Sodoku. my dad was a big kentucky wildcat fan, racing fan. he taught me how to win a racing roll when i was 9 years old. it is what you teach kids to do in kentucky. guess what? the returns, potential returns are much bigger on that than somedoku. seriously. i have to check out the spelling bee. okay. so we have david ignatius and mara gay here to talk about none of that. we will get to the news. there s new reporting on just how personally involved donald trump was in trying to use federal agencies to seize voting machines in key swing states in the weeks after losing the 2020 election. first was the justice department. two sources familiar with the matter tell the new york times that during an oval office meeting in mid to late november truck told then-attorney general bill barr that he received legal
Actions on that day in my mind were the only acceptable actions under the circumstances. i deeply care for my students and their well-being. that is why i did what i did that day. the shooting suspect believed to be a seventh grader is in custody. a local high school student set up ago fund me page for stephen s family to pay hospital bills and other expenses, the goal is $80,000 and donations have surpassed that. finally this weekend, a big weekend if you are racing fan, nascar s longest race in charlotte where we saw something very special. jeffrey ehrhardt, grandson of dale and art, 15,000 service members listed on the of his car. one family was surprised to see georgia s name on the door of the car and was overcome with emotion.
good morning, christine. it s mont, october 17th. ali is off, carol is on assignment, and i m alina cho. this car crash, our hearts go out to the family of dan wheldon. we ll speak to say the a lot of about this. heart broken fans and drivers this morning. the tragedy on the track. indycar champion dan wheldon died in one of the worst crashes the sport has ever seen yesterday in las vegas. indycar going into the off-season how fragile life can be and how dangerous their sport is. some of the images of the crash you ll see may be disturbing. reporter: the last race of the year, dan wheldon s car sailing through the air, slamming into the catch fence and disintegrated. oh, multiple cars involved. reporter: a horrific 15-car wreck. video showing cars spinning out of control, bursting into flames and shooting smoke and debris into the air. cars in flames, wreckage, carnage. terrible. they just crumpled and caught on fire and everybody gasped. reporter: racers got th
Spectators started throwing rocks at him and joining me from los angeles about how this could happen is larry webster. let s start off with this. how could this happen? the first question you want to ask is why were the people so close to the course here? well, it s really a tragedy. it s awful. i was just looking at the racing organization s website and they caution spectator os to stay at least 100 feet from the racing surface. of course, they re there for a thrill and it s can exciting to be close to the trucks speeding by. so when something happened, it s tough. i m a racing fan, a nascar fan, when you tell people that, they say, what s the point you like to see cars go fast you like to see them fast. but there is, of course, a considerable amount of skill involve here. what is the big deal about this