the drawing will be announced in live from murphy's usa gas station. >> reporter: as a south carolinians continue to recover from october's andndlooding many are still displaced from homes at this point . during the past few months we have seen neighbors and people from all across this country sending aid and goodwill to flood victims. >> today some students took a special field trip to the midlands to make sure people in need got even more help. >> and then they saw water downstairs and it was almost all the way up to the stairs. >> fourth-grader tyler simpson remembers the night his family lost the home. >> we look out the window and the firefighters were trying to come and they were saving other people. >> his family lived in the will of creek apartments devastated by october's flooding. three months later and they are still not back in their home. grove elementary are still dealing with similar situations. >> i lost my toys my bed my clothes my shoes food. >> on wednesday those students got a bit of a helping hand. elementary school students from charlotte brought nonperishable food

inside his pants pocket was a powerball ticket worth the ticket was sold at the murphy usa gas station. they didn't say what they will do with the money. >>> how many times do you throw your close in the washer and not check the pockets? >> if i'm wearing jeans and -- i do. >> i'm happy they didn't wash >>> our golden football 3 football contest continues... .we placed 19 golden wltx signed football >>> some of them are still out --, our contest is continuing. if you find one of those footballs, bring it here and so far 13 winners have wasn't just the earth's >>> last year was a -- the hottest year on record. scientists a the 2015 temperature was 26 degrees 260f. scientist claim a combination of el nio and increasing man- made global warming. we are always talking about climate change. >>> it looked gorgeous where he was. it was snowing and he told us he tried skiing and he felt >> we had a few sleet pellets here. i know people are getting excited about the winter storm we are going to see. we will break it down for you in a minute. right now 43 degrees. 33 degrees in greenville. tempe

the ticket was sold at the murphy usa gas station. ey didn't say what they will do with the money. >>> how many times do you throw your close in the washer and not check the pockets? >> if i'm wearing jeans and -- i do. >>> our golden football wasn't just the earth's >>> last year was a -- the scientists a the 2015 temperature was 26 degrees 260f. scientist claim a combination of el nio and increasing man- made global warming. we are always talking about climate change. >>> it looked gorgeous where he was. it was snowing and he told us he tried skiing and he felt that he is okay. >> we had a few sleet pellets here. i know people are getting excited about the winter storm we are going to see. we will break it down for you in a minute. right now 43 degrees. temperatures are cooling-off and as we mentioned we saw little bit of sleep mixed in with rain -- sleet mixed in with rain. there could be a couple of speckles out there but the radars not picking up much activity right now. tonight clouds and maybe a sprinkle or two. tomorrow a smal

. >> the murphy usa gas station on highway 1 outside of lexington has proven to be lucky. in 2013. the store sold a $399 million winning ticket. thus the largest jackpot won by anyone in the palmetto state. another murphy usa station has proven to be lucky in the past for this one on garners ferry road in columbia, they saw the $259 million ticket in 2009. a big one. i also came from the raceway interstate 26. they sold a $35 million jackpot in 2008. some will tell you to head to jimmy smart to buy your tickets per the gas station leaves the leads in lottery ticket sales but others say you should buy them at the obama gas station many believe it is good luck. they sold a couple of million- dollar winners in the past. it is fun to talk about the good luck. we want to remind you that lottery officials say buying extra tickets does not increase your odds of winning the jackpot. the drawing for the $1.5 billion jackpot is tomorrow night. watch it live right here just before our 11 pm newscast. >>> orangeburg county has one of the largest obobity rates in an effort to bring healthier fo

our michal higdon is live at that gas station where folks are likely looking for a repeat. that winning ticket was sold right here at the murphy usa gas station on augusta road in lexington. then, the jackpot was more than 399 million now, 450 million dollars are up for grabs. it's the sixth-largest jackpot ever in north america. it's been growing since the last powerball jackpot winner on nov. 4 and will keep climbing if no one wins the big prize tonight. but folks are lining up around the nation to try and pick the lucky numbers. here in lexington, those winning numbers back in 2013 were 7, 10, 22, 32, 35 and a powerball of 19. the current 450-million- dollar prize is based on an annuity, which would pay out the money over 29 years. but if you win...and you want your money now...the cash option would give you 275.4 million before taxes. but of course there's lots of competition for south carolinians...as powerball is played in 44 states. so the big question is-- how good are your odds? a breakdown of the chances you'll be the palmetto state's next challenging congress with new executive orders designed to tighten gun laws- but g

murphy usa. >> murphy is an interesting one. they are based in arkansas. they have a deal with walmart. they position their gas stationsrphy express, which is not walmart, but really what you've got is a nigh low-cost producer, they're all in in the walmart stores. that point of sail and proximity is what you like. >> you like jax in the box, mcdonald's, all cheap stuff? >> cheap stuff. i think you get ten bucks off gas tank, where are you going to put it. what's interesting of jack, is 80% of its business is drive-thru. if you use your car a lot, jack is where the pickup will be. >>> final one, because this one is not cheap. vail resorts? explaining that. >> this is a short more than a long. they've been bought, it's a value rank, and this one is a story that's already in the news and very well known. this is a short, not a long, and that's what you have to be aware of. >> john, thanks for waking up early in l.a., we appreciate it. >> no problem. >>> all right. when we return, jim cramer will join us from the new york stock exchange. we'll get hess take on the four dow components out this morning. >>> also looking ahe