near pimlico racetrack. witnesses say several cars were racing down the street when they slammed into a cab driver who was trying to make a u turn. police say the cab driver died insttly from the impact. four other people were injured in the crash and taken to shock trauma. one witness did not want to be identified on camera and she says this accident was a senseless tragedy. >> they crazy. young people just acting crazy. >> reporter: it's no secret reckless driving and street racing has been a problem in our state. in june, 21-year-old mary abernathy and jonathan henderson were killed while watching a drag race near i-70 and woodlawn. last year in prince george's county eight people died when a car plowed into them while watching a street race. in the meantime baltimore city police continue to investigate this latest accident hoping to find answers. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 6:34. it's been a year since a government scientist killed himself while being investigated for a deadly anthrax mailing in 2001

near pimlico racetrack. witnesses say several cars were racing down the street when they slammed into a cab driver who was trying to make a u turn. sources tell abc2 news that the cab driver died instantly from the impact. four others were injured in the crash and taken to shock trauma. one witness did not want to be identified on camera. she says this accident is a senseless tragedy. >> they crazy. young people just acting crazy. >> reporter: it's no secret reckless driving and street racing has been a problem in our state. in june 21-year-old mary katherine abernathy of columbia and jonathan henderson of la plata were killed while welcome back a drag race in i-70 and woodlawn and another case, eight people were killed when watching a street race. this latest accident, police hope to find some answers. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 5:32. a health scare for french president nicolas sarkozy after he collapsed during a workout. his security says he fell down while jogging at the palace of versailles near par

really close call on a racetrack in iowa. check it out. you can see the firefighters racing out after this crash at a knoxville raceway over the weekend. you see them trying to get the guy out. he was trapped inside for 20 seconds as the car burned around him. >> and i ran right up to the cockpit, sprayed my extinguisher and flames were completely engulfed well over the top of the wing. i knelt down to helped him out and the first thing he did was hand me the steering wheel, and he didn't have the belts undone, so i had to undo his belts. >> he is lucky, the driver was released from the hospital, he has burns on his face and legs but will be okay. >>> we're talking about your money now. and experts say a price war is in the works for hotel rooms. of course that's bad for businesses, but good news for you. one of the largest hotel chains in the world is slashing prices, up to 50% at most of the hotels. occupancy is down sharply 11% from last year. hotel analysis tell usa today it's not going to be the last in a price war. >>>

there were several times when danny hamlin passed stewart on the racetrack but when stewart came downow his pit crew got him back the lead. >> these guys practice all week long that first pit stall, five guys have won this year on the first pit stall. >> it's the difference between winning an losing and they deserve every bit of the attention they are getting. >> it's a testament to what they are doing. they put together this group in their first year and they have been doing this all year. >> tony stewart's team gets the job done on pit row. tony gets the job done on the racetrack and picks up his second win of the season and expands his lead in the championship. the circuit heads off to the mile and a half chicago land speedway for a race this coming saturday night. >> more baseball, astros pitcher mike hampton has owned pittsburgh in his career. nine straight wins against them. hampton, the cat like reflexes and throws it. hampton, seven innings, one run, three ks. 2-0 astros. tejada shot it down the left field line. two runs score. astros up 4-0 and they go on to win by a final co

. >>> we have a video in of a close call at a racetrack in iowa. can see the firefighters racing out after this krosh at the knoxville race ray over the weekend. the driver was trapped inside for about 20 seconds as the car burned around him. >> and i ran up top the cockpit, sprad my extinguisher and the flames were completely engulfed in the cockpit over the wing. i kneeled down to help him out. the first thing he did was hand me the steering we'll. he tried to climb out. he didn't have his belts undone. hayed to reach in and undo his belts. >> he's got burns on his face and legs. >>> someone will be watching the octuplets' money. here they are in this radar online video. they're going to make sure they're not exploited. their mom did not want it saying it's a privacy issue. by the way, an ex-mouse ka tear fought for this. he supports kids' rights in entertainment. >>> 34 minutes past the hour. the same area where it rained, you've got it skben today. where has it moved to. >> mississippi in toward alabama. you can see the heaviest downpour action

. >> they were first actually put in the santa anita racetrack, where they lived for about six months in actual horse stables and they actually had to clean out the stables and make it livable. and then after that period, they were moved to gila river, which is in arizona. >> reporter: like so many other families, the uchidas were relocated to detention camps in remote areas of the country. >> they lived in barracks that really didn't have any insulation. it was hot, it was dry, it was windy, and it was very cold in the wintertime, as well. >> reporter: with the end of the war, the japanese americans were finally released. but the shame stung. that's why jenny's father craig helped raise money for this memorial in washington, d.c. its official name is the national japanese american memorial for patriotism during world war ii. on the walls are the names of the ten relocation camps, along with the numbers of those forced to live at each camp. a statue of two cranes entangled in barbed wire, towers overhead. >> they're a very honorable bird, and to have them entwined in barbed wire reall

. >> reporter: sometimes when you're driving around downtown it can feel like you're on a racetrack. cars along pratt street don't have thing on them. right now the city, state and private development firm are looking at the feasibility of bringing a grand prix-style race that would cut through the heart of the harbor from pratt and light streets to russell street and back. >> the estimates are 150,000 visitors, $100 million in economic impact which is generated from the visitors, from the hotels, meals, etc., and also major national television exposure. >> reporter: a race of this caliber would bring more to the city than say lots of tourists and dollars. we're talking about international exposure. millions of people worldwide love this type of racing. however, folks in baltimore hope this type of racing brings something else to the city, a better roadway. you can hear the bumps and lumps even before you see them up close. race fans worry while the city can present a great tourist package can the city get its roads into track shape? >> i think it would do wonders for the city. clean

accident happened about 11:00 at the intersection of northern parkway and woodcrest near pimlico racetrack. witnesses say several cars were driving at high rate of speed, slammed into a cab driver trying to make a u turn. police say the cab driver died instantly and four others were injured and taken to shock trauma. we spoke to one witness who didn't want to be identified on camera. >> they was racing down the street and the cab driver minding his business, got struck by another car. the ones that made it through jumped in their cars and drove out. >> reporter: witnesses say it was a group of young men ranging in age from 16 to 18 years old. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> a terrible car crash to tell you about in new york city, killed eight people including four children. police say a mini van was going the wrong direction on the state parkway there near briarcliff manor and crashed head on into an suv. the mini van spun off the road, burst into flames. the woman driving the van and four children out of the five children in the car died. all the children were under 3 and a business owner

. >> sometimes when you're driving around downtown, it can feel like you're on a racetrack. for the rushing cars along pratt street don't have a thing on this. right now the city, the state, and a private development firm are looking at the feasibility of bringing a grand prix-style race that would cut through the heart of the harbor, all the way over to russell street and back. >> estimates are 150,000 visitors, $100 million in economic impact. which is generated from the visitors, from the hotels, meals, et cetera, and also major national television exposure. >> reporter: a race of this caliber would bring a lot mother than say lots of tourists and tourist dollars. we're talking about international exposure. millions of people worldwide love this type of racing 689 however, folks here in baltimore hopes this type of racing brings something else to the city, a better roadway. you can hear the bumps and lumps even before you see them up close. race fans worry while the city can prevent a great tourist package, can the city get its road into track shape? >> i think it would d

it happened 11:00 at the intersection of northern parkway and wood crest near pimlico racetrack.tnesses say several cars were driving fast when they slammed into a cab driver trying to make a u turn. authorities say the cab driver died instantly at the scene, four others seriously injured and taken to shock trauma. one witness didn't want to be identified on camera. >> they was racing down the street and the cab driver minding his business, got struck by another car. the ones that made it through jumped in their cars and drove out. >> reporter: witnesses say this was a group of young men ranging in age from 16 to 18 years old. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> let's go to new york. a head on crash described by a witness as one car went one way, the other went up in the air. state police say a family's mini van going in the wrong direction crashed into two other vehicles killing a total of eight people. five when this mini van, four young cizzens and mother of one of the children. police set up an accident recreation scene now to learn how this accident happened. >>> back here in ba

eventually cleared, the track dried and some four hours after it was scheduled to start cars were on the racetracknd qualifying got underway. mark martin was one of the first out. his lap made his competitors go ooh, that will be hard to beat. dale earnhardt jr. gave ate good try. jr. feeling under the weather but felt good enough to run his lap and ran the third fastest time of the day. at that man who came closest was montoya, the 2005 winner. that early run gave 50-year-old mark martin the pole. >> just awesome to drive a race car like this, work with such professional people. you know, allen and all these guy that is work on this car have got the biggest hearts in the world. and i was miserable all morning knowing that we were at the top of the sheet yesterday and i didn't want to -- i can take it. okay? i can take the disappointment but i didn't want to break their hearts, man. i really wanted to go out and lay a lap down and i wasn't that thrilled with my -- i was happy with the lap time, don't get me wrong, but i didn't think that was my best lap by any means. the car was sliding quite a bi

vickers on the 8 point of the racetrack.> see kyle now working the momentum, trying to get the momentum off turn two. he's got him right here. he's got the position. he squeezes him off. he's got to get it done quick, because these tires are good for about eight laps at real fast speeds and they level out. >> here comes vickers now on the inside. watch vickers, using the bottom of thehe racetrack. >> wow, unbelievable. logano, i cannot believe how he drove that car. i would have thought the new tires on this 18 car, it's overhauled loga in. o, doesn't look that way now. still got 7 laps to go. >> look in your mirror, kyle busch. here comes vickers. he did maintain the shot. he's trying to get by the 18 so he can have a shot. i cannot believe how good logano's car is even on old tires. >> he'll be all right there. he didn't make that pit stop for tires. >> two he joe gibbs tires running one, and two. >> kind of a charlotte style tire. doesn't wear as much, and doesn't fall off the speed a lot. and the first ten laps we saw al

the bumper cars over here the racetrack was over here.court, everything was here for everyone to enjoy. >> you said the adults had just as much fun as the kids. >> the adults would be on the rides over and over and over with their kids, going from ride to ride to ride, enjoying the whole park, having a good time. the music would be blaring. it was fun, a lot of fun. >> you got here by the train, the tracks are just up there. this is the movie theater. let's go check that out. >> okay. >> inside the movie theater, miko, whatever you wanted, huh? >> he had stacked with candy, whatever you want. coming back for doubles, ice cream, popcorn, he had coffee, sodas, anything you wanted. >> doubles. kids usually don't get doubles. >> here they went wild. the mothers said, no, no, you d have one. he said let them have two. it's okay. >> this is the theater. before we go there we want to show you this, a dance studio, where michael jackson would rehere's. >> yes. his recording studio, his dance studio. he did all his work in here. this was his area

in that's point leader and all chasing tony stewart to become the first five-time winner at the racetrack. the brickyard 500 with coverage tomorrow 12:30 eastern on espn. >> today was qualifying for tomorrow's ration. rain swept over the indianapolis motor speedway and delayed it for three hours and mark martin the oldest winner at the brickyard. dale jr. fought off a stomach virus and qualified third and will race on sunday and juan pablo montoya who won in 2000 with the irl qualified second. don't forget, after sunday's race, complete post-game news conferences can be heard and seen right here on espnews and hear from the drivers after the race tomorrow on espnews. >> formula one super star felipe massa was hit in the helmet and he plowed through the track and into the tire wall. he was in life-threatening condition earlier in the day but had surgery for his fractured skull. the brazilian will stay in the icu tonight and finished top four year of the last three years. >> canadian open. rain's been the story so far. saturday they tried to finish off round two and tried to get through rou

spite approvint machines at racetracks. i'm julie banderas. mike huckabee writer on fox. >> mike: he started his career as a standup comic and since has written sitcoms, acted in movies, was a television shows. this weekend is going back to his roots and for the first time in 20 years is making a special engagement return comedy routine right here in new york city. ladies and gentlemen please welcome, tom arnold. [ applause ] >> how are you, buddy? has to say. >> mike: so glad to have you hear tonight it's good to be here. >> mike: i know your hometown is, ottumwa, iowa. >> thirty people can. >> mike: great people in that state a lot like arkansas. when you grew up to do when they think you would be on the stage and do television and movies and all that stuff to cute growing up in iowa is like robin arkansas that world is so far from you stack you have dreams. and you do things in school and things like that but no good out of high school i worked at one of the meatpacking plant for three years. by grandpa worked there 50 years so that was the

>> caller: opening day boo-yah from sarasota racetrack. >> give me a stock. >> caller: jim, the ceo of xdo was very bullish after earnings last quarter in the closing bell. with earnings coming out next week do we xektxto to -- >> the single best performing natural gas stock in history. i am never going to tell you not to buy it. buy xto. fred in kentucky? >> caller: hey, jim, i've got a great big bourbon boo-yah for you. >> go ahead. >> caller: i was calling about one of your previous speculation picks, silicon wear precision. >> we want that, testing integrated circuits. speaking about getting beyond testing, i think spil is a good name. i want to remind people semis are hot. how great was t.j. rogers with cypress last night? i'm taking more. to eric in ohio. we always get ohio callers. eric? >> caller: yeah, hello. >> are you from cleveland? >> caller: no, i'm from the great state of ohio, cincinnati. home of the bengals. >> i was going to say, if you were from cleveland i wanted to thank you for giving away cliff today. >> caller: i have one comment and one question. i love your sh

. >> reporter: sometimes when you drive around downtown it can feel like you're on a racetrack.hing cars along pratt street, they don't have a thing on them. right now the city, state and private development firm are looking at the feasibility of bringing a grand prix-style race that would cut through the heart of the harbor from pratt and light to russell street and back. >> the estimates are 150,000 visitors, $100 million in economic impact which is generated from the visitors, from the hotels, meals, etc., and also major national television exposure. >> reporter: a race of this caliber would bring more to the city than say lots of tourist and dollars we're talking about international exposure. millions of people worldwide love this time type of racing. however, folks in baltimore hopes this brings something he is to the city, a better roadway. you can hear the bumps and lumps even before you see them up close. race fans worry while the city can present a great tourist package can the city get its roads into track shape? >> i think it would do wonders for the city, clean up th

yesterday he was served the most expensive speeding ticket of his life on the racetrack.sn't just the money that hurt but the fact that it cost him the race. follow me to indianapolis. the brickyard. juan pablo montoya led 116 laps. he took a pit stop with 35 to go. before he hit that pit stop, it was deemed that he had sped on pit lane. nascar penalizes him and here's what montoya said inside the car. >> there's no way. i was on the green. green light all the way from before, maybe 30 yards before the line. thank you, nascar, for screwing my day. i swear on my children and my wife i was not speeding. that's the second time this year. they mad a mistake and they admit it afterwards. >> juan pablo montoya had been first. he ended up finishing 11th. it was jimmie johnson who takes the checkered flag for the second year in a row. mark martin was second. tony stewart was third. there's johnson and his crew kissing the bricks in celebration. it's johnson's third win at the brickyard. man, back to montoya. >> could they have made a mistake on that? >> they can, but i'll tell yo

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the intersection happened at northern parkway and woodcrest near the pimlico racetrack. witnesses say several cars were driving at a high rate of speed, slammed into the cabbie which was trying to make a u turn. authorities tell abc2 news the cab driver died instantly on the scene. four others were treated at the crash site and were taken to shock trauma. we spoke to one witness who did not want to be identified on camera. listen. >> they was racing down the street and the cab driver minding his business got struck by another car. the ones that made it through jumped in their cars and drove out. >> witnesses say it was a group of young men ranging in age from 16 to 18. police haven't released any more information as they continue this investigation. >>> it was a very violent night in baltimore city. this morning police are busy. they say at least 17 people were shot in five separate incidents overnight. some of them may be related. the first shooting happened 9:00 last night. police say the gunman started shooting at a crowd at a backyard cookout in the 2600 block of ash

opening day boo-yah from saratoga racetrack. >> holy cow, man. let's place some bets.me a stock. >> caller: jim, the ceo of xto was very bullish last quarter after earnings on the closing bell. with earnings coming out next week do we expect xto to giddy-up? >> we are going into hurricane season. there's been a big build in natural gas. but remember, xtl, the single best performing natural gas stock in history. i am never going to tell you not to pull the trigger. xto. fred in kentucky. fred? >> caller: hey, jim, i've got a great big bourbon boo-yah for you. >> i'm going to give you a secretariat slash man o'war boo-yah. go ahead. >> caller: i was calling about one of your previous speculation picks, silicon wear precision. spil. >> we want that, testing integrated circuits. speaking about getting beyond testing, i think spil is a good name. i want you to buy it. i want to remind people semis are hot. how great was t.j. rogers with cypress last night? i'm taking more. let's go to eric. oh, in ohio. we always get ohio callers. eric? >> caller: yeah, hello. >> are you fr

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here's a couple of guys still pushing and shoving on the racetrack. >> the rookie logano not taking it from montoya. and montoya not taking it from logano. >> montoya gets the spot.ot look at mark trying to make a big change in that case as they were convicted and then went to this judge, judge akin who had to decide she was going to use this thing, this terrorism enhancement sentencing act because it hadn't been used up to that point and she decided to use it. and at that point, sort of the rules changed for everything and a big chill went through the whole movement. the last piece of the terrorism laws the increased now is in 2006 congress finally put some teeth into this thing they had passed in 1992 and they changed the name of it and called the animal enterprise terrorism act and quickly used that against activists in new jersey. i know we've been kind of running along here but i want to talk a teeny bit about what happened with that and then what happened with rod. there was one group in new jersey called shac, stop hunting animal cruelty movement. the main thing they did was the

it happened 9:00, near pick -- pimlico racetrack.eral cars were speeding and the cab driver died instantly. four others seriously injured and taken to shock trauma. we spoke to one witness about this accident. she didn't want to be identified on camera. >> they was racing down the street and the b driver minding his business got struck by another car. the ones that made it through jumped in their cars and drove out. >> reporter: witnesses say it was a group of young men ranging in age of 16 to 18 years old driving those cars. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> baltimore police are investigating almost two dozen shootings across the city. last night around 9:00 12 people including a toddler and pregnant woman were shot on ashland avenue in east baltimore. none of the injuries appear to be life threatening. the victims were taken to how how -- hopkins. police on the scene at 11:30 of another shooting. the man taken to hopkins. no word on his condition. no arrests in either incident. >>> see you in about a half-hour for another morning upd

all chasing jeff gordon, looking to become nascar's only five-time leader at this legendary racetrack30 eastern on espn. >> the indianapolis motor speedway open for business on friday. the car haulers pulled in thursday night after a parade interest downtown. on friday, the crews went to work in gasoline allie and practice began on the speedway. drivers all searching for speed. hoping a win sunday here can be the spring board to a championship like it's been for so many before. >> a new tradition begins. >> but i think winning there you know, in 2000, i mean, we went on to win the championship that year. i think it just propelled us to win the championship. when i look back, i almost forget the different chapters and you know all the amazing things we've experienced with the team throughout the ten months of racing. it doesn't get any better than that. >> i think winning the brickyard and the championship in the same year is just a dream season. obviously. winning the single biggest race is important. and backing that up with a championship, i mean, there's just no better thing. >> in