good morning. breaking news. sources tell nbc news that mitt romney has chosen paul ryan as his running mate. the official announcement just hours away. why ryan and why now? we'll have the latest from the campaign trail. stormy weather. the weekend gets off to a wet start as a tornado touches down in parts of the northeast. more nasty weather could be on the way. and a relay for the record books. >> here they come to the line and the u.s. will win it! in a new world record. >> the united states 4x400 meter relay team blazes its way to

history, eclipsing a record that stood for more than a quarter of a century and the winning team is here to tell us about their gold medal win today, august 11, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to "today" on a saturday. i'm lester hold. >> i'm natalie morales. good to be here along with you, lester. of course, we have a lot of exciting news about the olympic games. still lots of competition going on with two more days to go. many of the athletes still have a chance to go for gold. >> but almost time for us to

wrap things up. i'm going to miss the weather. it's been gorgeous here over the last several days. but we'll talk olympics, but first, a bigger prize up for grabs at the white house. let's begin with the breaking news from overnight with nbc news republican presidential candidate mitt romney apparently poised to pick wisconsin congressman paul ryan to be his running mate. romney will make it official at a rally at 9:00 a.m. eastern. peter alexander is joining us by telephone from norfolk. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, lester. multiple sources tell nbc news that wisconsin congressman paul ryan will be mitt romney's running mate. as you noted that official word expected to come within the next two hours here. it's a dramatic back drop as people are filing are in to this sight. the back drop is the uss wisconsin, a retired military battle ship named for paul ryan's home state. >> i'm very disappointed in the president. >> reporter: mitt romney will end months of speculation this

morning by announcing wisconsin congressman paul ryan as his running mate. ryan is considered a bold vice presidential choice. mitt romney appeared to hint at late this week during an interview with nbc's chuck todd. >> i certainly expect to have a person that has a strength of character. vision for the country. that adds something to the political discourse about the direction of the country. >> reporter: a 42-year-old married father of three ryan is viewed as a rising republican star. popular with conservatives. chairman of the house budget committee, ryan has become a lightning rod for debate. after introducing an aggressive budget plan that calls for deep cuts in taxes and spending including changes to medicare. ryan who over the course of the campaign has shown a strong personal chemistry with romney, this week described the importance of this year's election. >> it's not a very good political climate right now but that's because we have enormously high stakes election. >> reporter: among the other names -- ohio senator rob

portman and tim pawlenty. >> i didn't enter this thinking i would be the vice presidential candidate so i'm not disappointed. >> reporter: with barely two weeks until the republican convention, mitt romney kicks off a bus tour by formally introducing his ticket to the nation. >> and the much talked about vp app has gone live overnight the romney/ryan.com website went live as well. it is and paul ryan, he is a former trainer of fitness guru who has led the exercise regimen p-90 x routines in the congressional gym. he'll get a big workout over the next 87 days leading up to the election. >> well put. peter alexander, thanks. david gregory is moderator of

"meet the press" and chuck todd is the political director. good to have you both this morning. david, let me start you. i think it's fair to say that a lot of people are saying paul who? 38% of the u.s. has not even heard of the congressman. tell us about him and tell us why he's regarded as a bold pick. >> well, he's young. he's 42 years old. he looks look younger than that. he's part of a conservative wave in the house of representatives who put his own name to the house budget blueprint which was pretty controversial. it didn't pass, talked about cutting spending and also changing the medicare program for seniors introducing the voucher program. made it very controversial from the start. even among some fellow republicans. newt gingrich notely called it right wing conservative engin r engineering. but conservatives have rallied around paul ryan. he talked about the debt and the

fiscal crisis and he'll be a powerful voice for mitt romney on dealing with both the economy and the fiscal crisis that the country faces. but there are downsides as well. >> and chuck, before i turn to you, we just learned that the -- that the app that the campaign has put together has formally confirmed paul ryan as the pick as the vp. the notion that this turns the conversation toward deficit cutting, towards the budget, does it cut both ways for republicans here? does it open them up for more criticism on this side? >> well, it could. i mean, it's gonna put this issue of medicare, the future of medicare, the future of social security, the medicare in particular, that's the centerpiece of paul ryan's budget reform plan that he put out both last year and this year. democrats politically have been able to successfully use this and some congress -- in some congressional races, we are seeing it get some traction,

basically running against the idea of what ryan wants to do to medicare. help democrats in senate races in some red states. so this has a lot of downside as well. but mitt romney needed some definition. okay, there was this sense -- you could feel it over the last three or four weeks that the campaign was becoming too much about mitt romney, the person. he was never going to win a personality contest with president obama. that he needed to relaunch the campaign and focus it on something else. focus it on issues if you will. the pick of ryan will do that. but there is downside and there's downside because of the issue of medicare. >> david, as you know, the polls have obama leading anywhere between seven and nine points. how important right now is it for romney to ignite that part of his base that hasn't really been excited about him, they have been lukewarm. the tea party, the fiscal conservatives. does this ignite that? >> i think so.

they're really opposed to president obama's re-election and mitt romney has that going for him, but there's a reservoir of suspicion about him. whether he's a true conservative has dogged him and continues even now. look, this is still a campaign. it is about mitt romney versus president obama and the economy is still the chief concern. even more than the budget deficit, and the debt that the country faces. but in paul ryan is somebody who can be a strong surrogate for mitt romney. he can help raise money. he can excite the base and he can take the criticism to president obama. those are things you want in a running mate and now mitt romney has that. >> all right, david gregory and chuck todd. confirming paul ryan is now officially the pick. that came across the iphone app that just came out from the romney campaign a few minutes ago. we'll cover mitt romney's running mate announcement live from norfolk, virginia, at 9:00 eastern time right here on nbc. now here's natalie.

>> thank you. well, the london games are quickly coming to a close, but they've still got fans on the edge of their seats with thrilling finishes, more records and more medals for team usa. >> anchor leg approaches. >> they haven't won this event since the '96 games in atlanta, but when the u.s. women took gold in the 4x400 relay on friday they did wit a bang. >> and the u.s. will win it in a new world record. >> right at the wire, the baton across to put an exclamation point on the historic run. >> i knew we were running fast before i ever crossed the line. i was pointing at the clock, like there it is. >> a thriller in the 4x400 relay with team usa coming up short on the men's side. >> and u.s. silver. >> the american runners hadn't lost this race in 40 years. but they were caught from behind and beat in the final stretch.

>> we knew that the u.s. was vulnerable. >> south africa finished eighth. >> oscar pistorius crosses the finish line. >> but for oscar pistorius, it was another run for the ages. >> jordan burroughs, olympic champion. >> on the mat, jordan burroughs took the gold and took his celebration into the bleachers. >> flying into the stands like superman. why not? he's golden. >> i'm not done by any means. i have a lot more gold to win. >> his twitter handle -- all i see is gold and after the match he tweeted the pic of the medal for the world to see it too. >> lebron -- >> and no surprise on the hardwood as lebron james and the rest of the usa men's basketball team powered into the gold medal match for the 26-point win over argentina. they'll play spain again in a rematch of the finals in

beijing. >> business as usual. wait until sunday. >> and checking the medal count now, the u.s. still leading with 94 in all. 41 gold, 26 silver. and 27 bronze. china as total of 81 and russia in third with 65. still two days to go. for now, let's get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories. for that we head to new york and msnbc's thomas roberts. good morning to you. >> lester and natalie, good morning. it's been a deadly 24 hours for u.s. troops in afghanistan. three marines were fatally shot in southern afghanistan. this rogue attack took place not far from where three other marines were killed by an afghanistan policeman earlier in the day. the northwest recovering from some severe weather. powerful thunderstorms in connecticut triggered tornado warnings and knocked down trees and power lines on friday. it dropped rain at over an inch

an hour. a tornado packing 85 mile per hour winds touched down on long island. it damaged homes and left many people in the dark. no injuries are reported. one person is dead after a small plane crashed in southern california. the pilot of the single engine cessna declared an emergency shortly after takeoff friday about three miles northeast of the crash. the plane came down in a residential neighborhood just missing some homes. that's no word on what the emergency was though. and a chicago police officer was hospitalized when her unmarked police car crashed into a commuter plane while chasing a suspect. she was hit by the train. no one on the train was hurt. more than 800 leopard sharks have invaded the waters off the coast of southern california, part of their annual migration. they're swimming much closer to shore though. experts say not to worry. leopard sharks are not a threat to humans. and now let's get a check of

today's weather. a few storms in the northeast and new england. could be heavy with drenching downpours. strong wind gusts coming up in the afternoon. meanwhile, the size of the heat wave is shrinking, but high temperatures in the 100s are expected west in arizona and north into south central oregon. expected west in arizona and >> good morning. cool front will slowly push the rain to the east of us. weather will be improving slowly but surely. we still have a chance for scatters showers and thunderstorms. we start that is the news from 30 rock. back to lester in london. >> all right, thanks. still to come, all for one and

one for all. the women's team races its way to gold in world record time. they're here to reflect on the performance for the ages. this is "today" on nbc.

it was a record-setting finish for the u.s. women's team in the 4x100 relay. >> they shattered a world record last night, crossing the finish line in 40.82 seconds and earning the team the first olympic gold medal since 1996. >> here to talk about their victory, gold medalist, carmelita jeter, tianna madison and bianca knight. we should mention only three of you here because one more has another race. >> yes.

allyson has the race tonight and she need toss rest up because she's running tonight as well. >> what an amazing run. when you realized you had the world record, what was the feeling that went through you? >> my reaction was priceless. i knew it. i knew it. i felt it. when the ladies did their job and i come running down the stretch, i was looking at the clock. i saw it. i was like, 36, 37, 38. so it was -- it was so emotional. >> you're looking at the clock as you're running? >> as i was running. i could see it and i just knew that we had broke the world record. >> tianna, you started off with a great lead. what was going through your mind and your leg of the race? >> i wanted to catch the two women on the outside lane because i knew if i did that we'd in great position and we'd give allyson a perfect, clean pass. i knew it would be fast, but not

world-record fast. i went past carmelita in the race an we said, oh, my, a world record. >> was there any any sense or nervousness about the american relay team, was there a sense that people were thinking we'd drop the baton or have a bad pass? >> not at all. i was definitely confident. we had great first round. i think we were more so getting it around so we could see how fast we could go. >> we saw perfect exchanges. how much were you working as a team before the race to make sure you had the right handoff? >> you know, we worked in monaco this summer. but we just had great chemistry. like with bianca, i only did one handoff with her the whole time we have been doing handoffs. everything just fell into line. we brought it home for the u.s. we haven't had a medal in this race in a long time. >> 27 years.

yeah. >> i wonder what it's like in the village at this point in the game. there's a lot of medal clinking together on the american side right now. >> you have the box set going. >> i have the box set right now. >> that's the olympic rainbow. >> olympic rainbow, yes. >> all right, listen, great to have you here. congratulations. we're so excited and you've got a lot of americans here and at home. >> very cool. >> congratulations. >> all right. we have a lot more as we continue here on "today." a look back at some of the most memorable athletes that gave us thrills and chills in these olympic games. there are projects. and there are game-changers. those ideas that start with us rolling up our sleeves... ...and end with a new favorite room in the house. and when we can save even more on those kinds of projects... ...with advice to make them even better... ...that's a game-changer in itself. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. get this decorative vanity and mirror set at a special buy of just $199.

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welcome back to london on "today." the life illustrated segment has been on hiatus, but we have a couple to share. >> they have an olympic theme to them as well. look at the triplets from texas. they couldn't tear themselves away from the opening ceremony. best part there as you see, their patriotic diapers. go team usa. >> look at the pomeranian, looks like he's ready to take on michael phelps. goggles, really? he gets a gold medal for cuteness. >> i think he's on team gb though. go team gb. well, speaking of gold medals, when we come back, we'll be talking with jordan burroughs, the u.s. olympic freestyle wrestler wearing gold this morning. ...with great prices on thousands of supplies.

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>> this is wbal tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i'm jennifer. the time is 7:26. here's a look at some of the top stories. more accusations against county executive john leopold.

150 pages worth. he's also accuse of the making unwanted sexual advances towards her, eventually ordering her firing when she made an official complaint. >> we heard some things in the past couple of years. there's a lot contained in there that's no one has ever heard. it should give real concern. >> this is a separate charge than the misuse of security detail. the senate has voted to expand gambling. lawmakers approve the measure that would allow live table games. it also calls for an addition in orange county. the vote is expected to be closer in the house of delegates. to see how your senator voted go to our web

>> good morning. mostly on the eastern shore and baltimore. the sun is trying to breakthrough. here are the clouds. front to our west. eventually that will push the rain out of the forecast. we do have it in the forecast. scattered showers and thunderstorms. 80-88 for the high. with a west to southwest wind. rain chances tiest, tapering off tomorrow over the weekend. highs will be in the 80s. seven day forecast here in baltimore. dry on sunday and monday, more rain on tuesday and friday. >> thank you.

thanks for joining us. we'll have another update at we are back now with more of "today" on a saturday morning. the 11th day of august, 2012. day 15 of the olympic games. the xxx olympiad. gorgeous shot, olympic park packed once again. and many of the folks here have found their way past our studio on the road. we thank them. >> hi, guys. >> i think it's american television. >> it is american tv. >> it's the "today" show. anyway, we're glad you're here. if you're not familiar with us. just ahead, olympic wrestler jordan burrough, what an impressive thing he did

yesterday. nothing short of gold, that's what he goot. he jumpled for joy after getting it. he'll tell us how he did it. >> and burroughs will be one of the names and phelps, the fierce five, they've set records in the pool. we'll take a fond look back on the athletes who will be remembered for what they accomplish here in london. so many great stories at these games. so many incredible athletes who still have great future ahead of them. >> then getting around in london. driving of course the left-hand side. and then crossing the street you have to remember to look right? >> i almost got run over by a double decker bus yesterday. >> try doing it on a bicycle. >> are you crazy? >> the bmx team, we went on the rent a bikes that you can pick up for a pound and we went across the west minister bridge. a fun group. >> you weren't jumping?

>> no, but they started doing that. guys, calm down, i have to get you back in one piece for your competition. that was fun. >> first though, let's get a -- another check of the morning's top stories. we want to turn back to new york and thomas roberts. good morning. >> natalie, lester, good morning. we begin with the major announcement from republican presidential candidate mitt romney. about a half an hour ago, romney's app revealed that he's chosen wisconsin congressman paul ryan as his running mate. an official announcement will be at 9:00 this morning. he's a conservative favorite who's drawn controversy for his push for deep budget cuts. you can watch a special edition of "meet the press" coming up tomorrow morning, about the ryan pick. excessive heat is complicating efforts to contain a wildfire in texas and one in california. all three fires are believed to have been caused by lightning strikes.

so far, no buildings have been destroyed and no injuries have been reported. in the milwaukee suburb of oak creek, there was an outpouring of support and unity on friday at a public memorial service for the victims of the shooting rampage in a sikh temple last week. thousands of people of all faiths came together as one. and another honor for rock and roll hall of fame inductee neil diamond. the singer/songwriter finally got a star friday on the hollywood walk of fame. congratulations to him. and now let's get a check of today's weather. a few strong storms are possible in parts of the southeast of california and southwest arizona. this afternoon and this evening. now relief in the long summer heat wave, well, that continues to expand with cooler than normal temperatures into the ohio river valley with highs mainly in the 70s. that's the national forecast. >> good morning. cool front will slowly push the rain to the east of us. weather will be improving slowly

but surely. we still have a chance for scatters showers and thunderstorms. we start >> all right. so that's the news from 30 rock. we send it back to natalie in london. when do you come back? we miss you around here. >> thanks. i'll be back tonight. thanks, thomas. when your twitter name is all i see is gold you better be able to live up to it and jordan burroughs did it using his famous double leg take down to defeat his iranian opponent and win a gold medal. jordan, good morning, congratulations. nice to have you here. >> thank you. >> four matches in five hours must have been exhausting but you seem to have that confidence

all the way through. did you never waiver? >> not at all. you know, i was a little nervous going into the day. i knew everyone wanted to win. but i have been work fogger that opportunity and moment for a long time in my career. so i was ready to go that day. >> when your twitter name is all i see is gold, you have to live up to that. the day before in fact you even so much as tweeted my next tweet will be a picture of me holding that gold medal. >> it was. >> takes a lot of guts to write that. >> it takes guts to write that. i bet some people the night before were this guy is kind of crazy. >> good thing your name isn't all i see is silver. you think back on your career here now, you haven't lost a match since 2009. you have a 38-match winning streak. so that's pretty incredible in the sport of wrestling. what do you hope your success will do for this sport? >> i hope it translates into a lot of media attention. i want wrestling to be a mainstream sport.

i want men and women to enjoy the sport and be involved. i'm excited about bringing it to the mainstream. >> i love the moment you're running around with the american flag, you jump up into the stands to celebrate with your fans. >> one of the security guards tried to stop me. i guess he wasn't watching the match. >> you could have taken him down. >> jumping up into the crowd to find my mom. it was a special moment definitely. >> i know one of the thing, that you want to do next is really treat your mom and i think you said you're going to take her on a shopping spree, is that right? >> right. not in london, it's too expensive. we'll get back to america and spend some dollars. >> a lot of olympic wrestlers they go off and spend their time elsewhere. what are your plans? >> my plan was to go to rio, i'm 24, i still have a lot of wrestling left in me. excited for 2016.

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>> nbc's michelle franzen look at the names we'll all remember for years to come. >> phelps just meters away. >> reporter: it was a farewell like no other when michael phelps swam his final lap. he ended his olympic career with a record 22 medals. 18 of them gold. he has his place in history as the most decorated olympian of all time. overall the swimming team, men and women, reigned. 17-year-old missy franklin became the darling of the games. earning four gold medals and a bronze. second only to phelps' london win. there was also 15-year-old katie ledecky the youngest member of the team who struck gold. and power house ryan lochte, the newest star with five medal wins. in gymnastics the u.s. women's team nicknamed the fierce five ran away with the gold in the team competition. and sweetheart gabby douglas became the first

african-american gymnast to win gold in the women's all around. the horse guards parade made for a dramatic back drop of beach volleyball, where walsh and treanor won gold. and the u.s. women's soccer team beat japan this week in a rousing final match. one of the most defining moments of the games happened in a blink of an eye. usain bolt proved he is the fastest man on earth, not just once, but twice in london. >> 19.32. >> reporter: jessica innis won the heptathlon. britain's andy murray was crowned king of the tennis court beating roger federer. but there was still room for first moments. 17-year-old claressa shields became the first u.s. female boxer to take home gold. south africa's oscar pistorius

became the first to run in the olympic event and even though he didn't win the medal he made history. wins and lots that add up to what the games are all about, taking part and witnessing the struggles and triumphs of the human spirit. for "today," michelle franzen, nbc news. >> mary carillo is the host of the late night olympic coverage. >> great to see you. >> a lot to talk about. >> michael phelps rolls off of everyone's tongues, but we think of his retirement as a loss to the olympic team, but what about overall? >> i think he's inspired so many people, and that's what the signs around great britain are saying, inspired the generation. not only has great britain has had great results of his own, but frankly and ledecky taking his place.

this guy made swimming into the art form. >> plamissy franklin, she's 17 years old and she has a long, great future ahead of her. >> and she's a nice kid. i like all the swimmers. i thought they was a great collection of humanity. they didn't stay on message like some others, but they were so exuberant. she's got many, many medals ahead of her. >> so down to earth. this was the year of the woman as everyone -- team usa, 53 medals of whatever our medal count is now. 94 medals. >> not only that, natalie, but if you just took the american women, the gold medals they won, if you took the american women as a nation, they'd be third in gold medals now. >> wow. >> behind the u.s. and china. what do you think of that? >> it is phenomenal. >> we're a power, lester, say it.

>> let me ask you about what we have seen in track and field. usain bolt speaks for himself. oscar pistorius, what an inspiring story that has become. >> what a guy. he'll be back of course for the paralymp paralympics. where he's been dominating for the last couple of games. this is very moving. i'm so glad he got cleared to run here. he acquitted himself beautifully. he's a very gracious fellow. and he's going to give amputees a whole different perspective about what they can do with their lives. i thought he was a beautiful story. the other story i really liked coming out of here, we always talk about the host nation medal bounce and it happened again. i mean, it wasn't just the sports that great britain is known for. >> horse back riding. >> horse back riding, rowing, sailing, all of that. they were good in track and field. they had good stories, innis, andy murray winning olympic gold.

that will inspire this nation to start developing their athletes. >> i think people who were on the fence about having the olympics here, once they started to see the medals start -- >> and the royals were going crazy. >> they owned it as well. >> and katherine middleton doing the wave. >> they changed the face of royalty i really believe, it's changed during the games. we were worried about traffic and weather. it was -- it was great. >> it has been terrific. what a great time we have had. mary, it's been fun watching you late nights. and none of us are done yet. >> one of us is almost done. sorry, not to rub it in. >> stick a fork in me, fine. a brief programming note, nbc is the olympic coverage -- as the olympic coverage continues with events in track and field, swimming, springboard diving and much more. up next, i'll take a tour of london with the bmx olympic team. that's right after this. this all-over pain. living h a deep, throbbing, persistent ache.

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know a lot about getting around on two wheels. there are no medals for navigating london's crowded streets on a bicycle no less. but if there were, this is the team to bet on. >> connor fields. >> nic long. >> members of the usa bmx or bicycle motocross team. >> david herman. >> who kicked it up with me. can somebody help me with this strap. oh, lester holt. nbc's own. yes, biking in the shadow of big ben and the london eye. a great way to see london. not that bmx is a sunday cruise. racing up and down a punishing off road course filled with treacherous obstacles and a race against the clock. not for the weak or the faint of heart. at 5'2", alise post gave up

gymnastics to train. bmx only became an olympic sport in 2008 and the edgy riders tended to be a novelty back in the athletes village. >> someone said, you're bmx. we said, yeah. how did you know? you look cool. >> brooke crain has only recently recovered from a broken arm. does it shake your confidence when you go back into competition? >> no, that's part of the sport. all of us have fallen, all of us have serious injuries. you have do come back from it. >> just the same, we chose something a bit more pedestrian, what londoners call boris bikes. 8,000 public bicycles stationed across the city, available for rent for a buck 50 and named after london mayor boris johnson.

this kind of stuff was not what the mayor had in mind. while the view isn't as nice as parliament, but the team finds itself much at home on their own bikes and the olympic bmx course. >> we have the rest of the track in chew what vista and our track is a little bit harder and some of the jumps are tough. >> almost as tough as making it across the river thames. sadly, team usa didn't medal. the gold went to latvia. there were a lot of tumbles. everybody stayed safe on our little bike. they're all first-time olympians and they'll be back in four years. >> they didn't have their team leader, lester holt. >> once i got the helmet on, it was all good. >> all right, still to come, we'll have much more including meeting some of the members of team usa who are leaving here with lots of hardware this morning. this is "today" on nbc.

welcome back to london. before we say good-bye, i want to say that other americans are going home with medals. i should have worn my sunglasses, because the glare is so great. the relay team, silver medalist, angela, josh, tony, congratulations. great to have you here. >> most definitely, it was definitely an honor and a privilege to represent the usa. you know, go out there and put our hearts on the line. >> you made us proud. >> oh, yes. >> i'm coming over here to manny mitchell because we talked about how you ran on that broken leg. how are you doing? >> i'm doing better today. a lot of pressure and i'm blessed to be able to walk again on it. >> you didn't want to let this

team down and you pulled through. >> i'm going to stand back here because we have mcpherson who won the bronze in tae kwon do. congratulations. >> thank you. thank you. >> how much are you enjoying this moment? >> one of the best moments of my life. again, i'm so privileged to be here representing team usa. >> all right. last over here, we have a lot of women who were rowers. gold medals, bronze medals. guys, congratulations. what's it like? >> thank you, it's been one great week and just seeing the other athletes, cheering them on. great to be here. >> congratulations. >> that's going to do it for us. nbc daytime olympic coverage starts later. twinkle twinkle little pie

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