Were eight people injured, so there is precedent for this before. But not here. A lot of people tonight saying that the catch fence here saved many lives. And did its job. Lester, back to you. Frightening pictures there tonight, janet shamlian, thank you. Remember that fiscal cliff this country nearly toppled over at the end of 2012 . Congressional republicans and the president reached an 11thhour deal that brought us back to safer ground temporarily. Guess what, tonight almost two months later were teetering on the ledge again, this time theyre calling it sequestration. Not as catchy a name but its impact on every single american is no less profound. Six days from now, unless a budget deal is reached, a massive round of automatic Government Spending cuts will go into effect. If you thought the urgency of the situation would have the white house and republicans burning the midnight oil to make a deal youd be mistaken. Nbcs Kristen Welker is at the white house. To tell us more about wha
We go behind the scenes. The extraordinary amount of lobster they need for the afterparty. The College Students getting a huge break on the worlds biggest stage. And the topsecret moment that had the control room in hysterics. Good morning, everybody. Tminus one day to the oscars. Our gma team is out in force, gathering awesome inside details, like the sheer tonnage of lobster and steak they need for the afterparty. Went through a lightning round on the set this morning. How many of the nine best picture nominees have you seen . Four or five. I didnt know there were nine. But four. Two. Only two . I know. Ive got a lot of viewing to do before tomorrow. Its a testament to how much weather theres been in the past 12 months. True. Ive seen eight. Eight . I cannot bring myself to see les mis. Its not going to happen. You and your wife watch the movies leading up to the oscars. A tradition in the harris household. Also this morning, were covering two stories of star athletes in trouble. You
Dream team about that. And shes known more for her racy commercials but tomorrow at the daytona 500, Danica Patrick has a chance to make racing history. That and much more on cbs this Morning Saturday, february 23rd, 2013. Good morning and welcome to the weekend. Welcome to the weekend. I loved the smile you made at me just as we opened up here. He made an adorable really cute smile. It was very tired sniet was very sweet. A view from the red carpet. Joan and Melissa Rivers join us and share a few secrets about those making the scene at the oscars. If thats not spicy enough about you. Well talk with Chrissy Vegas Fowler spicing things up. But our top story this morning, phone benedict xvi begins his last week as leader of the worlds nearly 1. 2 billion catholics. The pope had hoped to make this transition smooth and controversyfree, but thats not to be and new hints of scandal are clouding his final days. Allen pizzey has more from rome. Reporter theres still no word on whether hell is
And, shaking it up. On how a song makes it to the top of the charts. Some say its about time. Captions paid for by Nbcuniversal Television good evening. We begin with a developing story from daytona beach, florida, where late this afternoon a race car smashed into the fence and sent debris flying into the grandstands. It happened on the eve of the daytona 500 on the final lap of a nationwide series race. At least a dozen people were taken to the hospital. Nbcs Janet Shamlian is in daytona with the latest for us tonight. January the net, good evening. Reporter good evening to you. It was a jawdropping multicar crash in fiveday forecast grandstand on the final lap of this race. The rookie kyle larsens car went into the fence, his engine caught fire, then spectators say they saw large chunks of debris flying high into the stands. Many say they ducked or turned and when they turned around again, they saw many people injured. Emergency personnel and First Responders were here anyway just in
An interview with oprah winfrey. I view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. Reporter despite the admission, armstrongs lawyer says the lawsuit is without merit. In a statement, attorney Robert Luskin claimed the Postal Service actually profited from armstrongs victories. Reporter armstrong and his attorneys tried to keep the government out of the case by offering a multimilliondollar settlement but the Justice Department turned down that deal, demanding the disgraced cyclist pay a higher price. If the government wins, scott, floyd landis could get to a fourth of the total damages. Pelley almost 25 million. Bob, thank you very much. This is a big turnabout for the government. It was a year ago the Justice Department dropped a criminal investigation of armstrong. The evidence against him now first came out in secret testimony in that criminal case. But the department of justice dropped the case without explanation before a grand jury even had a chance to vote on