here's accuweather's paul williams. morning to you, paul. >> thanks, reena, kendis. snow-covered roads will cause delays along 35 as well as i-80 from iowa into minnesota and into wisconsin. and then there's part two to this same bothsome storm. wet conditions now. we're not just talking run of the mill wet for the entire mississippi valley region and the ohio valley region. we're talking about one doozy of a storm. covering tennessee all the way up towards pittsburgh and we're talking about torrential downpours, gusts up to 50 to 60 miles per hour with the potential of tree damage and power out ands. super bowl cell thunderstorms likely to occur. the most southern part of the same storm will create additional gusty thunderstorms and travel delays in the deep south. kendis, reena. >> thanks to paul there. here's something we all needed to know. bed bugs in different parts of new york city are genetically different from each other. seriously. scientists looked into this.

they say that in mapping the dna of bedbugs here in the big apple, they found they're isolated according to where they live. so eastside bedbugs are different than west side bedbugs. >> you know they are. >> we always knew. those scientists say they're finding could be used to invent better insecticides. >> so an what do the east side bug tend to do the west side bedbugs don't do. >> the eastside have more new york values. the east side are wealthier. >> all right. one thick i noticed when i was watching nfl games this past season was the gold 50. you know, the gold 50 on the 50 yard line. those numbers were in advance of sunday's -- you know, i got to much wa a few seconds of it, minutes of it to get a sense for sports with reena. >> okay. so sunday's 50th bowl game. now pizza hut is getting in on

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in history. >> reporter: playing a villain isn't hard for him. >> i played cheney. >> madoff's easy after cheney. >> that's right. >> reporter: the series details how he deceived and defrauded 20,000 investors including friends, even his own family. >> this is a man who loved his brother, loved his wife and loved his kids. and betrayed his wife, his kids and his brother without even thinking. >> reporter: his wife ruth madoff is played by blythe danner. >> you need me. there's a difference. >> she says ruth madoff is adamant she had no idea it was all a ponzi scheme. and danner believed her. >> i mean, she's a very fragile woman having been through hell and back. >> her sons andrew and mark also turned on her when madoff eventually confessed to them, it's a ponzi scheme. >> reporter: it was mark and andrew who turned their father

in. >> where you going. >> to find a lawyer. >> you going to walk around the street and ask they can represent you. >> reporter: but the stigma of being a madoff was too much for mark. he hanged himself in his apartment while his 2-year-old son was in the next room. four years after mark madoff killed himself, his younger brother andrew died of cancer. oscar winner richard dreyfuss says unlike his co-star blythe danner, he didn't bother to reach out to his character. >> i didn't. i refused to see him. >> would he have seen you, do you think. >> he would have taken a phone call, definitely. and i said, i decided not to. i made a conscious choice because i thought what is he going to do, tell me the truth? you know, the guy who's lied to everyone in the world. >> reporter: bernie madoff himself is living out his days at the buckner correctional facility in north carolina where his grandchildren have never once come to see him. >> i guess the only place that he's considered to be a hero is in prison from what we hear. >> really?

>> how do you do it, bernie kind of thing. but that's hearsay. >> does he even have a tv in jail? probably, don't they all. >> got to wonder if he'll be watching the saga, god knows with a sue-year sentence, he has some time on his hands. i'm david wright for "nightline"ing in new york. >> david wright's right. >> tragedy there. >> it is a devastating story. coming up, tucking the tummy without surgery.

>> you're ripping this family part. >> lives are going to be destroyed. >> rot in jail where he belongs.

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prize on record. officials say right now, the largest unclaimed sum is $28.5 million. sheldon says no matter how big or small, he claims his prizes right away. >> he could be stuck in the washing machine. you don't take a chance like that. >> reporter: the super lotto plus ticket was sold at this 7-eleven in chatsworth. the winner must get it to a lottery district office by thursday. >> i wish i had the ticket. so if anybody's out there that doesn't want it, i want it. >> reporter: if no one claims it, the money will be redirected to support california public schools. if the lucky winner comes forward in time and takes a lump sum amount, officials say they would receive a one-time payout of 39. $9 million before federal taxes. >> double-check them. i feel bad for you because this is heart breaking. >> another level of devastation that i can't even fathom.

>> reporter: if you remember being in this area, make sure you take a good look to see if you have that ticket. and if you do, officials urge you to sign the back of it in ink immediately. remember, the deadline to get it to proper lottery personnel is this thursday at the close of business. in chatsworth, annabelle munoz, abc 7 eyewitness news. >> maybe the joke will be on us. maybe the person is waiting and waiting. legal team. maybe ha person is me. >> maybe you sold that winning ticket. >> or maybe you bought that ticket. >> i want to be the buyer. >> i can't tell what you're doing here. >> lets let's see if i show up friday morning for work though. >> i love that grin. >> i got my ducks in line, my legal team. >> like i got this into my bentley. >> okay. that's what you're going with. >> just a bentley. >> yeah, a couple thou. >> not bad. [mother] yeah but this neighborhood,i feel like

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