. we begin with breaking news from prince george's county. good afternoon. i'm jc hayward. right knew police are investigating the apparent murder of a junior at central

high school. the body was discovered on old central avenue. our scott broom has been following this story. he joins us now live with more information. scott? >> reporter: hi, jc. we're in the 6100 block of old central avenue where the victim has been identified by police. they say that he was walking to school this morning at about 6:00 here in the 6100 block when he was shot to death. lots of 911 calls came in all at one time. you can see behind me, this is still a very active crime scene. the streets still closed. an entire cadet class of prince george's county budding police officers are out there looking for some kind of evidence because frankly it is a mystery exactly who did this and how it happened. we know a series of 911 calls came in. police came out here and found this young man down on the sidewalk at which point the

investigation began. central high school's principal has been out here and told us that this young man who is a well regarded student, a student who was active in a fashion design program at the school, and with great sadness in his heart, the principal of central high school told us he is not a young man who deserved to die. he deserved to live. the investigation is still under way. this is a young man. he was 18 years old, a junior at central high school, who was shot to death while he was walking to school and police right now are trying to figure out exactly what happened. they're also interviewing students and staff at center hi school to try to determine whether or not -- high school to try to determine whether or not there was some sort of conflict that may have led up to us. live in capitol heights, i'm scott broom, 9news now. >> thank you very much. today is september 11. a sad anniversary for americans around the country. it has been 11 years since the

terror attacks killed nearly 3,000 people. residents in new york gathered at ground zero in lower manhattan this morning to remember. randall pinkston has more. >> reporter: the bell rang at exactly the moment when the first plane hit the twin towers 11 years ago. then again 17 minutes later for the second plane. >> we love you so much. >> reporter: family members read the names of the victims. >> and my father jeffrey john jeer giordano. >> reporter: 2700 people were killed here at the trade center. >> i love you rick, miss you terribly, your dad always. >> reporter: james hargry came to the ceremony with his children to remember his brother timothy. >> it's his grave site. we never recovered any remains. he's here somewhere. >> reporter: if there's any silver lining to the sad day, it's the break in the stalemate

over the 9/11 museum. construction can resume at the end of the month. the politicians who announced the agreement came for the ceremony but were not invited to spe. memorial president -- speak. memorial president joe daniel says that kept the focus on the families. >> we thought it was very, very important to make sure and remind people this is about the victims. it's appropriate and it keeps the focus on where it should be. >> reporter: it's been a year since the opening of the memorial. one world trade now rises over the site and fountains mark the foot prints where the towers stood. in brilliant sunshine so similar to that day 11 years ago, family members grieve over the names of the victims. >> edward disimone iii and left behind tokens of love. randall pinkston, cbs news, new york. >> to honor the victims of 9/11, the muslim community launched its second muslim for life blood drive on capitol hill yesterday. they want to collect 11,000

bags of blood that can be used to help save as many as 33,000 americans. organizers say they are holding similar drives around the country. >> these drives are part of our effort to honor the victims of 9/11, really to pay homage to those who are fallen 11 years ago. >> a second blood drive is scheduled for thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the cannon caucus room on independence avenue and 1st street southeast. september 11 has become synonymous with community service since 2009 when congress passed a bill that formally recognized today as a national day of service and remember bradges. chris -- remembrance. kristin fisher has more on how some local volunteer are rising to the occasion in seat pleasant. >> reporter: over a hundred volunteers converge on the

eastern avenue apartments planting, painting, landscaping. they're making this place look prettier to make the people who live here feel better, people like ronald butler, a veteran who needs the support of housing. [indiscernible] >> reporter: one of the volunteers is army veteran phil bower. his helicopter was shot down in iraq in 2003. >> because of that those injuries, became a below the knee amputee, post-traumatic stress disorder. >> reporter: after losing almost everything, he found new life by volunteering with the mission continues fellowship program. >> i found through everything that giving back helps to give me that purpose that forced me to have to get up in the morning. >> reporter: now this veteran is helping another veteran in need. >> i feel good. this is really nice. >> reporter: it's events like this that have made september

11 the largest annual day of charitible activity in the united states. last year for the tenth anniversary, more than 33 million people took part in this national day of service and remembrance. >> there is no greater thing you can do than to sort of celebrate not only those lives but the message of giving back to the community. >> reporter: in seat pleasant, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> stay with 9news now and cbs news throughout the day as we mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. and on our web site wusa9.com, you can see artwork by children being shown at the pentagon. also, there are photos from new york's 9/11 memorial museum. learn more about the events that are happening around town today by going to our website wusa9.com. we could learn more today about plans to try a former

virginia police officer on murder charges. daniel harman wright is scheduled to northbound culpeper county circuit court for a motions hearing. harman-wright shot and killed 54-year-old patricia cook during a traffic stop last february. the officer claims cook trapped his hand in the window of her jeep as she drove away. but prosecutors say that harman- wright did not fire the fatal shots until he was clear of that vehicle. he's scheduled to go on trial in january. we're waiting to find out the sentences for the five murder defendants involved in one of the most violent incidents in the district's history. three people were shot and killed on south capitol street in march of 2010. six others were injured. the shootings were revenge for a murder from an earlier day. five men were convicted back in may. prince george's county police admit they have no leads in the murder of a 17-yard high

school student -- 17-year-old high school student. they hope someone will come forward with some information. amber stanley was murdered in her bedroom last month in kettering. police say that the killer went into the home, went to amber's bedroom and then shot her. more than 100 people attended last night's community meeting, including amber's mother. >> i miss her, my baby. i'm just waiting to wake up. a horrible dream. i'm walking around waiting to wake up. >> another goal of last night's meeting was to ensure people who live in that kettering neighborhood that they are safe. there have only been three violent crimes there so far this year. d.c. council member michael brown is holding a news conference later today. after filing a campaign report late last night. "the washington post" reports that the independent at large council member claims nearly $114,000 from his campaign

account is missing and, quote, unexplained expenditures. he fired his campaign treasurer in july after some money was missing. there is a police investigation ongoing, and we'll have more on brown's news conl frens -- conference that's being held. details will be on 9news now at 5:00 and of course on our website wusa9.com. coming up, some welcome news for first responders who became ill after rushing in to ground zero.

today on the season premiere of the dr. phil show, friends of george zimmerman, the man charged with killing an unarmed trayvon martin speak out for the first time. it will be an exclusive interview. >> do you believe if he hadn't had that gun and shot tray have, that george -- trayvon, that george zimmerman would be dead today? >> absolutely. >> you think trayvon would have killed him? >> if i could have one moment. the injuries that he had to his head could not be sustained for any period of time without either becoming unconscious or dying. he said, i'm blacking out. i feel i'm going to die. he told the police that he said that in a lie detector test all of which they have.

they've connected all this together and from george's perspective, he felt, i am going to die. >> dr. phil also talks to trayvon's stepmother. you won't want to miss the season premiere of the dr. phil show. it begins right here at 4:00 on channel 9. it will be folds by 9news now at 5:00. coming up next, howard and his forecast.

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september 11 is a day of remembrance, but today is also a day of hope for the first responders and it's also an end to some bureaucratic bickering. >> reporter: kenny speck is a former new york city firefighter. >> speaking for myself and i'm sure i can speak for much if not all of the new york city fire department. it was an honor to be down at the world trade center. it was something that we needed to do. >> reporter: he was one of hundreds pouring through the rubble of the twin towers 11 years ago, exposed to stocks ins for -- to toxins for months. he learned monday the government will pay to cover 58 types of cancer for first responders. he says this day has taken so long to come because history hasn't given us a president. >> they wanted to compare us to coal miners. this was not a coal mine type situation. we needed the physicians to start expanding the way that they thought. >> reporter: those who died and

those who still suffer were no doubt on the minds of those visiting the 9/11 memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania on monday. secretary of defense leon panetta paid tribute to the passengers and crew of united airlines flight 93. their hijacked plane crashed into a field. >> this is hallowed ground n. is hallowed ground because this is the final resting place of american patriots. >> reporter: the 9/11 museum in new york also considered to be a hallowed ground was supposed to open tothe public today, but a budget and oversight dispute has stalled the project. late monday those involved came to an agreement and vowed that construction will not stop until it is finished. the museum is part of the national september 11 memorial which has seen four and a half million visitors since it opened last year. i'm andreau spencer report -- andrew spencer reporting. >> the foundation that

organizes the september 11 memorials say this year no politicians will be allowed to speak at any of the services. president barack obama and presidential nominee mitt romney have suspended their campaign ads for the day. let's grow to howard and get a forecast. a gorgeous afternoon under way. had a great morning and the afternoon equally fantastic qeter wise. clear skies, lots of sunshine. these temperatures are going to make a run toward the upper 70s. probably about 4:00 or so then this evening you got plans, winds are going to be light. go out and enjoy. you might want to take a little jacket with you because temperatures will quickly drop into the 60s once we get past the sunset which is about 7:20, 7:25 this evening. overnight we're going back into the 50s, if not upper 40s in a few spots by wednesday morning. clear skies overhead. we've had just a beautiful morning. temperatures actually the coolest they've been at least

at national. since may 16 we were 56 then. look at the mid-40s in gaithersburg and frederick. even la plata got down to 48 with mid-40s in the shenandoah valley. cumberland and petersburg 43. but dry air doesn't take as much energy to heat up. we've already risen in many cases. almost 30 degrees, 27 now in petersburg. -- 72 now in petersburg. gaithersburg 72. still 68 in leesburg and hagerstown. just a gorgeous afternoon. fredricksburg 74. as we look outside on our michael & son weather cam, beautiful. clear skies over the capitol dome. reagan national officially 73 with the sunshine. dew points in the low 40s. the relative humidity only 34%. barely a detectable breeze east, southeast winds at 3 miles an hour. while it's nice and cool and comfortable here, you'll notice the heat in the middle of the country. mid-90s in minneapolis. 70 back in the dakotas. so there's a cold front here. i point that out because it's going to play into our weather later on as we get towards the weekend.

himp just off to our -- high pressure just off to our west. there are a few showers ahead of the cold front in minnesota and north dakota but the warm air is in place and the back side of the high. we're still on the east side of the high, the cool side of height. with the high drifting over us, we'll have very light wind. it will turn more southerly so temperatures will keep up -- will creep up but there's really no weather headed our way. instead of upper 70s, we'll make it into the low #s on which is about -- low 80s which is about where we should be this time of year. here we are 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. nothing of significance headed our way. any showers will be going toward the carolinas on thursday. looking at the forecast, a beauty today. maybe one of the better days of the year. 78 degrees. tonight we're dipping into the 50s. upper 50s to near 60 by the bay. tomorrow a little warmer but still very pleasant, 83. thursday and friday both look fantastic. 84 both days. nighttime low 60s in town.

still some 50s out in the suburbs. by saturday night into sunday, that's when we have a chance for a couple of showers or storms, highs in the low 80s. we'll be back with more 9news now at noon right after this.

before we leave today, we would like to pay tribute to a colleague, the late janice brown. she was frequently a guest here at 9news now. she wore many hats. besides being a journalist, she was a fashion expert.

she was a comic. she was a traffic reporter. she was a professor at udc. she was even a standup comic. she was loved by so many people. i'm happy to have her daughter with whitney brown with me. first, i'd like to say we extend our deepest sympathy to you and your family because it was such a shock. janice was loved by so, so many people. she died of lung cancer, it was very, very quick. but i would like to hear from you what do you remember most about your mother? >> i remember her laugh, her sense of humor. she was just someone who really took life by the handlebars and did everything she could to just give all she had to life. you never knew she had a problem. she never made it anybody

else's issue if she was having an issue. she always made sure that people around her were going to have a good time. >> she lived life to its fullest. she was a musician. she studied music. she did so many things. she knew so much about fashion. >> she knew so much about life. she was way beyond her years. i think that's maybe why she was called home so early. she gave everything she had to give and she gave a lot to me. i'm here to continue carrying on what she taught me, you know. >> what was the biggest lesson that she taught you? >> be fearless. do what you want to do. do what you've got to do. and do it well and look good while you're doing it. >> i like that. she certainly looked good while she was doing everything. she was known as uptown janice brown. how did she get that title? >> i think it was first self- proclaimed. i know there was a downtown junior brown. she said she wanted to be

uptown janice brown. >> she had a wonderful, loving, kind, sweet personality. she's going to be missed by so many people. again you have my deepest sympathy and i know that you're going to represent her well. she's not gone. she's going to be in our hearts for a long time. come back at 5:00.