Presidential address to Congress on terrorism plus reax

(21 Sep 2001) 1. Wide shot Bush entering Congress 2. Wide shot applause 3. Bush shakes hands with members of Congress 4. Bush goes to podium 5. Wide shot applause 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President “Tonight, we are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom. Our grief has turned to anger and anger to resolution. Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.“ 6. Applause 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President “Tonight the United States of America makes the following demands on the Taliban. Deliver to United States authorities all of the leaders of al-Qaida who hide in your land. Release all foreign nationals, including American citizens you have unjustly imprisoned. Protect foreign journalists, diplomats and aid workers in your country. Close immediately and permanently every terrorist training camp in Afghanistan. And hand over every terrorist and every person and their support structure to appropriate authorities.“ 8. Wide shot applause 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President “These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion.“ 10. Applause 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President “Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.“ 12. Cutaway British Prime Minister Tony Blair 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President “ And tonight, a few miles from the damaged Pentagon, I have a message for our military: Be ready. I have called the armed forces to alert, and there is a reason. The hour is coming when America will act, and you will make us proud.“ 14. Applause 15. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, U.S. President “Great harm has been done to us. We have suffered great loss and in our grief and anger we have found our mission and our moment. Freedom and fear are at war. The advance of human freedom, the great achievement of our time and the great hope of every time, now depends on us. We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.“ 16. Wide shot applause 17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tom Daschle, Senate Majority Leader “We want President Bush to know, we want the world to know, that he can depend on us. We will take up the President’s initiatives with speed. We may encounter differences of opinion along the way, but there is no difference in our pain. We are resolved to work together, not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans. We will do whatever is needed to protect our nation. Nothing is more urgent.“ 18. Wide shot Lott 19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Trent Lott, Senate Minority Leader “He said all the right things. He reached out to those who are grieving. He gave a challenge to us here in America. He asked for our patience, and he told those that would heap terror on America and the world, that we will not stand for that. We will fight for freedom here at home and all around the world.“ 20. Wide shot Rudolph Giuliani 21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rudolph Giuliani, Mayor of New York “And the speech was both very emotional and very patriotic, and the speech was very instructional. It explained what we are facing and I also believe tried to educate the American people to how different this war is going to be from what we are used to in the past. And I’m just very very proud to be an American, and I am very glad, and I thank God, that George W Bush is our president.“ 22. Wide shot Giuliani and George Pataki, Governor of New York STORYLINE: And he announced a new Cabinet level office to fortify the nation’s defences. Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: