richard trumka said he is encouraged. >> everybody said the public option was dead. last night it sure as heck wasn't dead. we'll fight for it. i think we'll end up getting there. >> reporter: last night after president obama was heckled -- >> you lie. >> reporter: by republican joe wilson of south carolina, wilson called an obama staffer to say his outburst was inappropriate. >> we needed to have a civil discussion about the health care issues. >> reporter: words right out of the president's mouth. >> we all make mistakes. he apologized quickly. >> reporter: mr. obama said today he hopes the fever breaks a bit in the overheated health care debate. but republican leaders warn, many americans remain frustrated and republicans still insist the basic obama reform plan still needs to be changed. from capitol hill, steve handelsman, nbc news. the speech last fight was

just the beginning of the president's latest push for health care reform. he will talk more about his p n plans in minnesota saturday. a falls church man was arrested near the capitol last night. he had a shotgun and tried to get onto a secured area during the speech. police arrested 28-year-old joshua bowman. he tried to get through a security checkpoint near the cannon house office building. police asked to search his car and found a gun case in his car. he told them he had a shotgun and ammunition inside. bowman was charged with having an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition. >> you can imagine heightened security last night. anything out of the ordinary such as an individual trying to wiin access toy restricted area ll raise suspicions of officers. it by a tyll a train thoris ini mnng viisinia.. it happe a th

enwe the brad rnddock braddock road metro oastations. that worker had to be taken to a hospital. he had serious injuries. pat collins is in alexandria now with more on this. >> reporter: the victim, a 44-year-old metro worker. he was struck by a six-car metro train. today i talked to a man who was on that train at the time of the incident. >> i feel for him. said a little prayer while i was sitting there. >> reporter: this is keith williams. he was on that train, in that tunnel when it happened. >> everything was normal until the train stopped. the operator said we would be stopping, a worker was hit. >> reporter: what happened after that? >> we sat 40 minutes in the tunnel. i tried to take a nap, it was so long. >> reporter: what did you see around you? >> darkness. after about the 30-minute sit, i

was in the last train. we saw the guys coming up with flash lights in the tunnel. >> reporter: for the worker? >> exactly. >> reporter: this metro worker transported by helicopter to a trauma center after an incident in this metro tunnel between the national airport and braddock road stations. rescue workers had to use an emergency escape hatch to enter the tunnel and remove that worker. this is a blue and yellow line route. it was reported by the operator on the yellow line. >> what happened today was extremely unfortunate. it's something that we are in the early stages of gathering facts. i can tell you whatever it turns out to be, we are going to have to look at all of our procedures again. >> this train is out of service at this time. everybody must unload this train. >> reporter: for some time, train service between the

airport and braddock road stations suspended. the all-too-familiar metro shuttle bus bridge used to transport people from one station to another. reaction from some passengers. >> accidents happen when we fail to pay attention to stuff like that. i don't know. i know metro has bad luck in the last several months. >> i find it unfortunate. i feel for the family that was involved in it. sometimes people get careless. it's unavoidable. it's really a terrible inconvenience for all of us. >> i think we just need to be patient. >> reporter: tonight that metro worker is said to be in serious condition. jim, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. rain could be moving into our area tonight. let's get a check on our weather with veronica johnson. >> thanks a lot, doreen. much like yesterday we got a break in the precipitation. early morning showers here and there. not much going on for the

afternoon. you can see around the beltway there, aspen hill dn to alexandria, the most part dry. a few sprinkles around northern fairfax county and showers moving into solomon's and st. mary's. this is all part of the leading edge of the rain that is finally pushing westward. unless this low pressure system gets stuck on its journey here, i expect rain to start spreading the area around 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. that is a look at radar. there is the coastal storm system finally heading more toward the west. you can see north of the center and west. delaware down to the mouth of the bay where most of that rain is. 9:00, 11:00, some shares around the area. don't expect to see anything too heavy around here. passing showers, temperatures dropping to the 60s and a cool start for our day tomorrow. get ready for a little wind. already we are seeing breezy conditions out there. coastal advisory up to 2:00 a.m. >> thanks. weather permitting, space shuttle "discovery" will land at

the kennedy space center 7:05 tonight. thunderstorms could keep that shuttle in orbit another day. there was an unusual twist to the flight home about noon today. the shuttle had to dodge a is terious piece of sce junk. kristen dahlgren has our report. >> it was this morning's wake-up call. sunshine may not be in the forecast as the shuttle tries to come home. >> there is forecast chance o a thunder showers within 30 nautical miles. >> reporter: even as astronauts wait to see what the weather will do, they had an interesting day. starting with a maneuver to outrun some space junk. a small piece of debris getting a little too close for comfort. >> it's believed this came from the shuttle station complex during last saturday's space walk. >> reporter: around midday,

"discovery" fired its thrusters to keep the shuttle clear from the mystery debris. edgar burn. eporter:hopefully the last hiccup to what has been a successful mission. over 13 days astronauts delivered science equipment and a new treadmill to the international space station. they dropped off nicole stott who joined the iss crew and are bring home tim kopra who has been living in space. they got another veteran onboard, buzz lightyear is heading home after more than a year in orbit as part of an educational program. the disney doll is known for ,ngte saying, "to infinity and beyond." now to the crew mates, to infinity might not be as appealing as a clear shot to just come back home. "discovery" does have enough supplies to stay in space until

sunday. nasa is unlikely to push it until the very last day. the forecast at the backup site at edwards air force base in california is looking good all week. that could be an option if things don't clear here over florida. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, kennedy space center. coming up on news4, changes in security at dulles airport. >> we'll hear from a passenger onboard a flight hijacked in mexico. uptsere upset about a raid that freed a "new york times" journalist. >> you don't have to be too brilliant with these guys. you don't have to be. >> that was bernard madoff. >> what's ahead in sports? >> we are talking football, of course. football season is officially here. redskins' offensive line faces a stiff challenge against the giants. plus rookie brian arack poe set to make his mark.

passengers who fly out of dulles international airport will see new security measures starting next week. the security screening will take place at a new permanent facility. keith garvin reports. >> this has been an improvement that has been long in the making. we are obviously having a problem with that report. what is going on at dulles, they decided to move that security area away from the ticketing area and move it downstairs for reasons they say will make it easier for everybody involved at that airport. we'll try to get that report for you later in our broadcast, if we can. other news tonight, mexican

officials revealed why a guy hijacked a plane yesterday. mexican police released their video of the incident today. a man from bolivia jamd jose flores hijacked a flight in cancun. he showed the flight attennt a juice can, pretended it was a bomb. 103 passengers and crew were held on the tarmac more than an hour. flores demanded to speak to the president of mexico. security forces freed the hostage. a canadian passenger said nobody knew for sure what was going on. >> i think more nervous than scared bause we didn't know what was happening. if we knew exactly what it was, maybe more scared. because we didn't know, it was more nervous. >> jose flores later told police he had a divine revolution more than a year ago there was going to be an earthquake and he needed to warn the mexican president about it.

he said he chose yesterday because of the date 9/9/09 is 6/6/06 upside down. there is growing anger over a whose taj rescue. the journalist was freed, but the translate yore was killed, along with a british commanda and two others. there are reports negotiators were in talk with the taliban when the commandos intervened. some british defense officials were concerned farrell would be moved. today afghan journalist gathered at the grave to vent grief and anger. they hold nato forces responsible for his death because nonviolent means to get his release had not been exhausted. a truck bomb killed people in the kurdish area in northern iraq. it happened last night about midnight. that bomb flattened a neighborhood about 35 miles

southeast of mosul. a second suicide bomber tried to attack at the same time, but security forces were able to stop him before he set off his explosives. the attack bears similarities to others planned by al qaeda in iraq and other sunni insurgents who have been active in the area of mosul. u.s. commanders have warned insurgents appear to be trying to ske an arab-kurdish conflict. the congressional banking coittee demanded answers today how bernie madoff was able to swindle billions of dollars from investors over the course of 16 years without the securities and exchange commission ever detecting the fraud. the former inspector general admits the s.e.c. did receive complaints that raised red flags, but there was never a full investigation. they pled today they will fix the problems that led to madoff's fraud. new audiotapes surfaced. bernie madoff can be heard coaching someone how to fool the

s.e.c. >> you don't have to be too brilliant with these guys because you don't have to be, you are not supposed to have that knowledge. you wind up saying something which is either wrong or, you know, just not something you have to do. >> madoff is serving 150-year prison term. stocks finished in positive territory for a fifth day in a row now dow finished with an 80-point gain today. nasdaq was up 23 points. s&p closed ten points higher. investors are reacting to positive news for technology and media stocks. stocks for health insurance companies were up in reaction to the president's speech about hark last night. coming up, we'll tell you about an attempted abduction in fairfax. police think it may be linked to a similar attack earlier this week. >> and more on what metro is doing to keep riders safe. >> we'll get another check on our weather forecast.

traveling around town is messy. both the inner and outer loop are overwhelms. inner loop has a nicer pace than the outer loop. inner loop is continuing towards 270. the line up there i tysons in towards silver spring. outer loop delays begin solidly at 270 and continue down towards 66. if you are planning arip on the 95 corridor, volume is a factor. both hov and pain lanes which are at the center and the right of your screen, you will find in the southbound direction a lot of volume. good news is, no accidents to report.

there is a dog in australia named scooby. scooby is death and got stuck inside a cave. he had been there five days. rescue workers were able to monitor scooby sticking a camera through a crack in the rocks. yesterday they got him out. his owner waited anxiously as they used come pressed air to move a rock out of the way. somehow scooby managed to stay calm through the entire ordeal. dp for him. >> as small as that area was, how did they find him? >> his tail sure was wagging. more rain on the way? >> more rain. the jeffrey night here, i don't

think it's going to be anything heavy. what we will see is more steady rain across the area. that's what we are going to hav the next couple of hours. we are seeing the leading edge make its way into delaware and around just south of st. mary's. lots of clouds across the area again today. we had a little bit of a break again. temperature only got up to 74 degrees this afternoon at 2:00. a trace of h rain today. since september 1, we had .55 inch. our deficit though right now at about 1/2 inch, as well. let's look at current conditions, winds out of the east/northeast. those have been increasing through the afternoon. 16 miles per hour. we are seeing gusts right at maryland's eastern shore. up to near 40 miles per hour. here's the center of our coastal low right now. it's less than 200 miles from the mouth of the bay. it's moving westward. you can see the precip shield

wrapping around the storm north and west of it. heavier rain down to the south. it's a slow comes ashore. nothing heavy, but winds pick up and steady rain across the area already those winds up to 22 miles per hour. salisbury 23. up in philadelphia and wind's expected to pick up north even into the jersey beaches and long island. gale warn, up. sustained winds near 35 miles per hour with gusts anywhere between 40 and 50 miles per hour. tefh o high til ,veleecisxp t o isl veis expected to tfo 1o/2is 1 a foot to 1 1/2 t normal. annapolis high tide time 10:20 this evening. for alexandria, 1:00 a.m. i don't think we'll see minor flooding. just south of dover right now in salisbury, that's where the leading edge of that precip is. around this area, all we had is like one or two drops here and there. we had some in fairfax earlier.

down around st. mary's. we are sing some of that rain come in. golden beach st. mary's. purposing in from east to wet, we'll have wet weather around for the next couple of hours. ocean city coming in with over an inch of rain. there is that wind gust close to 40 miles per hour. the temperature still at 70 degrees. 66 at solomon's, pax river 64 degrees. feeling like october. how about temperaturesn the 80s? 81 st. louis. that's the pattern we are going to be under this weekend. the jet stream pushing back to the north. our temperatures getting into the low 80s. saturday morning after we get some of that rain out of here, we should start clearing out and warming up into the low 80s. for tomorrow, still lingering dampness, wetness across the area. even wind especially early tomorrow. 9:00, 10:00 p.m. this evening, showers widespread across the ea. it all depends how far west does this low move? that precip shield is sharp.

it's not like there is a whole bunch of bands of rain rotating around this storm. some places in the shenandoah valley, western maryland might not get anything at all. saturday that low starts moving out of here. in terms of amounts, about 1/4 inch of rain. there is the 1/2 inch mark, i-95 areas east. showers continue to develop. 64 to 67 degrees. temperatures by tomorrow morning our coolest start of the week. instead of just in the low 60s, i think we are going to see spots in the 50s. showers again mainly across northern maryland around harford county and down through prince george's and st. mary's and calvert county. breezy this evening. those winds should start to settle down. temperature high tomorrow between 73 and 77. then by tomorrow evening, we may start watching our skies clear a little be will be still for

tomorrow and still wet weather around. there you go. we'll take a look at your seven-day forecast in a few. >> see you then. thanks. >> coming up tonight, police say alcohol was a factor in a deadly crash in virginia this morning. >> what metro is doing to keep riders and workers safe after a seriesf safety issues this year. and a report on some of the ceremonies in our area tomorrow in remembrance of september 11th. redskins offensive line is in sync. find out why defensive coordinator not calling brian arakpo your average rookie.

back with a look at some of the stories making headlines tonight. president obama has accepted an apology from south carolina congressman joe wilson. the congressman last night shouted, "you lie" during the president's health care speech. today the president's focus remained on his push for reform. he pitched his plan to a nursing group and has more speeches planned over the coming days. police arrested a falls church man near the.s. capitol last night. 28-year-old joshua bowman told officers he wanted to park his car in a secured area on capitol hill near where the president was giving his speech. bowman was accused of having a shotgun in his trunk.

>> weather permitting, space shuttle "discovery" is scheduled to landan 7:05 tonight. thunderstorms could keep the shuttle in orbit another day. there was something of an unusual twist on the flight home. at noon the shuttle had to dodge a mysterious piece of space junk. coming up in this half hour of news4 at 6:00, police in virginia are investigating whether two attempted abductions are linked. >> health excerpts warned people not to forget getting their seasonal flu shots. and some of the events going on tomorrow in remembrance of september 11th. >> a metro worker is recovering after being hit by a train in alexandria this morning. the it happened between braddock road and national airport stations. the man was a communications technician. >> metro's board of directors was meeting when word arrived at headquarters a metro employee

had been hit by a train. it's the latest in a series of serious accidents that have plagued metro this summer. >> to try to find out how could this happen given all the safety standards we put in place. we always had in place, but we've intensified tremendously the last couple of months. >> in june, metro had the worst accident in its history, nine people died when one train rammed into the rear of another on the red line. just a few weeks ago, a metro employee, part of a track repair crew, was killed by a heavy piece of equipment. metro ordered a stand down, suspending all track work for days while its employees were given safety refresher courses. now another metro employee is hit on the tracks. this accident, which involved a metro worker, raises concerns once again among metro riders about the safety of the system. >> obviously it's a concern, as a regular rider.

something that feeds to be dealt with. i wish i had some suggestions. that's what the officials of metro are for. they need to really address the problem before someone else gets killed. >> i'm nervous about it recently. i never questioned it in the past. this year a lot of things have happened. i think it put everyone on edge a little bit. >> reporter: the 44-year-old metro emplae who was hit by the train sustained serious injuries and was flown to a local hospital for treatment. metro is investigating how it happened, but it is hard pressed to explain the series of accidents that has plagued it this summer. and has dealt a serious blow to its safety record. christ gordon, news4. metro officials are trying to figure out why the official was on the tracks and how he got there. there was a deadly car crash in leesburg, virginia this morning. one ofveheri drs had been drinking. that's 25-year-old justin roberi schuback of ash brn, virginia. he's been charged with felony

dui. police say his car slammed into the back of a dump truck on route 7 near east market street. they say after the crash, he never called 911 and tried to get a hickhike away from the scene. his passenger was 26-year-old adam katz. he was killed at the scene. police are looking for a man who assaued and ctabdu fair oaks tyunco.ofaiaiaxrfax . it happened on po oldrive. wanking tsal woungan tsroppd aheacdnganan m approac. th eenr. h then heedannd a s hedened herni khefe sh ni k fok igsasts heor teyam uyftle g se gamuy ors say the besgham fpopoleibor a similar attack that happened on sunday on penderview terrace. the candidates for the governor's office in virginia took their campaigns to northern virginia today. they both spoke at a forum for the potomac officers club in mclean this morning. republican bob mcdonnell and democrat crede stressed the way

out of the recession is to help small businesses succeed in virginia. >> we need to do everything we can to promote the private sector. to strengthen the entrepreneurs and risk takers that do create more opportunity and more job and give more access to the american dream. >> we need to jump-start our economy and create jobs. not plan to provide tax cuts, but create jobs in the commonwealth. it's simple. create a job, get tax credit. >> small businesses make up 97% of busins revenue in virginia. >> president obama is calling tomorrow a national day of service and remembrance. tomorrow will mark eight years since that tragic day. julie carey looks how pentagon survivors are remembering the friends they lost. >> reporter: pentagon employees eileen tyler and mary bradley decided not to wait to tomorrow.

they strolled past the benches bearing all-too familiar names. 26 co-workers perished in mary's office. >> i was telling eileen, i remember her, she was really, she was a soldier, but was really cute, a very nice person, very helpful. >> reporter: both women say their 9/11 memories are still vivid. >> the impact of it frightened the life out of me. i was so afraid. >> reporter: frozen with fear that day, eileen credits a military man for rescuing her. when she visits the memorial, she seeks out a special bench. >> i look at it and say i could have been one of these benches. i displaced a person who died. i always sit on her bench. >> reporter: when president obama speaks to the families of the 9/11 victims, they'll be at the memorial. >> when i come out here, it

gives me, like, gives me, like, some peace that we can come out here and be with them again. >> i'm getting ready to retire the end of this month, hopefully. it's still with me. it's going to be with me the rest of my life. i won't ever forget it. >> reporter: first-time visitor are struck by the memorial, too. this woman from u.k. was compelled to come here. >> i'm glad to be here, to be one of the persons who can honor those for giving their life. >> reporter: others will spend date tomorrow volunteerg on community service projects. julie carey, news4 arlington. >> president obama is expected to meet with family members for a ceremony the at the pentagon tomorrow. we noted earlier that passengers flying out of dulles airport will see some security measures beginning next week,

some new measures. the security screening will take place at a new permanent facity. here is keith with our report. >> this has been an improvement that has been long in the making. >> reporter: it is consired state-of-the-art and starting next tuesday, it is awaiting your arrival when you take your international. today the washington airport authority along with the transportation security administration unveiled its new passenger screening area to the media. a 122,000 square foot mezzanine designed to get passengers through security lines faster. >> it's new, it's bright, it's airy. we have deconflicted the experience for the traveling public, so no longer will you be in the confusing, chaotic experience of people movers. >> reporter: the new location will house two security areas, replacing the existing tsa checkpoints on the ticketing level. one of the hopes is to smooth the screening process for both

passengers and tsa security. >> that's one of tsa's primary objectives, to calm the experience down. both for the passenger and more importantly, for our work. we think we can do a better job focusing on security. >> reporter: workers are placing the last-minute touches on the w area, including a terminal for the airport's soon to be revealed shuttle train known as the aero. that's just for starters. >> an expanded international arrivals building. >> reporter: more changes to help passengers deal with the new realities of travel. keith garvin, news4. coming up tonight, health experts today urge people to get their seasonal flu shots as much as possible. >> buzz aldrin visited an elementary school today.

welcome back. veronica johnson he. another cool day for us. we are now down to 69 degrees. manassas, you're at 70. quantico 68. pax river at 64. a cool ot. that is where there is some rain right now. not much going on there inside the beltway. take a look south of the area now. st. mary's, solomon's, showers moving in. this is all part of the leading edge of that band of rain

rotating around that coastal low that's finally pushing westward. we are still going to have showers around tomorrow morning. some showers tonight. especiallyi-95 areas east. some passing showers and wet weather and a cool start to the day tomorrow. the wind, the wind's picking up outside probably wind still left, breezy conditions for tomorrow morning. 54 to 59 degrees. the high tomorrow of 76. on the seven-day forecast, we should get into the 80s this weekend. low 80s and start drying out. i think the brightest day out of weekend could be sunday. we could have lingering cloud cover saturday, especially in the morning. 84 for monday. more rain about mid week coming our way. one more day of this kind of on and off with the showers. back to you. >> thanks, veronica. some elementary school kids got a very special visitor at their school today. it was buzz aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon. he visited the children at reston virginia school which

bears his name. aldrin encouraged the youngsters to make the most of the opportunities they are given in life and told them to be kind and relevantful to each other. >> so open up, be friends to everyone that you meet, have a smile on your face and just remember we are all proud of everyone in aldrin elementary, especially me. >> aud rin elementary opened in 1994. it is celebrating its 15th anniversary now. buzz aldrin has been an active participant in school activities. today marked the kickoff of a national organization program designed to get kids to read. it's jump-start read. each year the program encourages kids who might not have easy acce to book is read a story. this year it's "the very hungry

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there were too many times last year when it seems jason campbell was running for his life. >> on his back. jim zorn actually said he was scareded to call certain plays because he knew campbell would get his clock cleaned. when you talk about the season opener, it's really simple. redskins, 6 1/2 point underdogs and giants, at least on paper, just a better football team. last season the redskins scored two touchdowns in two games against the giants. not exactly productive. one of the problems, what we were just talking about. oat offensive line which rarely gave jason campbell enough time to throw. now things may have changed, something campbell will appreciate. after a slow start, the skins' offensive line started to gel. although the starters didn't play much in the preseason, when they were on the field, jason campbell for the most part remained upright. two big changes on the o-line this year.

stephon heyer on a permanent basis. the big uglies up front made head coach jim zorn a believer. >> a lot of things are said, just little words, they mea something. our team, i think, is doing so much better at communicating those issues on blocks and schemes. we benefiteded from it already in preseason. we hope to continue during the season. >> i think we progressed tremendously. a lot of new faces in there. daryn docker. we played with him before. steph stephon heyer, we played with him. >> it's been said all offseason our pass protection, it gets a good defensive line and

linebacking corps. where are we at? have we made those adjustments? have we fixed the problem? i think we in this locker room feel real good about it. >> edwin williams, the rookie offensive lineman called that man the best teacher he could possibly ask for on the field. on the defensive side of the ball, there is a rookie he will be counted on heavily to contribute sunday. brian orakpo still learning the linebacker position. orakpo listed as the outside linebacker. he will be used a lot with his hand down in defensive end. fans already envisioning the side of albert haynesworth plugging the middle and orakpo coming in pummeling eli manning. >> i have no reservation starting him. i am just concerned with the

speed of it, that he'll see for the first time. as far as having a rookie start, i don't look at him as a regular rookie because of the maturity he brings to the arena. >> with a coach like that, i have a lot of trust in me as fares being young. i want to go out there and just not let them down. that's my main mentality. always been that way growing up as a mature guy that takes everything in and just do what i do best. that's playing under control and playing with a position that fits onto a defense. >> it's a difficult thing to remember he is a rookie. a, because he looks like he is older than he is. and he has that deep baritone voice. he is a scary dude. >> and he plays sometimes above what you would expect of a rookie. >> especially when he puts his hand down and lines up the defensive end. >> two more reasons i like

nationals manager jim reguliggl. he says when we play baseball, we are supposed to try to win. he said, my feeling is you ought to be ashamed of yourself if you get physically tired playing baseball because it shouldn't be that physically taxing, spoken like a true runner. unfortunately last night the national nationals taxed as they short. we pick it up in the top of the fifth inning. phyllis up 3-1. garrett mock. this one deep and off the wall. check out ryan howard. he's not that fast, but he is fast enough for as big as he is. he scores to give the philly as 4-1 lead. it's not quite over yet. bottom seven now. nationals trail 4-3. cristian guzman with runners on the corners. should be a double play ball. ain't going to happen here. chase utley drops it. you don't see that often. alberto gonzalez scores and we are tied at 4-4.

top eight, tied at 4-4. tyler clifford in the game. this guy has been crushing it this year. the 33rd home run of the season for jane worth, the nationals lose it 66-5. it's their 92nd loss of the year. nats and phillies again tonight at nationals park. >> allen iverson, ten-time all-star and former league mvp but feels like he has something to prove. at least that's what he said when he was introduced in pem fis today. the 34-year-old said he is treating this season like a rookie. a.i. has been hearing all the talk about him losing his step and he doesn't believe it. iverson might not be done yet. michael jordan got tired. age and gravity the enemy in the nba. iverson coming off his worst season in the league. he averaged 17.5 points per game. look at that. giving him the old guitar in elvicountry there. >> allen had to change from

number 3 to number 1. >> it's going to be a real personal yore. i'm excited about it because i feel like a rookie again. having to come in and prove yourself and become a household name all over again. >> apparently everybody in memphis skinnier, too. >> guy averages 18 points a game and that is his down side. there are guys in the league would love to have 18 points a season. >> when you are a.i. averaging 30 for your whole career, he's made the all-star team ten seasons out of 13 in the nba. >> that is not too bad. >> thank you. >> coming up, we'll tell you why health experts are worried people may not take the proper precautions against the seasonal flu this year. >> hockey players to tell but tonight.

there's been a lot of discussion how to prevent t h1n1 virus or the swine flu, but today government health officials expressed concern too many of us may forget about the dangers of the traditional seasonal flu. jay gray has more. >> it's an annual fall ritual, but this year doctors are

warning. one flu shot may not be enough. >> this year there are two flu-related threats, seasonal flu and the h1n1 virus. >> the h1n1 or swine flu vaccine won't be available until october. initially only for high-risk groups like pregnant women, children and young adults, health care workers and younger patients with pre-existing health problems. >> we know 2009, h1n1 virus continues to circulate. >> reporter: and grow, just like the fear over swine flu. on the eve of the september 11th anniversary, a consumer reports survey shows more americans are concerned about a swine flu outbreak than another terrorist attack. while h1n1 is the most dominant strain of flu worldwide, doctors are warning it could be daerous, even deadly to ignore traditional seasonal flu. >> seasonal influenza causes an average of 36,000 to 40,000 deaths every year in the united states.

>> reporter: according to the centers for disease mo a more than 110 million doses of winner flu vaccine will be available this year, but traditionally, less than 100 million people get the shot. those most at risk include adults 50 and older, in inwith chronic health problems, caregivers and children. >> school settings including colleges are ripe for disease spread. >> reporter: this school in georgia closed for the week because 1/3 of the students there have flu-like symptoms. it's just the start of what many experts fear will be a long and very difficult flu season. jay gray, nbc news. >> doctors say getting vaccinated is the most important step preventing the flu. they urge us to do simple things to stay safe. cover your mouth and nose and wash your hands a lot. if you do get sick, stay home. >> final check, veronica? >> we are popping our umbrellas tonight. a steady, light rain for some. you see the leading edge of that

shield, st. mary's county south of the area. waldorf and la plata. showers making their way inland. we'll have some more widespread rain across the area tonight. ocean city though really getting soaked today and blown around a bit with wind. temperatur by tomorrow morning will be down into the 50s. some passing showers throughout. we might see things taper off a little bit. a wet day coming up. back to you. >> thanks. coming up at 11:00, an unusual warning from area health departments. they are concerned about the number of rabid bats in our area. incredible video of one man barely escaping a gas station explosion. astronauts aboard "discovery" are waiting a second landing attempt before 9:00 tonight. it's all up to mother nature at this point at 11:00. >> a lot of people in canada just love hockey. one group of guys up there decided to set a new record and they did.

they held the world's first hockey tournament for guys over the age of 80. some of the players had equipment almost as old as they are. one man said his shoulder hockey pads dated back to 1938, but he said his knee was brand-new. former national hockey league pro volunteered to ref. he said the old guys looked like they could skate, but predicted they would lose steam, but he was wrong. both played hard the whole game. as for goals? nobody got caught up in that. one player put it, when you are over 80, you can't remember the score four days later any how so why bother. what does matter is their absolute love for the game and they say the way it makes them feel so very much alive. that guy looked like bobby orr, didn't he? >> they all looked good. wonder how they feel the day after. >> that's another or