this is the daytona 500.ring everything you got and you throw it on the table and you are not happy unless you walk away with the trophy. i can't imagine the emotions dave blaney is going through right now. the track is messed up. no, they fixed it. it's going to rain, no, it quit. >> john: the harvey j. earl trophy is one of the most could vetted in all of motorsports. dave blaney is making hits 398th career start if he can stay up front and hold on that trophy will be his. that will be a tough order because there are so many great drivers who all want to win that thing. >> michael: a beautiful trophy and looks good on your mantle, too. >> john: you got two of them. i hope you have a big mantle. >> michael: i love looking at them. >> john: and the $1.5 million involved in it. the crew members back on the bus. they have gotten the drivers back into it and just when you think you have seen everything in racing. >> michael: have to have a little bit of help. said we will give you a ride to the back straightaway

this is the daytona 500.ring everything you got and you throw it on the table and you are not happy unless you walk away with the trophy. i can't imagine the emotions dave blaney is going through right now. the track is messed up. no, they fixed it. it's going to rain, no, it quit. >> john: the harvey j. earl trophy is one of the most could vetted in all of motorsports. dave blaney is making hits 398th career start if he can stay up front and hold on that trophy will be his. that will be a tough order because there are so many great drivers who all want to win that thing. >> michael: a beautiful trophy and looks good on your mantle, too. >> john: you got two of them. i hope you have a big mantle. >> michael: i love looking at them. >> john: and the $1.5 million involved in it. the crew members back on the bus. they have gotten the drivers back into it and just when you think you have seen everything in racing. >> michael: have to have a little bit of help. said we will give you a ride to the back straightaway

we'll be back to daytona international speedway live on fox. >> mike: daytona 500 aerial coverage is brought to you by directv. only directv dedicated driver channels so you never miss a second of your driver's race. call 1-800-directv. under the red flag still at daytona. the banking 31 degrees steep and you see the big fork lift loading type machine that is going to about he used to remove the safety truck from the turn three banking. the reason being the tires are flat from the fire. they don't want to do any further damage to the race surface by removing that vehicle trying to drive it down the banking. we are under the red flag. four cars that did not pit are at the front of the daytona 500 including the leader the car owned by the man who is up on the spotter's stand with jeff hammond. >> jeff: i'm up here with tommy baldwin. the 36 car leading the race right now. you were trying to see how much damage was done. currently they are are trying to lift the truck up rather than dig it into the asphalt because both tires are burned off of it. get it off the racetrack. what is your d

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. >> mike: here comes stewart. >> darr

>> mike: the daytona 500 on fox is sponsored by toyota. by at&t, the nation's largest 4g network, at&t, rethink possible. by good year, the official tire of nascar. and by gi joe retaliation in theaters everywhere june 29. >> the daytona 500 has a new leader in the race. pace has picked up. get closer to your favorite drivers' performance through every turn and pitstop through the new race 360 available now only at nascar.com. jeff burton the veteran from south boston, virginia. driving a chevy for richard childress, he and greg biffle got together on the outside and went all the way to the front. >> darrell: pretty much everybody knows the 16 car of greg biffle is bad fast. won both practices. qualified on the front row. when burton saw him coming he said man this is the guy i want to go with. jumped out there and went with him and took him right to the lead. >> mike: here we see the two driver tandem in the outside lane racing against the pack and it is quicker than the pack but they can only do that kind of racing here for so long with

racing is fun at daytona and it will be amazing for the daytona 500. >> john: you can say what you want about kyle busch but he can certainly drive the wheels off a race car and did it literally today. coming up next on fox, your late local news. fox late night at 11:00. alcatraz. 12:00 a.m. the new girl. check your local listings. the next matter of business here at daytona is to set the front row for the great american race. tomorrow, qualifying at 1:00 live on fox from the daytona international speedway. we will set the frond row and everybody else has to go back to the drawing board. tune in for that because it has been a wild week so far. congratulations once again to kyle busch and joe gibbs racing who have now put their fifth budweiser shootout victory together. the first one for driver kyle busch and a wild night all together. a lot of bent up sheet metal. a little bent up temper but in the end everybody had a great time on the racetrack and fans must have loved it as well. thanks for cormiering along for the ride. it was a wild budweiser shootout and we are in for a heck of a w

ageless mark martin leads the daytona 500. life. he has been with two different teams since. and will run a partial schedule this year. that number 55. surrendering the lead to biffle and hamlin. >> darrell: mark brings so much energy to a team. he is a smart guy and knows a race carin side and out. he just comes in and he will energize the team. >> larry: and denny hamlin in the 11 laid on the bumper of biffle and pushed him into the lead. >> darrell: i think biffle is the guy that is really i won't say confused but hasn't been able to figure out the right place to be at the right time. we saw it at the halfway mark and saw it the other day in his qualifying race. he has a car that can win this thing if he can get somebody to work with him and play it cool. >> mike: and three cars in the mix deserve mix. we talked about regan smith in the black chevrolet, number 78. side-by-side behind him the 9 and 43. the two fords of richard petty motorsports. marcos ambrose from australia and in petty blue and white the kings number 43 an

here's the time on it. 8:00 this morning here's daytona.ou can see 1:00 to 3:00 where the rain is, it's right there. it certainly looks as though rain is likely today. keep an eye on that as we look. as we head toward tomorrow more rain in the forecast as well. if it does get postponed or delayed tomorrow tomorrow doesn't look better. rain in the southeast. sunny and cool in the northeast. winds continue and snow in the upper midwest where it belongs. >> alexandra steele thanks so much. by the way, would they cancel it or delay in. >> yes. >> do they delay it? >> absolutely they could move it. we have a lot of rain especially later on in the day. that's the balance of the rain. oscar forecast, sunny, 60 on the red carpet. no issues there as well. >> thank god. i was worried for myself. i'm not walking. alexandra steele, thanks so much. >>> just ahead, one-on-one with former president jimmy carter. he opens up about his new book, his faith, and a near-death experience during his time in the navy. that's coming up.yo have diabes.. y get smart

racing is fun at daytona and it will be amazing for the daytona 500. >> john: you can say what you wantbout kyle busch but he can certainly drive the wheels off a race car and did it literally today. coming up next on fox, your late local news. fox late night at 11:00. alcatraz. 12:00 a.m. the new girl. check your local listings. the next matter of business here at daytona is to set the front row for the great american race. tomorrow, qualifying at 1:00 live on fox from the daytona international speedway. we will set the frond row and everybody else has to go back to the drawing board. tune inn for that because it hs been a wild week so far. congratulations once again to kyle busch and joe gibbs racing who have now put their fifth budweiser shootout victory together. the first one for driver kyle busch and a wild night all together. a lot of bent up sheet metal. a little bent up temper but in the end everybody had a great time on the racetrack and fans must have loved it as well. thanks for cormiering along for the ride. it was a wild budweiser shootout and we are in for a heck of a wee

another delay in daytona after a freak accident. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> a winter storm is on the move today in the rockies. tonight and tomorrow. heading for the northern portions of the u.s. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." ahhh. so soft. time out. sweet. [ female announcer ] with charmin ultra soft, you can get that cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft is designed with extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent and you can use four times less versus the leading value brand. ♪ ah. [ female announcer ] we all go. why not enjoy the go with charmin ultra soft. >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." >>> in sports for you today, rain and fire made for the most bizarre race in daytona history. here is fred roggin with an early look at all of your sports headlines. >>> good morning. last night's daytona 5500 had about everything. the rain postponed from early sunday night. bizarre wreck involving a service truck.

that does include daytona beach, where they're going to try to get the daytona 500 in once again this afternoon. if you're watching us on wcau nbc 10 in philadelphia, pennsylvania, see art that explores the impact of the vietnam war and its relevance today at "war is not what you think." that's at lasalle university art museum, and that's your "early today event of the day." >> thank you very much. >>> now a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. the navy s.e.a.l.s philfilm "ac valor" made $24.7 million, beating out new films from tyler perry and jennifer aniston. >>> in case you missed it, "the artist" was the big winner at the academy awards, best picture, best actor and best director. while best actress went to meryl streep for her portrayal of margaret thatcher in "the iron lady." >>> and finally, this is a big talked-about moment. comedian sacha baron cohen made good on his threat of showing up on the red carpet in character from his new movie "the dicta r dictator." oh, look what he did. he made a splash, but not in a good way, when he spilled what he said were the a

an out of control car causing a fiery delay at the daytona 500.aptions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm richard lui. today we begin with an unspeakable tragedy. residents of chardon, ohio, are in shock this morning after a teenager walked into his high school lunchroom yesterday and opened fire, killing two classmates and wounding three others. the 17-year-old shooter was later captured and is now in custody. this morning, students and families are still searching for answers. jay gray reports from ohio. >> reporter: chardon high is still on lockdown this morning, a full day after a deadly shooting rampage in the school's cafeteria. >> we have an active shooter at the high school. >> reporter: investigators say that shooter was 17-year-old t.j. lane. >> he had no emotion on his face. he was just shooting. >> reporter: quietly, deliberately gunning down students before chased from the building by teachers and surrendering without incident a few blocks away. overnight, hundreds gathered at several vigils across th

another delay in daytona after a freak accident.our early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> a winter storm is on the move today in the rockies. tonight and tomorrow. heading for the northern portions of the u.s. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." >>> in sports for you today, rain and fire made for the most bizarre race in daytona history. here is fred roggin with an early look at all of your sports headlines. >>> good morning. last night's daytona 5500 had about everything. the rain postponed from early sunday night. bizarre wreck involving a service truck. what way to kick off the season. here we go. push came to shove on the second lap. sandler bumped johnson from i didn't want. danica patrick was in the middle of it. johns johnson's night is over. danica head ed to the pits and returned and she finished 28th. a bizarre action while under caution. one montoy alost his car and hit a jet drier. a jet drier is a truck that cleans

. >>> out of control car causes a fiery delay at the daytona 500. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin with an unspeakable tragedy. residents in chardon, ohio are in shock after a teenager walked in and opened fire, killing one classmate and wounding four others. the 17-year-old is in custody. this morning, they are searching for answers. jay gray reports from ohio. >> reporter: chardon high is still on lockdown a full day after a deadly soting rampage in the school's cafeteria. >> we have an active shooting at the high school. >> reporter: that shooter was 17-year-old t.j. lane. >> he had no emotion on his face. he was just shooting. >> reporter: quietly, deliberately gunning down students before chased from the building by teachers and surrendering without incident a few blocks away. overnight, hundreds gathered at several vigils across this tight-knit town, searching for some kind of relief or strength by being together. >> it's shocking to the community. one thing i can say they are so amazed how they are surrounding the kids and loving o

last year trevor bayne won his first daytona 500.f he can do it, danica patrick has a great shot as well. >> looking forward to tomorrow. thanks, joe. >>> you can have the fastest car on the racetrack but ask just about any nascar driver and they will agree if you don't have a strong pit crew you won't walk away with that checkered flag. rob marciano found out firsthand after training with carl edwards' pit crew. take a look. [ squealing ] >> let's go. [ squealing ] >> 25 seconds. >> very good. >> you look intimated running out in front of a race car. >> coming in hot. >> did rob make the cut? find out later this hour. >>> a nurse in new jersey has spent the last four decades working in the operating room. she is in her 60s but nowhere near retirement and it's not because she needs the paycheck. you'll meet her. [ male announcer ] that. right there -- reminds you why you fell in love with her in the first place. and why you still feel the same. but your erectile dysfunction -- that could be a question of blood flow. cialis for daily

. >> larry: that is not his first daytona 500 win. he won it in 1988 with bobby allison. >> mike: steve byrnes? >> steve: dale earnhardt, jr. just out of the car. great way to start the 2012 season. tell us about the end of the race? >> i would have liked to won. i told greg that i would push him on the last restart and i pushed him and i thought he was waiting. looked like he might have been trying to make a move on the back straightaway but nothing materialized and then we came and and and waited for the last minute and was happening so i pulled out and went around him. matt had a strong car. the roush guys were really quick all week. i was proud of the horsepower we had in our hendrick car. it was great and we had great speed all week down here. o our car performed well all week. the guys did a great job on the body. thank everybody in the shop and the guys that painted this car. looks good every time it comes down here. craftsmanship is amaze. steve did a good job calling a good race. unfortunate with happened in turn three and i'

daytona 500 down there in daytona beach, florida, we'll be covering that later today a live look thisorning and mitt romney will be headed down there later today to take advantage of that national television audience and cameras are there and mitt romney will be there and rick santorum will have a car sponsoring the rides and it will ab wild daytona, a lot of crashes can be expected on sunday. >> clayton: it's oscar sunday. >> alisyn: of course, tonight are the oscars and we have prepared for you our own homage to "the artist" if anybody were hoping you'd be violent for the next few yurs, you'll get your wish. >> that was rick, just applauding. >> stay tuned, in half hour we're going to show you our own silent movie, "fox & friends" style. >> dave: yeah, we start with the politics, no golden oscars given out yet for the the g.o.p. side. rick santorum sliding a bit in the recent polls. when you look at the national outlook, he's slid back a little bit. 2 points and mitt romney went up 3 points and five point swing since the debate the past week and neck and neck nationally. >> you're r

. >>> and daytona delay. an explosion on the track puts a delay on nascar's biggest race for more than two hours. [ speaking foreign language ] you take your time. >> daytona delay. north carolina captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs th> good morning, everybody, and >>> good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. it is primary day in arizona and michigan, high stakes for both mitt romney and rick santorum. a santorum victory in romney's native michigan could yield a staggering blow to romney's campaign. michigan is the first big industrial state to hold a primary. a research poll shows the race neck and neck in a state that was once considered an easy win for romney. susan mcginnis is in detroit with the latest on this. good morning, susan. >> reporter: hi. good morning, betty. mitt romney needs to win in michigan to avoid an embarrassing defeat in his home state. the polls open in three hours and rick santorum and mitt romney have made their final pitches to voters and

a fuel struck delays the daytona 500. it didn't end until early this morning. >>> and where to find free pancakes today. >>> welcome back, everybody. oil prices are falling as weak demand offsets fears that iran might disrupt the global supply. crude was trading below $108 a barrel. gasoline averages $3.72 a gallon, the highest it's ever been in february. >>> but the falling oil prices were good news for the markets overnight. tokyo's nikkei average rose 89 point today. hong kong's hang seng was up 351 points. in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the dow hit 13,000. didn't manage to stay there. ending down a single point. the nasdaq gained 2. >>> more of us are doing something about the annoying bank fees. almost 10% switched banks last year. a third of those surveyed said it was because of the fees. many customers don't feel they're getting good enough service to justify what the banks are charging them. >>> who better than gordon gekko to fight greed? michael douglas is in a new campaign on insider trading.

it has affected the daytona 500 in florida. elements of that may get close to maryland to the south the bus on monday into tuesday. there is a system -- to the sound of moscow on monday into tuesday. -- the south of us on monday into tuesday. we will talk about it in the insta-weather plus forecast. >> police say they found a 32- year-old men around 1:00 yesterday morning. he had multiple stab wounds and was rushed to the hospital, where he died. od avenue.d on kenwo the governor appeared on "face the nation" and was pushing for the new gas tax. he was asking people to push for the new gas tax. >> domestic oil production has been increasing every year under president obama. our reliance on foreign oil is down to the lowest level it has been in 16 years. we need to find ways to be more energy efficient, more energy independence. with some help from republican obstructionists we can make more progress more quickly. >> prices are rising. the national average is $3.69. in baltimore, you can expect to pay $3.64. this is the earliest

and rev up those engines we're live in daytona beach where they're getting ready for the daytona 500.ing up with us on this saturday morning. that's dave briggs, alisyn camerota and i'm clayton morris. and camouflage camerota. >> alisyn: and i match the couch and i think it's going to work well when i go out fishing, it will trick the fish. >> dave: we're joined now by decorated marine and student colonel ollie north aboard the u.s.s. halsey. >> alisyn: the colonel is in somalia to teach the locals how to crackdown on piracy. >> and i'm also with some great american sailors. these youngsters are doing a phenomenal job out here the counter piracy task force, combined task force, 151 a made up of u.s. and allied vessels and i'm standing next to a great american sailor to went over the side of this vessel this afternoon and this old marine doesn't like too much. and this is petty officer second class samuel jenson from. >> washington. >> he was over on the little tiny rib, we'll send you footage. tell us why you joined the navy in washington. >> to travel and see the world. you certainly

one dumping rain in daytona for all you nascar lovers. more of that rain is going to continue to come off the coast even tomorrow. this is what we're thinking. tomorrow sunshine mixed with a few clouds. all of the moisture really stays on the northern side of this storm. a beautiful afternoon making it warmer. that gets out of here on tuesday. temperatures go down a little bit but we're still in the 50s. then they go back up again as this next storm moves our way. this next storm will have moisture with it. we're going to have skies coming in tuesday night and rain may last until thursday. winds pick up out of the southwest, forecast looks like this for tonight. mainly clear, seasonably chilly not all that cold then tomorrow we're back up to 60 degrees and sunshine mixing with a few of those clouds as that front passes to the south of us. we're back down to 60 on tuesday. then here comes this next storm. rain with it on thursday. once that gets out of here we're still in the 60s on friday. >> that will get you thinking about spring, sprin

matt kenseth's second win in daytona 500. took them two days but we have a winner.ood news for sacramento king fans. johnson, the former cal star, former nba star and the mayor of sacramento, in orlando. they have been working 13 years to get a new arena built and they say we will put up 70 million. they are talking about maybe, maybe 2015. but all signs point to the kings staying put. the a's took a punch to the gut today. scot sizemore tore his acl. lost for the entire season. not one of these big name guys but he was good enough, somebody you could count on. oakland in need of a new third baseman. buster posey in arizona, performs well, the giants not making moves. they will be fine. look at buster posey here. this is fresh video from batting practice. it was supposed to be just coming in. he hit like -- good swing. you know, keep your -- [ talking at the same time ] >> keep your head down, eye on your ball. there you go. >> text book. >> when the video fails go -- you see, what they do -- [ talking at the same time ] >> demo. >> buster posey looks good. all righ

history made today in daytona. for the first time in 54 years the daytona 500 was postponed. was set to become the third female to race in the daytona 500. they delayed start of the daytona 500 for 4 hours but just got -- as soon as they dried had track it got wet again. spoiled all their efforts. it is rescheduled, 9:00 a.m. pacific time tomorrow. cal men's basketball team learned a lesson in colorado. don't overlook anyone. they receive a serious jolt. buffalo fans saw their team thursday night. cal tries to get the bears back. nice drive here. colorado still led by 9. watch him make a big play. 15 points for cobs. cal leads by 5. buffaloes may have played their best game of the year. 58-51 colorado and the coach can smell the upset. it was senior day for colorado. he scores 15 in his final home game. cal falls out of first, tied with washington, he hilts the three here. seals the victory for colorado, 70-57. wasn't even close. cal falls to 23-7. 13-4 in the conference rory mcilroy seemed destined to be crowned today, but today hunter put it on his coraination. they played

you can watch all the action from the daytona 500 tomorrow.overnight basketball sensation jeremy lin just inspired a new frozen treat. benches and jerry's releasing their new flavor, taste the insanity in honor of the new point guard. the vanilla frozen yogurt comes with a fresh waffle cookie for dunking. the limited addition flavor is only available in massachusetts, home to his alma mater, harvard. he's not the only one to get his own flavor. elton john and stephen colbert also got theirs. >>> and on this day in 1964, 22-year-old caseias clay. he later renamed himself mohamed ali. before the match he predicted on eighth round victory. he said he would float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. he went on to become one of the most icon nick sportsman of the country, nicknamed the great he have o

we got an interesting forecast down in daytona. yesterday the daytona 500 was washed out, rained all day. takes 2 1/2 hours to dry the track and they never got a chance to do that. the rain hasn't stopped. they're supposed to get the big race in. this is the super bowl of racing down there. they're going to try to get it in today at noon but a lot of wet weather coming in off the gulf. it's going to be a challenge out there to dodge the showers to try to get the race in today. maybe they can do it later this evening. they have lights. maybe later tonight. as far as the east coast, the rain is isolated as southern georgia in northern florida may skirt through areas of south carolina. down along the texas coast, moisture returning off the gulf is going to cause you cloudy skies with a chance of showers also. the snow from last night is ending up there if wisconsin. so, the stage is being set. looks like we have a pretty good snowstorm to deal in the plains. looks like even on wednesday, areas of new england you'll get snow and sleet

it's the great american race, the daytona 500. mitt romney and rick santorum will have a presence there. romney is expected to be there for part of the race. he was there last year as well. the united autoworkers plan to protest his appearance at the race track. zirjts rick santorum is also going to be at the daytona 500, and in name in spirit and his name is sponsoring a car in the race. as you can see, the number 26 ford will have santorum 2012 on the hood. it can cost between $2 million to $20 million for that kind of exposure. >>> and danica patrick will be one of the most watched drivers in today's rashgs but she didn't finish so well yesterday. a wreck early in the nationwide race at daytona pretty much ended her day, but she still seemed pretty upbeat. >> more than anything i'm just frustrated because the go daddy car was so fast. it was so fast. i could keep up to tandem cars in front of me all by myself. it's frustrating when you have one of those kinds of cars, and it's gone. because there are other days where you don't

but also had a visible presence in daytona by sponsoring a race car. sunday, romney tried to outrevenue the image of an out-of-touch rich -- outrun the image of an out-of-touch rich guy while santorum geared up for the race. >> i just am who i am. if people think there's something wrong with being successful in america, they better vote for the other guy. >> let all the other cars in front of you wreck, and run hard the last few laps and win the race, all right? [ applause ] >> newt gingrich and ron paul have been focusing on the states that vote march 6 on super tuesday. >>> president obama says he's ready to work with america's governors and let them know that they have a strong partner in washington. last night the president and first lady hosted a black tie dinner as part of the national governors' association meeting. he said they have some of the hardest jobs in politics because they are held accountable, but must also yield practical results for their states. the president also thanked the governors' spouses for "putting up with us." >>> in prin

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. >> it was wrecks at the daytona 500 i'm long night of fiery crashes seen right here on fox 5. unbelievable. >> yes, it is. everyone turned out to be okay and it turned out to be a fantastic finish. >>> i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. >>> let's take a look at what is going on in the weather department. tucker barnes, good morning. >> good morning. off to a typical february start here. our temperatures are on the cool side. got a little breeze out of the north as we had a weak cold front come through during the overfight hours. that will set us up for a nice tuesday, at least sunshine and seasonal temperatures. lots of quiet. no rain out there. there is a weak cold front that moved flu in the last couple of hours. our winds have shifted now. a little breezy with winds out of the north gusting to about 20 miles per hour. temperatures, 45 degrees at reagan national. humidity, 42%. there are your wind, north at 15 miles per hour. your pressure is way up. should be a beautiful day. today, we'll be in the low to mid-50s. so about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. lots to tal

then the visit to the daytona 500.en romney was asked if he follows nascar -- >> not as close as some of the most ardent fans, but i have some great friends that are nascar team owners. >> reporter: one of romney's senior strategists telling us this is the picture that the obama team would love to paint of romney, that he's out of touch. but they argue it's the president out of touch on the economy, with unemploy s

she already has qualified for sunday's big daytona 500.nd speaking of racing, you may think of my buddy rob marciano here as a guy who chases hurricanes, stands out in knee deep snow to do weather for us. you're just such a toughmarcian. >> so tough. >> apparently you're a bit of a nascar fan. w >> who knew? >> not i. let's see what kind of trouble you got into. >> we're here where they're prepping three teams for daytona. we're here with the pit crew to see how they make it happen. that was fast. what's the goal here? how many seconds? >> we shoot for about 1150 out here in practice. >> squirrel is going to be your instructor. you'll have your left hand here, and when he pulls it out, just -- >> how much does that tire weigh? >> 65 pounds. >> i've been changing diapers too much. if that's more than 9 pounds, i can't lift it. >> see, you got the job already. >> right. >> start running through traffic, playing frogger. >> playing frogger. >> yeah. >> 25 seconds, rob. very good. >> you looked a little intimidated running out in front of a ra

what's the magic of daytona? >> i mean daytona is the biggest stock car race in the world.dreams of stock car racing, you always dream of the daytona 500. growing up in wisconsin, it's the race we used the watch on tv when it came on tv. and there would still be snow on the ground when i was a kid. so it seems like a whole different world away. i always dreamed of some day n running in that race. now to be able to win this race twice is just hard to put into words. just a cool feeling. >> before you go, could i see your victory smile, matt, because you're so calm today and cool. >> and cool. >> you're right, charlie. could i see the victory smile before you go, matt? please, give it to me. >> it's not so much calm. it's tired. i've been here for two weeks. >> you tell her, matt. you tell her. >> most of my race guys are sitting back there sitting by a cooler of beer so i had to talk to them for a while too. >> the last thing you want to do is get up and talk to people on morning television, right? >> no. i'm feeling good today. i was looking forward to it. i had you circled

larry has more a bit later in sports stay here with daytona. larry has more a bit later in sports stay here with us. news at 9:00 continues >> uc berkeley graduate student found dead in his apartment last night. friend worried about not seeing him for a few days. called police. authorities went to check it out. they are saying only there is no sign of foul play. in the mean time undergraduate student suffered serious head giraffe falling 2 stories to the pavement below. police say andrew crowley tried to scale a fraternity and appeared to have been drinking. this happened saturday night. police say crowley went up a pipe on piedmont and chaning when the pipe gave way and he fell backwards to the ground. crowley is a freshman on the the crew team. >> major news tonight about sleeping pills. new study says they may increase the risk of death so if you take sleeping pills, how worried should you be? here's dr. richard vesser. >> today headline is shocking. over 2 years people who took sleeping pills were at least 3 and half times more likely to di

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we have a lot of practice at daytona. you have shootout, we had qualifying races, we had the saturday racing. so you're in the booth a lot. our boss david hill comes in and he said look here you bunch of knuckleheads. i'm tired of hearing about this and that and something else. he said i don't know who you're talking to maybe you're talking to each other. i want to know why, why are they coming in and why is that passing. why why why. he took a piece of paper, wrote why, slammed it up on the window and left. wow i guess we haven't been telling people why. we better start working on that. so the race starts. it's an awesome race. by now me and mike were hitting on all eight cylinders we're nailing it. i'm making predictions what's going to happen and they're happening. and we're talking about the strategy, larry is and the pits two tires and four tires in this race. it's a thing of beauty. and we're loving it. we talked about the big one. they probably have a big one sometime toking this race because they always do it in d

rain pushing the daytona 500 into another day. that is a first. i'm harris falkner, this is the fox report. voters at the ready in michigan, in arizona. primary tuesday around the corner there and one of these republican presidential candidates just landed a he key endorsement, in the grand canyon state. >> we need a leader, somebody that can make a difference and meet the people and i know that mitt romney will do that. >> also, he once served our nation's military, and someone just did the unthinkable to this 86-year-old war veteran. >> and get in and that was it. and grabbed my keys and in the car. he had hit me. >> carjacked and injured and all caught on tape. >> and act of valor. have you seen it it? real u.s. navy seals on the big screen and it's big at the box office this weekend. >> and gonna crisis escalating in afghanistan. over the burning of some copies of the muslim holly book. we have seen n.a.t.o. forces targeted in the past few days as protests in that country intensifies, more on that story in a moment. first, we're learning the i