I didnt have any bonnet on. Thats too bad. You got a new dress. I did. The whole thing was a lesson to turn something so cute into something terribly creepy. All that coming up. A lot to talk about. Lets begin with the massive crash at daytona that injured dozens of fans. Officials say the daytona 500 race will go on today in just hours. Janet is at the International Speedway for us this morning. Good morning. Lester, good morning. We were here when this happened. All eyes on the track. It was a horrifying crash. A car sheered in half. The injured werent the drivers in the car but the fans in the stands. Contact. A violent crash that started on the crash and ended in the grandstand. The wreckage of a race car. Large chunks of metal and a tire flying into the air and hitting fans as high as 45 rows up. It was the final lap. Drivers were jockeying for position when a bump between cars turned terrifying. Tony stewart is going to win this race. It was kyle larsens car sheered in half and tore through the fence designed to protect fans. The engine burst into flames, as other debris went sailing into the stands. A tire in the stands. People scrambling and waving to get help for the injured. Mike wilkinson had a clear view from his seat but couldnt bear to match. I was stunned. I saw the car fly up and hit the fans, a fireball erupted. I turned away. I didnt want to see what happened. A scene of complete chaos. More than 30 hurt. 14 taken to daytona hospitals. Among the most serious a child in critical but stable condition. Fans want to be close to the action in daytona. If you walk by the fence, you will feel it. Your hair will be sucked side ways because youre so close to the action. Thats what fans want. Amazingly, kyle larsen walked away from the accident. No other drivers were seriously hurt. They moved quickly to repair the damage ahead of todays daytona 500. As nascar said it would take a close look at what happened. We need to take the time to study it and see what we can. If we can, certainly, you know, the safety of our fans is first and foremost and we will make that happen. It can be Risky Business navigating the heavily horsepowered cars. As one driver said after the accident, we assume the risk. It shouldnt be the fans. And the speedway worked overnight to repair and replace the retaining wall and the fence damaged in the accident. Nascar said the daytona is ready for its signature race that starts at 1 00 eastern time and fans will be seated in the same stands where so many were hurt on saturday. Kevin meister had a birds eye view. He was in the upper deck above the crash site. What did you see . Well, all the action really started as soon as the drivers came around turn 4. You can tell the racers jumped on the gas. Right before he hit the checkered finish everybody started getting loose, made a block. All of a sudden there was a huge crash right into the gate. There was a car completely vertical. And all of a sudden you saw fiberglass just everywhere like confetti at a party. Tell me what was going on in the stands. My understanding is you went down to the ledge to shoot what was below you. What did you see in terms of the people in the impact area . Right. As soon as i ran down to the ledge to see what had happened and see what exactly was going on, people were panicking and police and ushers were trying to escort people out of the area so that medical teams get to the injured folks. There are a lot of people around trying to comfort those who are clearly injured. And ien everyone saw a man take off his shirt and wrap it around a couple lacerations that another man had. I saw another guy passing out water. But you really saw human compassion right after that happened. People were in a state of shellshock. Kevin, i understand youre a big nascar fan. We all see the big fences there to protect the crowd from flying debris, from crashes. How shocking was it to see it actually go above the phelps and to go into the area where the crowd was . You see the fence and you feel pretty safe as a spectator. Until Something Like that actually happens and, you know, the engine actually broke through the fence, that was surreal. To think that Something Like that actually had a possibility of happening and did yesterday is just devastating. Youll attend the race today with no reservations 1234. No reservations at all. Im an avid nascar fan. Thankfully we were out of the debris zone. But 15 feet in front of me sort of right down below. It looked like a shock absorber, a metal rod of some type came up into my section, which was the upper deck. Very frightening pictures there. Kevin, thank you for spending time with us. Appreciate it. Thank you. And now heres erica. Lester, thanks. Huge crowds filled st. Peters square for Pope Benedicts final blessing. Four days he will step down as head of the catholic church. The vatican is dealing with new allegations today involving one of its cardinals. Anne thompson has more. Good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. Its a mixture of joy and intrigue here in vatican city. This morning catholics and the curious jammed st. Peters square to hear Pope Benedicts final blessing. This got not only a blessing but the pope also shed light on why he resigned. God had called him on the mountain to live a life of more prayer and meditation but he wasnt going to abandon the church. The 85yearold pontiff said that god had had asked him to live this life with the same kind of dedication but to do so more in a way appropriate to his age and strength. Now, this very joyous event took place against a background of scandal. There are new headlines in britain this morning, three priests and a former priest accused the scottish Cardinal Keith obrien of inappropriate behavior going back some 30 years. They want Cardinal Obrien to resign immediately before he comes to rome to vote for the new pope. I asked about this today and he told me that the pope will be informed of this matter this afternoon and that tomorrow the vatican will issue a statement. Erica . Anne, were hearing plenty at home in the u. S. Former archbishop of los angeles also facing problems with a priest Sexual Abuse Scandal there. Reporter he is. Thats Cardinal Roger mahoney. Yesterday he was deposed for almost four hours. He was asked by lawyers what he knew about a visiting mexican priest who was accused of abusing some 26 children in the 1980s. Court documents released earlier this year showed Cardinal Mahoney played a role in shielding abusive priests. Some u. S. Catholics called on mahoney not to come to rome to vote for the new pope. Mahoney says he intends to participate. Anne, thank you. In washington, time is really ticking for the president and congress to reach a deal. Otherwise, there will be massive spending cuts you keep hearing so much about. The sequester that could have a major effect on you. David gregory is moderator of meet the press. Good morning. Boy, i feel like we say this a lot. But with good reason. Broken record yet again. First, just give us a quick sense of what this could actually do to people, if this cut will go in effect on friday. One of the things we will talk about is what does it mean for air travelers. You have the ability of air controllers or the prospect i should say of flight controllers being furloughed. A number of them losing their jobs, airport towers being closed in certain parts of the country. It could mean very really delays. Republicans say thats overblown. But federal workers are going to get cut. Services are going to be cut. The defense is going to be cut by 50 . This meat cleaver approach both sides agree is a terrible idea, is how the cuts will be made. That is what has most people worried. Both sides think it is a terrible idea but its almost a foregone conclusion this is going to happen. Why cant, david, lawmakers find some sort of agreement here . Well, because philosophically theyre on opposite ends of this. The president wants a mix of spending cuts, new tax revenues through some kind of tax reform closing loopholes. Hes blaming congress for not giving in on that. Congress is saying, look, you just got new revenues to avert the fiscal cliff at the end of the year. There ought to be more spending cuts, particularly entitlement cuts. They cannot see eye to eye. Theyre not talking to each other. Both sides are working the Public Relations sympathy. The public is fed up and will only get more aggravated as it moves forward. P. R. Campaign is not winning over the people that put them in w washington. And right now a check of the mornings other top stories. Jenna wolf is standing by. Hey, guys. Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Police in las vegas have identified the person responsible for a deadly shooting on the strip. Investigators found the vehicle believed to be involved in the shooting and subsequent crash that killed three people on thursday. Also, theyve identified 26yearold amar harris as the suspect. His vehicle was found blocks away from the shooting scene. While Oscar Pistorius remains holed up at his uncles home in south africa we are learning about legal troubles for his brother. The family lawyer says Carl Pistorius is facing a culpable homicide. He isnt allowed back to his house because it is now considered a crime scene. A mall melee in chicago. About 20 teenagers arrested after police say they were running around causing a chaotic scene. Police say there was no looting. Only a little bit of damage. The boy band mindless behavior was there but that had nothing to do with the chaos. In china, they started shooting out of a building overnight after a fire happened inside. That started in a candle production area and spread to a fireworks warehouse on the lower floors. Let me see if i can get. This candles and fireworks being made in the same building. Okay. Tonight, hollywood will recognize the best of the best in the Motion Picture industry. Last night, last night the worst of the worst took center stage at the razzies. The big winner or loser, twilight breaking dawn part 2. It took were seven awards, including Kristen Stewart for worst actress. They both made a gazillion dollars making the worst movie. That is probably what theyre saying. I would probably say the same thing. You want to give a razzie, give me the gazillion dollars that goes along with it. And our first check of the weather. Storms making their way into the plains states. Right now in the rockies. We will pick up another 6 to 10 inches of snow in denver. You can see we have blizzard warnings posted through the plains. Kansas looks like we will see our second blizzard in just a week. Thats what were facing through the plains. So it is going to be a rough go through kansas, into nebraska, into northern parts of oklahoma and the panhandle of texas as well. Today, though, its all about denver. Again, 6 to 10 inches is spread of temperatures this bhorng. 30s and 40s, where the winds are relatively light. 50 in oakland and San Francisco. Still gusty winds out of the north in the bay area foothills for the mornings. The winds should stick around into the afternoon. High pressure building in. With a little bit of a warmer finish to the weekend. Most of the highs around the bay area today in the low 60s. A few more clouds for tomorrow and turning warmer for the second half of the week. And that is your latest forecast. Erica. Dylan, thanks. Up next, manti teo tackles new questions about the embarrassing hoax involving a fake girlfriend. 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Did you feel it this morning . New this morning, a small earthquake shook the south bay and east bay while many people were still sleeping. I know i slept through it. The 3. 0 magnitude quake struck around fremont around 2 00 this morning. There are no reports of damage. Just a few rattled nerves. Now, to a developing story in the search for east bay tourist missing in south america. The east bay couple was last seen in peru almost a month ago. This morning family and friends of 25yearold garrett hand and 27yearold jamie neil say theyre getting more concerned by the hour. Neills coworkers say she spent months planning a cycling trip through south america. The couple left in november for the fivemonth adventure and had been chronicling their trip on facebook. But the posts stopped on january 25th and the two have not been heard from since. Everyone who knows the couple is extremely worried. 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