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CNN Transcripts for September 11, 2021

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CNN Newsroom
• America Remembers The Lives Lost In The September 11th Attacks; Nation Honors The Fallen And Heroes Of September 11th; Soon: Biden Attends Memorial In Shanksville, Pennsylvania; Bush Laments Nations Division, Calls For Unity Of 2001; Alan Jackson Reflects On Timeless Song He Wrote After 9/11. Aired 12-1p ET
• Americans Mark Solemn Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks; Pentagon Chief: Whatever Comes, America Will Always Lead; Former President Bush: "It Is Our Continuing Duty" To Confront Extremists At Home As Much As Abroad; Widow Remembers Husband Who Fought Hijackers On Flight 93; Taliban Back In Control Of Afghanistan After U.S. Exit; January 6 Riot Defendants Plead Guilty, Including Man Who Threatened Pelosi. Aired 1-2p ET
• The Terrorist Attacks On September 11th, 2001, At World Trade Center Towers In New York and Pentagon Remembered On 20th Anniversary; Former President George W. Bush Delivers Remarks At Memorial For Terrorist Attacks On 9/11; Florida Appeals Court Overturns Ruling Allowing Governor Ron DeSantis' Ban On Mask Mandates To Stand; Biden Administration To Issue Rule Requiring Large Businesses To Mandate Worker COVID Testing Unless Employees Get Vaccine. Aired 2-3p ET
• Nation Honors The Fallen And Heroes Of September 11th; Interview With Leon Panetta About 9/11 Attacks; How Baseball Helped The Nation Recover After September 11; How The War On Terror Has Changed Since 9/11; U.S. Capitol To Reinstall Fence As D.C. Braces For Far-Right Rally; E-mail Shows Law Enforcement Prepared For Violence, "Mass Casualty Event" Ahead Of January 6 Riot. Aired 3-4p ET
• Biden Visits National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial Site; U.S. Marks First 9/11 Anniversary Without Troops In Afghanistan; Ann Compton, Former White House Correspondent, ABC News, Discusses 9/11; Widow Discusses Husband Who Died In World Trade Towers On 9/11 & Quest For Documents On Attack. Aired 4-5p ET
• Nation Honors The Fallen And Heroes Of September 11th; Advocating For Dead, Dying Ground Zero Responders; How The Sports World Helped America Heal After 9/11; Bush Calls Out Domestic Terrorists During 9/11 Ceremony; How The Global War On Terror Has Changed Since 9/11; Biden Visits New York City, Shanksville, The Pentagon For 9/11 Memorial Ceremonies; Man Walks To Honor 9/11 Firefighter Brother. Aired 5-6p ET
• Somber Memorials Held At Ground Zero, Pentagon And Shanksville; Survivors Recount Memories From Ground Zero; Interview With Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL); Man Who Threatened To Shoot Speaker Pelosi Pleads Guilty; How The Sports World Helped America Heal After 9/11. Aired 6-7p ET
• Americans Pause to Remember the Victims of 9/11; Uncertain Future in Afghanistan as Taliban Assume Control; WHO Forecasts 25 Percent Fewer Vaccine Doses for COVAX. Aired 12-12:15a ET
• Americans Pause to Remember the Victims of 9/11; Global Impact of the 9/11 Attacks Still Being Felt; Uncertain Future in Afghanistan as Taliban Assume Control; "Health Pass" and Delta Variant Convince Many French; Highlights of the U.S. Open. Aired 2-2:45a ET
• Americans Pause to Remember the Victims of 9/11; Global Impact of the 9/11 Attacks Still Being Felt; Israel to Publish Data on Booster Shots; Supertyphoon Chanthu Aims for Taiwan; All Teen Women's Final at U.S. Open. Aired 3-3:30a ET
• Americans Pause to Remember the Victims of 9/11; Second Charter Flight Evacuating 150+ Foreign Nationals from Afghanistan; Biden to GOP on Vaccine Mandate: "Have at It"; "Health Pass" and Delta Variant Convince Many French; California Governor Faces Recall Election; Highlights of the U.S. Open; Supertyphoon Chanthu Aims for Taiwan; Women Who Served at Ground Zero; Looking Back at U.S. War on Terror. Aired 4-5a ET
• Americans Pause to Remember the Victims of 9/11; Global Impact of the 9/11 Attacks Still Being Felt; Biden to GOP on Vaccine Mandate: "Have at It"; Education Department Opens Mask Mandate Investigation in Florida; Queen Elizabeth's Message to the U.S.; Pilots Push for More Cockpit Security; U.S. Capitol Police Prepare for Potential Violence on September 18th; California Governor Faces Recall Election; All Teen Women's Final at U.S. Open. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN Special Reports
• Front Row to History: The 9/11 Classroom. Aired 7-8p ET
• Front Row to History: The 9/11 Classroom. Aired 11p-12a ET
• "Shine A Light". Aired 8-9p ET


New Day Saturday
• Towers of Light Shine Tribute to Those Killed on 9/11; President Biden Calls for Unity as U.S. Remembers 9/11 Attacks; New CNN Polling Shows Biden's Approval Rating At 52 Percent; Ticket Agent Who Checked in Terrorists Reflects on 9/11. Aired 6-7a ET
• Towers Of Light Shine In Tribute To Those Killed On 9/11; America Remembers The Lives Lost In The September 11 Attacks; Kentucky Extends State Of Emergency Due To COVID-19 Surge; New Podcast Reveals Never Before Heard 911 Calls; 911 Dispatcher Reflects On Desperate Calls On September 11th; A Brother's Tribute Honoring A Fallen Firefighter Step By Step. Aired 7-8a ET


CNN Live Event/Special
• Shine A Light: A 9/11 20th Anniversary Tribute Special. Aired 8-9p ET
• Moment of Silence for When Flight 175 Struck South Tower; Bidens, Obamas, Clintons Attend 9/11 Memorial in New York; Pentagon Leaders Honor Fallen of September 11th; Condoleezza Rice: We are More Secure Than We Were on 9/11; Aired 9-10a ET
• The Terrorist Attacks on September 11th, 2001, at World Trade Center Towers in New York Remembered on 20th Anniversary; President Biden's Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan Leaves Taliban in Charge of Trying to Create New Government in Afghanistan; Former President George W. Bush Gives Speech at Memorial for Terrorist Attacks on September 11th, 2001. Aired 10-11a ET
• VP Kamala Harris Marks 20th Anniversary Of 9/11 In Shanksville, PA; Interview With U.S. Secretary Of Defense Gen. Lloyd Austin; Interview With Robert De Niro; Soon: POTUS And First Lady To Pay Tribute To Flight 93. Aired 11a-12p ET