Todays battle for control and all of the issues at stake in just a few minutes. But first, we have a round up of the mornings other top stories. Joe talks about it. Oil prices falling sharply, expanding losses for a fourth session. Check this out right now. You thought this was bloody yesterday, down another 2. 6 this morning. 76. 70 for wti at this point. Saudi arabia cutting prices to the United States. The exporters battling for market share here in the Worlds Largest energy consumer, nation, also weighing on prices. Signs that opec is ready to curb outputs. Oil prices are down more than 20 from this years peak in june and, andrew, this is a huge deal because, in saudi arabia, they can produce that oem oil for about 30 a barrel. Here in the United States, if you start looking at fracking and some of these other techniques, its more complicated, its more expensive, and it costs somewhere between 6 0 and 63 on average to get some of that oil on the ground. Weve got the number of stock
Died on saturday after being given only months to live. Maynard fought for death with dignity. Some of her friends say maynard was devastated in the last few days because she felt most of her recent video had been misinterpreted. Some thought the video was a sign she changed her mind about taking her own life, but her friends and family say she had not. An obituary was posted sunday night and it ends with a quote from brittany saying, it is people who pause to appreciate life and give thanks who are happiest. If we change our thoughts, we change the world. Love and peace to you all. Daredevil nik wallenda has completed two more heart stopping stunts. The 35yearold walked from 1 chicago skyscraper to another on sunday without a harness or even a net below. The wire was strung at a 15 degree angle, more than 50 stories above the chicago river. Throughout the stunt, he was able to talk to his dad and today anchors willie geist and Natalie Morales hosted the skyscraper walk. Willie, natali
And a record performance from prince on saturday night live. One long end, unforgettable eight minute set and setting the internet on the process. Today is sunday, november 2, 2014. This is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on a sunday. Im lester holt along side kate snow and dylan jones. Erica is a few miles in statton island about to run in this new york city marathon. Thank you for sitting in. No problem. Sitting here is the easy part. Go erica go. Were excited about this. Shes been training for a long time. I think she had to put the prince performance in her ipod. It might help her. It was like eight minutes or something. She was rocking the house. Were going to share some later as well. Weather is our top story with the temperature falling and winds picking up. Advisories and alerts in effect across the country. This after the extremely rare early november snow in parts of the south. We said dy
That we have less sunshine in the evening so dress appropriately. Good morning, everyone, at 6 00, we are tracking this accident and it is in the eastbound direction of 580 we are getting more updates an overturned tractor trailer, an 18wheeler. It is on the shoulder. We have possible lanes blocked. We are hearing there will be a helicopter. One person is tracked. In the westbound direction traffic is heavy. There is spectator slowing building and as we flight over to Castro Valley westbound 580 at 238 an accident involving a black passenger bus. The pain at the pump in the bay area, and this morning some drivers are finding relief. A gallon of gas is less than 3. Nick is where the cheaper fuel is now selling. Absolutely, in fact, some of the computers are asking, highway low can you go . They want the pump prices to go lower. We are talking 2. 97 in san jose. This is why aaa said without any natural disasters gas prices will continue to fall over the next few months dropping 33 cents
And good morning to you all. Thank you for being here. Im t. J. Holmes. And im tai hernandez. The crucial battle for congress coming down to the wire. Millions of americans heading to the polls in just over 4 hours. And president obama made a pair of Rare Campaign appearances. In philadelphia and new jersey. Governor Chris Christie in pennsylvania. Happy election eve. Reporter it is election eve, t. J. And tai. The candidates are still out there, pushing hard to win over undecided voters. Control of the senate son the line. Its the final push before tomorrows mid terms. Across the country, long lines for early voting. Voting early was a must. Reporter over the weekend, president obama hit the trail. Are we going to vote . Reporter and so did 2016 president ial hopefuls rand paul, Chris Christie, hillary clinton, and others. It comes down to who shows up. Find them anywhere you can and tell them how important this election is. Reporter control of congress is up for grabs. Analysts say r