NASCAR Season Begins Today; Oklahoma Quarterback Arrested
BLACKWELL: All right. The Daytona 500 is just hours away now, and one driver to keep an eye on is this year's Mexican-born, Daniel Suarez.</s>PAUL: Andy Scholes has more in this morning's bleacher report. Victor did not read the part where it said, start your engines.</s>BLACKWELL: Yes, I was skipping that.</s>SCHOLES: Change gears but you wouldn't (ph) want to read it. All right.</s>BLACKWELL: I can't -- I can't give you too much this morning. Change gears not start your engines.</s>PAUL: What are you doing, Andy?</s>SCHOLES: I am not going to have any of those in my scripts today. We'll see. Maybe tomorrow. All right. Twenty-five year old Daniel Suarez -- yes, he's a rising star in NASCAR. He is actually the first Mexican-born driver ever to compete in the Daytona 500. And as you can imagine being the only Latin-American driver Suarez gets asked many questions about politics these days but he said he doesn't like to talk about it. Suarez does though make sure to always mention that Latin America is full of hard-working people like himself and he is proud to represent all of them on NASCAR's highest level.</s>DANIEL SUAREZ, NASCAR DRIVER: To be part of the -- of the new generations of the drivers, and to be Latin-American and from Mexico, it's really a huge deal for me to be the face of Latin America in this great sport that is NASCAR. It's a big deal. I'm just sure excited to be here.</s>SCHOLES: So Suarez will be starting 19th today. In the front row will be Dale Earnhardt Jr., and his fans extra excited to see him today because this will be the first race for Junior since last July. Junior was forced to miss the second half of last season. He dealt with the side effects from concussions. It was a period of time where Junior said he didn't know if he'd ever race again. So definitely good to see him back out there. This is also his 16th anniversary of when Junior's dad, Dale Earnhardt, died after a crash during the Daytona 500. All right. Bad news for Oklahoma Sooner fans quarterback Baker Mayfield was charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and fleeing early Saturday morning. Now this happened in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Police say, Mayfield claimed he was trying to break up a fight but when an officer tried to speak with him he ran away. The officer then chased him down and tackled him. According to the police report, Mayfield had trouble walking and was intoxicated. Oklahoma University said they are aware of the matter and have no other information at this time. All right. Finally Auburn junior Ben Bode had the chance to win $5,000 towards his tuition, all he had to do is hit a layup, a free throw, and then a three-pointer. And then of course you have to top it off with the half-court shot. Look at him go, three for three. And this is the best part he gets to half-court, and he doesn't just shoot it, he goes granny style, guys.</s>PAUL: Come on.</s>SCHOLES: Look at this. Nothing but net!</s>PAUL: Love it!</s>BLACKWELL: Wow!</s>SCHOLES: We've all seen this before. How many times has he had perfect form everywhere, and then goes granny style for half-court?</s>PAUL: Why is that called granny style? I think a lot of grannies out there going, what does that mean?</s>SCHOLES: Well, it worked for him. That is incredible. It's the shorts or the sweat shirt too. It's awesome.</s>PAUL: That's impressive. Congratulations to him. That's awesome.</s>SCHOLES: Well done.</s>BLACKWELL: ... we caught that.</s>SCHOLES: Yes.</s>BLACKWELL: Thanks, for that...</s>PAUL: Thanks, Andy.</s>BLACKWELL: ... Andy Scholes. All right. No matter how you slice the President Trump's favorite food, meat loaf, and he just has proven it once again. Here is CNN's Jeanne Moos.</s>JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT: No matter how you mash it, no matter how you shape it, it seems President Trump has yet to meet a meatloaf he doesn't love. His meatloaf arm-twisting has reoccurred.</s>TOM BARRACK, DONALD TRUMP'S FRIEND: His favorite dish was meatloaf.</s>MOOS: This time the president invited his friend, real estate investor Tom Barrack to dine at the White House.</s>BARRACK: The lunch was terrific.</s>ERIN BURNETT, CNN ANCHOR: He made you eat the meatloaf?</s>BARRACK: The meatloaf is unbelievable.</s>MOOS: Previously, the designated meatloaf eater was New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.</s>GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE (R), NEW JERSEY: He says, there's the menu. You guys order whatever you want. And then he says, "Chris, you and I are going to have the meatloaf."</s>CRAIG CARTON, HOST, "BOOMER AND CARTON SHOW": It's emasculating.</s>CHRISTIE: No, it's not.</s>MOOS: But Christie got dumped on.</s>SETH MEYERS, COMEDIAN/T.V. HOST: The meatloaf was actually a second course for Christie after Trump made him swallow his pride.</s>MOOS: The last time Trump dictated the governor's diet, it was to boycott Nabisco.</s>DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Neither is Chris. You're not eating Oreos anymore.</s>MOOS: Oreos, no. Meatloaf, yes.</s>JENNY JONES, HOST, "JENNY CAN COOK": I touch a meatloaf like I judge most men. If they look good, smell good, and they're easy. I'm in.</s>MOOS: Meatloaf may not be for foodies, but it is the meat of the people. And the president loves populist food. KFC chicken, McDonald's, taco bowls. No wonder he has a soft spot for meatloaf.</s>TRUMP: Everybody is saying I should run for president. Let me ask you a question. Meatloaf, should I run for president?</s>MEATLOAF: Absolutely.</s>MOOS: Trump once tweeted, "Mar-a-Lago has the best meatloaf in America. Tasty." Based on his mother's recipe. He and Melania even made meatloaf sandwiches with Martha Stewart. Famous germaphobe that he is, the Donald actually let Martha touch his meatloaf.</s>MARTHA STEWART, T.V. PERSONALITY: My hands are clean.</s>TRUMP: What am I going to catch?</s>STEWART: Nothing.</s>MOOS: We can just imagine President Trump some night at the White House pulling a Will Ferrell.</s>WILL FERRELL, ACTOR: You hungry? Can we get some meatloaf?</s>MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN...</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, please?</s>MOOS: ... New York.</s>BLACKWELL: The woman there said if -- I judge my meatloaf like I judge my men. If they look good, they smell good, they're easy --</s>PAUL: And that's what stood out to Victor in that piece.</s>BLACKWELL: Thank you so much for starting your morning with us. I think if we take a step further we'll go too far.</s>PAUL: That's good. We'll be right back.