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
brand-new cnn/orc poll shows cain in a dead heat with mitt romney at the top of the gop field and cain s gain is rick perry s loss. the texas governor now a distant third. if you don t believe fortunes change in a heartbeat, take a look at this. just a month ago perry was riding high and cain polled a mere 9%. want to bring in my comrade in politics, paul stein houser, the venetian hotel at casino. hey, paul, can herman cain take these numbers to the bank or should we expect, you know, a bounce-back? yeah, i wouldn t take them to the bank yet, because, joe, this race has changed so much. listen, back in the summer we saw michele bachmann jump up in the polls, then go down. we saw the same thing with rick perry. will it happen to herman cain in maybe. other polling from our brand-new cnn polls, two-thirds of republicans say they re not 100% married yet to their candidate. they may change their mind. only about 1 in 3 republicans say i m definitely sticking with the candidate