Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Minneapolis-St. Paul: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.

(White House: Terry Moran) Questions about what the White House knews about a potential terrorist attack before September 11 examined; details given about the August 6 memo that said Al Qaeda could attempt hijackings in the US and of FBI warnings about suspicious Arabs taking flight lessons in the US. [White House press secretary Ari FLEISCHER - says President Bush did not receive information about the use of airplanes as suicide missiles.] [National security adviser Condoleezza RICE - says there was a clear concern something was coming, but the information was generalized.] The question as to why it has taken so long for information about what the president knew to come out noted.

(Minneapolis-St. Paul: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.

(Capitol Hill: Linda Douglass) The Democrats' questioning of Bush's handling of September 11 examined. [Representative Richard GEPHARDT - says we have to find out what the White House knew, when it knew it and what was done.] [Senate majority leader Tom DASCHLE - raises questions.] [Senators Carl LEVIN, Richard SHELBY - offer differing opinions on whether the Senate Intelligence Committee knew about references to possible hijackings.]

(Minneapolis-St. Paul: Peter Jennings) The coming final cleanup at Ground Zero in New York City noted; scenes shown.