wake-up call. i m christine romans in for carol costello. this morning race officials will begin deciding how they ll investigate a wreck that killed a two are-time indy 500 winner. 33-year-old dan wheldon was one of a record 34 cars on the las vegas track. on lap 12, the unthinkable. cars spinning out of control, bursting into flames, several actually going airborne. three drivers were treated for injuries, wheldon was airlifted to the hospital where he eventually died. the race was canceled. but the drivers did return to cirque tl track five times as a tribute, some of them in tears. dan wheldon s factr in law remembers one of the last times they spoke. i just told him that i just wanted one thing, dan, i told him, i said you need you to win. i didn t say i need you to win, but that would be the birthday present i d like to have from you. he said my car is kind of slow, they re working on it. so hopefully we ll do our best. i said have a safe race. he was supposed to go
the capitol. then they say he wanted a ground crew to open fire on survivors. 26-year-old res want fur daz has a degree in physics, now facing terrorism charges. here is more from brian todd. he dealt with undercover fbi agents who were posing as al qaeda operatives. he believed he was dealing with al qaeda operatives. according to a law enforcement official, no indications he had any serious connections to foreign terrorist groups. officials say furdas never posted a danger to the public because the operatives kept such close contact. u.s. military experts are weighing in on iran s plan to send navy ships off the east coast of the united states. the white house and the pentagon have both been pretty dismissive of iran s plan. just hours away from day three of the michael jackson death trial. day two was filled with gripping testimony from jackson employees and his inner circle. they talk about what they saw and heard the day the pop star died. here is what the jury h
one assistant chief con stanl calls it unjustified acts of wanton krlt. nearly 800 people arrested for violence, disorder and looting. more than 100 officers have been hurt. the streets have been calmer, probably because there are twice as many police on the streets as there was a night before. amazon uk reports sales of lull num baseball bats are up 8,000% since the violence broke out. prime minister, david cameron meets with his crisis response committee, and he s called lawmakers from the summer holiday to address the problem. parliament meets tomorrow. these are sickening scenes, scenes of people looting, vandalizing, thieving, robbing, scenes of people attacking police officers and even attacking fire crews as they re trying to put out fires. this is criminality, clear and simple. it has to be confronted and defeated. if you re getting on a plane to the uk, the state department says stay away from the volatile area and don t get into arguments that might turn violent