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that was a big hit. >> danica patrick is the leader! >> she was the most successful woman in the history of the indy style open wheel racing, the only woman ever to win in that series. the only one to place third in the indy 500. now in nascar's top class, while it's fast, she'll have a lot more car around her. nascar, as you know, is a contact sport. you're bumping and rubbing all the way around the oval. it must feel better to have more car around you. >> there is definitely a level of confidence that you have in a stock car racing with other cars out there. they can come and they can literally lay car to car on you and, you know, a lot of times nothing happens. in an indy car really bad things happen. >> reporter: danica patrick is a big brand name. she's had to prove herself on the track and off the track she has turned a lot of heads, modeling in next to nothing. now on sunday, she will drive alongside 42 others, all hungry for a victory. how does it feel for you there going into this race? the woman thing aside, you're also a larg

and saturday down goes danica again.t was like 50 laps into the race when she was hit by her teammate. cole whitt nudged her into the wall again. she was frustrating and exchanging expletives with her crew chief over the radio. crashing two cars in three days. not the way she wanted to start her weekend at daytona. but the greatest thing about sports is that she has a chance to rebound tomorrow. it's the daytona 500. it's the big race, the most prestigious in the sport. if she can shock the world and win the race no one is talking about the cars that are messed up. >> when you see the inside look at that car you see how brutal that sport is and how dangerous this is. she is getting magazine covers, you name it. how are the other drivers responding to that attention that danica is getting? >> reporter: the smart drivers like the attention. it helps the sport. some of the other drivers that don't understand the attention don't like it. here's the thing she has an effect like tiger woods has an effect on golf. when she race

not unlike danica patrick. they did not have the equipment she has. she is racing for tony stewart's organization, current nascar champion, three time champion, her crew chief is the man who guided tony stewart to two of those. she is in a car essentially built by hendriks motorsports, driving the best equipment going. this is her big shot and it happens today. tomorrow how she did this afternoon will be the biggest story next to jeremy lin and carmelo anthony, something a lot of the sports world, whether you like auto racing, will focus on like it or not. >> okay. >> it is what it is. >> uh-huh. >> good luck danica. >> good luck she does demand attention. >> and she deserves it, look -- when she was here -- let's take a look at this graphic. when she was here for the grand prix she loved baltimore and made a ton of friends, was professional and cordial with everybody she encountered, 65 s 65 is the high this day and the weather is good too, 45 is your overnight low, there are a couple of showers around, maybe

if you had any question about who danica patrick is, godaddy. >> godaddy. >> go, danica. >> we'll talkbout it in a few moments. thanks for being with us. ,,,,,,, >>> good morning, cincinnati, and welcome to "cbs this morning saturday." i'm rebecca jarvis. >> and i'm john miller. coming up, a saddening trend, teens and tweens are turning to the internet to ask, "am i ugly?" how to reach kids with such low self-esteem. >>> also, do you love your cell phone? >> i have to say, we're having a long affair. >> i am addicted to my cell phone. i cannot live without it, and therefore i am a nomophobiac. >>> and from trash to treasure. the basement discovery that made a man a multimillionaire. just one of the stories behind the headlines. >>> but first, a story that's been making headlines for the past two years. in april of 2010, the body of monica beresford-redman was found in a sewer in mexico. her husband, bruce, a former reality show producer, was arrested for her murder. now for the first time, he's speaking out from behind bars as he prepares to go on trial. "48 hours" correspondent troy r

a five car wreck sent jimmie johnson, danica patrick, trevor bayne. a second crash about ryan newman put us under the second caution flag. five different leaders. six lead changes. hamlin led 24 of them. now, jeff burton to the front. rain nose-to-tail, one pushing the other but can't do that for long. >> larry: because of all of the changes nascar made with the cooling you can only do it for a lap or so and then you have gages that will flash at you almost like an idiot light in the passenger car. you know then you have to get air to the radiator. >> darrell: when jeff gordon in the 24 were closing down on the 11 car really fast. anybody else may have gone up and bammed into him and tried to push him but jeff gordon in the line on the outside with dale, jr. and tony stewart eased off the gas and a little trail braking and fell right in behind him. >> mike: to jeff burton whose older brother ward won the daytona 500 in 2002, burton's best 500 finish, second in 2000. ♪ the heat is on, on the street ♪ ♪ inside your head, on every beat ♪ ♪ and the beats

watch what danica goes through.rying to squeak through sideways and takes a hit right there and tore up the rear end of her car and put her in the garage. >> john: look at the way denny hamlin was charging to the lead. hooked up with martin truex, jr. and got the lead himself. >> michael: he is the only one we have seen him push, bump draft. only place he has been happy is when is out front. >> john: four time champion jeff gordon blows up. >> michael: he put everything in the race and when it went bad for jeff we thought that is a shane. watch what happens to it juan. transmission. something broke and spun him into the outside wall. excuse me, into the truck. look at that car. it's tore all to pieces. obviously big fire there. what is great, though, is both juan and the guy driving the truck were able to walk away. >> john: that is the road good news. even better news for the race fans that braved this for so many hours now we will go back green flag racing shortly. again, as soon as you think you have seen everyth

watch what danica goes through.rying to squeak through sideways and takes a hit right there and tore up the rear end of her car and put her in the garage. >> john: look at the way denny hamlin was charging to the lead. hooked up with martin truex, jr. and got the lead himself. >> michael: he is the only one we have seen him push, bump draft. only place he has been happy is when is out front. >> john: four time champion jeff gordon blows up. >> michael: he put everything in the race and when it went bad for jeff we thought that is a shane. watch what happens to it juan. transmission. something broke and spun him into the outside wall. excuse me, into the truck. look at that car. it's tore all to pieces. obviously big fire there. what is great, though, is both juan and the guy driving the truck were able to walk away. >> john: that is the road good news. even better news for the race fans that braved this for so many hours now we will go back green flag racing shortly. again, as soon as you think you have seen everyth

marys can stand alone in the conference and danica wrecks again. plus an 11 car crash on the final lap. that's next. morning... he will undergo n m-r-i tomorr >>> scott sizemore suffer ad knee injury this morning. start the clock. college hoops senior night, us f led by one at the half and st. marys would not be denied the first conference title since 1989. they won 67-60. the road trip can't end soon enough for the sharks. nashville wins 6-2 and lost six of eight and the goalie was pulled in the first period. >>> fourth round the championship, rory at least -- lee westwood and mark wilson advance to the semi finals if mcilroy wins, they will take over the number one ranking. >>> danica started off in the poll position to finish in 38th after another crash. curt bush had the lead on the final lead when he got mixed-up in an 11 car wreck and with the big names in trouble, james busher has a clear shot to the finish line for the first win and that was danica's second rack in three days. >> all right. >> not ha happy lady tonight. >> thank. >> that's

people are buzzing about danica patrick.nteresting article that nascar polled its friends in august of 2011, its avid nascar fans, 80% of them say that they think danica helps the sport. 87% of them said they want her to do well this season. >> that's wonderful. all right, well absolutely, i'm sure there will be a lot of people watching to see how she does, joe carter, thanks so much. >>> and with so much to worry about these days, the question is, is a pair of shoes really worth this? take a look. even rare nikes? it resulted in a stampede, fights, even police. >>> and newsroom continues at the top of the hour with rochelle cary. lots of interesting things coming up this afternoon. >> you have seen titanic at the very least, right? >> yes, yes, yes. >> everyone and their mom has seen "titanic" except for princess samantha kennedy. i want to give her her props. she has not seen the movie. why that matters is she claims that now that she has seen it, this is actually her family. she says that this was ripped from her autobiog

oh my, i might go barf now. >>> danica patrick opening race at daytona, on lap 49, danica gets bumped by her teammate cole whitt and loses control, second wreck in three days. she finished in 38th and as you can imagine, was not happy with whitt's move. >> he hit me! what the -- [ bleep ] >> what the -- [ bleep ] -- is he thinking! >>> a wreck involving tony stewart, kyle busch and joe eli began know. james buscher has a clear scott to the finish line for his first career win. ip in arizona... . >>> dennis flying down to spring training in style. look at him go! quarterfinals of the match play championship in arizona. hunter mahan sinks a long birdie putt on 9. he needed only 13 holes for the win. rory mcilroy shot from the bunker to win the hole and advances to the semifinals. he'll take on lee westwood and whoever moves on will have a shot to claim the world's number one ranking with a win in the finals. hunter mahan will take on mark wilson in the other semi final. >>> college hoops, gonzaga leads san diego by 2 late in the second half. if they win, st. mary's would need to win ton

oh, my, i might go barf now. >>> danica patrick opening race in daytona, but on lap 49, danica gets bumpedy her teammate cole whitt and loses control, second wreck in three days. she would finish in 38th, and as you could imagine, she was not happy with whitt's move. >> he hit me! what the -- [ bleep ] >> mother! what the -- [ bleep ] is he thinking! >>> kyle busch is out in front, but all the leaders get tangled up. with all the big names in trouble, james buscher, who was in 11th on the final turn, has a clear shot to the finish line for his first career win. >>> dennis, flying down to spring training in style. quarterfinals of the match play championship in arizona, hunter mahan sinks a long birdie putt on 9. he needed only 13 holes to beat matt kutcher. rory mcilroy shot from the bunker on 13, stops 2 feet from the cup. he would win the hole, to advance to the semifinals. he'll take on lee westwood and whoever moves on will have a shot to claim the world's number one ranking in the finals. hunter mahan will take on mark wilson in the other semi final. >>> st. mary's' needs to win tonig

danica patrick is going to be making her debut in the race. thursday there was a very frightening moment for patrick when she slammed into a wall during a qualifying race, but she's okay, and she's going to be driving her backup car in the big event. so coming up, we'll be speaking with former nascar champ darrell waltrip about danica's chances. going to talk to him about all the front-runners in this to see what he has to say might be going on tomorrow. [ male announcer ] have you heard? it's bring your happiness to work day. campbell's microwavable soups. in three minutes -- the deliciousness that brings a smile to any monday. campbell's -- it's amazing what soup can do. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >>> good morning, cincinnati, and welcome to "cbs this morning saturday." i'm rebecca jarvis. >> and i'm john miller. coming up, a saddening trend, teens and tweens are turning to the internet to ask, "am i ugly?" how to reach kids with such low self-esteem. >>> also, do

danica patrick is going to be making her debut in the race.thursday there was a very frightening moment for patrick when she slammed into a wall during a qualifying race but she's okay, and she's going to be driving her backup car in the big event. so coming up we'll be speaking with former nascar champ darrell waltrip about danica's chances. going to talk to him about all the front-runners in this to see what he has to say might be going on tomorrow. >>> good morning. it is saturday, february 25th. i'm gigi barnett. here is walt people are talking about. a juror in the huguely trial is speaking about about the decision that he made the in case. the jury found huguely gifted in the murder of love. he is confident that he and his fellow jurors made the right decision. the jury recommended 26 behind bars for huguely. >>> several firefighters are injured this morning after battling a fast moving fire in prince georges county. crews were fighting a house fire when a sudden blast of wind from outside created a fireball inside. medics rushed seven f

danica patrick has been the hot topic at the track.ln sports reporter joe carter is live from daytona right now. joe, all right, danica's had a pretty eventful time there already. and the race hasn't even technically begun yet. what's going on? >> reporter: well, you know i like how you say it has been an eventful time for her because it's been an up and down wild few day for danica. she's crashed two different cars in three days. that's the bad news. the good news, neither of the crashes were her fault. thursday she crashed into the wall during the duals and friday came back, the top qualifier and then on saturday she crashed again. this time she was bumped by her own teammate, cole witt nudged her in the back bumper enough to spin her car to control. you can see on the angle she gets frustrated there was some heated exchange and chatter between her and her crew chief. just a frustrated danica patrick. this is not the way she wanted to start her daytona weekend. she finished yesterday's race in 38th place. certainly not how she wanted

he got a sponsorship last year and now he did that aiation with stewart haas and danica patrick. here he is leading the daytona 500. knowing he has to do another pitstop if he goes back racing. >> mike: began on the tough bull rings of long island. >> darrell: when you hang around with good people, good things happen. >> mike: there is a look at the debris on the racing surface. and a nascar official taking a look at the asphalt. and hopefully no damage from the heat and looks like a little scrape or two there from dragging that trailer down off the banking. now, they have to get the jet fuel dried up and get us in condition here to race. >> darrell: i pretty much, guys, i have seen it all now. this is the most bizarre thing i think i have ever seen. >> larry: mike, you're right. the biggest challenge is just getting that jet fuel cleaned up. >> mike: 40 laps to go in the daytona 500. a lot of speedy dry at work right there. and by the way, sunday we head out west. ready to race in the desert. >> darrell: we don't have any other track like this. >> larry: how bad do you want it.

he got a sponsorship last year and now he did that aiation with stewart haas and danica patrick. here he is leading the daytona 500. knowing he has to do another pitstop if he goes back racing. >> mike: began on the tough bull rings of long island. >> darrell: when you hang around with good people, good things happen. >> mike: there is a look at the debris on the racing surface. and a nascar official taking a look at the asphalt. and hopefully no damage from the heat and looks like a little scrape or two there from dragging that trailer down off the banking. now, they have to get the jet fuel dried up and get us in condition here to race. >> darrell: i pretty much, guys, i have seen it all now. this is the most bizarre thing i think i have ever seen. >> larry: mike, you're right. the biggest challenge is just getting that jet fuel cleaned up. >> mike: 40 laps to go in the daytona 500. a lot of speedy dry at work right there. and by the way, sunday we head out west. ready to race in the desert. >> darrell: we don't have any other track like this. >> larry: how bad do you want it.

and danica patrick's nascar sprint cup career starts with the pain.she's bumped on the final lap and crashes into it very her. she will be at the back for sunday's daytona 500 and ask them pointed out, similar accidents out. >> yes, those devices could save your life. >> it doesn't look that bad, but it's almost head-on into the wall. >> i think she needs to change the color of her car because they seem to be picking on her. >> it wasn't her fault. but she's going down. it was her fault. [laughter]

scare for danica patrick yesterday. she walked away from the accident and avoided serious injury thanks to a collapsible wall in the track. despite the crash she qualified for the daytona 500 this weekend and become the third woman to drive in the great american race. >> that is your early look at sports on "early today." have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> one movie star gets a warning from the producers of this weekend's academy awards. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a man with an extraordinary place in one of america's most difficult times finally gets his due. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. a look at your weekend forecast. the worst of the drive could be from chicago over towards davenport and snow developing and picking up in central portions of michigan and snow overnight in the hudson valley and areas of southern new england so be careful there. as we go throughout the weekend as that storm leaves, a new storm in the northwest cold and chilly satu

danica head ed to the pits and returned and she finished 28th. bizarre action while under caution. one montoy alost his car and hit a jet drier. a jet drier is a truck that cleans the track. the truck immediately burst into flames. thankly montoya and the driver of the truck was okay. who would have thought the biggest wreck of the night would be a service truck. tony stewart got loose four laps remaining. seven cars involved in that pileup. brought out the tenth caution. that set up a green white to checkered for all of the marbles. matt kenseth held off dalern hart jr. and it took about six hours but in the end matt kenseth wins the daytona 500. >>> no nba games last night. the kings will be kept in sacramento for the long term. that arena expected to be ready in 2015. >>> georgetown made quick work of notre dame. whitington run to perfection. he is a terrific threat from beyond the arc. the freshman a game high 15 and georgetown won aeeasley, 59-41. >> that is your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> jut tin bieber is n

wreck to guard jimmy johnson and put danica patrick on the road for 60 laps. they have not resumed a raise, and it started to rain again in daytona. terps football coach will not have to wait long to see if his team has improved. they release their schedules this weekend. no local opponents for the purpose of this year. -- for the terps this year. they will face yukon. edsel should know if his move to maryland paid off. florida state goes to college park in november. if you would like to see the full schedule, you will find it on our website. click on sports. more roster questions this spring for the rosters than in most seasons. that makes his role as a leader more important. the 26-year-old should step in at the prime of his career, but he does not know who will start and who will close. any team with that many questions will have to keep things together when they a merger. he wants to become that guy. >> i just want to lead by example. i want to let people know i have your back. hard everythe game single day and respect this game and be able to sleep every

danica patrick starts in the middle of the pack after crashes yesterday. >> she was fine.rwards, she joked that hopefully, her backup car is faster than one she was driving. glad she is okay. >>> highlights from a high-profile nba showdown. >>> good morning the cole wright here with the espn news update. the linsanity continuing in the sunshine state of florida. lebron james had other balance. first quarter, d. wade to james, an alley-oop. later in the first, pocket picked by chalmers. he knew what to do with that. second quarter, cole gets a steal. jams it on the one hard. falls to the ground. he would be okay. the heat cut into the lead. on the move, james misses the layin. d. wade did not miss the putback jam. later in the second, more trouble for j.l. james comes back the other way, he says, hey, kid, two hands are better than one. that right there is why. you can dach yourself on the recoil. heat taking advantage of lin's sloppy play. more heat points off turnovers. 15 seconds to play in the first half. chalmers drains the triple try as the time runs away. third quart

danica patrick, also trevor bayne damaged. lap 160.hat's juan pablo montoya, loses control of his car and slides into one of those jet dryers on the track. a huge explosion. montoya and the driver of the jet dryer truck would walkway. the cleanup would take two hours and five minutes. monto montoya's car in flames. once they got the surface ready to go again, they would be able to go racing. final lap, a green-white-checker, it would be matt kenseth trying to hold off biffle and earnhardt jr. his teammate wasn't going drag junior to the line. ken shet holds on. he wins his second daytona 500. earnhardt jr. and biffle rounding out the top three. that's your espn news update. i'm chris cotter. enjoy the rest of your day. >>> an illinois man involved in a deadly hit and run accident came clean four years after the crash. he tracked down the family of the victim. he was arrested after the family took down his license plate and then called police. he said he wanted to clear his conscience. as you can imagine, that was little consolation to

. >> what does nascar's top driver think about danica patrick now that she is in the daytona 500? coming up. ,,,,,,,, bay area ! here's big news from verizon wireless and xfinity from comcast. now get the xfinity triple play and verizon wireless together. call 855-704-7400 to sign up and get a free smartphone. choose one of our hottest phones. verizon wireless and xfinity. tv, home phone, internet and wireless together. food, and cancer patients getting a healthy meal. >>> it's a perfect recipe, students preparing organic food and cancer patients getting a healthy meal. kate kelly with this week's jefferson award winner. >> i thought we would start off a little bit with something special today. >>> reporter: and every menu is special when students are learning how to prepare nutritious food for patients battling cancer. >> these are great for purifying the blood. >> reporter: chef trudy schaefer's menu looks more like a five-star restaurant than a community nonprofit and that's exactly what julie and ann had in mind when they started this series community project of marin. >> it's

today on lap 48, danica's lime green number 7 chevy gets tapped in the back by cole whit. there she goes. she finished 38th today. it's her worst finish and she's not very happy. there were three car wrecks in the final stage of the 300-mile race. this is the final lap. bush goes high, pinches several drivers including his brother, curt. check out number 30, car number 30. that's james busher. he dodged all the trouble then avoids that white car driven by brad tedlovski. he wins his first career nascar race. danica gets a chance for revenge in tomorrow's daytona. >> obviously we have the daytona 500 tomorrow, my first time. i can't dwell on today. i need to buckle down and focus on the things i need to get ready for tomorrow for the big day. hopefully we have a better day. >> danica and the daytona 500 right here on ktvu channel 2 starting at 9 a.m. sharks lose at national. heather and ken, i'm telling you, this long road trip, they've been on the road for two weeks and you can see it's taking its toll. >> that's our report tonight. thank you for trusting ktvu new news. >>

>>> coming up, a scary moment for danica patrick. the heat put an end to linsanity, and a landmark ruling on the ryan braun drug suspension. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. black back to "early today". i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> with the crackdown in syria showing no signs of slowing down, the u.s., arab and european nations are expected to deliver an ultimatum today. at a conference they will demand president assad allow humanitarian aid. former u.n. secretary-general kofi annan has been appointed as the u.n. and arab envoy to deal with the crisis. >>> maryland is set to become the eighth state to legalize same-sex marriage after the state senate approved a bill thursday sponsored by the governor, who plans to sign it into law this week. >>> in virginia, a bill requiring ultrasounds for women seeking abortions has been pulled from consideration for the year. the move comes a day after governor bob mcdonald dropped support for a key provision requiring invasive ultrasounds.

danica patrick was in the middle of it. johnson's night is over.anica headed to the pits and returned and finished 38th. a bizarre action while under caution. watch closely. juan pablo montoya lost his car and hit a jet drier. a jet drier is a truck that cleans the track. it blows a huge jet engine with air. the truck immediately burst into flames. thankfully montoya and the driver of the truck were okay. who would have thought the biggest wreck of the night would have been a service truck? that delayed the race for over two hours as they fixed the track. now to the end of the race. tony stewart got loose four laps remaining. seven cars involved in that pileup. brought out the tenth caution. that set up a green white to checkered for all of the marbles. matt kenseth held off dale earnhardt jr., and it took about six hours, but in the end matt kenseth wins the daytona 500. >>> no nba games last night. the kings will be kept in sacramento for the long term. that arena expected to be ready in 2015. >>> georgetown made quick work of notre dame. whiting

. >>> danica patrick is the first woman to win a nascar pole in 18 years.9 a problem for danica. sliding all over the track. hits the wall. she would finish 38th. final lap another crash involving bush. dodging the huge 11-car accident, the 30 car. in 11th place as he rounded the final turn. are you kidding me? weaves his way through to win the checkered flag. his first career nascar victory. wow. that's pretty cool. from 11th place to win it. >> any way you can get it, right? >> any way you can get it. real quick. a couple college basketball scores. what do we have over here? bcu up 12 over george mason. >> as it should be. >> you have your colors on. all right. >> thank you. >> that is the news for now. "nightly news" is coming your way next.

. >>> danica patrick took a very hard lick this afternoon during a qualifying race for sunday's daytona 500. she was in the top ten and moving up in the field when she got caught up in somebody else's wreck in the progress which sent her into the inner wall. thankfully daytona uses the new soft wall technology which might have even saved her life. she emerged unharmed and now it's on to sunday for her nascar debut. by the way, we will talk to danica on the broadcast tomorrow night. >>> up next for us tonight, the academy. behind the glitz and glamour of hollywood's biggest night, as they say. >>> everybody's getting their picks in in the office pool for the oscars sunday night, the night when we get to see the losers hide their disappointments through very tight smiles and the winners go to stage and they thank the academy. the question is, who exactly is the academy and who gets to vote for the winners? our report from our man in hollywood, mike taibbi. >> reporter: part of what makes oscar night such delicious viewing is there is always an argument and beyond the red carpet. how did "

there goes danica patrick, starts in 29th place in the sprint car race, daytona 500. final lap, she is using a few bad words, final lap, car number one, going high, including other drivers as well involved, tony stewart, but james busher, car 30, avoids the mess, comes from 11th place to finish, winning his first nascar race, starts tomorrow on ktvu, and fourth ranked kansas, 19-point deficit, in missouri, forced overtime, jay hawks, thomas, tying the game with a follow-up free throw. missouri led by one in overtime, gets a great pass to taylor, kansas wins the conference battle. 87-86 in overtime. sharks still on the road to nashville, we'll have an update at 10:00. >> thank you fred. >> thank you for joining us on ktvu. coming up on the 10:00 news, how high will they go? gas prices rise again, the center of political debate, including at the g.o.p. convention in burlinggame, find out why one gas station is actually losing out. >> thank you again for trusting ktvu channel 2 action news. we'll see you the next time the news breaks. we continue with the 10:00 news righ

danica headed to the pits and returned and she finished 38th.re accident while under caution. montoya lost his car and hit a jet drier. a jet drier is a truck that cleans the track. the truck immediately burst into flames. thankfully montoya and the driver of the truck was okay. who would have thought the biggest wreck of the night would be a service truck. tony stewart got loose four laps remaining. seven cars involved in that pileup. brought out the tenth caution. that set up a green white to checkered for all of the marbles. matt kenseth held off dale earnhardt jr. and it took about six hours but in the end matt kenseth wins the daytona 500. >>> no nba games last night. the kings will be kept in sacramento for the long term. that arena expected to be ready in 2015. >>> georgetown made quick work of notre dame. whitington run to perfection. he is a terrific threat from beyond the arc. the freshman a game high 15 and georgetown won easily, 59-41. that's your first look at sports. >>> and for another look at the weather, here's bill karins. good

i am a big danica fan. she was driving well. coming up on coffee with, martha stewart. a home office. >> yeah. >> you want it to look like that. >> no. >> you got -- >> -- green -- >> -that -- >> -- set -- >> -- non-- >> -gray -- >> -- look red. all right coming up martha has got home office ideas for you. christie bresland is in wjz tv traffic control this morning and i have got first warning weather. we are going to 74 degrees today y'all. almost 50 right now, rain in the area, we will ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> hi, my name is barnard, i am from baltimore, good morning, wjz. >> all right, barnard, you are not going to need the hat, the scarf or the coat today. we are going for a high of 74, first warning doppler shows rain around the area, let's take a look at the currents. rain is going to be with us at times through the day and through the afternoon commute maybe some gusty thunderstorms. 46 degrees right now on tv hill. 76% humidity, northeast breeze at 13. barometer at 29.53. 43 haggerstown, 43 cum beer land, 43 oakland now. 46 downtown and in elkton, 52 dc, 50 easton, 54

danica racing in the first daytona 500. not a good start for her. lap jimmy johnson spins not wall takes out danica and takes out trevor bain but would return. 40 lap to go under caution. montoya spins out hits a tow truck carrying a jet dryer that caused a huge explosion. big fire rupt. ignite fuel on the track. both montoya and the truck driver were okay but they needed a forklift to get the truck off the track then had to fix the surface which was all torn up. after more than 2 hours of repair the race financially resumes then you have another caution with guys spinning out. to the finish we go. matt holding off dale and captured second daytona 500 victory. >> it was a different race. it was a lot of different things went open. starting the race late and the fire i don't know what happened there. tl then the big long delay it was a long one. >> i have hit a lot of things budget dryer? no. >>reporter: it s

you know, it was a wild 24 hours for danica patrick.n the video of the crash, incredible, the final lap, she got clipped from the side, sent in the wall, there is a great camera ang frel inside the car where you see her remove her hands from the steering wheel, that was a safety maneuver she learned in indy car to protect her hands and wrist. the next day on friday. she came out for the nationwild qualifying run and was the fast car on the track, 182 miles an hour, beat all the other cars, made history in the process. today in a couple hours around 1:00 eastern when they get set for the nationwide event, she will be the second female driver in the history of nascar to be the lead car when they start the race, deb. >> that is remarkable. you can tell what a scheduled driv skilled driver, that is something i would never have thought before to get your hands off. how is she and the other drivers handling the spotlight on this rookie, does it change the dynamic of the race or are they all just out to win it? >> reporter: i think it changes

finally, scary moment for danica patrick.om behind, lost control of her car, hit the wall hard yesterday. amazingly she walked away from the accident and avoided serious injury, thanks to a collapsible wall in the track. despite the crash she qualified for the daytona 500 this weekend and will become just the third woman to drive in the great american race. that's your first look at sports. have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >> for another look at the weather here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has your weather channel forecast. >> you were scolding me when he was talking. you started the jeremy lin conversation and what happened last night and we all started discussing it. >> four seconds away from coming back on. >> i get a little snippy. >> wasn't his best moment last night. the first kind of -- >> he's under a lot of pressure. >> the first -- well, you know, first little oops. yeah. good morning, everyone. we are talking a little snow this morning. if you're in areas especially of connecticut into rhode island,

danica in the green 10 car. get caught up in the wreck, they ram johnson. take a look from inside johnson's car. boom. ouch, that does not sound good. danica finishes 38th place in her debut. not what she was with hoping for. this is what everybody was talking about today. juan pablo montoya slamming into a jet dryer on turn three with 30 laps to go. the machine cleans debris off the map. the collision ignited 200 pounds of jet fuel. the car and the machine obviously set ablaze, both the driver of the car and the truck were okay. they had to bring out tide, laundry detergent to clean the track. always a sponsorship opportunity in nascar. this is brad koslowski, he tweeted this picture during the race. his followers ballooned from 65,000 beforehand to 200,000 afterwards. this is the final lap, matt kenseth out front he holds off dale earnhardt, jr. and greg biffle. he wins the 500. most people are going to remember the fire and maybe even the tweeting. kenseth will remember his second daytona 500 victory. >> had a lot of adversity to overcome. we were able t

danica racing in the first daytona 500. not a good start for her.cond lap jimmy johnson spins not wall takes out danica and takes out trevor bain but would return. 40 lap to go under caution. montoya spins out hits a tow truck carrying a jet dryer that caused a huge explosion. big fire rupt. ignite fuel on the track. both montoya and the truck driver were okay but they needed a forklift to get the truck off the track then had to fix the surface which was all torn up. after more than 2 hours of repair the race financially resumes then you have another caution with guys spinning out. to the finish we go. matt holding off dale and captured second daytona 500 victory. >> it was a different race. it was a lot of different things went open. starting the race late and the fire i don't know what happened there. tl then the big long delay it was a long one. >> i have hit a lot of things budget dryer? no. >>reporter: it was different. fred sanchez can't throw with full velocity but believes he's on track to start opening day with the giants 6 weeks away. comi