and from the east coast to the west americans are waking up on this sunday september 11th a day the country remembers thousands of lives lost ten years ago. good morning, everyone. welcome to mornings on 2 i'm mike mibach. >> and i'm claudine wong. events memorializing the victims of 9/11 are being held across the country. including in san francisco where a remembrance ceremony is getting under way to remember firefighters. >> reporter: the ceremony just got under way here. we are outside of fire station 13 right on ocean avenue. they have just unfolded a flag here. you can see members of the san francisco fire department taking part in this ceremony. they want to time this out very carefully so at 6:59 they sounded three chimes to signal the exact time that the south tower of the world trade center collapsed. and in just a few moment trace be ringing the last alarm and then they will be lowering the flags here to half staff. this is a ceremony taking place here. the chief or the fire department taking part as well. you can see members of the fire department standing out in front of the station to commemorate their comrades who lost their lives on 9/11 ten years ago today. and in just a few moments they will be reading off all of the names 343 names of the new york firefighters who died on 9/11. >> on this ten year anniversary we remember and honor all those fire service emergency medical service law enforcement. [ inaudible ] nor we remember the lives victor perez. firefighter. we will all carry on together and keep you both in our hearts. please give a moment of silence. we will now read the names of the nypd firefighters that gave their lives. >> now they will begin the reading of the names passing around the list here one by one. >> adam david ram. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: members of the as far as fire department here reading off the names more than 300 new york city firefighters their comrades who were killed on 9/11 ten years ago today. they will be reading off all of those names out in front of the san francisco fire station. station 15 and similar ceremonies taking part at every single fire station across california this morning. >> in from san francisco we want to take you back live to new york city. 90 minutes ago a ceremony got under way at the world trade center. president obama and former president george bush were in attendance. as part of this ceremony victims names are also being named and a moment of silence was held. a moment of silence was also held when the plane crashed into the pentagon and a fourth moment of silence is expected to take place or it just may have to remember a time that the plane crashed in pennsylvania flight 93 united airline flight bound for san francisco. that flight crashed at 10:03 eastern time. 7:03 on the west coast. right now we want to take you live back out to new york city and listen in here at the podium. >> the bright eyed daughter the quick son. alphabet of names in a green field. names in the small tracks of birds. names lifted from a hat or balanced on the tip of the tongue. names willed in a dim warehouse of memory. so many names there is barely room on the walls of the heart. >> william m.. >> and the names being read by family members of the victims. this has been taking place for the past 90 minutes. reporter carter e advance has been in new york city all morning long. let's join carter now. >> reporter: you know you just saw former new york governor speaking there and now the names are resuming. we did in fact have that fourth moment of silence at 10:03:00 a.m.. that is when flight 93 hit the ground in shanksville, pennsylvania. let me step out of the way. i want to give you the scope of all of this. we almost start out with the reflecting pools the memorials here. this is a unique perspective. those water falls the largest man-made water falls in north america. you see all those people surrounding it. these are family members of people who died here ten years ago today. and they are being allowed for the first time ever to walk up to the reflecting pools and see the names of their loved ones etched in bronze all along the rim of each of these reflecting pools. you might see people leaning over. it looks like they are writing on a piece of people. many people are rubbing chalk or crayons on their names there so they can have something else to remember their loved ones by. i can show you more if you would like. let's show you world trade number one. this is the tower that is being built until place of the original two that was here. a lot of legal wranglings for many years. but now construction is well under way. they are moving along at is a pretty good clip. when i first moved here to new york five years ago, this was still just a giant hole in the ground. people would still come here from all over the world and try to get a peek at the construction inside. there was really nothing to see per se. it was just a giant hole. it was a feeling you get when you are down in this area. i think everyone remembers where they were on september 11th, 2001. you get that feeling down here. finally today we really have something of substance to look at. we have those memorials. and starting tomorrow the general public will be able to view those memorials. >> carter evanss reporting from new york city. thank you. from new york city we want to take you to the pentagon. president obama will visit all three 9/11 sites today. you are looking at j. as he speak -- you look at joe biden as he speaks in arlington where one of the planes also crashed and lives were lost there. emotional ceremonies going on across the countries. today's event will include president obama laying a wreath at the pentagon memorial. we know we want to listen in right now to vice president joe biden. >> he sat on a bench and con fronted a man. a man that was wondering aloud. why am i still alive? for hood i not been at the dentist, i would have been in the office. my office. totally destroyed. my colleagues gone. why me? it's a basic american instinct to respond to crisis when help is needed. to confront the afflicted. an american instinct summoned by the collective strength of the american people that we see come to the floor in our darkest hours. an instinct that echoes through the ages from pearl harbor to bay route. flight 93 to right here in the pentagon. those in this building that day knew what they were witnessing. it was a declaration of war by stateless actors bent on changing our way of life. who leaved that -- whole believed that -- who believed these horrible acts of terror directed against innocents could buckle our knees, could bend our will, could begin to break us and break our resolved. but they did not know us. instead, that same american instinct that sent all of you under the breach between the fourth and fifth corridors galvanized an entire new patriots. the 9/11 generation. many of them were just kids on that bright september morning. but like their grandparents, on december 7th, 1941, they courageously bored the burden that the united states placed on their soldiers. >> they we now want to take you to shanksville, pennsylvania. services are scheduled for another hour and a half in that community at the new flight 93 national memorial. now normally that community has a population of 260 but so many people have come out there. there are tens of thousands of people now in that community. former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush were at the nation's newest national park earlier ceremony there. we know they have been trying to build the memorial there. it will be a set of 40 marble slabs. each subscribed with the names of the passenger and screw. they are still raising money for that. they are remembering the heroic efforts on that plane that crushed the cockpits to stop that terrorism attack and saved countless lives that morning when they took matters into their own hands and refused to let the terrorists fly that plane. certainly this morning we are remembering the heros of flight 93. >> u.s. intelligence officials say there is no evidence this morning that any al qaeda operative has entered the country to carry out an anniversary attack. new york city stepped up police patrols after reports of a terror threat. officers this weekend are conducting more security sweeps around ground zero. investigators have been look into the theft of two vans from a world trade -- world trade center contractor. government officials say they are questioning the validity of the tip that three would detonate a car bomb. good morning, to you. here at home the possibility of thunderstorms in our forecast. once again giving you a live look. san jose this morning. the low cloud deck marine layer thicker than what we saw yesterday. many of us looking up with partly to mostly cloudy skies. we will see the burn off later on today. the possibility of thunderstorms or afternoon will be cooler than what we saw yesterday as well. a southerly breeze san francisco right now. 9 miles an hour. it lookalikes the westerly breeze through fairfield has picked up from 24 hours ago. 22 right now north westerly. 56 in oakland. the temperatures slightly warmer than yesterday. could be due to that could cover. usually will is. 61 redwood city. low 60sin san jose. the clouds hanging over the diablo range at this hour. 61 degrees livermore. 60 in napa and wide spread upper 50s right around santa rosa. pulling it back a bit you can see moisture hanging around. again that chance for thunderstorms rolling our way. a look at the satellite and radar this loop is 24 hours. i want to show you when it starts to bubble up you notice the clock says afternoon time. it was yesterday afternoon we really saw some sparks occurring. it's that heat mt. afternoon that helped to fuel the thunderstorms. it's usually in the afternoon when we get to see the bubble up over our mountain ranges. wide view you can see pretty clear out there in the coastline. partly cloudy skies. very similar to what we had yesterday. sunny at times and clouds moved through. gets a little breezy. a little unsettled. cooling continues for the afternoon. especially inland areas. the isolated thunderstorms will decrease tonight. and then by tomorrow the chance will continue to lessen. forecast highs expected today. wide spread 70s. petaluma expected 72. 81 st. helena. 86 clear lake. 69 oakland. 78 walnut creek. the farther you go inland the warmer it is. pretty still a nice day overall. 66 san jose. 75 sunnyvale. 73 redwood city. 68 san bruno. low 60s for the coast. your extended forecast here partly to mostly cloudy skies in store for today. the isolated chance for a thunderstorm. it will be primarily over our mountain areas. southern santa clara valley as well as areas along month term ray. monday and tuesday notice a gradual warmup there. come thursday a little bit of cooling. wide spread 80s for the inland areas. 70s for areas around the bay. take a look at the lunchtime numbers coming up. while the country commemorates 9/11 at least 80 u.s. troops are injured in afghanistan. what happened and the group claiming responsibility for those attacks. and two people found dead when firefighters responded to a fire overnight. the reason why police call this case suspicious. 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also taking place at the pentagon. the speakers include defense secretary leon panetta. alison burns is live. >> reporter: yes, let's get back to that live look at the pentagon. vice president joe biden has just wrapped up an emotional speech to the family members and friends of the 184 people who died when an american airlines plane crashed into the pentagon on this day a decade ago. also here this morning are the first responders who saved scores of lives. a giant flag hangs near the spot where the plane hit the building. just as it did in the days after september 11th. members of the armed services put flowers on the benches in the memorial honoring the victims. and defense secretary leon panetta lead a moment of silence saying while terrorists tried to make the united states weaker, the country is stronger. >> to this day and by these memorials to each victim we pledge to never forget the enemy that made this happen. >> reporter: now we are back to a live look at the pentagon. president obama will lay a wreath at the memorial there tonight and speak at a concert. a concert for hope at the kennedy center. now of course there has been some anxiety here in the nation's capitol at the possibility of another attack. washington, d.c. police say reports of suspicious vehicles are up and we have seen capitol police conducting searches here in the senate park behind us. so far it does not appear anything has turned up related to a terrorist threat. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. time now 7:21. at least 80 american soldiers are wounded and two afghan civilians are dead after a womaning. that attack happened yesterday on the eve of the tenth anniversary of 9/11. it was carried out by a suicide bomber that detonated a large bomb inside a truck carrying firewood. the taliban has claimed responsibility for that attack. war protestors plan what they call a different commemoration of 9/11. hundreds of activists will gather on both ends of the bridge at noontime. they will stand in solidarity for world peace. members have carried out similar peace marchs on the bridge in the past. operation enduring freedom tried to dismantle the al qaeda terrorist network. they have given safeman to al qaeda and refused to hand over osama bin laden after the attacks. the taliban were ousted from power lateener that year. of those 171751 were americans. he was one of the heros of flight 93. >> mom i just want to tell you i love you. i'm a flight from newark to san francisco. >> a mother shares her memories of a son and last conversation ten years ago. a bay area mother is among the people in shanksville pennsylvania that are reremembering the passengers of flight 93. and she talked to us about his last call to her before he and other passengers rushed the terrorists saving countless lives. alice stands in shanksville, pennsylvania in memory of her son. she knows he died fighting because heckled her just before charging down the aisle for that final battle with the terrorist. >> mom, this is mark. i just want to tell you i love you. i'm a flight from newark to san francisco and there is three guys on board there are actually four who have taken over the plane and say they have a bomb. >> he was the light of her life. & yet she is inspired by the heros that fought with him and the lives they saved. >> it was really a scene and it was really horrifying and yet it was wonderful to know that a little group of guys can make such a great big difference on that day. >> he was a former flight attendant and admits she is still scared to fly. she flew to pennsylvania today in honor of her son who didn't let his fear stop him from fighting. >> i live 9/11 every day of my life and i always will and i will go to my death trying to rectify the unsolved and unfinished business of 9/11. >> she also says she is proud her son was able to come out to her and she is actively involved in the gay community. this afternoon at 1:00 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[ applause ] >> ten years ago he was known as america's mayor rudy guliani speaking on this 9/11 anniversary. there have been already several moments of silence this morning in new york city. they took place at the time the two flights hit the towers. also at the time american airlines flight 77 hit the pentagon and united flight 93 in shanksville, pennsylvania. >> we want to go now to ktvu alex savage. >> reporter: good morning, claudine. san francisco firefighter this morning honored their own during this commemoration ceremony during the september 11th attacks. it took place behind us here right outside fire station 15 on ocean avenue. everything got started just before 7:00 this morning. we'll show you video of what was taking place. in fact, things got started precisely at 6:59:00 a.m.. that is the time that the south tower of the world trade center collapsed ten years ago today. the firefighters stood outside the station. three chimes were set off. moments later they rang what they call the last alarm for their comrades. the new york fight firers killed in the september 11th attacks and they read off all 343 names of the new york city firefighters that died on 9/11. the chief of the fire department joann hayes white took part in this ceremony. after the ceremony got finished we asked her about what was going through her head. >> three months ago in a house fire we lost to firefighters. that loss has been very difficult and so i can only imagine a department losing 343. >> reporter: so a very somber ceremony for members of the san