Putting safeguards an Police Intelligence gathering. Dari arthur chien is live at headquarters to explain the changes. Reporter this represents the biggest change in policy in a decade. Before 9 11 the standard for Police Surveillance was whether or not a future crime was envisioned. After 9 11 that changed and many felt the new standard for allowing for surveillance is whether or not the individual was muslim. Now they go back to the old standard with a fresh pair of eyes from outside the Police Department. In a move that settles a pair of lawsuits regarding Police Surveillance of muslim communities after september 11th, the nypd agreed to an independent civilian who will review intelligence gathering and investigations by the department. This person is not a monitor. Theyre an appointee of the mayor to work on the hand choosed committee by the Police Department. That person has no relationship to the federal monitors that we interact with. Reporter civil rights lawyers claimed muslim
Right now, surveillance photos of this bank robber sparking rumors he may be a famous tv host. So whos the robbers double . That mystery celeb joins us live this morning only on gma. And good morning, america. Boy, a lot of breaking news overnight including that shutout. Were all here. No winner for the powerball. You would know. Altered my plans. Big story breaking out of paris. An attempted terrorist attack on a Police Station. It appears that has been thwarted. A lot more details coming up. Well begin with that other breaking news, those 17 miners trapped overnight in an elevator nearly a thousand feet underground. Emergency crews are desperately trying to rescue them right now and abcs ryan smith is here with the latest. Good morning, ryan. Reporter good morning, robin. Last night 17 miners went down a salt mine as part of their shift and didnt come back. Now a major rescue operation is Emergency Rescuers are on the scene trying to do all they can to get those miners out safely. Th
Donald trump gains an unlikely ally in his effort to question 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. 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. Miners who have been trapped for 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 to help free 17 miners who have been trapped a
The coldest day of the season. We started off at 11 00 degrees this morning. The record is 4 degrees below zero. That was in 1904. High temp, 28 degrees. 10degrees off the mark. Should make it to 38. New york city felt like 4 below zero. 10 below in newburgh. Everybody in the tristate felt like you were starting off with temperatures below zero, when you factored in the wind. Morning lows tomorrow morning, again, we were 11 this morning. Youll be about 22 degrees in new york city. The winds wont be as strong, so its not going to have that kind of drastic wind chill. In the afternoon and evening, youre about 10 degrees warmer tomorrow than you were today. Well talk about the extended forecast, because those numbers are going up, kj. Now to that developing story. Tonight for a missing pregnant woman who hasnt been seen since sunday. Valerie castro was live in bay chester where friends and loved ones are worried for her safety. Reporter christine, just within the last two hours, the nypds
We start out clear, crisp, and chilly. Not a lot of wind throughout the day today. High clouds mix in by noon, about 40. Were into the 40s this afternoon, forecasting a high of 43 degrees. Well talk more about that sevenday forecast and peek into the weekend in a bit. Lets look at the commute with lauren. Good morning. The construction delays on the van wyck expressway southbound by the kew gardens interchange have eased out. Our first minor problem on the roads. Northbound on tonnelle avenue, watch out for a disabled vehicle by carlton avenue. Well look at the gowanus expressway, where things are moving along nicely past the belt merge through industry city. Enjoy that while you can. More weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. Thanks very much. New this morning, police say they found the man who splashed a stranger for chelsea. They found him thanks to a man who reck nieds ognized that attacker. Katherine creag is live where the suspect is being held. So many people shocked to see the v