims within the hour. >> very tragic alert for you right now, an incredible plane crash into the world trade center here at the lower tip of manhattan. brian: it's believed a 737 has crashed speculation at this point. at least three floors taken out. crashed into the side of the

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back from a deployment overseas just a few weeks before it happened. and i remember turning on the tv, actually my girlfriend at the time was like hey, you need to turn the tv on and we took a look at it and i knew i would be going to war and reenlisting early and not going to college. i have got to tell you just a couple weeks ago i was up where you guys are and i was with my son and we were looking at the memorial up there. and, you know, is he a little young now but i want him to know how our lives changed that day. i want him to know some of the horrors that we have in our hearts and our head. and i want him to know, about the hero who his middle name is named after who gave his life in afghanistan. it was a small moment for us but had very big meaning. steve: who gave their life in afghanistan? >> it was a seal named kevin houston,s who within a extortion 17 and my son now has his name and i want him to know who he was, the man he was and what he stood for and all those folks, as a matter of fact, so, you

know, obviously that day has forever changed our lives. it is deeply rooted that day in our minds. and i want the next generation to understanding that, too, moving forward. ainsley: how did that day change the trajectory of your life. what were you planning on doing and what did you do instead? >> well, you know, i had planned on finishing out my time in the military and then using my gi-bill. i went into the military about a month after high school. so i didn't have a degree. and i wanted to get a degree and get into business or something like that. and but, you know, as i said, i knew that day that the trajectory of my life would be forever changed. brian: one of those things you decided to you do was serve. elected office in virginia. it's time for you to use some of your emergency skills. what is your advice for the people of virginia. what are they telling you about your district with this hurricane? >> let me preface this by saying the whole virginia delegates has come together and asked the president to

declare federal disaster for virginia he has done so for north and south carolina. the modeling might put us right in the center of the impact. we are going to have some serious flooding and probably one of the biggest potential problems and dangers for us is if that thing stalls and just dumps lots of water on us that would cause tremendous and catastrophic flooding. so, my advice and my encouragement, of course, is for people to listen to the warnings and heed them, please, please heed them. i have got to tell that you typically in this type of thing, you would pull resources from other states. they are having the same problem we are. we are going to be relying on first responders and local emergency coordinators. they will be overwhelmed. it's important we prepare ahead of time to make sure you don't add to the burden that they are going to have. steve: indeed. congressman, thank you very much for joining us on this big day. ainsley: thank you. good luck, congressman. >> thank you, god speed. steve: he was at the base of the towers when the when

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than any other center in the nation. find out more and get out of line today. brian: they are doing what they do every year. 17 years after the deadly terrorist act in world history they are gathering at ground 0 to remember 3000 people who died 17 years ago today and from the rubble. you can see the freedom tower. >> in many cases, those who might no longer be serving will put on their uniforms and go

down every year, people who did not walk out from under the towers. >> the flag is being unfurled on the west side. near the 9/11 memorial. >> at joint base andrews the president of the united states is about to board air force one en route to pennsylvania. in commemoration of shanksville where in pennsylvania as you remember it was united flight 93 crashed into the ground. the supposition is perhaps the jet was intended to take out the us capital or the white house, passengers on board did the best to make sure that didn't happen. it will be remembered by the president of the united states.

>> representing 40 voices launched -- lost on that day. the wind chimes some beautiful. brian: the president will be there shortly, we should have seen in one minute and 40 seconds a ago. steve: we were on the air, told a story about how you were working in south carolina bringing up the new firetruck to replace one that was damaged. ainsley: just raise money for one in south carolina. steve: there were certain images we broadcast 17 years ago that are so powerful and disturbing they are only shown once a year. today is the day we will show them again because it is important you never forget what happened on this day 17 years ago. meantime we have another breaking news story. four state of declared states of emergency is hurricane florence hits for the east coast. more than 1 million people on

the move today in the carolinas, virginia and maryland, going for higher ground. ainsley: that is the much of the international space station. the category 4 storm is expected to cause catastrophic damage when it make landfall later this week. steve: preparations are underway. >> reporter: preparations well underway and we are 48 hours from this area in wilmington taking a direct hit. look at this gentleman, putting up to buy fors. the plywood was up there earlier and we are trying to get what we can, a really tough storm. the sun is up, people who live in wilmington are taking a final glimpse of the peaceful ways before they are not so peaceful anymore. we spoke to a few of them a few minutes ago. >> a lot of panic and chaos in

the last 24 hours because everyone is freaking out. my neighbors are buying plywood. >> we haven't had something like this here in a long time. it could be really bad. >> i'm driving trying to avoid that traffic. it is a big concern. >> reporter: people are getting boarded up but one in particular spoke to us, take a look. these folks are going to have a hurricane party or say they are going to have a hurricane party. rest assured a j and i will not be here to determine whether that party went on. i will either be working or sleeping. no partying for me. rob: as long as they have the party today and then immediately leave. they better get out of the way. >> reporter: there is no date on the sign. this is an incomplete invitation. steve: live in north carolina,

janice dean keeping an eye on florence, this is a gigantic storm. >> people need to be very aware this is going to be dangerous, life-threatening, catastrophic. comparing this to what happened in southeast texas last year, hurricane harvey. the latest advisory has come out, category 4, it has weakened a little bit but do not let your guard down. this is an eye wall replacement cycle. it is trying to get its act together to strengthen even further. i'm placing my bets we could have a category 5 in the next 12 hours. landfall expected thursday into friday and then the storm stalls. that is why i compare this to harvey because we all know harvey unleashed 60 inches of rain on southeast texas. this could unleash over four feet of rain and because of the mountainous terrain this could be catastrophic, detrimental, potentially deadly and people

are urged to evacuate. listen to the orders in your local officials and local weather officials as well. we will keep you up-to-date. this is a scary one, this is probably going to be historic for the carolinas. ainsley: my aunt is asking whether i should get out. >> tell her to leave! ainsley: inland flooding will be a huge story. people are worried about the coast as a landfalling hurricane but the endless flooding will be epic especially if the storm stalls for days. >> category 5 only made landfall 3 times. that is crazy. 24 cat 4s of made landfall since 1851. >> this could rival hazel. steve: could be the most powerful storm to hit the united states outside florida in history. we have to keep an eye on it. thank you very much. pete hegseth is downtown where

the freedom tower replace the world trade center along with memorials and it is about ceremonies and remembrance. the sun is up. >> reporter: it is a foggy day. you don't see much, the opposite of that day 17 years ago, crystal-clear tuesday when people are going about their jobs. everyone's life in america changed especially those victims, first responders, heroes, families who lost a loved one on 9/11, the ceremony behind me will commemorate shortly. they will play bagpipes, national anthem two minutes later. they will have a moment of silence. then they start reading the names of every victim. there are six moment of silence, north tower, south tower,

pentagon, south tower falls, shanksville flight 93, north tower falls, ending with the playing of taps. a fitting tribute to the day that changed america, changed the world. steve: we had rudy giuliani with is an hour ago taking us back 17 years ago to remember the time the whole country, was wondering what would happen next. >> first couple days were just gruesome. the realization we lost that many people, i thought the first day we would save a lot of people. but people coming forward in the united states and throughout the world, that will get you through. a lot of decent people throughout the world. steve: as we look at your career you were impacted by what happened, you and the guard at gitmo.

>> generation of young americans, men and women went to fight the threat so we don't see it come back to our shores, i served in iraq and afghanistan, all missions dedicated to defeating the threat of radical islamic terrorism. the fight continues today. al qaeda remains out there plotting and planning even though the caliphate was defeated in iraq and syria. this day, we need to come together to fight these threats that still exist in the world. taking moment and pause to remember families and victims it is like pearl harbor and those of the world war ii generation. you don't teach the next generation y it started and what the violent ideology that motivated it you lose your ability to muster the resolve to defeat it so today we remember and resolve to continue our generational fight.

ainsley: a lady on "fox and friends first" this morning said her husband died four days after they gave birth to their youngest child in the end child is 17 years old. hard to believe. thank you. >> i read about pearl harbor in the history books. ainsley: my grandfather fought in world war ii always remembered pearl harbor day and we didn't live then so i had to learn about it in the history books. steve: hard to look at a calendar and not remember what happened. todd: 10 minutes after the hour. a lot of news, not just weather and a look at 911. todd: ainsley: the us intelligence community now believes russia was behind the mysterious sonic attacks targeting americans according to nbc. and attack dating back to 2016, workers in cuba and china described hearing strange noises before suffering balance, vision and hearing problems. the state department is

confident they were intentional attacks. the afghan taliban reportedly ready for new peace talks in the us. according to reuters that could include a possible prisoner swap. they met with taliban officials in july in hopes of making progress to end the 17 year conflict. today marks six years since the benghazi attack the claim four americans. former president barack obama is referring to it as a conspiracy theory. >> this congress has embraced wild conspiracy theories like those surrounding benghazi. >> reporter: earlier we spoke to a former u.s. army ranger who survived the benghazi attacks. he said those comments are slapped in the face of american service members. he fought off terrorist in libya for 13 hours and is credited with saving at least 20 people during the attack. nike's colin kaepernick ads seem out of touch on this summer day.

the billboards remind us of a true american patriot, writing on facebook, quote, if i was going to put someone's face on a billboard, i might have gone another way especially this time of year. i might have gone with this guy, tom burnett, one of several passengers who fight back against terrorists to hijack united flight 93 on september 11, 2001. rob: it was that flight, flight 93, that crashed in stony creek township two miles north of shanksville, pennsylvania. the president of the united states is going up the stairs of air force one with the first lady of the united states, milania, taking a look at the commemoration, tower of voices. ainsley: there are four chimes that are part of the tower of

voices but in the end there will be 40 chimes to commemorate the voices, the 44 voices that will speak no more, the didn't speak after that plane crash, people were so heroic, they stormed the cockpit of that plane to take it down because there were thoughts it was headed for the us capital. steve: and remember his last words, let's roll. the theory is the pilots put it into the open field. steve: they think todd beamer is the one who said let's roll. he was at the base of the towers when the second plane hit 17 years ago today and in the days that followed he led the police department through the aftermath. former police commissioner bernard kerrick is here to share his thoughts with you coming up. t frequent heartburn waking him up. now that dream is a reality.

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>> he was at the base of the towers when the second plane hit in the days that followed he led the nypd through the aftermath. now in the 17th anniversary, bernie kerrick joins us now and

recounts that they, the commissioner joins us into the author of this brand-new book the grave above the grave. commissioner, great to talk to you. your birdseye view is like something you have never seen. a lot of people lives on the line with your decisions. >> i think the american people have to remember one primary thing about that day. the fire department and port authority police protected was i consider the greatest rescue mission in the history of the country, in the surrounding area and evacuated more than 1 million under rudy giuliani's leadership. it is unparalleled in this country, it was extremely organized, they did a phenomenal job under circumstances for a crisis nobody ever imagined.

>> we are remembering these cancers stemming up from the air on that day. what were you told? >> we were told by governor whitman at the time working for the president that it was okay. regardless what she said we are down there anyway, we were walking, the mayor and i, a number of pictures with paper masks on. there should have been more equipment, better equipment, nobody had any idea at the time. we were too focused on people getting out of the american

people that this could happen again. if you are not focused they want to take the images off there and nobody hates those images more than i do. i watched dozens of people come from the top of tower one and disintegrate into the ground. steve: human jump? they get burned alive or jump. >> they jumped to their death and were landing in the courtyard between the buildings, we were right there. i saw dozens, a lot. those images have to stay in the minds of our people. steve: we will do it in 25 minutes. congratulations on the grave, above the grave, thanks for what you did and thanks for your time today. straight ahead in moments we will take you step-by-step through the dark day in american history, september 11th as it happened in 2001.

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steve: the wall is all about remembering and the flag you're looking at the pentagon. what we are about to do something we have done every year since september 11, 2001. we are going to show you a 20 minute package of what happened 17 years ago today. some of the images are so powerful and disturbing. we were talking about the people jumping. you will see that. and something we only show once a year, the towers falling. back then, 17 years ago, the conventional wisdom was there were 25,000 people inside the towers. ainsley: i was in local news at that time. you were here at the fox studio and covering it live. brian mack we didn't know what was unfolding but we would find out. this is how it happened.

>> holy shit! >> go to the world trade center. >> we have a very tragic alert for you right now. an incredible plane crash into the world trade center in manhattan. >> it is believed a 737 has crashed, that is the division at this point. 3 floors taken out. the producers moving on the scene, what do you know? >> reporter: i'm on the roof of my building which is 5 blocks to the south of the world trade center. i'm looking right now at the world trade center, there is a massive gaping hole on the

second tower and it is about 15 stories from the roof. it is unbelievable to look at. you can see it right now. emergency vehicles on the sw. side hwy. people in the streets, papers and things fluttering out. can't see the evidence of what it was the could have crashed. it is a gaping hole. >> all we can do is stare aghast at these pictures at this point. you are looking at the north building of the 20 hours of the world trade center in manhattan. these are coming to you live, debris raining down from 110 floors up and you can see this is a clear blue sky day in manhattan. if this was an accident it would

be a needle in a haystack kind of accident. >> oh my god! >> there was another one. we just saw another one. we just saw another one apparently go, another plane just flew into the second tower. this has to be deliberate, folks. we just saw on live television as a second plane flew into the second tower of the world trade center. given what has been going on around the world, some of the key suspects come to mind, usama bin laden, who knows what? eric shawn is with us. you have a lot of sources at the

fbi, another agency like that. >> i apologize for being out of breath. i was walking down fifth avenue close to our studios and heard a jet, 737 or small airbus flying low making a right. i don't have any reports. people looked up toward the building. >> it is a tragedy, it is abhorrent, it is disgusting, but i wondering are these pilots terrorists themselves? are there terrorists in the cockpit holding guns to a pilot's head? you can speculate completely how

this happened because obviously it takes a lot of training and expertise to apply a complicated sophisticated aircraft these are not little papers. you have to wonder and what possibility you raise with the type of scenario going on in the cockpit. >> wendell is at the white house, make that sarasota, traveling with the president. what is the reaction from the president? >> the president is here promoting a reading initiative on the second day of the two day trip to florida, just finished reading to children at the emma booker elementary school about the incident. he said he was aware of it and had something to say about it later.

>> let's bring in david lee miller, our correspondence. he has an eye witness with him. what can you tell us? >> reporter: all the roadways are cut off. the only way to get to the buildings is on foot right now. the scene is absolutely a horrific one. you have people streaming out of the area, literally in tears and shock. people who work in the nearby buildings that cannot believe what has happened. so many remember the terrorist attack years ago in the world trade center and this is an ugly reminder although the details are not certain and downtown in lower manhattan making my way to the world trade center's, we are a few blocks from the building, she works in lower manhattan, she used to work in the trade center. i will hand her the telephone and she will describe for us what she saw this morning. >> reporter: heard a loud rumbling.

i looked up in the air. there was an airplane going into the world trade center, flames were coming out and smoke billowing in the air, tons of people running down the street, running each other over. i made my way back to the office and when i got upstairs i looked out my window to see what was going on, the second world trade center wind into flames. from one minute to the next. >> reporter: thanks for that eyewitness report. when we saw the second plane slammed to the second flower -- tower intentionally, you got to believe this is a terrorist attack. harvey kushner is on the line, a terrorism expert. is it too early to speculate about suspects? >> one thinks only this could be the most horrifically planned incident in the annals of terrorism in the united states. think about it.

you look outside fox studios, look how clear it is. how could you miss the trade towers? not just one but two planes? >> reporter: it brings to mind everybody hates those metal detectors at airports, passing through them is almost a joke these days but clearly it seems something is going to change if you could make this kind of statement and kill as many people have are likely to be dead in this kind of scenario. >> we talk to you about terrorism, no matter how this turns out this is going to be a day the bolivian for me and there will be changes in security like this country has never seen before. >> reporter: president bush is about to speak. he is in florida at what was

supposed to be a joyous event at an elementary school. listen in. >> today we had a national tragedy. two airplanes have crashed into the world trade center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country. i have spoken to the vice president, to the governor of new york, to the director of the fbi and have ordered that the full resources of the federal government go to help the victims and the families and to conduct a full-scale investigation to hunt down and find those folks who committed this act. terrorism against our nation will not stand and now, if you will join me in a moment of silence. may god bless the victims, their families and america. thank you very much.

>> we are going to be looking at an enormous duffel, 50,000 people work in those two buildings. john fund from the wall street journal is on the phone with us. were you in the area when the planes hit? >> i will across the street in my office building. >> what did you see? what did you hear? >> i heard an incredible sonic boom and looked up and there was smoke and flames pouring out of the building. 15 minutes later the second sonic boom, the second tower, the second plane. >> what about injuries? >> the most terrible heartrending thing is 15 minutes ago bodies started dropping from the top floors of the tower closest to the highway. at least 5 or 6 and it was absolutely terrible. they had two choices, to be

burned in flames or leap and end at all. it was quite tragic. >> david asman, my colleague, what can you tell us? >> some latebreaking information. one of the things, the greatest fear is there is yet another terrorist attack. since those two plane crashes happened within 20 minutes of each other, all of manhattan has been sealed off, this is unprecedented. all of this is unprecedented, a dastardly occasion. manhattan has been sealed off, the hudson river bridges and tunnels have been sealed. clearly there is an attempt to afford any further act of terrorism, violence against the people of manhattan. so manhattan is in lockdown.

>> we are hearing right now if another explosion has taken place at the pentagon. we have the heart of the financial district of america being attacked. we understand there is an explosion in the pentagon. the heart of the military command center of the united states of america. can't get much worse than this let's hope. >> got to believe it has happened again. another large airliner perhaps hijacked, perhaps part of some widespread plan, apparently slamming into at least the area around the pentagon. >> they have not struck at america. they have struck some individual places in america.

this country will go on. >> washington managing editor britt hume has the outlook from the nation's capital. this raises all kinds of questions about america's response. i guess that response is not going to be immediate. >> whether it is immediate or not one thing we are seeing is a series of evacuations from various civilians around washington. it is important to say we don't know or have no reason to believe the white house for example was facing any immediate or imminent threat, the same is true on capitol hill where they will be evacuating the building up here soon. nothing has happened at either of those places. this is one of those days we can say things will not again be the same in the united states of america. a terrorist attack that is the nightmare experts and others have warned about but some of us

may have thought really could not happen on such a scale. this is remarkable. >> as we watch these pictures, the world trade center, 110 stories literally starting to fall. >> is gone! the whole towers gone! holy crap! it knocked the whole thing out! >> i hope i live. it is coming down on me. here it comes. getting behind a car. >> people need help. i don't think i am one of them. you okay, sir? okay. >> who is inside the building? you were inside the world trade center, ready to go upstairs and it collapsed, how do you guys

get out? >> on the way out, walks towards the light. >> david lee the what can you tell us? >> the scene is horrific, one of the two towers literally collapsed. i was making my way to the foot of the world trade center and talked to an officer questioningly, heard a very loud blast and explosion, looked up at the building literally began to collapse before us. there was debris falling, 3 quarters of the height of the building, the entire perimeter began, including myself, to run for our lives. >> those steel girders, strong as they are have a lot of weight to support and apparently, i am

not a structural engineer, just guessing they gave way. the loss of life here is going to be enormous. >> got help those who are there, victims and families and all the souls that are lost today. >> reporter: can you tommy what you saw, what you heard? [sirens] >> unbelievable. unbelievable. wow. >> united 93, are you at the center? united 93, do you still hear cleveland? united 93, united 93, do you hear cleveland? >> audio -- 80 mile southwest of pittsburgh united 93 crashed. >> the size of the impact crater the angle of attack had to be

straightened. >> i think the pilot don't the plane in the rio area. not many houses where it was down. i don't know. the whole thing is unbelievable. >> this is clearly a national catastrophe. there will be some response from the white house. wendell was traveling with the president in sarasota, florida, let's find out the latest. >> reporter: the president left sarasota, florida, air force one, a short while ago to convene a meeting of his national security advisers, the vice president and heads of the cia, national security agency, fbi in new york's governor. after the two attacks on the twin towers in new york, he was briefed by his national security adviser, condoleezza rice, whose phones him after the first attack. he was reading to some children when the second attack occurred.

chief of staff andy carr interrupted him, told him about the attack. it was clear we are dealing with terrorists. >> general our hague, former secretary of state, at a time like this, how does america respond with the proper amount of caution and yet with whatever force needs to be applied? >> first we have to know the limits of this tragedy. it is unprecedented of course but we have to stay united and calm and ready to take resolute action which sometimes we failed to do in the recent past. when the perpetrators are uncovered, and we have many indicators precisely who they are, this was too broadly-based a terrorist attack to be just a few crazies. this is a terrorist movement and we know where they are located today.

as a nation we have to take action against them. >> there it goes! there it goes! there it goes! we do need to put it down now. here we go. >> america, offer a prayer. steve: that is how it happened 17 years ago as you watched it

live on the fox news channel. ainsley: unbelievable that it has been 17 years. the president is going to shanksville, pennsylvania for a memorial service where they built a tower of voices. there will be 40 different chimes. just beautiful. there are four in existence right now. >> there was so much we didn't know when that was unfolding and so many crazy theories. every airport was going to be weapon eyes to with every airline, 12 to 13 airlines had been hijacked, we didn't know when the next it was coming up. brian mack let's go to ground 0, the national anthem followed by a moment of silence and the reading of the names by the families who died 17 years ago today. ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ oh say does that

star-spangled banner ♪ yet wave ♪ over the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ [applause] [bellringing]

[silence] >> right. ♪ ♪

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firefighter peter carol. we love you and miss you, especially your smile, you would be so proud of your beautiful grandchildren. >> jacqueline elaine out there is. david alger. ernest akeos. eric allen. >> joseph ryan allen. >> richard dennis allen. >> richard allen. >> christopher allenhaff. >> janet marie alonso. >> anthonyavlerado. >> antonio perez. >> victoria alvarez. >> javier. >> caesar avear. angeloamoroto. >> james amato.

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>> and my mom, hi, mom. we gather to share memories and pray for our beloved departed and their families. my mom francis, 76 years old on 9/11 and would stick out in a crowd. that is unless it were not for her acts of love. she was a loving wife. ironically her husband, my father, doug the very foundations of this building at the very beginning. she was a great grandmother, she was a great friend. after her death i heard so many great secret ways she provided comfort and emotional support to all who asked for it. mom, i will never forget you and the love you gave me. one more thing, if i may.

this year a representative of the house referred to our loss as just another incident. this your network commentator said the president's performance in helsinki was a traitorous act. last week a senator attacked the supreme court nominee and called him a racist for alleged comments after 9/11. stop. stop. please. stop using the ashes of our loved ones as props in your political theater. their lives, sacrifices and death are worth so much more. let's not trivialize them or us. it hurts. to my mom and all of you and your loved ones, never forget. [applause] >> my grandfather who i am named after, we love and miss you every day.

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>> lawrence ira back. >> mimek beckle. >> carl bedigion. my cousin, brian canitaro, your missed every day but please know that you can rest in peace, knowing what you did in life as a firefighter, husband and father, echos in eternal he. >> my husband, benjamin keith clark, you will always be our hero, you will always beloved, you will always be missed, thank you for the legacy and foundation. my husband was a chef and he went back into the building after getting hundreds out and tried to carry a woman out from the 88th floor. they never made it out but he will always be our hero. [applause]

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