LIVE VIDEO: NASCAR driver Ryan Newman's longtime friend speaks exclusively with Greg Warmoth and Mar

Seeing an outpouring of support from across the country, our Washington DC correspondent Blair Miller is actually close

friend

s with Newman and Blair is joining us

live

right now on the phone and Blair, can you tell us a little bit about your

friend

ship? I understand that your families have been friends for a long time, yes, we have been friends, family, friends for about 15 years and obviously there is a lot of concern tonight to be able to talk to your wife and your family about everything that has been happening and a lot worry about Leigh getting to this, but then Ryan and Chrissy for about 15 years and I met them in Charlotte, North Carolina, when I was working there through their Foundation that helped and rescued animals in Statesville, North Carolina, and our children were approximately the same age and so on.

We've gotten to know each other over the years and obviously tonight was very worrying, there were tense moments talking to his wife and his friends, just trying to get information and really understand to make sure he's okay and certainly we're all very happy for that. Thank you. Yeah, father of two girls that were there at the rink, his wife again, they're going through some issues, she wasn't there tonight, but she tweeted, oh my gosh, and again everyone said thoughts and prayers with Ryan tonight, we also.