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Head over 700 miles north to ohio, where romney will be joined by senator and vp contender, rob portman. and, no, mitt romney will not sit on the bus for those 700-plus miles. like his last multi-state bus tour, romney will fly from state to state, then step off his comfy jet and on to his campaign bus, which for some reason team romney will serve as a better backdrop than mitts chartered yet. romneys lack of campaign events scheduled for thursday and friday has at least one conservative pundit ...

now almost up 30 cents in just a month. whats behind the price at the pump and what youll be paying come labor day. the big one. startling new report out saying oregon could get rattled by a major earthquake just like the one that struck japan. a 9.0, not if, but when is the northwest ready? and robin hood, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. the mythical character now front and center in the political fight over your taxes. the president has a brand-new punch line aimed ...

times, if you can believe it. david mattingly is joining me with more on those stories and much more on this case. the wounded officer, lieutenant brian murphy, how is he doing now? >> reporter: well, yesterday, he was listed in critical condition. today, the hospital says there is no change in that. he was shot eight to nine times. he was the first officer to arrive on the scene and actually ran to the aid of a person who had been shot there in the parking lot when he was ambushed by ...

Began with a vault. it was better than anyone could have hoped. it put her at the top of the leader board where she stayed through the flying squirrel playground of the uneven bars and balance beam, bending in lines so straight she makes architects jealous. gel us. she finished on the floor with a big grin, techno beat and unabashed love of the london crowd. but after russias contender wheeled out a stellar routine, gabby had to stare at the scoreboard, heart in throat until the numbers flashed,...

we will bring him the speech live, and plus should the rich shoulder the tax burden or should it be spread evenly among all americans? well, that is the battle today as president obama calls out romney on the tax plan. i want to get right to it. three commercial airlines nearly collided in midair over reagan international airport when air traffic controllers were making adjustments in stormy weather and caused what officials call a miscommunication. the faa is looking into exactly wh...

-- the most ever. our man at the games in london is abcs bill weir. >> reporter: after countless days of countless laps, a lifetime staring at the bottom of pools, he began this day two medals away from the pinnacle of olympic achievement. after a weekend of disappointment, the first race of the day showed more tarnish than gold for phelps. if he could win the 200-meter butterfly he could be the first male swimmer to take gold in the same event at three olympics. down the stretch it looked possi...

shes 77 years old and she said time has come. she was okay with it. >> reporter: shes had quite a long time of being the most decorated olympian ever, hasnt she? upsteps michael phelps and it was widely expected to happen. it had been disappointing to this point but he is now the most successful olympian ever after picking up the silver and gold in the relay. the big question here, does that mean hes the greatest olympian ever because he has the most medals, is he the greatest or shoul...

plus, a young woman who pulls a car off of her father saving his life. like a scene out of superman. you have to see this. >> pretty incredible. up first, the golden girls. of course, everyone still talking about the magical night for the u.s. womens gymnastics team. they routed the russians and everyone else on their way to the gold medal in the team competition. take a look, folks. michael phelps cementing his legacy. he is now the most decorated olympian of all time. winning his rec...

>> an interesting outcome. this may be good news. plus, a school district that pays struggling students to go to summer school. talk about outrage. were going to chat about that this morning. >> were going to begin with the olympics and the night that was filled with so much promise and ended in so much disappointment for the u.s. mens gymnastics team after finishing first in the trials, they entered the finals last night as favorites. but a fall on the floor, two costly errors in th...

right now mitt romneys on his way home from an overseas trip his campaign is calling a great success even though it generated embarrassing headlines at every stop. latest came today in poland when one of romneys top aides cursed at reporters asking questions. one of them was our jim acosta, who joins us from warsaw. jim, what happened today that the romney team sounds upbeat despite all thats been going on? >> reporter: well, joe, a senior romney advisor told reporters here in warsaw t...