folks have been standing in long lines at the nevada/california border since tickets are not sold in nevada. it does not stop there. this is new york state or almost 17,000 tickets are being sold each minute. the peak time for ticket buyers is morning and evening rush hour. convenience store owners say the biggest frenzied not hit until those final hours before the drawing. what would you do if you want that money? go to our facebook page and you can answer that question. we would love to remind you that you can watch the mega millions drawing live tonight right here on abc 7 news at eleven o'clock. we're off to a cloudy start to the weekend and steve rudin is here with a look at our first forecast that we are looking at a quiet but cloudy afternoon and a few showers are locked popping up. >> look at temperatures from the weather center, 49 degrees at dulles airport. look at the rebound and temperatures in fredericksburg and 57 degrees. you can see the showers just off to the west of us not amounting to a whole lot. we will have more showers or more rain later on tonight and into earl

on the nevada/california border. people have been waiting in line for hours to buy tickets at this store. nevada, yes, the home of las vegas, where you can bet on anything, does not allow the lottery. it's actually one of eight states where people are out of luck if they want to play megamillime mega-millions. maybe they are better off. the chance of winning is 1 in 176 million. since nearly all of us are losers tonight, maybe these numbers are help us feel better. you are more likely to be possessed by the devil today than win the mega-millions. in fact, the odds are better that lots of bad things might happen to you today. getting hit by an asteroid or being devoured by a flsesh-eatig bacteria. yes, somebody really came up with those odds. 8:00 p.m. as darkness falls on that dallas gas station, hundreds of late comers poured in with just hours to spare. >> i played them. we'll see what happens. >> reporter: those longhorns next door are set. ing in for another night. their life won't be much different tomorrow. and

so nevada passed a bill giving california an ultimatum. change the compact , or we're out. >> so it's our way of just sending a message to them that we want to talk about this stuff. >> the changes would make it ease year but the top man in california senate is not happy sending a letter calling their move inflammatory and counter productive. >> hopefully weak amake it clear that we're going to protect the pristine environment. >> nevada wants to speed up approval of a plan with new standards for redevelopment. and the environmental group does not like the proposals. >> and we can see a plan going to increase traffic, and it's going to declees krees a lot of the beauty at tahoe. and it's going to increase height and scale of buildings. >> both sides do agree aging hotels and lots and roads need to be replaced and they're blame blamed for pollution that wash into the lake, clouding the famous blue water. a new resort called boulder bay has been approved replacing the outbait daited biltmore hotel. some neighbors fought the resort saying it'

california and nevada agreed to caps on development.eated the tahoe regional planning agency with a governing board from both states. >> there is nowhere else in america to have the protection like we have in tahoe. >> dan: now the agreement is in trouble. they accuse environmentalists of endangering lake tahoe. >> probing go it to the point where you can't bring in new environmentally sound projects. >> dan: many legislators say it's too hard to get new development approved. even proposals they believe are good for the lake. on top of that they say tahoe needs new business because competition from indian casinos has devastated the economy. so nevada passed a bill giving california an ultimatum change the compact or we're out. >> hy, we want to talk about this stuff. >> dan: it would make it easier to get developments built. the top man in the senate sent a letter calling their move inflammatory and deeply counterproductive. >> we can hear their concerns but make it clear we are going to protect the pristine environment of lake tahoe. >

tormenta invernal ha dejado una acumulaciÓn de seis pies de nieve en varias parte de las sierras nevadas de californiaancha. la tormenta ha obligado al uso de reservas de agua potable para suministrar el lÍquido a millones de californianos. >> tambiÉn en california podrÍa cambiar definitivamente algunos mÉtodos educativos debido al comportamiento de un maestro acusado de abuso sexual a menores. las vÍctimas estÁn presionando para que dichos cambios se den. y presentaron la exigencia ante las autoridades. dicen estar dispuestos incluso a ir ante las cortes para lograrlo. >> desde principios de los 90 habÍa quejas de parte de alumnos y padres de familia contra el maestro. segÚn el abogado luis carrillo. pero Él siguiÓ cerca de los alumnos. por eso hoy presentÓ un reclamo contra el distrito escolar de los angeles. >> mÚltiples quejas de mÚltiples padres y madres de familia. y este maestro siguiÓ con sus fechorÍas. >> se presentÓ a nombre de 20 presuntas vÍctimas del maestro y de 13 padres de familia. mÁs importante que haya cambios. >> mejor supervisiÓn para maestros y los niÑos. >> un cambio que se dio

that's going to give you another beautiful day in southern california, nevada, really all of californiajust a little bit of that warm front trying to edges toward the coast is going to bring a little wet weather today to washington state. not a lot, just a little. then a more significant shot towards tomorrow. have the umbrella handy, especially areas to the west side of the olympics and the puget sound. not a lot of wet weather today, just a few showers. forecast today, there's a little chance of showers up here. a little bit of light rain on the coast. from portland southward, you are dry, mild, and what a beautiful day it's going to be from phoenix to tucson, san diego to l.a., and everywhere in between. that's a l beautiful, beautiful day. weekend forecast, a little interesting for the west coast. storm coming it looks like saturday into sunday. nonchts fun. all right, bill. we'll wait for that. >>> also coming up, greece says it's good, your chance to buy rock 'n' roll stock, and the sale of a house that starred in a very popular movie. your early morning business headlines are str

and nevada gives california an ultimatum over lake tahoe accusing environmentalists of loving the lakedeath. now back to dan and cheryl. >> and largest leadership group for girls being honored today. >> mayor ed lee gathered with girl scout troops this afternoon to mark the 100th anniversary. >> and since the founding in 1912 girl scouts of america has grown 50 million girls at more than 3.2 million members in 90 country autos state legislatures celebrated this milestone passing a resolution to honor the organization. 100 years and cookies are pretty good. >> they're selling them now. you've got to buy a box. >> right? $4. >> and that is going to do it

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pero miren esto, en nevada cruzan a california para comprar en esta tienda en la frontera.os por dÍa. >>> sueles jugar a menudo. orara vez lo hasta ceso. >>> muy rara vez cuando tala el poso granadino mÁs. >>> hoy los consejos de richard, 7 veces ganador de loterÍas son apreciados. >>> no jueguen combinaciÓn de nÚmeros que han ganado. mientras mÁs boletos compren, mÁs posibilidades de gana pero no gasten mÁs lo que puedan. >>> otros usan su propia ciencia. y matemÁticas. >>> quiero hacer, a ver si le pego aquÍ buscando los nÚmeros. >>> no, yo le dejo la oportunidad que dios me brinde lo que quiera ben darme. >>> que la maquina escoja este es un sueÑo que se puede comprar por dÓlar el boleto. carlos botifoll telemundo. >>> y mÁs datos curiosos, en solo las Últimas 48 horas, a lo largo del paÍs. se mano vendido mÁs de 400 millones de boletos del mega million. cuanto tardarÍa una familia promedio ganarse los 640 millones de dÓlares. 12. 800 aÑos. y cuanto se demora el gobierno estadounidense enastarse los 640 millones dÓlares. una mera oh!ed. tiene que enviar un mensaje de tex

the most encouragingly in the hardest hit parts of the country, places like florida, arizona, nevada, california produces is the cut creamed by the boston housing market, but there not showing some signs of life, so that's good. there's -- there are some parts of the economy that are not creating jobs and are still losing the. local government is the biggest drag on the job market. a lot of k-12 local governments under extreme financial pressure so they have to cut. construction is still weak. the housing bust is winding down. it's not quite over, but i would anticipate that construction improves in the months ahead. at the spot is still soft. broadly speaking the job gains now are across las of different industries. again, that's quite encouraging. >> host: rising gas prices their rents an economic recovery? >> guest: there are many things to be nervous about. the economy is still fragile. people are still very nervous about what we went through and what they're still going to. the thing that makes me most worried is the run-up in gasoline prices. just a statistic, every penny increase in the c

. >>> 3 has already influence legislation and from florida to nevada lover hitter california is now in her sights. in san as a kid does cbs five. >>> there was a point where i thought it only happens in movies. at a prison in breaking a silence so here from a felon wrongly accused of beating friends go. the while the 85 mi. ride in the bay area for this so we keep. >>> it is certainly cold outside its clear and austria next rain and the timing then point forecasts as eyewitness news continues. >>> the felon who was arrested and then later exonerating for the beating a giants fan brine snow is not of prison is to raise the dollar and why it took so long and to what is ahead for him. it's a big relief to finally be out and be back with my family. just released from state prison for violating his parole. >>> my primary focus is my family. the phelan then known career criminal breaks his silence talking for the first time. >>> there was a point where i thought this kind of stuff on happened in movies. it just felt like a giant conspiracy. >>> he was the first dodger stadium suspect accused

sureste de california nevadas en las montañas. iniciamos primavera con temperaturas veraniegas.parte de un hombre que busco hacer un llamado para preservar el medio ambiente. >>derrotadas se sienten las familias de secuestrados por una banda criminal. ya volvemos mañana la suprema corte de justicia de méxico enfrenta uno de los casos más polemicos del país, decidirán si acusan a francesa. >>vamos a ver. >>en diciembre de 2005 florence cases fue detenida como sospechosa enn controversial caso de secuentro. >>israel vallarte era su pareja, líder de la banda. >>yo participe, me pagaban por estos., >>garcía luna era jefe de la agencia feral de investigación. >>el admitio que se hizo montaje con los detenidos y las presuntas víctimas >>la puesta en escena desato un conflicto diplamatico. el casos cases se juzgo conforme a derecho >>pagara condena de 60 años en méxico sin embargo arturo zaldiva presidente de la corte suprema decidio revocar esto. >>esto no fue informado a la embajada francesa. >>esto afecto a la sentencia >>no señalo la principal características de florance, una de la

here's what it looked like at the california/nevada border.evada residents are coming in to california for their tickets. residents say sales are great. >> how have sales been? >> awesome. >> chance at $500 million? you want to by --buy a ticket >> the odds of winning are about 176 million to 1. >> the alameda city council is set to hear from two firms trying to buy a golf course. the complex is located on alameda's bay farm island. the city is considering proposals from green way golf and the camper sports, currently the interim manager. the city council will hear proposals from both firms at the meeting on tuesday. >> the tiffany lamps that were once at the pub in san francisco are headed to christy's auction house in new york. we have a photo of one of the two famous lamps. there were 6 lamps in all. the lamps have gone from the establishment but a few motorcycles are now hanging from the ceiling. the lamps are expected to be more than $2 million when they hit the auction june 14th. >> new research offer as possible explanation for the ongo

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the longest line we have seen is nevada and california border where people were lined up out the door and around the parking lot waiting hours to get a shot at this now $640 million jackpot. you could imagine executives are thrilled. >> this is the real march madness. there is something going on down in new orleans that a now people are excited about with to talk about march madness, this is it. rick: if there is this winner tone the jackpot goes to at least $975 million and they are talking about doing a drawing in times square next tuesday. >>shepard: if we get there. so many have bought tickets the odds more than one will win. rick: a 94 percent chance of one winning ticket being sold and they have told $600 million tickets and there is a good chance there will be multiple winners and that is what the lottery officials predict multiple people will, in fact, hit the correct five numbers and the mega bull. in california, there are estimated to sell $125 million since wednesday. in new york, $73 million in tickets sold this week alone. nationwide, over $625 million for the mega millio

parts of colorado, nevada, california. these are in the mountainous regions.you will get winds a little higher in the highest of elevations but certainly 70 to 80, almost 90 miles per hour that will do some damage. the reason? we have low pressure around a cold front moving across the central plains. we have high pressure across the atlantic. the pressure gradient between those two is giving us winds in excess of 50 miles an hour for parts of the southwest, parts of texas and up towards the ohio river valley. the other story we'll see temperatures on the rise. as the front moves, wind will come from the southwest and temperatures will feel very, very spring-like, not only today but into tomorrow for much of the east coast. take a look at these. 69 in kansas city. 72 in memphis. 60 in new york. and it will be pushing 70 degrees here in new york city tomorrow, jon scott. i will do a lot high-fives in the elevator. jon: nice. lunch in central park. >> that sounds -- let's do it. is that an official date between you and i, jon scott? jon: okay. jenna: come on, jon

santa cruz could get wet and welcome precip in sierra nevada. 80s in southern california.ck home, low to mid-70s should do it for most everyone. right at the coast sea breeze could keep nut 60s except we could see warmer weather. nice and mild today. much cooler, breezy, a few raindrops and back up to 60s and 70s, wednesday, thursday and friday cooler next weekend. >> terry: and at the end of seven-day? >> it looks like it by the end. >>> owner of oakland a's is dismissing a report would end the a's drive to build a new ballpark in san jose. they reported that major league baseball commissioner bud selig is likely to uphold the territorial giants rights to san jose blocking them from moving there. article didn't cite any sources. they spoke with selig yesterday and commissioner didn't say anything about it and selig would have told the a's and giants if a decision had been made. >> still ahead polar bear cub that was an internet star and now you can see, he canosos ok, guys-- what's xt ? chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these

after a virtually dry winter, late-season snow has dumped more than six feet of snow in california's sierra nevada this week alone. dangerous conditions are created. an avalanche trapped a skier under the snow. rescue teams managed to pull him out. but unfortunately, he died a few hours later. >>> grieving students head back to classes for the first time today at that ohio school where three classmates were fatally shot. the football coach that chased the gunman away spoke publicly for the first time yesterday. frank hall says he's not a hero. >> i don't know why this happened. i only wish i could have done more. i'm not a hero. just a football coach and a study al teacher. the law enforcement, first spopders that came to our aid that day, they are the heroes. >> such heart felt words there him. charges were filed in juvenile court against the suspect in the case, t.j. lane. it's the first step that could see him charged as an adult and possibly face life without parole if convicted. >>> the president fattened up his campaign coffers at four ritzy fund raisers. he was outlining his record when a h

some cars have already traveled 2,000 miles in states like nevada and california. they are changing the law to make this possible. it is real. the technological advances will define the way we live and interact with each other, but the ultimate achievement in this future is this technology will actually disappear. i do not mean it will become less relevant, it will become part of everyday life. people will have to spend less time getting to work. wondering which cables work for each computer. a lot of us spend a lot of time doing that. it will be seamless. the world will be everything, it will be nothing. it will be like electricity. second group -- just below this first group, the privileged few, is a much larger community -- the connected contributors. this generation grew up with increasingly sophisticated technology as part of their daily lives and gathered the skills to use them. they have the same level of technology as these privileged few. this new technology will still give connected contributors new ways to exchange information. for example -- holo- prese

we are in a drought in california, nevada and in portions of arizona and utah. form of snow. we'll see it here and it will melt in the months of spring. good news for you guys, you will look at that precipitation. some of the rainfall is coming down too quickly and so watch out for the fridayed roadways and it will move east ward. you will start to pick up significant snow in areas and we are talking about snowfall in express of a foodfoot and some locations two feet of snow. that is the amount in california . as the system cuts east. we'll see showers and thunderstorms in areas was heavy rain in the start of the workweek on dallas and eastern portions of kansas and unfortunately those areas of rain will be coming in the form of severe thunderstorms . we have a risk for tomorrow to see severe thunderstorms in west texas and oklahoma panhandle and kansas. the main concern is large size hail and damaging wind gusts and isolated tornados. stay alert. >> a very active week there. as you feel the pain at the pump at home. leaders in washington talking about how to br

entire country is above normal, from the middle of the rockies to the east coast, and basically california, nevada, washington, oregon and idaho expected to be below normal. as far as precipitation next 30 days, this is key i know, below normal and into the four corners region, above normal expected as you can see from mississippi and louisiana, into the ohio valley and son of the same areas have been getting a lot of the moisture this year. and above normal in the pacific northwest. >> but that expanse of above normal pictures, this could be an interesting spring. >> yes, warm and wet. >>> spirit of the heartland is next. week takes us to pomeroy washington - home to the dye >>> spirit of the heartland takes us to pomeroy, washington. this family's farm was the biggest blue grass seed producer in the country but after an untimely death the family sold the business. now the next generation is creating its own legacy. they are focused on mainly we production that despondent parents haven't forgotten about raising quality kids. -- but these parents haven't forgotten about raising quality kids. >> of

states hardest hit by the crash in the housing market are leading the nation's job recovery, california, nevadaida and arizona nearly a third of job creation in the last four months of last year. reports showing stronger than expected jobs growth for february helping nudge stocks higher friday. girl scouts celebrating it 100th birthday today. the post office commemorating with a first class girl scouts forever stamp coming out in june. i'm jane king. >>> very happy ending this morning for a sea lion. these pictures from the mammal center show the return to the ocean yesterday he was discovered weeks ago with a plastic packing strap embedded around his neck. he weighs more than 400 pounds and it took more than two weeks to capture him to remove the strap. >>> just ahead, the latest on an overnight shooting that left a 13-year-old girl wounded in oakland. >>> do you recognize this man? new clue police hope will lead them to a potential kidnapper. >> reporter: a big celebration is on tap later this morning. millions of dollars are on the way to help south bay bart commuters help their life -- make

we are in a drought in california, nevada and in portions of arizona and utah. form of snow. we'll see it here and it will melt in the months of spring. good news for you guys, you will look at that precipitation. some of the rainfall is coming down too quickly and so watch out for the fridayed roadways and it will move east ward. you will start to pick up significant snow in areas and we are talking about snowfall in express of a foodfoot and some locations two feet of snow. that is the amount in california . as the system cuts east. we'll see showers and thunderstorms in areas was heavy rain in the start of the workweek on dallas and eastern portions of kansas and unfortunately those areas of rain will be coming in the form of severe thunderstorms . we have a risk for tomorrow to see severe thunderstorms in west texas and oklahoma panhandle and kansas. the main concern is large size hail and damaging wind gusts and isolated tornados. stay alert. >> a very active week there. as you feel the pain at the pump at home. leaders in washington talking about how to br

california over the weekend is now shifting out. you notice the upper-level low is spinning out of nevada. we're still popping up with snow showers in the central california mountains. again, not expecting a lot with this storm system. the next one already on its way. you can see all the bright white clouds. that's the next storm and slug of moisture coming in late today and tonight. for the morning commute you don't need umbrellas in california or the oregon coastline but this evening you definitely will. rainfall totals, this will be an impressive event from san francisco upwards up the coastline. there is it a possibility of three, maybe isolated four inches of rain. the mountains also of northern california, highest elevations will get snow out of it. enjoy a dry day today in mentioned in northern california and oregon. ayers aishz, you'rizon arizona, you're lucking out, not bad, 74. we'll talk about tomorrow's are rainy forecast. >> i'm sure people are looking forward to that, bill. >>> bernanke speaks. more pain at the pump. >> and the heavy hitter at the ballpark that does a number o

northwest and there is rain along the coast and some snow from washington to the sierra nevada down into parts of californian some snow showers moving into the central rockies. anywhere east of that is looking quite mild. we have some light snow showers in new england. here is the weather pattern across the mid-atlantic. clear skies across the area and down along the eastern shore. everyone is enjoying this very pleasant weather. there might be some thin patches of clouds coming in from the west. we have a cold front situated over the area. this is what is left of the storm system that kantor yesterday at sparks and thunderstorms near annapolis and other areas. we did not see much in baltimore. the front is but slightly cooler condition to our north but the heat is down to the supper in the warm air is pushing into this out ahead of the next storm system that starts to affect us as early as tomorrow. this is absolutely incredible -- we have 70's right now into kansas and minneapolis. as much as we are enjoying this, everyone in the east and south is seeing the same thing. the current temperature at the inne

you can see one weather system moving out of northern california heading into nevada. not much happening right now as high pressure is in control of our weather. we'll have a few dry days. in the pacific on the satellite, another system developing out here. our next chance for rain moves in for the second half the weekend favoring the north bay. between now and then especially for tomorrow and also into friday, temperatures back up into the upper 60s to 70 degrees. here's our cloud and rainfall forecast model. we have lots of sun today and tomorrow. this is thursday afternoon. you will notice where the rain is going. it's heading up to our north toward the pacific northwest. by friday still sunshine, a few high clouds could clip the bay area. saturday afternoon more cloud cover and then here's that rain chance. this approaches the region sunday afternoon especially up in the north bay and also into sunday night. we could have changes for the second half of the weekend. for today 3:00 lots of sunshine, temperatures in the upper 50s to 60s. by 6:00 clear and cool, 50s. t

including oneed a quartered in southern part of salt lake county had connections to nevada, as well as california, and they were getting the ingredients from china. so the multi-agency, multi-disciplinary strike force, offer office, local law enforcement, and federal government, we've been successful in going after the spice operations. they are multi-state and even international with the china connection. so i would just suggest that you maybe look into -- into a criminal alien type strike force. initially people say you're just going after people of color. no, we -- 90% -- 95% of all of our confidential enforcements are undocumented aliens. 90% of our 200 convictions so far are criminal reentrants so they go straight into the federal system but very involved in gangs. the gang unit here, spice and other illegal narcotics. and so you can actually get two or three bangs for the buck by doing something like that. >> have you introduced legislation in utah? >> yes. >> has it been successfully up led? >> yes. as i say, we just recently in february, we just had a major spice bust. we're charging unde

so people in nevada hit the border of california and look at this line. >> are you kidding me? >> this is prim valley lotto store. this line began at 6:00 yesterday morning, and people were waiting as long as four hours to get there. >> let me give a tip to the people standing in line. you're going to make more money working those four hours. >> here's another really awesome video. this dude bought a lottery ticket, he is showing it to everyone online, and he's like you know what i'm going to do? i'm just going to tempt the fate and i'm going to burn this ticket. >> this is someone killing their own luck. >> real cool move, real smart. you're real deep. >> there are also people who are asking the future mega millions winner to give them some money. >> $540 million is a lot of money. 20 grand to pay off my school loan is not a lot and it would change my life completely. >> that makes much more sense than standing in line for five hours. >> here's another one. this guy is the co founder of a philanthropic organization called musicians on-call. >> we would love for you to find us

nevada. love or hate her, california is down in her sights. >> wrongfully accused of beating out brian stowe, and jailed for months. >> there was a point where i thought this kind of stuff only happens in movies. >> the original suspects in the case breaks his silence. >> rumors had been swirling since her death, now we know the truth about what killed whitney houston. >> and how far this cat traveled under the hood of a car? >> it was not easy, but the largest ships ever to enter the seventh disco bay is now on its way back to asia. the 1,200 ft boat is nearly as long as the empire state building is tall. this is time lapse video of its departure. it was reloaded with containers before it castoff around 5:00. they had to perform a tricky turn with only 150 ft. to spare before it could head off. it is the biggest ship ever to dock in north america >> for the first time you're doing from the original suspect in the brian stowe beating case. after being wrongfully accused and jailed for months, he is finally out of prison. here is his side of the story. >> it is a big relief to be back with my