winning over dario fran key teal by oh, so close a margin. and how quickly everyone's emotions and feelings change, as here we are, two weeks later. as we said, we were going to celebrate, not only a championship, but a rookie of the year championship. danica's farewell. and maybe dan winning $5 million, if he could have won this race. >> and as we watch this, marty, we said this before, this sport is a natural high, when you drive, it gives you the highest highs but also has the lowest lows. and you don't understand that until you're involved in the sport. ed a as we see dario franchitti here. it's just -- it pulls your gut out in this scenario. overall, it's going to be a case where all the drivers are going to remember this. it's tough. it's the last race of the year, eddie, and it's something they'll carry forward. >> i think it really is a beautiful statement to his life that they're going to do that now. they're going out now and they're going to run those five laps. >> we see tony kanaan who probably knew dan best as far as all the dri

>> i think dario brings a different perspective, obviously, than what many of us can bring.e is used to traveling at 225 miles an hour. we have to remember that this was the first time that the ind yeah cars raced at this track, they raced 34 cars, which was one more than they have at indianpolis, at speeds of 225 miles an hour, within inches of each other. i think that once you get into that heated moment, less than cooler heads prevail sometimes, but it is racing and it's the reason why they're in this business. they love the competition, they love the racing, and it doesn't take much, as we saw, to cause a horrendous accident an an accident that i might add that if it were 15 years ago would have been far worse. far worse than what we saw. martha: why is that? >> well, because of the advancements of the safety technology. i mean, if you take a look at what happened, and we've seen it far too many times, that one person lost his life was an astounding feat. no one should lose their lives, obviously, but this is racing and it does happen. there was a time not long ago in ou

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fellow indy car drivers dario franchitti scott dixon tony serving paul burgess while numerous colleagues from across the recent spectrum also attended the funeral being inishmaan leaves a wife fun two sons aged two years and seven months all behind weldon one the indianapolis five hundred in two thousand and five and again this year he died while competing in only his third indy car race of the twenty a level calendar weldon falling victim in a multi car crash in lap eleven of the season finale at the las vegas motor speedway some news actually just coming in to us italian writer marco symon cheli has died after a crash at the malaysian moto g.p. event in supplying the twenty four year old hit by two bikes attorney levin after veering into their pov sim and shelley had been a moto g.p. rider for two seasons following a checkered career in the lower classes so yet another tragedy in motor sport very sad news indeed let's move on finally the north american sport of lacrosse has become an unlikely pastime in russia the exciting game drawing lots of new followers here this year's constantine

. >> reporter: eventual champion, dario franchitti, criticized the venue. >> this is not a suitable track're seeing it today. you can't get away from anybody. there's no way to differentiate yourself. >> reporter: speedway officials said, the facility was inspected by indy car officials before the race. >> they gave the okay that the track was suitable for racing. >> reporter: however, for wheldon's family, there are no answers. just unimaginable loss. >> he touched so many. the world is a better place because of dan. >> reporter: before the race, he posted a blog about his tough practices and his concerns he wouldn't get the speed he needed to win the race. diana alvear, abc news, los angeles. >>> the mother of missing kansas city infant, lisa irwin, is now changing certain parts of her story. deborah bradley admits she saw her daughter hours earlier than she first told police. and she also admits to drinking heavily, maybe even blacking out the night that lisa disappeared. the family's attorney says her admission shows she has nothing to hide. today marks two weeks since that little gir

hearing all right well we do our correspondent brant sadler bushell standing by at the launch site at dario we can saw the a live pictures of the lottery can you tell us what's going on where you are. yes this is mark momentous occasion for the history of russian space industry the first takeoff over. outside of russia's base is no slogan the west is quite a few technical going awol balls at the end because we had torrential rains just for of minutes before the launch and it's still raining at the moment display this being the dry season that can affect takeoff they were not hoping for this but it has gone off successfully that's the main thing at the moment they have successfully as we can see the work it is launching successfully which is the main thing you know the old should have been yesterday got postponed a few. it was because of more on a technical issues something called a refueling valve failed to connect well that's a problem that happens quite often during rocket launches and space exposed by saying they want to make sure that everything goes absolutely smoothly today was a resu

. >> good morning, dario.peaking of the protests, city-wide but these people of the near for one week. it is a brotherhood towards the " occupied wall street in new york city. these have been popping up all over the country. as i mentioned, five days at least in the san francisco area. it is about corporate greed. wall street. they say that one person of the population is running at for just the majority. for the most part it has spent peaceful. their claim is that the 1% of the population is ruining it for the 99 percent of the population for the most part it has been pretty quiet you can see police presence. they are in front of the federal reserve bank with their kids. for the most part, no issues. they have--barricades. it has been thinning out this crowd. perhaps more people will dissipate as today progresses'. >> daria: thank you >> mark: the drop on markets italy and spain's their credit rating as a possible downgrade here if >> daria: new details with newly released surveillance video shareef allman. k

australia's world power and dario franchitti. the focus was on them and the exciting spectacular seasonal razzmatazz of the finale in las vegas. perhaps this went under the radar, the fact there were safety concerns over the speeds. >> and you interviewed dan wheldon and did so recently. >> dan wheldon is a character. as a fellow brit, i mourning. no question about that. extremely popular. huge respect from his piers. that's come out already. we've had so many tweets about him and his achievement. there's no question, don, that the world of motorsports has lost one of its favorite sons. that's very evident indeed. 33 years young, leaving behind a wife and two very young sons as well. >> patrick snell, thank you. patrick, i want to read this. this is from danica patrick. she released a statement, saying racing lost a wonderful champion today. dan brought so much excitement and personality to the sport and its fans. he was a great driver and i feel privileged to have raced with him. i pray not only for him but for his wife suzy and

she, too, has been release asked will power who was going for the championship alongside dario, complainedback two years ago in a race. but he was check and released yesterday. >> jamie little of espn and abc, we appreciate your help and your reporting on this tragic day in the indy sports. dan wheldon died in that horrific crash. thank you so much for your help. >>> ahead here, a major agreement between federal communications sxhigs the wireless carriers may mean big savings for you if you have a cell phone. >>> and commander-in-chief or campaigner in chief? we take a closer look at the travels of president obama on your dime. (camera flashes) leanne...leanne! how do you feel about your new focus? oh my god, i love it. (laughs) what would you say to a friend who might be skeptical about ford? just that they make a quality vehicle. does the sound system stand out for you? yes. and when do you use it? um, i use it all the time. i love listening to jazz in the car. you know the only thing that stinks is you can't have a martini. (laughs) sadly, no. oh. but i did pick up your dry cleaning and

one such driver was dario fran k chet franchitti.e did, there was a period of time when you had a lot of hope, especially when the helicopter left, that maybe mr. wheldon would make it. number three, the man behind president obama's auto bailout has a new job, finding ways to expand the u.s. postal office. his name is ron bloom and he's been hired by the national association of letter carrierca. bloom is tasked with one big goal, keeping saturday service. the postal service could soon run out of money. it's looking to cut $20 billion in the next three years. and rimm, the maker of the blackberry announced today it's giving users $100 in free apps in a way to say, hey, sorry for last week's service outage. we spo but only a portion of blackberry users will benefit, because you have to on the in. it's not just good customer relations, it may spark interest in blackberry's app store. it is just not enough, sorry. number five, it has been 73 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? >>> president o

did aafive-lap salute in wheldon's honor after the pccident.the winner of this 3 year's indy series,,darioanchitti, joinnd the tribute. &p"i lost -- we lost a good indycar raciig considered dan a friend."wheldon won the pndy series in 2005, the same year he first won the indianapolis 500.he won the 500 again in may.this time hh wws going for five- last race of the indy car e - seriee."he wasn't just a great driver but a great human being...i just can't believe he is no longer with uss" wheldon's number "77" wws put at the top of the winner's pole in the infield.the rest event of the ccampionships -- was canceled.i'm greg lack, reporting. three other drivers were taken to the hospital ... including championship contender will power... who won the baltimore grann prix.. coming up... a school... accused of pegregating its students... with a color ssstem.how it works... and why it's getting some parents firee up. ((ñ the special sesson the issues that could news at 5:303ersy. on fox 45 -towson 3 3 -3 piber map dumpster downtown.and this a morning...police are still trying to unravel this case.

. >> reporter: dario franchitti reduced to tears. as his grief-stricken wife, ashley judd, looks on. >> you see that happen, you go, you know what, it doesn't matter. >> reporter: he was beloved on the circuit. he won the series title in 2005. he blogged about his car's lack of speed earlier in the week, he had pushed his way there the back of the crowded 34-car field and into the add pack, just as he said he hoped to last month. >> if i'm in a good situation, i'll be able to perform. >> reporter: after learning of his death, the race was canceled. bagpipes sounded. his fellow drivers honored him as they could. driving five of the most heart breaking laps of their lives, in memory of his. he had not qualified for the race. he gained late entry in sort of a wild card. he was chasing a $2.5 million bonus. he had been promising all week a most entertaining ride. >> a lot of people have been commenting about that. joining us now from las vegas motor speedway are two of his close friends, indycar driver alex lloyd and pit reporter jamie l

but one of his colleagues dario franchitti said he thought the speeds were too fast.vice is not a suitable track. -- i said this is not a suitable track. one small mistake and from everybody and it's a massive thing. they talked about the cars. you have got four widened cars. this is the las vegas raceway. it's a mile shorter than the indy 500 raceway. they had one more car. there is very little room for error. see how tight the corners are? in the past 14 years they have had 7 deaths. formula one has had one death. look at formula one track. you will see how much more space they have. they have more safety and bumpers on the formula one track. they have a lot more space that if you do spin out you have got more room to slow down before actually hitting the barriers. but you can bet this will lead to some changes, and i would be very surprised if they ever ran that type of race again on that racetrack in las vegas. megyn: what a tragedy. trace, thank you. car racing is always one of the more dangerous sports. but the last time there was a death was in 2006. but recent

dollar dario frankitti said the same thing.r for the drivers. >> what does the indy car circuit learn from this and prevent it from happening again? >> i think some of the things the drivers were suggesting leading up to the race is slowing down the cars. down that track, 225 miles per hour-plus is very dangerous as we saw with what happened to dan wheldon. wheldon, of course, competing, pushing forward. that was another problem. it was very tight at that track. wheldon was trying to push forward as much as he could because a lot of money was on the line for him. he was battled to win $2.5 million to come through from the last -- he started last in the race and was trying to get to the front. as you can see it get tight in lap 11 this is what happens. >> i'm just looking over my shoulder to see the pictures we have, and it is all with his family. when you see pictures like that, it touches everybody. not just a racer -- >> absolutely not. he was married three years, two young sons. one just born this year, a 7-month-old. this i

danica patrick and dario franchitti were two who spoke openly about the possible dangers the drivers the year 2000, that was the last time they had an indy race here and higher banking was put in place back in 2007. that was designed to make the track faster and more competitive. so could have been a factor. still not sure, but the racing world definitely hit hard by this tragic event. >> gretchen: all right. thank you very much for that update out of las vegas. dan weldon had written in a blog a couple days before that he was frustrated with his car. he wanted it to be able to go faster and he said that he was working with his crew and that he felt confident that they were going to be able to do that. >> brian: meanwhile, another driver, mario franchitti, says this, i could see within five laps people were starting to do some crazy stuff. i love hard racing issues but that, to me, is not really what it's about. and for weldon also, he was about to join mario andretti's group and replace danica patrick not season. >> steve: apparently he was blogging for usa today and he said at the