charges of a man accused of opening fire in a crowded movie theater. james holmes was officially charged in colorado today in the attack that leave 12 people dead. witnesses say he has a much different demeanor today than in court just one week ago. jay gray is outside the courthouse in centennial, colorado now. >> reporter: jim, you're absolutely right. a short hearing today, but it did in fact provide some insight in how prosecutors plan to move forward. even though cameras are barred, we have getting insight into the man accused. the red dyed hair looks to be growing out. he was clearly more alert and responsive. 24 counts of first-degree murder, 116 attempted first-degree murder charges, two

counts for each victim, shooting after deliberation and an attitude of universal malice, manifesting extreme indifference. lives like veronica, the 6-year-old killed during. her mom was paralyzed and suffered a miscarriage after the attack. >> it was important to come and see him, who he was, and there was a lot of anger. >> reporter: dozens of family members and several survivors of the shooting spree were drawn to the courtroom today. >> when we've seen him before, he looked like he was kind of spaced out or out of touch. he looked very, very alert today, and very lose i had to what was going on. >> reporter: much different than this bizarre scene when he seemed dazed and disengaged. today he spoke for the first time publicly, answering "yes"

when asked if he wanted to waive his right to a preliminary hear. that's the time that they will most lickly use to prepare what is most likely an insanity plea. >> he had a persona of evilness to him, but he looked very sane to me. >> his fate could ultimately hinge on how holmes looks to court-appointed doctors in this emotional high-profile case. along with the 140 murder or attempted murder charges in the case, prosecutors have also charged holmes with criminal violence and possession of explosives, the latter centers on that cache of bombs pulled from his apartment. live in centennial, colorado. jay gray, news4. the woman who snatched a newborn from a new york hospital and then raised that child as her own, she will be spending the next 12 years in prison, a judge sensed her today.

she admitted she stolle the 3-week-old girl in 1987. the girl's birth mother wanted her sentenced to 23 years, the exact amount of time her daughter was gone. the girl solved her own missing person's case after seeing her own picture on the center for missing and exploited children's website. new information about the number of virginia guns used to commit crimes in new york. of 9,000 guns connected to crimes in the empire state, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms tracked 1600 back to virginia. -- or new york, rather. more than 2100 others were purchased in other east coast and southern states with less strengthen gun laws. a man is facing assault charges after a shooting near the verizon center. please say two people got into a

fight outside the mcdonald's on 7th street this morning. at some point one of them pulled a gun and shot himself by accident. he went to an area hospital, has since been released to police custody. officials closed down 7th street in the area for several hours. it has since been reopened. a hazmat skill caused a scare this morning t crews got called for the 14800 block of swe schweitzer lane. everything inside the building was evacuated. starting today, there is finally a direct link between two of d.c.'s busiest thoroughfares, a new ramp opened today allowing drivers on 295 south to merge directly onto the 11th street bridge and then get on the southeast/southwest freeway. before this ramps, they had to go through neighborhoods to

cross the river. it could save some people up to ten minutes on their daily commute. >> no more u-turns, no more illegal turns. no more going the wrong way going to downtown washington, d.c. >> a new northbound ramp directly connecting the two freeways is expected to open in the fall. to london now and another exciting day at the 2012 olympic games. here's a look at the host city now. nbc's primetime coverage continues later tonight. a cup 8 marquee events, men's gymnastics and another round of men's and women's swimming. we have with more on what's happening on and off the playing feel. >> reporter: plenty of action on the course, in the pool and in

the press. as kayakers navigated london's treacherous slalom course today, officials of the organizing committee were dealing with rough waters of their own. continuing controversy over empty seats and olympic venues, most were al catted to no-show sponsors, and officials and athletes. while hundreds are being returned to public use, complaints continue. >> it's infuriated. so many haven't been able to get anything at all. >> reporter: london is getting high marks for moving the millions of people who headed to work. london transport officials predicted an extra 3 million extra journeys during the games. >> a bruise, absolute breeze. >> reporter: in competition michael phelps advanced in his sick event, as alison schmitt and missy franklin placed first to advance to the freestyle. outside the field of play, some

athletes are taking to twitter, demanding a change in rules that currently bar athletes from using their own names or like new zealand advertising during the games. >> the majority don't have sponsors, don't have support to stay in the sport. a lot of my peers have second and third jobs to be able to do this. >> reporter: but for all of the athletes, the competition remains job one. speaking of getting the job done, the u.s. women's indoor volley ball two, four wincers, the women's basketball team will be in action tonight, and angola is making its olympic debut in the sports. the u.s. has won 34 straight in competition. back to you. that could be fun for those nba athletes. rye yak lochte says he's just getting started. he says to beat the competition he's got to beat himself. that story is tonight at 7:00. meanwhile, outside today,

look at that. we don't have any severe weather, we don't have any extreme heat. and it is still july. doug we've got a break. >> a bit of a break. it's been that nice out there. 85 degrees the current number, wind out of the society at about 14 miles per hour. very nice conditions, yeah you expect warrick and muggy conditions, that's kind of what we have today, but temperatures really not all that bad. 84 in la plata, we do have a few showers, and yes even a few thunderstorms, some into louden county and into norm prince williams. another shower right around la plata, but once again, not a lot going on, and none of those stores are strong. back to you. all right. decision 2012 and the presidential race, mitt romney wrapping up a three-nation overseas tour. a trip began in london last

week. romney has been in poland, meeting with the leaders there. aides say the main goal of this trip, foreign policy, but as steve handlesman reports, the former governor is fending off criticism. >> reporter: as mitt romney arrived in poland, his staff was back in damage control. the latest controversy came as romney capped off his visit to israel with a fund-raisers hosted by wealthy americans. he praised the economic success of israelis, whose average income is $31,000, versus the poverty of minds. culture makes all the difference, says romney, citing a book on development. i recognize, romney said, the power of at least culture and a few other things. minds called the remark racist, because romney failed to mention the effect of the israeli occupation. >> the. they are people, equal. >> reporter: with the candidate and his wife ann in poland,

romney staffers insisted his remarks were grossly mischaracterized. john mccain said he meant minds have bad leadership. >> i am sure governor romney was not talking about difference in cultures or difference in anybody superior or inferior. as president obama headed to a fund-raiser in new york city, a center of support for israel, his spokesman took a shot at romney. >> it is clear there are some people who have taken a look at those comments and scratching their heads a bit. >> reporter: back in gdansk, he got what sounded like a endorsement. >> be successful. >> but some in the crowd had another preference. the least of romney's problems on a trip that's been a bumpy road. but the culture remark dao help romney reduce the big obama lead

among jewish-american voters. i'm steve handelsman, news4. romney returns to the u.s. on wednesday. for the third year in a row, virginia experienced major revenue growth. governor bob mcdonald said the commonalty wealth had $129 million suraccomplice for the 2012 fiscal year, an increase of almost 5.5% from last year. from the surplus, mcdonald says nearly 79 million will go into the state's rainy day fund. coming up, there could be a link between a jewelry store robbery and a murder. the proof may be in video. surface to air missiles are being used in the civil war in syria, and the syrian army may have a harder time holding back the rebels. phone rivals are facing off in court. many apple's design from the iphone may have been stolen. there may be proof that president obama has

there are conflicting reports tonight over who is in control as fighting continues in aleppo. several amateur videos uploaded today appeared to show rebels

with captured or abandoned tanks, weapons and trucks. the syrian military says it has retaken most ground in and around that city. the united nations says 200,000 syrians have fled over the border in the past ten days. nbc news has been unable to authenticate this amateur video. two teen are facing charges. police say they chased down a man and beat him to death with a shovel. why police say they did it. pat? >> reporter: wendy, indeed, the murder weapon here, a shovel. the murder suspects here, teenagers. the victim, 54-year-old dave krupski, an avid fisherman and contractor. he was remodel this apartment, and he was staying here while he did the job, and it was here that he was killed over the weekend. by phone today, i talked to his

half-brother escort burquist. >> i talked to him last sunday, and he said it was a pretty rough neighborhood, but he was okay. >> reporter: police say they were called here saturday night for reports that people were drinking, disorderly, chasing each other around. they say that turned into a case of murder. they say dave krupski ran from this apartment, up the steps, down the sidewalk, two teenager close behind. at 52nd avenue, he crossed this foot bridge. next to that creek, and as he got across the bridge, just to the other side, they say those teenagers beat him to death with that shovel. the motive -- robbery. charged with robbery, charged with murder, 17-year-old james

murray, and 16-year-old andre attaway. >> i think it's horrific. three lives wasted over something stupid. i think they got $5 is what i heard. >> reporter: back at the scene, people still talking about what happened here. it could have been me. i work in these buildings. it could have been me. you never know. people running around, robbing people, looking for robberies, so it could have been me. >> reporter: the teenagers in this case charged as adults. live in bladensburg, pat collins, news4. thank you, pat. a warning from police in ocean city, officers are looking for a man who tried to sexually assault several women. the most recent assault happened saturday night when a stranger allegedly approached a woman walking home alone and forced her to the ground. police are asking for anyone with information on these attacks to call them.

jury selection began today in a close already watched trial between two of the world's leading tech companies, apple and samsung. they're accusing each other of patent violations. a lot is riding on the outcomes, billions of, and control of the u.s. matterphone and computer tab lett markets are at stake. the trial is being held in san francisco, a jury of ten people will decide this case that's expected to last for four weeks. well, it seems like that heat wave lasted for four weeks, but we're finally get a little bit of a break. >> today it goes down just about as average assic be for the last couple days. average is not that bad when you're talking about temperatures in the upper 80s. that's exactly what we saw out there. a pretty nice shot as we look to the north and west, right across the city. what are we going to get seeing? we saw a high of 89 degrees, the average high temperature sitting at 88 degrees, so as i said,

right around the average, but once again, we still need the rain, almost 7 1/2 inches below average. a lot of you continue to talk about the lawns. out there right now, currently sitting at 85 degrees with the winds out of the southeast at about 14 miles per hour. that easterly component off the atlantic ocean, and the chesapeake has helped to keep things on the cooler side across our area. the only 90, frederick, but gaithersburg, leesburg, 81 in cambridge. right now la plata coming in, as a result of the rain showers. we do have a couple rain showers. most of these very, very light and through frederick county, seeing a few light showers also towards fairfax, but as we zoom in here, we -- this is a severe thunderstorm warning down here, but those storms are dying out, then another one to the south

and east of the culpepper region. this storm is gone. a minute ago there was a shower here. that storm is now gone, at least that shower is gone. here's one little shower around burke making its way to the north and west. another one look the border here. right along the po tom max, very light showers. now that the sun is starting to go down, we're going to lose any intensity of those showers at all. and back to the west of culpepper. what are we going to be seeing? our chances of rain will be on the increase. this guy down here, a little coastal low will make its way up the coast, but it will not affect us too much. we will see a chance for shower activity tomorrow, maybe a thunderstorm similar to today, most of us will be on the dry side. we'll still be on the warm side as we go through the day tomorrow. wednesday a frontal boundary moves from the north and west. i think we'll see a much better

chance of showers and thunderstorms on wednesday, hopefully we get some of those. once again we do need to see some rainfall. bring on the rain. partly cloudy, a for a showers, maybe a storm or two, warm, as we move on through the night tonight. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy. a nice start. can't route out an isolated shower. 66 to about 71 degrees. tomorrow afternoon, a mixture of sun and clouds, a few showers, a few storms. 85 to about 89 degrees. we're only talking about a 30% chance of showers or storms. along with that coastal low, down toward the beaches, tuesday and wednesday, a pretty good chance for at least some showers there, thursday looking good, temperatures moving back to around 86 degrees. ocean city, over toward rehobeth. right on through the day on wednesday, and then we start to

get back to the heat. 94 on thursday, 96 on friday, and it does look like we'll stay at least in the low to mid 90s. chance of showers and a few thunderstorms there, too. nothing too severe. every time we put out thunderstorms, a lot of people are asking about power outages. don't worry about that. in two days we have our backyard weather. we'll be in somebody else's backyard. coming up tonight, nasa is showing us one part of its most expensive part of a mission to mars. a drug best near a local school. and in sports, we're going to show

there is surveillance video from a jewelry store in d.c. shah shows the moment an armed robber pulled a gun on the owner. >> that happened last month. jackie bensen explains how it could help solve the murder of another jewelry shop owner in arlington. >> reporter: this video from june 9th shows a man in a safety vest entering the jewelry store in f street northwest minutes before closing time. he pulls a gun on the owner, who asked that we not show his face.

>> when i was robbed, i gave up the jewelry, and didn't fight, didn't question the guy, and he went on his way. >> reporter: this weekend the victim saw this image on tv, made from security camera video at capital jewelers on columbia pike, distributed by police after tommy weong was found murdered in history saturday. >> i saw the same exact dribs, same yellow vest, same hat, and he looked very, very similar to the guy that robbed and shot and killed the other guy in virginia. >> reporter: mr. weong's family is devastated, trying to come to grips with an unimaginable loss. >> he's a great man, very loving. all he's ever done is focus on his family and care for us. and never once has he burdened us with his troubles, and i just

appreciate it if everyone can bring this man to justice. >> reporter: arlington detectives bur viewed the d.c. victim. >> he's a career criminal and hopefully we can get him off the street. >> reporter: police hoped that anyone who knows who owns or owned until recently the vest and the cap like seen in the picture will give them a call. jackie bensen, news4. survivors and family members sat in a courtroom in colorado today, to hear the long list the charges against accused shooter james holmes. he's facing 24 counts of murder, two counts for every person killed in that attack inside a movie theater earlier this month. >> witnesses report that holmes seemed much more alert at the hearing today, compared to the way he looked last month. >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney is in poland today wrapping up a three-nation tour that began last week in london.

today his staff insisted his remarks yesterday about jerusalem's success were grossly mischaracterized. romney returns to the states on wednesday. d.c. police are looking for witnesses after a shooting on u street over the weekend. two women were shot at the intersection saturday morning. both victims are expected to be okay. one of them is an nbc news white house producer. nbc news released this tame today -- over the weekend nbc news white house producer shauna thomas was grazed by a bull in what appears to be a random shooting. there is an ongoing case. we are grateful shauna was treated and released. we ask for respect for her privacy. anne arundel county police acting on an anonymous tip has seized a large cache of marijuana and weapons. chris gordon reports. >> reporter: 24 weapons were seized as evidence.

there were handguns, shotguns and rifles, including an assault weapon. there's also a large quantity of ammunition. 53-year-old nicholas dominic face faces charges after a search warrant was executed by s.w.a.t. team members. the weapons were found inside outback behind a tall fence police found 46 marijuana plants, each 5 to 6 feet tall with an estimated total street value. >> this is kernel by a nuisance, and i would be remiss if i didn't mention this was within 1,000 feet of a school. that's very concerning based on the amount of children in the area there. >> reporter: police say they have no evidence there that mr. dom any ever sold drugs to any of the students. they don't know wee he owned so many weapons. >> we have no indication that mr. dominic was planning to use these weapons, to protect them, to protect his grow or be used in a violent manner. however it's a lot of weapons

for one individual in a residence with this amount of marijuana growing. >> reporter: there are only half a dozens home here on this avenue. it's a quiet neighborhood casualty to residents here. >> whatever was going on in his backyard, it doesn't disturb anything outside his little world, so what's the big deal? >> reporter: did you know there were pot plants? >> not really. >> never saw him with any drugs of any kind, never have seen anyone come and go as if -- i want i wouldn't put up with any trafficking or people coming around here. i wouldn't put up with that. >> reporter: 10 of the 24 weapons allegedly belonging to mr. dominic were registered. the federal bureau of atf will investigate to determine if any other charges will be filed. chris gordon, news4. mr. dominic says he uses the marijuana for medical reasons and has been released from jail on $25,000 bond. a head-on collision in the

hamptons has killed a man from virginia. it happened sunday afternoon on the east hampton/sag harbor turnpike up in new york. police is a a pickup truck swerved into oncoming traffic and killed another car. his wife and teenager daughter were seriously injured. the pickup truck driver also suffered serious injuries. police are investigating why that truck crossed into the oncoming lane. as of yet, no charges have been filed. a minister from maryland accused of hiding millions of dollars in assets is going to spend two years in prison. a judge today handed down that sentence to robert freeman, he's also known as dr. shine. the judge also ordered freeman to pay more than $600,000 in restitution. freeman pled guilty last year to obstructing bankruptcy proceedings. prosecutors say he used moan that belonged to the churches he

pastored to buy fancy cars and a house. he then failed to claim those assets when he filed for bankruptcy back in 2005. a large group of government contractors gathered in northern virginia today to urge congress to act before damaging automatic budget cuts take place. according to a recent report, virginia could lose as many as 200,000 if these cuts go through. julie carey reports from crystal city. >> reporter: it was an unusual sight in this hotel ballroom. defense contractors at a rally. carrying signs, wearing buttons, doning t-shirts all to warn of the job cuts if congress can't great on budget cuts. sequestration, as it's called would bring trillions of automatic cuts that had hit hard, especially in virginia. they say it's not so much their jobs they're concerned about, but the impact on the industry and the troops they support.

>> i have two sons on active duty. it's person for me in terms of the kind of work we do. i think some of the things our company does helps them do what they need to do. >> i think we care enough about our country we're here to send a loud message we need to protect our jobs and stop the madness. >> at salient federal solutions, this command center is used to match employees with defense contract requirements, but ceo brad andle says the threat is already affecting business decisions and hiring. he hopes the rally will reach members of congress. >> i hope it will bring to light to members of congress this is a serious issue that's impacting the business community today and will have devastating impacts not just in virginia, but across the country, and really get them to realize this isn't something inside the beltway, but affects the nation. it's going to affect our economy. >> virginia elected leaders from both parties joined the plea to

congress to act sooner rather than later. >> we need to stop sequestration and stop it now, not after the election, not push us to the cliff after an election. >> for the sake of the country, can we not come together, give up our respective orthodoxies and get something done for the american people? >> reporter: most of the speakers also reminded the looming cuts will also bring significant job losses in health care, manufacturing and construction. for the first time in more than a decade the lenny harris one love community festival will go out without the man who founded it. lenny harris' friends and family are planning to hold that festival next month in honor of his memory. harris was an activist who disappeared last september. his body was found months later in a well in prince george's county. three people have been arrested and charged with his murder. the festival will help provide

school supplies to needy children. >> we have an obligation to continue on something that's good, no matter what. we may have lost the man, but we haven't lost his mission. >> that festival is scheduled for august 18th in a field next for george washington middle school on mt. vernon avenue. 28 run from noon to 6:00 p.m. it is free, but they are taking donations of school supplies and backpacks. another olympian has been kicked out of the london games over a racist tweet. michel morganella is a swiss soccer players who posted a message, tweeted out in a loose french translation, quote -- i hate all koreans and i want them to burn. he was expelled today. greece dropped a woman's triple jumper last week after she made remarks mocking african

immigrants. other news coming in from london, officials are dealing with empty seats in a lot of the venues. apparently tickets were given to responsiblors, official and athletes who are not showing up. we are told plans are in the works to fix that. also, some@salines such as songia richards-ross are frustrated by an advertising ban and complaining on twitter. rules forgive athletes from using their own likeness or names in ads during the games. ross points out that many athletes work two or three jobs to afford their ability to stay in their sport. we invite you to stay with news4 and nbcwashington.com throughout the olympics for up-to-the mint coverage of the summer games. a new discovery in president obama's family tree that connects him to a battleground state. the weather, doug? >> a few showers, even a few thunderstorms, but not a bad afternoon. what you can expect over the over the next four months,he you have a choice to make.

not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused the mess in the first place. i believe the only way to create an economy built to last is to strengthen the middle class. asking the wealthy to pay a little more so we can pay down our debt in a balanced way. so that we can afford to invest in education, manufacturing, and home-grown american energy

for good middle class jobs. sometimes politics can seem very small. but the choice you face, it couldn't be bigger. ♪ i'm barack obama and i approve this message. the news4 i-team will take you on a wild ride, showing you a growing problem. drivers, drivers who don't get out of the way. investigative reporter tisha thompson with a look at what you'll see tonight after the olympics. battling blazes and saving

lives, being a firefighters or a paramedic is a tough job, but sometimes just getting to the emergency is half the battle. the news4 i-team hopped on fire trucks around the d.c. area with cameras rolling, to show you what's really going on behind the wheel. for these defensive drivers, every second counts. as you're going to see, every call is like a brand-new obstacle course. emergency vehicles making their way around distracted or confused drivers. we're going to show you the right way and the wrong way to respond. what you should do when you hear and see those sirens and lights coming, plus how you could end up paying big time for not following the law. drivers in the way coming up tonight on news4 at 11:00 right after the olympics. coming up next in sports? >> you're stuck with me again. redskins kicking off a week of training camp. we'll hear from rg3. to the diamond, cardian

and welcome back, everybody. not a bad way to start off the week week at all. high temperature into the mid to upper 80s across the area. no 90s. 85 is the current temperature out there. a bit of a heat index coming in at 88. wind out of the east/southeast.

temperatures around the region, 87 in rockville, 82 in reston, 85 in ft. belvoir. huntingtown coming in at 85. we do have a couple showers and few rumbles of thunder. more right around the metro area, just a couple, around the city of fairfax, another back towards leesburg. so you have a bit of a shower, a pretty good shower, then it goes away and provides the focal point for yet another shower around the region. back towards bluement, but once again the biggest one over leesburg once again. you've already had one in your area. down to about 70, baltimore 71. la plata and 67 in leesburg, maybe a shower, but most will be on the dry side. tomorrow afternoon, same scenario, just like yesterday,

mid to upper 80s, close to 90. once again close to that 90 degree mark, but we will also see a chance, not anticipated. but once again, you may just want to take the umbrella with us. now, the temperatures over the next couple days, they will be warming up in our shower chances, rain chances go up, too. i'll show you just -- the seven-day forecast is in just a minute. they're having fun at camp today, celebrities -- >> i don't know how much fun they were having. i remember back in the day, with sonny, larry brown, those guys used to hate training camp. i don't know if they hate it like they used to. chick hernandez is out there. do they hate it? number two -- they don't hate it, because they're not hitting two-a-days.

that's what they were doing. a little walk-through sissy fillfill -- sissy-fied i shouldn't have said, because they're watching. the left guard had his knee scoped, probably out for the entire preseason. couple that with the mri tomorrow, and they have some issues on the "o" line. they were back to work after a day off yesterday, that being sunday. this is monday, obviously. week 2 of training camp. even though -- the story of the camp remains robert griffin iii. he was named starters a week ago. not too many interviews. just think, this time last year, he was getting ready for a heisman trophy-winning season, but he's not in waco anymore. >> you're away from the outside

world, so it's no different than a college training camp. it will be a grind every day. in college you try to imagine that it's a game day every day, but for us out here, these guys are out here competing, not only to make themselves better, but to have a job, so every day is game day. >> griffin is not only benefiting from their offense, but rex grossman should prove valuable, too. he started 13 games last year, but as soon as they drafted griffin, he knew his face. he's also there as a sounding board for the rookie. he's okay with that. >> yeah, you know, i'm not going to overdo it, but you know, i've seen a lot of our plays, drop-back stuff, pretty much every coverage, a ton of reps on it, so i'm there for him to ask questions and certain situation, reminders of hot routes, or

reminders of situational plays, so, you know, i'm not going to overdo it, but i want to be there as much as possible for him to bounce things off of if he doesn't want to go to a coach or things like that. >> that's a veteran move by mr. rex grossman, who is also an rg3, by the way. rob griffin iii told us today there were skits taking place tonight and tore. the rookies will sing, and griffin says he'll sing probably "my girl" and hope not to be booed. i'm telling you right now, it may be the only time he hears boos this year. >> these people can be fickle, man, you know? >> oh, c'mon. >> remember they used to tape rookies around the goalposts with gaffer's tape or something? >> can you tape a $21 million man around the goalpost. >> if i was a veteran, i would try. >> he's carrying helmets right now. that's all the hazing he's going

to get. >> perhaps there's more to come. >> i like that. now to 9 hottest, best, winningest team in the university, we're talking the nationals, and they are still winning. they went down by four runs going into the eighth inning of that game against the brewers, rallied with four in that frame, tied up the game, back in the bottom of 9 ninth, but don't you know they weren't done yet, specifically not michael morse. we pick it up in the top of the ninth. man on first, watch this one here. hammered, 0-2 pitch, right over into the bull pen, ties the game at nine. watch davey johnson. he's stoked. this goes to extra innings. top of 11th, a 9-9 game. two on, again here he comes, another double in left-field corner s. bryce harper comes

around the corner. c'mon, man. he's on in, here's the throw. he's safe. nats won 11-10. they're off today. they're going to start a home set with the phillies, and they'll do that tomorrow. olympic competition continuing today over in london. consider this your spoiler alert. if you don't want to know right now, turn -- you know how the kids do na-na-na. ryan locketty failed to medal. missy franklin tangs on the gold in the 100 meter backstroke. the u.s. men's gymnastics team failed to medal in the team competition. they finished in only fifth place. >> wow. wow. listen up again. also competing today was carrollen queen, she just missed out on beijing back in 12008. unfortunately she made it to london, but decrease make it

past qualifying today. she finished 17th. they -- only the top 15 advance. we feel sorry for her, but good for her for even getting there. you can watch swimming, diving, men's gymnastic and men's beach volley ball starting tonight at 8:00. now, i was watching this afternoon. we don't have tape. there's a woman named lee -- she's a china e -- the swimmer? >> no the chinese power lifter. she was doing the clean and jerk. he tied the record for the most points and in the individuals, but she was going for the world record, something like 360-some pounds. i was sitting there, c'mon, girl, c'mon, girl, she doesn't quite make it, but it was worth watching her try. i love watching them. i think i would faint. >> i think you'll faint from

just doing that. >> help me out. okay. coming up nasa's next big

the anticipation is building for the latest high-stakes mission to mars. this is going to happen this weekend. when nasa lands its smartest and most expensive rover on the red planet, the $2.5 billion vehicle is called curiosity. it's going to enter mars' atmosphere up 13,000 miles an hour. it's too big for an airbag landing, so a device that uses parachutes and rockets will slow it to a complete stop to land safely. now you know where that 2.5 billion went to. nasa describes the sequence as seven minutes of terror. it will study whether mars ever had conditions favorable for life. coming up tonight, emergency road blocks. the i-team goes behind the scenes to show the obstacle that

emergency crews have to navy gatt. the rumor mill is swirling, as appear the is set to debut the next must-have gadget. big wins, bigger upsets during day 3 of the olympics. dan hellie will join us with the highlights. that's tonight after the olympics. final check, doug? >> looking pretty good. going to be a little unsettled. we're going to see a chance for showers and a few thunderstorms. but we're not talking about any severe storms, and we're not talking about any real heat. so again, not bad. a mixture of sun and clouds, a few showers and storms, but highs about 85 to 89 degrees. if you're thinks about heading down toward the beach or just want to dream about heading down to the beach. 83 on your tuesday, 84 on wednesday. a pretty good chance of showers both days, best chance will be during the day on wednesday. temperatures on thursday coming in around 86. so nice beach weather the next few days. i think you also see some

sunshine during the afternoon, so don't forget that sunscreen. we start to heat up after a few more showers on wednesday, back up to 94 on thursday. 96 on friday. it looks like we stay in the low to mid 90s through the weekend. we need to see some rain, so hopefully tomorrow and wednesday we'll get some. you might find this interesting. over the years there's been speculation about president obama's family tree. now there is a new take on it. according to research by ancestry.com, mr. obama may be the 11th great-grandson of america's first documented slave, a man named john punch. he lived in colonial virginia. in 1640, punch was declared a slave for life. there was punishment for a crime. that was before virginia laws even allowed indent injured servants. the website says remarkably the gene connection was made through obama's mother, who was white and from kansas, and not from

his father, who was from kenya. that's our broadcast. nightly news is up next.