raising the american flag and stretching america's imagination. so many parents watching their children. >> so many men for the planet earth. he came in with all mankind. >> americans divided over the time at the vietnam war. it was a legal country together. it was an american goal next. >> and because that helps women and they are willing to postpone. >> and you see happy steps that made armstrong the first astronaut. armstrong was a quiet person born in small town ohio fascinated with flying since 18. he landed on the moon and his parents were watching back in his home town. >> do you have any idea what his first words were when he stepped off on to the moon? would you take a guess? >> i don't know but i'm sure he would be so thrilled he would so happy i will not be able to find woods. >> do you have any idea what he would say? >> i have no idea. >> it is believed he would have come up with those words but later they said he probably left it out. it was the most broadcast watched show in history. later armstrong thought landing on the moon not wa

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been partying aboard a luxury yacht in tampa bay since the convention started and guess what a flag that luxury yacht is flying it's not the american flag it's the flag of the cayman islands one of the most and tourist tax havens in the world of course the shouldn't surprise us since vulture capitalists like mitt romney over their allegiance not to the country they were born and raised but instead to whichever country offers them lowest tax rates and something tells me that will be the theme of mitt romney's big speech at the r. and c. tonight. so then what will be joining me now is john nichols washington correspondent of the nation magazine and author of the book uprising john welcome back it's good to be with you tom before we get back to romney or be good to romney were you shocked by all the lies and ryan's speech last night absolutely shocked that that's precisely the word i've been using all day i had prepared a story you do interviews before and i really want to talk about how much republicans like paul ryan and also you know the challenge is to reaching out to america beyond the base you know kind of a classic standard sto

many were wearing shirts and holding the american flag in respect for those no longer with us. rmer governor george allen was there to expressed his outage about the shooting. shooting. "what happened in wisconsin....and all americans deploy what happened with those despicable acts." acts."more than a hundred gathered sunday... as the wisconsin sikh temple opened its doors for its fiist service since the shooting. the ... temple shooting ...happened ... as... a... new report finds... hate groups... on the rise... nationwide../in... 2000,.. the... southern poverty law center... tracked... over... 600 hate groups.../ by... 20--11,.../ that number... increased to... 1--thousand... 8.../ experts... say... several events ... brought this on,.../ including... 9/11,... president obama's... election...// , and... changing demographics...///. the ... census... shows... by 20--55,... less... than half... the country... will be white. "and if you're a white supremacist and you find that out, it's pretty terrifying because that's, puts an end to your dreams of creating a white nation in the

. >> reporter: before sunrise the american flag was raise at walter johnson high school. noel osmond was the first student to arrive. >> very exciting. four more years until i graduate. >> reporter: soon after, hundreds of other students filed in with varying degrees of enthusiasm. >> i'm just tired, i guess. i'm really excited. >> i'm excited for my classes but i'm really tired. >> reporter: time has run out for summer assignments. >> it is a little disappointing, to finish my sculpture i was supposed to do for ap ceramics. other than that, pretty exciting. >> reporter: scoot security staffer was a one woman welcoming committee ethis school year, montgomery county has a record setting 14,000 students and its most diverse population ever. >> back to normal. basically the same task. you have to wake them up, because they are agers. -- they are teenagers. >> reporter: for some, it might take awhile to adjust to the morning routine. in bethesda, andrea mccarron 9news now. >>> students also went back to school in the district today. the newly renovated elementary school on alb

we're a part of team usa and there's no greater color than the american flag. >> reporter: they take home gold and leave a legacy. >> that's pretty awesome, to be able to look up to somebody, a girl on their team, somebody been a four-time olympian and know that i could be that girl or woman or whoever. i could be that olympian. >> and the guys aren't done winning medals yet other. tomorrow the other dream team, u.s. men's basketball and news flash, they're the favorite. >> i've heard of that. >>> quick check on the medal count by the way with one day to go the u.s. is in the lead, team usa of course badly wants to be at the top of that medal count and beat china, when the flame here is extinguished and these games are over. we are back in a moment with tonight's spectacular show in the sky, and how nasa says you can help them. to the olympic games. getu ♪ you can't wish your way onto the podium. ♪ you can't buy it or hope for it. ♪ it's not enough to dream about it. ♪ luck didn't get me to london. i swam here. ♪ starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, th

meanwhile, his mom was clutching the american flag, celebrating. >> i thought, oh, you were so close -- but i am so proud of him. >> beverly told us she spent a relaxed today with matt before the race. >> we walked around, very confident and excited. he was excited to race. i said, however this works out, i want to let you know how proud your family and everybody is of you. >> he followed his dad's footsteps to his first olympics. the father competed in the 1976 games and qualify for the boycott the games in 1980. his first week and said, that is a hard one to swallow. i did everything i could. it has been a few years since i cried but i cannot help it. he will get tomorrow, shake it off, and go for a run. he has a lot of exciting finishes ahead of him. >> i will -- i know you would -- he would want to say to all of you, these papers, everyone, thank you for your support and that he will continue to do all of everybody in america and proud. >> matthew plans to stay overseas and compete in several races. he says rio is definitely in his future. >> thank you. the olympics question of th

we're a part of team usa and there's no greater color than the american flag. >> reporter: they take home gold and leave a legacy. >> that's pretty awesome, to be able to look up to somebody, a girl who's 19, somebody who has been a four-time olympian and know that i could be that girl or woman or whoever. i could be that olympian. >> and the guys aren't done winning medals yet either. tomorrow that other dream team, u.s. men's basketball, plays for the gold and news flash, brian, they are favored over spain. >> i might have heard that coming into these games. chris, fantastic reporting on a fantastic usa women's squad, thanks. >>> a quick check on the medal count by the way with one day to go, the u.s. is in the lead, team usa of course badly wants to be at the top of that medal count and beat china when the flame here is extinguished and these games are over. >>> we are back in a moment with tonight's spectacular show in the sky, and how nasa says you can help them. >>> there's been another attack on american service members in afghanistan, it happened last night in helmand provinc

raising the american flag. and stretching america's imagination. so many parents watching with their children. >> men from the planet earth, first set foot upon the moon. we came in peace for all man kind. >> reporter: with americans divided at the time, the moon landing, at least for one night, brought the country together. it was an american goal met. >> we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things because that challenge is one that we're willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone and one we intend to win. >> reporter: it turns out it was sheer happenstance that made armstrong the first man the moon. nasa's crews worked in rotation. and armstrong's crew was assigned to "apollo 11." he was a qet man, born in small town ohio. fascinated with flying from his teens. and in the hours before armstrong landed on the moon, his parents back in his hometown, being interviewed by abc news. >> do you have any idea what neil's first words might be when he steps off on the moon? could you take a guess? >> i don't know. i won't say

maybe it was about the american flag. maybe it was about use of christian symbols. and the left didn't make a good case for why work that raises uncomfortable questions should be funded. it's not a sound bite argument you can make. and, actually, i think a lot of people on the left were uncomfortable. i mean, some of the people would say stuff like, "well, there's been a few mistakes." and you're sitting there, and they would name you! and you're just like, "oh, no." with friends like this... but, really, most of the money goes for blonde children in iowa doing finger painting and ancestor worship at major cultural institutions, and we don't have a lot of these, you know, homos running around. finger painting can be provocative in its own right, i think. it can be. is there art that so deeply offends you that you would cut it off? how do you feel about some of the rap music, people like eminem and others, who are accused of being gay bashers themselves in art? well, i mean, there's a lot of-- one of the assumptions that they make as a progressive person is that you a

the american flag is one of the first things he put outside his house. as protection but also he wanted to be part of that american dream. >> huge amount of pride to be here in america and to be positive contributors and to be part of the diverse american fabric you talked about. we all come from different religious and racial backgrounds, economic backgrounds. it doesn't surprise me that as sad and tragic as it is that he spent his final minutes in life trying to stop this and protect his congregation. that is exactly the kind of human being he was. if we all could learn more from mr. kaleka, we would be better americans and have a safer society. >> son said the funerals are on friday for the six people. >> yes. >> there are some needs for some of the families to raise money for the funerals. there's a website, weareall sikhs.com i think it is. we'll put it on our website. weareallsikhs.com. thank you for talking to us. representati representative zepnik. isha joins us. >> he's charged with killing six people and wounding 13 in a 2010 mass shooting in t

flag in your front yard. >> why is that so important? >> he said, look down the street, do you see any other american flags? and we didn't. se this is our house and because we came here and it's been a land of opportunity -- >> we should know to feel close to the american friends, you know. >> and a form of protection. >> a form of protection? >> he said, look, i don't want anybody to do anything to our house. so as a form of protection, we'll put the flag up, but also to me personally, his life was like this. he lived the american dream. when you talk about somebody who came over with a couple hundred dollars in their pocket and worked 18 hours a day as an immigrant -- and we were all immigrants. we all immigrated together in '82. i mean we watched him. we were 5 years old going to the gas station with him, you know, and watching him work in some of the worst neighborhoods. here's what i would love for them to know. i would love for them to know that he lived his life with the principles that he knew and he was taught at a young age. and it made him highly successful in america. like, if you do the hard work, if you live

if you won a gold medal and i saw kimberly standing up there right there with the american flag behindhe anthem playing would you cry? >> i probably would. >> everybody the guys everybody has to cry now? >>> oo i record the olympics so i play it backwards. you have a young girl on the podium crying she runs off and performs a gymnastic routine and she is happy again. >> is it jews being done to make them more marketable? >> i think they are real. even as a spectator i know somebody who cried during the and de murray roger federer match at the end with murray won. >> you? >> no somebody close to me. >> it's okay to run up the score. >> you feel bad. >> look what happened with the basketball player. argentinean guy hits anthony below the belt. now the u.s. team they might mede them again in the finals. they should run the score. beat them by 50. >> the reason i asked you that is usa men's basketball team didn't they win by 120 points? at some point do you put in the substitutes. >> the u.s. substitutes they are pretty good. >> it is not our way. >> in the green room you said the people t

armstrong and buzz aldrin spent nearly three hours walking on the moon, collecting samples, planting the american flagnd conducting experiments. landing was the most watched television broadcast at the time. the men accomplished what president kennedy prom missed, a man on the moon by the end of the decade. zweigert said they made history. >> this is not a job. this is history being made and we were very, very aware of it. reporter: this is the apoll low 11 capsule on the aircraft carrier hornet in alameda. the carrier is now a floating museum showcasing its involvement with the apollo 11 mission. hornet volunteer says everyone here has been deeply moved by armstrong's death. >> we're very saddened, the whole hornet family. having these displays and the story of what these men accomplished, that will live on forever. >> president obama today said of neil armstrong, he was one of americas greatest heroes, not just of his time but of all-time. live in alameda, abc-7 news. >> alan: fire crews expect to have a huge wildfire in shasta county contained by monday. more than 43 square mys have burn near reddi

they spent over 200 hours going through the lunar dust to hoist the american flag. >> came in peace for all mankind. >> reporter: neil armstrong was born in small-town ohio. took his first plane trip at age 6 and he was hooked. he flew missions in korea and then joined the space program. after his moonwalk, there were ti ticker tape parades. but, armstrong a quiet man, a self-described nerd quickly retreated to ohio where he taught at college, married twice and had two children and only rarely spoke publicly. >> there are great ideas undiscovered. breakthroughs available to those who can remove one of truth's protective layers. >> reporter: his last interview was this past may with australian tv. >> i thought that we had a 90% chance of getting back safely to earth on that flight. but only 50/50 of making a successful landing on the first attempt. there are so many unknowns. >> reporter: armstrong said that his biggest disappointment after the moonwalk, he never once had a dream about it. neil armstrong died from complications of heart surgery. >>> let's get the rest of the top stories

the american flag over there. take a look at that american flag. it's massive. ut here, when they are not sliding down the hill on the cardboard skates this is free. come as you are. first come, first seating. it's really remarkable. as for the kids, the coaches say they are going to keep them to their schedule. they are going to treat this like any other game, right? they have batting practice and i have it on authority they are receiving a phone call from none other than matt cain of the san francisco giants. that won't put any pressure on them. matt cain calls you up, play well, kids. it's pretty neat. it almost brings tears to your eyes. its really cool place. it's everything you wanted this country to be. it's little league, it's baseball, it's pure. >> terry: great job. you brought tears from my eyes by laughing. >> reporter: we'll see you later. >> terry: you can see the game, petaluma and tennessee here on abc7, game time is 12:30. we'll air a special rebroadcast at 8:00 and over the air on digital 7.2 and 7.3. >> katy couric is sending preview reports of

armstrong and buzz aldrin spent nearly three hours walking on the moon, collecting samples, planting the american flag and conducting experiments. landing was the most watched television broadcast at the time. the men accomplished what president kennedy prom missed, a man on the moon by the end of the decade. zweigert said they made history. >> this is not a job. this is history being made and we were very, very aware of it. reporter: this is the apoll low 11 capsule on the aircraft carrier hornet in alameda. the carrier is now a floating museum showcasing its involvement with the apollo 11 mission. hornet volunteer says everyone here has been deeply moved by armstrong's death. >> we're very saddened, the whole hornet family. having these displays and the story of what these men accomplished, that will live on forever. >> president obama today said of neil armstrong, he was one of americas greatest heroes, not just of his time but of all-time. live in alameda, abc-7 news. >> alan: fire crews expect to have a huge wildfire in shasta county contained by mondamore te burn near redding. 64 homes and 20 ot

and the american flag is still wawaving. she said that she was not going to die this way. it just like my mom, she was flying down highway 20 jumped out and increased. they embraced. fork i do not know how long. >>reporter: melanie says that her mother, patsy got a very first hand fought out what happened to but still broken up of what happened. >>pam: team coverage of the wild fire continues it is not just in northern california. much of the western state is being impacted. >>charles: hot, dry conditions and very little relief in sight. let me show you some of the largest areas. using google earth. the largest are indicated by the red with san diego county over 2,000 a.. northern california, near clear lake is still going strong but evacuations. have been lifted. however, other have charged 60,000 a. in national forests. and also in the state of oregon, 40,000 a.. and in washington state a fast-moving fire. destroying 60 homes and hundreds of evacuations.. to the east, 12 fires in idaho. and a firefighter was killed on sunday by a falling tree. southwestern utah also figh

growing up in a family that flew the american flag every day still gives me national pride. i am grateful for the opportunity to serve in the national coast guard. that is why i am proud to be an american. >> most stolen car in america the 1994 honda accord. this is the 4th year in a row it topped the list of so-called hottest cars. the 98 honda civic is number 2. the popularity and lack of safety features making these cars an easy target for thieves. arriving by a crane. this is the killer whale. he came from another california park. it joins 8 other whales from sea world. heather? >> thanks ainsley. from drug tests to heart disease there are home health tests for just about everything. are these at home test kits reliable? we have an array of tests at home drug tests. a lot of parents want to know about this are these accurate? >> i have a problem is your doctor involved. the problem is people have a problem with the instructions. they don't know how to use it right you get inaccurate answers. are your children on drugs can i test for amphetamines. i prefer if pediatricians

armstrong and buzz aldrin spent three hours what walking the moon collecting sample, planting the american flagnd conducting experiments the most watched television broadcast at the time. they accomplished what president kennedy promised. he says being part of the team with those men was taking part of and making history. >> this is -- [ inaudible ] this is history being made and we were very, very aware of it. >> reporter: this is the apollo 11 capsule on hornet now alameda the warship recovered the capsule after its return from exploring the moon it is a floating museum showcasing involvement with the apollo 11 mission. a volunteer says everyone here has been moved by armstrong's death we are very sad with the passing the whole hornet family is saddened. having these displays and the story of what these men accomplished, that will live on forever. >> reporter: president obama called neil armstrong one of america's greatest heroes not just of his time, but of all time. tomas roman, abc7 news itch >>ep(Ñ the america's cup world series continues on san francisco bay at 11:45 this morning. two or

for the flag bearer, for team usa, mariel zagunis, on the verge of winning a medal but ended up losing in the semifinal. she came into the competition as the number one seed. zagunis carried the americany in the opening ceremonies. >> that's disappointing. >>> and some shady, shady behavior from the players on four badminton teams got them kicked out of the olympics. the players from china, south korea, and indonesia have been asked to leave the games after deliberately trying to throw matches in hopes of receiving more favorable placement later on in the tournament. >> scandal. here is a look at some events coming up later today. >> men's and women's swimming takes place throughout the day. later this morning -- the women will compete in individual all around gymnastics. and this evening, men's basketball. the u.s. versus nigeria. >> another blowout. >> how can you get kicked out of the olympics? >> it's kind of shady, just play. so obvious. >>> all right, coming up next, where robert pattinson went to hide from his scandal. >>> and who is setting the record straight about janet jackson. next in "the skinny." >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after this ♪ skinny ♪ so

there, that, the american flag. >> bob: greatness comes out they stand on the podium to hear the "starreg: this is not a big deal. sports writers with nothing to do with their time. a nonissue. >> andrea: how can they have nothing to do with their time? it's the olympics. >> kimberly: i bet nike will sell a lot of the t-shirts. >> greg: they punched the outrage button. >> bob: does anyone have any more of greg's medicine? let's switch to something that does make sense. china. we are in the middle -- >> greg: hate china time. >> bob: i don't hate china. i like the chinese people. it's the chinese government i can't stand. >> kimberly: well stated. stop there. >> bob: take this. united states leads china in the medal count 94-891. however, close on gold. united states has 41. china has 47. >> eric: 37. >> bob: 37. excuse me. chinese among other things have been caught on this olympics and in seoul, certainly in their own backyard in beijing of using enhancing drugs, other things. one of their swimmers swims a lap in the medley that is faster than the guy that won the gold medal. c'mon! a

there's patty and george loukas, pare parents draped in the american flag.dive is better because she is finding vertical. i talked about that for so long. find vertical. kenny's okay with that. he's smiling today. >> kenny armstrong, who coached laura wilkinson, coached laura loukas after she came back from a brief break from diving. loukas should be in good shape to advance. here is the veteran heymans. four olympic medals. the first woman to do it in four different games. she's in 13th place right now. her survival in what will be her final olympic games hinges on that dive and one to go. >> i don't think there's a problem for emilie. she went from 18th to 13th in round three from round two. and now this is going to help her even further. her entries are very good. she has a really good sense of where vertical is. she looks at the water and goes in without a whole lot of splash. >> well, that's going to help heymans' cause greatly. 72 points. a terrific scoring dive. right now, the americans look strong with one round remaining in the women's semis. en ski

. >> i love the moment you're running around with the american flag, you jump up into the stands to celebrates. >> one of the security guards tried to stop me. i guess he wasn't watching the match. >> you could have taken him down. >> jumping up into the crowd to find my mom. it was a special moment definitely. >> i know one of the thing, that you want to do next is really treat your mom and i think you said you're going to take her on a shopping spree, is that right? >> right. not in london, it's too expensive. we'll get back to america and spend some dollars. >> a lot of olympic wrestlers they go off and spend their time elsewhere. what are your plans? >> my plan was to go to rio, i'm 24, i still have a lot of wrestling left in me. excited for 2016. >> all right. see you in rio de janeiro. it's great to have gotten to know you throughout the olympics. we're back with more from olympic park including the athletes who helped make the games so memorable. but first, these messages. these fellas used capital one venture miles for a golf getaway. double miles you can actually use... but mr. singl

michael jordan and others draped themselves in the american flag. riotic reasons, they were covering the reebok logo. it was a show of solidarity for nike. the idea of athletes being loyal to sponsors over their country is not a new thing but the bigger issue is the international olympic committee and great britain being more loyal to the sponsors than the interests of their own country. when i was there in london i saw hundreds of members of what is called the brand police who had ferried out across the city. they were there to make sure that no one was appropriating the olympic rings using them for bagels or donuts at particular shops, also making hurry sure that no one was wearing apparel near any olympic facilities that might be deemed as some sort of incursion on the sovereignty of the sponsors. the crazy thing we know that great britain had trouble getting enough real security, yet the ioc were able to get hundreds of members of this brand police to make sure that the corporate sovereignty was some how secure. >> cenk: dave, you said two things

please don't burn the american flags. america is not one person. e of one color. i'm very proud. >> the american flag hung in the gym. scott walker wore an orange head covering in keeping with sikh tradition. >> no matter what country your ancestors came from, no matter where you worship, no matter what your background, as americans we are one. when you take one of us, you attack all of us. this week our friends and neighbors in the sikh community have shown us the best way to respond is with love. let me be one of the many here in wisconsin, across america and around the world to reflect that love to each of you. >> police officers hugged each other. an officer was wounded in a fire fight with the gunman. earlier, cnn got an exclusive look inside that damaged temple. see a bullet hole. it remains in a metal door frame. members say they won't repair the bullet hole. >>> to syria now. as the u.s. slaps sanctions on one of the world's most infamous terror groups for its support of bashar assad, we're getting reports they have thwarted an attack in the

astronaut, buzz aldrin, spent nearly three hours walking on the moon, collecting samples planting the american flag and conducting experiments. the landing was the most watched television broadcast at the time. president kennedy promised a man on the moon by the end of the decade. he was part of and making history. >> this is not a job. this was, you know, this is history being made and we were very, very aware of it. >> this is the apollo 11 capsule on the aircraft carrier hornet, now berthed in almeda. the warship recovered the capsule after its trip to the moon. it's now in a museum showcasing it's involvement with the apollo 11 mission. a hornet volunteer said everyone here was deeply moved by armstrong's death. >> we are very sad. the whole hornet family is saddened by it. having these displays and the story of what these men accomplished, that will live on forever. >> president obama called neil armstrong one of america's greatest heros, not just of his time, but of all-time. in alameda, abc7 news. >> the america's cup world series continues on san francisco bay today with two oracle team boa

i want to point out that the american flag sitting under the rover, shout out to google mars. they put our landing location in google mars' already. that was pretty neat. so this is out things were looking and we would compare after entry, after touching down. if we can move to the next figure, now this is after landing. we want to know, where is the rover? an estimate of where we think is so that folks can find this using high rise from mro will have a good idea. we did touchdown information, and we take that information and account for our known errors such as navigation errors, and we come up with the best estimate. that is the green diamond. this was actually shown right after landing. this was our prediction, latest and greatest that we had immediately after. some of you may have already seen this kind of set up the next figure that i have. here, we have the landing target, that same light blue ellipse. like gavin said, the landing target, we missed it by about a mile and a half. it is actually of the graphic there to the left. the green diamond is where we thought we lan

because it was the first one, you know, and i crossed a line and i remember taking a lap and i had the american flag and i looked up in the stands and my parents were standing there. there's nothing that will top that. i think the one that gave me the most fulfillment is i'm happy to end my career at this stage. >> do you think michael phelps had in his mind, if i get three medals i'll be the all-time record winner and i'll be part of the olympics again. is there anything quite like the olympics? >> the olympics are unique. i think he came in here saying i'm winning all of it. you can't say neighbor this. sports isn't like a light switch. you have to have it all the time. you can't turn it on in the middle. that's why you saw the frustration on him getting that silver. when he got the silver before the gold, he said you've got to be kidding me. i did everything i was supposed to do. i think he'll have a chance -- >> barack obama called him to congratulate him personally. did you ever have that in your time? >> no, he didn't call me. it's president reagan when i won in l.a., and the times were differ

. >> before sunrise, the american flag was raised at walter johnson high school. at 15, noel was the first person to arrive. >> i have four more years until i graduate. >> hundreds of other students filed in with varying degrees of enthusiasm. >> i'm just tired, i guess. and i'm really excited for the school year. >> i'm excited for my classes, but really tired. i don't want to be here. >> not really excited. >> time has run out for summer assignments. >> a little disappointing because i hope to finish school homework and finish my sculpture i was supposed to do for a ap ceramics. exciting. >> i love it. i miss my students. it's a pleasure to be back. >> this school year, montgomery county has a record setting 149,000 students and its most diverse population ever. >> back to normal. basically the same tasks. you get up, wake them up because they are teenagers. let's get out of the house. >> for some, it may take a while to get adjusted to the early morning routine. >> you're late for a very important date. >> in bethesda. >> i'm trying to get the fact that the girl