>>> now to retired nascar racer jeff gordon. he is releasing his first ever biography november 22nd. we enlisted his wife of ten years to give us a sneak confidential. >> hardest interview i think i've ever done. >> some say the forward, tell us how that came about. >> so i met tom many yeerlgs back in the late '90s when he came to the banquet last december and introduced me -- >> many of us want to say we'll miss you, what we really mean is we thank you. >> very caught off guard, the first time that you met me? did you notice me? >> oh yes. yes, i noticed you. >> well, you seem occupied. are you playing? >> yeah. i was playing cool. i had to, you know, put that game face on. i was like, who's that? she's coming with us. and as soon as i heard you talk about coming out to the hamptons, i was like oh, this changed my whole hamptons trip. >> fourth of july. >> the only of course the infamous, famous white bikini. that was a moment that i'll never forget. >> yeah. >> i was just like boom, right straight in the pool. and she got in.

call me jeff gordon in a black ? call me jeff gordon with the black ss and the navigation ? [ cheers and applause ] that was terrible. by the way. that was horrible. >> rap career next. >> no. i don't think so. >> rap career is next for you. i feel it in my bones. >> maybe we can do a little -- >> collabo. >> i'm feeling it. >> i want to tell you what, your history is incredible. trust me. >> thank you. >> appreciate you being here. [ cheers and applause ] >> that was a lot of fun with jeff gordon. we're going to have some more fun when we come back because kacey musgraves is here helping us get into the holiday spirit. ? rudolph the red-nosed reindeer ? >>> oh, how i love this woman, kacey musgraves. the country star is going christmas. it's her new album out now, "a very kacey christmas." i love that. and some classic holiday hits. she is here with some friends and she's about to sing "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer." okay, kacey. ? >> here's one for all the little kids. ? you know dasher and dancer and prancer and vixen comet and cupid and donner and blitzen ? ? but do yo

>>> one-on-one with jeff gordon. the nascar champ on racing, whether he's the real-life ricky bobby and his secret talent. >> cue it. ? call me jeff gordon with the black ss and the navigation ? ? >>> and the force is with us. >> if you're really doing this, i want to help. >> the captain of the brand-new "star wars" movie, diego luna here live. >> are you with me? >> all the way. >> as we say -- >> good morning, america. ? rudolph the red-nosed reindeer ? ? had a very shiny nose ? >> he surprised him. >> we surprised each other. >> it is great to be here this morning. we have kacey musgraves ahead with her version of "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer." we cannot wait for that. >> celebrating 25 days until -- >> christmas. >> getting close. >> yep. >> and that guy we just were laughing with, the huge excitement for the new "star wars" movie and the start of it all, diego luna and there's so many excited fans out there, but the most excited of all may be diego's son, so we're going to talk to him about that in a little

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well welcome retired nascar driver jeff gordon to the fox 13 news at noon. jeff, welcome. >>> thank you very much. so let's start with biography. book and is this something you had in mind for a while? >> yeah. i kind of knew that joe who wrote the book with me, we had talked about a project a long time ago. i love his books. and his approach. so thought, well maybe one day we will be able to do that. when i knew my coming in homestead last year. i thought this is a perfect time. so we spent about a year and a half together traveling together. you know getting to know me as that, that were crucial role along the way in my career. and toe me it was very therapeutic to relive those moments. to reveal some that things maybe people don't didn't realize what this that journey was like great to put down in writing a well. some great pictures. you know we were to hold on to the years veteran there that kind of complete it. that leads me right into question fans are really some most passionate fans in sport they know just about every aspect of career something in th

it allowed jeff gordon to come back. jeff retired last year and to have his expert opinion, and, one, he was watching from afar, then he was able to get in the car and feel what we had been talking about, that was a big moment for us and help us find the right direction and get hendrichendrickhendrick motorspn top. >> rose: what did he do? it validated what we drivers were talking about. >> rose: because he had experience, he could confirm, validate and interpret, too. >> exactly. he's taken on a strong role in managing the company. drivers will complain and that's my job so we're complaining about all kinds of stuff. when jeff experienced it, he was able to help mr. hendrick know where to infuse the money, the engine development, and fine tune the areas. >> rose: do you want to own? absolutely not. i want to shelve my helmet. >> rose: and do the rest of your life. >> yes. >> rose: want to do other kind of racing? >> i've always wanted to experience other cars. i wanted to drive indy cars. that was my dream. i always want

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donut and coffeehouse teamed up with the program benefiting nevada childhood cancer >> here is jeff gordon and charlie mootz. gentlemen, how are you? >> we're doing great. this is the best time of the year for us. >> of course. >> we finally had a nice cool morning, so it's crazy. >> donuts, hot chocolate. >> i smell the donuts. how are the coffee flavors doing that we talked about last time? >> the coffee flavors i guess straight black cup of coffee but this is flying off the shelves. i can't believe how many people -- one out of every three is a flavored coffee. >> you don't need the flavor, you're sweet enough. >> oh, there you go. >> let's talk about this program. >> we got it going this year. this is the fourth year we teamed up with nevada chide hood cancer foundation. it is to help -- we provide christmas forel so of the families. those children never did anything to themselves, and they go through their tough time in their life, so we try to make it so our guests can come in and help. and being the fourth year what's interesting to see guests coming in and ask before our stuff was

jeff gordon, tony stewart, his wife and two daughters in victory lane as well. johnson won seven championships. he's 41 years old. in case you missed this, by the way, we have to give huge shoutout to clearwater central catholic football game this morning. they took on melbourne central catholic and that game went overtimes. teams combined for a staggering 89 points after regulation. players from both sides were helping each other to their feet as many cramped during the overtime sessions. unfortunately, melbourne central catholic stopped them from reaching the end zone at the end of the ninth overtime to win the game. nine overtimes. but folks, an amazing job by both teams. could you imagine th no, i can't. >>jennifer: my goodness. wow. >>russell: that's like you and hurricane coverage. >>dave: keeps going and going. >>russell: stars are out for the american music awards. >>jennifer: a look at the night's big winners and students are sure loving time off from class this week. but it's a huge burden for a lot of parents and their employers. ahead at 8:00, the $5

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. >> including the race for pennsylvania senate as we talked about with bruce gordon and jeff cole.ie mcginty so far looking goolooking inthat race against t pat toomey. >>> as we leave you here's a live look at clinton election headquarters. our coverage continues right after this. //www.evertz.com>[a5] ♪ >>> you decide 2016. the improbable election of improbable elections. any way you cut it it's history in the making. >>> let's listen to schep smith at the fox -- >> up shot since way before the first debate. before the first debate he might have been up a little bit. he's not been up at all and she's been largely leading in the 80s to 90s% we're looking at the possibility of republican house, a republican senate and donald trump in the white house. it is a possibility right this minute. >> that's obviously the best case scenario for him. >> for republicans. >> yeah. >> some of them. >> interesting going back i think for the last couple of days we've been saying that the comey letter didn't really have too much effect on clinton's numbers but it actually took all the wind out of t