meet the new millionaires. a couple from dearborn, missouri have stepped up with one of the two winning tickets in this week s $587 million power ball jackpot. cindy hill was the one who bought the ticket. it s just surreal. i mean, it s like you re in a dream and it s not really happening, you know. and every once in a while, you look at each other and go did we really win that money? meanwhile the identity of the second ticket holder still a mystery of sorts. but a gas station cashier in maryland says a man came in yesterday to check the winning numbers and then showed him what appeared to be a winning ticket. nbc s jay gray did not win the power ball lottery. he is in dearborn, missouri. jay, what are you hearing about how the hill family plans to spend all that money? reporter: i was going to say,
good morning, everybody. the agenda next hour, mitt on the menu. mr. romney goes to washington for lunch. can president obama and mitt romney bury the hatchet for the good of the country? we ll head to the white house for a live report on the president s lunch date with his former presidential rival. plus president obama deploys his top man at the treasury to capitol hill for marathon meetings with leaders of congress. but with the blame game kicking in to high gear, is there compromise to be had ahead. plus who took home those winning tickets to that $587 million power ball jackpot. kerry sanders is hot on the trail trying to help us track down the winners. one of which could be in missouri.
the other at a trex mart in dearborn, missouri, about 35 mimes north of kansas city. the two will have to split the $587 million jackpot. right now nbc s kerry sanders is on his way to dearborn to see if he can crack the code of who the lucky winner is there. he joins me by phone. kerry, i know you are trying to find out the identities and make fast friends with either of these ticketholders, specifically in missouri. what have you found? reporter: yeah, well, you know, we re apparently going to have to wait to find out the identity. that s probably smart on the person who s won this money or if it s a group ticket, you know, it might be a group of people. because their lives have to be put in order before they come forward. it s a tremendous amount of money meaning there s going to be a lot of people who want a piece of whoever this person is. and so at this point we don t know who it is. there are wonderful rumors running throughout the community. and certain ideas of how the
an officer giving a pair of new socks and boots for a barefoot homeless person. the officer saying that the man s fit lit up at the sign of those boots. so in less than an hour from now, arizona officials will announce where the winning power ball ticket was sold in that state. just moments ago, we learned that missouri s winning ticket was sold in the city of dearborn. the two tickets will split the $587 million jackpot. the hunt is on for the winners. nbc s kerry sanders live on his way to the winning store in missouri. so how excited are people in missouri to know that it s been at least pinpointed to their state and that city of dearborn? everybody wants to know is it their neighbor. dearborn, missouri. never heard of it, but now you have. and for the next few hours, maybe the next few days, that will be the most famous place in
be in memphis this morning to deliver the commencement speech at a high school. the school is booker t. washington high. it won the president s race to the top competition. president obama will meet with first responders and families affected along the mississippi river and hundreds of memphis residents were forced into shelters when the river crested at an all it time high. the high school went from 50% graduation rate to the 80s. a new era in chicago. rahm emanuel, the president s former chief of staff will be sworn in today as chicago mayor. the first transition of power in 22 years in the windy city. vice president biden is expected to be on hand for it. imagine those two off the cuff talking in front of the cameras. a lot of work on emanuel s desk. he s inheriting a $587 million budget gap. 22 years for this daily, almost half a century with a daly in charge of chicago. the heart says no, that s