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. >> reporter: this summer, brett eagleson went to capitol hill to press the u.s.ernment to release secret files from the fbi's final case. >> we've told the sad story for 19 years. we've cried on camera. >> reporter: eagleson's father bruce work and died in the south tower of the world trade center. now grief has turned to rage. >> it's not about that anymore. it's about how we're angry. we're pissed off. >> it is painful. >> reporter: the eaglesons and other 9/11 families want details of a secret fbi investigation code named operation encorehija that lived in san diego. >> it's a ten-year-long investigation that specifically targeted the role that the kingdom of saudi arabia played in supporting the hijackers. >> is that the first mosque they went to in san diego? >> this is it here right on our left. >> reporter: danny gonzales was an fbi agent who worked on operation encore. he showed us the neighborhood the hijackers lived in before they crashed american airlines flight 77 into the pentagon. this is gonzale's first television interview about the case. >> 19 hi

south tower. >> that's my dad. >> reporter: eagleson is now leading a group of 9/11 families battlingir own government to release still secret fbi files from the case. >> it's a ten-year long investigation that specifically investigated the role that the kingdom of saudi arabia played in supporting the hijackers. >> reporter: the case code named operation encore centered on the two hijackers that lived in san diego and who assisted them. >> is that the first in san diego? >> this is it here. >> reporter: danny gonzalez was an fbi agent who worked on operation encore. he showed us the neighborhood the hijackers lived in. this is his first television interview about the case. >> it's 19 hijackers cannot commit 3,000 mass murders by themselves. >> reporter: based on what you found, do you believe there was a domestic support network for the hijackers? >> obviously. >> reporter: no question? >> i can't comment on it, but you don't have to be an fbi agent with 26 years of experience to figure that out. >> reporter: gonzalez says the two hijackers hasmi and kaladar were helped by a number o

you may recall brett eagleson. he spoke to me last month about what these documents would mean to him. his father bruce died at the world trade center. >> we need the president to be our hero. be our hero. be our champion, mr. president. this is a direct appeal to you. help us in this fight. stand by our side. allow us to have the justice and closure that we deserve. >> brett eagleson joins me again, now. brett, are you satisfied tonight? >> well, thank you, again, for having me on. and i think i'm going to withhold those sentiments until we have documents in hand, fully un-redacted. um, i think that the president made a great, first step today. this is an historic moment and an historic first step but the job is not done. and i hope the president can appreciate and realize that we have been beaten up and battered for 20 years. we've been lied to by former-sitting presidents. and we are still apprehensive. we're ap we're apprehensive by the fact that the people cast with these documents are the same people covering

. >> brett eagleson joins me now. brett, are you satisfied today?i'm going to withhold those sentiments until we have documents in hand, fully unredacted. i think that the president made a great first step today. this is a historic moment and a historic first step, but the job is not done, and i hope the president can appreciate and realize that we have been beaten up and battered for 20 years. we have been lied to by former sitting presidents, and we are still apprehensive, we're apprehensive by the fact that the people that are cast with reviewing these documents are the same people that have been covering these documents up. so our ask tonight is that we would love for the author of the april 4th, 2016, fbi review to lead this effort, but i think this is a great first step, michael, and i think more to come, but the proof will be in the pudding, but i'm excited to see what happens next. but we need the president to hold strong, do not let the bureaucracy snow him. do not trust the fbi. it's the same people that have been throwing us under the bus

president biden after mounting pressure from families who lost loved ones on september 11th like brett eagleson, whose father bruce died that day >> yesterday was a really big win for us because it substantiates what we've been saying all along >> reporter: the heavily redacted report describes a november 2015 interview with an unidentified man in frequent contact with saudi nationals in the u.s. who investigators say provided "significant logistics support to two of the hijackers in the leadup to 9/11. the kingdom has long denied any role in the attacks, which kicked off america's longest war, one the president continues to defend ending >> 70% of the american people think it was time to get out of afghanistan. but the flip of it is they don't like the way we got out. but it's hard to explain to anybody how else could you get out? >> our thanks to monica alba for that report. >>> georgia authorities are investigating an apartment explosion that sent four people to the hospital. videos posted online show the devastation in the wake of the blast near atlanta neighbors who heard the boom said it

after mounting pressure from families who lost loved ones on september 11th, like brett eagleson whoseher died that day. >> yesterday was a win for us because it substantiates what we've been saying all along. the november 2015 interview with an unidentified man in frequent contact with saudi nationals in the u.s. who investigators say provided, quote, significant logistics support to two of the hijackers in the lead-up to 9/11. the kingdom has long denied any role in the attack which kicked off america's longest war, one the president continues to defend ending. >> 70% of the american people think it was time to get out of afghanistan, and the flip of it is they didn't like the way they got out. but it's hard to explain to anybody how could you get out? >> monica joins us from the white house. can you update us on what's happening with afghan refugees who are hoping to come to the u.s.? >> all u.s.-bound flights remain temporarily paused at the request of the cdc after several cases of measles were reported friday in travelers arriving here from overseas military bases. kate? >> monic

eagleson and thousands others argue that could be the lynchpin they're accusing the kingdom of providingtation to the hijackers in the united states as they made their final preparations for the attack. jim kindler never can escape >> it's a state secret. >> reporter: in a statement released yesterday, the saudi government relates to september 11th but any allegation that saudi arabia was complicit, it reports and they were released in 2016. both of which found no evidence of any ties. >> we all deserve answers. >> but the families aren't backing down not when they've come so close so far >> the bell that paved the way for their lawsuit. >> the bill is passed. >> even overriding a bond. a programs to make the justice and it's signed by president biden. >> we need a president that will take our sides we are done listening to lip service. we are done after the empty progress is. eagle son is allowing us to the road to open there's no excuses anymore >> the justice department will have to release any document it declassifies to the public over the next two months. it's one step in the bigge

one of the prime movers here has been brett eagleson who was 15 when he lost his dad on 9/11.i think as time passes, it puts you in a different perspective. i was at a point in my life where i started questioning not the narrative that planes hit the world trade center, but how they pulled it off, and there was no way that these 19 hijackers with their level of ed -- education and their level of knowledge of american culture and their level of english was able to pull off an attack so destructive on the united states. at the time a lot of the indications were saudi charities were behind this, the saudi government was behind this. >> in 2004 the 9/11 commission found no evidence the saudi government as an institution or as individual senior officials knowingly support or supported al qaeda. >> the saudis have always relied upon the findings of the 9/11 commission report to vindicate any of their involvement. >> there is no saudi government involvement or involvement by saudi officials in the events of 9/11. i don't know how one can be more clear than this. >> it's really import

after mounting pressure from families who lost loved ones on september 11th, like brett eagleson whose a win for us because it substantiates what we've been saying all along. >> reporter: the report describes a november 2015 interview with an unidentified man in frequent contact with saudi nationals in the u.s. who investigators say provided, quote, significant logistics support to two of the highjackers in the lead up to september 11th. the kingdom denied role in the attacks which kicked off america's longest war, one the president continues to defend ending. >> 70% of the american people think it was time to get out of afghanistan. the flip is they didn't like the way we got out, but it's hard to explain to anybody how else could you get out. >> thanks to nbc's monica alba for that report. >>> joining us now with a look at axios, political reporter alexi. good morning. what is axios' one big thing this morning? >> good morning, jonathan. good to see you. secretary of state antony blinken can expect probably the most aggressive questioning of his entire career today and tomorrow as he

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