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CBN News in a Minute: Today's Top Headlines – September 11.

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1. A weakened Hurricane Irma hit Florida leaving a trail of damage and flooding as it continues to push north along the state's west coast into Georgia.

2. Today marks the anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks. It was 16-years-ago that Islamic terrorists hijacked planes and flew them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon. One airliner crashed in a Pennsylvania field when passengers tried to re-take the plane.

3. The U.S. called for a vote for harsher United Nation sanctions against North Korea. The draft included a ban on all oil and natural gas exports and a freeze on foreign assets belonging to leader Kim Jong Un and his government.

 

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Ben Kennedy is an Emmy Award-winning White House correspondent for CBN News in Washington, D.C. He has more than a decade of reporting experience covering breaking news nationwide. He's traveled cross country covering the President and scored exclusive interviews with lawmakers and White House officials. Kennedy spent seven years reporting for WPLG, the ABC affiliate in Miami, Florida. While there he reported live from Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Matthew hit the island. He was the first journalist to interview Diana Nyad moments after her historic swim from Cuba to Key West. He reported