Im erica hill. Im jeff rossen. I didnt get the powerball. I didnt win a dollar on this. Garbage. I didnt play. I get another chance. Sheinelle jones, you have a chance to be a billionaire. 1. 3 billion. Millions and millions of tickets sold, right . No winning combination. You could win if you had the powerball. We were checking this morning. 1 in 38. 4 could be yours. Theres that. Powerball is our top story this morning. With so much focus on it, no one waking up a winner this morning. The latotto dreams are only getting bigger. Kerry has the latest. Good morning. Last nights drawing enters world record territory. Theres so much money here, were talking about 1. 3 billion leading up to wednesdays draw. Jackpot this big, is look at the billboard sign over me. It doesnt have the amount of spaces for the amounts were talking about. 1. 300,000,000. Yikes tonights jackpot has climbed up to a recordbreaking estimated 949. 8 million. For your winning powerball number, it is lucky 13 tonight. Reporter turning out, these werent the lucky numbers for the millions of ticketholders who played an estimated 75 of all possible combinations on that record jackpot. Again, no grand prize winner. Meaning, powerball fever just got even hotter. After building for two months, now wednesdays jackpot will be at least 1. 3 billion. I think its more than i could spend, probably. Its a dream. Reporter its a dream that lives on for at least another three days. After what has been an absolute ticket buying frenzy in 44 states across the country. Millions of tickets sold every hour. Want to buy a Lottery Ticket . Yeah reporter what does a billion dollars buy . You can get 4,000 rollsroyces to take 900 friends to disney. It seems samericans are generous. I will give my 10 to church first. Share it with a lot of people. Reporter the other big dream many people had while waiting in line for tickets. Wouldnt have to work anymore. How much is 1. 3 billion . You have your kid or your son or want jeff to do it, erica, and they count, one, two, three, and sound every second, theyll reach 1. 3 billion in slightly more than 41 years. Lot of money. Sounds like a good sunday activity for the kids. Thatll keep them busy. Man of the powerball. Gary from austin, texas. I assume it was a late night for you. Good morning. We are a little blearyeyed this morning, running on adrenaline, but were very excited about that 1. 3 billion. With a b. Its available for next wednesday. Things are exploding. What is astonishing to me, and all of us here, is 75 of the possible powerball combinations were chosen as of last night. In a way, its shocking that no one actually got it. So the powerball defied the weird odds of the powerball. We were just as surprised as that just shows the total randomness of powerball. It just takes one ticket to win. At our peak last night, we were selling more than 1. 2 million in powerball tickets every single minute. That shows how much excitement is out there for this incredible jackpot up for grabs. Its crazy to thing about, gary. You said this is unexpected for you, too, but in some ways, you did set yourselves up for this, once you changed the rules and added more numbers in october and made it harder to win. Did you think youd get to a billion dollar jackpot . Of course not. We made those changes in october in response to our players. Our players have shown that they want exciting jackpots, and they love these jackpots to roll. We made the odds of winning the top prize a little longer. We went from 1 in 175 million to 1 in 292 million. But right out of the gate, when winner. 144 million jackpot winner was in tennessee just a month after the change was made. Here we are now, 20 rolls into our next jackpot run, with 1. 3 billion on the line for wednesday night. And if players want to take the cash value, 806 million in cash. Nothing but taxes. Give me a break. Gary, thank you. Turning now to stunning news that broke overnight. Word that Actor Sean Penn interviewed the worldsost wanted drug lord, el chapo, while he was on the run. The encounter released by Rolling Stone magazine. Gabe gutierrez is at the prison where el chapo is once again behind bars. Good morning. Erica, good morning. Its the saga of el chapo. This is believed to be el chapos first public interview sean penn claims he spoke to Joaquin Guzman months ago. Reporter the stunning interview with the worlds most wanted drug lord posted online overnight by Rolling Stone magazine. Guzman responding to questions submitted by sean penn and a mexican soap opera star. At the actors say they secretly met with the drug kingpin following his escape from a maximum prison last july. Guzman admitted that drugs destroy but, unfortunately, where he grew up, there was no other way to survive. He says all he does is defend himself, nothing more. The videos were taken by his associates after an hours long facetoface meeting with the actors at an undisclosed location in mexico. Penn said this photo was taken i supply more heroin, meth methamphetamine than anyone in the world, el chapo was quoted as saying. This raised concern because the norths s authorities were in the process of trying to find el chapo. El chapo and his Security Team escaped, having been alerted by local residents. We reached out to sean penn, but he was unavailable for comment. It wasnt until friday morning that the mexican navav captured el chapo, following a bloody shootout in his home state of sinaloa. This is where guzman tried to make a lastditch effort to escape. Authorities are trying to extradite guzman to face charges the process could take months. Guzman is goingo be fighting extradition with every resource he possibly has. As for the piece written by sean penn, it was agreed beforehand that the final piece would be submitted to the subject before publication. Rolling stone said el chapo made no changes. There were questions about whether or not this interview and sean penn may have helped find him or hurt the search. What is the thinking this morning . It did, in fact, delay things . Well, the short answer is right now, erica, that we dont know. Were hearing conflicting information. A trusted source tells nbc news that penns involvement may have delayed el chapos arrest back in october. But the mexican attorney general says it was el chapos desire to make a movie about himself and and actors that was among the leads that eventually led to his arrest. We were not able to reach sean penn for comment over night. Thank you, gabe. The cold snap gribpping the country, but not stopping the nfl. The vikings and seahawkwk will have to bring the heat as they face off in what is expected to be one of the coldest playoff games in nfl history. We sent dylan there. We apologize. I appreciate the apology. This is all part of what i have going. It is 8 degrees below zero, one of the coldest games in nfl playoff history. Could be one of the top five coldest games in the playoffs. Itll be nowhere near the 1967 ice bowl, when it was 15 degrees below zero. But we should be around zero at game time. Thatll be the coldest game the if its below zero at kickoff, itll be the second coldest game the seahawks played. I made a mistake of pointing out an article that vaseline is the trick to staying warm. You have to show off the guns when youre here on the field. Especially during playoff football. How do you do it . Lather up with vaseline. It blocks the wind and keeps you warmer. Im g gng to say this is a load of crud because its freezing out here. Although there are some hot packs everywhere. Thanks to deb weber and our wardrobe department, i have hot packs all over. Its about keeping your core warm. As for the arms, yeah, not so much. Dylan, how about those guns . Can we see the guns again . Tickets to the gun show. Its the vaseline. Not so, dylan. Makes them look bigger than go ahead, dylan. I was going to tell you how cold it is across the rest of the midwest. We have wind chill temperatures dropping into the below zero range. Well see the wind chills around 20 to 25 degrees below zero in areas. Its going to be extremely cold, the coldest weve seen so far this season. We are looking for a high today in minneapolis of about 2. It should warm up nicely through the afternoon. Thatll get the tailgaters warmer later on today. This cold air is coming your way. Ive got the vaseline, although i threw it over my shoulder. I have you covered, guys. You should know, too, everybody is looking out for you in the studio. Sally brought you down your mug of tea, so its here when you get back. Thank you. Keep it warm for me. Get on a jacket, dylan. Cover up the guns. Coverage of the vikings and seahawks matchup begins at noon, here on nbc. Meanwhile, a wild day of nfl the pittsburgh steelingsers jumped to a 150 lead. This incredible catch by martavis bryant, pinning the ball to the back of his leg. The bengals battled back for the lead. With time running out, late penalties against the bengals put them into field goal range with seconds left. This kick right here clinched the steelers win, 1816. Chiefs ss and the texans. The chiefs dominated from the opening kickoff. Running it back 106for a touchdown, as they defeated the texans in a blowout. Turning to politics. The Iowa Caucuses are fast approaching. All eyes on donald trump as he escalates his attack on senator ted cruz. Chuck todd is moderator of meet the press and joins us. Good morning. Good morning, erica. I know you sat down with specifically about what would happen, should he not win the Iowa Caucuses. Lets take a quick listen. Im not leaving, no. Im not leaving. You and i had this discussion about two months ago. I started talking about, well, maybe here or there. If this happened theres noaybes anymore. Im not leaving. Youre going straight to the convention. Going all the way. If i dont win, i dont win. Hes in it for the long haul. If he doesnt win iowa, how much of a blow is that to his campaign . How does it change his strategy moving forward . It complicates it. It strategy now, he does very well with a Certain Group of voters. He and ted cruz share some of those voters. Particularly, as the primary turns south, end of february, beginning of march, if he can beat cruz in iowa, they get him out of the way, and they think theyll have clear sailing in the conservative, if cruz wins iowa, the two of them could be fighting it out all the way to the convention. The biggest take away from my interview, erica, is trump is absolutely focused on trying to engage cruz now. Trying to defeat cruz now. Its why hes bringing up citizenship. He knocked him on immigration. Knocked him on renewable fuel issues in iowa. He absolutely had an agenda to try to go after cruz in this interview. Speaking of donald trump, he has been the most outspoken about bill clintons past indiscretions, but even Bernie Sanders and other candidates. Theyre trying to knock off bill clinton from the trail for hillary. Will it work . The way that the Clinton Campaign acted this week, yes. They seem reacted, theyre muted. Two weeks ago, they loved the idea of being able to have this oneonone with trump. They thought the contrast was great. I think theyre very nervous about this, jeff. So much to watch. Chuck todd, thanks again and well catch you later on meet the press. When you tune in for that, youll see chucks interview with donald trump. Stay with nbc as the today show broadcasts from the white house on tuesday, ahead of president obamas final state of the union address. Matt will sit down with the president himself. Savannah will interview Vice President biden. The woman nabbed in georgia is believed to be behind a string of robberies in the southeast. Stealing millions of dollars worth of diamonds from jewelry stores. Her face was caught on surveillance videos in five states. Abigail, her crime spree in april, robbing a store also last week before being arrested. They believe she may be a part of a larger crime ring. Well check back in with shes not there. Shes so cold, she went in to get a jacket. 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Viewers love this award show because it marries movie and tv stars. Its a little rowdier than your average tv award show. Plus, no guarantees as to who will win. Reporter its an invite list that would impress e en the best of party planners. Lady gaga, will smith, stillylvester stallone stallone, melissa mccarthy. There are no front runners in any major race. Carol has five nominations. When it comes to best drama, many feel the spotlight is on spopoight, a film about journalists uncovering the mad max could win. It is a very, very tight race. Reporter in the dramatic acting category, Leonardo Dicaprio was a favorite to win for his role in the revenant. Who young stars, larson and ronan are dueling for lead actress. I love my job. You hate your job. I l le my job. Reporter on the comedy side, experts predict a race between the big short and the martian. Matt damon could win his first golden globe for acting. While amy schumer faces close competition from her pal, jennifer lawrence. Can you imagine if amy schumer beats her friend, jennifer lawrence, for the golden globe . The speech would be memorable. Reporter the Foreign Press foreign films, like mr. Robot. Youve been staring at a screen too long. Reporter netflix leads the streaming services with eight tv nods. Amazon video scored five. Hulu is coming to the party with its first Golden Globes nomination for casual. While it is an unpredictable year, we do know who will win one award. Itll go to denzel washington, recognizing his incredible career. All eyes will be on this years host, ricky gervais, returning after a three year hiatus. We want to know who he will be targetinin with his jokes this year. The smaller number of people of maybe who hes not targeting. Maybe sean penn, im guessing. Thank you, joe. Nbcs coverage of thee Golden Globes begins here at 7 00 tonight. The today show crew is on the red carpet for you, greeting the stars as they arrive. Show tomorrow morning here on today. Still to come. 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Satellite and radar weve had the rain off and on all night mainly less than a quarter of an inch across the area that will continue to move out but still some lingering moisture of the mountains later on today sun and clouds and anderson reaching 50 before the temperatures drop off quickly for tonight in greenville partly sunny slowly as the day goes on welll start to see some sunshine and temperatures getting into the lower 50s now in asheville the areas has already hit the High Temperature those cold winds will begin to blow not a lot of rain around but just showing how strong winds will be gusting over 20