100mileanhour winds and one tornado on friday. Oh, my gosh dude. Look at that. And today it will only get worse with stronger category 2 hurricaneforce winds and up to a foot of rain. Dylan is tracking it all. Violent encounter. A Chicago Police officer recovering after being beaten by a suspect allegedly high on have stopped her from drawing a gun. And three Good Samaritans after a woman accidentally backs up into a pond. A terrifying scene. Luckily the woman in the car is expected to be okay. Today, saturday, october 15th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on saturday morning. Im Sheinelle Jones alongside craig melvin and dylan dreyer and stephanie ruhle. With the election just 24 days away, the state of the race today, donald trump pushing back against allegations of Sexual Misconduct. He had rallies in h and maine today. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton will not be making any public appearances today, but her running mate, tim kaine wi
Good evening, thank you for joining us. Two divers died this past weekend at a wellknown woman wellknown cave diving location. The remote is very remote the remote location is very beautiful but also very dangerous. Reporter take a look at this video of divers explained the deaths sinkhole and you can see why people want to travel. Experience divers caution others, this is a place for people with technical special certifications. Depending on what depth they were using, timers may have been used and that takes a great deal of time and training to understand that correctly. Reporter the Hernando County Sheriffs Office tells us three divers enter the eagles nest cave on saturday but only one survived. They had predetermined a place under the water to meet after about an hour. Experienced diver went to the predetermined location, and the two experienced divers did not show up. The Hernando County Sheriffs Office said it will be up to the state to decide if the sink is closed again. Jeff p
And a few feet deep. If that is not troubling enough, look at this. Two years ago a sinkhole formed on that same street swallowing an suv. Soon after a second depression formed and now this third hole opened up all within feet of each other. I heard on channel 8 news. Reporter jack has relatives here and after he heard the latest news he went to see of life or death i suppose. Reporter today a Construction Company filled in the sinkhole and county officials didnt inspect the crevice because it was private property. Locals are worried about the string of depressions in the same neighborhood. Especially when they stay here in that one place, its suspicious. Reporter an official from the Mobile Home Park told 8 on your side now that the hole is we lost john rogers who was reporting live and holiday but those people still concerned and thats something they will continue to monitor. An update on another story about another huge sinkhole. New information on the size of that mosaic sinkhole w
Worried about the water her children have been drinking. Now, with pretty scary test results in her hands, she is worried to even touch the water. Im not a chemistry student. But i think that is pretty bad. Reporter they have 52 radium levels. That is five times the standard. She is worried about the lack of information from the mosaic officials. There is no red dots. This is where we have tested, this is what we have done. No red dots. Reporter state received this letter yesterday from state health officials. It says they left a message last week with her 11yearold son. And sent this letter as a followup. Today, they have called several times to make sure she is not drinking this nasty water. Is it acceptable to you that something that important they would just leave a message with an 11yearold . Gallons of radioactive water into the florida aquifer. But the Company Takes no responsibility for the well saying the materials did not come from their sink hole. Their whole concept has bee
Caught the driver who hit an killed a 74yearold woman and left her to die in polk county. A Successful Bank executive hit and killed her on duff road in lake land they believe. As Melissa Marino shows us, it took weeks for them to track him down. Reporter this is one of the last videos that loved ones have of 74yearold janice joy. Her neighbor betty mata has been her caretaker for years but more like family. Joy had alzheimers alone. The morning of the crash, she got out of her home and a driver hit and killed her. He left janice on the side of the road to die by herself. Reporter after weeks of searching, Sheriff Grady Judd says they found the suspect, 37 yearold jarvis kendrick. Jarvis is a Senior Vice President for mid florida credit union. Reporter investigators through Great Lengths to hide his involvement. Even faking an accident on i4 to cover up the damage. In lakeland, Melissa Marino, challenge challenge. Well, a mother and daughter were left with critical injuries when an suv