Title: Coast Guard explains Sept. 11th exercise

" every day all -- security and safety and America and interest the national capital region. We train every day we have crews that are highly proficient. And this is -- routine exercise. I don't think that our operational commanders -- any reason. Not to train today."

" Yes."

" In this that -- coast are working frequency but and is not encrypted. So. Anyone with a -- a scanner just like many police departments have their communications intercepted. This wasn't so. If weren't -- an actual operation. With Secret Service or the federal agencies we go and put it on the radios what can not beat intercept. But for normal open training exercises oftentimes. We use clear channel's and that's apparently what happens when. And this is a lull. Profile normal training exercise that goes on every day as we train our people handle boats. -- security protocols. There's really no reasons -- specific agency notification. On an exercise that is this low profile it's a routine every it's. Other agencies including NORAD conduct exercises on the new basis it's only when they -- affecting national airport or in close. Become -- noticeable to the public with the chemicals known for its. -- this -- we got very well defying security protocols in the national capital region. -- what happened is. Dana bash reports in and certainly that was generated by the press reports. The FAA reacted by morning -- hold on a small number of aircraft that Reagan national intelligence lord of the information."

" Have we mentioned it. What."

" What do you have seen what what you I've seen -- small war. 45 foot responsible zip code orange you've probably seen them all on the Potomac. They have moderate -- automatic weapons seven point 62 caliber weapons and all of -- blow you would have seen improvement standing -- that weapon. As the boats were being maneuvered and simulating the interdiction that they would have done for a suspect vessel. What you -- not a part gunfire you would have not. Had weapons pointed at anyone or or anything of that nature. Well first of all those. The training activity is is quite removed actually from all from the Pentagon. But. The Potomac presents us with challenges people's votes to maneuver at high speed and do the training that they need to do. They need a fairly deep in fairly open. Portion waterway. And that presents the best area and -- routine training area where there normally. Where it normally takes place."

" Predict and -- when the Potomac today for either. Purpose very -- the event I think there are many that the Pentagon war because of his training."

" No that's. For special events we oftentimes we'll put a security zone in place what this morning there was no security zone. We're no special precautions. This was strictly a normal training -- success."