this is in shanksville, pennsylvania.een ringing bells for the people that died aboard flied 93. vice president mike expense there speaking this morning. let's go to the pittsburgh and in new york city. people are gathering now and will read the names of become 3,000 people that died when the world trade center towers collapsed that morning. is it a lengthy ceremony. one that we've seen 18 times. it is a terrible morning as we all remember where we were that day. back to you. >>> this is it a live look at the san francisco airplane where delays and cancellations are affecting passengers. we have the latest with the latest. >> reporter: as of 5:20 this morning, there are 18 delays and 62 cancellations. so the number of those delays is slowly creeping up. and that is all to be expected because of construction on a major runway, runway 28l that persists till the end of the month. that sfo official said it has not been no 50 years. i was supposed to get and 8:20 flight. but they said i had time on the 6:10. that is good. >> s

in new york city, at the pentagon, and here in shanksville, pennsylvania.field of honor forever. days, ourst solemn of hearts are also with the families of the men and women who lost their lives in the world trade center and 184 men and women who perished at the pentagon. the president just this morning paid respects to the fallen outside the pentagon. we gather, as president trump said today, as one american family, united by patriotism, bound by destiny, and sustained by faith in almighty god. [applause] the bible says, if you owe debts, pay debts, if honor then honor. if respect then respect. and president trump asked me to be here today to pay a debt of honor to the memory and the families of the 40 passengers and crewmembers of flight 93. men and women who rose up, who fought back, and who met unspeakable evil with selfless heroism and american strength. [applause] vice president pence: america was attacked on september 11, but america took the fight back to our enemies on that same day. not on some foreign battlefield, but right here, in the skies abo

in new york city, at the pentagon, and here in shanksville pennsylvania. here we are a common field one day, became a year of honor forever. on this most solemn of days our hearts are with the families of the 2753 men and women who lost their lives at the world trade center and the 184 meant and women who perished at the pentagon. the president just this morning paid his respects to the fallen outside of the pentagon. we gather as president trump said as american family, united by patriotism, bound by destiny and sustained by faith in almighty god. [ applause ] >> the bible says if you owe debts, pay debts, if you honor, then honor, if you respect, then you respect. pres. trump asked me to be here today to pay a debt of honor. the memory and the families of the 40 passengers and crew members of flight 93, men and women who rose up who fought back unspeakable evil and selfless heroism and american strength. [ applause ] america was attacked on september 11 and america thought back against enemies on the very same days, not some foreign battlefield but right

to shanksville, pennsylvania. cbs reporter wendy gillette is in manhattan. >> it's a heart wrenching ritual repeated every year. family members and first responders returned to ground zero to remember loved ones lost on september 11th, 2001. bells mark when the planes hit the twin towers and when the buildings fell as the names of the fallen are read. >> timothy sean hascall. >> many speak about parents they never met or got to know. >> andrew, mom and i miss you every day and we know you're watching over us. >> new this year at ground zero a 9/11 memorial grade featuring stacks of granite and tribute to the first responders who became ill or died after being exposed to toxins. >> i pray for all those first responders who haver will become ill as a result of their dedication and sacrifice. >> nearly 3,000 people died on this day 18 years ago and while it's changed so much since then, the love and sense of loss remain the same. >> so many milestones that he's missed, this one is kind of hard. >> in washington d.c.

vice president mike pence will visit shanksville, pennsylvania and the new york stock exchange and nasdaq a moment of silence this morning. lauren: brian llenas is in lower manhattan with more on the 9/11 ceremonies, 18 years later. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning. it's hard to believe that it has been 18 years but today is it all about the families of the nearly 3,000 innocent men, women and children who dialed on september 11th, 2001. at 7:00 a.m. this morning, the 9/11 memorial site and museum area will be open to the families of the 9/11 victims and beginning at 8:46, the moment in which the first plane hit the north tower, there will be a city-wide moment of silence here in new york. there will be five additional moments of silence here honored here at the ceremony today, two for when the two towers were hit, two for when the towers fell and also one for when flight 93 crashed in shanksville, pennsylvania and for the attack on the pentagon. this isn't just only about new york. you remember, there were 184 people who died at the pentagon and president trump will be ther

these are live pictures, we are in pennsylvania in shanksville, pennsylvania, that is where 18 years ago on september 11, flight 93 smashed into the ground. the famous words of one of the passengers, let's go. the passengers attacked the hijackers on the plane, one of those planes th believe this particular one was possibly heading to the white house or the u.s. capitol, it is part of the ceremony that will be taking place later today here at at the pentagon and of course, in new york at ground zero and around the country, remembering september 11, 18 years ago. >> thank you for joining us this morning. pam cook has the day off, i am dave clark, here in the bay area we are talking about the weather which is expected to get warmer. >> starting today, more so as we head into thursday and friday, the warmest days, the warming begins today, just a little bit above average today, by tomorrow, i think you notice the warming kicks and for many today and carries into at least friday for the warmest and saturday still pretty warm, i think the trend after that will be to start to bring, stone,

also the pentagon and flew into a field in shanksville pennsylvania. when you're on watch as we will throughout the morning just how long it takes to as well we're covering our ceremonies as well as what's going on. >>at this very moment, i'm darya folsom and i'm james fletcher thank you for joining us on this wednesday. we've got weather and traffic updates for you briefly before we get to the headlines will start with the commute has a look at it it's pretty quiet incident was so no major issues but a lot. >>of slow traffic.

we will stop this show and show you that then, shanksville, pennsylvania at 9:45 on c-span.org. up until then, your calls. emily in athens, ohio, you are next. caller: i was a few years old when 9/11 happened. i grew up in a world that focused on security, especially at airports and throughout my whole life we have been in iraq and iran and the middle east. we are dumping over $600 billion a year into this and not getting anywhere. donald trump does not have our best interest in mind. he is trying to reduce the national -- international affairs budget drastically. we give 1% annual way to helping countries across the world. once we give money to people across the world and lift them out of poverty, their government is less likely -- less susceptible to terrorist nations. events like 9/11 would not have to happen. we need to spend more money and attention on helping other countries, lifting other countries out of poverty, and not cutting the international affairs budget. focus on that, and that will raise our national security and help people abroad. host: that is emily in athens

a commemoration also took place in shanksville, pennsylvania.sfo. 40 passengers and crew members died. vice president mike pence attending that event in shanksville. >>> and happening now, people are also paying tribute at a special 9/11 memorial site in union city, but this year no official commemoration event was taking place. bob redell is there and will have a live report during our midday newscast. >>> well, in fremont last night, leaders approving plans for a new homeless navigation center. it will be built on what's currently a parking lot located behind city hall. that site was one of two being considered. the 45-bed facility will cost more than $7 million to build. it's expected to be up and running by june of next year. >>> full steam ahead. the big east bay transportation project breaking ground. >> plus, you can feel it, things are getting toasty in the bay area. kari hall is tracking how hot it's expected t we are here to discuss jessie's online time. and out of respect, we will let you make the first offer. thirty minutes. thirty m

tackle the pentagon and the heroic event of the individuals on united flight 93 which crashed in shanksville pennsylvania. those minutes between the attacks on the world trade center and collapse of the north and south tower, i believe they forever changed us as a nation and we are much safer today as a result of those attacks, we have the creation of the department of homeland security that allows us to better share information and allows us to better refine the situation. extreme lines of the organization. dashes chaired the sole mission or the primary mission of that committee is each and every day to see what we can do as congress and what we can do to protect our countries and protect our homeland against attacks and to better secure the safety of the american citizens. >> when it comes to homeland security you talked about the benefits and the pluses. are there deficiencies that need to be addressed? >> we have weaknesses within the system and one of the things that i've done is authored a bill passed out of the house and waiting action for the travel exit side tax. it would require ho

the vice president, pence, will speak at the flight 93 national memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. as we mentioned, another bombing in kabul marks the start of the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack days after peace talks with the taliban are called off. any path forward. he joins us now. live from ground 0. what about this? a off peace talks with the taliban moving forward? >> 18 years after the attacks that led to afghanistan? we can declare peace and leave. you need to create conditions the enemy knows they have to end that war on your terms. the taliban remains strong, the peace deal selling internally with propaganda, it is better than a bad deal. talking to folks in kabul and afghanistan you've got to step back to the table, keep taking the fight to the enemy which is hard for people to hear. how do we end it? sometimes you have to ramp up even more in a far-flung place across the globe, 14,000 troops in afghanistan and we are not going to nation build, we are not going to change the underlying factors of the people of afghanistan for the long-term. if we could build

america endured its darkest day, planes crashing into the twin towers, the pentagon, and the field in shanksville, ohio. almost 3,000 people were killed. there will be a ceremony taking place at 8:40 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. at the world trade site in lower manhattan. a new tradition begins today in public schools across new york state. a brief moment of silence will be observed before the start of classes on every september 11th moving forward. >>> it's a hard day for new yorkers, a hard day for americans, but an important day to remember. >> a lot of kids aren't away. a lot of kids unfortunately need to hear this lesson. >> we'll be right back. (danny) let me get this straight. after a long day of hard work... ...you have to do more work? every day you're nearly fried to a crisp, professionally! can someone turn on the ac?! no? oh right... ...'cause there isn't any. here- (vo) automatically sort your expenses and save over 40 hours a month. without you, we wouldn't have electricity. our hobby would be going to bed early. (vo) you earned it, we're here to make sure you get it. (danny) it's time to get

vice president pence will attend an event in shanksville, pennsylvania. it really is, it's crazy that it's been 18 years and that there is an entire generation who at this point wasn't alive when that happened. and still is learning about that day. >> we often say never forget. it is more than a hash tag. people are making sure that generation that was not born then, a whole new generation, that they know about 9/11 and that we never forget men who lost their lives even years after those towers fell in new york city. so the tributes will continue. there will be a tribute and light tonight that we've seen so many times at ground zero. >> and that's part of the important work that luis alvarez was doing, to make sure that fund that congress did end up extending is still there for all those first responders for as long as they need it. >> exactly. >>> coming up, the puzzling case of a girl whose memory resets every two hours. >>> first, one family's terrifying ordeal on safari in africa when a cheetah jumped onto their open-topped jeep. we'll show you how it

at the flight 93 nationa memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania, a mother touches her son's name. at the 9/11 memorial in new york city, this woman remembering her cousin, robert horohu jr. every year the bells at 8:46 when the first plane hit. and it never gets easier, the names. >> my aunt, for whom i named my daughter after. susannah maria la tour. we love you forever. we miss you infinitely and our lives have never been the same. >> my father, favorite, martin dic has de mayo. we miss you, we love you, we know that you're proud of us. >> reporter: then there was this. last week nearly 18 years after the planes hit, firefighter michael hobbs' remains were identified. this was the wake for him in 2002. his wife erika, his son michael, just 3 years old at the time, wearing a fire helmet. now with those remains, 18 years later, his family again. his daughter kirsten. his widow. his son michael right there again. he's 21, in uniform, saluting. he's a corporal in the marines. the firefighters presenting michael with his father's helmet. we honor that firefighter and his family and a

. >> reporter: vice president pence participated in a memorial service in shanksville, pennsylvania, where united flight 93 crash landed in an open field on 9/11. 9/11 will always be remembered as a tragedy but it was also a day full of unity, hope and compassion. in that spirit, many people around the country are choosing to give back today, volunteering at local charities. >> the san francisco fire department held its annual flag- raising ceremony this morning to commemorate 18 years since 9/11. the mayor was joined by firefighters, officials and first responders at fire station number 5. there was a ceremonial bell ringing, three sets of chimes ringing three times, and at 6:59 a.m., the time the south tower collapsed, 343 names were read, those of the new york city firefighters killed in the line of duty that day. a piece of paper was passed down the line as different firefighters read the list. in san francisco, volunteers are packing hundreds of thousands of meals for people in need on this day of service. i was there this morning as the event kicked off. >> reporter: 18 years h

. >>> here is a live look in shanksville, pennsylvania where united airline 93 crashes where the passengers and crew members fought for control of the plane. >>> in the bay area, many are paying tribute to the lives lost including first responders and military personnel. san francisco is one stay across the nation observing 9/11 with a day of service. a number of volunteer it's will pack 275,000 meals today for people in need. in contra conis it a consta county they will have a service. there will be a september 11th commemorative service. >>> a bill to reclassify hundreds of thousands of workers looks it will pay for uber. it will make it harder to classify workers as independent contractors. critics say that the companies used that to avoid paying minimum wage and other benefits. the bill was strongly opposed by companies like uber and lyft. want a thoughtful solution with an earning standard and ben visits. >>> a major vote in fremont after months of debate and protests. the city council members voted to home a homeless navigation center at city hall. after three hours of public comment,

the fourth plane hydrogened that day, united 93, crashing into a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. here in the capitol as you exit the north side of the rotunda, a plaque displays the numbers names of the 40 passengers and crew of united 93. one of those aboard was flight attendant sandra bradshaw. she had always wanted to be a flight attendant and living out that dream. traveling and meeting new people. at 9:30 a.m. on 9/11, she called her husband and told him that united 93 had been high jacked. she said the crew and passenger has decided to try to take back the plane. their sacrifice saved countless lives and i can't help think they may have saved this very building where we sit today from destruction. our country's fight against terrorism did not happen on a battlefield on the other side of the world. but over the skies of pennsylvania, new york, and virginia. by ordinary american citizens. the courage and bravery of flight 93 was not the only heroism on display that day. firefighters, police officers, and first responders jumped into action without hesitation. when planes cras

guest: i really did try to capture not just the world trade pentagon, and pentagon, and shanksville, to capture the way these attacks rippled across the country. a big thread of that day is the air traffic controllers. york and alsonew in cleveland, we forget flight clevelander ohio and before turning around and coming back towards pennsylvania. day are soes that moving, in part because they are struggling to figure out what is transpiring. remember again, going back to where we were in 2001, the country was in such a different place. the protocols that morning were the air-traffic control pilots were supposed to cooperate with hijackers. no one had ever seen a plane be used as a missile. that morning, air-traffic control hears there is a hijacked. they figure out there is a hijack and they start running their normal protocols for they start clearing the way other airplanes in the space, not to intercept it but to escort them. the thinking was they would fly wherever they wanted to fly, and then they would land and you would negotiate to get everyone off the plane safely. it was real

another remembrance is also held in shanksville, pennsylvania, where vice president mike pence spoke.resident trump and the first lady attended the ceremony at the pentagon this morning, where the president made remarks. it never gets easier. >> reporter: it really doesn't, especially for those families. you just had some video there of people reading the names. that's still going on. it started after the first moment of silence at 8:43 this morning. it's going to go on for another 20 minutes or so. 3 1/2 hours of reading the names of lives lost on 9/11. i know so many people can say i know where i was at this moment when this happened. the president even did that during his speech at the pentagon. however, if you focus in and listen to those names and the stories that come out of the readings, that's i think the most impactful. there was one woman who read her husband's name who she lost. and she said, we've learned to live without you these past 18 years but we will never forget you. there was a little girl who's never met her uncle because she wasn't even alive. she read her uncle'

including the pentagon and the crash flight near shanksville, pennsylvania. the scale of the 9/11 health crisis is almost inconceivable. 97,000 people living in all and in 434 of 435 congressional districts are enrolled in the cdc's world trade center health program. his tragic situation exemplifies what we call here impact of dinal terrorism. it's ongoing human toil. years we'll mark the 0th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. for the witness generation, it is unbelievable that two decades will have passed. memories of that day are still that vivid. generation a new growing up in a world defined in so many ways by a pivotal event did not experience personally. are are in college, some starting their careers. if, as someone recently 21st century tarted here, we must ensure that the next generation and generations to come understand the significance of the events legacies of 9/11, so they have the tools and the negotiate the challenges ahead. >> national security, the topic of today's meeting is among the challenges andse it's a core focus at this memorial and mu

we'll follow that with the shanksville 9/11 ceremony. about 9:15 or so.nd over on c-span2 at 8:00 eastern, the new york city 9/11 remembrance which is under way now. you can follow that over on c-span3. follow that live. all of our coverage is available any time at c-span.org. >> saturday, at 6:00 p.m. eastern, on the civil war, the 1863 campaign in tennessee. >> the night of the 26th bragg orders everybody to concentrate on telahoman. after they leave the highland rim at this point is somewhat anti-climactic because with bragg is ready to fight it out there in the trenches. >> 589:00 on lectures and history, emory university professor on her 1996 lawsuit against holocaust denier david irving. >> that's the basics arguments of deniers. no plan. no six million. no it leadership from hitler. no gas chambers. the last point that this was all made up by jews. >> sunday, at 5:00 p.m. eastern, a discussion about shakespeare's influence on u.s. politics. at 6:00, on american artifacts the norman rockwell museum traveling exhibit on f.d.r. and the four freedoms.

nearly 3000 killed, the twin towers, the pentagon, shanksville, four planes. what we are losing is reminding ourselves the fear, the emotion, the trauma, the chaos, and the confusion of that day. david: and ironically, the goodwill. there were high points, and some of the gestures that we had in southern manhattan in the wake of the 20 hours falling were very touching. garrett: absolutely. a day like 9/11 strips away so much of the artifice of our daily lives and shows humanity for what it is. the stories in the book over strength and resilience, and the hope and inspiration that emerges from the action -- from the ashes that they are really quite something. david: this book had a remarkable collection of people talking. transcripts, some people are no longer with us. they died that day. but an awful lot of people talked to you. was there anybody that did not want to talk to you that you wish you would have gotten to talk to? withtt: what impressed me this book, it is 480 americans mourning- coast-to-coast. every one that i tried to speak to was absolutely wil

the vice president will be in shanksville. right now we want to check our forecast. here is mike nicco. >> have either of you been there? >> to the site there, the memorial site? >> i've been to the one in new york. >> that's the one i meant. i'm sorry. that's what we were showing. i can't imagine how moving that is. let's talk about the forecast. hi, everybody. we have a little cloud cover along the coast. it's clear outside, as you can see from the east bay hills camera. here is my accuweather 12-hour planner. cooler this morning thanks to the lack of clouds. mid to upper the rest of us in the mid to upper 70s at 7:00. more on the impending heat wave coming up. let's get to frances for the commute. >> starting off with a look at the traffic maps. we have some slowing this early morning on the peninsula northbound 101, a crash reported at marsh. traffic is very heavy right now on 101 northbound making your way towards marsh. there's some road work on 101 in both directions tween marsh and wood side. that could cause some slowing there. that should be picked up soon.

and shanksville, it's -- flight three crashed.he country, even in the bay area's will, continue to volunteer at food banks, homebuilding projects, today people are packing up thousands of meals for people in need.>> people are really making this day something of a positive, aren't they? >> that is right. >> reporter: this event is just getting started right now. there are some opening remarks happening right now. i'm just going to have to walk through and we can show you all of these volunteers that are lined up, waiting to help. that is the point of this event. they are really to help out and also to bring. this is one of -- they are really here to help out. there are more than 1000 volunteers from the bay area who will participate in 9/11 day. the plan is to provide thousands of mills for people in san francisco who need it most. there are several shifts here to get the work done. this is one of many events being held across the country on this national day of service and remembrance. the idea of the event is due see each 9/11 a

i have vivid memories of hearing about the plane that went down in shanksville, also having heard the transmission to shoot the plane down and necessary. something i never imagined i would live to hear. within a matter of days after september 11th i was here on the site with the attorney general and the fbi director and you could still experience the smell and visual sites of the destruction which were almost unimaginable. for me, this is an opportunity to remember, the whole country, the whole world, a seminal event in our lifetimes. it is very appropriate to use the impending anniversary as a way to honor those who died, and those who volunteered to run into harm's way to try to protect victims of this attack, firefighters, police and in weeks and months and years "after words," those who left the comfort of their homes to volunteer to join the armed forces to continue to protect us against an enemy that was based overseas. i'm also mindful of the fact that we are coming up on 20 years, a generation of time has passed since september 11th. i think about the fact that there are now y

the time the plane flew into the field in shanksville, pennsylvania. you're watching that ceremony happen in between those moments of silence. when these family members come to the podium and they read the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed on that day 18 years ago. and this is the part, i can hear it in my ear, that just makes me shake because it's that moment when the family members not only say the name of those who they lost but also maybe give a message like we miss you or give an update on their life, something that's happened in the last 18 years. it's just a very powerful moment. and this is all happening a quarter mile from where i am right now. and that's because purposely, it's closed to the public. this is a time where the reflection pools, where those towers once stood, are only open to those family members and first responders, to the people that rushed to that area to help on that horrible, horrible day. poppy and jim, back to you for the next moment of silence. >> and let's take that now. >> in just a moment we'll get that second m

it is truly a privilege to be with you today here in shanksville, along with my wife, karen, to honor the memory of the heroes of flight 93. [applause] vice president pence: i pay ribute as vice president and as a grateful american, but as i said when we were here two years ago, for us and our .amily, it's personal 17 years ago i was serving in congress, and my wife and i made a point, bring our three small children here to this hallowed ground on a drive back from washington, d.c., to indiana. it was less than a year from that terrible day, but we nted to come here to pay our respects and make sure that our and ren saw this place knew what happened here. i remember that day like it was yesterday. we didn't find this impressive memorial. wall painted wood with the names of the fallen, a timeline listed, and a wooden ross in the field. [applause] vice president pence: with the help of one park ranger, we learned of the sequence of that day, and i remember asking the ranger, if the united states capitol was the target, at what time would the plane have reached the capitol building? and

between those horrific attacks and the crash of flight 93 in shanksville, pennsylvania, we lost nearly 3,000 family members, friends and neighbors. we promised to never forget those whose lives were cut short . the pain that we all feel from the loss of our relatives, friends and neighbors will never heal. but every day we must channel that pain into remembrance and service. by participating in this day of service, we help build a stronger, more unified community to honor the victims' memories. we're also called to care for those whose remain -- who remain with us, but suffer as a result of their bravery that day. in july, the senate followed the house's lead and passed the permanent renewal of the september 11 victims compensation fund, which was ebb acted on july -- enacted on july 29, 2019. the long overdue action provides financial security and care for first responders and survivors who were ill from exposure to a mix of burning chemicals and debris. on this and every anniversary of the september 11 attacks, we are reminded of our common purpose and solemn responsibilities to care

vice president pence in shanksville p.a.onoring the 40 passengers and crew members of flight 93 who fought back against the hijackers, sacrificing their own lives. lou alvarez, retired nypd detective who spent his dying days fighting for his fellow 9/11 responders, honored with a metal in new york today. lou alvarez testified on capitol hill as he was preparing for his 69th round of chemotherapy and made a final emotional plea on this network when he was in hospice begging lawmakers to help the responders who will get cancer and other diseases in the years to come. new york governor andrew cuomo announcing this afternoon "it's my honor to posthumously present the public service medal to lou alvarez. detective alvarez was a hero who spent his last weeks of life urging congress to make the 9/11 fund permanent. he died before the law was passed. his hair was and will be inspiration forever." aside from cancer and deadly illnesses from breathing in toxic dust, some of the heroes and survivors of 9/11 will be dealing with scars y

solemn ceremonies also taking place today at the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania. so much has changed in the 18 years that have passed since that awful day. then we came together as americans in the face of almost unspeakable evil, and the world was with us. now we are more divided than we have been in decades. we're at odds with our allies. our enemies are our friends. we have a president of the united states who tweeted today complaining about polls and news coverage just before he spoke at a 9/11 commemoration. i have taken issue with his lack of solemnity on this day before. but that's not what i want to talk about tonight. all of it is out there for the world to see, and if that's what you want, you can easily find it for yourself. if we want "never forget" to be more than a hashtag, we should be able to agree not to politicize 9/11, not on the day we remember 2,977 people w here in new york, in washington, and in that field outside shanksville. they deserve so much more from us. and in the face of all this, ten of the democrats vying for the chance to run aga

this is beginning of one of three remonies taking place at the three crash sites at the pentagon shanksville and world trade center. there it will be a ceremony that will begin at 5:40. they will read the name of all the people that were killed there. we'll keep an eye on the memorial. >>> an update this morning out of freemont out of months of debate and protest. city council numbers voted for a homeless center. they believed it was a better site than the surplus property that we were considering because of city hall's proximity to services and public transportation. hundreds packed the city hall where they filled the overfill room as well. >> is it bad. there is a lot of homeless people out there that we don't even see. is it only going to get worse. it is not going to get better if we don't do anything about it. >> the center which can help up to 45 people at a time is a temporary solution to the homeless crisis in fremont. you'll have three years of funding. city leaders could terminate the program at any time. >>> city council voted on an overnight safe parking program. neighbors compla

in shanksville, pennsylvania, the vice president will honor the victims of flight 93, which was as you may recall headed to san francisco. in the bay area, dozens of ceremonies are planned to remember the lives lost. sharon katsuda is live in san francisco with more for us this morning. sharon? >> reporter: laura, this ceremony will start at 6:45. mayor london breed is expected to be here and they will be honoring the victims with the ringing of a bell. [ bell ringing ] all 47 fire stations in san francisco will remember the 9/11 victims. about 3,000 people died in the attacks, including more than 300 firefighters who responded to the twin towers. since 9/11, 18 years ago, more than 200 firefighters have died due to illness that stem from responding to the world trade center. the victims and their families are being remembered today. here are other events going on throughout the bay area, volunteers will pack 275,000 meals for people in need, as part of the 9/11 day service event. this year more than 12,000 volunteers will join together in eight cities to combat hunger by packing 3 mil

were killed when hijacked planes crashed into the trade center, the pentagon, and a field near shanksvillevania. in a few hours crowds will gather at the trade center site for a moment of silence to mark the exact time the first plane hit the north tower. the names of the victims will be read out loud. there are also memorial services planned this morning at the pentagon and in pennsylvania and communities across the country. a group of new jersey high school students who were not alive when the attacks happened are doing their part to never forget. lisa mateo has their story. >> reporter: with each flag, a moment to reflect about those who lost their lives on 9/11. students are planting 2,977 flags on the front lawn of cedar grove high school, new jersey, one for each person killed in the attacks. more than 90 countries lost citizen. junior brian wasn't alive 18 years ago, but this helps convey the impact on so many lives. >> not only the person, it's the whole family. you want to keep in mind why you're doing it and who you're doing it for. >> reporter: it hits home for senior francesca

this is in shanksville, pennsylvania, where vice president mike pence is expected to speak this morning. then at the pentagon president donald trump will mark the anniversary, 18 years ago, where a lot of lives changed after that terror attack. we will continue to follow this story throughout the morning here on "today in the bay." >>> and today it marks 18 years as i said since september 11th terror attacks. people from coast to coast will pause for solemn ceremonies to remember those killed. here is a live look we want to show you again from new york. >> let's go to nbc bay area's sharon katsuda. this is such a memorial, you know, memory-filled day for so many, but especially right here in the bay area, a lot of ceremonies are taking place. >> reporter: that's right, laura and marcus. this ceremony starts at 6:45, and i've covered this ceremony, it's very emotional. they honor the victims with the ringing of the bell. [ bell ringing ] all 47 fire stations in san francisco will remember the 9/11 victims. about 3,000 people died in the attacks, including more than 300 firefighters who r

i've vivid memories of the plane that went down in shanksville, also having heard orders to shoot the plane down, if necessary. within a matter of days after seventh of -- september 11, i was here with the attorney general and the fbi director, touring the rubble. you could still experience the smell and visual sites -- sights of the destruction, which was almost unimaginable. tos was an opportunity experience the seminal event of our lifetimes. thes appropriate to use impending anniversary as a way to honor those who died and those who volunteered to run into harm's way to try to prevent -- protect victims of the attack. and in the years and weeks afterward, those who left the comfort of their homes to volunteered to join the armed forces to continue to protect us against an enemy that was based overseas. -- i am also mindful of what the fact that we are coming up on 20 years, generation of time. i think about the fact that there are now young folks in college for whom this is a history lesson, not a vivid memory. arises,tion naturally when the next generation comes on scene, what wi

program, which continues to screen and monitor those who responded here in new york, the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania. >>> also tonight, a legendary name in american business has died oil tycoon t. boone pickens made his fortune as the founder of mesa petroleum and later as a corporate raider in the 1980s. he also donated over a billion dollars over the years to various causes t. boone pickens was 91. >>> we got a lot more to tell you about as we continue tonight including one of the nfl's biggest stars facing sexual assault allegations in a new lawsuit. >>> also imagine seeing this, the amazing crash cam video and how it all turned out. >>> and we'll tell you why these sisters are making history, in remarkable rise through the ranks of the army. we hope you'll stay with us. >>> we're back tonight with the accusations against one of the nfl's biggest and most controversial stars. antonio brown accused of rape days after the wide receiver was released by the oakland raiders and signed by the patriots nbc's miguel almaguer has details. >> reporter: back on the field and tonight also the t

towers and illuminate the remembrance of nearly 3,000 lives lost in new york, the pentagon and at shanksvilleania. >> 9/11 tributes took place around the bay area today including this prayer picnic and vigil in palo alto. 35 multi-faith groups, mosques and community organizations came together to hold this ze say they want to replace the culture of despair, division and violence with a culture of hope, inclusion and peace. >> in the north bay, people placed flowers at a permanent memorial for a woman from san rafael who died in the attacks. lauren rancolas was on flight 93 when it crashed in pennsylvania. moments before she called her husband to tell him she loved him, tonight he was at her memorial. >> never gets easier at all. but, you know, life goes on and i think the important thing is that it's a day of remembrance and it's a day that maybe we can all think about how the country came together on that day. >> lauren grancolas was a houston native where there is a garden downtown in her name to honor all of the lives lost on september 11th. >> in the east bay, danville held its annual 9/1

to obtain id that allowed them to board planes that were driven into the world trade center in shanksville pennsylvania and the pentagon. and the failure to learn those lessons endangers all of us. have aa that we should strict immigration enforcement system is not because i hate muslims were because i hate people from central america or mexico. i think it's that sort of onomaniacal concentration redefining policy criticisms as quote and quote hate it has led to the paralysis that we have and this is very deliberate on the part of groups like media lab -- matters which labeled me a white nationalists without having a single specific criticism or reputation of anything in the nearly 500 pages of the book that i just -- anyed but alone evan of the seven total books that i've written including the others on immigration. host: mark. independent. the problem we have in this country is that congress is not working. they can't do things bipartisan. they've got to fight each other. withhis that's going on impeachment and on this other stuff is taking away from immigration issues. nobody wants to w

in shanksville, pennsylvania, vice president mike pence expected to speak as well. flight 93 was on its way to sfo after taking off from newark airport. president trump will be going to the pentagon to mark the anniversary, a memorial ceremony is being held there as those lives are remembered, more dying from diseases they got while trying to help the victims. 22 new names have been added to the new york city fire department's 9/11 memorial, all are victims who succumbed in the past year to diseases they got after being exposed to toxic chemicals in the world trade center rubble. the president of the uniform firefighters association says others are still fighting for their lives. >> we have three right now that are in hospice. we have numerous others that are in critical condition. >> manhattan's 9/11 memorial also dedicated a new section to those who died from 9/11 related diseases. it outlines the amp that first responders walked for months into the smoldering rubble of ground zero. it's a somber morning. stay with "today in the bay" as our live coverage of today'

mike pence isn't shanksville shanksville, pennsylvania, as we now pause for yet another moment comingat 9:37:00 a.m. eastern time. >> and you will live in my heart forever, i love you. >> and my brother, joseph michael d kony, 18 years ago you disappeared but you will never, ever be forgotten. we choose to remember you how you lived and not how you died. we miss you every day. [bell chimes] paul robert eckna constantine economos barbara g. edwards dennis michael edwards michael hardy edwards christine egan lisa erin egan martin j. egan, jr. michael egan samantha martin egan carole eggert lisa caren ehrlich john ernst eichler eric adam eisenberg daphne ferlinda elder michael j. elferis mark joseph ellis valerie silver ellis albert alfy william elmarry robert r. elseth edgar hendricks emery, jr. doris suk-yuen eng christopher epps ulf ramm ericson erwin l. erker william john erwin sarah ali escarcega jose espinal fanny espinoza billy scoop esposito bridget ann esposito francis esposito michael a. esposito ruben esquilin, jr. sadie ette barbara g. etzold eric brian evans robert edward ev

at the flight 93 national memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania, a mother touches her son's name.9/11 memorial in new york city, this woman remembering her cousin, robert horohoe jr. and every year, the bels ls at 8:46, when the first plane hit. and it never gets easier. the names. >> my aunt, for whom i named my daughter after -- i love you you forever. we miss you infinitely and our lives have never been the same. >> my father, firefighter martin nicholas demaio, hazmat company one. we miss you, we love you and we know that you're proud of us. >> and then, there was this. last week, nearly 18 years after the planes hit, firefighter michael hobbs remains were identified. this was the wake for him in 2002, his wife erika, his son michael just 3 years old at the time, wearing a fire helmet. and now, with those remains 18 years later, his family again. his daughter, kiersten, his widow, his son michael right there again. he's now 21 and in uniform, an absoluting. he's a corporal in the marines. the firefighters presenting michael with his father's helmet. l of the families forever a

vice president mike pence spoke e ar shanksville, pennsylvania, and praised those on flight 93 who fought back against the hijackers. nearly 3,000 people were killed or 9/11, and since then more than 2,000 have died of 9/11- related illnesses. now it's estimated that 400,000 were exposed to toxins at ground zero, and not just first responders. adriana diaz reports tonight those who lived or worked or went to school in lower manhattan are at risk. for months thousands breathed in air contaminated with pulverized building materials, microscopic shards of glass and asbestos. so did amit friedlander. he was a student at stuyvesant high school, which is just three blocks from ground zero. at age 22, he successfully battled hodgkin's lymphoma. >> in hindsight i think my cancer was probably 9/11 related, and now that i know that, if i could go back in time, maybe i wouldn't have gone back to school. >> reporter: more than 70 cancers are on the list of 9/11- related illnesses identified by the federal government, ranging from asthma to skin cancer. less than 100,000 people, just a quarter of civi

and at the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania, as well. we have that just ahead.1 following in their parents' footsteps as first responders. really special story. >> all coming up. we can't wait to hear their stories. >>> but first, the top headlines we're following right now. there is a new severe weather threat from wyoming to wisconsin this morning after at least 11 reported twisters tore through the heartland overnight. one of them leaving a trail of destruction across sioux falls, south dakota, hitting a hospital, mall and businesses and we're tracking that new white house shake-up this morning. president trump ousting his third national security adviser, john bolton. >>> and look at this. tourists in tanzania got more than they bargained for when a cheetah jumped onto the roof of an open top -- let's say open top jeep on safari. a new jersey family capturing it all on camera. we'll hear from that about that close encounter in just a moment. i love michael said he wouldn't have been afraid. >> i would have been okay if i was in one of the other jeeps. >> so c