>> i'm going to steal from our partner doug collins, ann, where players come to these gyms and always have headphones on, always listening to music in the pregame, always listening to the songs and arrestists that get them going to play their sport. doug collins says, don't tell me about the song you heard before. tell me about the last song you're going to hear at the olympics, what you want it to be is your national anthem. >> absolutely. and the emotions going through for the players, you know, there's happiness. there's crying. there's laughter. i mean, every one of them is experiencing something different, because they've all come through a different journey in a different way. and to hear the national anthem and see your flag raised above everybody else, there's such pride that you can't, again, i continue to say you can't

explain to people, you'll hear every olympian say, you can't explain what i was fortunate enough to go through. >> tamika catchings, her third gold medal, absolute star at tennessee. swin cash, part of the connecticut six of the 12 women of the united states. and diana taurasi, the heartbeat, emotional leader of this team. >> she really has been. i thought tamika catchings made a great statement. we all grow up. even from college, they're all proud of the colleges they went to and the coaches that they played for but now they're professionals and these are young women that respect each other, not only in their game but their friendship. >> tina charles, her first gold medal and candace parker had the double-double. she led the way in the gold medal game in the 86-50 win over france. and now the moment that every

olympian dreams of when they're just a little kid, standing on the gold medal stand. and to do it representing the united states. the rest of the world making inroads on the men's basketball side but not on the women. five consecutive gold medals, a 41-game winning streak, a margin of victory of 34 per game and a gold medal game win of 86-50. the depth and the defense and the versatility, the energy and the effort that this team played with, geno auriemma called a time-out against china and he said "it's fun just to watch you guys play basketball." when's the last time a coach ever said that in a huddle. >> sue bird kind of rolled her eyes when he said that. certainly, he said i was a fan, just watching the way you guys executed. certainly every game was not as

cleanly played as they would have liked it but there were so many times on the court that they showed such brillian and you wonder what this team would be like if they could have two months together. the players have said, we'd be pretty scary. >> daal ackerman handing out the flowers. they play the national anthem once at the end of the gold medal game. >> please stand for the playing of the national anthem of the united states of america.

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the u.s. women's basketball team claiming its fifth consecutive gold medal. that completes our daytime coverage here on day 15. a reminder, olympic primetime with bob costas. for al michaels, i'm dan patrick. talk to you tomorrow.

it's an honor to announce my running mate and the next vice president of the united states,

paul ryan. it's official. mitt romney bring as fiscal conservative onboard and the new team makes its fir stop in the battleground state of virginia. good evening, everyone. i'm jim rosenfield. that story in a minute, but we want to begin with the weather alert. some of our viewers have seen severe thunderstorms. meteorologist chuck bell is tracking conditions in storm center 4. chuck? >> good evening, jim. yes, indeed. a severe thunderstorm warning between 5:30 and 6:00 for southern prince george's county. that expired. the strong thunderstorm remains now across parts of northern calbert and heading into anne arundel county. you see the strongest part of the cell not terrible far to the northeast of waldorf moving up to the northeast. east of brandywine and south side of annapolis, a lot of thunder and lightning. and more rain across lower southern maryland. complete check on your sunday forecast in a few minutes.

jim. thanks. our other big story. mitt romney selecting paul ryan as his running mate. the man joining romney on the republican ticket is a seven-term member of the house of representatives, serving his home state of wisconsin. ryan is chairman of the house budget committee and a member of the ways and means committee. he also wrote the gop's budget proposal. clashing with democrats over his plan to balance the budget by cutting taxes on the rich, revamping medicare and slashing entitlement programs. ryan was first elected to congress back in 1998. he's 42 years old, married with three children. romney is introducing ryan with campaign stops in virginia, crucial swing state in this election. their blue state bus tour is on a visit to manassas this evening drawing a crowd at the harris pavilion now, where news 4's julie carey joins us live. hi, julie. >> reporter: hey there. the rally wrapped up about 30 minutes ago. you can see supporters are staring behind picking up

t-shirts that carry the name romney and ryan now. thousands came here today to see the newly mitted republican team. most waking up to news that added extra excitement to the campaign stop in a count they is critical to mitt romney's hopes to win virginia. unlike this morning, in norfolk, virginia, the republican running mates came on to the together here. mitt romney and congressman paul ryan, waving freshly printed romney/ryan signs telling the virginia voters only this team can deliver an improve iing teao the economy. >> today was a good day and a good day to america. we've taken the next step to restoring america with paul ryan as our nominee for vice president. >> hope and change has now become attack and blame. you know what? we're not going to fall for it. we're not going to fall for this kind of rhetoric that says to people that they're stuck in

their station in life, victim of circumstances outside of their control and only the government is here to help them cope with it. >> reporter: a few hours earlier and a few blocks away supporters of president barack obama packed into the newly opened manassas campaign office. congressman jerry connelly led a loud rally there and called the paul ryan choice a hail mary pass made by mitt romney to shore up the republican base. >> but what he stands for, the radicalism of the content of his two budgets, is, is mind-boggling and is going to deeply trouble many, many, many americans who haven't yet made up their minds about this election. >> reporter: here among romney supporters, a lot of support today for the choice of paul ryan as vice president. one woman described the moment as fireworks. we'll hear more from them coming up at news 4 at 11:00. for now, back to you, julie

carey. >> headed down to tampa for the republican national convention. later this month, she'll have live reports starting sunday night, august 26th, on news 4 at 11:00. coming up right here, mcdonald's recalls a popular part of its kids meals. how the apple dippers could make children sick. and lottery fever in effect. and lottery fever in effect. [ 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.

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a health alert to tell you about for parents. apple slices sold in mcdonald's happy meals are being recalled tonight. the company that distributes them found listeria on its equipment. mcdonald's stopped serving the apples. they were also shipped to berg u burger kings in d.c., maryland, virginia and west virginia. so far, though, no illnesses reported. >> what do you think the chances are of winning? >> about a zillion to nothing. >> well, that didn't stop this man from buying a few powerball tickets at tenley mini market today. the jackpot for tonight's drawing -- $253 million and can you still buy tickets at d.c., maryland, virginia and west virginia. winning numbers will be announced at 11:00 p.m. $253 million. still ahead, chuck's going to tell us if it will be sun or storms for sunday.

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a live view of the olympic

flame in london tonight. the 2012 summer olympics nearly over now. a lot of people eagerly anticipating the fanfare surrounding tomorrow night's big closing ceremony. organizers packed a lot into these 48 hours, men's and women's track, to big crowds today. today america added more hardware to its collection. also some disate appointment. nbc's phil rogers has more from london. >> reporter: jim, good evening. 32 gold medals on the line today. the olympics busiest day yet as london sprints to the finish. in olympics crazy london, the party is almost over, and the british are already feeling the pain. >> really, we've loved -- really loved watching all of the games. every single discipline there's been, we've been on it. fantastic. >> reporter: london's organizers received high marks all around for spectacular games. and today, leaders of the u.s. olympic committee said its time

to bid on bringing that experience back to the united states as early as 2024. >> you know, we think the games need come back to america and the sooner the better. >> reporter: with america leading both the overall and gold medal counts, u.s. olympic leaders are happy with the team's london record especially by the women who gained more medals than ever before. the sole exception, usa men's boxing singled out today as a stunning disappointment. no medals for the first time in olympic history. >> we have to fix that. we have to change that. >> reporter: there's little to fix with men's basketball. heavy favorites to win the gold medal against spain. >> if we win, people will say we're supposed to win. if we lose, people will make it a big deal. >> reporter: brazil a heavy favorite to finally win the only major soccer championship it's been denied, but mexico spoiled the party today. scoring twice in a 2-1 win that instead allowed mexico to celebrate its first soccer gold.

the u.s. women's basketball team blew out france this afternoon, for the u.s. women it is a fifth straight gold medal. and that's the latest from the olympic games. i'm phil rogers. news 4 reporting from london. jim? back to you. >> all right, phil. thank you. chuck's watching the storms moving through the area. what do you have, chuck? >> quite a few showers still across mainly southern maryland now. keeping a close eye on those, where the bulk of the rain has been all day long. it's been a very different place to live down in st. mary's county as opposed to right here in the city of washington where we've just seen clouds. a chance of rain showers sneaking back in. 86 here in town. mostly cloudy sky. winds averaging 9 miles per hour. making plans to get outside, most of the showers to the south of the d.c. metro area for the evening and most rain drops out of here by 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 this evening. temperatures dropping sboob the mid-70s. not everyone will get rain on their saturday night, basically

if you live along and to the east of i-95, your rain chances are noticeably high perp thunder and light ning as well. southern anne arundel county good morning northeast bound. the city of annapolis, be ready. that thunderstorm is coming in your direction. another little shower just moving into the city of washington as well. we're watching out for rain chances here. we're not alone. it was a terrible day at the beaches from new england and long island all the way down through the carolinas, georgia and north florida, rain up and down the eastern seaboard. friends and neighbors in the shenandoah valley, a spectacular day today filled with sunshine. showers stay south and east of us the next couple of hours and gradually start to come to an end by midnight tonight. most over with. our drying trend continues on into sunday, tomorrow. a much prettier day than today and the good weather extends also on into monday as well nap is welcome news after what has been a fairly rainy day for a lot of folks in southern maryland.

>> overnight, cloudy skies for now. clearing after midnight. showers between now and then. overnight lows, mid-60s. and then tomorrow, more sunshine, warmer, lower humidity on the whole. that's a win. 88 tomorrow. 90 monday. that's not too bad. 93 tuesday. that's a little steamy once again as more rain chances sneak back into the picture. and then as we finish out the week, not too bad. next saturday looking like it might be along cool and wet. keep you posted. >> tomorrow looks great. coming up in sports, stephen straussberg looking to keep the straussberg looking to keep the win

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here with sports, talking about rg3's performance. >> yes. results coming in, and thumbs up for the franchise. >> yes. >> put a side the rocket arm and obvious athletic ability possessed by robert griffin iii against the bills. in and out of the huddleal, manager formations make all the reads. there hasn't been a strong suit for redskins quarterbacks in the mike shanahan era. the good news, redskins practice for the first time since thursday's game. not so good. more drama on the offensive line. trent williams has a bone bruise on his left foot and wasn't even at practice.

trent's injury occurring blocking on his lone touchdown. a hookup between rg3 and new redskins wide receive pierre. look at this. doesn't ticket is landing, but we'll give him an a for effort. the tandem is something fans should get excited about for the season. remember, one of peyton manning's trusted targets in indianapolis. while still getting their sets together from thursday. their relationship is still growing. >> we have a long way to go. still got a lot to talk about and communication to do on the field. a long way to go. we did the basics right on thursday, but we still have a lot more to do. it's not, you know, not there where we want it to be but it's going to come. we got to continue to practice hard and work hard at it but it was a good start. in case you're keeping count, the innings limit for nats pisher stephen straussberg is 180 innings. not the 160 quoted by gm rizzo at the beginning of the season.

that leaves about 47 innings for him to do his magic and if last night is any indication, he's saving his best stuff for last. taking on the diamondbacks, bottom of the third. making aaron hill look silly. more from straussberg later. the top of the fifth. game tied at 1. one man on for ryan zimmerman. two men coming home for the nationals. crushed. zimmerman's 16th of the year. they take a lead in the arizona desert. how about 200 innings out of straussberg. look what he's doing to the batters, guys. straussberg went six inninging allowing one hit struck out six. top of the sixen now. michael morse. oh, my goodness. oh! his 11th of the year. nats first team to 70 wins. 9-1 destruction of arizona. they have now won seven in a

row. orioles hosting the royals. what a night for this 20-year-old. called up thursday, and i think he likes being up in the majors. look at that. a solo shot. his first career home run. machado, just getting started. bottom of the sixth, guy, and ma chaud oh 12th youngest player in the major leagues to do this. a multihome run game. this is a three-run shot. he is -- strong. orioles. orioles.i got the chance to start my own business. i know what it's like to hire people and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the games were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85% democrat. and every one of the four years i was governor, we balanced the budget. i want to use those experiences to help americans have a better future. we believe in our future. we believe in ourselves.

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