'Somber mood' in Washington as US marks 9/11 anniversary

For more, let's speak to our White House correspondent, Frasier Jackson. Hello to you. Frasier, tell us a little bit about what the mood is like in Washington. Well, of course, it's an extremely somber day. And 25 years on, the memory of 9-11, the events of that day are starting to really ring true. There's been a slew of documentaries across American media, a lot of content online about this 25th anniversary memorial. And I think one of the most stunning facts is that 100 million Americans, that's around a third of the population of America, was either too young to remember 9-11 or not alive when it happened. And of course, that day has had such an impact on the way that society lives its life now, not only just in terms of airport security and travel, but in every way, from even the economy through to the way the government is set up now, it's all been impacted by the events of that day. So it's a very somber mood in Washington today. There's going to be memorials across the nation. Of course, one taking place just across the river from where I am at the moment is where President Trump will be spending the memorial, as he did back in 2025 at the Pentagon, which of course was also targeted on that day. So a very somber day that people remembering these events as we mark the 25th anniversary now. And Fraser, you know, when we're listening to that report, people talk about how the nation rallied together after 9-11. Today, 25 years on, it feels like there's more polarization than ever. Yeah. And of course, politics now is so deeply ingrained into the American psyche, into the society here in the US. You know, these kind of big events, these big tragedies have a way of unifying people, even if it's just momentarily. But that spirit of 9-11 has been well documented, again, through many of the kind of documentaries and various programs that have been written about 9-11 and produced about it. It's kind of hard to imagine the American people getting together around something, considering they're so fragmented nowadays. But of course, the landscape, both in terms of media, but also politically, has changed so significantly in those 25 years. And it's something that politicians, even today, still try to reach across the aisle to try to bring people together, to try to move forward. So we are, again, in an election year this year in the United States. The midterm's now less than two months away. But that kind of bipartisan spirit is something that will be struck today at that memorial at the Pentagon, no doubt in the words by Donald Trump, that he'll be speaking, he'll be trying to strike that kind of bipartisan tone.