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And weve seen it today. you cant get away from anybody, theres no way to differentiate yourself. >> reporter: speedway executives said their facility was inspected by indy car officials before the race. >> they gave the okay that the track was suitable for racing. >> reporter: however, for wheldons family there are no answers. just unimaginable loss. >> we touched so many and the world is a better place because of dan. >> reporter: wheldon had posted a blog in which he talked about tough practic...

>> reporter: there are about 250 people in the audience and they are all selected by linkedin. were told that they are either linkedin employees or members of linkedin who submitted questions and all those questions were chosen by linkedin itself. some of them will be asked by audience members and some of them will be asked by the ceo of linkedin who will be there with the president. >> jessica, we know that obviously mr. obama, he relied quite a bit on social media and turned to socia...

States is that the principle for both of them is that both policy changes, both election rule changes will make it harder for president obama to get re-elected. structurally. but its not just nebraska and pennsylvania. i mean, nebraska and pennsylvania are so different that nothings ever just nebraska and pennsylvania. these states are never a pair. these are never the only two states to have done something. theres no connection between nebraska and pennsylvania. where republicans have control o...

So that can benefit a republican nominee there. john mccain won ten congressional districts in pennsylvania in 2008. even as he lost the state overall to barack obama. pennsylvania republicans right now are trying to change the rules so that another result like they had in 2008 wouldnt give the democrat, wouldnt give barack obama 21 electoral votes like he got then or 20 which is how many pennsylvania had at the time -- has this time around. it would instead give the republican probably as many ...

John mccain won ten congressional districts in pennsylvania in 2008. even as he lost the state overall to barack obama. pennsylvania republicans right now are trying to change the rules so that another result like they had in 2008 wouldnt give the democrat, wouldnt give barack obama 21 electoral votes like he got then or 20 which is how many pennsylvania had at the time -- has this time around. it would instead give the republican probably as many as 12 of those electoral votes, even if that rep...

leader mustafa abdel-jalil. he is representing libya at the 65th u.n. general assembly. he has been meeting with president obama the last hour as well as ban ki moon. in a few minutes, president obama will sit down with afghan president happened karzai. this is their first meeting since the u.s. spelled out a plan to leave afghanistan by the end of 2014. today, for the first time, gays and lesbians can openly serve in the united states military. the law known as dont ask, dont tell has...

the most pressing issue there is greece. >> reporter: yeah. thats right, ali. what i should also mention, though is that the markets have certainly learned over the last two years this euro in crisis has gone from bad to worse. what they wish for and, then, again, what politicians deliver. what they would ultimately like to see, these leaders agreen on a bold action on a statement promising bold action like raising the euros bailout fund to cope with countries like greece that theyre s...

environment clean. well, then there are excessive regulations that unnecessarily increase the cost for consumers and small businesses. and those excessive regulations are making it harder for our economy to create jobs. the congressional calendar is so full it appears congress wont even consider the jobs bill until october. the u.s. supreme court will review the case of texas death-row inmate duane buck. justices want to know whether a racist comment tainted his sentencing hearing....

that congress approve government regulations that have a significant impact on the economy or small business, lowering the tax rate for businesses and individuals to know more than 25%, passing free trade agreements with columbia, panama and south korea. they say that will create up to 250,000 jobs and increasing domestic energy production. the pentagon says the dont ask, dont tell policy in the military officially ends on tuesday. the defense secretary has been asked to hold off on re...

kind of a day will it be? another wild ride? well, some wont mind if its wild in the right direction. though, we have seen a historic week of volatility. also huge changes at the u.s. postal service. administrators there are asking congressional approval to lay off 120,000 people. you heard me right. also across in great britain and all across great britain now the riots die down a little bit now and maybe life getting back to normal in london. nearly 2,000 people have been arreste...