>> brian mooar in washington. brian, thanks so much. >>> thankfully temperatures are falling in many parts of the country, but the problems created by the devastating recent heat wave are still on the rise. according to the u.s. government, record heat has left corn and soybeans in the worth state since 1988's american farm belt and that means higher food prices could be on the way. nbc's jay gray has details. >> reporter: as a record meet wave finally begins to break, the concern, damage, and deadly effects still linger after temperatures over 100 degrees across much of the country for the past two weeks. >> it's a very dangerous circumstance. >> reporter: the extreme conditions are being blame for at least 784 deaths across 14 states and noaa scientists have confirmed what many of us already have felt. the fix six months of this year have been the hottest on record. >> we've seen worse conditions across the intermountain west stretching into the plains and the ohio valley and that's having a lot of impact on the

brian mooar for us there in washington. ian, thanks so much. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in arizona they don't call them flash floods for nothing. a couple near tucson captured these images as the rushing waters overtook a creek bed in just seconds. recent wildfires have wiped out a good chunk of the land that would normally control the runoff there. >>> in oklahoma, please had to use a robot to move and then blow up explosives found in a home in tulsa. officers stumbled upon a cache after a routine traffic stop. they also found a cannon along with more than a dozen firearms and drugs. two people have been arrested. >>> in new york, a sailboater had to be saved after his vessel capsized in the new york harbor. the drama played out close to liberty island, which, of course, is home to the statue of liberty. the boater was able to swim to safety once a rescue team arrived. he was not hurt. >>> and finally to massachusetts, where this is one big bad lobster. that's for sur

>> brian mooar in washington. brian, thank you. >>> a new report about the severe drought plaguing the country is to show it's the 10th largest. today's report from the national climatic data center is expected to put 2012 in 10th place since 1895. the parched conditions could get worse. 65% of the contiguous states are affected and many of the worst droughts peeked in july and august. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in israel today saying changes going on in the middle east have given the u.s. and israel an opportunity to advance their share in gold. clinton met with shimon perez in j inner jerusalem says we must act together. >>> in egypt, secretary clinton also met with the head of egypt's military urging him to work with a newly elected gompt. however, he vowed not to let the muslim brotherhood to capture everything. >>> meanwhile, egypt is working to free two americans kidnapped in the sinai desert friday being held hostage hoping to exchange them for an egyptian prisoner. a boston pastor and another

brian mooar has more in the commitment 2012 reports. >> from president obama, no apologies for the attacks on mitt romney and his leadership time at bain capital. >> no, we won't be apologizing. >> and obama campaign spokesman took the fight to a whole new level when she claims that romney was lying to the nation about when he left bain or committed a felony by filing false documents. >> is claiming he was not there at the time except he felt an sec of listing saying that he was the ceo, chairman of the company. >> in a new ad, team romney is blasting the president for going negative. >> what ever happened to hope and change? >> this is a candidate who is wanting to change the subject. >> the president is the outsourcer-in-chief with our taxpayers' dollars. >> but right now romney is on defense. brian mooar, wbal-tv 11 news. >> families are looking for new homes after a fire destroyed their apartment building. it happened at the gardenview apartments in randallstown. this video shows the magnitude of what people were dealing with. it took 90 minutes to get the flames under control bid offi

brian mooar has the latest from washington. >> the u.s. economy added a disappointing 80,000 jobs and the unemployment rate held steady at 8.2%. >> it's not great, but it moves forward. >> economists expected a mediocre 90,000-100,000 jobs. this is not good news for president obama. he is wrapping up a two-day battle ground bus tour. they announced their getting tough with china. >> they can change the tax code to give the tax breaks for those companies that invest here in america. >> have you heard the phrase johnny come lately? when it comes to getting tough with china, this is barack, lately. trying to give the president a rough road. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >> coming up, the death penalty. that was the verdict in the murder case of his pregnant wife. a woman kidnapped and relieve rate is now overcoming all odds to become a mother. the first time i saw fios it was absolutely amazing. for years and years we had to put up with cable. once we got fios it was like somebody like took our computer and shook all the junk out of it.

brian mooar joins us with details. >> reporter: faced with bad headlines, the obama campaign wants to change the conversation. as congress returns today from its july 4th recess, president obama already has work planned for lawmakers. later today he's reportedly going to ask congress to extend bush-era tax cuts to those earning less than $250,000 a year. the obama campaign needs to quickly turn away from the feeble jobs report and it's aiming guns on capitol hill and mitt romney's personal finances. >> he offhoeshores most of his personal investments. >> i've never known of a swiss bank accounted to build an american bridge. >> reporter: romney supporters call it a cheap shot and a distraction. >> in terms of governor romney's financial success, i'm happy. >> reporter: back on capitol hill, a fight over bush-era tax cuts, on wednesday they will try to overturn obama care, going nowhere, because democrats still control the senate. still it promises to keep the heat up in a town that's already seen too much of it. the president's tax cut proposal is designed to make anyone who stands ag

brian mooar has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: in jerusalem, mitt romney issued a strong statement of support for israel. >> we cannot stand silent as those who seek to undermine israel voice their criticisms and we certainly should not join in that criticism. >> reporter: that subtle criticism of president obama, who wants to disarm iran's nuclear threat with diplomacy and sanctions. a top aide said the republican candidate would respect israel's decision to strike if necessary. >> my message to the people of israel and the leaders of iran is one in the same. we will not look away. nor will my country ever look away. >> reporter: romney was greeted by benjamin netanyahu, whose relationship with president obama is notably chilling. >> you've been a personal friend of mine and the strong friend of the state of israel. >> reporter: appearing at iconic backdrops like the western wall, romney east courting the the critical jewish vote and a whole lot more. this overseas trip is designed to fill in his foreign policy resume. an effort that got off to a shaky start in london, w

brian mooar there for us in washington. ian, thanks so much. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in arizona they don't call them flash floods for nothing. a couple near tucson captured these images as the rushing waters overtook a creek bed in just seconds. recent wildfires have wiped out a good chunk of the land that would normally control the runoff there. >>> in oklahoma, police had to use a robot to move and then blow up explosives found in a home in tulsa. officers stumbled upon a cache after a routine traffic stop. they also found a cannon along with more than a dozen firearms and drugs. two people have been arrested. ? california a killer whale is attacking a trainer. the trainer did survive, but it shows the man fighting for eight minutes, at times struggling with the whale underwater. despite numerous injuries, people believe that that trainer is still working for sea world. wow. >>> and finally in massachusetts, this is one big, bad lobster. the 21 pound crustacean wa

>> all right, brian mooar for us in washington. brian, thank you. >>> well, all eyes of the world are on london today as anticipation builds for tonight's big opening ceremony, the 2012 olympics. nbc's phil rogers has more. >> reporter: the olympic flame arrives at buckingham palace. seven years after it was awarded the games, london is about to put on its big show, the third time the british capital has hosted the olympic games. the u.s. team officially welcomed today, one of more than 200 teams with over 10,000 athletes. >> being able to wear the stars and stripes, there's nothing like it. >> just being here, you know, for the last few days, the atmosphere is electrifying. >> reporter: electrifying but cautious. the games are blanketed by layers of security. 25,000 police and soldiers supplemented by some 7,000 private officers. the "hms ocean" is docked in the river tells and surface-to-air missiles are deployed in several sites, the biggest peacetime operation in british history. >> i'm very confident in the plan. >> reporter: c

nbc's brian mooar has the story from washington. >> reporter: in florida president obama was turning up the heat on mitt romney by reaching up to older and middle class voters in a critical battleground it's wrong to ask seniors to pay more in medicare so millionaires and billionaires can pay less in taxes. >> reporter: blaming the president for not doing enough to help the economy. >> the job he's interested in protecting is his own. the job that should be protected is the job of men and women in this country who want to get jobs, who want to go back to work. who want to have rising incomes again. >> reporter: and as the candidates were hammering away at each other, their supporters were joining in. >> what is it in his tax returns that are so scary to mitt romney? >> reporter: democrats are pressuring romney to release more than just two years of tax returns. >> for the years he paid no taxes at all? what about his swiss bank ktd. >> reporter: romney's backers are blitzing nine battleground states with an ad accusing the president of distracting voters. >> family income falling. ba

brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news today in america. in arizona, a wild scene as a naked carjacking suspect was arrested. cell phone video captured the bizarre end to a chase in which police say the man crashed his open car, took off his clothes, then carjacked another vehicle, wrecked that one as well and was about to carjack yet another victim when officers finally caught up with him. witnesses say he was also chanting and singing. seven people were injured including a woman who was pregnant. >>> and in boston, the holiday celebrations, the famous tall ships sailed into town for the boston harbor fest which runs into july 4th. they're making the bicentennial of war of 1812 which established the u.s. navy as a force to be reckoned with. >>> finally, thousands of fans gathered in los angeles for the it 1st annual animae expo. they went to concerts and dressed up as their favorite characters. celebrating that craze that first started in japan. >>> now, for a look at the national regional weather, here' nbc meteorologist bill

brian mooar joins us from washington with more. >> reporter: mitt romney trying to send subtle messages about president obama but headlines are altogether different. in poland, mitt romney received the blessing of lek walessa. >> translator: be successful. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: instead of a focus of sweeping photo-opes, today, about his latest dustups. the republican candidate heaped praise on the israeli culture and economy. that deeply offended palestinians, already angry that romney declared jerusalem the israeli capital. >> this does not help those trying to protect and save lives in this region. >> reporter: this has allies and enemies back at home in full spin mode. >> i'm sure governor romney was talking about was the israeli economy has grown and prospered in a dramatic fashion. >> and it is clear that there are some people who have taken a look at those comments and are scratching their heads a bit. >> reporter: mitt romney's foreign tour, making headlines, but not the ones his campaign had hoped for. romney made his remarks at a $1 million fund-raiser, not clear w

brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> let's talk a little more about this rain.r logist chuck bell has details on new showers moving in for us. right, chuck? >> absolutely, jim. already rain showing up literally on our city camera view. looking southbound. the main terminal at reagan national airport. looking down the anna costa rav ir, just in the distance. you can't see the bridge because of moderate rain showers inches northbound towards the city of washington. rain-cooled 79 at the airport with a south breeze, seven miles per hour. a little shower out of charles county and southern prince george's county, mostly into southern fairfax and the southern half of the district now. and her to norm just down to the south. earlier, about two hours ago from clinton to waldorf right on the prince george's county line, a lot of rain two to three inches of rain with flash flooding problems earlier. subsiding for now. another thunderstorm blowing up on top of fredericksburg. where these storms are going and the rest of the weekend forecast coming up. >> see you in a bit.

nbc's brian mooar joins us live from washington with details. brian, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, veronica. in israel, romney did take a hard line on iran but didn't overtly criticize u.s. policy. -- tour brings him to poland today after a successful stop in israel and a visit to london, memorable for all the wrong reasons. in israel, he sent a strong message to iran. >> my message to the people of israel and the leaders of iran is one and the same. we will not look away. >> reporter: but it was also a message to american voters. the imagery on this trip is romney looking presidential. romney visited the wtern wall and appeared in a series of high-level photo opes, rubbing shoulders with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, an old friend, who is no fan of obama. but this foreign trip is still headlined by his faux pas in london. >> mitt romney wondered london was ready for the olympics, and i think it's clear that voters in this country wonder aloud whether mitt romney is ready for the world. >> reporter: mitt romney moving on bu

brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >> thank you. from tax cuts and jobs time now for a check on markets. we turn things over to cnbc world headquarters. >> good morning. futures now are higher this morning after markets suffered from a case of the mondays. the dow closed down the past six mondays in 10 of the past 11 but in a strange course the dow closed up for the past six tuesdays. we'll see how we close out today. europe again to blame, stocks under pressure yesterday after yields on spanish government bonds rose to levels seen as unsustainable for the government to be able to refinance its debt and pay its bills. the european markets are higher at the moment. asia did fall. the dow dropping 36 on monday to close at 12736, the nasdaq losing 5 to close at 2931. let's stick with tech. google is reportedly close to paying a more than $22 million fine to settle charges it bypassed the privacy settings of millions of users of apple safari web browser. "the wall street journal" says that this would be the largest fine levied on a sing

brian mooar joins us from washington with details. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, veronica. faced with bad headlines, the obama campaign wants to change the conversation. as congress returns today from its july 4th recess, president obama already has some work planned for lawmakers. later today he's reportedly going to ask congress to extend bush era tax cuts for americans making less than a quarter million dollars a year. the obama campaign needs to quickly pivot away from last week's feeble jobs report. it is aiming its guns not only on capitol hill, but on republican mitt romney's personal finances. >> he offshores most of his own personal investments presumably to shield them from taxes. >> i've never known of a swiss bank account to build an american bridge, to create american jobs. >> reporter: romney supporters call it a cheap shot and a distraction. >> i'm happy he's a successful businessman. we've got a president today who has never run a business. >> reporter: back on capitol hill a fight over the bush era t

nbc's brian mooar joins us with more. >> reporter: if mitt romney is waiting for an apology, it might be a while. from president obama no apologies for the sharp new attacks on republican mitt romney and his leadership time at bain capital. >> no, we won't be apologizing. >> reporter: an obama campaign spokesman took the fight to a whole new level when she claimed that romney is lying to the nation about when he left bain or committed a felony in filing false documents with government regulators. >> he is claim i wasn't there at the time, except he files an s.e.c. listing that says he was the ceo, chairman and president of the company. >> by starting, but going extremely tough. >> reporter: in a new ad, team romney is blasting the president for going negative. >> this is not the candidate of hope and change. this is a candidate who is hoping to change the subject. >> reporter: romney's campaign wants to shift the conversation back to the economy. >> the president is the outsourcer in chief with our taxpayers' dollars. >> reporter: for now, mitt romney is on defense, forced to explain

brian mooar, nbc news. >>> family and friends of a man who may have fallen into the san francisco bay monday night are trying to spread word of his disappearance. today they posted flyers before heading out for another water search, 27-year-old victor murillo is working as a prison guard at vacaville. he was walking with his friend to their car parked on pier 32, when that friend looked up from sending a text message, he said murillo was gone. today someone reported what could be a body in the water but it turned out to be a false alarm. his uncle said it highlights the family's conflicting emotions. >> it's just a difficult time for us to -- having to find him in the water, but not wanting to find him in the waters. we're not here to stop until we get some sort of evidence or closure within our hearts that all that has been possible for us is finished here for right now. >> extensive searches from the water and the air have revealed nothing so far. >>> some scary moments in the east bay this morning as an elderly driver crashed into an ice cream shop. police say a 73-year-old woman a

brian mooar, nbc news. >> thank you, brian.or weeks the markets have been steered by economic concerns out of europe. today the state of the economy weighing heavily on wall street. for that and more we turn to bertha coombs live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, bertha. >> hey, good morning. add a dash of worry about europe as well, spanish bond yields are up above 7% again. and then we have those terrible job numbers on friday that sent the markets lower and again looking at a lower start. investors this afternoon will turn their focus to corporate earning season as alcoa kicks off second quarter earnings with its results in the afternoon. overall earnings for s&p 500 expected to be down 1% from a year ago, a lot of companies are likely going to blame their lower results on the slow business trend in europe because of the debt crisis. here at home t one bit of data point we get this afternoon will be consumer credit and judging from i've been spending it might be higher. the dow is going to start at 12,772 after falli

nbc's brian mooar has that story. >> reporter: once a shrine to the winningest coach in football historymonument to penn state's joe paterno was unceremoniously dismantled. a blue tarp blocked the public view as penn state history was rewritten by construction workers. a sad day in a place known as happy valley. >> trying to wipe it from history. >> i think he deserves better. >> not everyone agrees. >> i was in favor of them taking it down. glad they did it quickly. >> the statue was an unwanted reminder of the child sex abuse scandal involving jerry sandusky. an independent investigation found paterno and others -- jerry sandusky could face life behind bars. penn state football faces a different judge and jury, the ncaa. on monday, the athletic body announced it's described as unprecedented. >> they play football come september at penn state, something is wrong. >> with joe paterno's life and legacy under scrutiny, penn state is trying to wipe the slate clean for all the world to see and move forward without him. penn state's president called for the removal of paterno's statue the rig

nbc's brian mooar has the story. >> reporter: the supreme court may have delivered the ultimate verdict on president obama's health care law, but that's far from the final word. >> this has to be ripped out by its roots. this is government taking over the entire health insurance industry. the american people do not want to go down this path. >> reporter: in this election year, republicans want to make obamacare and its removal a campaign issue. >> let me tell you what we're not going to do. weaver not going turn to the american health care system into a western european system. >> reporter: and it's a fight the white house doesn't mind. team obama is trying to present the massachusetts health care law as a model and presumptive gop presidential candidate mitt romney as the godfather of obamacare. >> the fact that 1% pay the penalty in massachusetts tells you a great deal. you know, this was a plan that governor romney supported. it's something that i would think he would have been proud of. >> if republicans make, as their number one issue, the repeal of health care, they're certainly g

brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >> of course we'll bring you those numbers when they come t. the unemployment report sure to affect the wall street. for the rest of the news before the bell we turn to courtney reagan. good morning. >> good morning. futures are lower now ahead of that big economic report. the june jobs, hiring is expected to have ticked up in june after job growth slowed in may. we only added 69,000 in may and that was very, very disappointing. this time forecasts call for companies to have added 100,000 new jobs. the overall pace is still too sluggish to have made a serious dent in the unemployment rate which is seen holding at 8.2%. stocks slips on thursday after data showed a drop in the u.s. non-manufacturing or services sector last month. and as central banks in china, england and europe took action to stimulate growth. the dow lost 47 points yesterday to close at 12,896, the nasdaq up a fraction, to 2976. another week, another record low for mortgage rates. freddie mac says the average rate on a 30-year fixed loan fell to the lowest since rates were firs

brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> u.s.retary of state hillary clinton is in egypt this weekend during a press conference with egypt's foreign minister, clinton encouraged egyptians to determine their own future. egypt's new democratically elected president mohammed morsi has been in a dispute with military generals who stripped him of many of his pours. despite that move clinton pratezed the council for its interim leadership. >> we commend the staff for representing the egyptian people in the revolution as opposed to what we're seeing in syria is the military murdering their own people. >> during clinton's meeting with morsi today, she tried to convince him to open a dialogue to prevent a crisis. >>> closer to home, firefighters are starting to get a handle on that wildfire burning in placer county. the fire is now 20% contained. it has threatened many homes and about 300 people near colfax remain under evacuation orders tonight. nearly 2,000 firefighters on the scene, and while cooler weather helped somewhat today, the w

brian mooar. thank you. >> you did have red, white and blue on. >> it's tough to find things made in the usa. >> outsourcing. >> got to look. let's not get too political. let's talk about the weather. isn't that always a safe topic. >> we've got american made bay area made fog coming in right now. bringing cooling. temperatures looking good. 70s and 80s inland. low 60s on the coast. watch out for misty skies there. next couple of days, approaching the weekend. >> we were made in america as well. we don't want to talk to our parents about that. east shore freeway, the disabled vehicle blocking the hov lane. be careful about that, folks. a smoother drive and slower through antioch. pretty light, it's friday, we'll send it back to you. >> 6:28. >> reporter: a major milestone for the oakland airport connector. i'm bob redell. that story coming up. >> reporter: closing statements expected today as convicted killer hans reiser takes the stand. he's being sued by his own kids. i'm christie smith. coming

nbc's brian mooar has the story. >> reporter: the supreme court may have delivered the ultimate verdictresident obama's health care law, but that is far from the final word. >> this has to be ripped out by its roots. this is government taking over the entire health insurance industry. the american people do not want to go down this path. . >> reporter: in this election year, they want to make it a campaign issue. >> we're not going to turn the health care system into a western european system. >> the fact that 1% pay the penalty in massachusetts tells you a great deal. this was a plan that governor romney supported. it's something that i would think he would have been proud of. >> if republicans make as their number one issue the repeal of health care, they're certainly going to lose the election in the house, in the senate and the presidency. >> reporter: in one of the rare, true surprises in washington, the high court's decision seems to have caught both sides off guard, but republicans and democrats seem to have agreed that disagreeing on health care is the way to victory this fall.

over to brian mooar bringing us that part of the story. we'll have that coming up later on. and police in gilroy this morning trying to piece together the events leading up to the accidental death of a 3-year-old boy. this child was shot at his home last night. just a heart breaking incident. bob redell is live with the latest. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. gilroy police say this was an awful accident. 3-year-old son of a san jose police officer, he was accidentally shot and killed at his home just before 5:00 last night on kentwood court in gilroy. apparently with handgun. his family was there at the time. sorp three other children according the to dispatch indicating that this might have taken place during a play date. the boy was shot at least once, died on his way to the hospital. gilroy police won't say if the boy shot himself or if it was a playmate. police say that is part of their investigation. it will focus on how the gun was stored and why a child was able to get their hands on it. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 6:02

brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> moving on to decision 2012 now, a new fields poll just releasedsident obama is by far the preferred presidential candidate here in california. according to this poll, the president is maintaining a double-digit edge over mitt romney with 55% of likely voters. romney has 37%. the poll also gives the president an edge among independent, young, and ethnic voters. >>> well, secretary of state hillary clinton stepping up and making it very clear syria's president must step down. clinton meeting with more than 100 nations and groups trying to stop the violence in syria. this one is called the friends of syria conference, and the group is considering more sanctions against bashar al assad's government and against the syrian opposition. >> today the international community sent a clear and unified message the violence in syria must stop, a democratic transition must start, and assad must go. >> well, the pentagon meantime applauding the defection of syrian general who is said to have once been a member of the regime's inner circle. u.s. officials hopeful

brian mooar, wbal-tv 11 news. >> 5:49. 67 degrees on tv hill. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. u >> a survey shows six at 10 parents of children ages to 12 have given their children cell phones. 82% of parents said price determined the price of phone they selected. and it to % said they spend less than 7 $5 a month on the child's cell phone service. >> let's get to some of your answers. >> this morning we asked -- what do you think is a reasonable age for a child to get their first cell phone? [laughter] >> provided the kids answer when you call them. keep sending us those responses. we will read more of your responses in the next hour and post all of them on the front page of our website, wbaltv.com. >> a wise man, that stan stovall. the orioles will gather as a team later today at camden yards for a workout. they resume their season tomorrow against the tigers. there's been a lot of talk about what the orioles may do it as we approach the trading deadline. a lot may depend on what the orioles to during the next 11 games. they play the tigers, the twi

brian mooar tries to answer that. >> and economic pulse check. lawmakers are quizzing ben bernanke as they get ready for an epic showdown. >> we're ready to go out on the fiscal cliff if they do not get their way. >> we do not want to throw middle-class families under the bus. >> democrats and republicans each blame the other. >> terrible jobs report last week. continued bad news on manufacturing and we're looking at the weakest economic recovery. >> the problem is we have a stalemate right now in washington. >> the commander in chief made a command performance on the kiss- cam. mitt romney blasted the president for helping his big money donors and ignoring the middle-class. brian mooar, wbal-tv 11 news. >> 2017 is the next time the ravens have to worry about a contract with ray rice. he becomes the highest paid running back in ravens history and he is in the prime of his career. keith mills breaks down the new contract. >> glad we took care of that. 74 degrees on tv hill. drought conditions are sweeping the nation in dozens of states. >> winning

brian mooar tries to answer that in the report from washington. >> >> an economic pulse check. lawmakers are quizzing ben bernanke as they get ready for an epic showdown. >> they're ready to go out on the fiscal cliff if they do not get their way. >> i will continue this debate rather than locking a long-term deal this year that throws -- >> we do not want to throw middle-class families under the bus. >> democrats and republicans each blame the other. >> terrible jobs report last week. we have had continued bad news on manufacturing and we're looking at the weakest economic recovery. >> the president is blaming congress. >> the problem is we have a stalemate right now in washington. >> the commander in chief made a command performance on the kiss-cam. mitt romney blasted the president for helping his big- money donors and ignoring the middle-class. brian mooar, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the race will be cooking in baltimore for another five years. -- the rice be cooking. ray rice signed a new contract. he is in the prime of his career. he's just 25 years old. keith mills will break d

brian mooar, wbal-tv 11 news. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. not doing too bad as far as delays. there is an incident in the eastbound direction on route not 70. in a tapping the brakes in the city at preston street and cathedral street. traffic lights out at charles street. washington boulevard, the same problem in elkridge. here's a quick live look at traffic. 795 looks delay-free at owings mills down towards the beltway. running smoothly on the west side down towards edmondson. this is 95 at white marsh. traffic moving without delay. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. tony has a check of your forecast. >> thank you. good morning. we have some cloud cover this morning. i don't think we'll get the rain that we're hoping for. there is a wave or disturbance coming from the mountains and it is trying to produce a disturbance. it is producing some sprinkles down and montgomery county and north of d.c. i think most of the steadier rain will stay off to the west. dew points in the 50's and 60's. 58 is the dew point in the city. d.c.own in the c

brian mooar has the latest in the report from washington. >> from president obama, no apologies for the attacks on mitt romney and his leadership time at bain capital. a spokesman took the fight to a new level when she claimed that romney is lying to the nation or committed a felony. >> he is claiming a wasn't there at the time except he files a listing that says he was the ceo and president of the company. >> team romney is blasting the president for going negative. >> this is a candidate who is hoping to change the suspect. >> romney wants to shift the conversation back to the economy. for now, mitt romney is on defense. the romney campaign claims the president is a typical politician. brian mooar, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the baltimore orioles are ready to start a series with the twins later tonight. the orioles looking to stop an early second-half slide. justin verlander took to the mound for the tigers yesterday and the orioles could not do much against him. gave up only three hits. the orioles lost 4-0. it is the subject of our water cooler question of the day. how do you see the secon

brian mooar, wbal-tv 11 news. >> you see how the community is rallying together this morning and hear accounts from witnesses, plus the security measures taken at theaters in our area, you can find it all on wbal-tv 11 news and our smartphone apps under national news. >> the time right now is 5:08, 64 degrees on tv hill. the f.d.a. is warning marylanders will shellfish. coming up, why officials say eating popular seafood from one state could make you sick. >> and this week's storm caused major headaches for motorists. up next, a reminder from city transportation officials. >> but first, here's a live wet look outside. beep-bop-boop-bop boop-beep. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today. they want to know more about how they were raised, what they were fed. we spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh all-natural chickens an all-vegetarian diet including corn, soybeans, and marigolds. we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones

on capitol hill, brian mooar, news 4. >> and we're bringing you continuing coverage of the tragedy in colorado tonight. >> 12 people dead. nearly 60 others wounded after a gunman opened fire in a packed movie theater. ahead more firsthand accounts from the survivors. >> then i saw the first shot and i thought it was a firework and three more shots were set off and i knew this was real. i knew this was definitely gun shots. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... . >>> the latest now on that deadly shooting at a movie theater in aurora, colorado. james holmes walked intoing a packed they alternative threw a canister that spewed smoke. then police say he opened fire killing 12 people and wounding dozens of others. witnesses are describing the terrifying scene. >> a guy walks in dressed all in black, helmet, gas mask, black armor. >> he threw this big green can of g

brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> and we're learning more about one of the victims in the colorado shooting rampage, jesse childress who grew up in southern california. he was an air force cyber systesystem s operator based in aurora. we spoke to a close friend of his, who was with him the night of the shooting. >> as soon as the gas can exploded i thought, this is wrong. i thought that in the beginning. but it is so -- because at first i thought it was a prop. the part of the movie that it came in on, i thought it doesn't make much sense. >> reporter: in her first television interview, she talked about diving to the floor during the theater massacre that claimed 12 lives. >> i felt something hit my hand hard, it hurt, i figured i could worry about it later, so i just kept my face down. >> reporter: gravelli, wounded by buck shot, never saw the gun. she remembers seeing staff sergeant jesse childress. >> he was not moving, he was so still, i have never seen anybody so still. and myself and my supervisor i was with, he shook him and called his name. and he didn't respond. >> reporte

brian mooar has the latest. >> trying to put a positive spin on friday's disappointing jobs numbers.'re in the net public in the private sector jobs since president obama took office. we continue to move in the right direction. >> republicans disagree. >> i don't know if he's on vacation in new hampshire or mars. people are not better off today. >> 80,000 jobs added last month, a disappointment by any measure. >> 28 months in a row of private sector job growth. would we like to be happening faster? you bet. >> 21 straight months of unemployment over eight months. >> he offshore as most of his own personal investments to shield him from taxes. the fight over his the bests ceo in america. brian moore, wbal-tv 11 news. >> in one maryland town, crews have another problem to deal with this weekend. a closer look at this crane lying on it side and changes coming to the farmers' market. an announcement that may make it an announcement that may make it easier to >> a close call in bethesda as this crane collapses. a tree service was removing logs and trees from last weekend's storm and it wa

brian mooar is live on capitol hill this morning where the romney campaign, no surprise, firing righting. >> reporter: hi, jon and marla. the romney campaign is getting ready to pivot to the negative. what they are trying to do is pay president obama as a washington insider who does favors for people who give money to him. meanwhile, the romney campaign is criticizing the obama campaign for going negative. >> when the president was elected he talked about hope and change. whatever happened to hope and change? now it seems he is coming out of the box where these old fashioned negative ads. >> starting negative, going -- >> the romney campaign is mad about attacks on romney's time at bane capitol. and an aide for the obama campaign says that romney either lied to the american people or lied in documents he filed with regulators about when he left bane capitol. president obama says there will be no apology. >> he's now claiming i wasn't there at the time except he files a listing that says he was the ceo, chairman and president of the company. >> reporter: today the romney campaign is gi

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on capitol hill, brian mooar, news 4. >> first lady michelle obama cancelled her events today out of for victims in colorado. mrs. obama was scheduled to go to mary washington university in fredericksburg, virginia. she was planning also to talk to grassroot supporters there and also to in charlottesville where she was to attend an event in an effort to get out the women's vote. >> veronica is back with more about our wet weather. >> think i like this evening because it's rain, no severe weather. just rain. and unless you're one of those folks out there who has had flooding last couple of days welcomed rain because we've been talking about the drought all over the country. we're going to get some this evening. we'll get some during the early part of the night. we'll get some this weekend, saturday and sunday. all right. let's head outdoors and see what's going on. that cloudy sky. gray. a cool showery for us. big switch from the hot and stormy conditions we had at the beginning of the week. let's take a look at your high temperature for today. 82 degrees. that was early on today abou

nbc bay area's brian mooar bringing us that part of the story in ten minutes. >> i believe about 80,000 jobs have been added in june. unemployment rate unchanged at 8.2. that is according to the ap so we're going over the numbers. it's 5:33. an oakland babysitter expected back in court. police say the 24-year-old is responsible for injuries to a 3-year-old boy hospitalized in critical condition. documents reveal head trauma, laceration to the liver and cigarette burns. the mother and stepfather were also arrested but lart released. >> racing is expected to go on at the alameda county fair a day after a jockey died in a tragic track accident. christie smith is out at the scene. apparently we're having trouble getting christie right now. is that the case? we'll check back in with christie later on, that sad story where the jockey died. we'll get back to christie. the highway patrol now says the bay bridge crash that shut down all of the eastbound lanes for about eight hours was a tough scene all the way around, caused by a drunk driver. deputies say antonio roberson was speeding and fleei

on capitol hill, brian mooar, news 4. >>> coming up, a man accused of trying to abduct a 10-year-old girl off the sidewalk, he's in custody. and he told the police why he turned himself in. the bombing of a bus load of israeli tourists may be connected to a former detain ee at guantanamo bay. there's a new push to change blood donation rules that ban homosexuals from donating to the red cross. >> and a city in belgium may have figured out how to get rid of [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. [ female announcer ] every woman who believes decisions about our bodies and our health care should be our own is troubled mitt romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a law that outlaws all abortion -- even in cases of rape and incest. and that's not all. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. [ female announcer ] for women, planned parenthood means life-saving cancer screenings and family-planning services. but, for mitt romney... planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. >>> it's happened for a third time, today at the united nations russia

brian mooar from washington joins us with those details. brian, good morning. >> good morning, lynn. mitt romney has been careful not to criticize the president or the u.s. government on this overseas trip, but he probably should have added london to the list. from mitt romney, a gold medal gaffe, questioning london's readiness for the olympics. >> there are a few things that were disconcerting, stories about the private security firm not having enough people. >> those words made the kind of headlines mitt romney wasn't hoping to see on an overseas trip that was about boosting his foreign policy resume. instead he was forced to practice a little diplomacy. >> shows imagination and forethought and a lot of organization, and expect the games to be highly successful. >> the white house says president obama has london's back. >> the president also made it clear he has the utmost confidence in our close friend and ally, the united kingdom. >> it's not clear whether this might cost romney politically here at home. >> i think the democrats risk ove

brian mooar is live on capitol hill with more on that part of the story. od morning, brian. >> reporter: president obama, he's here in washington trying to pressure congress to pass the middle class tax cuts but mitt romney is where the president was four years ago, overseas trying to build on a foreign policy resume. today, mitt romney sat down with former prime minister tony blair, very carefully trying not to make any controversy, trying to not make any headlines while he's overseas, certainly not attacking the president. he was talking about the weather and what events that the former prime minister is looking forward to in the olympics. later today romney is going to meet with british prime minister david cameron talking about a lot of things, this is a trip that's going to take romney to israel to poland. during some of these events he may be trying to draw contrasts between himself and the president but the romney campaign is calling this a listening tour. brian mooar, marla, laura, back to you. >> the countdown to the official start of the olympic g