(The requirement for full vaccination was originally supposed to take effect on Tuesday.) Business will still be free to require that customers show proof of vaccination. businesses check that customers have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine before allowing them to enter. Speaking at a press conference, Bowser said that as of Tuesday, she would lift the city's month-old requirement that many D.C. Virginia lawmakers are pushing forward on legislation to lift mask mandates for schools in the commonwealth. 22, and repeated the request first made last week that the State Board of Education rescind its masking policies for schools across the state. Larry Hogan also announced on Monday that he was ending the indoor mask mandate for state buildings as of Feb. The announcement comes amidst falling COVID-19 case rates and an increasing number of states that have similarly eased up on pandemic restrictions as the omicron spike seems to be receding. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday that she will lift the city's vaccine requirement for businesses and "dial back" the city's indoor mask rules. Bush Presidential Center announced the 43rd President would deliver keynote remarks in a ceremony open to the families of those killed on United Flight 93 and invited guests.įormer president Bill Clinton and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will attend the 9/11 remembrance ceremony in New York City on Saturday, according to each Clinton's spokesperson.ĬNN's Dan Merica contributed to this post.Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday announced that COVID testing at local firehouses would end.ĭ.C. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush will also travel to Shanksville. Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will travel to Shanksville, the site of the United Flight 93 crash, for a separate event, before joining the President and first lady at the Pentagon.įormer President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will attend the remembrance ceremony in New York, an Obama spokesperson tells CNN.įormer President George W. The President and first lady will visit New York City, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to all three sites of the 9/11 terrorist attacks today, marking the 20th anniversary of the deadly day, according to the White House. President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks from the White House on September 9. Psaki would not read out what calls Biden has made in the lead-up to 9/11 or how he’s prepared his remarks.Įarlier, Psaki said Biden would convey in the video, “the importance of unity,” and how he first learned of the attack. We're releasing the video today because we want you to hear from him and he wants the American people to hear from him directly on what 9/11 means to him 20 years later.” “Then he's going to be laying wreaths to commemorate the lives and honor those whose lives were lost. In order to do that, he's attending a ceremony were up several other former presidents and prominent officials are going to be hearing the names of the those lives that were lost around that period of time,” Psaki said, remarking that there won’t be a lengthy speaking period. “The President felt it was important to visit each of these three sites to commemorate the lives lost, the sacrifices made, on a day that has impacted millions of people across the country but certainly many people in those communities. The time between the first attack and the collapse of both World Trade Center Towers is 102 minutes.
10:03 am ET - United Airlines Flight 93 (traveling from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco) crashes in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.9:59 am ET - South Tower of WTC collapses in approximately 10 seconds.9:37 am ET - American Airlines Flight 77 (traveling from Dulles, Virginia, to Los Angeles) strikes the Pentagon Building in Washington.9:30 am ET - Then-President Bush, speaking in Sarasota, Florida, says the country has suffered an "apparent terrorist attack.".9:17 am ET - The Federal Aviation Administration shuts down all New York City area airports.
9:03 am ET - United Airlines Flight 175 (traveling from Boston to Los Angeles) strikes the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.8:46 am ET - American Airlines Flight 11 (traveling from Boston to Los Angeles) strikes the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.
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