than the leading bathroom cleaner. lime-a-way is specially formulated to conquer hard water stains. for lime, calcium and rust... lime-a-way is a must. this morning on "early today ", bane battle. mitt romney goes on the defense about his time at bain capital. a stunning 8 karat diamond goes on display down under. and twice as cute. an adorable kitten is born in rhode island with two faces. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with romney's exit from bain capital. a political firestorm erupted thursday after the boston globe revealed security and exchange filings showing romney listed as bain capital's ceo long after he was supposed to have left the

company to run the winter olympics in 1999. the globe named findings that romney as chief executive three years after he took the olympic job. the paper said documents filed through 2002 listed romney as, quote, sole stockholder, chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president. well during the period in dispu dispute, many of the job loses due to investments as will as outsourcing occurred. romney's campaign insists as of yesterday he was no longer at the firm and wasn't part of the decision-making. a bain statement yesterday said due to romney's sudden departure in 1999, it took time to transfer ownership to his successors which continued to show him listed in many filings. well they pounced on the story calling it the, quote, big bain lie. obama campaign manager stephanie cutter charged the presumptive republican nominee he may have

even engaged illegal activity by misrepresenting his position to the s.e.c. a romney spokesman called the insinuation a, quote, new low for the obama campaign. elsewhere last night in wyoming former dick cha any held a big fund-raiser for mitt romney's campaign. they collected more than $4 million at the dinner from cheney's house. he did not appear on the campaign trail but endorsed him last night, praising him as, quote, the only man who can make the right decisions in a foreign policy crisis. romney called cheney a great american leader but did not mention former president george w. bush. penn state is critical of facts instead of protecting young boys. that is the scathing conclusion of an eight-month inquiry into the school of handing of the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal. >> reporter: former fbi director louis freeh said it was fear of bad publicity which kept penn

state leaders including coach paterno from revealing details to law enforcement and the public about jerry sandusky's contact with young boys. >> the most but powerful man at penn state spent 14 years. >> reporter: they pored over 3 million documents some that showed that paterno contrary to his grand jury testimony did know about a 1998 police investigation into sandusky's contact with a young boy in the penn state locker room shower. freeh blasted former president spanier, athletic director tim curley and schultz for their actions. >> nobody even spoke to sandusky, not one of those four persons, including the coach who was a few steps away from his office. there's no indication anybody spoke to him. >> reporter: throughout the investigation all have denied knowing the full extent of sandusky's actions. the penn state board of trustees was singled out for its lack of oversight.

>> you should know our hearts remain heavy and we are deeply ashamed. >> reporter: on a penn state campus thursday, a dark day and disbelief. >> i'm disappointed that the leaders of our institution could let something like this happen. and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in new jersey just some frightening video of car crash caused by someone running a red light. just unreal. you can see that car going airborne after smashing right into a barrier and taking out one of the traffic signals. now, police want you to see these images to drive home the risk of reckless behavior. amazingly there were no serious injuries, but the driver was arrested for dui. in st. louis, this was the result after crews went to a neighborhood to check out the report of a gas odor. it was only when they started digging that a pipe collapsed, causing a fireball shooting flames 40 feet in the air.

no one was hurt thankfully. in california, surfing is never a bad idea even if you're a goat. it was even more fun for this mother and her billy goat to hit the waves together. the owner said he loved surfing so he figured his animals would too. and, finally, in rhode island, you are, in fact, seeing double. that's right. a two-headed kidden was barn as part of the litter. four eyes, two noses, two mouths and one throat. the spa has never seen anything like it. we have neither. they're not sure if they're dealing with one cat or twins. double fun. and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> good morning, lynn. >> it's freakish but it's cute. >> cute? double-faced isn't cute? good morning.

warm conditions to deal with. thankfully in areas of kentucky we're getting some rain and also into west virginia. they've also been very dry. even our friends out there in areas of utah and also nevada getting some welcomed rainfall. haven't had much out there either. we're dry this morning thankfully around houston. we've had enough the last two mornings. we will see more scattered showers and storms later today. as far as the forecast goes, areas of the east coast are looking very warm today. areas like boston are going to be aushlgd 89 degrees. detroit and chicago right around 88 to 91. so there is a lot of warm air out there. that's not going to be an issue whatsoever. as far as forecast goes, as far as dallas and minneapolis, they'll be pretty warm. chances of storms. a lot of areas have scattered chances of storms. it's not going to be widespread and all ore the place. it's going to be hit and miss. temperatures will be very warm this morning. everyone is in the 70s here. much of the eastern seaboard and the middle of the country. as far as the humidity goes, we're going to start to see it increasing ever so slowly especially it looks like down in the southeast and the mid-atlantic.

i know it hasn't billionaire that hue made lately around d.c. and new york, but that humidity is on the increase. just be prepared for that. overall, not a bad morning commute for everyone. that's a look at the national forecast. now here's look at the weather outside your window. we're going to continue with a chance of showers and storm this the ohio valley. they would love to get some of that rain in arkansas and indiana. you'll be on the edge of it. there's a chance of some today. most of the rain today should be in areas of kentucky, tenness , tennessee, & louisiana. weekend forecast coming up. all right. also coming up, texas industries breaks the jinx, wells fargo pays the heavy price for heavy practice, and one last cup of joe for the road. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus we'll tell you what new film is set to end the quick reign of "spider-man at the box office. coming up impressive start for usa basketball and the olympic start is over for one member of the dream team. you're watching "early today."

good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. syrian activists are reporting a new massacre of more than a hundred people yesterday in central hamas province. "the new york times" says there are reports of more than 200 killed, which would be the worst massacre during the syrian uprising. "the washington post" reports first lady michelle obama was allegedly the target of a threat by a police officer in the district of columbia. the officer allegedly said he would shoot the first lady and then use his phone to retrieve a picture of the firearm he said he would use. secretary of state hillary clinton met with china's foreign minister yesterday urging talks on the south china sea. clinton proposed talks to calm tensions with southeast asia for the conflicting claims over the strategic waterway. in france a search for missing climbers on mount blank

after an avalanche killed nine mountaineers, a dozen were injured, and four are unaccou unaccounted for. and in australia an extremely rare pink diamond is now on display at the melbourne art museum. it's more than 8 carats and it's the largest ever found in australia. and now here's an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,573 after falling 31 points yesterday. the s&p dipped 6. the nasdaq dropped 21. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei added 4 points while in hong kong the hang seng was up 67. a roller coaster thursday left stocks down for a sixth day with two big blue chips preventing the dow from falling harder. procter & gamble rose on an investor william ackman buying into the company. merck also rose 4% after a successful trial of its new

osteoporosis trial. techs struggled after infosys rose. on the plus side, texas industries broke a ten-quarter streak of losses posting a quarterly profit and surging 14%. upbeat data didn't dent general gloom over sluggish earnings. initial state unemployment claims dropped to the lowest level in four years. falling oil costs sent june's import prices falling for the most in more than three years. moody's downgraded italy's bond grading by two notches just above junk status. warning more could be on the way. wells fargo will pay $175,000 to resolve allegations that it charged blacks and his pangs higher rates and fees during the mortgage housing boom. they found 34,000 time wells fargo charged blacks and hispanics higher fees. but the bank which now funds one out of every three mortgages in

the u.s. denied guilt insisted it was settling, quote, solely for the purpose of contesting litigation. the smoking gun reports that the fbi is reporting zte and they're being investigated for selling banned equipment sales to iran and trying to cover it up. finally, we see them everywhere, right, but we probably haven't seen them here. next month a starbucks will open at a south carolina funeral home. well, the new kid gets his welcome, and a little road rash can't stop one cyclist at the tour de france. plus, despite losing another player on their roster, team usa remains unshaken. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. hey, the weekend forecast looks to be very warm once again, but some areas have a chance of rain. i'll tell you who. your forecast is coming up next. with lysol kitchen soap,

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but then they found their stride. deron williams threw lebron james for the alley-oop. doesn't look like chemistry will be a problem for these two. kevin durant, a three-point shooting machine in the first half. knocked down five beyond the arch. finished with a game-high 25 points. something tells me it's going to be a fun game to watch. check out the inbound pass by lebron. behind the bounceback, a pass to williams. at times they looked more like the globetrotters than an olympic team. unlike the globetrotters, these guys play defense. russell westbrook forced a turnover. look at the bench. like a bunch of kids at the playground. the usa is ready for london. they won it big. the olympics are over before it started for the clippers' blake griffin. tore his meniscus yesterday. he'll have surgery next week and be out two months. anthony davis will take over for him. here's a kid who knows a lot about the olympics. jason kidd. won two gold medals with team

usa. he's now a newest member of the knicks. he'll back up jeremy lin. they expect to re-sign lin in the next couple of days. finally a story of perseverance in stage 11 of the tour de france. that's pierre roland in the green and white jersey. he went down hard and he went down hard on the pavement. the other riders left him in the dust. roland was okay but has a lot to make up. lessen be learned. don't ever count roland out. he came back, all the way back, took the lead in the final climb and won the stage. down but never out, pierre rallied for an impressive win on the tour. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. well, who is definitely leaving "american idol?" and a top earning entertainer under 30 years old. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, a guinness record-breaking wedding like you've never seen before. you're watching "early today."

well, good friday morning to you. welcome back to "early today." here's your weekend forecast. saturday looks like a very typical day in july, very warm almost wrer. there will be scattered storms in the afternoon. i don't think there will be any washouts. the best chance will be thunderstorms in louisiana and also a few riding up three through areas of kentucky and west virginia. as we go into sunday's forecast the humidity does in crease enough. we will get some thunderstorms. maybe there will be heavy rain in tachb. areas of new jersey, southern

new england. as i mentioned i don't thinkly will be too many washouts this weekend. well if you're watching us on wbr-tv in knoxville, tennessee. grab a container and get ready to catch critters at bug night at the iams nature center. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. lightning bugs. and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. steven tyler has announced and he did this yesterday he's kicking himself off "american idol." calling the show over-the-top fun, saying he loved every minute of it referring to it as his mistress. tyler said he now wants to concentrate from his band saying, quote, i strayed from my first love, aerosmith, and now i want back. meanwhile on the "today" show in what washington calls, quote, her latest stop on her, quote, it's so hard wherever to stop her "american idol" tour. she may also leave the show to do more film and show work. who would be left? randy. wow. elsewhere taylor swift beat out justin bieber on forbes'

ranking of highest paid selects under 30 years old. swift earned $57 million to bieber's $55 million. and finally at the box office, "ice age: drift" is the only new wide release. it's expected to take the top spot with at least $50 million. knocking that "spider-man" off the list pretty quickly. it's not the heat wave like last week. >> we're looking for the next big one like "batman." >> that comes out soon. >> the 20th. >> pop quiz. >> if not, aisle look it up. this comes to us from wnbc new york where wedding vows came with a few bow wows were included. two dogs became husband and wife last night at a ceremony fit for man or beast. the bride wore classic white designer gown. her groom had something a little more colorful in mind.

and along with those "i do's" came an eye-popping bill. they set a new guinness world record for the most expensive pet wedding ever. $158,000, bill karins. that's right. you heard me correctly. $158,000 for that. luckily, though, for the newlyweds, all of the services were donated. hopefully the person that dyed that dog's hair blue is getting a stern talking to. >> do you think there was a prenup? >> good one. pup up in. oh, ah. all right. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station.

>> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're off to a fairly quiet start. we have some cloud cover this morning and it is possible you could see some sprinkles. 69 in parkton. 71 degrees in mount airy. a mixture of sun and clouds. otherwise, mostly cloudy. high temperature around 87 degrees. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes >> 4:57. coming up on 11 news today -- an early-morning shooting. >> the internal investigation

looks at the response by penn state officials. details of the report. >> sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. reports of a vehicle fire on the west side. west side.

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