be a massive cleanup. leland: coming up, president trump s russia problems reignite as the senate committee asks his aides to turn over records. what we could learn this week. and post time six hours away as horses get a once in a lifetime opportunity to run the 143rd kentucky derby. our own janice dean is at churchill downs. it s muddy there. a little more on the hats and the mint juleps, coming up.
built him up to be. still i can t believe it, okay? i am just, i m dreaming. i told everybody i was living the dream, and i don t want to wake up. and now it s reality and i still can t believe it. i won the kentucky derby. so, we are beyond ecstatic. reporter: by the way, victor espinoza, the jockey who won the kentucky derby on california chrome last year, wins it again this year with american pharoah. of course, california chrome came up short in his quest to win the triple crown last year. american pharoah now has a chance to do something that no horse has done since 1978, and that s win the triple crown. the preakness is coming up in just two weeks. laura rutledge, cnn, louisville, kentucky. big hats and mint juleps. a good time there in kentucky. we thank you for watching cnn, the world s news leader. i m george howell. for viewers in the u.s., new day is next. and for viewers around the world, best of quest is straight ahead after a check of your world headlines.
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other. i don t know what to do. i m bewildered. what is it? we just both happen to notice the truth. bewitched and bothered and none what is going on here. ben fergs has been snipping mint juleps. look the way he is addressed today! it s the grizzlies blue. i m in my hometown and grizzlies in the playoffs tonight and my grizzlies blue on, buddy. thank you ben ferguson with the outfit. the hunt for missing flight 370 is on the verge of reboot. the underwater drone is almost finished with its unusually search area and found nothing. we will talk about how to reshape the search coming up. thank you!
that s not dampening the spirits. people are coming out in large numbers. what are they encountering as it pertains to security procedures? yes, fredericka, a lot of new measures put into place just in the last few weeks as officials scrambled to figure out ways to make it even safer here at churchill downs. this is the largest sporting event since the boston bombing. 160,000 people at least expected here today. it s clear security is top of mind. kentucky derby weekend is usually all about the big hats and the mint juleps. and, of course, the horse races. but nearly three weeks after this sporting event ended in tragedy, folks here are thinking about more than waging their bets. reporter: is what happened on your mind today? yes. it definitely is on my mind just for the fact that it s such a large crowd. you just never know what