. it's thursday august 24th, 2017 and this is the cbs morning news. someone is waking up 700 $58 million richer. a single jackpot winning powerball ticket is sold in massachusetts. president trump calls for patriotism and national healing a day after a rally and preparing for harvey, communities up and down the gulf coast are bracing for heavy rain, strong winds and flooding as the storm could

a hurricane. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquaters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. just one winning ticket was sold for last night's massive powerball jackpot. the numbers are 6, 7, 16, 23, 26, and the powerball 4. the estimated prize, $758.7 million and the lucky ticket was sold in massachusetts. it's the second largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. selling is here in new york with more. good morning. >> good morning, lottery players across the country scooped up those powerball tickets in hopes of beating the miserable odds and winning this massive jackpot. it's the largest grand prize ever won by a single

ticket in u.s. history. there is a winner for the $758 million powerball. lottery officials say the ticket was sold at the handy variety convenience store in watertown, massachusetts. just six miles northwest of boston. population 33,000. there's only a single winning ticket meaning unless the buyer was part of a pool one person or family can claim the entire prize. a scenario players all over the nation say they dreamed about. >> buy a private island down in the caribbean and drop you a postcard sometime. >> reporter: it's still early but the winner hasn't yet made him or himself known. for many players if they were holding that golden ticket they prefer never to go public. >> i'd like to stay anonymous anyway because i don't want you to know i got some money. >> reporter: bad news if the winner was hoping to stay out of one spotlight.

come forward if you're holding the big ticket and massachusetts is not one of them. most winners would favor the cash payment which would be $480 million. the winner though should expect to spend about 40% of that in taxes. it's not bad news for everybody else though. six other tickets won $2 million a piece and 34 others are 1 million dollars winners. so other winners out there as well. >> check those tickets. thank you so much. well, tropical storm harvey is headed toward the texas gulf coast this morning and could become a hurricane before it makes land fall sometime tomorrow. harvey is slowly moving northwest with sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. a hurricane watch is in effect from north of port mansfield to the pass. folks along the texas coast are stocking up and boarding up and building up sandbags. it's expected

inches of rain causing coastal flooding and in texas a state of disaster has been declared in 30 counts. residents along the coast are being urged to seek higher ground. the white house isn't backing down from president trump's vow to shutdown the government if he doesn't get the money to build a wall along the border with mexico. speaker paul ryan said he doesn't think that's necessary. the president made the threat during a rally in phoenix in tuesday in which he also railed against the media for its coverage about his comments about the events in charlottesville. he took a different tone during a scripted speech to veterans. >> reporter: president trump arrived back at the white house hours after delivering a message of unity before the nation's largest veterans group. >> it's time toea hl the wounds that divide us and seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. we are one people wit

and one great flag. >> reporter: less than a day earlier the president went off on the media during a rally in phoenix for its coverage of his response to the racially charged protest in charlottesville. >> if you want to discover the source of the division in our country, look no further than the fake news and the crooked media. >> reporter: the president read from remarks he issued about the violence. >> we condemn in the strongest possible term this display of hatred, bigotry and violence. >> reporter: but he left out the part of the statement that caused all the controversy. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. >> reporter: but here in washington they're fighting back against reports that the

feud with mitch mcconnell. according to the new york times a phone call earlier this month triggered the conflict during which the president paraded mcconnell for the favor to overhaul obamacare. >> i said get to work and let's get it done. >> reporter: both leaders issued separate statements today saying they remain united on shared priorities. cbs news, the white house. in charlottesville, two statues of confederate generals were covered up. workers covered a statue of robert e. lee with a black drape. later a statue of stone wall jackson was also covered. the city council decided to cover the civil war monuments earlier this week. the response to the rally earlier this month say the statues eventually have to be taken down. one of the organizers of the white supremacist rally turned himself into police.

use of tear gas and malicious bodily injury. he admits he pepper sprayed a counter protestor on august 11th. he faces three felony charges. the army suspended several drill sergeants at fort benning in georgia following allegations of sexual misconduct. a female recruit accused a drill sergeant of sexual assault. that investigation lead to more allegations of sexual misconduct. so far no one has been charged. more than 11,000 soldiers are stationed full time at fort benning. a basic training base near the alabama state line. and the navy says there's no evidence to suggest that the collision between a destroyer and oil tanker east of singapore was intentional or a result of sabotage. a body found at sea by malaysian forces is is not one of the missing sailors from the suruss

ten sailors were missing foll following that monday. they appear to have suffered serious injuries. last year diplomats working in havana started complaining about hearing loss and headaches. cbs news learned that american doctor diagnosed some with mild traumatic brain injury and likely damage to the central nervous system. the cuban government denies any involvement. this morning a second suspect was arrested in connection with a threat to a concert in the netherlands. the concert by the american rock group was cancelled after dutch police received a terror warning from spanish police. a man driving a van containing gas tanks was also detained. spanish officials say the van was not connected to last week's attack that killed 15 people. coming up on

hundreds rally in support of former 49ers quarterback collin kaepernick and a little boy is a lifesaver after rescuing his drowning cousins. this is the cbs morning news. or? (grunts of effort) can we do this tomorrow? if you have heart failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. but entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest heart failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't take entresto. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure,

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out. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the dallas morning news reports the federal judge struck down a controversial voter i.d. law in texas. the judge says it intentionally discriminates against mi minorities. this is the 10th time its been struck down. the new york times looks at protests in support of nfl quarterback collin kaepernick. hundreds rallied outside nfl headquaters in new york yesterday. protestors say no team signed the free agent because of his political views. kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem last season to call attention to racial inequality. he stepped down for several reasons including the

president's response to the white supremacist rallies in charlottesville but the first letter in each paragraph of his resignation letter spells out the word impeach. a 6-year-old boy saved his cousins from drowning in a pool. he noticed his 2-year-old twin cousins face down in the water on sunday and he quickly took action and dove into the pool to save them. >> i can't really pick babies up that good so i used all my strength to pick them up. >> the twins received cpr and were taken to the hospital. they have since been released and they are okay. still ahead, traveling in style, for the first time, spacex reveals the space suit that crews will be wearing on future missions. 's about moving, not back. it's looking up, not down. it's being in motion. in body, in spirit, in the now.

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she and other central bankers are expected to speak at an annual meeting in wyoming. they'll give their take on the global economy. yesterday stocks in wall street gave up gains from the day before. the dow fell 87 points s&p dropped 8 and nasdaq headed 19 points down. sales of new homes tanked lost month dropping 9.4%. that's the sharpest in nearly a year. it's driven average prices higher nationwide making homes too expensive for some would be buyers but sales the first 7 months of the year more than 9% higher than they were during the same period last year. amazon is coming close tore buying whole foods. they approved the nearly $14 billion deal yesterday. they had investigated whether the take over would cut competition and decided not to look into the issue further. the two companies now need to finalize the deal. it's said to bring big changes to how people shop for groceries

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>> reporter: the launch in new york was designed to show new features on the device but the company also had to address the past. >> none of us will ever forget what happened last year. >> reporter: in 2016 defective batteries caused some galaxy note 7s to catch on fire. the new note 8 has a lithium ion battery but the company says it's different. >> what's different is the process we took to ziedesigning. >> reporter: it's gone through extensive testing inside samsung and different experts. >> we internally have a process that validates our batteries are safe. >> reporter: it also has a larger display and the ability to launch two apps at the same time. the phone also has two 12 megapixel cameras. one wide angle and the other

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i had a water bottle that i refilled out of the creek -- [ inaudible ] >> a teenager lost in america's most visited national park is found after 11 days. what he did to survive. show me the money. one person who really can to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, one ticket. winning for powerball. allyson is here so she didn't win. i try though. >> i didn't get one number. >> i got 7. >> i got 0. >> i think i got one. >> only 6, 7, yada yada yada. >> if you get one number you hope it's at least the powerball. >> i didn't get that. $20. whoa. let's talk about how nice it is this morning. i think you are going to notice it's a little bit cooler more comfortable. and temperatures 72 degrees but around the region, we have some 60s out there. by tomorrow it will be even cooler. and might be flirting with the upper 50s later on within

hour or so for martinsburg and frederick. dull pepper -- culpeper at 66. today a good mix of sun and clouds. low 80s and dry and cool today. areas along the 81 corridor and to the east might have a few stray showers this afternoon into the early evening but for the most part we are going to be looking dry and nice for metro. low 80s today. that's it. a little bit cooler and you know what it stays cool. we'll get to the numbers coming up through the weekend forecast. ellen. good morning. good morning allyson. we have an accident on route 1, if you're down in virginia, southbound lanes look like they're impacted more than anything. so down right between lorton road and i'm seeing the delays heading southbound too. trying to find a traffic land camera there, i don't have one there. we'll keep watching the delays as far as the sensors go. rout 7 eastbound we have some construction on the bridge right passing the -- the dulles toll road by westwood center drive. no significant delays. route 110 rit

bridge. also reports of construction here both north and southbound lanes impacted by the construction. thank you so much ellen. we have some breaking news to bring to you that happened overnight. the white nationalist who says he pepper sprayed a counterprotester in charlottesville turned himself in. university of virginia police issued a statement last night saying christopher cantwell of new hampshire was taken into custody in lynchburg, virginia. he admitted to pepper spraying a person back on august 11th when demonstrators marched across uva's campus the night before heather heyer was killed. president trump returned here to washington last night after speaking to the american legion in nevada on wednesday. the president is scheduled to meet with national security adviser hr mcmaster. that will be followed by the director of office of management and budget along with the office of legislative affairs. busy day for the

ated. fiat chrysler is now considering spinning off the upscale brands. the automaker wants to focus on mass market cars as it looks for a partner. the luxury brands could be worth more than $8 billion. ♪ that's a tribute right there. country legend loretta lynn is being honored in nashville. the singers include brandy clark that paid tribute to the 85-year-old in a ceremony. lynn right now though is recovering from a stroke in may from she couldn't be there. the exhibit opens tomorrow and that's what's going on. the news at 4:30 this thursday morning starts right now. oh, yeah. this is where the magic happens. one powerball ticket sold here worth more than three quarters

i know the guy who took that photographer -- terrific guy. yes, thank you for joining us here on "wake up washington." i'm mike hydeck. >> i'm mikea turner in for jan jeffcoat this morning. boy i'd love to be that person that woke up. >> in water town, massachusetts. the whole town has like 6,000 people in it or something like that. it's like ridiculous, that -- ridiculous, that town is buzzing this morning. the it's also the first day of school for loudoun county. if you go outside. boy you are going to notice as difference. a lot of the humidity is gone. >> where is watertown in relation to boston? >> six miles north west of boston. walking distance practically. >> i know the area very well. i used to run there. >> pretty long walk. >> okay. temperatures outside. it is pretty comfortable and it's going to be even cooler by tomorrow. 63-degrees right now for white oak. 59 for damascus. germantown you're at 62 degrees and low 70s for the metro area. today really no problems.