i m contessa brewer. drag racers can go from 0 to 125 in just ten seconds. that s so quick it leaves little room for error. in the rare instances where things do go wrong, the results can be dreadful. like this heart stopper of a moment on a texas race track. a fender bender sends a drag race way off track. it looks like a model car out there coming apart and somebody stuck a fire cracker in it or something. january 14th, 2004. seely, texas. racer galen smith relaxes before his run while watching two of his fellow drivers tear up the track. couldn t ask for nicer weather. mid-70s, clear day, perfect day for racing. tommy adams was the driver of
losing streak. now a check on weather with meteorologist bill karins. feels like friday doesn t it? i need it to be friday. i ve got a cast of characters here. joe and mika haven t walked in. good look. i know it. let s get to the labor day weekend. only bad weather passing michigan. northern michigan, bad weather. that s it. hot temperatures continue. it should hit 100 today in bismark, north dakota. near record heat. 95 dallas, 95 st. louis. this will be the hottest in the four to five day heat wave. we get areas of relief. philadelphia north ward, areas of relief. the hes rest of the nation stays warm to the start of labor day weekend. louis as far as the beach forecast, couldn t ask for better weather.
want to be and the man i pretend to be. good father. couldn t ask for a better father. good grandfather, great grandfather. angel is an active member of the community, someone who looks out for others. in seven years, we used to go down and pick up clothes and stuff for the poorest people and bring it back to the city and help out the people in the city. angel s world and that of his family is changed forever. put on a ventilator, and confined to a hospital bed for the rest of his life. he is paralyzed from the neck down. we communicate with him. he talks, but we got to read his lips. he doesn t have a voice. he is still paralyzed from the neck down. get very, very confused at time. now we go into the hospital and we can t even hold conversations with him like we used to. it s tough. for the family of this man
the track. couldn t ask for nicer weather. mid-70s, clear day, perfect day for racing. tommy adams was the driver of the yellow car and david hugo was the driver of the lumina in the right lane. the drivers get the green light and the race starts as it is supposed to. when the cars took off down the track, everything looked so smooth. both cars left side by side. understand no unnecessary fishtailing and no stupid moves at all at that point in time. everything looked as it was going as normal for a drag racing. a friend and competitor of both drivers for years. having raced against them several times. he has great respect for their skills. tommy has been racing since 69. he was a true racer. if the tracks were opened and there was something going on, he was there. david hugo was a smooth driver. they had a team that would do anything for you.
tennessee and kentucky going to get a lot of wet weather. today, beautiful in chicago. st. louis, doesn t feel like 70. 70 with sunshine. still very hot in the west. friday travel day, looks great. not many airport problems. typical afternoon storms. it s not going to wash out anybody s plans. going to be short lived. fourth of july nice oklahoma city to east. there will be isolated storms but they will be hit or miss. they should not wash out firework plans. little rock and atlanta would be a close call. besides that, it looks nearly perfect. the fireworks display here in the city humid is low which is rare. temperatures in the 70s, light winds and rain free macy s fireworks display. couldn t ask for much better. always going to be somewhere in the country that has a problem. there s not many bad spots. i know where i ll be sunday