of dan wheldon, dan's team will come out and stand on pit lane, as well. very, very emotional down here, as might imagine. marty? >> and the fans are standing here in the grandstands at las vegas motor speedway. as they are seeing everyone come out on pit road. and it is literally being lined by all the teams. >> something that we mentioned before, this will be the most difficult five laps that any driver has ever done inside of a cockpi >> there is dan's team, as they are making their way out to pit lane. this move of canceling the race is not unprecedented. it happened in may of 1999 at charlotte, three spectators were hit by flying debris and killed from a crash and the race was halted. and -- but here today, just 12 completed laps, tragedy strikes in what was supposed to be a celebration of a great season, a great championship battle. a farewell to danica patrick, as she moves on in his career. little did we know how it would end up at this moment, with all of us, stunned and just really in some disbelief, as dan wheldon is not with us to celebrate thi

dan is going to join us coming up. >> dan the right. >> dan is on the right, yes. not in the robe on the left. dan will be joining us later in the show, halfway around the world for a fascinating look at this tiny south asian country, tucked in the himalayas, that considers itself one of the happiest places in the world. >> i love that title. >> great title. >> good for tourism. >>> also this morning, on a not as happy note, lindsay lohan heading back to court this week, amid new questions about just how seriously she is not taking her court-ordered probation. sentenced to 480 hours of community service. so far, she has apparently done 21. >>> and also, you know the phrase leave no man behind. well, we're going to tell you about the epic, all-out quest, to leave no bear behind. this little girl lost this teddy bear. a gift from her dad serving overseas. we're going to introduce you to the strangers who gave up so much of their time to bring that bear home. this is one of those pieces that just has got to make you smile. >> we're already smiling here. bears are very

his name is dan wheldon.a short time ago. >> indycar is very sad to announce that dan wheldon has passed away from unsurvivable injury. >> joining us now is matt live from las vegas. you are joining us by phone. are you there? >> yes. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. i wish it were under better circumstances. watch the video today as it was happening, actually. tell me what was happening just before all of this went on. was there any indication that there was a problem coming up? >> actually, there wasn't, harris. we were actually down in the pit area. my photographer and i, we were actually on the way to dan wheldon's pit. we were trying to get his first pit stop. we heard a crash. the fans there was a collective gasp out there in the crowd and then we saw the flames and the smoke rising from the other side of the track. and, you know, just dead silence out there. i mean, this was something that people had been concerned about. some of the drivers had been concerned about. they talked about how this race h

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i got a chance to know dan well.n vegas the last several indianapolis 500s there there is not a more charismatic racer, perhaps in sports, than dan wheldon. with his race, one of those things where the entire indy racing community is truly in tears. probably not a more popular driver next to danica patrick and ironically, dan wheldon was going to take over for danica patrick in the godaddy.com team when danica went to nascar that season. that deal was supposed to be signed yesterday after the race. of course, dan wheldon never made it to after the race, and i can tell you right now, when you see the tears coming from the drivers, they're truly, truly heartfelt tears, because dan wheldon, one of the most charismatic charming guys you'll ever want to meet. >> time off i've has truly made me understand and really graft how much i love driving the cars themselves. i mean, indycars are fantastic to drive. i want to be part of that, there's no doubt about it. >> reporter: yeah, and basically what he's talking about there,

dan: yeah.was doing some running last week, surprising all of his teammates that he was able to do so-so quickly after having a little surgical procedure on that hamstring. greg: fourth and 3. they're going to run it with foster. and ray lewis looks like he pulled him up short of first down yardage. he had to make the 30-yard line. dan: didn't look like he got there. greg: and i believe we're going to measure this from where the football is sitting. -- considering that it was a touchback. dan: well, keep in mind the chains were on the near side looking at that marker on the far side, you can't trust it. greg: no. ball goes over on downs. dan: houston having no time-outs . greg: ray lewis, 12 tack and also sack today. how unusual. dan: the ravens will go into the victory formation and just take a knee. so once again, they raven who is have a very lofty -- they go to 4-0 now under john harbaugh, the week after a bye. here's what the ravens have coming up -- greg: ray rice, saluting the fans that's

dan? >> dan: overseas now. the nation of libya enters a new era tomorrow. the country's new leaders say they officially declare the people liberated from the rule of moammar gadhafi. gadhafi was killed near his home town of sirte on thursday. the transitional leadership has said it would declare a new interim government within a month and hold election foors constitutional assembly within agent months. >>> 36 hours after president obama's announcement the war is n iraq is nearly at an end, politicians and veterans say the drawdown may have ugly consequences. senator dianne feinstein was in san francisco to speak with a humans rights campaign and has her doubts about iraq. >> i'm worried about whether the iraqi army really is trained up to a standard that enables it to protect the country. i don't really know that yet. and the experts say it takes seven to ten years of training, really, to assume that standard. so, we'll see. >> dan: one iraq war veteran says the country is still dangerous. he recently spoke with a friend serving in iraq who said things are

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dan kloeffler is here with the details. good morning, dan. >> good morning to you.hours for a rescue plane to finally reach renee douceur at the south pole, but in a place where temperatures dip below 70 degrees and the weather can kill in an instant, there are a lot of factors that could keep her stranded at the bottom of the earth. it's here amid blizzard winds, subzero temperatures and blinding snow renee-nicole douceur waits to be rescued after likely suffering a stroke. she spoke with us yesterday by phone. the tone of her voice, strained and halting. >> i need to be imaged as soon as possible, hastily, quickly, needs to get out of here. that has been the theme from all of the doctors here. >> reporter: the cargo plane turned rescue plane is waiting here at the united kingdom's rothera base in antarctica for the weather to clear. it left chile on friday to make the treacherous trip to here, the south pole where douceur desperately waits in the south pole for help. her health uncertain. >> i'm waiting, who knows what's going on inside me. i don't know what's goi

dan? day tomorrow. >>> now, though, politics and an unusually combative president obama last night. for the most part, mr. obama has tried to stay above the fray when it comes to the republican presidential candidates, but overnight, he took a hard shot at the republicans for failing to stand up for a gay soldier who was booed during a recent debate. abc's david kerley is at the white house this morning and, david, this was a fired-up mr. obama. >> reporter: it certainly was, dan. who said the election is more than a year away? a full-throated attack against all of the republican candidates who are trying to become president, and this all had to do with, as you said, that debate last week when a video appeared of an army soldier who said he was gay. there were boos from the audience. here's what president obama had to say about that last night. >> we don't believe in the kind of smallness that says it's okay for a stage full of political leaders, one of whom could end up being the presiden

dan is joining us. my heart goes out to you. deepest condolences to everyone who knew dan wheldon.n. >> well, wolf, obviously it is a tough day today for all of the auto racing world. this is something that you never want to happen but the dangers are always out there and its our condolences are to dan and his family and his wife and kids. you know, it was just a situation where the cars were -- it was early in the race. cars were running at speeds of 225 miles an hour. we were in a tight group, a pack of cars. and just up in front of me i saw two cars touched wheels. and the one car started to fish tail and slide side ways and i was trying to slow up and got on the brakes. and then from there, it was just -- it was just carnage. i got into the back of another car. another car flew over the top of me. and from that point on, all i could really see was fire and parts flying and smoke and when it all came to a stop, it looked like something out of a movie set of days of thunder or -- it just didn't seem real. and instantly we knew that dan was in a bad way and the emergency crew was

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dan wheldon was 33 years old.leaves behind his wife and two sons. >> so incredibly sad that story is. >>> the occupy wall street movement entering its second month. it's more determined than ever, with protesters stepping up acts of civil disowe bead yens here at home and around the world. >> organizers say the legions are growing and the coffers are filling up with cash. t.j. winick breaks down the movement so far by the numbers. >> reporter: 1,500 protesters showed up that very first day. outside of wall street, few noticed. saturday, 6,000 marched from wall street to times square. >> all: we got old out. >> reporter: and that was just new york. some 250 cities in this country have joined the protests. around the world, it's more than 1,000 cities. mostly peaceful. except for this clash in berlin and in roam, where rioters smashed windows and set cars on fire. rome says it will cost them $1.4 million to clean up the mess. back on wall street, where it all started, police say they have already spent $3.4 million

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how will the racing world remember dan wheldon? >> we will remember dan as a champion.king the milk at the 500, winning that 500 the second time. he had a lot of dreams, a lot of vision and a lot of passion for what he wanted to yet to accomplish but at least he was able to accomplish some of those by winning indy twice and winning championships and being the great person that he was. so i've never seen such an outpouring from every level of the sport in such a short amount of time and i think i hope his family appreciates that. it's going to be very hard, the grieving of his wife, his parents, his children. i think that is where the real sensitivity is. at least he went out as a championship and able to achieve some of his dreams. not everybody gets to do that. >> a affable guy with, as you mentioned, a wife and two kids. lyn st. james, thank you. >> yeah. >> the kids are 2 and 7 months old. >> so hard to think of that as family. >>> terrell brown is here with another check of other headlines we are following. >>> a sick american engineer stranded at the south pole was

ran is in for dan who is on assignment. this could be the final week of the michael jackson death trial, the prosecution is set to wrap up the case against dr. conrad murray. we'll look at how he did and what the doctor's defense team will likely show and tell the jury. >>> an important day, 15 years in the making the martin luther king, jr., memorial dedicated today in washington, d.c. the president, president obama, civil rights leaders and members of dr. king's family among those on the national mall for the ceremony, but of course, there is some controversy there. we'll tell you all about that. but we begin with the occupy wall street movement which moved far beyond new york city. protesters around the world showing solidarity with the anti-corporate greed demonstrators here in the u.s. some of the protests have turned ugly. we have team coverage from new york city and in europe and we'll start with abc's lama hasan in london. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i hope you can hear me. the protesters behind me havi

driver dan wheldon was killed. this morning family members and fans across the world are paying tribute to the racing champion. >>> more occupy wall street protests pop up over the weekend. today the movement marks a major milestone. >>> a study shows harmful bacteria on most cell phones. what researchers found on the device that is could land you in the hospital. good morning. it's monday, this is your wake-up call. i'm christine romans in for carol costello. >>> this morning race officials will begin deciding how they'll investigate a wreck that killed a two are-time indy 500 winner. 33-year-old dan wheldon was one of a record 34 cars on the las vegas track. on lap 12, the unthinkable. cars spinning out of control, bursting into flames, several actually going airborne. three drivers were treated for injuries, wheldon was airlifted to the hospital where he eventually died. the race was canceled. but the drivers did return to cirque tl track five times as a tribute, some of them in tears. dan wheldon's factr in law

. >> reporter: dan, good morning.t's hard to believe that december 22nd, that's the first day of winter, still seven week away. but you wouldn't know it. it actually quite pretty. like a norman rockwell painting. down here on the road, you can see the downed trees and power lines. hundreds in each town. right up there, you can see the top of the power line sheered off. things got so bad here in connecticut yesterday, at one point, two municipalities, there were no businesses or homes without power. across the northeast, near white-out conditions. roads completely shut down. when this wet, heavy snow fell atop trees, still carrying leaves, many simply collapsed. in new jersey, where a tree was uprooted, it smashed into a house, under the weight of the heavy snow and many of those trees took down power lines, leaving millions in the dark and cold. >> another huge branch just fell down. >> reporter: from the white house to white plains, new york, this early-season snowfall kept on coming. the plows were out earlier than

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. >> reporter: dan, good morning.d to believe, but december 22nd, that is the first day of winter, still seven weeks away, but you wouldn't know it. taking a look around, it actually quite pretty, like a norman rockwell painting. here in windsor, we have about 8 or 9 inches of snow, but it is heavy and hard to walk in. down here on the street you can see the downed trees and power lines, hundreds in each town. and up there, you can see the top of a power line actually sheared clean off. things got so bad here in connecticut yesterday, at one point it's believed in only two nument municipalities in the entire state there were no businesses or homes without power. across the northeast, near white-out conditions. roads completely shut down. and when this wet, heavy snow fell atop trees still carrying leaves, many simply collapsed. in new jersey where a tree was uprooted, it smashed into a house under the weight of the heavy snow, and many of those trees took down power lines, leaving millions in the dark and cold. >> ano

dan? >> all right. let's get right over to ron claiborne who has the morning's other developing stories including a breaking story out of turkey. >> good morning to you, dan and bianna. >>> we begin with breaking news from turkey. there was a powerful earthquake in that country. the 7.3 magnitude quake struck the eastern part of turkey. there are early reports of people being trapped under collapsed buildings in the city of van. >>> and in tunisia, the birthplace of the so-called arab spring, voters are going to the polls today for their first ever free elections. tunisia's strongman bin ali was overthrown earlier this year in an uprising that sparked the uprisings in egypt and elsewhere and they'll write a new tunisian constitution. >>> and for the second time in a month, a satellite has come crashing down to the earth. the minivan sized satellite, which launched in 1990, entered the earth's atmosphere overnight. scientists are figuring out if any parts survived re-entry and, if so, where

dan? >> dan. >> jimmy: let's do this. and -- go! >> president's wife. >> michelle obama.tuff? okay, robert patterson? >> okay. um, help me obiwan. >> what's his name? luke skywalker? [ buzzer ] >> princess leia. >> she's the only one who asked for help. >> jimmy: oh my god. dan, don't rub it in. all right, come on, jamie! >> i'm sorry, dan. >> jimmy: jamie, let's do this. let's make dan embarrassed when he sees this. >> great. >> jimmy: are you ready, jamie? 30 secs on the clock. let's do this. >> she's latina. she's a singer -- >> ah, that's six words! >> jimmy: three words! >> oh shoot! >> jimmy: pass, pass. >> pirate movie -- >> jimmy: "pirates of the caribbean," johnny depp. >> yes. u2? >> jimmy: bono. >> talk show. >> jimmy: me. >> pass. >> jimmy: all right. jay leno. >> beyonce married. >> jay-z. >> canada. oh. >> jimmy: sarah palin. [ buzzer ] >> facebook founder? >> time! >> jimmy: we're up by two. all right. here's the deal, you guys. rrrround three. now, here's the way round three works now. it's the final round. eva and i are back up, and we can only give silen

dan joins us live with this rough game to watch, dan. >> the eagles came into this game on life supportly did they resuscitate their season, they possibly send the redskins into a season-long tailspin. rex grossman, the quarterback for the washington redskins, has seemingly gopten progressively worse, and he played so poorly today he was benched. even a bectacular comeback ft fourth quarter wasn't meant to be. they didn't look sharp. first quarter, mike vick to brett selleck. they have a 7-0 lead. philly on top 20-0 before the skins got on the board. rex grossman's day went from bad to horrific in the third quarter. a miscommunication with fred davis leads to his third interception of the day. grossman wasn't done there. later in the third. another one to kurt coleman, who picked off grossman three times all by himself. grossman benched after four interceptions. it was too late even for a fourth quarter rally with john beck at the helm. 20-13 is the final. the quarterback debate is now on. >> i believe in myself no matter the if the whole stadium doesn't, coaching staff doesn't. you kno

dan wheldon's car flew through the air, flipped, and burst into flames. paramedics were there immediately and the 33 year old was airlifted to hospital. but the news came two hours later. >> indycar is very sad to announce that dan wheldon has passed away. our thoughts and prayers are with his family today. indycar, drivers, and team owners, has decided to end the race. >> the remaining cars the five laps of honor in his memory. it has been five years since the last indycar driver was killed, and dan wheldon was one of the best. the crash, one of the worst in recent memory, affected the crowd and the drivers alike. >> i lost one of my best friends, one of my greatest teammates. i don't know what to say. >> you know, one minute you are broke -- joking around before the driver intros and the next, dan is gone. member earlier this year he won the indy 500, for the second time. this was only his third race of the season. the $5 million las vegas challenge. tributes to dan wheldon's raising skill has been coming from across the world. he leaves a wife and two

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dan wheldon was 33 years old. >>> now to baseball, the rangers will face st.ouis in the world series. they made the playoffs on the last day of the season. now they're national league champs. world series begins on wednesday. >>> nfl, tom brady put on a clinic against the cowboys. down three with two minutes to play. brady drove down the field for the touchdown. the pat's won it. >>> the 49ers had their win of the season. everybody was talking about what happened after the game. both head coaches got together. jim schwartz not happy about the way jim harbaugh shook his hand and patted him on the back so he went after him. >>> the eagles were plagued by issues yesterday. rex grossman picked off for times. bears and vikings. one of these days, the teams will learn not to kick it to devin hester. until then, here is another punt return for a touchdown. bear won it, 29-10. >>> who needs a qb when you can do this? jacoby ford down the sideline, 101 kick return. raiders passed the browns. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> report

martha: dan, thank you very much. dan spring ner seattle. bill: a possible bombshell in the disappearance of 11 month old lisa irwin, her parents speaking out this time to megyn kelly. megyn will join us live with the new information she picked up over the weekend. martha: and president obama trying again to sell the jobs plan in north carolina and virginia today. he says he gets the occupy wall street movement. who wins by warming up to the occupiers? britt human on that. -- brit hume on that. [ inner voice ] establish connection. give me voice control. applications up. check my email and text messages. hands in position. airbags. ten of 'em. perfect. add blind spot monitor. 43 mpg, nice. dependability. yeah. activate dog. a bigger dog. [ male announcer ] introducing the reinvented 2012 toyota camry. it's ready. are you? ♪ martha: fox news alert. there is a news reaction pour in as the world mourns the death of indy race car driver, dan wheldon. the two-time champ dying in a massive 15-car fiery crash. warning ahead. this video is disturbin