12 years a slave set to win big in london. From the red carpet. Rescue workers battling against time to free trapped miners in a gold mine shaft in south africa. They are stuck underground in an abandoned mine east of johannesburg. This is the scene, live pictures coming to us here. Emergency services there have made contact with at least 30 men trapped by bolder blow the surface. Some trapped say the number could be as highs 200. They say the group was working illegally. I understand youre only about 20meter away. They will us what is happening. Yes, david, well, it is actually very nearby. What i can tell you now is there is about 12 or so emergency workers who are drying trough conduct this very delicate operation to get down through the blocked shaft since yesterday afternoon. Give us an idea what theyre telling you actually happened. Well, from what we understand, police were patrolling this morning in the area when they discovered someone sitting outside the mine shaft. They were
Bloomberg television. We are happy to be back. Lets talk tech. Another big tech deal to talk about, priceline is buying opentable 42 . 6 billion. For 2. 6 billion. This is crazy. Around isy head this the new normal, is this where we are supposed to be . Or is this the return of 1999 . In 1999, i loved opentable and urban fetch. But where those now . It a lot more worthable that uber is 17 billion. Er is a life changer. We will have to agree to disagree. Opentable is a life changer for me. He just eats at mcdonalds, they dont take reservations. Every time i try to use opentable, i can never get a table. Instead, i call, and restaurants say the same thing. 5 30, 10 30, i would rather they off. Say screw said, weo of priceline think it is a good fit. They called it an adjacent business. We have similar Business Models. You are catering to the same sort of customers. There is definitely true to that. These are the same people spending their money in different channels. One thing i was intr
Of the bay bridge, you can see from this satellite image there was an area of fog, some of it dense on the western span of the bridge in this part of the bay in the area where the collision occurred so visibility was reduced down a quarter mile district the fact area wide it had improved. We do expect fog to become dense again, tonight. Ill give you a look in just a. Were staying on top of the developing story. So we have more coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00 ask 6 00 and sending out updates as they happen through twit skbrer facebook so youre connected 247. New details just released about the officer involved shooting that took a young mans live two days after christmas. Abc 7 news is live in walnut skreekcreek with the latest developments. Laura . This day he was shot and killed here, police would not reveal what kind of weapon he held, only that he had a weapon. This afternoon, they did Reveal Police did, that it was a 10 inch chef knife. He was killed december 27th just before that
Dow chemical, Procter Gamble, boeing, apple and facebook all being released today. A lot coming up. At 7 30 eastern time, the dow chemical ceo will be joining us and well be hearing from at t ceo john stevens. The company says it had a higher than expect ed amount of customers switching to a new plan. If you take a look at whats been happening with at t shares, youll see at least it was down by 2 after hours, i think. 35. 50 was the last trade. Yum brands getting a boost from stronger sales. Where its most important, china, the parent of kfc, taco bell and pizza hut says that First Quarter sales in china rose 9 . Customer in china are buying more chicken following an avian flu outbreak and food safety scare which impacted demand. The fast food operator gets more than half of its overall sales from china. Most of its more than 6,300 restaurants. How many . 6,300 are kfcs. That stock traded higher. In after hours trading. Speaking of china, chinas factory activity slowed for the fourth s
People dont know that. Theres no statues of these gangsters. This was the epicenter of 1930s era crime. J. Edgar hoover had this building as their headquarters. Its also the building where those bootlegers were tried, sent to alcatraz and other prisons across america. Its where it began and where it ended. Were standing here at this historic fort, looking over the junction of the mississippi river. St. Paul is located up the river from ft. Snelling. Its intimately constructed. Settlers living on the militarys property. Finally the army had had enough of competing with them for resources and felt they should be removed officially from the military property. Settlers then moved across the river to the other side and farmed what became the nucleus of the city of st. Paul. When you think about the story, the history of this region, you think beyond the walls of ft. Snelling. And thats what we try to do here at ft. Snelling, push people to think more about what does it mean when all these c