[laughter] get off of my phone. And she said im not. Its may. Its may. Reporter the family only buys a ticket when the jackpot gets big. They pool their money and selected the cash option which comes to 244 million. It was a big shock when we first learned that we were powerball oners. It was a bigger shock when we learned that we were the only ticket holder. Reporter the family hired Legal Counsel to help them figure out thousand handle so much money. Steven smith says he wont get too extravagant. I have a family. Im planning for my family. Its not about flashy clothes and cars. Reporter the family says their new found fortune will allow them to pay for some of the projects theyve always dreamed of funding by katherines mentoring program for teen girls but they dont want to be pressured. Dont come, you know. We get to choose and we will choose and we are very good at saying no. Reporter the family has had a lot to deal with the last few days. In fact, the News Conference today had to
Winners picked the lucky numbers. Get ready for s5. Sauers showers. Its bright and sunny outside, but more rain into the delaware valley. Keep the umbrella handy if youre heading outside, meteorologist chris sowers is outside, bright skies, but rain later this morning. Reporter you wouldnt thing that, its cool and crisp, no humidity in the air and barely a cloud in the sky. Later on, as we flip it to the numbers, later on, things could get active, as a cold front approaches from the west, it could trigger showers and thunderstorms. We have 50s in the area. Fleetwood, 49. Center city youre the warm spot, 57. Levittown, 53. Glassboro 59. Smyrna, 52. Dover, 53. Another boards in Atlantic City, 60 degrees. Heres the next system were watching. This is Storm Tracker 6 live double scan weve set it in motion for you, look whats going on in the middle of the screen. You can see the yellows and oranges, those are heavy downpours associated with a cold front. Look at the top of the screen. We hav
And their boughs and coworkers may just be finding out as they watch this News Conference tonight. The smith family is very, very lucky tonight. Theyre claiming the sixth biggest prize in Powerball Jackpot history. Well have more for you later on. For now were live in lawrenceville, im nora muchanic, channel6 action news. Lucky day here. Yeah, so great to see one family enjoy that. Thats great. That huge jackpot. Nora thank you. The view out your window hasnt given way the way noras umbrella did. Lets head to adam joseph. Far from a winning forecast out there today especially after the Beautiful Day we had yesterday. Storm tracker6 live double scan will show the steadiest of the rain is now moving east of philadelphia and south of philadelphia and beginning to fall apart break apart west of the city. But as we close into double scan live radar no lightning strikes. We really havent had any thunderstorms today, just been some heavy downpours. Surf city to cape may but its just about to
Next from st. Paul minnesota with the help of our local cable partner comcast we talked to carole connolly. I turned a corner and suddenly without warning i stand this whole amir and there it is my mothers face staring back at me in disbelief. The phase i once swore i would never have. Carole connolly the poet laureate of st. Paul minnesota. What is a poet laureate of st. Paul minnesota . Guest at all sort of started when a legislator put a bill in the legislature to make a poet laureate since many states have one. The governor at the time vetoed saying next youll be asking for a poet dancer and a poet potter and even though making a poet laureate cost no money to the state because it goes through commission. Theres absolutely no cost to anyone. A friend of mine had a meeting with Chris Coleman and she said we should have a poet laureate and he said done. Thats how hard i had to work to get appointed. Host what is a poet laureate do . Guest you can do whatever you want. People do Diffe
Midfielder Josh Carson is set to win his third Northern Ireland U21 cap this evening when his side take on the Faroe Islands in their opening UEFA European Championship qualifier in Gundadalur.