Congress Responds
Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Brian Naylor about the
rush in Congress to respond to President Bush's request for money to cover
disaster relief for and funds for a military response.
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Donations
NPR's Robert Smith reports on the huge number of people
who are donating blood and giving money to charities involved in the
emergency response to this week's terrorist attacks.
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World Bank and IMF
It looks like the
World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will probably cancel their
annual meetings which were to be held in Washington this month, NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports.
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Gander, Newfoundland
Noah Adams talks with Mayor Claude Elliott of
Gander, Newfoundland, about the more than 6,000 people
stranded in the town. International flights headed for the United States were diverted
to Canada after Tuesday's terrorist attacks. Gander talks about how
residents have responded to the sudden growth in the town's population.
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Reacting to Terrorism
Commentator Jim Sleeper, who teaches political science at Yale University, remarks that this kind of terrorism requires the United States to learn to fight a new kind of war.
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Dealing With Distress
NPR's Christopher Joyce has been talking with mental health professionals about the distress and grief that emergency workers and the public in general may experience as a result of the tragedies in New York and Washington.
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What Should We Do?
We hear from some opinions from residents of Washington state, Wyoming, and California about whether the United States should retaliate for the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
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Broadway is Back
Broadway shows open up tonight for first time since the four terrorist-devised airplane crashes. Critic Bob Mondello says theater helps him understand reality, not escape from it.
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No Sports
NPR's Tom Goldman reports that the NFL along with NASCAR, college football, and major league football have decided to cancel this weekend's sporting events in the wake of Tuesdays' tragedy. It's the first time the NFL has cancelled games for other than labor related reasons. In 1963 the NFL was criticized for playing its full schedule the Sunday after President Kennedy was assassinated.
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Markets Stay Closed
NPR's Larry Abramson reports the nation's major stock exchanges will stay closed until at least Monday.
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Taking Action
Commentator Marion Winik says this week's events make her want to found some political action groups.
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What's Moving
NPR's Jackie Northam reports on what's moving around the country and what's not. The mail may be slow because planes have been grounded. The same for Federal Express. Amtrak is accepting airline tickets for rail travel. And Greyhound says no problem -- if too many people show up they roll out another bus.
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Air Quality
Environmental officials are testing the air, dust and rubble in the vicinity of the World Trade Center for evidence of toxic materials. As NPR's John Nielsen reports, the aim is to establish whether there are any long-term health threats.
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Air Travel
NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on airline passengers who were stranded when U.S. airspace closed this week. Some of them were allowed to resume their journeys today.
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TV Glimpses
Commentator Andrei Codrescu was in Romania as a boy when JFK was assassinated. He saw his first glimpses of America on TV that day. He remembers marveling at the tall buildings -- and how there could be country to raise such amazing structures. Now he lives here -- and wonders what his young cousin back in Romania must be thinking about America as he watches TV.
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Muslim Family Copes
Some of the anger felt by many Americans over the attacks has begun to find a target. Reports of violence against Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans are increasing. Incidents in Texas, Chicago, and California have been reported in the past 24 hours. Political leaders including president Bush have condemned the violence are calling for Arab and Islamic Americans to be treated with respect. NPR's Duncan Moon went to the home of one Muslim family to find out how they are coping.
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Islamabad
NPR's Michael Sullivan in Islamabad reports the Pakistani government has pledged full cooperation with the United States in the hunt for those responsible for the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Pakistan has close ties with the Taliban rulers of neighboring Afghanistan, who are harboring Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden. He is emerging as a key suspect in Tuesday's attacks.
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Finding Osama bin Laden
Noah Adams talks with retired Air Force Major General Perry Smith about what kind of operation it might take to find Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden is called a prime suspect in the terrorist attacks, and is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan.
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Bush
NPR's White House Correspondent Don Gonyea reports that President Bush this morning spoke to New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Gov. George Pataki, praising their handling of the disaster and vowing that those responsible would be called to account. Tomorrow, the president will travel to New York to survey the damage and salute the rescue workers at the site of the World Trade Center.
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Media Images
Linda talks with Marcy McGinnis, vice president of CBS, about why the network decided to show video images of people jumping from the World Trade Center. Many networks have chosen to keep those images off the air.
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Off the Air
At least 10 television and four FM radio stations lost transmitters when the World Trade Center was destroyed, and most have not yet returned to the air. Public radio station WNYC was forced to evacuate its studios, which are near the disaster site. Public TV WNET lost its broadcast engineer, who was at the transmitter trying to keep the station on the air when the building collapsed. Channel 13 has since donated the phone banks it uses during pledge drives to city volunteers fielding calls. The devastation has also disrupted phone and Internet services. NPR's Rick Karr reports.
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NYC Barriers
Host Robert Siegel in New York City remarks on the division of Manhattan as a result of the emergency operations on the lower part of the island. It's more difficult to get from place to place.
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NY Update
Noah Adams talks with WNYC reporter Carrie Nolan about the latest news from lower Manhattan, where the World Trade Center collapsed following terrorist attacks Tuesday.
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The Investigation
NPR's Mike Shuster reports that investigators are learning the scope of the operation that backed the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington is unprecedented. The FBI says 18 people were involved in hijacking the four planes, and there were at least 30 people involved on the ground.
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Grief Center
NPR's Chris Arnold reports in New York there is still some sense of hope that some people could be found alive in the rubble. But there's also a growing sense of grief.
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Schools
In Washington, D.C., and its suburban schools were back in session. And most of New York City's 1.1 million public school students returned to classes, though several schools located near the World Trade Center remained closed. Barbara Mantel reports on one New York City public school, where educators began helping students grapple with the tragedy.
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Flight Training
Robert Siegel talks with Jonathan Proctor, editor in chief of Airliners about what it takes to learn how to fly a commercial jet. Proctor says it's not difficult to get training. Federal authorities believe at least one hijacker on each of the four planes that crashed on Tuesday had been trained in the United States to fly commercial planes.
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Plane Logistics
Noah Adams interviews Darryl Jenkins, Professor of Airline Management at George Washington University. He is also executive director of the Aviation Institute. They discuss the logistics of getting airplanes into position so airlines can resume their scheduled flights.
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Some Airports Reopen
A very few airports reopened around the United States today, with tighter security measures. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates security at the nation's airports but airlines and airport owners have relied on employees of private contractors to do most of the jobs involved with airport security. NPR's Emily Harris reports the attacks this week have many wondering if this system is working.
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Germany Arrest
NPR's Guy Raz reports from Germany that police in Hamburg have made an arrest in connection with the terror attacks in the United States. The authorities did not reveal the name of the detainee, but said he was of Moroccan origin. German officials also announced that three of the suspected hijackers in the United States apparently lived in Hamburg. Germany's chief federal prosecutor says terrorists based in the city were plotting with other extremist groups to stage attacks against the United States.
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The Investigation
Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Barbara Bradley about the continuing investigation of the terrorist attacks this week. They discuss the importance of finding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the planes that crashed. They also discuss what's been released by the FBI on the investigation.
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Pentagon Shift
NPR's National Security correspondent Tom Gjelten reports that Pentagon officials in the last 48 hours have shifted from the language of responding to terrorism, to the language of waging war. The message was unmistakable in a briefing today by the Deputy Secretary of Defense, who spoke of "ending states that sponsored terrorism."
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Fragile Buildings
NPR's Tovia Smith talks about the status of the buildings that ring the site of the World Trade Center. Two are in precarious condition. Engineers are surveying others for damage, caused by falling debris, fire and shaken ground. Smith says the damaged buildings are the most urgent issue to resolve, as the southern tip of Manhattan struggles to get back to business.
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New York City News
Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Melissa Block about the latest in the emergency operation at the site of the World Trade Center. Thousands of people are still missing. Two firefighters were lost early today, but found later in a pocket.
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Morning Edition
Heroic Efforts
NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to NPR's John Ydstie about the heroism of the passengers aboard the airliner that crashed in rural
Pennsylvania. And, an essay by Alex Chadwick.
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Past Disasters
Bob Edwards examines the death tolls from other disasters.
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Army Reservist
Major Phil Margetta-Cacace wonders how many friends
he's lost in the disaster.
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Kaste Report
Martin Kaste reports
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Bush Speech Excerpt
Bob Edwards replays a clip from Bush.
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Death Count Climbs
Allison Aubrey on the rise in missing and confirmed dead.
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Bush Speech Recap
Don Gonyea reviews Bush's speech.
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Bush Speech
An excerpt from Bush's morning speech from the White House.
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Report from New York
Melissa Block near the disaster scene in New York.
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Guiliani Remarks
Bob Edwards recaps the New York City Mayor Rudolph Guiliani's remarks.
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Presidential Conference Call
President Bush speaks by phone with New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and New York Gov. George Pataki.
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Vigils
NPR's Scott Simon reports on at the vigils that took
place around the nation.
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Transportation News Conference Recap
Brian Naylor recaps Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta's news conference on plans to reopen U.S. airports.
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Transportation News Conference
Excerpts from Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta's news conference.
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Death Toll
Bob Edwards remembers more of the victims.
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Volunteer Train
NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Red Cross CEO Bernadine Healy; a train filled with supplies and
American Red Cross workers leaves Washington for New York.
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World Reaction
NPR's Julie McCarthy examines world reaction to the attacks.
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Report from New York
An interview with reporter Jim Zarroli.
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Word from the Mayor
An update from New York City Mayor Rudolph Guiliani.
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New York Reaction
Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Melissa Block.
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Investigation
Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Mike Shuster
about what President Bush has been saying.
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Death Toll
Bob Edwards remembers some of the dead.
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Firefighter
NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with one of the heroes of
the tragedy, Gerald Massone, a retired firefighter who is assisting
in the search and rescue effort.
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Next Steps
NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Lee Hamilton, former
chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Hamilton is director of the Woodrow Wilson
International Center.
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Rescue Workers
NPR's Eric Westervelt visits what rescue workers in New York are
calling "the pile" -- the twisted rubble of the World Trade Center.
Firefighters have pulled out a few survivors, and are bringing the dead to a
makeshift morgue set up in a Brooks Brothers storefront.
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New York Schools
Many schools in New York City remained closed Wednesday. Reporter Barbara Mantel has the story.
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Death Toll
Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Allison Aubrey about the process of figuring out
just how many people were killed in the attacks.
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Pentagon
Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Tom Gjelten about
the latest news from the Pentagon.
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New York Scene
Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Jackie Lyden and
Melissa Block, who have both been at the scene of the World Trade Center.
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Transportation
NPR's Martin Kaste reports on the
latest on getting around the country.
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Vigils
NPR's Scott Simon looks at the vigils that took place around the nation.
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Pakistan
Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Michael Sullivan about the situation in Pakistan, one of the few countries that recognizes the Taliban regime in neighboring Afghanistan. The Taliban is harboring Osama bin Laden.
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EU Foreign Ministers
European foreign ministers meet to discuss the attack. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.
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Counseling
NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on the counseling being provided to people in New York City.
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Pentagon
Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Peter Kenyon about the continuing rescue and cleanup effort at the Pentagon.
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Bush Response
Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Don Gonyea about the president's response to the attack and its aftermath.
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Investigation
NPR's Joe Palca talks with Alex Chadwick about the latest developments in the investigation.
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Report from New York
NPR's Jackie Lyden was at the scene as rescue workers tried to find victims.
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Terrorism Conference
NPR's David Welna reports on a student forum at George Washington University that focused on national security policy.
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First Flight
The FAA is allowing flights diverted to Canada to continue on to their final destinations. Bill Zeeble of member station KERA spoke with some formerly stranded travelers as they returned to Dallas.
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Rescue Workers
NPR's Eric Westervelt visits what rescue workers in New York are calling "the pile" -- the twisted rubble of the World Trade Center. Firefighters have pulled out a few survivors, and are bringing the dead to a makeshift morgue set up in a Brooks Brothers storefront.
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Port Authority
NPR's Chris Arnold checks in with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is responsible for Manhattan's transit systems. The Port Authority's headquarters were located in the World Trade Center, and about 150 of its workers are missing.
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Moscow Reaction
NPR's Moscow correspondent Lawrence Sheets reports on the reaction there.
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Casualties
Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Jon Hamilton on the rising toll of dead and injured.
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Military Reaction
Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Tom Gjelten about the possible mobilization of military forces in response to the terrorist assault.
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New York Victims
NPR's Tovia Smith reports from New York City on some of the people whose family members have not been recovered from the rubble of the World Trade Center. They're checking hospitals and morgues, in hopes of finding out for sure whether their loved ones survived the terrorist attack on Tuesday.
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Disaster Recap
NPR's Martin Kaste describes the events that have taken place since Tuesday's terrorist attacks.
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