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watching for in tonight's big speech. right now in turkey, and syria, more than 5,000 people are dead, entire communities have been destroyed after two powerful earthquakes rocked the entire region. we'll take you live to turkey where international rescue cruise and aid are now arriving. also this hour, an inside look at the u.s. coast guard's efforts to address the rise in migrants arriving to the u.s. by sea, and the dangers those desperate people face in search of a better life. and we begin this morning with the horrific destruction in turkey and syria after two powerful ea...

Different. >> thank you so very much. it's good to see you both. >> thank you. stay with nbc news for complete coverage of the president biden's state of the union all throughout the day. join us tonight as they lead our special coverage at 8:00 p.m. pacific, and 5:00 p.m. eastern. before we go, somebody in washington state is waking up a multimillionaire this morning. there was only one winning ticket sold in washington state. the lucky person will have a choice between a payout of $754 million over the next 25 years, or a lump sum of $407 million.

>> i think it's a good day for thousands of football players who are dealing with different afflictions from playing the game of football. >> reporter: num ruls prominent players like hall of fame winner tony dorsett and the family of junior seau are part of the case, it clears the nfl from having to admit any liability or brain-related injuries were caused by football. many consider that a huge win for the envelope and its owners. >> they're almost certainly going to be able to eliminate any future lawsuit from former players about head injuries. >> reporter: while $754 million seems like a b...

Try to figure out where they go. this one thing really caught our eye. right here. this billion dollars for the census. i want everyone to understand how this works. the census got a billion dollars from the stimulus. the government already funds the census. they're expecting it to cost $14 billion. and the whole point -- >> why, why, why? >> don't you look at that and say, what? >> why? >> because the point of the stimulus is supposed to be putting money into sectors that there are done have money. why would they get a billion when they're already getting government funding? we asked the cens...

So they're beefing up operations beyond what they would have done. more advertising and outreach, more partnerships, more follow-up. but, tony, this right here, this $754 mill kron, the census told us is going to go to what would have been funded anyway. so let's just sit on that for a second. >> yeah. >> $754 million of the stimulus going to something that would have happened anyway. they were already going to be funding this. >> how is that stimulus, then? >> right. that's the key question here. what we did was we approached the administration. we said explain this to us. why three quarters ...