xwe'll even buy you out of your contract. down. so you can get the samsung galaxy note 4 for zero down today. hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. ahead this hour -- ♪ >> children brainwashed by isis. cnn's exclusive look inside an indoctrination camp run by the islamic militants. also ahead, this banker now charged in a gruesome killing at a hong kong high-rise. one of the victims found stuffed inside a suitcase. and later -- she spent the final chapter of her life fighting for the right to die. brittany maynard is now dead at

the age of 29. we will get to her heart-wrenching story later this hour. thank you again for joining us. but we begin with isis. it has carried out another ghastly display of brutality, this time in iraq. we are going to show you pictures isis tweeted out, but we want to warn you they are graphic. the militants say they executed members of a sunni clan in anbar province west of baghdad. these pictures show the aftermath. a tribal leader says about 50 members were abducted early saturday. they're part of a sunni militia fighting isis in anbar. iraq says ice igs may have killed more than 300 members of the militia's tribe in all, including women and children. next door in syria, another round of air strikes against isis in the kurdish town of kobani. iraqi kurdish fighters have

arrived with heavy weapons to support the town's syrian kurd defenders. as the war with isis rages across iraq and syria, there is another battle under way for the hearts and minds of children. here's cnn's nick paton walsh. >> reporter: the dark they sit in makes the light from the projector all the more captivating. children in derazor gathered. this is movie night. but it's an isis production and comes with a pep talk. "so don't be afraid. we're your brothers," he says. "if anyone assaults you, just complain about him and your rights will be restored to you by allah's will." an activist secretly filmed these pictures as the main event gets under way. an isis execution video. running in their underwear in their last moments. some of 215 syrian regime

soldiers executed by isis in august. they keep watching. what's the first movie you remember? we don't know if they were shown the moment of death. but this is how that propaganda video continued. a syrian psychologist specializing in the impact of war and isis on children examined this footage. "what we see in these videos," he says, "is isis taking steps to make it normal for the children to see such things. they hope all or at least some will go on to do the same things, not just be silent or accept it but do it." of course when a child is growing up it's a special time in his life when you can work on planting specific ideas in their minds. it results in attitudes in the future.

indoctrination comes with pageantry and study. ♪ this is a graduation erm for ce for the isis cubs. they're not playing masked superheroes but real-life jihad. after years of sectarian bloodshed, here what they have these children sing -- ♪ ♪ >> reporter: minds molded to their fit. schooled to remember huge texts by rote. yet there is nothing staged about the vigor in these ideseys they chant -- "god is our leader and bakr. america is their leader." they talk about the lost

generation in syria's war. here the dogma and horror that it's lost to. nick paton walsh, cnn, dezorta. >> yet another sickening story about the work of isis. well, a suicide bomber killed at least 45 people including children and security personnel in a powerful blast near the main border crossing between pakistan and india. the bomber struck as crowds left a daily parade and flag-lowering ceremony at the waga crossing. the peaceful ritual draws people from both sides of the border. two groups linked to the taliban have claimed responsibility. one says more attacks are on the way. now we go to west africa, where protesters returned to the streets in the capital of burkina faso sunday demonstrating against the military taking control of the country after the long-time

president resigned. police fired warning shots to break up the crowd. the africa union's peace and security council meets today to discuss the crisis. the organization wants the military government to relinquish power to civilians. pro-russia separatists in eastern ukraine have staged an election to consolidate their power. large crowds packed polling stations in rebel-held luhansk and donetsk on sunday. russia says the vote is valid. the west calls it illegal. senior international correspondent matthew chance is closely following this election. he joins us now with the latest live from moscow. matthew? >> thanks very much. well, the final election results are in -- are expected to be coming in within the next few minutes. at least within the next few hours. there's not expected to be any surprises. but the turnout is quite an

interesting issue according to local election officials. remember, there are no independent observers for these elections that were staged in an area that's been ravaged by fighting for the past several months. local election officials say turnout in the donetsk region was somewhere in the region of 75%. in the luhansk region, the other area controlled by the pro-russian reblels where these elections took place, somewhere in the area of 60%. pretty high turnout by the people still lig in that region. the rebels say that despite the fact that the ukrainians say this is illegal, the europeans say this is illegal as well, the rebels say they don't fall under ukrainian law anymore and that these elections were a logical next step following a referendum in may which seems to support full independence. >> reporter: counting votes in eastern ukraine's rebel elections, but these results won't surprise anyone. only pro-russian separatists stood for office. but the elections in war-torn

luhansk and donetsk are deeply controversial. a logical next step, say rebel supporters, toward full independence. "we won't be recognized internationally unless we have our own leadership," says this donetsk resident. "now the people are voting for that, we hope the war can end soon." this is the violent backdrop to the vote. more than 4,000 dead in a conflict that's ravaged eastern ukraine for months. despite the truce with government forces on paper, on the ground sporadic fighting has continued. organizing elections amid such precarious security was risky. despite the dangers, though, rebel election officials say turnout was high. critics have suggested voters were intimidated by rebel gunmen or perhaps encouraged by an old soviet trick. cut-price vegetables at the

polling stations. "we hope ukraine can restore relations with donetsk, especially the economic ones," says this voter. they're in dire need of reconstruction. but in fact this vote may have deepened divisions. ukraine's pro-western government along with the u.s. and the european union has condemned the elections as illegal. he but moscow says it will recognize the results. the ukraine, east and west, are once again at loggerheads. >> a big concern is that this election is basically, natalie, a step away from the reunification of ukraine toward the establishment of these sort of separate, semi-independent entities that could in effect be controlled by russia. back to you. >> certainly appears that way. russia supporting this election, this vote. what might be the consequences of that, matthew? >> reporter: well, as i mentioned in that report, i

think it once again sets moscow on a collision course with the west 37 already the european union representative here in russia has said that there could be more sanctions if russia continues to support the rebels in eastern ukraine. the white house has spoken as well in washington about the need for russia to withdraw its support. it's not going to do anything in terms of quickening the lifting of the already deep international sanctions that have been imposed against russia by the european union and the united states in particular, and it may even see more of those kinds of sanctions in the future. >> all right, matthew chance for us live in moscow following that story. thank you. next here on cnn, a cancer patient who stirred passions on social media has ended her life. we will tell you more about brittany maynard's heartbreaking story. also, a young woman with

cancer inspires thousands of people to witness what could be her one and only college basketball game.

well, a british banker is now charged with two murders in hong kong. ruric jutting, that's him in black, has made his first court appearance and is in custody. he was arrested after police discovered the bodies of two women in an upscale high-rise

apartment, one of them decomposing inside a suitcase. anna coren is following these developments. she's outside the apartment building where he lived. and this is quite a grisly scene. we are hearing about, anna. >> reporter: that's right, natalie. the alleged murder took place in the residence behind me. it's called j residence. and he was living on the 31st floor. that is where he called police at just before 4:00 a.m. on saturday morning, telling officers to come round and investigate. well, when they walked into the apartment, they saw a woman's body lying on the floor. her throat had been slashed. a little later on they discovered another body of a woman stuffed inside a suitcase on the balcony. and like you said, that body was already decomposing. we understand from police both

these women were from indonesia and have been living here in hong kong. but as for the murder suspect, he has been charged, as you say, with two counts of homicide. he is a british national, an investment banker for bank of america, merrill lynch. he'd been working there since 2010, first in the london office, and then transferred to the headquarters here in hong kong middle of last year. according to some of the colleagues, his colleagues that we spoke to, they describe him as a normal smart guy who was good at his job. they are just shocked. bowled over by the fact that he is now charged with murdering these two young indonesian women. but certainly when he appeared in court today he was asked if he understood the charges, and he said, "i do." the case has now been adjourned until next week. natalie. >> what a murder mystery for now

as far as why this happened to these women and who they were. but at the same time hong kong has a very low crime rate compared to other cities in the world. what's been the reaction from people there? how unusual is a crime like this? hong kong? >> reporter: people are absolutely shocked. as you say, this is one of the safest cities in the world. one of the lowest crime rates in the world. according to police. there have been some 14 murders committed here in hong kong in the first seven months of the year. this is a city of some 7.2 million people. compare that to new york city, where there are hundreds of murders each year. this is why it is so shocking. i spoke to a shop owner a little earlier just besides j residence, and he just said people are in shock and quite

frightened that this could take place in a city like hong kong. a functioning guy, a guy who frequented his shop several times, he was known in the neighborhood. he obviously held down a job, a very important job. he worked in eblths. we've contacted bank of america to comment on these murder charges. they have got back to us and said no comment. but as i say, from the people we have spoken to, here was this normal smart guy who was very good at his job, but clearly something went terribly wrong last week, natalie. >> yes, something very abnormal. thank you. anna coren for us live in hong kong. a u.s. woman diagnosed with terminal brain cancer has legally ended her own life. you've probably heard her story by now. 29-year-old brittany maynard was told she had legs thss than a yo live back in january when she was diengagnosed. she said she wanted to die on her terms under oregon's death

with dignity act. the right to die advocacy group compassion and choices confirmed brittany's death sunday saying "she passed peacefully 234 her bed surrounded by close family and loved ones." here's cnn's amara walker with the story behind brittany's choice. >> reporter: it's a heartbreaking story. brittany maynard, 29 years old and married for just over a year when she found out she had brain cancer. >> i was diagnosed this past year. we went away to the quierwine cy for kind of a new year's celebration. and by jan 1 the following day i was diagnosed with cancer and told i was terminally ill. >> reporter: doctors told maynard in april she had an aggressive brain tumor and gave her six months to live. maynard quickly decided she did not want her family to watch her dying in pain. so she and her husband moved from california to oregon to take advantage of the state's death with dignity law.

oregon is one of only five states with legal protection for terminally ill patients. >> it's in a safe spot, and i know that it's there when i need it. >> reporter: maynard qualified for physician-assisted suicide in oregon. >> i will die upstairs in my bedroom that i share with my husband, with my mother and my husband by my side, and pass peacefully with some music that i like in the background. i can't even tell you the amount of relief that it provides me to know that i don't have to die the way that it's been described to me that my brain tumor would take me on its own. >> reporter: amara walker, cnn. >> many have marveling around the world as her videos have gone viral at her bravery to take this step for herself. another terminally ill cancer patient in the u.s. is inspiring others with her story. on sunday college basketball player lauren hill got wild

applause when she scored the final shot in the game in cincinnati, ohio. it also may be the last shot of her life. when doctors said her brain cancer was terminal, officials moved the season opener up two weeks so she could play. you see, basketball was her life. but lauren, who practiced through chemotherapy, says she's not giving up. >> i don't want it to be my last game, and i don't plan on it being my last game. and even if i can't play, you know, if i'm in a wheelchair by then, anything that happens, i'm still going to try to be there with my team and be there to support them because they've always been here to support me. >> usually just a handful of people attend her school's girls' games, but 10,000 people came out to cheer lauren on, including several stars from professional basketball and u.s. football. we'll take a short break. more news right after this.

welcome back. u.s. officials investigating friday's virgin galactic spaceship disaster are learning a little more about what might have gone wrong. they say a video shows a lever in the aircraft's cockpit moving earlier than it should have. investigators with the national transportation safety board will not say whether that might indicate pilot error may have played a part when the spaceship

disintegrated. the tragedy over the mojave desert killed one pilot and injured the other, who was able to parachute down. investigators have yet to interview the survivor. that's him. peter sebold. he's hospitalized. but he's said to be alert, speaking, and we're happy to report recovering from his injuries. well, it's been more than a month since 43 students just vanished in mexico. now there are accusations that one town's former mayor may be responsible. and protests fueled by mistrust are growing by the day. cnn's rafael romo has the latest on the search for the students. >> reporter: a group of volunteers preparing for a search mission. their goal is to find 43 students from a rural teachers college who have been missing for more than a month in

southern mexico. >> translator: our role is not to confront the government or the criminals. we're just here to add our numbers to the search. we want to make that clear. >> reporter: officials say the students were on their way to a protest in the city of iguala when they were abducted by police officers working for a criminal organization that had infiltrated the local government. the iguala town mayor, his wife and police chief, are allegedly on the run. mexican police have found several mass graves around the state, but so far authorities say none of the graves contain the students' remains. after meeting with some of their parents thursday, mexican president enrique pena nieto promised full support in the investigation. "as i have reiterated in several opportunities, there isn't room for even the smallest amount of impunity," the president said. but the parents have doubts. >> translator: we don't trust anybody.

we don't believe the mexican government because if they were really looking for them they would have been found already. we're talking about 43 young men. it's impossible to not know what happened to them with all the power and means the federal government has. >> reporter: protesters in cities like acapulco also say the government isn't doing enough. some demonstrations have turned violent. protesters have destroyed the town hall in iguala. the new mayor resigned within hours of taking office. and it is because of authorities like that one that authorities are taking measures to protect government property. take a look at the state building here in the state capital. the entrance is now protected with a steel wall to prevent acts of vandalism. in the town where the students attended college their families and fellow students post aid banner. "you took them alive," the sign says. "we want them back alive." they cling to the hope, they say, that they're alive in

captivity and not in a grave. rafael romo, cnn, ayotsinapa, mexico. the united nations says world leaders are running out of time when it comes to climate change. the u.n. panel gave its wrap-up report on sunday saying scientists are more certain than ever that the planet's temperature is rising and people are to blame. the panel wants industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas he emissions now and eliminate them by the year 2100. >> science has spoken. there is no ambiguity in their message. leaders must act. time is not on our side. >> there may be a symbol of climate change brewing in the pacific right now. unusually warm ocean temperatures in the western pacific are fueling what is now the strongest storm of the year. our meteorologist pedram javaheri has more about it. >> this storm, natalie-s sitting

in water temperatures that would be kind of more akin to what you would want in your bath water. we're talking about roughly 90 degrees fahrenheit, well into the 30s celsius across micronesia. the storm sins east of the region with luzon at this hour with winds of 285 kilometers per hour. this would be a healthy category 5 equivalent storm system. you talk about six super typhoons so far in 2014. three's the average. super typhoon is any storm in execution of 215 miles per hour. this again sitting above that. 170 miles per hour. about a month ago another super typhoon vongfong impacted this region. the models keep this for the most part parallel to the coastline but by the time we get to thursday and friday tokyo could be in the impact zone. we don't believe it will be a direct impact but even an indirect impact can cause major

issues. these are the water temperatures we're talking about and the color charts here, degrees celsius putting it in the lower 30s which would again equate to roughly 90 degrees fahrenheit is how warm these waters are off the coast of papua-new guinea. but here we go. the storm system weakens quite situately. still a pretty significant typhoon as it approaches northern portses of japan travel certainly will be impact as we head toward that portion of the week but at this point you take a look, taipei some 30-minute delays generally because of light rain there. tokyo some fog. and hong kong also the typical fog-related portions of this hour. northwest europe if you're waking up this morning and squloining us you know one thing for sure across this region, quite gusty, rains of 70 to 80 kilometers per hour. which is the 40 to 50-mile-per-hour range. that will slow you down. some of the main concerns around brussels where up to 45 minutes are expected, and then you work your way toward amsterdam's

schiphol airport. similar situation, 35 to 40 minutes. we'll have more news coming up shortly.

welcome back. you're watching cnn live news coverage. i'm natalie allen. our top stories this hour, police now say a suicide attack at the main border crossing between india and pakistan has killed now at least 60 people. that number has just grown from 45. the blast came as crowds left a parade at the waga crossing near lahore. two groups linked to the taliban each claim responsibility. kiev and the west say they will not recognize the results of the rebel-organized election in eastern ukraine.

but russia says it will. pro-russia separatists say sunday's vote will legitimize their power in donetsk and luhansk. a 29-year-old british banker is formally charged with murder in hong kong. rurik jutting has made his first court appearance but entered no plea. authorities say he called them to an upscale apartment saturday where they discovered the bodies of two women, one stuffed inside a suitcase, on the balcony. a terminally ill cancer patient in the u.s. has ended her life. 29-year-old brittany maynard took medications saturday to induce her death. it happened in her home in oregon. under the state's death with dignity law. an advocacy group says maynard died in the arms of her loved ones. big week at the policy in the united states. voters will go to the polls tomorrow for a high-stakes

midterm election. who they choose could change the balance of power in washington and their own states. u.s. president barack obama hit the campaign trail sunday, supporting democratic candidates for governor in pennsylvania and connecticut. mr. obama has been limiting his appearances this election cycle because he is not incredibly popular with voters right now. this election is important, though, to the u.s. president because his party stands to lose its majority in the senate. as jonathan mann reports, a divided government would make things more difficult for the white house. >> how angry are americans with president barack obama and the rest of their elected officials? or to put it another way, how do g. do they feel about the men and women they voted into government? we're about to find out. millions of americans will be going to the polls november 4th for what are called midterm elections. midterm because these elections fall halfway through the

president's own term. barack obama's name will not be on the ballot. instead we're talking about state and local officials and lawmakers at the federal level in washington, the congress. 471 meb 471 members are going to be seeking election or re-election, and i'll explain how. the entire house of representatives will be seeking election or re-election. 435 members who serve two-year terms. those terms are up. in the senate it's a little more complicated. there are 100 senators, but only a third of them seek re-election at every two years. this year because of vacancies we're talking about 36 senate seats. what's going to happen? well, for the most part most of the officials who are already in power are going to stay there. what we're expecting in the house of representatives, where the republicans enjoy a majority, is another republican majority. what we're expecting in the senate where the democrats have

control is potentially the big ye69 change. the republicans hope to pick up a few seitz, enough to take control away from the democrats. what will that mean? a republican house of representatives, a republican senate, and a democrat still in the white house. divided government once again. probably the biggest problem nor american politics has been paralysis because two parties don't like to work together. americans are going to the o'polls. that's probably one thing that won't change even after the ballots are cast and counted. >> well, 51 is the magic number for either party to control the u.s. senate. for more now john king looks at how this race could play out. >> reporter: the control of the senate is the biggest prize. democrats currently at 55. that includes two independents. 45 republicans. here's the state of play across the country. look, there are 36 senate races in all. most of them we know how they're going to go. democrats will win all but certainly in oregon. the republicans in texas.

here's three others even democrats don't push back on. montana, south dakota, west virginia. likely to be republican pickups. they're current ly democratic. this is where it gets dicey. if the republicans won them all, not likely but not inconceivable, if republicans swept them all they'd goat 55. that would be a high water mark. more likely as the democrats get some of them how many of them? can they keep enough to keep the republicans short of 50? president obama carried all three of those states comfortably twice. right now the republicans say they're pulling away in colorado. democrats say they'll get it for election day but for the sake of the elections i've given the republicans colorado. for the sake of argument let's assume the democrats can win the ground war in iowa, win the ground war in new hampshire. that would get aught 47-46. again, you have to say advantage republicans because everything else on the board is a state president obama lost in 2012.

even if, for example, kay hagan leading in our new poll, even if she can hold on in north carolina then you've got 48-46. this terrain almost all favorable to the republicans. but let's play some of this out. let's say the democrats desperately need to hold this one but the republicans are favored in the state of alaska. could be a couple days before we get the final results there. again, democrats are trying to outhustle republicans on the ground but tom cotton the republican has held a consistent lead. we assign that one to the republicans. mitch mcconnell, the polls breaking a bit at the end 37 he believes he's going to hold on narrowly even though it's a tough campaign in the state of ka kentucky. 49-48. here's a wild one. a lot of republicans now believe greg orman the independent is poised to win in kansas. it's not over yet. but imagine if an flpt who hassed said which party he signs with. that i would you could have

louisiana and georgia both states likely to go to runoffs deciding control of the united states senate because you would be at 49-48. with a december runoff, a january runoff and the unpredictable mr. orman holding his cards to decide which party to caucus with. so republicans are likely to win but i can give you scenarios where, a, the democrats narrowly hold on or, b, we go till january and the georgia runoff knell we find out. one more quick footnote the house of representatives obviously also in play here. nobody believes republicans will lose control of the house. this is where they start. a quick reminder. see a lot more blue right after president obama was elected. republicans have gained seats throughout the obama presidency. the expectation is they'll gain at least five more. democrats are trying to keep them in the five to eight range. republicans think it could crack double digits and get up around 243, 245. >> will it be red or blue dominating that map on us? well, tune in this tuesday night

for complete coverage of the u.s. midterm elections and watch how it plays out. join wolf blitzer, anderson cooper, and cnn's entire political team for results and analysis. cnn's election night in america, it begins at 5:00 p.m. eastern time and midnight wednesday in london. high above the streets of chicago, a man on a wire. coming up, the tightrope stunt that closed down parts of the city. look at that. plus, a man jumped onto the body of a whale just for thrills, but what he encountered made him promise never to do it again.

a couple of ebola developments to tell you about. france now treating a patient with ebola at the world health organization's request. that person's being cared for here at this army hospital near paris in a high security isolation unit. health officials say the united nations worker became sick in sierra leone and is not a french citizen. a new york doctor sickened with ebola in guinea is getting better. over the weekend the hospital treating craig spencer upgraded his condition. he's now listed as stable. spencer was working with doctors without borders when he contracted ebola. he tested positive days after returning back to new york city. china's shinzhung region has a history of ethnic tension and unrest. the predominantly muslim uighur minority is living there. now the communist party is sending uighur students to school far from their homes.

david mckenzie has an exclusive look at how they're doing it and why it works. >> reporter: in this classroom in china one student stands out. unlike his mostly han chinese classmates abdul rahman mamat is uighur. a minority in china. he's thousands of miles from his home. this is the first time the chinese government has granted access to foreign media to what it calls the shinzhung class, an extraordinary communist party experiment in ethnic integration p every year the chinese government selects 10,000 shinjang students and puts them in han schools across the country. they say it's a way to get an equal education. students like mamat, often from poor families, take a strict exam to get in. eastern china is more developed. we get to enjoy better educational resources here, he

says. closely watched by our minders. uighurs are mostly muslims. their culture and language separates them from han chinese. for years the communist party has struggled with ethnic tension in shinjong and blame deadly terror attacks on uighur separatists. for china's much touted harmonious society images like these are deeply embarrassing. >> translator: and the shinjang class is as much about learning as it is about politics. >> when we teach these students we are not just educating them. we are cultivating their feeling of love for their country. >> chinese government documents go further. saying minority students should be trained to "safeguard national security and developed the unity of china." but some experts say the party is failing. >> on the sort of political and

ideological front it hasn't succeeded. what we've seen is actually students who participate and then graduate in these programs tend to feel more uighur than they do chinese when they come out of it. >> reporter: at this high school minority students eat at halal cafeterias, separated from han chinese. they bond together on the sports field, and according to long-term studies forge religious identity in adversity. >> translator: we have to strictly manage them. we are a school. we are not a mosque. we do not allow the students to pray in our school." >> reporter: but students like mamat say the program gives him the only cancel hance at a good education. it could take decades to find out how this xinjiang class will shape china. >> david mckenzie joins us live infrom beijing. you mentioned about prayer in

the schools. they don't allow prayers in the schools. is that universal there? rrn >> reporter: well, it's universal in china. public schools don't allow religious observance. but certainly with xinjiang and minority students, me announce aid policy to defend schools against the influx of religion, trying to get teachers to make sure students are not even praying at home if they're under 18. those who follow uighur rights, particularly in the dice para, are saying this is just another way that the communist party is claimping down on religion, something that uighurs are often resentful about. >> isn't there some debate on the seriousness of the security problem in xinjiang for china. how serious is the threat of

separatis separatism? >> reporter: the chinese government certainly and the communist party say there is a serious threat of separatism. and you have certainly seen an uptick in violence and attacks in the recent years. particularly in the last year, natalie. you have seen a number of very violent attacks that have killed scores. but there is some measure of debate about this. china is saying that these are people who are inspired or even directly linked to foreign jihadi groups particularly from central asia. but those who are following uighur rights again, mostly from overseas, say it's more about anger by the uighurs and other minority groups about the influx of han chinese into that region that they say are changing the way they live. this educational program is very interesting in that it's a parallel setup by the chinese government to try and create, according to the documents we looked into, a system of loyal

followers within xinjiang. and certainly it's a great opportunity educationally but there are some difficult political questions that it poses certainly. natalie? >> it will be interesting to see how it plays out. if it works with these students. that are having a unique experience. thank you. david mckenzie for us live in beijing. well, some unusual snow blanketed parts of the southern u.s. this weekend while a classic nor'easter grounded hundreds of flights to the north. our meteorologist pedram javaheri following this. this is the time of year when people go outside to enjoy fall color and not necessarily snow. >> yeah. even in charleston, south carolina there was reports of snowflakes coming down. absolutely. pretty incredible stuff across columbia, south carolina, the earliest on record. the cold air come in. the temperatures a good 15 degrees below average. the nor'easter parked off the coast of the northeastern cy. and you put it together we have the recipe for very powerful

winds, very wet weather across this region. in fact look at the footage coming out of areas of the u.s. state of massachusetts kind of showing you the dreary condition as cross this region sunday. not far away we had the new york city marathon taking place. it was in fact one of the slower finishes for the marathon, one of the least in attendance as well. because of the rough weather at times during the event with winds upwards of 45 miles per hour. temperatures in the 40s fahrenheit with all of that. that's about 5 or 6 degrees celsius. certainly not the best when you talk about being out there for a marathon. here's what's left of the storm system across the extreme northern portions of the united states. from new brunswick into canada at this hour 37 about eight to ten inches of snowfall left in the forecast in the most extreme corner of the united states into southern canada, but you take a look into nantucket, in the u.s. state of massachusetts there were winds up to 70 miles per hour. that is almost hurricane force. and zmoefl over 22 inches.

55 centimeters in gatlinburg, tennessee.the great smokies national park earler on into the weekend. some of these areas receiving a record amount of snowfall as natalie alluded to. you typically come out to see the autumn colors and then you have that covered by the snowfall that came down across this region. temperature very cold across this region of the pauts this hour. some 45 million people underneath frost advisories and warnings across the southern united states, also the mid-atlantic states with this weather across our region. a warming trend, a quite rapid one in store for a lot of people sploeshl in the south and atlanta. 65 fahrenheit pushes on into the 70s after touching the freezing mark into the overnight hours a couple days ago across that region. we have hurricane vance to tell you about. as the 20th letter storm of the season the v letter storm, only w, x, y, and z are left in the storm system. storm names across eastern

portions of the pacific. it's bain very active pacific. mazatlan, landfalls possible there into the week. not a vincent weather maker, though. we'll have more news coming up in a few minutes. tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our snapfix app. visit angieslist.com today. ♪

well, he's done it again. look at that. daredevil nick wallenda. this time high above the streets of chicago. the tightrope walker known for breaking records at niagara

falls. oh, my goodness, look at that video. and the grand canyon. crossed between two skyscrapers on sunday night just a few hours ago. he completed the feat without a net or harness. he never use az net. wallenda even blindfolded himself to raise the stakes. more than 180 meters below fans gathered to watch the death-defying stunt. as sarah schulte from affiliate wls reports, the viewing area spanned all across downtown chicago. >> reporter: with their necks cranked up the upper wacker crowd became bigger and bigger. while many arrived by mid-afternoon to stake out a spot it wasn't until after 7:30 when the 35-year-old stepped out and wowed thousands of people who watched with thousands of camera phones or with their naked eye. >> i said when he did niagara falls i wish i was there. i said when he did the grand canyon i wish i was there.

he's here in my hometown. >> reporter: and it was that hometown pride that motivated many people to witness the stunned in person. >> for someone to choose my city to do this makes me more excited. i want to participate in things like this because i'm proud to live here. >> reporter: whether it was watching it from the bridgehouse tavern from the river or a balcony in marina towers or from a quiet office building way great view, people were everywhere staring into the sky as wallenda made his way from the marina tower to the leo burnett building with ease. >> he's walking so fast. i'm like slow down, hold on. it was really good. >> one word. amazing. >> and that amazement continued with wallenda's second wall blindfolded. for many here the wait was worth it. >> that was worth waiting for. pretty scary. but the uphill climbing, you've got to be crazy i guess. >> it's amazing. it's still like inspiring to me,

i wish i could do that. >> i am so proud of him. he is following his dream. >> and you know, he says he doesn't have any prewalk rituals, he just hugs his family and says see you in a few minutes. confident man. he needs that confidence. well, in a moment, a pure adrenaline. a surfer in australia put himself within feet of great white sharks, and he used the body of a whale to do it. we've got the video. here's rob scott of 7 news in australia. >> reporter: for most of us this is as close as we'd ever want to get to the rotting carcass of a whale. but not 26-year-old harrison. >> it was the heat of the moment. yeah. >> reporter: the perth man risked his life to jump into the water and climb onto the whale while two large sharks were gorging themselves on its flesh. >> there are sharks there. come back there! >> one of my plates said it would be pretty funny if you surf a whale. so i did it. >> reporter: harrison says he saw the sharks including this

monster great white but not even that put him off jumping in. >> i was too busy chomping on the whale. it wasn't too bad. >> you weren't worried? >> no. >> reporter: while the 26-year-old hauled himself onto the carcass his friends watching from the boat couldn't believe what they were seeing. >> hey, harrison. there are sharks here. >> reporter: harrison says it wasn't until he was on top of the whale that he realized how dangerous what he'd just done was. and he says looking back on it now it's something he'll never do again. >> i'm pretty grateful to be alive still. >> reporter: authorities say because the whale was dead and harrison didn't remove any part of it he won't be fined. >> people are saying you're -- for doing it. do you think you are? >> yeah. mom thinks i'm an idiot. dad's not too proud. >> rob scott, 7 news. >> wow. he looks like a surfer dude that would do that. thanks for watching. "cnn newsroom" is next. for our international viewers if you're in the united states, "early start" right after a break.

new polls spelling bad news for democrats and president obama just one day from mid-term electio elections. republicans pulling ahead in toss-up races across the country. the white house preparing to lose control of the senate. we are breaking down the numbers and the last moment push from political heavyweights this morning. nurse kaci hickox won her fight against the state, but now opening up with an apology to the public. and a stunt