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vegas. and there's crashes all the time in this sport. let's talk about what made this one so bad. >> what made it so bad is the fact that you have a field, which is bigger than the indianapolis 500, on a racetrack which is almost half as small. the oval here at the las vegas motor speedway is a mile and a half oval. and in indianapolis, it's a 2 1/2 mile oval. so you have a lot more spacing of cars. as you look at the wreck right now, you have a much fatter track so cars can go four wide, which means they are more bunched up going into turns, and dan wheldon starting at the back of ...

his energy plans, his jobs plan, the first stage he has been attacked and criticized for not having a plan and he's bringing it out today. he was on "american morning" an hour and a half ago and one of the highlights i thought was the comment about his wife. in south carolina making some interesting comments. take a listen to what she said and what he said this morning. >> it has been a rough month. we have been brutalized, by the press and brutalized by our opponents and our party. >> down on this as anita seemed? >> you know, family members always take these campaigns than the cand...

more funerals in syria today. opposition activists say that 31 people died when syrian troops opened fire on sunday. the attacks on anti-american -- rather anti-government protesters took place in several cities. president assad is warning countries not to recognize the syrian national council, which is set up in turkey last week. that council appears to be positioning itself as syria's next government. crisis talks are happening in egypt today to head off new violence. fighting between muslims and christians left at least 25 people dead over the weekend. christians say they were p...

stuntman named jimmy leeward was maneuvering his aircraft through the twists and turns of a national championship air race in reno. something -- and we don't yet know what -- but something went terribly wrong. as you saw, the plane left the course, headed for the grandstand and then crashed straight into the ground. leeward and eight spectators are dead. more than 50 others injured. there is early speculation based on witness photographs. look at the tail section of the plane. the photographs focus on a piece of the plane that appears to be missing. you see it right there. a piece th...

than the testimony in court? none. none. >> he's set to be put to death next wednesday unless they grant clemency. no two hours, john boehner will reveal the republican plan to create jobs and close loopholes. they said they could go along with some of the president's jobs plans until they found he would raise taxes on wealthy americans. the line for first time jobless claims jumped 11,000 for a total of 428,000. it's the highest number of first-time claims since june. the postmaster general is outlining a plan that could cost 150,000 jobs. they want to close more than 300 mail...