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safer traffic now back over to you. the u.s. intelligence broke up a bomb plot to bring down a airline supposed to be headed for the u.s. linda so is here with details on the foiled plot and where official fouled the explosive device. they have seen this before. >> reporter: they have. and it's similar to a case that happened back in 2009. that device is in the hands of fbi. agents with the cia seized it in yemen after following a man who had not picked a target or bought a plane ticket. the intend user of the bomb is no longer a threat meaning the person could be dead or has been ...

>> we joke about winning and walking out of our office. >> nbc's stephanie gosk at a gift shop in bay own, new jersey, across the hudson river. have you seen a steady stream of poem coming in to buy tickets before the big drawing? >> reporter: they have, thomas. it could get bigger today. it's the biggest in world history. this is an enormous jackpot, $540 million. and the bigger it gets the more people it draws out to enjoy the mania. and it's because, look, one ticket costs $1 and although your chances are infinitesimal of winning that jackpot, you still get a chance. that's what c...

have you seen a steady stream of poem coming in to buy tickets before the big drawing? >> reporter: they have, thomas. it could get bigger today. it's the biggest in world history. this is an enormous jackpot, $540 million. and the bigger it gets the more people it draws out to enjoy the mania. and it's because, look, one ticket costs $1 and although your chances are infinitesimal of winning that jackpot, you still get a chance. that's what compels people to come out. new jersey is one of 42 states taking part in this. the drawing tonight. it could go higher depending how many people...

the mare maersk alabama ma. this time, crew members fired warning shots and chased the pirates away.ersk alabama ma. this time, crew members fired warning shots and chased the pirates away. moammar gadhafi on the attack. today his troops are unleanering attacks on strongholds. in zawiya one doctor tells cnn that gadhafi soldiers publicly executed two other physicians and then turned their guns on wounded civilians. crushing the uprising in this city on the doorstep of the capital could be a potential turning point for gadhafi staying in power. his war planes have also pounded the e...

do this without stretching or breaking. >> reporter: maryland's gas tax is the same as d.c.'s, more than virginia's, but less than neighboring west virginia and pennsylvania. the proposed increases would make our state tax the highest in the region, which is why it's generated so much outrage. >> this will send a message to lawmakers. >> yeah. we're tired of paying for everything else. >> i am definitely sympathetic to the cost imposed, not just on truckers but all of us that pay at the pump. gotta do something about the problem. >> reporter: if passed, this new tax would take effect...