Driver in the field at age 20. Dale earnhardt jr. Right behind him and cole whitt, another rookie rounding out to current 20. Labonte the veteran. Biffle had problems. Early on, he had a strong ford until he had the bumpup with Danica Patrick on pit road. Parker kligerman in the 29th position. Look for him to take chances and try to charge to the front in this event. There were big names to start in the back of the pack. Carl edwards, tony stewart, bowyer, johnson. Some guy named michael waltrip. I will follow Jimmie Johnson. Hes done pretty well in nascar. I think ill see where he goes all night long. He only has two daytona 500s. Thats all you have. Whats the big the deal . He dhuz does have the championships. We were listening to him in the interview, you felt bad. We could all relate. Were excited about the opening of the season, the daytona 500. I went to sleep last night thinking this is my best chance. And then the engine goes. The good thing about 2014 is he knows his chance to
If you win this fight. If you win this race, it stays with you forever. That i can promise you, its the Great American race. All of a sudden its a beautiful night for racing in daytona beach, florida. The cars are uncovered, the drivers in their fire suits and ready to roll after 38 laps in, just under 100 miles complete. The 56th running of the greatest motor sport race. Prime time under the lights. The kick off for the 2014 season. The gang is all here and were glad youre there watching along with Michael Waltrip who is going to get back in the car and continue racing. Jeff hammin. And a five hour 45minute rain delay. They were on the track through anything possible. We put our heat track on it to show you a cool effect how hot and how warm the temperature got. The gauge on the right, you see the color all of the way up to 150 to 200 degrees. Given where we are and the possibility of rain later on the radar, we need 62 laps to get to halfway. So is it safe to say its getting even mor
When i was very innocent. And his plans for a springtime wedding today, monday, march 31st, 2014. From nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Can we start every show with this music . I nominate a new theme song. Did you have the album when you were young, thats the question. You werent even maybe was i smart enough to buy it later . Yes. Goodbye yellow brick road. 40 years of that iconic album. Welcome back, natalie. Gang all here. Talk to elton later on. Lets start with todays top story. A rough morning for search crews trying to find air flight 370, but officials are vowing the scope of the operation is now increasing, not decreasing. Nbcs katy tur is in kuala lumpur. Good morning to you. Reporter now we just came out of a slightly contentious News Conference where the transport minister refused to confirm whats been out there a while. The last words out of the c
New questions this morning in the Relisha Rudd Investigation as the search gets more desperate. Why the search for that missing Malaysian Airlines flight is shifting several hundred miles to the north. Virginias nook government is in the spotlight accused of laying favorites among his donors. Live from the abc 7 broadcast center, this is good morning washington. On your side. Good morning, washington. I am brad bell. I am autria godfrey. Startingat little scam her weekend early. What we can expect this weekend as we get started. Good morning. The weekend is going to be a bit on the wet side, today included. Our temperatures are feeling so much better. 20 to 30 degrees warmer than we were 24 hours ago. Can you believe it . We have 40s and 50s. At reagan national. But we will have to trade the warm temperatures for the umbrella with scattered showers already in northern maryland. Thew sprig of possible in metro area, but the best window of rain will be between 8 00 a. M. And 4 00 p. M. C
Please all bliss. April and on. All bliss. Speaking of bliss, pit bull was here. Oh, my god. He sings a song with kesha called timber. Yes, i know. Lets crank it so we can hear. Please. Please. Hoda, it is not thursday. Its going down im yelling timber you better move you better dance lets make a night who are those scantily clad girls here for . They were the dancers. They danced to timber. The concert was supposed to be outside but the weather was rocking and rolling. It was snowing, you can say so. They brought the people inside. Could barely get to our dressing rooms. You were upstairs with your curlers you could feel it . Yes, i said, is it thursday . No, fun day monday. You went to florida as usual. You look beautiful. I did a book signing at jennifer millers jewelry store. These are some of the people who were there. Great, nice, brought wine, brought goodies, brought my favorite things. Youre not allowed to say that word, hoda. Okay. And those are the girls inside the store. We