i think we have video of cullen with me. have this immense fear of being imerged in water, and you said after the games, we have a bet. i will take you for a hot fudge anything bad, and tiy, because you will teach me to swim? >> yeah. >> we're still on? >> we're still on. >> high five. congratulations. >> thanks. >> you gave it a shot, though? >> if that's what you want to call it. if being submerged is a shot, i gave it a shot. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> congratulations, katie ledecky, cullen jones, elizabeth beisel. >> and they're going to stick around to play badminton. >> do you know how to pronounce it? >> is it badminton or badminton? >> badminton. >> i say badminton. >> all right. badminton it is. that's coming up. let's get a check of the morning's other top stories now. tom llamas is back in new york with those. tom? >>> good morning, lester and tamron, and good morning, everyone. four big wildfires are burning in oklahoma. they've destroyed dozens of homes, forced hundreds of evacuations and closed some major r

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many years ago british police officer neil cullen himself an old soviet t. thirty four tank he restored it and then became a driver. for the second guards tank army living in here in england we necked arounds. hopefully. when they're big enough i think. think. tanks. t. thirty four tank has been several months in a hangar to test its performance and refresh his own driving skills he goes for a test drive. the commander leaves his family at the camp and goes for a practice run in the main arena together with one of his crew members. this will be center stage. and a tank range to demonstrate equipment and weapons. to busy timetable of the russian reactors euro trip leaves room for only a few stops in the most important places connected with the war one of them is the best fortress on the polish border. the german command plan to conquer it in the first hours of the war however the garrison demonstrated outstanding bravery and resilience. having found themselves behind the advancing german troops the defenders fought bitterly for nearly a month most of the meta

two swummers, cullen jones comes home with three medals, a gold and two silver.am or the olympic team, she won gold. guys nice to see you again, good morning. >> good morning. >> are you both on an adrenaline rush even though your events end add week ago. >> absolutely. every time i watch the race, my heart jumps up. >> katie? >> same. still running on that adrenaline, still trying to catch up on sleep. >> have either of you gone anywhere near a swimming pool since the games? >> no, not at all. >> i went once to our summer pool to play basketball with my brother. >> floating on a raft, not racing for gold medal. >> cullen, for you this olympics defied expect as. there were some that thought you wouldn't make it to the olympics. you did. now you're back with three medals, how does that feel? >> amazing. a lot of practice went into that. a lot of change in the performance. thankful. lights on in radio. >> katie, we mentioned the homecoming at the airport. people still talking about, so emotional. what was it like for you to get back and see your friends and family.

cullen, josh johnson? the battle for number 2. the exhibition games will dictate who will get the back up job. >> been very competitive as we thought. you know, when it is -- when the players are good, you know, as they are at that quarterback position, they are all fighting for that job and the competition, as i said, is very close. >> mean time, here is something that he doesn't put up with. the jets camp today. look at this. a brawl breaks out during a practice drill. and he made it clear that he will not put up with that at all. but rex ryan back there runs a looser ship. the camera man looks to be in the middle of it as well. we will see how that turns out. mean time, the giants on the field in st. louis. in the fourth inning. it started well for san francisco. pagan, first batter of the game for san francisco rides it over and out. however, matt cain on the mound wasn't up to the task of holding the lead as beltran, a very familiar name, rides a homer to tie it. cardinals lead 2-1. full highlights at 10:00 and a's hosting th

much like edward cullen. (laughter) and actual light of day. (laughs) >> all right, that's enough, jon. >> jon: huh? john hodgman, what are cow doing here? >> i'm sending this sick charade your feeble and craven attempt at co-opting one of the most important movies in modern sexy fantasy literature. (laughter) also known as horrorotica. >> jon:er who... >> no, horror... that's not the point. the point is vampires aren't your stuffy old world i want to suck your blood romanian aristocracy types to who evaporate in daylight. no, they're young and sexy and shirtless. and when the sunlight hits them they sparkle. (laughter) >> jon: i see. i guess when it rains... >> well, when it rains they play baseball, obviously. they're vampires. seriously, they play baseball in thunderstorms for their mighty back cracks would otherwise attract unwanted attention of townsfolk. (laughter) >> jon: that sounds like the dumbest... >> no, no, jon, jon! your demo is listening, jon. after all, what was your favorite show growing up? >> "banana split." >> sorry, what?

>>> well if -- what michael phelps said he plans to do now. [ cullen ] take a day off? i don't even take a morning off. [ danell ] i haven't ordered dessert in two years. [ gwen ] you know that best selling book everyone loves? i haven't read it. [ carlos ] i haven't watched tv since last summer. hey, i've been busy. [ breathing heavily ] [ male announcer ] citi is proud to sponsor our dedicated u.s. athletes, every step of the way. it's an american pirate, that is what you have. >> the costliest crime in america, you never heard of. we are going undercover to see what is costing us billions every year and our coverage of the london olympics continues. raj has the story of a bay area runner who has a secret weapon to keep her focus on the game. and michael phelps reflects on his final lap in an olympic pool and tells us what he plans to do next. >> evening it was a historic and emotional night in london, as the most decorated athlete of all time swam his last olympic race, as you just saw, michael phelps swam a 4 by 100 medley relay, a race the american men have yet to

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] [ cullen ] take a day off?take a morning off. [ danell ] i haven't ordered dessert in two years. [ gwen ] you know that best selling book everyone loves? i haven't read it. [ carlos ] i haven't watched tv since last summer. hey, i've been busy. [ breathing heavily ] [ male announcer ] citi is proud to sponsor our dedicated u.s. athletes, every step of the way. to experience the ultimate expression of power -- control. ♪ during the golden opportunity sales event, get great values on some of our newest models. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> and i just can't believe that it's around our neck right now. i love how it's purple and it's gold. so, i mean, it's pretty amazing. >> the fab 5 still glowing after their golden win. tonight, they reveal some of the sacrifices they made for glory ri. and then risky business. facebook has the state in a new cash crisis. why it could lose hundreds of millions of dollars. >> the nbc bay area investigative unit looks at the danger on bay area roads and asked if cal-trans

mom and baby are doing just fine. [ cullen ] take a day off? even take a morning off. [ danell ] i haven't ordered dessert in two years. [ gwen ] you know that best selling book everyone loves? i haven't read it. [ carlos ] i haven't watched tv since last summer. hey, i've been busy. [ breathing heavily ] [ male announcer ] citi is proud to sponsor our dedicated u.s. athletes, every step of the way. [ male announcer ] before they soar. ♪ before they perform. ♪ before they inspire. ♪ before they amaze. ♪ before they move us, we move them. proud to fly team usa for over 30 years. united. . >> welcome back. the giant and it is a's had big games on tonight. let's begin with the g man. taking on the st. louis cardinals. buster posey looking to stay hot. posey, three runs shot to right center. his 18th of the season. 3-0 giants. barry zito in the bottom of the sixth. broken bat and ends the inning. giants going to get the win. angels and a's. second and third place teams. the bottom of the first. that makes it 1-0. bottom of the seventh and the a's a

dan hellie has the latest from london. [ cullen ] take a day off? i don't even take a morning off. [ danell ] i haven't ordered dessert in two years. [ gwen ] you know that best selling book everyone loves? i haven't read it. [ carlos ] i haven't watched tv since last summer. hey, i've been busy. [ breathing heavily ] [ male announcer ] citi is proud to sponsor our dedicated u.s. athletes, every step of the way. 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. we believe the greatest days of america are ahead. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] before they soar. ♪ before they perform. ♪

year and a half ago with enter imminent clashes between police and protesters continuing to this day cullen cavell a former lecturer at the university of bahrain explains why the u.s. remains silent about the demonstrations. united states has a really naval fleet based in bahrain which is a forward deployed base. tones of ships aircraft carriers as well as planes using the shakey's air base and this is now the united think maintains its head demonic control over the entire middle east and this is very important strategically for the u.s. to maintain so while they know that there are very difficult to draw if not impossible to try to persuade an autocratic monarchy to become democratic they know this is a drain on the resources and it's only fueling opposition not only in bahrain but the really the entire region because people see. as a hypocritical stance a double standard when they poll or certain reforms in syria while holding their. completely in bahrain. now let's take a look at some other international news making headlines around the world south sudan and sudan have reached a long ant

cullen's also likes to sleep with his wounds and says that when you sleep with them you quote feel the good right there with here and it feels so warm and you feel so warm right well personally i think popping balloons is a lot more fun. mr . you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. pepper spray that just burns your eyes right right i mean it's like a derivative of actual pepper it's a food product essentially. this is much stronger than anything if you buy a lot of sort of loses thousands of times we're stronger than any kind of the body of ever put. into it only a military mechanisms to do the work to bring justice or accountability. i have every right to know what my government should do if you want to know why i pay taxes. but i would characterize obama as a charismatic version of american exceptionalism. just. now it's time for the good the bad in the very very blow

the winner this morning is sheila cullen from columbia, maryland. >> is 6:51. >> coming up next, we have a live look at the top stories and we will run down what you need >> coming up, we have an inside look at how mitt romney made his vice-presidential pick. who is paul ryan? we will take a closer look next right here on "good morning america." >> welcome back to "good morning washington." it is time to check the top stories. >> will star with jummy olabanji in alexandria bear. >> 1 lyndon h. direction is open on franconia road after being shut down for several hours as police investigate this fatal car crash that happened at 3:00 this morning when a man driving an infiniti veered across several lanes of traffic into a police cruiser. the man died at the scene. >> after making the big announcement saturday, mitt romney and paul ryan campaigned yesterday in wisconsin and today they will campaign separately, mitt romney in florida and paul ryan in iowa. president obama will start a three-day bus tour and i will as well. >> -- in iowa as well. today is one of the last days to catch the red

. >> and steven cullen is a attorney that specializes in the disputes. >> certainly in any bankruptcycome first, employee wages after that. then, in the mix comes judgments and negotiated resolution. >> this head of the labor counsel welcomed the settlement. >> an an opportunity to take a look and see we've got to treat people with fairness, but this was reckless. >> we contacted the lead bankruptcy attorney to get a comment about the settlement. she said "no comment". >> and google is cutting jobs in a company acquired not long ago. the company announced it's eliminating about 4,000 jobs in its wireless phone business and says about 160 people will be laid off and that is in sunnyvale. google says changes will make the unit profitable but warns to expect business revenue to fluctuate. >> politics and let the campaigning begin. race for the white house is heating up after mitt romney announced vp pick. both candidates taking visions out to voters. >> paul ryan heads out on his own in the state of iowa. mitt romney continues his bus tour. >> we're going to make sure florida puts him ou

. >> the monthly visits are carefully monitored by the program'scoordinator, joshua cull cullens. >> even though they're in prison that doesn't give them a cop out not to be a bad. >> you're okay, buddy. get up. >> come on, let me kiss it. tell daddy to kiss it. say, kiss it. >> you'll be all right. >> you're all right. >> mr. napier, have a seat. >> following each visit, napier undergoes a review. >> let's talk about bradley cryi crying. >> when he cries i say, get up, you're fine. he's raised by a whole bunch of women. you know? and little boys raced by a whole bunch of women get babied and i don't want my son to grow up getting babied all the time. he needs to have a little bit of toughness about him. the world is tough, you know what i mean. get up, you got to go on anyway. >> i understand where you're coming from. i want to give you a suggestion. it's okay for him to cry. it's okay for you to say that he's okay. and then address the situation and move on. it kind of seems that some of your patterns came from just quick fix, let's get him on to something else so he stops what he'

we speak with the scientist live coming up. [ cullen ] take a day off? i don't even take a morning off. [ danell ] i haven't ordered dessert in two years. [ gwen ] you know that best selling book everyone loves? i haven't read it. [ carlos ] i haven't watched tv since last summer. hey, i've been busy. [ breathing heavily ] [ male announcer ] citi is proud to sponsor our dedicated u.s. athletes, every step of the way. >> welcome back. more london olympic flavor. truth be told we weren't planning hearing again from raj mathai until 5:45. ripping up the rundown we're going rogue here because our guy, the international man on the move raj mathai a big time interview. >> exciting news. you have an olympic world record holder live with you right now. >> reporter: here's the deal. i wasn't supposed to come back. dana vollmer shows up and we drop everything. dana is with us. congratulations. everyone in the bay area is thrilled about you right now. >> thank you so much. this whole experience has been incredible and just getting to tour around now, see a little b

ahead in business. [ cullen ] take a day off? i don't even take a morning off. [ danell ] i haven't ordered dessert in two years. [ gwen ] you know that best selling book everyone loves? i haven't read it. [ carlos ] i haven't watched tv since last summer. hey, i've been busy. [ breathing heavily ] [ male announcer ] citi is proud to sponsor our dedicated u.s. athletes, every step of the way. >>> welcome back. on a wednesday morning. how are you feeling? that's a live look at the golden gate bridge. we've been discussion it's hard to believe it's already august 1st. >> where is summer going. >> flying by. nice day today. that fog blows out. warm summer day. now 6:13. >> time for a check of the day's top stories. controversy at the london games. eight female badminton players have been disqualified for attempting to throw their matches. the theory is losing to get a better draw in the bracket. the badminton world federation said the flares from south korea, china and indonesia did not use their best efforts. we'll have a live repo

[ cullen ] take a day off?wen ] you know that best selling book everyone loves? i haven't read it. [ carlos ] i haven't watched tv since last summer. hey, i've been busy. [ breathing heavily ] [ male announcer ] citi is proud to sponsor our dedicated u.s. athletes, every step of the way. you don't need an olympic-sized pool. or an olympic-sized stadium. you just need an olympic-sized audience. put your goals on the line, online. get started at facebook.com/healthy. powered by ge. >>> good morning. if you're taking the rails, not seeing any reported delays along the metro, the mark and over to the roadways. kind of slow crossing over the 14th street bridge and delays start 395 northbound and you're at 38 miles per hour. angie? >>> nb >>> we are back now with more of "today" on wednesday morning, the first day of august, 2012. the olympic competition in full swing. and, boy, it's been great for team usa. back at olympic park. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and al roker. call them what you want, golden

. >> nbc 4 is your home for the om [ cullen ] take a day off?ven't watched tv since last summer. hey, i've been busy. [ breathing heavily ] [ male announcer ] citi is proud to sponsor our dedicated u.s. athletes, every step of the way.

but first this is "today" in london. [ cullen ] take a day off?ves? i haven't read it. [ carlos ] i haven't watched tv since last summer. hey, i've been busy. [ breathing heavily ] [ male announcer ] citi is proud to sponsor our dedicated u.s. athletes, every step of the way. >>> as we've been tell ing you for a while, it's exciting to watch an olympic event in person. but for athletes' families, it can be a bit stressful. >> the proctor and gamble house here in london is treating the olympic families to their own experience. >> my family is so important to me. >> my parents are so supportive. >> whether i quit swimming tomorrow, they're still going to be rooting for me to matter what i do. they're my parents. >> my mom has been a huge part of my life. >> reporter: we met up with ashton's mom at the procter and gamble house, which has become a home away from home for the family's 10,000 competing athletes at the games. it's your son's first olympics. >> yes. >> reporter: tell me what that's like as a mom. >> it's one of the most surreal, magical m

call-in cullen if they're going to go and use that. northwest passage will be north of canada. >> another question. actually two questions. regarding the war of 1812, i've always thought of it as a i've always thought of that as a british american war. canadian america war. my question is that the forces from canadian british sources, where they have virtually no to the troops recruited in great britain, or what percentage of them were canadian unit, people from canada, the canadian citizens are running numbers i'm not? >> that's a good question. >> ii think the war a couple stages from the canadian side. the first stage when i think jefferson set out they had to do is march and will conquer canada and with 400,000 people in canada and 1 million in in the united states. the first stage is pretty domestic. aboriginal people, the british forces located in canada, some of the french military, french canadian military personnel and as they say a lot of participation of the aboriginal people at the time. then of course because britain was p

call-in cullen if they're going to go and use that.e northwest passage will be north of canada. >> another question. actually two questions. regarding the war of 1812, i've always thought of it as a british-american war. we see it presented here is a canadian america war. my question is that the forces from canadian british sources, where they have virtually no to the troops recruited in great britain, or what percentage of them were canadian unit, people from canada, the canadian citizens are running numbers i'm not? >> that's a good question. >> ii think the war a couple stages from the canadian side. the first stage when i think jefferson set out they had to do is march and will conquer canada and with 400,000 people in canada and 1 million in in the united states. the first stage is pretty domestic. aboriginal people, the british forces located in canada, some of the french military, french canadian military personnel and as they say a lot of participation of the aboriginal people at the time. then of course because britain was pre