fbi and new york city police department are completely embedded working the threat together at the new york jttf. and while we've heard often times in my career tensions between the two, both sides report there's complete transparency. they're working the threat together and holding back no details from one another. >> jttf, the joint terrorism task force. we're heared more confirmed information about the possible method of an attack as well, correct? >> that's right. we saw the pictures today all over new york of trucks and -- large trucks being searched as they come over the bridges. and now we understand there's good reason for that. clearly the intelligence has pointed them in the direction of focusing on a vehicle-born improvised explosive device or car or truck bomb. >> any sense of the size of the truck? >> no. i didn't get that. and you know, as you talk to people who have actually seen this intelligence, we of course can't see it. but there are gaps. one official said look there's some weird things about this which is why they're so focused on trying to get confirmation. the s

fbi and new york city police department are completely embedded working the threat together at the new york jttf. and while we've heard often times in my career tensions between the two, both sides report there's complete transparency. they're working the threat together and holding back no details from one another. >> jttf, the joint terrorism task force. we're heared more confirmed information about the possible method of an attack as well, correct? >> that's right. we saw the pictures today all over new york of trucks and -- large trucks being searched as they come over the bridges. and now we understand there's good reason for that. clearly the intelligence has pointed them in the direction of focusing on a vehicle-born improvised explosive device or car or truck bomb. >> any sense of the size of the truck? >> no. i didn't get that. and you know, as you talk to people who have actually seen this intelligence, we of course can't see it. but there are gaps. one official said look there's some weird things about this which is why they're so focused on trying to get confirmation. the s

my brothers and i and to all of those courageous men and women who actively serve in the new york police department. >> and my dad, to my hero, i love and miss him so much. [applause] >> john robinson lenoir >> jorge luis leon >> matthew gerard leonard >> michael lepore >> charles a. lesperance >> jeff leveen >> john dennis levi >> alisha caren levin >> neil david levin >> robert levine >> robert michael levine >> shai levinhar >> adam jay lewis >> jennifer lewis >>>> margaret susan lewis >> ye wei liang >> and my son, our shining star, our spirit of christmas. i love you forever, i like you for always, as long as i am living, at my baby will be. and my cousin, when they made you, they broke the mold. you are a loving and wonderful ben you were a loving and wonderful father and the greatest grandfather that ever lived. and their colleagues, david from sweden. your mother, your sister, and your brother are here and they say hello and a love you and miss you. >> and my son, who we love and miss a very much. his mother, his sister, his younger brother, his cousin, is on go -- his uncle, and his wife,

as new york police department goes around the city as part of their regular ongoing training. it certainly looks very impressive. don, as part of the terror investigation, there are a few more details to tell you about. mainly having to do with timing. and cnn has learned that u.s. authorities are looking at whether at least two of the three people that are believed to be part of this possible plot already are headed to the united states. however, we will add this -- we are also hearing from a federal law enforcement official that so far nothing is panning out at this time in terms of whether anyone is confirmed to be in the united states. but of course, investigators are continuing to track down leads and are working under that assumption. we asked one of the assistant directors of the fbi about the development tonight, we declined to comment on it directly but did say this -- >> as far as i know, this threat hasn't changed from what it was yesterday. and that is -- and what was reported by us thursday evening -- is that it's credible but unconfirmed. which, translation for t

in box two the head of the new york police department dropping a bombshell. about the department's ability to shoot planes out of the sky. the commissioner's comments are ahead. and in box three, a lawyer today blasting amanda knox the american girl convicted of killing her roommate during a drug-fueled sex game and the lawyer calls her a "she devil," and a "witch." all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. but, first, from fox at 3:00, a deadly attack killing a c.i.a. agent in afghanistan. and wounded at least another american. and officials blaming a renegade afghan working for the u.s. government. a western security official tells the "wall street journal" newspaper that the attacker "had the trust of c.i.a. employees in kabul. the "wall street journal" reports that it was possibly an informant. the attacker opened fire on his colleague, killing one and injuring another. this attack comes less than two weeks after afghan insurgents fired rocket propelled grenades at the u.s. embassy in a 20-hour long siege. and, remember, these attacks are not new

the media recently reported that the cia and new york police department have worked closely together, so closely together in monitoring muslim american neighborhoods for terrorism activities a blur the line the to domestic and foreign spying without commenting specifically on the new york situation do you believe the domestic activity by the federal intelligence agencies particularly the cia has crossed the line and finally do you believe that the intelligence communty relies too heavily on the counterterrorism cooperation of foreign ations that violates american values and principles? thank you if director petraeus will have a comment as well. i apprecie your perspective. i guess i wouldn't characterize it quite as you have that this is an egregious violation of american values it would seem some of things that are done in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, and i think that in itself is a very imptant fact to remember what was the atmosphere and the conditions then that led to certain of these actions? i do not believe that there is, quote, too much domestic surveillance. you have to r

riding in the back seat according to the september second ruling they said that a trio of new york police department officers had a hunch that a passing gold colored ford crown victoria with new jersey license plates might secretly have been charging for a ride so on hunch they just decided to to go ahead and search the car i don't really get to say you have a hunch these days if you're a lot of horsemen official. first of all they're right in a chrome vick that's a crime right there so that's that's probable cause to start with well i mean i've never ridden in the back of a car when there's no in the passenger seat it's really uncomfortable so i i can see that but however as someone who was stopped routinely for random insurance cherrix because i clearly looked too young to drive i guess yeah driving while blind and looking you know no i mean i think it's ridiculous and i'm glad the judge made the right decision you know you like to complain a lot about civil liberties and i think for once you might have actually hit on what i'm going to jump on board with you know i don't want. to be the reason fo

>> i remember getting a call headed into work to the new york police department that the world trader had been hit by a small plane. >> and when you realized that, that days what struck you what was happening? >> i could not believe that america was under attack. i could not believe it. >> after ten years of reflecting and having lost your brother, how did it change your life? >> well, it changed my life in a lot of ways. you value things that you may have taken for granted in the past. every conversation with your family may be the last, so you should cherish every moment you have with your family and i look back on 9/11, and right now i say that some gifts were left to me as a result of 9/11. i got focused toto school and law school where i am currently attending, and give k to the public the gifts that were left to me. >> and where was michael that day and how did you find out he was lost? >> he worked for engine company ladder 11 that day, and -- i knew instantaneously he was lost. when i was on the staten island ferry heading over with the new york city police department, becaus

in other news on last night's show we talked about the new york police department's brutal crackdown on occupy wall street demonstrators over the weekend one of the most disturbing examples of this police brutality was when a group of women were proper sprayed by a police officer seemingly without provocation take a look at the of. well the natori is activist group known as anonymous did not let this violent reaction by the police go on funnest yesterday the group published a picture of this officer identified as anthony billowed not her but on a i'm not sure exactly how he pronounces it along with his phone number his address his past legal troubles and disturbingly the names of his family members those was accompanied by a message reading you know who the innocent women were now they will have a chance to know who you are before you commit atrocities against innocent people think twice we are watching expect us now certainly the actions of the police over the weekend against demonstrators raise a lot of questions about the tactics used by law enforcement and the troubling consequen

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i love you, i miss you, god bless the united states and the new york police department. >> oleh d. wengerchuk. >> peter m. west. >> whitfield west, jr. >> meredith lynn whalen. >> eugene whelan. >> adam s. white. >> edward james white iii. >> james patrick white. >> john sylvester white. >> kenneth wilburn white, jr. >> leonard anthony white. >> malissa y. white. >> wayne white. >> leanne marie whiteside. >> and my husband. 10 years does not diminish the love that we had for you. our three children have grown into wonderful and strong adults. you would be so proud. if your family mrs. you very much and may god continue to bless us. >> and my brother. our brother, our friend, our angel. we love you and miss you. you are in our hearts always and forever. >> mark p. whitford. >> michael t. wholey. >> mary catherine wieman. >> jeffrey david wiener. >> wilham j. wik. >> alison marie wildman. >> glenn e. wilkenson. >> john c. willett. >> brian patrick williams. >> crossley richard williams, jr. >> david j. williams. >> deborah lynn williams. >> my father ran my teacher, for his wisdom i

the new york police department says it is taking additional precautions after the new threat tied to the 9/11 anniversary this weekend. it includes more staffing, more bomb-sniffing dogs and checkpoints across the city. >>> the critical final report on the death of this iraqi civilian in british military custody was released on thursday. the inquiry found baja mussa was brutally beaten and possibly kicked to death to british troops while he was restrained. he was being held as a suspected insurgent in iraq. >>> interpol has been asked to issue an urgent notice for the arrest of moammar gadhafi. he's wanted for alleged crimes against humanity. >>> much of normal life has been shut down in the southwestern united states. a million people are in the dark in the states of california and arizona and across the border in mexico. authorities are scrambling to restore electric service and have not yet found the cause of the power outages. traffic signals, airports and trains and water filtration plants have all been affected. authorities are asking people to boil their drinking water, limit

new york city and terry moran in washington, this is "nightline" september 8th, 2011. >>> good evening. i'm terry moran. we want to bring you defrals the white house to the new york city police department are calling a new credible terror threat against american civilians. it appears a puzuze piece fell into place in the last two days and here's brian ross with the latest, brian? >> the source of the information is not known to us but officials say it was developed by the cia overseas described both as unconfirmed but also, specific and credible. u.s. officials say tonight the plot was initiated by al qaeda's new leader, who has pledged to avenge the death of osama bin laden. officials tell abc news the plot involve there'd individuals including at least one who was a u.s. citizen. the officials say the plot involved some kind of vehicle bomb was aimed for some time between september 10th and 12th with either new york or washington as the target. the thre reportedly travelled from pakistan's tribal areas through dubai to the u.s. in mid august. >> this is probably dowowto a few hundred people. but it doesn't take many people to do this kind of attack. >> reporter: in new york's times s

the new mayor wants him to do the same in the windy city although the challenges may be greater. >> the chicago police department has more players of management than the city of new york's police department. it has more layers of management than the city of houston's police department. that's an area that the city can attack the management side. the added cost and the layering that occurs in large bureaucracies, and not impact the number of policemen on the street. we think there are many areas of that in government that can be addressed. >> reporter: the new head of the beleaguered chicago public schools is another outsider. jean claude blizzard. he was superintendent of the rochester, new york, school system where he had a rocky tenure. he and his newly appointed school board have already approved a property tax increase to try to close a $700 million school budget shortfall. and he and the new mayor are pushing for, among other things, longer school days and some concessions from teachers that's led to an ongoing stand- off with their union. craig dell a more is the political reporter for news radio 780 in chicago. >> he is making moves that the former mayor did not

new york police department is already taken additional precautions including more police presence throughout the city, vehicle check points, more security at landmark and bag inspection in the subways. >> tomorrow previously planned multi-agency exercise involving the nypd, metropolitan transit authority, amtrak, new jersey transit, port authority and national guard will be stadiumed at grand central, penn station, and times square. >>reporter: larry jacobs abc news new york. >> this threat is still in the early stages. intelligence agency are pursuing lead over seas in an effort to game just how serious it is. >> two million people are without electricity tonight across the south west and northern mexico. and power out annual affecting flights in the bay area. almost all south west flights to san diego have been cancelled. 5 from oakland at least 3 from san jose. south west united and virgin america have cancelled a tl of 8 flights from sfo. no power means no traffic lights down south causing snail lick movement lick this on roads in the orange county town of mission viejo. employee moving

i'm confident the new york city police department will be able to prevent this. alert but they shouldn't let this affect them too much psychologically or change their way of life. this should be a reminder that the tenth anniversary doesn't mean we can put all this behind us. these people who came to kill us on september 11, 2001 want to come and kill us over and over again. >> reporter: after this terror threat that we heard about yesterday new york is no doubt on high alert. we saw checkpoints at bridges today on the subways here in new york city so it's clear that action is being taken to keep an eye on what is going on. i also talked about politics with rudolph guiliani. he told me he hasn't decided if he is going to run yet and is waiting to see who emerges from the republican camp. he acknowledges it would be difficult for him to be nominated but didn't rule it out. >> not only part of our best money team but now best political team on television, alison, you did a great job. we'll talk about your interview with secretary of state hillary clinton coming up

including those employed over the last decade by the bush and obama administration and by the new york city police department. michael mukasey is the former attorney general of the united states and as a federal judge, he presided over the prosecution of the 1993 world trade center bombers. judge, great to have you back on the program. >> good to be here. >> so, leon panetta, now the defense secretary, former cia director, said recently that al qaeda is on the verge of strategic defeat. how does that sound to you, plausible? and what does it say about the ongoing nature of the threat? >> sounds completely plausible. but rrettably, it doesn't say enough. we are not fighting a motorcycle gang called al qaeda with a limed bunch of guys with the -- [chuckles] >> jackets that say al qaeda on the back. as long as we get all of those, we are done. it's a very potent force. lots of assets. a great organization-ability, obviously a great stakes attraction, particularly when bin laden was alive. that said, they have been dealt an enormous blow, not only with the death of bin laden but with a cadre of operational peopl

and members of the fdny the fire department of new york the police department of new york who of course played an integral part that day and they are marking the occasion this morning by ringing the bell. again celebrating some of the support and the things they have created since then to support people there in new york. >> all right we'll go ahead and say good morning, to you. thank you for joining us on ktvu channel 2 news. it's friday, september 9th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook temperature time now 6:31. it was one year ago today that a pipeline blew up in san bruno killing eight people and destroying dozens of homes. claudine wong is in san bruno. >> reporter: dave, memorials will be planned for today and remembrances. one year later you look at a home like this being built behind me. you see signs of people moving forward. trying to make this neighborhood home again. then you look next to it. take a lack at the empty -- take a lock at the empty lot. you are reminded how long the road to recovery can be. then you meet resident maria bar that walked through here with tears in

new york been responding to this terror threat? >> reporter: well, as individuavigilant as the new yok police department does and that's what they dot. the official have ramped up security and vigilance and word this afternoon that we confirmed through press contact that represents the new york city police department that apparently in the new york area three vans have gone missing. two stolen out of a construction company that does work at the world trade center site. another stolen from jersey city. however, not necessarily linked to this terrorist threat. however, when we originally heard of the terror threat released wednesday three, according to a pakistani informant, three men were to come in the united states somehow deploy a car bomb, truck bomb. when we hear about the vans stolen, that gives the authorities reason for concern. that is what they are doing. they are checking cars automatically. any van or truck that entered the bridge, goes through a tunnel. passengers that arrive on the subway today should expect extreme added police protection. and tomorrow especially more so. we have video to illustrate what i'm trying to

new york city. we've got a very effective new york police department, especially on this subject. but then-- but they can't be everywhere. >> see, but your comment already picked something up. given the pact that-- fact that they havead motive and have had the motive t is remarkable that there hasn't been more of this. and that shows that actually our response has made a difference. >> rose: sure. >> it has. but in other words, i wanted to start with the second thing. that is something probably will happen. there is going to be an attack. norway was just hit by a different kind of attack. let me come back to the first question you asked. what have we learned? we've learned that we need to adjust to this possibility. and become a society that can live with that danger. i started out by saying a crisis like this brings out our best and our worst. we've discovered this about ourselves. what we need to learn from this is what do we like about what we've done in the last ten years. and what we have learned. what do we like about not so much how do you prevent these things whack do we l

it's just to let somebody know the new york police department is here and on the scene.hat, chuck, mayor bloomberg went out of his way last night to the say the ceremony this weekend will ge on despite this threat and, in fact, took the subway to work this morning as you said he would last night. arrived at city hall by subway. he deemed them safe. just wanted people to know about the threat. ceremonies are going on. >> walk me through what's going on particularly at ground zero? >> tomorrow we'll begin to see things. the big one, of course, on sunday. the ten-year anniversary of september 11th. as you know, president obama will be here. george w. bush will be here. mayor bloomberg and former mayor giuliani as well to dedicate this national 9/11 memorial and museum. to really surround these two resent por pools. people were fighting, saying it should look one way, others say look another. beautiful, two pools. amazing. i have to point out, all the construction workers, about ten minutes ago came down for a moment of silence because some of them will be be here on sunday.

and the new york police department right now, i think are doing an effective job of making sure that unattended vehicles are being checked, are making sure that large vehicles are being checked. that's as much as we can do. >> they're making their presence known. that's for sure. >>> we're going live to ground zero and peter alexander. peter for this morning, the commemoration ceremony taking place tomorrow. what about security? we've just been talking about that. what are you seeing in terms of security there today. >> we've seen a lot of security throughout this entire city. the police commissioner made it clear that there will be thousands of additional police officers in and around this area and throughout the city. tomorrow there are shifts going from eight hours to 12 hours, basically swelling the force by one-third at any given time. let me give you a live picture at athe site of the former worl trade towers. that is where the dignitaries, the president of the united states, george w. bush, rudy giuliani, present mayor, michael bloomberg will be arriving. here's the platform t

ernie valabona is a former vice cop with the new york city police department. these partners arrived at ground zero within minutes of the collapse. >> we were watching the teams of firefighters going in with their tools and packs. they would disappear. >> from the distance i am to you? >> where your hand, your partner would disappear. i had to grab on to him. i had to hold on to the hood of his jacket. he would disappear. i would lose him. >> nobody had any respirators in the police department. we didn't have any. we were trying to wrap bandanas around our faces. >> in a statement, the city of new york said despite challenges, several hundred thousand respirators were made available to the workers within a week. in the chaos, they say they never got a hold of one. three years later, valebona was diagnosed with cancer. a rare stage of lymphoma. a type that may be caused by toxins in the environment. >> how is everything going with your treatment? >> i finished the last treatment. i have to go back to see if i'm done. >> there are so many rescue workers in his ci

hackers are going to of cyber attacks like wall street, banking institutions and the new york city police departmentkimberly sakamoto, kron 4 news. her heart ♪ >>jacqueline: big changes with the north to a seattle area bringing us even clipping the north bay this weekend. even the subtropical moisture and our surf getting kicked out. breaking waves along the coast of to 15 ft.! with areas of just stay off those beach areas for those next couple of days. possible treacherous situations. and even fire watch is because of this dry founder storm activity dry thunder. dry lightning, increasing the fire genuschances. also rain trough n the north bay. light rain will push that along the coast and neighborhood by neighborhood temperatures coming up. >>pam: oakland police presented several reforms to a judge overseeing the lawsuit. the lawsuit is accusing several officers of misconduct. reggie kumar has more. >> oakland's police chief and the mayor met with the san francisco judge. threatening to put oakland police under federal control. if they do not implement all items contained in this report. tonight at

my dad was a cop in the new york police department. and i was a track runner and, you know, i got scholarships and stuff like that. and then when i got to college i was like, i guess i'll major in business because that's practical. i moved out west in october of '98. i had never seen trees like that before. it had a really profound impact on me. i have memories of, like, for the first time, seeing log trucks, you know, and being like, "whoa." you saw the mills, or you go into the forest and you stumble upon a clear-cut. like, it just blew me away, just the arrogance of it. i mean, you think, like, "why are we being so gentle? why are we so gentle in our activism when this is what's happening, you know?" >> the more radical environmental community have, in my opinion, a misconception about this industry and what we do. does it have an impact? certainly. nobody likes the looks of a fresh harvest, but we really do regrow these trees. you can't be in the lumber industry without having trees to cut, so its ridiculous for people to think we'

islamic groups are calling for an investigation of the new york city police department after the associated press reported thatndercover officers conducted wide-ranging surveillance of daily life in muslim neiborhds and mosques. according to the ap, a program known as the demographics unit maintained a list of "ancestries of interest." that list included predominantly muslim countries as well as american black muslims. the nypd said it does not employ undercover officers unless it has been informed of possible illegal activity. >>> meanwhile, according to a new poll out this week from the pew research center, 52% of american muslims believe members of their faith are singled out by the government for terrorist surveillance. and more than 40% said they personally experienced harassment in the past year. but despite that, the survey found no indication of increased alienation among muslim americans. a majority, 52%, said they are satisfied with the current direction of the country, compared to only 23% of the general public. >>>en years after 9/11, relations between muslims and non-muslims in

. >> reporter: ernie and bernie kelly, former vice cops with the new york city police department, partners, arrived at ground zero within hours of the collapse. >> we were watching the teams of firemen go in with their tools and scott packs and they'd disappear right before our eyes. >> the dance i am to you. >> pretty much your hand is where your partner would disappear. >> i kind of had to grab on to him and hold on to the hood of his jacket. and he would disappear and lose him and i wouldn't know where i was going. >> nobody had any kind of -- we didn't have respirators. we were trying to wrap ban dans that around our faces. >> reporter: in a statement, the city of new york told us despite overwhelming logistical challenges, several hundred thousand respirators were made available to workers within a week. in the chaos, many rescue workers, including these two men, say they never got ahold of one. three years later, he was diagnosed with cancer, advanced stage lymphoma, the type that may be caused from toxins in the environment. >> how is everything going with your treatment? >> i finis

and pretty sure that the new york police department will be able to >> this.officials are looking for three people who recently entered the u.s.. because they do not have the details in on the extra precautions >> taken. will grant is live at sfo to see how officials and passengers are reacting to this possible threat. >> i just spoke with the sergeant of the police department at sfo. he said it plans to the door visible. more police officers walking around the terminals as well as trying to have more dogs out here to let anyone know that yes we are aware of the possible threats and yes we are monitoring the situation. it seems like traffic is picking up just a bit off especially with morning flights. even though people are taking off this morning, and they are thinking about the 10th anniversary of 9-11 including this man that i spoke to earlier. >> we are more aware around this time. as americans, as in new yorker, we should not let that hold a stand. police did not be controlled little more cautious and the nervous. i certainly keep my eyes open more. >> ot

new york. >> of course the new york city police department remains on high alert throughout the day. apparently 342 suspicious packages or vehicles were reported over the weekend. this time last year, 92. >> the whole thing that's taken hold and across the country, if you see something, say something. people heeding that advice. it's good to see that. >> keep it up, everybody. >> please. >>> former new york city police officer was detained in kansas city's main airport after security screeners detected suspicious items inside his carry-on luggage. those items tested negative for explosives. and the man was in the custody of airport security. disrupted flights resumed once bomb-sniffing dogs had gone over the airport. >>> here in new york, a somber remembrance of the 9/11 anniversary. the two columns of light next to the world trade center, the lights are still on this morning, as you see in these live pictures. it's an annual arrangememe of two groups of 44 search lights that are used to remind us of this solemn day. >>> earlier, a poignant sight as president obama and former preside

. >>> stephen, i have some chilling surveillance video coming from the new york city police departmentare two separate incidents that both took place in brooklyn, new york. both involve shooters who are currently still on the loose. in the first video, you will see an 18-year-old. he gets shot four times. he's still in critical but stable condition in a brooklyn hospital. there was an argument between the shooter, you'll see in the red shirt, and the victim, who's on the right side of the screen. >> the craziest thing to me is look how many other people are around. this is like a city block. >> look what happens. he rolled on the ground into traffic. the shooters goes out the back door of the mcdonald's. in the second video, you'll see a man sitting outside of a brooklyn barbershop. this is 79-year-old andrew burke. two young guys in the video come up and attempt to shoot through the barbershop window. he was sitting inside. andrew burke actually died. you'll see two men run up. on the left side of the screen, you can sort of see andrew burke. >> you always think no way will they ever

e new york police department has already taken additional precautions, including more police presenceons in the subways. >> tomorrow at previously planned multi-agency exercise involvininthe nypd, the metropolitan transit authority, amtrak, new jersey transit, port authority, and national guard will be staged at grand central, penn station, and times square. >> reporter: larry jacobs, abc news, new york. >>> a brand-new abc news poll on terrorism taken before this latest threat shows that the sense of security may actually be rebououing. 64% believe the country is safer now than it was a decade ago. that is actually up from a year ago when 48% thought they felt safer since the 9/11 attacks. also, 67% say they are satisfied with the way the u.s. has responded to the attacks ten years ago. 84% say added security at airports and government buildings is effective. >>> our other major story this morning, a widespread blackout in the southwest that's keeping millions in the dark, at its worst it stretched from orange county, california, south to tijuana, mexico, and east to yuma, arizona. a

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fdny chief of department and the port authority police department superintendent and many of their senior staff were killed. the fire department of new york suffered the largest loss of life of any emergency response agency in u.s. history. the port authority police department suffered the largest loss of life of any american police force in history. the new york police department suffered the second largest loss of life of any police force in u.s. history, exceeded only by the loss of port authority police the same day. the nation suffered the largest loss of civilian life on its soil as a result of domestic attack in its history. >> there was a loud roar again. someone yelled that the building was collapsing. and we started to run. when you have all that gear, you can't run too far, especially when the building is a quarter mile high. and what happened inside the building now happened outside. this beautiful, sunny day now turned completely black, and we were unable to see the hand in front of our face. and there was an eerie sound of silence. we lost -- that day we lost 2,752 people at the world trade center and 343 were firefighters .

i must tell you, i just got off the phone with new york city police department and there's already a ed security level because of the september 11th anniversary that has remained in effect. and samir has been considered a very dangerous enemy of new york because he grew up there, he went to high school in queens and may have an extensive outreach of supporters there. so the new york city police department remain vigilant on this very day because of this attack. >> nic robert tson is standing . everything we here is in up peeve val. what does it say to that? >> they are taking a firm wide against al qaeda but with only seeming to have serious success and it's got u.s. backing. the drone strike that killed awlaki was a u.s. drone strike. al qaeda is taking control of three provinces in the country. that's what the vice president there told me just a few months ago. the government has had to pull back its troops and the opposition, a street movement, tribes in the north of the country trying to bring down this current government. the very fact that al qaeda has suffered a loss today has

this studio, the new york city police are stopping every single truck or van on the street and checking them. so makes you feel a whole lot better to know the new york city police department is out there working their tails off more. >> it does. the security level is extraordinary there at the moment. does it feel though, to you, the battle with al qaeda, which caused the devastating event ten years ago, that it's just ongoing. you're going to see a time when it will end in your lifetime? >> i can hope it will end. the ideals of western society, of freedom, of democracy, our lives that we live are going to make people who believe differently jealous. they're going to attack our philosophy. >> let me take you back if i may to september 10, 2001. you were running a large company. you were one tough, some would say ruthless businessman. what kind of man do you think you were? looking back on it then, what kind of character that you were. and how do you think you've changed since what happen ce what happened? >> cantor fitzgerald september 10, 2001 was a winning organization. we had all of the tools necessary for us to be successful. we didn't look for partners. we didn't nee