Saved his life. Im confident that i can win on appeal but i have to win long enough to get to the appeal and at 67 years old, with a history of respiratory problems and other Underlying Health issues, the danger was very real. Jedediah stone was convicted of witness tampering and lying to congress. He was set to report to prison on tuesday. Welcome, everyone, to the 6 00 a. M. Hour of fox friends. Were glad you are joining us today on this pretty big news day. Lots unfolding. Very interesting story with respect to daca, what that merit based immigration system will look like and how all of this will be received by a public that is now in the heat of a 2020 elections, pete. Pete absolutely. We will have chad wolf on the acting dhs secretary next hour to break down what that might be there was a lot of ambiguity in there and what the president said and alarm bells go off when you Start Talking about pathways to citizenship. We will get into that later in the program. The big news, griff,
Today. Sunday, february 24, 2013. Very festive music on this sunday morning. Wish you were walking awe with a statue right now. I think we should. Im erica hill. And im lester holt. Well have more on oscar buzz coming up. But we have serious news, including the scary crash at daytona. A crowd went flying into the wall during the final lap. 33 people hurt. Crews working throughout the night to get the track ready for todays daytona 500. A live report in just a moment. Also this morning, yet another round of gridlock. Were just five days away from sweeping spending cuts that could impact everything from your food to your paycheck, and they could be just the beginning. Coming up, why lawmakers cant reach a deal. Former notre dame linebacker manti teo speaks out for the First Time Since the scandal over his fake girlfriend. He hopes to close the door as he looks forward to a future in pro football. We did a little digging in the family photo albums to find some favorite childhood photos. T
I didnt have any bonnet on. Thats too bad. You got a new dress. I did. The whole thing was a lesson to turn something so cute into something terribly creepy. All that coming up. A lot to talk about. Lets begin with the massive crash at daytona that injured dozens of fans. Officials say the daytona 500 race will go on today in just hours. Janet is at the International Speedway for us this morning. Good morning. Lester, good morning. We were here when this happened. All eyes on the track. It was a horrifying crash. A car sheered in half. The injured werent the drivers in the car but the fans in the stands. Contact. A violent crash that started on the crash and ended in the grandstand. The wreckage of a race car. Large chunks of metal and a tire flying into the air and hitting fans as high as 45 rows up. It was the final lap. Drivers were jockeying for position when a bump between cars turned terrifying. Tony stewart is going to win this race. It was kyle larsens car sheered in half and t
Its Close Encounter with earth. Overnight in northern california, reports of another possible fire ball captured on amateur video. Separate incidents Scientists Say, but with the same message. I think that the meteor incident in russia is a wakeup call especially when one considers it arrived at the exact same time, the exact same day as the asteroid flyby. So i think that were really becoming very aware that we are in jeopardy from these types of collisions. Reporter aware, but how well is the world prepared . Nasa budgeted 20 million last year to look for objects that may hit the earth but some Scientists Say more money should be spent on detection and ways to avoid a possible collision. Weve gotten very good at finding the big things, the kilometer sized objects. Were working down to smaller objects. But theres many more of the small objects like these than there are of the big ones. Id say the appropriate technology for deflecting a dangerous asteroid could possibly be a nuclear bo
How a little music may be the best medicine. We tag along with musicians on call as they make their rounds. Good evening. A lot of disturbing questions are being raised tonight about just how vulnerable we are from giant asteroids hurtling through space. After our planet was caught in a sort of cosmic shooting gallery yesterday. If that explosive and damaging strike from a tenton meteor in russia didnt get our attention then maybe the close fly by of a large asteroid several hours later did. Experts say a direct hit on land would have resulted in catastrophic destruction. So whats being done to identify threatening space rocks . More importantly, do we have the means to intercept them before they hit . The answers arent exactly reassuring. Nbcs Michelle Franzen has this report. Reporter shock waves. Today crews in the russian province covered a trail of debris, some 50 acres caused by yesterdays fireball and at a nearby frozen lake searchers collected possible fragments of the meteor.