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Department of education, 14% of its budget, the department of transportation losing 13% of its budget. mo eliminating funding for long distance amtrak routes, eliminating 175 million for commercial flights to rural areas. office of community services losing 4.2 billion and this is the low-income home energy assistance program for people who are poor when it gets cold, we're taking money out of that, senior and community services are gone, before-and-after school summer programs, $239 million cut from the irs and women, infant and children's programs are losing $200 million as well. i was chang...

The finishing touches on the scaffolding. the monument has been closed since the earthquake nearly two years ago. the $15 million project should be finished next year. we're all going to have to return to work as normal. no one won last night's giant powerball jackpot. for the record, the winning numbers, here they are -- 2, 11, 26, 34, 41. powerball was 32. the next drawing is saturday night when the estimated jackpot will be a whopping $475 million. >> i'll just take my lump, gigantic win next time when it's even bigger. >> sure. john, you said yesterday you only play when it hits $300 mil...

Has a look at part two in our series "the cost of spending." >> the national debt clock spinning faster every year. we have all seen it before. >> do you see that clock up there? $16 trillion in debt. >> used as a prop at campaign events. >> when this campaign began it was a heck of a lot less than that. >> you can walk by the main debt clock in new york city, west 44th street and avenue of the americas. but when you really stop and look at it for awhile maybe even stair at it, frankly it is scary. as of today every household in the united states owes about $140,000 of this debt, every single ...

Hour. road crews in oregon are scrambling to clear downed trees, and by the time it's over, more than 2 feet of mountain snow will be on the ground. and that storm is hitting during the busiest travel time of the year as americans head out in droves to spend thanksgiving with friends and family. 43.6 million of us will travel 50 miles or more, and 90% will drive. abc's alex perez has some survival tips to ease the way to your destination. >> reporter: reena wengard is a thanksgiving week travel pro. she and the kids are making the two-hour drive to see loved ones in indiana to avoid the mayh...

The obama campaign comes in at $239 million with outside groups with him. the issue there is that 59% of the outside money going towards romney being spent from outside groups. only 2% to support obama. the money that you're talking about, where that comes from, we've seen in texas which is made up of 20% of all of the outside spending. harold simmons has donated about 14 million or so to super pacs and bob perry, a home builder in texas, about 4 million, 5 million or so that he's contributed. >> so much money going into this. it's amazing when we think about it. it's not done yet. deputy poli...