someone in california took home the $425 million jackpot in last night s powerball drawing. the winning ticket was sold at a bay area gas station and the owners just took home a fat check for $1 million. but we still don t know the winner of the actual drawing. i ll tell you about another winner, jonathan, science. this january came in as the fourth warmest winter on record. take that polar vortex. it was more than a degree above the 20th century average. mind you they started keeping these records in 1880, also worth noting this is, of course, a global average. the eastern u.s. was colder than normal. if you ve been watching the cycle or been outside, you may know about that. that is very true. if you stepped outside, you know much of the country is experiencing a much-needed thaw. it feels nice out there. from chicago to new england, the rare above normal temperatures are causing a lot of melting and fast. that is leading to flooding concerns. there are also severe storms pushi
is house speaker john boehner, is he thinking about retiring soon? sure to feel speculation, the speaker and his wife just bought what his office describes as a vacation condo in marco island, florida. and first lady michelle obama is here in new york city where she visited the new museum of contemporary art. she met with the eighth graders that created an exhibit that encourages all of us to drink more water. the first lady will be joining jimmy fallon as a guest on the tonight show as he celebrates his first week as the new host. the golden state is living up to its name today. one ticket, one, sold last night for $425 million. the powerball jackpot happened. the winning ticket was sold at a gas station in the heart of silicon valley. the man who owns the station is
month, may once again be keeping americans from looking for work or getting out of the house to try to file unemployment claims. martha: so we re just getting started here this morning. and a scary scene at a church service to tell you about when a roof collapsed, sending dozens of teenagers to the hospital. oh, man. will it ever get built? keystone pipeline and all the oil and jobs for this country. now that wait could get a whole lot longer. what happened in one state that may be a big setback as the pressure builds on the president of the united states to finally make a decision on that. martha: what will he decide? somebody is now $425 million richer this morning. at least before taxes but it really doesn t matter with all that money. where the winning powerball stickket was sold. did you buy it? just waking up? better check your numbers. we ll be right back. when you have diabetes like i do,
million because that s where the ticket was sold. stephanie? reporter: that is correct, chris. i keep wondering who s the fist person you call after you realize that you have all the numbers on your powerball ticket. we know the one ticket was sold right here. if you don t know this area, it s pretty much silicon valley. we know there are a lot of other millionaires here. maybe there s another. we do know this is the sixth largest jackpot in u.s. history. the odds of wins was something like one in 175 million. only this one ticket had all the numbers. two other tickets in california that we know about where they had all the numbers but one. so some other people who may be happy, maybe just not $425 million happy. that sounds pretty happy to me.
shipments to come or the traffic across the bridge. they re afraid saltgate. the boston globe. received the largest donation yesterday for a billionaire alumnus, kenneth griffin, donating $150 million to the ivy league school. 140 million were cover tuition for a new scholarship program and the remaining $10 million to the harvard business school. i just bought a sweatshirt there for my nephew that s in the mail. i don t know if he gets to go to ivy league story, but i want to encourage that. one powerball player is $425 million richer. the winning ticket was sold at a gas station in milpitas, california. if the ringer takes the lump sum total, it would amount to $228 million. still, the janitor at whatsapp is more rich than that. yeah. because they re getting 344.