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0 now that that is cleared up we can get back to more issues. like whether santa is a democrat or republican. i will let someone else hash that out and say merry christmas to all and to all a good night. that s it for us. thanks for watching. early start begins now. have a great day. an unbelievable morning for two mega million lottery holders. two tickets matching all tix numbers. splitting one of the largest jackpots in history. what we know about the winners. the shooting rampage near that nevada hospital. the very latest on what we re hearing this morning. and a passionate plea from amanda knox saying she is is not a psychopath on trial again for the brutal death of her roommate. we re live with that story. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start. i m john berman. that should tell you something. i m here as well. great to fill in for christine. i m pamela brown. we are both here this morning, because we have bad news for millions and millions and millions of you. you did not win. neither did we. no? this now say worthless piece of paper, another dollar thrown to the wind. however, not everyone say loser this morning. at least not that kind of loser. there are two tickets out there, two winning tickets for the massive mega millions jackpot. they will split the jackpot. they could have $648 million and deal with the onslaught of dysfunction that will follow. alison kosik is here with the details. good morning. let s get to the numbers. i m sure people throughout want to check their numbers. hey, you could have won one of the lesser prizes. i won a dollar. everyone is say loser this morning. you get your dollar back. 8, 20, 14, 17, 39, mega ball, 7. the two winning tickets were sold in two states. georgia and california. one was purchased at the gateway newsstand inside a shopping mall in atlanta. the other jenny s gift shop in san jose. the this is the second jackpot in history. $20 million shy of the record given out in last march. it s far too early to know exactly who won. whether it s a group or a family or an office pool. the way the lottery works, the cash option is already about half of the total, so even though the big number $636 million, it s only worth, only, only $341 million in cash. that s paltry. it s better than waking up with a dollar like i did. you factor in the state taxes and washington s share, and each of the winners will only, ha ha walk away with $120 million. that s still not bad. i d take it. the number of people who actually jumped in for their chance to win. you can t overstate that. you look in florida, the lottery officials say it topped 8,000 per minute. on it tuesday. one clerk said she had to change the rolls of printer paper four times in two hours. that s despite overwhelming odds that most people won t win. let s go over the odds more likely to be hit by an asteroid or a comet, get struck by lightning. all of those things, you better have odds. two people have clearly beaten the odds. i do want you to know the people who have won the jackpot will eventually have to come forthpublicly. only six states allow lottery winners to stay anonymous and california and georgia are two of them. it gives winners up to a year to claim their prize. georgia allows up to six months, giving them plenty of time to call a lawyer. get their affairs together before starting their new lives as multimillionaires. not too bad for 20 second prize winners. second place, each getting $1 million. i just checked my ticket. i could be sitting new york stock exchange a millionaire. you could be. i ve been covering the story as well. $800 million in lottery prizes goes unclaimed. thank you so much. thank you so much. and shifting our focus to another big story this morning, there are many questions about a deadly shooting near a hospital in reno, nevada. the gunman opened fire in a neurology office near renown regional medical center. at least one person was killed and two others were wounded before gunman turned the weapon on himself. we ll get you out as soon as we can. if you would stay in this room. thank you, guys. as far as the suspect goes, we still don t have a solid identity on him yet, but we re working several leads on who he is. and police say they don t think the shooting was random, but the motive remains unclear. it is another chilly morning in the country as another hit of snow makes its way tout sea. it s turned deadly taking the life of a homeless man in new hampshire. and in new york, a massive 32-car pileup is being blamed on fast-forming black ice. temperatures rose during the day causing the light snow that fell on the city to melt a little. then it refroze. the injuries said to be minor, unbelievably. in chicago, a woman drown after falling into the ice in the river. apparently slipping after walking alongside the river. a 32 man was rescued in time. hypothermia can set in very, very quickly. as your temperature goes down, your disorientation occurs, you get very confused. it s hard for people in the water indra petersons is tracking all the weather. good morning. we know, no maps this morning. a little difficulty. i m going to give you what you need to know before you go out. here s the best part, it s not snowing unless. you want to be careful on this morning hours. very cool temperatures. a little surprise here. we ve got maps for you guys. let s talk about the mountains. central part. we definitely saw a lot in new york, all the way through the afternoon. but a lot of it melted on impact so it only measured about an inch or so.massachusetts, they got 8 inches and we want to watch for lake-effect snow, lake ontario and erie. it could last until tomorrow. we know it s cold. temperatures below normal. it s down in the southeast, notice places like memphis and atlanta. those temperatures are going to be going up significantly over the next several days which means there have been a severe weather threat by the weekend. you never want warm air coming up against cold air. washington, the first big number one, that s all you need to know. this guy moves a lot quicker. so for the midwest, you re talking light showers and rain in the north and east. by saturday and sunday, that huge trough, that s going to bring a threat for severe weather by the weekend. and that s key, this late in the season, talking about those winds around the gulf there. what are you talking about, tornadoes? not as strong as straight line winds but you cannot rule them out. where exactly? kentucky all the way back from texas, even into the carolinas down through florida by sunday. we ll be watching that closely. thanks. the senate is is poised today to give final approval to a bipartisan budget deal that will hold off another government shutdown. on tuesday 12 republicans joined with senate democrats to have the plan to fund the government through 2015. a diplomatic uproar through the u.s. and india, after a consoler was arrested after they say she faked documents. and she was arrested and strip-searched. and that treatment is called barbaric. taking down security barriers outside of an embassy in new delhi. six americans are dead after their hospital crashed. it happened in the southern part of the country. and two senior u.s. officials tell cnn it s not clear if enemy fire may have been responsible for their deaths. the pentagon is looking into reports that the troops actually survived that crash that came under mortar fire after the chopper went down. those reports have not been confirmed. brazil s president is still not commenting on a deal offered by edward snowden. snowden has offered to help brazil in change for political asylum there. brazilian lawmakers are furious knowing that the nsa was monitoring their phones and e-mails. the 1988 bombing of the pan-am flight over lockerbie, scotland. currently in a jail facing charges against humanity. american authorities suspect he played a role in the deadly attack. and telling the british press we all need to know the facts. a strong denial with the obama administration that the west things that bashar al assad should not be held in syria. opposition forces say they were told by western officials in london that there s growing fear if al assad leaves syria, syria could collapse in the chaos. overseas, a top iranian official indicating that the administration may be able to work out a long-term nuclear deal. an official told the news agency that, quote, situation is ready for iran to reach a final agreement with world powers. the iranian government reached a deal late last month on how sanctions are being enforced. president obama will not be heading to the sochi olympics. they re the latest world leaders to pass on attending the game. the white house instead plans to send a delegation that includes tennis great billie jean king who is openly gay. this seems like not a so subtle review for the anti-gay laws. a new passionate plea from manda knox telling an italian court that she is not a murderer. we re live with the very latest on the story. a dramatic rescue on the track. a blind man and his guide dog falling from the subway platform. what happened next, folks, truly stunning. we ll tell you after the break. it s out there somewhere spreading the good word about idaho potatoes and raising money for meals on wheels. but we d really like our truck back, so if you see it, let us know, would you? thanks. what? afghanistan in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. 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