pack of m&ms. they are upside down. we have the image wrong. celebrate women everywhere who are flipping the status quo. that's the reason for doing it that way around. mars will donate the portion of the profits to organizations that empower women. what do you think? >> i -- >> quite a lot to figure out, right? >> i don't think -- i don't feel more empowered from the upside down m&ms but i'm glad they're donating money. >> it's a good cause, exactly. the mega millions jackpot has surged to $1.3 billion. the second largest in the game's history. no one matched all of the numbers from tuesday's drawing. it feels like deja vu. >> it does. 16 tickets won the game's second tier prize worth up to $3 million each. not a bad consolation prize. the next drawing is on friday.
a former speaker of the house, which would be a great consolation prize, and ultimately, you know, this thing seems to be going backwards for him. look, it's a car wreck. it's like really weird to watch. but unfortunately it doesn't look like it's ending any time soon. >> libby? >> i feel like i'm won with the professor and the journalist because he literally wrote the book on this. not just 100 years ago, we're looking at 180 year ago that it has taken ten plus votes. so we're -- the more votes that ramp up, the -- [ inaudible ] to give you a sense of the chaos that we're in right now. >> let me jump in really quick and then let you finish. here's a little bit of what don bacon, one republican, is saying about alternatives. take a listen. >> if these 20 refuse to be part of the team and don't come on board, we have no other choice
four artists have been shortlisted and within the next few minutes we'll know who has won. the award ceremony has returned to liverpool for the first time in 15 years. our culture editor, katie razzall is at the ceremony in liverpool. welcome to st. george's hall in liverpool. this beautiful classical billing is most ended 38 turner price. whoever wins tonight will take away £25,000 in prize money with a consolation prize of up to £10,000 each to the nominees who don't win. are there any artists people might have heard of? there are. heather phillipson is probably the most recognisable name for people who remember her outside ice cream closure that topped the london trafalgar square doing the lockdown. herturner london trafalgar square doing the lockdown. her turner prize show opens with a series of close—ups of animal eyes on screens in a work
aires as they defeated poland 2-nil. that means legend lionel messi will get to go for the tight tall he -- title he covets. bring us up to speed. >> reporter: not surprisingly, quite quiet this morning. argentina fans celebrating long into the night at stadium 974 not wanting to leave, having seen their side book their place in the round of 16. lionel messi said he was angry after missing that penalty against poland but not a bad consolation prize for him and their team booking their place in the next round which really at one point seemed quite unlikely, didn't it, after that
i think it's a consolation prize. i remember in 2010, when -- joe biden and obama once, and i was winning in the polls, and i said to my pollster, what's this about? what are they trying to tie here for? he said, it's a consolation prize for them. but that's all right. let them come off.
press certificate. they're ready. >> so obviously president obama's very popular. maybe doesn't speier somehow. but i know you don't think this will make a bit of difference. >> i don't. >> why. >> the midterm dynamic is really set in stone. in fact president obama didn't advocate to record himself in 2010. the democrats were wept on the house. and then in 2014 the senate lost in addition to somehow seats. this is a consolation prize. i remember when bill clinton came in against me twice. joe biden and then obama once. i was running off the polls and i said, what is this all about? where they were shut me down here for. it's just a consolation prize. >> that's a, right let them come up. i don't think it's gonna make any difference. things are moving towards a republican side on the issues they're gonna try to fight history but it don't think they're gonna be good outcome
lifetime. a coalition in belize is poised to consider whether the central american country should declare itself a republic, antifa and barbuda will vote on removing the british monarch as the head of state by 2025. as i've mentioned earlier, jamaica plans to hold a referendum by 2025. there's something happening here. a reckoning of the past atrocities committed for the enrichment of the royal family and for great britain. despite the fanfare and celebration to which we are all subject at the moment, the pomp and circumstance cannot gloss over the fact that the british empire was brutal. the commonwealth was a consolation prize. it was created as a vehicle to preserve britain's global influence, a modern alternative to british colonialism. it kept the former colonies in the grips of the monarchy, teaching them how to behave, how to self govern, stripping away elements of national identity. if you visit was commonwealth realms, you will see queen elizabeth's face eventually, king charles's face, adore not coins, stamps, and make no. as you might see the british