morning commute, especially since its staying here with the evening commute on top of it. tough day. indra petersons sitting out in the snow, interesting to note, one of the few people who say if she won the lottery would not quit her job. loves it so much, consider that today out in the cold. you see this? this is a smile, right. i thought they were frozen that way. anyway, i m using you as a segue, indra. the jackpot stands at $586 million. everybody rushes out of the room. as you are well aware if no one wins tonight, the already massive jackpot goes even higher. let s bring in cnn s pamela brown stationed conveniently at a convenience store here in new york, poised to buy tickets for her greedy friends back at the office. that s right, chris. for you, chris and michaela, i m already on it, don t worry. this is the first time you ve been in this position, we re seeing a jackpot this
realize, wait a second, we re not on the runway anymore. madison has gotten quite a bit of snow recently, also had gusty winds yesterday. fortunately no one was hurt. today mega million s jackpot soaring to $586 million with a cash payout of $316.5 million. the second biggest jackpots in the history of the lottery. if nobody wins tonight, the jackpot for friday s drawing will be about $800 million. those are your headlines at this hour. thank you very much. by the way, outside our studios it s snowing here in new york city. winter hasn t even started yet. what s going on here? coming up in a couple of days. whose idea was it to put the show in the northeast. a white christmas we re about to have. first it s christmas, then a week later you ve got new year s. fox & friends christmas airs christmas eve, december 24 at 8:00
there was an undercover investigation that showed navigators in texas, who have been fired, encouraging people to lie on their application form to get a bigger federal subsidy which is defrauding the government. so there is a reason why the congressman is looking into texas and the navigator problem has a whole. they have a major problem on their hands. more on this? lots more. thank you. good to have you back on. good to see you. well, we have been talking about the mega millions jackpot at $586 million. we asked you to tweet in what you would do if you won all of the money. donnie tweets i would give $1
was handed out by a syrian opposition group. human rights said the attack killed more than 70 people. some incredible pictures. a video of a little boy sitting on the luggage counter. his son leans closer and closer to the edge and nearly falls off. you can see it on the left-hand side of the screen. the security guard leans in and catches it. for his heroic efforts that security guard got a bonus. take a look one more time. leaning over. until in comes the security guard for the catch. love to hear that. you want a shot at more money than you d ever know what to do with? make sure you get a mega millions ticket today. the drawing is at $586 million. i had to look down and double-check it each time i see those numbers.
i got the winning ticket. people are already dreaming up ways to celebrate and spend their millions. every day would be christmas for the rest of our lives. reporter: marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. can you imagine a look at us. we re looking passed the chump change, 586 mill, to the billion potential. $586 million. what am i going to do with that? i need a billion. all kinds of good stuff. we talked about how it will bring headaches, bring them on. i know i won t win because i will be irresponsible the second i win. would you really? mid sentence. there would be no one here. see, that s irresponsible so i know i won t win. the news gods won t let it happen. i would be appropriate for six months and then realize i m rich. i don t need to be appropriate anymore it.