billy bush joins us from burbank. what is the latest you are hearing on the investigation? >> we spoke to an electrician working for the guy riding in the car paul was in. there's a company calls always evolving. he did not witness the actual accident but was there in the chaos after. this is what he told us. >> everybody thought it was a special effects explosion because there's a special effects place behind the studio. they all thought it was just, you know, another special effects. >> why did the car go up in flames like that? people have hit trees before and poles. is there something about the porsche carrerra that the gas tank is close to the engine? >> the gas tank is in the front of the car. when it hit the pole, no matter what speed it was going, it could blow up. >> we later learned,itis not just that the gas tank is up front and close to the engine, there's combustible fluid lines, brake lines. if you are going 45 miles an hour and a line busts, you can hit the brakes and stop. they are going clearly too fast. there's no question that is part of the problem. ther

you and people that the key to the billy bush eduardo and others. family members of those victims so for those with the call to duty bill or the tv teams in the audi was making four just east of the mouse forty two years and outside the sky. in the cut shot off the beauty that we have seen for the last seven and the kids among others the perpetrators of genocide it would be pardoned. the red road just east of the norse god of the welcoming us and then the crimes that you will probably get subsidies to the needy and to the side so in our bed. you could go with he stood in the day at mississippi state in the head mr said who. really close to me the rest is due to visit the distance to die. we have great difficulty to use. now we see that and we can see that justice. the victims of the world. it did not need put that out of the dome of the staff. the victim was forced to go to most nights crime scene was too tiny to me and local institutions more about it. the bbq is what this child. indeed be ready but today we go to heed the call people you know some

billy bush on a monday. >> i'm kit hoover. >> well, what a weekend. >> wow! >> what a wean.th the tragic and untimely death of fast furious star paul walker hit like a ton of bric bricks. could not believe i was reading what i was reading only 40 years old. by know he was killed after attending an event for disaster relief organization reach out worldwide when the red porsche gt 3 that he was a passenger in slammed into a tree and lamp post disrupting into flames.

i'm billy bush. >> we are loaded today. first all, it's the last day of hanukkah. we have a very special

joining us with more is billy bush. what a way to release an album, no advance notice or hype. what's with it? >> it's incredible. nothing is the new everything. by the way, i don't recommend it for everybody. this is a great way to find out if anybody cares. i think beyonce is alone on the list of people that can do this. it's approaching, you know, as of five hours ago, 617,000 on itunes, which is an apple record. it's now approaching 800,000. she has shattered itunes records with this move. it is a huge move. you have to have money to do it. while she was doing an hbo documentary and big mrs. carter world tour, she was shooting video that is go with the 14 new tracks. i mean, this is the most comprehensive and the best kept secret i have heard of in the music business. >> beyonce's last album didn't have an obvious single to lead off sales, does this one? >> no. there are no singles being released. she didn't put out singles. she said, i don't like the way the music biz is going. you put out a single, then people buy it. no singles are available. you have to buy the album. t

that you were related to some really important famous people and that's who we were talking about billy bush-- >> anybody else? >> no, never mind. >> george p. >>> headlines this morning, the senate is expected to wrap up its work for the year by moving forward to clear the path for janet yellen to become the next federal reserve chair. it's expected to be the final senate vote of the year. they would pick up on the actual confirmation in january. probably january 6th. >>> also, russian tycoon has been released. he was pardoned yesterday. no details were given about the release or his current whereabouts. he'd been in jail for over ten years and was seen by the kremlin as a political prisoner. >> no details necessary. >> yeah. right. we talked about that earlier. i want to -- andrew, where are you on this? i talked to becky. you've got a russian prison? >> yeah. >> is that scarier than -- let's rank him. what about south american prison. >> i'm having a flash back to captain on the airplane. >> what are my other options? >> north korean prison. >> have you ever been in a turkish prison? >> w

bush, bill clinton and billy carter will attend tuesday's massive memorial service in south africa for nelson mandela. this, as family and friends pay tribute to their national hero. here's abc news reporter byron pits. >> this represents the rainbow of this country. >> reporter: nelson mandela will be laid to rest in grand style. tuesday a memorial service like the world has never seen. some 95,000 people packed inside the fnb stadium. wednesday through friday the former president will lie in state in the legislative capital. next sunday mandela will be laid to rest in the small village of his boyhood near the cape. those closest to mandela say they will miss the simple things. this 85-year-old is his closest friend and lawyer remembers his friend's consideration even at the hospital these last months. he said, george, make sure you take the jacket with you, don't leave it behind. for a man who was critical, to be concerned about my jacket says something about this man. in the last several months a number of family squabbles were made public, from what to do with his money to where he

admired men topped by president obama, two other presidents, bush and clinton also made the top five, along with pope francis and the reverend billyraham. as for the most admired women, hillary clinton came in first. she was followed by oprah, michelle obama, sarah palin, conderice and in laumalala. let's bring back our gaggle. katherine, i want to welcome you. this is your first time on "the daily rundown." what do you make of the most admired list? >> i was surprised pope francis wasn't higher and malala made the list. that's pretty impressive in terms of name recognition. >> malala is so stunning because she's so young and has inspired so many people. david, what stood out for you? >> i think obama's popularity given his very low approval ratings. it was surprising he did so well on this poll. >> i didn't hear miley cyrus's name. >> she was the one omission. all right. i want to get what you all thought was the biggest, most impactful story of 2013. >> i'll say the changeover at the vatican hugely influential. >> absolutely. david? >> the snowden leaks. the nsa wire tap story. >> continuing to reverberate and will do so. >> thr