moment a passenger jet suddenly plunges 20,000 feet. passengers get down. harvey weinstein s brother speaks out claiming he was a victim of his brother s verbal and physical abuse. late july. and just in time. and it is gone! it is a walkoff home run. a dramatic blast gives the l.a. dodgers a commanding lead over the cubs in the national league championship series. today monday, october 16th, 2017. from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on this monday morning. thanks for joining us. nice to have you with us. as we get started on the work week, a lot to get to. we ll start with breaking news in louisiana. an oil rig exploded on a lake near new orleans overnight injuring crew members and leading to fears of a possible leak. nbc s tammy leitner has more on this situation that has been changing. good morning to you. reporter: good morning, m
anthem. does he have a case? all that and the terrifying moment a passenger jet suddenly plunges 20,000 feet. harvey weinstein s brother speaks out, claiming he was a victim of his brother s verbal and physical abuse. late july. and just in time. this is way back and it is gone! it is a walkoff home run. a dramatic blast gives the l.a. dodgers a commanding lead over the cubs in the national league championship series. today, monday, october 16th, 2017. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on this monday morning. thank for joining us. nice to have you with us as we get started on the workweek. a lot to get to. we ll start with this breaking news in louisiana. yeah. an oil rig exploded on a lake near new orleans overnight, injuring crew members and leading to a possible leak. reporter: there is an active search for one person
actions including signing a national emergency declaration on the opioid epidemic. we re going to have a major announcement probably next week on the drug crisis and on the opioid massive problem. and i want to get that absolutely right. this country and frankly the world has a drug problem. nbc s edward lawrence is in d.c. this morning and, edward, what s the latest on this potential emergency declaration and the white house s war on drugs? reporter: frances, i can tell you there is a major announcement by the justice department today related to this. the justice department expected to announce how they are going to fight this opioid crisis in america. now, many advocates are concerned that the president has not done enough in order to fight this war on drugs. the opioid deaths last year increased 21%. the president or a presidential declaration on this would remove certain barriers that helps make it easier to get treatment, for example, medicaid or folks on medic
for years missing young man but a gruesome discovery by law-enforcement. it s really not the outcome anyone was hoping for. at a news conference they brought the heartbreaking news that a body was found and it s clear that it s a homicide. this is a homicide, make no mistake about it. we just do not know how many homicides we are yet to know the answer to that question. late thursday, the question was answered when a man confessed to participating in all four murders. that s according to his attorney, peter lang. his attorney said his client has deep remorse for what he did. in exchange to confessing to all murders, he will be spared the death penalty. i want to you know that we appeared rated over and over again, it goes to say one more time, to the families, that we are strong, we re going to remain strong and we re going to see this investigation to the end. we ll bring each and every one of these lost boys home. they went on to say more bodies have been found in
dropped the temperature 15-degrees. we will have to much what the potential. right now we re keeping a close eye on the storm in the middle burger and that s the only warn storm we have at the moment but we will certainly pass along any others we g. it continues to be another heat advise try day. we think there could not be another heat advisory tomorrow, but another round of thunderstorms. in the district, police chief cathy lanier announcing her retirement today after 26 years2 on the force and nearly tenarly years as top cop. lanier is now taking hertaki expertise to the envelope wheree she will be senior vice-president of security. fox5 s paul wagner life at police headquarters tonight with more on what the chief had to say about moving on. paul, did you expect this todayi reporter: to be honest withth you, yes.you, not today, per se, but in speaking with officers over the last several weeks and seeing her and how she was engaged with orallers and seemed to me and others