paralympians may inspire us in some way. is that at. first do you agree that what you have at the paralympic games jan you know emotions on the atmosphere out there competition do you think much of that has been lost your regular olympic games remember how in the past pro athletes were not even allowed to compete. in the amateurs were but now with professional athletes and commercial advertising it's sort of being transferred to a big showbiz event during i do but don't you think that with the paralympic games gaining popularity like you said with full stands and have to be bonuses the same thing will happen with the paralympics as well i think a twelve and in fact it is already happening here for is it good or bad yes there's a lot of my i think there is nothing wrong with that i think it is only natural. that we have things we need to do and we have to try this policy. or the price we pay is that we have a commercial advertisement where sport is reasonable it's common knowledge that professional sport is bad for your health i mean if

russian paralympian sometimes show even better results than the olympic athletes. do explain that the government does this mainly something's wrong with our professionals. and i was glad. i don't think if something's wrong with our present i think what our olympic athletes did well. we saw them here it was a game and i can say they trained very well. first though it's just that the olympic and paralympic games are very good but in the paralympic games are a relatively recent development of that original and it is easier to make progress when you start something new with us compared to situations where you have already achieved so thank you and that i would agree example when i said you know world record in beijing proved over the old one by three second quarter but when i broke my own record in laundry i only managed to improve it by half a second later that i mean once you've reached a certain level of it gets harder. now for years older and yet you were able to improve with the second one child bat of course that's great what i mean is i mean it is harder for oly

the paralympians will be honored as well. >> the governor will mention the paralympians and the mayor will be here. will recognize the paralympians even though they are still in london. they did such a terrific job. >> the entire state is excited. there will be some music. >> we will have music. it is a nice program. we'll have the honor guard and kids from the boys and girls club to honor the maryland olympians. >> this is happening at 4:00. it is free and open to the public to honor our olympians and paralympians. currently 64 degrees. it is a little chilly. >> this is my favorite time of the year. people may want to take a light jacket. what a beautiful spot at the inner harbor. mindy will be there this afternoon. high pressure will keep the weather nice and quiet. it will dominate the weather for the next four or five days. oakland, 46 degrees right now. the immediate suburbs, dipping into the 50's. 56 degrees in jarrettsville with a few high, thin clouds. it will be a gorgeous day today. as nice as it gets for this time of year. high temperature between 75 and 80 degrees. sunrise

south africa's oscar pistorius is arguably the most famous paralympian in the world the sprinter became the first man in history to participate in both events of the summer games following his exams at the size of the earlier this summer pistorius is achievements has brought him to debates. whether paralympians could soon outperform their able bodied counterparts as the purse knology advances each year. step on takes care of the russian paralympic team's prosthetic limb stock and contrary to the critics he believes that technology has little to do with the actual improvements of results. of course the manufacturers of all this equipment are competing between each other always trying to improve something but i want to stress it's in the end everything depends on the athletes and then mooney represents the african nation of ghana the paralympics has come a long way in sports starting with the amputee football at home and now road cycling in london and he probably knows better than anyone that state of the art technology comes a distant second to strength of character youth how yesterday b

i want to send all our congratulations on the superb performance of britain's athletes and paralympians. i want to say a huge thank you to the volunteers who put such a smiling face on the games and a large well done to all the organisers. i think that they made the entire country proud and, as they promised, they have indeed inspired a generation.

exams at the title earlier this summer pistorius is achievements has prompted debates whether paralympians good to form their able bodied counterparts as the. advances each year . steve pond takes care of the russian paralympic team's prosthetic limb stuck and contrary to the critics he believes that technology has little to do with the actual improvements of results. because the manufacturers of all this equipment are competing between each other always trying to improve something but i want to stress it's in the end everything depends on the athletes and then mooney represents the african nation of ghana the paralympics has come a long way in sports starting with the amputee football at home and now road cycling in london and he probably knows better than anyone that state of the art technology comes a distant second to strength of character. hazard a best technology improvement always been modified. and athlete. is not able to put forth it will. never succeed or be the best athlete so it's all about. determination does it clean integrity in the. churchyard intelligence given back. and w

so that's all the football now here in moscow russia's paralympians have met president vladimir putin after arriving home following their most successful ever gains in london the grand kremlin palace provided the backdrop for the reception as mr putin handed out state records to the athletes he brought home and i'm president of total of thirty six gold medals this hole was twice as big as that from the previous games in beijing and secured second place in the overall standings behind china the upward trend bodes well for russia where expectations are high to also to. win their home winter games in sochi in two years' time and gold winning football captain van pycke and hopes for more government backing in the future. will see a positive spirit and like to congratulate everyone here in our team successful performances and to say thank you very much to support to the russian government and the sports ministry for all the support and it's not only about this award ceremony but your scrum more important is the fact that paralympic sport has been developed in this country you're training g

plus presidential prize putin awards russia's returning paralympians after their storming performance in london. and wrapping it up andy murray saves his first grand slam title after beating novak djokovic to win the u.s. . but first russia have thrashed israel for nearly in tel aviv to stay on top of their world cup qualification group goals either side of half time for alexander plus strikes from alexander court in fact if they do in doing that damage it is the second win in a row for manager fabio capello after defeating northern ireland last week and enough to keep russia on top of group bath despite portugal beating as a beyond their three nil northern ireland and luxembourg threw in the other games i missed because polo could not be more satisfied with more from. it for example for . russia produced one of their best performances in years to beat israel with such ease and conviction while this was supposed to be one of the hottest games for fabio capello's mind in group bath but they blew israel away with a four star performance which at the italian more than happy with the way

russia's paralympians or sea state awards from the president putin today after a record level of success in london the athletes enjoyed a hero's welcome when they returned to moscow with thirty six gold medals that was in the store and high for the country and secured second place in the medals table behind china and also continues the upward trend in performance among russia's paralympians they claimed eighteen goals and full price invasion four years ago when the russian team looking forward to their trip to the kremlin. were meeting with the president and it's great that mr putin made time for it in his busy schedule and makes the afterword turn to us all but it's a good thing that paralympics have been given such a claim to know how it's humans very happy to have performed so well and to have shown such good results of our presence and around one million people lined the streets of london to cheer on great britain's olympic and paralympic heroes after the curtain fell on the twenty twelfth gangs the world's fastest long distance runner my headline the festivities while mayor of londo

and presidential praise putin awards russia's returning paralympians after the country finishes a best second place at london twenty twelve. but first to tennis and britons on the mari has claimed his maiden grand slam victory after beating holder novak djokovic in a five set thriller to win the us open at flushing meadows murray had been in for a grand slam finals before this one and at last all of them but had a dream start on the arthur ashe court finally taking the first set always crucial against rock of ages twelve ten in a tie break after an hour and a half and then the briton went on to take a two sets to love lead off to winning the next set seven five. but the serbian who's won five grand sound wasn't beaten he steamed through the third six two to pull a set back and then levelled the match by taking the fourth sixty three well no one had come back to sit down to win the u.s. open break with sixty years and murray dug deep to make sure it wasn't going to happen this time watched only by compacting it sir alex ferguson and so sean connery the spice of the match five two up aft

i want to send all our congratulations on the superb performance of britain's athletes and paralympians. i want to say a huge thank you to the volunteers who put such a smiling face on the games and a large well done to all the organisers. i think that they made the entire country proud and, as they promised, they have indeed inspired a generation. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house i shall have further such meetings later today. >> is the prime minister aware that his cabinet reshuffle of his b team has not raised a ripple with the general public? on the other hand, those loud boos that greeted the chancellor of the exchequer will haunt the posh boys for ever. why does he not be a man, do the decent thing and call a general election? >> it is very good to see the honorable gentleman back in such good form. i am sorry that when i was forming my government of all the talents i could not find him on my speed dial, but i have done something that new labour never managed -- i have taken a miner and put him in the ca

this grand, recognition ceremony to honor all of the 2012 olympians and paralympians. government wreckage -- government representatives for the city as well as governor will attend. there will be streamers and the overture played by the high school marching generals you can attach the presentation live at 4:00 p.m. live at the inner harbor. wbal-tv 11 news. >> it looks pretty nice of there. will it be nice in terms of weather? let's check in with meteorologist ava marie. >> is just beautiful and sunni out there. quite comfortable as well. we have -- quite a sunni -- quite sunny as well. expect temperatures to be in the upper 70's between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. not indicating any sort of precipitation. 74 degrees at 6:00 p.m. it will be a little chilly as people head to the game. as a drop in to the 60's by the end of the game with mostly clear skies. let's talk about those overnight temperatures when we come back. >> orioles fans were looking to celebrate, but a back and forth weekend ended the wrong way for the o's. they started fighting back in the fourth inning yesterda

. >> paralympian gold medalist even silverman. his classmates were on hand to greet him after his big win in london. the junior who has servile policy won gold -- cerebral palsy set a record. >> we want to make him feel as special as possible. >> this is overwhelming. i did not expected. i really appreciated. >> he plans to be in the next paralytic -- paralympic games in four years. >> baseball takes center stage. the orioles battle to make it -- to remain the top of the division. we will have highlights later in sports. >> warmer temperatures mean a slightly better chance for a thunderstorm. details coming up. right now, 63 at the airport. 72 at the harbor. >> longtime school president leonard passed away. he earned his doctorate from temple university. he was appointed president of the school board in 2008. he leaves behind a wife and son. he was 73 years old. no studies, no fracking. it is the controversial method of drilling for gas. a delicate has announced today that she will introduce a bill keeping the government -- govern

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please join me to honor our olympians and paralympians at the fairmont hotel for the welcome home dinner. for tickets, go to nbcbayarea.com. >> developing news out of the east bay this morning with an attempte

at the white house on friday those plenty of reason to celebrate for the nation's olympians and paralympians their games in london not only so the u.s. top the medals table an impressive eight clear of the closest rivals china but it's also the country's biggest medal haul on the olympics outside of america forty six gold on one hundred four medals in total. michael phelps now a twenty two time olympic medalist became the game's most decorated athlete in history and i was just one moment of inspiration according to the president. made us proud and as president you made me especially proud to see how you conduct yourself on a world stage you could not have been better ambassadors and better representatives for the united states and what we stand for and one of the great things about watching our olympics is we are. a portrait of. what this country is all about people from every walk of life every background every race every faith. it sends a message to the world about what makes america special. let's head finally to sailing where the only yacht to sail under the european flag as a met in eur

against actresses bonsa shipment of our lives next day you really see it in that admiration the paralympian themselves but say an organization and they feel was actually ordinary disabled people should play no part in this so take it back. in a statement the company defends its practices and policies responsibility back to the government department for work and pensions which actually makes the final decision we do not make decisions on people's benefit entanglement on welfare policy but to continue to make sure the disservice super wide is a heavily professional and compassionate as it can be. but disability activists say that's just passing the buck and that his sponsorship of the games gives it a whitewash it doesn't deserve they're trying to clean up very major by trying to associate themselves with sport and you know this is so disability and keep those activities that's really given the other side about how how strong floats thank you know michael to my team g.b. athletes appeared to highlight the. power olympic accreditation juror in the opening ceremony but activists say that's not

finally russia's paralympians have returned home to a hero's welcome they got a record thirty six gold medals at the paralympics in london which and this weekend and that gave him a second place in the medals table dozens turned out to greet them when they returned to moscow in a record level of success for their country. and around one million people lined the streets of london to cheer on great britain's olympic and paralympic heroes after the curtain fell on the twenty twelve games the world's fastest long distance runner my farah headline the festivities while the mare of london boris johnson alongside the flight's britain's other most decorated cyclists occasionally victoria pendleton to see the all the pros at the prize both games have been deemed a major success for record audiences attending i'm watching the paralympic events and the british prime minister david cameron said thank you to everyone involved especially the africans. are you going to inspire a generation and that is exactly what you are doing if other people's children are anything like they are dreaming big bradle

and finally russia's paralympians are up to fourth in the medal table off the training spray goals on friday and say ok enough let six flags bear up. one man's disgust with a world record throughout that it's as i said all about to go out and with his long johns and. took the length of time it was two hundred russians that have five goals and right behind china australia and ukraine. and that's all the sports news. sigrid laboratory tim curry was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything terms mission to teach creation why it should care about humans and we're going. this is why you should care only on the dog. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. syria's rebels declared civilian airports are their latest target and warned that international flights shouldn't stray anywhere near the country's two larges

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the medals table behind china it also continues the upward trend in performance among russia's paralympians eighteen goals and fourth place in beijing four years ago the russian team are looking forward to that trip should they come in. we're meeting with the president and it's great that mr putin made time for he's busy schedule and it makes. it's a good feeling that paralympics have been given such a claim to know a country and what he was very happy to have performed so well and have shown such good results. and around one million people lined the streets of london to cheer on great britain's olympic sam paralympic heroes the twenty twelve games of trying to record crimes and viewing figures and british prime minister david cameron thanked everyone involved especially yeah it's. going to inspire a generation and that is exactly what you're doing if other people's children are anything like they are dreaming of being bradley wiggins or jess ennis or dave or johnny peak all the begging the parents to set up many olympics that thinking about sport and disability in ways they never did befor

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