Country. it is still a lot of dough for just one person. i come here every morning. you could have given me the ticket. whoever won, best of luck. and i wish everybody a happy new year. i am happy for whoever it is. i wish it could have been me, you know. three people one mexican place prizes and florida, illinois, and wisconsin. there is hope for you yet. there is no winner on christmas. the jackpot rolls over again to you $398 million. take the cash option instead of the installment, you still go home with $210 million. so it might be worth buying a ticket. leland: i am just going to have my lucky ticket buyer by it. the odds are still leland: they are still terrible. but you can t win if you don t play. my sister who is a math professor always reminds me of that. thank you very much. i m glad you re here. you wouldn t be here if you had
Stand. keeping in mind this is not just a speech but a visual event is say things that they know the american people agree with, and then the american people will see whether the members of the opposition party in congress stand up and cheer or whether they sit on their hands. the best thing he can do is not only speak to the country but for the country and implicitly challenge the members of both parties to agree with him. david kuznet, former chief writer for president clinton, thank you for joining us this morning. reminder you can watch tuesday night s state of the union address right here on msnbc, our special coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. turning now to the incredibly long odds of waking up an instant millionaire, unfortunately, amy did not do that. if you re nursing some disappointment about not winning the powerball this morning, at least you re not alone. there wasn t a single winning ticket which means that the jackpot rolls over to wednesday s drawing and it will
If nobody wins tonight and there s been no winner of the jackpot since mid october, if nobody wins tonight then the jackpot rolls over christmas eve to a cool $950 million minimum. which probably, bearing in mind tickets have been selling at half a million a minute, will go to $1 billion. you sound a lot like austin powers when you say that. million dollars. so listen, the smartest thing that you can do tonight, let s say there is a winner, they re watching cnn, what s the smartest thing that you can do tonight after you pick yourself up off the floor? reporter: right. so if one of your tickets is the winning ticket, the first thing you need to do is make sure you look after it very safely. then tomorrow you need to claim it. if it s the number one ticket, i assure you there will be advisers coming out the woodwork. the megamillions people will provide bankers, advisers, all
$950 million by friday. that is quite a bit of money. the odds of winning, not in your favor. i don t have to tell you that. you know that anyway. you have to play to win, as they say. certainly not stopping the fever. alison kosik, you ve been hanging out at this 7-eleven in times square all day. what, do you have 50 tickets by now? reporter: actually, i only have five, but the day is still young. lots of people continuing to line up here to my right. you know, this is really a big deal. these numbers are just astounding because, yes, if this jackpot rolls over again, it could go to $950 on friday. if it rolls over yet again, it could go to $1 billion on christmas eve. what a gift that would be. many are asking, why is it that this is rolling over so many times? part of it could be that there s been a rule change with this game. back in october, lotto officials changed the rules. they made the pool of numbers you pick from a lot bigger.