roads. so the action move to dry lake beds and unused military runways. in 1949, the first timed speed races took place at the now famous bonneville salt flats in utah. the sport was made legit by a guy called wally parks who founded the national hot rod association back in 1951. it steadily grew from there with cars getting longer, times getting faster, and stakes getting higher. which brings us back to the one and only, roy hill. i don t know who s having the most fun, me or him. that d be you. oh. you running nine flat at 157 mile an hour. what do you think of it? i think it s balls on fire fast, man. it s just too fast. you re going to be driving one shortly. i m going need some what is the word, a lot of good
after the second world war, those side by side duals, starring rebels without causes, got a little too fast. souped up cars, known as hot rods, had no business on public roads. so the action move to dry lake beds and unused military runways. in 1949, the first timed speed races took place at the now famous bonneville salt flats in utah. the sport was made legit by a guy called wally parks who founded the national hot rod association back in 1951. it steadily grew from there with cars getting longer, times getting faster, and stakes getting higher. which brings us back to the one and only, roy hill. i don t know who s having the most fun, me or him. that d be you. oh. you running nine flat at 157 mile an hour. what do you think of it? i think it s balls on fire fast, man. it s just too fast. you re going to be driving one shortly.
islands that china has building up, addings miles or shoreline and laying down what looked like military runways. i m told there is some consideration being given to calling off the operation, shift egg theming due to the league and the operational security concerns. defense secretary ash carter and chairman of the joint chiefs jennifer, thankék you. we re learning new details about the driver who rammed her car interest a crowd at a college homecoming parade in oklahoma. the woman was in court. they talked about bond. her lawyer is raising the been drunk but deranged. brant new details right after this. sure, tv has evolved over the years.
has been building, adding miles of shoreline and laying down what looked like military runways, adding to concerns of u.s. allies who want the u.s. navy to protect these valuable shipping channels. president obama met with the indonesian president at the white house today to discuss the effort to defeat isis and concerns about chinese aggression in the south china sea. defense secretary ashe carter and chairman joe dempford leave for arizona on friday. in the meantime, officials are warning that an uptick in the cables could cripple the nation s ability to end the war. it could take months and years to go out and figure out where these cuts are made. so even a mild disruption could mean a trillion dollars to the united states. any attempt to sever these cables would leave them blind. quote, it would be a concern of
happy birthday, sir. that s right. you re stealing my thunder here, gentlemen. one of america s heroes hit another milestone, talking about mel whitfield, we consider him part of the family here, his daughter happens to be our own news anchor, fredricka whitfield whose chair i am sitting in. in his hay day, he was called marvelous mel. won medals in the korean war, spent nights training on military runways in the army air force where he was a gunner on 27 combat missions. he was the first ever active duty soldier to win gold at the olympics. after leaving the army, he spent a career as a diplomat for the state department. mel whitfield turned 89 on friday. fredricka, mel, congratulations. happy birthday! the gridlock in washington not just effecting government workers. coming up, why fishermen worry they may not be able to make the big catch.