good health after nearly two-week search that ended in mexico. police cred ate tip from a passenger who had seen the pair on a cancun bound flight. police say the teen went willingly with a married father of four who knew the teen s family from church. he is now under arrest. we get a rare glimpse of ailing general tore john mccain via a tweet his daughter, megan, posted with a picture of her father bundled up. no place i would rather be. of course we haven t seen much of senator mccain. since he returned to northern arizona as he continues to battle brain cancer. one very lucky person in pennsylvania just became a millionaire many times over. powerball officials announced a single ticket sold there. matched all six numbers for a jackpot worth more than $456 million. eighth largest jackpot in powerball history. there is still another big prize
saying her post was inappropriate and highly insensitive, and tonight the treasury department says the mnuchins will reimburse the government for linton s travel, and that she received no compensation for mentioning those products, david. mary bruce tonight. mary, thanks. we switch to the powerball jackpot approaching record territory, a $700 million jackpot. it s the second biggest in the history of the game. no one has matched all six numbers since the middle of june, and if it seems those winless streaks are lasting longer and longer, you re right. abc s gio benitez tonight explaining why. reporter: tonight, the countdown clock to riches is ticking. i got the millions right here. reporter: with no winner on saturday, tomorrow s powerball jackpot is now $700 million. that lump sum payment, more than $443 million dollars the last time someone matched all five numbers plus the powerball more than two months ago. so why the huge jackpots? powerball officials added more num
year. we could easily hit that $1 billion mark. reporter: ever since powerball doubled the cost of its tickets to $2, massive jackpots are becoming the new normal. this particular jackpot is just taking a little longer to grow. as a result of the extreme weather, fewer people were venturing out as they are now, to buy tickets. even with 1 in 175 million odds, powerball officials say the excitement is overshadowing the weather. linsey davis, abc news, new york. somebody in california, in the bay area right now, has a winning ticket. it s too bad it wasn t someone who is in these cold, snowy areas who really needs a vacation right now. wouldn t that just somebody in a drought-stricken area needs a vacation. there you go. that s a good way of looking at it. stay with us, folks. we will have a special edition of throwback thursday. world news now continues
islands, but the chances of winning the jackpot, less than 1 in 175 million. that s not discouraging these buyers. this is the winning ticket right here. feeling lucky today. okay, if you ve got a ticket or two at this point, powerball officials say don t just focus on the jackpot, because this game hasn t had a jackpot winner for more than a month but has doled out smaller prizes where some players have become million dollar winners just winning, you know, with a few numbers instead of all six, brianna. the key is to check your tickets really well. don t get greedy, could get a little something, even if you don t get the whole thing. alison kosik, thanks so much. go buy your ticket. i will, i will. now just ahead in the newsroom, we have a river rescue that was caught on tape. you can see who jumped in to help a young girl when a powerful current sucked her in and she couldn t get out. we have that story straight ahead. ter million tweeters are tweeting.
in florida. the winner of the second largest lottery prize in u.s. history. today, powerball officials revealed mckenzie won more than $590 million before taxes in last month s giant drawing. mckenzie skipped the news conference but tv crews found her. and she asked everyone to respect her privacy. multimillion dollar marijuana operation, the alleged ringleader unlikely, suburban mom of two. alena, what are you finding out? well, wolf, it s hard to believe someone could lead a double life like this, but federal agents say that s exactly what was happening. they say that this suburban mom of two, who lived in a very nice house, on a quiet street, and drove an suv, had a state of the art marijuana operation worth millions of dollars. single mom, nancy boughtwin,