for al michaels, i'm dan patrick. we'll talk to you tomorrow. [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen in the black forest. [ metallic bell toll ] [ car speeding down the road, lightning strikes ] where things aren't always what they seem. [ wolves howling ] because thrills hide in the shadows just waiting at every turn. [ coaster whoosh ] brave the black forest on verbolten. the all-new multi-launch coaster. only at busch gardens. >> you are watching wbal-tv 11. late breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00. >> beginning tonight with breaking news. >> out of baltimore county, over the scene of it 8-vehicle accidents in colgate. let's got to attack and retailer really sky team 11. >> a vehicle to involved in serious crash. d, we have harmec counted at least five medics on the scene. we did not know the cause of the traffic, but expect major delays. live in this item 11, and capt. roy taylor. >> the big story tonight, after 12 years, michael phelps looked up at the jumbotron or the final time. >> we a

dan patrick, back to you in the studio. >> thank you, mary. with that dominant win, serena williams becomes just the second woman after steffi graf to earn the career golden slam, all four grand slam titles, plus olympic singles gold. you saw what it meant to her. >>> tomorrow, roger federer tries to become the third man to achieve that same feat. he will play in the men's final against great britain's andy murray. that will be live on nbc in all time zones. >>> coming up, women's springboard diving. the americans are in the semis. we'll bring that to you live next. ♪ [ male announcer ] speed. efficiency. traction. the 2012 bmw 3 series with xdrive all-wheel drive. with four wheels gripping the road, there's no limit to where you can go. we only make one thing. the ultimate driving machine. bmw. proud partner of the u.s.lympic and paralympic teams. i'm making prime rib for our -- mm-hmm. [ male announcer ] a typical friday night? [ snoring ] it feels like i'm married to espn. [ male announcer ] then this wednesday... you have come here to brin

for al michaels, i'm dan patrick. talk to you tomorrow.d over 3,000 doctors to review 5-hour energy and what they said is amazing. over 73 percent who reviewed 5-hour energy said they would recommend a low calorie energy supplement to their healthy patients who use energy supplements. seventy-three percent. 5-hour energy has four calories and it's used over nine million times a week. is 5-hour energy right for you? ask your doctor. we already asked 3,000. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >>> good evening. the big story at 6:00, mitt romney has selected paul ryan of wisconsin as his running mate. they appeared together in norfolk, va., to kick off their four-day bus tour. brian moore has the story. >> mitt romney introduced powerful wisconsin republican paul ryan as his new running mate and together they hit the campaign trail on a four-day battle ground bus tour. >> it feels good to be here in the center of the universe. >> he is the house budget committee chairman, a rock star for the republican right and fiscal co

dan patrick even more blatantly taken out. having a decent night at that point. that crash ended the eve4ning. the finger is pointed. hamlon avoided all the drama. that's >> crazy afternoon. >> be careful driving around, there are flooded streams. the showers will not taper off until tomorrow afternoon. >> nigíúñ

now let's go back to dan patrick. >> all right, tom. a dominant performance of day one of track and field and tomorrow is a day the host nation is waiting for for quite sometime. with mo farrah among the favorites in the men's 10,000 meters. we'll bring you that race live here on nbcment that's all for the daytime drew here in london. olympic prime time with bob costas coming up. for al michaels, i'm dan patrick. we'll talk to you tomorrow. >>> competition and devotion. how muslim athletes are balancing ramadan and a run for the gold. why some are making history by just appearing at the games. >>> plus, hear from america's golden girl. gabby douglas. see her like you've never seen before. >>> think about this as you get ready for dinner. the food you're about to eat picked by children as young as eight. working long hours in the field and it's all perfectly legal. our investigative unit has their story. >>> and happy friday to you. i'm jessica aguirre. >>> i'm janelle yang. we're with you a little earlier and will be during the olympics

for al michaels, i'm dan patrick. 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

. >> tonight, jay welcomes sports commentator dan patrick, that is the jay leno show.time for a little entertainment news, and it is the weekend coming up. we'll do box office previews. there is one film that seems to set a very dubious record, the big balloon adventure could have the worst opening ever by a film, playing on over 2,000 screens. in its debut wednesday, the film averaged just $47. that is six tickets sold per theater. >> all over it. >>> all right, the closest thing to a favorite in the low energy box office, trust me, i'm not watching. called the possession, and horror fans, not myself includes, looking for one last scare, should earn this one 10-15 million in first place, kept my eyes closed -- el elsewhere. >>> country music star leann rimes has entered a facility to help her cope with press. she said while privacy is not expected, it is certainly appreciated. >> for those of you not celebrating, there is a whole new season set to premier on october fourth. so fear not, you still have a lot of time. >> i have got to write that down. >> just put it in

al michaels for dan patrick and our crew, talk to you tomorrow from london. >> live, local, late breaking, this is 11 news at 5:00 p.m. >> good evening, everybody. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm donna hamilton. a man walking in a wooded area makes a smart -- a startling discovery. a partially decomposed human skull. >> police are trying to identify the body and determine whether they have a murder case on their hands. >> a startling discovery in deep. police tell us the skull was found just before 3:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon in that wooded area. even though homicide detectives are investigating, it is still too early to tell whether fault -- foul play was involved. unless you are a truck driver making a delivery, horey repair man like allen watson, you would never even know this wooded area existed. >> there were about half a dozen, maybe eight law- enforcement vehicles along the road on the right. and a csi unit and unmarked cars and stuff. >> he describes the scene where the partially decomposed gold was found. a man walking in the area noticed it and called police. investigators brough

. >> i'm dan patrick. last night here in london, another memorable one here for michael phelps. in his last individual olympic swim, he won his 21st career olympic medal. gold in the 100 meter butterfly. meanwhile, 17-year-old missy franklin won gold in the 200 meter backstroke, the first american woman to do so in 40 years. already today, a photo finish in the women's triathlon with spirig of sweden winning the gold. here is the finish. they crossed the line simultaneously. they were credited with the exact same time. but the photo review gave speirig the win. coming up today, all of it live. in water polo, the american men 3-0 but now they beat serbia. considered by many to be the gold medal favorite. also, indoor volleyball. the u.s. men, the defending gold medalists and undefeated in london. but today they face a major test against a top contender from russia. and beach volleyball. one day after the olympic champions were knocked out, americans jake gibb and sean rosenthal play a team from russia in a win or go home scenario. >>> also, coming up live, the men's 10,000 meters

for al michaels, i'm dan patrick. talk to you tomorrow. n the highest trees. - long necks, huh?- i'll make those giraffes the tallest salad in the world. i'll get the mop, again. - back when i sailed the seven seas, i saw a gaggle of giraffes in the jungle. they were the cutest animals i'd ever seen, just a-jumpin' and a-swingin' from tree to tree, with a vine in one hand and a banana in the other. tony, those weren't giraffes. they were monkeys. - monkeys? oh, i always get those two mixed up. that explains why their necks were so short. - that gives me an idea. since giraffes like things that are leafy and green, how about lettuce leaves with treats in between? let's make leafy, lettuce wraps. would you like to help me, gang? [all] - we sure would, doggity! - first, deedelee dee, put some lettuce leaves on a plate. then, mack, cook up some shredded carrots and cabbage with some garlic and green onions. that's going to be our filling. tony, add a splash of soy sauce for extra flavor. now, spoon that tasty filling onto the lettuce leaves, and fold it up neatly so that nothing fal

al michaels with dan patrick and our gang and we will talk to you from london tomorrow. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- stanod evening, i'm stovall. >> i'm donna hamiltonl . >> police on the scene of accident causing problems for the evening commute. >> we will send it out to roy taylor. >> this was a crash with rescue. eastbound baltimore national park west at rogers avenue. the fire department rescue in the individuals in this overturned dump truck. we don't know what happened, but the dump truck took out a libel and cause major issues eastbound on route 40. [unintelligible] the other person in the truck did not have life-threatening injuries. the police had to shut down the ramp northbound 29 to get on eastbound route 40. reporting live, captain roy taylor. >> also at this hour, monitoring the potential for severe weather. >> the team has been tracking thunderstorms that are gaining intensity. let's check in with tom tasslemayer. >> a couple thunderstorms around the region, a ho

al michaels for dan patrick and our crew, talk to you tomorrow from london. shooters, southern. >> eight teams in this competition, and team usa leads in shot blocks. this is near the the point position. they work on across deeper. t is kami craig trying to shake >>> they helped propel the u.s. to the gold medal games. the refinery fire in richmond could cost you. we hear from the experts on how much more you should prepare to pay at the gas pump. >> and crime on campus. the investigative unit uncovers violence at bay area schools that is going unreported. see why what you don't know could end up hurting your child. >> good afternoon. we are on with you a little earlier than usual and will be during the entire olympics. >> that's right. nbc bay area news will begin right after daytime olympic coverage bringing you special reports from london and profiles of our bay area athletes. we begin with the very latest from the fallout from that massive refinery fire in richmond. today, three refinery workers are recovering from minor injuries after that fire. an inter

al michaels with dan patrick and our gang and we will talk to you from london tomorrow. >>> today at 4:00, a 17-year-old east bay mother and her 2-month-old child kidnapped. new dales on the manhunt for the suspect and the victims and how you can help. >>> then, kicking for gold, the bay area is buzzing as cal and stanford alum try to power the u.s. women's soccer team to a gold medal. see how the bay area cheers on its local stars in an on-field battle against japan. all coming up today at 4:00 on nbc bay area. >>> america's golden girls, bay area athletes claimed gold on the field, in the pool and in the sand. live reports from the south bay and london where a northern california gold rush is on. >> don't you think rate-payers have a right to know how you're spending their money? >> a major local utility company wants to raise your rates and executives won't explain how they're spending your money. the nbc bay area investigative unit demands answers. >>> good afternoon. i'm janelle wang. >> i'm jessica aguirre. we're on with you a little earlier than usual because of the olympics.

al michaels for dan patrick and our crew, talk to you tomorrow from london. >>> a mother arrested after an infant is dropped off outside a maryland church. and good evening, welcome to news 4 at 5:00. >> first up, we begin with breaking news. a man is under arrest for sexually assaulting two young girls. >> we have a reporter in lieu isdale at the west park playground. >> reporter: this is very upsetting. they just wrapped up a news conference moments ago. the sus summing amoba confessed to kidnapping an 8-year-old girl nearly a month ago and attempting to sexually assault her. let me move out othe way right here. they also say he also confessed to sexually assaulting a 6-year-old child at this playground by the swings over there in lieu ewisdale. he is at the mobile village that is near the playground. it's in hiyattsville. he kidnapped the child. how did he do it? he offered her a toy. he was really nice to her. and they walked out of the store to the playground. now police were called. that girl's father obviously frantically looking for her. well here's the deal. a prince george's c

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. >> i really love the midday coverage by the way because they've got dan patrick and al michaels whichawesome. it is. awesome. >> al michaels from 1980 and then dan who is killing it as always. it is pretty cool. they've done a very good job i think. it is tough because you really do want to know -- i mean ideally, you probably not want to know but now it is so relevant. it doesn't matter. >> i so don't care. it is a good point. you mention the swimming and how exciting the swimming has been. it has been great! from all of the stuff that i've seen. michael phelps is now officially the most decorated olympian of all time. this is not his best outing i would say. >> i've spent some time with him before the olympics and he has been very adamant that he has not trained the same getting ready for beijing. he's really focused the past ei months but it is not the same for him and everything went so well. bob costas asked him about this a couple of nights ago. everything went so well in beijing, it is almost impossible for it to go this well. he's not in the same physical condition. i still th

and they have dan patrick doing the coverage. they were going back and forth.r many are bewildered what kind of separation it is because of the overly friendly statement he put out about it. politico reports they called his decision mutual and amicable and remain close friends and intend to function as a family that spends a great deal of time together. the statement goes on to state that they are going on their annual vacation their annual family vacation together this week. they will share meals often and will spend family holidays together. >> would you. >> and they go on to ask to it be continued to both be included in social invitations saying gathers in the same space will not be awkward. sounds like the only change is they will not live in the same house any more. >> you had me up until the social. i see that if you have got kids. >> one 10-year-old son. >> you have to really be there for the kid. but if you are being asked to come to social events with the -- with your ex-wife. >> that's a little weird. >> i hear that on why are you getting a divorce? >

patrick knudson, bob greenstein, steven dennis, thank you all verymuch. >> woodruff: we're joined by newshour political editor christina bellantoni. welcome to you both. what does this say about governor romney, danngs. one is something we often underestimate. the personal nature of a pick like this, all of these presidential candidates want comfort with the person they find as their running mate. i think in this case what it talks about is a kind of, if i can, the essential giend of geekiness of the two people. they are numbers people. they are numbers crunchers. this may be the first power point ticket we've had in american political history. something you wouldn't say about president obama and joe biden or the last republican ticket. the second thing i think it says is it gives us some sense of the kind of campaign that governor romney would like to think he wants to run. in that sense what this says is he wants to run a campaign on the economy but also on the big fiscal choices that he thinks contribute to the future of the country. in picking ryan, he's made an explicit stateme about that. >> woodruff: so, christina, what does that say about what ryan brings to the ticket in terms of his str