to be back here in new york. >> good to have you back. i'm john muller. after a week campaigning together the gop ticket splits up today. >> mitt romney looks for voters in florida as his new running mate stays home in iowa. paul ryan given both campaigns new momentum. tahman bradley joins us with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. conservatives praising mitt romney for picking paul ryan but strangely democrats like this pick too. >> you know what, north carolina, we can do better than this. >> mitt romney's selection of paul ryan energizing conservatives, drawing huge crowds over the weekend and hopes that continues today as romney travels to florida and ryan heads to iowa. but it puts the controversial budget proposal in the center of the race. >> we'll get this country back on the right track and leave our kids the better future. >> reporter: democrats pounced to tie romney to the budget plan that includes tax cuts to the rich and major changes to medicare. >> they have tried this before. they've tried to sell us this trickle down fairy dust before. and guess what. it did not work. >> medicare itself will be in a death spiral, because it will be dissipated by seniors -- healthy seniors going into a private system leaving sick seniors in the existing medicare program. >> reporter: romney said he picked ryan so he has a partner to solve tough problems from medicare. but last night on "60 minutes," romney seemed to distance himself from ryan's budget plan. >> i have a budget plan. >> reporter: the ryan pick makes it harder on republicans because it could anger and motivate seniors in crucial states like florida and ohio. >> tahman bradley reporting in washington this morning. now plans to file a federal criminal lawsuit against eric holder today. holder refused to turn over all of the documents the committee wants relateding to the failed fast and furious gun operation. the house vote found holder to be in contempt. and the navy is investigating why one of its own destroyers collided with a giant oil tanker. it happened in the strait of hormuz, the strategic waterway which so much oil is shipped. we have details. >> reporter: it is a major embarrassment for the navy. a billion dollar guided missile destroyer left with a gaping hole in the right side after a violent collision with the japanese tanker. we were on a destroyer earlier this year in the strait and saw then how difficult the transit can be. >> the shipping lane itself is only about two miles wide, so there is very little room to maneuver. that's the massive aircraft carrier, "uss ab hamlin con" behind me. >> reporter: but it seems to break all of the rules of navigation. the navy ship was exiting the persian gulf, and the tanker twice the size of the destroyer was entering. ship traffic is much like car traffic. each vessel was supposed to stay to the right. instead, the the ship turned left into the on coming tanker. >> why a u.s. warship would turn in front of a less maneuverable super tanker. >> reporter: fortunately there were no injuries but the ship's captain will almost certainly be relieved in command. >> this also takes the destroyer out of commission at a critical time when the u.s. is building forces in the gulf in case israel attacks iran and iran tries to retal yat. egypt's first newly elected president has made bold moves to regain power. forcing the resignation of the defense minister and chief of staff and overturned. after a thousand of his supporters came out to celebrate. and in ira residents spent another night sleeping in tents after aftershocks continue. entire villages were leveled after the 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit saturday. iran is located on a fault line and prone to those seismic shifts. sunday services resumed at a sic chapel in suburban milwaukee. after a gunman killed six members of its congregation. hundreds of folks came from all across the country to take part. the service capped a weekend in memorials. the reverend billy graham is hospitalized recovering from a bronchial infection. the 93-year-old evangelist was admitted to the hospital over the weekend. he's alert, in good spirits and looking forward to going home. a major milestone in the recovery of gabby gifford. she and her husband have moved back to their home town of tucson. >> she under went intensive theater she suffered in that assassination attempt. >> she'll continue to undergo more therapy but not six to eight hours a day. this is a step to normalcy. >> she looks remarkable. time for the weather across the nation. parts of the midwest, the great lakes which i was just vacationing, lovely michigan. and deep south will get much-needed rain. indianapolis and memphis, will see drain. southwest bakes. phoenix hitting temperatures of 113. it's cooled off nicely in the midwest after summer of oppressive heat. chicago 75 degrees with cloud cover. coming up, big news about one of the world's richest men. >> and gas prices, news no one wants to hear, unfortunately affecting all of us. then the flames in london that had nothing to do with the olympics. it took a lot more to extinguish these than the ones at the stadium. welcome back to america this morning, everyone. anyone who hit the road over the weekend, you saw it and probably felt it. a spike at the gas station with the average price of gas climbing a penny a day. it stands at 3.69 a gallon this morning. up 8 cents in a week and 30 cents higher than it was a month ago. the huge fire at a chevron refinery is one reason gas prices up. almost 4,000 residents of richmond, california filed claims against the oil company. many looking for reimbursement of medical costs for going to the hospital with breathing problems. general motors is working on a battery that should give a range of 100 miles per charge within the next few years and maybe as much as 200 miles. right now the chevy volt can go 35 miles before switching over to gas. at the movies the "new york city knight rises" bass bumped by the latest bourne movie. "the bourne legacy" took in 40.3 million bucks. "the campaign" took in 27.4 million dollar. i think i need a respreev from the political satire going on. >> i want to see the will federal movie. >> i think it will be funny. >> you won't get a reprieve. maybe the third time will be the third time for billionaire. he announced he and his 40-year-old girlfriend are engaged. he's worth about $22 billion. >> there you go. >> yeah. >> she loves him, though, i'm sure. >> lucky man. >> when we come back, big trouble for chad johnson. he's got some new legal problems this morning and no nfl team to play for. >> and one last trip to london for the closing of an olympics that defied all expectations. 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>> fire fighters in london, fought to put out a massive fire. the smoke could be seen across the city and at the olympic park seven miles away. but the fire was under control when the closing ceremonies began. >> millions around the world watched as the summer games came to an end in spectacular fashion. >> sure did. the olympics turned out to be far more successful than many in london expected. abc's tom rivers is there. >> reporter: the athletes marched into the olympic stadium for the last time. they stood to honor the marathon runner from uganda. then time to party dancing to the sounds of british rock and pop. the olympic flag lowered the olympic flame extinguished. team usa is leading the london games as the champion, american athletes won 104 medal, 46 pure gold. china and great britain follow. the u.s. men's basketball team snatched one of the last goals. the dream team pulled away from spain to win 107-100. kobe bryant added 17 points to win his second gold medal along with his five nba championships. >> you understand this is much, much bigger than yourself. it's much, much bigger than the sport of basketball. this is about our country. >> reporter: jake varner earned the second gold, winning the men's 96 kilogram freestyle wrestling. maybe he'll have another goal at gold in rio de janeiro. the brazilian metropolis is the next site of the olympics four years from now first time in south america of the. and penn state trustees backing a decision to accept the tough ncaa penalties against the football program. the school president faced an impossible choice and acted in the best interest of the university. their comments were made during a sunday conference call. they agreed it was time to move on. six-time pro bowl receiver chad johnson has been cut from the miami dolphins. it followed his arrest on a domestic battery charge. johnson formerly known as ochoa ci cinco. he was accused of head butting his wife. and the final major tournament of the year, it wasn't close. rory mcilroy finished with an eight-shot lead, breaking a record, seven-shot margin of victory set by jack nicklaus in 1980. his second win in a major. mcelroy also won last year's u.s. open. >> two major, wow. plenty of other sports to tell you about. highlights now from the men at espn. >> welcome to the "sportscenter" update. i'mle jorge andreas. >> yeah your baseball highlights. top eight, now, 1-0. dangers, hanley ramirez. ramirez, two for three. as the dodgers go on to win 5-0. >> how about angel rupp playing the first preseason game. luck's first play from scrimmage, the screen pass. finds the hole and turns on the jets. 63 yards for the touchdown and it's quickly 7-0. . sam bradford at quarterback for the rams. bradford, gets rid of it quick. completes to kendrick. the rams moving the ball. bradford, great hit. this time on the outside. a gain of eight yards. bradford with the shotgun. movement change for the rams. bradford went seven for nine with 67 passing 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