. >> david drummond barely escapes being struck but his car is badly damaged by a flying piece of pipe while he films the event. >> god almighty. that hit right there. >> you okay? >> yeah. i'm fine. it took out the front of my vehicle. >> are you serious? >> yeah. >> it landed on the left front fender and hood where they come together and it landed with such force that it actually bent the frames underneath, pretty much totaled it because of the damage. >> hours earlier, drummond, a storm chaser, begins following a violent storm that might spawn a tornado. but instead, only brings hail and lightning to west texas. >> there was a huge lightning strike, bigger and louder than normal. i thought that must have hit something, and shortly after that, i heard on the scanner that tones went out for the fire department. >> the lightning strike starts a fire at the tank facility that separates oil and gas from sea water used during drilling. the fire department arrives to find three tanks fully engulfed and more tanks that could catch fire at any moment. >> there were four other tanks that was

to tell us more about this big- time show going on from today through sunday john drummond is here withhe goodguys show. he is the communications director. hi, john. >> hi, roberta. good to have you. >> reporter: thank you. how many people between today and sunday? >> a crowd of about 75,000 people out here this weekend. over 3,000 of these custom cars are going to be on display. >> reporter: what's the criteria for a car to be in the show? >> has to be 1972 or earlier. so you will see a lot of vintage cars out here. we have cars registered from 29 different states. >> reporter: what is the special attraction besides the swap meet as well? >> we have all kinds of stuff. there's a model engine exhibit here that you guys have to see. there's these guys that build these tiny little motors and they run just like a normal motor. that's an exhibit we have going on. we have lots of col free stuff for the kids going on out here and if you dig cars, this is mecca. you have to be here. >> reporter: you have to be here. and i don't think the weather has ever been so conducive. >> you get sunny and

want to thank jonathan breul for doing an excellent job moderating, also allison grant here, carrie drummond and david brownstein at george mason, i want to thank you for helping us put on this event, and thank you all very much. [applause] >> acting irs commissioner daniel wore fell testifies before the house ways and means committee this morning about the implementation of the new health care law. he'll be joined by the deputy administrator from the centers for medicare and medicaid. watch live coverage starting at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> in a few moments, the senate comes in and will work on judicial nominations. be funeral for former ambassador and congresswoman lendyboggs will be held this morning in new orleans. she was the wife of the late house minority leader and mother of journalist cokie roberts. yesterday members of the house gave tributes to the louisiana democrat. lindy boggs was 97. >> speaker, i rise today to pay tribute to a former member of the house and a grand lady from louisiana, ms. lindy boggs. she was a pioneer for the state of louisiana, and she served louisi

drummond had the stairs and that arnold and willis would come down. >> so you like the marble. >> yeaht the marble. he was heavy handed on the decorating. >> the gold filigree everywhere. >> yeah. >> how about a check of the weather, al. >> depending on what your weather is for you house, wet weather for the southeast, gulf coast, into the eastern rockies. showers moving into the pacific northwest. the mid-atlantic states into the great lakes spectacular. more of the same tomorrow. we'll continue to see more heavy rain in the southeast. look for sizzling conditions from the southwest on into southern texas and southern california. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's >>> look at this, 9:32 in the morning, widespread 60s everywhere and 24 hours ago, we were actually cooler in most cities. you're two degrees warmer than 24 hours ago in livermore, palo alto and napa, a warm day inland. look at these highs, 895, livermore, 97, fairfield, 70 on the way to the city by the bay, 70 in santa cruz. head to the next couple of days, temperatures stay warm, we will get a slight