this morning on early today, not letting it happen again. president obama renews his push for financial regulation one year after the collapse that started the global economic meltdown. smoke on the water. the coast guard makes a dramatic sea rescue off the coast of texas. and jay-walking. veteran tonight show host jay leno prepares for his big move veteran tonight show host jay leno prepares for his big move to primetime. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello and good morning, everyone. i m dan kloeffler. and today we begin with after the fall. president obama will be unwall street this afternoon to try and kick start stalled efforts to over haul the financial s regulatory system. it comes on a first anniversary of the lehman brothers collapse. a cossal failure that helped trigger the worst economic crisis in decades. today s spoech will push forex panneded federal authority to oversee risk, and power to take control of failing institutions. it come
rain chance only about 30% here in town. lower rain chances further south and west you go. northern maryland, southern pennsylvania, better rain chances further north you go into those locales. a complete check of the forecast. saturday, college football forecast coming up. looking forward to that. thanks, chuck. metro riders this morning, expe rere g the taking the red, onge or green lines this weend. track maintenanceein wck tglinrn streainsglin tracking between the medical center andglvero grn between ein fea between east falls churcnd a ballston on the orange le a and between greenbelt and polgelekar on the green nekli. metro says riders should ad att least 20 minutes to their iptr. maintenance is expected to wrap up tomorrow night. not again. that s the horrible thought that went through some people s minds yesterday. eight years to the day after the september 11th attacks when reports surfaced shots were fired on the potomac river. the president was nearby at a me
immediate why reports that the coast guard was firing on a suspicious boat on the potomac. it turned out it was only a training exercise overheard on a command radio. no shots were fired. i want to reemphasize no shots were fired. there was no suspect vessel. there was no criminal activity. this was a pre-planned, normal training exercise. reporter: coast guard leaders declined to apologize for holding such training on the somber september 11th anniversary without notifying the public. other federal or local authorities. but promised a thorough review of its actions. we will look at our procedures and timing of this exercise. i will tell you this. we are charged with 7 by 24, 365, every day, a day, all weather, security and safety. reporter: the incident was near the memorial bridge. in the frenzy immediately after, reagan national airport was shut down with nearly two dozen flights delayed until the issue was cleared up. the potomac panic prompted criticism that the
well, it has been eight years now since the 9/11 terror attacks, and for many the pain still runs very deep. today we visit the memorials taking place here and around the country. also this morning, how you can honor the victims of those attacks by volunteering your time to those in need. good morning, everyone, and welcome to news 4 today. i m joe krebs. and i m eun yang in for barbara harrison today, friday, september 11th, 2009. let s take a live look outside right now. we have 63 degrees here in t nation s capital and we have some rain as well. let s get the forecast now from meteorologist tom kierein. he s joined us here in the studio. yeah, good morning. we do have improving news for ethekened, but we are goingngni al elouwxtfrs e time. largefre oa o low pressure spinning like a giantow merry-go-round ofnai r right near ocean city and it is pushing that rain farther to the west. right now we re getting light rain in washington but some more moderate to heavi
would not apply to those who are here illegally. it was spontaneous. strong reaction today to last night s health care speech on the hill after words from the president and two loud words from a republican opponent. hello and welcome to news4 at 4:00. i m pat lawson muse. i m keith garvin in for jim handly. democrats say both the speech and outburst breathed new life into the health care debate. today the president is showing new resolve in getting a reform bill passed. steve handelsman has the latest from capitol hill. hello, everybody. reporter: encouraged by his speech, president obama told his cabinet today to push harder for health care reform. the time is right and we are going to move aggressively to get this done. reporter: the obama pointman in the senate max baucus. the president last night did not insist on government insurance. we should remain open to other ideas that accomplish our ultimate goal. reporter: in a shift, speaker pelosi today agree