olympic committee operates. and how in they go about selecting a u.s. bid this city. in this act is a uniquely american tenant establishing that the united states olympic movement, including the bid and host city process, is an entirely independent private sector entity. however, as this report points out, the american taxpayer has now become by far the largest single underwriter of the cost of hosting the olympics. this is not about private voluntary giving to the olympic movement. nor is it about corporate sponsorships. this is about a cocktail of fiscal irresponsibility made it congressional pork barreling. as i outlined earlier, the taxpayer funding has increased dramatically in recent years. in the 1984 summer olympics, $75 million in federal support. most notable about this figure aside from how low it is a brother -- compared to atlanta and salt lake is what it was used for. 91% was used to provide safety during the planned staging of the games. only $7 million were for naught security related services. providing safety and security support is a proper role for

there are thousands of british troops deployed here, around the olympic city, you see them everywhere. at the check points coming into the olympic village, in the train stations. they are throughout the city. it does feel different from many past olympics. always very secure, of course. but this time with a strong presence from the british military. a giant mall was evacuated on thursday. it turned out to be a false fire alarm. you can see, janelle and jessica, some are very wary here in london. now behind me, you see them starting to test the lighting for the opening ceremony. throughout the evening, we've been listening to music, live music, we believe, from paul mccartney. some very familiar songs. some things for the beatles. you may hear quite a concert during the opening ceremony, and now it's less than 24 hours away. >> very exciting. we can't wait. phil rogers live in london. thank you so much. and team usa was officially welcomed to the olympic athletes village in london today. u.s. athletes stood with hands over their hearts as they listened to the national anthem and watche

london has now become an olympic city, a massive event across the city. people need to plan ahead.y need to get ahead of the game website. motorists, they need to stop avoid driving around the venues because it's been really busy. people will have to travel differently. >> we'll leave it there. thank you, mark. you've been watching london live from the bbc. just a qui

. >> i think we are in as good a position as any olympic city has ever been at this stage, and that is a great tribute to the organizing committee, to everybody who has been involved. >> and number of events will be outside the olympic park, spread around the city. critics fear that will be too much for london's transport system. many of the major soccer games, including the men's final, will be held at wembley stadium. it was renovated just a few years ago. as you might imagine, the tennis events will be held at wimbledon. some of the temporary venues have been set up near the city's famous landmarks. the equestrian events will be held at greenwich park. the beach volleyball competition. hyde park's artificial lake will host the outdoor sporting events. there are also venues outside the capital. the canoe slalom will be held at the specially built lee valley whitewater center. england's south coast will host the sailing. >> facilities here are fantastic. as a team, we are working hard in this final build up to the olympics to get things right. >> new facilities and historic ones. the

games, make that decision clear then no american city will ever host the olympicfford the kinds of things that are required. so, mr. president, i thank the senator from arizona for raising this issue, for bringing it to an understanding of the importance of the recommendations that the gao has made, and for giving me the opportunity to give these specifics about the $2 billion figure. the federal government, in fact, will spend far less than that figure, far less than $1 billion, far less than however many hundred millions of dollars. i do not know the number. i do not know anybody who does. i will try to find it out and bring it to the floor at some point. it will be less than any other federal government has spent to bring the olympics to their host country. but it demonstrates to us that we have to have the kind of planning and coordination for which the senator from arizona calls. >> thank you, senator. and thank you to all that lead up to today to make sure it's a safe place for successful games. we are all moved most when we receive the support of our friend

we will have more olympic coverage later on in the program. in the syrian city of aleppo, government forces are amassing for a major assault. the opposition is meeting to discuss what might happen if president assad were to fall. our middle east editor reports. >> aleppo has been slipping out of the government's control for months. now it is a battleground. these are brought bullfighter celebrating the capture of a police station. -- these are rebel fighters celebrating the capture of a police station. the bodies are "assad's dogs," he says. syrian state tv english news has been showing government troops mopping up defeated rebel fighters. like pictures of the rebels from syria on the web, these cannot be verified. the regime has the firepower, but the rebels said that the momentum adverse in state sack -- assassinated the president top security team last week. russia is still watching the regime's back. the foreign ministers said the rebels were carrying out terrorist attacks and ignoring russian diplomatic proposals that could stop the fighting. the civil war

. >> romney managed the oh almost pick games in -- olympic city games in 2002. stay with wjz for complete coverage of campaign 2012. we'll continue to bring the latest on the candidates and the issues both on air and online at wjz.com. >>> the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 35,000 last week. the labor department says applications fell to a seasonal adjusted 353,000. that's down from 388,000 the previous week and the biggest drop since february of 2010. >>> the whole foods market chain is planning to open its first store in howard county. wjz has learned the chain store plans to move into the head quarters of the r os e company in columbia. the market will be on the second level of that building. it's expected to be finished by this fall. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, dangerous driving. why this driver turned the wheel on a group of men. >> an olympic whoops. the mis mistake that delays some of the games yesterday. >> temperatures are on the rise. sweltering conditions you can expect later today coming up in

helicopters. >>> some critics are saying london will look more like a war zone rather than an olympic city, but london is not backing down. tonight the british ambassador to the united states spoke exclusively to nbc bay area. sir peter sat down with nbc bay area news anchor raj mathai and makes no excuses about the overwhelming cost of keeping the olympics safe. britain is spending more than $1 billion for security. >> it's not just price of admission to olympics, its price of admission for any of these big events that you want the stage. unfortunately we got to the stage where there are people out there who love the idea of taking a major international event and making trouble. sometimes it might be a hoax, sometimes it might be a real terrorist attack, and sometimes it could be bad luck. we have no choice but to ensure we put in place all possible controls and checks. >> the ambassador also discussed why the royal family is increasing its profile around the world. you can watch the full interview coming up on our 6:00 newscast. >>> the story of san jose state's tommy smith and john carl

the olympics are stopping me from doing that. >> reporter: it's one of the major hubs of every olympic city. hold the games and the world will come. except the reality is the games may scare away as many people as they attract. maybe more. the games will begin in hope that things can only get better. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> pelley: the highest ranking catholic church official convicted in the sex abuse scandal is going to prison. 61-year-old monsignor william lynn of philadelphia was sentenced today to three to six years for child endangerment. he was convicted of covering up abuse by priests that he supervised. the judge said lynn had, quote, enabled monsters in clerical garb. will health care reform raise or lower the deficit? we'll have a new report. the mississippi brought low by drought. what that is doing to this key shipping route. and america knew him as gorge jefferson. we'll remember actor sherman hemsley when the cbs evening news continues. i never meant to... sleep in my contacts. relax... air optix® night & day aqua contact lenses are approved for up to 30 days and

one of the conditions of being an olympic host city is the requirement to provide traffic- free routes for athletes and officials to get around. there are 170 miles or 280 kilometers of the limbic route network in place -- olympic network in place. 48 kilometers is designated lane only open to athletes, vip's and accredited media. if you straight into there, it will cost you 130 pounds. as you can imagine, it is not necessarily popular with london's drivers. here are what the lanes are looking like in practice. the white car is an official olympic transport vehicle managing to make its way past the traffic elsewhere in the city. making faster pro -- progress. there has been a protest by the london famous black cab drivers who have been trying to bid for the right to take their vehicles into those lanes but they have not been given permission to do so. well, one of the issues lately has been the planned strike by u.k. immigration officers to coincide with the start of the olympics. that has now been called off. the members of the public and commercial services union was due to stage a 2

cities around the world clamor to host the olympics. millions of dollars turn into promises of new buildings, millns of tourists, and a global audience. but is it true, is hosting the games actually bad business? >>> and deep-fried controversy. chicago the latest city to block chi chick-fil-a from coming to town. >> chick-fil-a's values are not chicago's values. >>> boston, jim henson, and now rahm emanuel joining the list against chick fill a. and now rick santorum is standing by chick-fil-a. "newsroom" begins right now. >>> good morning. thank you so much for joining us this morning. i'm carol costello. we begin with new details from the colorado shooting rampage. some are chilling, some reassuring. for the first time, neighbors of accused shooter james holmes are allowed to go back home. over the weekend, police diffused a catastrophic booby trap in his apartment. the killings are fuelling a new gun control debate in the presidential race. president obama and republican mitt romney are trading jabs. more on that in a few minutes. but

and people credit for the olympics turning the city around. d i think the 1996 olympics did put atlanta on the map. >> ok. well, there have been economic studies that would take issue with that claim. for instance, there was one study that found that over the 17-day period of the games, in 1996, that airport traffic was equal to what it had been during previous 17 days and post 17-day periods. that hotel occupancy was equal to what it had been before and after. that retail sales were equal to what they had been before and after. controlling for relevant variables. the only thing that went up significantly during the 17 days of the 1996 olympics was hotel rates. hotel rates from hotel chains where the headquarters of the hotel resides elsewhere, not in atlanta and not in georgia, so that the profits that the hotels earned were repatriated back to the headquarter locations of the hotel chains. in terms of impact on gdp or product output, as a result of the olympics or on tourism again, there is no clear evidence that that happened. now, maybe the

london is making olympic history. the host city is a walking photo op. >> we still cannot believe we are here. we see olympic signs everywhere. >> signs of road closure and security. >> we have been assured that the security we have is appropriate to make sure we have a safe and secure games. >> an additional two -- 50,000 250,000 will be in london each day of the olympic games. >> i think security is on people's minds. >> public transportation is the best and sometimes the only way to get around the city. >> it is an awesome stadium. it is an awesome venue. we're looking forward to the matches. >> is london ready? they better be, because i am. >> it will be exciting. >> michael phelps he will skip tomorrow night's event because he is competing on saturday morning. he needs to rest up. he revealed a surprising aspect of the olympic village. there is no air-conditioning. >> some of us are lucky enough to have little college dorm fans that rotate. >> i bet it will not be 100 degrees. he said the olympic swimming competition is no dif

. >> ifill: for more about london's issues and how the olympics have both helped and bedeviled other cities, we turn to two people watching this closely. stephen wilson is the european sports editor for the associated press in london. he's covering his 13th olympics games. and kevin wamsley is the former director of the international center for olympic studies at western university in ontario, canada. steve, after covering 13 games in washington this latest little rocky opening for the london olympics, is it as difficult to pull together as it seems it is? >> well, it really is. i mean the brits have been preparing seven years for this event, what they normally call the biggest peace time operation in british history to prepare. we are in a rocky phase in the last few days and weeks but it's not unusual for olympic city to go through these things. >> ifill: are there any concerns tonight that the security questions which have been raised in the last week or so are serious enough to change the tenor that the nature at these olympics. >> i think the face of the security of the olympic has cha

city. >> we are holding olympic games in one of the busiest most active bustling cities in the world. course it's easier if you were holding it in the middle of nowhere. >> mitt romney is due to attend the olympic opening ceremonies tonight. they did have some security challenges you've heard about that. coming up at 5:45 we'll bring you a live report from london on how the organization is panning out just hours before the games begin. >> my daughter is looking forward to the closing ceremony. because we hear one direction is performing. the little boys. you know one direction sal? >> i'm aware of them. >> taking storm. they are a british pop group. any way. >> it will be good for your girls. good morning, everybody. let's go out and take a look at what we have now. happy friday to you in case you haven't heard it yet. let's see what we have from some of the pictures. westbound 24 as you drive up to the caldecott there will be no major problems. and 60 traffic is moving a-- and 680 traffic is driving along. all the way down to 980 interchange you are in good shape. let's take a look a

look, if you're going to sound off on a city, an olympic city and talk about their security and how youhat their immigration people may be ready to deal with labor issues, probably don't do it in the city with 1.2 gagillion newspapers ready to pounce on your every word. that's what mitt romney did and is paying the price. he went to london hoping to watch the olympics, have a nice photo opp, sit down with leaders, but really, add to his foreign policy resume. he is practicing rapid fire diplomacy trying to say of course london is a wonderful city, that they are ready for the olympic games, but london's mayor apparently not a fan. >> i hear there is a guy called mitt romney who wants to know whether we're ready. he wants to know whether we're ready. are we ready? yes, we are. >> reporter: that is the notorious mayor of london. sounding off on mitt romney. mitt romney, of course, wants to leave this baggage behind him. he is going to head to israel, then on to poland, hoping, again, marla and laura, to leave this behind him. but it was a lost opportunity on the world stage. >> exactly. a

are hard things to quantify but they are everhere discussed and any place that has held the olympic games. no city known to me that has had the olympic games has ever in the post facto poll had a majority declare they were sorry the games had come. >> how about nbc? they have paid a huge amount of money to broadcast these games and they are doing it in a different way. instead of shuttling their viewers and their eyeballs to weekly prime time nights you are able to watch olympics around thclock onverhing fr your phone to a theater sized screen. >> it's an interesting model. they are spending $1.44 billion for the rights fees connected to all of that. they have 25 reporters and 450 people staff people working the olympics. they are making an enormous investment. it's a case that the nbc nightly news and various other shows are highlighting the events. it's taken over the whole channel for a periods of seral weeks. at the end of the day they are going to sell more than a billion dollars of advertising and they will be able to promote their fall shows and do something for the nbc fans. they are hopin

jonathon, you hale from the olympic city of london. do you care now to apologize to america and to the american men in general for what you are doing to the volleyball players ? >> it is appalling as somebody who grew up in london doing yardwork with my father december or july wearing nothing but matching leopard print speedos -- dad told me it was normal. i have no sympathy. do they honestly think we watch it for the sport? come on. >> they are marvelous athletes. why not have both? it is a peanut butter cup of athleticism. >> thanks for having me. it is an absolute honor. i don't speak -- [bleep]. sean connery does it. i am not going to do that. >> will this sport lose some of its integrity if the players cover up? >> oh yes, if the players i will lose some. even john agrees. the blood emus limbs have taken it over. now the only good thing with the olympics is the nickers and now they are wearing a bikini and that is the end of that. these people are tourists. the athletes are tourists. wear your local [bleep]. >> i could understand

words after prime minister david cameron said this. >> we are holding an olympic games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world. and of course it's easier if you hold an olympic games in the middle of nowhere. >> reporter: cameron was responding to a question about subway delays, not romney. and days later said he was not referring to salt lake city. but the mayor of london said otherwise. he took offense, releasing a statement inviting prime minister cameron to stop by anytime. we'd love to have him and happy to send a map so he doesn't have any trouble locating the middle of nowhere. and "the daily telegraph" opines that mitt romney is perhaps the only politician who could start a trip that was supposed to be a charm offensive by being utterly devoid of charm and mildly offensive. after a meeting with cameron, romney walked back his critique. >> what i've seen shows imagination and forethought and a lot of organization. and expect the games to be highly successful. >> reporter: now prime minister cameron said after his meeting with romney that he knew that romney had run a successful ol

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. >> warner: the 2012 olympics open in london tomorrow amid concerns over whether the host city is fully ready. today, londoners turned out in force as the olympic flame was carried through the city. we start with a report from gerent vincent of "independent television news" on the countdown before the games begin. >> reporter: the torch went round some london landmarks to the cathedral and the theater. this show is being put on by the united kingdom. so on the playing fields of east london its front of house team is hard at work. that's two princes and a duchess >> watching me on the football field is never a pretty sight. the expression "giraffe on ice" springs to mind. (laughter) catherine, on the other hand, with a tennis racket or hockey stick is something to behold. but what all three of us have in common is that we love sports. for us to hold the olympic and the par olympic games in london is a great moment for our nation. >> reporter: at the olympic park there is a ready stillness. quiet preparations before the storm of competition. but the streets of london are dressed for the p

all these olympic city try to do something grand.y. >>> politics has been good to will ferrell. he poked fun at president obama for years. this morning we'll ask him about playing a congressman who is desperate to keep his job. >>> good morning. it's almost 80 degrees right now. it's going to be a humid day. 95 is going to be the high. we're going to watch for showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. partly cloudy, humid over night 70. partly sunny tomorrow not a big concern of a spotty thunderstorm, 92 is hot but cooler than this day and yesterday. the low 90s through the five day. ♪ >> will ferrell is no stranger to political humor. in his new movie, the campaign he plays a long-term congressman fighting for reelection. >> i would like to hear that. >> would you like to hear that? >> i'm happy to. our father art who is up in heaven, al owe vera be thy name. the thigh -- thy kingdom, the magic kingdom as it is on earth in helicopter. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> it's good to see you. >> good to see you too, charlie. >>

here's the british prime minister david cam ron. >> we are holding an olympic games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world. of course, it's easier if you hold an olympic games in the middle of nowhere. >> the middle of nowhere. romney tried to put things right, particularly since mr. cameron had gone out of his way to host the presidential candidate. romney began his long and winding walk back. >> i also applaud the work of the organizing committee in bringing the olympic experience right into the heart of london. >> but that was not nearly enough for the british press, so romney added this. >> we talked about the great progress that has been made in organizing the games. my experience as an olympic organizer is that there are always a few very small things that end up going not quite right in the first day or so. those get ironed out, then when the games themselves begin and the athletes take over, all the mistakes that the organizing committee, and i made a few, all of those are overwhelmed by the many things that the athletes carry out that capture the spirit of the games. >> stil

olympics. romney made his name off the salt lake city olympics. that's a big part of his resumÉ. sense, you go there and you bring your image by doing that. they do not want to be talking about foreign policy. and the one week or two weeks of the campaign where they're supposed to be talking foreign policy, which is this week, started off on the wrong foot. the next beat to this story his wife has a horse in the olympic games, in in the dressage category. it's going to be gaffe and then expensive horse in the olympics and then going to israel. >> cenk: this looks to be a disaster. i can't wait for the dressage horse to skip and jump into the olympics next. >> the worst part when we looked at his memoir he called england a small island and trashed the entire country in 2010 something that nobody even noticed had he not gone there on his trip. >> cenk: i think he better get his ass to poland right away. i don't think he'll last in great britain any longer. it should be noted for the record one of the reasons he went there for fundraising. he was going to spend time with the now dis

the romney campaign says it was before he left the salt lake city olympics. the president asking, why was he listed on tax forms years later? here's david kerley. >> reporter: other than the time he spent in church this morning part of his new hampshire lake house weekend, mitt rom neil must have heard the growing and loud calls to release his taxes. from team obama. >> then show us. show the american people. >> he can clear this up. just make it public. >> we don't know all the loopholes he might have taken advantage of. >> reporter: and now even republicans. >> he should release the tax returns tomorrow. it's crazy. >> reporter: the republican governor of alabama only added fuel to the fire. >> the best thing to do is just get everything out in the open and just say, hey, i have nothing to hide. >> reporter: romney, who is worth a quarter billion dollars, did release his return for 2010, showing that some of his money is in offshore accounts. he says he will release last year's return too. when romney's father ran for president, he released a dozen years of