overall hours are up and sites are up and turnout is up, at least today. let s everybody calm down. facts, bring facts into the conversation? i m doing it. jackie. kind of jumping off that, every year, you hear they re sick of the ads, it s the worst part. well, you know, this year it s not that bad, guys. unless you live in florida, in 2012, $173 million went into that state between both campaigns. this year, we re at 120 about 128 million. in my home state of ohio, i hear it either year, they re just sick of them. it s amazing how little it is. $150 million spent in 2012. this year, 71 million. so, you know, guys, while it s tough, you don t have it as bad as you used to. sorry about your indians, it was a great series. it was a great series. always got the cavs.
oh, that make mees laugh so much. so when i told gavin and sarah this was your favorite, they said they love it and a lot of producers on the show love it, too. does america love it as much as we all do? america loves it. it made $173 million nationwide making it the third most successful holiday movie. wow, i didn t know that. blanche, what is your favorite christmas song? we heard her favorite christmas movie. mariah carey s all i want for christmas is you. baby all i want for christmas is you that s all i want for christmas baby mariah has been the queen of christmas for the past 20 years. this version with justin bieber from 2011. she has reinvented this song
will be heavily patrolled, as i mentioned, fifth avenue with an 8-foot tall fence lining it. never seen anything like that. cross streets with no travel. around the residence, all the roads there will be closed for varying periods of time from now and the next couple of days. on the agenda tonight in an hour and a half evening saint patrick s cathedral, which the pope will find to be sparkling. our religion correspondent mentioned earlier she never realized it was a shining white. we thought it was gray. it has been cleaned up to the tune of $173 million of renovations and welcomes the pope with open arms. if you ve never been to saint patricks, you probably know you can walk up at any time, light a candle, and enjoy the splendor of the magnificent building. tonight about 500 people will wait on the steps and another
so let s get a little bit more on this with cnn s sara ganham. reporter: 56-year-old ira curry was driving, she heard the winning mega ball number was the lucky 7. the very number she had picked when she decided at the last minute friday to buy a lotto ticket. curry quickly called her daughter who checked the rest of the numbers. they matched! i asked her how did she keep from veering off the road? she said i was in a state of disbelief. i still didn t believe it when my daughter told me. reporter: the draws with a combination of family birthdays and the lucky number 7. a set of numbers the curry family has played before. this time, curry bought just one ticket at this mall newsstand in atlanta, one was all it took. the family won half of the second largest mega millions jackpot ever. electing to take a lump sum of just more than $173 million.
play again. wish you the best. thank you. the jackpot grew larger than expected. so both winners have the option of taking home $324 million each or cashing out with a lump sum of $173 million. that s before they pay taxes on the money, john and diana. thank you. now to a scathing report from a presidential advisory panel calling for big changes to the nation s surveillance program. the panel recommends ending the nsa s collection of american s phone records because it claims the program doesn t make the country any safer. the report includes 45 other recommendations, some of which the president has rejected. the president will announce his decision on changing surveillance programs next month. another government shutdown early next year has been avoided now the senate passed a budget. the spending plan passed with a 64-36 vote. in a statement last night president obama said he was pleased with the vote. he also said it marked the first time in years the house and