Listened to all the voices. Reporter the sugar industry criticized the recommendations to cut sugar consumption. What is your favorite vegetable . Reporter a healthier diet, one plate at a time. Tom costello, nbc news, washington. A state of emergency has been did he claired in a Los Angeles Suburb where a natural gas leak has been releasing tons of methane gas into the air every day for months now. It could be months more until its finally fixed. As joe fryar reports, the danger has driven thousands of people from their homes. Reporter its an affluent los angeles neighborhood, but it looks like a ghosttown. 2,500 people moved out. Lives and health disrupted by a gas leak that started in october. My eyes were burning and it was watering and itching. It was to the point that my vision was getting bad. Reporter this family has been living weeks now. The first week i would be crying every single day because it was such a hard experience on me. Reporter angry homeowners, some wearing gas masks held protd protests. The Southern Gas Company says there are no longterm health effects. There are clearly shortterm impacts for some people sensitive to odors. Reporter the company is drilling relief wells hoping to stop the leak. Now californias governor is declaring a state of emergency, stepping up inspections and saying the company should cover all costs. Well do whatever it takes to protect the people from underground gas storage. Reporter two schools recently relocated. The faa ordered a nofly zone over the neighborhood and famous environmental activist erin brock vich is Holding Community meeting. This is the biggest air contamination ive ever seen. Almost overwhelming. Reporter last month lawyers suing the gas Company Released timelapsed video showing methane descending on porto ranch saying it is releasing 7,600 tons of methane gas into the airedaly, about 25 of the methane emitted in all of california each month. An invisible invader with a visible impact. So cal gas is paying to relocate people and say it reduced the amount of gas and hopes to have the leak stopped by late february or march. In paris on the anniversary of the terror attack on charlie hebdo, a man wielding a butcher knife was shot and killed outside a police station. He had a fake explosive device and a piece of paper with an image of the isis claim and he claimed responsibility for the attack hes trying to the war in syria has been raging for nearly five years now, but it has not lost its power to shock. Last fall the images of this drowned 3yearold boy focused International Attention on the syrian refugee crisis and its young victims. Now new if you are sayses emerged from inside syria. They are difficult to watch. Scenes of starvation. Many of the victims are children. Richard engel reports on this latest atrocity. Reporter these are not images from a concentration camp. They are from this week in syria. Mohammed says he hasnt eaten for seven days. He was filmed by a nurse from the village who smuggled out many images and finally got the worlds attention. We spoke to the nurse by phone today. He said hes also hungry and that 40 of his neighbors starved to death since Syrian Government wont allow people out or food in. It was once a summer resort, now its one of more than a dozen villages in syria besieged and starving. Its people forced to eat leaves and grass, but even thats hard to come by in winter. Both sides in this war are using starvation, both guilty of war crimes. Against International Humanitarian law, starvation has been used as a tactic of war. Reporter the hospital is out of medicine. Some children havent eaten for two weeks. You can just look at the pictures. As a doctor, im looking at children with sunken eyes, all the telltale signs of malnutrition. Reporter the Syrian Government is because the revels siege twod progovernment villages. The u. N. Said today an agreement had been reached to allow some aid into all three, but doctors say it could be too late for some of these children. Richard angel, nbc news, london. Still ahead tonight, we are flying with a chopper crew on alert to the most dangerous kind of rescue, pulling people out of the raging flood waters from el nino. Also, headsup, the infamous bridge in one American City sheering the tops off. Its being described as the godzilla el nino. Its fueling storms in the west coast. Massive waves, 27 to 40 feet high in some areas. A rock slide closed an entrance to yosemite park. High flood level trapped cars. Emergency crews swift water rescues are some of the most dangerous rescue missions. One brave chopper crew ready to be put to the test by the waters of el nino. Reporter high a different kind of first responder. In l. A. County, they call this the fire hawk, a military blackhawk with upgrades. Their plane was made to go in harms way and come back. When these are going somewhere, they are going to help man. Reporter marty martin and his teammates ready for their next assignment, a threat not seen here in nearly two decades. Hold on to the ropes reporter the deadly 1997 97 el nino event cost half a billion dollars in damage. Once those waterways fill up, especially on the front end of the el nino, people are not acclimated to the dangers involved with water. Reporter Los Angeles County has eight helicopters, largely for fighting fires. The most difficult thing they do is this. Swift water rescues. The target is moving, but this is a drill. The actual rescue far more complicated. The thing about these swift water rescues is the water is relentless. Reporter el nino predicted to be Even Stronger than the 97 98 event. A major threat for millions. Another mission for the saviors in the sky. Jacob ras con, nbc news, los angeles. 17 miners trapped we are back now with a nailbiting drama that played out for 11 hours hundreds of feet below ground. 17 miners trapped in an elevator shaft and a major operation to save them. Rehema ellis takes us to the scene of the rescue in upstate new york. Reporter after ten hours trapped below ground, the ordeal ended as everyone had 17 workers in an upstate new york salt mine were rescued after huddling together in an elevator shaft in freezing temperatures. They did what they could do to keep each up. Reporter overnight, blankets, water, heating pads and food were lowered to the men and shared with rescue workers in this tightknit community. Everyone knows someone working there. Reporter working in the deepest salt mine in north america, earth. They were stuck in the elevator 900 feet down. More than the height of the world famous 30 rockefeller center. A special crane with a basket was brought in and pulled the miners to safety. Here at the Lansing Fire Department just across the street from the mine, firefighters are specifically trained for just this type of crisis. Everybody went home safe. It was a huge success. Reporter tonight, the nearly 100yearold mine remains closed as investigators try to the accident. Rehema ellis, nbc news, lansing, new york. A hollywood passing to note tonight. Pat Harrington Jr died. The actor comedian was best known to playing the part of super Dwayne Schneider on the sitcom one day at a time, becoming a favorite of so many viewers and winning an emmy. Harringtons manager says he passed away in los angeles from complications of alzheimers disease. He was 86 years old. 700 million. Thats how much money is up for grabs. The Powerball Jackpot now the largest in American History after no one matched all the winning numbers last night. If you win the next and choose the lump sum payout, its estimated youll get 428 million and a pretty awesome saturday night. When we come back, dozens of high trucks the bridge wins every finally tonight, you know what people say. Its like a car crash where you cant take your eyes off it . We mean it literally. Millions glued to videos of truck after the same small bridge in North Carolina. Now over 100 of them caught on camera, including one today while our team was there why does it keep happening . Thats what nbcs Gabe Gutierrez went to find out. Reporter they call it the can opener. Its insane. Reporter in durham, North Carolina ive seen as many as three in one day. Reporter at gregson and peabody, its perhaps the most unforgiving bridge in america. More than 100 crashes here since 2008. No major injuries, just winsworthy frustration over and over and over again. All captured on webcams. All thanks to this man. I sit at my desk working peacefully. All of a sudden there is this massive crash out there. I almost fall out of my chair. Reporter his videos draw millions of hits on youtubes. Debris and sells it as crash art. Sure enough, just after we finished speaking with him, hard to believe, but this happened. The driver rattled but okay. I thought i had enough clear. Reporter the bridge was built for trains 75 years ago, the clearance 118, about two feet lower than usual. Locals know that, but many rental druk drivers dont. The states put in lights and signs, but drivers either dont see them or ignore them. Why not raise the bridge . You would be looking at significant costs to lower the road or raise the grade of the railroad. Reporter instead the state is planning to install more sophisticated warning sensors. They hope it might make these crashes a thing of the past. Or better yet, water under the bridge. Gabe gutierrez, nbc news, durham, North Carolina. Its true. You cant look away. For us on a thursday night. Im lester holt. For all of us here at nbc news, thank you for watching and good its friday, january 8th, and coming up on early today, breaking news. An officer ambushed shot multiple times while in his police cruiser. President obama makes his strongest case yet for increased gun reform. While donald trump faces some hostiles in Bernie Sanders backyard. Plus, a dangerous moment for a driver facing rushing flash flooding. A really bad day. One airline passenger. The bridge thats claimed more trucks than officials can early today starts right now. And good morning everyone. Thanks for being with us. We start with that breaking news overnight. A Philadelphia Police officer ambushed and shot at least three times inside his cruiser. Police commissioner says Jesse Hartnett is lucky to be alive after a suspect tried to quote execute the officer. He was driving through a philly intersection, the suspect fired 13 times walking closer and closer until he was shooting inside the driver side window of the police cruiser. He emptied his entire. 9 millimeter handgun. Hartnett is in surgery and expected to make a full recovery. Well have more details as we get them into nbc news. To politics now. Muscle in Bernie Sander backyard. He gave out tickets to a theater just 163 steps away from sanders headquarters. Reporter Donald Trump Holding that rally steps away from senator Bernie Sanders campaign headquarters. Trump going after many of the rivals. He was on offense against republicans and democratic challengers but on defense against protesters that were at the rally there. Playing to the crowd, trump said he would love to run against senator Bernie Sanders, however, hes trailing hillary on the democratic side. He says hes still focussed on hillary clinton. The former president , bill clinton, campaigning for his wife, hillary, refused to get involved in the pay for that donald trump has been boasting bill clinton saying that he would not respond at all to the politics of donald trump. Now then trump turned his attention to senator ted cruz, his closest competitor on the republican side. Trump and also senator john mccain questioning whether cruz is eligible to run for president because he was born in canada. Cruz responding that, that is simply not true and he expects these attacks from republican challengers. The first test for those who survived the attacks, the accusations and all of the heckling will be on february first with the iowa caucus. Edward, thank you. President obama continues to make his case on the issue of gun reform, appearing at a town hall style meeting at George Mason University last night. He said he respects the first amendment. At times things got heated especially when Anderson Cooper trying to take away everyones guns. Are you suggesting that the notion that were creating a plot to take everybodys guns away so we can impose martial law . Yes, that is a conspiracy. I would hope you would agree with that. Then he joked hes only going to be president for another yooer, so even if he was going to take away peoples guns, he doesnt have time. And now to the campaign trail and how bill clinton is handling controversies. Including alleged past sexual transgressions. And Kristen Welker asked if hed like to respond. I dont have a response. If he wins the republican nomination, well have plenty of time if hillary wins. But i have no interest in getting involved in the politics bill was interrupted for a phone call. There are other issues. That keep americans up at night. And my phones ringing. [ laughter] i have to call hillary back and explain why i couldnt take it. Happens to everybody. Hillary is set to receive an unexpected indorsement, plannedrenthood said they will indorse the democratic candidate. Their first indorsement in its 100 year exwill accept the indorsement in new hampshire. Billions in alth wiped out and the first four day start for the stock ever. Nbcs Anne Thompson brings us up to speed. The dow plumsing more than 300 points, bouncing back, only to plunge again by early what has traders and investors grabbing fist fulls is the slowing in china. In china is fuelling the u. S. Markets worst started to a year ever. Shrink the average 401 kt 2 . January is a beromter for the future. Predicting with 87 accuracy what the market will do for the rest of the year. One more reason why main needs to watch wall street. Anne thompson, nbc news, new york. Are you dreading your commute today . Be thankful you arent theseys. California mark was on his way home after an unsuccessful attempt at getting a haircut when all of a sudden flood
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