stronger than mere mortals and how you can be too. good evening. as we come to air nearly 40 million americans are standing the skies, wondering what the night will bring. high winds, tornadoes and wicked weather across a massic swath of the country right now. a line of storms stretching more than 1,600 miles. just look at this map, outbreaks from tulsa to the tip of massachusetts. reports poring in, twisters touching down. tens of thousands of lightening strikes. the sky lit with destructive potential. abc s meteorologist ginger zee is tracking it all for. what are you seeing. reporter: tonight the biggest threat is what i have to take you to. i ll show you the map and all the watches that everyone is seeing. if you are in this area, you have a chance of seeing at least 60 to 8 o miles an hour winds, large hail h and gets reports in bottom line, we re in the thick of it, as this summer of extremes continues. reporter: severe storms almost ever where you look tonight. l
police released this photograph of the man suspected of abducting vi ripken, the 74- year-old mother of baseball great cal jr. police say ripken was taken from her home tuesday, bound inside her car, and driven around harford and baltimore county for almost 24 hours, before the man dropped her off almost four blocks from her house. described him as a white male. we believe him to be tall. age rage between we re thinking now between the mid- 30s and early 40s. wears glasses, we believe. the last picture that we have of him that you ll see in the photograph. he was wearing a white shirt. a long white shirt. blue jeans. had a hat on, which looked like it was black and orange in color. reporter: ms. ripken thankfully was found unharmed, although a bit shaken. her family is not commenting on this development or any new developments, they say, until the case is closed. report live from aberdeen police headquarters, mike hellgren, week eyewitness news. mike, thank you. stay
who guard the tower of london. they have a long and storied history, not to mention a very spiffy uniform. hot on a day like today. actually, they re cotton. they re breathable. we ll talk about a man who lives here with his family. that s amazing. also coming up, we re going to do a little more cooking with celebrity chef jamie oliver. and later on we ll talk to some of the members of the men and women s water polo team. each are expected to compete for gold medals here in london. michelle kosinski has the latest olympic news. the game has begun. in order to fit all the soccer in, it needs to start early. women s match vez been held in scotland and wales giving the u.s. its first win of this olympics. in london tens of thousands again streamed into olympic stadium for another rehearsal of the opening ceremony. one person said trying to pull details out was tougher than locating the lost city of atlantis. and the torch was carried at one point by diana gold, 100 yea
very rudimentary images in there of a shooter and victims. authorities investigate a possible message from the accused colorado gunman. james holmes sent a package to a university of colorado psychiatrist. filled with details about a plan massacre including illustrations. discovered in monday afternoon in the mail room. a lot of gun owners would agree that ak-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not criminals. i m in favor of the second amendment. mitt romney in britain for a visit. - the american people are not real concerned about tax returns. mitt romney going to be in london for the opening ceremonies of the olympics. he plans to take his tax returns, drop them into the torch. skydiver feelix baumgartner is back after leaping from the edge of space. scaffolding gave way. a death-defying high wire act in las vegas. an unusual rescue near sacramento california. a bull fell into a well and was stuck for hours. cal ripken jr., his mom was missing for
3 cal ripken s. mother kidnapped./ and. the suspect. is still. on the loose. at this hour../ hello. i m jeff barnd. barnd. and i m jennifer gilbert.fox45 news has brought you every twist in this story since we got a copy of the missing person s report early this morn. morning. vy ripken. was missing. 12 hours./ before. áanyoneá realized./ she. was in trouble..// a stranger. who spotted ripken. and her kidnapper . at. this royal farms . spoke up. after seeing. something suspicious./. someone. got. a license plate number. and called police.//. police. say. the man. did not produce. a. formal ransom demand..// they. say. he s out. there tonight,. armed and dangerous. 10:20:58 so he waited for her studk a gun in her back he had a mask on and glove. gloves.(gus) 10:20:33 i missed the whole thing here by about 5 minutes so i was lucky i would probably be laying n the lawn with a bullet in my ba. back.(joe) 10:45:09 she does a be a random act it had to be o someone had to be a ran