boston's new mayor except he dialed up the wrong martin walsh. >> congratulations, marty, you dog. you no, great win. and i said, mr. vice president, i'm sorry, you've got the wrong marty walsh. >> oops! and obama care. the country music awards. priceless. ♪ obama care by morning ♪ over six people served >> you're live in the "cnn newsroom." i love carrie underwood. we'll get to that in just a minute. but first, good morning to you. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. new claims this morning that the miami dolphins knew about jonathan martin's struggles before he left the team because of alleged bullying. pro football talk says martin's agent complained to dolphins' gm jeff ireland about how richie incognito was treating martin.

sources telling the nbc sports website that ireland's solution was for martin to punch incognito. and espn is reporting that martin recently checked himself into a south florida hospital and was treated briefly for emotional distress. the dolphins tell cnn the organization will not comment on every report that comes out, while the nfl is reviewing this matter. but the team suspended incognito on sunday. in the meantime, dolphins players are talking about the relationship between martin and incognito. cnn's john zarrella is in miami with more on that. good morning, john. >> reporter: you know, carol, every day a new wrinkle, at least one new wrinkle. now, ted wells has been appointed by the commissioner's office to begin the investigation of what was going on down here. and meanwhile, with everything we have heard about the situation a situation, you would think that incognito and martin were the worst of enemies. but players are saying quite the contrary. they were tight.

dolphins' head coach joe philbin surrounded by more media than any 4-4 team usually gets defended his team. >> i have full faith and confidence that we will stick together as a team. >> reporter: but philbin refused to address whether he or any of his coaches instructed richie incognito to toughen up another player, jonathan martin. when asked, did martin need toughening up? >> jonathan martin came in here and worked hard every single day. >> reporter: the storm swirling around the dolphins is getting worse by the day. it began over allegations offensive lineman incognito bullied martin, another lineman, so badly he left the team. now a report that at least one coach told incognito, the anointed leader of the offensive line, to get martin toughened up. while philbin had little to say, his players had plenty. and it was startling. incognito wasn't a bully, they said. but a best friend like big brother/little brother. >> i think if you would have

asked john martin a week before who his best friend on the team was, he would have said richie incognito. the first guy to stand up for jonathan when anything went down on the field, any kind of tussle, richie was the first guy there. >> if there was a problem, jonathan martin didn't show it. and i've been here long enough to know that off the field that those two guys were thick as thieves and that they went out together and they hung out together. they did a lot of stuff together. so if he had a problem with the way that that guy was treating him, he had a funny way of showing it. >> i know they were good friends, best friends. >> reporter: the players all insisted they had no idea martin was about to leave the team and no idea there was any problem between incognito and martin. >> the people that can hurt you the most in this world are the people that are closest to you. and when you mistake one for the other, that's when you find problems. >> reporter: now, get this, carol. brian hartline who you just heard there also told us yesterday in the locker room that at one point, jonathan

martin was laughing, laughing about the voice mail that richie incognito had sent him. now, of course, we have not heard from martin. no one has. we do not know his side of the story. but that there, again, something, you know, almost hard to believe. >> so something else to chew on. "sports illustrated's" nfl writer, peter king, just released an insider's story on his website. in it he quotes a former miami dolphins player who says, incognito was made a scapegoat for the hell coming down on the dolphins organization which in turn said it knew nothing about any so-called hazing. that's the most outlandish lie of this whole thing. the coaches knew everything. the coaches know who's getting picked on and in many cases call for that player to be singled out. so you went to the press conference with the coach of the miami dolphins. what exactly did he say he knew about the hazing?

>> reporter: he didn't. you know, they have maintained right along that they run a top-flight organization. they don't tolerate any of that. but they are continuing to fall back when they're asked those kinds of questions about what did you know? what did other coaches know? was martin singled out? they continue to say, we can't say anything about that because of the investigation that is now under way. that's what they're sticking to. >> john zarrella, i know you'll continue covering this story. john zarrella reporting live for us from miami this morning. a truly sad story out of the nfl. hall of fame running back tony dorsett, the great tony dorsett, has signs of cte. that's the disease associated with repeated brain trauma. in a story first reported by espn's "outside the lines," dorsett underwent brain scans and other testing over the last three months. now 59 years old, dorsett said he suffers from memory loss,

gregs and even thoughts of suicide and unleashes outbursts on his family. >> it's painful, man. for my daughters to say they're scared of me. it's painful. >> that's just so sad. another nfl hall of famer, retired lineman joe de delamielleure has been tested. they've retired nine players with concerns about concussions, and guess what, eight results are in, and they are all positive for signs of cte. in other news this morning, a teenager's final moments come into view as federal investigators take a new look at

the gruesome discovery of his body inside a gym mat at the georgia high school. we're talking about kendrick johnson. after a lengthy legal fight by johnson's family and an ongoing investigation by cnn, new surveillance tapes are out this morning. johnson's family has dismissed the ruling by the local sheriff that his death was accidental. they believe he was murdered. but the new tapes seem to only raise more questions. consider this. you'll see it in a moment. that's kendrick. you'll see it here in a moment. there he is. that's kendrick in the white shirt. now, watch the student in the pink shirt because poof, he suddenly disappears as kendrick races out of frame, and two new students suddenly appear. it's not clear how much time is missing from this videotape. cnn's victor blackwell has been covering the story. he joins us now with more on this. so this only deepens the mystery. >> you know, the family was hoping to get answers once the surveillance video was released. they now have just more questions.

you know, this was supposed to be the answer they were looking for. there was a hash ta tag #giveusthetapes on twitter. i spoke with the families last night. they said they believe this is not just a mistake, that some of this is intentional. let's look at another clip. if we could put up another clip from another angle on that camera. again we see kendrick going into the gym. he's wearing a white t-shirt. this is the wrong clip, but we do have this clip. let's talk about this. this is the only angle inside the gym that shows the mats. this, obviously, is blurry. now, cnn has not edited this for clarity in any way. but obviously, you can't see exactly who is around the mats. you can't make out any of these people. and again, you see some images there, and then they disappear and others come in. here's another image we want to talk about. this is that same image. same angle in the gym. you see that person walking toward the corner? >> yep. >> this is, in a dark gym, that

corner where there are just a few lights on, that's the area where the mats where kendrick johnson was found. the attorneys want to know, who is that person? now, we don't have any information about time stamps or dates because that has not been released. but when you see that released with this video dump, as it's called, the question is, who would have been in that dark gym with just the lights on over the mat? we spoke with ben crump who is one of the attorneys for the family, and here's what he said. >> his parents have always said all they want to know is the truth. and this videotape seems to tell us that the truth has not come out yet, almost as if something was done with this one video to help conceal the truth. but we're going to keep pressing to get the truth mystery. >> and they're going to start pressing legally. the lead attorney says they're going to file requests to have the court take custody of the original hard drive because what

we have, it's copies from the sheriff's office, which is a copy from the school. they want to see the original to study the metadata to see if it's been altered or blurred or if this is what the school and sheriff's office says is the original. >> i know you'll continue to investigate this story. victor blackwell, thanks so much. in a matter of time twitter will start trading publicly on the new york stock exchange. its ipo priced at 26 bucks a share. but that doesn't mean regular people like you and me will be able to buy shares at that price. that share price is only available to people working at the investment banks running the twitter ipo. or through a brokerage firm linked to td ameritrade, but you'd need to have $250,000 in your account. that share price is also available to some mutual funds. of course, investors want to buy now and buy low because later today, twitter's share price could skyrocket. so the rich will get richer. cnn money tech correspondent lori siegle is live at the new

york stock exchange. describe the mood there. >> reporter: i've got to tell you, carol, lots of excitement here. i keep walking by traders who are making twitter jokes and talking about tweeting because they can't even actually live tweet from here. but you know, when you walk in the new york stock exchange, it's essentially draped with a huge blue sign with a, with the twitter bird on it. clearly they're very happy that they've been able to -- people cannot wait for it to open up, to see where that price goes. you say $26 is the share price, but you're right, we don't know when it opens up, how much it's going to be. it could be higher. obviously, there's a lot of hype. you speak to traders around here. they're saying that price likely will go higher. it could be lower. we saw what happened with facebook. i will say this. this is a big ipo. they're saying this is the biggest ipo of the year. so clearly a lot of folks waiting to see how this is going to work out. carol? >> all right. we'll get back to you, laurie

segall because the markets open at 9:30 eastern time. thanks so much. concerns grow in washington over the obama care website fallout, but they aren't all about healthcare.gov. they're about the impact on some lawmakers' political futures. we'll have a live report out of washington for you next. great. this is the last thing i need.) seriously? let's take this puppy over to midas and get you some of the good 'ol midas touch. hey you know what? i'll drive! i really didn't think this through. brakes, tires, oil, everything. (whistling) [ dog ] we found it together.upbeat ] on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. yeah, we found that wonderful thing.

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checking our top stories at 15 minutes past the hour. just released 911 tapes reflect the terror shoppers felt when a gunman opened fire at a new jersey mall. >> somebody is shooting at garden state plaza right now. >> somebody is shooting? >> there's somebody shooting up

garden state plaza right now, and i'm in the bathroom. >> all right. hold on. how many people are with you? >> three. >> are they in your store? >> yes. >> more than 100 shoppers were in the mall when those shots rang out. the gunman, richard shoop, didn't hurt anybody. police say he later shot himself in the head. the first obama website officer is leaving his post. he helped develop the website. he will be retiring next week to take a private sector job. no word on whether he was pushed out. the meteor that just flew over southern california last night, i know you're asking that question this morning, well, it probably was. norad says the fast-moving streak of light was most likely a meteor shower. there were sightings as far away as arizona, utah and nevada. now you know. okay, let's talk politics. democrats under pressure and increasingly nervous due to the disastrous rollout of the obama care website. some are even blaming it for the

closer-than-expected governors race in virginia. democrat terry mcauliffe barely eked out a win there. our senior white house correspondent brianna keilar live this morning with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, carol. that's right. democrats are very concerned. some republicans relishing what they see as a political opportunity. and in the meantime, we saw president obama head to texas. that's right, texas last night to ensure americans that the website for obama care will be up and running. as he also fired back at republicans, specifically, though not naming names, texas republican governor rick perry who has blocked the expansion of medicaid in his state under the obama care law. >> well, it is wonderful to see all of you. >> reporter: texas. not exactly friendly territory for obama care. but that's where president obama went to criticize republican opposition to his signature health care reform program. and promise its faulty website will soon be up and running. >> we are working overtime to

get this fixed. and the website is already better than it was at the beginning of october. and by the end of this month, we anticipate that it is going to be working the way it is supposed to. >> reporter: back in the hot seat again, embattled health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius testified before a senate committee, conceding not many people have signed up. >> early enrollment be ins are going to be very low. >> reporter: republicans questioned the security of healthcare.gov and the screening of so-called navigators who help people enroll. >> so a convicted felon could be a navigator and could acquire sensitive personal information from an individual unbeknownst to them? >> that is possible. we have contracts with the organizations, and they have taken the responsibility to screen their individual navigators and make sure that they are sufficiently trained for the job. >> reporter: but it was this.

>> why not shut down and do it right? >> reporter: criticism from chairman max baucus who voted for obama care that may have stung the most. for congressional democrats facing re-election next year, obama care has become a political liability. president obama invited 15 of them to the white house wednesday afternoon to address their concerns. meanwhile, the fallout from the messy rollout seeing its first casualty. the chief information officer for the agency running the troubled website has resigned. and on that meeting that president obama had with senate democrats, one of them, mark udall of colorado, his office says that he actually urged president obama to delay the deadline for signing up for health insurance under obama care. carol, as you know, that's a march 31st deadline. and he also raised the concern over security of obama care. so it's a really big problem for this administration when the president's own democrats have these major concerns and aren't fully on board here.

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it is perhaps one of the greatest medical mysteries of our time. was yasir arafat, the charismatic leader of the palestine liberation organization, the victim of a political assassin? there are new reports this

morning that he may have been. swiss scientists say they found significant quantities of a radioactive poison on arafat's personal effects and in his body. now arafat's widow is calling his death murder. matthew chance is in london with more on this story. good morning, matthew. >> reporter: good morning, carol. actually, i'm standing right outside arafat's mausoleum in the west bank city of ramallah. it's still a place visited by many palestinians out of respect for their dead palestinian leader. but this report has come as something very controversial in this part of the world. obviously. a report by a swiss forensic team saying that on examination of yasser arafat's remains and of his personal effects, they found, quote, unexpectedly high levels of radioactive polonium 10, a highly toxic poison. it was used, you may remember, back in 2006 to kill alexander

l litvenenko. the swiss forensic team -- moderately supported, that's their words. the theory that yasser arafat was poisoned. now, immediately arafat's widow calling this evidence of a real crime, that there was a political assassination that took place with the death of yasser arafat back in 2004. but the scientists themselves have said there's plenty of room for doubt in this, saying there's all sorts of problems with the samples over many years that expired between the death of arafat and when they collected the samples and still plenty of room for doubt about what was the actual cause of death, carol. >> so where does this go from here? >> reporter: well, the palestinians, they want a full international criminal inquiry. for them, this is the smoking gun that they've been looking

for. you ask any palestinian out here in the west bank, and they'll say, look, we believe yasser arafat was killed, and we believe israel is the party responsible for the killing. israel, of course, has create gorical categoricallien didded any involvement, and they've done so since this report came out. the palestinians say look, we want a proper criminal investigation to find out if there was polonium, who could have administered it? >> fascinating. matthew chance live in ramallah this morning, thanks so. still to come on "the newsroom," the executives from twitter just about to ring the opening bell at the new york stock exchange as twitter grows up and goes public. honestly, as much as i love this job, i plan to do a lot more.

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good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. the opening bell on wall street just about to ring. and guess who will ring the bell? you are so smart. twitter executives are behind the podium because twitter is about to go public. twitter's ceo dick costello has been preparing for this day for months. he talked to cnbc this morning. >> one of the things that's been most exciting for me on the road show is the propensity for some of these investors to come in and show me examples of how twitter has been so powerful. so that enthusiasm from investors and their own use of the product, both from a user basis and then from the potential of it as a platform has been fantastic to see. >> cnn business correspondent zain asher is on the floor. so 26 bucks a share. set the mood for us.

>> reporter: hi, carol. yeah, $26 a share. i mean, that is what underwriters and also twitter themselves decided was a sweet spot. what is tricky about pricing an ipo like this is you have to make it low enough to fuel investor demand, but you don't want to make it too high because otherwise shares might tumble as soon as trading starts. that's what happened to facebook. this is the moment of truth. this is a huge opportunity for them. and also the new york stock exchange, i should mention as well. because if the new york stock exchange actually gets this right and everything goes smoothly, guess what? you're going to see more tech companies picking the new york stock exchange over the nasdaq, and that is a huge deal. the stock ex-change has had a dry run, dress rehearsal, everything in their power to make sure that their systems can handle a huge number of orders if that is the case. a lot of people have earn willed from what happened with facebook's ipo last year. we saw those technical glitch, those delayed orders. we saw people not knowing if their buy or sell orders had gone through. twitter looked that the and said hey, you know what?

that's not going to happen to us. last week, carol, i will say this. my advice for investors is sometimes it is better just to take a step back and wait. you know, we learned from facebook's lesson. it took the stock a year to get back to its ipo level. sometimes it's hard enough to invest in a stock that has a long history of trading let alone a brand-new ipo that hasn't got a proven model that isn't turning a profit yet. we shall see. a lot of exciting on the trading floor. >> i know. i wonder if we can bring that picture full and listen to some of the commotion on the floor. let's just listen for a second. so you can hear how excited everyone is, they're taking pictures. zain asher, stick around. i want to bring in ellen mcgirt, written extensively about twitter. ellen -- >> hi, carol. >> -- this is a momentous day. >> it's a big day for a lot of people including a lot of people who never thought that twitter would be anything more than a quirky idea.

>> anything more than -- still, the company lost, what, $80 million last year? is that correct? so they're hoping for big things. >> they are, they are, but they spend a lot of money. wow! they are excited. i wish i was down there on the floor with them. >> me, too. >> they spend a lot of money, and they've invested really wisely. and the most important things they've invested in are the people that work there and the companies they've acquired that will let them do great things in the future. recall the fail whale, the site doesn't crash anymore? it's stable. but some of the kproeextraordin executives have been thinking about what is the next best use for twitter in the world. so far, especially if this day goes as well, it looks like they're worth all the money they've spent on them. >> so it's going to go for 26 bucks a share, right? but that's not really available for regular joes out there. it's only for wealthy people, frankly. who will buy in early and hope to grow even wealthier. >> i know, that's true. and it seems so incredibly

unfair. but when you look at it from an average investor's point of view, and you knew i was going to talk about this, it's a speculative stock. you know, it's a young company. and most people who are average investors aren't saving enough as they should be. they're not building up their 401(k)s the way they should be. they are not ramping up their i.r.a.s the way they should be. so if you have extra money to spend on the stock, it's good for the individual investor. most people that i know don't yet. >> and just a last question for you, could we see twitter stock tank the way facebook's did? you know, when it -- so maybe it's better that regular investors have to wait in light of what happened with facebook. >> it is. if you're going to look at something on a day-to-day basis like weighing yourself every hour, you'll be on an emotional roller coaster that's not appropriate for the individual investor. i don't think we'll see a tanking. i'm hoping for a smooth debut and for a smooth year. but these, like all stocks, should be thought about in the long term. and twitter is really inventing

itself as it goes ahead. it's going to be going international in a very serious way. there's going to be new applications for it in the world that are going to be very exciting to watch. if you're making yourself up as you go along, and i mean that in the best possible sense, you shouldn't be needing to worry about the share price on a regular basis. >> all right. ellen mcguirk, thanks for the info this morning. we appreciate it. >> thanks, carol. >> thanks, ellen. i do have some breaking news to share with you regarding your health. the fda announcing it is moving transfats -- transfats, considered by doctors to be the worst type of fat and the kind of fat that raises your bad cholesterol levels to the unsafe list. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here to explain. that involves a lot of food. >> that does involve a lot of food. like cookies, muffins. not all cookies, not all muffins, but many of them, those biscuits that are so yummy, many of them are yummy because they contain transfat, but transfats are bad for your heart. and for about ten years now,

experts have been saying to the fda and petitioning them, get these facts off the market. and now finally ten years later the fda said let's try it. so they made the first move today to start getting transfats out of the foods that we eat. >> so we won't see an immediate change, but we're certainly going to see a change. >> right, we won't see an immediate change. there's all these steps for proposals that they need to go through, but it certainly is looking that in time, transfats could -- or will likely be out of our food display. >> some restaurants have already moved toward that. mcdonald's, right? with their french fries. satisfries at burger king. >> boy, you really know this. you must eat a lot of them. >> i try not to, but i love them. >> right, exactly. so since the early '90s, there's been about a 75% decrease in the amount of transfats in our food. so some people are saying the fda's kind of late to this party. industry was already doing this. and why didn't they do this earlier? but still, i suppose better late than never. and there still is quite a bit of transfats. i know because i think i ate one

of those biscuits recently. and i said, why is this so good? >> you're the medical correspondent. >> i know. even medical correspondents make mistakes. i ate it and said why is this so good and then i looked and found out why and didn't eat it again. >> thanks so much. still to come on the "newsroom," country music's biggest nights. lots of laughs, plenty of awards, but in the end, it was all about music. ♪ oh good lord she had them long tan legs ♪ ♪ couldn't help myself so i walked up and said ♪ ♪ baby you a song ♪ you make me want to roll my windows down and cruise ♪ down a back road stop sign through the middle ♪ get paid to do somethingd pd you really love, what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i'd be an architect. what if i told you someone could pay you and what if that person were you? ♪ when you think about it, isn't that what retirement should be,

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country music's best and brightest came out to shine last night at the 47th annual "cma awards." while host carrie underwood and brad paisley poked stars like miley cyrus and kimye, the biggest laughs came at the expense of obama care. ♪ we'll have cataracts and dementia ♪ ♪ oh this is getting on my last nerve ♪ ♪ obama care by morning ♪ over six people served >> the sad part is you can't even dispute that. "showbiz tonight" host a.j. hammer is live in new york with more. i watched "the country music awards" last night. it's not every night you get to see the cast of "duck dynasty" twerking carrie underwood.

>> it's such a great awards show. even if you don't like it, it's a fun show to watch. it wasn't just about the laughs and "duck dynasty." the "cmas" are billed as country music's biggest night. blake shelton and miranda lambert cemented their status by winning for the fourth year in a row. they told cnn they appreciate this recognition because to them it makes up for all the times that those guys have to spend apart on the road or in the studio, although considering it's the fourth time they've won, they also told us they hope people aren't getting tired of them. shelton also picked up his win for album of the year but lost entertainer of the year to legendary george strait. shelton said that was just fine with him. casey musgraves was named new artist of the year while florida georgia line nabbed duo of the year and single of the year for their summertime smash "cruise." and at the tender age of 23, taylor swift received the cma's

prestigious pinnacle award for achieving global success and recognition unique to country music. cnn spoke with swift after the awards show, and she is still so humble. watch this. >> it's amazing. i think that i didn't really understand what kind of a big deal they were going to make about this award until they started rolling this video package of justin timberlake and reese swit witter spoon and mic jagger and julia roberts congratulating me. i was absolutely at a loss for words. i was freaking out. >> carol, she's been winning awards year after year. always seems so surprised like it's the first time she's won an awrd. i actually like that. i've heard people complaining about that saying taylor, expect it already, you're going to get the award. i think it's cute. >> she's a lovely person. i don't know if it was my favorite but i found it interesting, from the stage, brad paisley and carrie

underwood singled out taylor and said, "thank you for not twerking. thank you for dressing like a lady. we appreciate that." >> that was much more appropriate. it was worthy to thank her for that. i love how they mix up the awards. you're not waiting all night for album of the year. some of the other awards shows should look to the cmas. >> in my next life, i want legs like carrie underwood. a.j., thank you so much. i appreciate it. >> you got it. >> we'll be right back.

checking our top stories at 47 minutes past the hour, vice president joe biden thought he was making a friendly call to boston's new mayor, marty walsh. that's walsh celebrating his big victory tuesday night. just one problem, that's not the walsh that biden called. here's what happened next. >> he said, you know, congratulations, marty, you dog. you know, great win. and right then i said, "mr. vice president, i'm sorry, you've got the wrong marty walsh." he laughed. he was great about it. >> this marty walsh is a political consultant and a former staffer to the late senator edward kennedy. and biden wasn't along in his gaffe. dnc chairwoman debbie wassermann schultz made the same mistake. seven other people were wounded. police tell cnn affiliate wxyz

that someone at the shop heard a commotion outside, opened the door and the bullets began to fly. it's not clear if there was more than one shooter. an investigation, of course, is under way. blockbuster says it will close its last 300 retail stores in the united states and end its mail-order services by january. digital streaming by brands like netflix and redbox have hurt the once dominant movie rental chain. dish network which bought blockbuster three years ago says blockbuster's streaming service along with blockbuster at home will both continue. a surprising announcement by elizabeth vargas who says she's in rehab to deal with an addiction to alcohol. she did not say when she began treatment or where, but she did say she hopes the disclosure will encourage others to get hope. a spokesman says the network looks forward to her return. a suspected burglar got stuck in a naples, florida, chimney. it's not often you get to see the person actually stuck in the chimney. anyway, his alleged accomplice

went to find police for help while his friend had his foot dangling from the fireplace. no one was home at the time. it took firefighters a half hour to rescue the guy from the chimney and then he was brought to jail. we would like to introduce you to ken smith, an air force veteran who now fights a battle to preserve sacred battleground and a piece of american history. it just shouldn't be this way. these graves should be cleared and paid the respect that they deserve.

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now kevin ware back in action. >> this whole situation is awesome. right, carol? he was just cleared to start practicing on sunday. he didn't expect to play. head coach rick patino surprised everyone when he called ware's number. this is the moment we all remember, ware laying on the court after that gruesome broken leg. he's all healed up. came in halfway through the second half. got a standing ovation. first shot he took, three-pointer. he drained it. only played ten minutes in the game but was obviously thrilled to be back out on the court. >> when he call mied number, i was just ready to get in. i've been waiting for this moment for 200 and like 20 days now. so i'm happy. >> fame and fortune that come with his playing in the nfl apparently isn't for everybody. john moffet, offensive lineman for the denver broncos is

quitting mid season, walking away from $1 million left on his contract. he says he's walking away from the game because he lost his love for it and is afraid to risk his health. he was only in his third season in the league. this crazy video from last night's blackhawks/jets game. got checked through the glass. check it out, carol. a fan steals his helmet. >> no! >> and he puts it on. he got his helmet stolen and this lady pours her beer on his head. >> that's just wrong on so many levels. >> helmet stolen and a beer powder on his head. this is why i don't play hockey, carol. >> smart man. >> tipping off their season tomorrow night, in hopes of luring a big student crowd to the game, the school is offering them free bacon. >> bacon! >> announced the promotion on twitter and it's gained so much

steam, the school has increased their order of bakon from 100 pounds to 300 pound. if you're a student, go to the game, get there an hour beforehand you get a paper cup or a boat they're calling it full of bacon. >> it's cooked, right? >> it is. hope they have plenty of napkins. >> the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard. who doesn't like bacon? it makes everything tastes better. >> i don't know if you want to eat a boat of it by itself. >> i do, andy. thanks so much. next hour of cnn's "newsroom" starts right now. happening now in the "newsroom," ready, set, go. from 140 characters to $14 billion. the blue bird of twitter leaves the nest and goes public. 26 bucks a share. nice if you've got the cash. also, mystery deepens. new surveillance video shows georgia teen kendrick johnson

walking, then rung out of frame. then the video goes blurry, leaving a mystery how he died inside that rolled up mat. kevin ware is back, six points, standing ovations. vp calls to congratulate boston's new mayor, except he dialed up the wrong matt martin walsh. >> congratulations, marty, you dog. great win. and then i said, mr. vice president, i'm sorry. you've got the wrong marty walsh. >> oops. you're live in the cnn "newsroom." good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. any moment now, shares of twitter will start trading on the new york stock exchange. twitter executives rang the

opening bell with the sign #ring. initial public offering is priced at 26 bucks a share. some say it could sky rocket. twitter and the stock exchange hope to avoid all the gliches and drama that facebook faced on the nasdaq. cnn's alison kosik is live in new york for us. when will we see twitter actually begin trading? >> that's a good question. it could be anywhere from minutes to up to an hour when the opening bell rings. the opening bell rang at 9:30. you're getting the underwriters and traders who are talking, taking in orders and trying to figure out what the best price is for that first price that would hit the ticker on twitter when it starts trading. we are getting the first indications of what that price could be. you said $26 at its ipo. that's what the initial offer price was, $26. now it looks like the first price that will hit the tape, anywhere from $40 to $44.

that's significantly higher. you know why it's higher? because demand for this stock is huge. also one thing that twitter has done -- it's been pretty conservative in the number of shares that it's selling. only selling 70 million shares. that's not considered a lot. to give you a comparison, when facebook went public, it sold more than 400 million shares. we know how that ipo went. many considered it to be a flop. in part because of huge technical difficulties at the nasdaq. some others thought that facebook was overreaching with its price. its initial offer price was $38. it's interesting to see sort of -- to compare the two, twitter -- although having a lower initial offer price, it's starting out ahead of the gate, possibly anywhere from 40 to $44 a share for the regular investor out there. carol? >> alison, stick around. i want to go to lori segall. she's on the floor. the mood there has to be

excitement maybe? >> you can hear people yelling behind me, walking by. traders are making jokes about opening up twitter accounts, hash tag jokes. everybody is very excited. one trader just said i just got 1 million twitter followers. i don't know about that. there's a lighthearted sense here. you get the idea that there's ths a big, big deal for these guys. talking to some of the traders, they're saying this is the biggest ipo of the year and a relatable ipo. a lot of us are interested to see how this company that went from a very small startup will fare on the new york stock exchange. twitter executives didn't ring the bell. essentially, they brought very prominent users of twitter to ring the opening bell. patrick stewart, you may have heard of him, from star trek,

and also a little girl that opened up a twitter account for charity. a lot of millionaires and billionaires are made today. first and foremost, ed williams, who is one of the founders in twitter will make over $1 billion because he has the largest stake in twitter. peter fenton, he has always been on the board of twitter. he will make over $800 million off of this ipo. jack dorsey, another founder, $600 million. dick costolo will make over $200 million. a lot of people will be made very happy today, carol. >> lori, you stick around. alison, you stick around. we'll get back to you when twitter actually starts to trade on the floor. for now we have to move on to other news. checking other stories, a third person has died following a shooting at a detroit barber

shop. wxyz tells cnn someone heard a commotion outside, opened the door and the bullets started to fly. not clear if there was more than one shooter. of course, an investigation is under way. site of the carnage at ft. hood, texas, will be torn down, according to kxxv, the building where major nadal hassan killed 13 people in 2009 is slated to be demolished. the ft. hood massacre is the worst mass shooting ever at a u.s. military installation. hassan was convicted in august and sentenced to death. was that a meteor that flew over southern california last night? well, maybe so. sightings as far away as arizona, utah and nevada. now you know. heat gets turned up on an embattled mayor. oh, yeah, street protests popping up, calling for bob

ford's resignation after the mayor admitted to smoking crack cocaine during a drunken stupor. as you know, ford is refusing to step down despite relentless coverage and at least one collision. [ bleep ] >> mayor ford has not been charged with any wrong doing, but that has done little to soothe the concerns of those in canada's largest city. >> the city is still reeling from the confessions of mayor rob ford about the use of crack cocaine. mayor rob ford says he is staying on the job. we even saw him engage in a tour with 14-year-olds. it was bring your child to workday. he showed them around the office. but he then blew a kiss to the media, watching him do all this. many people, though, are saying this isn't so cute anymore.

that includes many counselors here at city hall that would like to strip him of his powers. despite the mayor saying, look, i have nothing else to hide, that there is more incriminating evidence out there. >> you just know there's more coming out. we know there's another video. we don't know what's on it, but we know there are wire taps, more documents that were redacted, but will be coming out. and more crazy stuff keeps popping up. >> trying to get new wire tap information released. it had been heard in secret, in court. that could be released as early as next week. many here believe that this scandal will continue to grow

and that mayor ford's confessions have done absolutely nothing to, in any way, shape or form, restore his reputation or take this entire drama down a notch. paula newton, cnn, toronto. >> thanks, paula. still to come in the newsroom -- now follow me. police officer in arizona lost her job because she slept with a man she was investigating. the sordid story of her rendezvous with a drug dealer and her brand new reality show. that's next. you really love, what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i'd be an architect. what if i told you someone could pay you and what if that person were you?

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your ground law, five hours to hear arguments today. woia says the law is likely to remain in place since democrats don't have the votes to repeal it. special movie screening at the white house todnight, showig the nelson mandela documentary, "long walk to freedom." mandela's two daughter also join the president for the screening, along with the film's stars. take a look at this you don't see this very often. this happened in naples, flchlt you'll see a chimney. yes, a guy tried to go down the chimney to burglarize the house and, of course, he got stuck. this is one of the few times we got to see the man actually stuck inside the chimney. his foot is actually dangling out of the fireplace as firefighters arrive. it took them a very long time for them to get the guy out of the fire -- out of the chimney, rather. after they got him out, he went to jail, along with his alleged accomplice. to a shocking story out of

arizona. female officer has been accused of having an affair with a drug dealer, blowing her own cover and giving up undercover cops. she has resigned but could face charges. stephanie elam is live in los angeles with more on this story. good morning. >> good morning, carol. it does sound like something off of television, but they believe that this detective did not do this by accident. it sounds like something out of a made-for-tv movie, undercover detective sleeping with a suspected drug dealer. that's allegedly what former tempe, arizona, police detective did, seen here in a reality tv show called "trading places" where she swapped jobs with a swiss officer, her behavior compromised a five-month investigation, police say. >> of course it's shocking. she crossed that blue line. once you become a police officer, you cannot cross that blue line. all right? if you do, you're in jeopardy.

>> she began investigating her alleged drug dealing lover in june. soon after that, the police report claims she began sleeping with the suspect and eventually the pillow talk turned to confessions, police say. she not only told him she was a cop but that he was the subject of her investigation and she also allegedly outed some other undercover officers. >> she put other officers' lives in danger as a result of her actions. these police officers could have been killed. >> in october, tempe police got an anonymous tip about dever-jakusz's relationship. when approached by police about the investigation into her activities, dever-jakusz, who is married, chose not to speak and was placed on administrative leave. a week later she resigned, ending her tenure with the

police department. tempe police chief tom riff claimed that she resigned for personal reasons writing additionally i can confirm that an active criminal investigation related to the crime of hindering prosecution. >> maricopa county will decide what charges, if any, will be filed against her. we did try to contact her but to no avail zblun believable. stephanie elam. tony dorsett on results of suffering concussions on the field. he is forgetful, violent, suicidal and sometimes remorseful. his story, next. [ male announcer ] what if a small company

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is late coming to this party but better late than never. those transfats ought to come out. >> we won't know it as an immediate change, but the change is definitely coming? >> i hate to use the word definitely. there's a bureaucratic thing where we have to put in comments. i suppose it could derail. it's quite unlikely. first step in a process. it would take a while. they have to allow the companies to reformulate their products. it's not going to be immediate. >> elizabeth cohen, many thanks to you. >> still to come, a question for you. take a look at this, magazine cover. question, is this a cheap shot? talk to a political reporter from time magazine next.

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checking our top stories at 24 minutes past, leaving his post, tony trenkle was in charge of technology that developed the health care.gov website. he will be retiring to take a private sector job. no word on whether he was pushed out. teen retailer abercrombie and fitch is doing an about face

saying it will begin to stop -- wait for it -- larger sizes for women. they were in hot water for touting the brand's, quote, exclusionary sizing. customers can start to expect to see those larger sizes by next year's back-to-school season. ending its mail order services by january, digital streaming by brands like netflix and red box -- blockbuster's streaming service, along with blockbuster at home will both continue. any moment this morning, shares of twitter will start trading on the new york stock exchange. the initial public offering priced last night at 26 bucks a share. although today we are hearing that price could jump as high as $46 a share. cnn's alison kosik broke that bit of news a short time ago at the new york stock exchange. good morning. >> good morning to you, carol.

this is the biggest ipo of the year right here at the new york stock exchange, big moment for this exchange. nyse prepped for this in anticipation of high demand for twitter shares. anyone buying in is buying in to an unprofitable company. the big question is, can twitter turn its popularity into profitability? >> i'm going to make history as the first president to live tweet. >> this movement was started on facebook and twitter and then took on a life of its own. >> people that i work with will not shut up about twitter. >> it's the most hyped tech ipo since facebook. twitter began trading here at the new york stock exchange instead of the nasdaq after facebook's famous flop there. >> the messy debut plagued by technical difficulties. >> but today, call it an about face, as mark zuckerberg and friends celebrate shares near record highs. twitter's financials aren't as

strong. the company is losing money, unlike facebook, which was already earning $1 billion a year when it went public. facebook also had 900 million users. twitter has far fewer. >> how did they get to half a billion? how do they get to a billion? ultimately we're believers in that story. that's going to be the biggest challenge. >> a challenge twitter insists it can overcome. >> we've seen tremendous organic growth in our users, particularly internationally. >> when it comes to social media it pays to be popular. >> so far, advertisers are flowing in and they're buying mobile ads. that's the holy grail. >> so it is your sacred task to seek this grail. >> twitter gets 70% of its total ad revenue from mobile. facebook only 3% when it went public. can twitter keep the momentum going? >> it has improved the value of the platform. they're going to ask people to come and spend money on the site

and ask companies to come and buy ads on twitter, they have to show it's value. >> not a question of whether they make money but a when they will make money question. >> now we're hearing the range that these twitter shares could hit the tape at. anywhere between $43 and $47 a share, higher than we reported, what, 15 minutes ago? the drama is building and building for twitter. carol? >> look at all those people on the floor just waiting. not so patiently. >> i can really feel the excitement. everybody just crowding around. that's the trading post where everybody is trying to figure out what the best price is going to be when it hit that is ticker. >> alison, we'll get back to you. thanks so much. let's talk a little football right now. running back, the great tony dorsett, hall of fame career on

the nfl, avoiding tacklers on the way to scores is retired now, but he has been unable to shake the consequences that came with the game's hard hits. dorsett has been diagnosed with signs of cte, the disease associated with repeated brain trauma. first report bid espn's "outside the lines," dorsett underwent brain testing at ucla. he suffers from memory loss, depression and thoughts of suicide. he also says he unleashes angry outbursts at his family. >> it's painful, man. for my daughters to say they're scared of me. oh, man. it's painful. >> that's just heartbreaking.

another nfl hall of famer, retired lineman were also involved in the ucla testing and they, too, have been diagnosed with signs of cte. ucla has tested nine players with signs of concussions, eight results are in. all of them positive for signs of cte. jamal anderson joins me now. you know, i love tony dorsett during his playing days. it just hurt me to see that. >> no question about it, carol. you couldn't have played my position and made it to the nfl and not adored tony dorsett, the way he played the game, his size, his attitude, his toughness, his speed. he was a fantastic player for the dallas cowboys, one of the greatest cowboys of all time. that's saying a lot. one of the most popular franchises in the nfl. it's heartbreaking. i played that position, carol. you know, when i hear things

like that, i have daughters, i have children. and it breaks your heart. >> and it must scare you, too. brett favre recently came out, too, say iing he's suffering fr memory loss and he fears for the future. >> no, it does concern me. it does concern me, moving forward. i feel so fortunate and blessed that i'm able to do what i do. and that i'm able to operate and move in the ways that i am now and i see so many guys going through different things. there are a lot of guys like me who seem fine, but you go through things every now and then. but when we're older what's going to happen? >> tony dorsett is, what, 59 years old? it took a while. >> it did take a while. that's what's so important about that lawsuit. people were like oh, for guys who were part of the lawsuit who seemed fine, you don't know what guys are going through. here we go again, talking about tough guys. a culture. guys that don't really want to talk about the pain and different things that they're going through.

now there's this realization that there are circumstances that we're going to go through and you may face because you play football and you play football in this level and could things have been done earlier that we have been implementing safety measures earlier? >> have you been tested? >> i have not. >> do you want to be? >> you know, i think for me, if i see that i'm significant ly going through signs or changes or not doing the thing that is i think i should be capable of doing, it would concern me more and i would put myself in a situation where i would go and do that. part of the reason i was in that nfl lawsuit is i don't know what's going to take place in the future and to bring in awareness to not only guys like this, but how can we make the game that we -- i still love. i still love it, carol. my son is playing in the championship game this weekend. he's a little kid. but how can we make the game as safe as we possibly can? >> nfl says it's working toward that and they have --

>> and they are. they are. they clearly are. the measures that are put in place now are certainly helping. i think they are clearly having a toll as it moves forward. and the whole conversation about concussions on every le level. the things they implement in the nfl, i wish they got implemented faster as football trickled down. here is the thing. it's not just one blow. there's not one play. tony dorsett played football for a long, long time. all the damage to his brain did not take place just because he played in the nfl. he played football a long time and football for a long time was a brutal and violent sport that did not have the protections that players currently enjoy now. >> sadly, when beloved players come out, like tony dorsett, and talk about how the game has affected them physically, you know, then it brings us all to the realization that this really is a problem and at the end of it all we really have to deal with it and we really have to

wonder whether we should allow our kids to play football at a young age. >> i'm all about the conversation. like i said, my son is playing in a game in weekend. he is in the championship game this weekend. it's not for everybody. i certainly have concerns. i'm here now. i've talked about this so many times on this platform. i talked to my coaches, youth coaches. the game is not for everybody. what can we do to -- these kids are going to play. kids are going to ride a dirt bike. kids are going to go water skiing. kids are going to get on a snowboard. yeah, that's dangerous. i know people are going to tweet me, snowboarding? i'm not comparing them. kids are going to do these things. i'm glad we're able to allow kids to do this. let's do what we can, everything we can to make it as safe as we possibly can. but understanding there are still inherent risks to playing football. >> we do understand. you know, i just -- when people are riding buy cycles without

helmets, i'm like, what are you thinking? >> i agree with you. i rode a motorcycle for years without a helmet. i played football, too. and i love it. how can i make this as safe as possible, teaching kids to play this game, to try to avoid harm as best as possible. >> appreciate it, jamal. >> by the way, tony dorsett will be on the situation room tonight, 5:00 eastern edition, do we know? we think so. 5:00 pm eastern with wolf blitzer. tony dorsett will tell us more about the problems he's experiencing because of concussions he suffered on the field of play. >> it's been a good week for new jersey governor chris christie. just two days ago, voters re-elected him in a land slide, pretty impressive feat, given he's a republican in a blue state. what's raising eyebrows is this

cover from our corporate cousin "time" magazine, calling him the elephant in the room, eluding to the gop, fidgeting he is cause ing and it also has to do with his girth. i even have trouble saying that. >> defacto party leader, front-runner for 2016. cultural icon for the republican party. that's why he had such an easy time in this re-election and that's what we're trying to -- the message we're trying to convey with this cover. >> when i look at that, i think of alfred hitchcock. >> that certainly -- maybe that was the intent of the art department there. i don't know about that. but i think here with the governor, really it's about, you know, he is outspoken. he is very openly self mocking,

self critical, self aware and he makes no apologies for who he is. a rot of the gop is uncomfortable with that. that's sort of the message and sort of the visual we were trying to convey to our readers. >> you know, zeek, that a picture can speak a million different things. i'll destroy a c lichlt che there. but the headline on the magazine cover could mean so many things. and the first thing i thought, honestly, is oh, my god, they're calling chris christie an elephant. >> he is a republican. and that's the mascot. so it works that way, obviously. it's not just about his weight or physical size. he has obviously had that lap band surgery earlier this year and has talked openly about that process. he did that with jake tackler a couple of days ago on cnn.

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it's being called a milestone in the tubing she-- fukushima daaichi nuclear site. 300 tons of radioactive water. the removal of these rods comes two years after an earthquake and tsunami destroyed the plant, causing the second largest nuclear disaster in history. the debate around nuclear energy, a new film is tackling the issue called "pandora's promise," and it airs tonight on

cnn. sxwlt united states has been buying up nuclear warheads from the russians for over ten years now. 16,000 nuclear warheads and recycling all these nuclear warheads into energy, electricity, nuclear power. nuclear power is doing more to denuclearize the world more than anything we do. poetically it's rather beautiful. the very things that were designed to blow up our cities are now lighting up our cities. >> fascinating take, right? joining me now are two people on different sides of the situation. now supporting the use of nuclear power to fight climate change and president of the breakthrough institute in new york.

debbie siez. michael, i want to start with you. one of the leading voices in this film and you talk about your experiences. what has ultimately led you to change your mind from opponent to supporter of nuclear power? >> well, we really got clear about the energy challenge. over the next century the amount of energy we con assume will triple or quadruple. last year in the united states, solar provided about one-tenth of 1% of our electricity. to put all of our eggs in the solar and wind basket would be betting the planet on technologies that have not proven their ability to replace coal. nuclear provides 20% of our electricity in the united sta s states, 80% in places like france. nasa climate scientist came out with a study where he found that nuclear energy, to date, has already saved 1.8 million lives just from reducing air pollution. no other technology can make

that claim. we we confronted the facts of it as environmentalists, there's no way we could continue our opposition to this really important environmental technology. >> okay. so, debbie, i know you care about the environment. but you disagree with using nuclear energy. tell me your concerns and what the sierra club is doing to prevent incidents like fukushema. >> it's a real and pressing danger and we believe we have to do everything we can to reduce our carbon footprint. if you look at nuclear power, it's slow. it's expensive. it's dangerous. so, as we invest in a future, compare that to investing in renewable solar and wind. clean, safe. doesn't contribute to carbon

pollution and is growing at a time when nuclear power is stagnating, when investors are not investing. wind and solar are growing by leaps and bounds. look to wall street. that's where they're investing. it's a choice we can't afford to make wrong. investing in nuclear, every penny we spend to promote nuclear would be a penny we're not spending to promote wind and solar. >> is there some middle ground between you two? michael is right, solar energy isn't exactly catching on like wildfire here in the united states because it needs government support. but nuclear power is already around and we could probably improve that if we wanted to. >> nuclear power is around -- >> it's a little disingenuous for debbie to say -- the sierra club has spent 40 years fighting every new nuclear plant. they've spent 40 years killing the nuclear r & d program in

washington, something that the movie shows really clearly. what you've seen now is that you have the world's top climate scientists, james hanson and three others, who have written an open letter to the sierra club and other environmental groups saying you guys have got to not only stop fighting nuclear but have got to start advocating for a new generation of safer nuclear plants. so i appreciate some of these old myths die hard, but there's a place for some agreement would be in developing these new technologies. we really stopped doing that and we've been spending people like bill gates to places like china to develop their advanced nuclear technology. would you support an effort to actually increase the amount we're investing and developing these advanced technologies that are proven much safer and can get even safer and cheaper still? >> sadly, i have to leave it there. the documentary airs tonight. both sides of the argument are

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>> reporter: we are hearing things you would never expect to come out of the mouth of a mayor. >> i shouldn't have got hammered. have i tried it? probably in one of my drunken stupors. >> his excuse for his smoking crack is he was drunk. >> signs that your mayor is smoking crack. blurred vision. loss of balance. denies smoking crack. >> i did not use crack cocaine. >> admits to smoking crack. >> yes, i have smoked crack cocaine. >> reporter: even a dead comedian is getting into the act as they wonder what look-alike chris farley would have done with rob ford. >> can you imagine the snl sketch? >> addicted to word use. >> i sincerely, sincerely, sincerely apologize.

never, ever, ever. >> reporter: mayor ford is being afforded no mercy. his fall from grace punctuated with falls. >> he slipped off the scales. >> reporter: but not quite falling down drunk. >> big guy, man. >> the mayor was charged with being way too exciting for canada. >> reporter: people are making fun of the vintage nfl logo tie. it has its own twitter account where it says it's stretched pretty thin. >> what don't you understand? get off the property, partner. >> move it, partner. >> i hear you're smoking crack right now. >> where are you getting this? >> reporter: comedians are getting a contact high, imitating life. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> i sincerely, sincerely did not laugh at that story. yes, i did. it's crazy, isn't it?

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