. >> reporter: cal ripkin jr. says the kidnapping of his mother was premeditated now a nationwide search is on for this man. >> it was, the worse feeling you can imagine. >> reporter: now cal ripkin jr. is breaking his silence speaking for the first time about the moment he found out his mother was missing. >> that the car with my mom's tag on it was reported and that a woman was tied up in the backseat of the car. >> reporter: police say this man kidnapped 74-year-old by ripkin from her aberdeen home. she was forced in the backseat of her car, just days ago investigators released this video of her suspected abductor. those surveillance images were taken here at the wal-mart in glen burney. for nearly 24 hours police say the kidnapping drove mrs. ripkin all over maryland before leaving her unharmed just yards from her home. >> it could have been a random act. quite possible it could have been more than that. >> reporter: cal ripkin says he spent the night in that car searching for his mom who he calls the rock of

it was a week ago that ripkin, cal ripkin jr.'s mother was taken from her house. her car was spotted around 8:15 that night. a missing person alert went out at 5:30 in the morning and she

tips have come in since cal ripkin spoke about his mom being kidnapped. >> this isn't necessarily a fad. the demand will be there. >> why some job seeks may want to consider hitting the gym. the news at 11 starts right now. >> first, tonight let's look at ocean city. that time l aps e. look at how fast the people are moving, of course that's time l aps e. just beautiful skies, really nice night but kind of humid outside everywhere, even down shore. will there be thunderstorms? mike is here right now and should we expect the storms overnight? >> it is funky but we expect the storms more on the isolated side and into sunday maybe bigger storms. here is the shot downtown. it's a muggy feel out there. heat index in to the 80 a at the 11:00 hour. the radar clear overhead. that's the good news. let's take to you temperature, 80 in town. 86 easton. that's impressive stat. here is the trend, three tonight into the 70's. that's when we bottom out ott 77 baltimore. look at 90's back with scattered showers and storms in the mix. we will talk about the storms for saturday, sunday, perhaps monday an

cal ripkin jr.' about a week ago, this is the sketch, and the police have it and are working from it down there in baltimore. five minutes past of the hour. this is breaking news across the country, tempers boiling over the state of the economy. brand-new reaction from the campaign trail to a new jobs report released a short time ago. unemployment ticking up for the month of july 8.3%. the economy added 163,000 jobs, that is better, but almost the same number dropped out of the workforce, that is not good enough for the nearly 13 million persons out of work. we have reaction from the speaker john boehner, reaction from the white house coming in right now as we start a new hour here. i'm bill hemmer good morning. >> i'm patti ann brown in for martha maccallum. governor romney said, today's increase in the unemployment rate is a hammer blow to middle class struggling families. president obama doesn't have a plan and believes that the private sector is doing fine. obviously that is not the case. we've n

it was a week ago that ripkin, cal ripkin jr.'s mother was taken from her house. her car was spotted around 8:15 that night. a missing person alert went out at 5:30 in the morning and she was found at 6:00 in the morning. ripkin was tied up and thrown in the back of her car. the suspect took her on a terrifying ride for 24 hours. the mayor of aberden calling the situation troubling. >> i have never seen anything like that. i think it's going to be a matter of time. >> reporter: the ripkin family has yet to comment publicly about the investigation. however they did release the statement saying they were grateful for vi's safe return. >> a $2,000 reward has been offered for tips leading to an arrest. >>> a man is shot and killed by police after a struggle with a police officer. meghan mccorkell reports. >> reporter: it's released that the man had a knife, now it's been investigated if he tried to use that knife. >> several police cars. >> reporter: the officer responding to a 911 call that a violent fight at this weldon home. neighbors say that woman is pregnant, th

. >>> some of the best 12-year- old baseball players are in town for the cal ripkin world series. for the first time ever a maryland boy made it to the championship game today. he made it through from the bronx yesterday. today he went up against a team from japan. >> lot of respect between the teams. they know we are here because we mean business. we know they are here because they are a good coached team. >> japan beat maryland. 17-7. first maryland team to reach the world series since it started ten years ago. >>> olympics are over in london. games are still going on here in our state. senior olympics are in full swing across the area. this week it was about volleyball. women played yesterday. men battled it out this afternoon. women move on to the next competition coming up in cleveland. to qualify for the senior olympics you must be 50 years old. there is still time to apply for events. >>> there had better be 90,000 plus fans friday night when the orioles come home. down 5-0 to detroit. orioles came back and won 7-5. of three. naged to win two out big win in the motor city.

. >>> opening ceremonies are tonight for the cal ripkin world series game at cal senior's yard tonight. 10 u.s. teams and 6 interring inial teams will play against each other. tickets are free. >>> and the man behind the classic hit sweet caroline come on. he is getting a honor today. neil diamond will be unveil his star on the walk of fame. that is happening outside capital records in hollywood. >>> i was thinking love on the rocks. isn't that him? is that neil diamond? we will >>> listen to this, even rocket scientists get it wrong. this unmaned moon lander crashed and burned during an engine test at kennedy space center. the project manager says it's destroyed so now nasa officials are gathering the information to determine what went wrong. they hope it will deliver cargo to the moon. >> we can't confirm love on the rocks. i love google. >> you can't confirm it? >> google is awesome. it is love on the rocks neil diamond. >> all right.>>> a drive in the country turned into an adventure. >> stay with us. it started and stopped because they wanted to look at cows. however they ended up

. >>> and cal ripkin world series opening ceremony will be at cal senior's yard in aberdeen beginning at 5. 10 u.s. teams and 6 international teams will play against one another and the tickets are free. >>> a larger than life bronze sculpture of eddie murray will be revealed at a ceremony today. and it is going to happen at the area beyond centerfield at camden yards. it starts at 5:15 all the gates open at 5 and fans tanning will seep a did -- receive a replica of the culture. >>> he had a long career selling more than 125 million records and today neil diamond is being honorched he will get a star on the hollywood walk of fame. it will be in front of the capital records building in hollywood. >>> we should spec more serious -- expect more serious storms than predicted. >> noaa said there could be between 12 and 17 named storms june 1st through november 30th. >> back in may, they predicted 9 to 15 such tomorrows. the agency says that 5 to 8 of the named storms will become hurricanes. and two of the three could be major. that is anything over a category 3 hurricane. we have what few

. >>> he has talked about his streak and hall of famer cal ripkin will talk about his mother being kidnapped tomorrow. it was a week pool when vi was released unhurt after being kidnapped the day before out of her garage. she was driven around for hours, blind folded and tied up. you have seen the sketches and the video of the man. before the news conference cal will be on our air on good morning america. that will be tomorrow morning at 7:30. this will be his first live comments about his mom. >>> they take care of our poor, our hungry, our children, our elders but catholic charities doesn't charge you to pay your gas and electric bill. they said someone is out there making posts on facebook and calling people promising to pay off their over due bge bills, all you have to do is give them 150o dollars and your bill will disappear. today catholic charities said this is a scam. somebody is trying to take advantage of people who have fall inon hard times. >> it's disturbing, we feel it's our obligation to protect our name and really to reach out to those who may be seeking services to make sure

soft best 12-year-old base -- some of the best 12- year-old baseball players taking part in the cal ripkind series. for the first time ever, a maryland team from boys made it to the championship game. saturday, boys from montgomery county beat a team from the bronx and yesterday, they met up against the team

. >>> cal ripkin junior asking for help finding his mother's kidnapper.olice released this surveillance video. the 74-year-old was kidnapped last week from her home near baltimore. she was tied up and held captive for a day and then released unharmed. detectives haven't been able to determine a motive for the kidnapping. they say they aren't sure if the man computer she was ripkin mother. >> the fda has okayed the first generic version of cingular. >>> crews in oregon making progress on the removal of a concrete dock that broke loose last year. officials say they are now on track to finish cutting the dock and taking to a recycling facility. the 165 dock washed up north of newport two moss ago. most of it'll be broken down into gravel for paving. one corner will be saved for a memorial. >> as many as seven wildfires cutting across oklahoma . this fire in cleveland is a half mile wide and several miles long. it burned at least six mobile homes. in blaine, hundreds of people evacuated near gary. firefighters had to deal with temperatures of 113 degrees. >>

. >>> and baseball legend cal ripkin jr. his mother was kidnapped at gunpoint. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett. and the market looking for the slightest bit of good news, and got a little bit today and surged. the dow is up 217 points, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. as you can see, the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we haven't been able to clear that hurdle since march. it's been a really grim stretch. so there was a little bit of relief today. the bottom line is this. the american economy only has to add another 316,000 jobs to get back to where it was in january 2009 when barack obama took office. now, that would mean that he breaks even. but remember, in january of 2009, the economy was in a really bad place, and what he needs to do to make people

. >>> and baseball legend cal ripkin jr. speaking t for the first time since his mother was kidnapped at gunpoint. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett. and the market looking for the slightest bit of good news, and got a little bit today and surged. the dow is up 213 point, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we haven't been able to clear that hurdle since march. it's been a really grim stretch. so there was a little bit of relief today. the bottom line is this. the american economy only has to add another 316,000 jobs to get back to where it was in january 2009 when barack obama took office. now, that would mean that he breaks even. but remember, in january of 2009, the economy was in a really bad place, and what he needs to

tonight, romney fires back, again. >>> and baseball legend cal ripkin jr.outfront." >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett. and the market looking for the slightest bit of good news, and got a little bit today and surged. the dow is up 213 point, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we haven't been able to clear that hurdle since march. it's been a really grim stretch. so there was a little bit of relief today. the bottom line is this. the american economy only has to add another 316,000 jobs to get back to where it was in january 2009 when barack obama took office. now, that would mean that he breaks even. but remember, in january of 2009, the economy was in a really bad place, and what he needs to do to make people feel really good, like the economy is recovering, is not only to b

. >>> baseball great cal ripkin is asking for public help in solving a kidnapping mystery that hit veryfound safe, but very shaken. the kidnapper did use the victim's credit cards. listen to this. >> law enforcement needs your help. the investigation is moving along. if you know anything about the case, if you know anything about the identity of the person in the photos, the sketch, i would encourage all of you to call in and report what you know. for what we know right now, from what i know, we don't know why. and so that's -- it's bizarre on many levels and it's unsettling on many levels. >> police consider the man armed and dangerous. ripk ripken's mother has not yet returned to her home since this abduction. quite a mystery. >>> and another mystery that we're actually falling, an amusement park mystery involving north korea's new leader. we're learning new details about some pretty unusual diplomacy. north america's natural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly providing generations of cleaner-burning energy for our country, drilling thousands of feet below fresh wat

ripkin. for sun spoke publicly about the case and the impact is having on the family. >> cal ripken believes his mother is an auction was premeditated because he brought materials to bind him. they have uncovered evidence in ms. riplen's car. cal ripken jr. called the adoption -- abduction raw. >> it was the worst feeling you could imagine. it was about 9:00 p.m. my sister called me. there have been a report that a car with my mom's tags in it was reported with a woman tied up in the backseat of a car. they wanted to know if we knew where mom was. we could not find her. our worst fear was that it was her tied up in the back of the car. >> he drove around looking for her. he's making a personal plea to the public to help police find the person responsible. several digital billboards show a sketch of the suspect. he held her down with plastic of ties. they drove all over the area, as far north as southern pennsylvania. as far west as washington, d.c. at this wal-mart, the captors surveillance footage of the suspect. they stopped for a foot, bathroom breaks, and it took naps. police are not sur