last daytona 500. 23 seasons for jeff gordon. he's won this race three times in his career. he had an early lead but in the 41st lap, trouble behind him. tony stewart in the 14 cars goes into the wall doesn't look all that bad, but stewart hasn't won't this race before. he won't win it this year. damage sends him to the garage. >>> final lap. after the restart. joey logano in the lead jeff gordon was involved going from 10th to 28th place. logano stays clean, collects his first daytona 500 win. so joey logano how does it feel to win the great american race? >> i can't believe it. this is absolutely amazing. this is awesome. this is daytona 500! oh my god! are you kidding me? i was so nervous the whole race pretty much. unbelievable. daytona 500! >> daytona 500. >> that's great. >>> day 2 of spring trainings for the nationals. pitchers and catchers back on the diamond today, the guys doing some light work on the mound. position players report tuesday. first full squad work out set for thursday. manager matt williams all about the

jeff gordon is with our matt yoakum. >> jeff gordon finished seventh tonight and i don't know how manyes you both are on the race track. there is a lot on there and many that you didn't see. yeah i was kind of happy to survive some of those but we had an awesome race car and i thought they won the race and we were able to dish them when they got in behind. i thought we were in great shape. i got in the inside lane. couldn't get going. yeah, we just kind of fell back and working back up and getting damage. all in all it was a fun race and this thing is wild and that's what it will be like at the end of the daytona 500. i'm excited about the way our car performed and really excited about the predictions. thank you. >> last year martin truex led one lap all season. it being looks like you just needed a dance partner tonight. the race was over when they got by for the lead and it was tough to pass them. he is really, really good here. apparently better blocker than i am, but can't say enough about anybody on the furniture. what a hot rod. i really needed that. these guys really needed a sh

jeff gordon at pole position leading the field to green at the last 500. it was to be the story of this day until this crash. driver kyle busch's car slamming into a concrete wall late saturday. as he is rushed into surgery, fellow drivers criticized daytona for not having safer shock absorbant barriers along every wall. late last night, an apology. >> this is not going to happen again. we're going to live up to our responsibility. we're gonna fix this and it starts right now. >> reporter: by morning, a new barrier between the track and the wall. this is where the accident happened. and these are the tire packs that were installed overnight. this is just a temporary fix until those soft walls can be installed. kyle was the second busch out of the race. his brother kurt was pulled from the 500 friday, the first time nascar suspended a driver indefinitely for allegations of domestic violence. busch hasn't been charged with a crime. but in a delaware family court, he was accused of beating his former girlfriend last september. busch denies the allegations and

full of jeff gordon stuff. >> the 500 is the first racest farewell season.river known well beyond the world of pit crews and checkered flags. >> i want to enjoy every moment and enjoy every fan and give back to them what they've been giving to me. >> it wasn't his day on victory lane. >> joey logano wins the daytona 500. >> that honor went to joey logano his first daytona 500 win. as for jeff gordon he was involved in a multicar crash on the last lap. he came in 33rd. back to you. >> thank you. >>> other parts of the south trying to recover tonight from a crippling blast of winter weather. caused all kinds of problems in a region that just not used to this kind of thing. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in tennessee tonight. good evening. >> carl, good evening. this storm was unlike anything this area has seen in recent memory. the weightst ice snapped trees and brought down power lines. tonight the national guard is checking on people stuck in their homes without heat. the ice is heavy and so is the heartache. >> it's been a time. >> freezing fog obscured the full s

jeff gordon is with our matt yoakum. >> jeff gordon finished seventh tonight and i don't know how many times you both are on the race track. there is a lot on there and many that you didn't see. yeah i was kind of happy to survive some of those but we had an awesome race car and i thought they won the race and we were able to dish them when they got in behind. i thought we were in great shape. i got in the inside lane. couldn't get going. yeah, we just kind of fell back and working back up and getting damage. all in all it was a fun race and this thing is wild and that's what it will be like at the end of the daytona 500. i'm excited about the way our car performed and really excited about the predictions. thank you. >> last year martin truex led one lap all season. it being looks like you just needed a dance partner tonight. the race was over when they got by for the lead and it was tough to pass them. he is really, really good here. apparently better blocker than i am, but can't say enough about anybody on the furniture. what a hot rod. i really needed that. these guys really needed

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in the end it was the 24 car, jeff gordon taking the poles, so congrats. >>> thanks a lot, jason. >>> everybody will be dealing with two issues. >> tonight and tomorrow morning, it's all about how cold it would be. gray is the windchill warning, blue is the windchill advisory. after tomorrow morning, it's not so cold but then by tomorrow night into tuesday morning, guys we're tracking snow moving through the area this could be some of the most snow we have seen through the season. kind of a big gradient. 4 to 6 in the metro area over 6 inches potentially in the southern maryland. >>> that could pose trouble for folks going back to work on tuesday. >> updates >>> on this sunday night, triple threat. heavy snow 60 mile an hour wind gusts and temperatures that will feel like 25 below. in new england, roofs collapsing from the weight of all that snow. and word that yet another system is on its way. >>> behind the attacks, police shoot and kill a terror suspect they believe is responsible for two deadly attacks. was it part of a wider plot? tonight the hunt for answers. >>> flight plan. th

now this nascar driver jeff gordon announcing his retirement.s decision on "fox and friends." >> i have been racing all my life, it's the right time for me personally, i have two young children and the wife a wife and i want to spend more time with them and also you know, it's the right time when you look at what the future holds. stuart: here is a man that knows himself very well. his pit crew chief thank you for joining us ray. you are the guy that changes things really fast? >> yes. actually they are doing it so fast for the daytona 500 i expect them to put fuel in the car and gas up and 11 seconds. stuart: can you repeat that? >> and 11 seconds if you're competitive. to be slow it is 12 seconds. stuart: what was that like working with jeff gordon? i don't know a lot about nascar. but nonetheless, but i am told really made a difference they took the sport and made it into a worldwide phenomenon. >> when you look at what he accomplished as a driver, and it also took this from the southern regional sport where it is and you can be conservative

. >>> well, bay area and nascar driver jeff gordon starts his last season as fall-time driver. >> the new safety concerns being raised about the daytona 500 just hours before the race. >> and that outdoor hockey game in california mat brought tens of thousands of people to levi stadium. female announcer: presidents' day is over, but the savings go on at sleep train. through sunday, save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. plus, free delivery, set up and removal of your old set. and sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train's presidents' day sale ends sunday. ...guaranteed! ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> happy sunday to you. giving you live picture there of heavenly ski resort, actually picking up a new dusting of snow. an inch of snow reported there in the last 24 hours. >>> sharks played in front of their biggest crowd ever last night. a sellout crowd of 70,205, packed levi's stadium to watch a hockey game outside. shark players and the

took jeff gordon back to 33. joey logano, kevin harvick and dale earnhardt jr.ano was humbled by the win. >> this is awesome. this is daytona 500. oh, my god. i was so nervous the whole race pretty much. this is our weakest race track. terrible at them last year. >> the only thing missing from the sharks is last night at levi stadium was a win. better than 70,000 at the home of the 49ers. san jose hosted los angeles kings. less than 3 minutes into the game, clifford with the goal. off the assist. 1-0 los angeles. the sharks answered back late in the period. from the wing. that gets past jonathan quick. you can see he gets a piece of the puck but it was too strong. they were still tied in the third. on a sloppy line change the sharks turn it over. the kings hang on for a 2-1 win. sharks in the number 9 spot in the west. todd mclellan happy about the turn out. >> these are our fans. this is sharks territory and they showed up. there were king fans here, hockey fans. that is what made tonight so special. the fact we lost is disappointing but to be part of it, would

bay area native jeff gordon started on top.ened in that last lap. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ everybody deserves $73 fares. because wedding season can get expensive. book your low fare now at southwest.com. >>> time is 6:44. welcome back to mornings on 2. sun and warm weather gave way to rain in southern california. you can see some crashes. the wet weather caused issues on the roads yesterday including a car crash that injured eight people. but also worries of flash flooding in areas burned by the wild fires recently and the rain dampened the red carpet at the academy awards. >>> another arctic blast bearing down on parts of the u.s.. the national weather service says temperatures will be 25-30 degrees below normal across much of the country today after sub zero temperatures. 30-40-degree break felt pretty nice but turned snow into slush on sidewalks in new york, philadelphia, boston, and new jersey. >> you know it's a jersey winter when 20 degrees feels good. >> ice caves have formed on the frozen waters of lake michigan. it's estimated the lake

jeff gordon is like 43. this will be jeff gordon's last season.s been racing in the top tier series since 1993, i think. they have incredibly long careers if they continue to compete at the highest levels. stuart: nascar drivers are probably the top paid athletes of all sports. >> their salaries have been in decline in recent years. they were only making super super big bucks within the last decade. >> you were talking to me in the break. ratings have just wanted it. >> we are in the freefall. incomes were not going up. the fan base was hard hit. i also think people lost interest in this sport. they stabilized the last three in the year. nascar stock reporting attendance figures. the playoffs at the end of the year are called the chase. now it is and elimination series. maybe it will work. and lot of fights on the track. nascar fans loved us to see that last year. stuart: what is the attraction of watching for an expanded period of time round and round. i am seasick. dagen: to you like driving fast? trading paint. the daytona 500 on fox sunday. he

tomorrow's race marks the final season for jeff gordon. he will start in the pole position. four time champ won the pole last sunday. he will now try to open his 23 23rd season with his fourth victory -- victory at daytona. last month he announced this would be his final season as a full time driver. leftover rice start alongside his teammate in that front row. >>> month we will end early tomorrow to bring you the 500, coverage starts at nine. >> we are also going to end early at 8:30 this morning to bring you college basketball on fox. stay tuned for that game which is at 9:00 this morning movement braving the cold in the name of charity. the reason hundreds of people are going to strip down to their bathing suits and take a dip in the san francisco bay. >>> and spring training is underway in arizona but the giants missing a key man in uniform. what >> pleasant weather in forecast for saturday afternoon. this morning valley fog and colder temperatures for most a look coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ everybody deserves $73 fares. because wedding season can get expensive. book your low far

jeff gordon says it will be his last and he has pull position at this time. i have been to nascar races. i do not understand how they work. i know you continually turn left. i like to get as close as i can to the track and stand there as they go -- that is amazing. the noise pushes you back a little bit as you go by. someday i will understand the strategy. erik: they are spending big money on daytona. brendan: you have the rv's on the midfield. erik: greece plus finance minister is in brussels today. there is no indication he will have anything to do or anything to talk to when he gets there. berlin said nein again. hans nichols is back in brussels. is anything actually happening? hans: nothing's happening yet, brendan. we will get here in about two hours. what we have so far is a series of good news, optimistic news, and bad news. there was a talk that went on for about 50 minutes. also in the good news -- and mr. seaburg coming out of that said that he was ultimately positive. the germans seemed willing to compromise. a government official says the document

jeff gordon qualifying for what could be his final daytona 500.nounced a couple weeks ago this will be his final full season of racing. he won the pole for the next week's race. he last won the daytona 500 in 2005. earlier today, bowyer wrecked. with swarenson. he was able to qualify but after that he ripped the form at where the drivers are on the track at the same time. >> there is no sense in being able to try to put on some cute show for whatever the hell this is. guys spent six months working on these cars, busting their as on the cars to have a guy out of desperation to do that. it is not his fault t it is not. nascars fault for putting us out here for this, stupid, no sense in doing this. >> oh, nascar and conflict, no better way to end the >> glor: tonight, the winter seemingly without end gets worse in new england. more snow now a deep-freeze asze the next storm forms down south. isis releases a new video of the execution of 21 christians. a hacker group may have stolen $1 billion from banks around the world. the faa is out with guideline

. >>> meantime, jeff gordon, going to be the pole sitter for daytona 5. this as a result of a qualifying race. he has announced this will be his final full season of racing so, it is fitting that he get s it. he last won in 2005 at daytona. it is a paint-swapping, smash them up, clint bowyer and swarenson. now, this is a new format, drivers are on track at the same time. >> there is no sense in being able to try to put on some cute show for the hell this is. >> guys spent six months working on these cars, busting theirace in these cars so they can go out there and have a guy out of desperation to do that. it is not his fault, it is nascar's fault, it is stupid, no sense in doing this. >> wow, a little upset. >> yes. calm the nerves down. let me set the table for later, we have "game day". >> yes. he is over here. together, pebble beach yes. >> and the captioning funded by cbs and ford >> so putting things in the simplest possible terms, you have invented a cure for ebola? >> we hope. i would, i wouldn't take it myself if it... >> it helped to cure kent br

season opening race featuring jeff gordon, the last fuel year behind the wheel.s watched dad lead 87 laps until he finished 33rd. danica stayed out of trouble. tony's drought continues. his day was cut short after 72 laps. stewart has never won nascar's biggest race. >> the words legendary broadcaster squire. grandma put your teeth in your pocketbook for this one. >> 3 wide, 9 laps to go. joey logano leads. jimmie johnson handles it. then caution flag and put an end to a suspenseful finish. joey lagano won it under a yellow flag. not that it matters to him. >> he wins the daytona 500. >> daytona 500 guys! [screaming] >> the 24-year-old is the second youngest driver to win the daytona 500. although his wife was not too happy after the race. >> mentioned the cool ring that you got. >> which one? >> given your track record with rings what are you going to do with that one? >> i hope i don't lose it. this one is harder to replace. well, i take that back. [ laughter ] hang on, wait. [ laughter ] >> what i meant -- that -- what i meant to say. [ laughter ] >> she is --

vallejo native jeff gordon raced in his final daytona 500 today.year-old driver will retire at the end of this season. gordon had the pole position for this race and led for 87 laps. with ten laps to go with his teammate jimmy johnson in the lead until joey logano passes him. gordon involved in a last-lap wreck causing him to finish 33rd. after a restart the 24-year-old logano takes the checkered flag for his first daytona victory. >> amazing two weeks after being down here. my friends are here my family is all here. i can't put it in words. everier is view i've given has been terrible because i don't know what to say. i don't think i have ever been in this position. it is amazing. >> i missed what was happening in the first half. and i won't miss what was happening in the last 20 or 30 laps. unless you are in victory lane those final laps are about as chaotic and crazy as it guess. >> final rounds of the northern trust open at rivera. rainy down there. james haughn shot a two under 69, six under for the tournament. he would force a playoff with jo

jeff gordon started his last daytona 500 with his kids. >>> now, tony stewart's drought continues.aps. he enough one the big race. >> grand marx put your teeth in your pocketbook for this one. [ laughter ] >> 3 laps to go, joey lagano pulls ahead on the restart. but then the caution nag was back out after a 51 car wreck put an end to a suspensionful finish. he won the daytona under a yellow flag. >> he wins the they tona 500. >> we got a 500 guys. [screaming] -- he wins the daytona 500. we got a 500, guys. [screaming] >> his wife was not too happy after the race. >> the cool ring that you got, given your -- >> which one? i got two cool ones. >> given your track record with rings what are you going to do with that one? >> i hope i don't lose this one. this one is harder to replace, i think, well, i take that back. [ laughter ] oh. >> okay. hang o hang on. hang on. well, -- >> wait, hang on here. what i meant -- [ laughter ] >> what i meant to say -- >> digging deeper. >> she is still here with me. it is just a symbol. she is with me all of the time. she would be impossible to replac

the daytona 500 it's jeff gordon's likely last.see him get tangled up, and it turned around in a multi car crash. he finished 33rd. joe wins the race for the first time. his nickname is"sliced bread" with the baseball season just around the corner, k and has a covered we have live reports all week from the giants' spring training >> pam :in the spring training is a lot of fun it's making it tough to drive on the bridges with all the wins latelyds. will have a wind advisory in effect a fact. >>:the wind is really blowing tonight, gusty winds through the night. a cold morning, with temperatures in the 30's. highs tomorrow about five degrees cooler, with sunny skies. >> pam :you need extra hair spray that's it for the kron 4 news at 11. stay connected with kron 4 dot com. or download one of our mobile apps. we'll see you tomorrow morning! that's it for the kron 4 news at 11. stay connected with kron 4 dot com. or download one of our mobile apps. we'll see you tomorrow morning we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose, choose.

reigning sprint cup champ, and was followed by dale earnhardt, jr., and jeff gordon led the race, 87 laps and finished in 3 thoroughrd and then in the post race press conference. logano gets himself in hot water. a reporter asked him about his new championship ring and his wedding ring. >> i hope i do not lose this one. this one is harder to replace, i think. well, i take that back. i screwed up there, hang on hang on. well -- >> insert foot here. >> hang on what i meant -- what i meant to say. >> take a deep breath. >> she is still here with me, it's just a symbol. she is with me no matter what. she'd be impossible to replace. >> there you go. >> that's how you redeem yourself. >> i didn't, kind of but you just said it's a symbol so, in all fairness though it could have been a rookie mistake, logano has only been married two months now and he even lost his wedding ring on his honeymoon. a little stroke of bad luck for that guy. but he still won, good luck to him. and in the nba, lakers/celtics go to overtime. >> avery bradley with one to tie the game. we are going to overtime. how a

the knockout format ended with jeff gordon on the pole for the final daytona 500 of his career. >>> andg fight may be one step closer. manny pack cow and floyd mayweather jr. have agreed to a $250 million bout in may. >> $250 million? >> there's one thing that's missing. a small minor detail or a big one. may weather's signature. there's all this agony build up to it. hopefully if the fight happens, it will live up to it. >> there's a lot own the line. thank you. >>> one super model's untouched picture is igniting debate about real beauty. >>> a dramatic rescue captured on video. it's 10 minutes after the hour. you're watching if the first look." i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 60,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning a business even more rewa

. >> and vallejo native jeff gordon will be racing in his final daytona 500.e beat out team mate jimmie johnson to take the pole. his second daytona 500 pole. last one in 1999 and he won the race. this sports reporting brought to you by bank of the west. >> thank you. next on abc7 news at 6:00, "50 shades of grey" sold more than 100 million books. it could lure in that i love my shows, but i can't just sit around all day. that's why i have xfinity. their cloud based dvr lets me take everything i recorded, anywhere i go. which is perfect for me, [whispering] because i have responsibilities. ...i mean that's really interesting, then how do you explain these photos?! [people gasping] objection your honor. sustained. with the x1 dvr library you could take anywhere, xfinity is perfect for people on the go. m >>> join us on kofy tv 20. the monarch butterfly population has fallen 90% in recent years. what is causing the decline and how the u.s. government plans to help the population take off again. >>> at 11:00, here on channel 7, hackers steal more than a billion d

. >> and vallejo native jeff gordon will be racing in his final daytona 500. today he beat out team mate jimmie johnson to take the pole. his second daytona 500 pole. last one in 1999 and he won the race. this sports reporting brought to you by bank of the west. >> thank you. next on abc7 news at 6:00, "50 shades of grey" sold more than 100 million books. it could lure in that many i love this new sirachi burger. it's siracha. sluracha? no. si-rah-chah. siriracha. no. watch how i say it. si-rah-cha. that's not helping. bam! that's jack's new spicy sriracha burger comin' in all hot and melty with jalapeños and bacon! but the best part? it's not just sriracha sauce it's creamy sri-rah... slur-rah cha... whatever it's called, it's awesome sauce. >>> join us on kofy tv 20. the monarch butterfly population has fallen 90% in recent years. what is causing the decline and how the u.s. government plans to help the population take off again. >>> at 11:00, here on channel 7, hackers steal more than a billion dollars from banks in the u.s. and around the world. how they d

the busch story is a big -- the busch brothers is the big story today and also jeff gordon a three-time champ here, has decided this is his last race and he won pole position, starting oh nut first in his last race 43 years old and he's ready for possibly the ride of a lifetime and that will be one of the big stories here that everybody is going to be watching. >> well, let's hope he does well today. i'm happy that kid rock is playing. i've seen him live. i think he's the perfect artist to play there. >> reporter: yeah, you said it. i heard him warming up earlier. he sounded great as well. >> very very cool. you've got a good job there today and i see you're wearing your short-sleeve shirt. i'm jealous. >> reporter: let me tell you, it's going to be about 77 degrees down here today. after being in new york for the past month or two it feels really really nice. they broke record low temperatures two days ago. just to have this kind of weather -- and it's been raining the last couple of years causing problems and delays in the race this year they are starting the race two hours than befor

final lap of jeff gordon final daytona 500 and he would get all tangled up.nt to go up out. that clears the way for joe a lagano to whip his first victory. second youngest ever to win super bowl and. >> great news about dalton that's phenomenal. >> love to see a great story like that. >> up next, a big drop in temperatures could mean big problems for all the slush out there. >> meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast when "action news" comes right we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really half-fast. so half-fast. someone did a half-fast job posting our vacation pics. when i post my slow jams, i'm a little half fast totally half fast stop living with half fast internet. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - uploads as fast as downloads. and the fastest wi-fi available from any provider. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >> melissa here now with accuweather. concerns about refreezing in the overnight hours

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jeff gordon led a high 87 laps but finished in 33rd. then in the post race press conference, logano gets himself into a little bit of hot water. a reporter asked him about his new championship ring and his wedding ring. >> i hope i don't lose this one. this one's harder to replace, i think. well, i take that back. i screwed up there. hang on, hang on. well, i know -- >> insert pun here. >> hang on. what i meant -- what i meant to say -- >> digging deeper. >> she's still here with me. it's just a symbol. she's with me all the time no matter what. she would be impossible to replace. >> aww. >> there you go. >> that's how you redeem yourself. >> well done. in all fairness, it could have been just been a rookie mistake. logano has only been married for two months, and he even lost his wedding wing on his honeymoon. >>> extreme weather causing extreme scenes in the south in dallas, texas. a nasty wintry mix making things miserable. iced over roads proving dangerous. drivers are being told to stay off of them. at airports more bad news. more

finishes first followed by jeff gordon and the second duel with four laps to go watch the crash, denny hamlin in the back of danica patrick's number 10 car. bad blood there. hamlin wrecked patrick's car in wednesday's practice session. patrick will finish in tenth. afterwards she had a heated exchange right there with rival hamlin. both hands up. >> she had her hands on him too. >> yeah. >> the deglatsgate sag ka continues. the colts gm says the team contacted officials before the afc championship game to raise questions about the patriots' game balls. grigson did not say how the team was tipped off. officials have not yet provided any updates on ted wells' investigation of the controversy. >>> and the nhl released this very cool time-lapsed video here. shows the transformation of san francisco's levy stadium from football stadium and watch it turn into a hockey rink. part of nhl's outdoor stadium series. the sharks take op the kings saturday only on nbc sports. >> that is cool. >> any time you time lapse anything it looks cool. >>> check this out here. an artist made a dress entirely

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finishes first followed by jeff gordon and the second duel with four laps to go watch this big crash.nny hamlin getting in the back of danica patrick's number 10 car. bad blood there. hamlin wrecked a car in wednesday's practice session. jimmie johnson takes first. afterwards, hook at this heated exchange with rival hamlin. just wait for it right there. two hands up right to the chest right there. not happy. >>> the deflategate saga continues. colts gm rickson says the team contacted nfl officials before the afc championship game to raise questions about the patriots' game balls. he did not say how the team was tip observed. officials have not yet provided updates on the investigation of the controversy. >>> and the nhl released very cool time lapse video, the transformation at san francisco's levi's stadium from how we know it as a football stadium into a hockey rink. it is all part of the nhl's outdoor stadium series. sharks take on the kings saturday only on nbc sports network. >>> san francisco giants manager bruce bochy underwent a heart procedure to insert two stents. the three-

and jeff gordon is saying goodbye to the indy 500 but not the way he wanted to.

jeff gordon retiring and racing in pole position.irst place for the race and great news and obviously the story of kurt busch we will continue to talk about this morning. incredibly cold record breaking temperatures here yesterday. warm up nicely this weekend back into the 80's by tomorrow, which will be great news for race day. the cold air is still hanging on across much of the northern tier of the country. not as cold as it had been. storm watching down across the south. it's so cold it is starting off as freezing rain. then transitioning to some snow and then into some rain. this storm will move up the eastern seaboard throughout the day today and into the day tomorrow. as you look at the future radar here. here is what it looks like. start to see some snow. maybe an inch or two accumulating in places like new york or boston. then should transition into some rain behind that then maybe see some temps into some 40s for part of the day tomorrow guys. 40s you are going to get there in new york. you have not seen temps in the 40s in

but the most watched driver of the day is certain to be jeff gordon. at pole position it will be his 23rd time in the 500 and his last. >> i wanted to be able to go out on top or as close to the top as possible. >> reporter: as he kicks off his farewell season. gordon is the undisputed face of nascar with popularity that's transcended racing even hosting "saturday night live." >> every time i get in a car, there is a chance i could crash and burn in front of millions of people. so i guess i am prepared for this show. >> reporter: gordon has made three previous trips down daytona's victory lane. >> i've been racing for a very long time. people maybe don't realize i started very young. so for me i feel like i'm 65. >> reporter: he's a long way from 65. as for the race today, the track says it's going to replace all of the concrete walls with kind of tire pads. but long-term, they're going to replace concrete walls with what is called a soft wall and that what exists at many other tracks. erica, back to you. >> janet schamlian this morning, thanks. >>> st

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jeff gordon is starting in the pole at the daytona 500 on sunday. danica will start 20th.ill have a big chip on her shoulder. >> you know? i interviewed her once and asked what her best advice is. i thought it would be maneuvering the best turn. she said save your money. save every penny. that's what he said. she is like a financial reporter. amazing. another reason to love her. >>> now we know why you like her. thanks coy. >> top story. a plan to take a key city from isis set for spring. why is the military revealing their strategy now? a live report ahead. when heartburn comes creeping up on you... fight back with relief so smooth... ...it's fast. tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue ...and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum, tum tum tum...♪ smoothies! only from tums. lilly. she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. but once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. you are free to go. tide and downy together. >>> a surprising reveal

. >>> jeff gordon will be racing in his final daytona 500 next week, but today he beat out jimmie johnsonr the great american race. the last pole for him in that race was in nean 99. he won that race and he'll retired after the 2015 season. great weekend for sports fans with pebble beach and the all-star game. >>> that's it for tonight. abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30. thanks so much for joining us. the news does continue now online, on twitter facebook and all of your mobile devices with our abc 7 news app. thanks again for watching. have a great night and a great week. what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch to xfinity home? i get live video monitoring and 24/7 professional monitoring that i can arm and disarm from anywhere. hear ye! the awkward teenage one has arrived!!!! don't be old fashioned. xfinity customers add xfinity home for $29.95 a month for 12 months. plus for a limited time, get a free security camera call 1800 xfinity or visit comcast.com/xfinityhome. at. jake. previously on

jeff gordon led for many. logano took the lead, and 24-year-old held on to become the second youngest driver to win the daytona 500. >>> this woman, the seniors for 27 points in the second half to lead the bears to a 63-53 win to split the season series with the cardinals. >>> golf, the pga final round at riviera, former cal golfer has the birth at the -- birdie putt. had a chance to extend the match if he could sink it. but he couldn't. so with that, hahn won. to put it in -- he got a job at nordstrom selling shoes. now, he's on top of the golf world. great story. >>> vern glenn is in arizona, reporting on spring training. we'll see you in the 6:00 news. have a great day, everybody. >>> thank you. >>> play of the day on a monday. we will go to the nba hardwood. the cavaliers and knicks in new york. >>> i think eventually that's what he wants to do. >> a beautiful pass! the two former knicks connect. oh, man! >> that is an alley-oop. the cavs won 101-83. your play of the day. >>> the count down is on until foo

in middle of the pack, jeff gordon comes out in front. he already has said this will be his last full-time season on the circuit. >> that is good. it's awesome. one of the most gratifying poles here in daytona that i have had. on the last one, i got a little surge and sucked up to the guys and i thought this mighting enough. awe some job to my team. this is pretty awesome to be able to pull this off today. >> >> two teams that could would be in the stanley cup playoffs, battling in chicago, 1-0 in the third period. pittsburghs nick knocks the puck in on the rebound. they head to overtime. this will go to a shootout, there is the decisive goal scored by patrick sharp. chicago gets the 2-1 win, blackhawks, number five in the west. behind san jose, pittsburgh. number three in the east. sharks with a chance to solidify that tonight when they host tampa. we'll have that at 10:00, along with the nba all-star game. >>> refreshing to hear that candor, nobody does that any more that's for sure. >> coming up tonight 0 on the 10:00. meet the team of

jeff gordon raced in his final daytona 500. the driver will retire from full time racing.f the race. they lead for 87 laps. it was his teammate who passes him on the outside. the 24-year-old takes the checkered flag for the first win. >> my family is here and all of my friends are here. it is spectacular. i don't know what to say. i have never been in this position before. it is amazing. >> i will miss what was happening in the first half. i won't miss what happened in the last 20 or 30 laps. the final laps are as crazy and chaotic as they get. >> six years later he has his first daytona 500 win. >> all right. thank you. thank you larry. >>> still to come, a threat against the u.s. and why malls could be the target. plus, the new invention that could help erase tattoo without any of the pain. my tin man has a big toe the size of a house. the lion is small like a toy poodle. and has webbed, duck feet. my scarecrow has wooden teeth... and his clothes have tubes on them. and that's dorothy. she looks like me. everyone has a favorite movie. now people with visual disabilities.

just jeff gordon being fast. >> then this group qualifying, it's almost impossible to manipulate anythingu got to get a draft to get that fast time. jeff's a pro at that. he knew right where he needed to be. he knew who to follow who to draft up on this get the pole. if there was ever a conspiracy, this would be the least likely time or place the way the qualifying procedure works. >> got you. finally, jimmie johnson seems as focused as ever. it's always safe bet to say he's going to come out on top. what's your hunch tell you? what's your gut tell you about daytona this year? >> i think you ought to watch that number 19 toyota. that seems pretty fast. >> that's what his gut tells him. >> he was fast last night. did he a great job. kyle bush and i followed him across the finish line. jimmie is strong. he's a six-time champion. he's that way for a reason. i think he's going to be right up there with gordon and the rest this year. >> carl tries to forget that he's a six-time champion, but he is a six-time champion. remember one thing about these races down here this week these are the same

. >>> jeff gordon gets the pole at nascar for the daytona 500. that is sports in a minute and i'm howard eskin. >>> and, of course the the nba all-star game was last night at madison square garden. the western conference 163-158. >> why are you laughing so hard. >> no defense. >> 163 to 158. no one played better than russell westbrook the oklahoma city thunder guard had 41 points and was named mvp of the game. he was one of the all-star game record of 42 set by wilt chamberlain in 1962. lebron james finished with just 30 points. just 30. >> just 30. >> i watched the dunk contest the night before. >> unbelievable. >> did you see the athletism. >> how do they get up that high. >> god given talent. >> coming up, a scare in the the sky did you hear about what caused all of the commotion on this airplane? we will look at that straight ahead. >>> plus a deep freeze, how this extremely cold weather is proving to be dangerous that story is coming up next. >>> unbelievable. take a look at that, 4 degrees right now, could we hit an all time low for this da

and jeff gordon led for 77 of the first 100 laps. he was involved in a late accident.t up the caution flag that allowed joey logano to cruise to the finish line. >>> the oscars were not the only big ticket in l.a. lakers and celtics. not quite what it used to be. both teams not doing well this season. time winding down. avery bradley hits a three at the buzzer to send the time to overtime. in the extra period it was the return of linsanity. 25 points in the game. lakers win, 118-111. >>> the nfl combine wrapping up yesterday. the big story of the weekend the two quarterbacks. jameis winston and marcus mariota. winston was spot on. very impressive in the meetings with teams. mariota signed in the physical drills with the fastest 40-yard dash. who will the bucs take at number one? we are still more than two months away from the draft on april 30th. >>> 18-time olympic gold medalist is taking the plunge. phelps announcing his engagement to nicole johnson. the pair have been dating off and on for the past few years. phelps still serving a six-month suspension from usa swim

this is jeff gordon's last daytona 500, started on the pole but finished 33rd, on lap 42 tony stewart has some problems, slams into the wall, back, and ripple effect, both cars receive significant damage, offense i havely ends egg their chances stewart finished 42nd, 35, another former champ brad, dealing with engine problems. smoke everywhere that ends his day, he finished 41st on the last lap right there you see big wreck, cautions come out. they let him finish the race. joey, comes out on top. first daytona 500 victory. kevin harvey andale earnhardt jr., finished second and third, led 37 laps. and he starts the season right for team pink ski. >> in college hoops lasalle in over time against st. louis , robey with the three right here. from the corner. good. that's a slash, st. louis up by five. that was their largest meet of the day. they go onto win 68 to 64. now, 15 and 12 on the season. >>> despite that lost, lasalle has been playing good basketball tonight. i'll talk to jordan price and his role for the explorers, plus go to clearwater florida with howard eskin. and he's joined

. >>> what will be jeff gordon's last daytona a 500 last week, he qualified to be on the pole for hisst one. now some of the other drivers in the qualifying, not so g lets go today tone a. reid soresonnies guy who tries to pop out to go to the inside and he hits clint boyar. not a happy guy. he has to use a backup car for his qualifying and he led reid soreson know bit. not a fan the way he is trying to do what he did. >> it is an idiotic to be doing this in anyway. no sense in putting on a cute show for whatever this is. then you have a guy in desperation doing this crap like this. it is just, there is no reason to be out here and these guys have spent six months working on these cars, busting their ass to go out there and to have some guy out of desperation to do that. it is not his fault. it is nascar's fault for putting out here in the mid of this crap for nothing. >> and last night in what was an exhibition, kevin harvick and joey logano. the good old boys don't take any of that stuff. they have to be separated. that is good thing about the good old boys. they will go out and fig

. >>> jeff gordon gets the pole at nascar for the daytona 500. that is sports in the minute i'm howard eskin. >>> 6:27. how was your valentines day in talk about a surprise on vd? woman at wal-mart gets proposed to at work which is fine. why her ex-husband got down on bended knee. >>> we continue to follow breaking news in west philadelphia we are taking another look at this two alarm fire that broke out on south 52nd street you can take a look at the water there. >> yeah. >> it is freezing. >> ice sickles you can imagine what fire fighters are dealing with this morning. the power lines, from the water they have been trying to work on this fire we will check back in with steve keeley next. >>> live she fire we are covering for you this morning a two alarm fire but take a lot at fire lines. do you see the ice sickles there. it is dangerously cold outside. >> so we have a fire and ice situation, we have, three fires right now and these bitterly cold temperatures. power lines are starting to fall down because of those ice sickles. by the way, tomorr

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