we have more than two dozen shuttle buses in that area, so if you can catch one of those shuttles. reporter: there is no timeframe for when you expect to be back up and running? it will be at least a couple of hours to access the damage and did the repairs made. reporter: thank you as always for your time bottom line, k, l, m muni buses are down. muni trains are down. they have and buses for you to travel. pam: now this is happening right now near mcdonald avenue. investigators say that there are several people inside the home that could be linked to a crime that happen in fremont. there is no word on what the crime is or how many people the police are trying to arrest. we have a crew on the way and will bring in a live report with the developing details shortly. another big story tonight, a kidnapping cold case its heat up quickly. just one day after a convicted killer revealed a new lead in the kidnapping of these little girl more than 20 years ago, police say they h
gunman are recovering from gunshot wounds. anne makovec reports the would- be robbers happened to pick a vendor who was prepared for a gunfight. nobody has the values of a community no more in this place. everything is going to hell with it. reporter: what was once seen as a wholesome family business running a neighborhood taco truck is now a dangerous job. we try to prepare ourselves. you don t know when it s going to happen. so it happened last night. reporter: the co-owner of this taco truck is identified by coworkers as 32-year-old omar casillas, confronted by two men demanding money at 1:30 a.m. one man had a gun but casillas had one, too. after a brief shootout, both suspect and casillas were hit several times of. coworkers say that casillas had a gun for years and had a bulletproof vest. this is isn t the first time he had to use the firearm. reporter: he said he was robbed more than a decade ago and police say taco troubles seem to be magnets for crime lik
police. the suspect and the vendor were shot. the vendor was taken to the hospital. we are not sure of his condition. the robbery suspect who was shot ended up taking himself to the hospital. one of the robbery suspects is still on the loose this morning. back to you. thank you. a man recovering this morning after he was trapped in a trench for three hours in brentwood and east contra costa county after an all-out rescue effort of the man finally pulled out alive. gil diaz is in brentwood with more. good morning, gil. reporter: it was a scary situation. it all happened right there. now, how he became trapped in there is not clear yet. but a neighbor tells us he is a plumber, a friend of the homeowner fixing a septic line. he was 8 feet deep when the earth caved him in. by some miracle the earth wasn t crushing his chest so he was able to breathe and talk during the rescue but still emergency crews were giving him oxygen and fluids through an iv. the first priority to
captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today. it s 7:00 a.m. on the west co t coast. and i m matt lauer. donald trump has a knack for popping up in politics from time to time. and for self-promotion. he s keeping the exact news of today s major announcement in las vegas pretty close to the vest. it s believed trump will announce who he s endorsing. the new york times quoted a senior official with newt gingrich s campaign saying trump would support the former house speaker. that s a story most media outlets went with this morning. but now there are other indications it could be mitt romney. we have nbc s peter alexander in las vegas where the announcement will take place. also, we re going to talk about an unusual legal maneuver that experts say could be a first. a wealthy florida man is facing a very costly wrongful death lawsuit tied to a drunk driving accident. well, apparently to protect his fortune, or a part of it, he s now legally ado
economic weakness. europe s debt problems helped trigger the heavy losses. investors are worried we re getting close to a global recession. germany is such a strong anchor in the european zone. and when the headlines talk about germany stalling, i think all the other countries are soon to follow. reporter: the latest unemployment numbers just added to the misery. more americans join the unemployment lines last week, bringing the number of applications for jobless benefits to the highest level in a month. wall street is also concerned about inflation. consumer prices jumped last month. meaning americans are paying more for everything from gas to clothes. this is a return to the wild swings that grip the market in the first half of the month. the relative calm we saw earlier this week is gone. reporter: investors are flocking to more stable investments like gold, which tops $1800 an ounce to another record finish. at some point, there s got to be that bubble there. bu