. >> dearborn. >> reporter: the family here says they do plan to share the wealth. among the causes close to their hearts, adoption, something that they say they may now do again. brian? >> kerry sanders in dearborn, missouri tonight, thank you. >>> and tonight, a huge weather system is causing trouble on the west coast, bringing heavy rain, lightning and snow to a region that is now really at capacity, and sadly, there is more weather on the way. nbc's miguel almaguer in san francisco for us, where i have noticed the skies are darker behind you over the last hour, miguel. >> reporter: yeah, brian, good evening, after getting hammered by wind and rain today, finally a brief break here after a second powerful storm slammed into the west coast. it seems as though san francisco has really been the bull's eye for all of this wet weather activity. take a look at the iconic bay bridge earlier this morning. rain and wind played a big role knocking out power. no bridge lights for commuters for some three hours. and at the airport, 70 flights were cancelled. and there were d

back in dearborn, the hill's 6-year-old adopted daughter already knows what she wants for christmas. >> pony. >> reporter: that she wants to name lotto. the newly minted millionaires plan to keep their pickup truck and stay in the town they call home. >> we'll still be going down to the corner cafe for breakfast or fish day. it's just us. we're as common as anybody. we just have a little bit more money. >> reporter: the understatement of the year. alex perez, abc news, dearborn, missouri. >>> and still ahead on "world news," holiday travel is upon us. and chris cuomo is here on what could be happening at your hotel when you're not watching. or even in your car. [ knock on door ] cool, you found it. wow. nice place. yeah. [ chuckles ] the family thinks i'm out shipping these. smooth move. you used priority mail flat-rate boxes. if it fits, it ships for a low, flat rate. paid for postage online and arranged a free pickup. and i'm gonna track them online, too. nice. between those boxes and this place, i'm totally staying sane this year. do i smell snickerdoodles? maybe. [ timer dings ]

you got them all. >> reporter: as that mystery deepens, back in dearborn, the hills are looking ahead. mark and cindy plan on taking a lump sum, $136.5 million. and starting college funds for their grandchildren, nieces and nephews. but jaden has something else in mind. >> jaden, what did you want for christmas? >> a pony. >> reporter: for "good morning america," alex perez, abc news, dearborn, missouri. >> there was no hesitation there. she didn't have to think about it one bit. >> not college. not a car. a pony. ginger? i love ponies. >> i love ponies, too. >>> and happy meteorlogical first day of winter. i've got some interesting information here. we had 19 named storms. that is well above the average of 12. you're seeing all of the paths there. now, we have a little invest. a little tropical area, of stormy. we have a chance of it becoming valerie. we could see post-hurricane season tropical storm form. we have to talk about the warmth. it doesn't feel like the first day of meteorlogical winter. and the warmth blasts east. chicago and new york city will be in the low 60s by monday

dearborn is near detroit. his neighbors knew him as an odd character who walked around with a guitar. >> he was this wandering spirit around... around the city. you know, detroit's got its share of burned-out, desolate areas, and i would... i would occasionally see him... i thought he was just a... i... just not much more than a kind of a homeless person. >> simon: but he wasn't homeless. he was the son of an immigrant worker from mexico. he'd lived in this house with a wood burning stove for 40 years. and all this time, he had been working as a day laborer-- demolition, roofing, heavy construction. he also managed to get a degree in philosophy. rodriguez didn't know his records had been selling like wildfire in south africa. he'd never seen a penny. then, in 1998, his fans invited him to tour south africa. he and his three daughters had no idea limos would be waiting for them at the airport. regan is his youngest daughter. >> regan rodriguez: i only assumed the limousines were for some dignitary or celebrity,

. >> cindy and mark hill of dearborn missouri bought one of the two winning tickets for the 588 million-dollar power ball. >> and i was thinking is that the right numbers ? is that the right numbers ? and i was shaking and i called my husband and i said i think i'm having a heart attack. >> it is a giant reversal of fortune nor the hills who were high school sweethearts. cindy's been out of work for two years. mark is a mechanic. he says the reality hasn't quite sunk in. >> we had to get tooth paste and stuff like that. so i found myself in the store still looking at the prices of stuff. >> their lump sum payment comes to $192 million. they're planning to set up college funds for relatives and give to charity. they want to keep their four children grounded. >> jaden what did you want for christmas? >> pony. >> the hills adopted jade reason if china five years ago. they say with their new fortune they're considering a second adoption. >> and the hills say they're looking forward to not working. get that. and traveling. they want to take their daughter to the beach because she's never been to th

. >> cindy and mark hill of dearborn, missouri, bought one of the two winning tickets for the $588 million powerball. >> and i was thinking, is that the right numbers? is that the right numbers? and i was shaking. i called my husband. i said, i think i'm having a heart attack. >> reporter: it is a giant reversal of fortune for the hills, who were high school sweethearts. cindy has been out of work for two years. mark is a mechanic. he says the reality hasn't quite sunk in. >> i had to get like toothpaste and stuff like that, so i found myself in the store still looking at the prices and stuff. >> reporter: their lump-sum payment comes to $192 million. they're planning to set up college funds for their relatives and give to charity. they want to keep their four children grounded, though their youngest already has big dreams for christmas. >> what did you want for christmas? >> a pony. >> reporter: they say with their new fortune, they're considering a second adoption. >> she did not miss a beat with that pony thing. >> no. she could have more. she could -- >> she could have the whole polo p

cindy and mark hill of dearborn bought one of the two winning tickets for the $588 million powerball. cindy described her reaction yesterday when she learned that the numbers matched. >> and i was thinking, is that the right numbers? is that the right numbers? i was shaking and i called my husband and i said, i think i'm having a heart attack. >> she was just fine. the hills will get a lump sum payment of $136 million after taxes. the couple plans to set up college funds for their relatives and also give to charity. the other winner is in arizona and has yet to come forward. >>> coming up, double-digit rate hikes enough to make some sick it their stomachs. the reason more and more health insurance companies are jumping on the rate height bandwagon. >> an unusual weather system means a foot of rain in a few days. what's causing the relentless storms on the west coast? we'll look at that tonight on the "cbs evening news." ,, he went to a toy-making facy in a philadelphia suburb to sell his pitch... and urge lawmakers to pass a tax cut extension for the middle cl. house speaker jo >>> pr

mark of dearborn, missouri, gave his wife, cindy, $10 to go out and buy lottery tickets this week. it was a good investment because the couple ended up with one of two winning powerball tickets each worth more than $290 million. now, the wife, cindy, jokes they're probably going to have a pretty good christmas this year. of course they will. >>> as for the other winning ticket, we think it belongs to this guy. very excited man captured on surveillance camera at a gas station in a convenience store in maryland. that second ticket was bought in arizona. the apparent winner has not come forward to claim his millions. >>> a question. do same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry? we don't know yet. but the u.s. supreme court held a closed door meeting to decide whether to hear a series of appeals. but it didn't say if they'll take the action on the divisive issue. some took this as a sign the nine justices need more time. we expect an announcement by monday. >>> this week a controversial therapy is getting a whole lot of attention. it is called conversion or reparative thera

a community of less than 500 that us out-of-towners have been calling dearborn. >> dearborn. >> reporternews, jay gray in dearborn, missouri. >> i love that family connection. >> it's a beautiful thing. mark and cindy, it's been far too long. >> we call this a "today" show family. >> we're a package deal. our last names begin with the first letter. >>> anyway, today is december 1st, republicans and democrats have until the end of the month to reach an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff. we have mike at the white house with more. >> reporter: exactly one month ago to avoid the fiscal cliff and after a period of optimism and what we have right now is a typical white house standoff. visiting a toy factory outside philadelphia, president urged congress to act and avoid the fiscal cliff. if not, taxes go up for everyone, including the middle class. >> that is like the lump of coal you get for christmas. that's a scrooge christmas. >> reporter: the president has started a new campaign for votes in congress. a grassroots effort on twitter and a friday trip in swing distri districts. allow rate

government will be getting a shot of revenue, about $67 million from just one american family in dearborn, missouri. that is their tax bill after they hit the lottery jackpot. mark and cindy hill claimed their share of the record $588 million power ball jackpot. that's their six-year-old daughter jayden whom they adopted from china and her big brothers. cindy, who lost her job two years ago, was the first to know that they'd won. >> i didn't find out until the next day after i'd taken my daughter to school and i went by to see what the numbers were and i got back in my car and i didn't have my glasses and i was thinking "is that the right numbers, is that the right numbers?" and i was shaking and i called my husband and i said "i think i'm having a heart attack." >> pelley: the hills take home $135 million after taxes. mark hill, a mechanic, is quitting his job. >> i talked to my boss over the phone. he didn't belief me. later he called back and said "really?" i said "yup, really." >> pelley: there was one other winning ticket purchased outside phoenix but we don't know who the owner is y

dearborn in missouri is a small place. as you say, everybody knows each other. cindy and mark have three grown-up sons, jason, cody and jared and a 6-year-old adopted daughter, jaden, from china. it really is a wonderful pre-holiday story, isn't it? >> yes. it is. it's just a blessing. they couldn't have had a better couple to get it because they will definitely take care of the family but they are also really involved in the community. we're really happy for them. >> do you know how they are going to spend the money, sandra? have they given any indication to you? >> all they said today was that they were definitely going to take care of their family and their grandchildren and set up college funds for them, and then they had some charities they are really into the adoption and so i know that they were possibly thinking about getting another child, and making sure that the adoption community, you know, gets some of their money. >> walt, did you buy tickets yourselves for this powerball? >> we did. we did. we were watching but you know what, if we can't win, we'r

then on the morning of february 3rd, 2007, police and firefighters in the neighboring town of dearborn heights made a gruesome discovery. >> it was extremely brutal. it was probably the worst homicide our city's ever seen. >> sergeant phil wingrowski responded to an urgent radio call for a detective. >> as soon as i arrived, they pointed out a deceased female that was on like a back porch area. so i went over there and looked at her and, you know, her body was basically like decimated. >> police identified the body as that of missing teenager kathleen jasmine hahn. her grandparents are called to the station to confirm the i.d. >> they said that she was held against her will in this apartment and that she had been raped and beaten and stabbed and thrown over a second-floor balcony in a snow bank naked, nude. and he had used two knives on her. he almost cut her in half. >> it does not get any worse than what happened to this young woman. >> they were selling my granddaughter, and nothing was done about it. we're all having such a great year in the gulf, we've decided to put aside our riv

cindy and mark hale of dearborn, missouri couldn't help smile as they posed with the ceremonial check bucks. cindy said her husband gave her $10.00 to buy the tickets and a quick pick chose the right combination. aside from buying one were their daughter he is a pony, they aren't sure what to do with all the cash. >> we are still stunned by what happened. it's surreal. people keep asking us what are you going to buy with it? i haven't thought about that. i want to go home and just be back to normal. >> if you have an extra pony lying around, you can throw it my way. >> no one has come forward with the other winning ticket, which was bought near phoenix, arizona. good morning america is going to have much more coming up at 7:00 a.m. >> right now we want to check on the forecast again. >> we certainly haven't won anything here. more sloppy weather coming our way. the live doppler 7hd right now looking at the light rain through southern marin. the bridges and over into oakland, alameda, san elan degree, and wet weather toward union city and fremont and light showers through campbell, los

cindy and mark hale of dearborn, missouri couldn't help smile as they posed with the ceremonial checkid her husband gave her $10.00 to buy the tickets and a quick pick chose the right combination. they are going to buy a phoney for one of their daughters. they aren't sure what they are going to do with the rest of the cash. >> we are still stunned by what happened. it's surreal. people keep asking us what are you going to buy with it? i haven't thought about that. i want to go home and just be back to normal. >> no one has come forward with the other winning ticket, which was bought near phoenix, arizona. good morning america is going to have much more coming up at 7:00 a.m. >>> next at 6:00, an outbreak at a bay area school. dozens of kids are sick. what happened and what is being done to prevent more illnesses. and bracing for more storm. we are tracking number three on live doppler 7 hd. meteorologist lisa argen tells us what is in store. yes you did. no i didn't, no i didn't. yes you did, yes you did. no i didn't, no i didn't. yes you did. did not. [ male announcer ] find some pea

. >> reporter: cindy and mark hill of dearborn, missouri, bought one of the two winning tickets for the588 million powerball. >> i was thinking, is that the right numbers? is that the right numbers? and i was shaking. and i called my husband, and i said, i think i'm having a heart attack. >> reporter: it's a giant reversal of fortune for the hills. high school sweethearts who not long ago were both out of work. they will share the jackpot with a lucky winner who bought a ticket thank you 4 sons food store in arizona. >> we were obviously dreaming that somebody from this store would have won. >> reporter: that winner hasn't come forward but surveillance video from a maryland gas station shows a man who may be holding the lucky ticket. he shows it to the clerk, then rushes from the store. back in missouri, mark hill says the reality hasn't quite sunk in. >> had to get like a toothpaste and stuff like that so i found myself in the store still looking at the prices of stuff. [ laughter ] >> reporter: their lump sum payment comes to $192 million. they are planning to set up college funds for

the hill family from dearborn, missouri. they had one of the two tickets from the record-setting 588-million-dollar jackpot. six members of a family showed up at a news conference. the mom cindy hill is a laid off office manager. the dad mark hill a mechanic at meat processing plant. they brought along their three sons and their 6-year-old adopted daughter. the hills told reporters they are now considering adopting another child. and they talked about what it was like when they realized they hit the jackpot. >> i didn't find out until the next day after i had taken my daughter to school and i went by to see what the numbers were. and i got back in my car and i didn't have my glasses. and i was thinking is that the right numbers? is that the right numbers? and i was shaking and i called my husband and i said i think i'm having a heart attack. >> i get a phone call from dad. and first thing he says is now don't say nothing. [ laughter ] i go to work and everyone is talking about like someone from the kansas city area won. i'm

a 52-year-old mechanic, mark hill, and his wife cindy were introduced in dearborn, just north of kansas city. cindy hill said she couldn't believe at first that their ticket was a winner. >> i didn't have my glasses and i was thinking is that the right numbers, is that the right numbers. and i was shakingment and i called my husband. i said i think i'm having a heart attack. and i drove to my mother-in-law's house to let her verify what i had thought i had seen. and that's what it was. >> sreenivasan: the hills opted for a lump sum payment. after taxes, that comes to $136 million. there's been no official word on who holds the other winning ticket. it was sold in arizona, but a surveillance camera at a convenience store in maryland recorded this man on thursday, checking the numbers and apparently discovering he's the other winner. he did not give his name. wall street had a quiet ending to the week. the dow jones industrial average gained three points to close at 13,025. the nasdaq fell one point to close at 3,010. for the week, the dow gained just a fraction of a percent; the nasdaq r

the family from dearborn is planning a pretty good christmas. daughter is hoping for a pony. >>> a train carrying hazardous gas. and the man who is accused of giving information to wikileaks is back in court today. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." republicans have spent the past three weeks at least doing an elaborate and very public autopsy on the 2012 election. asking what went wrong. good question. like democrats before them after losing an election, they're focusing on the usual suspects, we didn't have the right candidate, didn't get our message out, didn't get our voters out. when you lose the popular vote of five or six elections, you have to consider the voters just didn't reject your messenger, they rejected perhaps your message. we have two strategists back with us. one democrat steve mcmahon and republican rick tyler. rick, you first because you guys lost, and i don't mind saying this because i'm heartened by this. i didn't know it was going to happen. i thought the first debate, as i said clearly on the air --

reporter: $136.5 million gives new meaning to the words lump sum and that's how the hill family of dearborn missouri will collect their record winnings after taxes. cindy hill bought the winning ticket on wednesday and then left the precious paper in her car overnight. >> people keep asking us what will you buy. i haven't even thought about that. i just want to go home and just be back to normal. >> reporter: at a news conference she spoke of a family vacation donations to charity, a pony for her 6-year-old daughter and maybe a red camero for her husband mark. >> have you worked your last day at your job? >> yes. >> reporter: 28-year-old son jason described getting the news. >> my dad called me about 8:30 in the morning and it was almost noon before i moved again. i sat there in disbelief. >> reporter: 30-year-old cody was told to keep it to himself. >> i go to work and everybody is talking about it. somebody from here won. i go you don't say. wow. i bet those people are pretty happy right now. >> reporter: the hills do not intend to move. in fact they do not intend to change. as cindy hill

. >> dearborn. >> the guy said i am still looking at the prices. like donald trump said.o that rich people stay rich or richer because they are smart with their money. >> they also surround themselves with good trustworthy people who can help manage their money instead of blowing it all over the place. >> how many people are going to come out of woodwork, hey, cindy, remember me? >> third cousin. >> i'm your cousin, yeah. >> did say he plans to buy a new red chevy camaro owe so a nice token. >> check it out. splurge for the leather seats. >> good for them. all righty. now we have got to do headlines. pro-tennis referee arrested before the u.s. open. she will not be tried for her husband's death. los angeles prosecutors dropped murder charges against lois goodman. they received new information and didn't have the evidence to move forward. police accused goodman of using a coffee mug to kill her 80-year-old husband but goodman claims he accidently fell down the stairs and died. a new york family counting their blessings this morning after a stray bullet tore through their h