Weekend Edition Sunday

Ten years after the attacks, substantial majorities say Sept. 11 had a profound personal impact and that it changed the country. Yet the public continues to be divided over many of the anti-terrorism policies that arose in the wake of Sept. 11. Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, talks about the group's latest survey.

Audie Cornish recaps the events of the day. She then talks to NPR's Renee Montagne, who is in Afghanistan. Later, we hear more of the names of those killed in the attacks.

The Sept. 11 attacks were the defining moment of the Bush presidency. It affected the political and electoral landscape in the decade since the attacks. Audie Cornish talks to NPR's Don Gonyea. She also talks to NPR National Political Correspondent Mara Liasson about the "Concert for Hope" at the Kennedy Center on Sunday.

John Romanowich spent four months at Ground Zero, working for the Department of Design and Construction, the city agency in charge of the clean up. He recalls his experiences.

Audie Cornish talks to Philip Zelikow, the former executive director of the 9/11 Commission. She then talks to NPR's Robert Smith who is on the streets of New York City among the many people drawn to lower Manhattan; Daniel Libeskind, the master planner for the World Trade Center site.