and when gay people say we want to honor mark bingham, we want petty vindictive political leadership in the castro to grow up. we want a public discussion about public property. because mark bingham would have had the flag lowered at harvey milk plaza, had harvey milk been alive. we simply want to lower a flag on city property. and after two years, we don't have that right. something must be done. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is carolyn calderÓn. i work for the -- housing program of the veterans equity center. i'm here today opposing supervisor scott wiener's efforts to change the city's existing building code to reduce the minimum living area from 220 square feet to 150 square feet decreasing in him living space for quettle in san francisco by more than 30%. understanding that development in san francisco is inevitable, but this type of development will be competing with the minimal land that the city has, which can be used for real affordable housing. and san francisco has yet to meet its sf housing element plan of prioritizing affordable h

. >> mark bingham was a gay man from los gatos who was among those who tried to take back control ofght 93. wilson said he made his request, and made it yesterday, today, one board member told me the flag was not lowered because it came too late. most people we asked around the neighborhood said it zbt that big of a deal one way or another. >> this really doesn't matter much to me. i'm... not a flag waver. but my sentiments certainly lie with all of the individuals or murdered on september 11th. >> if we let people control up ask down of the flag that flag would be up and down every other day for different purposes. it's a crazy notion. >> i guess koit have done what they did lower it but i don't think it matters that much. it's not the american flag. i don't think it's a big deal. >> and last year, it was lowered to half staff this, year it wasn't and though he contacted several members of the board no one was available or willing to go on camera to defend this decision. one member told me the request wasn't made in time but he had no idea what time frame is required. >> and there i

. >> mark bingham. >> for on a day such horrors, they gave us our first filmer of hope, how ordinary, choosing to work together, can do the most extraordinary and history making things. ♪ >> shep: 11 years ago at this hour, the ruins of the twin towers were still smoldererring in lower manhattan. tonight we're getting a new look at the progress at the world trade center site. we have time lapsed video from earth cam. it shows another tower climbing into the sky over our city. the framework for all 104 floors now in place. developers say the new one world trade center is set to open in 2014. here is a look at how it compares to the original towers. tonight we're also learning more about an agreement to get back to work on the 9-11 museum that was originally supposed to open this month. rick leventhal was there 11 years ago this night and is there for us this evening. hello, rick. >> hello, shep. it's been easy to mark the progress of one world trade behind me. rising by about a floor every week for the past year and a half. but during much of that time, a lot of the work below ground

service will include a reading of all the names of the flight 93 passengers and the crew including mark bingham a bay area native and uc berkeley graduate. we will cover all those moments of silence and keynote from vice president joe biden. >>> hundreds of firefighters all across san francisco preparing for their own special tribute to those killed in the september 11th attacks. >> it is one of several bay area tributes planned for the day ahead. christie smith is live from san francisco fire station 7 for more on this morning's ceremony. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. perfect timing because we're just getting started here this morning. the mayor and the fire chief on the way. i haven't seen them yet. as you said, we're at station 7 and a couple of things going on as the ceremony is getting under way. they are starting to move their fire trucks out and what's happening is the fire trucks -- the firefighters, rather, are gathering in front of the flag pole. if steve can pan over to this side, they will fly the flag at half staff and in just a couple of minutes at the

biggart carl vincent bini mark bingham.baum gary eugene bird george john bishop albert balewa blackman, jr. jeffrey donald bittner christopher joseph blackwell harry blanding, jr. susan leigh blair and my cousin, timothy freeman. we think about you and miss you everyday. >> my sister-in-law, beretta and bureau. [bell ring] janice lee blaney craig michael blass rita blau richard middleton blood, jr. michael andrew boccardi john p. bocchi michael leopoldo bocchino susan m. bochino bruce d. boehm mary catherine boffa nicholas andrew bogdan darren christopher bohan lawrence francis boisseau vincent m. boland, jr. alan bondarenko andre bonheur, jr. colin arthur bonnett frank bonomo yvonne lucia bonomo seaon booker maryjane who. sherry ann bordeaux krystine bordenabe jerry jade work. martin boryczewski richard edward bosco and my aunt, lucille teresa king. you are small, that you are mighty. we love you and miss you every day. we will never forget. >> and my son, firefighter frank e. s. n. captain michael esposito. for over an ho

. >>> and 11 years ago today mark bingham helped fight back when terrorists hijacked united airlineslight 93. his mother, alice, joins me with a message for all americans, next. >> united 93 traffic 1:00 12 miles eastbound. >> negative contact, we're looking at it, united 93. stop! stop! stop! come back here! humans -- we are beautifully imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world. that's why liberty mutual insurance has your back with great ideas like our optional better car replacement. if your car is totaled, we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. call... and ask one of our insurance experts about it today. hello?! we believe our customers do their best out there in the world, and we do everything we can to be there for them when they need us. [car alarm blaring] call now and also ask about our 24/7 support and service. call... and lock in your rate for 12 months today. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? ♪ megyn: well, 11 years ago today the passengers and crew of united flight 93 turned the tables on the terrorists aboard their aircra

[reading names] mark bingham. gary eugene bird. george john bishop. christopher joseph blackwell.ee bear. and my cousin. we miss you and think about you every day. >> and my sister-in-law. [bell ring] >> house speaker john boehner and minority leader nancy pelosi and harry reid and mitch mcconnell took part in the ceremony at the capitol honoring the victims of 911. the ceremony was held on the same site congressional members gathered to sing " " god bless america" in september 2001. >> members of the house and senate, capitol police, staff, thank you for joining us today to mark the 11th anniversary of the events of september 11, 2001. i invite everybody in the singing of our national anthem. >> ♪ oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? and the rocket's red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er