making news in america this morning, fiery finish. >> crash into the wall. into the air. >> a race car goes airborne on the final lap of the daytona 500 landing on its roof. fans reacting outside the hospital moments ago. >> thank you, lord. >> after news spread the driver somehow survived. coronavirus emergency. another prominent doctor in china dying from the virus. this time the head of the hospital in wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, catching the virus after treating patients, plus, what we are learning about the 14 american patients being closely watched in california this morning. sounding off. former national security adviser

john bolton taking center stage overnight leaving little doubt that his book will shed new light on the ukraine scandal. >> do you agree with the president that the zelensky call was perfect? >> you'll love chapter 14. >> and bolton's plea to the white house saying he hopes his book is not suppressed. plus, sweet dreams? the new connection between sugar cravings and lack of sleep. the leaning tower of dallas. an implosion fail reshaping the city's skyline. and hidden in plain sight, the rembrandt knockoff that turned out to be the real deal. good tuesday morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. we begin with feelings of relief following the horrific crash that ended the daytona 500. >> ryan newman was bumped on the final lap sending his car airborne and landing on its roof. emergency crews swarmed the track as newman was trapped for several minutes.

>> overnight we've learned newman is in serious condition but doctors say amazingly his injuries are not life-threatening. this morning, concern for nascar star ryan newman after this crash. just before the end of the daytona 500, newman's car flipped hurtling down the track on its roof. >> in a shower of sparks on his roof. >> reporter: the number 6 ford coming to rest still on fire as fuel was seen pouring out of it. watch the crash again. newman was in the lead nearing the finish line when his car spun and hit the wall head on and went airborne and collided with the car of corey lajoie. when the car stopped sliding on its roof, crews rushed to put out the fire. spectators stunned. sports anchor joe kepner from our orlando abc station wftv right there. >> it was easy to see the wreck because it happened directly in front of us where we were standing in victory lane, but it was difficult to see after that because of how far the car slid after that. we know that ryan newman, they had to cut the roof off of his car to get him out.

>> reporter: emts rushed the 42-year-old to the hospital. the vehicle a mangled mess as it was later hauled off the track. denny hamlin won the race by a fraction of a second. his second straight daytona win but his celebration quickly became subdued because of the terrifying crash just moments before. >> number one, we're praying for ryan. >> reporter: the race finished 28 hours after president trump visited. >> gentlemen, start your engines. >> reporter: nascar's biggest event delayed a day by rain. major crashes took out half the drivers even before newman's fiery collision. newman's wife, krissie, who announced their separation last week reacting with just this on twitter, omg, and nascar legend dale earnhardt jr. whose father died in his final lap at daytona in 2001 writing, big prayers for newman. >> yes. >> reporter: overnight fans celebrated outside this daytona beach hospital after news spread that newman's injuries are not life-threatening. >> whoo! he's the rocket man for a reason.

whoo! thank you, lord. rocket man, indeed. winner denny hamlin addressed those who criticized his post-race celebration. hamlin tweeting that he had no idea of the severity of the crash until he reached the victory lane. turning to the breaking news in the coronavirus emergency, a senior doctor treating patients in wuhan, china, the epicenter of the outbreak, has died. he was the director of the hospital, and he is the second prominent chinese doctor to die from the virus. meanwhile, 14 american cruise ship passengers infected with the virus are being treated in california and nebraska. abc's andrew dymburt is live in washington with more. good morning, andrew. >> reporter: hey, good morning, and there is no vaccine for this virus or any known effective therapeutic treatment, so for now those americans who were evacuated and back on u.s. soil will have to spend two weeks in quarantine and in medical isolation. this morning, 14 americans evacuated from a cruise ship in

japan who tested positive for coronavirus are back in the u.s. some arrived in texas monday before traveling to a specialized national quarantine unit in nebraska for further evaluation. >> we have the facilities, we have the resources and the expertise to handle these kind of individuals. >> reporter: ten have already tested positive for the virus now officially named covid-19 and on that "diamond princess" cruise ship in japan, so far 454 cruise passengers have been infected. passenger jerri larson was one of those stuck at sea. >> it was fine. we were very well taken care of. we were very lucky we had a bigger room and a full balcony. they fed us well. i felt like they were taking extremely good care of us. >> reporter: meanwhile, a second flight of evacuated americans from japan. >> the bus will take you to the airplane, the airplane takes you to the united states. >> reporter: landing at travis air force base in california, another quarantine zone. >> i have to put my mask on. >> reporter: at least four of those passengers also testing

positive, and across the globe coronavirus crossing more than two dozen countries while world health officials work to stop the spread. >> w.h.o. is continuing to work night and day on several fronts to prepare countries. we're providing advice to countries on how to do screening, testing, contact dressing and treatment. >> reporter: now all but two of the cases in the u.s. are linked to travel to wuhan, china, of course, the center of the outbreak. kenneth, elizabeth. >> andrew, thank you. former national security adviser john bolton made his first public appearance as the impeachment trial ended without his testimony. speaking out at duke university bolton expressed concern that the white house was trying to censure him as he plans to release his book next month, but he refrained from sharing details about president trump. reporters were only permitted to record the top of bolton's remarks, however, abc news

has obtained audio of bolton's full remarks. >> it has not been my intention to reveal any classified information but to tell people what actually went on so that they can judge for themselves whether it's appropriate. he tweets, but i can't talk about it. how fair is that? and i hope ultimately i can get the book published. i hope it's not suppressed. >> do you agree with the president that the zelensky call was perfect? >> you'll love chapter 14. >> reporter: critics say bolton is just trying to sell books. he says his book is an effort to write history. breaking overnight michael bloomberg will be on the next democratic presidential debate stage. bloomberg's standing in a new poll means he qualifies to take part in the debate tomorrow in las vegas. his campaign said he would take part in the debate if he qualifies. with just days to go until the nevada caucus bloomberg faces a new wave of criticism. >> you're not going to win an election when you called for cuts to social security,

medicare and medicaid. the american people, working families all over this country want an economy and a government that works for all of us, not just a handful of billionaires. >> bloomberg's campaign fired back saying the sanders camp has negative energy. they released a video highlighting online anger from sanders supporters known as bernie bros. now to the historic flooding in the south. the pearl river in jackson, mississippi, reached its third highest crest ever. hundreds of homes have been damaged by flooding and the number is expected to increase to at least 1,000. the floodwaters are expected to start receding today. but more rain is on the way for the area, and a storm system moving east dumped snow on minnesota last night. let's get a closer look now at your weather for this tuesday morning. good morning.

we're tracking widespread wet weather back across the southeast thanks to this approaching cold front especially into the afternoon and evening. flooding downpours in areas where we still haven't cleaned up from the flooding from last week. in ft, this pattern is stuck with us all the way through thursday. into the northeast some snow and ice into new england. the rest of the mid-atlantic we're talking rain showers and some relatively warmer weather, however, behind that boundary much colder air moving into the dakotas. high temperatures in the teens. lows well below zero tonight. i'm accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso. coming up, the boy scouts of america filing for bankruptcy. what it means for the future of the organization. also ahead, a hollywood sex therapist murdered. the former fiancee of drew carey found unresponsive at her home. new details about the man under arrest. and an implosion doesn't go as planned leaving behind a leaning tower of dallas.

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look at this one, the demolition of a dallas office building did not go exactly as planned. the implosion was supposed to bring down this entire 11-story structure, but the tower of the center of the building is still standing. on social media it created the hashtag leaning tower of dallas. crews are now planning to use a wrecking ball to finish the job. a huge setback for gun control activists in virginia. state lawmakers rejected an assault weapons ban proposed by the governor. several democrats voted with republicans to shelve the bill for a year so the issue can be studied further. the bill would have prohibited the sale of many semiautomatic weapons including ar-15-style rifles. those in favor of the measure say it would help prevent mass shootings.

breaking overnight, the boy scouts of america organization has filed for bankruptcy. the youth group is facing hundreds of lawsuits over how it handled sexual abuse allegations. the bankruptcy filing puts those suits on hold. in an open letter to the victims of sexual abuse, the national chairman acknowledges that proper procedures were not always followed. and pier 1 is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. the furniture chain plans to close up to 450 stores in the u.s. and canada. the company is in talks with several potential buyers. what does a $479 million renovation look like? well, at buckingham palace, it looks like this. crews removing 19th century wallpaper piece by piece. the delicate paper has to come down because it might be damaged by vibrations from construction. the full taxpayer funded renovation is set to end in seven years. and our nation's most famous castle is getting a makeover. our parent company disney says cinderella castle at walt disney

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career on helping families and couples, and she was once engaged to "the price is right" host drew carey. >> well, you just won a thousand dollars. congratulations. >> reporter: the show postponed this week's tapings in the wake of harwick's death. carey took to twitter sharing a short video of the former couple with the caption, hope you're lucky enough to have someone in your life that loves as much as she did. >> today we're going to talk about attachment theory. >> reporter: dr. harwick frequently posted relationship advice to social media. ironically just last month she recommended a book titled "stay sexy & don't get murdered." >> she was a therapist herself and devoted all of her time and her energy to prevent what happened to her. >> reporter: police have charged pursehouse with murder. court records show harwick fed a restraining order against him, but it recently expired. >> i just feel like we failed her. the system has failed her. >> pursehouse is being held on

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we have a shot here showing you live doppler 7 right now. visibility in miles, everything looks good. no problems with fog this morning unlike yesterday. unfortunately, no rain in sight. we do have a slight chance for friday that i'll get to later on in our show. overall the european models are showing us it does not look like it will rain on friday. a live look showing the clear skies in san francisco. no problems there. and 12-hour day planner here. so for the inland we have 51 for the highs there. the bay at 52. 52 for the coast as well. for noon, 62 inland and the bay. the coast 59 degrees. overall looking like a nice day. now in traffic we're following a sig alert in wood side that i want to get to. there is a power pole down. it does not look like they're going to be able to get a pg&e crew out there anytime soon. this is past highway 84. all lanes are blocked there. moving over now to mass transit update for the ferries today.

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>> reporter: good morning. now there is no vaccine or any known effective therapeutics to fight the coronavirus. so for now those americans evacuated will be in quarantine for at least two weeks in medical isolation. this morning 14 americans evacuated from a cruise ship in japan who tested positive for coronavirus are back in the u.s. ten have already tested positive for the virus. now officially named covid-19. on that diamond princess cruise ship in japan more cases found. so far 542 cruise passengers have been infected. passenger jerry lawson was one of those. >> we had a bigger room and a full balcony. they fed us well. i thought they were taking extremely good care of us. >> reporter: a second flight of evacuated americans from japan, at least four testing positive and