florida's iconic daytona speedway is katherine's home for the next four days.atriz from brazil, christina nielsen from denmark, and simona de silvestro from switzerland, for what will be one of the biggest races of their careers. so as soon as you get into the fast lane, crossover and start making your way over. but do not go through their pit box. i love to control everything, and i cannot control the other drivers. that is another reason why you do not go off—line. bia and simona are quick and really good. christina has done the race before so there is a level of comfort there that i know she knows what it takes. also on the way in, i am hitting... honestly, i am surrounded with badass women. driving with katherine and simona, they all have extremely impressive resumes. i think we are all super competitive in general and that i think we have a really strong line—up and it was really good. so yeah, it was just an exciting opportunity for us. katherine, she's the one who has the most experience in this series, and she needs to teach as much as she can so we are

he died in a crash at daytona motor speedway while junior was driving in the same race.ne the weight of emotion the earnhardt family's feeling through all this, escaping that crash just seconds before it burst into flames. when senior died he was driving slowly on the final lap to hold back other drivers so that his son could win the race. his car got bumped, crashed into a wall. dale jr. went on to finish second, not knowing his father it died. junior's since gone on to be one of the biggest names in the history of the sport, winning 26 races over his career including two at daytona. fans voted him nascar's most popular driver in 15 consecutive seasons before his retirement in 2017. he's now an analyst for nbc's nascar coverage. that's why he and his family were on their way to tennessee for tonight's race at bristol motor speedway. he will not be part of the broadcast this evening so that he can with his family during this heavy and emotional time. >> understandably. >> yeah. >> no doubt. thank you. >> yep. >>> four women are suing actor danny masterson and the church

back in 2001, junior's father, dale earnhardt sr., died in a crash at daytona motor speedway. racing legend, fan favorite. he was driving slowly on the final lap attempting to hold back other divers so his son, dale jr., could win the race. the car got bumped, ran interest ape wall. dale jr. finished up second not knowing his father had crashed. dale jr. has gone on to become one of the biggest names in sports history, winner of 26 races over his career including two at daytona where his father passed away. fans voted him most popular driver 15 consecutive seasons before his retirement in 2017. after the plane crash, the strong nascar community, the drivers, fans, flooding social media with tweets of relief and gratitude that dale jr. and his family are okay. they were all discharged from the hospital on thursday. a statement said, quote, we're extremely relieved to learn that dale, amy, ailah are safe and we commend the first responders and medical staff for their quick reaction. an analyst for nbc's nascar coverage was on the way to the race. he will not be part of the broad

daytona 500 two times, finally retiring in 2017. earnhardt and his family were flying into the airport for an event at the nearby bristol motor speedwayl> o'donnell: omar joins us eenight and omar, what do we know about the condition of the lymily? >> reporter: the local hospital says all they have is just minor bumps and bruises. in fact, junior was awake and talking to paramedics. norah, after you see pictures of that plane crash, it's amazing anyone made it out alive. >> o'donnell: incredible miracle there. omar villafranca, thank you. late today, president trump defended israel's decision to bar two members of the u.s. congress from entering the country, the first and only muslim congresswomen. democrats rashida tlaib of michigan, and ilhan omar of minnesota, not surprising since as margaret brennan tells us the unprecedented action by israel prme in response to an also unprecedented request by the president himself. >> the things that they've said, omar, tlaib, what they've said is disgraceful. so i can't imagine why israel would let them in. >> reporter: president trump said he urged the israeli government to ban the two first m

daytona 500. on thursday, earnhardt jr. was heading to nearby bristol motor speedway.fficials say the plane hit a fence that wrapped around the aircraft but did not block the door leading out. >> i guess the only word i can say is that they were extremely lucky. >> reporter: junior has had plenty of accidents on the track but nothing quite like this. and this hits home because in 2004 one of his racing teammates ricky hendricks actually died in a plane crash nearby in martinsville which is less than 200 miles away from where we are standing. the ntsb is here trying to find out exactly what went wrong on this flight. >> omar, thank you. >>> israel now says it will allow a humanitarian visit from a congresswoman it barred from entering the country. minutes ago, rashida tlaib called israel's demands humiliating and said she won't go. in her words, visiting under these oppressive conditions stands against everything i believe in. congresswoman ilhan omar is still excluded by order of israel's prime minister after pressure from president trump, senior foreign affairs brenna