please welcome, my man, jimmie johnson. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: yeah.m sorry about that. >> man, they got that snake back there? >> jimmy: yeah. >> dude, that thing is crazy. >> jimmy: no, it's crazy. it's hissing and it's poison -- venomous. >> that's not -- not cool. >> jimmy: yeah, the man should be arrested. >> yes. i agree. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: hey, congratulations, jimmie johnson. look at this. cover of "sports illustrated," my man. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: looks like it was a real tough photo shoot there. >> man, it was. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] >> to work that pose. >> jimmy: that could be me, there, wearing your helmet. was it -- >> i'm just that ugly. they just only wanted this area. >> jimmy: no, please. come on. that's awesome, buddy. >> it's way cool. very, very cool. >> jimmy: now, what is going on with this? you're going for your sixth straight title. >> i am. >> jimmy: what's the deal? what are your chances, here? you only have four races left. >> we do only have four races left, and we've

getting past jimmie johnson going high after the restart for the victory. almost never happens to go that way. stewart now just eight points back of carl edwards with three races to go. >> to get three races in a chase like this, it's an awesome feeling sitting here tonight. we got three tracks we feel are really good to us coming up so i'm excited about it. >> and please stay with us, we'll check on the forecast. everybody knows the best place for a good time is mississippi. and that's only until they visited us in louisiana. which is a distant second to sunny florida. for beautiful vacation, nothing beats alabama. ok, we'll never agree on who's best. but we can all agree on one thing. the gulf's the worlds number one vacation spot. and we've gone all out to make this year the best ever. mississippi has wonderful people, great music, and the beautiful outdoors. louisiana's the best seafood you'll ever eat. shrimp gumbo, crab cakes, etouffee. florida means beautiful beaches and sugar white sands. actually experts agree that the best beaches are here in alab

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kevin harvick played both ball with the no. 4 car of kasey kahne. 1 laps to go and jimmie johnson's no is hooked with ryan newman sending jimmie well to the wall. he was okay, but he finished 34th and fell from third place in the points race to 8th and that is now 35 points back of the leader carl edwards. tonight's winner at charlotte is matt kenseth. kenseth is now third place in the chase, just seven points back of edwards in the point stalled standings. >>> san josi quakes don't score many goals, but when they do it has wond loweski's name on it. quakes now 7-11 with 14 ties. sunday's game in oakland will be an emotional celebration of mr. al davis' life. it will be the first home-game since mr. davis passed away. raiders would be able to win with heavy hearts in houston on sunday, but coach hue jackson says it's time to move forward. >> we are all going to miss him, but we have a job to do and here is the bottom line, he wouldn't want it any other way. he wouldn't want it this way or the other, but wants this team to play football and i can feel that coming through me, i really do

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and why nascar legend jimmie johnson says this crash proves it's time for a big change in the rules of indy car racing. that's just ahead as fox reports tonight. ♪ walking my own way ♪ it just how i want to do it ♪ ♪ changing of my mind ♪ it's just how we're gonna do it ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] turn your world upside down with gillette fusion proglide because you can shave against the grain with comfort. fusion proglide's microcomb guides hair for its thinner blades to cut close effortlessly. get against-the-grain closeness comfortably with gillette fusion proglide. you know what else is early? medicare open enrollment. now through dember 7th. can i stick with old medicare plan? sure! or find a new plan with better coverage, less cost, or both. medicare plans give you free cancer screenings and wellness visits and 50% off on brand-name prescriptions when you're in the doughnut hole it's part of the healthcare law. so it's time to look, compare... and choose the right plan for you. learn more at 1-800-medicare or medicare.gov. >> trace: fellow drivers are calling the 15-car wreck that kil

jimmy johnson believes that it has too much speed for the race tracks like the one where he lost his life yesterday. >> i kno how dangerous these cars are, and yesterday it was proved to me, the danger of those vehicles. i think it boils down to the fact that if you look at the big picture in why we run these plates, it is so the cars stay on the ground. >> restricted plates force those cars in terms of what their top speed would have, something indycar racing does not have. >> and john as of next with a look at the seven-day forecast, and here is a look at jay leno with what is ahead tonight on the tonight show. >> we have a very funny ellen the generous on the program, the biggest loser. and we go jaywalking. you don't want him as >> before cast that includes a lot of rain? >> yes, but we had a great day today. we will kind of do that again tomorrow, then deal with the rain. it looks like it will hold off until after dark tomorrow. some heavy rain on wednesday, then chili the rest of the week. maybe an isolated showers and + 3 on thursday, at that autumn as we go into the next week

tony stewart holds off jimmie johnson. and stewart's third win in the ten-race playoff chase. that's our play of the day. >>> we welcome you back in. define redemption. >> well, that's hard to do because are you forgiven because you're -- is it forgiving? or is it getting a job? are you redeemed if you win? or are you redeemed if you're just back, employed doing your trade? it's a tricky thing. it's different for everybody, what redemption means. for people who love animals, michael vick can win as many games forever, like he did tonight, and he won't be redeemed in their eyes. for a lot of women, ben roethlisberger might get back to the super bowl, but they're not rooting for him, because he won't be redeemed because he has a pretty creepy past. it depends on the person. >> how important is the group surrounding these guys who are trying to reclaim their image? >> i think it's huge. that's the real thing we're talking about of structure of a person who has gotten so big by his own self, maybe, without anybody being around him to dell him no. we tell him michael vick, does he

. >> tonight jimmy welcomes abigail breslin, jimmy johnson and jeff musial. 's "late night with jimmy fallon" weeknights at 12:35, 11:35 time. >>> it's your "first look" at entertainment news. >>> after 14 years two pals in boston are reuniting. matt damon told "gq" he and ben afleck, who last worked together writing and starring in 1997's "good will hunting," will work together again on a film about boston's phitey bulger. damon will be starring in it and affleck will be directing. >>> nearly half the 28 million people who watched the first "two and a half men" episode with ashton kutcher have stopped watching. it's still the most watched sitcom on television but now kutcher stands below charlie sheen's average ratings and speculation is growing whether viewers are turning off the sitcom because they're turned off by stories of kutcher's infideli infidelity. >>> and fans of mtv's "jersey shore" can live just like a cast member, renting the seaside home where the show is taped for $2,500 a night. the landlord says everything is there except the mess, that he h

jimmy johnson says it is time for indy car to stop racing on these oval tracks. >> i know how dangerousse cars are. yesterday was proof to the danger of those vehicles on ovals. you're just creating situations to get the car off the ground at a high rate of speed. you can't control the car once it's off the ground. hopefully, you know, hate, hate, hate that this tragedy took place, but hopefully we can learn things from it. >> johnson saying i would not run those cars on ovals. indy car made no official comment yet on track changes. >>> still ahead on "way too early," the new york jets needed a get well win quick. a loss on monday night football to the winless dolphins, if you know jets fans, you know ugly things would happen inside the meadowlands. highlights ahead. >>> and "the daily show" returns from vacation and reacquaints itself with rick perry. that clip and a check on weather when "way too early" comes back. >> we have evidence at this point to indicate that it was a publicity stunt done with the hopes of marketing themselves or better marketing themselves for a reality televis

five time nascar champion jimmie johnson says he for one would not take the risk. >> those cars are going so fast and get airborne, i wouldn't run them. you can't control the vehicle when it's off the ground. >> besides the track, there are questions about the size of field and experience of the drivers. >>> just ahead on the morning news, it's happening again. another big satellite will soon fall from orbit. >>> plus, it's good to have a designated driver, but a 9-year-old? this is the cbs morning news. halloween again? nice mummy costume. can't anyone do anything origina.ahhhh. edible arrangements bouquets. they're so fun it's scary. call, click or come into the location near you. are hidden in the contours of your teeth & tongue. introducing a breakthrough for aquafresh. new extreme clean pure breath action. its micro active foam penetrates those hard to reach places. and it now contains a mineral compound that captures and neutralizes bad breath odors giving you 80% cleaner, purer breath. for all the confidence of pure breath try new extreme clean pure breath action from aquafresh. oc

tony stewart pace jimmie johnson, stewart stays in front, holding off j.j. to take the checkered flag. in doing so, he moves into second place, behind the overall leader carl edwards. >>> coming up tonight on "gameday," raiders head coach hue jackson just discusses taking over for al davis as the face of the raiders. >> reporter: how much pressure comes along with that, knowing the guy that you have basically taken over for? >> interview: well there's tremendous pressure in the sense of this is still coach's organization and you want to stay committed to excellence and you want do it in his thought process, which is winning. he was about winning championships and winning every game and that's the pressure i feel. >> hue jackson will talk about carson palmer, obviously that big acquisition he made, and the state of the raiders. kim coyle was in the 49er locker room with a complete wrap on that would. so far so good for the san francisco 49ers. >> looking good. >> even they would have to admit, even though harbaugh wouldn't, they are ahead of schedule. >> yeah

jimmy johnson tonight ended early after he got tangled with ryan newman and lost control. the 48 car crashes into the wall. johnson finished in 34th and dropped to eight in the standings. matt with one for the third time this year to move up to 3rd in the standings. kyle edwards has 7 point lead with five races to go in the chase for the cup. still to come, plays talk show host inside the 49ers locker room. more sports is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> the 49ers trip to detroit as a homecoming for joe. the native will have two buses full of family and friends in attendance tomorrow. and who knows, maybe they'll end up on his web cast. >> it's the joe show. the joe show. going to ask some stupid questions to some teammates. >> they said sing a song and i did. that's what came out. >> how exactly do you climb a hill? >> and slide down. on your belly, head first. now you have a belly on you. >> everything that i do on that show is ad lib. i may have a premise. >> i'm at the movie theater and i was asking him what he was going to put on his popcorn and he said butter and salt. t

tony stewart in the 14 car passes five-time defending champ jimmie johnson, stewart stays in front holding.j. to take the checkered flag. so tony stewart, now, moves into second place in the nascar standings. this is getting awfully exciting with about four races, four to go. so it's gonna be down to the finish. >> all right. and a good "gameday" tonight. >> hue jackson is our special guest. the raiders of course had a bye week so hue jackson will be our guest tonight. >> looking forward to that. >>> this is a destination for millions of visitors to california each year, but yosemite may be off limits to some in the future. the dilemma facing the park and the possible solution that may not go over well with tourists. but we will have more in 30 minutes, that's it for "eyewitness news" at 5:30. we'll see back here in a half hour and then we'll see you at 11:00. and more at cbssf.com. good night. ,,,,,,,,,, ,,

collected this movie goes on the race is final restart with three laps to go past defending champion jimmie johnson the outside to take over the leaves with the checkered flag inside johnson part just to put the eventual winner was able to finish first this victory putting stood in second place eight points behind current leader carl edwards with three races to go in the chase for the sprint cup championship. you know today was a fight for sure when you want to restart with the the obstacles that we were came i mean that's what makes you win races like this was special. particularly one has won the end of season doubletake championships in a sun both following a three set fixture over victoria. twenty one year old czech peter that edging open a seven five but twenty two year old the russian opponent stormed back in the second to take a six four and to force a decider the third set there was to belong to wimbledon champ wrapping up torment six preschool i would also to run through it and this isn't a career high number two in the world. so clinton will now lead the czech republic team in their third

five-time defending nascar champion jimmy johnson called for an end to racing on oval tracks. >> the cars are going so fast and get airborne that i wouldn't run them on ovals. there is just no need to. >> when there is a wreck that transpires in front of you, you don't have time to react to brake or even steer away from the wreck. that's precisely what happened to dan wheldon. >> reporter: and he paid for it with his life. now, tonight indy car usa, the organization that had this race here, had no comment to the critics who say that machines built for the indianapolis 500 have no business racing on tracks like this one. brian? >> george lewis tonight. obviously our thoughts are with members of his family. in other news tonight, president obama's jobs bill may have been blocked in the senate, but he was back out on the road today pushing for it, campaigning for it in another form in some key political states. nbc's kristen welker with us from millers creek, north carolina, traveling with the president tonight. kristen, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. president obama wi

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five-time winner jimmie johnson was part of the crash but is okay. wheldon's father spoke outside his home. >> he was born to be a racer and yesterday left us doing what he loves to do. >> reporter: news spread quickly. he won the indianapolis 500 two times. fans created a memorial outside the gate. >> he was a great ambassador of the sport and was one of the nicest guys i've ever met. >> he was genuinely down to earth all the time. >> reporter: he leaves behind a wife and two small children. >> he was in baltimore congressmen commentating but did not race this that event. >>> the person has been identified as 23-year-old emily house. her body was found sunday in the park charles in the 200 block of north charles street. there are no signs of foul play. in august 2010 a man died after falling down the trash chute of the same high-rise. >>> how could anyone treat human beings like this? philadelphia police discover four disabled adults locked away this a basement. >> reporter: dozens of pieces of identification and power of attorney documents have bee

your winner was jimmy johnson over casey cain. comes from tenth to third in the case of the championship behind the points leader for now. carl edwards and harvick. >>> tiger woods had a guy throw a hot dog at him, he got arrested. eventually once the smoke cleared in a 6-0. the winner brice mold er. very good tournament indeed. >>> very good baseball going on. american championship. detroit leading texas tonight we'll have st. louis ,,,,,,,,,,, >>> don't miss the cbs line up. >>> sparks are flying in taiwan. a fireworks celebration marks the country's centennial. the 40 minute show celebrating the founding of the republic was the largest in the year. taiwan's national plum flowers were shot off. hundreds of thousands of people attended the powerful show. >>> and finally tonight, golfers in australia have another reason to avoid the water. half a dozen man eating bull sharks live in the lake at the center of the green. how did they get there? the sharks got into the golf course when it flooded several years ago. the creatures are

he helped himself in virginia, three laps left stewart is in the 14 car passing jimmie johnson for the lead. he takes the checkered flag. stewart now trails in the standings by just eight points. >>> hundreds of thousands of people packed into -- into st. louis. to congratulate the cardinals. >>> a big report out today on mayor vincent gray and his links to brown. >>> checking the commute now. monika, over to you. >> reporter: a live look from sky 9 at the inner loop of the beltway at branch avenue. left lane is blocked. fire on the scene of the accident with delays. you are watching 9news now, stay with us. get your cash back. which cash back booth looks better to you, chase freedom or the largest cash back card? i'll try the largest oh, that's too bad apparently you don't know chase freedom guarantees you 1% cash back... 4 times more than the largest cash back card, which only gives you a quarter percent until you spend $3,000 every year but have fun, bob and weave once you're in there. and right now, when you apply... you'll receive $300 bonus cash back after you spend $500 in the f

but tony stewart holds off jimmy johnson to win the tums relief 500.ails carl edwards by just eight points with just three more races to go. >>> that is sports as we see it for this sunday night edition of sports. how about this, 49ers beat cleveland, 6-1 for the first time since 1998. they lead the nfc by five games. >> great. >> something i don't think any of us foresaw. the rest of the west is falling down. it's crazy. >> looks like they will get into the play offs but it's a whole different season then. >> they're doing it the way they're supposed to. they are winning on defense. they are pluson take aways and give aways. >>> that is our report for tonight. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we will see you the next time dinner's ready. [ female announcer ] hamburger helper stroganoff. beefy. creamy. stroganoffy. helpers. forty dishes, all delicious. gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given.

bush peels away from jimmie johnson. kevin harvick and edwards share the leads.inal round of the justin timberlake shriner's hospital opened. that sets up an easy birdie. from davis/dixon. kevin na shot a a 6 under 65 to finish two shots better. this is his 42-foot birdie on 17. you gotta like that. after 211 pga tournaments, he's finally a pga champion. that's sports. niners over come a 046 point deficit and the raiders fall to the patriots. niners, 3-1. they win back to back on the road. >> i almost turned off the game at halftime. >> ye of little faith. >> but i didn't. >>> tonight, the results of the census are being felt in bay area communities. how the omission of several questions have left some city leaders upset and how that could be costly in more ways than one. >> that is our report for now. >> our coverage continues online at ktvu.com and with the 10:00 news. hope to see you then.

. >> reporter: on monday, five- time nascar champion, jimmy johnson, who watched sunday's crash at home with his daughter said it's not wort the risk. >> those cars are going so fast. they can get airborne. i wouldn't run them. you can't need to. you can't control the vehicle when it's off the ground. >> reporter: wheldon's good friend and fellow indy driver, ed carpenter, survived sunday's 15-car pileup. >> it's easy to look back on something like this and pick apart what went wrong. i think it was a tragedy. and a great champion and a great guy lost his life. >> reporter: just before the race on sunday, the 33-year-old married father of two young sons signed a multi-year deal to replace danica patrick for andretti motor sports. >>> a california couple is behind bars for leaving their baby in a car to go gambling. a man spotted the baby and told casino managers. managers paged the license plate over the intercomsystem, asking the owners to come forward. eventually, they did. the baby is now with a grandparent. >>> new information on exactly where the leadly listeria outbreak originated

jimmie johnson and he does. his third chase win of the season and he hofs up to fourth place in the sprint cup playoffs. >>> it is sunday and it means it is time for the plays of the day. we start in south florida and vikings adrian peterson. nine yard touchdown run and the vikings victory over the panthers. a familiar face comes up big in philly. looking for the raider and with the second pick of the season. it has been quiet in philly. darth vader is proud. big night for the eagles and mccoy with two touchdowns and first rusher against dallas all season. philly wins it 34-7. cardinals blew a 21-point lead against the ravens. what a punt return. breaking all kinds of tackles. turns on the jets but arizona loses. st. louis tonally lawussa looking to bring his magic to the ram and it works. pick six and rams are win less no more as they beat the saints. tebow to the end zone and picked off and he goes back a hundred yards. tebow sacked seven times and two turnovers and lead to the loss. and maybe the play of the

five time nascar champ jimmie johnson was in an accident of his own at charlotte motor speedway saturday. but he is okay. the driver is calling for an end to indy car racing on oval tracks. wheldon's father spoke outside his home in england. >> johnny was born to be a racer. >> reporter: news of don's death spread quickly. fans created a memorial outside the gate. >> he was a great ambassador of the sport. honestly as a gun, he was one of the nicest guys i have ever met. >> reporter: wheldon leaves behind a wife and two small children. randall pinkston, cbs news. >>> this is the first indy car death in five years. derek? >>> an ocean city landmark that was swept away during hurricane irene is making a bit of a come back. the coast guard says it will replace the tower that used to sit at the entrance to the ocean city inlet. the plan is to replace the tower with a newer model of the same design. many people in the boating business have been relying on that tower's fog horn especially from the bad weather, speaking of which, it is coming. >> is it? nothing like that. >> no, great today. gr

it sparked a debate over track safety with five-time nascar champ jimmie johnson calling for a change. >> those cars are going so fast and get airborne frequently on ovals that i wouldn't run them on ovals. there is just no need to. >> everyone seemed to be content that las vegas motor speedway made a suitable racing condition for their drivers that when they took to the speedway on sunday afternoon. >> an autopsy report today revealed wheldon died from blunt head trauma during the crash. he was 33 years old. >>> presidential politics now. president obama is expected to arrive in emporia, virginia within the hour. this is the second day of a three-day bus tour to promote his jobs package. republicans say he is promoting a lot more than that. steve handelsman has the latest. >> reporter: on day two of his bus tour through north carolina to virginia president obama told teachers his half billion dollars stimulus bill would help them. >> it is to provide $30 million to make sure we have teachers back in the classroom. >> reporter: in jamestown he charged republicans aren't being truthful

five time nascar champ jimmie johnson was in an accident of his own at charlotte motor speedway saturday but he's okay. the driver is calling for an end to indy car racing on oval tracks. wheldon's father spoke outside his home in england. >> yesterday left us doing what he loved to do. >> reporter: news of wheldon's death spread quickly throughout the racing community. he won the indianapolis 502 times -- 500 two times. fans created a memorial outside the gate. >> he was a great ambassador of the sport and honestly as a fan he was one of the nicest guys i've ever met. >> the guy is genuinely down to earth all the time. >> reporter: wheldon leaves behind a wife and two small children. randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> dan wheldon was in baltimore commemorating the inaugural baltimore grand prix but did not race in the event. >>> high school students hospitalized following a fight at a lacrosse game. during the altercation a player struck another player. the victim fell to the ground was transported to shock trauma. >>> it is a feel good monday for ravens fans following another bi

some nascar drivers, jimmy johnson, a five-time winner, has expressed concern about these cars racing on oefls. >> i know how dangerous those cars are. yesterday was proof to the danger of those vehicles on ovals. you are just creating situations to get the car off the ground at a high rate of speed. you can't control the car when it is off the ground. hopefully, i hate, hate, hate that this tragedy took place. hopefully, they can learn some things from it and make it far safer on ovals somehow. >> so, as all these safety concerns are being raised, we asked indy car, the organizer of sunday's race for response. they declined comment so far. veronica? >> george lewis in las vegas. thank you. >>> well, he may be the political flavor of the month right now. soaring in the polls and speaking to packed audiences. will inflammatory remarks on illegal immigrants sink citizen cain? when we set you up with that little hardware store we didn't intend for your face to be everywhere. but fedex office makes it so easy. not only do they ship stuff, they print flyers, brochures -- everything i need

we've gotten to a point in the car racing world where i've seen some wrecks, i mean, on saturday, jimmy johnson in a nascar race went into a wall and you thought potentially that was it. they have done a lot with safety so they are not hitting concrete. they have done a tremendous amount. i have crashed in a car in one of those cars, and the hans device that they have now, you see yourself crashing. but you don't move. so we have come a long way since the death of dale earnhardt senior. so much so that when you see a crash, you think, you know, perhaps it's okay. unfortunately, it wasn't. >> that's a very good point. thank you so much for your insight and of course, to what was a horrific accident over the weekend. appreciate your time. >>> it's the money race for president. who is in the lead and who is in the back of the pack? plus, high priority, burning issue that is on the mind of a lot of americans and it is not jobs or the economy. first, a look at what is happening on wall street right now, down 173. a tough monday for retirement accounts. stay with us here on msnbc. [ male announcer ]

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five-time defending nascar champ jimmie johnson called for an end. >> they get airborne frequently on oval, i wouldn't run them on oval. >> reporter: the man in charge of the las vegas track, he said before the race there were no complaints about safety. >> everybody seemed to be content that las vegas made a suitable racing conditions. >> reporter: some of dan wheldon's friends wonder if the $5 million prize made him push more. >> we got to do anything in our power to win. >> looking for dan wheldon. he has moved up ten spots. >> ultimately it cold put dan in a precarious situation starting at the end of the race. where you're going to get caught up in somebody else's wreck. unfortunately it didn't work out well for anybody. >> reporter: certainly not for wheldon nor his wife and children he leaves behind. we asked indycar who put on sunday's race for a comment about safety concerns, they declined to answer. >> george lewis, thank you. >>> mario andretti is an indycar racing legend. >> good morning. >> townsend, let me start with you the first time that the indycar race has been held

. >> reporter: on monday, five-time nascar champion jimmie johnson who watched sunday's crash at homedaughter said it's not worth the risk. >> those cars are going to fast and get airbornes on ovals, i wouldn't run them on ovals. there's no need to. you can't control the vehicle when it's off the ground. >> wheldon's good friend and fellow indy car driver ed carpenter survived the pileup. >> it's easy to look back and try to pick things apart and figure out what was wrong. i think it's a tragedy and a great champion and a great guy lost his life. >> reporter: wheldon had much to live for. at age 33, he was a married father of two young sons. on the sidelines for much of the year, he had just the morning of his accident signed a lucrative multi year sponsorship deal to replace driver danica patrick with the famous andretti motor sport. jeff, erica. >> bill whitacre in las vegas, thank you. >> indy car driver jay howard was a friend of wheldon's. >> he was one of the drivers involved in sunday's crash. he broke a rib. good morning. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> good that you

. >> reporter: on monday, five-time nascar champion jimmie johnson who watched sunday's crash at homes daughter said it's not worth the risk. >> those cars are going to fast and get airbornes on ovals, i wouldn't run them on ovals. there's no need to. you can't control the vehicle when it's off the ground. >> wheldon's good friend and fellow indy car driver ed carpenter survived the pileup. >> it's easy to look back and try to pick things apart andretti motor sport. jeff, erica. >> bill whitacre in las vegas, thank you. >> indy car driver jay howard was a friend of wheldon's. >> he was one of the drivers involved in sunday's crash. he broke a rib. good morning. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> good that you're here. our condolences to you and your family. i know that you knew him for, what, 23 years now? you guys grew up together, you raced together. >> yes. >> everyone is saying what a wonderful person dan was. and he saw that for more than 20 years. did you talk to him about your concerns at all? were there concerns about the track at the time? >> everyone was trying to get

jimmy johnson is saying that perhaps indy car should cease racing on oval circuits, which are incrediblyt, who himself was paralyzed in a racing incident a few years ago recovered and was able to run the team, but now he's considering walking away from indy car because he doesn't want to be associated with tragic incidents like this. >> don, i know that you said nascar was like a slip of the tongue, but when dale earnhardt died, we saw the changes made with regard to the helmets. and there was a lot of criticism out there about how he died and the impact that made on the sport and safety, so we probably will see changes within the indy series. >> reporter: well, you would hope so. it does require a real commitment on the part of everybody within the sport. it costs money, and indy car is an event, it is a sport struggling financially in recent years, so we would hope they have the money to be able to look at it, but i think there's a lot of pressure on indy car to make changes. >> we'll follow it, don. thanks. >>> if your blackberry was among the millions that shut down in the massive ou

and that champion is not going to be named jimmie johnson for the first time in phi years -- five yearse. is that good for the sport? >> he doesn't think he's out of it yet, but certainly, he's far back in his playoff run. but, look, carl edwards is leading right now. he's a driver that has got all kinds of star power. and if he has a big moment and wins a championship, that would be probably a big thing for everybody. but there are a lot of capable drivers. we'll have to see how it goes. jon: talking about star power, you've got a driver coming onboard named danica patrick. she ought to bring a few viewers with her. >> well, she will. and we're excited to have her full time next year. and, you know, she's talented too. obviously, she has her fan baiz, and he's charismatic, but she's proven week in and week out she's getting better, and she's going to join the toughest, most competitive motor sports in the world. jon: it's going to be interesting to watch. brian france, good to have you on. >> thank you. jon: thank you. jenna: well, it's an unimaginable crime, really. the man convicted