first round of what they say will be many charitable donations. the putnam family trusts are giving to veterans that returned from overseas and split a 254 million dollars jackpot and hope their donations will set an example for future lottery winners. wow. well, a bit more christmas spirit to share with you now for the nation s troops and families. the christmas tree farm in new jersey donating trees to military bases around the nation and overseas and they re participating in the trees for troops program. julie banderas has more. reporter: harris, trees for troops is kicking off the 7th year delivering fresh farm grown troops to military families here in the united states and overseas, all made possible be by fed ex, the christmas spirit foundation and tree farmers like care and christmas tree farm in new
president obama apologizing for the nato air strike that left 24 pakistani soldiers dead. he called the president and let him know the u.s. will conduct a full investigation. president obama s apology comes after u.s. personnel began leaving the air force base this weekend. pakistan ordered them off the base following the deadly attack. u.s. postal service announcing more bad news with major cuts today. it s slowing service for the first time in four years and eliminating next day delivery on stamped letters. postal service has racked up more than $5 billion in debt this year alone and has to pay $5 1/2 billion to its health care retirement fund by december 18th. remember those 3 wall street millionaires who hit a $254 million lottery jackpot last week. they re not keeping all that money. they re donating $1 million of their winnings to five veteran services groups. their total jackpot $103 million after taxes. former miss u.s.a. 2010
coming aupt the top the hour. the newt and donald break bread here in manhattan. plus the president once again implors congress to act. will they make a deal. three money managers who claimed the $254 million powerball jackpot in connecticut are announcing how it will be used. their charitable trust will give a total of $1 million to five organizes that support u.s. troops and military members returning home from deployment. each group will receive $200,000. they say the donation is the first of many they expect to make. not bad for money managers. e entertainment host jewel yawn na rancic updates us on her
won the $254 million powerball jackpot, they re making good on their promise. the trio set up a charitable organization with their winnings. the first donation, a million dollars to five groups that support veterans and military members who recently returned from deployments. what do you think about their donation? tweet us at jansing co. time for the entrepreneur of the week. rachel weeks. ceo of apparel company schoolhouse was manufacturing her products in weeks plans to continue to expand her business locally. committed to creating products made in the usa. for more, watch your business on msnbc. do you have an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that s not caused by a heart valve problem? are you taking warfarin to reduce your risk of stroke caused by a clot?
it actually favors federal law being changed so states can charge sales tax uniformly overstock.com and ebay say they are against the measure. these are proposals currently moving their way through capitol hill. jenna, back to you. jenna: we ll continue to watch it, rich. thank you. jon: there is new information on a report that three wealthy money managers claiming a $254 million lottery prize are not necessarily the real winners. rick pole obama folbaum can shed a little lit on that. reporter: the mystery continues to swirl around these guys. are they the actual winners or fronting for someone else didn t want his or her identity what they were doing. if that is true is it legal. we decided to look at this. statements from a long-time friend of one of the money managers his buddy told him flat-out the trio did not purchase the winning ticket but pretending they did to keep the press and others off the real winners back.