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Resorts in this area to stay open. they have not had to close yet. martha, here we are just a week away, about a week away from christmas, and officials here are calling this a summertime fire because of the rugged terrain and the high temperatures and the strong winds and coming as it is during california's driest year on record. back to you. martha: tough time of year for them, and they've got their work cut out for them, claudia. we wish them good luck. thanks a lot. ♪ ♪ bill: today's megamillions looking to reach a record high, a last ticket-buying frenzy pushing the jackpot to $586 mi...

Amount hours ago, make it the second largest prize in american history. now folks are lining up at convince stores to get the luck. lottery officials say the odds of winning are one in 259 million. a little perspective. if i thought of asking you to name one person in the united states, the same odds. i jive you choose the lump sum you will walk away with $341 million before taxes. officials say they expect people to buy 70% of all the possible number combinations, which means there's nearly a one in three chance that nobody wins tonight. the current record for a jackpot, $656 million, from a ...

Tomorrow it could be the largest in history. surpassing $656 million. if it keeps rolling over until friday it could hit a billion dollars. in october, mega millions changed the game, increasing the number of white balls from 56 to 75. decreasing the number of mega balls from 46 to 15. so the odds went from 1 in 176 million to win to 1 in 259 million to win. you're wondering how the odds stack up, check it out. your odds of being struck by lightning, 1 in 775,000. being attacked by a shark, 1 in 11.5 million. consecutive holes in one, 1? 156 million. just imagine. a billion dollar potential ja...

$656 million. that marks the fourth largest jackpot in history. ticket sales are expected to jump ahead of the drawing on tuesday. >> with us now the chief white house correspondent for politico mike allen a look at the playbook. good morning. >> good morning, willie. >> so the new issue of politico magazine actually has a really good piece by john rolston the long-time las vegas political reporter about the career of senate majority leader harry reid, his secrets to staying in pow power, you guys calling him macha valley. what's the takeaway from the piece? >> what we see in here, harry reid ...

9-year-old murphy. victim's body found stuffed in a trash bin early sunday morning j. hous after she had disappeared while playing outside. the american amanda knox facing a second appeals trial in italy along with her former italian boyfriend. the lawyer for the family says the two should be found guilty of kircher's murder. they had been convicted but an appeals court later vacated that ruling. jenna: mega millions jackpot is about to get bigger. prize for tuesday's drawing is a half billion dollars. that's right. $550 million. lottery officials say strong sales over the weekend could easily...