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Broadcasting Coast to Coast and Border to Border from Memphis, Tennessee. Todd Starnes.

Todd Starnes (0:26)

Yes, hello everybody. Welcome to the Todd Starnes Radio Show. Happy Post-Labor Day to you. I hope you guys had a great Labor Day weekend. Hopefully, you didn't have to do too terribly much work. I will say this.

Wow, it was sunup to sundown yesterday doing book interviews. So again, not complaining about it, but I was laboring on Labor Day. And the way the interviews were set up, they were spread out just long enough from 6 a.m. until 8.3 last night that you just didn't have time to do much. But all that to say, it's good to be back with you today, and we are great to be live broadcasting border to border, coast to coast, across the fruited plain.

Well, there is a lot going on across the nation this week, ladies and gentlemen. It's one of those very busy new cycles. This week, we have the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. That's on September the 10th. Of course, September 11th, the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks. And I want to be very clear on this program. We understand that what happened on that day is very simple. It was the day that Muslims waged jihad on American soil in the name of their religion, the religion of peace. It was the day that Muslims flew jetliners into buildings in Washington, DC, and in New York City, and into a field in Pennsylvania, while chanting Allahu Akbar. That's what happened on 9-11. It was the day when Muslims in foreign countries danced in the streets, celebrating the slaughter of thousands of American citizens on American soil. And ladies and gentlemen, I don't know about you, but I can tell you this. Everything, everything I learned about Islam, I learned on September 11, 2001

So President Trump, earlier today, addressing that very issue, tunnels to towers, making a really moving presentation in our nation's capital. Let's listen to what President Trump had to say.

Donald Trump (2:54)

On 9-11, nearly 3,000 precious souls were stolen from us, killed by evil terrorists at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and on Flight 93 All of these years later, we gather on another Tuesday morning in September to reaffirm the sacred vow we made a quarter of a century ago.

We will never forget. We say it and we mean it. We will never forget those we lost, and we will never forget the immortal heroes of September 11, 2001

Todd Starnes (3:31)

It really is a striking memorial there in Washington, DC today. 25 years after the attacks, a 12-foot, 16,900-pound steel beam that was recovered from the World Trade Center's South Tower, it is on display along with beautiful portraits of the first responders who gave their lives on that day. You know, I was there in New York City the day after the 9-11 terrorist attacks and was literally at the pit. I was reporting and making notations on everything I saw during that time as a reporter. And it's interesting, I was talking to somebody about this earlier today, that you still remember the sounds of that day, you remember the smells, you remember every single thing, every minute detail about those days. And it really was a time that fundamentally transformed who we were as a nation at the time. And even to this day, I'm really not sure that America's young people, especially, understand what happened on September 11, 2001 You know, one of the things I want to encourage you to do, and I know this sounds, it may sound weird. I don't think it's weird at all. But I think it's important to show people what happened on that day. And if you go to YouTube or any of the documentaries that have been made, but especially YouTube, and watch the live, unfiltered, as it happened coverage of that day, I think you really do get an idea of what we went through as a country. And I do that every single year, about this time, I step back and I will watch that coverage, just so I don't forget the horrible atrocities of that day.

The idea that none of us knew what was coming next. You know, I was supposed to be in Waco, Texas on September 11th, 2001, covering a Janet Reno speech at Baylor University. Had no idea the following day I would be on my way to New York City to cover these horrible, horrible attacks. So this week, again, ladies and gentlemen, we've got a lot on our plate. Of course, in addition to all of that, we have politics. And the midterm elections, the Republicans were the first time in history holding a midterm rally in our nations, or in Dallas, rather, and President Trump will be speaking on Thursday and Friday, along with a host of other Republican lawmakers and movers and shakers within the administration. So we'll be also taking you live to the convention, and we'll be talking to a number of lawmakers, many of whom have already started reaching out, including our good friend, Congressman Randy Fine from Florida.