wild ride. a crash-filled indy 500 after a dangerous week on the track. drivers colliding just seconds in. cars ripped to shreds. even an accident on pit road. and the winner of the indianapolis 500 is juan pablo montoya. and the heart-pounding end to the greatest spectacle in racing. and good morning, america. from all of us on this memorial day, we want to join in honoring our troops this morning. those who have sacrificed everything for our country. that s right. in fact, we want to take a live look there at arlington national cemetery. president obama will be there later this morning laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. and bob woodruff will be here. but we begin with the flooding in the south. thousands forced to evacuate. dozens rescued from raging waters and abc s phillip mena is in one of the hardest hit areas, wimberley, texas. good morning. reporter: where i m standing was completely submerged. floodwaters were this high and rushed with so
continues this memorial day, but you might want to grab the sunscreen as the heat and humidity pick up. alex: beautiful conditions across the region all weekend area the heat and humidity is on the rise. you are jima iwo jhima right down the road. a little bit of a breeze. plenty of sunshine here and at the beaches. chock-full of people right now. plenty of sunshine. 80 degrees at this noon hour. just jumped to 83 degrees at reagan national. 77 martinsburg. it bit of a breeze at times. great to be outdoors. shorts and a t-shirt. plenty of barbecues tonight for this memorial day. it should be great conditions throughout this memorial day. we are looking at storm chances on the increase. fallout look coming up. jummy: thank you. today, we take timeout to remember those a made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. president obama just wrapped up the annual wreathlaying at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the solemn reminder about the true meaning of this holiday. jeanette: p
keep an eye on the left side. that is the nba mvp steve curry going aflying. the golden state warriors landing on his neck his back his head. i came out of the second quarter of in the western conference finals. stayed down for quite awhile. underwent tests. returned in the third quarter. he did all right. houston still led from start to finish winning this game by 13 in the end. they still trail in the series three games to one. we ve heard of planking, right? i hate it that fitness position. it hurts. there is a new world record for holding that position the longest. what s a normal time to hold this? 20 seconds. seriously? well, i start crying after 20 seconds. he s a fitness instructor from denmark. the record for holding this planking position for four hours and 28 minutes. that s two minutes longer than the previous record set by a cop in china. when he found out he was getting close to the record he said he mobilized every resource in his mind and body.
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with, he wants this to get investigated as soon as possible and be done with it so he can continue new revelations the president may be considering firing independent counsel bob mueller. longtime friend of the president chris reddy has this to say on pbs last night. i think he is considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. he is weighing that option. he is not the first to sour mueller. newt gingrich blasting him yesterday, unfair to the people he is hiring on his team, such a move drawing swift reaction from democrats, ranking member of the house intelligence committee adam schiff, if the president fired bob mueller, congress would immediately reestablish independent counsel and appoint bob mueller, don t waste our time. mister redding was at the white house meeting with aids but the white house pushing back on the comments saying he never met with the president, sean spicer releasing this statement, quote, mister reddy never spoke to the president regardin