promised never to forget the terrorist attacks. a september 11th ceremony with the president remembering the nearly 3,000 lives lost at the pentagon. flight number 93 near shanksville, pennsylvania is another step closer to becoming a permanent memorial. every year since that day families of the victims have gathered on the site to remember the loved ones. this year will be the last with the private memorials. the project is expected to cost $58 million and will cover 2200 ache whiz complete. they hope to have the first phase finished by the 10th anniversary of the attack. >> we are here to reflect and remember. but who among us can ever forget where we were, what we saw, how we felt as citizens, and as a nation. >> the president attended the

ceremony the at pentagon where 184 people died. he honored the victims and after the ceremony he met with the family members. and some of the family members spent their time outraged after the u.s. coast guard triggered a security scare. it was told that it was all just a drill. >> reporter: it's what the coast guard is calling a routine training exercise on the potomac river near washington. but it caused alarm near the bridge. the president was to attend a september 11th memorial service near the pentagon. ten rounds were fired after hearing chatter on police scanners. other cable news outlets followed. >> the discussions were taken out of context and what we've seen as a reaction to a training exercise that really was just that. >> reporter: the coast guard says no shots were fired ant the president was not in the area. but the confusion sent fbi

exambling to the scene and suspended flights at the nearby national airport. >> don't think our commander saw any reason not to train today. >> reporter: but relatives of the september 11th victims were outraged that this day was chosen as a drill. earlier this year a presidential plane flew low over manhattan for a photo shoot, prompting many to think the city was under attack. >> it was a mistake, as was stated. it was something we found out about along with all of you. and it will not happen again. >> reporter: the coast guard said they are reviewing procedures which includes not notifying other law enforcement agencies of drills. in a statement cnn defends it's decision to report the story. when the organization called the coast guard, they say a spokesperson said command post knew nothing of activity on the river. abc news washington. here in baltimore, hundreds took to the streets to pay

tribute to the victims of 9/11. it's the one to remember. people braved the rain and the cold to run the 5-k race. it started in front of city hall. this is the 6th year for the run. theresa has participated since the very beginning. she remembers where she was the day of the terror attack. >> i remember when it was 9/11 and how it affected everybody where i work. i worked at good samaritan hospital and how the news came over the department and it was unbelievable and my sister and brother-in-law and my father were all baltimore city police officers so i thought i should come out and race. >> the proceeds go to the police and fire department. john leopold has asked for two steel beams to create a memorial for those that lost their lives in the line of duty as well as lives lost on 9/11. the port authority of new york is releasing materials from the world trade center to towns

that would like to create memorials. the concept is to place the beams in front of fire and police headquarters in millersville with the beams arranged to look like the twin towers. we'll take another look at the events around the country to commemorate the 9/11 at 5:30. for more head to our website at abc2news.com. tonight an anne arundel county man is charged with attempted rape. a 19-year-old woman told police she was walking to her bus stop when she was approached from behind. police say this man of odenton allegedly grabbed her and dragged her to his yard where he tried to rape her. she said he tried to rip off her shirt and she resisted and she hit him over the head with a blunt object. he is charged with attempted

rape, assault and kidnapping into and tonight baltimore police are looking for a suspect after a man was shot in irving avenue around 2:00 this morning. he was rushed to the hospital and later died. and now the latest on the swine flu. scientists battling the swine flu reported a lucky break today. new studies find that the vaccine being tested against the virus is even more affective than researchers first thought. the government says two separate clinical trials show people need half the number of shots originally predicted. now it's a welcome and unexpected result for vaccines expected to begin in mid- october. it takes affect as soon as eight days after you receive the shot. the centers for disease control and presense say the h1n1 flu is active in all 50 states and very unusual for this time of year and college campuses are hit especially hard. there are 60 diagnosed cases at the university of minnesota. >> it's scary as i sit in

classes and think about who i interact with. >> the government says seasonal flu shots are still very important with vaccines available right now for that. the new vaccines apply only to adults. trials with children and pregnant women are still underway with results expected late next month. the state has set aside las vegas $95 million for intersection improvement near aberdeen, fort mead and the national naval center but we may need to spend more money. a study says maryland could need another $470 million to complete transportation projects. the study looked at the impact of brack and found it's going to significantly increase traffic congestion. general motors could be restoring white-collar pay cuts made earlier this year. company cut executive level pay by 10%, manager pay by 7%, and most other salaries by 5% as it

struggled to avoid bankruptcy protection. the cuts saved millions of dollars but gm still ended up spending 40 days in bankruptcy protection. a source says that workers received an e-mail on this today. ravens fans are showing off their purple pride. >> go ravens, go. yell for the ravens. go, ravens go. >> the ravens cheerleaders pumped up the crowd at the m&t bank in canton. the cheerleaders performed and the ravens play the kansas city chief this is sunday. we'll all be watching. well is she a woman or is she a man? the controversy over the south african runner gets more confusing when a test finds, yes, she is a man, and yes, she is a woman. rush hour traffic will get your blood boiling on a friday afternn, but what happens to your blood pressure just by living near a busy road? and you have to watch how a

couple of crooks stole an atm with a dolly. no questions asked. and take a look at this. look at how much rain we got today from our storms. over 3 inches of rain just in that location. norm will have a complete look at our forecast when we come back. (announcer) if you think all batteries are the same, consider this:

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have you been outside? you know how nasty it is. the flooding in reston has forced police to shut down reston road. abc news live with the latest with the weather. it must be bad out there delia. >> reporter: yes. just because we're here doesn't mean the road is open. we're only able to cut through

and give you the live shot because we parked in a neighbor's driveway. they were nice enough to let us park because we're clear of any overhead danger. and let me show you why this road is closed. it's pretty obvious. look at that huge pool of water. crews are telling us at its worst, 10 inches deep of water. if you take a look down reston road you can see a car making a u-turn. there is a detour. crews are not letting you come through. and you can imagine, this is really creating a traffic nightmare for folks who are trying to get home on a rainy friday afternoon as we were heading down bell owna avenue, there was no sign that circle road was closed. of course we knew that information. we headed down, made that turn off bellonna avenue toward circle road only to find that

the road was blocked at circle road. so you have folks making that turn off of bellonna avenue, thinking they can drive through ruckston only to find the street is blocked off and it's causing a nightmare. have you trucks and cars making a u-turn on a very windy and narrow two-lane road. so folks out there, be careful and be advised that when you're driving down bellonna avenue you cannot come through ruckston road between circle road and elingham. and neighbors are tells us this water has receded some, however the road is closed until the water subsides. we'll keep you updates as to what it looks like out here as we learn more about the situation. for now we are live in ruckston. delia goncalves, abc 2 news.

a published report says medical tests have found caster so many on -- so manyenia is a both man and women. the results of the gender test have come in. some media reports are claiming that the tests shows she has both male and female organs. it reports she is a herm afro indict, and if it is true she could have an advantage because her body may produce three times more testosterone than normal. the iaaf ordered her to undergo romo zone and blood tests to understand allegations of doping. it will not confirm the results

for month. back home, the results are sparking anger. she is the family's pride and joy. the controversy has led many in south africa to accuse the iaaf of racism. >> it's not about whether the people have the right to question if a girl is a pretending to be a boy or a boy pretending to be a girl. it is the way the girl was treated. >> it is also how to handle difficult gender identity days. >> i can see where there would be three categories at the olympics, male, female, and other. even if the medical community would say there is gray here. >> there is one gold metal. and it appears likely she will keep hers because she won it

without cheating on her own. i know we could use some rain but some places got hit hard. >> we've been talking about it for the past three daysch the rain is coming, the rain is coming and it came. once the system finally came on toward the west, the heavy rainfall on the eastern shore over the top of us today, but the good news is that it's gradually making it's way toward the north so we've seen the heaviest amount. let's take a look outside. your shot overlooking the downtown area. kind of ugly out there right now. but things are getting better. our temperature at bwi only at 61 degrees right now. humidity 93%. winds still fairly brisk from the west northwest at 13 miles per hour. pressure falling 29.96. a flood warning remains in affect until 8:30 tonight for baltimore county, harford county. and there is a gail warning out

for chesapeake bay. i have a feel they'll drop that warning. and so i would assume it would go away very quickly as the system moves away from the region. tomorrow on saturday, your tights at fort mchenne. our winds from the north at 8- 14 miles per hour. sun comes up at 6:45 and set at 7:19. temperatures across the area right now, definitely a cool day. 60 right now in new york. 62 in hagerstown. down at pax river, 66. charlottesville got to 69 because they're out of the clouds and the rainfall. ocean city saw 71. 63 in dover and right now in atlantic city, 65 and rain. tropical storm fred continues to meander around the north atlantic. with winds of 70 miles per hour, not a big deal at this point in time. just becoming a disorganized area of low pressure but we'll continue to monitor fred. in the meantime, let's see what is going on with this area of low pressure that started out over the weekend down off of

cape hatteras. this thing would normally move quickly across the region, however as you can see it's taking it's sweet old time throughout the day bringing heavy amounts of rainfall to the area. some places as much as three inches. most places have gotten about a half inch to three quarters of an inch. we'll show you the rainfall from our storm weather in a second. but the system is making it's way toward the north bringing heavy rain to northern pennsylvania and the finger area of new york. now on the larger picture, once the system gets out of here, some pretty decent weather sliding in. tomorrow we'll see cloudy skies around as we gradually move away. but there is a chance tomorrow afternoon we could see a pop-up shower across the area. right now the shower is in the process of falling apart and again the flash flood warning in affect until 8:30 for

baltimore county and hartford county. and we have 59 in reisterstown. and chestertown right now 62. take a look at rainfall amounts. parkville, 0.03 inches. fallson 2.9. almost 1.5 in the westminster area. your forecast for tonight, the scattered showers we have around right now gradually move out of the region during the day tomorrow. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy day. a chance for an afternoon shower. but then the system moves away and things will look good for the rest of the weekend but not totally sunny. here is your forecast for the overnight period. breezy, 50 for the low during the day tomorrow. partly cloudy with a chance for an afternoon shower. the extended outlook, sunny on sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday partly cloudy and friday partly cloudy with a chance for an afternoon or evening shower with a high of 76 degrees. back in a while with more on the weather. to your health tonight. we know that sitting in traffic can be a major headache. but now a new study finds those

who live near loud, busy roads are more than likely to have high blood pressure. swedish researchers found that young or middle agedpeople had the highest risk of blood pressure but had little affect on those from 50-60 years old. they said the noise might be harder to detect or that older people are less annoyed because of the hearing beginning to fail. eating helmy can be -- healthy can be difficult in these tough economic dimes. tonight an unlikely source gives us advice on how to stretch your food budget when money is tight. here is dr. son jay goob dah. >> where to look for tips for healthy living on the cheap than a five-star french chef. >> it's easy to find ways to eat for a budget, which is not

too expensive, good food. >> world renoun chef eric repair tells us about it. >> if you want something healthy andin expense, you have to think [ inaudible ] >> so thousand does this french chef stay healthy himself? surrounded by top notch cuisine all day long. >> just before i leave the house, i have a little bit of dark chocolate. i leave my house around 10:00 and i walk through streets of new york. i think it gives me a certain good health and in shape. >> the bottom line says repair? >> i'm just a believer on that you can do a lot of things in terms of eating, which is you can eat better and you can eat chocolate, but again you have to be -- you have to control

the quantity. >> for today's health minute, i'm dr. son jay gupta. diapers can cost a small fortune, so why not go diaper free from birth? they'll tell us about it. and la toya jackson will tell us why she feels her brother michael was killed.

a look at news around the nation takes us to pennsylvania where two men stole an atm from a hospital and as you can see it was caught on tape. now the bold robbery happened at the delaware county memorial hospital. armed with a clip board and a dolly, the men stole the atm filled with $96,000 in cash from the hospital's cafe.

the robbery happened right in front of hospital staff and visitors. >> they were sophisticated enough to know when they cut the wires to take its machine out that whatever sequence they cut, the alarm didn't go off, the thieves took the 800-pound atm machine in a can and drive off. the van was reportedly stolen was later found in philadelphia burned with money emptied from the atm. police are still looking for the suspects. if you're trying to get rid of geese, you should call the geese police. dave marks found the secret weapon in his border collie which uses a wolf-like glance to get the foul in line. while working as a golf course superintendent mark saw the damage that wild geese can leave behind. mark says his dog duff doesn't chase or bite, he just gives them the mean stare. coming up, a soldier injured in iraq gets a chance

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we've been talking about it for a few days and it is here. it has been raining steadily almost the entire day. good evening. i'm kelly swoope. the big question is will the weekend be a washout. norm is in the storm center with a look at your first forecast. >> before we get to the weekend, we have to finish out this evening and as you can see, we have a flash flood warning in affect for baltimore county and harford county because of all the rainfall. some places around the region have got an as much as 3.75 inches and some places have only gotten an inch or 1.25 and some maces less than an edge. but if you were near the heavy downpour, you know you got some rain. the powerful radar shows the system as it is gradually weakening, moving away from the region. but we still have shower activity that will affect us for the next couple of hours. yo