breathing fresh air for the first time in 70 days. the amazing pictures have captivated the world for hours. first out around 11:00 last night was florencio avalos, whose son burst into tears when he saw his father s face. he was followed by mario sepulveda, who they re calling super mario. he pumped his fist in the air, showing that he is a survivor. we ve been watching the miners emerge one by one for about 15 hours now. kerry sanders has been at the scene all night. we re going to get to kerry in a second. kerry, if you were watching msnbc, he was right there. he was live with lawrence o donnell covering this event. and you could see the joy because kerry has been talking with these family members day after day, waiting to see if it was possible that their loved ones could be brought out of that situation safely. i understand kerry is ready for us now. kerry, we just watched yet another rescue. i got to tell you, i was watching you last night and you could feel the excitem
world, believing in hope again. tonight, a special edition of world news, the miracle at the mine. good evening. and all day long, billions of people all around the earth have been watching a celebration, as one by one, a group of ordinary men, chilean miners, remind the world of the joy of fresh air, sunlight, life, family and tomorrow. at this moment, most of the miners are safely above ground, after almost 2 1/2 months in darkness. and our team is covering it all tonight from the breakthrough technology that made it happen to the effects on the human body. but let s begin with bill weir at the mine. bill? reporter: diane, you know, for about 130 years, this mine has produced copper, a little bit of gold. but today, it produced men. living, joy was men with alarming, alarming efficiency. we just watched our 27th rescue in less than 24 hours. they will certainly finish this tonight. heaven willing. and as for those in the hospital, as they go in for medical treatment,
settling in place as women to tomorrow warm but not quite as warm the reason we don t see such warm temperatures as we might actually get a breeze in downtown san francisco and elsewhere the heat is still stagnant. warming it up into the 70s by noon 80s into the picture your high today into the 90s. there red shows us where the 90s will be. we will cool it back down into 70s by 8:00 p.m. your 7 day around the bay shows the cooling trend tomorrow it will be hot we will call it warm on friday on the weekend we will get the big drop. we re going down 20 degrees by saturday fax down to into the 70 s 60 s around the bay 50s for the coast that cooling trend continues through next workweek. tracking a hot spot when delays on 101 out of san jose re. what we saw the camera few minutes ago we notice tousle the traffic was and we discovered an accident at the lawrence. look what it has done it is backed up beyond 880. our camera is at the guadalupe parkway i will switch back to
before they would be saved. remember, no one knew whether they were alive until they sent up a note saying that all 33 of them had survived. christmas came early, folks. a look underground right now, where some of the most talked about miners are still awaiting rescue. we believe the we believe the one who got engaged to his girlfriend of 25 years by video conference from the mine is being pulled up shortly, while another who has experience explain to go do. his wife discovered he has a mistress. live to the scene, you re not going to miss any of this. we ll bring you each and every rescue, as each man is pulled to the ground when they are reunited with their families. it is worth celebrating and we ll do so, here. in the meantime, there s this, we are awaiting an announcement that may kill hopes of a recovery in the housing market any time soon forty-nine state attorneys general are set to launch on investigation now into allegations of possible foreclosure fraud at the
transformations to the deep south. now new author with us today to talk about a moving personal history. the interview s straight ahead. and today, i m andrea mitchell live in new york. we begin with the events in chile. 33 miners were trapped below for ground for more than two months. it is the longest any miners trapped and survived. 17 emerged safely. 16 are still awaiting rescue. nbc s kerry sanders is live in copiapo, chile, as he has been all night. kerry, you have been extraordinary. the emotion, the excitement that you have conveyed is the best window for us to experience it. tell us now what is happening. reporter: well, we have you just noted passed the halfway point which is significant. now there are 17 up, 16 down below. at this rate, which started out at about an hour and 15 or so for each of them to get up, we are now picking up the tempo and they re coming up in less than an hour as the fenix, the escape capsule, makes its way down there and another mine