the trade center. and that was gone.t lower manhattan looked differently without it. the original design of the trade center was a square — 200 feet by 200 feet in plan — and that's the footprint of the new design. the original trade center rose to a height of 1,363 feet above grade. and that's the height of the design of one world trade center at the parapet, at the glass and metal parapet. as the project was completed, and even today, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. i think that we've really done a fantasticjob of making it, the building, feel very approachable. very democratic, almost. it's got these light glass fins on it. in evening, it glows with the light emanating from inside of it. you feel like you can go right up to it and want to be next to it and want to almost touch it. this is a project that i never leave behind. i come to work, get out of the subway and i can see the building. i look out the window here and i can see the building. it never leaves me. the new york architect tj gottesdiener.

. >> you're looking at the world trade center.derstand that a plane has crashed into the world trade center. we don't know anything more than that. >> of course as we all know, years ago, there was that terrorist attack. it took place down on the ground and in the underground lebs in the garage levels but again that's not to imply that we have any reason at this point to believe that this is terrorism or not. we simply don't know. >> have you seen any evidence of people being taken out of the building? of course, the major concern is, human loss. i mean, do you know. >> another one just hit. something else just hit. a very large plane just flew directly over my building and there's been another collision. >> this is cbs news continuing live coverage of the an parent terrorist attack today here in new york city. >> i saw a large plane like a jet go immediately headed directly into the world trade center. it just flew into it, into the other tower coming from south to north. i watched the plane fly into the world trade center. >> oh

and then i saw the first plane aim and crash into the world trade center.that moment, i knew i was going to the largest incident of my life. >> reporter: and in that moment, the sky changed, from that clear blue day -- >> it went from this beautiful, bright summer day to darkness. and matter of fact, at one point, after the collapse, you couldn't even see the hand in front of your face. >> reporter: he was the first battalion fire chief to arrive and enter the north tower. he heard the fire was above the 78th floor, he would order the team to head up. >> i want you to get an engine and team up. >> reporter: that team he would send up would include his brother, lieutenant kevin pfeifer. >> we looked at each other, and wondering if we were both going to be okay. as he turned around and took his firefighters, that was the last time i saw my brother kevin. >> reporter: did kevin say anything to you? >> no. we didn't have to. we knew we were worried about each other. >> reporter: the chief shows me one of the dispatch call slips from that morning. >> you see the

meddling in the way that osama bin ladin meddled with the world trade center . the tenth annual brics summit of emerging economies underway in south africa with america's trade was high on the agenda. more than six hundred way into spain after storming through a border fence between the countries. and dozens. joining us this evening you're watching on. u.s. national security advisor john bolton has confirmed a second meeting between donald trump will only take place after the end of what he called the russia which hunt comes after the secretary of state was grilled in the senate over the recent meeting in his between the two leaders has the president told you what he and president putin discussed there to our closed door meeting and did you did he tell you should we be doing as you put it everything we can to push back on likely election interference by russia where did the president say we're going to change our force structure in syria. place you speak to the translator any of her know that the president discussed relax relaxing u.s. sanctions on russia. you kn

meddling in the way that osama bin ladin meddled with the world trade center oh. oh. and the tenth annual break summits of emerging economies is underway in south africa with america's trade war on the agenda. are you watching all of this the saving which just come seven pm here in moscow. now the u.s. national security advisor john bolton has confirmed a second meeting between donald trump and fatima putin will only take place after the end of what he called the russia which shunned it comes after the secretary of state was grilled in the senate over the recent meeting in helsinki between the. has the president told you what he and president putin discussed there to our closed door meeting and did you did he tell you should we be doing as you put it everything we can to push back likely election interference by russia where did the president say we're going to change our force structure in syria good place to speak to the translator seen any of her know that the president discussed relax relaxing u.s. sanctions on russia and understand the game if you're going you kno

. >> the 1993 world trade center bombing was a signal of how the extremist war that had been limited to the middle east was coming to the american shores. >> tonight, six days after the bombing at the world trade center, one suspect is in custody. more arrests are said to be coming. >> the investigators found the vin number of the ryder truck, and it turned out that one of the collaborators had returned there to ask for his $400 deposit back. >> authorities have told abc news that the man has links to a radical muslim group. >> they managed to capture most of the accomplices but the mastermind, ramzi yousef, fled. >> ramzi yousef is smart and he is radicalized. his uncle is khalid sheikh mohammed. a man who would later become a leader in an organization called al qaeda. >> i have an office in that building. i will lead my people back into that office. that will be our message to whoever did this. whatever you were trying to achieve, you failed. >> for the fbi the lesson was that these guys, while dangerous, were not at the same level as the terrorists of the late '80s. they were wann

and then i saw the first plane crash into the world trade center.i knew i was going to the largest incident of my life. >> reporter: he was the first battalion chief to enter the tower. he would order the team to head up. that team he would send up would include his brother, lieutenant kevin pfeiffer. >> we looked at each other wondering if we were both going to be okay. and as he turned around and took his firefighters, that was the last time i ever saw my brother again. >> reporter: did kevin say anything to you? >> no, we didn't have to. we knew we were worried about each other. >> reporter: ever since, he has worked to build the fire department's counterterrorism efforts and preparedness. his coat and helmet on display in the smithsonian. on the far right, that's his brother's fire tool recovered, right beside him where he was found on the ninth floor. now 37 years after joining the fdny he retires, and where else but in queens. instead of chasing fires, chasing his granddaughter and sailing, something he loved doing with his brother. >> there i

this is in earlier times described jenny as large prosperous and happy of center for trade and crafts the most beautiful town in the sahara god from his heaven must surely have smiled on jenny which remains to this day a jewel of the niger valley. a human settlement here dates back to before the time of christ at one time the area was home to the bozo people who fished the rivers and grew grain crops on the banks in the light century the settlement grew into a town under the influence of the normal who were sharp witted traders. or an. i am. i am is the nano who moved jenny to its present site founding a new town on the hill where the niger flows around they abandoned the old town jenny jenner its position left it unprotected from flooding in the emerald rainy season my. two women the favor of the gods for the new town a young girl named top pama was sacrificed simply walled in and left to die before the town's conversion to islam such sacrifices were made to ensure its prosperity and protect its inhabitants. and in the building is still done in the traditional way the materials are t

my assistant came in and said a plane hit the world trade center.irst we thought it was an accident. i called president bush. a few minutes later, we learned the second plane hit the world trade center and we knew it was a terrorist attack. and then just a procession over the day and the next several months of decisions for the president of the united states. the united states had not been attacked on its own territory since the war of 1812. we had no structures or institutions for internal security for the country. it was flying without a compass. david: subsequently president bush decided to invade iraq to topple saddam hussein. so in light of hindsight, had you known there were no weapons of mass destruction, would you have still gone forward? condoleezza: i say to people what you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not yesterday. we simply believed as all the intelligence agencies around the world did, that he had weapons of mass destruction and was reconstituting them quickly, and it was on that basis that we decided that you finall

meddling in the way that osama bin ladin meddled with the world trade center. our. symbol of palestinian resistance teenager. is released after eight months in jail in israel. prime minister wins the country's general election according to the chief government spokesman but the campaigning has been marred by scandal and meddling allegations. are joining us this is r.t. international. donald trump says he is open to accepting an invitation. to visit moscow earlier this week the russian president agreed to visit the u.s. whether in washington d.c. or moscow the next putin summit will be the second official encounter between the two presidents the first. weeks ago led to a lot of criticism in the u.s. media over the way trump handled that meeting was accused of not defending his country's interests during the summit. if national security advisor john bolton later announced that a washington meeting would not happen until two thousand and nineteen when quote the russia witchhunt is over james encounter with putin in helsinki also became the subject of a heated senate he

in the way that osama bin ladin meddled with the world trade center. our. palestinian teenage girl seen as a symbol of the resistance against israel is released after eight months behind bars. and cambodia's prime minister is reelected in a poll overshadowed by a security crackdown and claims of ballot rigging. thank you for joining us for the weekly news roundup at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate partridge. donald trump and flirting with putin have set their sights on a second meeting after their landmark summit in helsinki earlier this month on friday the russian leader said the u.s. president has been invited to moscow and the white house responded saying trump is open to the idea earlier putin's planned trip to washington was postponed amid intense criticism within the u.s. over trump's humbling of the first summit. on national security advisor john bolton went as far as calling you to russia which hummed and said the washington meeting will not happen until next year meanwhile secretary of state mike pompei a was grilled by se

the medical examiner has positively identified 1,642 victims, 60 world trade center victims.ken says that while she has found peace through her work on the national september 11 memorial & museum, she also waits patiently in the halls for the call that would mean. (monica iken/lost husband in 9/11)"he's finally found and he's finally home. and that's closure, especially for someone like me who's been doing this for so long," iken says families searching for missing loved ones in the immediate days after the attack were told to bring dna samples. she says she gave officials a razor the day after.(monica iken/lost husband in 9/11)"making sure that we never forget those lives we lost that horrific day and who were murdered."she says she is grateful there is a dedicated team, which she hopes will one day match the dna to remains found in her husband's final resting place. (ken)this has been an ongoing mission for the medical examiner's office. officials say the last time a victim was august of last year, but the victim's name was withheld at the family's request. (pam) coming up

medley in the way that osama bin ladin meddled with the world trade center. our. palestinian teenager is seen as a symbol of the resistance against israel is released after eight months behind bars. cambodia's prime minister is reelected in a poll overshadowed by a security crackdown and claims of ballot breaking. thanks for joining us this hour you're watching our international. team of putin of their sights set on a second summit after the landmark talks in helsinki earlier this month on friday the russian leader said that the u.s. president has been invited to moscow and the white house responded saying that trump is open to the idea earlier putin's planned trip to washington was postponed amid intense criticism within the u.s. over trumped handling of the first summit. national security advisor john bolton went to so far as calling it a russia witchhunt and said the washington meeting will not happen until next year while sixty statement pompei it was grilled by senators of what exactly trump said to putin in helsinki has the president told you what he and pre

it's meddling in the way that osama bin laden meddled with the world trade center. and a symbol of palestinian resistance teenager had to mean he has been released after eight months in an israeli jail. person also to come holds a close southeast asian country cambodia in a general election that's been marred by scandals and meddling allegations. whether they welcome the latest developments in a look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to you watching the weekly here on r.t. international. now donald trump says he is open to accepting an invitation to moscow from vladimir putin earlier this week the russian president had already accepted an invitation from his american counterpart to visit the united states whether in washington d.c. or moscow the next summit will be the second official encounter between the two presidents the first held in helsinki two weeks ago led to an onslaught though criticism in the u.s. media over the way trump handled the meeting trump was accused of not defending his country's interests during this summit and his nationa

it meddling in the way that osama bin ladin meddled with the world trade center. towers. and the ten thousand you'll break some to the merging economies is on the way in south africa with america's trade was high on the agenda. well i welcome you watching r.t. international this is the evening which just come six pm here in moscow. now the u.s. national security advisor john bolton has confirmed the second meeting between donald trump in fact anything to maloney take place after the end of what he called the russia witch hunt it comes after the secretary of state was grilled in the senate with the recent meeting in helsinki between the us has the president told you what he and president putin discussed there to our closed door meeting and did you did he tell you should we be doing as you put it everything we can to push back likely election interference by russia where did the president say we're going to change our force structure in syria what took place you speak to the translator seen any of her know that the president discussed relaxed relaxing u.s. sanctions on russi

with the world trade center. and a symbol of palestinian resistance teenager i had to mean me is released after eight months in a jail in israel plus polls have closed in cambodia in the general election it's been marred by scandal a medley allegations. are welcome the latest developments in the look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to you watch the weekly here on r.t. international. now donald trump says he is open to accepting an invitation from vladimir putin to visit moscow early this week the russian president agreed to visit the u.s. whether in washington d.c. all moscow the next trump will be the second official encounter between the two presidents the first held in helsinki two weeks ago led to an onslaught of criticism in the u.s. media over the way trump handled the meeting trump was accused of not defending his country's interests during the summit but his national security adviser john bolton plater announced that a washington meeting wouldn't happen until twenty nineteen when qu

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executive director of the international trade center in geneva we value your insights thank you. well while some countries are busy putting an end to free trade the african country of djibouti is bent on doing the opposite as of this week a small nation is home to the largest free trade zone in africa leveraging its location the coast of one of the world's busiest trade routes where asian and arabic vessels make their way towards the suez canal that the ships will dock in djibouti a neighboring the country and the entire continent to play a bigger role and world trade. it's the first phase of what's to become africa's biggest free trade zone the two hundred forty hector site that's the size of about three hundred fifty football pitches is intended to encourage foreign companies to set up manufacturing plants. at the opening ceremony djibouti as president was joined by several chinese business representatives a reflection of the two countries close economic ties. international freezone is a flagship project it culminates a significant number of infrastructure projects that have see

let's bring in a hundred pounds odd as it is that could have direct to all of the international trade center the joint development agency of the united nations and the world trade organization geneva thank you very much for joining us on the program now the latest that we've heard from china is that this move from the united states represents the overtures to the biggest trade war in history is that rhetoric or fact in your opinion. well i think we are facing the largest trade conflict since the second world war but more importantly is that this conflict is already having an impact on the ground it's already affecting workers that are being laid off as a result of the solutions especially in america to move out of the country and produce elsewhere given that they're eaves is having an impact on businesses that are not making capital investment decisions because of the uncertainty of the situation but let's not forget our taxes taxes that the consumer will have to pay it will make it is making already american consumers. pay more for the goods they buy and it's making american companies less

let's bring in a fan here gonzalez it is that captive director of the international trade center the joint development agency of the united nations and the world trade organization geneva thank you very much for joining us on the program now the latest that we've heard from china is that this move from the united states represents the overtures to the biggest trade war in history is that rhetoric or fact in your opinion. well i think we are facing the largest trade conflict since the second world war but more importantly is that this conflict is already having an impact on the ground it's already affecting workers that are being laid off as a result of decisions especially in america to move out of the country and produce elsewhere given that their eaves is having an impact on businesses that are not making capital investment decisions because of the uncertainty of the situation but let's not forget our taxes taxes that the consumer will have to pay it will make it is making already american consumers. pay more for the goods they buy and it's making american companies less competitive

his from the international trade center in geneva or i asked to a week at the trade war is this rhetoric used by beijing right now let's take a listen to what he told me. we don't have that sound bite essentially what she told me right now is that this is the most dangerous level in tit for tat measures that we have seen since the world since world war two some strong language heritage what happens next we've got to for tat there's just continue to escalate for all eternity where we go from here it could escalate considerably and what we've now starting to understand is the fact that the world trade organization which could operate in this case you know maybe bypassed it maybe second navigated we could see this going from a trade war to a currency war through the manipulation of exchange rates if we saw that happen you know in that case the basically a toothless tiger it doesn't really have any room to arbitrate in that way w t o's already issued a warning saying if you decide to remove all tariffs and tariff barriers to trade barriers for example what you may end up seeing financial imp

from the international trade center in geneva and have a listen to what she had to say all right there on chickens on us looks like we're having some trouble getting that. through now we've got half of it . ok we'll probably just have to let it go at this point it's a freaky friday these things happened on live t.v. we do apologize to our viewers and of course what she was saying is that consumers are going to be the ones who suffer in a trade or you know definitely no winners in a trade war that's what everyone agrees on as i mentioned the u.s. has the upper hand but what will the long term look like when will the chinese economy overtake the u.s. economy some analysts are saying that could happen in the next decade others are saying this very scenario could speed that up so a lot of talk about we're going to have to leave it there ben fizzling from our business us thanks for walking us through this issue of turning out to some other global news from around the world pakistan's anti corruption court has sentenced former prime minister not wash to ten years in prison on corruption char

it's meddling in the way that osama bin ladin meddled with the world trade center oh oh. well. over six hundred migrants to spain after storming through a border fence in the country of. iraq. just joined us watching r.t. international it's now midnight here in moscow. first this hour syrian president bashar assad said the members of the activist group the white helmets he refuse an amnesty will be wiped out in his words like the terrorists. the fate of the white helmets will be the same is that any terrorist they have to pass on to lay down their arms and take advantage of the amnesty or be wiped out like other terrorists well the syrian president bashar al assad has reiterated his position on the white house it's being a controversial group now in the past he's regarded the white house mrs agents of western powers that have links to jihad this groups and he said that the world has been warned of the group's dangers this comes as the syrian government has condemned the evacuation of the white house minutes from the south of the country and damascus has described the move as a

trade conflict in history and so on a i spoke see with the executive director of the international trade center iran chickens out and i put it to her is that really the case or is that rhetoric and if this trade dispute has taken listen to what she told me that is sarah. well i think we are facing the largest trade conflict since the second world war but more importantly is that this conflict is already having an impact on the ground it's already affecting workers that are being laid off as a result of this issue and especially in america to move out of the country and produce elsewhere given that it's having an impact on businesses that are not making capital investment decisions because of the uncertainty of the situation but let's not forget our taxes taxes that the consumer will have to pay it will make it is making already american consumers. pay more for the goods they buy and it's making american companies less competitive because the inputs the import in their manufacturing chains will be more expensive so frankly who wins from this conflict is a big question mark today. so businesses c

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it's meddling in the way that osama bin laden meddled with the world trade center that was an attack dick cheney. fan of generally ira had said that what our actions did was an act leak was of war against united states so so again but i think we should segment that out i think i think what happened i'd say it's whether it's racial bias or you know in inequality in terms of incomes that's not because of anybody from russia doing that oh a little holiday that we're creating ourselves you didn't let me down. yet and i have parked i am my friend comparing osama bin ladden where the points are russians buying facebook ads which brought down the entire election not because your gal the other than mad fashion east lost a rigged election. but because the nefarious russians and the lead this does necessary as cabal get crammed lang how to get in there with you there were times. well listen to me let me say yeah there was all you know yesterday that by fifty four to forty one percent americans across the board think that donald trump is not standing up for u.s. interests most people in the uni

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the viking settlement of painted blue once numbered among the foremost early medieval trading centers in northern europe. died sure visitors how the vikings went about their daily lives over a thousand years ago. it was a life in and with nature they had an incredibly sharp power of observation they were very well acquainted with the materials around them and knew how to use them to their advantage to build housing ships and wagons and make rope. they made a great many things that we could hardly even imagine today to be on their fourth and current. capabilities in a college dine in northern germany. seven facts to roof wooden houses have been faithfully reconstructed. of the settlement was built at the end of the shoreline an inlet on the baltic sea. it was a strategic location for trading precious metals weapons and pelt today it's a treasure trove of jests. behind me the eyes here of a viking age settlement in the ninth tenth and eleventh centuries and the first glance it doesn't look like much because it's just a green meadow but it's usually in archaeology the real treasures lie