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Hello, everyone. Welcome to American Sunrise Early Edition, a very special and somber edition of American Sunrise early edition. I'm Jake Novak, live from ground zero at the corner of Greenwich and Cedar streets here in Lower Manhattan, where, of course, 24 years ago today, the worst attack on the United States homeland took place. Thousands were killed. And as I stand here, there are members of the NYPD and FDNY who are gathering, some with framed pictures of their loved ones, some of their family members as well, coming to remember this day. But of course, also on this day, we must pause and give you the latest on what is a political tragedy unfolding and a cultural tragedy unfolding in our country right now. That, of course, was the assassination of Charlie Kirk yesterday. Of course, it happened on a college campus in Utah. The assassin shot Charlie from hundreds of yards away, and he is still at large right now. I'd like to pause for a moment right now and remember the life of an incredible young man, part of our team here at Real America's Voice, Charlie Kirk. Everybody needs to pray for Charlie Kirk right now. He is a voice of reason out there that has been gunned down for daring to be an American, to tell the truth, to believe in free speech and to believe in this country. Charlie loves his family dearly. He loves his country dearly. Please pray for the Kirk family. This is a really devastating thing that happened. We must all pray for Charlie Kirk who has.
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A great guy from top to bottom, God bless him.
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He believed strongly that we could solve.
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He was shot for speaking his mind. He was shot for defending the Constitution.
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We cannot let all the great things that Charlie Kirk did be wasted because of some act of violence.
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He didn't hate people. He didn't even hate liberals.
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He just hated intolerance.
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It is a painful irony that he may have died at the hands of some intolerant person.
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He was fighting not just for his.
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Charlie Kirk is a casualty of the political war going on in this country. He was gunned down in cold blood. Gunned down in cold blood.
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About this back here on Ground Zero. I'm here with David Zier, and also joining us is Matt Tardy, a former law enforcement officer and former Green Beret and podcaster. Right now, David, I can't believe that even as we stand here on the 24th anniversary of September 11, we have to stop for a second before we even talk about what happened that day and commemorating it. We have to stop talk about what's going on right now. We are in the midst of a politically violent moment here in America. I know you had a lot of interactions with Charlie Kirk over the years. I just wanted to get your quick thoughts. I'll go to Matt as well. But first, David.
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Yeah. Very sad day in American history. It's a big loss for our nation. And I interacted with Charlie over the years, going to Turning Point. Host co HOSTING TPUSA Faith never preached violence, always wanted to talk it out. And I spoke to Charlie about, you know, when I was in high school, I used to go to college campuses and debate the lefties on campus and stuff. And you know, what he achieved, though, Growing that organization was just one of the most incredible things in American history. You know, going up to like 1300 campuses in just the first few years when conservatives had no voice. Right. They had nowhere to go. And now it's in many thousands on every campus across America. So the country will miss him. But I think he built up an organization that will not only survive, but flourish. And whoever did this martyred Charlie Kirk, and I hope people carry his flame.
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Yeah, that's as we look back and as we look ahead. But let's talk about right now, Matt Tardeo. This is an active investigation. You are a former law enforcement officer. You also are pretty very, very well versed on terrorism. As well. Can you tell the audience some of your thoughts, not only about where this investigation is and some of the thoughts you might have about it, but maybe any other thoughts you have about what this generally says about our security situation here in the country right now? Matt.
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Tell you, you know, it's not often that I am kind of at a loss of words. Right. And instead of commenting on a security situation currently inside of our country, rather comment on Charlie. To be honest with you, the man. The man was a solid Christian, and he was a great example for everybody here inside of this country. And he did nothing but speak his own truth and the truth that, like, the US had actually had. And I personally believe that God is in control and that everything is happening for a reason. I know there's a lot of people that are hurting inside of this country right now. There's a lot of different ways that we could take this. And we could point out. We can point out a particular group. We could say that, you know, X, Y and Z is to blame when it comes down to all of this. But I think I'd be doing Charlie disservice. I mean, like I said, the man was a solid Christian. I think that God is in control of the situation. And I would just hope that one thing is. Is true here, is that he. He didn't die for not. And when I see the amount of love that's being poured out online, all the people that I normally see online that are. Are commenting and saying that, you know, normally they would be going against Charlie and be screaming against them. They're actually coming out and telling everybody to calm down and stop using this in some sort of a political way. And the people that do go in and make, like, horrendous comments, they're actually getting corrected really quick. And what I think is actually happening here with this is, is that America is waking up. That this. That this madness that Charlie often spoke about with like, you know, like, radical people that are out there in this country and around the world, when those people are going in and actually making comments, they're actually getting snuffed out by their own. It's almost like this is starting a movement that's allowing, like, that the people are literally eating their own. You know, when it goes down to this, that you're no longer allowed to be radical, particularly when it comes to this death.
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Yeah, I Appreciate that sentiment, Matt. You know, here at Ground Zero, it's interesting. You talk about really celebrating the life of Charlie Hook, his legacy. A lot of what we're going to do Today here at 911 is something that Charlie Kirk was all about. You know, we're standing here among people who clearly are the relatives of maybe the children of victims of 9 11. I just saw someone walk by with his old battle fatigues, a veteran, family members and things like that. I'm not trying to merge the two days of mourning that we're having right now, but I do want to say that the sentiment here is something that I think Charlie Kirk, I know, appreciated and would appreciate today. And I mean, this is probably the most peaceful and safe place in the world right now with all the police here and the sentiment here, David. I mean, this is what we're feeling.
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Here right now, Jake. And terror threats still loom down here. Jessica Tisch, the New York City Police Commissioner issued warnings for our east side bridge and tunnel crossings. There's very heavy security down here. But this today we have Engine 10 behind us where three firefighters were lost in the collapse of the towers and Ladder 4 down a row where all 15 guys on duty came and perished. But this is about resilience, right? This is about the brothers, the fathers, the sons, the wives that were lost to come and remember them. But New York unified after 9 11, and it is similar to Charlie Kirk because I think the country will unify, even the left, you know, outside of the radicals, you know, because it was a terror attack yesterday, right? And these people are extraordinary. The firefighters, over a thousand firefighters have died so far. NYPD and Port Authority combined, more about 400 firefighters died after 9 11. And now you have 70,000 people that are sick and, you know, 24,000 plus with cancer illnesses keep showing up. But we can get into that later. But, you know, this is about coming together for New York to remember and to move forward.
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One of the people who was charged with the duty of making sure that those who are responsible for 911 is with us and Matt Tardeo. Matt, let's talk a little bit about 911 here. Obviously, your sentiments about Charlie are very well taken and understood. And we have so much of the same respect and mourning today for the victims of 911 and remembering them. But it wasn't just cops and firefighters. Of course, we ended up getting involved in a global war on terror. And we can talk about the pros and cons about the strategy of that another time. But what we can also talk about Is your brothers and sisters in arms, those who went and fought trying to right this wrong. Tell us a little bit about that and how you're feeling about that today, Matt.
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Didn't expect that one. Yeah. You know, 20 years, man, that's a long time. And we spent a long time over there and we did, we lost quite a few people. And I will tell you that every single one of them that, that I was with knew exactly what they were doing and why they were doing it and the enemies that we were up against and even their families. And it's, it's sad to me to, to, to know that weight that, that's on those families minds today. And then to see the flags of our enemies actually being flown inside of this country these days and to be gone for so long and doing so much for this like to, and these guys who have given so much, you know, and gals to turn around and see little terrorist flags flying in our own country. I, I couldn't be more disgusted these days. We went, we, we went from having one of the, one of the biggest catalysts that was able to bring America together and having American flags flown just everywhere in this country to now we're having flags of our enemies flown in our country. And it makes me wonder what is going on with people those, those. And I don't mean to take away from it, but I know they're rolling in their dang graves too. It upsets me, to be perfectly honest with you. It upsets me.
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Yeah. And it should, yeah. And it should upset us. And one of the things though that I think is interesting is that, you know, as I'm looking at some of these family members and other people who were here on the original 911 on 2001, it's clear to me that a lot of them don't live in New York anymore. For those who are wondering how New York has gotten to that place where we are seeing terrorist flags being flown in the streets, I would estimate, David, maybe 30, 40% of this population wasn't here on 9 11, 2001. And I wonder if that's a factor.
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I bet if you asked 99% of the people around here outside of the FDNY and emergency services and first responders, they wouldn't know the 40 year history of terror. The Al Farouq mosque in Brooklyn, the Sahadi Spice market, recruiting Mujahideen, building al Qaeda for 35 years in New York City and the long litany of terrorist attacks. You know, but this impacted everybody on long island. We lost 4, 500 people almost. Right. And, you know, these were, these were brothers. And when you realize the, the impact of what happened here, it affected everybody's life. So while you're watching the terrorists, you were in the city watching the towers come down. I was on Long island watching it on tv, but I didn't know my friend Pete Brennan in Rescue 4 was on his way up to the 74th floor, last seen, and the buildings came down on him. And then the whole litany of friends and family, people we lost, everyone in my family affected, losing fiances, brothers, cousins, sons. And it just kept going on for years and years. And now we have a situation where almost 1300, I think people still have not been identified 24 years later. And then to see the Palestinian flags. And I just wanted to add Mamdani's under fire. Deborah Messing, liberal actress, is saying she won't vote for Mamdani or support him because he celebrated 9 11. Hasan Piker, an influencer attached to his campaign, in a nutshell, was basically saying we deserved 9 11. And it gets worse than that, you know, also Mamdani in 2015 tweeted, which resurfaced from 2015, criticizing the FBI for surveilling al Awalaqi, who was building al Qaeda in the United States, who we droned in Yemen. So this is, you know, very serious situation with this election so close.
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Yeah. Well, this is a special day here. Unreal. America's Voice on American Sunrise. Early edition. Again, we are live from ground zero and also, of course, spending our time letting you know the latest in the investigation and the Charlie Kirk assassination and remembering his legacy. We'll be right back. We're going to talk to Emily Finn about that, about the younger generation as well, that Charlie Kirk so impacted. We'll be right back.
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Tragedy, America's spirit still stands. This is American Sunrise. America's still mourns. Welcome back to American Sunrise early edition. We're live from ground zero today, of course, on this anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The 24th anniversary of that very fateful day and also a mournful day in its own right today as we mourn and remember Charlie Kirk and also try to honor his legacy and give you the latest on the continuing manhunt for his quite cowardly assassin. I'm joined now by David Zier and we were going to talk, I wanted to talk a little bit about another aspect of the attacks. You know, we have a lot of people that were even working on the program this morning who were three weeks old, one week old, not even born yet when these attacks began. And that's why it's so important for children to be learning about 911 at appropriate times, in appropriate places in schools. And I have two daughters who were not born in 2001. You have children as well, and grandchildren. You've been telling me that they're not teaching 9 11. You've heard they're not teaching 911 in some of the school systems anymore.
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Yeah, there are reports in the New York Post this week it was kind of like an op ed about how these kids are not learning the proper history of 9 11. You know, there's a lot of revisionism out there and there is really is not an understanding nation wide that these buildings came down due to Islamic terror, that we didn't do it. And it was just such a tragic thing. But you have to remember too, like going back to the mayor's race here, right, we have like 85% of Long Island City in Astoria. These Gen Z millennial headquarters throughout, you know, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, they went, came out 80% from Mamdani. They, they don't know his radical side. Right now he's kind of backtracking this week and he's saying, oh well, I really cared about 9 11. But his focus was on how Muslims were persecuted after 911 instead of like leaving that on the sideline, you know, and just honoring the victims and the people who died here. So I think that people all too much have forgotten or never really knew the real story here, Especially the younger generation.
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Yeah, I mean if there's anything that I feel guilty about, I think a lot of us feel guilty about. Have we told our children enough? Have we taught them enough about what happened here? Have we told them our stories? I mean, you mentioned you were on Long Island. I was working, producing a morning news program. We had just finished, we wrapped off the air at 8am and I saw with my own eyes because my desk had a window that faced the twin Towers, both of the planes go in. And of course things changed tremendously then. But what we learned afterwards, there was nothing surprising to me because of course this had been an area of expertise for me for a long time. Middle east terrorism, Middle east origin terrorism and things like that. But it's important to remember if you have a young child, a grandchild right now, to let them know that America didn't do this. This is not something that it deserved. This wasn't a part of an act of war. Terrorism targets defenseless civilians. The people who are on that, that footprint of that building. You know, now it's the Freedom Tower. Were just going into work. There were maintenance workers. There were people who were just sitting at their desks and they need to remember that. All right, we're going to talk a lot more about everything that happened in the days after 9 11, including what happened on Wall street and in the businesses of America when we come back. This is a very special edition of American Sunrise, early edition as we remember 911 and we remember Charlie Kirk. We'll be right back. America still mourns and together we still remember. Stay with us. There's more American Sunrise after this.
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From the ashes of tragedy, America's spirit still stands. This is American Sunrise. America still mourns. Welcome back to American Sunrise EARLY edition. We are live today from ground zero on the the corner of Greenwich and Cedar streets, just steps away from where the original Twin Towers stood and steps away from where the Freedom Tower stands now. And it's important to remember that it was the World Trade center that was the target of those terrorists on that day. This was an attack not only on New York City and of course the civilians here, but an attack on our financial markets. So I want to take a look a little bit about how give you a little bit look about how the markets are going to open today. And I promise you I'm not being crass or materialistic by doing this because I want everyone to take a look at something and whether you're invested or not, take a look at those numbers this morning to understand how that attack failed. The markets are far from dead and our economy in this country is far from dead. We've had our ups and downs since 9, 11, but their attempt to try to stop our stock market, stop our traders and things like that failed miserably. And you might remember that it was about six, it was exactly six days after the attacks that the markets were able to reopen. They closed way down that day, but they came back after that. And the attack on our markets ended up being a total failure. And in fact, by the end of the year, the markets were up again. Not being materialistic here in any way. I'm just trying to talk about how you can't have any freedom without economic freedom. And they were attacking our economic freedom as well. DAVID zier. And that failed. It failed.
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It did. And everyone has to remember that Howard Lutnick, who was the owner of Canterbury Fitzgerald, right, CEO, they had 960 employees on the upper floors of Building 2 when the plane slammed into the building. The first plane hit and658 of his employees perished. I caught up with Howard Lutnick about eight years ago at his home at a fundraiser and he was still just so devastated. It was 15 years later. So the financial industry, an acquaintance of mine, Mike McCarthy died in Car Futures, and my sister lost 81 clients in the Trade Center. So, you know, it's. It just touched everybody's life. Not even six degrees of separation, sometimes one, two, or three.
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And I should mention the reason why Howard Lutna survived. He was dropping his child off at kindergarten that day. He felt very guilty, and that's why he wasn't there. Now, usually at this point in the program is when we have our Movement Moving America segment, and sometimes it's just a fun segment. I talk about the auto industry, but believe it or not, the auto industry is important to talk about on this day as well, because Detroit, the big Detroit Automakers responded to 911 with a very, very aggressive incentive plan to get people to buy cars. They knew that that would be important to keep our industry moving in America, to get people buying cars and trucks and not sitting at home and just hiding and being worried about things, because it isn't just about buying something. Again, you buy a car, a truck, and by definition, you're moving around. That's a big part of a society and a culture. People not just hiding in their homes. You can go to some very heavily populated parts of the world where people don't go out because they're afraid or they don't have any kind of security. And that is something that you notice. And so By December of 2020 of 2001, you couldn't help but notice the massive number of new cars and trucks that were on the road. Again, it was a clear movement by the Detroit automakers, gm, Ford, and at the time, Daimler Chrysler, it was called. Absolutely motivated and mobilized to try to keep this economy going. So shout out to those people. I know they're not always the greatest. We understand that the auto industry has had its ups and downs. We had to bail them out, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. But credit where credit is due, they stood up for this country at that time. Got a lot and got the country moving very, very literally. David?
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Yeah, I would just add there was a lot of Patriot buying going on. I bought Lockheed stock after that. And people made money, and they made money back. And, you know, it was real unifying time. You know, I gave blood after 9 11, you know, the lines, Remember the lines, Giving blood nationwide, wrapped around the buildings. Here in New York, people again came together, but economically, too.
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Yeah. And that's where I want to bring in Charlie Kirk, because again, Charlie Kirk understood economic freedom. I mean, he would want everyone to understand, even in the. In light of the tragedy that we saw on 2001 and certainly the tragedy that occurred, him being really cowardly murdered by a cowardly murderer yesterday. He would want people and our commerce and our lives to continue in this country because otherwise they win. We have to keep moving forward in this country. We do it respectfully. We do things like this where we pause and we take a time out. There will be a moment of silence on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange today, as there is every morning on September 11th since the attack. So we have to remember all of that and remember that again. It's about making sure that we continue to do our work as Americans to continue to live our lives and not be afraid. I'm sure that that's what Charlie would say if he were here today. We will continue here on AMERICAN sunrise, EARLY edition. Again, we're live from Ground zero, the two major stories of the day, not only the anniversary of the horrific attacks of September 11, but also we're getting you the latest and talking about the life of Charlie Kirk. Thanks for joining us. We'll be right back. America still mourns and together we still remember. Stay with us. There's more American Sunrise after this.
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Radio public recruitment a brave and untiring voice for real political discourse in America has been murdered. A cowardly but clearly skilled assassin shot Charlie Kirk in cold blood yesterday just from hundreds of yards away. The search for that assassin is still ongoing. And while we are enduring this moment of domestic terrorism in America, it is also September 11, a day when we remember the worst ever attack by far foreign enemies in this country. We are live this morning from ground zero. American Sunrise EARLY EDITION continues. Now today on American Sunrise, we pause to remember the day that changed us forever. September 11, 2001. 24 years later, America still mourns and America still remembers. Join us as we honor the lives lost, the heroes who rose and the nation that came together in the face of tragedy. I can hear you.
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Again. Welcome back to American Sunrise Early Edition. I'm Jake Novak live at Ground zero with real America's Voice. David Zier with me here. Also joining us is Leah Liebovitz. He's the editor at large at Tablet magazine. Leah, I want to ask you first, as we again Pause Today on September 11, we already had a mournful day penciled in on the calendar, but now we are waking up to the shock of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Like to get your impressions of him I know that you knew his work quite well. Tell us your feelings about this. Honestly, this is the day when people can really show their feelings on this program, if any.
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You know, it's tough to add to an already impressive kind of wall to wall choir of, of sadness and outrage. But I think there's an eerie parallel between the fact that we're celebrating, we're commemorating 911 today, and that Charlie's assassination happened just the day before. Because both 9 11, 2001 and 9 10, 2025, I think will go down in American history as supremely clarifying moments of attack on everything that we are and everything that we believe in. Because Charlie Kirk wasn't just, as some in the liberal media would have you believe, a conservative firebrand or a mega influencer, as he was disgustingly called by the New York Times. He was a person who believed very, very truly, more than anyone I know, in this hallowed principle of the ability of free speech and debate to actually change minds. This is a person who was only 31 years old and yet for more than a decade spent almost every day of his life going to college campuses and having real conversations. Not gotcha made for social media moments, but actual exchanges under this brilliant banner, prove me wrong. Always with respect, always with a half smile on his face, but never backing down under this great American assumption that if two people could just get together and talk over the shouting, over the acrimony, maybe hearts and minds will open and minds and opinions will change. This is what was attacked yesterday in Utah. And this is the spirit of America that though Charlie is sadly no longer with us, this spirit will never, ever perish from this land.
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You know, I'm so glad that you drew that parallel because Charlie Kirk was 7 years old when the attacks of 9 11, 2001 took place. He was only 7 years old. The fact that somebody like that could mature and grow into who he became in the wake of 911 is a testament to the fact that at least some people in America, his family and his other influencers, and of course Charlie himself, were able to get that moment of clarity, to get that type of clarity in their lives and to speak the truth to so many people. David Zier I think that Leia Leibovitz's parallels between Charlie's life and what he stood for and what we remember today are, is pretty astute.
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It's very moving and it's spot on. And I wanted to add that Charlie believed in the rugged individualists who made America great. There were no guarantees for your success. And like Trump says, nine out of 10 times, you might fail. And not only did Charlie talk about the jihad trying to to destroy Western values and the west and the financial markets, but he also talked about Communism and how 100 million people died under communism. I experienced it firsthand in Moscow 40 years ago with the bread lines and no food on the shelves. And he, you know, always hammered home that, you know, we are a free market society and we have to act responsibly. And it was just the salt of the earth, just the salt of the earth for the story of America.
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I know there's something else that you appreciate that I appreciated about Charlie Kirk so much as well. And again, this is a tie in to 9 11. Charlie Kirk didn't fall for, if you remember, and still goes on in America today, the incredible conspiracy theories, the 911 truther folks who say that it wasn't a foreign attack, all that kind of stuff I can count on. If I had more hands, I would need them to to count the many times that Charlie Kirk rejected the very heavy pressure that was on him. And I can tell you this, I know this for a fact, to fall into some of these conspiracy theories, not necessarily about 9 11, but about some of the other things going on in the world right now. He didn't succumb to that. And he continued. Not only did he not stay quiet about things and talked about things, as you said, but he didn't fall for some of these outrageous conspiracy theories, the kinds of things that are trying to destroy the right from within. I think that that's something we should remember today also, especially today.
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I agree completely. And we live in a perilous moment in American politics in which we have not only the woke left, which we've sadly become somewhat accustomed to, those people running around saying there are 57 genders and America was born in sin and slavery and must be dismantled. But we've also seen in the last year or two the rise of the woke right people, as you said, who peddle in conspiracy theories, people who are praying for America's downfall, who see it as fundamentally evil and who see parts of this population, especially the Jews, as being somehow nefariously responsible for some international globalist cabal that is here to hamper us all. Charlie Kirk didn't believe any of this. Not only did he not believe any of this, he was alive with the spirit of America understanding that we absolutely must reject these dangerous and pernicious ideas because the spirit of the prophet of the prophets of Israel, the spirit of the Bible, is the spirit that moves this great and godly nation. And Charlie Kirk was a godly man who believed that there is and could not be any America unless it is moved by the same vision that has moved it from its very creation and it's helped it at every turn renew its great covenant with God.
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Yeah, I mean, it's important to remember Charlie Kirk was a devout Christian. And devout Christians understand this truth that God gave the Bible to the Jews and by extension the Christians. And the fact that we both believe that together is unique in world history. I don't even think there's anywhere else in the universe like that. And David, you were telling me about, you know, so many, the victims of 911 are the people who ended up. People tried to blame them for maybe.
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Up to 400 Jews perished in 9 11. And you know, later on we're going to play my interview with Rudy Giuliani and Richie Rotanz, who was like number three in the emergency operations center that day, along with the company of Bernie Kerrick. Charlie Kirk was in. All of them know the real story of 9 11. They know these buildings, buildings were in controlled demolition. And firefighter after firefighter. I've got testimony in front of me, a firefighter after firefighter. My family was Joint Terrorism Task Force. I have family who ran the morgue. I have family who watched the buildings fall in the FDNY down here. And they know there were 200 foot holes in building seven. It was so damaged, five buildings came down that day. 11 were. Three were damaged, you know, beyond repair, in addition to the five that came down. And that building seven burned for seven hours, ten floors of it. They saw the bulge in between the 10th and the 13th floor. And Bernie, God rest his soul, was so adamant about this and was very upset about the truthers because it's just not true. And you know, it's just important not to take away from the impact of what this forced year history of terrorism here. And I can go into terrorism attack after terrorist attack here and the complete history of Islamic terror in New York that continued for 15 years after 9 11.
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Yeah, you know, we were talking off the air, Leah Leibowitz, David and I were talking off the air maybe 40 years here in New York or maybe even more than that. But I say this is six. This is a 57 year old history of terrorism in New York because the father of our health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Was the first true American victim of Islamist terrorism. RFK Sr. Running for president in 1968, murdered by a Palestinian terrorist I mean, again, these are the kinds of things that we talk about today. And Charlie Kirk really dedicated a lot of his life to warning us about, isn't it?
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Again, with great courage, because these days in polite society, when you talk about terrorism, immediately a banner is unfurled, the banner of Islamophobia, saying, well, you can't say that because if you talk about terrorism immediately, that sounds like you're somehow racist against Muslims in this very dangerous time. And as we're seeing, Islamist violence and terrorism are still sadly alive and well in this world and still as pernicious and ravenous and targeting America as they did that dark day 24 years ago. It is so important to be able to call things by their proper name, to be able to point the fingers were the blame lies, to be able to say, hey, guys, this is what we need to watch out for. And you know, as I'm devastated, I have to be honest, I have not slept much since learning of, of this assassination. But there's one thing I want to take away, and it has to do with 9, 11. I was in New York on that day. And the thing that I remember very well, that a lot of people have since commented on is how incredibly powerful the coming together of the entire city and indeed the entire country was. The morning after, people really felt like putting differences aside, putting distinctions aside and coming together to unite around America. May Charlie Kirk's memory be a blessing in a way that it will bring all of us together to unite around the very real threats that still face us and overcome them as Americans always do, with courage and with joy.
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Lee Leibowitz, editor at large at Tablet magazine, thank you so much for joining us. David Zier is here with us as well. We are going to be here at ground zero, not only for this program, but throughout the day on REAL america's voice. Again, a doubly mournful day today as we remember the September 11th attacks of 24 years ago. And we remain in stunned silence in some ways, but we're trying to talk about it. The assassination of Charlie Kirk yesterday in Utah, American sunrise early edition. And we'll be right back. Thank you for joining us. America still mourns and together we still remember. Stay with us. There's more American sunrise after this.
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From the ashes of tragedy, America's spirit still stands. This is American Sunrise. America still mourns. Welcome back to American Sunrise Early Edition. I'm Jake Novak along with David Zier, also from Real America's Voice here at Ground Zero, specifically at the corners of Greenwich and Cedar street, just steps away from the original footprint of the Twin Towers, steps away from the Freedom Tower, which stands in that spot. Also joining us live from Washington, D.C. is David Brody. And I want to talk to David because one aspect of the 911 attacks we have yet to Discuss this morning. Yes, we are here at ground zero in New York City. But of course Washington D.C. was also affected with the attack on the Pentagon. I know, David, you were in D.C. at that time as well. Let us know about what that was like because this doesn't get as much attention.
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No, it doesn't. Guys, good morning. Three New Yorkers here talking about 9 11. I mean, if it doesn't get more authentic than that, for sure. So a couple of things. I was actually in between jobs at the time and so I was home and I remember watching the Today show and of course I'm watching the coverage of 911 there in New York with the Trade center and everything. And, and you know, they got Katie Kirk and Matt Lauer on. And then all of a sudden what comes up on my screen is we interrupt this, this, this show for a special report. And I'm thinking to myself, what could be more of a special report? Why are you breaking into 911 coverage where of course we didn't know it was 911 at the time. We didn't call it that. Why are you breaking into this with something else? What in the world? And then of course it was, they went to, it was w. I think it was wrc, the local NBC affiliate here in Washington, say that the Pentagon had just been hit. And I looked over at my wife and said, and I would never forget it, I just said we're at war is what I said to her. And indeed we were. So, you know, that is a memory for me at least. And then of course all the subsequent, subsequent stuff at the Pentagon when I went down there and took a look and it was just, just, just horrible. But you know, the other thing I did on that day, I remember is checking in on my mom. She, she worked as a school teacher at the time on Hudson street, as you guys know, right up the block there, or you know, pretty close to you guys, which is about, I mean, it was roughly about a half mile from the World Trade center at the time. And you know, she was okay, but you know, you always check on your loved ones first, guys.
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Yeah, you know, and Speaking of Washington D.C. we believe that Flight 93 which crashed in Pennsylvania, I actually just drove past the Flight 93 memorial just a couple of weeks ago. David Zier There is a strong belief that that plane was headed towards the White House.
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Yes. And Dick Cheney gave the order to intercept it. But the two F16s that were tracking it were not armed. They would have had to done a kamikaze mission to take it down but Todd Beamer and the some other passengers. Let's roll.
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Let's roll over.
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Took the plane and let's roll. And it was just an extraordinary event. We would be looking at a whole different dynamic. A 9 11. And I just wanted to add, you know, Flight 77 out of Dulles Airport slammed into the Pentagon with hundreds of witnesses on 395 commuting to work that morning. It happened at about 9:37 that morning after the first two attacks. And you remember Chick Burlingame, a decorated F4 Vietnam War pilot, was the pilot of that plane, whose sister Deborah Burlingame became the leading advocate for the 911 victims. And remember, Barbara Olson was killed on that plane as well. The wife of Solicitor General. I forgot his first name, Mr. Olson. But you know, also children died on that flight and 125 Pentagon officials died in e ring which was under construction. It would have been more populated, you know, but just really tragic, you know.
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David Brody, I know you might be able to see they're about to walk by us. It wasn't just officers and firefighters who died here in New York. We're seeing here some people from some of the airlines, I mean the airline industry devastated not only financially, but they lost so many of their own workers, their pilots, their flight attendants, the other people who work on those jets. And so they're here to mark the final, sadly resting place of their colleagues as well. This was an attack on civilian America. I mean, we talk about the Pentagon and I get that. But understandably, David, what we need to understand is just like the assassination of Charlie Kirk yesterday, this was an attack on unarmed, unsuspecting innocent people.
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Yeah, and here's the thing, guys. You know, we always say never forget. And there's a reason that we never forget. Not only because of the horrific acts of what happened on that day, but the fact that, let's be honest, that threat is alive, well and present today. It takes different forms. It has different actors, nefarious actors, sinful actors, but they're around. We know that. We report on it all the time at Real America's Voice. People infiltrating this country and of course abroad, people trying to kill the great Satan, if you will, take down the great Satan and kill Americans. So this is why 24 years later, we don't just remember because of the day, the tragedy of that day, but because it is an ever present threat for sure. So I just think that's an important point to, to remember here.
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Yeah, I think the. We keep worrying about the vigilance of America. David Zier and I were talking earlier about how it's not being taught in schools anymore. 911 or at least not being taught properly. That is not only a disservice to the people we remember here today, but it's a disservice to everyone living here in America today who wants to have a free and peaceful life. We have to understand this. We don't have to frighten people. We don't have to always be downtrodden, but it's as simple as locking your door. You also have to tell people you need to be vigilant about these things that are going on in the world. We can't turn a blind eye and we certainly, certainly, certainly can't go do things like being soft on crime or basically turn our and decide, well, we're only going to punish certain people if they come from a certain background.
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You know, we understand that that plane that went down in Shanksville most likely was headed to the White House. So we always hear the most likely. It's kind of interesting 24 years later we, we hear most likely, we never hear definitively we had also heard the Capitol. We're not maybe not 100% sure. Maybe you guys have better authority on this still 24 years later. But, but, but it's just kind of interesting how that's always just kind of been the narrative that it's been out there. Was it the White House was the capital, something was capital, something was the White House. But beyond all of that, either way, think about this, guys. If that plane doesn't go down in Shanksville and does hit the White House or does hit the Capitol, beyond the lives lost, you know, we talk about rebuilding the World Trade center for the Freedom Tower. What about rebuilding the Capitol? What about rebuilding the White House? Whatever it was going to be, can you imagine the undertaking that would have been at the time? I mean, our country changed so much on 9 11. Imagine how much more it would have if something like that had happened.
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Yeah. David Zier, your thoughts?
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Well, I would add it was a zubaydah. You know, this guy was filming the Capitol and it came out after 9 11. British authorities, British intelligence, the CIA was tracking him. They were tracking a couple of guys who were helping house some terrorist hijackers for 911 in San Diego. There was a history here, but they did not connect the dots. But it appears that the Capitol may have been the target.
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I wish, you know, again, and I know you're seeing some of the people in the shot that are walking beside us and along and behind us. There are clearly David Brody and everyone watching children and other relatives of the victims of 911 who are here today. I know they come here every year. Some of them are carrying the framed pictures of their loved ones murdered that day. Sure, some of them are cops. Sure, some of them are firefighters. But remember that there were hundreds and hundreds of other people just working that day or walking around who were murdered.
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Jake, I just wanted to add, it wasn't Zubaydah, it's Bayami. I confused the names. Who was filming in D.C. all right.
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Yeah, I was going to say the emotions. The emotions just keep flooding back. It doesn't matter how many years go by. Go ahead, guys.
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Sorry. Yeah, it's tough, but there's a lot more coverage from ground zero today here on Real America's Voice. I'll be back with you throughout the day. Thank you so much for joining us. As we remember 911 and remember Charlie Kirk, America still mourns. And together we still remember. Stay with us.
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