Today. Sunday, february 24, 2013. Very festive music on this sunday morning. Wish you were walking awe with a statue right now. I think we should. Im erica hill. And im lester holt. Well have more on oscar buzz coming up. But we have serious news, including the scary crash at daytona. A crowd went flying into the wall during the final lap. 33 people hurt. Crews working throughout the night to get the track ready for todays daytona 500. A live report in just a moment. Also this morning, yet another round of gridlock. Were just five days away from sweeping spending cuts that could impact everything from your food to your paycheck, and they could be just the beginning. Coming up, why lawmakers cant reach a deal. Former notre dame linebacker manti teo speaks out for the First Time Since the scandal over his fake girlfriend. He hopes to close the door as he looks forward to a future in pro football. We did a little digging in the family photo albums to find some favorite childhood photos. T
Adriana diaz. Axelrod now to washington and the budget battle. At were now six days from the deadline for congress and the b white house to reach a deal across the board cuts that would total 85 billion and be divided equally between defense andssiona domestic programs. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the cuts would put 750,000 people out of work. Wyatt andrews now with thes now with latest on the democrats and republicans, both dug in and showing little sign of movement. Repor reporter in one of the most detail detailed warnings on sequestration, the f. A. A. , the federal aviation administration, says starting in april, air travelers should get ready for delays. If budget cuts go into effect, 47,000 workers, including air traffic controllers, will be furloughed one day every two weeks, and 100 air traffic a towers would close at smallcity airports. The reductions could mean longer lines, fewer flights, and fewerflights, customers. For joe mellace, who owns a deli for across
Closure, this crushed her before. And she doesnt want to put herself there again at the moment. Abc 7 news decided to hold the story at the request of police but now with this development we felt we can break the story without compromising them. Police tell us now, theyre ruling out no one as a perfect of interest or as a suspect. Thank you. Vick has another story tonight. Its a report about a woman whose live was turned upside down when a thief tried to black mail her what he found on her cell phone. You can see that story tonight at 11 00. Un a search for a missing family off the coast of monterey. A call reached the coast guard saying he, his wife, a 4yearold boy and another child had to abandon a sail boat. Abc 7 news is at the coast guard station with the latest for us. Mark . Abc 7 has a photographer inside that have aircraft up over the search[n area right now. That aircraft this afternoon is the same one that has been flying last night and all day, today ever since the ghost gu
It kind of reminds me of that was coke black. I didnt really like it very much. Theres one way to consume coffee that i havent tried and never will. This comes from a couple on the tlc show, my strange addiction. Im addicted to coffee enmas. She hasnt been able to function without her daily coffee enemas. A procedure where liquid is injected into the colon to clean out the lower intestine. My initial reaction was, my god. Thats disgusting. But i tried it. And now im addicted to coffee enemas. So thats two coffees to go, then. Ill say it again. Some people are way too into coffee. And some coffee is way into outfront next, breaking news. The dow posts its worst drop of the year. More than 200 points. Plus, Michelle Obama with a surprise appearance at the oscars. If you fell asleep, you missed it. Was it bigger than blockbuster or just a bomb. Plus, scandal in rome. Lets go outfront. And we begin tonight with new developments. Cnn has just learned that governor Chris Christie, a key 2016
Tomorrow is the big race, the daytona 500, many of those same drivers will be competing again in just a few hours. Dan . Back to this crash, it was one car triggered the whole thing. Thats right. You can see the car out in front, tries to block his opponent immediately behind him from getting out in front of him. That sparked the big crash. You can see the car that goes airborne, driven by kyle larson, its engine got completely ripped off, thats part of went into the stands. You can see it burning there. It wedged itself in a hole in the fence. This is why we have some very serious injuries, were told that six of these patients will be trauma patients. Linzie, lot of people will want to know about danica patrick, the first woman to start in pole position. Was she involved here . She was not involved. She actually had to bow out of the race earlier on because of some engine troubles. That will be a source of relief for many people. And now, we head overseas to a developing story out of