Bo from Sharon Osbourne. Today, thursday, january 7th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. If you call it powerball fever, when the jackpot is 450 million, what are w w going to do saturday . Going to explode. Spontaneous human combustion. After taxes, its pretty good. Getting interesting. Well that have in a minute. Breaking news. The race to free a group of miners who have been trapped for hours more than 70 stories below ground in upstate new york. Tom costello is following the latest on this rescue operation. The Fire Department calling this a major rescue operation thats playing out as we speak. To help free 17 miners who have been trapped all night underneath the cayuga salt mine. Theyre planning to lower a basket down to lift out the miners two or three at a time. The 17 miners became trapped about 10 20 last night when they we
Turnpike at 152nd street. Well keep you update on when the road will reopen. Breaking news out of oakland park where crews have capped a gas like. Chopper 6 is over the scene of northeast 15th avenue in oakland. There was heavy construction going on and fire crews revak evacuated the area. Everything has been capped. As always, be sure to stick with nbc 6 for any updates. Also, breaking news in connection with a teen girl that was killed. An arrest has been made. Christopher walker was located in brooklyn, new york. Tal bert and two other teens were shot from the suspects inside another vehicle. Talbert tried to get away by crashed into a large tree where she was prrounced dead. Walker has been charged as an adult with firstdegree murder. It was a rough day for investors. U. S. Stocks took another fall over concern of chinese economy and sliding oil prices. The dow closed down more than 392 pois. These have been the worst first four days of any year ever for the dow. So far, the index