sarah williams from pleasanton, an hour and a half outside london, shaking hands along the way.ld was one of 22 americans chosen to run that torch. what an honor. she was chosen for her work in organizing her own charity called creative kindness. it donates blankets to foster children. her dad made the trip with her and we're told her family was up early this morning to watch.

her name, sarah williams from pleasanton. she carried that torch through buckingham earlier this morning, slapping some skin to all the fans out there. the 19-year-old just one of 22 americans chose on the run that torch. williams, she was chosen for her work in organizing her very own charity. this one's called creative kindness. it donates blankets to foster children. congratulations to sarah. >>> well, some questions, even complaints this morning about the image of the olympic sponsors and the images they're sending out for the public. some healthy groups say companies like mcdonald's and coke do not exactly reflect a healthy lifestyle they're trying to embody for the olympics. they say both are contributing to the world's obesity problem. mcdonald's has been an olympic sponsor for 36 years, just reupped for another eight. the ioc president says both sponsorships are vital and both companies offer healthy options among their many other products. >> if you can't get to london but you want to cheer on team usa, you can still

sarah williams from pleasanton carried the torch about an hour and a half outside of london early thisorning. what a superstar. the 19-year-old was one of 22 americans chosen to run the torch. williams was chosen for her work in organizing her own charity called creative kindness widow nates blankets to foster children. her dad made the trip to england with her. her family was up early this morning to watch her run live online. big smile. >> a big torch too. working out. >> if you can't get to london but you want to cheer on team u.s.a. you can do it. >> that is right. guess what? there is an app for messages. it's called 2012 team usa road to london. that makes sense. it allows you to send and receive messages from the athletes and includes stories about the competitors, their bios, photos and of course in this day and age, video clips. if you like what you see during the london games, you want to check out the city, you might want to get there sooner than later. >> october may be the month to go. that's because there is a travel lull to any city that hosts in the weeks following the

what a great video this is. 19-year-old sarah williams from mrez sanon, carried the torch through buckingham, outside of london early this morning. one of 22 americans chosen as a torch bearer. williams was picked because of her work in organizing her own charity. called creative kindness, which donates blankets to foster children. >> good for her. well deserved. >>> talk about reliable. the new york man is about to hit the 300 mile mark on his car. irvan gordan of long island and his 1966 volvo still going strong. he is just 40,000 miles short of his goal. he has already blown through several guinness records and eyes set on a new one. since he loves a good road trip, the 72-year-old adventurer will hit a 3 million mark. >> in a volvo. >> i have a volvo. i am about to hit the 100,000 mark. >> you should drive him with. >> fun. >> we'll be back with an interesting note from the giants. stay with us. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more l

to england, let's go for tennis fans -- sarah rita williams took another step toward her fifth title. to her eighth wimbledon semifinal. now to the x games. trying to clear a 50 foot gap and look at this. he clears about 45 feet. he only broke his ankle in this crash. the rally cars are designed for crashes and that's the shot of the day. at the baseball park, the nationals and giants are getting ready. the big story is chipper jones and brice harper gets that much closer to his first all-star game. >> >> we just have to be patient with this weather. >> more heavy thunderstorms for frederick and washington county. severe thunderstorms in maryland and we will track those during that evening. hot and humid with partly cloudy skies. there will be storms in the afternoon and we hope they will clear out before fireworks tomorrow. you can keep up at wjla.com will have a live blog if it gets too close. check us out. >> we will be back at 11:00. have a good one.

anyway, there are people at the beach house, woman by the name of sarah breem, her fiancee william moorelittle surprise in the water. take a look at that. >> got on the line. oh! [bleep] oh, jesus. [bleep] >> it's a shark! a shark! it's a big shark! >> oh! >> bob: okay. >> greg: what happened there? they were trying to catch fish and what happened? >> bob: they caught a fish and the shark came to eat the fish. >> greg: what kind of shark was it? >> bob: big. it was bigger than you. could have eaten you. bull shark. look at the size of this thing. >> greg: bull shark. not a great white. >> bob: if you ever wanted to hear southern swearing you heard it there. that would have scared a lot of people. you, too. that's my one more thing. >> greg: my one more thing we were interviewed for our anniversary by tv newser and they asked me a question and i brought up an incident that involved dana perino. about dana perino in if green room and children were there and one of the children asked her to have their picture taken. dana said i don't do go to your school to ask to get my picture taken and t

this is a wonderful portrait of william bainbridge actually painted by sarah peele, one of the first female professional artists in our country, the daughter of charles wilson peele and there's a wonderful story with this portrait because it was owned by a family in maryland. they took a floral painting from the wall into the conservator to be cleaned, and the conservator called back and said which painting do you want cleaned? they thought they brought in only one painting, but this portrait was sealed behind another canvas. our best guess might be during the civil war when they weren't sure which way maryland would go, if a portrait of a northern officer might not be appreciated, so we think it was hidden for over 100 years. no dirt, no -- no trauma, so when they pulled it out, you have a beautiful portrait. you can see the ruddy cheeks of the captain and often in sea portraits you'll notice they have a pale forehead. a very ruddy complexion here but a pale forehead that's been hidden by a hat. "constitution's" final battle in the war of 1812 was against two smaller ships. it was a

first is marlene morgon, paul wermer, william ogborn, tom neuy, lia pimentel, tom christian, mark erickson, thaddeus lee, steve woo, sean megerra, calvin welsh, sarahd others. president chiu: i unfortunately will have to leave shortly for a meeting. i want to thank city staff for their hard work. i hope to get answers to the questions we have raised later today. iowa to thank members of the public who have been focused on this. it is my hope we will be able to move this project into a place that we can all support. i think we all want to see these hospitals rebuilt, but rebuilt the right way. i want to thank everyone involved. we look forward to feature your conversations and discussions in the coming days. chairperson mar: thank you. first speaker? two minutes per person. microphone, please. go ahead. we need to have the microphone functioning. try again, ms. morgan. >> neighborhood network. i want to talk a little bit about the effects of consolidation of all the acute care beds on cathedral hill on the environment. i think all of you have heard a lot of testimony from other speakers about the effect of consolidation in health care. i have a coup

prince william county police arrested john sheldon kearns on a probation violation last week. police previously searched his home in connection with the murder of sarah greenhalgh. >>> traffic is moving again on rockville park following a fire in a furniture store. flames broke out in the ceiling of the marlo furniture store last night. the pike was closed for several hours. everyone was able to get out of the building safely. >>> dozens of people are struggling to get their lives back together following a fire that occurred in district heights. but it could have been a lot worse. the flames tore through the garden apartment on rochelle avenue tuesday night. bruce leshan tells us no one was injured thanks to some local heroes. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in district heights from blocks away a police lieutenant sees a column of smoke rising. he and a corporal rush into this burning building to rescue a half dozen people who have no idea they're lives are in danger. >> i think it's human instinct. >> reporter: lieutenant scott finn and ricki adey say they'll never forget what they found. >> this is where the dogs were out on the balcony. >> reporter:

sarah palin. total car crash. new york times says, mr. romney toured an exhibit with former secretary william haig. his campaign shared in an e-mail conversation was broad and wide ranging. also noting the e-mail read, they both discussed their mutual love of kit kat bars. i mean, how can you take this man seriously making these kind of gaffes, getting these kind of analysis and he's running to be the head of the free world? >> my guess here is he just stepped in it. if i had to guess this sequence of events. it would be he prepared for the trip by doing what anybody would. reading up on how the british media is handling the olympics. if you're in britain, there's been a lot of controversy in the run of these games. there's been a lot of outrage in the press and among the masses of the cost of it, the planning behind it. the government's execution of it. all the things that romney was kinds of articulating to brian williams in that interview, they're prominent in the coverage of the olympics. when you're the visiting american dignitary and you give voice to those things, it sounds different than if

sarah was found dead in her burning home. now the fbi and state police are involved in the investigation. we are just focused on prince william county where peggy fox joins us live. peggy? >> reporter: this is a copy of the search warrant fired here in the circuit court. describing what was found in the gainesville apartment building. it could be the latest piece of evidence in a mysterious murder. >> and to lose a good friend like sarah is a significant loss. >> reporter: outside the burned out remains of the home, now a murder scene, sits a sheriff deputy, guarding the crime scene. inside on monday, the firefighters found the body of sarah green hall. a popular reporter and photographer in virginia's community. >> she had a very profound experience with just about everybody in that country. she knew them, their horses, their family. >> reporter: she was a news reporter for the winchester star who previously worked at the democrat, where she won a statewide award for her coverage of 9 -- of 9/11. >> i said hey, man, does anyone here know sarah greenhall? my heart sank. because i didn't know how to say it, well, you know, she

sarah palin. romney is more likely to pick somebody reliable. there is no reason to wait until the convention to do that. host: william march, thank you very much for sharing your perspective. richard is on the phone from pennsylvania. good morning. caller: good morning. i wanted to say that i believe that the democrats in this one term has done enough damage. all we can see in the future is more damage. he is not going to quit taxing. he has got things in mind to cost us more. that bill they just passed, if you sell your house you will pay 3.8% to the government. that is a new tax. that is a tax. host: thanks. guest: look. there is going to be a big debate over one aspect of the health care bill that mitt romney did not handled by consensus which now will argue that what happened is that paying for the mandate is a tax. i think they're going to hear a lot about that. republicans will have come back from 16 trillion dollars in national debt. deficit is $1.40 trillion. we will hear a lot about that. we will see competing philosophies play themselves out with some democrats arguing they want more stimulus and spending.

sarah palin. romney is more likely to pick somebody reliable. there is no reason to wait until the convention to do that. host: william march, thank you very much for sharing your perspective. richard is on the phone from pennsylvania. good morning. caller: good morning. i wanted to say that i believe that the democrats in this one term has done enough damage. all we can see in the future is more damage. he is not going to quit taxing. he has got things in mind to cost us more. that bill they just passed, if you sell your house you will pay 3.8% to the government. that is a new tax. that is a tax. host: thanks. guest: look. there is going to be a big debate over one aspect of the health care bill that mitt romney did not handled by consensus which now will argue that what happened is that paying for the mandate is a tax. i think they're going to hear a lot about that. republicans will have come back from 16 trillion dollars in national debt. deficit is $1.40 trillion. we will hear a lot about that. we will see competing philosophies play themselves out with some democrats arguing they want more stimulus and spending.

sarah simmons has more on the heros. >> the search is on for a new school superintendent in prince george county. why williamving and the deputy superintendent will not replace him. >> doze sense of the world's largest -- dozens of the world's largest animals popping up near shore. what is behind their move inland later this hour. >> all right. tucker barnes you and i talk about my dream to see whales in the wild. maybe i need to go where this is?

. >> and william, harry, and kate are expected toafter tend a lot of the events, including rooting on their cousin sarah do better. harry is attending beach volleyball. sitting between you. >> i'm a giver, i had an extra ticket. he talked about his medal from the queen being on the wrong side. the olympic medals are right here in the tower of london. this is where they are housing them. >> like the crown jewels around here and they still let us on the property. crazy. meredith wants to wear the crown. >> not going to high pressure. >> coming >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. let's check on the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> still holding on to these delays. southbound 95 out of the northeast, these stretch back to mountain road down to the beltway. reckord road in fallston, a near accident coming in. 95, still delay. experiencing bailout volume on pulaski, highway, and philadelphia road. north side of the beltway, you are looking at delays from harford towards dulaney valley. slow go on the west side at 140 towards edmo

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. >> and william, harry, and kate are expected toafter tend a lot of the events, including rooting on their cousin sarahwill do better. harry is attending beach volleyball. sitting between you. >> i'm a giver, i had an extra ticket. he talked about his medal from the queen being on the wrong side. the olympic medals are right here in the tower of london. this is where they are housing them. >> like the crown jewels around here and they still let us on the property. crazy. meredith wants to wear the crown. >> not going to high pressure. >> coming up happen. >>> coming up, natalie has a preview of women's gymnastics. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm barbara harrison. 8:26 is the time. wednesday, july 25th and right to storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein with a look at the forecast. tom? >> gorgeous morning under way and low humidity in place and temperatures right in the comfort zone. mid-70s throughout most of the region and reagan national at 75 now and later today into the mid and upper 80s with bright sun and low sky and heat and humidity returning tomorrow and friday, both afternoons up near 100 degrees

. >> and william, harry, and kate are expected toafter tend a lot of the events, including rooting on their cousin sarahhe will do better. harry is attending beach volleyball. sitting between you. >> i'm a giver, i had an extra ticket. he talked about his medal from the queen being on the wrong side. the olympic medals are right here in the tower of london. this is where they are housing them. >> like the crown jewels around here and they still let us on the property. crazy. meredith wants to wear the crown. >> not going to high pressure. >> com >>> good wednesday morning to you. 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a financial scandal involving the state parks department may be bigger than first thought. finance officials say tens of billions of dollars in so-called special funds are unaccounted for in many other departments. auditors say the departments were supposed to report them, but lawmakers say no one has been checking to make sure it's been done. the scandal first broke open after the discovery of millions of dollars in hidden parks department accounts. let's check that morning commute with mike. >>>

sarah palen. romney is more likely to pick a simply reliable solid, safe choice and there's no reason to wait until the convention to do that. >> host: williamch of the tampa tribune joining us live on the phone, thank you for sharing your perspective with us. >> guest: thank you, steve. >> host: richard is here from punxsutawney, pennsylvania, where we hear from every spring. >> caller: i want to say that i believe the democrats in this one term has done enough damage and all we can see in the future is more damage, because he's not -- he's not going to quit taxing. it's going to cost us more. the bill they just passed, if you sell your house, you're going to pay 3.8% to the government, and that's a new tax. that is a tax. >> host: thank you richard. ter yeah madonna. >> guest: well, look. there's going to be a big debate over one aspect of the health care bill that romney didn't handle well by consensus, which he now will argue that you know what happened as a result of the supreme court decision is that it's -- that paying for the mandate is not a tax, that it's a penalty, and i think we're going to hear an awful lot about that and republ