more than one lucky ticketholder will make home the near record mega millions jackpot. new details on where they were sold. >>> deadly crash. a plane goes one in a neighborhood, while residents look on. >> it looked like it was headed straight towards my house. >> how the pilot's actions likely saved a lot more people on the ground. >>> high drama. a worker perched on the end of a construction crane with raging fire behind him. the harrowing rescue, all caught on camera. >>> also this morning, immaculate reception. a security agent is in the right place at exactly the right time. >>> and good wednesday morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson, in, today, for john muller. >> i'm diana perez. we have some winners to tell you about. two tickets matched all of the numbers in the massive mega millions jackpot. >> less than an hour after that big drawing, lottery officials in california confirmed that a ticket was sold in that state, in the city of san jose. then, news broke that at another store, this one in atlanta, georgia, also sold a winning ticket. >> the winners will share a

they missed the mega number. before you get too excited, they were sold in san diego county. >>> to say air quality in the bay area was bad today would be an understate. buyers in big sur and redwood city led to lots of smog pretty much everywhere. this is a view across the bay from oakland. you can't even see san francisco, and it's hard to believe, but at one point today, paul, our air quality was worse than beijing china by a long shot. >> we fit more stuff into that jar today, that being the fires burning in redwood city and big sur. that pollution doesn't have a means of escape. it's being squeezed down to the very bottom of the atmosphere. the view from san jose in the sky looked nice. cloud cover moving overhead. right over the skyline there we had lots of pollution, lots of haze, and the south bay will be the bull's eye tomorrow for our 11th-coffin sective spare the air day. things aren't going to scour out as quickly as we first thought. no wood burning tomorrow because of the unhealthy air quality in th

mega millions prize totals are soaring thanks to new rules that make it harder to win. players used to pick six numbers from one to 56, but now it's one to 75. the october changes lowered the odds of winning from one in 176 million to one in 259 million. >> mega millions? 20. >> millions of people across the country braved long ticket lines for a chance at the winning ticket but this morning, most of their dreams of becoming overnight millionaires are over. >> i got to keep playing? >> of course i'm going to keep playing. >> the jackpot now resets to $15 million for the next drawing on friday. marlee hall for cbs news. >> 15 million not bad, right? mega millions is played in maryland, the district, 42 other states and the united states virgin islands. >>> fairfax county school and fire officials are trying to figure out how two buses caught fire this morning. this was the scene at a bus storage lot near westfield high school. the blaze gutted one bus, heavily damaged the other and it took crews minutes to put out the flames, luckily nobody was hurt. >>> on the front lin

tonight's mega millions jackpot is beyond ginormous. get bigger giving the winner one of the best holidays in history. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: move over, santa. millions are banking on mega millions to deliver their ultimate christmas gift this year. the $586 million jackpot is the second largest in mega millions history. >> if you are not in it, you can't win it. >> reporter: ever since mega millions changed the game decreasing the chances of winning, no one has won. since october 21st, there have been 21 straight drawings without a winner, quickly approaching the longest streak of 25 winless drawings back in 2000. you now have a one in 259 million chance of winning mega millions. the worst odds of any american lottery ever. still, statisticians say someone is bound to win eventually. >> the higher the lottery value is the more people are interested in playing. what we typically find is the more people that play you get a decent probability of a winner. >> reporter: as tradition would have it, this past friday 13th, pro

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but you will never grow to the size of what was before a mega airline. it's really down to four mega airlines that have three-quarters of the entire lift, and then niche airlines where they have regions to make money. >> i have to disagree with rick on this. i feel that if you have got a city, and this city warrants 10,000 passenger as year, someone will be there to fly them. if you want to get from point a to point b in the united states, you're going to be able to get there. this is a way that its a hauls worked. the free enterprise system does take over. what people fail to release the government regulations is what caused the operation. they protected the airlines from competition. they wouldn't let an airline fly where it wanted to fly or charge what it wanted to charge. the c.a.b. said no, you can't go there. you cannot charge this. there were no sales, no frequent flyer programs, no advance purchase, no refundable tickets. it wasn't until jimmy carter said let's deregulate this industry then the industry broke loose. america west is the only airli

the mega ball is 7. the cash payout for the jackpot is $341 million. what a way to wake up this morning for two people anyway. urgent space walks to fix a cooling line on the space station. two space walks will be required to fix the problem. astronauts will be forced to shut down after the cools system shut down. the space walk is scheduled for saturday. >> the family of a girl who went to the hospital to have her tonsils removed and ended up brain dead is fighting the hospital to keep her on life support. the family served the hospital with a cease and desist order. the hospital then agreed to keep the 13-year-old on a ventilator for the time being. doctors say she is brain dead but the family is not giving up hope. >> the family believes only god and the mother who brought her into this world should make a decision as to when she leaves this world. >> everybody who has children. if that was your child fighting for her life you would want everybody to pray for her, too. >> doctors say they don't know how or why a routine con sillectomy surge -- tonsi

the mega millions numbers are: 8, 14, 17, 20, 39. mega number: 7. the next mega millions drawing is this friday with the jackpot at $15 million. you never thought $15 million would sound so small. >> still sounds good do me. >> breaking news in san francisco. police search is underway for the suspects would drove off with an a.t.m. opinion ripping it from the market on fillmore street before ditching the van. amy hollyfield aim is in san francisco with the very latest on this. amy? >> yes, we spoke with a man who witnessed the whole thing and he told us how they got the a.t.m. machine out of here. look at this incredible sight at fillmore and jackson there was an a.t.m. machine bolted into concrete and two men managed to get it out of there and a witness said he her yelling and he looked out the window and he saw the two men and they had a chain around the machine and they tried to pull it with their van but that didn't work so they moved on to plan "b". >> they knocked it over with the van and front ended it is it was on its side. then they pull it

check your mega millions tickets.g up just how lottery luck struck in the bay area in a big way. >> reporter: there was a brazen theft of an atm overnight. coming up, we'll tell you how the thieves got away. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, aboard the international spe >>> five things to know at the :55. nasa has scheduled at least two spacewalks for the crew aboard the international space station to fix a broken cooling system. one of the two systems failed last week prompting nasa to shut down nonessential equipment and science experiments. the first spacewalk is scheduled for saturday and the second on monday. if the repair doesn't work, and the remaining system fails, the space station crew would have to shut down computers and return to earth. nasa says it's confident the fix will work. >>> nato is investigating tuesday's crash of the u.s. army helicopter in southern afghanistan that killed six american servicemen. one person survived the accident involving a blackhawk uh-60 on a daytime mission. it's the single worst day

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a pair of winning tickets are sold on opposite ends of the country in tuesday's mega millions lottery worth more than $600 million. >>> spacewalk solution. nasa is hoping some unplanned spacewalks will be the answer to mechanical problems plaguing the international space station. >>> and canine courage. a blind man falls onto the subway tracks in new york city and is rescued by his fearless guide dog. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, december 18th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, two winning tickets were sold for last night's mega millions jackpot, the second largest lottery prize in u.s. history. lottery officials say one ticket was sold at a newsstand in atlanta, georgia, and another at a gift shop in san jose, california. the winning numbers are -- lottery officials say the jackpot is expected to exceed $647 million when the final ticket sales are calculated later today. now, the seller of the winning ticket gets a small percentage of the winnings and early this morning outside the san jose store, the ma

a last-minute rush before tonight's mega millions drawing. what if you win? the expert advice to protect your new found riches. >> what happened in the blink of an eye, the amazing airport save when a baby fell off a luggage counter. >> a tricky repair job in space. the mission to fix a glitch on the international space station. spacewalks at the internati space station's coolin >>> new at 5:00, nasa has ordered a series of urgent spacewalks at the international space station. after half the station's cooling systems shut down last week, the six man crew is okay. but nasa wants to send two american astronauts out to replace a bad pump in case of another failure. the job will require at least two spacewalks. the first is set for saturday. >>> the pentagon is trying to figure out if the helicopter crash that killed six american soldiers was the result of enemy fire. u.s. senior officials say the blackhawk uh-60 crashed today in southern afghanistan after what appears to be engine failure. one person survived. military investigators have a report that mortar fir

last night's jackpot is the second highest in mega millions history.the biggest jackpot was $656 million. pretty close there in march of last we're. the third highest overall was a powerball jackpot that hit $590 million this past may. normally we don't talk this much about the lottery, but the fact it hit so close to home, it's pretty amazing. of course, we will continue to follow this story all day long on air and on-line. you can go to nbc bay area.com for the very latest news. >> an update on a developing story. fire officials say the wildfire burning in big sur should be contained by the end of the week. the fire burning in the los ph.d. rays national forest near highway 1 has already burned about 770 acres, and nearly two dozen homes, including the home of the chief of the big sur volunteer fire department. fire is only 20% contained. an area west of highway 1 was evacuated last night. a team from the strike area will go to help with the unusually late in the season wildfire. the national weather service says the area usually gets about 45 inches

. >>> and holiday mega mania, the lottery jackpot worth more than half a billion dollars. are the new odds making it almost impossible to win or can you increase your luck tonight? >>> good evening to you on this monday night. we begin with a high stakes face-off over security and spying in america. it's about the nsa and that controversial campaign to collect information on the phone calls of ordinary americans. the white house called it a key weapon in the fight against terror. today a federal judge delivered a body blow, calling the program simply unconstitutional. abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl starts us off. >> reporter: this is a direct challenge to a program that the is the says has saved lives. the federal judge declared flatly that he believes the program is unconstitutional. it may be the ultimate victory for nsa hacker edward snowden, classified documents he leaked revealed just how much information the nsa collects on americans and directly led to today's ruling. at issue, the nsa's massive data base on virtually every phone call made in th

. >>> an unbelievable morning for two mega million lottery holders. two tickets matching all tix numbers. splitting one of the largest jackpots in history. what we know about the winners. >>> the shooting rampage near that nevada hospital. the very latest on what we're hearing this morning. >>> and a passionate plea from amanda knox saying she is is not a psychopath on trial again for the brutal death of her roommate. we're live with that story. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. that should tell you something. >> i'm here as well. great to fill in for christine. i'm pamela brown. >> we are both here this morning, because we have bad news for millions and millions and millions of you. you did not win. neither did we. >> no? >> this now say worthless piece of paper, another dollar thrown to the wind. however, not everyone say loser this morning. at least not that kind of loser. there are two tickets out there, two winning tickets for the massive mega millions jackpot. they will split the jackpot. they could have $648

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mega number is 7.you did not win the next mega millions drawing is on friday with the jackpot at $15 million. we hope to learn later today who the winner is. >> berkeley leaders are diagnose -- are considering raising the minimum wage $3 an hour from $8 to $10.74 an hour. if the remain employer doesn't offer medical benefits they add another $2.20 an hour to cover that. the allowance opposes this. >> investigators hope surveillance video will help figure out what start add fire at a recycling plant in redwood city. we were on the scene at sims metal management bringing you coverage all morning yesterday. the fire broke out after midnight and created a huge cloud of smoke for hours and triggered a health warning if those with breathing issues to stay indoors. firefighters watched for flare-ups in the afternoon and evening. this was the second fire at the plant in just five weeks. >> an elementary school in san francisco's richmond will see increased patrols after an internet hoax was viral. the principa

mega jackpot was born in october as a much smaller pot. >> tonight's mega millions jackpot is an estimatedmonths and 21 winless drawings and that $12 million is now a $636 million prize. the second largest in lottery history. so, adults are standing in line with the same fanciful hopes of children sitting on santa's lap. >> buy a new lamborghini. >> probably going to buy an island. >> reporter: steve is the guy from passaic, new jersey, that everyone around town wants to touch for good luck. since 2009 he's won powerball once and mega millions twice. collecting more than a million dollars worth of jackpots. what do you say to people looking for a tip? >> a tip? just walk up to the machine and let the machine do it. >> reporter: there are lucky people and then lucky states. illinois is the luckiest with 31 mega million jackpots won. followed by new york and then a three-way tie between georgia, michigan and new jersey, but you never know where luck will strike. this nebraska couple cashed in their winning ticket from last week's $122 million powerball jackpot. >> it's been a whirlwind. >> r

the mega million jackpot could reach a billion with a b.t would it take for you to win and do you really want to win, given what happens to some of the winners. >> the mega million jackpot is tipping the scales and may even be harder to win than usual. joining me the lead director. you're the executive director of the virginia lottery running the mega millions lottery at the moment. we're heading for a very very big prize, aren't we? >> we certainly are. we have never been in this position to have a jackpot this tremendous, over half a billion dollars already the week before christmas. it's created a lot of fun. the country is in full-blown mega million mania. >> it's certainly true. if there's no winner tomorrow, the jackpot by friday would be $800 million. which means by the following tuesday, which is christmas or christmas eve, it would be a billion dollars, is that right. >> that is correct. now, every time the jackpot goes up we know more people get in the game and people are buying maybe a few extra tickets. so we had about a 1 in 2

. >>> stolen mega millions jackpot jackpot -- tonight the mega millions jackpot, bringing in $500,000 a minute throughout the nation. here in california, 23,000 tickets were sold. one in 259 million, your odds. the numbers, 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and the mega number is 7. tonight we know there's two big winners and one of the winning tickets was sold in san jose. we are live tonight at jenny's gift shop where the ticket was sold. >> reporter: we have this store in this small strip mall near south king street and this is where the winning lottery ticket was sold. this is video we took a short time ago, and in addition to selling lottery tickets, they sell kids' items and clothing. this man says he is happy for whoever won. >> i only win a little bit. i feel happy because somebody i knew here won. >> reporter: it had to be weird that the winning ticket was sold here at this place. >> the owner came about 30 minutes ago and he gave a big hug and said he had the winning ticket. >> reporter: the winning numbers again are on your screen and are 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and the mega ball is 7! whoever h

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at least one ticket matching up a six mega millions numbers was sold here in the bay area at jennie's gifts in san jose. somebody is rich. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. here are the winning numbers, 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and the mega ball isjohn alston is live in sn jose outside of that very lucky store. john? >> and very long odds. the owner of the store says he has no idea who bought the winning ticket. >> no idea who it could be. >> thanks again. >> what time are you opening the store? >> he will be a lucky winner and share a pot. he runs jennie's gift shop that sells gifts and kids gear and it sells a big fat lottery ticket. we understand there was a winner in georgia as well. the sign beside me has $636 million and that will be changing to 15. somebody here will be very, very wealthy. >> i got two times seven. >> this security guard checked his lottery tickets immediately when he found out the place where he bought them had sold the jackpot winner. >> the owner came and give me the notice and give me -- i win, i win! i sold the ticket here. >> word spread to t

since 2009 he's won powerball once and mega millions twice, collecting more than $1 million worth of jackpots. >> what do you say for people looking for a tip? >> a tip? just walk up to the machine and just let the machine pick it. >> reporter: there are lucky people and then lucky states. illinois is the luckiest with 31 mega million jackpots won, followed by new york and then a three-way tie between georgia, michigan and new jersey. but you never know where luck will strike. this nebraska couple cashed in their winning ticket this afternoon from last week's $122 million powerball jackpot. >> it's been a whirlwind. >> reporter: they chose the lump sum payment of $34 million. if there is one winner tonight, they'll take home ten times more cash, a whopping $341.2 million. just take a look at the line, guys. based on the numbers coming in from mega millions there is about a 30% chance we will not have a winner tonight. but if that's the case, the jackpot will only roll over. friday's projected jackpot already $950 million, closing in on the billion dollar mark. diane? >> linsey davis,

michelle miller reports mega- millions is reaching for a record as the odds get longer. and spinning music into gold. mark phillips finds rare recordings are giving the beatles a new turn at stardom. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. there is trouble tonight ablq$ the international space station. late today nasa said it will take a series of space walks to fix it. as we reported last week, half of the cooling system shut down when a valve malfunctioned. there is a crew of six on board. the two americans will make the first space walk on saturday. nasa tells us the astronauts are safe. jeff glor is with us with more about the problem and what it will take to repair it. jeff? >> reporter: the stakes are high scott. there's only two cooling loops on the space station, one is down. if that one can't be fixed and there's only one left, there is no backup. this is what it looked like that last time the cooling unit had to be fixed on the international space station. in 2010, astro

mega million hopefuls were plunking down cash hoping their numbers come in. via the milly -- mega millions, first i would do for my children, buy a home, and take a vacation. >> take a trip around the world. and atrios andme a rolls-royce. prius and as -- a rolls-royce. quest at 580 $6 million, it is the fourth-largest jackpot in history and the rise could grow i had -- the prize could grow ahead of the deadline. >> first i will buy myself a house. that is all i need. all he needs. if you take the cash option should win all -- about $209 million after taxes. you, i do winning ticket right here so if you do not see me wednesday, that is why. kris van cleave, abc 7 news. >> we will be all around your desk. abc 7 is the place to find out if you hit the jackpot. we'll have the winning numbers for you tomorrow night on abc 7 news at 11:00. >> maybe you can take a new portion drive somewhere warm -- your new porsche and drive somewhere warm. started with our headlines on monday evening. morning.w in the it will turn much more before it the week finishes. the winter

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checking our top stories, the mega millions jackpot has at least two winners. one winning ticket was sold in san jose, california, the other was sold around atlanta, georgia area. a $1 million ticket was sold in maryland. a small fire near the turtle statue at the university of maryland college park is now out. campus police say students placed offerings at the statue outside the library and the candle -- a candle may have been knocked over. the statue did not catch fire. rubbing the turtle's knows is thought to bring good luck, especially during exams. mark herring is widening his lead in the attorney general's race. he was ahead of mark obenshain by 165 votes, but after a recount, hearing increased his lead by about 600 votes. the recount continues today. underway for the person responsible for a violent sexual assault in silver spring. the victim said that she was raped after leaving her apartment on garland avenue friday night. montgomery county police are hoping surveillance video from a target store helps lead to an arrest. >> you have to be careful. the

that enormous mega millions jackpot is $636 million. lottery officials raised the amount hours ago, make it the second largest prize in american history. now folks are lining up at convince stores to get the luck. lottery officials say the odds of winning are one in 259 million. a little perspective. if i thought of asking you to name one person in the united states, the same odds. i jive you choose the lump sum you will walk away with $341 million before taxes. officials say they expect people to buy 70% of all the possible number combinations, which means there's nearly a one in three chance that nobody wins tonight. the current record for a jackpot, $656 million, from a mega millions drawing last year. and the lottery officials say if nobody wins this one before christmas -- there are a couple of drawings before then -- we could see it hit $1 billion. as if whatever today's is againing not enough. jonathan at some gas station in atlanta where someone -- looks like the woman just won it. >> reporter: well, people are very active. ever

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here are the winning numbers, 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and the mega ball is 7. john alston is live in san jose outside of that very lucky store. john? >> and very long odds. the owner of the store says he has no idea who bought the winning ticket. >> thanks again. >> what time are you opening the store? >> he will be a lucky winner and share a pot. he runs jennie's gift shop that sells gifts and kids gear and it sells a big fat lottery ticket. we understand there was a winner in georgia as well. the sign beside me has $636 million and that will be changing to 15. somebody here will be very, very wealthy. >> i got two times seven. >> this security guard checked his lottery tickets immediately when he found out the place where he bought them had sold the jackpot winner. >> the owner came and give me the notice and give me -- i win, i win! i sold the ticket here. >> word spread to the other businesses near jennie's gift shop that lottery lightning struck a few doors away. >> it is good for san jose and hopefully somebody will be rich. >> california lottery official

coming up on "early today," mega millionaires. the second largest jackpot in u.s. history has at least two grand prize winners. we'll tell you where. >>> blackhawk down in afghanistan as the war against the taliban rages on. >>> firefighters fighting raging flames and thick smoke in california's dryest season on record. >>> plus, police chief for a day brings joy and shaq to a 5-year-old boy. >>> "the voice" crowns a winner >>> and president obama sends a clear message to russia about their anti-gay policies. it's wednesday, december 18. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning. i'm richard lui. christmas has come early for at least two people in california and georgia. they have winning lottery tickets for last night's $636 million jackpot. both tickets match the numbers 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 with a mega ball of 7. the california ticket was sold at jenny's gift shop in san jose. the store owner won the jackpot as well. he told the l.a. times he would receive $1.5 million for selling that ticket. the winning ticket in georgia was purchased at gateway news stand

all thanks to the mega millions lottery.nine de la vega is live outside that gift shop in san jose. janine, somebody bought one of two tickets to that $648 million jackpot. >> reporter: yeah we don't know who it is yet. the winner has not come forward. we do know they bought their ticket here at jenny's gift shop. you know this is located in a strip mall on tully road. it is on the east side and has a lot of vietnamese businesses inside here. the owner of the store was informed last night that one hit all five numbers and the mega number. he was very excited to get that phone call. the jackpot is believed to be at $648 million. that is the second highest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. if the winner chooses a lump sum, it will pay out in cash to about $341.2 million. win will reportedly receive around $1 million for selling the winning ticket. as far as the odds the chances of winning the jackpot are 1- 259 million. now here's the winning numbers. 8, 14, 17, 20, 39, and the mega million number is 7. whoever won in san jose

a winning mega millions lottery ticket sold in san jose.00 news returns in two minutes. >>> back now to our breaking news. california lottery officials confirm that a winning mega millions ticket was sold in san jose and this is a live picture from jenny's gift shop on tully road. the store owner will get a prize as well. cnn is reporting a second winning ticket was sold in georgia and there may be others. anyone holding a ticket with all six numbers will share in a jackpot worth $636 million. again here are the winning numbers they are eight, 14, 17, 20, 39 and the mega number is seven. >>> new at 10:00 tonight an unusual donation drive is taking place in san francisco. the goal to raise money for a life saving medical device to make it standard equipment in every police car in the city. ktvu's jana katsuyama is live now in san francisco with why some say it's needed while others have concerns. jana. >> reporter: julie, usually when people think of police and electric shocks they're thinking of tasers. not automatic defibrillators. but thi

numb -- 27, 70 and the mega number is 12.o one won the big jackpot tonight, so it just grew to $550 million. under new rules yes, the prizes are bigger, but as we've seen tonight, your chances of winning or probably worse than ever. >> it's so much money and my last name is gamble. i've got to take a chance on it. >> it's my birthday today. 13 december is my birthday. >> reporter: at jp liquors in los altos owner greg rivera says he sold 10 times the amount of tickets today he normally does. >> this is going to get you into stanford of. >> reporter: since mega millions revamped its rules in october to grow bigger jackpots in a shorter amount of time sales at this lucky store have doubled. >> this makes the jackpot go a hospital faster and that brings a lot -- lot faster and that brings a lot more traffic into the store. >> reporter: the odds of one of these guys winning that monster jackpot are smaller. one in 259 million. >> i'm surprised it's even that low. i thought it was one in like 14 billion or something. >> probably a

curry is one of two winners of the $636 million mega million jackpot. she'll take home a lump sum of about $120 million after taxes. curry bought just one ticket at an atlanta newsstand. lottery officials say she learned she won wednesday morning while driving to work and heard on the radio that the mega ball number was 7. >> she realized that that was her pick, and so she called her daughter. she woke up her daughter. her daughter checked the winning numbers and sure enough they were the big mega millions winner for georgia. >> the other winning ticket was sold at a san jose, california, gift shop. the holder of that ticket has not come forth. anne-marie, cannot imagine how her life will change. >> i know. i know. living is really good for ira curry. congratulations. wendy gillette at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, wendy. >>> as early as today president obama is expected to nominate montana senator max baucus to be the next u.s. ambassador to china. the relationship between china and the u.s. has been strained recently. baucus, a democrat,

this after one of the two winning mega millions tickets was sold in san jose. janine is at the store and talked to the owner who was one of the new millionaires. good afternoon, janine? >> good afternoon, tori. there's so much activity here in front of jenny's gift store. you could see there's media. people from the vietnamese communities that have come out and lotto officials that congratulated the owner. we're still waiting for the winner to come forward. it could be days. >> million dollar too. >>> tre nguyen is 000,000- dollar richer,. >> proud of me. hugged me all night. >> nguyen was swarmed by local and national media as he opened up his shop. lottery officials called him to tell him, someone bought the ticket, one of two ticket that is will share the $628 million. >> make people happy because i'm a lottery, seller. i think i come heerk many people are happy and i'm happy. right now i got more happy. people win the jackpot. yes. >> lottery officials plastered- made here in its stores. soon, customers started to show off. >> i'm so happy for anybody who w

. >>> talk about a big holiday present, what about the two winners of that mega millions jackpot, thene that climbed above $600 million. we're beginning to learn who they are and how they chose the lucky numbers. hears there's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: it took two and a half months to creat this massive $648 million jackpot and about 12 hours for ira curry of stone mountain, georgia to claim half of it. >> they were very, very excited about the win. they were, as they said, still in a state of shock. >> reporter: this is the 56-year-old's facebook profile picture before she disabled her account. the winner of the second largest jackpot in history is not speaking publicly. she did reveal to lottery officials that she bought only one ticket at the last minute picking numbers based on family birthdays. >> she had the radio on and the announcer was talking about the mega ball which is 7. 7 is the family's lucky number. she knew she had the mega ball. >> reporter: after state and federal taxes, the wife and mother is now about $120 million richer. the identity of last night's second

here are the winning numbers, 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and the mega ball is 7.ston is live in san jose outside of that very lucky store. john? >> and very long odds. the owner of the store says he has no idea who bought the winning ticket. >> thanks again. >> what time are you opening the store? >> he will be a lucky winner and share a pot. he runs jennie's gift shop that sells gifts and kids gear and it sells a big fat lottery ticket. we understand there was a winner in georgia as well. the sign beside me has $636 million and that will be changing to 15. somebody here will be very, very wealthy. >> i got two times seven. >> this security guard checked his lottery tickets immediately when he found out the place where he bought them had sold the jackpot winner. >> the owner came and give me the notice and give me -- i win, i win! i sold the ticket here. >> word spread to the other businesses near jennie's gift shop that lottery lightning struck a few doors away. >> it is good for san jose and hopefully somebody will be rich. >> california lottery officials were m

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. >> the prospect of instant wealth has expanded tonight's mega millions inventory -- lottery. it is the second biggest prize in u.s. history. we've been talking to lottery players all day. >> the gas station where we are right now has sold 1.2 million dollar tickets in the past. not be is a prize that people keep coming up here. they been doing it all day, hoping they get the waiting to get -- the winning tickets and cash in bank. it will not be easy. denies megamillion jack pot climbs closer to the biggest ever. that is giving people like kevin 600 and 36 million reasons to dream th. >> i have good luck. >> he is going to need it, because mega millions changed again, increasing the number involved in the drawing which decreases the chance that the chances of winning. this lotto has been growing sense october 1. longest streak was back in 2000. eventually, someone will win. >> the higher the value is, the more interested in playing. there is a decent probability of a winner. hopeat is a sliver of a purchased a dollar at a time. >> i'm going to do something with it. tonight on

the mega millions reaching an all time. itis at 586 million bucks and strong ticket sales could push it past last year's record drawing of $656 million by tomorrow night. get this. a couple more drawings with no winner and the jackpot could reach $1 billion. >> the odds of that happening may be greater than you think. there hasn't been a winner since late october. kerry sanders has more on why it's so hard to turn that dollar into a dream. >> look at all the money you could win. >> reporter: it's possible, but did you think why no one has won in 21 draws? in october, after a family won, the game got harder. you used to have to pick six numbers from one to 56. now, it's from one to 75. we all know what that means. >> you take 75 to the fifth. divide by five factorial. it's much bigger than 56 to the fifth divided by five factorial. >> reporter: right. how much bigger? the odds of winning went from 1 in 176 million to 1 in 259 million. you have a better chance of hitting two consecutive holes in one, of being cannonized or of