Watch a scene from the opening of “America After 9/11,†a FRONTLINE documentary that examines how the U.S. response to Sept. 11 ushered in an era of fear, mistrust and division.
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On the evening of Sept. 11, 2001, members of Congress gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building, the symbolic seat of American democracy. It had been just hours since Al Qaeda operatives killed nearly 3,000 people in the worst terror attack on the U.S. in the country’s history, turning four passenger airplanes into deadly weapons.
Standing before the building that’s believed to have been the intended target of one of the hijacked planes, Republicans and Democrats alike raised their voices to sing “God Bless America†in a stirring moment of unity. It wouldn’t last.
“America After 9/11,†a special, two-hour FRONTLINE documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team, reveals why, finding in the U.S. response to 9/11 a chain of unintended consequences that would usher in an era of fear, mistrust and division.
Drawing on both new interviews and those from the dozens of documentaries Kirk and his team have made in the years since 9/11, the documentary offers an epic re-examination of the decisions that changed the world and transformed America.
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This scene is from “America After 9/11,†an epic, two-hour re-examination of the decisions that changed the world and transformed America.
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I blame all of you for his divided the USA has become. Go look in the mirror.
Has Biden finally resigned? New Orleans and New York City 🌆 deserve better Comprende 😢
It’s sad and embarrassing that Americans went from uniting after 9/11 to January 6th in a short 20 years and I think this should be a brutal awareness of just how much they have fallen apart and not kept their promises 🤷â€â™‚ï¸ saying things happen like the war on terror, social media, mass shooting, gridlocked government, and Covid aren’t valid excuses either. Each were opportunities to unite and majority of them failed to do so
Princess Lavengra
Don’t compare these two
people starting to realize 9/11 was an inside job and this war was for nothing but to make certain people rich
How are you going to skip over the part where two former presidents tried to take away our 4th amendment rights with the illegal spy program and tried to install a thought police based on our online activity? That was the biggest risk to our democracy since WW2.
This aged like milk
“This yet to be seen enemy that is so far away from us†pans in on Hillary
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What a disgusting comparison
I can't believe that Democrats are actually saying January 6th is just as bad as September 11th.
Shame on you people for comparing the two
Americans 😂😂😂 so dumb they think TRESPASSING & tracked in mud is WORSE than 2996 DEATHS
No ones claiming 9/11 and 1/6 are equally bad. This is about the journey from unity after a tragedy to the culmination of the tragedy of division
Putting January 6th on the same level as 9/11 is so insulting and disgusting.
Yeah, right. Saying January 6th is the end of an era and not including the 2020 riots is doing a disservice to history. BOTH sides treat each other as the enemy…
Just putting 9/11 and January 6 in the same sentence shows how stupid the media is . Don’t going to watch this video but I’m guessing they don’t bring up Nancy Pelosi TURNING Down the national guard before Jan 6, and police officers WAVING people in the capitol . Oh and a couple cops from that day KILLED them selves. Something fishy is going on .
If trump won, then he can’t run again in 2024🤣🤣🤣
FL is the latest …. CNN!!! "FAKE NEWS"
If the worst clip you show is a guy punching a window next an officer who looks slightly annoyed, you are really desperate to make this a big deal.
Wait what? What does the attempted coup have to do with 9/11. & I can guarantee our greatest national security threat is not domestic. What a joke
One person BIN LADEN and Corporations and sell-out politicians did it!!
I still can’t believe that people on the left are comparing January 6th 2021 to this day. It is disgusting and disrespectful on so many levels. There is no comparison what so ever.
Its disgraceful that anybody would compare the tragedy of 9/11 with what happened on January 6th. January 6th was a riot. A crappy riot that hardly caused any damage.
Absolutely disgusting to compare this to 9/11
You really comparing 3000 people taken out on 9/11 to that Riot?
2:21–2:32 it Sounds like liberalist facism and deep state propaganda
Imagine trying to compare 9/11 to Jan 6 lol
you are doing buldings demolitions wrong all along if this can happen
What about the crimes USA committed against the middle East?
I'm about to watch the full documentary but I couldn't disagree more with what Ben Rhodes, Eugene Robinson and some of the other commentators had to say in that clip. Those insurrectionists didn't attack the Capitol because of failed promises, distrust in government or overall frustration. Most Americans feel this way, we didn't go to that extreme to attack and overturn a government after a fair election. If we are going to somewhat justify and find excuses for these domestic terrorists then others will do the same for the foreign terrorists.
Erm.. . it was not an "Insurrection".
Go and buy a Dictionary.
Bullcrap
LET"S GO BRANDON!!!!!!!!
TRUMP 2024
We are now dealing with a Taliban of our own aka the maga maggots. THERE WAS NO FRAUD. These bogus conspiracies have been laughed out of court due to lack of evidence 63 times. That's 63 judges, 63 different court rooms across America. ZERO. NONE. A few cases reported in small towns and they were Republicans trying to vote for trump twice….ohhh the irony. Half of those judges in those 63 courts were trump judges he appointed! People who voted for him. This debunked big lie they keep spouting is dividing our country and making us an easy target across the world. The corrupt gop have literally turned into the Taliban. Riding around in trucks with flags and guns aka the Taliban. The big reveal of all of the so called fraud was supposed to come out several times. Every single Time it was an absolute JOKE. Rudy the clown literally barred because of the bogus lawsuits based on lies and conspiracies. It's a JOKE. You're all just too blind and gullible to see with your own eyes. This is a democracy yet these corrupt gop power hungry self absorbed A holes are trying to turn it into an autocracy. They are sore losing, selfish, fools. Easily influenced, very gullible, and severely lack thinking for themselves. If it were up to them trump the failure would've been President for years and America would already be destroyed. Their party tells them not to believe your own eyes and ears and they say ok thank you sir can I have another? Wake UP America…wake UP.
! Our country is broken!
Why don't you critisize both parties? Theyre both corrupt as hell! Owned by special interests. Media divides and manipulates us, right vs left. Common folk fight over crumbs.
Nothing will change, unless you make a plan. Vote, even if it's a protest vote (write-in). WRITE or call your Senator and Representative today and DEMAND (ESPECIALLY) anti-corruption laws , improvement of inequality, better wages, ban lobbying, better healthcare or you'll vote them out. Both parties are corrupt as hell but we need to fight to take back our country. Politicians will care if they fear your vote.
You used the trauma of 9/11 to shovel trillions of dollars into wars that benefited a very small group of people, instead of spending that money rebuilding the country. You legalized corruption and insider trading. Take a look at the net worth of congress people before and after they enter congress. When Harry Truman retired, he went home to live with his momma and collect his army pension. Now we have presidents making millions off of speaking engagements when they leave office. It isn't some fucking mystifying concept why people are pissed. The government does not work for them anymore, it works for a very select few number of oligarchs.
People are angry, and they have a RIGHT to be angry, that includes the people on January 6.
But they were peacefull tourists 🤡🤣
"PATRIOTISM means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him in so far as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth — whether about the President or about anyone else — save in the rare cases where this would make known to the enemy information of military value which would otherwise be unknown to him." —Theodore Roosevelt, 1918
DJT and the far right republicans are responsible for Jan 6 and they know it! The far right republicans are the greatest threat to America in its history. They will fail in their attempts to destroy democracy!
Lol hey let’s just compare and draw a comparison between the two events, their absolutely similar we swear, believe us.
Remember, Democrats made Jan 6 possible.
Politicians are so so so so good at crocodile tears. In the United States, elections are not about policy choices, they are about Will To Power.
BS. This best LEFT on shelf.
Enough propaganda about.
Ppl are awake!
Europe!
LIVE FROM GITMO…..
Half n more swamp creatures.
Mormon, moron I mean feigning sadness.
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Sickening!
No wonder you block us, those who know a thing or two from watching very latest doc.
Tho after o e minute of this…enough to throw up!
# protecting the children!!!!
Hi. I am subscribed to your channel.
I just clicked on new doc. American secrets..n its telling me UPLOADER DENIES VIEW IN YOUR COUNTRY!????
How do you assume where I am as I have all locations turned off and use a VPN ,no other apps and why are you discriminating when you have no clue where I am.
My " location" changes often, for personal reasons.
I can't be bothered going into processor VPN location change as you have shown your BIASED no matter where I am. WHY?
I value my privacy, am over 21.
So, I could click on THIS video, in order to inform you of your position. I am not in CHYNA!
That all I will say.
I am looking forward to your explanation!
Am going to fwd this in morning, not to YT,
At this point, I can only assume bias.
Truth of 9/11 known from day 1. Its now come full circle.
KARMA!
Dec 7th brought us together too. Only an attack from outside of our nation will bring us together. It also should be a warning to other nations what happens when you attack the USA🇺🇸. You'll get nuked or shot between the eyes
What does January 6th have to do with 9/11? How about May/June 2020 Seattle? If we're talking about insurrections. CHAZ/CHOP remember?
Usa killed 51,000 taliban in 20 years of fighting usa lost 3,000