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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. they re claiming the sixth biggest prize in powerball jackpot history. we ll have more for you later on. for now we re live in lawrenceville, i m nora muchanic, channel6 action news. lucky day here. yeah, so great to see one family enjoy that. that s great. that huge jackpot. nora thank you. the view out your window hasn t given way the way nora s umbrella did. let s 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 haven t had any thunderstorms today, just been some heavy downpours. surf ci ....
[laughter] get off of my phone. and she said i m not. it s may. it s 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 won t get too extravagant. i have a family. i m planning for my family. it s not about flashy clothes and cars. reporter: the family says their new found fortune will allow them to pay for some of the projects they ve always dreamed of funding by katherine s mentoring program for teen girls but they don t want to be pressured. don t 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 d ....
winners picked the lucky numbers. get ready for s5. sauers showers. it s bright and sunny outside, but more rain into the delaware valley. keep the umbrella handy if you re heading outside, meteorologist chris sowers is outside, bright skies, but rain later this morning. reporter: you wouldn t thing that, it s 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 you re the warm spot, 57. levittown, 53. glassboro 59. smyrna, 52. dover, 53. another boards in atlantic city, 60 degrees. here s the next system we re watching. this is storm tracker 6 live double scan we ve set it in motion for you, look what s 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 ....
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 mother s 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 you ll 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. there s 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. that s how hard i had to work to get appointed. host: what is a poet laureate do? guest: you can do wha ....
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. ....