professor norris's formula is painfully complicated. >> there are 15 possible ball and five are drawn and the number of combinations is given by this form l.a. >> reporter: the solution is downright painful. >> to get the total probability we simply multiply these numbers together and get a total probability of about 175 million. >> reporter: professor, with so many people playing this time around, does that hurt my odds? >> your odds are the same no matter how many people play. you just have a higher chance of having to split the jackpot. >> reporter: is it better to choose my own number or let the computer pick them. >>? every number has exactly the same likelihood of winning so it doesn't matter. >> reporter: you might wonder, how did the jackpot get this big? because there have been so many losers. no winners in an unbelievable 16 drawings in a row. this time, so many people are buying tickets, powerball big wigs just raised the jackpot yet again today. to a cool, clean half a billion dollars. yes, $500 million. for the record, if you take cash value option, you get a not so clean

. >>> norris no acertÓ el premio mÁs grande pero con cadar un millÓn de dolares estÁ conforme. >>> especialmenteÓ el boleto en esta gasolinera, el otro en esta tienda de este afluente suburbio donde vive joe arpaio, hÉctor no gano pero desea lo mejor al nuevo millonario. >>> felicidades por ganar. >>> (hablan en inglÉs). >>> precisamente en phoenix la loterÍa tiene un mensaje para el que ganÓ en el estado. >>> por supuesto asegurese de no perder el boleto, no se olvide de firmarlo y llame. >>> es cierto que los boletos no se compran en nevada ni en california, miles cruzaron la frontera conseguirlo, las ventas aumentaron un 500%. los californianos que no llegaron hasta arizona se conformaban desde lejos. >>> hace mucho tiempo ganamos como mil dÓlares entre todos. >>> entre diez? >>> sÍ. >>> no todos pueden ganar 588 millones, pero siempre se puede seguir soÑando. >>> yo no gano ni en las canicas. nueva york recibyos los resto de macho camacho, ahÍ estuvo blanca rosa vilchez que tiene la historia. >>> el arribo de la madre de macho camacho estuvo rodeado de gran expectativa, su fÉretro estÁ en es

. >> what do guys like chilly ski grammar and chuck norris think about the state of the union right now>> the democrats have gone further left and the republicans have gone to where the democrats were 40 years ago. >> bill: why have so many celebrities becoming so engaged in politics? >> the center is where we should be because all of us agree on a lot. >> is socialism the new craze among some pop celebrity icons. >> i am not a liberal. i was raised a socialist. my family is socialist. they were not liberals they were socialist. >> we collected some great hollywood interviews this evening and it all starts right now. >> once upon a time, you and i actually felt journalism was a calling. >> bill: i still think i'm doing something noble. [ laughter ] caution, you are about to intrer the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching the factor goes hollywood special. top story tonight. conservative hollywood. actors chuck norris, james con, kelsey grammer all have something to say about how things have changed in this country over the past few years.

. >> what do guys like chilly ski grammar and chuck norris think about the state of the union right now>> the democrats have gone further left and the republicans have gone to where the democrats were 40 years ago. >> bill: why have so many celebrities becoming so engaged in politics? >> the center is where we should be because all of us agree on a lot. >> is socialism the new craze among some pop celebrity icons. >> i am not a liberal. i was raised a socialist. my family is socialist. they were not liberals they were socialist. >> we collected some great hollywood interviews this evening and it all starts right now. >> once upon a time, you and i actually felt journalism was a calling. >> bill: i still think i'm doing something noble. [ laughter ] caution, you are about to intrer the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching the factor goes hollywood special. top story tonight. conservative hollywood. actors chuck norris, james con, kelsey grammer all have something to say about how things have changed in this country over the past few years.

wind just whipped the area. 36 in baltimore and we gusted to 35 in the island today and it was 33 in norrise idea. the winds are quieting down nicely out there. 54 was the ñrhigh today. sun set at 4:58 today. still a little fall is left and the sky from the viewers area and of course this one i get to take today. that's what we're going to have through the weekend into the big football game on sunday. kick off forecast as 62. we could be up in xdthe upper 60s. we have not hay home game in a while. looks like very little wind too. a few gusts of 15 and winds will go through the day and skies are clear tonight and generally a good thing. sun glasses is a great idea as you go out to door for work qor school or where ever travels take you. things are look good. so for the veterans day plans if you're going to per raid around town, you're looking good for that. be ready to peal it off and then the heat really begins to make a move into the atlantic as we ugo into the day on saturday. you start the feel the 60s but the snow is coming down spinning off cape cod and some getting some snow. tonight

. >> chuck norris grandpa. >> police come and they settle the situation. grandpa is like, yeah, i just did that. [ beep [ beep [ sirens sound >> you may remember this video i showed you yesterday from maryland. firefighters doing their thing and then you see a firefighter jumping out of a window to the right side of the screen. he had gotten himself in trouble. firefighters pulled him away from the burning house. video surfacing today. a helmet cam footage of a different firefighter about to make entry to the house when he sees the photographer needing help. [ beep >> that guy that just jumped out of the window had fallen through the floor inside the house. he got in trouble. he came to the window. he said he was burning. can you hear this firefighter say -- >> jump out! >> he's in bad shape when he come out of the window there. he is all charred. >> it looks a lot worse than it was. the guy was treated at the scene and released. thankfully all his protective equipment doing what it is supposed to do. >> but at that moment, you don't know if it's that bad.

norris is wary of any predictions from those numbers. >> we don't have evidence nationwide from studiesearly voting makes a difference in overall turnout, turnout among subgroups or the results of an election. >> now if you weren't part of the 12% that voted early, the polls open tuesday at 7:00 a.m. and will stay open until 8:00 p.m. reporting live in the news room, sara sampson, wbal tv. >> under investigation at this hour, an accident between a car and light rail train. 11 news was on the scene just after the crash at howard and lombard streets. no word on injuries or who was at fall there. meantime, police are investigating three sunday shootings all of which happened within six minutes. the first at edgecomb circle, where a man was shot in the back. the victim walked into an area hospital just after 3:00 a.m. just minutes later, officer responded to a second shooting in northwest baltimore, the 2800 block of rosslyn avenue where they found a 23-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the arm. a third man was also shot in the arm in the 2300 black of evergreen. all victims are expected

. >> reporter: san mateo police sergeant dave norris says there have been seven more home break-ins in just the last few days, this time closer to the south end of town. >> we're constantly reviewing our burglary numbers and our most recent cases to see if there are any trends and saturate those areas with officers. we're also constantly monitoring other police agencies, because these folks move from town to town. >> reporter: but for mclean, who has moved from this house for 30 years, she says that's not good enough. her house was targeted ten years ago and again in 2010. sandwiched between two burglaries in the last two weeks hits too close to home. >> and a year and a half ago, it's all wound up again. it's hard. yeah, are they coming back? >> reporter: mclean says that it's hard, but enough is enough and she is going to start a neighborhood watch immediately. coming up what over cities are doing to battle the surge in burglaries. one department saying it's been very successful. live in san mateo, stephanie trong, nbc bay area news. >>> over in redwood city, police there hope the pu

. >> reporter: in new york city, sabrina norrie and kelli space have an idea of their own, called zero bound. if students are struggling to pay debt in dollars, why not pay it through community service? they're still raising money, but once it's up and running, the company will help borrowers get donations in exchange for volunteer work. >> i thought, there's got to be a way we can get creative about this. and being involved in volunteer work, i thought, lets see if we can invest that education of students and alumni back into the community through volunteering. >> reporter: innovations like these have the support of the federal government, in a report last month, the consumer financial protection bureau said if they work, private businesses could play an important role in helping student borrowers pay down their debts. sylvia hall, "n.b.r.," washington. >> susie: for many people the holidays are typically a time to make charitable contributions. americans gave $200 billion to non-profits last year, and half of that came from the wealthiest americans. what influences their giving? rube

. >> reporter: abc's ryan owens spoke to smu math professor scott norris. >> professor, with so many people playing this time around, does that hurt my odds? >> your odds are the same no matter how many people play. >> reporter: how did the jackpot get so big? nobody has won it all since october 6th. that's 16-straight drawings. that has lottery officials saying there's about a 16% chance someone will hit it big tonight. >> winner. >> reporter: does anyone have an advantage? well, indiana has had 38 powerball winners. missouri, following with 26. the most tickets are sold in florida, which has seen four winners in just the past three years. advisers say winners should take a lump sum payment. and for a singer winner at this point, that would mean walking away with a cool $327 million before taxes. >>> the looming fiscal cliff is one reason you may want to take that lump sum. if no deal is reached, and taxes go up, most financial advisers say that could cost the winner millions. >>> and with that fiscal cliff ahead, president obama is mounting a full-court press, making his case for h

and san ramon becoming tight and we'll show you the roadways closer to camino ramon and toward norris canyon road, moderate rainfall for this region. we'll have the sunday forecast coming up in just a little bit. >>> we have an update on the breaking news we're following in menlo park. we want to show you video that just came into the channel 2 newsroom. it shows the drive scene on ivy drive where the attack happened at about 6:30 this evening. a police spokesperson said two men confronted a man and woman sitting in a car in what appears to be a robbery. >> it has that feel to it. there is some scattered jewelry on the street, i believe her purse might have been taken from her. she had indicated that one or two individuals had approached them while they were sitting in the car and one of the two individuals opened fire on the male subject. >> the chief said the two robbers were wearing dark colored hoodies and ran north on ivy drive. there is no word yet on the identity of the victim. >>> the bay area could beat the national average for travel growth this thanksgiving holiday. san fra

there are a slew of tag lines including if chuck norris had a baby he would be almost at tough. sweet joe. doing okay. >> all right one last check on the weather. back to lisa. >> hi dan. hi everyone. if you enjoyed today you are going the like the next couple days. look at the satellite radar composite. we are mostly clear right now. numbers range from the lower 40's out by the delta to the 50's in oakland and notice the cloud cover to the north where most is going to stay but the tail end of the system may bring in few high clouds to the north bay tomorrow. so other than that we are warmer than average for the next couple days. how about 67 in sacramento. low 70's big surand lower 80's in los angeles. back home locally you can expect a high of 65 tomorrow downtown. 67 in oakland. upper 60's san jose. if you wanted some 70's they are here from salinas to holster. 69 in morgan hill and accu-weather 7 day forecast shows mild weather through the middle of the week then we cool off but looks like next weekend the end of the weekend we could see a significant rain system. so fog for

coming up, dick norris so far off on predictions, why? and getting into a glimpse of what next four years of obama will bring. i can sum it up. regulation. what plans does this president have in the works? we'll check in with carl rove straight ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, children laughing ] move to the country, d live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary, not commission. they'll get straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> now a week ago tonight my next guest predicted gov. mitt romney would not only win the election but it would be a landslide victory with romney winning 325 electoral votes. remember this. >> it's going to be -- well, you can call it a landslide or

here's the miami heat's norris cole banking one in. long distance end of the first quarter buzzer goes off, and it's good. two can play at this game. end of the 3rd quarter same horn, same game, the suns shannon brown his own version not quite as long very effective though. but phoenix was clobbered by miami losing by 25. but two pretty nice shots. >> skill or luck? >> luck and a little bit of skill. a lot of luck. >>> 5:25. two years and $2 billion all come down to today. we'll have a live report on the presidential candidates' final pleas to the voters. >> and polls will open here in california in an hour and a half but 800,000 bay area voters have already cast their votes. we'll tell you why they traded the ballot box for the mailbox. >> and a tough sell for our schools. the governor's dire warning if prop 30 doesn't pass today. ,,,, [ female announcer ] it's deliciously dark just before dawn. it's a rainy morning becoming a caramel drizzle. with folgers gourmet selections, you can turn any day gourmet. new roasts, new flavors, and

we're going to speak with that nrk icu norris ahead. an amazing woman.s she and the other folks did. also tonight, an incredibly disturbing story emerging from staten island, new york. this is from wha it looks like from the air. it has not gotten the attention it should have and there is a search on the ground where police found the bodies of two young brothers in a marsh. how they got there is just an unbelievably upsetting story. a mother seeking shelter, losing her children and literally turn ed away by somebody who didn't want to help her and of course, a close-up tour of the aftermath in new york city. i went under ground at the sight of the world trade center. it was bad, could have been much worse. we'll show you how much water is left there. it's all at the top of the hour. >> thanks. and now, our fifth story. breaking new, new details on the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. an intelligence official this afternoon holing a rare briefing with reporters to defend the cia and this afternoon, our suzanne kelly was the only television re

>>volunteers stated that norris had a helping hand and now they are retained in favor.the main reason we're here is because when will allow people to come to new orleans. they came here to help the firefighters and help out to do things. since we have the opportunity to help we want to come by and help the mall. >>sandy is responsible for about a hundred and 13 deaths. >>let's take a live look at the conditions outside. the approach to the bay bridge is quiet. oakland is at 43 degrees and a high today on veterans day should reach 54 degrees in oakland. [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ] >>two people are dead and dozens are displaced as investigators are trying to find a reason for an explosion that damaged homes. take a look at some of the pitchers. firefighters stated that they did not know what started this blast. da

. >> chuck norris. >> stephanie: kai shore of las vegas. wonderful to have president obama as a champion to access for health care for all women in this country. who said that? >> paul ryan! >> stephanie: cecile richards who we had on earlier. >> we had everybody on this morning. >> stephanie: all right. wow, i have a lot of paperwork this morning. all right. rocky in jersey, welcome. >> caller: thanks for taking my call. >> stephanie: thanks for calling. >> caller: worth the wait. we're without power, but we're getting everybody out to vote. >> stephanie: good. >> caller: lindsey graham is cranking it up all right for the impeachment process. >> stephanie: oh! he needs to go back to telling the truth and saying that they're running out of old angry white men in the republican party. i say we're going to move forward today. ♪ ♪ >> stephanie: yes! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> stephanie: all right! go vote! i'm going to vote now! go vote! go vote! we'll see you tomorrow on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ ♪ miller show." hd

over his presidential library to celebrate his 80th birthday, a tandem jump with stars like chuck norriswn brit hume. we're, of course, keeping the president and his family in our thoughts and prayers, but the good news, he's expected to be released before the week is over. megyn: glad to hear it. casey, thanks. >>> new signs that negotiations may be breaking down in washington's effort to head off a series of automatic tax hikes and deep spending cuts expected to hit americans hard in the new year. in just the last couple of hours, both sides came out of meetings with the treasury secretary and said it is up to the other side to come up with a plan everyone can live with. >> so right now all eyes are on the white house. our country doesn't need a victory lap, it needs leadership. it's time for the president, congressional democrats to tell the american people what spending cuts they're really willing to make. >> if republicans ip cyst on spending -- insist on spending cuts being part of a down payment as discussed at the november 16th meeting, to us in is on them to come forward with so

norry tan dan, kate dawson and david rodi, a reuters columnist and contributor for the atlantic. thank you all for being here. >> i want to start with you. the article, the piece you wrote was about the inequalities that have been revealed in the con te context of sandy. >> i am one of the privileged new yorkers. there has always been divisions in the city but this storm brought them out more vividly than ever. i was able to go to a hotel. i was in a mandatory evacuation area. i went to this hotel. if you had wealth, you could shelter in a nice place i had. if you had a steady job, you didn't have to work. all around the hotel were restaurant workers that had no choice and stayed. there was a restaurant serving food two to three hours before landfall, maids in the hotel, a garage attendant, hadn't been able to reach his sister. i said, where did you spend the storm? he said he slept in his car. >> those images from staten island, particularly the stairs to nowhere, it is an iconic image of the lower ninth ward of those of us who lived in post-katrina new orleans where houses were

. >> reporter: abc's ryan owens spoke to smu math professor scott norris. >> reporter: professor, withaying this time around, does that hurt my odds? >>> your odds are the same, no matter how many people play. you just have a higher chance of having to split the jackpot. >> reporter: how did the jackpot get so big, nobody has won it all since october 6, 16 straight drawings. that has lottery officials say there is a 60% chance that someone will hit it big tonight. so does anyone have an advantage? well, indiana has had 38 powerball winners, missouri following with 26. the most tickets are sold in florida, which has seen four winners in just the past three years. advisers say winners should take a lump sum payment. and for a single winner at this point, that would mean walking away with a cool $327 million before taxes. >> mm, mm, mm. that's staggering. the reason the jackpot has gotten so big, they raised prices from $1 to $2 in january. now more money is streaming into the system. sales revenue increased expected to reach $5 billion this year. last year it was just under $4 billion. w