. >> this isn't a nascar race. website that may help save you from danger when you get behind a wheel. >> the program is a program that started in 2003. it is designed to save teen lives due to the fact number one killer is crash >> ford takes the program to communities around the country. along with inspectors like mike. >> today's driving conditions are more challenging for teens. roads are more congested today. there are other drivers out there that may not be experiencing or demonstrating safe driving behavior and may be distracted. it is important for teens to keep their minds clear to process those threats out there. >> statistics show new drivers are the most likely to get into an accident. in fact, the first 1,000 hours behind the wheel are the most dangerous. so it is no surprise 15-year-olds have the most accidents. >> i think inexperience tied in with distractions. you take teens that have very low drive -- little driving experience and start texting, three, four passengers and have hand-held phone. eati

cycling the way the five rings of nascar race got on the way on thursday with local favorites. making a clean sweep of the podium at the opening stage for that now has more. fairings of must kill this road race was established in one thousand nine hundred ninety two and now it is considered as one of the top amounts only to national cycling calander. the competition for additional is started with a time trial race with a standard start living each of all one hundred and three riders one one with a so-called small ring. assured but tough route poor on the heels of most school districts cruel scare. although they've been favorites they do for team promptly proved they feel at home there and this race was all about settling scores within the team the first one sport light last year's champion said given a son of a mickey to the finishing line in less than five minutes although he steamy me because he was quick to say the time of four point four seven is the next record of the day to chase the rather escapes storming because of course time but the record proved unbreakable until it

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racing who thoroughly dominated here tonight. on to darlington, next saturday night. >> chris: that will showtime, southern 500. you will see it saturday on fox. another baseball nascarouble header. nine races, the quarter pole of the season, jeff. we had 17 races until the chase. third straight race here now that carl edwards has maintained the top spot. kyle busch jumps up three to the third spot. >> jeff: you have to watch kyle busch. he is sneaking up there closer and closer. jimmie rebounded after starting off slow. top ten finish. with the points are becoming more and more valuable each week as we go deeper in the season. >> chris: saw a.j. allmendinger up to 11. greg biffle, 14. denny hamlin talking about the night he needed. coming in second and heading to a place he had success before. in darlington. jamie mcmurray, great success last year. looking for the first win this year. check in with steve byrnes who is with kasey kahne who led 29 laps tonight. >> steve: a good night for kasey kahne. coming off another knee surgery. how do you feel? >> i feel great. it never thought about it throughout the race. it was more about the car. the team did a nice job. red

this week i got a chance to be in a nascar race car. i was a passenger in the car.man is in the driver's seat. i'm the passenger. loved it. 170 miles per hour. >> the need for speed. >> it was incredible. so next month, face to face, you are going to meet these drivers. we sit down and we talked at charlotte motor speedway. and at the hall of fame, the nascar hall of fame in charlotte, we talked about everything from what it takes to be a nascar driver -- >> i heard you could go to like camp and actually -- they'd let you drive around the track -- >> yes. the richard petty nascar driving experience allows you to drive an actual race car. >> that's amazing. >> oh, it's amazing. so you have to look forward to that. i had a blast this week. and i look forward to getting the reaction of everybody else to hear face to face from these drivers of what it is to be a nascar driver. >> thanks, fred. >> thanks, joe. >>> memorial day marks the official start of the summer vacation season. and if you aren't sure where to go yet, how about a trip to the beach? professor steven le

he goes out without a tie or to a nascar race, the press questions it. >> wait, but i think the press is questioning it because they do know romney. romney did a complete roundabout on gay rights. i remember the '94 campaign. i worked on that campaign. he was claiming he was better on gay rights than ted kennedy. not today he doesn't claim that. this week he claimed he was for the auto bailout when he was against it two years ago. the media knows -- >> a policy basis because he changed his view. >> in his track record and you hear it from republicans, too. >> there is plenty to criticize on romney's record if you want to go after flip-flops and authentici authenticity. the problem is the press has decided that's the narrative about romney and they're slotting things that don't belong there into that story line like what he's wearing at a particular event. that's the problem. just as when the reporters decided that gore was an inauthentic figure or he had a problem with the truth, every trivial little thing became part of that story line. and the candidate was never given a chance to b

racing who thoroughly dominated here tonight. on to darlington, next saturday night. >> chris: that will showtime, southern 500. you will see it saturday on fox. another baseball nascar double header. nine races, the quarter pole of the season, jeff. we had 17 races until the chase. third straight race here now that carl edwards has maintained the top spot. kyle busch jumps up three to the third spot. >> jeff: you have to watch kyle busch. he is sneaking up there closer and closer. jimmie rebounded after starting off slow. top ten finish. with the points are becoming more and more valuable each week as we go deeper in the season. >> chris: saw a.j. allmendinger up to 11. greg biffle, 14. denny hamlin talking about the night he needed. coming in second and heading to a place he had success before. in darlington. jamie mcmurray, great success last year. looking for the first win this year. check in with steve byrnes who is with kasey kahne who led 29 laps tonight. >> steve: a good night for kasey kahne. coming off another knee surgery. how do you feel? >> i feel great. it never thought about it throughout the race. it was more about the car. the team did a nice job. re

at one point this was the indy 500 but at one point he started the nascar race from air force one.d the car races. it was a blast from the past. >> he was starting a race car from -- >> yes. he was on air force one. >> i had no idea. i learn something new every time i talk to you. >> little trivia for you. >> thank you so much. >>> and you can always jump online, go to cnnpolitics.com. >>> as we approach the top of the hour, we couldn't hold on to this piece of video. i want to show you something incredibly compelling. it's from inside a kindergarten classroom. this is monterey, mexico, outside of the window you can hear a deadly shooting happening. we bring in nick valencia. let's watch the video together and then we'll talk. roll it. [ speaking in spanish ] >> you don't have to speak spanish to understand that there are gunshots, this teacher is saying get down, let's sing a song. what did we miss? >> she's remarkably cool throughout this whole process. she's coaching her kids to duck down so they avoid gunfire. it's hard to make out from the video but one peaks out the window to

meanwhile, in charlotte, thousands of nascar fans who were gathered ahead of a weekend race were evacuated from a celebration there due to the weather. fortunately, no injuries were reported while the worst appears to have finally passed. we're going to have your holiday forecast coming up in just a bit. but first, search and rescue crews continue to sift through the debris in joplin, missouri, where hundreds remain unacted for in the wake of wednesday's deadly tornado. brian moore is in joplin with us with the latest on those search efforts. brian, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. we saw the death toll up to 136. 232 people are on the official list of the missing, but the associated press is reporting this morning that it is starting to go through that list and has found at least a dozen people alive and well. the fifth first small steps toward recovery are beginning. people are sifting through their life as they start the rebuilting process. as the search continues as wipeds into recovery and rebuilding several. officials say they are appreciating the help and presid

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racing. there's the indy 500. nascar to, i had a rather exciting week being in charlotte at the charlotte motor speedway. and there are two racers who were in the race today who i had a chance to spend some time with earlier this week. joey and jason lefler. jason got me in the car with him around the track. here's a little sneak peek of what that was like. okay. i'm cheesing. that's the one on the left where all you see is teeth because i'm cheesing the whole time. i loved it. we went 170 miles per hour. loved it. anyway, i sat down with jason and joey face to face. we are going to bring that to you next month. just really what it is to be a race car driver. is there not a better profess n profession, to be a race car driver. they are going to talk about it. they started at a very early age. they are going to talk about the evolution of the sport. what it is to be an elite athlete. >> what did it feel like? >> it was invigorating. better than any roller coaster ride. better than any kind of jet flying. it's awesome. >>

and nascar reagan smith wins his first-ever race in the 500.ee you tonight at five. >> coming up next at 6:30. >> some financial indicators show that california is $2 billion above forecast for tax revenue. i'm nannette miranda in sacramento. democrats won't back down on their call for keeping the higher tax rates going a little longer, though. >> and the sale of live chickens in san francisco. it's a controversial practice that is about to end. >> welcome back, everyone. state lawmakers may not need as much of your money as they thought. an unexpected surge in tax money has come in, more than $2 billion, and it could take a nice bite out of the budget deficit. abc7 capital correspondent nannette miranda reports from sacramento. >> an unexpected 2 1/2 billion dollars surge in income and sales and use taxes has lawmakers saying this is a sign that things are improving. the windfall could help solve the remaining $14 billion deficit. its great news for the economy. >> it means things are starting to turnaround. it's great news, but... >> the big

. >> and before i go, manny pacquais wins the title and nascar rag again smith wins his first-ever racen the southern 500. happy mother's day to everyone out there. we will see you tonight at five. >> coming up next at 5:30. >> some financial indicators show that california is $2 billion above forecast for tax revenue. i'm nannette in sacramento. democrats won't back down on their call for keeping the higher tax rates going a little longer. >> and the sale of live chickens in san francisco. a controversial practice about to run >> welcome back, everyone. state lawmakers may not need as much of your money as they thought. an unexpect the surge in tax money has come in, more than $2 billion and it could take a nice bite out of the budget deficit. nannette miranda reports from sacramento. >> an unexpected 2 1/2 billion dollars surge in income and sales and use taxes has lawmakers say this is a sign the of things are improving. it could help solve the budget deficit. >> it means things are starting to turnaround. it's great news. but. >> the big but is whether the money will continue to com

he took checkered flag at talladega a few year ago but nascar said he passed tony stewart illegally so stewart got the race officially. now regan smith gets a flag he can keep. >> darrell: reeb the finish five or six years ago, kyle busch and craven? we were saying have you ever -- well, i don't think i have ever seen anything like i saw tonight. that was crazy the finish and the fight afterwards. >> mike: unbelievable. a lot of cars wrecked. >> larry: so many storyline bus i have to stay on the regan smith story. he started running go-karts at age 4. in 1995, ron and lee smith picked up and left cato, new york, moved to north carolina to advance regan smith's racing career. got him in the sprint cup. he won 2008 sprint cup rookie of the year and now he is a winner at darlington. >> mike: great story. >> darrell: great qualifier, tonight a great racer. >> mike: worst start of the season and best finish of his career. >> chris: all right. you had the class of carl edwards congratulating regan smith and then the other extreme. and it runs a little bit deep. but i like that kyle busch said let's get in there

physical endurance is more and more important, you look at athletes like today who drive race cars, jimmie johnson from nascarorks out with the same trainer -- he's an extraordinarily good physical specimen. michael schumacher used to have an 18-wheeler can just exercise equipment. >> correct. charlie, i would say when you look at our three drivers, they spend three to four hours a day working out. there isn't a day -- they run iron man contests, they'll run half a marathon, and you ask the question about the driver and the car and i would say that today, qualifying is probably 65-70% car but when you get in the race it's 70% driver and 30% car. >> charlie: what changes? where is the change manifest? >> i think the change is the perception of understanding what's going on in the race. do you take a chance? when to sit back and understand your car. if your car in a 500-mile race isn't handling just the way you want it, we have an opportunity at the pit stop to make changes. you've got to be a thinker and you've got to be there at the end and i say the race will look much different, i say this to all three guys

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and they compare it to pit row of nascar. >> reporter: this is what downtown livermore looked like last night. bike night entertained visitors here for the race. this race is also a bit personal for livermore's mayor. he used an experimental medication made by amgen when he had stage four lymphoma. he's now cancer free. that brings us to one of the most famous cyclist who is won't be participating in this year's tour, but he may be there later on today. lance armstrong, we hear he may pay a visit this time as a spectator himself this afternoon. reporting live in livermore this morning, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:47. well, cargo traffic on the mississippi river is moving again this morning. however, a temporary shutdown is costing the american economy hundreds of millions of dollars. barges are hauling coal, steel and grains in the 15-mile stretch of the mississippi just north of new orleans. but they're limited to just one barge at a time. so the barges are sitting, waiting to get through which is slowing down commerce on the busiest river in america. >>> well, all the rain we've had lately has been something to talk

nascar, saturday night affair in richmond. lap 317. kyle busch pass jeff burton to take the lead. holds off teammate denny hamlin to win the racet richmond. >> alan: back to nfl draft. which' of these players impresses you. >> kaepernick it's a great pick. harbaugh needed a quarterback. smith looks like he is going to come back, but he i the only player ever to throw for 10,000 yards and run. >> alan: that concludes another broadcast of abc-7 news. thanks for watching. connect 24/7 at abc7news.com. good night everyone. captioned by closed captioning services inc. rtrt fsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsesesesesesesesesesesútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútútút

. >> why is a race car driver doing a back flip at charlotte motor speedway. highlights coming up from this nascar all-star show down ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and chris >>> sharks trying to tie up the series at the tank today. >> that's right. chris warner takes a hold of his lead in the tour du california and kim coyle with the rest of the sports. kim. >> good morning everyone tim lincecum gave up a season high, 7 runs against the rockys in his last start boy did he bounce back against the as. lincecum retired 21 straight at one point, season high, 133 pitches he tosses a 3 hit shut out the giants beat the as 3-0 they won 8 straight at home. >> shackleford held off animal kingdom down the stretch to end any chance of horse racings, first triple crown since 1978 he went off at a 12-1 shot. >>> the thunder missed their chance to take control of the series, mavs lead by 23, hang on down the stretch 93-87 wins, 2 games to one. >>> kyle edwards helped out busch while he doesn't earn sprint cup points, edwards goes home with a $1.2 million prize. >> tour of california riding side by side with chris horner, santa

nascar. >> reporter: as she mentioned the activities here in livermore will start a few hours before the actual race gets underway. around 10:00 a.m. the relay for life participants walking a quarter mile to the starting line. then riders arrive around 10:15. cyclists will head out around 11:45:24 morning. they've already traveled from old town auburn through the central valley into downtown modesto. next up for stage four right here in livermore the riders will travel 81 miles south to silicon valley. they'll use back roads which will take them up and down mt. hamilton. then another climb up the road opening with the vista of san jose beneath them. the city paid $50,000 to host this tour. an interesting note the city's mayor used an experimental medication made by am general stage four lymphoma. next week marks the anniversary of taking the drug. what you're looking at downtown some of the activities in downtown livermore last night. stage four of this tour ends in san jose a tour favorite may be there, lance armstrong. more about lance and livermore's vice mayor will have a little bit to tell us a

nascar's official meeting place. a full moon the way people acted tonight be. you the feel-good story is his mom helping animals in tornado-ravaged alabama. regan smith his first win in 105 career raceshe led 11 laps. the fastest lap in the end in overtime at darlington. >> jeff: he ran the fastest lap of his race to beat carl edwards. that was the difference of the race, chris. >> chris: kyle busch wound up 11th. jeff gordon, 12th. we're waiting to hear from kevin harvick or kyle busch. but let's check in with kasey kahne. >> krista: kasey kahne had a fast car. you were beating yourself up when when you hit the wall. but then it was like you were given a second chance. if you hadn't had hit the wall? would the outcome have been different? >> we were tight after that. we had to keep fixing the car. the pit stop were key. the red bull guys did awesome. i killed a crush panel so i'm covered in rubber and stuff. i don't -- we didn't finish as good as we should have. i think we could have ran second. fourth is good for hitting the wall as hard as i did. fourth is good. >> krista: thank you, kasey. >> chris: meanwhile, clint bowyer on the lead lap. threatening, as we take a look at the ce

victory winning the third straight springtime race at richmond, those are your headlines, what do you got for mother's day. >> dave: great story, yeah, nascar us, clayton. >> clayton: have you shopped yet? pay attention, dads out there, all the gifts i'm about to show you, great gadgets and you can get them in time for mother's day. let's start with cameras, brand new from canon, their line of new power shot and are the l-series, popular and come in all of these different colors and, what is new about these, gps built into the cameras. >> why do i need that. >> clayton: you are on vacation and you can see where you took the photos, it shows up on a map and you don't have to do it separately and shoot high-definition video, in addition to the 12 mega pixels, the shots look fantastic and this has a touch-screen, do the whole touch-screen interface... >> dave: 12 megapixels is all you need these days. >> clayton: the laptop, the best one i've ever used, the mac book air, super fast, beautiful screen and battery life is fantastic and look at how thin it is. it fits into a bag, purse, incredibly thin and light and is super powerful and, the best