now. over 900,000 other prize winners a great night in georgia. our prize winner did come in to lottery headquarters this afternoon to claim her prize. her name is ira curry. she lives in stone mountain. she has elected to take the cash option and we ll share what that means for her and her family. it s over 173 million-dollar for the cash option of which we will withhold 25% for federal income tax and 6% for georgia income tax leaving the family with $120 million cash. ira and her family elected not to participate in the press conference this afternoon and we re going to be respectful are that i have pricy. they were very, very excited about the win. they were as they said, still in a state of shock.
winners let s now. 26 $5,000 winners, 18 $2,000 winners and over 900,000 other prize winners, so a great night here in georgia. our prize winner did come in to lottery headquarters this afternoon to claim her prize. her name is ira curry. she lives in stone mountain. she has elected to take the cash option and we ll be sharing with you what that means for her and her family. it s over $173 million for that cash option of which we ll withhold 25% for federal income tax and 6% for georgia income tax. that will leave that family with about $120 million cash. ira and her family have elected not to participate in the press conference this afternoon, and we ear going to be very
rebecca is the executive director of florida association of food banks. florida is among two dozen states where at least 15% of the population relies on food stamps. how much of an uptick has there been at food pantries that you work with over the past week since those automatic cuts went into effect? well, i don t know that we ve seen the impact of that at our food pan industries just yet because it s just beginning to roll out. people haven t necessarily seen the drop well, they have seen the decline in their program, but they haven t necessarily seen the impact immediately. but our food pantries over the past four years have seen an increase from 72 million pounds of food distribution to 173 million pounds. so we ve seen over four years during the economic decline here in the state of florida a dramatic increase in food distribution and we anticipate that this will simply add to that burden. the cuts here that we re talking about, those who rely on
for your high temperature today in dallas, texas. very unusual. we do have a number of flood watches in effect for texas, new mexico, parts of colorado, because we re talking heavy rain. more than six inches expected in some spots and that purple is eight, even a foot of rain. a lot of heavy rain expected in parts of texas. let s head to brian in city field. brian: thanks a lot. as you know, yesterday was the celebrity game, which is i really think started on mtv and they brought it over on espn tomorrow and the game is going to be on fox on tuesday night. that s the all-star game. used to be a one day thing. now it s a three-day events, along with fan fest. now it s back in new york city after being at yankee stadium just a few years ago where it s supposed to bring $173 million into the city from queens through bronks and everywhere else. meanwhile, some of the celebrities, the biggest celebrity was kevin james. and he was there playing on the national league. i was on the americ
include a hotel for the basketball team, $173 million facility will include of course luxury suites and training rooms will come equipped with hydrotherapy stations. you may be asking yourself, does it make sense to build a brand new stadium for a team that playes a grand total of 18 men s games a year. not to mention a team that s gone a stellar 47 and 111 over the last five years. but here is what is outrageous about this, is that $55 million of this project is coming out of the city s money. property tax dollars that should be going to funding public schools. and mayor ron emmanuel s announcement to spend millions of dollars of the city s man to build a private institution came receive not days before chicago public schools announced on wednesday the largest school closing in the history of the united states. because ron emmanuel claims the city is it too broke to keep them open.