millions of dollars by the u.s. government but many of those victims say they have to the seen a penny what does the government say about that? and certainly something to cheer about. they barely made the playoffs, now the st. louis cardinals are the world series champions. we will show you the celebrations. we begin this morning with cities throughout the northeast getting ready for a major snowstorm. it s happening before halloween. let s take a look at new york now. the city is preparing for up to a foot of snow, and they aren t alone. snow is expected from baltimore up to boston. and take a look at the radar, here s what it looks like now. one of the biggest problems, potential power outages. heavy snow could leave about a million people without electricity. the trees, still plenty of leaves on them. you have forecasters saying heavy, wet snow, high winds, those are all the perfect ingredients for potentially a large problem with the electric grid. all right. let
champion, won the indy 500 twice, which was his dream and did it twice. once in 2005 and once this year, he was 33 years old. and a lot of what you re seeing in the sound bites from danica patrick and others is feeling for him and knowing it could be them at any moment. it s a game of sport and inches. yeah, and he leaves behind a wife and two kids. so sad. terrible, terrible story. we ll move on a bit here. in baseball, the st. louis cardinals are heading back to the world series. last night they beat the brewers in milwaukee, 12-6. david frieze grew up outside st. louis, hit this home run in last night s game was named the series mvp. three homers, nine rbis. the cardinals trip to the postseason, an incredible one. consider on august 24th, they were 10 1/2 games back of the wild card. thank you, atlanta braves. they eventually went on to
continue their victory lap last night with david letterman presenting the top ten good things about winning the nba championship. third, jason terry. now, i can ask mark cuban far raise. number two, mavericks owner, mark cuban. if you thought i was cocky and obnoxious before, get ready. and the number one thing about winning the nba championship, series mvp, forward dirk nowitzki. it might land me a kardashian sister. there you go. dirk nowitzki. as we say, the mavs have their parade today in dallas. it appears that jon huntsman will participate the run for the white house aboard a motor bike, traveling rapidly through monument valley. when we come back, we ll huddle around the watercooler,
miami to win. sorry, dallas. they have done what many thought they couldn t. defeated the big three, lebron james, dwyane wade and they take in the decisive game 6 battle. lebron all but disappeared again in the fourth. series mvp was in high gear in the fourth when it mattered. i said it all season long, we have great chemistry with the guys. we have fun in the locker room. of, on the buss and stuff. it s a special group. we are world champions and its unbelievable. now you know why they swept the lakers so easily. setting off hours of celebrations in the streets of dallas. some people likely still partying right now because they did win in miami. let s talk about nascar. jeff gordon continues to drive his way into the history books. he won the five hour energy 500 at the pocono raceway. it must be the heart-shaped
in sports today, still no championship ring for lebron james, and the dallas mavericks have arrived home after beating the heat 105-95 winning their first championship in franchise history, and dirk nowitzki was named the series mvp after scoring 21 points in the fourth question. not everybody got to watch the game. chris rock had a previous engagement. take a listen. if you had told me two years ago that i would miss the best basketball game ever to hang out with nathan lane, i would have said, you are crazy. but that is what happened. i remember my first musical like it was yesterday, because it was yesterday. now, how is this for a segue and somebody who did not miss the last game, and here s the president in north carolina.