>> and that's the oernight news for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check backitus bi later for the it's wednesday, october 24th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." there's a grand prize winner. at least one winning ticket for the mega millions $1.6 billion jackpot was sold in south carolina. the caravan continues but the grueling trip is taking its toll on thousands as they head to the u.s. border. the struggle to survive for some

of the most vulnerable. and today president trump will be briefed on the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi, what he called one of the worst coverups inistory. goodornino 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. there was at least one grand prize winning ticket in last night's record 1.6 billion mega millions lottery jackpot. it was sold somewhere in south carolina, that's according to the south carolina lottery website. the winning numbers are 5, 28, 62, 65, 70, and the mega ball 5. the odds for matching all numbers were 1,301.5 million. there had not been a mega millions jackpot winner since july. it's played in four states. tonight's power ball jackpot sits at 620 million. this morning the caravan of

central american migrants is in southern mexico about a thousand miles from reaching the u.s. about 7,000 men, women, and children are battling a lack of supplies, exhaustion, heat and cold. bking off his claim that people of middle eastern descent was part of the group. good morning, laura. >> reporter: the caravan is expected to move to the next town today, another 38 miles into mexico. it's clearly a slow migration, but president trump continues to make the caravan an urgent rallying cry for republicans ahead of the midterms. less than 50 miles into mexico and more than 1,000 miles from the u.s. border, the caravan paused yesterday. some got medical care, others found fresh clothes, and children filled up on food. donated by local residents.

candles were tloit honor a fellow migrant who died after fall off a truck earlier this week.[ speakieign le ] >> reporter: today we're in mourning. >> you're going to find ms-13, you're going to find middle eastern, you're going to find everything. >> reporter: after making those claims about the caravan on monday, president trump admitted yesterday he could not back them up. >> there's no proof of anything. there's no proof of anything. but they could very well be. >> reporter: this migrant from honduras says he wants to tell the president that there are only humble, hard-working people in the group. no terrorists. more than 1500 people have already dropped out of the caravan choosing to apply for asylum in mexico. for those who want to come to the u.s., secretary of state mike pompeo sent a clear message. mmtion is the surest way to obtain the life l

united states of america. >> reporter: to make it to the san diego border, like a caravan earlier this year, would double their journey. only 200 migrants of the 1200 in that group earlier this year made it to the u.s. port of entry in california. three of the 200 were granted asylum. anne-marie. >> thanks a lot, laura. later today, president trump will be briefed on the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi by saudi arabian agents. mr. trump says that he's spoken to the saudi king and crown prince who deny any involvement. they call the killing and cover-up a total fiasco. holly williams has more. >> reporter: president trump sharply criticized saudi arabia for its deception over the killing of jamal khashoggi. >> he had a very bad original concept. it was carried out poorly and the cover-up was one of the in the hisf

>> reporter: but once again, he stressed the importance of the u.s./saudi relationship. >> i want to see the facts first. th've en one of the biest >> reporter: he was responding to turkey's president, erdogan, who contradicted the story that jamal khashoggi was killed in a quote, savage murder and demanding the 18 suspects arrested be brought to turkey and put on trial. what president erdogan did not mention is a widely reported audio recording that turkish officials allegedly possess of jamal khashoggi being tortured and killed inside the saudi arabia consulate. we still do not know if that recording actually exists. saudi arabia is scrambling to carry out damage control.

in the saudi capital riyadh, they delivered their personal condolences to khashoggi's grieving son and brother. but many more suspect that the crown prince was more involved khashoggi's killing than saudi arabia will admit. he was applauded alt an international investment conference in a glitz i can saudi hotel. at least two dozen businesses and individuals have pulled out over the slaying. but many other companies have sent representatives. even as saudi arabia is condemned over the killing of jamal khashoggi, on tuesday at that investment conference, deals worth $50 billion were signed. holly williams, cbs news, istanbul. rehabilitation facility for medically fragile children in new jersey has stopped admitting new patients after a virus outbreak killed six children.ov

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grew by 3.3% during the third quarter. it expanded 4.2% in the second quarter. wall street rallied late in the day to partially make up big early losses. at one point the dow was down nearly 550 points. blame that on caterpillar slumping 7.6% after saying tariffs on imported steel were driving up costs. in the end, the dow lost 125, s&p fell 15, and the nasdaq finished 31 points lower. on the flip side, tesla rallied more than 12.5% after an investment company that had been betting against tesla reversed its position. research said that tesla's destroying the competition, and today after the close of trading tesla released its third quarter earnings. the company to post a net profit. one sign the u.s. economy is improving, more americans have bank accounts.

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less than two weeks away and women could play a key role in the outcome. the me too movement is energizing women from both political parties to make a difference by volunteering. ileana diaz reports. >> reporter: this is the first time they filled all 51 seats on this democratic campaign bus to canvass neighborhoods. she credits the me too movement for motivating a new wave of volunteers. the majority of them are women. >> people have been feeling an. >> reporter: lorin ruttenberg is a volunteer. she's in a republican district 60 miles north of los angeles. >> do you know who you'll be supporting in the election? >> no, i haven't -- >> reporter: the goal is to increase voter turnout and target those on the fence.

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♪ our top stories this morning. according to the south carolina lottery, at least one grand prize winning ticket was sold in last night's $1.6 billion mega millions drawing. these are the winning numbers. 5, 28, 62, 65, 70, and the mega ball 5. there had not been a mega ball jackpot winner since july. and the caravan of central american migrants is moving through southern mexico. it is still more than a thousand miles from the u.s. border. some lit candles to remember a man who fell off the back of a the k and died on monday.

supplies. president trump admitted he had no proof to back up his claim that there were people of middle eastern descent in that caravan. thousands of volunteers are helping in the search for 13-year-old wisconsin girl jayme closs. she went missing last week, the day her parents were also found shot dead in their home. don dahler looks at how the community is stepping up. >> if you find something of interest, let your team leader now. >> reporter: they came from as far away as northern minnesota and wisconsin. >> and all go as a team. >> reporter: twin sisters claudia beckman and explain why they came. >> but you do everything you can. >> reporter: sheriff chris fitzgerald put out a call for 2000 volunteers. by morning the line of cars stretched over the horizon. >> if you see anything of import, we're going to yell stop. >> reporter: across an area of

five square miles through soy bean and cornfield and thick woods, the volunteers scanned the ground for any bit of evidence, something in short supply since jayme closs was taot ieir me.r her parents were 1300 phipps have yielded to suspects. billboards have gone up as far away as new york. officials released i but for the thousands of searchers, their most powerful investigative tool is faith. >> i know her parents are up in heaven watching going thank you, thank you, keep looking. keep looking. >> reporter: sheriff chris fitzgerald told us the search has not yielded any new evidence, but he's confident that jayme closs will be found. don dahler, cbs news here in wisconsin. coming up on "cbs this morning," a new study reveals that in the wake of the me too movement sexual harassment and

inequality for women remain rampant in the workplace. we'll hear from cbs news contributor jodi kantor. and award-winning dessert chef tells us about her new cookbook all about cake. that's your news for this wednesday. "the morning news," i'm anne-marie green, news," i'm anne-marie green, than w -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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