wheldon did when he won indy.e'll be on the show on wednesday. unfortunately, i will be at home that day. >> he was glad to have his name on both sides of dan's name on that plaque. >> it will be dario, dan wheldon, dario. but scott dixon and tony kanaan, it was all about dan wheldon yesterday, the former indy driver killed in the last year. >> the politics war right now seems to be about the state of wisconsin and some suggesting, including the head of the d.n.c. right now, debbie wasserman-schultz that what goes on in wisconsin is really a dry run for the obama campaign right now, the grassroots organizing because they have poured a lot of resources behind exactly what they're trying to do there. take a listen to her. >> what i think the implications will be is that -- that ultimately i think tom barrett will pull this out. but regardless, it's given the obama for america operation an opportunity to do the dry run that we need of our massive, significant, dynamic grassroots campaign that can't really be matched.

wheldon actually won the indy 500 last year.ee best friends, tony kanaan, scott dixon and dario franchitti finished in the top three. a nice salute to dan wheldon as well. >> very cool. they are having a good time in that household tonight. that's for sure. good for them. >> and i know you are a huge fan of the cannes film festival. >> i go every year. hobnobbing on my yacht. >> if you are wondering how hollywood did. big goose egg. they may as well not even have gone. the celebs, the directors scored a big nada. here's the big winner. austrian director michael hanacke with french actors. they won for "amor." but there were a lot of a-list celebs there. kristin stewart and her man, you know, pattinson. how do you say his name? i can never say it correctly. >> i'm not a "twilight" guy. >> brad pitt who also starred in "killing them softly" came up empty-handed. not a really good showing for hollywood. >> no one star -- they don't need another award. france on the yacht, party with the models and eelting the caviar. they are fine

but the day belonged to the memory of dan wheldon, who was killed during a race last october.he field did a tribute lap in wheldon's honor before the race, and franchitti paid tribute at the finish, saying everybody who knew him loved him. wheldon's widow, suzy, joined in the victory celebration. >>> they came from across the country today, 400,000 strong, rolling into the nation's capital for the 25th anniversary of rolling thunder, the motorcycle ride to the vietnam veterans memorial. on the national mall, there were several speakers and musical performances, all paying tribute to those who served and lost their lives fighting for their country. >>> and some sobering numbers out tonight about veterans in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the associated press reported they are filing for disability benefits at an historic rate. 45% seeking compensation for their injuries. which brings us to a fascinating look at how some of the wounded are getting cutting-edge help and a new lease on life. nbc's chief science correspondent robert bazell has that story. >> reporter: army serge

dan wheldon's car driven around the track in remembrance of the 2011 indy 500 champ who died in a fatalaccident last year. check this out. mike conway pits. hilts his crew member, damaging his right wing. leaves the pits. hits the wall as a result of his affected wing, taking out will power, who won the previous three races coming in. unbelievable. a wild day. dixon passes franchitti. the 30th lead chase. franchitti takes the lead on the final lap. sato spins out trying to pass franchitti, ashley judd knows about that, and in victory lane franchitti honored his friend dan wheldon with the white sun grasses and fond memories. >> to be on the trophy to say, dan, that's more important. >> what a day at indy. >> the quaints staged a hit parade against the marlins and all came from one guy, melky cabrera. tired of losing to the marlins and he says, i got this. unloads. top first. solo shot. fourth. 1-0 giants. so sixth. 2-1. cabrera was 4-4, 73 hits on the season. motor in -- most in the majors. also scored two bases. scored all three run, the third off this buster posey rbi double. that was

wheldon actually won the indy 500 last year.'s the big winner. austrian director michael haneke with french actors. they won for "amore." but there were a lot of a-list celebs there. kristin stewart and her man, you know, pattinson. how do you say his name? robert pattinson? i can never say his last name correctly. >> i'm not a "twilight" guy, so i don't know. >> brad pitt who also starred in "killing them softly" came up empty-handed. not a really good showing for hollywood. >> no one star -- they don't need another award. they're fine. >> and they're in france. france on the yacht, party with the models and eating the caviar. they are fine out there in cannes. i broke my pen. >> your pen just exploded. >> everything at abc is -- i'm so excited, i can't contain myself. i hate when that happens so early in the game. all right. >>> also, big engagement -- >> where are you going? >> they don't do that on "nightline." >> no, they don't. >> also, justin timberlake and jessica biel had a big engagement party. why not have a huge old

dan wheldon's wife susie wheldon, with a huge hug for dario pran dhfranchitti who was best friends and in his memory put on those white framed sun glasses that so many of the drivers were wearing today when they were introduced and they were joined by many of the fans here at the indianapolis 500. so, ryan briscoe who had the pole wound up in fifth and he's with jerry punch. jerry? >> thank you, brent. ryan, restarting in fourth spot with less than six to go how confident were you that you had a car to handle the ganassis? >> i don't know. they were able to run more down force on us and still have the power down the straights. i think we were heating with the heat a little bit for horsepower. i was going to give it a go, do my best. you never know. with six to go, anything can happen. still another accident. i was feeling good. the car we had been working on it all day long. we were loose down here in one. really proud of my team. izod, hitachi. they gave me a good race car. we raced hard. no doubt. >> ryan briscoe comes home in fifth spot. >> jerry, sato for a time appeared to be head

. >> he sported a pair of light sunglasses to honor last year'sindy winner dan wheldon. wife ashley judd and withhewh wheldon's wife were celebrating. >>> as the nba playoffs, highlights from espn. nice shot. >> good morning and welcome to your "sportscenter" update, i'm zubin mehenti. i'm pretty sure the spurs don't remember how to lose. thunder giving them all they had in game one in the western conference finals. tony parker blocked by russell westbrook. he takes it back the other way. the steal and the score. m manu ginobli off the bench. beautiful, san antonio looking to reel off their 19th straight victory. late first quarter, tell you what, the thunder have harden off the bench but they have manu, third quarter, westbrook to durant, familiar combo. had 27. then not scoring but passing to kendrick perkins who knows a thing or two about winning a championship. thunder up 7. san antonio, 10 deep, 11 deep. spurs scored 39 points in the fourth quarter. ji bloebably steers it, they win 101-98. game two in the alamo on tuesday. >>> let's go racing. sprint cup, charlotte,

dario franchitti wore wheldon's sunglasses. he poured the traditional bottle of milk, as wheldon did last year. wheldon was killed last year in a race. >>> a father, mother and daughter were rescued from a small plane crash on sunday. a flight from sacramento their cessna crashed near silver city, idaho. they're in stable condition this morning. the rescuers were hampered by six-foot snow drifts. >>> britain's daily mail says gordon ramsey took a hard hit on sunday during a soccer match for charity. he had to be taken off the field on a stretcher. he injured his back. doctors say there's no long-term damage. in that same match comedian will ferrell hurt his leg, too, but he managed to walk off the field on his own. that's good. >>> it weather report sponsored by netflix. netflix now delivers movies two ways -- instantly to your tv plus dvds by mail. >>> on this memorial day, a daughter sdribs the search for her father decades after he died in vietnam. >> i found parts of my father's plane, serial numbers, i found a helmet that

dan wheldon's car driven around the track in remembrance of the champ who died last year.heck this out. mike conway pits. hits his crew member. damages his right wing. when he leaves the pit, hits the wall. and as a result of his wing, taking out will power, who won the previous three races coming in. a wild day from start to finish. scott dixon passed dare row franchitti with 23 laps left. franchitti retakes the lead and on the final lap. sato tries to pass franchitti. he spins out and super dario wins, all under caution, his wife, ashley judd, counts them down in victory lane, franchitti honors his friend, dan legal, with i white gams and fond memories. >> won indianapolis time, and to be on the trophy to say, dan, that's more important. >> mike: the giants facing a hit parade against the marlins and the star was melky cabrera. says, i got this. unloads on nolasco. solo shot. 1-0 giants. to the sixth. two on. cabrera 4-4 today. 73 hits on the season. the most in the majors and by a giant through 48 days since willy mace did it 54 years ago. third score off this posey, an

dan wheldon was the last person to win the indianapolis 500. back in october at the las vegas motor speedway. 33 years old. got a wife named suzanne. two young children. we're expecting a very emotional prerace tribute to dan and his family today. it's such a sad, sad story. but he -- his accident, and what they're doing now in that sport is changing the safety standards for indy car racing. so we'll see a lot of improved safety standards as the sport moves forward. the other big story is around a female driver katherine legg is her name and she leads a very unique team. she's a rookie driver. her first indianapolis 500. but she is one of six people on an all-female race team. it's the first-ever all-female race team. she'll race sunday and she's just the ninth woman to ever race in the indianapolis 500. and the other five women that are on her team raced at different indy car levels. she's more the elite person on that team. this is really changing. these six women changing the perception out there that racing, indy car racing specifically, is

all thoughts and prayers on dan wheldon and we had some scary stuff here. that was a crash.race itself was a doozy coming down@last lap. -- to the last lap. dario franchitti and sato bumping wheels and franchitti gets the win. but the indy race coming up again some scary moments out there with open wheel racing because you know those cars -- you're out there in the open. so you never want to see that but we're going to fell you those guy -- tell you if those guys are okay. redskins, nats all that in just a minute. >> what about the nba? >> kevin durant at 6:30, big game, 27 points, wasn't enough. they had the spurs on the ropes. i'll tell you in just a minute. >> they could have taken that game. could have stole than game. >> don't steal my thunder man. no pun intended. >> want to recap fors? >> i think folks are going to enjoy that extended weekend if you have monday off enjoy it. it's going to be hot and humid with a few of the latedy showers and storms moving on through. still keep it warmup tuesday but watch for the rain moving in and that's going to cool us down in the

wheldon volume. southbound traffic towards 32. a nice start northbound up towards the beltway.hat is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to vanetta brooks of the mta system. good morning. >> if you bust diversions this morning as the one line is diverting at fort a lawrence. the five and 22 lines diverting at edison and sinclair. light rail and metro are still your best ride. the penn, camden, and brunswick lines also reporting no delays. i am vanetta brooks. now back to ava marie. >> thank you. we're seeing mostly calm conditions on the roads weather- wise. there could be some patchy areas of fog. a light breeze may help to watch some of that al. we're starting out in the 70's already. 73 right now at the airport. 77 downtown at the inner harbor. even the mountains, they are starting off in the mid 60's. the dew point temperatures tell it all. any time those temperatures get above 60 degrees, we start to feel the humidity. right now we're gearing 70 degrees for the dew point temperature at the airport. that will

dan wheldon and fond memories of 2011. >> just to make it is more important. >> nascar longest race, coca-cola 600 where jimmie johnson was too eager to pull out of the pit. he takes the lead and he will go on to win the checkered flag and fourth. >> coming up later, french open is under way in phoenix and unexpected drama in golf. stick around much more to come. >> coming up our golden gate bridge isn't just california icon. its symbol recognized around the world. ahead, the risks made that made it possible and those who tried to stop it from being built. a memorial day saluted to the screaming eagles from the only city to say thank you. michael finney shares a website to specifically help women. >>> good evening, i'm alan wang. family and friends held a prayer vigil marking the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of michelle le. she was later found murdered. a high school acquaintance has been charged in her death. >> two people were stabbed in the fisherman's wharf area. wounds are not to be considered life-threatening. celebration of the bridge was violent free. there were

dan wheldon and fond memories of 2011. >> just to make it is more important. >> nascar longest race longest , coca-cola 600 where jimmie johnson was too eager to pull out of the pit. he takes the lead and he will go on to win the checkered flag and fourth. >> coming up later, french open is under way in phoenix and unexpected drama in golf. stick around much more come. co. >> coming up our golden gate bridge isn't just california icon. its symbol recognized around the world. ahead, the made that made that e it possible and those who tried to stop it from being built. a memorial day saluted to the screaming eagles from the only city to say thank you. michael finney shares a website to specifically help women. >>> good evening, i'mwang. alan. family and friends held a prayer vigil marking the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of michelle le. she was later found murdered. a high school acquaintance has been charged in her death. >> two people were stabbed in the fisherman's wharf area. wounds are not to be considered life-threatening. celebration of the bridge was violent free. there w

mentally ill man is expected to be executed in texas forty nine year old death row inmate has a long wheldon documented history of paranoid schizophrenia and despite being put on medication he stopped taking it in two thousand and six because he said that it put him in a catatonic state state and sadly a state judge decided that he should now be forcibly medicated so that he's conscious and coherent enough to recognize that he's going to die by lethal injection and he says that he came to that decision based on previous court rulings from the eighth circuit court of appeals all the way up to the supreme court but none of those rulings actually involved an inmate who was scheduled to die the idea of forcibly. medicating a mentally ill man just for the sake of executing him that's disgusting yet none of the networks out there are paying attention to it hell none of the local news stations are even talking about it you want to talk about a case where questions of cruel and unusual punishment exist well this is it let's not stop there how about the case of carl de luna he was executed in one nin

. >>> indy 500 winner is honoring last year's winner, dan wheldon. dario franchitti is married to ashley judd. wheldon was killed in october during a race in las vegas. >>> the idaho statesman reports a family rescued from a weather report sponsored by netflix. netflix now delivers movies two ways -- instantly to your tv plus dvds by mail. >>> on this memorial day, a daughter sdribs the search for her father decades after he died in vietnam. >> i found parts of my father's plane, serial numbers, i found a helmet that had his name in it. >> that's your dad's helmet? >> it is. >> we'll visit the vietnam memorial in washington where there's a new focus on the sacrifices made in all of america's wars. >>> and a warning for holiday drivers about skimming at the gas pumps. a little electronic device can let thieves get into your bank account. >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by ocean spray cherry juice drinks. all-american tradition with the red, white, and blue. ocean spray cranberry, white cranberry, and blueberry juice cocktail

. >>> the spirit of dan wheldon was riding with his friend dario franchitti as he took his third indy 500 win. takuma sato tried to pass him in the final lap but franchitti got the flag. franchitti hugged the winner of the wife of wheldon. >> yesterday was about paying tribute to dan for the whole month really and the fans and the teams and the drivers got behind that and the emotion of the day was incredible. but i think it was a fitting tribute to dan and all of the fans were wearing the white glasses and the crews as well. the banners in the grandstands. i think he would have been very proud. he loved this track like no other and i think the fans have a special connection with him. so, yeah, it was very bittersweet day yesterday. >> he in the victory lane. he took a swig and swallow from a bottle of milk. he got a hug and kiss from his wife, the actress ashley judd. >> a mystery is unfolding following a nicki minaj concert. a young girl is found strangled and two american men are held by police as they try to figure out what happened. ♪ mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the

he wore a white glasses in honor of a previous winner named dan wheldon who is killed. -- was killed.nationals are 11 games above 500 for the first time in awhile. >> one thing they have not yet done until yesterday -- three- game series sweep. gio gonzalez pitched another gem. he allowed only one hit to the braves struck out 10. bryce harper hit his fourth home run of the season. it took care of atlanta 7-2. p.a. degrees outside. more coming up at 5:30. >> a disturbing story coming out of herndon. the search for those who attacked several farm animals with as sharp object. >> marking memorial day in the nation's capital. brianne carter looking at the events scheduled for today, in a live report. >> its not memorial day without heat and humidity in washington. will be back with details to let [ female announcer ] with xfinity you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework ♪ [ female announcer ] and be

wheldon died in a crash last october. >>> finally, i do not have the words to fully express how much i love this story. this is about a stray dog who recently joined this group of bikers on a thousand-mile trek across china. she followed them for 20 days running 37 miles a day, never falling behind and climbing 12 mountains in the process. one of those bikers is now going to adopt her. it is possible apparently -- check this out. 300 bikers started that trek. only 3 made it and the dog. >> that sounds like 9 dog has already adopted the bikers. yeah. >> you're right. >> wow. all right. dan, thank you so much. >>> now to an historic scandal rocking the vatican. pope benedict's butler is under arrest accused of stealing and leaking top secret papal documents but the case may be more complicated than it seems. abc's jeffrey kofman joins us with the latest from rome. jeffrey, good morning to you. >> reporter: and rainy good morning to you, elizabeth. ho ho who would believe one of the pope's trusted aides who helps him dress and serves him his meals is under arrest? but did the butler rea

last year's winner dan wheldon passed away last october, honored prior to the race.is car making a slow lap around the track. this is strange. mike conway stopped in pit row, actually runs into several members of his own pit crew. they would be okay. final lap, dario franchitti in the lead, loses control, smashing into the wall. saito gets the worst of that. franchitti hangs on for the win. ashley judd loves it. franchitti gets his third indy 500 victory. >>> that will just about do it from the comcast sports net news room. giants back tomorrow, a's on the road in minnesota, and happy memorial day. >>> still ahead at 11:00, facebook and smartphones. the new rumors about what could be mark zuckerberg's next big project. >>> the 75th anniversary of the golden gate bridge went out with a bang. a phenomenal fireworks show for those who came out. [ male announcer ] it would be easy for u.s. olympian meb keflezighi to deposit checks at the nearest citibank branch. ♪ like this one. ♪ or this one. ♪ or, maybe this one. ♪ but when it's this easy to use citibank mobile check d

and that's actually worked in california where xavier becerra actually drafted the law, and dave wheldon joined with him, and it was a law against gene patenting. so i think -- but that's only part of what has to happen. this problem, this issue actually began in the law, in my opinion. it's got to be ended in the law. and the big hurdle is congress because right now we have legislators who have not been paid by -- well, these legislators have been elected by us, and yet their behavior is squarely in line with the interests of pharmaceutical companies and against our medical interests. so we have to get rid of these lobbyists, we have to outlaw them. they have no place in health care design. they have no place in decisions about medical care. and yet they're exerting a huge influence. get rid of the lobbyists and make your legislator know that you are concerned about this. i always tell people, you know, i always urge people to take action where they are. whatever group you're involved with, that's the group that you should try to, um, sell your outrage about this and have them approach

. >> last year, i interviewed dan wheldon on this way for his win and wearing the white glasses. i know you made sure this win was about him too. >> yeah. it was very ironic three of his closest friends win 1, 2, and 3 and yesterday was paying tribute to dan the whole month really and the fans and the teams and the driver got behind that and the emotion of the day was incredible. i think a fitting tribute to dan. the fans wearing the white glasses, the crew as well and banners in the grandstands. i think he would have been very proud. he loved this track like no other and i think the fans have a special connection with him. so, yeah, it was very bittersweet day yesterday. >> it really was. we want to congratulate you for sure on your third win and thank you. you do that so tastefully. the honor to him, too, it's tough. it's just a tough -- tough all the way around but you deserve it and thank you so much for coming by. dario franchitti, third time. thank you. >> thank you. >>> should the u.s. get involved after a devastating massacre in syria? we will talk about that next. ♪ . >>

he drank the traditional bottle of milk wiring white sunglasses as a tribute to dan wheldon who latefall. he won after the yellow caution flag. he takes home a $2.5 million paycheck after holding off a charge. >> how much did he make? >> $2.5 million. >> but in order to get that, he had to chug milk which i think is one of the most gross traditions. >> on a nice, hot summer day. >> there was once this "saturday night live" skit where they had cookie dough flavored gatorade and people were chugging about it. that's what i think about it. >> how do you get $2.5. >> it is the indy 500 one of the biggest races of the year. >> seems like a lot of money. >> you're in the wrong profession. >> seriously. 15 minutes past the hour. thank you so much for being here, the "full court press." peter ogborn and meredith shiner sitting in for bill press on current tv. i want to take your calls at 1-866-55-press. because when bill was here last on friday, we were talking an awful lot about the donald trump situation. you've got donald trump who floated his own name out as a possible vice presidential

interesting thing is the top three finishers, you're all best friends and you were very close to dan wheldonast year in a crash, right? >> yeah. >> what was the meaning of you winning for his memory? >> well, the whole month was a celebration of dan really. and, you know, the fans really got into it. the teams, the drivers, we all wore the crazy white sunglasses that dan used to wear and it was that celebration of him so i was lucky i could dedicate it to him. and my friend, a 6-year-old son of my team manager died of cancer days after dan. so it was -- it was great to see the love and respect that the fans had for dan and just they all showed that and it was -- it was very touching. >> and his wife rode in the victory lap, right? >> yes, suzy came riding with ashley and i and we did that. i hope she'd get to see the tributes to her husband and she did. and that was -- it was nice that she wanted to do that. >> and for you, it's back to racing. right? >> different car, new race this weekend. >> yeah, absolutely. my teammate scott dixon was already testing the target car yesterday in milwauke

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