>> you are watching wbal tv 11. >> live, local, and late- breaking, this is 11 news tonight. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> one weekend down and the games are very young. the olympics had their share of excitement. let's get to the highlights. >> yes! >> gold medalist dana vollmerr set a world record.

>> you realize you are not dying. and it was perfect. >> two silvers for the u.s. tonight. in synchronize the diving and allison schmidt's second heard >> it is going to be ryan lochte to ancho. >> after beating him saturday, ryan lochte teamed up with michael phelps. they won silver. >> i went out there and did my best. >> i had to get over last night. i was pretty frustrated by last night. there is nothing better than swimming in a real lead. >> another come back and knee 100 meter breast stroke. >> everybody wrote me off. at the end of the day, i did well. was the first individual american to metal

five times in a row. >> that was what was going through my mind. cannot let the tears start slowing yet. >> world champion jordan lieber failed to qualify. >> it is disappointing. >> replacing her? the team caption. >> the fab 5 moves on as a team ranked number one. >> and that second place six finish by michael felt was not what they were hoping for. the question is can he finish the job he went to london to. , what do fans say? >> the reaction has been all over the place. some people think that michael phelps and dropped the ball. others are confident he will bring home the gold.

michael phelps is one metal short of shattering olympic records now that the u.s. men's swimming team took home the silver. his fourth place finish at a 400 has some critics speculated. >> i do not think he trained as hard this year. >> i thought he was very confused after he lost. i felt bad for him finishing fourth. i think he will do well. >> his performance has been making headlines here and across the pond. his sister says that she is surprised by the attention. >> you cannot focus on the negativity because that will drag you down. have to keep moving forward with your mind focused on what you are doing. and keep plugging along. >> that is what he plans to do. with a few more swimming against left, supporters and baltimore are remaining optimistic. >> i am reading for michael phelps from maryland. we want to see him -- for our country and our state. >> i hope he get that medal.

>> i think we have a strong team and we will do well and the rest of the olympics. >> again, michael phelps is just one medal away from breaking olympic records. track of his progress at our website -- wbaltv.com -- you can keep track. >> you may have noticed a bunch of empty seats for some of the events. military personnel and local students and teachers will get free tickets to the games. organizers made the decision after criticism about the open spaces. 150 british soldiers spent the afternoon watching gymnastics. to find out what time to catch your favorite event, check out our web site. a check out the profile of maryland athletes online at wbaltv.com. click on olympics. a live look from our sky cam.

tom tasselmyer is -- has the week ahead. >> a couple of showers pop up today. most of them stayed to our east. total precipitation was fairly light. on the lower eastern shore, not too far from ocean city, a couple of showers along the montgomery-howard county line. and the satellite, the showers have moved out. skies are clearing. the forecast is for almost a clear and nice night. 71 downtown. there are more storms and the insta-weather-plus forecast. details on the 7 day in a couple of minutes. >> please tell us a four-year- old has a drowned after wandering away from home. it happened in kent county. jordan adkins left his house. somebody found the boy in an above-ground pool. the stary did cpr and called 911 -- they started cpr and called 911. an destination is ongoing.

two kitchen fires had emergency crews busy tonight. first was on the 5000 block in columbia road. ase fire.gres meantime, investigators broke into an apartment after getting 911 calls. the smoke in the kitchen set the alamrm off. a baltimore city firefighter was rushed to the hospital. he was battling a blaze in east baltimore and suffered a burn to his hand. the firefighter has and released from the hospital. the police commissioner has a few more days before he officially retires. as a proper sendoff, he threw the first pitch at the orioles game today. he says he will miss his job at the department, but is looking forward it to what he will do

next. >> something fun. something far less stressful. maybe let a little bit of my hair grow back. i am looking forward to it. i am anxious to get started. on the job is day wednesday. charges pending after police arrested a man who described himself as the joker and threatened to blow up the workplace in prince george's county. neil press got is still in the hospital tonight undergoing psychiatric evaluation. his apartment was full of guns and ammunition when they rated it on friday. according to police, press got called a supervisor at the pitney bowes this week. he threatened to shoot everyone in the building. he was in the process of being fired. >> in light of what happened a week ago at aurora, colorado, it

is important to note -- the community to know that we take all threats seriously. if you are going to make a threat, we will take action. >> officials say they found that 25 firearms and several thousand rounds of ammunition. as memorial services were held over the weekend for colorado shooting victims, suspect james holmes a way to a court hearing on monday. court documents show james holmes is treated by psychiatrists before the shooting. >> this weekend was filled with funeral and memorial services. suspect james holmes is scheduled to be formally charged in court monday but friends and families of the victim are still trying to come to grips with what happened. >> in moments of crisis, you do not have time to think. you only have time to react. >> a court document disclosed that james holmes's visited a

psychiatrist before last week's attack. a package was seized during a search last week. a former denver prosecutor agrees with the decision. >> any communication between the defendant and the psychiatrists are protected. we do not know when the last time was he had any communications with her. we do not know the nature of those communications. those communications are protected. >> a psychologist weighed in on patient-doctor confidentiality. >> when a patient is a clear and imminent danger to a specific person, then we have an obligation to warn that person or family members and also the authority. >> james holmes is accused of killing 12 and wounding dozens.

>> new details from the president of penn state. university will probably have to give his athletic department along term loan to pay that $60 million fine. speaking on face the nation, he said a combination of funds including the football programs financial reserves will be used to pay the fine. the n.c.a.a. handed down the fine last week. a 33-year-old post office was shut down tuesday. the small post office in brown's bill was run of the home of a 60-year-old woman. she decided to retire after officials cut the operation's hours. postal service officials have been urging congress to take action on the bill as they are facing a debt of $13 billion. it was an event with so many problems as some did not think it would come back, but the

grand prix will be back. in hours, the prep gets underway. >> we will not look away, nor will my country ever look away. >> 100 days from the election, mitt romney is overseas. today he took on a hot topic of israel and iran. >> live, local, late-breaking. you are watching wbal-tv 11 news tonight. your insta-weather-plus forecast with john collins and 11 sports with pete gilbert. with pete gilbert.

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>> baltimore county police need your help to find a missing person. his name is david brightman.

he is 91 years old. he was seen at 6:30 yesterday. he was wearing a green t-shirt and white shorts and driving a gray chevy. construction will start monday for this year's grand prix race track. the first jersey. will be placed downtown. -- barrier will be placed in downtown. the race will begin august 31. tickets are on sale now. just as we are getting used to those lower gas prices, reports say they are going back up. gas prices rose 9 cents per gallon over the past two weeks. the nationwide average is $3.50 per gallon. the current price is 20 cents lower than the average price last year. the average price in maryland is at $3.47 for a gallon of regular.

the presidential election is 100 days away and mitt romney is in israel. he is in the middle of a trip meant to boost his foreign policy credentials. he took a stand against president obama. >> in jerusalem, mitt romney issued a strong statement of support for israel. >> we cannot stand silent as those who seek to undermine israel follows the criticism. -- voice the criticismir. >> that criticism of president obama who wants to disarm iran with diplomacy. a top aide said the republican candidate will respect israel's scission to strike as necessary. >> my message to the people of israel and the leaders of iran is one and the same -- we will not look away. nor will my country ever look away. >> he was greeted by benjamin netanyahu, whose relationship with president obama is notably

chilly. >> he's been a strong friend of the state of israel. >> appearing in the western wall, mitt romney is courting the jewish vote. the overseas trip is designed to fill in his foreign policy résume. it is an effort that got off to a shaky start in london where he touched off a diplomatic firestorm. >> he wondered aloud whether it london was ready for the olympics. voters in this country wonder aloud whether mitt romney is ready for the world. >> in israel, romney was back on message. >> and the latest polls show president obama is holding onto a narrow lead, weighed down by the economy. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> hard to believe there are only a couple of days left in the month of july. temperatures have settled back

to normal levels. at b.w.i., a high of 88. the same thing with the morning low -- close to normal which is 67 degrees. 101 was the record high set in 2011. 59 the record low. no rain is measurable today, so we are running below normal. 7 inch deficit. overall, a dry weather pattern. 82 degrees downtown. 78 at white marsh. started to see some cooler, more comfortable air -- randallstown at 71. 60's from hancock to frostburg and to oakland. warmth in downtown areas will be evident all light long. skies will remain clear for the

rest of the night. the system will continue to dip further east. the rest of the night, mainly clear, seasonal temperatures, 60's in the suburbs and low 70's in downtown baltimore. an area of pressure tracking from the great lakes toward new england. it should be strong enough to keep us dry and sunny through the day tomorrow. fair weather clouds have built up. cannot rule out an isolated thunderstorm popping up on the south side of the pressure system. the weather system in the middle of the country will, tuesday and wednesday. those are the best days for showers and storms. rain chances,. tomorrow afternoon, early evening, a few spot showers expected. a slightly wider coverage of the showers on tuesday and into wednesday when rain chances go up 50%. for tomorrow, not a bad summer

day. 84-89 degrees. rain chances around 20%. southeast wins 5-10. sunrise at 6:05. on the bay, light south easterly winds. water temperatures ranging from 81-84. in the mountains, temperatures will stay in the 70's. 30% to 40% chance of a thunderstorm. down on the eastern shore, look for temperatures about normal for this time of year. minimal thunderstorm chances tomorrow. elevated on tuesday and wednesday. ocean city. a nice, sunny day tomorrow. 80 degrees with the wind coming off the ocean. like risk for a storm at the beach on tuesday. 7 day forecast. 87-88 is normal. that is where we will be for the first part of the work week. thunderstorm chances go to on tuesday. a nice-looking thursday and the

storm chances creep back in with warmer temperatures by next week and heard >> we start with the orioles. >> you look at where they work. coming back. you get a performance like this and makes you think, they are hanging around.

>> now 11 sports. >> 100 freestyle relay race and london becomes an answer to a trivia question. what was the first race in which michael phelps won an olympic silver medal? he is swimming with ryan lochte as part of the u.s. team. phelps did more than hold his

part. extended the lead. us had the best time. no celebration to fall. it was not ryan lochte's time on sunday. france runs down the u.s. for gold. >> we knew it was going to be tough. a lot of them could put together a quality reappearlay. the french tore them up. it is start to finish. it was a good race. we thought we could have a shot. we swam as hard as we could. we put 4 guys. and we went out there and -- it was tough. we came up short. >> phelps now two medals away from becoming the most decorated olympian of all time.

another medal for alalisolison schmitt, setting an american record. she ran the relay team that to call bronze on saturday night. ready for the start of the north baltimore or four club. the fastest time of the day -- american dana vollmer. 55.98 seconds of her 100 meter butterfly race. that is a world record. vollmer set an olympic record in qualifying. she did not make the team for the beijing games four years ago. she says she is on top of the world right now. a number of players on the usa basketball team claim they are capable of beating the 1992 team. coach k attempting to repeat as olympic champ got off to a good

start today. look at the second half. kevin durant. ther eyou go. 22 points to lead team usa. a few seconds later, kobe bryant. there is not a lot you can do when you stick a hand in his face. he still drove for 3. lebron james to carmel anthony, the no-look. baron williamsn to anthony davis. 98-71, usa winner. another easy test tuesday against tunisia. a stunner of the opening nights of women's gymnastics. on top of the standings but not with the jordan weaver, the defending world champion. rules limit two members of each team to advance to the all- around event finals. finished fourth out

of 22. she will compete in the team final on tuesday night. baseball. bryan roberts agreed to rehab over surgery. lasted one game before realizing searcher was the best option. he did optimistic about returning at full strength in 2013. the orioles' seventh game sunday against the oakland a's. josh rddick struck out in the first and fourth. in the third, he gets some runs. that swing. the orioles avoid a sweep 6- 1. nascar brickyard 400 a wonderful gesture from the smith team honoring those who died in the

tragic shooting and colorado. joey magano loses control. he did not get the checkered flag in india. that honor went to jimmy johnson. johnson gets to kiss the bricks for the fourth time. jeff gordon, the only nascar for time winner at th4e brickyard 400.

>> but you're is a near normal. mid to upper 80's. the rain chance increases tuesday and wednesday afternoon. dry weather thursday and hotter by the time we approach next weekend. not too bad for training camp. >> ravens off today. back at it tomorrow. >> we will see you tomorrow morning at 5:30. [ male announcer ] good paying jobs.

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