A look at the mexican drug lord el chapo after his arrest and how his need for the spotlight may have led to his capture. Isis inspired. Details about the man caught on camera opening filing re on the Philadelphia Police officer. That suspect in custody and what motivated his actions. This as Police Officers are warned to be on high alerted this morning. And what a wrong turn. This dash cam rolling as a driver loses control and plummets off a cliff in southern california. Remarkably the man behind the wheel survived the rough ride. He is thanking his lucky stars today, saturday, january 9th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to today. Im erica hill. Sheinelle jones and dylan dreyer. To me, there are two people in the world. People who buy a single Powerball Ticket and people who buy 20 like me. Do you buy one . I buy a couple. Cover 20 bases. I did ten. I didnt do it. Maybe i should. You have time. You have time today. Not happening. Not happening. By the way, not sharing. Do you know me . The powerball machine live here in studio. Do you love this thing . Around. It is louder than i thought it would be. Thought wait. That takes us to the top story. History. It has everyone talking about what they would do if they were 800 million richer. Here in new york in line. Reporter good morning, erica. We have seen a steady stream of customers trickling in buying their tickets. You know, in some places, they sold so many, they actually run out of the paper they print them on. Im with jeff. Im embarrassed to tell you how many i bought over the last 24 hours covering the story. With the chance to wake up tomorrow 800 million richer, it is hard not to get caught up in the dream. With word the jackpot grown to a whopping 800 million, so did the shopping list. A boat on the river. A beautiful six bedroom home in georgia. Reporter look at the lines from nevada and california and crossing the border in canada. I have people who are messaging me to go across the border. Reporter powerball fever in full swing. Anymore, for sure. Reporter for many. It is hard to grasp how much 800 million. If you laid one dollar bills in a straight line, it would circle the earth more than eight times. You will probably only get about 496 million in a lump sum. Still enough to pay for six private islands or more than 100 lamborghinis. Feeling more philanthropy . You could feed more than 100 million families for a year. You still could not afford an nfl team. The powerball people are keeping it secure. The drawing is held in florida tonight and all of the equipment is for now in a double locked armed and sealed vault which takes a minimum of three people to get inside. 1 in 292, 201, 338. So youre telling me theres a chance . Yeah reporter but 1 in 292 million. One person has to win. Why cant it be me . Reporter a sentiment now shared by millions. Heres the winner. Reporter all right. Depending on how sales go today, that number could go up. Heres the good news. Lottery Officials Say with all of the people playing, about 65 of the possible number combinations will be covered. There is a better than not chance that somebody will win. If nobody wins tonight, guys, it will go up over 1 billion. Thats just tough to wrap your head around. Kristen, good luck. Remember your friends. Remember, sam arlend, he is the face of the guy. He will draw the numbers tonight on live tv. Sam, good morning to you. Good morning. You are joining us from this from a non descript building under tight security in florida . This is a big day. Im so excited to be here and have the opportunity to host the draw tonight. I know everyone will be hoping and watching and hopefully i get to make someones night tonight. Are you able to buy a ticket yourself . Are you allowed to play . No, no, i cant play. Sam, what do you think the chances this could go up to 1 billion . I dont know. It just depends on how many people are playing and who gets that winning combination. Its impossible to predict. You know, if no one wins tonight, it certainly will be astronomical come wednesday night. We watch this. We are excited about it. As jeff mentioned you are in a non descript building. Pulling the numbers . Well, you know, usually not too many people there when the jackpot happens. Tonight, we will have a lot of people in the studio so the pressure goes up. I get a little more nervous. Generally, its a few of us. The crew, me, the Security Team and occasionally we have people come in and view from the viewing room. Its business as usual. All right, sam, feels like a black tie affair tonight. We will look for the tux. I will see you in the offices down there when i come to claim my ticket. Thank you. Turning to the latest in the capture of the notorious drug lord el chapo. We got a look at him when he was taken back to the same prison from which he escaped. We have nbcs Gabe Gutierrez gabe, good morning. Reporter erica, good morning. This caps off the embarrassing escape which was straight from a movie. Now a different movie was is instrumental in the capture. The most wanted drug lord in the world was paraded in front of cameras in handcuffs. Joaquin guzman captured in a dramatic Early Morning raid. Mexicos attorney general saying the drug boss was tracked down because he was trying to make a biopic and people were communicating were actors and producers. Authorities gotten a tip that guzman and others were hiding in the town of los mochis. In the town of sinaloa. Five other suspects were killed. Shootout. Mexicos president Enrique Pena Nieto called it a victory for the rule of law. El chapos daring escape in july from a maximum security prison was a huge embarrassment for the mexican government. He disappeared through a sophisticated tunnel complete with electricity and motorcycle. To get any credibility, nieto had to capture el chapo. Reporter will he remain in mexico or be extradited in the u. S. . Mexican Legal Process tends to be kind of slow. It is a good likelihood he will be extradited. Reporter after flown by navy helicopter, el chapo is waking up in the same prison he escaped from. Authorities say the raid also right hand man also on the run. Investigators seized an arsenal, rocket launchers and armored vehicles. Erica. Gabe, thank you. Police in the nations biggest cities this morning on heightened alert following the ambush of the officer in philadelphia. The suspect now in custody telling police he was defending islam when he attacked the officer. Nbcs Steve Paterson in philly for husband us. Reporter good morning, jeff. We are learning more about the man accused of shooting the Police Officer. He said he did it in the name of islam. People who know him better here are painting a different picture. It is chilling video. Surveillance capturing a moment the gunman opened fire on the Philadelphia Police officer in blank range shooting at least 11 times. Im shot. Reporter 33yearold Police OfficerJesse Hartnett was hit three times in the arm. As the gunman ran away, he kept shooting. The officer managed to follow and returned fire. I do have a male in custody. Reporter police captured the suspect, 30yearold edward archer. He confessed saying it was inspired by islam. Archer pledged allegiance to the islamic state. Friday night, federal investigators scoured homes linked to archer around philadelphia. Carrying boxes of evidence away. Some Area Neighbors were stunned to learn that archer is a suspect. Sometimes he would play with the kids. He might play football. Reporter archer has prior convictions on simple assault and firearms charges. Law enforcement say the fbi is looking into his phone and computer records and at trips to in 2012. Theres nothing to suggest that travel was terror related. According to his mother, archer had been hearing voices. Attorney doug dolfman represented him in 2013. He was impulsive and paranoid. Reporter officer hartnett is a fiveyear veteran of the coast guard. This is astonishing that he was able to escape it. Reporter ironically the weapon used to shoot officer hartnett was registered to a Philadelphia Police officer. Stolen in 2013. Hartnett remains in the hospital. He is expected to fully recover likely after more surgery. Our thoughts with the officer and his family. Shawn henry is the former assistant of the fbi. He joins us this morning. Shawn, always good to have you give us a sense what investigators are looking at based on what steve laid out for us. We hear he was isis inspired. He said he did this in support of the islamic state. Investigators absolutely want to see if there is any riptide to isis. The fact he traveled to saudi arabia and egypt is a red flag. It is not a smoking gun. It is an area the Law Enforcement will work with the agencies in both countries to see why he was there and who he met with, et cetera. We saw the evidence taken out of the residence. They will be looking at the Electronic Devices and looking to exploit the Digital Media to see who he contacted. They want to see if there was a conspiracy or if this was just the efforts of one particular individual. Isis as we know in terms of pop propaganda is standing out. Are they particularly going the picture painted of the man suggests he may have been vulnerable. Isis is talking about targeting Police Officers and military for a long time. They are seeing Law Enforcement as instruments of the government. Spective perspective, it is important to government. They are seen as protectors of the innocent. That is the inspiration between isis and the attacks. Law enforcement has been targeted for a long time by a lot of agencies over many years. They are absolutely aware of this rhetoric. They aware of isis objectives. They will be working very strongly coming together, state, local, federal agencies to make sure they have enough intelligence to protect officers citizens. Two iraqi immigrants arrested here on terror charges this week appeared in court on friday. Their arrests along with the philadelphia shooting, a big topic of discussion among the republican candidates for president. Nbcs kacie hunt on the trail for us in columbia, South Carolina. Kacie, good morning. Reporter jeff, good morning. These are contributing to a climate of fear with americans listing security and terrorism the top concerns for 2016. That is playing out on the campaign trail. They are all saying. Reporter two terror related arrests putting National Security front and center in the gop race. Have you seen what is happening in the country . We have a president that doesnt even want to talk about whats really happening. We have to find out what the hell is going on. Reporter trump has called for a temporary ban on muslims entering america. Night rally, including one woman wearing a head scarf. They were all escorted out. We will knock the [ bleep ] out of isis. Reporter campaigning in iowa, ted cruz claiming the two men is blaming for letting them in. They came in through the vetting process. Reporter adding to concerns, the man who shot a Police Officer in philadelphia, police said, pledged allegiance to isis. We need a president who is clear and steely eyed and understands the danger we face. The simple fact is we are living in dangerous times. Reporter these republicans are all trying to make the case they are tougher on terror than democrat Hillary Clinton. Who cruz says has been lying about the attacks in benghazi, libya, that killed four americans when she was secretary of state. In my house, if my daughter, the 5yearold, says something a spanking. Well, in america, the voters have a way of administering a spanking. Reporter no response to that yet from the Hillary Clinton campaign. Now, of course, republicans will shift their focus to the fight against poverty. They are here in South Carolina for a forum with paul ryan. Missing will be billionaire Businessman Donald Trump who is campaigning in iowa. Jeff. Kasie hunt, thank you. A quick programming note. Tuesday here on today we will broadcast live from the white house for an unprecedented look behind the scenes. Matt will talk to president obama. Savannah will sit down with Vice President biden. That is tuesday on today. We are looking forward to that. Lets get a check of the weather from dylan. Stormy along the gulf coast where we have heavy rain moving right through louisiana and approaching more or less the most of the gulf coast states. Oklahoma and Central Missouri that we are focusing on. We have Winter Weather advisories in effect in yellow. We have winter storm warnings. Central and Northern Michigan is where the accumulating snow is located. Lakeeffect snow will kick in. We will have areas of heavy snow through chicago and up through michigan. This is through the today with the snow winding down early sunday. Heavy rain makes its way into the northeast. We could see 1 to 2 inches of rain in new york city and new england. Jackpot for snowfall is about 8 to 12 inches in Northern Michigan. Chicago could have 2 to 4 inches. We also have playoff football beginning today. The steelers and bengals. Showers likely. Rainy and temperatures about 53 degrees. In texas, a nice day, i think the game is at 4 15 in houston. Fair skies and temperatures at 54 degrees. That is the look at the weather across the country. Now here is a peek out your and thats your latest forecast. Thank you, dylan. You are about to see one scary cliff hanger. It took place on the angeles california. The driver took the corner too fast and watch. Right down that cliff. The dash cam picking it up. The bumps as he plunged down the mountain side. You can see the rescuers there. They found the car over the cliff. Incredible condition. We are relieved to say the driver survived this wild ride. Crazy stuff. A big day for catherine. The dutchess of wales. The 2yearold is attending a Montessori School in norfolk. The pictures were taken by the proud mom. She doesnt like to make a big fuss of her birthday. I love that she loves that just like us. Still to come this morning, how to increase your odds of winning the powerball. The first thing you do if you my miracle all ctually win. Its dylan. But first this is today on nbc. Someones life to change in a big way. What would you do with all of the money . That is the question. Sheinelles in the orange room with more. I have to admit, i have been entertained by so many who are convinced they are going to win. Fant fantasize ing what they would do. What is the first thing you would do if you won the powerball . Go to the twitter feed to cast your vote. How would you answer . I would do a bit of all. I would share it first with my family. I would take the money and i won. I would hide out for a while. I would go on the run and say daddy won. What happened to that jeff rossen . Immediate family. I was thinking relatives. My wife. Yeah. Sheinelle . You know what . I wont tell a soul. I would come to work. You would not know anything. Then in about a few years, i would disappear. Im kidding. I have three kids. College and travel the world. How about the people who wait to claim their prize . I would sit on the ticket worried it would be stolen. I would worry about that. I would worry about going i would not want to know anybody who know who i was. Worry about the crazy people coming out the wood work. I would have all my ducks in a row. We called my in laws and we said just so you know, we will win the lottery this weekend. Tickets at the airport. Where is your ticket . Im not telling you. Relax. I have my own ticket which will win. I want to make sure you didnt lose it. We all have to think about what we are going to do. And as you saw earlier, we have our own lottery drawing coming up. We will have lucky crowd members who will walkway with a very important, impressive nbc prize. That is fun. And a tearful president obama to an online petition to pardon a convicted murderer. We have it all in the download if you fall down, you trip, get up again. If you do get up again, do you change from heels to flats . I dont know. Thats up to you. Jamie foxx there getting his daughter ready for the Golden Globes. She will help hand out the statues. We are back on saturday morning, january 9th, 2016. A nice crowd out there enjoying the tree here on Rockefeller Plaza for the final day. The tree is coming down today . That means all of the crowds are center. We hope you come here year round. The headlines now. Powerball pandemonium sweeping the nation. Jackpot is now 800 million. If no one matches all of the numbers tonight, the next drawing is expected to soar past 1 billion. This morning, el chapo is back behind bars in the same prison in which he escaped. Some experts say mexico will likely have to answer calls to extradite el chapo back to the United States. And the man they say confess confessed to shooting a Philadelphia Police officer because he was following allah. Edward archer fired 13 shots at Jesse Hartnett. We begin this half hour with a check of the weather from dylan. The plaza today, dylan. Yes, it certainly is. You know, i was just asking if anybody on the plaza surfed. Apparently no one surfs. I dont either. Look at the video in california. This will not make you want to surf. 60foot waves. The height of the sixstory building. It postponed a huge surfing competition in california in maverick. The surf tournament was canceled and postponed. It can go up to march 31st. The waves were too big for the biggest surfers around the world. 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