SANTIAGO: All right, no winner for last night's mega millions lottery. But don't worry, you can try again.</s>BLACKWELL: This time it is for a world record jackpot. CNN correspondent Polo Sandoval is in New York with more. Polo, I can barely see you through the crowd there. Those who are breaking through to try to buy those $2 tickets.</s>POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's because people still have almost four days to make the purchase.</s>SANTIAGO: That's right.</s>SANDOVAL: I will tell you that. I will say this, yesterday morning, the crowds were barely there. But towards the afternoon and evening, yes, they did eventually come. And this machine was extremely busy. A gentleman I ran into yesterday said he is back today because that spirit of optimism, yes, it is still alive. As the head of mega millions put it, now it is getting fun because the amount is now, $1.6 billion, that eventually surpassing the record of $1.5 billion set in 2016 with the Powerball jackpot which is now historic territory. So we can certainly expect more people to take an interest in Tuesday's drawing, and perhaps more people will be participating in these office pools, Victor, that you mention. I will ask you this. I'm not sure if you thought it was worth it. As for me, it is a bit up in the air. Those five bucks, Victor, probably could have gotten me lunch today.</s>SANTIAGO: Come on.</s>BLACKWELL: The $5 I gave our producer of this show, Victoria Kennedy, went nowhere. And here she is already this morning walking around with her hand out for five more dollars.</s>BLACKWELL: She just said in my ear, if you don't play, you don't win. All right, I'm playing. Polo, thanks so much.</s>SANTIAGO: At Mexico's southern border, a flashpoint for the American midterms. Thousands of migrants are trying to reach the United States as President Trump pushes back.
Lottery Jackpot Reaches Historic Amount