>> we'll have in 70s and 80s in the forecast, plenty of sunshine, but checking rain in next week. the only problem is south 101 at whipple. i'm tracking that. local news in half an hour. good morning. breaking news. to the rescue. >> pull, pull. >> overnight an arizona man pulled to safety after being trapped in a mine shaft for nearly three days. this morning how he got there, how he's doing, and the quick thinking friend who helped save his life shares the dramatic story. >> just as i pulled up in the truck, i could hear him hollering help, help. breaking overnight, stunning arrest. the former president of usa gymnastics now behind bars. accused of tampering with evidence in the larry nassar sex assault investigation. yet another black eye for the embattled organization.

the very latest is just ahead. final words? the last column written by that missing journalist published in "washington post" overnight. while in turkey investigators uncover new evidence in his possible murder. we're there live. those stories plus from bad to worse, texas set to face another day of downpours adding to the misery of the deadly and historic flooding. >> there's nowhere for water to go. new twist, the fbi joins the desperate search for a wisconsin teen missing since the mysterious murders of her parents. >> we believe jayme was in the home at the time of the homicides and is still in danger. and get in line. lottery fever running high coast to coast with no powerball winner overnight. nearly a billion and a half dollars combined now up for grabs. today thursday, october 18th, 2018.

welcome to "today," everybody. good morning and thank you for being with us. you still have time to buy your ticket. >> i know. these numbers are getting absurd. is it, like -- almost a billion dollars in one drawing alone. >> and a billion and a half if you put them together. >> lump sum, annual, so many questions. we'll get to that, of course, but first, to that breaking news in arizona. the dramatic rescue of a man who fell into a deep mine shaft and became trapped for days. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has that story with a great ending. hey, miguel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it was a tense scene. a risky rescue in western arizona overnight. a man stuck nearly ten stories under ground in a mine shaft for days, finally freed. >> reporter: overnight, a dramatic rescue. >> pull. pull. >> reporter: a man pulled to freedom after being trapped in an arizona mine shaft for nearly three days.

>> nice and easy. >> reporter: the 60-year-old was air lifted to the hospital with leg and knee injuries. according to the friend who found him, riedel has been searching for gold at the mine and if being stuck nearly 100 feet underground wasn't bad enough -- 12k3w4r d >> did he say anything about rattlesnakes at all? >> three of them. >> reporter: crews spent hours trying to reach the man. at one point depending on flashlights as night fell, finally lifting him to safety. >> one, two, three! >> reporter: the mine shaft is located in a remote desert area, 90 miles northwest of phoenix, that he was known to frequently explore. >> amateur miners go on to public lands and some of them look in abandoned mines because that's where minerals used to be and maybe there are some there.

>> reporter: rewards and risk seemingly top of mind for him. >> he called me monday and told me he was coming to the mine, and we always had a deal if he's not back by tuesday -- >> reporter: a neighborly agreement thrust into action. >> just as i pulled up in the truck, i could hear him hollering, help, help. >> reporter: struggling at first to find cell phone reception to alert rescuers, his first did what he could. >> he was sure wanting -- i got coke in my truck. i had a lot of water. i shipped down water and coca-cola to him. >> wow. an amazing rescue. but, miguel, how is he doing? he's in the hospital. we know that. >> reporter: yeah. he had no food and water for three days. he's a little beat up but expected to fully recover. officials say it is a miracle he was found alive. this was a very remote area. a stroke of luck that his friend knew exactly where he was. >> nice to start off with good news. thank you. breaking overnight a shocking new arrest tied to the scandals swirling around usa

gymnastics. nbc senior national correspondent kate snow is on the story. again, kate, this is a biggie. >> reporter: overnight, the u.s. marshal service arresting a former leader of usa gymnastics at his cabin in tennessee. gymnastics accusing him of tampering with evidence in the case of disgraced gymnastics doctor larry nassar. overnight a bomb shell arrest related to the larry nassar sexual abuse case. steven penny, the former president and ceo of usa gymnastics arrested, accused of tampering with evidence. related to the nassar scandal. the district attorney in walker county, texas alleging when penny learned the once famous training camp for olympic gymnasts, was being investigated, he ordered the removal of documents.

according to the district attorney, the investigation revealed the documents were delivered to penny at the usag head quarters in indianapolis, indiana. to date the records have not been recovered and the location of the records is unknown. >> i must respectfully decline to answer your question. >> reporter: on capitol hill in june penny pleaded the fifth refusing to answer questions by lawmakers about his conduct related to nassar's sexual abuse. at least one nassar accuser named penny during her victim pact statement in january at nassar's marathon sentencing hearing in a michigan courtroom. >> steve penny, you are a coward. resigning from your position to give responsibility for someone else to feign the environment for this monster to thrive. >> reporter: nassar is expected to die in prison after his conviction. he's accused of assaulting hundreds more. after more than a decade at the helm of usag, penny resigned last year under pressure, saying his decision was to support the organization's best interest. >> he told me don't tell anything to anybody. >> reporter: savannah spoke to some of the biggest stars in

april who said penny told them to stay silent. >> he would say to them to stay quiet. >> reporter: the karolyis provided almost an identical account. >> he was saying we not talking about this. >> reporter: he said to you don't talk about it? >> absolutely, yeah. >> reporter: at the time penny told nbc news his intention was to protect the privacy of those involved and he didn't intend to discourage anyone from speaking to authorities. the karolyis told savannah no one ever raised concerns with them about nassar. >> never, ever one single complaint. >> not grumbling? >> absolutely nothing. >> reporter: now penny, the former president, is accused of trying to cover something up by removing documents from their ranch, and it's the latest in a string of black eyes for usag. the organization had gone through three leaders since last year.

mary bono resigning earlier this week after criticism from stars ali raisman and simone biles. usag said it's committed to a safe and inclusive environment. steve penny is awaiting extradition to texas. if convicted, he faces between two and ten years in prison. in a statement this morning, penny says he's confident when all of the facts are known it will be shown that he did nothing criminal. the u.s. olympic committee meantime said they will continue to cooperate with investigators. we reached the karolyis overnight, guys. they had no comment. >> it's a really huge development in this. continue to watch it for us, kate. we have a lot more to get to including new developments in the murder of the "washington post" journalist. the paper publishing the last column he wrote before disappearing. bill neely is in istanbul with the latest. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. the hunt for answers intensified

here overnight with more searches at saudi buildings and pressure mounting for an early official report into what happened to that missing journalist. growing pressure on the president, too, and "the washington post" publishing what may be a voice from the grave. turkish forensic teams removing boxes of evidence from the saudi consulate, searching the home of the top saudi diplomat here using ultraviolet light to detect bloodstains, trying to discover if jamal khashoggi's body was here. "the washington post" publishing his final column filed just before he disappeared. arab governments, he wrote, have been given free reign to continue silences the media. the post critical of any investigation that he died

during the interrogation. >> if that means that a "washington post" writer was tortured to death is still unconscionable and shouldn't be brushed under the rug. >> reporter: president trump criticized for defending saudi rulers of murder. >> i'm not given cover. >> reporter: refusing to abandon the saudis as allies. >> i don't want to do that. i don't want to do that. >> reporter: evidence is growing that among these men identified by turkey as a saudi hit squad, royal body guards. turkish officials provided nbc news with passport scansch seven of them. "the new york times" identifying one as a close aide to saudi arabia's powerful crown prince. this close at his side, on visits to the u.s. and europe. the "times" says three other suspects are also linked to the prince. >> what we can count on is the saudis are not going to be effective in investigating themselves. >> reporter: pressure is growing looking for straight answers from the saudis.

>> i think mr. khashoggi is dead. i don't think the aliens abducted him. i don't think he fell through a hole in the space time continuum. i think he's dead. >> reporter: turkey has still not released the audio recording it says proves khashoggi was killed at the consulate. it has been searched by police twice now. >> bill, the secretary of state mike pompeo is now back in washington after being in saudi arabia and turkey. what effect did that visit have, if any? >> reporter: well, he will be briefing president trump at the white house this morning. remember, savannah, he said that he didn't talk to the saudi rulers about the facts of the case. and they didn't either. also he didn't talk and hasn't listened to that audio tape. so we can only assume, and this is part of the readout, that he talked to the saudis about how to handle their response. now, he's under fire from that. the president under fire too. they are both saying let's wait

for the facts of that final report and then we will make a judgment. >> all right. bill neely for us. thank you. we turn to craig with another story. good morning. >> good morning to you. the flood emergency in texas is about to get worse. nearly two dozen counties are under siege by rising water from days of heavy rain and even more is expected today. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in austin with that story, gabe, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. this is the swollen colorado river. to relieve pressure on a dam near here authorities plan to open a record number of flood gates later today. for some communities, it has already been a historic flood. this morning with more rain expected in central texas, rivers are rising and the flood waters are devastating. >> we really are not sure if this disaster has fully unfolded. >> reporter: northwest of austin emergency rescue teams out in force. one person crawling out of an window onto one of the rescue boats.

in travis county a sheriff's deputy had to be plucked from the top of his suv after being trapped in the rushing water. at least two people have died. >> i lost everything here on the bottom and everything here. >> reporter: this woman has lived in kingsland, texas, for three decades. she never imagined the llano river would flood to her home. >> it's tough, and then i have no flood insurance here. i never in a million years would have thought this was going to come in my home. >> reporter: officials say more water has fallen into lake travis than the city of austin usually gets in four years. the flood waters rose up to 12 feet. this man used a boat to save some furniture from his second floor. others were too late. one man posting for help on social media. our boat dock is loose on lake travis. later a drone spotted it miles away. >> this is just totally unbelievable. watching $80,000 boats cascading

down the river. i've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: there are flash flood watches in several more counties try tonight with more rain on the way. the major concern here is the ground is so saturated, guys. >> incredible images there in texas. thank you. >> thank you, gabe. if you thought lotto fever was big earlier in the week, it's about to explode. sheinelle has more. >> i come bringing you good news. would you like some? >> yes. >> there are two huge chances to win an unimaginable amount of money. with no winner overnight, the powerball jackpot now stands at $500 million. tomorrow mega millions drawing, nearly $1 billion up for grabs. >> get ready, everybody. this is powerball. >> reporter: if you've been playing the lottery, you can keep on dreaming. that's because there was no

winner overnight in the massive $378 million power ball drawing. >> your power ball number tonight is 15. >> reporter: you'll be able to try again on saturday when it will be worth an estimated 430 million bucks. lottery lovers won't have to wait that long. they'll have a crack at an even bigger payday tomorrow night. the mega millions is worth a mind boggling $900 million. that's the second largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. with long lines and even longer odds, plenty of folks are hoping for a chance to cash in and live out their wildest dreams. >> i would travel. i would quit my job and travel. >> buy a house. probably still work but work for myself. >> i'd take care of my family and then spend the rest on whatever i want. but it will take a pretty big miracle. the odds of winning are about 1 in 300 million. you'll have a better chance of winning an olympic gold medal. sinking two holes of one in your next round of golf or getting

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houston hits one deep right. the ball appears to go into the stands, and it bounced back on to the field. astros thought they had a two-run home run, but the umpires took a close look and ruled an astros fan had interfered when he reached out. altuve was called out. bottom of the ninth now houston down by two. bases loaded. alex redman, line drive to left field. >> wow. >> incredible diving catch. boston wins it 8-6. national league the dodgers one win away from the world series after a 5-2 win over the milwaukee brewers. game six of that series is back in milwaukee tomorrow night. >> that fan out there, my gosh. >> yeah. mr. roker is here with a check of the weather. hey, al. >> hey, guys. good morning. thank you for getting your first weather from us as we're talking act the flooding. 5 million folks at risk for

flash flooding. we've seen so much water. lake travis, it's captured more water than the city of austin uses in about four years. we're going to be watching more rain continuing today and on into tomorrow. periods of showers. the rain could be heavy at times. a front will be dipping down by friday. and that's going to bring more rain and then finally drying out. but in the meantime, by saturday, we are looking at anywhere from 1 to 3 more inches which isn't a lot. but as gabe mentioned because the ground is so saturated, the flooding risk is real and we have isolated amounts possible of 4 inches or more. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. ♪ ♪ i'm going to be your substitute teacher. don't assume the substitute teacher has nothing to offer... same goes for a neighborhood. don't forget that friendships last longer than any broadway run. mr. president. (laughing) don't settle for your first draft. or your 10th draft. ♪ ♪ you get to create the room where it happens. ♪ ♪ just don't think you have to do it alone.

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the concern is it could cause an adjacent 12-inch line to rupture and explode. they have isolated that line and is in the process of purging it with nitrogen. this no longer believe the pipeline is at risk of exploding, but police and fire wants that fire out before letting people home. it could be hours before that purge is complete. reporting live here in pittsburg, bob redell, nbc bay area news. right now -- offshore winds are kind of nonexistent as they're being dominated. as we head into the afternoon, but also bringing a good marine layer. check out this nice shot uses our weather underground cameras. it's a little cloudy in san francisco, and our temperature trend into the afternoon does show a nice climb from the 40s

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>> yes. >> voice might change a little. >> more on that in a bit. headlines, breaking overnight an arizona man trapped at the bottom of a mine shaft since monday has been rescued. crews spent about five hours wednesday night working to free the 60-year-old trapped about 100 feet down. he was found by a neighbor. that neighbor became worried after waddell didn't return from the mine where he been searching for gold. the man is being treated for nonlife threatening the injuries. rod rosenstein is defending the russia investigation which he supervises. he said the probe which is being led by mueller is, quote, appropriate and independent. the comments are in contrast to the views of the president who has frequently called the investigation a hoax and a witch hunt. rosenstein said people are entitled to be frustrated by the pace, but the cases we brought are warranted by evidence. now, moving on to some super cool videos in more ways than one.

take a look at this wakeboarder. whose playground happens to be the icebergs of greenland. it's one of the harshest and coldest places on earth. water temperatures there hover around 32 degrees. he says he's trying to test new boundaries in the sport. he says the water is painful but not because of the cold but because of the pieces of needle-like ice floating on the surface. okay. that's a daredevil right there. >> it's beautiful. meanwhile, in wisconsin this morning, police there are now following some new tips that they hope will lead them to that 13-year-old missing girl. she's been missing since her parents were found murdered in the family home. nbc's ron mott has the latest in the investigation. ron, good morning. >> reporter: this is day three in the search for 13-year-old jayme closs. despite the fact that there are leads, there's no sign of her. now that the auch autopsies are

in detailing how her parents died there is added urgency to find the missing teen. this morning new details in the mystery of missing wisconsin teenager, jayme closs. >> her parents died from gunshot wounds. >> reporter: the medical examiner ruling her parent's deaths a homicide. >> based on our investigation, we believe jayme was in the home at the time of the homicides and is still in danger. >> reporter: 200 lawmaker officers including the fbi are now involved in the around-the-clock search for the 13-year-old. the crime shocking the small town. >> it's hard to believe that it actually happened and we don't know all the details, but i think a lot of people are hurting. >> reporter: tuesday night a vigil held for james and denise closs. ribbons were handed out, blue which is jayme's favorite color and green for missing child awareness. >> i think being able to come together as family and friends and being able to pray together and just feel like maybe those prayers are helping in some way. >> i don't know how else to put it. we're all in shock. >> reporter: the deaths and disappearance happening in the hometown of a contestant on "the voice". he says residents here are

anxious to lend a helping hand. >> if there's something this community can do, you'll see almost everyone in this town do everything they can to help. >> reporter: as of now, police say there have been no credible sightings. the family is shocked something like this happened in such a tight community. >> you see it on tv or read about it, but it doesn't happen to you down here. all of a sudden when it happens, it's so close. it really hurts. >> reporter: a close community holding out hope for jayme's safe return. >> so, ron, the 9-1-1 call made from the home that originally led police to the scene, do we know any more about who made the call? >> reporter: we do not know, craig. in fact, all the sheriff is saying it was a cell phone that made that 911 call. in the meantime, the sheriff held a closed-door q & a session with members of the community. some perhaps wondering whether their own safety has been compromised. >> ron, thank you.

time to switch gears and talk to mr. roker. >> all right. a brisk walk out the door this morning. you aren't alone. if you're in the northeast into the midwest, 60 million folks affected from new england all the way into missouri for freeze watches, frost advisories and freeze warnings. windchills, feels like 26 in syracuse. 31 in boston. 35 new york city. pittsburgh feels like 29 degrees. big dome of high pressure staying to the east keeping temperatures cool. so, it will be 14 degrees below average in buffalo at 46. little rock about 74. norfolk into the mid 70s. tomorrow temperatures start to moderate a little bit. as we head into the weekend, we have a big chill going on. saturday 44 in green bay. knoxville in the mid 50s on saturday. mid 50s in d.c. that's what's going on around the country. here cool thursday morning with some cloud cover. your temperature trend in the afternoon will be trending into the up ever 60s.

around 12:00, we'll be hitting some 70s in the forecast, south bay only topping out low 80s, but inland spots will climb nicely into warmer weather. this sunshine will be around not just through today. be careful with the swells out there, and tall waves across the coast. and that's your latest weather. >> all right. thank you, al. still ahead, royal mania in melbourne. getting the rock star treatment in australia overnight. we're live from the newest stop on the tour. think you could go an entire month without social media? teenagers encouraging all of us to plug into what really matters. also ahead the dude, 20 years later. how did the b"the big lebowski" from dud to cult classic. the cast is reunited to find out? first, a rare look inside a once-in-five hundred year storm

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this morning on in depth today. after what happened in the last election, is facebook really ready for the midterms? >> it's a key question with 19 days to ago and the social media giant is in overdrive trying to crack down on the spread of false information. jo ling kent got a first look. >> reporter: we got a first look at the war room at facebook. it's the nerve center for their operations to counteract any aggressive attempts to influence your vote. is it enough with election day right around the corner? this morning face on offense after facing fallout from hacking scandals. many users what can be trusted in our feeds. ahead of the midterm elections, just 19 days away. >> welcome to the war room. >> reporter: thank you. now launching a new war room to

strike back. we went behind closed doors to see how it works. the goal, prevent another 2016 when russia-linked accounts spread misinformation to millions of facebook users. inside the war room, two dozen teams from security to instagram representing 20,000 facebook employees. soon to be working 24/7 to track suspicious behavior. how much pressure do you feel? >> we feel a profound sense of responsibility, and we take this work really seriously. >> reporter: facebook is running drills to prepare for the worse. misinformation attacks, attempting to sway your vote, or suppress voter turnout. >> we're monitoring the amount of political content in the u.s. that might be of foreign origin. one of our dashboards monitors that and sets off an alarm if we see a spike in that type of activity. >> reporter: it's a direct response after dealing with bad headlines. 87 million users' data

improperly shared with cambridge analytica back in march putting mark zuckerberg in the hot seat on capitol hill. this summer facebook disclosed it blocked 1.3 billion fake accounts and last month 30 million accounts hacked allowing people to impersonate now. >> how confident are you an american voter will be safe from disinformation on election day? >> our goal is to make sure that the public debate around the election is authentic. that's our priority. >> nothing has changed in that area. >> reporter: critics like a recently departed facebook security officer told us exclusively social media companies are not doing enough. >> there's been small improvements in campaign security, but we've not seen the kind of massive upgrade you would need to stand against a professional hacking agency like that. >> reporter: facebook also wants

a user like you at home to flag anything that looks suspicious directly to them. what you can do is when you see a facebook post like this, for example, you click on these three dots, and the top right corner of a post, and then it says give feedback on this post. you click on that, and then it brings up all of these different ways to report hate speech, spam, incorrect voting information, and so facebook is telling me it will be able to process your complaint within two and a half hours and guys, to some, that sounds pretty fast, but others are concerned it's just not quick enough for what's expected to be a very tight election. >> especially when you're looking at incorrect voting information. >> yeah. >> thank you. up next, the end of an era on sesame street. the man who has played big bird for 50 years is set to repair.

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streets. sesame street. >> the man behind two of the most iconic characters in pop culture history is retiring. jenna, this story is close to your heart. >> yes. i love him. don't worry, big bird and oscar the grouch aren't going anywhere, but caroll spinney is stepping aside leaving behind an incredible legacy. ♪ ♪ can you tell me how to get to sesame street ♪ >> reporter: for nearly 50 years kids have tuned into sesame street to laugh and learn with big bird. since the show's premier in 1969 the beloved giant has been played by caroll spinney. but on wednesday 84-year-old spinney announced he's retiring saying the physical requirements of the job had become difficult in recent years. he credited the iconic character with helping him find his purpose. i had the chance to meet spinney

in 2015. how much of big bird is you in. >> i was a kid who wanted to do the right thing, so i -- that's why big bird is always trying to be a good kid. he happens to be a kid that's a bird, 8'2". >> reporter: big bird and oscar the grouch also voiced by spinney will remain on sesame street with people he mentored stepping into the rolls. but there's no denying the legacy spinney has created. big bird has a star on the hollywood walk of fame. spinney has received awards including a lifetime achievement emmy. he even met his wife of 45 years, deborah, on the sesame street set. >> i saw a puppet show when i was a little boy. i thought that was great. >> reporter: his life and career were documented in the 2014 film "i am big bird".

>> reporter: can you choose who you like to play more? >> well, oscar is kind of cool. it's fun to play somebody very different than one's self. on the other hand, big bird is my kid. in some ways i love him best. >> reporter: when you think about life without big bird -- >> i think it wouldn't be quite as exciting. he's another world. and lives another life than i do. and yet, it's part of my life. i'm lucky. >> awe. >> an incredible man. he said big bird has opened up a whole life. i may have looked a little different. i was pregnant with poppy at the time, and he's an artist who -- he gifted me this -- that's just me making out with him. and kissing a bird is really fun. he gifted me that painting of big bird. it's in poppy's baby book. i got home too late last night. it's before big bird. >> it's for a good reason. >> we grew up with big bird and

no matter what generation you're from, he was your big bird. >> he was everyone at this table's big bird. >> and our children. >> can i tell you something? we are going to go to sesame street with our kids on monday. >> fun. >> when i was there, i interviewed him on sesame street and brought mila. it's really cool. >> it's in queens. >> you're going to have a great time. >> we can't wait. bring the kids. >> still to come, offline october. the kids leading the charge to get all of us to unplug from social media for an entire month. also coming up from the >>hi.i just wanted to tell you that chevy won a j.d.power dependability award for its midsize car-the chevy malibu. i forgot. chevy also won a j.d. power dependability award for its light-duty truck the chevy silverado. oh, and since the chevy equinox and traverse also won chevy is the only brand to earn the j.d. power dependability award

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by about 1:00, 75 degrees, temperatures remaining in the upper 70s through the south bay, but as we head further into the interior valleys, some spots will be climbing boo the mid 80s, including livermore, concord, even morgan hill. a nice evening with some low clouds into the overnight hours. showing the backup, that's what we're focusing on nbc touch for 101 and 87. the west of the bade is moving well. the east shore freeway really packed it in. back to you. breaking and happening now, about an hour ago, authorities gave an update on the underground fire that triggered 4,000 evacuations. that fire is still burning in a gas line operated by chevron.

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coming up, to the rescue. overnight a man trapped 100 feet down an arizona mine shaft for nearly three days has been freed. the friend who reported him missing now speaking out as we learn more about his condition. >> as i pulled up in the truck, i could hear him hollering help, help. plus offline october. a group of teens encouraging their friends to unplug from all social media accounts for a total month. >> it gave me the opportunity to look three inches up from my phone and see a new world of people i love and haven't talked to in a while.

>> the surprising number of students taking the pledge and how the challenge has gone worldwide. and the dude still abides. the cast of "the big lebowski" looks back at the film 20 years later. why the film is still a cult classic. today, thursday, october 18th, 2018,. >> senior trip from oklahoma. >> hi to our friends and family in salem, oregon. >> shoutout to my son, aiden in reno, nevada. >> it's my dad's birthday. what's up, dallas. ♪ >> today is my mom's 80th

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hospital with leg and knee injuries. according to the friend who found him, he had been searching for gold at the mine when he made the nasty spill down the hole. crews spent hours desperately trying to reach him. after nightfall, finally lifting him to safety. this all happened about 90 miles northwest of phoenix. a remote area. he had fortunately told a friend he would be visiting. that friend who was worried when he didn't return home finally found him and alerted authorities. while his injuries are serious, the man should make a full recovery. >> thank god he talked to that friend. miguel, thank you. more heavy rain is expected today in central texas where 18 counties are under a state of emergency now. record flooding has already hit some communities very hard. at least two people have passed away. and today more flood gates are being opened along the swollen colorado river with hopes to relieve pressure on a dam there. rescue teams near austin are using boats to reach people trapped in their homes and cars. and new flash flood watches are

in effect for tonight. we have an important health alert this morning. more than 90 people have become sick across 29 states from salmonella in raw chicken. the centers for disease control says 21 of the people had to be admitted to hospitals. it has been found in live chickens and in raw chicken products as well. however, at this point no common supplier has been discovered. the strain of bacteria involved is also resistant to maintain antibiotics. health officials say prevent it with good hand washing and by cooking the chicken thoroughly. all right. we have our news covered. a morning boost. here we go. avocados have never been more popular. guacamole, avocado toast, and now the avocado is inspiring young people to greatness. ♪ i'm an avocado i'm an avocado ♪ >> no need to ask her what she wants to be for halloween.

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mine tastes like broccoli, yuck! i want candy! welcome back to today's talker. for most parents, getting teenagers off these things, these little tiny devices, impossible challenge. >> it's true, but a group of high schoolers in colorado came up with an idea to do exactly that. did it all on their own. joe friar joins us from littleton. >> good morning. now is known as offline october. hundreds of students taken a pledge to stay away from social media the entire month.

the goal disconnecting from phones and connecting with people. >> if this charming denver suburb seems a little bit louder lately, there's good reason. kids here are messaging less and talking more. >> it's awesome because it gives me an opportunity to look up from my phone and see a whole new world of the people i love and haven't talked to in a while. >> four seniors at heritage high school in littleton helped organize the challenge for the second year in a row. >> we did some research and found that social media is a big contributor to depression, anxiety, and many mental health issues. >> one of their goals is to raise awareness about suicide prevention after coping with several suicide in their community in recent years. >> we don't know the problem or how to change or fix it. we're just taking baby step >> you're worried social media can play some role. >> the pressures of comparison, if you're missing out, loneliness comes from social media. >> a study found teens spend

nine hours a day using media and this year the research center reported that 45% of teens say their online almost constantly. the most popular platforms youtube, instagram and snapchat. yet 24% of teens admit social media has a mostly negative effects. and for some, bullying is the main reason why in littleton the goal is to spark for face-to-face interactions like last night's trip to haunted house. planned community events like this throughout the month. >> it's going great so far. i've been making connections with friends and hanging out and going ifishes. >> in addition to offline october, nationwide is spirit day with many wearing purple toll combat bullying against lgbtq youth. they are four times more likely to attempt suicide their straight peers. meanwhile, back in littleton,

hope their pledge lasts well beyond the month. >> come november 1, kids who took the pledge will be able to go back on the phone and look at instagram and snapchat. what do you hope changes >> i hope they gained a new perspective on social media so they're not on it as much they were before. >> this has now become a worldwide thing. 1100 students from 150 different schools have signed up to take the pledge. and guys, they hope this becomes a tradition every october. back to you. >> it's a great idea. >> such a boost. >> thank you. that was terrific. >> if you didn't give up social media, there is something fun going orlando, carson is in the orange room with that. >> all over it. thanks. the post recently about embarrassing epiphanies sparked a discussion. what's the most mundane, but thunderous epiphany you've ever had. something so ridiculously dull or elementary bull you'd over

when you figured it out. >> delayed with realizations. i thought wheel of fortune host name was patsy name was patsy jack until i was 19. my roommate at the time informed me it's not. todd said i thought arson was a guy. the news would say arsonist suspected. i would be like another one? they got to get this one. another posted i thought money laundering was physically washing your money and hanging it to dry. this says every map of the u.s. led me to believe alaska was right next to hawaii. the no drinking while driving only applies to some beverages. the eight-year-old me did not need to tell my dad not to drive while drinking orange juice. it made for entertaining reading. i have one. it's not that deep. the longest time, i thought it

was a wheel barrel. like, in a construction site. it's not. it's barorow. >> i used to think it was tommy the who. >> i mispronounce things every day. henry is always like is that how you say buddon? button. it's an accent. >> it's a drawl. >> pop start? >> i have pop start. special pop start today. meghan and harry, day three of their royal tour. keir simmons has details on their latest stop. come in. >> reporter: i like it. the royal couple heading to a new city today. take a look at this front page. queen of hugs. meghan is taking this country by storm.

on today's royal australian walk about, one fan overwhelmed to meet harry. the duke and duchess stopping to play with 5 1/2 month hair yet. joking around harry apparently remarking that ha remarking that hair yrrie harri great name. that soon got people talking about what their baby will be called, victoria, albert, arthur or alice are some of the current favorites. the baby bump showing in this stunning dress. paired with a trench coat. perhaps not beach wear and not really the right outfit for football, but meghan using today to encourage young women to play sports. harry getting involved too. though that ball may look familiar, here they play a game called australian rules football. another game with toy cars would be great on a bucking ham palace table, harry joked.

meghan less enthusiastic. by now the talk of the day, those potential baby names on a tram ride they were asked again. we've been given a long list, meghan told them. we're going to sit down and take a look at them. i'm having trouble reading this morning. the front page, of course, says queen of hugs. you heard in the piece australian rules football. you guys have football which the rest of the world calls american football. the rest of the world calls football what you says call soccer and here they have australian rules football where you throw the ball and kick the ball. i hope that's straightened out. >> no. >> we're going to need a pie chart of some sort. a graph. >> thank you very much. appreciate that. other royal news, the lion king. the film has an all star cast. in a new photo we get a glimpse of the team at work.

rogen, donald glover, rogen and iker in are going to play pumba and timone. we'll have to wait a little while. the movie doesn't come out until july of 2019. >> let's check your weather. see what we have going on. oh, look. here at best buy we have this fantastic samsung. it's available and mounted on the wall, it's fantastic. johnny, tell them what they've won. 5 million folks under a flash flood watch. and in fact, lake travis where we've been watching closely, it's expected to rise five to ten feet by friday. highest level in 21 years. flooding a risk. we're looking at anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of rain. isolated totals up. with all that rain, temperatures have been suppressed as well. unseasonably cool throughout

texas. austin only 59 today. dallas at 62. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> another cool start across the bay area. we've got a couple clouds out there, especially along the coastline. if you're going to be inching anywhere near sant a rosa, expet patchy fog early. that will clear out into the afternoon. a quick check of your temperature trend. 60s in the forecast until 11:00 a.m., then a decrease in cloud cover and increase in sunshine with temperatures climbing into the upper 70s and even some 80s in through the interior valleys for a high of about 85 in conco concord. now to a very special cast reunion. "the big lebowski" hit theaters 20 years ago. over time it secured its place in pop culture history. harry smith got to sit down with

the cast of the movie. >> who better to do this? >> nobody. >> the dude abides. right? some people say it's the greatest cult film of all time. imagine the opportunity to sit down with these three big stars, the greatest bowling team ever assembled. john goodman, jeff bridges in los angeles. check these guys out. when the b"the big lebowski" hi movie screens 20 years ago, few critics liked it. it was disjointed. was it really a comedy? here was a movie about a bowling team. part screw ball comedy, and political allegory with the occasional nod to anihilism. and cannabis. when you first read the script, what did you think? >> i thought it was hysterical. >> laugh out loud funny. >> there are rules.

>> reporter: the brothers wrote dialogue. the actors embraced it. >> we had a rehearsals. we did improve to get the life of the season, but when it got down to shooting, i -- did i get the man in the right place? you know? did i have another f-bomb? >> i loved it. i thought it was really kind of, like wild and weird and funny. but i have to say when i was reading the part of donny, i kind of didn't get it. >> i am a walrus. >> shut the [ bleep ] up, donny. >> i felt bad for the guy. i felt sad. i thought why was walter bully him all the time. and then my favorite scene is when the ashes -- when you're throwing the ashes. >> theodore, donald, he loved to serve. >> you could do it. >> i could. >> barely remember my name now. >> good night, sweet prince.

>> the casting was perfect. >> reporter: david huddle ston has the other lebowski. julianne moore. >> i might have introduced them for all i know. >> reporter: sam elliot. >> all the guys remember the day tutoro showed up and licked the ball. >> why does that look so obscene? >> yeah. >> reporter: "the big lebowski" was a box office dud. a total failure. yet through home relktntals and cable, a cult was born with the dude as the dalai lama. >> i was sitting next to a accident master at a dinner

party. he leans over to me and says you realize in many buddhist circles, the dude is considered a zen master. i said what in the f-bomb are you talking about? he said yeah? well, the dude abides. that's buddha-like there, but shut the [ bleep ] up donny. that was something he -- you know what i mean? >> reporter: buddhist riddles create entitlement. >> or that's just your opinion, man. that goes a long way. >> reporter: jeff bridges who rarely travels without a camera showed some of his lebowski photos with us. >> i have a photo of you. i don't know what you were doing. cooling your face on the hand thing. >> yeah. >> jeff shot -- he had a great camera that has a 180 degree. he shot really great photographs. >> reporter: was it fun to do? >> oh, yeah. oh, man. >> it was great.

you got this dialogue that you're sitting on top of the world. and the camaraderie with everyone. >> it really tied the room together. >> this was a valued -- >> together? >> my rug. >> reporter: does it seem like 20 years? >> it does and it doesn't. it's strange. there's a whole generation now that's grown up with this stuff. kids in college. they are seeing it for the first time. >> a new generation will someday learn to understand one of life's most profound truths. >> the dude abides. >> reporter: thank you for taking the time to do that. >> thank you for bringing us all back together. >> we got together at the smoke house, an old famous hollywood place across from the warren ere brothers lot. we finished. they went on forever. they sat and ate dinner and i think they probably closed the place. we're packing up an hour and a half later. they're in there yakking away.

they really love the experience they shared. >> i was asking you how much of that was improv? >> not one second. it was all on the page. all on the page. >> wow. >> i love a white russian. >> well, yeah, yes. that's right. it wouldn't be complete without a cheers. >> the dude abides. >> the dude abides, and all of us. right? >> thank you, harry. by the way, the special edition anniversary edition. >> it's out now. i think universal probably produced that. >> well, i don't know. >> i think so. >> head to today.com and our youtube channel for the full interview. >> that's just your opinion, man. >> i love it. >> i love lebowski. i love that movie. still ahead, we're take "the voice" coaches bowling. first, your local news.i )m ...

our breaking news - still no timetable .. on when evacuees will be able to a very good morning to you. it's 8:26. still no timetable on when evacuees will be able to return to their home in bay point. an underground fire triggered 4,000 evacuations last night. that fire is still burning in a vault housing a gas pine line operated by chef roevron. it started from a grass fire that spread into the vault and it triggered evacuations over a half mile radius. a lot of evacuees spent night in their cars in a lot at the pittsburg bay point bart station. firefighters say they're letting the fire burn itself out before they enter the vault to assess the situation. keeping tabs on that.

keeping tabs on the morning commute. here's mike. >> a lot of those evacuees are cleared from that bart station now, over at loss mandonos college if they still need shelter. you may find traffic control through the area right around willow pass, about point set ta. the earlier crash and backup 101 cleared now. a much better drive traveling north past trimbull. still slow coming off 85 at the split there. the peninsula looks good. slower drive across the san mateo bridge. our low clouds cover in the area and some foggier conditions as you hit the hills over on the peninsula. back to you. >> thank you very much. another local news update in half an hour.

it is 8:30 on a chilly thursday morning here on the plaza. but despite the temperature we have a fantastic crowd kicking off the day with us. this is a good-looking crowd. >> in fact, you have a crowd moment. >> yeah. we'll do the crowd moment. >> ready? crowd moment? >> ready. >> where is it? >> craig has got it. ellie from minnesota. hey. ellie from minnesota. hey, ellie from minnesota. how are you? >> good. >> where are you from? what part of minnesota? >> dodge county. >> all right. how old are you?

>> 11. >> you missing school today? >> no. >> okay. we always have to ask. >> i understand you brought something special for one of my friends and colleagues named hoda. >> yeah. >> what did you bring? >> i brought a hat for haley joy. >> did you make that? >> my grandma made it. >> that's so cool. her grandma made a hat for haley. >> are you kidding? wait a minute. what's your grandma's name? >> kathy. >> is she here? >> grandma kathy, thank you so much. i can't wait to put this on haley's head. that's so sweet. >> i know. >> and she's adopted also. >> i love you, honey. >> that's another connection. >> that's awesome. >> that's so cool. >> oh, my god. thank you. >> by the way, it's an awesome hat. >> look at it. super cute.

>> thanks, grandma. coming up skip the scale. the woman behind the undiet is here to change about how we think about food. and a new approach to treating breast cancer that could mean certain women may be able to avoid chemo therapy. >> we'll talk to an expert about it. also a special visit with our buddies from "the voice". how competitive are they? we'll show you what happened when we took them all bowling. >> first a check on the weather. >> let's look at the weekend outlook as we start off with tomorrow. flood threat continues down through texas. we've got santa ana winds in southern california. sunshine along the east coast. saturday we've got lake effect snow developing along the great lakes. wet weather through the gulf into the mid atlantic states. sunday drying out in texas. cold weather continues around the great lakes into the northeast with lake effect snows in the eastern lakes. plenty of sunshine in the

pacific northwest. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> another cool start across the bay area. we've got a couple of clouds, especially along the coastline. if you're going to be inching anywhere around santa rosa, expect patchy fog early on. that will clear out into the afternoon. a quick check of your temperature friend. 60s will remain in the forecost until 11:00 a.m. then a decrease in that cloud cover and an increase in sunshine with temperatures climbing into those upper 70s and even some 80s in through the interior valleys for a high of about 85 degrees in concord. you can always take us with you once you leave home. just check out the today sirius xm app. now to pink power. our special series in honor of breast cancer awareness month. >> this morning the latest breakthroughs being used to

fight the disease. one approach could replace one of the most proven weapons against cancer. kate snow is back with that. good morning. >> good morning. cancer and chemotherapy. we're used to that treatment following that diagnosis. but what if chemo is not always the right choice. at the cutting edge of cancer treatment, there's new approaches that in some cases could change whether chemo is used at all. >> it's a discovery no woman wants to make. >> there's no doubt about what this is. this is a lump. >> katherine found a lump in her left breast in 2017. breast cancer had taken her mother at 42. she inherited a rare mutation. she had her own bleak diagnosis, a deadly form of the disease. but as scary as it was, it helped her get into an innovative clinical trial in houston. >> i was banking on being a unicorn, that i had all these incredibly rare factors all at

the same time. turns out i did. >> reporter: doctor jennifer litten ran the trial. she said the precise nature of a woman's breast cancer can guide treatment. >> is chemo becoming a thing of the past? >> i don't think it's a thing of the past for some types but we've made tons of advances in the last few years to take advantage of biology of different types of breast cancer where we can use nonchemo, targeted therapies, and get very similar if not better results with less to xic. >> reporter: there's a daily pill that targets an enzyme in cancer cells and causes them to die. the hope was it woulding at the her brca mutation and shrink the tumor. >> she took six months of that pill, and at the time of surgery there was no cancer left. >> reporter: that's incredible. and she wasn't the only one.

>> we found that a pill once a day compared to standard chemotherapy did better. >> reporter: the quality of life. >> the quality of life was better compared to patients on standard chemotherapy. >> reporter: katherine had a double mastectomy and to be sure had chemotherapy. now she can compare the chemo experience to the pills. >> the difference between the inhibitor and regular chemo was drastic, because during the inhibitor, i felt pretty good. fatigued but good. during chemo, it felt like a big accomplishment to get out of the house and walk around the block. >> reporter: dr. litten is working on a number of trials using medicine targeted at the biology of a woman's cancer. heather beat breast cancer once four years ago, but it came back this year because her particular cancer is one of the hardest types to treat. she's part of a different trial

looking at combining chemo with immu immunetherapy. a bay of using the body's own immune system to fight cancer. >> not only to activate the immune system and kill the tumor cells. it's also stopping one of the ways that the immune system gets shut down by the tumors. >> reporter: when we spoke with heather, she had just begun the treatment. already it's showing promising results. >> i noticed it the other day, that this was very pronounced. this lump on my right side here. >> reporter: i don't see a lump. >> yeah. it's right here. when i saw dr. litten this morning, she walked in and her first reaction was it's smaller. >> reporter: a tangible sign that heather is hanging onto as she continues the experimental treatment. >> if i'm going down, i'm going down in a blaze of glory. i'll try whatever it is. >> reporter: trying whatever is best for each individual patient

is what cancer specialists are increasingly doing. >> can you see a day when breast cancer is no longer a threat in our lifetime? >> i'm hoping that we're going to cure more people up front and for those patients that we can't cure, we treat them like a chronic disease like hiv. >> reporter: a disease they can live with. >> yes. >> reporter: that would be an incredible thing. it's what so many cancer specialists are working toward. they want the treatment for breast cancer to be more livable. imagine getting that diagnosis and not automatically having to be nauseous and lose your hair and all the things that come with chemotherapy. >> exactly. thank you, kate. let's bring in a medical oncologist. good morning. >> good morning. >> i think a lot of people who have breast cancer think i have to get chemotherapy, and chemotherapy doesn't only attack the cancer. it attacks everything else in your body. if you are thinking i wonder if this kind of therapy is right for me, how do you -- do you go

to the doctor and say should we try something else? or how do you go about doing it? >> one of the first things to do as you can see in this presentation that there were two important clinical trials that were shown. it's always important that if patients are interested in the latest treatments that they say to their doctor, are there any clinical trials that may be applicable to me. one of the things we know is that only 3 to 5% of cancer patients participate in clinical trials. these are where the latest advances come out. that's the first thing. say is there something new and different out there for me. >> a lot of people might wonder is chemotherapy still the tried and true. is it safe for me to try a clinical trial? you want to make sure you're going to get that cancer. >> right. and clinical trials are designed to be safe so that you are not denied standard therapy. one of the other things to know is there was a recent trial that showed for chemotherapy that actually women with hormone responsive cancer, a lot of them

might not need chemotherapy. that was a huge advance. >> we're talking about breast cancer, but the reality that these advancements, and some of these new medicines, that they could be used with other types of cancers, likelihood? >> i think that's exactly right. if you look at immun no therapy, there's been tremendous progress with melanoma and lung cancer. that's what we're trying to do with breast cancer. there's overlap with how we think about cancer and how we treat the subspecialties. >> they were telling me about how people get information. it's overwhelming when you get this diagnosis. talk about the survivor net. a new website. >> i'm a medical adviser to survivor net. it's reliable expert doctors in the field of cancer speaking to their expertise, and the point of it is not to replace your physician, but rather to help inform patients of their diagnosis so they know what

questions to ask their doctor. >> that's a smart thing. when you get a diagnosis, you're blind sided. and the idea of massive research is tough. there's a place to go. >> it's called survivor net. >> thank you, doctor. >> thank you so much for having me. still ahead this morning, think the voice coaches are competitive on the show? wait until you see them with bowling balls their hands. first, this is "today" on nbc.

with the voice on today, carson, season 15 well underway. >> it's all happening. it's good. it's a good show. have you seen it? have you seen chairs turn? it's amazing. to celebrate we took our coaches

bowling. >> ten pins, four perstar coaches and one goal. winning it all. >> here's how i'm going to do on "the voice" this season. >> i hope you miss. >> oh, he's not. >> oh, so you'reoming in second. >> the season's now in battle rounds. contestants go head to head trying to avoid elimination. ♪ >> the gloves are off a the competition between the coaches is striking. >> you got it, girl. >> yeah. >> oh, nice. you got that one. you got it. put some speed on that. blake, you've won six? >> six. >> adam three? >> i have, half as many. >> kelly, you won your first one? >> i'm 100% a winner. been here once and one once.

>> and you won the british? >> i did. >> there's a british one? >> reporter: we're going to bowl for a little bit. you're going to get your strike and spares and then we're going to switch it up and do it voice style. that's backwards. >> bowling backwards? >> reporter: backwards. >> reporter: teams are boys against girls. >> yes. >> yeah. >> let's go, blake. >> you got it, now. >> you should go, yeah. that's how you need to go all the time. >> once again, i'm sorry i'm great at this. >> oh, my god. he's really great at this. >> that wasn't that good. >> okay. here we go. >> you got it. >> here i go again. >> i kind of feel like i was in a forest paying.

>> that was good. it's turning. >> no way. >> i'm secretly -- >> what? >> i got a strike? >> yes. >> reporter: for today, gaudy schwartz, nbc los angeles. >> check out the coaches in action here monday nights and tuesday, 8:00, 7:00 central. it's "the voice" on nbc. >> the real reason is to watch for carson daly. >> that's right. coming up next, if you're looking for a healthier relationship with food, why your next guest says her undiet method is the future of wellness. >> i've been doing this for years. >> first, this is "today" o

we are back with today wellness. our guest is from australia.

jessica is founder of js health. she has nearly 200,000 followers on instagram who love and gobble up her healthy and nutritious recipes. they're part of what she's called the undiet method. it's a new approach to dieting. we love it. good morning and welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> what does that mean, the undiet? >> the good news is you don't have to endure another bad diet. live a healthy life and achieve your weight loss goals. i spent ten years dieting. it caused me to have a toxic relationship with food and my body. now as a clinical nutritionist, i see fad dieters have a harder time maintaining. it's about giving up the fads and the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. >> he is a bona fide music sensation down under and in the states we are beginning to get a taste of the sweet sound of morgan evans. >> its australian born

singer/songwriter out with his first u.s. album called things we drink to and cheer. that and so much more. your life is humming. >> a good couple of years. >> yeah, good to be alive right now. absolutely. >> you have a new bride. you have new music out. how does it feel to be in your shoes at this moment? >> awesome. i feel like i have been doing this so long. i am in a great place to appreciate all of the cool things happening at the moment. i have been writing songs about it and singing. >> what are you doing for us today? >> this is my first single called kiss somebody. >> here he is. ♪

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meal the family will enjoy. >> it's lovely and colorful. >> if you want the recipes, go to today.com/food. she has more healthy swaps in the special instagram page. it's one small thing in an emergency, minutes can mean the difference between life and death. proposition 11 saves lives by ensuring medical care is not delayed in an emergency. proposition 11 establishes into law the longstanding industry practice of paying emts and paramedics to remain on-call during breaks and requires they receive fema level training and active shooters and natural disasters. vote yes on 11 to ensure 911 emergency care is there when you or your love one need it.

we are still raving about the food. good morning. it is 8:56. i'm laura garcia. breaking news we continue to cover. still no timetable on when evacuees will be able to return to their homes in bay point. an underground fire triggered 4,000 evacuations last night. evacuations cover a half a mile radius. a lot of evacuees spent the night in their car s in a lot a

the pittsburg bay point bart station. we have new infrared drone video to show you. showing you exactly what firefighters are dealing with. the glow you see there is the fire burning in a vault. housing a gas pipeline operated by chevron. it started from a grass fire that spread into the vault. firefighters say they're letting the fire burn itself out. chevron is venting that gas line. happening now, we have crews covering the story on multiple angles. bob riddell is with firefighters waiting for word on when the danger should subside. pete suratos talking with evacuees still in limbo. we'll have live team coverage on our midday newscast. we're posting updates as we get them on our twitter feed. catholic church leaders in san jose expected to follow through on their promise today to make priests tied to sexual assault allegations known. church leaders still not saying when the list will come out. we'll certainly have it for you. as a rich developer, she violated clean water laws. now she's trying to buy this election.

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good morning, everyone. welcome to the show. happy thursday. we have got some good topics here today. here to help me discuss it, jen in a bush hager -- jenna bush hager and mattizeman. we begin with an apparent shift in opinion about the #metoo movement. a new poll in the economist finds people are becoming increasingly skeptical of accusers. one year after this thing first broke if you want to put the advent at the