what did jeff gordon do at the brickyard? legacy and what this could mean for jeff gordon. his is just a huge final tenure. >> a lot of drivers have ups and downs in their careers, and jeff's been down a little bit. bum he but he's been up this year. the brickyard, when we two there, we say, if you're going to win that race, that means you have to have the best engine, the best car, the best pit crew. it takes everything to win there. he did it. thguy's got what it takes to t n thchampionship tonight, again, like he's been all year long, it's like, we've had a resurgence of jeff gordon like i've never seen before. >> absolutely. the drive for five has been going on since 2002. gordon had 17 top tens the entire season in 2013. >> i was talking to alan gustafson about this resurgence. he talked about jeff and his everything jeff put into this race team. not that he hadn't bought all the way in, but jeff's commitment, the communication, and the new ride height rule has played right back into jeff gord gordon's hands. we're seeing some of the best racing of his career. >> perhap

what did jeff gordon do at the brickyard? legacy and what this could mean for jeff gordon. his is just a huge final tenure. >> a lot of drivers have ups and downs in their careers, and jeff's been down a little bit. bum he but he's been up this year. the brickyard, when we two there, we say, if you're going to win that race, that means you have to have the best engine, the best car, the best pit crew. it takes everything to win there. he did it. thguy's got what it takes to t n thchampionship tonight, again, like he's been all year long, it's like, we've had a resurgence of jeff gordon like i've never seen before. >> absolutely. the drive for five has been going on since 2002. gordon had 17 top tens the entire season in 2013. >> i was talking to alan gustafson about this resurgence. he talked about jeff and his everything jeff put into this race team. not that he hadn't bought all the way in, but jeff's commitment, the communication, and the new ride height rule has played right back into jeff gord gordon's hands. we're seeing some of the best racing of his career. >> perhap

the final lap, jeff gordon gets the victory in dover. roundl move onto the next of the sprint cup chase. they cowboys lead the saints 38-17 in the fourth quarter. with a win, dallas will be 3-1. pretty sure redskins fans are watching that game, archrivals. >> or not. they are watching us and just following this. up next, a look at the weekend box office. >> it is denzel washington's opening. "the equalizer" top the box office. in second place was "the maze runner." and take a look at this. perhaps the seattle mariners should stick to their day jobs. busting some dance moves after the team's final game of the season. and that was even after they did not make the playoffs. i don't know what kind of skills those are. >> eileen has a look at the seven-day. >> it will be cloudy to start the work week, but still warm, above average. upper 70's, 80 degrees. a sprinkle possible tomorrow. most of us drive. a chance of sprinkles wednesday, best chance of rain on friday. >> stay with us. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.o

jeff gordon wins at dover international speed way.lights of that at 11:00 on abc 7 and plays of the day. big night for the niners. must win. great to see the as in the playoffs. >> great night. thank you. thank you. up next on abc 7 here's something fun to do with hot dogs. make easy crescent dogs. pillsbury crescent rolls. ♪ make dinner pop. he loves me, he loves me not he loves me, he loves me not he loves me! warm and flaky in fifteen... everyone loves pillsbury grands. make dinner pop. >> coming up tonight at 11:00. >> i think they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. >> the fight against isis and what the u.s. could do next. >> new fears the dangerous respiratory virus spread across the nation. rare symptoms, some doctors are seeing. tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. denzel is back. brought a legion of fans with him. denzel washington the equalizer topped the box officer. he stars as a former commando up against the russian mafia to save a young woman. earned $35 million at the box office. denzel's third highest open

. >>> chase for the cup is heating up with jeff gordon winning the aaa 400 at dover.d at kansas speedway. >>> the tables were turned as the one hated boston red sox, they pulled out all the stops to honor yankee derek jeter. in the final game of his 20-year career, jeter got an infield hit that drove in a run that had even red sox fans cheering. yes, cheering stripes. it is derek jeter. jeter called it a career. he finishes sixth on the all time hits list with 3,465 hits and .310 batting average. well done. classic to see. >>> "snl" kicked off its 40th season this past weekend and no surprise that the show hay field day with the recent nfl skapdca. it started with chris pratt playing the part of roger goodell. >> we want to be part of the solution. so the nfl is organizing its own take back the night march on october 8th. what this says is we fight women. excuse me. we fight 4 women. we fight 4 different women? i? no? oh, yes, of course not. i'm so sorry. >> still ahead, the box office winners. someone dies in springfield. and a surprise appearance by queen b. enterta

jeff gordon took home the checkered flag for his fourth win of the season.vanced to the next round of the chase. >>> coming up tonight in the sports zone, we'll break down the eagles game in san francisco and we bow and say goodbye to the phillies season when the professor, glen macnow from 94 wip joins me. that's later tonight here on cbs3. we'l >> ♪ >> welcome back everyone. grab a fork or just use your hands if you would like. either way, there was plenty of great food to go around in philadelphia's day. let's give you a glimpse here. some of the best cooks in the area set up along main and cotton streets for the fall street food festival. thousands of people got a taste of their best dishes. there was live music and other fun activities as well all for the family and it was a beautiful day, justin. thank you. great food, pretty weather, what more could you ask for? we're back in a moment. mmm ring ring! ring ring! progresso! wow soup people, i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sister's wedding. well it's only 100 calories, s

. >>> the chase for the cup is heating up with car number 24 here, jeff gordon winning the aaa 400 at dover as the 12-driver field advances to the next round at kansas speedway. >>> the tables were turned as you can imagine as a rival boston red sox pulled out all the stops to honor yankee derek jeter. in the final game of his 20-year career and the final at-bat as a major leaguer jeter got an infield hit that drove in a run that had even red sox fans cheering. did you ever think that would happen? yes. it's jeter. he signaled to manager joe girardi it was time, and jeter called it a career. he finishes sixth on the all have time hits list with 3,465 hits and a .310 batting average. i lived in boston for many, many, many years. and you know, you know that evil dreaded rivalry there. but for derek jeter in that final, class act all the way around, both sides. >> validates he is one of a kind for sure. frances, thanks so much. >>> and for your national weather we want to turn to nbc meteorologist bill kerins. all these women's hearts are breaking, clooney's off the market. your heart is

. >> reporter: when jeff gordon was in delaware a few weeks ago he told me attendance is not like it was before. there are plans to get more fans in the seats and chatting about the races on social media. this year there's also a new playoff system in place. four top drivers will be knocked out of championship contention this weekend if they don't place well. this should lead to more drama. lots of fans will be here to see tony stewart race. a grand jury cleared him of any criminal charges after he hit and killed a dirt track driver who had gotten out of his car on the track to confront him after a wreck. >> tony's a great guy. i've met him. he's a great di guy. you know he didn't mean to do that. i do. there's no way anybody can convince me he did that on purpose. >> reporter: there's talk of dover eventually doing what lots of other tracks have done, taking down big sections of their grandstand to make the track look for full on tv. 85,000 is a large number of fans but doesn't look at big when there are 110,000 seats. some seats will likely come out. >> i think there's a real good

. >> jeff gordon jumped at the opportunity and do a little dream cruising. >> i get so inspired and so the passion that people have for cars. because every walk of life and every type of car drives up and down the street over the weekend, and i think it's so cool. i mean, you know, everybody has their own unique style and vision and passion for what they like in a car. >> and speaking of every type of vehicle, everyone knows this car right here, the general lee, race car fans have got to love this vehicle. >> look at all the signatures. kevin, it's his ride, he has every living cast member of the dukes of hazard. there's dazy by the way. the she's a girl after my own heart. steven and carolyn, back to you. >> what a cool idea to have people sign the trunk hood of your car. >> i think i have been hearing a horn down the street also. the one that starts like that. >> pretty amazing how many people lining the streets up and down woodward. young and old. people of all different places. >> we're going to take a lap around woodward when we come back. >> announcer: the 20th anniversary woodwa

jeff gordon looks at cutcliffe's relationship with some of the top nfl quarterbacks.y what he has. >> don'ting holding nothing back, right? >> he's changed the school and the belief for players here what duke football is all about. >> let's go! let's go! >> reporter: duke football under david cutcliffe is all about speed. the teams play fast score a lot of points. ethink practice fast. >> why can't we have great drills that are full of energy. you're going from one drill to another, getting as much work as you can. coaching coaching on the run. i love seeing that on the practice field. >> jack ford is here. good morning. >> good morning, charlie, i know this is near and dear to your heart. >> so many years we've lived with a great basketball and football team. >> it's fascinating as part of the piece we talked to ed toed to mike krzyzewski, the coach at duke. duke is exceptional at everything academics, but not a surprise. they won only ten games in eight years. back to back no wins at all. >> the question is what is it about him, and does it show how one person can m

. >> gordon, this is jeff rosenberg here. i want to get your take on that.e a couple of years ago during the middle of huge disappointing shifts, what do you make of the new government's changes and the impact on china going forward? >> well, i think the most important thing for business is to look at the environment there where we had for more than a year a highly discriminatory anti-monopoly investigation of u.s. and other companies. this is an indication that china is closing down because state enterprises which had become politically powerful over the last half decade are now starting to close out the opportunities for their competitors which are the foreign companies. and you know, you look another at the chinese stock markets. they have not kept up with chinese growth. which indicated this is not a good place to invest at this point. >> john, your response to that? >> well, in addition to gordon's points, there's really a growing tension between china and what i'll call the u.s. client states in the region. japan, philippines, vietnam, and others. we h