. >> at the time, president bush is visiting an elementary school in sarasota, florida. and 90 5:00 a.m. his chief of staff disburse the news to him. >> the security camera shows the plane's impact in the ground before striking the pentagon. president bush is now on board air force one with the fighter escort, grooves the air force agreed like to shoot down any aircraft believed to be hijacked. the faa orders the skies cleared of any non- military aircraft. flight 93 is a near the passenger rebellion if it keeps the hijackers from reaching their target. the plane crashed in the field near shanksville, pennsylvania. at 90 9:00 a.m. the south tower of the world trade center collapses. 20 minutes later, the north tower followed its twin. the dust and debris turned day into night. hundreds streamed across the bridge to brooklyn. verily guiliani orders ever one of lower manhattan. sfo was completely evacuated. >> we are taking trash cans and cubbyholes. >> a declaration of war on the united states by terror >> is. in washington, one more remarkable sight. members of congress

recibieron la visita del presidente en su escuela de sarasota, florida. >> aunque en una dÉcada estarado para festejar sus calificaciones de lectura. >> me sentÍa orgulloso de que allÍ estaba el presidente de estados unidos, enfrente de nosotros, unos niÑos de siete u ocho aÑos. >> aquellos niÑos ahora son jÓvenes terminando su bachillerato. estaban frente a bush cuando le susurraron la peor noticia que un presidente podrÍa recibir. >> en ese momento estaba atendiendo que hay paÍses que odian a estados unidos y que iban a atacar y matar inocentes. >> esta expresiÓn en el rostro del presidente fue el comienzo de una reacciÓn con la que serÍa juzgado por la historia. ahora que grecia, con mÁs madurez, lÁzaro saco supera conclusiones. >> tener que ir sin pensar a una guerra, que durarÁ 10 aÑos, no era algo bueno. >> es hasta ahora que bush decidiÓ ese dÍa no abandonar de inmediato el salÓn de clases para no pagar mafiosos a los niÑos. >> se disculpÓ y explicó a los estudiantes que se tenÍa que ir, pero antes que se fuera, nos dio unas cajas de dulces. >> lÁzaro a conservado en un refrig

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but in front of a group of second graders in a sarasota, florida, classroom. wide-eyed witntnses to history. now high school seniors, they remember. it started out as a morning of excitement and innocence. >> everyone had their hair done and new bows and everything. >> reporter: you got to school that morning, did you have new bows, too? >> i think i did. yeah. i remember coming to school being all excited and stuff and security checking you and if you were late you couldn't get in. >> reporter: the teacher, sandra kay daniels, taking her young students, just 7 years old, through the day's reading lesson for a special guest. the president of the united states. >> yeah. >> the kids had worked so hard. it was unbelievable. the president? come on. you're talking about the president of the united states of america coming to emma e. booker elementary school. >> reporter: lazzaro got to shake his hand. do you remember that moment? >> yes, i do very vivid. i remember sticking my hand out and he looked at me and shook my hand briefly. >> reporter: the press was there,

bush, as the president conducted an education event at an elementary school in sarasota, florida. joining us now, andy card, that man who whispered those words to president bush, he was chief of staff at the time. you actually had an inkling before the event started that something had gone wrong. >> when we arrived at the school there was a buzz in the air, i remember a couple of people asking did anybody hear about a plane crashing in new york, karl rove and dan bartlett and the president was with the principal of the school, the school in sarasota, florida and a staffer from the white house situation room came up to the president and said sir, it appears a small twin engine prop plane crashed into one of the twin towers in the world trade center in new york city and our collective response was what a horrible accident, the pilot must have had a heart attack oring in. >> -- or something. >> so the president said to go on with the meeting. >> he walked into the classroom with the principal, when the door shut that staffer says sir, it was not a small engine plane it was a commerci

. >> new chapter publishing is out of sarasota florida. chris engelman is my editor. this is important. sometimes we invest so much in our opinions in our views we don't even realize when we are biased. i really wanted a local editor. i do not want a conservative editor. i didn't want someone -- i wanted to be challenge. i wanted somebody to make me defend what i believed him because i was rethinking everything in my life. iowa chapter publishing and in fact larry klayman who used to be with judicial watch made the introduction and chris engelman knew about it and when i told him the kind of book i wanted to write, reawakening virtues he said it can be a clinical book. you can't just beat up on democrats. he said i don't know if you can do that. i don't know if you can be fair. i must tell you i didn't realize what a challenge it was for me to really think about the opinions i had, the criticism i had and how -- i did not hold them is accountable. so the first eight months i was wrestling with myself to get into the integrity and virtue of writing and not its book whe

. >> i was in sarasota, florida, with president bush, covering what we thought would be an ordinary education event at booker elementary school. i was in a small anteroom to watch the president and watch television. we see the first after-effect of the plane in the tower and then we watched the second jet fly in and you have a feeling that what you're seeing can't be believed. >> it was so unfathomable, what had just happened, you couldn't imagine what came next. >> and you had this gathering sense of forboding because you had two planes crashing, there was an awareness that there may be other planes in the air. there were rumors on the radio that there was another plane coming towards the state department, so i drove down towards the state department and was driving and opened the sun roof and was looking up to see if i could see the plane as i was headed down to the state department. that plane didn't exist. it was one of the millions of rumors that day. >>atives the first time that i remember and it's never happened since, that people around me in washington, not just in the news room that

who has the power but senator graham is referring to is a mysterious saudi family living in sarasota florida records show had numerous contacts with some of the nine eleven hijackers and that suddenly left the country weeks before september eleventh the man who uncovered this story is investigative journalist anthony summers author of the new book the eleventh day the full story of nine eleven and osama bin laden and he joins me now from your new york studio to talk more about this explosive story anthony welcome. i so what's the story about the family in the house of lords. we can't do it in the complex way one could on television to put it simply on all goods for thirty years a family but some of it. try to rock the boat the hip regime in saudi arabia and we will send millions of dollars in funds for you that is separate from the evidence on the ground in the united states that indicate that there was actual support from saudis and with from saudis with official connections in saudi arabia. the nine eleven joint inquiry which senator graham. coach head. and he was a very hands on co-chair

who has the power but senator graham is referring to is a mysterious saudi family living in sarasota florida records show had numerous contacts with some of the nine eleven hijackers and that suddenly left the country weeks before september eleventh the man who uncovered this story is investigative journalist anthony summers author of the new book the eleventh day the full story of nine eleven and osama bin laden and he joins me now from your new york studio to talk more about this explosive story anthony welcome. i so what's the story about the family in the house of lords. we can't do it in the complex way one could on television to put it simply on the third is a family that were saudi family that was living in. a gated community suburb of sarasota suddenly left home they left three cars in the driveway one of them just bought the previous week a p.t. cruiser the pool running toys in the pool the beds made clothes in the clothes it was as though they had literally just gone out to a movie or going out to buy groceries and when nine eleven happened the people in the community and eventuall

this brawl in sarasota, florida.have learned that the team disagreed with the call that the raft made. today the 14 year veteran referee spoke. >> unfortunately i believe that this let their emotions overcome them. many families and players were not involved and all of this to continue. >> today, charges against the coaches and 142 year-old player. -and one of the 14 year-old players. >> take a look at this shark and southern california. the photographer did not know what he captured until we got home. he is looking at this and despite the surfers nobody reported seeing a shark. stay with us, more news after this break. ♪ ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ [ female announcer ] kraft cheese has more full length shreds in every bag. you'll see the difference. ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm you'll see the difference. met tonight big stories the lead singer of california-based-green day. was flying from oakland to burbank he was pulled off of the southwest flight because he w

and now, this video from sarasota, florida. youth football team has been forced to disband. member as tacked the ref. one player just lays this guy out. well, yeah. unfortunately you're seeing me now. i'm not as interesting as that video. let's go back to the video. coaches joined in on the beating here. this is just unfathomable. they've lost their mind. police trying to identify attackers, so far there have been no arrests. and this team forced to disband. >> there is no excuse for that. >> no. no. >> thank you, larry. >> that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> good night for now, everyone. yhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhyhh captioned by closed captioning services, inc. this is the "jeopardy!" teachers tournament. here are today's contestants-- he teaches at a school that has been named a california distinguished school three times.

i would like that to be released and new situation in sarasota, florida, it's beginning to be increasingmation that three of the hijackers including atta who was the lead hijacker had a serious of contacts with a saudi family of some wealth and prominence lived in a gated community in sarasota in the months before 9/11 and on august 30th, 2001, that family en masse under rush circumstances left the united states to go back to saudi arabia. were they tipped off and left because they were told it's better that you not be here? >> you were once the chair of a congressional committee investigating 9/11. in that capacity you had shown to you classified documents you were allowed to read and absorb and not reveal. you are knotted now of the view that the 9/11 commission and your own committee didn't look at everything that was out there and might be some people that were involved in this who got away scott free. does the government know who these people are and they got away scott free? >> i hope they do. what we know about san diego which is the place that your previous guest was talking abou

a violent brawl at a youth football game in sarasota, florida. four peoplhave been arrested.e center of it all, the referee who was attacked, is speaking out. and t.j. winick has the story. it's graphic video there. >> it's hard to watch. it happened during a game last saturday between the north port huskies and the sarasota gators. what began with an argued call quickly turned violent. a referee was blind-sided. and things spiraled out of control. watch football and you'll likely see some hard hits. >> oh, big hit. >> reporter: but authorities say this was a low blow. in this home movie that has now gone viral -- >> no, no, no, no, no. >> reporter: -- youth football referee jayme ream is attacked. then slammed to the turf. he's got more than his ego bruised. he's nursing a broken shoulder. >> i believe this situation involved people that let their emotions overcome them. >> reporter: three sarasota coaches, dexter austin, timothy howard, and antonio bradley, and a 14-year-old player are now accused of more than just unsportsmanli unsportsmanlike conduct. each is charged with

this is a youth league game in sarasota, florida.full speed -- kind of got caught behind the market watch box. he's tackling the referee. the ref was kicked and punched on the ground, eventually able to get up and run-off the field. the sheriff's office is looking into this and charges are expected. these kids aren't any more than 13, 14 years old. >> in des moines, iowa, dramatic dash cam video. police officers coming to the rescue here. this was the scene of a bad accident. this is about 3:00 in the morning. one of them you'll be able to see forces his way onto that burning car. just starts pulling people out of that vehicle. several officers around that vehicle. you don't ever know what's going to happen in a situation like that. putting themselves in harms way to do their jobs there was a fatality in the accident. turn to san diego now. the beaches there seeing some of the biggest surf of the year this week. impressive stuff, but the waves are so big this gives you an indication that even the local surfers won't even attempt thes

in sarasota florida youth football team forced 0to disband after several members of the team attackedtch this. one player just lays him out then several players and coaches joined in on the beating. refuse rae was able to get away. all took place after the game. police are trying to identify the attackers. so far there have been no arrests but they are very well might be. hate seeing that kind of behavior. >> 13 and 14-year-old kids if with the parents and coaches? about it's shocking. no word to describe it. felony in the state of florida so people might do jail. >> all right. 49 ers make a statement in san diego tonight. plus the baby giraffe tv meat the baby giraffe ooh, you got snacks! yeah. 24 bucks later. that hurts. it's not like i really had a choice. snack on this. progressive's "name your price" tool showed me a range of coverages and i picked the one that worked for me. i saved hundreds. wow, that's dinner and a movie. [ dramatic soundtrack plays ] this picture stars you and savings. but mostly savings. out there with a better way. now, that's progressive. >> cumming tonigh

. >>> criminal charges could be filed as early as today as a result of this ugly scene in sarasota, florida some coaches, some parents, they all come to blows after a youth football game. a player tackled a referee just before halftime. that sparked an all-out brawl. one adult tried to kick the ref in the head apparently. that ref was not seriously injured, but we expect charges could be filed against those parents in the next few days. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it's also because they care about the markets they serve and the neighbors who rely on them. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. and i was a pack-a-day smoker for 25 years. i do remember sitting down with my boys, and i'm like, "oh, promise mommy you'll never ever pick up a cigarette." i had to quit. ♪ my doctor gave me a prescription for chantix, a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system.

>> it was -- sarasota, florida, intent was we had been in jacksonville earlier the day prior.re to depart sarasota. as the first plane hit the towers, we started the -- the everybody on our aircraft, we were at the plane preflighting, we started getting information there had been a terrible accident in new york city. we started seeing it on the television. and at that point, we just started working with the staff, getting more and more information as to the amount of planes hijacked, where the planes were, and then it slowly started working into getting the president back to washington, d.c., as soon as possible, and then as the scenario started unfolding we realized getting him back home wasn't the answer right away. we needed to move him around in the country to figure out exactly what the entire -- what the entire plot was to make sure that the president wasn't part of that, that he wasn't the next target of the day, as such. >> as a result, you made that decision. you're not going to go from florida right back to washington, you had to call inaudible and go someplace else.

it is at the time president bush was visiting in elementary school in sarasota, florida. at 9 05 a.m. his chief of staff and was first the news to him and says america is under attack. the attack has not finished. >> another flight is headed possibly for the pentagon. july 77 crashes into the pentagon. a security camera if shows the plane impacting the ground before striking the building's western side. president bush is now on board air force one, he gives the air force a green light to should down any aircraft believed to be hijacked. the faa ordered the skies cleared of all nonmilitary aircraft. flight 93 is still in the air and a passenger rebellion keeps the hijackers from reaching their target. at 9:57 a.m. a passenger says, let's roll. they stormed the cockpit. the plane crashes six minutes later in a field near shanksville pennsylvania. the tragedy began this in our earlier is entering its final stage. at 90 9:00 a.m. in the south tower of the world trade center collapses. 20 minutes later in the north tower follows. the dust and debris turns day into night. disbe

and a brawl in sarasota, florida. >> another live look.tle bit. maybe by 2:00 p.m.? [laughter] >> we will be back. ♪ they're here! ladies, you have the right to remain sexy... >> candlestick park will be the site of college football kicking off tonight. stanford is also opening up today. the 7 cardinals. >> baseball? it felt like last september. at the bottom of the third with one-nothing arizona. a -- off the wall. kourowith coy ross. >> carlos beltran 82-one home run to the left field. it to joe saunders a two-one home run. -- and beltran will hit and caned. six-two = final score. hit in tekane. >> if the mariners remained in last place last night after striking out batters. clearing a triple in the third inning. the a's put it to bed final = 9-2. >> undergoing investigation in florida after a youth football team got way out of hand, take a look. >> oh my gosh! >> this was last saturday in sarasota, fla.. referees getting battered by coaches. this video led to charges against three coaches and even a 14 year old. the victim could get---t

arrested and charged with a felony for beating up a referee during a youth football game in sarasota, floridaawl, started because one team's coach didn't like a call made by the referee, so he confronts the ref, then gets tossed from the game and takes a water bottle, tosses it into his face, the ref starts walking off the field, that's when he follows him and then a 14-year-old player from the sidelines, dressed in full gear, comes sprinting on to the field and tackles this referee. unbelievable. that's when he's in the middle of the may he. this video shot by a parent in the stand and sarasota authorities are using this video and arrested three coaches and the 14-year-old player, assaulting a ref in the state of florida is a felony and punishable up to three years in prison. okay. as for this teen, well, they're done for the year. done. they're going to revisit whether or not they will ever be able to play. as for the ref who's been doing this for 14 years, he now has a fractured shoulder, the players, there is good news in all of this, the players that were not involved -- there were sever

of course, the president was in sarasota, florida, for an education even. we get his reflections on what happened 10 years ago. i want you to go back to the moment you were writing this diary, this time line. you are husband. you are a father. you worked with the president and the first family. what were you thinking? >> this was a historic occasion. negative, certainly. i needed to write down for history what occurred at the white house on that day. so much gets lost, as you well know, if people do not write stuff down. activityasn't my normal to keep a journal or anything, but the historic nature of that day just overwhelmed me. i had gone through probably as many emotions during the course of the day as anybody could possibly go through. thoughts of my family, obviously. mainly thoughts of the people in shanksville, who miraculously fought their way through terrible conditions and downed that plane. as far as i'm concerned, they save my life -- saved my life. i am convinced that the white house is the symbol of this nation, even though the capitol buildi

we begin with jeff from sarasota, florida. you are on. caller: good morning. i have a couple comments. i hope you'll bear with me. my first comment, i think the job training idea has a good idea. only problem is if you are talking about trying to have the job training impact that the restoration restoration of coastal areas, i don't see how the time line would meet up with that. second, the infrastructure projects has to be there to actually be done. the timetable has to work itself out to the end where the process is ready to be worked out and all the permitting is done. if you just throw money at states again, personally, when i vote and governor in my state and house members, i expect them to balance our budget and deal with pension and things of this nature. i don't think you guys need to throw more money at the states to help them deal with these things. last, i agree that my party, the republican party, needs to work with you guys on jobs. we are in a bad climate right now. the one thing that does not help us, while a lot of your fellow party members are

. >>> prosecutors in sarasota, florida, may turn to filing criminal charges today in connection with the teams roughed up a refereeeefter a disputed call and then a player plowed i io him and brought him down. other adults attacked the ref when he was on the ground. a spectator's videotape has led the sheriff to four suspects. >> to behave in that manner is disturbing and unacceptable. in this community or anywhere else, obviously, from the response we've gotten around the nation. >> the referee was taken away in an ambulance. he does not actually want to file any charges in this case actually a felony in florida. the team what went after the referee as you can imagine has now been expelled from that league. i guess so. >> i think that is despicable. what kind of lesson is that for young people? >> don't get it, don't get it at all. >>> they m m never be popular in cleveland but lebron james fans in miami cannot wait for his latest pair of shoes. >> hundreds of t tm lined up yesterday for a chance to buy the nba star's newest nike footwear. it actually goes on sale today but only at

severe weather off of the gulf of mexico in through florida. sarasota, tampa, orlando, jacksonville, possibility of severe weather threat wrapping in to the storm system. look at the extent of the nature of rain, our frontal boundary pushed through. this pattern is stalling. days of rain to be expected. that is hurricane katia. we will talk about that in the next half hour. winds of 125 miles per hour, surf to be expected to kick up, remnants of lee helped to deflect off the coast. we got to deal with the rainfall that continues to funnel in our direction. some spots half an inch this morning, since midnight and a break for the last hour or two, now the rain and on time with the morning commute, curling back in. heavier bands in the yellow, orange and red shadings. we are squeezed between our frontal boundary that's draped to the south, on the cooler ends of that. we got the storm system charging up along the boundary, some warm air, southeast virginia in the 80s this morning, there could be a severe weather outbreak there, southeast virginia and the ca

it was a youth football game in sarasota, florida, on saturday.here were a few calls that upset the share soda youth -- sarasota youth gators. after another disputed call, coaches and players charged the refs. more piled on throwing punches. the ref was knocked right off his feet by a young player, and then people can clearly be seen kicking the ref on the ground. he couldn't get out from under the pile. it was absolute melee. coaches and parents from other local youth teams are appalled. >> i have never seen anything like that. i've -- i think the coach should be disqualified from coaching. it's not good sportsmanship. >> reporter: well, the ref is okay and decided not to press charges, but the sarasota sheriff's office is seriously considering criminal charges. battery on a sports official is a felony in florida. this referee has been officiating for 14 years. this was his first with the mid-florida conference. the game was between the gators and the north port huskies at riverview high school, but now the sarasota school district has terminated

. >> reporter: what began as a photo-op to show off the reading skills of the kids in sarasota, florida 9/11, which chief of staff, andrew card, whispered in george bush's ear telling him of the terrorists attack. the president's reaction? he did not leave class and was criticized by some and praised by others for years to come. >> i think he handled it the right way. >> these three remember the day well. >> he was sitting, like, right here. i was sitting over there. >> we were there. >> the girls are now 17-year-old high school seniors, but back in september 2001, they were second graders. >> i remember he came into the classroom -- >> reporter: the president? >> yeah, the president. he shook our hands and we started to read, and a man whispered in his ear and he was stunned. >> we just went through like it was a normal lesson. >> reporter: one of their most vivid memories is when their teacher tried to explain what happened. >> she came into the room and sat us on the floor. she had been crying. >> she said we were young, and so it was like cartoonish. it was not real to us. >> report

now senior necessary high school, and jonathan serrie is at emma e aker elementary school in sarasota, floridaeing witness toss history on that awful, awful morning? >> >> reporter: march that is correct the students say they recall vividly the change in president bush's expression from his white house chief of staff andy card whispered in his ear. at the time, the students didn't know what the whisper was about, but they could tell from the expression that it was something serious. president bush described what was going through his mind in the national geographic channel documentary. listen: >> my first reaction was anger, you know? who the hell would do that to america. and then i immediately focused on the children. and the contrast between the notion of an attack and the innocence of children clarified my job. and that was to protect people. >> reporter: president bush says he didn't want to alarm the kids so he waited until they finished reading before he got up to get a full briefing on the attack. students say he made the right decision. listen: >> i asked myself what good would it hav

now deputies in sarasota, florida, are investigating saying charges will probably be filed. the teen involved has been suspended. more on two big stories. parts of the central gulf coast including new orleans could be under water if a tropical storm hits. right now, it is just a depression. warnings are already in place along the louisiana and mississippi coast. texas could actually use the rain from that storm, but it's not likely to get much. more than a dozen major wildfires are still spreading in the state of texas. jennifer delgado is tracking the tropical storm system and jim spellman is covering the big wildfire west of dallas. jennifer, what is our forecast look like? i've got a lot of family in new orleans and they are nervous right now. >> rightfully so. we are talking about 10 to 15 inches of rainfall. some of those localized areas are going to be dealing with 15 inches of rainfall in addition to a storm surge anywhere between two and four feet. we have updated the information from the national hurricane center. right now it's located roughly about 195 kilometers

possibly bearing down on the president's plane, code-named angel, as he flew president bush from sarasota, florida from the vice president and the staff that angel was next, angel being the call sign of air force one. >> reporter: and that seemed to be very real. the warning came after controllers had said an unidentified aircraft was bearing down on air force one. >> as we got over gainesville, florida, we got the word from jacksonville center, they said, air force one, you have traffic behind you and, basically, above you. that's descending into you. we are not in contact with them, and they've shut their transponder off. and at that time it kind of led us to believe, okay, maybe somebody was coming into us in if sarasota. they saw us take off, they just stayed high, and they're just following us. we had no idea what the capabilities of the terrorists were at that point. >> reporter: that turned out to be a false alarm, but tillman was taking no chances. >> i asked for fighter support. basically, if an airliner is part of the attack, be good to have fighters on the wing to take care of us. >> re

the president's plane, code name angel, was one of the targets as he flew president bush from sarasota, florida. >> we got word from the vice president and the staff that angel was next, angel being the classified call sign of air force one. >> and that seemed to be very real. the warning came after controllers sedan unidentified aircraft was bearing down on air force one. >> as we got over tkpwhra*eupbsville, florida, we got the word from jacksonville center, they said air force one, you have traffic behind you, and basically above you, that's descending into you, we are not in contact with them and they've shut their transponder off, and at that time, it kind of led us to believe, okay, maybe somebody was coming into us from sarasota, they saw us take off, they stayed high and are following us at this point. we had no idea what the capabilities of the terrorists were at that point. >> that turned out to be a false alarm, but tillman was taking no chances. >> i asked for fighter support, basically if an airliner, if that's part of the attack, then it would be good to have fighters on the wing

he flew president bush from sarasota, florida. >> we got word from the vice president and staff thatel was next, angel being the classified call sign of air force one. >> reporter: and that seemed to be very real. the warning came after controllers had said an unidentified aircraft was bearing down on air force one. >> as we got over gainesville, florida, we got the word from jacksonville center, they said, air force one, you have traffic behind you and, basically, above you that's descending into you. we are not in contact with them, and they've shut their transponder off. and at that time it kind of led us to believe, okay, maybe somebody was coming into us in sarasota. they saw us take off, they just stayed high, and they're just following us. we had no idea what the capabilities of the terrorists were at that point. >> reporter: that turned out to be a false alarm, but tillman was taking no chances. >> i asked for fighter support, basically, if an airliner, if that's part of the attack, it'd be good to have fighters on the wing to take care of us. >> reporter: air force one event

booker elementary in sarasota, florida, reading a book to second graders when he received word from andyrforming his new single "reason to believe" a tribute to 9/11, when "morning joe" returns. do you have an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem? are you taking warfarin to reduce your risk of stroke caused by a clot? you should know about pradaxa. an important study showed that pradaxa 150mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there's no need for those regular blood tests. pradaxa is progress. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding, and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older, have kidney problems or a bleeding condition, like stomach ulcers. or if you take aspirin products, nsaids, or blood thinners. tell your doctor about all medicines you take, any planned medical or dental procedures, and don't stop taking pradaxa without your d

host: sarasota, florida, in the penn line. good morning. caller: good morning.m concerned about how tax dollars are spent in health in general for us, the u.s. citizens. because of the economy, so many people depend on medicaid, and there are the medicare people. i am on medicare myself. i am concerned about the money that goes toward medicaid for the illegals , and those that have the kids here, those that get automatic citizenship, which means we are paying for all of their health care, but not for the u.s. citizen, and not for things that we really need like research. guest: i appreciate the plug for research, because that is what my job entails as the director of the national institutes of health. that is what we do. in terms of health care, where supporters of the data that people need in order to make good decisions about what works and what does not. we are the source of evidence. i might say we are also working very hard in ways to reduce the incidences of certain diseases. let me give you the example of diabetes. there were reports about research that s

we begin with jeff from sarasota, florida. you are on. caller: good morning. i have a couple comments. i hope you'll bear with me. my first comment, i think the job training idea has a good idea. only problem is if you are talking about trying to have the job training impact that the restoration restoration of coastal areas, i don't see how the time line would meet up with that. second, the infrastructure projects has to be there to actually be done. the timetable has to work itself out to the end where the process is ready to be worked out and all the permitting is done. if you just throw money at states again, personally, when i vote and governor in my state and house members, i expect them to balance our budget and deal with pension and things of this nature. i don't think you guys need to throw more money at the states to help them deal with these things. last, i agree that my party, the republican party, needs to work with you guys on jobs. we are in a bad climate right now. the one thing that does not help us, while a lot of your fellow party members are

sarasota, florida, sandy on our independent line. do you think disaster aid should be tied to cost? caller: i think this whole problem is not being discussed. -- discussed properly. there's no u.s. citizen who does not want to help people in need after a disaster. everybody wants to help them. that is clear. but we are turning it into some people don't want to help and some people do and that's not what it is. it is how we fund that. the more the federal government gets involved, that is when we see the corruption or the waste. just think of it this way, the more money that is spent, being sent to washington for this kind of thing, the less money the states have and the local communities have. i don't know how many of you all are aware that the townships and counties are cutting their budgets like crazy. a lot of this is because all of that money is being sent up to washington. so it's not a question of whether disaster relief should be provided by a government entity. the answer to that is an overwhelming yes by every single citizen. the question is which level of government should

. >>> a referee tackled and beaten at a high school football game in sarasota, florida. it started with a ref and a coach arguing over a call. the ref tries to walk away, but several coaches rush the field. moments later, a player, a player tackles the ref, coaches and players are facing felony battery charges. >> just unbelievable. >> now is your chance to talk back on one of the stories of the day. the question for you this morning, is the criticism against chaz bono and abc fair. even if you're not a fan of abc's "dancing with the stars," i'm sure you've heard, hundreds of viewers are not happy about chaz bono's invite. >> i hope that, you know, fair, open-minded people take the opportunity to get to know me week by week and realize that, you know, there's nothing scary about me and transgender people are, you know, just people like everybody else. >> but the hopes of acceptance are not apparent yet. on abc's message board there were angry comments hundreds like this one -- this isn't the first time a tv show has been accused of pushing an agenda. in 1992, vice presid

what began as a photo op to show off second grader reading schools at an elementary school in sarasota, floridap becoming one of the final moments of 9/11. when chief of staff, andrew card, whispered in george bush's ear telling him of the terrorist attack. the president's reaction, he did not immediately leave class, was criticized by some, praised by others for years to come. >> i think he handled its right way. >> natalia jones, dynasty brown and danielle green, remember the day well. >> he was sitting like right here. >> i was sitting over there. >> it was like we were in -- >> reporter: the girls are now 17-year-old high school seniors, but back in september of 2001, they were 7-year-old second graders. >> i just remember like he came in the classroom. >> the president? >> the president and then we all -- we started reading. he shook a couple of our hands and we started reading and a man came from the side door and whispered something in his ear and he kind of got stunned. >> we could tell somebody had happened because his whole face had changed. they proceeded forward with the lesson and

trailing boundaries, severe weather pushing for the west coast of florida, tampa about twisters, sarasotaegion and north of orlando for today. pulling this up to the north, a lot of moisture here, and days of rain continue upper level low sits here, katia off the coast. bands of rain on the cool side of a frontal boundary. future radar locked in on top of baltimore. we got the lock in of possible heavy rain, taking in through thursday morning. wet, the flood watch continues, and 68 degreess the best we are going to do this afternoon as we stall things and get down to 63, overnight checking out the extended outlook for the rest of the week in to the weekend coming up in the next half hour. >>> now, the major accident we have is 95 southbound. an accident with injuries in the left lane. not causing too much of a traffic problem. this is 695, baltimore national pike, very light traffic. as the wet lens has the camera stopped. light in conway downtown. it's open after the grand prix. pratt is also open but lots of cone, lots of equipment there trying to get the fencing down. be careful if you

the research from the book in florida which is where three of the four pilots hijackers learned to fly and find that there's another connection with saudis living near sarasota so the evidence of some sort of saudi support for the hijackers involved in nine eleven is troubling. troubling to say the very least you you write in the book about john o'neill and how he was working on the saudi connection even before nine eleven. who was he what it what happened with him and how did that all work out. for both heroic and tragic story john o'neill was a swashbuckling senior. officer more than that more than what one thinks over the street agent he was very a very senior counterterrorism. agent in new york city based out of new york city who had been to and from the middle east and was an expert on saudi arabia and was very very frustrated at the way he had to deal with the saudis to i think i can say this on television he said to the director of the f.b.i. when they were flying back on one occasion from saudi arabia and the director of the f.b.i. of the day said well i think they were they were really quite helpful the saudis they get so much of which john o'neill

sarasota authorities used this video to arrest the three coaches and the 14-year-old player. assaulting a referee in the state of floridalony, punishable up to three years in prison. the team, done. they're done for the year. and they're going to review whether or not they'll ever be able to play again. now, of course, there were a lot of players on that team, and coaches, that were not involved in the brawl at all. so other sarasota youth football teams have reached out and said, coaches and players can come join those players, in order that they can continue to play football. >> and you get into a lot of that video, but that ref did get stuck around that pile. apparently he was being punched and kicked. how is he doing? >> he has a fractured shoulder at this point, but he spoke yesterday and basically just said, like i said, this is the ugly part of sports. that it gets this competitive, that a coach would feel the need to confront a referee, then throw a water bottle in the referee's face. and then a player feels like he needs to come off the sidelines and tackle an adult. unnecessary, disgusting, and people need to

now apparently in sarasota, received substantial assistance, what about the saudis who lived in phoenix, arizona, or arlington, virginia, or patterson, new jersey, or delray beach, florida, which were other major sites of extended hijacker residence. what was happening in those places? >> and you're saying you believe that the information exists in either redacted fbi documents or censured documents to answer those questions? >> yes. i believe that these are questions for which there are definitive answers, but the american people and largely their elected representatives have been denied that information. >> and who has the power to release that information and what can an average citizen do to encourage the increased visibility that we might all benefit from? >> the president of the united states, and i have called his terrorism adviser, laid out what we now know as to what occurred in sarasota and urged him to pursue an investigation of these matters, both in sarasota and elsewhere, where there are unanswered questions, and then hopefully release that information to the american people. >> well, you have my assurance, both of you, that i'll maintain my attention and

sarasota "herald tribune." for the next month, republicans will own the spotlight in florida.e most important swing states. tonight they'll debate in tampa, followed by orlando, followed by a statewide straw poll on the 24th. "times union" suggests watching nine minutes of sponge bob square pants can cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year-olds and some morning anchors. who do political shows. the study looked at children who watched "spongebob". >> spongebob, i watch that, what are we talking about? >> it's a show on tv. apparently children perform considerably worse on solving puzzles and concentration compared to those who watch slower paced pbs -- >> i've got to apologize to my wife. she's right. she has been anti-spongebob from day one. will not let our kids watch spongebob. >> mine too. >> you're saying -- >> just won't allow it in the house. >> it's a show for kids. the jokes are funny, they're not kid jokes. >> they are. >> i think they're funny. >> they watch it? >> every kid watches spongebob. >> our kids don't. >> you can't let them? >> no, they j

sarasota, you're next. caller: yes. i have a background in phosphate, moving phosphate by rail through the state of florida.e of our challenges were that up front rail companies would want you pay to put this on your property. once you've paid, then whoever had it, they negotiated for a strong position. host: he was breaking up there. a little bit difficult to understand but did you hear him? guest: i had some difficulty making out what he was saying. host: moving on to an independent. caller: mina kimes i was shocked reevently when our passenger rails finally got the money in our new york dwrire refurbish and get new passenger cars to find out there's not a passenger car manufacturer in the united states of america. we had to go through canada, taiwan and singapore to get bids. how does that translate over to the freight rail cars? is there, besides them moving freight, is it generating that other kind of business in the united states? do they manufacture their own locomotives and freight cars? guest: that's a great question. . i have to admit i don't know the complete answer. there's a cottage that suppor

sarasota, you're next. caller: yes. i have a background in phosphate, moving phosphate by rail through the state of florida. some of our challengesere that up front rail companies would want you pay to put this on your property. once you've paid, then whoever had it, they negotiated for a strong position. host: he was breaking up there. a little bit difficult to understand but did you hear him? guest: i had some difficulty making out what he was saying. host: moving on to an independent. caller: mina kimes i was shocked reevently when our passenger rails finally got the ney in our new york dwrire refurbish and get new passenger cars to find out there's not a passenger car manufacturer in the united states of america. we had to go through canada, taiwan and singapore to get bids. how does that translate over to the freight railars? is there, besides tm moving freight, is it generating that other kind of business in the united states? do they manufacture their own locomotives and freight cars? guest: that's a great question. . i have to admit i don't know the complete answer. there's a cottage that supports t

florida? the trouble is not over. sheriff's department reviewing the tape. they may actually file battery charges against four players and coaches involved in this disgusting display of sportsmanship or lack thereof, the entire sarasotaeam already been suspended for the rest of the season. yes, the whole thing started after the gators made up of 13 and 14-year-olds got upset with the ref's calls. what's happening in sports? you got the youth brawl there. you got the georgetown fight in china. you got the fans fighting at the nfl game. is it more cameras at these games? this has happened -- this has been happening for a long time? >> i think the last couple of years, i've seen a complete absence of sportsmanship and my producer just said the refs are not filing charges? >> yeah, that's unbelievable. >> credit it. >> sportsmanship somewhere. >> here's another wild story for you. you know that show toddlers and tiaras. >> it's on tlc. >> ok. >> are you shocked by it? >> this is something that is -- that is, it's taken over, these little girls, they're basically in beauty contests. >> hugely popular show. now, last night or this week's episode has caught more outrage than just the show itself. >> see why. this little gir