. >> rick: coming up next on nbc sn, nascar america post race show. celebration for joey logano. he will be able to enjoy this moment for a little less than a week. he has won his way into the championship four. the champion will be determined in miami next weekend. stick around for the nascar post race show presented by auto parts. take a look at the standings. edwards all with wins advancing into the championship four. kyle busch does it on points. two joe gibbs racing cars fighting for a win, jimmie johnson looking for his seventh championship trying to tie the king and the intimidator. joey logano looking for his first ever championship. as is carl edwards. >> steve: we mentioned it was going to be the toughest round of eight. three winning drivers move on. proves that several drivers looking for that first championship. be interesting to see them taking on a six-time champion trying to get the seventh. >> rick: what an incredible race we have seen today. again, make sure to tune in to nbc sn for "nascar america" post race presented by advance auto parts. we knew that restart

. >> rick: coming up next on nbc sn, nascar america post race show. celebration for joey logano. he will be able to enjoy this moment for a little less than a week. he has won his way into the championship four. the champion will be determined in miami next weekend. stick around for the nascar post race show presented by auto parts. take a look at the standings. edwards all with wins advancing into the championship four. kyle busch does it on points. two joe gibbs racing cars fighting for a win, jimmie johnson looking for his seventh championship trying to tie the king and the intimidator. joey logano looking for his first ever championship. as is carl edwards. >> steve: we mentioned it was going to be the toughest round of eight. three winning drivers move on. >> jeff: no question. several drivers looking for that first championship. be interesting to see them taking on a six-time champion trying to get the seventh. >> rick: what an incredible race we have seen today. again, make sure to tune in to nbc sn for "nascar america" post race presented by advance auto parts. we knew th

. >> rick: coming up next on nbc sn, nascar america post race show. celebration for joey logano. he will be able to enjoy this moment for a little less than a week. he has won his way into the championship four. the champion will be determined in miami next weekend. stick around for the nascar post race show presented by auto parts. take a look at the standings. eight, logano, johnson and edwards all with wins advancing into the championship four. kyle busch does it on points. two joe gibbs racing cars fighting for a win, jimmie johnson looking for his seventh championship trying to tie the king and the intimidator. joey logano looking for his first ever championship. as is carl edwards. >> steve: we mentioned it was going to be the toughest round of eight. three winning drivers move on. >> jeff: no question. several drivers looking for that first championship. be interesting to see them taking on a six-time champion trying to get the seventh. >> rick: what an incredible race we have seen today. again, make sure to tune in to nbc sn for "nascar america" post race presented by adv

. >> rick: coming up next on nbc sn, nascar america post race show. celebration for joey logano. he will be able to enjoy this moment for a little less than a week. he has won his way into the championship four. the champion will be determined in miami next weekend. stick around for the nascar post race show presented by auto parts. take a look at the standings. at the end of the round of eight, logano, johnson and edwards all with wins advancing into the championship four. kyle busch does it on points. two joe gibbs racing cars fighting for a win, jimmie johnson looking for his seventh championship trying to tie the king and the intimidator. joey logano looking for his first ever championship. as is carl edwards. >> steve: we mentioned it was going to be the toughest round of eight. three winning drivers move on. proves that fact, jeff. >> jeff: no question. several drivers looking for that first championship. be interesting to see them taking on a six-time champion trying to get the seventh. >> rick: what an incredible race we have seen today. again, make sure to tune in to nbc

again, make sure to tune in to nbc sn for "nascar america" post race presented by advance auto parts. we knew that restarts were going to be very key in determining who would win this race. would advance into the championship four. it looked as though the 20 of matt kenseth had a shot at running for the title. the team on the restart taken out. now it is championship four including race winner joey logano. z25eiz z16fz y25ehy y16fy . >>> right now on news channel 8 at 6:00. >>a deadly day out diving, a husband and wife find themselves stranded in the gulf. tonight a sad update to the story. good evening, everyone, i'm rod >>tonight we have an update to an apparent diving accident. 37-year-old blaze gamba has died from her injuries. >>it happened off the coast of madeira beach last night. chip has an update on the details. >> reporter: very sad story, rod and mel. investigators telling us the couple got into trouble about five miles off the coast boater who brought them in to shore. facebook pictures show the happy couple, william and blaze gamba. investigators tell us how the other bo

again, make sure to tune in to nbc sn for "nascar america" post race presented by advance auto parts. we knew that restarts were going to be very key in determining who would win this race. it also came into play as who championship four. it looked as though the 20 of matt kenseth had a shot at running for the title. the team on the restart taken out. now it is championship four including race winner joey >>> this is breaking news now. from today's tmj4. >> breaking at 5:00. president-elect donald trump has chosen republican party chairman and kenosha native, reince priebus to be his chief of staff. that in a statement from the trump campaign this afternoon. priebus took over at rnc the republican party. his prince philip with house speaker paul ryan is seen as key to securing early victories in congress. >>> good evening, i'm katie crowther, trump today also naming former breitbart coe steve bannon. jennifer johnson with all of the developments from the nation's capital. >> his first big cabinet decision, picking republican national committee chair reince priebus as white house chief

sn was done purposefully. >> reporter: harris faces life in prison, sentencing is set for next month. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. >>> now to wildfires burning out of control across the south. thousands of firefighters are working to contain them. residents are warned to stay indoors as investigators try to figure out if someone is setting them on purpose. nbc's kerry sanders has more. >> reporter: where there's fire, there's smoke. north carolina, today, handed out masks to residents, choking on the nasty air. >> my allergies bothering me more than normal. >> reporter: air quality alerts in place from charlotte, to atlanta, to nashville. a view from nasa of the southeast united states reveals the extent of the smoke. the fuel for the fires -- tinder-dry brush brush. more than 70 wildfires now burning in the region, some of which officials are now investigating as wildfires north carolina's ever seen. >> reporter: making it especially difficult to control, low humidity, gusting winds, and record-breaking drought. weather stations in alabama are expected to mark 58 days without a drop of rain tomorr