after alan jackson sings, the president will make his remarks on the anniversary of 9/11.n jackson gets to play his continue beaut to so many, almost 3,000 people who lost their lives on 9/11. let's listen in now in washington, d.c. ♪ ♪ where were you when the world stopped turning ♪ ♪ on that september day ♪ were you in the arms of your wife and children or working on some stage in l.a. ♪ ♪ did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke rising against that blue sky ♪ ♪ did you shout out in anger and fear for your neighbor ♪ ♪ or did you just sit down and cry ♪ ♪ did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones ♪ ♪ pray for the ones who don't know ♪ ♪ did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble sob for the ones left below ♪ ♪ did you burst out with pride for the red, white and blue ♪ ♪ the heroes who died just doing what they do ♪ ♪ did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer ♪ ♪ look at yourself and what really matters ♪ i'm just a singer of simple songs ♪ ♪ i'm not a real political man ♪ i watch cnn but i'm not sure i can te

. >> performances by alan jackson, patti labelle and the marine chamber orchestra celebrated what onecountry's strength, resilience and diversity. >>> after yesterday's busy day marking 9/11, white house officials say today president obama will begin a push to build support for his new $447 billion american jobs act. turning up the heat on congress to act quickly. nbc tracie potts joins us from washington with more on the president's plans. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. good morning, everyone. expect to see the president back on the road again this week pushing his plan first in ohio. then north carolina on wednesday. $447 billion to create jobs in this country. but first, the president will speak about that today at the white house in the rose garden with teachers, police, firefighters and other public workers. he wants to give states money to help save their jobs, but republicans see that as more stimulus and are unlikely to support it. also unlikely to support another extension of unemployment insurance. but it looks like there may be some common ground on

. >> alan jackson runs the employment office slash one-stop career. the kind of guy you listen to when looking for a job. >> plex built is the key. if an individual is willing to do something other than what they have been uh customed to doing, there are opportunities and they can become gainfully employed. >> talk about flexibility. gary johnson is a man who couldn't find a job teaching in oakland. tired of being a statistic in oakland's 16.5% unemployment rate, he is this morning heading to the train station and a teaching job. in detroit -- >> sentencing and through skype on the internet we interviewed and we talked and i am on my way to amtrak right now because i want to etch too, and it is not happen thrsmght. >> if you decide to stay local, never, ever give up. >> you will get a job. >> i am not trying to sugar coat this thing. unemployment in 11% and it is even worse in contra costa county. if are you flexible and willing to take less than you are working for before, there is hope. there is always hope. live in oakland, terry mcsweeney, abc7 ne

. >> alan jackson runs the employment office slash one-stop career. the kind of guy you listen to when looking for a job. >> plex built is the key. if an individual is willing to do something other than what they have been uh customed to doing, there are opportunities and they can become gainfully employed. >> talk about flexibility. gary johnson is a man who couldn't find a job teaching in oakland. tired of being a statistic in oakland's 16.5% unemployment rate, he is this morning heading to the train station and a teaching job. in detroit -- >> sentencing and through skype on the internet we interviewed and we talked and i am on my way to amtrak right now because i want to etch too, and it is not happen thrsmght. >> if you decide to stay local, never, ever give up. >> you will get a job. >> i am not trying to sugar coat this thing. unemployment in 11% and it is even worse in contra costa county. if are you flexible and willing to take less than you are working for before, there is hope. there is always hope. live in oakland, terry mcsweeney, abc7 ne

. >> ladies and gentlemen, multiple grammy award winner, alan jackson. [applause] ♪ did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke rising against this blue sky? did you shout out in anger, in fear for your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry? ♪ ♪ did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones the ones who don't know, did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble and sob for the ones left below ♪ ♪ did you burst out in pride for the red, white and blue and heroes who died just doing what they do ♪ ♪ did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer and look at yourself and what really matters ♪ ♪ i'm just a singer of simple songs, i'm not a real political man, i watch cnn but i'm not sure i can tell you the difference in iraq and iran ♪ ♪ but i know jesus and i talk to god and i remember this from when i was young -- faith, hope and love are some good things he gave us and the greatest is love ♪ ♪ where you were when the world stopped turning on that september day ♪ ♪ were you teaching a class full of innocen

bruce springsteen, alan jackson, the beastie boys. musicians managed to raise $500 million the first month after 9/11. >> what was the tone? >> very somber. "the rising" which to date is one of his best albums, filled with hope. won a lot of grammys. a year later we noticed these same musicians like bruce springsteen and neil young turning against what was the drumbeat for war. the guys who first rushed and were very patriotic about it -- >> they didn't get on board for the war effort. >> the tone went from patriotic, kind of got back to the political, everyone took stances on the war and so forth. jay-z had big songs, greenday had a big album. >> greenday had a huge album with an anti-bush, won five grammys, album of the year in 2004. all these guys were pro-patri pro patriot act and everything the following year they all changed their tune. >> where has music gone since then, where are we thousand? >> unfortunately with everything that's been happening the last couple of months, all the other things that are going on, music has kind

. >> alan jackson runs the employment office and the kind of guy you listen to when looking for a job. >> there is flexibility is the key. if an individual is willing to do something other than what they've been accustomed to doing, there are opportunities and individuals can become employed. >> talk about flexibility, gary johnson, you can see him there, couldn't find a job teaching in oakland. tire fd being a statistic in oakland's 16.5% unemployment rate, he's head together train station and a teaching job in detroit. >> through skype on the internet we interviewed. and talked. i'm on my way to amtrak right now. because i want to teach. and it's just not happening here. >> if he decides to stay local, gerald freeman says never, ever give up. >> you'll get a job. you'll get a job. >> not trying to sugar coat jobs numbers. unemployment is 11%, and worse in contra costa county. but as we've heard, if you're flexible and willing to work for less than what you're making before there is always hope n oakland abc 7 news. >> and there is are companies hiring in the bay area, many will be a

specifically ozzy osbourn and alan jackson playing over some loud speakers?that? >> it was a bizarre thing to be sitting there and you're bracing and they give you the normal, oh, he's wearing a striped shirt, gray pants, sandals and oh, yeah, he likes ozzy osbourn and country music. the parents brought in a couple of cds and more in the neighborhood driving around blasting ozzy osbourn to see if maybe he was in a house somewhere, if he would come out. >> and how is 8-year-old joshua doing now? he was air lifted to yorba linda medical center. appears to be in good condition. we can't tell you this story without sharing this about his parents. joshua had been removed from his parents custody after someone saw him tied to a pole as his family was packing to move. he was living with a teacher after that. after his release from the hospital, he was turned over to child protective services and there is a custody hearing tomorrow. >>> just in. this is a pretty bizarre situation involving the infamous white house party crashers. he says he thinks his wife has been k

listening to radio broadcast by alan jackson, who did newscasts at that time. he spoke about president kennedy having been in shock. but he didn't say killed. but in my gut, i felt he probably was dead. and any that may bureau chief, bill small, would be calling us. i couldn't podcast that and i knew it. and so i walked around the state and country in state department twice. i walked around the building twice. by the time i got back i knew i could do just about anything. i couldn't have done it at that moment. so my hats off to you guys to be doing it absolutely lives. >> charlie, what question has to do with patriotism, individual american patriots and, with the reporter or not, but the border is supposed to be totally objective and detached about the story being covered. and yet come you said he fuller and all of you were saying, that really was impossible. >> sure, you react as an american whose country is under attack, but you have to, i think as we have all alluded to in different forms, you have to stay as objective as you can be. david brinkley used to s

september morn ♪ ♪ your wife and children ♪ working on some would you stand there ♪ >> country singer alan jacksone were you when the world stopped turning." the president talked about the powerful bond that all americans now share. >> from now, americans will visit the memorials of those who were lost on 9/11 and they will know that nothing can break the will of a truly united states of america. >> and today, at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the memorial at ground zero will officially open its doors to the public. and one of the most powerful images from the memorial at new york, a father falls to knees after discovering his son's name at the site. his son rob was a trader at cantor fitzgerald and he was trapped on the 104th floor of the north tower. robert says he doesn't need a map to find his son's name. he just started walking and there it was. the video of robert went viral before the ceremony was over, even before robert saw it. and those are your headlines. >> it's a rare occurrence but that photograph is actually on the cover of both the new york tabloids today. there he is on "the new york post" w

which you covered, and i was at the state department then, and listening to a radio broadcast by alan jackson did newscasts at that time, and he spoke about president kennedy having been shot, but he didn't say killed, but in my gut i felt he was probably dead, and i knew that my bureau chief, bill small, would be calling us. i couldn't broadcast then, and i knew it, and so i walked around the state department twice. i walked around the building twice. by the time i got back, i knew that i could do just about anything, but i couldn't have done it at that moment, so my hat's off to you guys who were doing it absolutely live. charlie, what question then has to do with patriotism, individual american patriotism, whether you're a reporter or not? the reporter is to be totally objective and detached about the story being covered, and yet you said before and all of you are say that really was impossible. >> sure. you react as an american whose country is under attack, but you have to, i think, as we've all eluded to in different forms, you have to stay as objective as you can be. david brinkley say

assassination, which you covered, i was at the state department and, listening to radio broadcast by alan jacksont time, and he spoke about president kennedy having been shot, but he did not say killed. but in my gut i felt that he was probably dead. i knew that my bureau chief would be calling. i could not broadcast that, and i knew it. i walked around. the building around. -- i walked around the building twice. by the time i got back, i could do just about anything, but i cannot do it at that moment. my hat's off to you guys who were doing it live. charlie, the question about patriotism, individual american patriotism, with your reporter or not. the reporter is supposed to be totally objective and detached about the story being covered, yet you said before and all of you are saying, that really was impossible. >> sure. you react as an american whose country is under attack, but you have to, as we have all alluded to, you have to stay as objective as you can be. david brinkley used to say, there is no such thing as a up to activity. there are only lesser degrees of subjectivity. say there is no

rebecca jackson and alan hemings happily spent their wedding day at jackson memorial hospital with theirt wanted isabel back. nothing else was important. >> reporter: the couple was in cancun, and no sooner did they arrive when isabella got sick. >> she was laboring to breathe. >> reporter: it was a dangerous case of pneumonia. within a few hours, the family was on a plane to miami where doctors treated isabella and the nurses treated her parents. >> when i came in this morning, i went in and saw these two people. i said, how are you doing? they said, well, today would have been our wedding. and i was like, well, would you still like it to be today? what did you say? >> sure. >> reporter: a fancy dress, tux, and wedding cake were what the doctor ordered. the hospital chaplain did the rest. >> you always keep this moment cherished in your life. [ cheers ] >> reporter: the bride was overjoyed, the groom as proud as he could be. much better tonight. as for the nurses who turned jackson into a wedding chapel, well, they may have found a career after nursing. >> plan a wedding? i've never bee