i'm still in shock. i've never seen anything like this in my life. people celebrated the news by fireworks. i will be voting for trump.

i am deeply saddened by this incident. good morning and welcome to "sunday today" on this may 26th. i'm joe fryer in for willie on this holiday weekend, which is already shaping up to be a dangerous one, especially for millions in the middle section of the country. overnight deadly tornadoes touched down from kansas to oklahoma and texas, leaving widespread damage. crews helped free people trapped by the storms. now they're assessing the damage as the sun comes up this morning. we'll have the latest in a live report from oklahoma, and a look at today's forecast with even more serious storms expected just ahead. plus, a "sunday focus" on the use of artificial intelligence. the technology was thrust back into the spotlight this week when scarlett johansson wrote a scathing letter after a voice sounding like hers was used by

openai for its new chatbot. from hollywood to politics, it's becoming a growing concern. so can anything stop a.i.? we'll dig in. then our "sunday spotlight" on this memorial day weekend. we're getting an up close look at this country's most decorated warship, the battleship "new jersey," currently dry docked while undergoing a restoration project to make sure it's ship shaped. and later willie's "sunday sitdown" with darius rucker, from playing in bars, becoming a chart-topping trailblazer in country music. >> once i made it, i wanted to see other people make it. i think everybody is looking for an african american artist that's great, can be part of my stable, part of my label. i love being one of the catalysts for that. it's pretty cool. >> willie's "sunday sitdown" with darius rucker, plus,

another "life well lived" later in the show. let's begin this morning with that deadly weather overnight. numerous tornadoes touching down, and today could be even worse. we'll get angie's forecast in just a moment, but let's begin with priscilla thompson in oklahoma. priscilla, good morning. >> reporter: joe, good morning. overnight vicious tornadoes tore a path of destruction through several states. so far at least five people have died. in denton, texas, there were roofs ripped off buildings, 18-wheelers and rvs that were overturned, homes that were damaged, and a gas station that collapsed with dozens of people trapped inside, according to officials. thankfully there were no fatalities there. you can hear the urgency in the voices of first responders as they rushed to send help. >> we still have one, two, three, four, five calls for dramatic injuries as well.

>> -- truck stop. we'll start with damage collapse. >> reporter: and in clairemore widespread damage after storms hit there. >> oh, there it is, go, go, go! go, go, go! >> reporter: in all, more than 20 reported tornadoes touched down across five different states including kansas, texas, oklahoma, arkansas and missouri. right now there are more than 250,000 people without power as those severe storms remain on the move this morning. joe? >> priscilla thompson, thank you so much. let's bring in meteorologist angie lassman with a look at what's still to come. angie, good morning. i in the storms still hitting as they speak, aren't they? >> the robust storms are ongoing. joe, good morning to you. we'll continue to see this threat as we work through the morning hours and into the

afternoon and evening hours. it will remain for the most of the midwest. you can see where we're expecting that line of thunderstorms to work through. it will be likely damaging with all of the threats on the table for 56 million people, specifically the strongest of the tornadoes that we're watching, the ef-2s, centered across paducah, poplar bluff and into the evening hours, we'll see strong wind gusts and hail up to tennis ball sized, too. as we head into memorial day, ample amounts of rain from the gulf coast to new england, and, you guessed it, more of that severe weather for memorial day. 33 million people are at risk of this with the strong to severe wind gusts possible. the most likely of the impacts but the hail and tornadoes will be on the table as folks celebrate memorial day and head back home. joe, back to you. >> that's the key. a lot of folks will be heading home. angie lassman, thank you so much. now to politics. former president trump appears in front of adoring crowds. that was not the case last night

when he spoke at the libertarian national convention. he was met with boos and jeers. nbc's julie tsirkin is in washington with more on that. julie, good morning. >> reporter: joe, good morning. look, this was an unusually cold reception for donald trump. last night in d.c., a rowdy crowd with many protesting the former president's remarks, some anti-trump libertarians even getting into physical altercations with supporters like independent candidate robert f. kennedy jr., who spoke to the gathering earlier this week, and president biden, mr. trump hopes to make inroads with third-party voters appealing directly to them. >> in the last year i've been indicted by the government on 91 different things. if i wasn't a libertarian before, i sure as hell am a libertarian now. >> reporter: but the former president got interrupted with jeers and boos. >> the libertarian party should nominate trump for president of

the united states. [ audience boos ] that's nice. that's nice. >> reporter: attendees tell me they are most disappointed by trump with some yelling he already had his turn in the oval office. today, though, trump is in north carolina. the coca-cola 600 is a big nascar race in a key battleground state. a busy weekend on the campaign trail for mr. trump before those closing arguments are set to begin in his new york criminal hush money trial on tuesday. >> julie, we should note president biden was also invited to the libertarian convention. he spoke at west point's commencement taking an indirect swipe at the former president. so what did he have to say? >> reporter: libertarian organizers tell us biden never responded to their request. instead, continuing, as you mentioned, a tradition for sitting presidents to speak at military academy ceremonies.

he never said trump's name, biden leaned into the importance of protecting democracy and the constitution. it's a central theme of had his re-election effort drawing a contrast to political rivals' undermining of the election and government agencies. >> from the very beginning, nothing is guaranteed about our democracy in america. every generation has an obligation to defend it, to protect it, to preserve it, to choose it. >> reporter: joe, biden is also watching the outcome of trump's new york city trial closely with the verdict expected as soon as this week. sources tell nbc news the president's campaign will be more aggressive in the months leading up to the november election. joe? >> julie tsirkin, thank you so much. and kristen welker will have more on the threat to democracy when she sits down with two republican and two democratic secretaries of state in a special edition of "meet the press." let's turn overseas now to

the war in ukraine. russian strikes killed at least a dozen people in the northeastern city of kharkiv. the ukrainian president zelenskyy says the city was under attack for more than 12 hours. back here at home, get ready for a lot of company when you head home at the end of this memorial day weekend. the tsa is reporting that friday was the busiest day ever for air travel, more than 2.95 million passengers, just shy of 3 million, going through america's airports. that beats the previous record set this past thanksgiving. now to a shocking death in the world of sports. with the news on saturday that 30-year-old pro golfer grayson murray has died, his body was discovered just a day after he pulled out of a tournament in texas. nbc's erin mclaughlin is here with more on what we know about this. erin, good morning. just a tragic story here. >> reporter: joe, good morning. golf fans are mourning the shocking and sudden death of two-time pga tour winner grayson murray as family and friends

continue to learn more, the cause of death remains unknown. >> just overwhelming sadness. we've just learned news. >> reporter: cbs sports broke into their coverage of the charles schwab challenge. >> grayson has passed away at the age of 30. >> reporter: murray had withdrawn from the tournament late in the second round friday, reportedly telling his fellow players he didn't feel well. >> he told them that he was done. >> yeah. >> that he was going to withdraw. >> reporter: the cause of death remains unknown. >> this is a really, really -- this is a really hard day. >> reporter: yesterday afternoon pga tour commissioner jay monaghan released a memo to the membership calling the news devastaing writing, the pga tour is a family. when you lose a member of your family, you are never the same. >> one of the elements of his legacy is his resiliency.

>> reporter: player bubba wallace penned a tribute to murray saying, life is so fragile. i was just hugging you at the masters telling you how proud of you i am, thankful to have known you. while player justin thomas wrote he had been through so many ups and downs to get where he was. i hurt so much for his family and the people closest to him. in january murray staged a comeback winning the sony open after a six-year drought in which he acknowledged battling alcoholism, anxiety and depression. >> i wanted to give up a lot of times, give up on myself, give up on the game of golf, give up on life at times, and just persevere. >> reporter: on saturday his caddie telling the golf channel in a text, grayson was the absolute best. not only was he an incredible, thoughtful and generous boss, he was an even better friend.

while the golf community is clearly shaken, the pga has announced the tournament at colonial will continue today at the request of the murray family. joe? >> we're most definitely thinking of his friends and family. erin mclaughlin, thank you so much. the man responsible for some of the most beloved songs from our childhoods has passed away. ♪ a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down ♪ >> richard sherman and his brother robert wrote hundreds of songs together for disney, winning two academy awards for "mary poppins." among their other works "chiti chiti bang-bang," "it's a small world after all." richard sherman passed away on saturday. he was 95 years old. and in sports, the boston celtics are just one game away from winning the eastern conference finals thanks to a furious comeback and a big defensive play at the end of the game by jrue holiday.

>> rick carlisle says go. nembhard into the paint. stolen by holiday. >> the pacers had one last shot to tie at the buzzer but the three-pointer clanked off the rim. the celtics winning, 114-111. game straight ahead, the highs and lows of the week including an all-star proposal as a high

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announced a voice that sounded eerily similar to hers. >> it looks like you're feeling pretty happy and cheerful. >> reporter: this, after she had declined multiple times to be part of the project. >> when i heard it, i immediately thought scarlett johansson. >> reporter: johansson saying she was shocked, angered and in disbelief after hearing the voice. >> everyone has the right to make sure companies aren't just taking their voice, their image, their likeness and using it without permission. >> reporter: for hollywood actors, it's their worst fears come to life. sag-aftra -- the same rules don't apply for tech and a.i. misuse can be hard to prove. >> a.i. companies are scraping the internet and taking resources from just anywhere they can find to build these a.i. models, so it is a real concern. >> reporter: openai has paused

using sky's voice. it says the voice of sky is not scarlett johansson's. we cast the voice before any outreach to ms. johansson. this latest tech tripup adding to the growing concern over a.i.'s advanced capabilities. >> it used to be you would need hundreds of hours of recordings to make anything credible and it was hard. now it's easy. >> reporter: some criminals using the technology for extortion. >> it is a terrifying a.i. scam. >> reporter: a san jose mother scammed out of hundreds of dollars after receiving a call from someone who sounded exactly like her daughter. a.i. can spread misinformation. there was an indictment for faking president biden's voice for a robocall urging people not to vote. >> it's important that you save your vote for the november election. >> it's terrifying with respect to elections. we have 70 elections around the world this year. people are using voice cloning. >> reporter: experts say the

technology to detect fake audio is still years away. in the meantime, unions like sag-aftra are calling for more. >> we need legislation at the federal level to make sure the rights everyone thinks we have but aren't enshrined at the federal level need to be put into law. >> reporter: the world struggles to keep up to a high-tech future that's already here. >> joining me live now, dana, good morning. where do we go from here? many experts would say the current a.i. protections just aren't enough. so what more is being done? >> reporter: joe, lawmakers are trying to tackle the issue with multiple bill proposals looking into deep fakes and preventing their use in election campaigns. now take a look at this video, this video of nancy pelosi where her speech was slurred is just one example of bad actors trying to spread misinformation and several experts believe in the time since this video was

altered, voice cloning technology is too advanced to try to fight back. so the best solution may be creating law that is require companies to disclose if something has been machine generated or lawmakers could require water marks to appear on videos for transparency. the ftc also weighing in proposing fines for robocalls that use voice-cloning technology. joe? >> dana griffin, thank you so much. coming up next, willie's "sunday sitdown" with darius rucker on the single late-night performance with hootie and the blowfish that changed his life forever and the move to country music was not welcomed by everyone at first. and then, "a life well lived." the last remaining aaa spider pilot from world war ii started flying at 19 and kept taking to the skies for another 70 years before retiring. as we head to break, our photo of the week, the deck of the

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now to the forecast and check in with cinthia pimentel. hey, cynthia. good morning. kyra good morning everyone. well, you might have felt the cool down last night going to bed. and this morning as well. we have less of that cloud cover that we were waking up to yesterday morning. look at petaluma. some nice clear skies over 101. there are some patchy clouds around san francisco. of course it wouldn't be the bay area without them. there over on into san jose we had that low deck of cloud cover yesterday. today it's pretty much absent our temperatures, however, are a bit cooler 50 degrees right now in san jose, 43 in saratoga, some low 50s around the immediate base, san mateo at 5250 in orinda. but of course, cooler up there into the north bay, starting off in those chilly 40s, 43 and novato and 45 into santa rosa. there are a lot of things going on around the bay area for this long extended weekend. notice today we are going to be warming up much quicker and clearing those skies than we were yesterday morning. our inland planner shows us that by seven into the 9 a.m. hour in

our inland valleys, we're clearing those skies, gradually warming those temperatures by the middle of the day. we could reach those 70s already and into the afternoon, carry us into those mid 70s and possibly into some 80s as we go on deeper into our inland valley. so as far as the full microclimate goes, i'll walk you through this at 7 a.m, all of the range and temperatures returning inland today into those 70s. our memorial day planner, of course, and what's next? as we say goodbye to may and hello to june over the next couple of days, i think people are going to start to feel that unofficial start of summer as we go through the midweek, with temperatures warming up back to where they should be for this time of year. keir, back to you. all right, cynthia, thanks. we'll see you at seven. hard to believe it's almost june. also coming up at seven on today in the bay if you still need to get to your memorial day destination, we have a reminder of some simple checks you should make before taking off. we'll have that plus all your top stories coming up at seven. we hope you join us. in the meantime, we hope you enjoy sunday today with willie

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i only want to be with you ♪ that is the 1995 hootie and the blowfish hit "only want to be with you" off their grammy winning debut album which sold 21 million copies. hard to believe but that album was released 30 years ago this summer and thrust the south carolina college band and its charismatic frontman darius rucker to stardom. now "life's too short," he looks back at a ride that has taken him from playing in bars to selling out arenas and for the last decade and a half breaking barriers in nashville as a chart-topping country artist. his most recent album is named for the woman who set him on that path, his mom. willie got together with darius last fall in a rooftop music venue in new york for a "sunday sitdown."

♪♪ >> there's just an energy generally in new york, do you feel that? >> always, always. you know when you come to new york you have to have your a show. last night they saw somebody who killed it. >> after touring with his buddies in hootie and the blowfish, darius rucker has returned to country. ♪ turn on the good times beers and sunshine ♪ >> what was it about this moment where you said, i'm ready? time to say something again. >> i'm ready to write some songs. >> those songs make up the new album, "carolyn's boy," a tribute to rucker's mother who died before his massive success. ♪ amen ♪ >> why did you dedicate this

album to her? >> i remember thinking at the end of the day i'm my mom's boy. i'm just my mom's kid. she taught us to be nice, to care, to give back, to always be the best person you can be. >> born and raised in charleston, south carolina, rucker is one of six children. carolyn was a single mother who worked double shifts as a nurse to support the family. what was that household like? and now that you've grown up and you're a parent up self, how much more respect do you have for what your mom was able to do? >> for me, we were lucky. we had a village. we were close, and my mom just taught us family. family is everything. >> and what influence did your mom have on the moussic? >> she was the biggest part. there was never not music playing in my house, radio or records. she was light years better than i am as a singer. i would sit in the living room and just listen to her sing because she was amazing.

>> rucker stepped in front of the mic himself in 1986 when he and three friends at the university of south carolina formed a band called hootie and the blowfish. ♪ i want you to hold my hand ♪ hootie became so popular on the southern college circuit, the guys decided to make music a full-time job. ♪ i want to love you the best that the best that i can ♪ >> i'll never forget the day after my junior year that i was going to tell her i was going to quit college. i thought she was going to destroy me. she looked at me and said, if that's what you want to do, if this music thing is what you're going to do, do it. that was a great day for me. i realized i had her behind me. >> for years the band toured constantly enjoying modest success until a 1994 appearance on "david letterman's show" changed everything. >> hootie and the blowfish. >> he heard us on tuesday, had

us on friday. that friday morning there was maybe five stations in the country playing in the south, charleston and atlanta. that monday we were the most added and it went crazy. it changed our lives. >> overnight. >> i wouldn't be talking to you if it wasn't for "the david letterman show." he changed our lives. >> "cracked rearview" went platinum 21 times over placing it among the best-selling albums in the history of music earning the band two grammy awards and making hootie one of the biggest acts in the world. ♪ just let her cry if the tears roll down like rain ♪ >> how did you manage that part of the celebrity side? no one is ready. >> we were lucky we had each other and we never let each other get a big head or take it too serious.

>> in 2008 hootie took a break and rucker went solo turning to his musical roots. ♪ i got all i need and it's all right by me ♪ >> i said i want to make it in country. that day finally came. >> did you feel skepticism, fans going, whoa, whoa, whoa? >> understatement. >> what are we doing here? >> understatement. i'm visiting radio stations, and three radio stations guys said, to my face, i don't think my audience will ever accept a black country singer. and that was -- the first time i heard it, it was shocking. i knew they felt that way, but you actually said it to me. that was more motivation. for me that was more, okay, what do you want me to do? how hard do i have to work? >> his single raced to the top of the country charts, the first of his eight number one songs there. among them a 2013 rendition of

"wagon wheel" which now is one of the best-selling country songs of all time. ♪ so rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel ♪ ♪ rock me, mama, any way you feel ♪ ♪ hey, mama, rock me ♪ >> once i made it, i wanted to see other people make it. i think everybody is looking for an african american artist that's great. i can get on the radio. part of my stable. to be part of what i do with our label. i love being one of the catalysts for that. it's pretty cool. >> rucker is living a full circle moment from listening to his mom sing in the kitchen to naming his hit album for the woman who planted the seed of his life in music. ♪ take me back to carolina when the lord says it's my time ♪ >> do you think about what she musting thinking? >> all the time. all the time. i hope she's in heaven looking down being proud of me. my love for music came from her.

and all i want to do is play music. i'm 57 now. i've been doing it for 30 years on the big stage. it's just crazy. crazy. >> i know she's proud of you. ♪ amen ♪ >> darius' memoir "life's too short" is available tuesday, may 28th. our thanks again to the rooftop at pier 17 along the east river in lower manhattan for hosting willie's conversation with darius. don't forget to subscribe to the "sunday sitdown" podcast to hear the full, extended interview with darius rucker. can you find it on apple podcasts or wherever you get yours. next week a favorite "sunday sitdown" with emily blunt, nominated for an academy award for her performance in "oppenheimer" and opens up in the most acclaimed movie the

year and working with ryan gosling in "the fall guy" ahead on "sunday today," our "highs and lows" of the week including the little girl with a very big take on the ice cream man and his rising prices this summer. but up next, our "sunday spotlight." my tour of america's most decorated battleship seen in a whole new way, dry docked during a restoration project.

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has a history unlike any other, one that continues today. she was built and launched during world war ii, later seeing combat in korea, vietnam and other conflicts before being decommissioned in 1991. today the ship remains a popular attraction as a museum where she's typically docked in camden, new jersey, though a couple months ago the vessel made its way to philadelphia for maintenance that hasn't happened in decades giving us a chance to see the ship in a whole new way and on this memorial day weekend that makes her a fitting subject for our "sunday spotlight." the word under belly often suggests something sordid, but this is simply breathtaking. how cool is this for you? >> this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me. the average person never gets a chance to see something like this. >> after floating down the delaware, battleship "new jersey" is like a duck out of water, dry docked for

maintenance in philadelphia, where she is getting three fresh coats of paint, nearly 3,000 gallons. that hasn't happened in decades. when you are down here, you really do just get a sense of how big she is, right? >> a 90-story office building laying on her side, 887 foot, 7 inches long. >> the curator of the ship, which is also a museum. >> this is a 20 ton hunk of bronze. >> including the exposed propellers. >> one of the most common reactions is, can i touch it? >> the answer is, yes. >> i actually can. there we go. >> visitors are coming from all over the world to take advantage of this var moment paying $225 or more for a tour. >> the eyes go wide. the jaw drops and maybe if they can still talk at that point will say, wow. >> they actually go under the 45,000 ton vessel which is

propped up on blocks. >> it's one of those things you don't think about when a ship is under water. it really is like wow, right? >> the ship is an iceberg. most you don't see because it's under water. incredible. she's the most decorated battleship, the only one to see service during the vietnam war. >> i thought i would never see it again. >> he was a navy machinist back then and is now a volunteer. >> vietnam veterans come aboard. they get down, kiss the deck and say if it wasn't for this ship, they wouldn't be alive today. that just touches you. >> there's a sense of pride in that, isn't there? >> yes. never met these people, but there's a connection. they're thanking us for saving them. >> when the work is done, the ship will return to the water and to camden, new jersey, where

that history will live on. battleship "new jersey" is still available for dry dock tours. another "life well lived." when japan attacked pearl harbor in 1941, a young pilot named clarence bud anderson was still a month away from being able to join the army's air wing. the moment he turned 20, he enlisted and became one of the greatest fighter pilots this country has ever known. bud anderson wasn't just an ace pilot, he was a triple ace. after several months of boot camp, he shipped off to europe and started to fly the brand-new p-51 mustang with the mission to help clear the skies of german planes. even though anderson and his fellow pilots were given very little time to train with the p-51, they quickly learned on the job. that is where anderson officially became a triple

flying ace, responsible for shooting down 16 1/4 planes, named an ace after five combat kills. anderson logged 116 combat missions and more than 480 hours in the sky. >> for every one we lost, we shot down five. this allowed the invasion of europe and the final surrender of germany. i'm not saying the fighter pilots fought the war, by any means. you know, it took everybody to win the war in europe. >> after world war ii, anderson became a test pilot and later led missions during the vietnam war. he retired from the air force in 1972 as a colonel but didn't stop flying for another 40 years. that love of aviation started at an early age growing up near sacramento, california, he would often look up and gaze at the commercial planes flying

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it is time for the highs and lows of the week. our first high goes to the space pioneer who made history six decades after he made history. one of six passengers onboard the blue origin capsule when it blasted off this past week, he

waited a lifetime. president kennedy tapped him to be the first astronaut candidate who was black. discrimination kept his grounded. white never blasted off into space until now, thanks to jeff bezos' rocket company. he finally got to travel 65 miles above the earth's surface and experience a few minutes of weightlessness, not to mention that out-of-this world view. >> overwhelmed, everything you can think of. i thought i really didn't need this in my life, but now i need it in my life. thank you so much. >> dwight is a renowned sculptor and several of his sculptures have actually flown into space. now dwight can say so has he. he's now the record holder for

oldest person in space edging out captain curt. he went to the final frontier a few years ago. congrats to ed white going boldly where no man his age has gone before. to the horrors of of airline travel. one person mutilated his suitcase to save a little coin. ryan, a dublin-based airline. one reason tickets are so cheap the airline is really strict about luggage which brings us to a man named dan who learned his little carry-on was wee too big and would cost him an extra $72. he used his barehands to yank the wheels off his suitcase like a vulture tearing apart the carcass of its prey.

would it work? daniel stuffed the bag into that thing they use to check dimensions and, yes, it fit, to the bewilderment of the gate agent and to the pleasure of all the other passengers who actually broke into applause. you can only hope his new suitcase costs less than $76. our next high goes to the new jersey teen who turned his prom posal into a double play. before jake asked his classmate to prom, he asked his neighbor to ask that classmate to prom for him. the neighbor? phillies' first baseman bryce harper. >> hi, julia. how is it going? jake wants to ask you to prom. do you want to go to prom with him? will you go to prom with him? awesome! >> there you go. julia says yes then proceeds to hug, not her date, but harper. don't worry, she eventually gets

to hug jake. the prom is on june 14th and the phillies have a game that day in baltimore. our final low goes to high inflation, specifically at an ice cream truck which really got under the skin of a pint-sized girl in britain. >> girls, what happened? >> there's an ice cream van there, selling just two ice creams with two for nine pounds, nine quid. >> okay. in case you didn't catch all of that. i'm going to recap. there's an ice cream truck and two ice creams cost 9 pounds, the exact bloody 9 pounds, which translates to about 11 darned dollars. that price tag alone has got marnie upset. the vendor doesn't take cash

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to honor each of their fathers who all either served in the u.s. navy or the army. thank you for sharing and thank you to all of you who serve and have served this country. amy and leah celebrating nearly 30 years of friendship with a girl's trip in cancun. check out this crew. linda, mary, june, joseph, danielle, halle, all enjoying a picture-perfect day in rome. after traveling more than 2,500 miles there is travis ready to hit the waves in san diego, california. a very happy birthday to mr. hicks in sheperdstown, west virginia, turning 102 years young this week. jennifer, melissa, ann, steffi and joan in las vegas in sin city celebrating their 60th birthdays. this one from the indianapolis motor speedway. you can see the "sunday today"

yellow mug in the hands of joseph new garden and scott mclaughlin who will be on the track to compete in the indy 500, you can see the race at 11:00 a.m. thank you for spending part of your morning with us. willie will see you back here next week on "sunday today." as we say good-bye, a live look at arlington national cemetery remembering the brave men and women who give it all for their country.

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