and, eric, at the nascar technical institute. just outside of charlotte, north carolina.t is a vocational training school for automotive skills, i would say we have an overflow crowd here of several thousand and they are pumped up and just heard from darrell waltrip, who is a nascar hall-of-famer. and, they have heard from local politicians, and, aspiring congressional members, and, this is and excited crowd but north carolina is a very critical state come november and the republicans have high hopes for it, because george w. bush captured north carolina, in 2004, and, barack obama's margin of victory in this state just four years ago was only .4%. so, north carolina very much in play, jamie? >> jamie: i want to ask you, one of our producers out on the campaign trail with the governor as well and says in the last 24 hours, $3.5 million in contributions have come in, that is obviously helpful to the campaign. what are the other effects of making the selection at this time that they have seen so far? >> one other effect, jamie, is we have seen the former g.o.p. contenders f

and nascar has seen a drop in attendance. joe gibbs, he owns three nascar teams and you remember him from the washington redskins. >> stuart, i'm live from brings tal and i understand you're a big race fan, right. stuart: yeah, yeah, yeah, okay. i know a few things about t i want to know, sir, you own three teams, what are you going to do about this declining attendance and tv ratings? how are you going to soup up the sport again? >> stuart, i think all of sports has been hurt by the economy. and i think nascar's going to have the best years still in front of it. to give you an example. all of our big sponsors and we've got some of the biggest events, coke, toyota, home depot, and they've all reupped with us in the middle of this financial problem that we're having right now. stuart: okay. >> i think this sport is alive and well and i think we've got our best years in front of us. stuart: okay, sir, earlier this year, mitt romney was asked if he follows nascar, he said quote, not as closely as some of the most ardent friends,

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nascar's bad boy trades in his wheels for a tank. >>> and the strangest catch you'll ever see.'re watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here's some of your top headlines this morning. >>> syrian troops are being aided by commanders and soldiers from iran, this according to a "wall street journal" report quoting members of the revolutionary guard. that is the first confirmation of iran's role in the war. >>> clashes between police and student demonstrators. an estimated 1,000 protesters had to be marching peacefully through the streets to protest education reform. >>> a federal court has blocked the redistricting plan by the texas state legislature saying it discriminated against hispanics. the judges ruled the plan protected districts belonging to white members of congress. >>> bomb detonators of bombs from world war ii in an explosion heard and seen across the city. a number of nearby buildings briefly caught fire, but no reportings of injuries. >>> new spectacular images of mars have been sent back by the curiosity rov

also, romney meets nascar. may remember when the candidate botched an opportunity at the daytona 500 in february. >> not as closely as some of the most ardent fans, but i have some great friends that are nascar team owners. >> well, touting he's buddy buddy with nascar team owners. earlier this week, mitt romney and his running mate toured the nascar technical institute in north carolina. but that's not the nascar news getting buzz now. guess who held romney -- at a fund-raiser yesterday? that's right, nascar's ceo and other team owners. next, a spokesperson for a chicago shopping center calls it a marker for the community and tourism, but new york magazine dubs it as an embarrassment. in 2007, the president told o about his first kiss with michelle. on our first date, i treated her to the finest ice cream baskin robins had to offer. get this. that memory has become an historic marker, printed word for word on a plaque and then placed at a exact chicago curb where the first kiss occurred. local businesses hope

also romney meets nascar. you may remember when he botched an opportunity to attract average joe appeal back in february. he was asked if he followed nascar racing back then. >> not as closely as some of the most ardent fans, but i have some great friends that are nascar team owners. >> touting he's buddy buddy with >> touting he's buddy buddy with team owners. earlier this week mitt romney and his running mate paul ryan toured the nascar technical institute in north carolina. but that's not the nascar news getting buzz now. guess who helped romney rake in over a million dollars at a fund raiser yesterday? that's right. nascar's ceo and other team owners. >>> next, the spokesperson for a chicago shopping center calls it quote, a marker for prosperity and tourism. new york magazine dubs it an embarrassment for sasha and malia. back in 2007 the president told o, the oprah magazine, apt about hiss first kiss with michelle obama. on our first date, i treated her to the finest ice cream baskin robins had to offer.

but i'm kind of consumed with nascar.s really the ultimate reinvention, isn't it? reinventing careers. i mean, that's excellent. what are the similarities for you? >> i tell people, you wouldn't believe it, i was worried to death about coming to nascar. something i had no experience in. and when i came over here, people would walk up to me and they would say, you're not going to believe it. and i would say, yes, i can. i have already gone through that in football. and it winds up being exactly the same. >> that is so funny. >> somebody stole our coffee one morning when i was at nascar. and in football, i used to sleep at the office. i went in one morning, and they were looking around, and somebody stole the coffee. [ laughter ] >> so you mean literally -- >> we thought -- we found one of the players that made $600,000 a year walking out the door with the coffee the next week. [ laughter ] >> so literally exactly the same? >> fast forward to racing. i'm in a race here about two years ago. one morning i went in. i don't sle

a nascar race. >> well, i would imagine you probably know not to do this. >> yes. >> that's a ladies trying to take a picture while the pit crew comes in to do their thing at the indianapolis grand am. now, you don't want to laugh, but she was given a warning, apparently, before this video began. the pit crew announced that, hey, clear the area, don't stand close by. especially don't show up with your straw hat and try to take a picture of these guys. >> these guys are in a competition. what did she think was going to happen? get out the way. >> doesn't it make you think of thget out the way. >> get out the way. get out the way, ladies, get out the way. >> move, ladies. >> get out the way, get out the way. get out the way, ladies, get out the way. >> exactly. that would be the soundtrack for this video. >> the pit stop can make or break a nascar race. >> i still can't believe what she was doing standing there. >> you can get a pit pass. that's one of the cool things. if you can get inside the pit while the race is going on, you can see the people over here close by. but she had a pit

lightning is blame for the deaths of two people after a nascar race in pennsylvania. the other died later at the hospital and the first victim was at the nascar racetracks. psychiatrist is expected to testify that lather is competent to face and entered a plea. deferreds and 12 others were wounded in that incident. mitt romney is reluctant to release more of his tax returns. >>> mitt romney once the american people to trust him with the presidency, but he does not trust us with his tax returns >>> the taxes are going to be increases under rock obama. >>> romney says his critics would distort the information and use it against him parade, and delays of rice will be among the speakers for the republican national convention. the commission is set to begin three weeks from today in the tampa bay area. it is time to get some weather throughout the bay area and linh is here to tell us about the wonderful monday >>> it will be a wonderful monday. it will be a hot to in the interior valley. low clouds are outside with numbers are running into the fifties at this hour parade b

huguely faces up to 26 years in prison. >>> nascar is sending condolences to the families of fans who were struck by lightning. one person died and nine others were hurt when several lightning bolts struck behind the grand stands of pocono raceway in pennsylvania. one victim remains in critical condition. nascar had ended the race 62 laps early because of the weather. >>> this morning crews are cleaning up from devastating mudslides in austria. a powerful storm in the western part of that country caused several mudslides over the weekend. it knocked out bridges, damaged nearly two dozen homes and took out power for about 1,000 homes. >>> a new era begins today for penn state football nape open training camp and it will be the first time players take to the practice field since ncaa delivered harsh sanctions for its part in the jerry sandusky scandal. those penalties just cost penn state another starter. wide receiver justin brown says he is transferring to oklahoma. >>> one olympic athlete making headlines in london. we'll one more chance at gold. south africa's oscar piecer toia fini

. >> what about nascar? nascar you make a mistake and people die. they are not dying instantly in football. where do you top? >> nascar's safety systems are so unbelievable it is ridiculous. especially since dale earnhardt died in 2001 at daytona. everything they wear, you can see them roll and wreck and crash into walls and they walk away most of the time. >> wasn't there somebody recently who was in a serious crash and died in nascar? no? >> that was indy car. that's a whole different thing. >> flying if you are in a plane. the plane crashes and you die. >> golf. >> i don't believe in lightning. >> just lastly on this drinking stuff, jaime, you said this isn't the appropriate form to address your sad social life. if not now, when? >> in a place that is more appropriate where i can fully get with one with my soul. >> all right. i think you should get into it now. >> if we have the time, i guess. >> go for it. >> for you, man, we have the time. >> you know what he is saying, he would only do it if yoder is around. if he says do it, do it. >> you can

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they spent the day attending a rally at a nascar technical institute near charlotte. the republican candidates at election offers a clear choice between two very different economic decisions. the obama campaign is already pushing back. >> we can either stay on the current pact where i'm, a nation in debt, a nation in doubt and despair, where we are given our children a diminished future appeared correct this is a guy who rubberstamp every aspect of the bush economic policy including not paying 40 did the zero wars. two of big tax cuts. >> coming up, a look at how the romney/ryan campaign can the biggest secret of politics. that is right after levin news appeared likes gabrielle giffords is headed back home to arizona. her husband tweeted moving back to stucson. giffords has been in rehabilitation. she and 12 others were wounded in a 2011 shooting in a grocery store. six people were killed. he pleaded guilty last week to the massacre. >> one week after a deadly shooting claimed the lives of six people, this sikh tempo is reopening. you can see people gathering for the

could nascar's response to the storm be partly to blame for the tragedy?t is what some there are asking. we will get to our experts next. y teaching the perfect swing begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. until i had the shingles. i have never encountered such a burning sensation... it was like a red rash. like somebody had set a bag of hot charcoal on my neck. i had no idea it came from chickenpox. it's something you never want to encounter. for more of the inside story, visit shinglesinfo.com >>shepard: severe thunderstorms that delayed air traffic and sparked evacuations killed one fan as a nascar event. officials at the raceway in person warned spectators yesterday to take cover and leave the grandstand when lightning and heavy rain forces the race to be cut short but the warnings did not stoplight anyone strikes from killing one and hurting nine others include one critica

nascar driver mark martin in the lead. it all goes wrong. his number 55 stops after being impealed on the wall. the impact just umpinches away m where he was seated behind the wheel. you saw the fire underneath the car. he called it a freak accident. he's lucky he's alive. >> it was right behind him. god forbid a couple of feet more. in the front, forget about it. >>> morning road conditions. flooding alon lonk the highways in west texas. wet at times around the great lakes and the northeast. >> it should be a fantastic day for flying. we have no weather-related airport delays to report. think that might be a first on "america this morning." that might be a first. >>> top gun director tony scott has died of an apparent suicide. >> scott jumped to his death from a los angeles area bridge. he reportedly left a suicide note in his car. he also directed days of thunder, beverly hills cop ii, crimson tide and many other hit films. >> he was born in england. he was the younger brother of director riddy scott. he was 68 years old. >>> a sightseeing

." >>> plus, a very messy pit stop at nascar's international. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm veronica de la cruz. in sports, ichiro hit two homers. and a japanese teammate had his own pitching gem, giving the yanks a big win against their biggest rivals. >> good morning. the yankee s ichiro suzuki isn' known for his power. he flexes his muscle. a bomb into the second deck. new york up 3-0. in the sixth inning, ichiro takes josh beckett deep again. another solo shot in right. two home rubs for ichiro. he has seven this season. the yanks win, 4-1. >>> if you think baseball is a slow a and long game, you haven't seen anything yet. cards and pirates played a seven-hour marathon. >>> chicago threatening, but ryan hannigan not having it. brett jackson tries to steal third. and hannigan guns him down. in the bottom of the ninth, hannigan gets him done with his bat. singles to deep center. ryan hannigan is your hero. you know what that means. a shaving cream pie to the face. >>> to houston, the astros have a new manager. but they still have the same players. d-backs' aaron hail w

we'll hear from rory mcilroy and what a finish in nascar, watkins glen.ll see you at 6:00. >> alan: tiger woods, four years without a major. >> mike: i don't think he'll ever catch jack. he has played well enough for the first two rounds and then on saturday and sunday starts to melt down. he is 36. and jack won one at 46, but going to be a tough road row -- row to hoe. >> ama: coming up. it wasn't a bird nor a plain that made people look up. >> alan: it was this man and his high to jet pack. >> alan: coming up at 6:00. paying more for protection. 850,000 californians will be getting a new bill in the mail this week. the firefighting fee that is debt citizenned for a legal battle. plus. >> taking its toll on a southern california lake, where there's no water but lots of fish. join us at 6:00. >> ama: oakland's jack london square was the scene of a unique promotion today. oh, lots of boys are going to be wanting this. looked like a scene out of a james bond movie. customers at the weekend farmer's market were treated to a man flying a water powered jet pac

that is the nascar tech institute.going to be the site -- it is the site of the first rally of the day for the newly minted romney/ryan ticket. we have not seen them yet but we know they are there and we are watching it. in the meantime, i want to bring in democratic strategist and cnn contributor donna brazile, along with republican consultant and cnn contributor, alex castellan castellanos. both wrote opinion pieces for cnn.com on paul ryan, the topic du jour. let me start out, alex, with something you wrote and i want to ask you on the other side, you said "until this moment, mitt romney, like president obama, has been playing small ball. the optimistic entrepreneur with the reputation for bringing disruptive, transformative change to the business world had not been leading, only playing it safe." so in the end, this attempt kind of shake up his campaign, you read as an admission that thus far sitting around saying the economy's bad, you need someone else at the helm, has not been working? >> you know, i really don'

louis. 38-3 is the final. >>> nascar now, patriotism on display. watkins glenn and some final lap drama. cars coming around the final turn. kyle busch is bumped by brad koz lou ski. they're going to talk about that one. they're going to talk about that one. home stretch now. trying to hold off ambrose. ambrose wins the finger lakes 355. and 23-year-old rory mcilroy won the u.s. open here at congressional, but since then, he's been less than impressive, but he's getting it back at the the pga championship. he leads at 11 under. >> that is our news for now. "nightly news" is up next and we will be back tonight after the olympics. until then, have a great night, everybody. [ male announcer ] the choice on debt... mitt romney's plan: huge tax cuts for millionaires, tax breaks for oil companies and corporations that ship jobs overseas, adding trillions to the deficit. president obama's plan: a balanced approach that asks the wealthy to pay a little more, eliminates tax breaks for outsourcing and oil subsidies, cuts government spending, and reduces the d

his wife of 65 years knnw something was off when he fell asleep during a nascar race, something he haddone before. he sat in this chair one afternoon and slept through the whole nascar race and he was an avid race-car fan. he was diagnosed with the virus on his second trip to the hospital. i'm andrew spencer reporting. symptoms include fever, bodyy aches, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhea or rash. if you develop symptoms such as unusually severe headaches or confusion... seek medical attention immediatelyhealth experts say prevention measures include using insect repellant and gettinggrid of insect breeding sites. workers at sinai hospital are dealing with a pest problem. problem.last wednesday... a nurse found a bed-bug in a center.an exterminator was er - called-in and used "bedbug sniffing dogs" to identify more. visitors say they're not too worried about the problem. brent 48:04 as often as i've worked in the hosps i've never brought any home i've seen &th aware that they're there12 james 4419 i think it was a very isolattd case i have high regards for sinai hospital 26 the hospital s

your nascar example is an excellent one.l, the violence is so engrained in the game that while you definitely want to take all those percussi percussions, the study concussi study, all of those things are fantastic. you are still going to have a fundamentally violent sport. and i truly agree with what you are saying, too, steve. but i think that the key here is that the older generation and even more recent generation of players had in idea that this was the risk they are signing up for. when their parents were putting them into football, young age, then didn't know the risks when they were entering the nfl, they had no idea of the risks. getting that information out there and making it totally clear that this is the results of the -- >> they know and that's why you see players shooting themselves in the chest so that their brains can go and be studied by scientists so that further -- other generations of players can study that. we are seeing players who are larger and faster and stronger than you have ever seen before. so t

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taking a look at news around the nation, a nascar driver is helping to spread the word of two missing girls. he put the pictures on the top of his car. the girls disappeared july 13 while riding their bikes. the native says he didn't hesitate to help in the search effort. >> we had some room left on what we call the deck lid and so many things made sense and it's a perfect opportunity to take the situation as horrible as it is and hopefully make something good come out of it. >> nascar drivers also feature the girls' faces when they race in pennsylvania tomorrow. a pregnant mother and her two children had a close call after a terrifying accident in southwest washington state. these pictures were taken as their car went off the road and fell 75 feet. passers bi were able to get the children out of the car but firefighters had to rescue the mother. all three were taken to the hospital. there's no word on their conditions or what led to the accident. today marks the end of a week long celebration of president obama's birthday at the wax house. events honoring the commander in chief. the

the nascar for you now. fast and furious qualifying for tomorrow's 500. pack pablo had the fastest ride. he hasn't won a race in two years. nascar tonight. won the nationwide series in iowa and i can tell you, a whole lot else going on. ravens doing good in the united states men's basketball team, serena williams won. if you got more time, i'll give it to you. >> so michael phelps. he said he's going in retirement i. any reason to doubt? he would be 31 years old swimming again. >> money talks. >> probably got a lot of money already. >> money could draw him out of retirement. you heard about gabby, right? about to make $4 million to $10 million. so imagine. >> still to come on eyewitness news at 11:00, a jumping goat. news at 11:00, a jumping goat. meet the ,,,,,,,, i hear you're having a tough day, so i brought you a freshly made sandwich. you made me a sandwich? no, dunkin' did. but i wrote the note. dunkin' bakery sandwiches are freshly made just for you. grab a turkey cheddar bacon sandwich today. when i look up into my students' faces, i see pride. yo

fan was killed by a lightning strike in pennsylvania, nascar officials say they have reviewed theirrgency procedures. brian zimmerman, a 41-year-old father was leaning against his car in a racing parking lot when killed by the lightning. nine other fans were injured. >>> overseas where bashar al assad in syria is under collapse. the prime minister escaped to jordan with at least two other cabinet members but as assad lieus his power, some are are gaining on the allies. alec marquardt is inside syria. >> reporter: traveling across syria, we met many young fresh men who have joined the rebellion. army defectors, men who say they refuse to fire on their own power. in one town, we met three brothers, they are fighting a chicken farmer and a baker. each has his own family. how can we watch all of this happen and not fight for our dignity and freedom? he told us, they're shelling us every day. we have to fight this oppressor, and we don't care if we die. but there's a much more ominous presence now in syria, too, that has many in washington worried. foreign fighter, mostly religious funda

phillies win 5-4. >>> nascar, jeff gordon took the checkered flag with a rain-shortened win at poconon golf, keegan bradley won the bridgestone invitational after jim furyk double bogeyed on 18. >>> finally, are you ready for some football? the saints have been in the news for all the wrong reasons this offseason. it's got to feel good to get back on the field. mike ingram punches it in from a yard out. if you're thinking of drafting kevin kolb to your fantasy team, you might want to reconsider. his only throw was an interception, then he left the game with bruised ribs after being crushed in the backfield. he's day-to-day. saints win the preseason opener 17-10. the regular season opens on september 5th with the cowboys and giants on nbc. and that's your first look at sports. i'm mario solis. >> ouch. now for another look at the weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. what's going on out there? >>> all those thunderstorms and the hot, humid air mass we dealt with in new england and through the mid-atlantic, it's slowly going to improve. all the

fan was killed by a strike in pennsylvania, nascar officials in pocono raceway say they have reviewed emergency procedures and are in lockstep. brian zimmerman, a 41-year-old father was leaning against his car in a raceway parking lot when he was killed by the night lincoln. nine other fans were injured. >>> overseas now in the boldest sign yet that president bashar al assad regime in syria is on the brink of collapse. the prime minister escaped to jordan with at least two other cabinet members but as assad loses his grip on power, some gaining it may create a new threat to the u.s. and allies. abc's alex marquardt went inside syria and brings his firsthand account. >> reporter: traveling across syria, we met many young fresh faced men who have joined the rebellion. army defectors, men who say they refuse to fire on their own power. in one town, we met three brothers, they are fighting together. an accountant, a chicken farmer and a baker. each has his own family. each willing to give up his life to take down assad. "how can we watch all of this happen and not fight for our dignity an

is it a, piano lessons, b, online gambling, or c, attend nascar events. >> got to be nascar. log on to our facebook fan page. we would love to know what you think. we'll have the answer in our 6:00 show. >>> well can. we're in pretty good shape. partly sunny today. another warm afternoon. temperatures will be climbing toward the mid-80s by lunch time. perhaps the upper 80s for highs. once again we have to watch out for the isolated shower or thunderstorm. >>> northbound 95 already looks like quite a bit of volume as you head for 395. all lanes are open and no big delays coming up from woodbridge. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 5:01. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> a controversial plan to cut down more than 100 trees on the virginia tech campus to make way for a new football facility has been shelled. university president charles steiger has accepted a recommendation to find a new location. the change comes after a panel of faculty and students asked the school in june to rethink the plan and preserve the woods. the facility would have required the removal

today, two cars in the nascar sprint cup race will sport a special decal bearing the girls' images.ow the telephone number for the national center for missing and exploited children. >>> we all know texting and driving is dangerous. this next story in texas drives home that point. a man was driving and when he tried texting he drove off a cliff. his truck had major damage, and the man almost died. >> just need to understand, don't do it. don't do it. it's not worth losing your life. >> doctors in texas say they are seeing more injuries from driving while texting accidents. >>> a frightening crash and a nile biting rescue to tell you about. a pregnant woman was driving with her two young children when her vehicle tumbled into a ravine. the children were just 3 and 5 years old. fire crews managed to get the children's mother out as well. >>> and take a look at the newest resident of the north carolina zoo. the baby gorilla was born yesterday at approximately 8:00 a.m. he is a boy. and the zoo says that he is healthy, strong, and active. now he is about 24 hours old. and the zoo is get

. >> death as nascar. >> i didn't see nothing but a bang and a flash and people laying on the ground. >> and one of those people never got back up. tonight, lightning strikes at the pennsylvania 400. plus the curiosity rover makes it to nice nasa is celebrating. >> safe on mars. [cheers] >> now, you will see the latest images from the planet next door. first from fox this monday night. they are there to pray and police say he was there to murder. civil rights group reports the main man accused of going on a shooting spree at a temple in wisconsin yesterday was a frustrated neo nazi. investigators identify the suspect as wade michael page a 40-year-old army veteran discharged in 1988. police say he opened fire at a sikh temple in oak creek, wisconsin just a few miles south of milwaukee and there he killed six people and wounded three others. among the injured a police lieutenant who arrived minutes after the first the 11 call. the oak creek police officer says that officer whom you see here was helping one of the weapons when the gunman ambushed him. >> the officer was shot 8 to 9 time

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