it s the driver going airborne at the indy 500. a violent crash sending his car flying, flames shooting out disintegrating into pieces. how the driver walked away from this wreck. all right, good morning, america. what a scary crash at the indy 500. both scott dixon and jay howard, they re both lucky to walk away from that without serious injuries, and that goes to show all that safety technology that really pays off in those cars. hopefully that s not happening on the roadways today because millions are traveling on this memorial day. they are facing some severe weather across the south. rain in the northeast and ginger will have more on how your weather will impact your commute. it s memorial day. let s not forget what this day is all about. this morning we re honoring those who fought for this country. take a live look at arlington national cemetery. president trump will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier there later this morning. we will have much
and 10 minutes. the timing of this symposium is intentional. 75 years ago next week, general macarthur was recalled from retirement to u.s. service, starting a road that defined him and asia are many years. world,rstand the modern you have to understand to understand much of the modern world, you have to understand the stories we are exploring today. in the memorial building next to us, the general is buried with his wife. we also have a temporary exhibit new the theater to your left on the liberation of the philippines, which i incurred you to explore. take times during the breaks. the museum and this building will be open until 5:00 today. this symposium is another great partnership between the city of norfolk and that general macarthur foundation to provide key support for the memorial and its programs. i would like to recognize them for their support. we have several board members here. i would like to recognize them for their support. also might staff who are here to
of exhibits on his life and times and we have an exhibit to your left on the liberation of the philippines. i encourage you to explore and take time during the breaks. it will be opened until 5:00 today. this symposium is great partnership between the city of norfolk who provides key support to the macarthur memorial and their programs. i know we have several board members here and i d like to recognize them for their support. i would like to recognize my staff who are here today and, quite frankly, helped make this happen. i may be the guy up here giving the welcoming remarks but without their hard work and dedication, we wouldn t be here today and we wouldn t be having the program we re going to have, amanda, robert, please give them a round of applause. [ applause ] at this time, i m going to bring jim forward who will emcee us for the rest of the day. again, welcome and let s have a great day. all right. welcome, y all. glad you all could make it. this is our 15th sympo
well, thank you very much indeed. now, normally when i give a talk of any description, and i ve given quite a number in the last week while i ve been in america, i usually have a little repertory of anecdotes with which i commence, and i had one prepared this evening. but strangely enough, something happened to me on the way here which meant that i decided to scrap it and talk about something else entirely. i took the subway to congress circle, and i walked up central park west towards the historical society, and as i was walking up the street, out of the corner of my eye i saw a bronze plaque on the wall, on the wall of a rather august looking building. it wasn t the second church of christ scientists, it s the spanish-portuguese synagogue. and i read the plaque, and i ve never seen that before. i normally try to keep my eyes open for historical things when i m in new york, but i hadn t actually seen this. i was quite struck by this because, of course i m quite familiar wi
work. sky 7 h.d. was over the scene at the intersection of bubb and the bicyclist was a teen boy was killed after struck by a big rig. there is a bicycle lane but investigators have not yet determined if the boy was in the bicycle lane at the time. he was wearing a helmet but the impact knocked the helmet on the basement. the bicyclist was wearing a backpack but he has not been identified by sheriff deputies. there are three schools in the area. there were several witnesses to the accident. they were instrumental in stopping the truck driver a short distance away. a spokesman for the sheriff indicates that the driver was not aware of the accident. the driver continued on not knowing he struck the teen boy. when he was notified he was involved in an accident, he stopped and cooperated with us. unfortunately, the teen boy was pronounced dead by emergency medical personnel at the scene. right now we have our investigators at the scene and looking to the cause of the accident.