the crash killed flight instructor, frank schmidt. tom fitzgerald has the latest. >> reporter: they rolled frank schmidt's plane off the davis airport tarmac tuesday. he will never take its controls again. >> frank schmidt was the kind of man that would give you the shirt off his back when he didn't have one to wear himself. >> frank schmidt taught den nighs stiles how to fly. on monday, he was teaching another pilot how to fly this 1964 beach craft be23. dennis heard a bang and a crash and then raced to the wreckage. >> to find him deceased was the most painful experience i have felt in a long time. >> schmidt was killed and rothenberg injured. they want to know why the plane crashed after several practice landing and takeoffs. >> we are going to be going through the evidence that we found at the site, both at the crash site and in the wreckage. >> ralph hicks is an ntsb investigator who says it is too early to pinpoint a cause and for now relying on eyewitness accounts. >> the airplane pulled up, the right wing dipped and the airpla

on monday, schmidt was teaching another pilot, al rothen beg, how to fly the 1964 beechkraft be-23. he heard a bang and a crash and then raced to the wreckage ho. >> to find him deceased was the most painful experience i felt in a long time. >> reporter: schmidt was killed and rothenberg injured. investigators from the national transportation safety board say they want to know why the plane crashed after several practice landing and takeoffs. >> we're going to go through the evident that we found at the site, both at the crash site and in the wreckage. >> reporter: ralph hicks is an ntsb investigator who said it's too early to pinpoint a cause and that they're relying on eyewitness accounts. >> spun to the depth and went to the ground. >> reporter: we know this investigation into what happened here won't be a quick one. officials from the flat ntsb -- from the national transportation safety board tell us they expect to be here the remainder of the week. for the tight-knit community of pilots at the tiny davis airport, frank schmidt's death is leaving an awfully large hole. deb dreyf

. >> we have msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst mark halperin, steve schmidt and markckinnon. >> usa, willie. >> thank you. >> four years ago we were making fun of the beijing olympics, going to be terrible, smog, the other stuff, by the end of the crying -- >> sam is here too. >> happens all the time. sam stein here too. >> launch into things. what else? >> sam, what did you think -- >> we have ed rendell. >> no, we don't. >> yes, we do. >> it's a vernable cornucopia. it helps to do the intros because you know who's here. >> what did you think of that ad? >> i thought it was very funny. >> i don't think that's the point. >> a good funny or bad funny. >> an irrelevant funny. i don't think anybody pays any attention what's on priority usa's website. >> too many people on the ad team with way too much time. >> way too much money. mika, we, of course, last week reported on a cbs news/"new york times" poll that shows the race knotted up. >> yeah. >> the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll came out and actually gives the president some breathing room. >> yeah. i guess it ra

he has been identified as 79- year-old frank schmidt.but it was obvious schmidt didn't survive. >> we didn't immediately identify the second person on board who was my friend, because he was wedged in between the side of the aircraft and the person that was talking. we were able to locate him and i approached him and he felt pretty lifeless, and at that moment i realized that that was my friend who i would never see again, i would never fly with again. >> reporter: schmidt was an expert instructor with more than 40 years of experience. he had logged over 18,000 flight hours in his career. the pilot was taken to a trauma center. the extent of his injuries are not known. again, allison and tony, the ntsb and faa are due to be here in a few minutes and start their investigation. they plan to be extricating the plane from the woods. this morning the airport has put out this flyer that they're going to take over to montgomery county air park as well to let everyone know what happened yesterday with frank schmidt. they say that he definitely i

authorities say that schmidt was instructing the pilot during takeoff and landing maneuvers. it happened yesterday. the plane crashed. the practice is required in order to keep a pilot current. a friend of the flight instructor actually witnessed the crash. >> it achieved an altitude of 150 to 200 feet which point the engine abruptly lost power. the aircraft then banked towards the right. it appeared to lose lift on the right side wing and the aircraft rolled over upon itself. i then witnessed the aircraft disappear behind the trees and i didn't hear any noise or anything but i knew at that point the aircraft had crashed. >> the pilot survived that crash. his identity, however, and his condition have not been released. >>> d.c. council member phil graham is holding off on calling for d.c. mayor vincent gray to resign amid legal troubles over his 2010 campaign. that's according to "the washington post." three members of the d.c. city council have called for the mayor to resign. just last week genie clark harris admitted to helping orchestrate a $650,000 shadow campaign on beha

schmidt was killed almost instantly. >> i'll try and be half as good as he was. that would be pretty excellent. >> frank died doing what he loved. in an airport he loved. doing what he loved following his life's work. >> schmidt had nearly 19,000 flight hours and he has been an instructor at davis airport for 40 years. the ntsb says they will release the findings of their preliminary investigation in about a week. >>> pilots could be going on strike. they voted after two years of failed negotiations on a new contract. the airline pilot's association says 99% of the pilots who voted, voted to authorize a strike. now the national mediation board has not declared an impasse in negotiations. that is something that needs to happen before those pilots could legally walk off the job. >>> one of the most ride lee read black journalists is being remembered tonight. william raspberry was a columnist for the national post. he wrote his opinion column for nearly 40 years. more than 200 other papers carried it. raspberry won the prize in 1-9d 94. his wife, sandra, said he die

. >> the plain that frank schmidt was flying and is in a hangar behind me. it was this time last night he was preparing for what would ultimately be his final flight. the wreckage of the plane shows the scars of a fatal plane crash. the 1964 aircraft was dragged from the woods where it went down last night. jack peter saw his friend of minutes before he was killed. clocked>> i wave to buy and went on my way. i later got a call. >> schmidt was with rothenberg as the two dig takeoffs and landings. they are investigating the crash. >> we have one witness that we talk to their reported that the airplane pulled up. the right wing it dipped and then the airplane spun into the ground. >> he was a fixture in where at one point he was a facility manager. he had flown more than 18,000 hours. debbie was one of his students. >> he would put others before himself all the time. he cared more for others than he did for himself. he would give you every last dollar he had if he felt it would make you better. >> the pilot died doing what he loved. >> he lived a good life. he

. >> reporter: i seems like the voters are pretty evenly schmidt on schmidt -- split on who they think will do a better job of handling the economy. we will wait and see if the latest jobs report affects the numbers at all. >> all right. torey doesn't nan reporting on the job numbers. thank you for joining us. >>> i'm roosevelt leftwich, coming up, brand new at 6:00, lifeguards in one area county will have a new training tool to save lives. all in the memory of a 5-year- old boy who drowned. plus, would you be okay with your insurance company keeping tabs on you. a big brother of car insurance. details so you don't waste your money. those stories and more coming up new at 6:00. a preview of what is ahead on world news at 6:30. coming up, captivated baseball with a strange pitch. 80 miles an hour knuckle ball. the thing we love about the beach can reek havoc on our electronic devices. >> reporter: beach goers slather on sunscreen to stay safe what about protecting your favorite gadget? >> the beach is not a very friendly place for technology. water is obviously an enemy of it and sand c

prosecutors say that than i can't believe schmidt even -- nathaniel schmidt even tweeted about the fireshters responded to them. no structures burned and no one was injured. schmidt faces as much as seven years in prison if convicted of those charges. >>> the olympics' opening ceremony takes place next friday and the torch arrived in london in grand style. check it out. coming down from a helicopter, that is a british para trooper carrying that torch. he landed near the tower of london and as you can see there, they lit that torch to signal the final week before the games. more than 10 million people across great britain saw that torch as it made its way to london. >> we do everything in our power to mocs myself security at the venues, and that's working well now. the army. >> london's mayor says he is not concerned about security. there will be more than 10,000 private guards and military personnel, but the colorado shooting has highlighted the possibility of that, quote, lone wolf attack. >>> a driver dangles from a bridge after losing control of a truck carrying several tons of coal.

in fact, eric schmidt, you know, the executive chairman of google, appeared at a conference i run, this all things.com web site that i run with my partner cara swisher also has what i i think is the premier tech conference in the country, all things digital. we just had our tenth year of our conference, and eric schmidt spoke there last year, and he talked about the gang of four companies that are dominant now. he was tweaking microsoft by not including them, so i'm going to say there are five. and the five are apple, amazon, google, facebook and microsoft. now, what makes those the principal competitors is that they all own platforms on which other companies are building products and services. so they control these big ecosystems in which hardware exists and services and software and apps, and they're all also competing with each other at least in certain ways. now, you might say, well, apple's a hardware company, and amazon mostly sells products and digital content, and google is mostly search and advertising. and that's true, but they all are kind of in each other's business, and the

cnn's emily schmidt joins us live from virginia. the entire d.c. area, maryland, virginia, the district extremely hard hit by these storms. how are people coping right now? >> you know, people are still talking about where were you when your power went back on and the sad reality is for thousands of people in this area they still detainee have an answer to that. even here in springfield, virginia where the power came back on july 3rd here is one reason why. look at this extending across someone's front yard to the front door. today a heat record is on the line and with so many days in this heat there is just no way to avoid it. take, for example, the world war ii memorial in washington. a lot of families had planned that trip for months, so regardless of the temperature tourists grabbed their water bottles. they put on light clothing. they tried to think of cooler times. >> it's been over a week. actually, i have never been so excited for 80-degree weather. this has been tough and we try to find the air conditioning as, you know, when we can, and s

schmidt. >> aye. >> mr. thompson. >> aye. >> mr. rooney. >> mr. stutzman. >> aye. >> mr. begins. gibbs. >> aye. >> mr. austin-scott. >> aye. >> mr. tipton. >> aye. >> mr. southerland. mr. crawford. mrs. roby. >> aye. >> mr. heelsamp. >> aye. >> mr. desjarlait. >> aye. >> mrs. he will%. >> aye. >> mr. gibson. >> no. >> mr. hope green. >> aye. >> mrs. hartzler. >> aye. >> mr. shilg. >> aye. >> mr. ribble. >> aye. >> mrs. necessarily many. >> aye. >> mr. peterson. >> no. >> mr. holden. >> no. >> mr. mcintire. >> aye. >> mr. baca. >> no. >> mr. cardoza. >> no. >> mr. david scott. >> no. >> mr. quayle. >> aye. >> mr. costa. >> no. >> mr. walz. >> no. >> mr. schrader. >> no. >> mr. kissle. >> no. >> mr. owens. >> no. >> ms. pingree. >> no. >> mr. courtney. >> no. >> mr. walsh. >> no. >> ms. fudge. >> no. >> mr. saab lan. >> no. >> ms. sooul. >> no. >> mr. mcgovern. >> no. >> mr. rooney. >> yes. >> mr. southerland. >> aye. >> mr. crawford. >> yes. >> mr. bosswell. >> no. >> mr. chairman. >> yes. >> mr. chairman, the vote is 27 yays to 19 nays. >> the number 89 carries. the gentle lady f

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strategist democrat bob slum and steve schmidt. also michelle rhee. political round table is coming up next. >>> coming up, what a >>> we're back now with our political roundtable. joining me, founder and ceo of students first, michelle rhee, former chancellor of d.c. public schools, david brooks, columnist with "the new york times," republican strategist steve schmidt and democratic strategist bob schrum. welcome to all of you. this was the scene on friday at the white house. flags there lowered to half staff in the wake of the massacre at aurora at the movie theater there. the campaigns, as i mentioned, came to a complete halt. it's as if the political world really shut down. we heard from both president obama and mitt romney on friday. >> there are going to be other days for politics. this, i think, is a day for prayer and reflection. >> each one of us will hold our kids a little closer, linger a bit longer with a colleague or a neighbor, reach out to a family member or friend. >> david brooks, we come after events like this and hope that there's s

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allison schmidt placed second. sonya ross and others are taking to twitter. >> majority of track and field athletes to not have sponsors are support to stay in the sport. a lot of my peers have second and third jobs to be able to do this. >> for all the athletes, the competition in london remains job one. and speaking of getting the job done, the women's indoor volleyball team fare better than the men. there were four set winners over brazil. the women's basketball team will be in action. >> thank you. michael phelps' performance in the pool has been talked about. critics are claiming he has lost the midas touch. he has a number of races to go. we're live from his training facility where fans are not giving up. >> if you are doing great, you are doing the greatest in the world. not so great, they talk about you. he did everything he could and got a silver. his fans are behind him. you could see the disappointment on his face as he finished fourth in the 400 meter individual medley. for marylanders, michael phelps i

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people here at the airport have identified the deceased as 79- year-old frank schmidt.y he was acting as a flight instructor here doing recurrent training yesterday. the ntsb and the faa are scheduled to arrive here around #:00 this morning to continue their investigation but according to reports from eyewitnesses, they believe that the engine may have had some sort of failure. plane crashed in a wooded area about 40 yards away from a small cluster of homes in laytonsville. the pilot, we are told, had recently purchaseed a share in the plane. a 1964 beechcraft and had hired an instruct our to help with touch and gos. the plane took off instead of landing. >> then made the attempt to turn the aircraft around to the airfield by the aircraft leap the wing over like that and trying to bring it over. what occurred was the aircraft did a -- what is called a tip stall where the aircraft lost lift on one side of the wing, rolled over on its top. >> says he sped out to the crash area and found both men in the wreckage. he says that the pilot was talking. when he was able to get

it was obvious when they got to the wreckage that schmidt didn't survive the crash. we see the ntsb, at least one person from the ntsb has arrived on scene. they're going to begin their investigation in earnest this morning and try to figure out what exactly caused this fatal crash. tony and allison? >> thanks, melanie. >>> a major milestone for metro's dulles rail project. today workers will lower into place a final piece of the track in tysons corner. the first leg will have four stops in that area. it's expected to open late next year. >>> meanwhile, metro's catching a lot of criticism over this past weekend's computer glitch that twice caused the agency to shut down the rail system. they say they don't go away know what caused the problem. the system's operation center and backup lost the ability to see the location of trains twice over the weekend. metro says crews are working around the clock to solve that issue. >>> president obama and his republican rival, mitt romney, back on the road now. neither is backing down as both try to prove they are the best candid

eric schmidt, you know, the executive chairman of kugel -- elizabeth wasserman -- google. this website. also has what i think is the premier tech conference in the country. all things digital. our tenth year. he spoke last year and talked about the gang of four companies that are dominant now he was tweaking microsoft. and the five are apple, amazon, google and microsoft. what makes those the principal competitors is that they all own platforms on which other companies are building products and services said that they control these big egos systems in which are racists and services and software and apps. also competing with each other, at least in certain ways. you might say, well, apple is a harbor company. amazon mostly sells products and digital content. google is mostly search and advertising. and that's true, but they all are kind of in each other's business. they sue each other regularly. and so that is the big battle right now between those. >> host: when those five companies started they had one thing in common which is the did not care much about washington d.c. t

. >> a much better day for allyson schmidt. we featured her at our fastest time of the day.t an american record with a time in the relay of three minutes and 34.24 seconds. her second career metal. she has bragging rights over michael phelps for the first time. she has won more than he has during an olympic competition. in london, and they have a clean and thanks to olympics they have beach volleyball. -- a queen and banks to the olympics they have beach volleyball. putsmatch point as walsh it away. jennings going for an unprecedented third straight gold in beach volleyball. keeping goats -- those hopes alive. the ravens will get to their first day to day and return to practice on monday. they may have to have him back on the field. he told us that he plans to report on monday. they put on full pads for the first time yesterday. they also had him the practice with a leg injury. they would not comment on how much time smith might miss. the first time at joe flacco has come as a father. he may have some explaining to do, however, with the wife about his comments about what mak

recently purchaseed a share in the plane, a 1964 beechcraft single engine four-seater and had hired schmidt to help him practice take-offs and landings in a series of exercises called touch and gos. within says they heard something go wrong with the plane's engine. >> then made an attempt to opportunity aircraft around by the aircraft lean the wing over like that and trying to bring it over. what occurred was the aircraft did a -- what is called a tip stall where the aircraft lost lift on one side of the wing, rolled over on its top. >> reporter: the plane sort of lited autopsy and made a sharp turn over the back of the runway and plunged into the tree line. pilot we're told was flown it a tarek mehannaer center. the map who found the wreckage says that the pilot was alert and talking when he found him but it was pretty obvious that the flight instructor did not survive the crash. we do expect that the ntsb and the faa will be here around #:00 this morning to continue this investigation. -- around 8:00 this morning to continue this investigation. >>> metro is still trying to figure out what

new twist on frozen yogurt. >>> and meet allison schmidt, michael phelps' trainer. remember to look for the weather and are the stories. >>> storms knocked out power for days. now, people will have a chance to share their frustration. the public service commission is going to hold four each month. the final in towson on august 16th. >>> well, since the night of that wicked storm, wjz's first warning weather team has been analyzing the data. tonight, meteorologist tim williams reveals just how unusual and destructive it really was. >> reporter: a vicious storm races through maryland. the national weather service warns of danger. >> property through seeking shelter in a sturdy building. >> reporter: howling winds, drenching rains, brilliant lightning. booming thunder. >> baltimore county, 911. >> it was an explosion. and you can see fire coming up all around it. >> reporter: but this is no ordinary storm that sweeps across maryland. it's a dur atio. >> all your ears could do was pop. and it was so much noise you couldn't concentrate. >> it is along the line of thunder

in e-mail to bloomberg, her former boss, eric schmidt wrote, quote, yahoo! made a good choice and i'm personally excite to see another woman become ceo of a technology company. unquote. mayer surprised people with a second announcement. she tweeted in the afternoon that she and her husband are expecting a baby boy come this october. reporting live in mountain view, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> she will be a busy woman with mayer accepting the position that now means a record number of 20 fortune 500 companies are run by women. 10 years ago that was seven. we'll have more on the new developments throughout the morning. >> a prominent lafayette couple is dead following a small plane crash in utah. local director of the bank of commerce peter branaugh and his wife were flying to aspen. the couple crashed in a canyon near the utah/colorado border. a private helicopter found the debris. the children released this statement. in part it reads they were a special presence with their compassion, joyfulness and generosity. the niece is nicole the olympic beach v

it went down shortly after take off killing 79-year-old frank schmidt. he was not piloting last night. he is an experienced flier who has logged 18,000 hours and was well loved it. >> he would put others before himself of the time and cared more for others than he did himself. he would give you every last dollar he had if he thought it would make you better. >> the pilot flying the plane was 83-year-old alan rothenberg. the right wing dipped and the plane spun to the ground. there are investigating. >> a man shot his mother and stepfather and turned the gun on himself. a swat team burst into the home to find shea proctor dead. the mother and stepfather were on the street bleeding. there are both in the hospital tonight. there was tension between the stepfather and proctor. >> from the hilton at the federal reserve is stepping in to bolster the weakening economy. that is what ben bernanke said this morning at a congressional hearing. he did not give specifics. they were hoping for another round of bond purchases to drive down interest rates. much of the f

allison schmidt trains here taking the gold in the 200 meter freestyle. everyone went crazy for her, as you can imagine. then when phelps started to swim, there was a momentary lapse in the live feed. so everybody waited with baited breath. then that tied him with 18 as the most decorated. >> i am so proud of meadowbrook and our teams and our coaches and michael and allison. it's just beyond wonderful. we are just so proud. well, you saw -- you saw the action here. i mean, everybody just loves them. and i'm just ecstatic. >> reporter: and as is everyone here at meadowbrook. again, we're told team usa is winning. this is a 4-by-200 relay. i just spoke with people here at meadowbrook. of course, they have been following this. they're so excited. we're told that michael is considered what is considered the anchor in this relay. he has never served that position before. but because he is so close to becoming the world record- holding medal winner, they are letting him finish out the race, hoping that this 19th medal will come to him this afternoon. of course,

we'll have the full extended comments from schmidt tomorrow on "squawk box.". >> thanks, kayla tausche. i think he got that completely right. now, as we head toward the election, much of the rhetoric dealing with wealth has a populous feel to it. you'd be surprised about how americans really feel about the wealthy. >> you said it earlier, the americans are aspirational, they admire the wealthy. judging from the headlines, you'd think that the wealthy were losing. in fact a new poll shows americans may not be buying all this class warfare. a survey from globescan found that 58% of americans say the rich deserve their wealth. that's higher than it was in 2008 before the crisis and the bailouts and occupiers. it's also among the highest in the world, ranked just below australia and canada. if you look at a gallop poll, number of americans who want inequality to be fixed has declined since 1998. most think inequality is an acceptable part of our economic system. the number of people who think the wealthy should pay more taxes has fall i don't know in recent years

. >> people have identified him as frank schmidt someone flying with a passion. investigators are on the scene just beyond the runway in the woods try to determine what went wrong. the 79-year-old, an experienced pilot, often shared his love of aviation by teaching others. last night while giving a lesson, his plane crashed in the wooded area beyond the davis airport. >> he was a very friendly, a charismatic, always laughing. >> dennis has known him for years and was one of his students. he said that he was focused and professional in the cockpit. >> he always did things by the book. a wonderful guy. he thought a lot of students how to fly. he will be missed in the community. >> the single-engine plane, now lange battered landed and took off again before spinning to the ground according to witnesses. he was pronounced dead at the scene. the other man, yet to be identified, was taken to the hospital. the ntsb and the federal aviation administration are looking at the airplane and the pilots record. >> there will look at the overall mechanical condition and demean

he has been talking to key figures like eric schmidt and mario druggie. an important conference, and these conferences will go on for what the olympics. -- mario draghi. >> are there any concerns here in britain about the cost of the olympics and how much money will from it? >> there has been concerned about whether it might have a negative impact on the economy. bear in mind many businesses around london have had to change their business plans to take into account the transport problems. the prime minister made the point this morning that the torch relay, which we of seen go right around britain has had a very positive reaction to it, and he thinks that the once the games begin, people will fall in behind them and there will not be too much complaining about the cost of the olympics. >> could not be a better day around london with the glorious sunshine. we can to the torch relay here at the moment. tell us where the torch is due to travel today and what sites it is taking in and how many people are turning out to look. >> the torch has already been to ca

the 79-year-old flight instructor frank schmidt was killed in the crash. another man was critically injured. his name has not been released now. >>> a criminal investigation in amsterdam to figure out who put needles inside sandwiches that were found in five turkey sandwiches on flights between amsterdam and the u.s. over the weekend. one person was injured. >> the second bite was something jabbed me in the top of my mouth. my first impression was maybe there was a toothpick in it. >> the fbi launched a separate investigation. so far there is no evidence any contaminated products ended up on other flights. >>> a manhunt for a pilot suspected of killing his girlfriend ended in suicide today. he had been on the run since friday when his girlfriend was found stabbed to death in colorado springs. he turned up 700 miles away at an airport in st. george utah. he scaled a barbed wire fence, took of an empty plane and crashed it into several cars. >>> kerry kennedy is speaking out after being arrested for dui. she pleaded not guilty to the charges in court today.

in synchronize the diving and allison schmidt's second heard >> it is going to be ryan lochte to ancho. >> after beating him saturday, ryan lochte teamed up with michael phelps. they won silver. >> i went out there and did my best. >> i had to get over last night. i was pretty frustrated by last night. there is nothing better than swimming in a real lead. >> another come back and knee 100 meter breast stroke. >> everybody wrote me off. at the end of the day, i did well. was the first individual american to metal five times in a row. >> that was what was going through my mind. cannot let the tears start slowing yet. >> world champion jordan lieber failed to qualify. >> it is disappointing. >> replacing her? the team caption. >> the fab 5 moves on as a team ranked number one. >> and that second place six finish by michael felt was not what they were hoping for. the question is can he finish the job he went to london to. , what do fans say? >> the reaction has been all over the place. some people think that michael phelps and dropped the ball. others are confident he will bring home the g

johnston, pulitzer prize-winning reporter, tax columnist for reuters, and a psychologist, and steve schmidt, a former senior adviser to the '08 mccain presidential campaign and a senior strategist in the bush/cheney '04 presidential campaign. so steve, we have to go straight to you. 23 years' of tax returns handed over in the vetting of a possible vice presidential candidacy for mitt romney. did you see those tax returns or who at the campaign did see those tax returns? >> no, i never saw the tack returns, lawrence. they would have been seen by rick davis who ran the vetting operation for senator mccain in that campaign. but certainly, there was nothing, as we talked about mitt romney, seriously, as a vice presidential candidate, as a team. we never talked about -- there was no indication that there were any problems with the taxes. but i don't know the specifics of them. >> but when you guys assembled an opposition file on romney in the primary, you did have a lot of bain stuff in there, which we'll be talking about in the next segment. we don't have to get into it now. it seems to me your

emily schmidt joins us from springfield, virginia, with much more on that. emily, tell us what the situation is there. >> reporter: hi, randi. the power back on in this neighborhood, but you can see the storm very still much top of mind here with the mess that remains. and in the washington area, there are thousands of people who are waking up after just enduring their eighth straight night with no power. to make it worse, they're waking up knowing that they're going to endure a day that could have record-breaking heat. and even as people and businesses begin to get their power back, they're also realizing that there's a lot they've lost along the way. it only takes an instant for the lights to go out in a storm, but things can get darker for days. a chevy chase supermarket just outside washington, disaster hit three days after losing power. a refrigerated trailer compressor blew up, and with it, the family-owned supermarket's backup plan. >> lost everything in the trailer, then we lost everything in the frozen food case here. so basically, we've lost everyt

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schmidt and franklin advanced in the women's 200 meter freestyle. outside the field of play, sonia richards ross are taking to twitter demanding a change in olympic rules that currently bar athletes from using their own names or likenesses in advertising during the games. >> the majority of track and field athletes don't have sponsors or support to stay in the support. a lot of my peers have second and third jobs to be able to do this. >> reporter: but for all of the athletes, the competition in london remains job one. we had a twitter controversy here today. a swiss soccer player eject friday the games for allegedly sending racist tweets. his own coach said he violated the dignity of his south korean opponents. that's the latest from the summer olympic games, phil rogers, nbc bay area news reporting live in london. janelle and jessica, back to you. >> tonight in prime time we'll get a chance to see a san jose native competing in judo tonight. marchi malloy. >> reporter: she is a real shining star. remember one thing. the united states has not won v