BALDWIN: Before I let you go, how about this one. A grandmother from a small town in Iowa just went public as one of two winners of the giant Powerball drawing. She is 51-year-old Lorin West. She opted for the $198 million lump sum. The single mom says she has worked full time on nights and weekends just to pay for school and to take care of her family and a little detail, currently drives a ford fiesta with 142,000 miles and wants a new car. She says she plans to share the money with her family and create a charity in honor of her grandson, who died prematurely after being born at 24 weeks.</s>LORIN WEST, POWERBALL JACKPOT WINNER: I know the responsibility that I have to do good with this money. Once you have won and you realize the responsibility and, you know, just the impact that you can make, all frivolity goes out the window. I started thinking more of who I'm going to help, and my stuff has been sort of an after thought to me.</s>BALDWIN: The day after the Powerball drawing, west says she actually couldn't find her ticket. Turns out she had left it on the floor of her sister's pickup truck. By the way, no one has claimed the other winning ticket purchased in New York. I'm Brooke Baldwin. Thank you for being with me here today. Let's go now to "THE LEAD" with Jake Tapper. It starts right now.
Iowa Grandmother Claims Half Of $688 Million Prize.