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safer traffic now back over to you. the u.s. intelligence broke up a bomb plot to bring down a airline supposed to be headed for the u.s. linda so is here with details on the foiled plot and where official fouled the explosive device. they have seen this before. >> reporter: they have. and its similar to a case that happened back in 2009. that device is in the hands of fbi. agents with the cia seized it in yemen after following a man who had not picked a target or bought a plane tick...

>> we joke about winning and walking out of our office. >> nbcs stephanie gosk at a gift shop in bay own, new jersey, across the hudson river. have you seen a steady stream of poem coming in to buy tickets before the big drawing? >> reporter: they have, thomas. it could get bigger today. its the biggest in world history. this is an enormous jackpot, $540 million. and the bigger it gets the more people it draws out to enjoy the mania. and its because, look, one ticket costs $1 and altho...

have you seen a steady stream of poem coming in to buy tickets before the big drawing? >> reporter: they have, thomas. it could get bigger today. its the biggest in world history. this is an enormous jackpot, $540 million. and the bigger it gets the more people it draws out to enjoy the mania. and its because, look, one ticket costs $1 and although your chances are infinitesimal of winning that jackpot, you still get a chance. thats what compels people to come out. new jersey is one of...

the mare maersk alabama ma. this time, crew members fired warning shots and chased the pirates away.ersk alabama ma. this time, crew members fired warning shots and chased the pirates away. moammar gadhafi on the attack. today his troops are unleanering attacks on strongholds. in zawiya one doctor tells cnn that gadhafi soldiers publicly executed two other physicians and then turned their guns on wounded civilians. crushing the uprising in this city on the doorstep of the capital cou...

do this without stretching or breaking. >> reporter: marylands gas tax is the same as d.c.s, more than virginias, but less than neighboring west virginia and pennsylvania. the proposed increases would make our state tax the highest in the region, which is why its generated so much outrage. >> this will send a message to lawmakers. >> yeah. were tired of paying for everything else. >> i am definitely sympathetic to the cost imposed, not just on truckers but all of us that pay at the pum...