peter jennings will put meat live on the air. i knew that the tone of my voice, the clarity of detail, and specificity without a motion -- without emotion was the best way to tell the world that the american government had not been brought to its knees. we left washington around 10:00. we were on the ground at the air force base around 7:00. the president flew to the white house. they had a helicopter and allowed to reporters to stay on. they allowed a reporter from the associated press and me as the broadcaster. we took off and flew on the potomac river with the smoke from the pentagon still rising. will landed on the ground of the -- we landed on the ground of the washington monument. we went inside the white house. we went into the press area. our colleagues were working. i saw my first e-mail. it was from my son's at vanderbilt university. -- my sons at vanderbilt university. it said, mom, our friend was on the 91st floor of the tower. it was a handsome young man who had just gotten his first job. i set down and i cried. >> w