vegas. and there s crashes all the time in this sport. let s talk about what made this one so bad. what made it so bad is the fact that you have a field, which is bigger than the indianapolis 500, on a racetrack which is almost half as small. the oval here at the las vegas motor speedway is a mile and a half oval. and in indianapolis, it s a 2 1/2 mile oval. so you have a lot more spacing of cars. as you look at the wreck right now, you have a much fatter track so cars can go four wide, which means they are more bunched up going into turns, and dan wheldon starting at the back of the pack going for that $5 million grand prize. he had already passed over 1/3 of the field going into the 11th lap, and when the wreck began to happen, he was behind the group. and basically, jumped one of the other cars and went into the retaining fence on turn two. and you can see the massive pileup. it was quoted several drivers called it the worst wreck they have ever seen in their racing ca
these folks weren t rioting like we have seen the past several days. they were there to clean up. now the problem is that the violence, looting and arson has spread to sever other british cities besides london. also a nationwide manhunt for two brothers and their older sister accused much opening fire on a florida police officer, then robbing a georgia bank. you re seeing the three siblings there and authorities do consider them armed and extremely dangerous. all right. wall street did a bit of a u-turn yesterday and thank goodness it did. we don t know exactly what it s going to do today. but we are waiting to see. that is coming up for us in about 29 minutes from now. the dow closed up 429 points yesterday. however, that was a reversal of fortunes from monday s loss of 634 points. christine romans in new york for us. alison kosik at the new york stock exchange for us. christine, 29 minutes away. what is going to happen? reporter: futures are lower and alison can tell
allow the president to raise a debt ceiling and avert crisis. a vote on that could happen this week. the fallback plan would likely pass the democrat-controlled senate but face a bigger challenge in the house where republicans hold the majority. let s get the latest with brianna keilar. are we any closer to a deal? on a deficit reduction plan, kyra, it doesn t appear so. no announced meetings between the white house and congressional leaders over the weekend, there were staff-level meetings and a lot of focus has to do with this fallback plan you mentioned. it s sort of the brainchild of the center republican leader, mitch mcconnell, working out some details with the senate majority leader harry reid. essentially, it would give the president for all practical purposes the ability to increase the debt ceiling with really just a minority of support from congress. it would allow congress to voice its disapproval and this is something that the president would have to do in thre
i was born in hawaii. the 50th state of the united states. president obama s decision to finally release that piece of paper surprised critics and allies alike on both sides reaction was swift. joining us is dana losch and james carville. welcome to you both. good morning. both of you, dana, james, i interviewed the chairman of the republican party a short time ago, and he talked about the birther issue and how he felt its time to move on. i want you to tloivenlisten to said? the primary voters will decide in iowa, new hampshire, and the rest of the country who they want to represent them on the republican ticket. it s not my job to play police officer with the candidates. it s up to the voters to play police officer.