and in shanksville, pennsylvania, 40 names now etched in marble. those 40 passengers on board flight united 93. again, a reminder that c-span and c-span2 and c-span3 live coverage. you're watching live scenes from outside of the pentagon here on c-span2. on c-span 1 continuing ceremonies of lower manhattan the side of the world trade center site and c-span3 live coverage of the ceremony that will take place on shanksville, pennsylvania. all of these events are also posted online at c-span.org and a reminder that we'll have a musical tribute and the remarks of president barack obama. we'll watch the scene. here is defense secretary rhythms who was at the pentagon on the morning of september 11, 2001, the ceremonies led at the pentagon by vice president joe biden. leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs admiral mike mullen live and continuing coverage on the c-span networks. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ina

in shanksville, pennsylvania flight 93 crashed. today past presidents and others gathered to dedicate a memorial at that park. former president george w. bush paid tribute with the laying of a wreath. in new york city hundreds of people joined hands this morning to enjoy a moment of silence near the world trade center site. steve handlesman joins us from ground desire row with the latest. >> reporter: good evening from the world trade center site. federal officials say they haven't come up with anything solid, but they cannot rule out the possibility of some kind of an al qaeda anniversary attack. here in new york the main emotion is not fear, instead it's a flashback to the rage and revulsion and shock of 2001. ten years ago tomorrow, but for many at the/11 site in new york, the horror feels immediate. >> i didn't lose anybody here, but to be here and feel the tragedy that happened here is really overwhelming for me. >> it will always give me goose bumps. i'll never forget that. >> reporter: president and mrs. obama visited arling

pentagon for a wreath laying ceremony. >> from the pentagon to what was a remote field in shanksville, pennsylvaniaace how sweet >> services are scheduled for another half hour this in shanksville at the new flight 93 national memorial. normally shanksville has a population of 260. this weekend tens of thousands of people are turning out for the special ceremony. >> there has always been a special place in the common memory for people who deliberately, knowingly, certainly layed down their lives for other people to live. >> former president bill clinton and george w. bush join joe biden to dedicate the first phase of the memorial at the newest national park. the ceremony unvailed a wall of names. a set of 40 marble slabs each inscribed with a name with the passenger or flight crew member of flight 93. >> american service members on the front line are paying attribute to the 9/11 victims. an american flag was raised at dawn at a u.s. base in afghanistan. shortly after marines lowered the flag and folded it and raised a regular american flag. enthrone that day we lost mothers and fathers, sons, and d

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there were also services held at the pentagon, struck by a third jet, and shanksville, pennsylvania, where flight 93 crashed after passengers heroically struggled with passengers. >> in addition to ground zero, philadelphia phillies will also visit the pentagon and advantagesville, pennsylvania. he will speak tonight at be a interfaith prayer service in washington. reporting live, abc news. back to you. >> thank you, t.j.. thousands are people have been drawn to ground zero on this 9/11 anniversary. there are others who cannot bair to stay, as wayne freedman reports from new york city. even after ten years there are still a lot of open wounds. >> the 9/11 stories continue. >> for the sake of 3,000 reasons and millions of interpretations, ground zero in new york city has become a mafnant this week. ten years later curiosity iures people or calls them back. on the anniversary of 9/11, john retires from the fire department. that's fitting. ten years ago he spent days on the roofs of nearby buildings recovering the remains of aircraft passengers. >> the hand with the wedding ring is a lot

to shanksville, pennsylvania. to arlington virginia. americans mark ten years since the september 11th attacks. honoring the fallen. ♪ the home of the free and the, the land of the free and the home of the brave. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. tonight from ground zero in manhattan. >> and good evening, we are coming to the end of a remarkable day here in lower manhattan, ten years after a pair of highjacked planes reduced the world trade center twoers to level, the memorial to the fallen and once was the scene of unimaginable horror was trance formed into a place of solemn remembrance and healing. >> thousands of family members came to the place where their loved ones were lost, to see the national september 11th memorial for the first time. >> ten years have passed since a perfect blue sky, morning turned into the blackest of nights. >> presidents obama and bush and their wives were the first to touch the edge of the acre wide reflecting pools where the twin towers once stood. >> the cere

live in shanksville, pennsylvania, abc-7 news. >> alan: and hundreds of miles northwest of shanksville, ceremony was held honoring the 184 victims who died at the pentagon. ♪ >> alan: flowers were placed at benches etched with the victims' names. a huge american flag unfurled from the top of the pentagon, and president obama, accompanied by the first laid lady and defense attorney laid a wreath at the memorial. the president will speak at a concert tonight in washington, dc. >> today, millions of americans repeated what they did ten years ago. they sought comfort in their faith. john alston is live in golden gate park where a special service just wrapped up. >> reporter: the hundreds of people here heard a mixture of opera and spiritual messages from near lay dozen religions. >> religious unity was on full display in golden gate park. the event brought together music lovers and those who turned to faith to get them through the horror of 9/11. >> most faiths believe we're here to do good, and certainly the jewish faith does that because we have a part of it which is to repair a broken w

we're in shanksville, pennsylvania for the first event to mark the horrors, but also in so many caseshe heroic nobility of september 11, 2001. ten years ago tomorrow. shanksville, pennsylvania, now a place of history because here where we are today for this day of remembrance, is the crash site of united airlines flight 93. the jet liner had left newark that morning a decade ago, headed for san francisco. there were 33 passengers aboard. seven crew members. they numbered among them true american patriots who, getting word upon what happened that day, stormed the cockpit. "let's roll" one called out and brought down that plane before the terrorists could attack the united states capitol. then just 20 minutes over the horizon. today we honor them and with them the american resilience they, in those moments of dread, rose up to personify. ten years after a brave group of passengers took matters into their own hands aboard united airlines flight 93, we're here in shanksville, pennsylvania, and joining me right now is my colleague, tameran hall. >> you see a lot of people looking over this

he will start here in new york but then he will make his way over to shanksville, pennsylvania. ted flight 93, everyone so familiar with that story, of those 40 passengers and crew who made sure that plane didn't make it to its intended target. had it not been for those folks on that plane, who knows what would have happened in washington, d.c. the president will remember them all here at ground zero, of course, so much focus here and for good reason. 2,753 people were killed here at ground zero on september 11th. another 184 killed in washington, d.c. at 9 pentagon. cnn will be bringing you coverage all day long of all of the ceremonies taking place. i'm here, once again at ground zero. i will, again, give you another shot. some pictures as we're starting to get daylight at ground zero in new york. it is just a gorgeous site and a fitting tribute and memorial to the victims of that day. as you see this picture, those two huge reflecting pools that you are seeing, those are the footprints of the twin towers. it's hard to imagine now that that is where those two towers stood and t

and my colleague, garvin thomas is in shanksville, pennsylvania.n had the opportunity to talk to doll's family as they met with president obama. garvin? >> reporter: we were told at the beginning of the weekend that the national park service expected somewhere between 700 and 800 flight 93 family members to come to shanksville. many of them told us they had been to many memorial services over the past ten years. but this one they knew was going to be different. >> mark bingham. [ bell ] >> andrew sonny garcia. [ bell ] >> lauren catuzzi grandcolas and unborn child. [ bell ] >> those names on that wall have meant so much to this country. >> reporter: it is easy for many of us to get emotional looking back on what happened in this pennsylvania field on 9/11. >> my brother-in-law, first officer leroy holmgren. >> reporter: still, until you have walked a decade in their shoes, it's just hard to imagine how important, how powerful a rock, a wall, and 40 names can be when one of them belongs to your loved one. >> it is an emotional time. >> reporter: car

wayne freedman, abc news. >> thanks, wayne. >>> in shanksville, pennsylvania bells tolled in the names of the victims and the heroes of flight 93 were read. lilian kim was there and she joins us live tonight from shanksville. lilian? >> alan, flight 93 was the flight of heroes and today thousands came to the crash site to honor them. >> it is a simple memorial. it is a crash site that remains untouched and a marble wall that represents the plane's flight path. it also bears the 40 names of each passenger and crew member. >> her name is notched on her favorite color. >> debbie lost her daughter on that sfo-bound flight. she was a junior at santa clara university who was heading home after visiting friends in new jersey. she has now accepted the fact that what happened that day was beyond her control. >> we took her to the airport early so i could get to class. so that played over and over and over in my head for 10 years now, and i think today is the first day that i was able to relinquish that it is not my fault. >> my lovely mother. >> my beautiful sister. >> today family members carr

. >>> the attacks claimed lives at the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania. danielle knottingham on those observances. >> reporter: members from every branch of the armed forces placed wreaths on the pentagon memorial benches. one for each of the wo84 -- win 84 victims. just a few hour later, president obama laid his own wreath honoring those killed in the terror attack here a decade ago. her 30-year-old son michael was a member of the navy working on the ground floor when flight 77 hit the pentagon. it's 10 years and i just start crying. a parent should not bury a child. >> reporter: an american flag is drapped over the pin as it was in the -- draped over the pentagon as it was in the days following the attack. vice president joe biden and defense secretary leon pinetta read the morning tribute to the victim. the terrorists who attacked the pentagon sought to weaken america by shattering this defining symbol of our military might and prowess. but they failed. >> reporter: bells tolled 175 miles away after family and friends read the names of each person who

>> reporter: the president is on his way to shanksville, pennsylvania.ld be arriving very soon there to honor the passengers of united airlines flight 93 who brought that plane down to keep it from reaching its intended target thought to be here at the white house or down the street at the capital building. mr. mark the first lady visiting all three 9/11 sites today. early e a shot of marine one landing at the wall street heliport the obamas will attend a memorial concert at the kennedy center this evening. it was moved there after an earthquake damaged the washington cathedral last month in new york this morning we heard mr. obama read from the 46th psalm which he thought was particularly appropriate. >> i feel how weak and fruitless must be -- >> the president: the therefore, we will not fear even though the earth be removed and the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea, now its waters roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake. >> reporter: yesterday the president and first lady visited arlington national cemetery. in his weekly in net

david mattingly, cnn, shanksville, pennsylvania. >> all right. david, it was one of the most poignant moments this the days following the september 11th terrorist attacks. >> i can hear you, the rest of the world hears you. and the people -- >> the new york city firefighter who inspired some inspirational remarks by then president bush joins us live next. starting my progresso soup for lunch plan, huh. nope, just having some tender chicken and some tasty noodles. let's see...south western vegetables...60 calories. ya' know those jeans look nice. they do? yup. so you were checking me out? yup. [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. o0 [ bedistracted driving. ♪ [ disco ] it accounts for 25% of car crashes. and it's why the best agents help safe drivers get a lower rate. - exactly. - oh! [ announcer ] we are insurance. ♪ we are farmers bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >>> you may not know his face, but his voice is a part of one of the most iconic moments following the september 11th attacks. >> as we mourn the loss of thousands o

he will then go directly to shanksville, pennsylvania. he will lay a wreath there. opens this weekend. later in the day he will come down to the pentagon for another ceremony there. and then sunday night the concert of hope. it was going to be taking place at the washington national cathedral. they had a construction mishap that will now take place at the kepd center tomorrow. dr. biden and his wife dr. jill biden will attend that as well and the bidens today for the service that is open in commemorating that national flight 93 national memorial in shanksville, p pennsylvania, commemorating the heroes that saved countless lives here in washington. maybe many the white house, maybe in the capital. perhaps in the capital according to the 9/11 commission report earlier today president obama in his weekly address spoke about the upcoming commemoration. >> a decade after 9/11 it's clear for all the world to see the terrorists who attacked us that september morning are no match for the character of our people, the resilience of our nation or the endurance of our values. t

fear is a lot look from shanksville, pennsylvania.his family, friends and loved ones are endeavoring, 93. we will be right back. third ♪ >> good morning and walk into our third live hour owellcome to our third live hour ofkron 4 ne. covering the 911 remembrancer. we will have more. >> new york city on high alert. warnings of a bomb threat not just the east coast is extra vigilant. the bay area public transportation. >> and the botox, and face lifts, the beauty expert to talk about how you do not have to get crazy operations but some pictures of hollywood stars that really changed their outlook. scary! >> a new movie and dvd. >> take a look outside. >> it is clearing up. >> now it is clearing up and i guess that is stunning. [laughter] >> janu? >> good morning to read a live look outside from our mount tam cam. still left over, overcast conditions with the morning fog and low clouds. thunderstorms risk that will stay through the santa cruz mountains however they will still have some showers. dry lightning is no longer a factor with par

everything lost when wife lauren's plane crashed in a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. >> well, i even who, the first five years were just incredibly painful and searing and time does heal. we still have the scar, but you just -- it's a pretty surreal time and anyone who loses anyone knows that. it's hard to go on. >> so as the world acknowledges the ten-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks, he will remember the day by morning privately. >> so i'm just going to lay low and like every year let it pass, because you live with it every day. you know, it's just a scar that keeps getting scratched off every year. >> in 10 years he's worked through his sorrow. he's found some comfort knowing she was with passengers who fought back, sacrificing their own lives. >> knowing that lauren was a part of a very courageous act was something that inspires and gives me comfort and gives me hope and strength to go on. >> he wasn't the only one affected by this act. one year after her death, the city of san rafael dedicated this area to her. he was -- he finished a book she started writing to in

david mattingly in shanksville, pennsylvania, and athena jones in washington.begin with poppy harlow who joins us live from the top of the two world financial center in new york. poppy, tell me more about the perspective there. >> reporter: you know, it's been interesting to watch this, fredricka. all day since 8:00 this morning when the ceremony began, of course president barack obama here along with president bush and both of the first ladies, the current and former, speaking to this audience. but it was interesting. it wasn't about politics. it wasn't about parties. it was all about the people that were being remembered. i'm standing right above just the glorious memorial that was opened for the first time, fredricka, just a few hours ago. family members let in for the first time to see the two massive pools and the names of each and every victim. a loved one to many of these people etched out. and it was interesting. what really stood out to me is that the family members after the ceremony was over would walk and they would touch with their hand their loved

pennsylvania. a very somber scene there as well. shanksville.ited flight 93 crashed in a remote field killing 40 passengers and crew members. that soceremony was held there this morning at a memorial built at the crash site. cnn's david mattingly is there joining us live. we know the president and first lady got a firsthand look at those pillars with the 40 names etched in that marble. what else has happened there today? >> reporter: fredricka, this is such a different site compared to new york and washington, d.c. it's very pastoral here. very peaceful. the design of this memorial is intended for people to come here and reflect on the sacrifice of the men and women onboard flight 93. and today the feelings that were expressed were very personal. these very personal senses of loss because of people who no longer have fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers. and what they were talking about today resonated with so many people that you don't have to be related to someone onboard that plane to be feeling that loss. we heard some very emotional words to

laura ingle joins us live from shanksville, pennsylvania. laura? all 40 passengers and flight crew members have been honored in a variety of different ways. we had the dedication ceremony yesterday and today, of course, the memorial service. and these people being called citizen patriots. we heard that all weekend long who fought the first battle in the ongoing war against global terrorism. we heard that from former president george w. bush. today, though, president barack obama and the first lady arriving at the memorial to place a wreath at the newly unveiled wall of names. the white marble structure with the names of each of those who lost their lives today. president obama greeted with applause. one man yellg out from the crowd thanks for getting bin laden, praising the mission that took ow out the al-qaeda leader earlier this year, of course. today more somber as family members read the names of their loved ones as the remembrance bells rang out. >> jeremy logan glick. >> of the youngest passenger onboard, diorabodley told me the memorial was

david mattingly was there. >> ten years ago, shanksville, pennsylvania, was the site of a violent act of terrorism. there was a great deal of uncertainty, fear, and anger surrounding this site. well, today we find it completely transformed. this pastoral setting now very peaceful with grasses and wildflowers growing everywhere. the dedication of this memorial today was for the bravery and courage of the passengers and crew of flight 93. and it was emotional time not just for the family members of the people on board that plane, but also for former president george w. bush. >> with their selfless act, the men and women who stormed the cockpit lived out the words greater love hath no man than this than a man lay down his life for his friends. and with their brave decision, they launched the first counter offensive of the war on terror. >> but through all the ceremonies today, there was a sense of a job that has not yet been finished. former president clinton called attention to the fact that this memorial site has not yet been completed. ten years after the crash of flight 93, they're s

reporting from shanksville, pennsylvania, garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >>> in san francisco houseinority leader nancy pelosi joined other politicians to pay tribute to the first responders of september 11th. monty francis joins us with more on that. >> reporter: diane, good evening, there are at least half a dozen events happening tomorrow to mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11. we are just bee loy coyt tower, which is lit up in red, white and blue. it's another reminder of a common spirit that emerged all across the country in the wake of the attacks. ♪ god bless america land that i love ♪ ♪ stand beside her >> reporter: dozens of san francisco police officers and firefighters gathered outside city hall to pay tribute to who they consider to be their fallen brothers and sisters. the more than 400 first responders who died on that fateful day ten years ago. ♪ >> reporter: mayor ed lee paid special tribute to the first responders from san francisco who travelled to new york to help in the recovery effort. >> we sent volunteers there to help, body recovery, and recovery of that city.

. >> newly released video captured moments just after united flight 93 went down in shanksville pennsylvania september 11th. 10 years ago. the man whose voice you heard lived just mile as way. he has since died but his family passed on the recording to cnn on the condition that they stay anonymous. a group of passengers on board stormed the cockpit to stop terrorists from the goal of flying the plane into the white house. and those new images are specially painful for every whoun lost loved ones on the plane. tonight the family of the captain of the flight is preparing to mark the 10th anniversary of his death. >> this may be a haunting new image of what happened when flight 93 crashed in a pennsylvania field september 11th. the man you can hear on tape has since died and his family released a recording wishing to stay anonymous. >> saw the smoke coming up and the explosion shook the house clear over here. >> i heard it, it seemed like you were back there again. getting a fresh report. and kind of brought it back, too. >> carol has plenty of memories from the tragic day. her brother was the

earlier he walked the fields of shanksville, pennsylvania remembering the 40 lost there and he began at a ceremony at ground zero where 2,753 people were killed. the first lady and president and mrs. bush walked with him during the service. mr. obama gave a reading from the bible. tonight, he spoke at a concert for hope at the kennedy center in washington, d.c. ♪ >> join us later in the broadcast when we look back on this full day of remembrance. the moments to remember. we'll show you how our nation paid its respects. we want to listen now to the president earlier tonight in washington. >> in the decades since, much has changed for americans. we have known war and recession, passionate debates and political divides. we can never get back the lives we lost that day or the americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the wars that followed. today it is worth remembering what has not changed -- our character as a nation has not changed. our faith in god and in each other. that has not changed. our belief in america born of a timeless ideal that men and women should govern themselves, t

. >>> there were also tributes in shanksville, pennsylvania, and arlington, virginia, today. the pentagon memorial benches. there was one wreath for each members from every branch of the armed forces laid wreaths at the pentagon memorial benches. there was one wreath for each of the pentagon's 184 victims. president obama joined family members honoring those killed in the terror attack a decade ago. >> it's 10 years and i just start crying. a parent should not bury a child. [ bell bell ] >> 135 miles away in shanksville, pennsylvania, family and friends read the names of each person who died when flight 93 crashed into the countryside. the president and first lady also visited this site, meeting with the families of the 40 victims and walking to the boulder that marks the spot where passengers helped bring down that plane. >>> people living here used the day as a reminder to give back. some people in alameda chose to give an important piece of themselves to others,. >> ann-marie: mackovic was there. >> i don't know what symbolizes the red, white, and blue right now, than to g

chip reid, cbs news, shanksville, pennsylvania. >>> coming up later on "the early show," the latest onxas wildfires, more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed and there's no rain in sight. >>> then police in carson city, nevada, trying to find out a motive in the ihop shootings. that left five dead and seven wooded. >>> and eddie murphy lands the biggest one-day job in hollywood, host of the academy awards. all that and more coming up on "the early show." >>> that will do it for the "cbs morning news" on this wednesday. appreciate you watching, everybody. i'm terrell brown. take care. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

and then in shanksville, pennsylvania, a memorial service when united airlines flight 93 plunged to thend there. they are believed to have prevented the hijackers from flying the plane into the u.s. capitol. president obama laid a wreath to honor the 40 victims on that flight. i'll be back with much more of our special coverage at the top of the hour. now back to fareed zakaria gps. >> obviously the united states and the world have seen great changes in the more than 5 million minutes that have passed since 9/11/01. now i want to look at the bigger picture at how the world has changed and to help me do that, three special guests, francis, one of the world's preeminent minds and rory stuart, a member of the british parliament who has served as a british governor of an iraqi province and familiarously walked across afghanistan in the winter of 2001 and wrote a book about it. ishadd mangi described as osama bin laden's worst nightmare, welcome. frank, a year after 9/11, i remember reading an essay by you whether or not history had started up again. to give people context. you're familiarou

then a permanent 9/11 memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. honoring the passengers and crew of flight 93. this afternoon, janet napolitano will be on hand for a service at st. patrick's cathedral in new york honoring the firefighters and police officers that died in the ceremony. 343 firefighters died there. tomorrow morning, the tenth anniversary of 9/11 will be on the road. we will be there overlooking ground zero as america remembers this day that changed the world ten years ago. cnn will have complete coverage of the ceremonies in new york, washington and shanksville, pennsylvania. >>> with the country being told to be extra vigilant about the possible threat against the homeland, yesterday, nbc, their twitter account put out a message that there was a terror attack at ground zero in new york city. but it wasn't the course. it was computer hackers that called themselves the script kitties which are taking the responsible for hacking the nbc twitter account and falsely hosted that. nbc employees that tweet. nbc is working with twitter and

a little later coming up shortly president obama is due to arrive in shanksville, pennsylvania, where of the passengers. then tonight back in washington to visit the pentagon and to attend a concert for her but the kennedy center with vice-president biden and you see there. we will now join our production in the studio and listen in on some of your calls. >> hello. why would mean people do, you know, things like that to good people? i just couldn't explain it to them. all i wanted to do is tight and hold my babies. i knew if i had my babies with me and if anything happened at any given time i would be with my family. >> host: thank you for your telephone call and your reflections on 9/11. we welcome our viewers on c-span2 joining us with viewers. the c-span network providing live coverage on this katie tenth anniversary, involving all three of our channels in the morning hours of the ceremonies taking place in the three cities that were hit on that date ten years ago. our phone lines are open and we are asking people to talk a bit and reflect about whether or not 9/11 affected your li

there in shanksville, pennsylvania. and honoring those who died. he has spent a lot of time this morning shaking hands and taking pictures with the families. the family of the captain of flight 93 is there in shanksville this morning marking the tenth anniversary. his son is making his first trip there. abc7's corina rusk has that story. >> this is a haunting new image of what happened when flight 93 crashed into a pennsylvania field on september 11th. the man you hear on tape has since died and his family has released the recording wishing to stay anonymous. >> saw the smoke come up and the explosion shook the house clear over here. >> when i heard it, it seemed -- it was like you were back there again. you are getting a fresh report. kind of brought it all back, too. >> carroll has plenty of memories from that tragic day. her brother was united airlines pilot captain jason dahl. flight 93, bound for san francisco, was the only plane hijacked by terrorists that did not reach its intended target. 40 good people and 4 te

nbc bay area's garvin thomas is on assignment in shanksville, pennsylvania, where final preparations under way for flight 93, that memorial. we begin with jessica aguirre also on assignment in new york city. jessica, this has been twofold, as you know. sunday's anniversary and now tonight this possible terror threat. >> reporter: that is true, raj. it really is ironic that as san bruno is commemorating the one year anniversary of the devastation there, new yorkers are just a few days away from really paying tribute to the thousands of lives lost here in what was the most tragic day in new york history. i have to tell you that the tenor of this anniversary has certainly changed. all along the nypd was planning to have very heavy police presence here around ground zero. thousands of police officers and even snipers were expected. also counterterrorism units. but what has changed is the vigilance and the visibility. today all along manhattan, you could see a very strong visible presence. very heavily armed police officers doing vehicle inspections, all cars and trucks coming into the ci

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thank you very much, david mattingly in shanksville, pennsylvania, for us tonight.rs away from the anniversary of the september 11th attacks and there are worries about another threat. susan candiotti covering both angles of the story for us at ground zero tonight for us. susan, what are people talking about? i'm wondering, are more people visiting today with the anniversary tomorrow? >> reporter: there have been a lot of crowds, particularly here at ground zero, looking over the memorial from a distance. some people have had advanced tours. but in addition to thinking about what will happen here tomorrow morning in a wonderful ceremony, everyone is also talking about the possibility of that threat, a possible attack on new york city still unconfirmed, that threat is yet. but when you talk to people on the streets, they're also not overly concerned or worried about all the increased security around the city. they're putting up with it. take a look. >> i think new yorkers who went through the aftermath just got a little bit tougher. you almost accept the fact if you'

. >> reporter: 10:03, flight 93 crashing in shanksville, pennsylvania. >> a large plane has now crashed. >> reporter: 10:28, 102 minutes after that first plane hit, the second of the two towers falls. >> oh, my god. both trade towers, where thousands of people work on this day, tuesday, have now been attacked and destroyed. and -- if you're a parent, you have a kid in some other part of the country, call them up. >> reporter: but ten years later, a nation, resilient and reuniting. this morning, at what new york's mayor hopes will no longer be called ground zero, instead, a memorial. ten years in the making. the sunrise, the blue skies so much like that morning. but today, a determination to mark a new beginning. the waterfalls that now fill the craters left by those towers. the largest man made waterfalls in the world. this morning, moments of silence. at each one of those key times, those moments we'll never forget. and the names read by family members, the victims from 93 different countries. and the president, ten years later, speaking behind bulletproof glass. >> god is our refuge a

. >>> security will be tight in shanksville, pennsylvania. former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush are scheduled to make an appearance tomorrow. president obama will be there sunday. many of the family members of the victims of flight 93 got their first look at the new memorial. garvin thomas has more. >> reporter: the actual dedication ceremony for the site is just a little more than 12 hours away and there's still a lot of work to be done. but the site was actually shut down for a number of hours this evening. the public was sent away, even the press was asked to leave so that family members who had traveled here, family members of those who died on flight 93 could get their first up-close look at this phase one of the memorial. what they see is a welcome center that's followed by a long black granite path that will take visitors to within yards of what's called sacred ground, the actual impact site of flight 93, marked now by that bolder you see. there is also a large white wall with the names of the 40 victims on it. but that wo

drew levinson, cbs news, new york. >>> the newly dedicated flight 93 memorial near shanksville, pennsylvania, will be closed until this afternoon. that's so victims, families and friends can gather for the burial. three caskets impossible to identify. flight 93 was the united airline plane where it's believed passengers thwarted the hijackers' plan to crash into the u.s. capital. >>> officials say the decision to scramble fighter jets yesterday was a cautionary measure. flight attendants on the plane noted several passengers were spending a long time in the lavatorylys. one flight from l.a. was escorted into new york's jfk airport, the other into detroit from denver. everyone detained was released. >>> 5:03. it is back to court for the woman charged with killing nursing student michelle lea. giselle estee ban arraigned on friday. she's expected to abe assigned a public defender today. lea's body has not been found, but her family plans another search on saturday. >>> a dispute over drugs that turned violent. that's what oakland police say may be behind the deaths of two people found inside a

. >>> and the president and first lady traveled to shanksville, pennsylvania. they placed a wreath where a plane went down. the flight was headed from newark to san francisco. family members announced the names of the loved ones lost including seven people from right here in the bay area. a former cal rugby player is among those credited from stopping the plane from slamming into either the white house or the capital. >> charles bingum. >> the truth is this location, this place is like no other. because the deeds aboard flight 93 were like no other. >> reporter: the obama's then shook hands with those of the crowd and some chanted usa while one man expressed thanks to the president for getting osama bin laden. >>> in union city, millions of the people came out to pay tribute to the victim of flight 93. >> fire. >> reporter: a 21 gun salute and 10 doves marked a decade since passengers on that flight bound to san francisco overpowered the hijackers. flowers were placed at the memorial for the passengers and crew. >> they stood up against evil and then they were

> last hour, former presidents bush and clinton attended the dedication of a memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. it honors 40 passengers and crew who died on flight 93 on 9/11. cnn's david mattingly joining us now from shanksville. so the former president and the current vice president all speaking and unveiling this beautiful wall behind you. >> reporter: that's right, fredericka. very powerful moments today, very emotional as they unveiled the massive marble wall that's down below behind me containing the names of all of the people of the passengers and the crew aboard flight 93. we heard from former president george w. bush today as he was explaining that these weren't soldiers, these were just ordinary citizens who voted, and when confronted with this problem chose to act and turn against their hijackers and explained how their actions brought the plane down here and saved lives keeping the plane from going to its target in washington, d.c. we also heard from former president bill clinton who pointed out that this memorial is still $10 million short of its goal for fund raising. ten years o

. >>> a 9/11 memorial is being dedicated in shanksville, pennsylvania, today. that's where united airlines flight 93 crashed. cnn's john king is there and he'll have a live report coming up in a few minutes. >>> and homeland security secretary janet napolitano is in new york. in about an hour, she will speak at a september 11th ceremony and she'll also be attending a memorial service at st. patrick's cathedral honoring the 343 new york firefighters. as a backdrop, this weekend's ceremonies, the "uss new york" is docked in new york harbor. it was built with steel recovered from the wreckage of the world trade center. >>> cnn's special coverage of the tenth anniversary of 9/11 begins tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. t.j. holmes will be in new york overlooking ground zero and will be focusing on how america has changed since the attacks. then at 8:00 a.m., cnn will have complete coverage of all the remembrance ceremonies in new york, washington and shanksville, pennsylvania. >>> also straight ahead this hour, amanda knox's family is hopeful that she'll be on her way

the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania. obama was on hand to lay wreaths at both locations. >>> the swedish security services says it arrested three people overnight of plotting a terror attack in the second largest city. probable cause of preparing attacks. the head of the security service warned islamic terrorism is the biggest threat. sweden witnessed terrorism in the past. a suicide bomber wounded two people in the capital stockholm last december. we all remember that. >>> and the taliban isn't letting the 9/11 anniversary pass without reminding us what they're cable of. a suicide attempt killed at least two afghans in afghanistan. barbara star joins us by phone from washington. we're learning in the last few minutes specifically the 77 injured are, in fact, american? >> reporter: indeed, richelle. u.s. defense officials say that they believe now that most of the 77 injured were, in fact, american troops. this is a small combat outpost, a relatively small post in central eastern afghanistan in a place called wardak prov

people who lost their lives ten years ago on the morning september 11. [ bell ] >> today in shanksville, pennsylvaniaa solemn stair money for the passengers and crew of united airlines flight 93. the passengers stormed the cockpit and fight off the hijackers. the heroic sacrifice no doubt saved many other lives. former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton along with vice president joe biden were there today to dedicate a memorial. president obama has declared this weekend national days of prayers and remembrance. he and the first lady spent time today at arlington national cemetery and visited a section for u.s. troops killed in afghanistan and iraq. a short distance away at the pentagon, former president bush and his wife laid a wreath of flowers at the site known as the 9/11 stone. 184 people died at the pentagon on 9/11 when american airlines flight 77 smashed into the building. ♪ at st. patrick's day cathedral a service was held for the 343 new york city firefighters who lost their lives at the world trade center when the twin towers collapsed. ground zero where the twin towers once stood h

in shanksville, pennsylvania, a memorial for the heroes who fought hijackers aboard flight 93. the memorials will be unveil unveiled this weekend. we have mar ra compose who is there in shanksville. i'm expecting the turnout will be very big? >> yes, from the chairs put out for the dedication, yes. many dignitaries are scheduled to be here and former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton and vice president joe biden. behind me, you can see the memorial and it is covered so you can't get a great look at it, but you see a memorial tho victims of flight 93. it is a white marble wall and inscribed with the 33 passengers a seven crewers who were aboard the flight. that is one of the hijacked planes that did not reach the destination. you can see a boulder which marks the exact spot of impact where that plane came down in this empty field in rural pennsylvania. the reason that the flight did not reach the destination is because the passengers and crew made phone calls out from the flight to loved ones and family on the ground and realized what is going on around the country and

daughter, nicole miller among 45 who died when the flight crashed in a grassy field near shanksville, pennsylvaniait seems like a dream. >> miller had flown out to new jersey to visit a friend. it was a last minute trip. >> she was due to-to-fly home monday night. she called work because her plane was delayed saying they might cancel the flight. and they rebooked her for the flight for tuesday morning on september 11th. >> and months earlier miller celebrated her 21 birthday with a bright smile, family and friends. weeks before september 11th the college student danced in a family wedding. >> for her to die so young at age 21 is a waste. she was very happy go lucky. loving. and friendly. and person to everybody. >> just an over all nice personable guy. >> carol's brother jason was the captain of flight 93. based in denver, he grew up in the south bay and attended san jose state, joining a club called flying 20s. >> it was a love of his, i can remember my 13-year-old little brother that loved flying and being part of views of the airport. going out to air patrol. >> when they learned about the hija

our national correspondent chip reid is in shanksville, pennsylvania today.ming up there. what's happening there? >> well, he's not going to be giving a speech. the white house decided this just wasn't a day for speechifying so what the president is going to do is lay a wreath here at the wall of names, as it's known. he will meet with family members. in fact, bob, let me give you a quick show-and-tell behind me. that is the heart of the memorial. this memorial is very much unfinished elsewhere but here they have completed this basic center of the memorial. that is the wall of names there. etched with the 40 names of the passenger and crew who died in flight 93. it points directly at a 17-ton sand stone bolder. that bolder marks the point of impact. that area is known as sacred ground. only family members are allowed to walk in that area. bob? >> schieffer: thank you very much, chip. david martin, of course, is our national security correspondent. and david, i remember talking to you after all of this happened. you were just driving up to the pentagon to go t

attending ceremonies in new york and shanksville, pennsylvania, and the pentagon. at his weekly address, he spoke about america's resilience. >> as we reflect on a difficult decade well, must look forward to the future we will build together. that includes staying strong and confident in the face of any threat. ten years ago ordinary americans showed us the true moneying of courage when they rushed up those stairwells into those flames, into that cockpit. in the decades since a new generation has stepped forward to serve and keep us safe. >> for for many of the 50,000 first responders, eat moeshl and physical scars of 9/11 remain with them. a new study by the british general lancet says in many of these rescue workers continue to suffer from respiratory illness, depression, post traumatic stress disorder and other things, and joining us me live now kenny, a 9/11 first responder and a cancer survivor. kenny, good morning. i'm so glad you're here where are i want to talk bshgs first of all, where you were ten years ago tomorrow. >> i was off. i was scheduled to be in

from all overple this country that was there supporting everybody at shanksville, pennsylvania, and to see the spirit through every single american people. i didn't just see white people or colored folks, but muslim folks, asian folks, and everyone could come to that location regardless of the circumstances and stand united as one. the crowd was at least 2,000 people, 3,000 people there. host: thanks for sharing your experience with us. orlando, florida. hi, richard. caller: hi. first i want to send my condolences to all the families that were involved, the victim and the victims' families and the fire department on that day did a great job and i don't want to sound like i'm second guessing them, but what i was wondering was why didn't -- a lot of the people on the top floors were jumping out of the windows of the world trade center to their death. why didn't they put nets around the perimeters of the buildings so they could jump into the nets. host: thanks for your comment, richard. this morning at the world trade center was the ceremony, the reading of the names. president obama was

because the passengers on that flight are going to brink it down, they brink it down to shanksville, pennsylvania, yesterday, attended by thousands, and really thousands of family members and friends of the 40 who lost their lives aboard united flight 93. it was a celebration presided over by vice president biden and former presidents george clinton and george w. bush. they came to dedicate the memorial, united 93 national memorial. as you can see here, there's actually a white wall of marble eteted on that wall, the names of the 40 souls who perished ten years ago today, tracing the final jagged path of the plane before it crashed. that field not the hijacker's intended target. when they took control of the plane they directed it right at washington, d.c., many believe to use as a tar got to hit the u.s. capitol building. and they might have succeeded if not for the courage and gravery and heroism shown by a group of ordinary soul whose collectively rose up and did something so extraordinary. and they did it for the simplest reason of all, they did it because they had to. and so, in doing so, as