thank you, chinese trampolinist dong-dong for allowing me to watch two dongs flopping around without having to clear my internet history. >> that was good. >> you're still playing. >> yeah, yeah. >> fantastic how you do that. >> yeah. >> here we go. thank you, silver medals, for being worse than bronze. because at a dark bar in the olympic village at 4:00 a.m. you know bronze medalists are saying, check it out, ladies, gold. this is the last one right here. thank you, beach volleyball keri

walsh for having the nickname "six feet of sunshine." thank you dong-dong for not having that nickname. thank you so much. i appreciate it. >> thanks, jimmy. >> fantastic job. bob costas, a talented man. >> jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] . mitt romney's campaign

announces a vp choice will be announced tomorrow morning in

there is breaking news on the political front tonight, republican presidential candidate mitt romney is ready to announce his running mate. romney will reveal his selection tomorrow morning at about 9:00 at a campaign stop in norfolk, virginia. it will be made on the naval ship uss wisconsin. among the potentials, are tim pawlenty, paul ryan, chris christie and rob portman. joining us on the phone is julie carey. why did he choose virginia as the place to make this

announcement? julie carey? apparently we do not have julie carey on the phone as we hoped. julie carey is covering mr. romney's campaign swing through virginia tomorrow. and as reported from his campaign officials at about 9:00 tomorrow morning, mr. romney will announce who his running mate will be in the presidential election this year. we'll have more coming up later in our broadcast. a d.c. superior court judge was robbed at gunpoint as she was leaving a tennis tournament in northwest d.c. now the search is underway for the men involved. erika gonzalez joins us live from the crime scene. >> this is a quiet neighborhood right on the edge of rock creek

park and this has a lot of neighbors questioning their safety tonight. does this strike you as odd? >> very. >> are this long time d.c. resident have lived in this northwest neighborhood for years without anything like this happening. >> more police patrol. you know, we don't want judges being held at gunpoint. >> reporter: police say last week the judge presiding judge in the south capital street murder case was robbed at gunpoint late at night. they were leaving the city open which is played at the fitzgerald tennis center in rock creek park. they were walking in this neighborhood when the two men with guns came up from behind them told them to turn around and give them their money. the crooks jumped in a car and took off after snatching purses, wallets, $100 in cash and a key to lexus. >> the police recovered the

wallet and the purses but no cash. this neighborhood may be familiar because a former d.c. mayor lives in this area. but as far as the crooks they are on the run tonight. erika gonzalez, news4. severe weather pounded parts of the northeastern part of the country tonight. a tornado touched down in new york's long island area. 85-mile-an-hour winds damaged homes and took out power lines. no reports of serious injuries. our area was spared from the severe weather today. doug with a look at what we might expect in the weekend. >> we saw heavy rain this morning. some areas picking up one to two inches of rain. that storm system is the one that caused that tornado in long island but it suppressed the threat for us today. we are now seeing the rain moving back in. this rain will stick around much of the night and parts of the

area. if you are out and about you have your umbrellas. we are seeing the rain around the fairfax and manassas area and in the south we are looking at storms down there. nothing severe but more storms. and i'm watching this area of rain with some thunderstorms. this is all moving our way. we could be in for a wet night and maybe a wet morning. i'll have the latest forecasts in a woman. a woman walking her dog in gaithersburg was bitten by a bat. she is recovering and talking about her encounter. shomari stone has the report. >> reporter: that woman said that bats that were flying like the ones behind me swooped down and caused anguish. >> reporter: it was instant pain. >> reporter: our camera captured the bats outside by her house. let's look in slow motion as they fly around. >> i guess it's surreal.

>> reporter: she tells me she and her husband, george, were walking their four dogs on garfield drive and looked up. what did you see? >> we saw a group of bats. >> reporter: suddenly two bats circled dina's head. >> i was nervous with the dogs. >> reporter: she stopped continued to walk. >> so many and so grefb. >> reporter: and then? >> i got hit if the back. >> feeling like someone stabbed her. >> like a sharp stabbing pain. so -- >> reporter: did you know a bat bit you? >> i did. he flew around. >> reporter: she got six rabies shots. bats are the leading cause of human rabies deaths in the u.s. >> i never expected that. >> reporter: it will take her a couple days to fully recover. >> i have a fever still and

tired. but, you know, hopefully i'll be better soon. >> we hope you feel better, dina. doctors give her three more rabies shots over the next week or so. i'm shomari stone, news4. back to the top story now, the breaking news on romney -- mitt romney getting ready to make his vp announcement tomorrow morning. nbc news is saying that he will choose paul ryan. julie carey is joining us. what do you make of this? >> reporter: it's interesting to announce a selection on a saturday morning in the midst of the olympics. but the romney campaign put out a news release saying it would announce the pick on the uss wisconsin tomorrow morning at 9:00. that led to speculation that it would be paul ryan. it is important to remember that

bob mcdonald will be with mitt romney at all of his three stops in the commonwealth tomorrow. it underscores the importance of the commonwealth in the presidential race. mitt romney is running behind president obama in virginia. this four-state bus tour that begins tomorrow is critical for the romney campaign to try to gain ground. they start in norfolk tomorrow and move up to ashland, virginia. late this afternoon, the romney campaign added a rally at randolph macon in ashland. and they come up to manassas and are having a rally at 4:10 in the afternoon alongside the train tracks there. and all the rallies and less rules were changed for that. they were show up with your press credentials and now they are requiring the media to be in

place early. so signals ahead of time something big was on the horizon. >> julie carey reporting to us. we'll have more on this in our broadcast tomorrow. now to a developing story out of california. one person is dead after a plane crashed in the middle of the neighborhood there. the victim was pulled from the cessna a few hours ago. the pilot declared an emergency shortly after takeoff from the santa mon santa monica airport. a minor crash on the runway at dulles airport. the wing of a lufthansa jet clipped the tail of another plane. all of the passengers were put on other flights. a playground in a small community in virginia has been burned by a fire. this time, the damage is much

worse than the other incident. the fire destroyed a recently installed community playground. people in the area raised thousands of dollars and spent two years to get the permits for the equipment. an historic church in virginia was destroyed by fire. it ripped through mount pleasant baptist church in gainesville, virginia today. there is extensive smoke and water damage but two bibles remained intact. there is no word on what started the fire. tonight an outpouring of support for a sikh community in wisconsin which was rocked by a deadly shooting rampage. hundreds attended a service for the victims. six people were killed last week. attorney general eric holder, and scott walker spoke at the

memorial. the members of the congregation left a bullet hole in the wall. a are doctrescue after a ma afloat for 20 hours. a big win for a local athlete in the olympics. and a surprise appearance from doug at london landmarks. dan hellie joins us after the break. [ male announcer ] in 1996, president clinton and a bi-partisan congress helped end welfare as we know it, by requiring work for welfare. but on july 12th, president obama quietly announced a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements. under obama's plan, you wouldn't have to work, and wouldn't have to train for a job -- they just send you your welfare check. and welfare to work goes back to being plain, old welfare.

mitt romney will restore the work requirement, because it works. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. 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.

an unbelievable scene in australia. a news helicopter spots a fisherman in the water. the man had been treading water forever 20 hours. the helicopter pilot tried to keep the shark away. the man was ultimately pulled to safety by a rescue boat. two other fishermen were on board when the boat sank. one of the men dies and the other is still missing. four men who survived a plane crash in idaho are revealing what it was like. they took a plane ride back in june. they had their cell phone cameras rolling. nathan said the pilot was having a difficult time getting the plane to lift because of the hot weather. they crashed into some trees. the pilot suffered serious injuries but everybody survived.

the men decided to post the video on youtube. it has received more than 1 million hits. a surprise for airport screeners in rome. a drunk tourist passed time between flights in an unexpected place. he took a nap on the luggage belt still clutching his beer. no one noticed him until his image popped up on the x-ray screen. he is now facing charges. we're heading to the final days of the 2012 summer olympics. a live picture of london coming up. two days left but plenty of big events to be played. >> dan hellie is in london. you talked to a virginia native who is bringing home a medal? >> i think this is the best comeback story of the games. terrence jennings lost his first

bout in tae kwon do and got another shot to fight. he won the next match and then won the bronze medal match. he said it was great but still bittersweet. >> it's like a taste. of course i wanted the gold. my ultimate plan was to come here and win the gold medal. so i mean, i can't complain because of the fact i still medaled. this is my first games. four more years. i'll be back again. >> you will be back again and you are leaving with a medal. not many people get the opportunity to do that. what was it like when it was hanging on your neck for the first time? >> disbelief. when it hit my neck i just smiled. just to know i am the third guy since '92 to medal for the u.s. in the olympic games. to make my first olympic team and come to the games and bring

back hardware is amazing. >> winning the bronze was like jim vance after a show. he had 300 unread text messages. he has a lot of people to get back to. listen, i know we've been talking a lot about doug's trip to london. he liked to make a big deal about it. he finally did. we took him all over the city just like he did for me when he came a month ago. take a look at this. >>. ♪ doug is visiting london, wrc. and doug is visiting london. news4 ♪ doug is visiting london for news4

♪ doug is visiting london. for nbc 4. >> you covered a lot of ground today, buddy. cheers, mate. but one thing, you have the check. >> doug is visiting london for nbc 4. >> as you can see it was a fun trip. it cost me 26 pounds. had to pay the singer and the pint and this hat right now. i know you can see this. who is taller? >> i knew that was coming. >> right? >> eight pints? >> you are having more fun than we thought over there. all right. >> we're having a good time. a pint of guinness can make a good time easy. >> when i had your card board

cutout out there i polished it nightly. >> and left it there in the dumpster or something as i recall. >> i do have to actually say this, they shipped this over three weeks ago and we're staying in small rooms in the tower of london area. and this has been staring at me at the end of my bed. i had to turn it around and it was disturbing. and we broke his hand on the tube. so we've had good time. >> good stuff. >> i felt something the other day. >> thanks, buddy. >> so, a mixed bag this weekend on our weather? >> you know what, looking at the latest data tomorrow could look a little like london with a little rain. we didn't see much rain after the initial rain this morning. some areas picked up over 1 to 2 inches of rain. but during the day, not much at all across our region.

a few strong storms but now wait until i show you the radar. the high temperature 88 degrees after a low of 72. and you we are talking about yesterday. yesterday the first day of the month below 90 degrees. we were at 90 degrees for nine straight days, it was actually ten going back into july. and we got .6 inch rain. the cold front has not moved through yet. it is 68 in petersburg and 70 in martinsburg. but here's the rain. once again this is the most rain we've seen and we started to see this intensify here and it is going to widen out and we're going to see rain tonight. this is west of washington. right around fairfax and loudoun

county. moderate to heavy showers. no real heavy rain associated with this just yet. but down to the south -- we apologize the network has an announcement about mitt romney's running mate. >> nbc news learned from three sources close to the romney campaign that tomorrow morning at 9:00 mitt romney is going to select wisconsin congressman paul ryan to be his running mate. the campaign itself will not confirm that it's definitely ryan but it's three sources with knowledge of the romney campaign have told nbc news that ryan is going to be the pick. nbc news also knows that the two other members of the short list, if you will, rob portman and tim pawlenty have been told they are not the pick. the event will be tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. that the campaign confirmed.

the backdrop? the uss wisconsin. of course, so paul ryan, right now is at home in janesville, wisconsin. there is a plane that appears to be ready to go to fly him to norfolk. i'm going to my colleague andrea mitchell with more of the piece of the puzzle. >> according to one very good source close to one of the two who were not chosen, they were told by tag romney. he delegated one of his sons, tag to tell portman and pawlenty they had not been chosen. as we had been reporting this is the second time for tim pawlenty. he was disappointed by not having been chosen and by the sarah palin pick. but that of course had happened to him again. >> that's right. anyway. to sum up tomorrow morning at 9:00, mitt romney will

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now that we have the scoop on mitt romney's vp pick, where were we? >> we were talking about the rain. it is now in portions of montgomery county west of i-95. the rest of the night this will gradually shift to the metro region and southern maryland. in the south heavier rain in culpepper. it had lightning associated with it earlier. but there are thunderstorms in

charlottesville and a disturbance coming toward our region. we will see more showers and rain overnight and maybe early tomorrow morning too. that rain will be making its way through here through the 6:00, 7:00 hour and that frontal boundary will shift to the east. the best chances of rain will stay to the south and east and that includes delmarva and the beaches. on sunday everybody dries out. rain well to the south and east. a nice day on sunday. monday looks nice as well. we'll see a couple nice days in here. and the next week is looking pretty good. tomorrow morning partly cloudy possible showers and areas of fog. temperatures between 67 and 76 degrees. the partly cloudy and possible showers to the east and east tomorrow. but a couple of showers along the i-95 corridor with the high

temperatures in the 80s. 88 degrees on sunday, 90 degrees on monday. and then we'll see another chance for thunderstorms. some of these could be strong depending how the system develops on tuesday. but that will usher in cooler air again. 93 on tuesday to a high temperature in the 80s on wednesday. one thing i don't see is extreme heat anywhere. we may be done with that. but normally we have one or two of those in late august. >> one or two more would be over the next four months,e 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.

president clinton and a bi-partisan congress helped end welfare as we know it, by requiring work for welfare. but on july 12th, president obama quietly announced a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements. under obama's plan, you wouldn't have to work, and wouldn't have to train for a job -- they just send you your welfare check. and welfare to work goes back to being plain, old welfare. mitt romney will restore the work requirement, because it works.

[ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

. an update on the breaking news story, mitt romney will reportedly name his running mate tomorrow morning in norfolk, virginia. nbc news is reporting he is going to pick wisconsin congressman, paul ryan. the announcement will be made on the uss wisconsin. after the nomination, they will get on a bus and head to manassas, virginia. we invite you to stay with news4 and www.nbcwashington.com for the latest on this. an olympic gymnast becauses an internet sensation. mckayla maroney is not impressed. she was