lottery payouts? if a powerball winner clueses to get paid over time, they ll get 30 payments over 29 years. and guess what happens to the money that hasn t been paid out? lottery officials invest it for the winner. they usually figure on about a 5% return. but remember, right now, the return on government i-bonds is almost 7%. that means the invested money gets a higher return, leading to a higher jackpot. so if you re buying tickets, you might be better off not choosing the cash payout. if you win tonight, you select the cash payout, you ll get this. $782 million. of course, that s an enormous amount, but it is less than half of this. the record breaking $1.6 billion jackpot. so the cash payment, less than half. by the way, no matter what the interest rate is, your odds of winning remain the same. 1 in 292 million. that drawing at 10:59, just before 11:00 tonight. good luck to all of you out there. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. live from washington, d.c.
republican in a giant red wave. most important of all is the senate race for democrats who are trying to flip a seat. i m ready to serve pennsylvania. he s running to use pennsylvania. i want to go to washington and bring balance. often referred to as the center of the political universe. it is a true battleground state. he has failed as a senator that needs to go to washington to speak for us. he doesn t know hard working people. he doesn t know struggling people. the startling new admission from tehran saying iran did provide a limited number of drones to russia, but it was in the months prior to the conflict. i m alex marport in washington, d.c. pamela brown is off tonight. thank you so much for joining me. you re in the cnn newsroom. it is just three days before the critical midterm elections. on this final weekend of campaigning, candidates and their big name surrogates are making their case to voters in closing arguments. in pennsylvania tonight presid
Israel is at war. Isreali civilians is not something you want to play with. We will demolish every terrorists, we will. John a live look at gaza, isreali forces are launching wide scale air strikes against hamas, launching the deadliest single attack since the hall cost. Im john roberts in washington. We were not planning sandra on starting a week this way. Sandra no, john, good to be with you. Our coverage continues here. Im sandra smith in new york, This Is America reports. This situation continues to deteriorate every hour along the isreali gaza border, Trading Heavy Fire at this hour all the while the white house remains silent. The president s team has just called a lid for the day within the last hour which means we are not expected to see or hear from the president today. The State Department meanwhile is confirming at least Nine Americans were killed by those terrorists. And it remains unknown if any are among the dozens of hostages taken into gaza. John despite the numerous am
Adding that russia had been either complicit or incompetent by failing to secure the Chemical Weapons of its syrian ally. A romanian woman injured in the Westminster Terror Attack two weeks ago has died. Andrea cristea had been visiting london with her boyfriend. Good morning. Welcome to the programme. We are live until iiam this morning. We will be looking throughout the show at the implications of that Missile Strike by america on a base in syria. Its the first time america has intervened directly in the conflict. Do get in touch. Texts will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Thats our main news, that the us has carried out a Missile Strike on a Syrian Air Base in response to a Chemical Attack that killed dozens of civilians. 59 Cruise Missiles we re of civilians. 59 Cruise Missiles were fired from the mediterranean. They hit the base from where the attack was launched. Here is david willis. It was a decisive response from an administration that has often seemed disorganised an
sarah jessica parker and anna wintour take on roles as obama s fundraisers tonight. the price, $40,000 a plate. is hgtv s house hunters a fraud? a blogger on the show claims reality show was anything but. fake houses, made-up storylines. today, the network tells its side of the story. perfect game. a shining moment for matt cain. the pitcher throwing a rare perfect game, retiring all 27 hitters he faced. this morning, the giant is a gem. cnn newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. at one time, lance armstrong towered over the cycling world the way babe ruth was adored by baseball fans. but today, armstrong may be better compared to barry bonds. controversial, polarizing, and tainted anew by doping allegations. the new charges filed by the u.s. anti-doping agency could strip armstrong of one of his seven tour de france victories. and already they are forcing him to the sidelines at his new love, competing in ironman triathal triathalon