this is the nascar drive-through. this is this guy's first drive through. >> he bought items, but evidently he saw something he didn't get that he wanted. >> watch all these cars get through. you'll notice that same car coming through again. he says he has something else in mind. this dude ball is dirty. he gets out carrying what looks like a shotgun. the clerk thought it was so. he goes inside. he was about to come back out with his item. he forces her to set everything down on the counter. it looks like he takes what maybe was her cell phone. then he forces her to open the cash register, which she does. watch him take his own sweet time and clean that cash register out. as he is leaving, he notices that another car pulls in. when you see him come back out to get in his car, you notice that gun is gone. it's because he left it behind. he didn't want the truck behind him to see that gun. turns out it was a bb gun. police released this footage because they want to know if anyone recognizes they guy. they still have his

drive. rest in peace kevin ward. but here the three-time nascar champion has overwhelming support. george brooks was thrilled to get stewart's autograph. >> it's a nascar family. any driver goes through something like that in each sport. >> reporter: stewart would need to win either tonight or next week in richmond, virginia, to have a shot at the championship. tonight's race is still under way, lester. >> gabe, thank you. >>> we're keeping a close watch on the weather tonight, especially some powerful storms in the middle of the country. and in the northeast. there were downpours and heavy flooding in the new york city area. this was the scene this afternoon in the garden state parkway in new jersey. let's bring in nbc news meteorologist dylan drier with the latest for us. >> lester, those storms fired up around 4:00 this afternoon. humidity is on the rise. we felt it across the eastern half of the country. that is setting the stage for the severe storms. we have tornado watches in red, we also have severe thunderstorm warnings and watches in yellow. that's where we had some of the strongest storms right now. wind gusts near 60 miles per hour. we've had golf ball-sized hail. in the