mystic you see. two thousand jobs and. simple estimate the pentagon's plans for afghanistan and iraq the pentagon wants to keep some ten thousand troops in iraq indefinitely. the pentagon wants to keep twenty five thousand thirty five thousand troops in afghanistan indefinitely after twenty fourteen after foreign congo troops would be withdrawn so based on the current numbers for the cost of keeping u.s. troops in afghanistan in iraq this would cost at least billion dollars if you move if you move just one more said to if you move two hundred billion dollars in the military budget to the domestic budget by withdrawing all u.s. troops. in iraq you would save more than corker thousand jobs talk a i mean i'm sure you think with some stock out there of course the counter-argument to that is isn't it but if the u.s. economy to keep those troops there i mean the u.s. defense budgets absolutely huge well the colony that surrounds it an enormous labor force people package food court logistics transportation even the contract says but the huge economy the those jobs would be lost also do somethin

memorial service and at the pentagon at 3:35 this afternoon also laying a wreath at the park. at 8:00 tonight the president will be at a tribute taking place at the kennedy center. we'll have live coverage of all of this on c-span 1. [inaudible conversations] >> the ceremonies are timed to reflect that the moment the trains struck the world trade center in new york which is why about 8:46 we heard from new york mayor michael bloomberg and the plane that hit the pentagon at about 9:30 eastern time which is when the ceremonies will take place just outside of the pentagon in virginia. robert hogue reflecting on the events of september 11. here's his story. >> just prior to the event, i was standing at the window here you can see there's columbia pike, arlington cemetery in the river over here and i was standing here discussing with our corporal really how vulnerable the building was and the fact that we are in the flight path for the national airport. so recognizing that vulnerability and i think everybody recognized our vulnerability, i left; went through the door, took a left to go see

has made on his way from the pentagon to langley was to shed his military uniform and to present himself in a new incarnation as a total civilian according to their official story general petraeus has an option to come to the cia as of a military or as a civilian and allegedly the white house did not force him to resign and to cut his image as a four star general and to downsize his finger on their way to his new job if the official story is to believe general portrayals bend over back wards to appease the intelligence community and they'll make sure that he could blend easily their language cafeteria we have his new peers they're not associates i find it hard to believe that the former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan well until this site had to resign from the military i'm sure if he had an option he would never resign from the active duty. all right we'll all be back with a recap of today's headlines in just a few moments to stay with us. from newry when you look for nuclear winter begin school hops. in june and measured in barrels. when your brain is most more than you

troops that are still there and if everything goes as the pentagon wants it to we're slow going to have up to ten thousand troops left after the end of this year even though by an agreement they're all supposed to be out by the end of two thousand and eleven of course doesn't even include the thousands of military contractors there in the country the five thousand or so strong mercenary army that the state department has decided that it needs. and you know going year later the mainstream media is completely silent about this where the reporters on the ground are the goosebumps now are they embarrassed about all the fanfare year ago you know they'd rather just not bring it up so they don't have to look like well they overreacted a little bit personally i think that it's a disgrace what should be giving everybody goosebumps not only that this war is still going on but the people are still dying we've seen more some months this year to be just as violent if not more violent than those in two thousand and three when we've seen fifty nine american service members lose their lives and th

thrown out for tonight, no q&a. also, the events from the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania, will also re-air tonight so you will be able to of those on c-span tonight but the new york event at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. want to show you this tweet before we go to the kennedy center, another tweet we received at c-span. this is from mildred leon. i'm an army wife and we were celebrating my son's 13th birthday. today, he will celebrate with his army pals in afghanistan. and now, thanks to wjla and all britain communications, we'll bring you live coverage of the kennedy center 9/11 tribute. president obama will be speaking. as you can see anderson cooper is the master of ceremonies. [captions performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> damage following the earthquake and hurricane, the building is temporarily closed but rest assured, this angel which stands before us will be returned to its proper place soon. [applause] >> i want to thank the kennedy center for kindly making this concert hall available for all of us tonight an

course, what was happening in new york city, but then we heard something happened at the pentagon. saw the smoke coming from the pentagon and i knew it was hit before i'd seen it on television. >> i raced to get a taxicab and we went out there. we could only make it halfway over the bridge so i ran the rest of the distance to the pentagon. everyone else was running away from it. >> in that chaos, literally, everything horrible seemed possible. >> i've been at the pentagon 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 ticke

terrorism means and what terrorism is. and there are many of these guys, some who were in the pentagon at the time of the attack who have feelings that are very raw, very real. they talk about every day, thinking about that day, thinking about that moment of the attack and what it means to them professionally as well as personally, t.j. >> all right. also a reminder on this day as well, suzanne, of what they are fighting for. there was an attack in eastern afghanistan. tell us about that. >> reporter: you're right, because there's a certain sense of anxiety, anticipation, what to expect today, if there was going to be retaliation. it happened on the eve of september 11th. it was just last night about 5:30 local time. we are told it happened about 60 miles west where we are. it was a combat outpost, a truck bomb that exploded, two afghan civilians were killed. there were a lost injuries, t.j., you're talking about 77 from the international coalition, about 25 afghan civilians. mostly minor injuries but nevertheless, a lost people involved in this. we had an opportunity to talk to genera

other candidates as well. stay with cnn. when the president makes his arrival at the pentagon we'll also break into programming for that. meantime, your money starts right now. >>> president obama wants $447 billion to create jobs. the president cause it a jolt not a system ytimulus. aly is off this week. the american jobs bill, a tax credit for hiring unemployed veterans and modernization of 5,000 public schools and tax credit for hiring long term unemployed and position to help refinance mortgages at low interest rates. steven, the white house is steering us told analysis from well known economist mark zandi who says this plan if enacted could create almost 2 million jobs. let me guess, you're skeptical? >> i'm friends with mark for a long time but he's been wrong. he's the one who said we would create 3.5 million jobs. an amazing statistic. i just looked up the numbers. we have 1 million fewer jobs today than we did in february of 2009 when we created the $800 billion stimulus plan. let me use a football analogy if i may. if you run the ball up the middle three times and you don'

trying to get all the the the pentagon. i thought, i've seen this story before. this looks just like what robert mcnamara was going through as he tried to assert civilian control over the pentagon under president kennedy. there were so many similarities, both men were very self confident, not arrogant. both men were corporate ceos who wanted to bring business practices in to the pentagon. both republicans. both elevated outsiders as they took over office and ignored a lot of the insiders, causing a lot of unrest. both tried to muzzle dissent. both of them created new processes that would allow them to a centralized their authority in the pentagon. there were some -- zero, and both of them, although there were in the defense department, were very active in foreign policy and probably dominated the state department of their time. now, those were the similarities. there were a couple of differences. secretary mcnamara was a political neophyte. rumsfeld has served in congress. nakamura had not even that john kennedy before he was appointed secretary of defense, whereas, of course, rumsfeld ha

decision the general petraeus has made on his way from the pentagon to langley wants to shift he's a military uniform and to present himself in a new incarnation as a total civilian according to the official story general petraeus has an option to come to the cia is of a military or as a civilian and allegedly the white house did not force hearings to resign and to cause his image as a four star general and to downsize he is figure on their way to his new job if the official story is to believe general petrou was bent over backwards to appease the intelligence community and to make sure that he could land easily language cafeteria his new peers and associates i find it hard to believe that former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan mullen cheerily decided to resign from the military i'm sure if he had an option he would never resign from the active duty. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe libya's rebels say they're close to capturing the town of bani walid one of the whore remaining khadafi strongholds his loyalists have been given till saturd

captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> yesterday the pentagon officially repealed the military's don't ask, don't tell policy, banning gay americans from serving openly in the military. we'll hear from defense secretary pennetta and joint the chiefs chairman next on c-span. then on this morning's "washington journal," topics include the president's jobs plan, environmental policy, and the investigation into solar energy company solyndra. "washington journal" begins at the top of the hour. >> which part of the u.s. constitution is important to you? that's our question in this year's student cam competition, open to middle and high school students. make a video documentary five to eight minutes long and tell us the part of the constitution that's important to you and why. be sure to include more than one point of view and video of c-span programming. entries are due by january 20, 2012. there's $50,000 in total prizes and a grand prize of $5,000. for all the details, go to studentcam.org. >> this past weekend marked the passing of another former s

. it was about an hour and 18, 19 minutes later, when flight 77 crashed into the pentagon. now, the ceremony at the pentagon is underway, it is honoring the lives lost on that day. both inside the pentagon and also on board the plane. we're about 9 minutes away from a moment of silence at the pentagon and ground zero, new york, and, a bit earlier today, an american flag was unfurled along the front of the building, showing the stars and stripes, ten years after the building was devastated in the attacks. and, they made a pledge at the pentagon. they said we will rebuild and reopen the damaged portion of this building, within one year. and the u.s. military, department of defense, the pentagon, did just that. jennifer griffin is handling that for us today at the pentagon and, jennifer, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, bill. in fact, not only did they reopen the pentagon, what makes this site so different and this ceremony so different is the survivors of that attack, they still go to work every day, in the building where they were attacked. and, for every member of the pentagon,

ceremonies taking place at the pentagon. the national memorial in new york will be open to the public tomorrow. >>> just about an hour ago there were ceremonies at fire stations in san francisco. >> that happened at all 43 stations and it was to remember those who died ten years ago. three sets of chimes rang out at exactly 6:59 a.m. that was the exact time when the south tower of the world trade center collapsed. the names of fallen firefighters were read aloud. station flags will be at half staff for the rest of the day. >>> this morning san francisco firefighters and other fellow first responders climbing up the stairs of the transamerica period in memory of the 343 firefighters who died on september 11, 2001 at the world trade center. >> yesterday police officers and firefighters met to honor the men and women killed. bag pipes played. nearly 250 uniformed officers from s. f. fire and s. f. p. d. attended the ceremony. >>> in the agonizing days after 9/11 many expressed their grief in different ways. a giant american flag ain'ted in park. it lasted only briefly. this weekend the c

the defense budget would automatically be cut a trillion dollars and the pentagon said thousands of private and military jobs could be lost. >>> a texas man's execution was stopped after a reprieve. he was convicted in the fatal shooting of his exgirl friend and another man. the argument is that it is unfair and the defense wants another hearing. >>> a baptist church is on alert after two thefts in three weeks, the last on saturday. two security cameras were taken. on august 27th, someone took two other cameras. they are concerned that the thieves are planning to return. a catholic church is in the dark after the copper wiring that wept to the front offices, the third theft this summer. the timing could not be worse. they are having a special mass in the morning to honor police and firefighters. >> it is a big deal. it will happen. they will not stop us! >> the church called for a meeting on monday night and they will ask for people that attend the church to volunteer to patrol the church until the cameras is replaced. >>> >>> thieves have ridden up on people and pulled a knife or a

a letter asking president barack obama to close the school permanently saying the pentagon's refusal to disclose the names of graduates in instructors shutting its doors would also save american taxpayers one hundred eighty million dollars over the next ten years most us people don't have a clue as to what's being done in their name and being done with their cats tax dollars under pressure the school was closed briefly in two thousand and six before the pentagon reopened it as the western hemisphere institute for security cooperation changing the name was like pouring perfume a toxic dump activists say closing the school would send the right signal to latin americans lost their respect closing the school i think would help them to be our neighbors and. if our enemies until then those hears they will continue to fight many of the activists i'm trial here in washington will put their bodies on the line yet again outside the gates of the school of the americas in fort benning georgia this november risking arrest once more to call attention to what they call the school of the assassins k

plotting an attack on the u.s. capitol and the pentagon. the 26-year-old grew up in a boston neighborhood where his anti-american leanings may have emerged as herly as high school. he refused to face the american flag and later on they suspected he burned a flag at school. >> he stood for the cause big time. i think he's al qaeda. wanted to try in afghanistan. >> federal agents say he bought a small aircraft, about like that one, and planned to buy others, fill them with explosives and then use a remote control to fly them into the capitol and the pentagon. but they caution he never had sole control of any explosives or weapons and the fbi was watching him very closely over the last year. >>> herman cane who is african-american says many black voters think the republican party is poisoned because they have been brain washed into not being open minded. gary nurenberg has this story. >> herman cane in 2012. >> reporter: after his surprise win in last week's federal poll, herman cane has seen his numbers grown. a third now behind mitt romney and rick perry. but can an african-american republ

part of the flag that flew over the pentagon on september 11th. and, you know, the spirit here, nobody here is talking about terrorists or war or anything. everybody here is talking about the day after september 11th when we saw so much unity and so much bravery by first responders. and that's really the spirit i think that what they want to do is reclaim that from history and be able to have that be as much a part of the story as terrorists or war or anything along those lines, anderson. >> jim, i appreciate that. one of the things we were talking about before is i do think on this day and in the years ahead it's not the names of terrorists that americans remember, nor necessarily are they important. they have disappeared in history and will. tights victims here whose names should be remembered and the names, obviously, of the victims etched in bronze here. there's been another memorial observance going on further uptown in new york. special correspondent at the firemen's memorial in new york. it's about seven miles north of the world trade center site. we'll take you there ne

the u.s. the pentagon and some of the big business says it's been a very successful war but in terms of peace truth and basic human why we got in survival and everything that's right in just in the world it couldn't be more wrong. keith allen snow will correspond photographer to pet investigate said joining us from williamsburg usa tonight is a lot more we could talk about with this from fred times out for the moment thanks to be on the program thanks so much take care. well as the u.s. prepares to withdraw its troops from afghanistan some already counting all the cash that will be saved but record unemployment in the states of the military industry being one of the last stable employers maybe more beneficial to keep those troops where they are what you think about that but discussions coming up in just a few minutes in fact also. the world's ice hockey community grieves the loss of the locomotive team with many international stars so white so all that wiped out of a plane crash in russia city of eurostar still coming out of course as you'd expect but on our website is one of our t.

airport, was hijacked 34 minutes later by five terrorists and slammed into one of the pentagon's five sides, killing 125 pentagon officials and visitors. a fourth airplane, united airlines flight 93, took off from newark airport and was seized by hijackers onboard who took control of the aircraft, forcing it no a u-turn to washington, d.c. before reaching targets in dc, presumably the white house or the capitol, the passengers of the ua flight confronted the hijackers and forced the plane to crash-land into a field in shanksville, pennsylvania, 65 miles southeast of pittsburgh in order to averted the horrors of a white house or u.s. capitol impact. there were 19 hijackers in the four planes, plus 226 plane passengers and crew. no one survived. and all four impact sites, the two twin towers, pentagon and shanksville, some 3,000 lives were lost, including the 19 hijackers. this september 11th, 2011, we have yet to experience another terrorist attack on u.s. soil. former journalist fbi agent, and u.s. intelligence official john miller points to the reason why no plots have been actualize

conflict or thinks it's about time the pentagon cut its cloth during his farewell address that fourth mayors and general petraeus touched upon several very significant things first the general cautioned against the american mistake after the vietnam war and to prevent holing a u.s. army he also cautioned to keep counting insurgency doctrine alive and if you call for maintaining the full spectrum operation capabilities for the united states forces the real gains are for the pentagon's into a twenty first century is not that divides that cuts might lead to a hollow army but the army itself is wrongly more and more irrelevant in vic conventional challenges at least for the united states for two reasons first due to the as symmetrical nature of the occurrences and all the horizon challenges and secondly that it is more exception then as a rule but really the american g. eyes beamed to most expensive soldiers in the world it is the united states has stood the it so last more than anything else regarding the pentagon cuts. twenty twenty five minutes past the hour now here in moscow i'll be

the pentagon to cut its cloth. during his farewell address that fourth mayors and general petraeus touched upon several very significant things first the general cautioned against repeating american mistake after vietnam war and to prevent hollowing the us army also cautioned to keep counting insurgency doctrine alive and he called for maintaining the full spectrum operation capabilities for the united states forces there real danger for the pentagon in the twenty first century is not that the budget cuts might lead to hollow the army but the army itself is growing more and more irrelevant and become invention of challenges at least for the united states for two reasons first due to the past symmetrical nature of their currency and over horizon challenges band secondly that it is more exception than as a rule but really the american g.i. z. being the most expensive soldier in the world it is the united states that has to be its last war than anything else regarding the pentagon cuts in just over a week america will mark a decade since suffering its worst terrorism on home soil nine

new job as chief and he's parting speech he's warned against deep cuts to the pentagon budget as over three hundred fifty billion dollars are to be slashed over the next ten years are these military contributors the problem is that the u.s. army is no longer fit for the ever changing challenges it's facing. during his farewell address the fourth mayor's general petraeus touched upon several very significant things first the general cautioned against repeating american mistake after vietnam war and can prevent hollowing u.s. army also cautioned to keep counting insurgency doctoring alive and he called for maintaining their full spectrum operation capabilities for the united states forces the real danger for the pentagon in the twenty first century is not that the budget cuts nightly to hollow the army but the army itself is growing more and more irrelevant in vic prevention of challenges at least for the united states for two reasons first due to the past symmetrical nature of the currency and all the horizon challenges and secondly that it is more exception then as a rule but really t

the people's names were read aloud who died ten years ago today. ceremonies at the pentagon as well. 184 people died when american airlines flight 77 flew into the side of the building. in shanksville, pennsylvania -- ♪ o beautiful for spacious skies ♪ >> there was also a ceremony at the site where united airlines flight 93 went down in a field. we go to chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. a long and emotional day for everyone, including the president. >> reporter: that's right, don. this is a day that started before dusk for the president and still hasn't ended. he gun at ground zero with former president george bush. the last time the two men spoke was the night osama bin laden was killed. today he got a look at the 9/11 memorial. we're told that he was impressed with it, that he said he felt it meets the moment and he was moved by the serenity of today, by the families and the gathering and the setting he saw there. the president in his only public remarks so far today read from psalm 46. we're told he chose that psalm because it speaks in his view to persevering

the pentagon. the 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 and wrote a book about it. ishadd mangi described as osama bin laden's worst n

184 people who died at the pentagon that day. former president george w. bush laid a memorial wreath there this morning. his defense secretary at the time, donald rumsfeld, and the current chairman of the joint chiefs of staff also in attendance. >>> and president barack obama spent part of this morning at arlington national cemetery, he and the first lady visited the section of the cemetery devoted mainly to u.s. military fatalities from the wars in afghanistan and iraq. >>> here's a sight you don't see too often in new york city. thousands of people participated in a human chain in lower manhattan. it began at 8:46 this morning. that's when the first plane hit the world trade center's north tower back in 2001 on 9/11. the theme of the event was unity. >>> and thousands gathered in new jersey's liberty state park to dedicate the empty sky memorial. 746 new jersey residents were killed in the 9/11 attacks. their names are all etched in a stainless steel memorial on the hudson river. at the dedication, governor chris christie said people should focus on their loved ones, not vengeance

history. jim miklaszewski our pentagon correspondent has the story from there this evening. jim, good evening. >> good evening, brian. this repeal of don't ask don't tell, which prohibited gays from openly serving in the u.s. military is nothing short of historic. it's estimated that as many as 65,000 gays and lesbians actively serve in the u.s. military, including on the battlefields of iraq and afghanistan. but today, for the first time ever, they no longer have to live a lie. at the pentagon, joint chiefs chairman mike mullen said for him, repeal of don't ask don't tell is all about integrity. >> it's fundamentally against everything we stand for as an institution, to force people to lie about who they are just to wear a uniform. >> reporter: in 1993, the new president bill clinton, wanted to lift the ban against gays in the military all together. but faced with stiff opposition from both congress and the pentagon, he was forced to accept don't ask don't tell. on capitol hill today, lawmakers say the repeal marks an end to 18 years of official discrimination and the beginning of a

do with model planes in this report from the pentagon. >> toy planes strapped with explosives flying at more than 100 miles an hour, their sights set on the pentagon and the u.s. capitol building. that's what federal officials say was the plan helped by 26- year-old rezwan ferdaus, the massachusetts man arrested in framing hal about 20 miles outside boston. this normally sleepy suburb swarming with federal agents, neighbors surprised by the arrest. >> i'm shocked. i'm just shocked. this is a nice suburban neighborhood in metro west. we don't of the crime like that here. >> federal officials say rezwan ferdaus was nabbed in a sting operation. undercover agents posing as al- qaeda operatives recorded conversations with the suspect where they say he explains his plans for the aerial attacks in washington. he was taken into custody after the undercover federal agents delivered materials he allegedly requested including grenades, six machine guns and what he believed was 24 pounds of c-4 explosive. federal officials were the public was never in danger from the explosives which it said wer

the commemoration there. >> ten years ago at 9:37 a.m., the pentagon was attacked. >> vice president joe biden helped lead the memorial service for victims of the attack on the pentagon. troops placed wreaths at the memorial there. 184 people were killed when the hijacked american airlines jetliner struck the building. ♪ for amber waves of grain >> in shanksville, pennsylvania, memorial service for the victims who died when united airlines flight 93 plunged to the ground there. they're believed to have prevented the hijackers from flying the plane into the u.s. capitol in washington. president barack obama laid a wreath at the ceremony to honor the 40 victims on that flight. >>> we have reporters covering all the angles of this day of remembrance. poppy harlow is in new york. barbara starr at the pentagon. david 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

few minutes, we will go to the pentagon. the president will be arriving there by helicopter. a third wreath-laying. then we will replay the pentagon ceremony, followed by a re-air of the ceremony at pennsylvania tonight, we have live coverage from the kennedy center. the united states will be part of that. all of that is archived at the c-span video library. if you'd like to watch that, this is all available for you as we archive today's coverage. we are going to take some calls. from the pentagon, the honor guard, awaiting the president's arrival, and your tweets at c- span. and our conversation this afternoon is how the events affected your life. phone numbers on the screen. 2026241115. outside of america -- we are going to begin with a viewer from kentucky. >> good afternoon. the united states of america. god bless us all. i am carol, from waynesborough, kentucky. my daughter just got ran over two years ago and iknow what they are feeling. my prayers go out to everyone who has lost their loved one. god is great and god is good. we will wipe this off and we will go on and we will a

ago. 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 washingt 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 timeles

overseas. >>> and former president george w. bush laying a memorial wreath at the pentagon this morning. looking on is former defense secretary donald rumsfeld and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, 184 people died at the pentagon in the 9/11 attacks. >>> and president obama spent part of this morning at arlington at national cemetery as you see right there. he and the first lady visited the section of the cemetery devoted mainly to u.s. military fatalities from the wars in afghanistan and iraq. >>> 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 fli

tower pool where his son's name is forever engraved. look at that. at the pentagon, the american flag was unfurlonged over the side of the building at dawn. it will stay there until sunset and? and in shanksville, pennsylvania, visitors embark in front of the wall of names near the crash site of united flight 93. today is a day to reflect and remember the victims of the attacks and to hear some of the stories that we have not heard until now. in just moments i will speak with sandra kay daniels, the teacher who was sitting next to then president bush when received word that the nation was under attack. also, the mother of flight 93 hero mark bingham who join us to talk about the newly unveiled memorial to the victims and heros onboard that flight in shanksville and we will show you some never before seen images from the search efforts below the ground zero rubble. these are unbelievable pictures. they are haunting images and scenes only scene by a few rescue workers until today. where we have seen so many emotion aol moments today as the nation pays tribute to those lost on 9/11. here

the morning with services in new york city, shanksville, and here at the pentagon. all of us remembering what happened on that morning of september 11. we want to hear from you. we will also share with you some interviews and reflections about what happened 10 years ago and how it impacted the nation 10 years later. first up is ron running is from miami. good morning on the democrats line. caller: thank you so much for c- span. my heart is so heavy for what has happened. it has been 10 years. we do have to go to the exact promise of what happens. as long as the palestinians suffer, there'll be more bin ladens. we have to stop -- all the -- solve the israeli-palestinian conflict peacefully. god bless america. host: thanks for the call. "the washington post." meanwhile, from the weekly standard -- paul wolfowitz writes -- next is andrew on our republican line from houston, texas, on this 10th anniversary of 9/11. go ahead. you are on the air. caller: i would like to make a comment concerning the 9/11 attacks. host: rich, laurel, maryland, good morning. caller: good morning, c-s

the one percent increase in the jobless rate in america if the pentagon cuts a trillion dollars will take effect if a super committee cannot a free on deficit cuts by november 23rd or if congress rejects the committee's plan. if that happens, the project would be cut a trillion dollars. the pentagon said that the private sector jobs would disappear with the government and military jobs. >>> we heard this morning that the democrats are putting pressure on the obama administration to stop their opposition of the at&t merger with t mobile. ful we will have a live report were from washington and why the democrats said that the merger would be a good idea. >>> more on a spike in more street crimes and robberies with gold jewelry and a victim that was just two. a woman was walking with her daughter and pushing a baby stroller near 47th about 10:00 yesterday morning. a man con front ted her and they took her necklace and stole her earrings an they grab $9 the child and took her jewelry. >>> another robbery happen nearby that same day. the price of gold rising has led to more robberies. >>>

. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. laura ink 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 buildings once stood. there are trees, grass, walkways and thos

fly a remote controlled airplane packed with explosives into the pentagon pented u.s. attorneys said that rezwan ferdaus was arrested by undercover agents posing as members of al qaeda. >> this was the same operation that has become increasingly common in what used to be called the war on terror. a group of fbi agents identified this man. he was someone who potentially had violent jihadists intent. undercover agents posing as al qaeda recruiters made contact with him and over the past year and a half, they tracked his progress in planning to attack u.s. pentagon building. the u.s. capitol building is a center of political life. it is alleged that the suspect had intended to do this using remote-controlled planes that would be guided been buying gps loaded with plastic explosives. he told them that he would be blowing up those targets. all of this ended in the past 24 hours when the suspect took delivery of weapons of what he thought were explosives and all of these remote control planes by investigators. at that point, they arrested him. >> there is more drama in the eurozone. what i

james crawford. >> but also at the pentagon, outside of washington, where the third plane hit. >> and my brother, captain charles frank burlingame the third, who fought with every last bit of strength he had to save passengers and crew. >> and in shanksville, pennsylvania, where the fourth highjacked plane crashed, after a passenger rebellion. >> todd m beamer, let's roll. >> the names are etched in bronze around the pools, based on their location on this kay ten years ago. >> finally, 9/11 families can see their loved ones named permanently enshrined, stencilling them on paper, leaving flowers behind. >> michael c tour you. >> names of victims who were friends or office mates are sometimes placed side by side, if their families requested it, the daughter of richard barry ross asked that he and her best friend stacey sanders be next to each other. >> ♪ so close your eyes. you can close your eyes, it's all right. >> nearly 3,000 children lost a parent on 9/11. >> dad, i wish you were here with me to give me advice. >> patricia smith was a toddler when she lost her mother, mora, a pol