if you look back to history, nascar's greatest one-two punch ever. richard petty and david pearson. 63 times that stock car racing king and silver fox finished one-two. pearson having an edge in the finishes. of their generation, tony stewart and jimmie johnson are nascar one-two punch. 12 times they finished one-two. johnson went to victory lane seven of the 12 times. the five times that tony won, three of the five were on mile-and-a-half racetrack like this one. >> darrell: a five-time against a three-time. see how it works out. >> larry: i don't know how they are going to finish up but the next restart, strap your tv down. it will be exciting. you throw the three roush fenway drivers in mix, greg biffle in the 16, matt kenseth in the 17 and carl edwards in the 99, there are hungry hounds out there. >> darrell: what did we say halfway through? the fords aren't running good today. there they are. >> mike: jamie mac in the 1. how long has it been since he was in victory lane? clint bowyer, and kasey kahne, ryan newman and dale earnhardt jr. the top t

. >> i was watching jeff pretty closely there. >> reporter: they are the faces of nascar.and fans altogether in -- all together in this 200 page coffee table book the work of maryland photographer scott robinson. >> there are very, very few books that ever get the green light by nascar. >> reporter: robinson spent the better part of a year following nascar as it criss- crossed the country. >> we've seen a lot of books about the cars four wide in talladega. we've seen those kind of pictures. my interest was more to go in and kind of get the behind the scenes look. take the viewer where they normally don't get to go. >> reporter: robinson was given access to the sport's biggest names. >> he was like a rock star. >> reporter: the 74-year-old king of stock car racing richard petty. >> if you saw a whole mob of people just moving and you couldn't see into the crowd to see who it was, it was probably petty. >> reporter: here's a pensive dale earnhardt jr. >> he's just taking a personal moment trying to survey what's going on with his car and trying to get back into victory lane

going after nascar voters they are doing a convention at a nascar event. >> the first lady was booednt, so perhaps a chance for team obama for redechblgz. >> we will see obama and romney engaging more. they may continue, there may be a sort of side, i cannot do the car metaphor here. >> rubbing and bumping. >> rubbing and bumping. >> drag racing. >> i think the main event is about to begin. >> i actually am in a agreement, i think that we are nearing closer to the roniney and we have a lot to look at with super-stupid tuesday. i think we are closing in. josh? >> it will continue to drag out, i cannot go near the things you created in that taped piece, but it will keep dragging out, they will slow down the pace, and romney will look more toward obama. santorum is not going away, he does not have a reason to go away. there's still an opportunity. >> is making money. governor? >> if the republican primary keeps going, maggie may may be the candidate. my famous golden retriever. but a message to the president, as someone who has not driven a car for 20 years, it's not so easy after you h

what is this story an apol jill have to do with nascar? that's coming up and on the case.hat is that? new crystal light energy -- for women. oh, right -- cause we can't handle a guy's energy drink? how do you plan to keep up drinking that girly -- hey! [ gasps ] ♪ [ tires screeching ] ♪ [ backfires ] [ female announcer ] girl power to go. new citrus crystal light energy. just 5 calories. because you never know. joliet. >>> an alleged confession totally comes out of the blue and brings the cold case killing of a young college student back in the headlines. melissa lech was killed by a hit and run driver in illinois nearly four years ago. her family never gave up the quest to find the driver. so last fall, they teamed up with nascar driver conway who put lech's photograph on his race car. just this past sunday, the doorbell rang and a young man was there and allegedly confessed. sunny hostin is on the case. do we know more about who this young man is, and did he come forward because of this fas car? >> this is remarkable. apparently yes, he did come forward because of the na

, the national ambassador of nascar.rd swing group are drivers. what's driving them right now are the people seeing the price at gas stakession and getting worried. when voters get worried the drivers have to deal with it. >> the latino piece is changing in virginia, colorado, nevada those are all states despite the independent movement, those same polls across the board are showing very competitive states which means the electoral mass changes. >> those are people that are energized because they're feeling attacked and their numbers might come out disproportionately. >> let me ask. it seems to me that that is the obama campaigns primary challenge is not so much convincing latino voters and young voters to vote democratic but to vote and turn out in november. >> that's exactly right. no matter what state your looking at, 70% based on polls out there, the issue is not the percentage, look at the turnout particularly in places like north carolina, virginia. >> so the question is if gas prices are high and people blame the

, he is friends with nascar owners.said it was a failed attempt to come across as a regular guy. so yesterday afternoon, mitt romney was trying to appeal to voters in alabama by calling into a sports radio show. paul is a legend, the sports talk radio man. romney was asked about where peyton manning should go as a free agent and here comes the n owners. >> i'm surprised to hear that denver is thinking about him. i don't want him in our neck of the woods, let's put it that way. i don't want him in miami or the jets, but i have a lot of good friends. the owner of the miami dolphins and new york jets, both owners are friends of mine. but let's keep away from new england so that tom brady has a better shot of picking up a championship for us. >> i think he's just messing with us now. you can't keep codoing. he wisely avoided a question about whether he liked alabama or auburn. coming up on "morning joe," as the republican candidates face voters in alabama, mississippi and hawaii, president obama gets tough new poll numbers

school is cool. >> of course there is a possibility aj will be a nascar driver himself. there is no pressure. >> if i am i'm going to start. >> after school, aj and his heroes were on their way to play video games. >> this is the best day of my life. >> the car will not see action ask will be used for promotional events. >> and it's the best story ever it is and he's so cute. >> and this is like christmas. >> a nice day outside. there is fog that came on to the golden gate bridge. and there are clouds thickening and lowering and scattering around the bay. there is a live view looking over the bay. and seeing a little bit of san francisco there. there is a little bit of the bay bridge. you can see clouds in difficult levels. there is a sky with character. there are areas of scattered moisture around the bay area there are no reports of moisture, but there is a moisture making its presence felt here in the bay area there is high temperatures 78 degrees in gilroy. highs of 73 in santa cruz and livermore, 72 in antioch. so it's warm day here in the bay area. and mild now, te

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let's use nascar as an example most recently." skit, romney saying i know nascar owners. santorum having a vehicle with his name on it during the daytona race last weekend. however, are they both kind of struggling to connect with people, to come across as really authentic, crystal, you first? >> yes, i think they're struggling to connect with folks in different ways. santorum is polarizing republican voters because he's so desperate to connect with evangelical christians and the working class that he totally forgets everybody else. and people find that a real huge turnoff, especially republicans who are physical conservatives and want to talk about the economy. then there is romney who can't seem to talk about -- he needs to stay away from the gaffes about i'm just a rich guy trying to make it, you know? i got -- i got nascar owners. and that's just crazy. he needs to be the -- everyone's man, everybody's man. and he's just shown a real inability to do that. and i want to say, mitt, stop talking about the cadillac, stop talking

. >> a company used to work with nascar is making its debut on the silver screen.ou can see some fog still lingering. more weather and traffic when we come back. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we have a disabled vehicle to report southbound on dulaney valley road. be extra careful. some lanes closed at bel air road because of fire activity in the city. an accident clearing at russell street. fog is an issue this morning. you may need a few extra minutes. five minutes to go south from the split to the fort mchenry. 10 minutes to travel south on 95 from the beltway down towards 32. this is the bay bridge. it is a little foggy going into the toll plaza. be careful as you travel through the fog, especially on the eastern shore. this is 70 at 29. traffic moving without delay. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get to kurt kronke for a look of the buses and the trains. >> moving along nicely so far appeared the 35 and 40 buses operating with delays. a diversion at edmondson and swann. light rail and metro subway on time.

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the difference formula one is like the fighters and nascar are like the bombers. >> there you go. that's a fantastic analogy. >> i'll hear about that one. >> we will leave it there. thank you so much for joining thus morning. great to have you with us, of course, mario andretti, hall of fame formula one, nascar driver and founder of the andretti racing experience. >>>>> we have results of the spanish debt auction. the spanish government has sold 3 billion euros in government debt. the range was 2.5 billion to 3.5 billion. and the yields across the board have fallen, too. let's get to it. the 2015 debt at a bid to cover ratio up from 4.1, up to 5%. previously it was almost 3%, so dropping there. the bid to cover ratio also rising for the 2016 bond 4.1% versus 4.2%. the yield there dropping as well. the yield 2016 bond coming in the past few minutes is 3.7% versus 3.75% previously. and the longest dated bond today 2018 bond, the bid to cover ratio coming in at 2.9 and the yield on that 4.19%. so yields down across all of those spanish government bond auctions selling is at 3 billion

. >> tony notches his 13th win in nascar and the hawks with a marathon game. plus, after one of d greatest downfalls in sports the old tiger woods is back. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and it looks like we're starting off this last week of march on the warm side, what aed by surprise. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> hey, there. a very good morning to you. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports there'll be no cinderella story this year as march madness comes down to a face-off between four college heavy weights. here's nbc's mario solis with a look at all your early morning headlines. >> two more teams punched their ticket to the final for. we begin with north carolina and kansas city, kendall marshall sittinging this out with a broken riftst kansas pulls away in the final minutes. taylor on the break, manages to get the bucket. kansas up seven. carolina trienld to come back. travis relerford finishes on the other end. jayhawks end on a 12-0 run. they win 80-67. they'll play ohio

romney tried a visit of nascar, then speak of fremds who own nascar teams. you can expect more of these, town hals, where team romney believes he does connect. where tech tiniest of voices make him more human. >> i would like to know what you would like to be remembered for? >> around my home, i would like to be known as being a good father. >> reporter: they point to the numbers. they say the math son their side, no matter how long this takes. >>> meanwhile, rush limbaugh is trying to reassure his listeners after more than 40 advertisers pulled out limbaugh told his audience, it's like losing french fries at the drive-through. he says you barely notice. >>> in other news, a top official in the syrian government may have joined the opposition. if this is true, the deputy oil minister would be the first senior official to defect. as for the u.s. response to the ongoing violence, leon panetta says right now, a military strike does not make sense. >>> hate groups have grown at an alarming rate over the last couple of years. groups have grown steadily numbering

lakers win 97-94. >>> nascar, tony stewart was the big winner in vegas, and not at the tables. he took the checkered flag at the las vegas motor speedway. it's his first win of the season. >>> forgive me if you've heard this before, tiger woods is hurt, had to pull out of the cadillac championship in florida with a sore achilles. it's the same injury that kept him out about four months last season. don't be surprised if tiger shuts it down until the masters in april. justin rose had a leg up on the competition. rose wins the cadillac by a single stroke over bubba watson. and that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> once again, families flock to theaters to see what in just two weeks has become the year's biggest box office winner. your early-morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, who's the fairest of them all? no contest in alaska. we'll explain. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this monday. we have rain out there in many areas of the northern plains. watch out, especially from chicago to grand r

send the day with your favorite nascar driver. >> he's got the whole day. we came out here and wanted to share with his kids, i thought that is cool. i thought man, he must love school. school is cool! >> this is the best day ever, in my life. >> the kids received some 1100 tickets to visit in sonoma june 23. the race car will be used for pro megsal events. that kid is really cool today. >> and that is the best day of his life. >> i wonder if he said just drive me somewhere. >> let's get over to weather. >> and there is a look at live doppler 7. there are spots of showers. some moved so we have widely scattered showers and there is more activity during overnight across other parts of the bay area, tomorrow afternoon, showers will have pushed out of here there are partly sunny skies and there are breezy on the coast as well. there is downtown with a high of 57 tomorrow, 56 into the sunset district and there is cooler than today into afternoon, we'll see sunshine, highs around 60 degrees and also around 60 inland east bay. and there is low 60s there and near

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: nascar drivers can't stand nascar owners. >> greg: at the end of the campaign romney will have moreand might be good. santorum dropped the sweater vest, it was like cutting samson's hair. took it away. >> andrea: you know what you do with a bruised banana? make banana bread. >> greg: it's weird. i don't like bananas but i love banana bread. >> andrea: i don't think santorum can make banana bread out of this. >> bob: he has the biggest block of delegates coming up in virginia. romney on the bah lot and the rest are not -- ballot and the rest are not. >> greg: i love zucchini bread, too. i don't love zucchini. >> eric: coming up, why is president obama spending hundreds of thousands of tax dollars toward brand new soccer field for gitmo terrorists? but at the same time, that same president is asking american troops to pay more for their healthcare. we have details on both coming up next on "the five." ♪ ♪ >> andrea: welcome back to "the five." all right. is president obama favoring suspected terrorists over the troops? it's out, a new report saying that president obama has proposed ac

it appears that he's hit his stride just in time for the masters. >>> nascar's tony stewart took the checkered flag at a rain-shortened sprint cup race in california. it's his second win of the year. >>> and, finally, the hawks and jazz were having so much fun they didn't want to stop playing. tied after regulation, they go into overtime. then another and another and another. that's right, quadruple overtime. joe johnson had 37 points. it took over three hours, but the hawks won a marathon, 139-133. and that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> is she or isn't she. a dazzling ring fuels engagement rumors for a former disney star. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, we're going to show you one third grader who likely has a bright future on the basketball court. you're watching "early today." >>> if you're driving through interstate 80 through nevada, you'll be dealing with rain and snow. the rain in northern california and southern oregon is going to be confined to more or less the heavy stuff this evening so probably from t

he doesn't follow nascar but knows a lot of team owners. obama used an espn interview to advantage for him and give him a chance of hosting nba all-stars like chris paul at the white house. >> for my 49th birthday, i had my own little all-star game here. >> i heard about that. i wasn't invited. >> you weren't, maybe next time. chris was one of the guys who played. i did a little crossover on him. he claims that he could have stolen the ball. everybody who was there knows that's not true. chris: so obama won the sports face-off, but then there are the late night shows, those appearances are designed to make serious guys seem normal, even funny. but are tough to do well, of course. four years ago obama tried his hand at david letterman's top 10. >> number eight. >> appoint mitt romney as secretary of looking good. >> yes, sir. wow. chris: then a year ago it was mitt romney's turn and it was this funny coincidence. >> i'm the guy in the photo that comes with your picture frame. >> that's right. that's where i have seen you. chris: it was on hi

about the nascar car owners he knows not the drivers and the fans. he's just way out of touch with those voters. he did poorly with those voters yesterday in ohio and tennessee. he's got a tough row to hoe to get those voters. >> do you think those nascar fans are going to flock to the president or is it just a question of not being enthused and not turning out for the republicans? >> i think the president has a chance to get some of those voters particularly the contest with mitt romney. the republicans want you to believe that barack obama was born at harvard law school and lived the life of a high-flying author. the fact is you know, this is a person raised by loving grand parents and single mom and after law school gave up the chance to make a lot of money to help unemployed workerring otherwise their community. he's a devoted father, great husband, he has the kinds of personal characteristics that i think can appeal to those voters if they make those personal characteristics, bring them back more front and center. they were on display a lot in t

. >> i have some great friends who are nascar team owners. i tell you what, $10,000 bucks?> i don't consider myself wealthy. >> ann has a couple of cadillacs, actually. >> now meet mitt romney's senior adviser in charge of etch-a-sketch. >> i think he hit a reset button. everything changes. it's almost like an etch-a-sketch. >> turn the knobs and the lines go up and down and all around. >> you can shake it up and we start all over again. >> turn your etch-a-sketch upside down and shake. everything disappears. >> now it's 99% vote on "countdown." >> good evening. this is wednesday march 21st. 231 days until the 2012 presidential election. mitt romney wins the g.o.p. primary, endorsements and grudge grudging tea party support. he can keep his score card on an etch-a-sketch. romney basking in the support in illinois tonight. >> we thank the people of illinois for the vote and this extraordinary victory. thank you very much. >> rick santorum just as pleased with his tallies. >> we won the areas that conservatives populate. we're happy about that. >> based on the results it does

jimmie johnson is here tonight. >> i'm very excited. >> jimmy: are you a fan of nascar?> i actually went to upstate new york a few years ago and sang the national anthem and, have you ever heard of wally's world? yeah, it's the great thing that takes you around and i you embarrassed the crap out of my -- he per views you while you drive and i'd like to think i'm a southern girl and incan take it and my cousins, they drive fast and i had no -- i embarrassed the crap out of my entire family because i got -- >> jimmy: we happen to have -- we happen to have a clip of that. from wally's world. >> let's embarrass them again. >> jimmy: you may have to move out of the south. yeah, lshgts leet's take a look. >> ahh! ahh! >> wow, what okayi iokayive is ? is that a four of a five? >> oh, my god. >> i've got to get it out of second gear. >> oh, don't! ahh! oh, my god. >> what about that dvd you're carrying that you want to say something about that? >> no. ahh! >> jimmy: that's quite an interview. he uncovered some stuff about you. [ applause ] >> if it's possible my voice went any h

. >>> coming up, kobe comes up clutch against the celtics, tony stewart does a nascar end-around, and tiger woods' comeback is once again on hold. >>> plus, vanderbilt shocks top-ranked kentucky for their first conference title in 60 years. your "first look" at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. [music playing] confidence. available in color. depend® for women is now peach. looks and fits like underwear. same great protection. depend®. good morning. great day. but we couldn't simply repeat history. we had to create it. introducing the 2013 lexus gs, with leading-edge safety technology, like available blind spot monitor... [ tires screech ] ...night view... and heads-up display. [ engine revving ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain.

. >>> nascar sprint cup, light rain falling. lap 124, tony stewart, little fake on denny hamlin. didn't pit. wise move. race called after 129 due to rain. stewart wins his second race of the season. won seven of the last 12 sprint cups. >>> coming up, a local fencer with hopes of fulfilling the olympic dream and a one-on-one challenge with our own lindsay murphy. >>> welcome back. i'm dave feldman. fencing often called a physical chess match. takes talent and smart to be successful. he's at harvard, and when he's not hitting the books, he's hitting with his sabre. lindsay murphy knows what it feels like. >> ready, set. >> reporter: modern fencing originated in the 18 century. it doesn't receive much notoriety, but a couple of smacks on the mask, and you'll see it deserves attention. hayfield graduate sasha is number one fencer for the 19 and under age group. >> first time i made the national team was probably one of the happiest moments of my life, pause i love the patriotic aspect. having the u.s.a. on the back is just, it's a great feeling. >> reporter: he is hoping to make the

that visit to nascar, but speaking of friends who own nascar teams. which is why you can expect more of these. town halls where team romney believes he does connect. where the tiniest of voices help make a candidate more human. >> i want to know what you want to be remembered for? >> at my home, i want to be remembered for being a very good father. >> reporter: no earth-toned sweaters here. no makeover. they believe it's about the math, diane. they believe the numbers are on their side tonight. >> thank you. >>> i want to bring in george stephanopoulos now. george, what did we learn today? >> mitt romney team has to introduce him to the american public. we're going to see a parallel campaign. on the one hand, finishing off this nomination fight. on the other hand, engaging the national election fight. and engaging president obama. and doing a better job of telling who mitt romney is, what he believes and what he wants to do as president. >> and in the time to come, what does the obama camp do? what do they do first? >> they may help the romney campaig

whenever you make a joke like did you at the nascar race and you said you saw some people in cheese cheap little rain coats way to spend the big bucks. you are always going to be portrayed as a rich guy who is out of touch with the folks, condescending to the folks. am i correct? that's the way you are going to be portrayed no matter what you do? >> yeah, you are probably right. the narrative that the obama people want to push and that members of the mainstream media are very anxious to do for them is that anything i do joking around and having fun that somehow that fits their narrative. >> bill: you are going to be a snob and this, that, and the other thing. is it worth it even for you to say those things? >> you know, it's hard to imagine all the things they are going to try to turn into attacks. that's the first time i have heard the one you have mentioned. i have won a garbage bag for rain gear myself. we were out there in the rain. we were getting soaked. i didn't have a rain coat myself. i would have liked one of those. >> bill: i know you were kidding around with the folks. i do it