Today is Saturday, September 11th.

Today marks 20 years since terrorists attacked Americans on our home soil,

killing nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville,

Pennsylvania. 9-11 triggered two decades of war in the Middle East.

But are we any safer now compared to 20 years ago?

According to a recent survey by the Washington Post and ABC News,

Americans are pretty split in their opinions.

About half feel we're more secure now while 41% say we're more at risk.

Today, we're getting the perspective of former U.S. diplomat David Rundell.

He represented the United States for 30 years in the Middle East,

and he was in Saudi Arabia on September 11th, 2001.

Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday,

when we sit down with a different expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news.

Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes,

where we provide all the day's news in 10 minutes.

I'm Air Commandy, it's now time for today's Special Edition Saturday.

David Rundell, thank you for coming on The Newsworthy.

It's a pleasure to be here.

So first, let me just ask, do you feel the United States is safer now compared to 20 years ago?

We are safer than we were 20 years ago.

There have been no major terrorist attacks in 20 years,

and that's really because we made counter-terrorism a major priority.

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