we pray, in your sovereign name, amen. >> please join me in singing, god bless america. ♪ god bless americaand that i love ♪ ♪ stand beside her and guide her ♪ ♪ through the night with a light from above ♪ ♪ from the mountains to the prairies ♪ ♪ to the oceans white with foam ♪ ♪ god bless america my home sweet home ♪ ♪ god bless america my home sweet home ♪ >> this concludes today's ceremony. thank you all for coming. >> the speaker of the house concluding this emotional and poignant ceremony. and look at that. that's a rare show of bipartisanship on capitol hill. it is -- it has not been a good year. it has not been a good several years. certainly with the tenor on the hill but this is a time when it doesn't matter what party you're from, certainly an emotional time for the speaker of the house john boehner wiping away tears during this memorial on capitol hill. our dana bash, our congressional correspondent, is live on the hill, as well. you were there, exactly eleven years ago today, again, a tuesday morning, i don't know about the skies in your city right now but dana the skies in new

god bless america. i'm glad that we have songs that can capture our spirits and the love that we have for our nation. reminded as a child seeing the words -- singing the words to "my country 'tis of thee" and reminded of that day, 9/11, members of congress gathered to stand on the steps of the united states capitol to sing "god bless america." i rise today to pay tribute americans and the myriad of persons whose lives remain forever changed because of 9/11. we honor and mourn still those who fell on that day. it was the world, a potpourri of personalities, nationalities, languages, different descriptions and life stories. it was the world that was in america, a country that welcomes all. and then of course those of us who are reminded of the rushing in of heroes and she-ros, nypd, civilian volunteers, firefighters, port police, federal workers. all in some way helping to save someone's life. fellow office workers, dish washers, restaurant workers, some who died so that others might live. i remember very

may god bless the families and children again and again and may god continue to bless the united states of americas still remember 9/11 like it was yesterday. the initial confusion, the horrifying realizations of what was happening, the watching, the waiting, the grief, the anger, the resolve. would it weaken us in the world? would it weaken us at home? would we stand up? would we shrink? 11 years later we can say with certainty and pride that 9/11 did not reveal the weakness of america. 9/11 revealed the greatest of america. we didn't have to wait very long to see it. the first moment after the attacks, we saw the courage of the first responders. in the days and weeks that followed, we saw the goodness and generosity of the volunteers who descended on new york. as the months turned into years, monuments were dedicated, mighty buildings rose again at the world trade center site, and so many have stepped forward since the 9/11 attacks to serve in the military and intelligence community. we honor them today, too. america is a safer place. many who were responsible for the 9/11 attacks have been kill

to the 9/11 responders and god bless america. e america without god. >> timothy mcs sweeney. margin mcwilliams. william mehan, jr.. escobar melendez. merry melendez. charles mendez. shibani mendez. wolfgang mandel. alfredo mercado. alan hardie. george marino. and my husband ruby from our children and all those who love you, we miss you and think of you consummate. keep sending us signs and do me a favor tell my dad a joke and give him a hug. >> to read best friend we think about you. we love you, we miss you. everyday. i hope you're always smiling. where prewar. >> jill met's letter. >> david meyer. william edward. peter milano. lucas thomas. corey miller. craig miller. douglas miller. firefighter henry millard, jr.. latter 105. joe miller. michael miller. nicole miller. robert allen miller robert cromwell miller, jr. >> ronald milstein william minority. >> and my brother firefighter brian engine 226. and my brother-in-law that i never met to unfortunately. ladder 15. we tried so hard to find you. you still remain here along with

. >> ♪ god bless america ♪ >> members of both houses of congress remembered 9/11 by singing god blessrica on the steps of the u.s. capitol leaders from each house and both sides of the aisle praised americans for coming to the to help the victims of the attacks and their families. >>> mitt romney greeted firefighters at o'hare international airport. he also took part in a moment of silence to commemorate 9/11. he released a statement saying americans united one nation god in their determination to stand tall for peace and freedom. >>> alarming reminder that threats continue within our borders. new report from congressional investigators indicates deadly radioactive material may not be properly secured in u.s. hospitals. an estimated 1200 hospitals across the country are deemed high risk for storing radioactive material which could be used to make dirty bombs. hospitals use the material in cancer treatments. the reports calls on the nuclear regulatory commission to regulate upgrades to hospital security issues >> country home to the terrorist who attacked america is slowly rebuilding.

. ♪ god bless america ♪ land that love ♪ >> just as they did on the evening of september 11th, 2001, the attacks, they gathered on the steps to sing "god bless america." >>> allie rasmus is live at an event in sunshine where a symbolic gesture is now burning. >> reporter: we're standing next to the 9/11 memorial. you can see some people also left some flowers here at the site to pay their respects to 9/11 victims. across town earlier this morning, san jose firefighters pay tribute to the victims of september 11th. >> at this moment, i would ask that we have a moment of silence for those who lost families and friends in the 9/11 attacks and remember those members active and retired that we've lost this year. >> reporter: at exactly 6:59 this morning, the time the first tower fell, fire chief william mcdonald's, who you heard over the two-way, delivered a message so that 33 stations could listen and take a moment of silence and then a memorial -- then a memorial bell was rung. katherine gutierrez. >> every single day that we put on our uniform, we know we're coming to work with the chan

. >> ♪ god bless america ♪ >> members of both houses of congress remembered 9/11 by singing god blessrica on the steps of the u.s. capitol leaders from each house and both sides of the aisle praised americans for coming to the to help the victims of the attacks and their families. >>> mitt romney greeted firefighters at o'hare international airport. he also took part in a moment of silence to commemorate 9/11. he released a statement saying americans united one nation god in their determination to stand tall for peace and freedom. >>> alarming reminder that threats continue within our borders. new report from congressional investigators indicates deadly radioactive material may not be properly secured in u.s. hospitals. an estimated 1200 hospitals across the country are deemed high risk for storing radioactive material which could be used to make dirty bombs. hospitals use the material in cancer treatments. the reports calls on the nuclear regulatory commission to regulate upgrades to hospital security issues >> country home to the terrorist who attacked america is slowly rebuilding.

. ♪ god bless america ♪ land that i love >> my heart just melted. >> how adorable is he? itting there with his arms crossed. just belting it out. ♪ god bless america, my home sweet home ♪ >> so cute. >>> beth, at first glance this video kind of looks like an ice cream man spilled out his container of chocolate sprinkles on the ground. which would be a huge disaster. the person starts getting closer, and what do you see? ants. i dare you to watch this video and not start to feel a little like they're crawling all over you. look at the number of ants in this one space. it's weird. i hate ants. this video is one of those videos that will make you look at yourself thinking, like, do i have ants on me? >> do you want me to tell you a really bad story? i stood in a pile of ants like this once. didn't know i was standing in a pile of ants. they crawled up all over my foot. they were fire ants. my foot swelled up. i have an allergic reaction to the fire ants. then i have a big fat foot. >> at least they didn't bite your butt. >> yeah, because we don't want that to get any bigger.

god bless you. god bless america. >> michelle obama, she did bring down the house here.while she was here, it was the first day of school back in washington. and that was topic number one at the white house, we're told. >>> up next, it wasn't just michelle obama's big night, it was a big night for a political newcomer. a rising star, julian castro who made a speech for the history books. we've been behind the scenes with him. up next. [ diana ] power was very important to me. we test-drove the camry, took it on the freeway, and it was just like -- this was the car for me. [ ryan ] it has stuf that guys like, like the rims and the sleekness to the body. and, then, had the bluetooth and the navigation that diana really wanted. [ diana ] and it was a sport edition, so it felt really grounded to the ground. [ man ] grounded to the ground? yes, yes! grounded to the ground. [ male announcer ] see their story and more at the camry effect. camry. from toyota. there's so many choices. the guests come in and they're like yeah i want to try this shrimp and i want to try this kind.

god bless america with its. -- blessed america with it. emonstrate to the rest of the world what god intended when he created us. and we are all in this together. let me be clear. let me be clear. i am not just talking about black people. when i say "we" i am not just talking about democrats or people of color. i am not talking about anything except all of america. americans who create jobs. americans for all walks of life. together we will move the united states of america forward. [cheers and applause] let's do more than just say the pledge of allegiance. let let its. lead it. let's have liberty and justice for all. that means everyone of us. [indiscernible] we may be black, brown, yellow, rich, poor, we are one. we may be up or down. we are one. we may be up or down. we are one. >> thank you very much. in politics you do not want to follow the person who's seescens the star spangled banner are gives a speech like that. god bless him. i am here to talk about america's choice in this election. let me get right to the point. mitt romney has

god bless america. songs that can capture our spirits and thlove that we have for our nation. reminded as a child seeing the rds -- singing the words to "my country 'tis of thee" and reminded of that day, 9/11, members of congress gathered to stand on the steps of the united states capitol to sing "god bless america." i rise today to pay tribute americans and the myriad of persons whose lives remain forever changed because of 9/11. we honor and mourn still those who fell on that day. it was the world, a potpourri of personalities, nationalities, languages, different descriptions and lfe stories. itas the world that was in america, a country that welcomes all. and then of course those of us who are reminded of the rushing in of heroes and she-ros, nypd, civilian volunteers, firefighters, port police, federal workers. all in some way helping to save soone's life. fellow office workers, dish washers, restaurant workers, some who died so that others might live. i remember very clearly where i was here in the

media and his own party, and the result is he talks mainly about america, we are number one, god bless america, and i do one god to bless america, but i want them to bless the whole world. the focus on the american exhibition where, first of all, every nation thinks it is exceptional. in switzerland, they talk about it, and in france, they talk about it that the french think similarly. and this does not mean that we are exceptional in the sense that we can solve problems by ourselves, that we can fix the things the way we did 100 years ago. thinking about immigration, there is nothing we can do. we cannot do that one nation at a time. even if we suddenly had all of the alternative energy and if we got off the petroleum teet and started using geothermal energy, 80% to 85% of the emissions come from other countries. we do these things together in the 21st century, or they do not happen, and we need political leaders bold enough to say that, but we also need citizens to say that and willing to support politicians, because if i went into the white house today, mr. obama, where we had a different o

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. >> god bless america. no, no, no. not god bless america.eric: you know what they say, show me the man's pastor of 20 years and i'll show you the man. bob? >> bob: i hadn't seen that before. outrageous video to be brought out now. the last obama thing was 15 years ago. now we have reverend wright. harry reid is not the guy i would have as my hit man here. being a hit man is part of presidential politics. it happens. the republicans are not exactly all clean on this to say the least. i don't know what the complaint about the mormonism is, what the base of it is. people are not going to vote for him because he's mormon already made up their mind. >> greg: harry reid is not the face of mormonism. he is an ass of mormonmism. bitter crank. he does what conservatives have been trying to do, to make the left look stupid. i'm convinced that -- >> bob: trying to. >> greg: he's operated by computer chip inside karl rove's brain. >> kimberly: double agent. programmed. >> greg: shouldn't obama ask him to apologize for offending mormons? aren't we suppos

god bless you! and god bless america! (cheers and applause) >> jon: don't stop thinking about tomorrow, kuses it's a half hour from now. (laughter) but along with pure stamina, bill clinton wednesday fight brought something to this campaign season that has been missing. >> came from a place where people still thought 2 and 2 was 4. >> jon: math. numbers. i never thought i would say this but i have missed you so much, math. >> an amazing display of actually saying stuff, more specific numbers in one speech last night than the republican leadership did in an entire week in tampa. >> what has the president done. he has offered a reasonable plan of four trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade for every two and a half trillion dollars in spending cuts, he raises a dollar in new revenue,. >> jon: oh ratios. mathematical parameters from which to extrapolate results. not that the republicans did not have a plan to start off the nation's economic problems. >> we are going to solve this nation's economic problems. we need

we pray in your sovereign name, amen. >> please join me in a singing god bless america. ♪ ♪ god bless ♪ and that i loved ♪ stand beside her ♪ and dieter her ♪ with the light from of ♪ from the mountains to the prairie is ♪ ♪ to the oceans white with foam ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ god bless america ♪ foam ♪ [applause] >> thank you all for coming. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the congressional commemoration from earlier today of 9/11. part of our coverage of the events surrounding that day. we are also registering your reaction to the events of 9/11 through your speech tweets. the u.s. senate is set to come back at 2:15 eastern for more work on the veterans jobs bill. we will have live coverage when they return at again, 2:15 eastern on c-span2. until then, more on the anniversary of 9/11 from this morning's washington journal. >> a member of the intelligence committee armed services committee vice chairman as well, and i know one area that you focus a lot on is cybersecurity. with the president announcing this new executive on that issue, are we safe when it comes to a potential cybera

god bless you, and god bless him, and god bless america. we never forgot everyone who died in 9/11, 11 year ago. we thank you, and we love you, and we love anyone of you guys. thank you. >> president chiu: next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, stop the corporate rape of the public library, don't give money to the friends of the library, don't accept money from the friends of the library. part of the damage done to our democracy by privatization is it destroys people in it the belief of fairness and equality. as you know the friends of the san francisco public library made a commitment they would raise 16 million for furnitures, fixtures and equipment for branch librarieses. with the branch program almost finished department of public works can only account for 3.6 million from the friends. the library administration claims that there is another 5.1 million donated by the friends. the administration's budget report contains a footnote that the amount is, quote, reported by the friends of the library, unquote, and the library admits t

. ♪ god bless america my home sweet home ♪ ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet shohome snoet >> remember1 years ago today there were no republicans. there were no democrats. just americans united for the good of america. no bickering, no fighting, united to get the job done. back then the nation's debt stood at just under $5.8 trillion. 11 years two presidents later more than $10 trillion later. america drowning in debt. where is the resolve on either side to solve this crisis? where is the urgency on either side to deal with this crisis. as moody threatens to downgrade the nation's debt rating to congress fails to avoid the fiscal cliff. what a cliff. add 1.2 trillion in spending cuts and tax cuts kick in by the end of the year. instead today we are hearing this. >> we will continue to wait for the senate to act. >> we have a jobs bill ready to go they continue not to bring up. >> there's a lack of leadership in this administration. >> we have no jobs agenda put forward in the house. >> ron shakes says all of the infighting had to stop. according to his company it's all our bread. last

. >> god bless america, no, no, no. not god bless america. yeah, so if you wanted to bring religion up, fine we're ready and we'll be more than happy to talk about the influences of faith on each of the candidates. >>> coming up the filmmaker who says he is not surprised the united nations give mahmoud ahmadinejad platform to spew his message of hate this past week. he explains why. that is next. for 30 some yearsy different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. >>. >>> new do documentary called you and me takes a look at inner works of united nations and it exposes as a haven for chaos. it refuses to define or even fight terrorism. >> u.n. member states have not been able to agree on definition of terrorism. >> definition of terrorism is very difficult thing. >> my own view quite frankly, terrorism is like porno

god bless you. god bless america. >> and addressing this giant and enthusiastic crowd, first lady michelle obama saying the presidency reveals who you really are. i want to show you a photo that was tweed out earlier. can you take a look at it. it's coming up right here. there it is. the president and their two daughters. 14-year-old malia and 11-year-old sasha watching from the white house. >> a week ago, michelle obama taking off on the theme of love. saying she loves him more than she did four years ago, and 23 years ago, watching him. as you said, revealed, and tying it to what he is doing as president. also, talking about his love for the american people and what they've learned from the american people. clearly, cokie roberts down on the floor, this is a speech designed to rally the faithful and it did in this hall. >> it certainly did. the signs of we love michelle. but also, she did something important in terms of humanizing as ann romney. a lot of presidents try to portray him as different. she said he was raised just like me. as she painted a portrait of our own childhood as being so very nor

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he sang "god bless america" and "i left my heart in san francisco" on that date. it was an unbelievable day. it brought down the house, as did your performance at the all- star game. as did your performance at the world series. you are a huge part of the san francisco giants. as we all know, you have not arrived until you have your own bobblehead. [laughter] last year, we created a created abobblehea -- a tony bennett bobblehead for tony bennett night. it has a voice chip, and when you push the head, it sings "i left my heart in san francisco." tony painted a heart, part of the heroes with hart's program, and it is permanently on display at union square. next time you are at union square, check it out. it is really quite beautiful. it is only fitting that on this 50th anniversary, we create a permanent place in honor of tony at our ball park. we are going to rename suite 1, the most majestic in the park, sweeping views of the day and the city -- it is now going to be the tony bennett suite. come by for a visit. [applause] we love you, tony. [applause] >> thank you

they gave brief remarks but ended by singing "god bless america" and the reason why that is so poignant is because 11 years ago, i remember it like it was yesterday, that the members of whong dispersed all over the city came together at the end of the day on 9/11 in order to show the strength of the u.s. government and they broke into song, into this song "god bless america" in an impromptu way it was remarkable. but it was the end of a day that was something that none of us will forget. but here at capitol i can paint the picture of what happened. my personal experience, that of many others here i was coming up here, right now this is all a visitor's center and you can't park up here but we were able to park 11 years ago before secure changed. drove up here, i came up here across the plaza, into the capitol, and the capitol police officers were trying to help me get in because they realized there was a news story going on, none of us realizes how intense it was. as soon as i got in there, the capitol police started to scream run. and i ran out, every other staff somewhere lawmakers her

. >> absolutely, and god bless america and everybody, thank you. >> that's right, god bless america. see you. >> kelly: and we are going it talk about this later on with walid phares with a terrorism expert. a case that stumped the fbi nearly 15 years. find out how you can help track down the person police say has been sending out hundreds of powdered filmed letters, claiming to be laced with anthrax. >> jamie: here we go again. more anguish or the duke and duchess of cambridge and another tabloid publishing topless photos of princess kate sun bathing with her husband she thought privately in france. >> and coming up on washington, whether the initial attacks in libya could have been prevented. >> welcome back everybody, it's time for a quick check of the headlines, there are tens of thousands marching on moscow. it's the first major rally against vladimir putin and opposition to putin remains strong, despite government crackdowns. and in chicago, there are signs of hope, the teachers union, school board are saying they do have a frame work now to wrap up contract negotiations, after

. >> god bless you and god bless america. >> reporter: in 1992, the year bill clinton was soaring towards the white house, barack obama had just graduated from the harvard law school. but by 2008, it was obama who was soaring and threatening the clinton dynasty by taking on and taking down hillary clinton. >> you're likeable enough, hillary, no doubt. >> thank you. >> reporter: bill clinton was furious. >> this whole thing is the biggest fairy tale i've ever seen. >> reporter: who was hillary. >> shame on you barack obama. >> reporter: the fences mended slowly, but they mended. hillary became secretary of state and forged a close relationship with the president. while barack and bill never became buddy-buddy had something deeper, something rarer. >> there is that secret appreciation between presidents. you've been where other people haven't. when that crisis, that conflict, comes rushing through the doors and lands like a thud on the dense and all the fancy chiefs of staffs and advisers give you a guess, a hedge, only you, only your leadership, only your judgment, only your values, can ma