Alive. Families like the spiegels. One second to the next second a dramatic change in life. She was the glue that kept our family together. We are hopeful that today will be the day they find our mom. Shes just the most amazing person in the world, and we would do anything to have her back. The death toll from the Building Collapse up to four this morning. Officials caution it may go much, much higher. The big focus right now, Signs Of Life. But a sad truth this morning from the scene with every hour the rubble grows more quiet. We havent really heard anything in a while now. But thats not to say that theres still not people trapped that are alive for different reasons, you know, they might be obviously as time is running out, they might be getting a little more sick or ill. Not as focussed as they were before, but like i said, were going to keep searching. Nick valencia is there on the scene of the tragedy. Theres so much heart break right now, but also a lot of hope among families wh
No word how many could be trapped and what caused the collapse. Here is what the mayor said a short time ago. They were doing roof work on the building at the time. Certainly that doesnt seem like it would be the issue that would have caused it. Some of the residents at the Community Center have complained to me the new building that went up to the south used to shake the building when they were putting the pilings in. We need to look hard at what happened there and find out because buildings just dont fall down like this. We had the dogs out there probably a few hours ago over the collapsed area and were just not getting any hits which is really heartbreaking. Bill its a sound bite that captures the moment for what were trying to understand really beneath the rubble. Dana one thing we do know the building was going under a renovation of some sorts. That might have perhaps contributed to this terrible situation. Bill the authorities have been we see the sirens all night long. At the mo
Filed for initial Unemployment Benefits as the coronavirus slammed the u. S. Economy. A total of 38. 6 Million People have filed since midmarch when lockdowns began all across the country you know if theres any relatively positive news here. Its that firsttime claims have declined for 7 straight weeks. They peaked at 6. 9 million in the final week of march. And while layoffs and furloughs have taken hold of the labor market President Trump is optimistic the economy. Well bounce back nadia romero explains from washington. Its a tale of 2 perspectives economy will recover it will take time clearly the economy is not going to snap back come july jobless claims released thursday showed 2. 4 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week bringing the total nationwide to more than 38 million since midmarch. But the president believes the jobs are only temporarily lost. Thursday touring a ford plant in michigan, heres my mask great. Very much wearing a face mask for parts of his
Question. Spring break canceled. Distancing storm of seriously enough. And making the best of it, people around the world finding ways to entertain themselves, their families and even perform some good deeds for our Furry Friends in whats quickly become our new normal, today, saturday, march 21st, 2020. Announcer from nbc news this is a special edition of today, the coronavirus pandemic, with Peter Alexander, Kristen Welker and dylan dreyer. Welcome to today and thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. Peter and i are joining you once again from our bureau in washington, d. C. And are keeping the appropriate social distance from one another. I got the tape measure out its a strong 6 feet separating us today. We thank you for joining us. A lot of the news youre hearing these days will be overwhelming, we will do you our best to bring you the latest headlines and also some stories that we hope will make you smile. Nice to be here in d. C. Near our families. Thats right, we hope
Alabama. Right, now they are in the super bowl. There is something about, with all due respect to every other professional franchise in the bay area. When the niners are good, there is just a different type of energy. It is just something with the niners and the super bowl, we have got all that history. Lets take you back a little bit to last night at levite stadium. It was really an atmosphere like we have never seen before, or seldom seen before. Packed to the rafters, the fans just rocked into the game, sensing the moment and sensing what was about to happen. Really from the getgo this was all about raheem most are, the man who was cut seven times by four different teams come he said a 49er record, 220 yards, four touchdowns. Jerry riit up, getting the most fired up. It was a lot of fun to watch. As we said, heading to their seventh super bowl, you can see the emotion in tomlinson, one of the acquisitions from the detroit lions. Yeah. Yep, emmanuel sanders. You know, most folks figu