Deskins. Powerball fever is nationwide this morning and a lot of people spent the last few days pooling their money chances. But a local group has created the most epic powerball pool. They bought 73 thousand tickets 10 News Reporter Courtney Robinson explains why they wont be upset if they didnt win. Ticket after ticket after ticket. All for two guys and one Mega Powerball pool. 757 33 we thought maybe we get. Like 30 grand in next thing it was 50 and then 60 and then totally outof control 37 Shane Krugman and Ryan Mcguinness created a private facebook pool. For a buyin of 500 dollars. These tampa friends and 290 of their friends. Have increased their odds of winning. The chances one of their 73thousand numbers hits the jackpot 1 in 4 thousand. 10 theres so much on the table right now at 1,000,000,000 1 2 or 1. 6 billion that matter how many people we got and it didnt really matter that 34 5 million still enough money for everyone5922 but running a pool this big is no game. Theyre wor
Ally in his effort to question ted cruzs eligibility in the race. Stage crasher. A strange moment at peoples Choice Awards at a stranger takes over the mike during an acceptance people. Before literally getting the boot 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 we 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 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. Theyve brought in a giant crane been trapped all night
Morning news. 3 expect sun and wind today, with highs at 50 in the upstate and 45 in the mountains. Wind gusts could be up to 30 mph at times. A slight chance for snow lingers along the tennessee border through dinnertime, but skies clear for all tonight with lows back in the teens and 20s. 3 wrap up 3 hold hold were traffic center. Early accident standing springs rd i385sbsimpsonville simpsonvilleyou are looking 3 3 what a season it was for clemson. After going unbeaten for 14 games the tigers fall to alabama in the National Championship game. The epic match up wrapped up just after midnight. The tigers and crimson tide stayed neck and neck the entire game but alabama goes on to win 4540. 3 and our team is still in arizona this morning. As the tigers get ready to head back home 3 sports director Aaron Cheslock is live in glendaleand aaronit was so closebut some missed opportunities and bold play calls by alabama really sealed the deal in the fourth 3 3 3 3 absolutely brutal. Five lead
Tom costello is following the developments. Tom, good morning. They have brought in a giant crane to help free 17 miners who have been trapped yall night below the cayuga salt mooin 50 miles south of syracuse, new york. Were told theyve managed to get several of the miners out. Theyre lowering the basket and lifting them out two or three at a time. They became trapped at about 10 20 last night when they were headed down to the mine floor about 2,300 feet below ground to begin their overnight shift. Despite overnight temps in the teens the at the surface of the mine, the mine operator cargo says none of the trapped miners is injured and rescue workers have been able to lower down water, heat packs, and blankets to keep them all warm. Unclear how long this operation might take to lift all of them out, but, again, were hearing some of them already up. Sash na, tom costello, thank you. Bad news for those waking up hoping to be a powerball winner. There were no winners. Saturday night. Ite
This long. Basically we are sitting on borrowed time at the moment, and i can say it but its a hard pill to swell low and weve been denied three times for a heart and double lung transplant. My heart is getting worse so we are taking it slow and doing everything we can. Does wheel of fortune help you feel better. Its just a show. Just a show, but its wheel that keeps eric rolling. Wheel of fortune. He spent most of his young life in the hospital. Where those familiar sounds, letters and numbers gave a 9 yearold boy something to look ford to each night. Its changed his life. Change the ours. But its what brought him to life. Eric told the makeawish dreams granted, he wanted to see mickey mouse, and meet pat and vanna, maybe we can make the second dream come true. He is such an awesome kid. Yeah. Awesome little guy, definitely brings tears to your eyes, you can see why. We are going to be so excited to show you the surprise. We need to dig deeper into other big stories going on tonight.