The temperature dropping to 15 degrees. The miners stuck in that shaft just as cold. They huddled together. They did what they could do to keep each other warm and keep each others spirits up. Its very impressive to see how well they managed the situation. Reporter teams above sending down blankets and heat packs. After so many hours a massive crane lowering a basket down to bring the miners up in small groups. Good news for the lucky 17. And the Fire Department says this is one of the toughest rescues theyve ever had. All of the miners are now home. They are okay. But nobody is going back into that salt mine until the problem is fixed. Gio benitez, abc news, lansing, new york. Long ten hours there in lansing, new york. Thanks, gio. The sun made a brief appearance in california before new rounds of rain this weekend. Another powerful storm hit coastal areas yesterday flooding low lying streets and look at that. It came one day after the weeks strongest storm drenched the state and much
Our top story this morning is wall street. Really got off on the wrong foot this year. Were keeping a close eye on the markets overseas at this hour. Its the worst start for the dow since 1896. The worst ever for the brother s p 500. So you can blame the hit to your 401 k on china. Abcs Marci Gonzales has details. Wall street stocks took a nosedive plunging 392 points, officially putting the market into correction territory. This is a weird start to 2016. Reporter it was the worst day for the dow in three months as troubles in chinas economy sent jitters across the pacific. Chinas stock market slipped about 7 thursday after its currency fell to its lowest level against the dollar since march, 2011. Trading in china was automaticallll halted setting off another slump in asian and european stocks. That will probably translate the u. S. Markets. Reporter oilrices plunged along with stock prices hitting their lowest level in 12 years. People are just not buying commodities. That suggests t
It hasnt been a very pretty picture for her or for bill because im the only one willing to talk about his problems. And are you worried that your past could hurt your wifes campaign . I dont have a response. If he wins the republican nomination, well have plenty of time to talk about it. You know, it really is a distinct possibility actually. Just yesterday, Time Magazine put trump on their cover with the headline how trump won. Well, in the meantime, trump is also throwing punches at his closest competitor in the gop race. Were talking about ted cruz. Hes again raising the question of whether the canadian born senator is eligible to hold the Nations Highest Office and now trump is finding an unexpected ally on capitol hill. Abcs tom llamas is on the campaign trail in iowa. Reporter as senator ted cruz drove through iowa today, donald trump tweeted him a helpful message ted, free legal advice, how to preempt democrats on citizen issue. You will win. The senators answer. Thanks, but no
And are you worried that your past could hurt your wifes campaign . I dont have a response. If he wins the republican nomination, well have plenty of time to talk about it. You know, it really is a distinct possibility actually. Just yesterday, Time Magazine put trump on their cover with the headline how trump won. Well, in the meantime, trump is also throwing punches at his closest competitor in the gop race. Were talking about ted cruz. Hes again raising the question of whether the canadian born senator is eligible to hold the Nations Highest Office and now trump is finding an unexpected ally on capitol hill. Abcs tom llamas is on the campaign trail in iowa. Reporter as senator ted cruz drove through iowa today, donald trump tweeted him a helpful message ted, free legal advice, how to preempt democrats on citizen issue. Go to court. You will win. The senators answer. Thanks, but no thanks. Im not going to be taking legal advice any time soon from donald trump. Reporter trump relentle
Stock prices plunged again yesterday nearly 400 points for the dow and the worst ever start to the year for the s p 500. Oil hit its the lowest level in almost 12 years all because of worry about chinas economy and what that means for the entire Global Economy. The Silver Lining is we could take a step back. Its only the beginning of january. Weve got a long way to go. Theres a lot of Economic Data that can help this market. And some of that Economic Data comes later this morning with the december jobs report. Economists expect that to be good news. Showing again that the u. S. Economy is in good shape. The elevator that left 17 miners trapped deep inside a salt mine for ten hours has a history of failures including one this past saturday. Thats according to federal records. And this morning, those miners, theyre all safe. Obviously grateful for the extreme efforts that set them free. Heres abcs gio benitez. Earths surface, a tenhour ordeal. 17 miners in a shift change. The third crew