tonight, tributes from all

over the country for those who died eight years ago on 9/11. here, panic when a training exercise caught almost everyone off guard. good evening. >> in an instant this morning, the fear and anxiety many of us felt eight years ago when cable tv networks reported shots were fired on the potomac river. it was all a big misunderstanding, a coast guard drill. many want answers about the timing and communication about such a drill on this date. we have more. >> reporter: during the training exercise occurred when washington has extra anxiety. the coast guard was doing a

training exercise where they fired on a boat in the potomac river. their internal communications would have sounded very real. it's just what cnn staffers were doing. they broadcast it was the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. the president was at a ceremony. fortunately harbor patrol was not far away. >> we found out about it once it began. we had harbor boats out there. the aftermath was letting everybody else know it was an exercise. >> reporter: departures from national airports were delayed for 20 minutes. the faa said it's not typical for the faa to make decisions based on the media reports, but the situation needs to be ecked out. the coast guard defends its training. >> we look at our procedures and

timing of the exercise. i will tell you this, we are charged with7/24 all day, every day security and safety. >> reporter: cnn said gechb the circumstances it would have been irresponsible not to report what we were seeing and hearing. we had the explanation from the coast guard as soon as it was provided. representative suzanne collins wants an investigation into the timing of the training exercise. back to you. >> thank you. 9/11 remembrance services were held today. at the pentagon this morning,ñi president obama read about the lives lost. tonight, the tribute in light

shines where the terrorist once stood. in pennsylvania, a bell tolled for each wghnli ft lost when flight 93 crashed into the countryside. we'll have more on the eighth anniversary of 9/11 including a tribute at walter reid medical center at 11:15. four police officers at the zoo came to news 4 claiming a manpower shortage and they were not adequately protected. they maintained the zoo was safe. promised strengthening of police force by labor day. we have the report. >> reporter: on a warm, fall day, as many as 20,000 adults and children walked through the gates of the zoo. no check in. no metal detectors with officers on patrol. the head of security for the

smithsonian says he's hired ten new zoo officers in the last four months. >> i feel good about it. we have met our goal that we talked to you about earlier. >> are the officers street ready? >> yes, they all have street experience. >> reporter: concerns are raised. >> they are not street ready. >> reporter: three off camera and two with their identities hidden. one said she quit as a zoo police officer one day after the interview. >> for those who say you are a disgruntled employee. >> i have never seen anything like this in my life. i worked at the police department for 21 years. i was a d.c. police officer. >> reporter: she claims the issues are not only manpower, but management. a lack of commitment to training officers and new recruits.

>> they are being hired, given guns and badges and they don't have the federal training. >> ridiculous. it's absolutely untrue. at no time do we give anyone a gun and put them on the street. they are talking of two of the three new ones that came on board have gone through firearms training. they are riding with seasoned officers. >> reporter: how much training and how much time is the sticking point. a zoo police sergeant claims ops is refusing to train the police officers and insists on training for federal police officers and federal security guards saying an officer must attend a police academy or law enforcement program. they admit no major crime happened inside the zoo gates, it still happens outside.

the monday before labor day, the day four brand-new officers were in orientation. an armed robbery at 10:00 in the morning. an armed zoo policofficer assisted. they are a life or death necessity. >> we have to watch out for them alone. >> reporter: ops says they promise more training. fourth and fifth amendments, fete ral law enforcement and a new run by zoo police in january. >> the zoo continueslace the reason pfe ilace. the reason i believe it's safe is the zoo police do a great job. >> reporter: the day after that interview, all new and current police officers across the smithsonian institution will under go a one week weapons program.d tm the thol to t to return their badges and weapons until their training is complete.

considering it has 2 million visitors a year, the zoo has a sound safety record. the last major inciden was 2007, outside the zoo gaits. police at the zoo make arrests on sight, most of the reported crime involves stolen purses and cell phones. we saw a cold, wet day turn into a damp evening. >> one of the 50/50 weekends coming up for us. tomorrow isn't going to be completely bad, but still not pretty. let's look at the radar. still dampness left hanging in the air. showers still dissipate. baltimore county, around pasadena, it's it, what's left of the light showers. as we go into tomorrow morning, we'll see just cloud cover left around the area. a break then the rest of the system will rotate through

tomorrow. now, they said it is cool tside, 60 degrees and dropping to the 50s overnight. tomorrow morning, we'll be at 55 to 58 degrees. a chilly start. what about the finish? what about sunday? we'll talk about it in a few minutes. back to you. >> thanks. two teenagers set up a touching tribute. congressman joe wilson will get a chance to apologize on the house floor before democrats scold him for his outburst. >> wildlife officials got a call. boy, what they found. >> dan, what did you find in sports? ak a nationals team that found a winning street. a humbling moment for the greatest basketball playerur o

congressman joe wilson could face a pubic scolding if he does

not apologize on the house floor. the spokesperson for house speaker nancy pelosi says the will vote for a resolution of disapproval for the republican congressman. house democrats believe he violated house rules. wilson is a republican from south carolina. he shouted, you lie! at the president when heaid his health care plan would not cover illegal immigrants. he called the white house to apologize. he says he considers that sufficient. a d.c. police detective found dead. police found the body of detective terrence greene in maryland last night. sources tell news 4 he was questioned in response to allegations he gave help to a murder suspect. robbinson is charged in the

death of another person. no charges have been filed against detective greene. the district announced it shut down a ma sonic lodge because of wild parties there. they claim teenagers have been partying at that lodge in northeast d.c. city officials said it led to violence over the past few months. they will hold a news conference to talk about the decision to shut down the lodge. a man has to act quickly when his car catches on fire. hundreds are thanking injured soldiers forirhe

it was a special september 11 remembrance tonight.

hundreds gathered to salute those who1vz served. some held signs, others waved american flags. others cheered to honking cars. they wanted to show support for those who help injured soldiers recover including family members and hospital staff. there was a 9/11 tribute this morning outside a nursing home by two teenagers. we have the story. >> reporter: the bell tolled in st. mary's county. they remembered the victims. 2977 one for each person who died on 9/11 and the retired warriors like david smith who served in vietnam. they came to contemplate. not in my wildest dreams and just -- just being here to show

my respect is why i wore the uniform. >> reporter: a sense of patriotism and the great loss that occurred on that day is not unique to that ceremony. the two people who organized this were only 8 years old when it occurred. the 16-year-olds attended a youth leadership conference together and it spawned this idea. >> we came back from leadership camp and she called me and said we need to do something for september 11. we kind of just, it just went on from there. >> we started calling people and really they have been so supportive. >> the flags were donated. >> one flag for every person fell. innocent civilians and firefighters, policemen and we thought it would be a great idea to do that. >> reporter: while it commemorated the darkest day in

history, it focuses on the theme. >> we have to remember those fallen before us, the americans that gave their lives. the terrorists cannot say we took their lives. we gave them for the integrity of our nation. >> reporter: they reinforced their feeling. >> it's a nice memory. derek ford, news 4. a lot of people outside commemorating 9/11 in spite of the weather, which didn't cooperate well today. >> no. talking a few showers this weekend, at least on saturday. they will be so brief i don't think too many folks are going to mind. the cloud cover lifting. the low cloud deck th was over us will start lifting. the capital dome, the temperatures are holding around 60 degrees through the area. at least the wind has started settling down. we picked up 8/10 inch of rain.

it's the most we have gotten in 20 days. we got rid of the deficit we had. now, at 6 degrees from the high of 69. the coastal low pressure system with tropical characteristics. it's burning out now lifting further in the north. the rain breaking up more and more. the locations get the heavy rain up through new england and pennsylvania. they could see anywhere from 1-2 inches of rain. the showers sliding east of the area. a little bit northern as well as areas around howard county and baltimore county. a few light showers left. aberdeen at 61 degrees and close to four inches of rain today. cecil county. that was hit the hardest today.

gaithersburg, maryland at 59 degrees. winds shifted to the northwest. a little drying taking place. high pressure will start to move in for sunday. it will promote dry across the area and give sunshine. we'll watch this low pressure system around the gulf of mexico. we got rid of one low that was tropical in nature, this could take on tropical characteristics with heavier rain for the south. the next chance for rain, the end of next week. 64 the temperature. 60 in cincinnati. cool 73 in st. louis. we'll move from the 70s tomorrow to the 80s by the end of the weekend. good weather coming up here. tomorrow morning, cloud cover left across the area. maybe one or two lingering showers there. well across maryland. the rest of the system rotates through. we could see a brief light shower come our way tomorrow. into the 70s for tomorrow. mostly cloudy and cool to start.

anywhere from 53 to 60 degrees, the start for tomorrow. then, high tpeemtures foroou m 70s. again, not much in the way of any sunshine. not much in the way either of showers. the showers are across the border of maryland and pennsylvania. sunshine for sunday, high 82. low and mid-80s for next week. nice dry stretch now. >> we'll look forward to sunday. thanks. still to come, the shuttle "discovery" shut down, but not in florida. the biggest snake seen in 15 years. kids were trying t t i spt.> sp

come on, let's go. >> we have been talking about this game forever and the redskins defense trying to stop the giants. the redskins secondary against the giants young and unproven wide receivers. the skins goal, make the giants beat them through the air with guys like johnson and smith. the rest of the giants receivers going to be seeing a ton of man-to-man coverage. greg thinks the giants running game is going to open it up. >> it's one thing if you could say we'll worry about that. when you have to take care of the run game, thety they have. i think it's a great opportunity

for them. you're going to get single coverage because of the weapons they have. >> all right. translation, they don't think the giants whiteouts are good, so they are going to man up on them and think they can beat them that way. >> i think they can, too. >> we'll see. baseball now. jeter could become the all time hitter in the league. the nationals officially have a winning streak. adam dunn creeps closer to the 40 home run plateau. let's go to south florida. they stopped the game at 9:11 tonight to honor those who lost their lives eight years ago. one man done and gone. high and deep to left. a two-run home run. nationals take a 2-0 lead. things are looking good. in the sixth, mike morse pinch

hitting. he delivers. deep center field. he can't get the catch. josh willingham. it's a two-run double for morse. the nationals knock off the fish, 5-3. they have now won two games in a row. most of the biggest names in basketball on hand to see michael jordan get enducted into the hall of fame. leroy smith was there. leroy who? maybe the reason jordan is who he is. it's the first time jordan was cut from any team. >> he's the tame 6'7" guy. not any bigger. he started the whole process with me. when he made the team and i didn't, i wanted to prove to

leroy smith and to myself, i wanted to make sure you understand you made a mistake, dude. can you imagine -- leroy smith was there. can you imagine being him watching that. >> can you imagine being the coach saying, yoe, i did. >> one of the biggest mistakes of his life. friday night. high school football. it's powerhouse taking on eastern. eastern had their hands full in this one. ramblers in blue pumping away. dunbar opens up with a bang. this is how you do it on the punt return. take tes. turn it upfield when you get on the sidelines. 46 yard -- wow, it's long. they take the lead. freshman quarterback, matthews. 22 yard score.

dunbar up 26-0 after one quarter. they go on to win it, 54-6. nice one. >> that's a whooping. up next, the shuttle gets t aoran fhe lhedi he

the space shuttle "discovery" got the okay to land. it touched down in california addedwards air force base after 9:00 there was a successful 14-day

mission to the international space station. weather cancelled atechts yesterday and earlier today at the kennedy space center in florida. a man had to act quickly when his car caught fire and he was locked inside. he pushed on the doors to get out. they wouldn't budge. he thinks the electrical system broke down and locked him in. a really big snake. a python. huge python removed from a neighborhood in apop ka, florida today. a python more than 20 feet long. neighbors complained kids were trying to ride it. you gotta love it. officials say the owner didn't have a cage for the pet or a permit for the pet. >> could you sleep at night with that thing not in a cage?

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have a great weekend. see you monday. good night.