he did declare on tv the night of 9/11 the pentagon is open for business. that was news to the fire chiefs for a while. in the middle of the day on 9/11, a colonel from the joint staff went and found fire chiefs out at the command post outside the pentagon. this is what the colonel said to fire chief. we've got to keep this open to do you really want to people in the making decision under the influence of carbon monoxide? the colonel gave him a puzzled look. he continued to carbon monoxide is odorless and colorless he explained it in a hot smoky bar viciously tons of carbon monoxide. one of the first side effects is imaged the wacky things. in house fires people try to get what walking into applause. you want people making those decisions? as a taxpayer, i don't. the colonel applause upon and the risks and he asked, if we monitor doesn't change the picture? hominy people do have bikes in one has to have a more than 100 but consider operating on fewer than 50. it to me negotiated and struck in the colonel had been sent out to plead the case that rumsfeld and

the pentagon was 60 years old ten years ago. this is a building that was potentially fragile until this renovation was recently completed around the entire building. it was quite a thing when it was -- there was quite a ceremony here when it all reopened. i think people were very relieved at that point in a way. but maybe some of it took away the country's ability to, you know, recall. because in new york, of course, it has taken some time for that rebuilding and the memorials there to come to pass. shanksville, a rural area. here at the pentagon they were determined to get on with it and get the building fixed and get it repaired. >> barbara, we're going to stay outside of the pentagon with these live pictures of the president of the united states shaking hands with relatives of the victims, et cetera. but tell me about inside. apparently there are some memorials inside that pay homage to the lives lost and the heroism that was displayed. >> let me tell you, it's a secure building. if you could get permission to come in, where

he's commenting on at the pentagon. they said it: the building and nobody can hear them because on a radio if you're talking and somebody else pushes a button to talk, it can cover up in a contact over you. everyone is talking over each other. finally one of the arlington captain stopped up and said, be quiet. track 105, tell us what's going on. you can hear the tape or derek takes half a second and very clearly describes what he sees into the pentagon. those tapes are -- also, two of the arlington senior firefighters, who are so experienced, bob cornwall and chuck kids, were talking about they are ordering pizza because these guys are such cool characters and in doing this so long. the top back and forth, yet got some fire, give me a couple more guys. to listen to them under pressure come on everyone else's and hysteria was very interesting and fascinating to hear. [inaudible] the question once i got sent back to iraq. yeah, it was great to work on a project for nearly three years. when i finally got someone to sign int

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] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the united states department of defense, we couple you to the pentagon observance ceremony in remembrance of the 184 lost at the pentagon and on american airlines flight 77 on september 11, 2001. please stand and welcome of the vice president of the united states, joe biden, the secretary of defense, leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral michael mullen. [inaudible conversations] >> please remain standing for the presentation of colors, the performance of the national anthem and the invocation delivered by the united states chief of chaplains maj

such as the pentagon families. d you get your wish. i know it is something you are battling for and my best to you, okay? and also from us here... >> thank you, thank you very much. >> bill:... at the fox news channel, our best to you and the visit you are about to embark on, for the first time. >> martha: and sharing the remarkable story of your son and now we know more about him and he must have been a very, very special son. >> we are grateful to fox news for supporting the families, supporting our feelings. and, supporting our need to protect ourselves against terrorism. that is on our minds, all the time. >> bill: we live through it because of you. >> thank you. >> bill: thank you. >> martha: thank you very much. all right, we will continue this morning, it is a very emotional day, very important day, for all americans, as we gather to open and see this memorial, behind us, bill, it is amazing, that it has been ten years since that day, which feels so opponent and emotions of which are close to the surface for

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when the plane hit, i was evacuated with everyone else at the pentagon. >> i think what i recall more than anything that day, looking across and seeing the smoke rising from the pentagon all day, and then seeing fighter jets go down to potomac river. >> i could see all these military boats patrolling the river, i got into downtown washington. there were tanks and armored personnel carriers and uniformed troops on the corners. i never thought of washington, d.c., my home town, as being a war zone. >> we saw this incredible system of triage being set up along the highway outside the pentagon. but as the hours ticket by, it was clear that it wasn't needed because everyone was either able to walk away or they were dead. >> for the first time in my life, i never felt it before, never since, the highest levels of the united states government were caught completely flat footed, doesn't know what was happening, had no idea what was coming next, and in ways that i found very disturbing then and still now, had the same look of dread i had on my face. what's next? >> we were waiting for the pres

at the pentagon today, another service. remembering the 184 killed on board that flight and inside the pentagon. and in shanksville, pennsylvania, and to that valiant team on board flight 93, who could forget, "let's roll," and the cell phone calls from inside that plane. >> please tell my children that i love them very much and i'm so sorry, babe. i don't know what to say. there's three guys, , ey hijacked the plane. i'm trying to be calm. we're turned around and i've heard that there's planes that's been flown into the world trade center. i hope to be able to see your face again, baby. i love you. good-bye. >> reporter: today, we heard the young voices, bringing comfort to that unforgotten field. while back in new york, paul simon, who said after 9/11, he wasn't s sure he could ever make an album again, came back, ten years later. ♪ and the vision that was planted in my brain ♪ ♪ still remains ♪ within the sound of silence ♪ >> so many people embracing at a transformed ground zero today. as soon as tomorrow, the memorial a

that is what i take away from the pentagon memorial and the 9/11 piece of the pentagon display at theto have these two vessels? >> we named our ships after great battles, a great leaders, a great locations, significant locations and events in our nation's history. to have something tangible to inspire. part of a crew that is something to remind you of the greatness of our nation and our people. our ability to respond to challenges and overcome. i am very proud of all of our ships and all of our sailors and i'm especially proud to have the uss new york and the uss arlington. >> when you went to bed early in the morning on september 12, first of all, did you go to bed? did you get some sleep? >> i could not sleep. it was too much to think about. to many people to think about and try to remember to call or write a note. there was lots to do. i took a shower and got to it. >> what was racing through your head? " uncertainty about my friend, but certain date. uncertainty about what to do next, how to help, what my office mates were going through. there was no accounting for many of them. t

again, from the pentagon. , there's news from one of those fronts again today. >> reporter: that's right. a grim reminder that the war in afghanistan still goes on. a massive truck bomb exploded at a coalition base just outside of kab kabul, wounding 77 nato forces, most of them american. fortunately, the injuries were only minor. but it's a grim reminder, too, and the u.s. military and pentagon officials are well aware that this war has dragged on for ten years. america's patience, money, and, in fact, is running out. and so the u.s. military has -- has buckled down to meet president obama's 2014 deadline for the withdrawal of all american troops. which means, according to military officials, they only have three more years, brian, to get it right. >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon ten years later. thanks. >>> "nightly news" will continue from ground zero here in new york in just a moment. you could save a bundle with geico's multi-policy discount. geico, saving people money on more than just car insurance.

there were 125 victims on board -- at the pentagon i should say, 59 people were on board. ion there were the five hijackers, 184 victims of this terrorist attack, exactly ten years ago today. there will be a very moving ceremony, the u.s. military, the army and the navy will be performing renditions of "amazing grace," "battle hymn of the republic" and we'll hear from the vice president of the united states. so many of those family members who survived so many of the victims' family members will be here as well. there's a memorial, a series of benches, honoring all those who died here at the pentagon ten years ago on this very day. we'll be watching it, t.j., very closely. we'll have live coverage, obviously of all of the events here in new york, in shanksville, pennsylvania. it's going to be one of those days s a lot of us remember. i'm sure everyone watching remembers where they were when they heard that very, very disturbing news. our coverage will be extensive throughout the morning here. t.j.? >> wolf, thank you so much. we'll check in with you again. and to our viewer

he took a hill staff management style to the pentagon. the people close to him or disconnected from the institution beneath them which could have helped them enormously if they had connected. it was partly self-imposed. his own grambling discussions did not help. i really like myself and my contact with them, and i regret he did not do better as secretary who was closest to their president? clearly mcnamara was close to both kennedy and johnson. very interesting be if you read the transcripts of the cuban missile crisis that have been published, and understand that kennedy, john f. kennedy had never met either dean rusk or bob mcnamara when he appointed in to office. this is 18 months into an administration. lots of meetings, crisis. cubans -- cuban missile crisis. read the transcript and listen to the tapes. kennedy always calls mike panera bob and he always calls dean rusk, secretary rusk. that tells you something about their relationship. ronald reagan was very close to of one bird and had been in california. he tolerated the very open

and vice president joe biden helped lead the memorial services for the victims of the attack at the pentagone troops placed wreaths at the memorial there. 184 people were killed when the hijacked american airlines jet liner struck the building. and then in shanksville, pennsylvania, a memorial service when united airlines flight 93 plunged to the gound 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

to hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon. new in my heart that was that aircraft. >>> it was instantaneous, a loud noise the lights went out, everything black, heavy smoke, debris piled on top of me. i'm pinned in my chair at my desk. >> as i came closer this pile of debris i saw what looked like a face. couldn't be a live person then i thought i saw it wink or blink. i yelled for help. from outside came lt. commander tarantino. >> it feels like a furnace. couldn't believe there is anyone alive. i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris. i looked to by side and i saw mr. hinson, 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris, already my uniform is starting to melt, my shoes are starting to melt. i'm really eager for him to get out of there and go. he says he can't budge. out of desperation, i laid on my back under him and put my feet up on the debris over his head and i leg pressed, as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back against this pile and him pushing up with his legs he managed to get most of the debris

begun chipping away at military spending with planned cuts of three hundred fifty billion from the pentagon that's a start but if the appointed super committee can't come up with additional one point five trillion total in spending cuts then the defense budget becomes a target again with another six hundred billion in cuts as part of a trigger mechanism let's be honest here the trigger it's not going to happen that's why they include it because it's a defense to begin with because they know that lawmakers are never actually going to cut the pentagon that drastically but if you are still worried about those cuts then don't be the g.o.p. along with the pentagon are doing everything that they can to instill fear deep in the hearts of every american about this second round of cuts potentially hitting the d.o.t. i'll make sure that they'll never actually happened and boy are they go to that fear mongering to say washington d.c. politicians doing what they do best scaring the daylights out of people they do it all the time let's take a look at some of these rather apocalyptic scenarios that they'

they placed wreaths, on the pentagon bench, one of the 134 victims. michael novo was working on the floor when flight 77 hit the pentagon. >> it's ten years and i just start crying. a parent should not bury a child. >> an american flag is draped over the pentagon just as it was in the days following the attacks. vice-president i don't biden and defense sect leon panetta led the morning tribute to the victims. >> the terrorists who attacked the pentagon sought to weaken america, but they failed. >> reporter: bells tolled 175 miles away, after family and friends read the names of each perp who died when flight 93 crashed in shanksville, pennsylvania. earlier in the day, the president and first lady met with families of the 40 victims. and walked to the boulder that marks the spot where passengers helped bring down the plane. pentagon officials highlighted the contributions of american men and women since 9/11, saying millions have volunteered for military service, since the attacks. in arlington, virginia, daniel nottingham, cbc 5. >>> well those who di

to hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon. new in my heart that was that aircraft. >>> it was instantaneous, a loud noise the lights went out, everything black, heavy smoke, debris piled on top of me. i'm pinned in my chair at my desk. >> as i came closer this pile of debris i saw what looked like a face. couldn't be a live person then i thought i saw it wink or blink. i yelled for help. from outside came lt. commander tarantino. >> it feels like a furnace. couldn't believe there is anyone alive. i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris. i looked to by side and i saw mr. hinson, 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris, already my uniform is starting to melt, my shoes are starting to melt. i'm really eager for him to get out of there and go. he says he can't budge. out of desperation, i laid on my back under him and put my feet up on the debris over his head and i leg pressed, as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back against this pile and him pushing up with his legs he managed to get most of the debris

to hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon. new in my heart that was that aircraft. >>> it was instantaneous, a loud noise the lights went out, everything black, heavy smoke, debris piled on top of me. i'm pinned in my chair at my desk. >> as i came closer this pile of debris i saw what looked like a face. couldn't be a live person then i thought i saw it wink or blink. i yelled for help. from outside came lt. commander tarantino. >> it feels like a furnace. couldn't believe there is anyone alive. i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris. i looked to by side and i saw mr. hinson, 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris, already my uniform is starting to melt, my shoes are starting to melt. i'm really eager for him to get out of there and go. he says he can't budge. out of desperation, i laid on my back under him and put my feet up on the debris over his head and i leg pressed, as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back against this pile and him pushing up with his legs he managed to get most of the debris

to hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon. new in my heart that was that aircraft. >>> it was instantaneous, a loud noise the lights went out, everything black, heavy smoke, debris piled on top of me. i'm pinned in my chair at my desk. >> as i came closer this pile of debris i saw what looked like a face. couldn't be a live person then i thought i saw it wink or blink. i yelled for help. from outside came lt. commander tarantino. >> it feels like a furnace. couldn't believe there is anyone alive. i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris. i looked to by side and i saw mr. hinson, 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris, already my uniform is starting to melt, my shoes are starting to melt. i'm really eager for him to get out of there and go. he says he can't budge. out of desperation, i laid on my back under him and put my feet up on the debris over his head and i leg pressed, as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back against this pile and him pushing up with his legs he managed to get most of the debris

from new york city we want to take you to the pentagon. president obama will visit all three 9/11 sites today. you are looking at j. as he speak -- you look at joe biden as he speaks in arlington where one of the planes also crashed and lives were lost there. emotional ceremonies going on across the countries. today's event will include president obama laying a wreath at the pentagon memorial. we know we want to listen in right now to vice president joe biden. >> he sat on a bench and con fronted a man. a man that was wondering aloud. why am i still alive? for hood i not been at the dentist, i would have been in the office. my office. totally destroyed. my colleagues gone. why me? it's a basic american instinct to respond to crisis when help is needed. to confront the afflicted. an american instinct summoned by the collective strength of the american people that we see come to the floor in our darkest hours. an instinct that echoes through the ages from pearl harbor to bay route. flight 93 to right here in the pentagon. those in this buildi

to hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon. new in my heart that was that aircraft. >>> it was instantaneous, a loud noise the lights went out, everything black, heavy smoke, debris piled on top of me. i'm pinned in my chair at my desk. >> as i came closer this pile of debris i saw what looked like a face. couldn't be a live person then i thought i saw it wink or blink. i yelled for help. from outside came lt. commander tarantino. >> it feels like a furnace. couldn't believe there is anyone alive. i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris. i looked to by side and i saw mr. hinson, 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris, already my uniform is starting to melt, my shoes are starting to melt. i'm really eager for him to get out of there and go. he says he can't budge. out of desperation, i laid on my back under him and put my feet up on the debris over his head and i leg pressed, as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back against this pile and him pushing up with his legs he managed to get most of the debris

we're watching that ceremony at the pentagon. we'll get back to you when we see the president step out. there is increased security in washington. alan chernoff at ground zero with how new yorkers are reacting the the threat. when we do see the former president come out, we will share that with you. alan, let me start with you -- if i have to break in, i apologize, alan. we're watching this live event take place in washington right now. ly start with you. tell me the mood of the city today, a day before the tenth anniversary? >> reporter: september 11th is a day that really haunts all americans, but particularly new yorkers. new york as a result of the terror threat and the fact that the tenth anniversary is upon us is really on high alert. there are police checkpoints throughout manhattan. police are very carefully reviewing cars that are moving by, especially vans and trucks. they've been asking drivers to pull over, open up their contents. they take a look inside. they're also wearing radiation detectors. they've been sweeping

we saw the moment of silence at the pentagon. in the offices of the pentagon. r is when it unfolded at the pentagon. i want to show you what she said in the hope sheila brought us all ten years later. >> reporter: it was the second day of the john when one of her brand-new co-workers came to the desk and asked, did you hear, two planes hit the world trade center. >> two seconds later, i heard a whistling, like a whistling sound and a rumble. >> reporter: this time it was the pentagon and shiela was in a ll of fire. this is what she told us in the hours afterward. >> then just a big whoosh. it felt like air at first, but then i realized it was fire. >> reporter: and then a voice. >> and he was saying, is there anybody in there. i said yes, we're here. we're here, then he said, i can't see you. >> reporter: so she started to clap hoping he can follow the sound. he extinguished the flames between them and pulled her out. >> his hand was outt to you. >> reporter: then years later, she shows me her hand, burn skarks a small prize she said to have survived, to be able

to hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon. as instantaneous, a loud noise the lights went out, everything black, heavy smoke, debris piled on top of me. i'm pinned in my chair at my desk. >> as i came closer this pile of debris i saw what looked like a face. couldn't be a live person then i thought i saw it wink or blink. i yelled for help. from outside came lt. commander tarantino. >> it feels like a furnace. couldn't believe there is anyone alive. i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris. i looked to by side and i saw mr. hinson, 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris, already my uniform is starting to melt, my shoes are starting to melt. i'm really eager for him to get out of there and go. he says he can't budge. out of desperation, i laid on my back under him and put my feet up on the debris over his head and i leg pressed, as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back against this pile and him pushing up with his legs he managed to get most of the debris up to extricate himself from this huge pile of r

david martin is at the pentagon. lle, pennsylvania today. chip, i want to start with you. the president's coming 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 a

to host our coverage from the pentagon tomorrow. s coming back here to do this on monday. >> we're going to look forward to that. and we'll watch you this evening as well when you're bringing the "newsroom" to tampa. see you then, thanks so much, don. >> reporter: all right, fred. >> i'm going to call central casting now for you. be sure to tune in monday night as cnn, the tea party express and other tea party groups co-host the cnn republican debate. that's monday, 8:00 eastern. >>> action, drama and thrills at the movies this weekend. two new films, "contagion" and "warrior" are in theaters. but are they worth your bucks? let's talk about this "contagion," the trailers are thrilling, all-star cast, gwyneth paltrow, kate winslet, matt damon, jude law. >> and cnn's own sanjay gupta makes an appearance. >> that's right. he's in it, too. this is centering about an outbreak of some deadly disease, right? >> yes. pardon me -- no, just kidding. >> hope you're feeling all right. in this clip that we're about to see, matt damon finds out th

ceremonies are also being held in pennsylvania and at the pentagon. i have to start by asking you where you were when the plane crashed into the pentagon. >> by the time the plane did the pentagon, i was in this command center where several senior officials and i were trying to connect with their colleagues at the various agencies, get more information. secretary ron salad was still in his office. -- rumsfeld was still in his office. we felt this enormous thump. that was the plane hitting the pentagon. >> did you realize immediately what had happened? were you kind of thinking, the pentagon is such a symbolic building, we might be next? >> we verso focused on the task at hand -- we were so focused on the task at hand. and try to prevent further attacks. you were not thinking about yourself. we were not thinking about the building. when i felt it and fired the explosion, i was not completely surprised. >> i was at the pentagon after the plane went end. i remember talking to soldiers who were visibly shaking. the american military would have to change. w

he attended a memorial at the pentagon. 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 ch

barbara starr at the pentagon. d mattingly in shanksville, pennsylvania, and athena jones in washington. we 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

waste and how that is just a drop in the bucket the one trillion dollars the pentagon can count for for speaking about that with an even playing author of state versus defense the battle to find america some type. of internet only military mechanisms to do the work to bring justice or. i have every right to know what my government should do if you want to know why i pay taxes. well i would characterize obama as a charismatic. of american exceptionalism. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so please if you understand it and then something else here's some other part of it and realize that everything is just you don't charge for the big picture. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right here. i think. well. we have the government says they're going to keep you safe get ready because you give them the freedom. well here's a shocker more waste has been discovered and spending our conflicts abroad and i pray it will be a great place for that debt reduction supercommittee to start see after a two year inquiry commission on wartime contracting release

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 died when flight 93 crashed in shapingsil -- shanksville, pennsylvania. earlier in the day, the president and first lady visited the newly dedicated 9/11 memorial there, met with families of the 40 victims and walked to the boulder that marks the spot where pearls helped bring down the -- marks the spot where passengers helped brig down the plane. >> those who died on flight 93 were remembered in a special simon net bay area today. -- special ceremony in the bay area today. [ indiscernible ] >> his of people gath -- hundreds of people gathered to observe the heros on the flight and their sacrifice. his wife was on the flight. >> reporter: the photograph tell of happier times in two ordinary lives. ordinary ended for jack on september 11th, 2001. everything lost when wife lauren's plane crashed in a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. >>

it will rival the pentagon as?no the largest government complex ever built in washington.and dhs has continued a nationwide spending spree, sending billions of dollars to state and local police. >> priest: what dhs wants to do is to turn all of the local and state law enforcement personnel into the tipsters for the fbi, into the front line foot soldiers looking for possible terrorists. >> narrator: dhs funded high- tech terrorism centers around the country. >> priest: every state has at least one. there's 74 fusion centers in the united states. >> clarke: contractors went in, put in the large flat-screen tvs, put in the "mission control to the moon" kind of facilities. >> narrator: now, state and local police are using surveillance cameras, biometric scanners, high-tech license plate readers. >> state trooper: the software with the system, when it sees what it thinks is a license plate, it will read it using ocr, optical character recognition, and make a crosscheck against a database. >> narrator: while it's been a high-tech bonanza for the states, there are questions abou

this entire side of the pentagon was a wall of flame and black smoke. ing people coming out of the wreckage where the plane had hit, some covered in blood, trying to mike their way to safety, hundreds of workers had gathered over here, at one point before a large number of police or fire personnel could even get here, they called for people who had any kind of emergency or medical training, and hundreds of military people came moving back in towards the wreckage to help in any way that they could. that's what it was really all about here, on that day, in this place, for the u.s. military, no retreat, no surrender. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? [ male announcer ] little owen wanted to play, but his nose was raw and sore. achoo! [ male announcer ] and common tissue made it burn even more. ♪

we had interviews with people involved, including david thomas in the pentagon. he lost a close friend and shared his story with us. >> not enough is covered by the term victim when we talk about the pentagon of the twin towers with a field in pennsylvania, those brave people. in thatthink of anyone tragic day as a victim. of a victim is hit by a meteor when they are walking down the street, a victim of chance, or gets mugged and robbed, they are victims. the people who died on 9/11 were not victims. there were casualties of an act of war, an attack in my case on our military headquarters. so it was interesting that afternoon to still be trying to gell thatit would people were trying to reconstitute the pentagon and 80 staff -- and navy staff, walking up to the navy annex, where the headquarters of the marines are. they are our brothers. they offered up space and we reconstituted the navy staff there. admiral thad allen was in charge of that, in concert with our forces, reconstituting an operating center. people stayed at the pentagon and try to reconstitute are o

>> i was in the pentagon when it was hit. ad the two planes hit the world trade center before that. minutes before. and the first plane hit, it was obviously an accident. and the second plane hit and obviously was not an accident. and then the pentagon shook and it was clear that america had been attacked. and i went down the hall and the smoke was so bad, i couldn't go any farther, and there out on the lawn, the apron around the pentagon were thousands of pieces of metal. little pieces, not like that plane stayed together. the plane just was pieces everywhere. and people coming out with burns, and people going in and helping them out. i ran into a lieutenant colonel who said to me he saw an airplane hit the pentagon. i had no idea if it was a bomb or what had happened. but it was a day we'll all remember. throughout our lives, and after a decade, certainly we remember those who were killed and their families and their friends and what a terrible, terrible day for america. >> and you can watch fareed's entire interview with do

the pentagon is repaired and filled with patriots working in common purpose. who lost loved ones there. new york, new york remains the most vibrant of capitals of arts and industry and fashion and commerce, where the world trade center once stood, the sun glistens off a new tower that reaches towards the sky. our people still work in skyscrapers, our stadiums are still filled with fans and our parks full of children playing ball. our airports hum with travel and our buses and subways take millions where they need to go and families sit down to sunday dinner and students prepare for school. this land pulses with the optimism of those who set out for distant shores and the courage of those who died for human freedom. decades from now, americans will visit the memorials to those who were lost on 9/11. they'll run their fingers over the places where the name of those we loved are carved in the marble and stone and they may wonder at the lives that they led and standing before the white headstones in arlington and in peaceful cemeteries and squares in every corner

. >> reporter: a ceremony at the pentagon for the 184 people who died there. >> : a parent should not bury a child. >> reporter: and bells ring for the brave passengers who storm the cockpit on united flight 93 that crashed in pennsylvania. >> good evening. at this hour, the annual tribute is limb newing the -- whom naturing the light's sky. two beams of light. randall is near the memorial with a wrap of today's events, a day to remember, and a day to reflect. >> reporter: the cameras were focused on the dedication of the new 9/11 memorial park, but right outside side the camera range were people who came here to pay their respects and to reflect on the profound impact of september 11, 2001 on america. >>> two beams of light illuminate the skyline filling the void with the twin tours stood a decade ago. it capped off a day of remembrance at the transformed ground zero site. their families are now able to touch the names of their loved ones. >> our court -- court rage us son. >> rely lives -- relatives read all of the names, including those who died at the pentagon and pennsylvania. >>

wolf blitzer is at the pentagon. nhattan. soledad, a different ceremony you are witnessing today but extremely emotional, as well, for the hundreds of firefighters who attended, thousands, probably, to honor the more than 340 firefighters who lost their lives during 9/11. >> reporter: yeah. you know, they really wanted the event today here at 100th and riverside to be not about speeches and not about politicians. they told me that several times. they said this is about firemen, firefighters honoring firefighters and remembering firefighters. and so that's what they did. they had a simple and very beautiful ceremony, and it was not punctuated by anyone talking or anything other than people just really ek pressing their remarkable support for the heroic actions of the 343 firefighters who lost their lives on that day. the last ten years they've come to this firefighters memorial to hold, you know, a kind of mostly sort of private event, really, just for firefighters and their families. and they say they'll be back again

. >>> we will also have reports from shanksville, pennsylvania, and the pentagon. stay with us all weekend for the 9/11 vents. >>> the dow is down almost 300 points. and today's sell-off is blamed on intensifying worries of europe's debt crisis and today's resignation of a key figure of the central bank, and that is a sign of continuing turmoil, and that is how it is interpreted. we will follow those developments and check in with cnbc when we can for you. >>> and meantime, president obama hitting the road to take his new plan of job revitalization to the voters. he rolled out the $437 billion jobs plan in front of a joint session of congress touting tax cuts and pushing lawmakers to pass the bill asap and he took that message to the university of richmond a few hours ago. >> i want you to call. i want you to e-mail. i want you to tweet. i want you to fax. i want you to visit, and i want you to facebook, send a carrier pigeon, and i want you to tell your congressperson that the time for gridlock and games is over. the time for action is now. >> so, is the president

c-span2, live coverage from the pentagon. hout the day today, including to the evening with a live event at the kennedy center in washington d.c. tonight. next telephone call and our discussion is orange park, florida. courtney, your honor. >> caller: high. i was nine years old when this happened. i was a school. i remember our teachers took us to the classrooms and said something bad had happened. it would not let us watch tv. they said something bad had happened in ibibio carry. the rest of the day i remember playing in going home. it was, of course, my mom and dad were trying to stop me from watching it. that is just something you can't always help the kid from watching. i'm 19 today, almost 20. i cannot imagine what happened on that plane and i am so grateful for what happened with those guys to save everybody. i just wanted to tell everyone, i hope everyone is having an amazing day. am so sorry for everything. >> host: such a little girl. it sounds as low you have incorporated 9/11 into your formative experience. >> calle

jennifer griffin at the pentagon. k tkpwral in -- laura ingle in shanksville, pennsylvania. >> we've had 10 years since the 9/11 an being fast and 10 ceremonies marking the anniversary of those attacks. this one perhaps more profound and more beautiful than think that we've seen so far in large part because of the progress that has been made at the site of the world trade center. just over the last few years itch as we listen to more names being read by family members of the victims who get up in groups of two and read groups of names, ending with the loved one they lost and sending out a personal message as they read that name. we heard music from violinist yo-yo ma and paul simon and james taylor. we heard from dignataries, including mayor michael bloomberg. >> they were our neighbors, our friends our husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, children and parents. they were the ones who rushed in to help. >> of course, what makes this year different is the september 11th, memorial is now open on the plaza where the buildin

he had to leave his pregnant wife to identify the pentagon bodies. >> i was the one who was taking alls on all the victims and trying to match dental record. the toughest part was at the end of the day they would take the victims that were ready to be transported back to the families. >> reporter: it's okay. take your time. >> and the hearses would come. >> reporter: it's okay. take your time. it's okay. take your time. do you want to join him? it's okay. >> and the hearses would come and the military escorts, we'd all line up. we'd do the final salute. and you do that enough times it wears on you. because you know that could have been me. it could have been one of these guys. and they all had families and that was the worst part. that was the worst part. >> that was captain jason grason. you can tell how close those guys are. they are there for each other and still a very emotional time. he told me that, you know, sometimes a song will come on the radio or he'll smell a smell and it'll take him back to those two weeks that he had to work there and identify those bodies but, you know,

he was speaking at the pentagon right at the ten year anniversary of the attacks on the pentagon almostten years ago. this morning wall street held a moment of silence to commemorate the victims of 9/11 attacks up there. joining us right now are two people who had a front row seat at the moment in history. retired lieutenant colonel robert j. darling was in the white house bunker that morning with vice president dick cheney. he wrote about his experience in a book "24 hours inside the president's bunker." and richard kyle was traveling with president bush that morning. he's now a consultant with purple strategies. let me go with dick first. i want to get to the cheney part. i'm fascinated. you were with president bush when he was teaching at that school. tell me what you thought was the interesting thing that most people don't know about that morning 9/11. >> he had been told by the head of the white house situation room who was on that trip only that a plane had hit the world trade center. nobody knew more than that. many of us reporters were on the phone, we didn't have any video. but

along with the pentagon are doing everything to bake and to instill fear deep in the hearts of every american about this second round of cuts potentially having to deal all make sure it will never actually happen and boy do they go to that fear mongering to see washington d.c. politicians doing what they do best scaring the daylights out of people they do it all the time let's take a look at some of these rather apocalyptic scenarios that they've laid out for us first we're going to go with representative mark thornberry he's on the house armed services and intelligence committees and vice chairman of the subcommittee of emerging threats so in other words this guy is neck deep in our defense apparatus during a radio show back in august who are very said the first cuts are something in the pentagon says they can live with it's going to be hard but it's the kind of in the bar in the ballpark of what folks have been talking up for a while the second cuts if they were to happen would be devastating you simply could not operate the military with that second round of cuts. so wait a minute

capital and the pentagon. authorities say ferdaus, who graduated from northwest university with a physics degree, planned to fly model planes like these stuffed with explosives into the building. >> definitely could have been some fatalities but i don't think you would have seen hundreds or thousands of deaths. i think in many ways this individual was probably looking for some type of psychological victory. >> reporter: undercover agents posing as al qaeda operatives handcuffed ferdaus on wednesday at this storage facility. investigators said he bought what he thought was plastic explosives, grenade and automatic assault rifles. ferdaus had been allegedly plotting for months. he snapped this picture of the pentagon and hoped to launch his attacks from a nearby park. authorities insist ferdaus supposed not a real threat because he was under surveillance the entire time. still, he repeatedly told agents he was driven to kill americans. he lived in this quiet community of ashland where neighbors couldn't believe t