to do some of these things soon, you probably won't get the chance to do them in a second term. i'm not a pollster, but here is what i hear in the barber shops, the grocery store witness stand, the gas taegzs, what's up with our president, man? what is he waiting on? just this morning at the coffee shop, a man walked up to me and said, don, i didn't support president obama's policies b but i respected his confidence to carry them out. same guy went on to say, the republicans are never going to like obama. why is he trying so hard to please them? president obama, i don't know the answer. i hope you do. that's my xyz. time now for the next hour of the "cnn newsroom." the woman who says pirates shot her husband on a border lake returns to the scene. but is she telling the whole story? i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. a wave of poisonous mud threatening everything in its

path. and now, this sludge is hitting a river, crucial to many european countries. so what's next? kidnapped by the taliban? no. this is only a movie. but wait until you see this. plus, a duke graduate spilling the dirt about her sex life on campus. it includes ratings, names, pictures and all the scandalous details. harmless or just plain wrong? hi, everyone. i'm brooke baldwin. ready to go? "cnn newsroom" rolls on starting here. a commercial flight bound for bermuda canceled. more than 100 passengers and crew members evacuated and a man with no i.d., no badge, he's there helping load bags on to this plane and he started this whole thing in motion. now, obviously, the police would like a woord with him, but he is nowhere to be found still.

this has all happened over the course of the last couple of hours. this is in philadelphia and the official word is, this could be a serious incident or it could be nothing. but you know as well as i do, nothing in airport security is taken lightly. sara is now joining us. first of all, the passengers. i know they had to hop off that plane. i imagine they all had to be rescreened and their bags, as well. where do they stand right now? >> well, you're right. they had rescreened all of the passengers. they have found nothing suspicious. they are no now rescreening the baggage to make sure there is nothing here in the way of suspicious. >> and that plane, is it still there on the tarmac? >> yes, it is still on the tarmac. it is behind me. you can see where they are moving that luggage through an

x-ray machine, checking it out to make sure everything is fine. >> everyone wants to be careful. we have some ideas, maybe you're getting information quicker than we are here. any idea who this guy was, this guy that didn't have a package? take me back and explain to me how this whole thing unfolded. >> well, it was small around 10:30, 11:00 this morning when there was some suspicious activity going on. it was two baggage handlers had noticed a third gentleman who they didn't know and who did not have a badge. now, that individual is not known. his location is not known at this time. i have not been able to get any updates on his whereabouts or who that individual is. >> one more question for you. you're there in the philadelphia airport. any idea how it works? let's say you work at the airport and you want to access the tarmac. are there differences in security clearance? do you know at this point? >> i do not know if there's differences in security clearance regarding that

specific question. however, they do all have identification baggage, bags badges that let us know where we work there, where we are, what our clearances are for. this individual did not have one of those. >> didn't have the badge. as soon as you get more information, as soon as they find this guy, let you know and we'll let you break that news. meanwhile, curtis is in seattle for us and he runs this website. it's a huge information security source. and, todd, wow, i mean, a lot of us travel, we hop on flights all the time. but here is another question. i have a lot of more questions. but the first question, the twitterboard guys, hang out with me. here we go. i see the camera moving. here is the question. how is it that someone can even get near an airplane these days without any credentials?

todd? >> well, that's a good question. in fact, after 9/11, the tsa took over security not just at the terminals, but at the tarmac areas. and there are large areas of the airport where it is required that you have a visible security badge of some sort at all times. so the people who -- go ahead. >> no, and we obviously know what happens was you had three guys washinging cargo and this one didn't have a badge. >> they should have had badges, clearly. >> clearly should have had badges. and my other question is, springboarding off badges, this is another person working at the airport, todd, everyone from folks handling your bags and my bags to the people at the airlines, desks to the guys flipping burgers next to the gate. do these different people have different levels of security clearance? meaning if there's a guy flipping burgers with me ferrous intentions one day, he can't use his bag and walk out near the plane, can he?

>> well, he had. in fact, there are very strict guidelines as to what kind of background checks anyone who has issued any kind of credentials. for example, even a burger flipper if they had access to the terminals, they had to have a background check, checking their names again, no fly list, that sort of thing. and anyone who has had access to the tarmac goes through a more expensive criminal check. and, of course, the security personnel, like t is i a and airport police officers go through their own security screening. >> i don't know how familiar you are with this particular airport in philadelphia. but how are tarmacs secured? are there senses? are there armed guards? or no? >> there are fences. basically, every major airport in this country has fences around it, has access to areas where you have to drive through or walk through and show some kind of credentials. however, it's not what we as pass aengers face going through

the terminal. you don't have to screen every ramp worker every time they go in and out of the airport. nor do you necessarily have video surveillance of all the fence lines. even though there are layerses of security, and even the combination of layers can be defeated. >> that's an excellent point. if you and i, we go to the april, i take my shoes off, my belt, laptop, the whole deal. sometimes they'll screen you further. what you're saying is if you work in the airport, you may not have to go through the same levels of security? >> that's right. although the tsa has programs in place where on occasion they may randomly institute the same kind of security for ramp workers as they would to support passengers. but it's not an everyday thing. >> since it's not an everyday thing here, obviously, there are loopholes. this one particular loophole perhaps exposed today. and what can you tell me and the

rest of the americans watching right now to assure us, or perhaps not, that we're going to be safe and our bags will be safe the next time i hop on an airplane. >> well, the department of homeland security, tsa and other security organizations have a realistic view of this. they look at this as a risk assessment sort of situation. there are many thousands at risk out there and we can't protect against all of them. but they will prioritize and protect against those that are the most likely to happen. for example, the tsa has looked at airport security and has i.d.'ed several things that can happen from someone coming through the gate, to someone crashing through the gate to someone breaking through the fence. they looked at the issue of what if they have an anti-tank weapon outside the perimeter? so these things have been looked at. there are steps being taken,

some public, some private. they're doing what they can, but certainly it's not perfect. >> it showed we have come a long way, but we have a little ways to go. todd curtis, thank you for coming on. also our thanks so sara from the philadelphia airport. we thank you both. coming up next, the latest on this environmental catastrophic disaster. here it is in hungary. this is toxic red sludge. it is still spreading. it is becoming a potential danger for hundreds of thousands of people who live along this major river. also today, another campus caught up in a social media scandal. have you heard of this? this is duke university i'm talking about where a graduate reveals very explicit information about past lovers, things like names, pictures, things i can't even talk about on tv. the letter even ranks the students. that is ahead. ♪ when it's planes in the sky ♪ ♪ for a chain of supply, that's logistics ♪

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not at all good news from the site of a major environmental accident in europe. one of the worst cases was discovered today when scientists discovered traces of toxic waste from this massive industrial spill in the danube river. you've heard of the danube. this is a major, major river. and this stuff is spilling into it. this is extremely poisonous and the race is on to minimize the deadly effects downstream. i want to show you now how one small town in hungary, a town that was nearly covered by a

flash flood on chemical sludge, cnn's nic robertson is right in the middle of it. >> reporter: this is devecser is. you can see where the red tide got to. right here, a fervent green. further downhill, you have the red sludge. behind me, you can see these cleaning trucks going through the village, cleaning off the road, trying to keep the roads clean. as you go down the hill, you can begin to see. you can see how the level rises against the side of the building over here. everywhere you look in the village, the cleanup is going on, people coming out, gathering whatever possessions they can get. this stuff right here looks like flooring from inside the house right here. look at the line, the red tide on the house here. way above me. this is how high the red toxic

sludge came through here. people literally ripping up their flooring, taking it outs, trying to salvage whatever they can. everything is being decontaminated here. the army has set up a decontamination zone. that's a police car right there. we're seeing dozens of them getting clean. this is right on the edge of the contamination area. this is what the military are doing. they're trying to keep their service personnel healthy and safe as they do their job, but also keep down the amount of contaminants in the area and stopping it from spread outside. that is one of the key parts of the containment here. the two. if we move up here past this big

container, this has been brought in to get rid of some of all this contaminated material around the truck here. when you come around here, take a look at it. you just get an idea of how devastated this village is. look at the yards here. look at that red sludge sitting in there, just completely contaminating the whole area. when you come up here a little more, these are the police lines. right here, the police have set up lines so looters can't get in. they're patrolling the village, keeping out anyone who wants to come in and steal things. it's hard to imagine why anyone would want to come into this village to take anything away, it's all so contaminated. nic robertson, cnn, hungary. this is going to sound surreal, too hollywoodish, but i'd like to invite them to dinner, turn on my tap and hand

them a glass of water from my tap and see if they would drink the water. >> so this woman is claiming that ash and toxins from the this lake have seeped into her drinking water causing their family health problems. their story may have you taking a lowses closer look at the water source necessary your area. that is here at home. that is ahead. also, it seems that carl palidino has been on the national political scene for about a minute. that is plenty of time for him to become the target of this latest ad. stick around to watch that. jessica has the latest on that and all other kinds of juicy stuff on the campaign trail. cann before it begins? heartburn happens when stomach acid refluxes into the esophagus. prilosec otc uses a unique delayed-release system that protects the medicine as it passes through the stomach's tough acid. then it gets absorbed into the body, turning off many acid-producing pumps at the source. with just one pill a day, you get 24-hour heartburn protection

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we have showing you a couple different political ads the last couple of days and even weeks here. we have another one for you. this is a political ad that got our attention. it concerns carl palidino, a nominee for the governor of new york. watch this together. keep in mind, this was produced by an abortion rights group. >> carl pilidino has woman word when it comes to a woman's right to choose. no. cnn asked him, what if she's been raped? what if it was incest? if carl palidino had his way, abortion would be a crime and women would be treated like criminals. >> so here is the thing.

that thought concerns one candidate, you heard, carl palidino, but it's emblem attic of things, reminding voters of their social agenda. we hear a lot about the economy and it looks as though the democrats are saying, you know what? it's not just the economy. would that be an accurate thing to add? >> that's exactly right, brooke. what they're trying to say here is say, oh, it's part of the democrats' larger message to brand tea party candidates in particular as what they call extremists and to make the point that they don't have views outside the mainstream or extremely stark views. even gay marriage or gay rights. there are candidates in nevada, colorado among other states who share this view, that there should be no apportion including

in the cases of rape or incest. they're trying to remind voters, this isn't just over the economy. other issues are at stake here. >> sure. and i think what's interesting about the tags, they're talking about who will be at the polls, who won't be at the polls, they're worried about latino voters and obviously, this ad concerns women specifically. and here we are, 26 days before the midterm election. what about women turning out at the polls? is there a concern? >> yes. it's a great question. so what democrats are looking at right now is where can they pick up voters who either right now are thinking about not voting or going the other way, voting republican? and they see certain groups of women voters, certain groups, especially suburban women voters as a key demographic that democrats need to target and pick up to turn these races around across the country.

focusing on reproductive rights are a way to help energize those voters and say, hey, if you wanted to stay home, maybe this is a good reason to stay out and vote. >> also today we know governor martin o'malley is speaking in maryland and that's where the president will be, part of this whole fund-raising effort. if he makes any news, we'll let you know. we'll bring that to you. in the meantime, i know you had a pretty interesting interview with a man who used to head obama's campaign. what is his message here going into midterms? the president's campaign manager in 2008 held a meeting with the group of reporters and talked about the midterm elections and his message was trying reset expectations. he says this is such a good year for republicans that if they don't win, the house, the senate and every single governor's race, that is in his words, a, quote, colossal failure for the republicans.

>> if they don't win everything? >> if they don't win everything. so they're trying to shift expectations. you have to have a perfect score. and then he also made the case what we are talking about, saying that because the republicans have nomp nated so many candidates who are, in his view, so extreme, that is going to make it a very easy contrast for democrats to draw with a president they think is going to kill the moderates versus this party that they would argue is moving further to the right. that's a clear spin. >> i was going to say, it's a little spin here. >> it's always interesting to hear how they spin. it gives you insight as to what they're going to do. >> jessica, it's great to see you. this rescue here, it could free 33 trapped miners. it is now only about 300 feet away from these bins. this is huge news. these guys have been down there for two months. how soon, though, can we start sooelg seeing them perhaps pulling out these miners?

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airways flight did not have a security badge. the plane did test negative for explosives. the second check off passengers did not turn up anything suspicious. but the man? he's gone, disappeared. federal agents are out there looking for him. a somber home coming for a soldier who served 12 duties of in afghanistan. his killed in afghanistan. he was a member of the elite army rangers, to be buried saturday near his home in georgia. 33 men trapped more than 2,000 feet undergrowth in that mine in chile, they are close to being rescued. could it be? they have to drill less than 300 feet from those miners according to the chilean government. it is expected to break through by this saturday and there is hope that the first of the miners could be pulled to the surface early next week. that's the timetable we have.

they have been stuck underground, can you imagine, for more than two months. and otto is upgraded now to a tropical storm, winds about 60 miles per hour right now. otto is north of puerto rico. you can see the radar moving slowly northeast. it could be a hurricane by saturday. but it's not expected to threaten laland. the forecast calls for auto to just keep on moving, keeping on moving, otto, out into the atlantic. here is a story i have lots and lots of tweets on this one. this is a scandal that started on duke's campus. it's an apparent e-mail, just a few friends on the internet. and you guessed it. it has gone viral. it is no wonder why. it is a detailed account of a grad's sex life. i'm talking names, pictures, rankings of these guys. harmless fun or perhaps a frightening sign of the times? that is ahead. and looking ahead to tonight, bill mahr, never short of opinions. tonight eek talking politics tonight at 7:00. and at the o'clock eastern on

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for the second time in less than a month, we have a controversial invasion of privacy on a college campus and it's gone viral. we're about to talk about recent

duke grad karen owen tells all in this mock thesis on sex and she's even named it. listen to this. it's called a selling in the realm of horizontal academics. she even used powerpoint. she explains chevetted 13 duke athletes. she's made a list. in fact, here it is. we're blacking out part of the title and the names. you see the rankings. one through 13. and because she named names, she included pictures and described details in their physique, their physical performance. she, as i said, created a powerpoint presentation. and she e-mailed it to her friends. just a couple friends. she was thinking she was going to share this to who then e-mailed it to their friends who then -- well, you know the story. it went viral. so we're leaving out some of the names and pictures and this is some of her insights. this is about one of her subjects. she writes, follow me, this was

quite honestly the most amazing sex i've ever had. now, remember, owen included names and pictures of all 13 of her subjects and her mock thesis has been spreading online. parents, possible employers, possible mates, boyfriends, frederick blain is the author of american privacy. here he is. he lectures across the country on the growing issue of privacy for the internet generation. fred, here we go. look, a lot of people have kept diaries and i know this is, i guess, the day and age where we are done with the paper and we put things on the internet. and when we hear that she just wanted to share it with a couple of friends, you can't just share something with a couple of friends on the internet these days, can you? >> no, you certainly can't, brooke. i think the thing that's remarkable about this is for a duke college grad to be that naive about the ability to contain something like this is pretty outrageous. >> now, this is -- it's actually

an incredibly serious story. and you think about these 13 young men, beyond this young woman who there are reports that she has apologized, she didn't mean to do any harm, this is what i've read that she's said and we couldn't reach out to her. she's basically erased her existence on social media. my question is about these guys. this is intimate information that, you know, their mothers, potential employers could see. >> absolutely. you know, i think that it was very thoughtless on her part and i think that that underscores, as you say, the seriousness of all this. you know, the real issue is that this information now is part of the global library, if you will, that is the internet. and this demonstrates how incredibly difficult it is to get rid of things that people put online. so absolutely, this will be a part of their history for some time to come. now, you know, as they go through life and they do other things, this will fade somewhat, but the internet does not forget

very easily. actually, it's ironic that ms. owen has essentially taken herself out of the internet world or at least tried to do so. because one of the net effects of that is to make this the only thing that people will really know about her when they do a google search. >> now, when you do a google search, and we know google is sometimes not very forgiving. i think about possible employers for these young men. what about any possible recourse for them? >> yeah. that's a much gray area to be honest with you. the question is going to be what the state law is with respect to invasion of privacy, what kind of damages they might have suffered, if any. certainly there may be some emotional distress. but there have been some really difficult internet-based privacy cases that haven't gone very well or very successfully for the plaintiffs. so it's not clear that they would be able to successfully pursue that opinion i think as much as anything else, the best thing that can come out of this is a solid teaching moment for

parents and for kids about how things can go wrong online. >> but fred, i also feel like there's a bigger discussion to be had in terms of this trend of invasion of privacy using the internet. we all know the story of tyler clemente who killed himself a few weeks ago. a lot of people were saying, look, that was a gay teen story. but this is a straight male/female story. obviously, invasion of privacy issues do not discriminate and this is unfortunately a trend we're seeing using a tool that we all have access to. >> that is absolutely right. and that is one of the reasons that i'm working on a book specifically to discuss these kinds of issues that will be out in the spring. the key here is that we need to do a much more thorough job of educating kids from all ages on up through college about the risks of using some of these internet tools. one of those things that i uncovered in my research is that the average age of cell phone use now is below 10.

and given the fact that most of these phones come with cameras, we're putting very powerful tools in the hands of children, really, who don't have a frame of reference on how they should be used. and there are, obviously, very serious consequences when people break these kinds of ethical and moral boundaries associated with privacy. and i don't think that we've done a good job job, frankly, either as parents or as schools to get that message across. >> very serious consequences, indeed, as we've seen in recent weeks. frederick blain, i thank you for our conversation. by the way, a whole lot of you are tweeting me, so i want to get to a couple of these different tweets. if i can turn this way and take a look at the twitter board, one person saying, whatever hits the internet cannot be for a few friends. www means worldwide web. worldwide. good point. got another tweet for you saying, not sure this is uncommon except for the fact that it was leaked. have known people that made

similar lists. one more. silly move, but it's a shame her friends did not protect her privacy and keep it to themselves. no, they didn't. they put that button, pulse forward. the widow who claims pirates killed her husband on a border lake returns to the site. and as harrowing as her account is, some wonder if she is telling the whole story. that is next. and do you remember the name amanda knox? she is that american girl. here she is, she was convicted in italy of killing her roommate. well, hollywood, they were paying attention. ♪ where'd you learn to do that so well. ♪ ♪ where'd you learn to do that so well. ♪ the new cadillac srx. the cadillac of crossovers.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." no body, no sea do, nothing that's turned up for a man who was allegedly shot and killed by pirates. mexican troops are spending a

second day now searching for david hartley. u.s. and mexican authorities have shown up both in helicopters, in boats, there they are on the lake after a full court media pretty by hartley's family. in fact, we have this statement from mexico's foreign ministry. listen to this. the government of mexico condemns any act that endangers the lives of innocent citizens and reaffirms its commitment to investigating the facts of this incident, end quote. now, that statement was released after the texas newspaper quoted some state and local mexican officials as questioning tiffany hartley's story. she was out on that lake in one of those search boats yesterday. there she is in the middle of your screen there. obviously, she wants to find her husband's body. and she says the couple was approached by those three boats full of these armed pirate while riding sea dos last week. they did go on to the mexican side of the lake. that was last thursday afternoon. she says they shot her husband in his head and she got out of

there. she hopped on her sea do and headed back to the u.s. side of the lake as they were shooting at her. mexican officials are not the only ones questioning her story. she addressed, though, all of this speculation at a news conference last night. >> i think it would be difficult for anybody in my situation and i know, you know, there's been stories out there before and people question. but i know what i know, i know what i saw and i can just tell you what i know. it is hard to be judged. but, you know, if you were looking at the end of a barrel of a gun, i think maybe then you could -- you could judge. >> mexican authorities pulled their searches off the the lake around dusk last night. the sheriff says they were too afraid they would be ambushed by drug cartel south of the border. david hartley has been missing for a week.

and i see a tweet out of the corner of my eyes. this is from the governor of texas. this is from governor rick perry. he's tweeting my thoughts and prayers are with the family of david hartley. i remain in contact with the family, local law enforcement and mexican officials. we're staying on top of that story. as soon as anything changes, we will let you know. how far would afghan president hamid karzai go to end the war with the taliban? should talks be on the table? and you've got to see this. an alligator hunt ends with a record catch. wow, the beast checked in at more than 600 pounds. where was it wrangled? we'll tell you, ahead. ♪ ♪ [ engine revs, tires screeching ] we give to you the all-new volkswagen jetta.

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this is a huge story. a senior official is confirming that the afghan president is now in talks with the taliban to end the war. our u.s. troops are fighting. we, of course, reached out to the afghan side here doing our due diligence. what they're saying is karzai isn't holding face-to-face talks, but is getting signs and signals from the taliban. in fact, today he has appointed a peace council to explore an end to the fighting. but let's backtrack here for a second. we all remember september 11th, 2001. we all know what happens that day. and less than a month later, our troops went into afghanistan to kill or capture the terrorist groups that were behind 9/11.

well, nine years later, there we are. that's right. today is the ninth anniversary of the afghan invasion and we are still there. fighting the same islamic forces we initially overthrew. so back to these talks here, is this the way out? that is really the one question we all want answered. and kathleen parker posed it last night in parker spitzer. >> this whole idea of bringing the taliban into the government, is this just a way for us to get out? is this the best exit strategy for us? >> i don't think we should think of it that way. most civil wars end through negotiations. it's very rare to have the north triumphing over the south quite as it did in the american civil war. the timing of this seems to me to be such that we are negotiating from complete weakness. we have noe not shown any military success. we have announced a departure date and the taliban knows that politically, domestically, the american public has lost all confidence in this war.

so we are not negotiating in a position where we can bring anything to the table to demand that they give on the significant issues. >> i'm not sure that we're as weak as that. it would be better if we had somehow broken the talibantalib momentum. it's proving difficult to do because afghanistan is a vast, mountainous country. the troops are spread thin. but we are -- i think we have some real threats, which is we can stay there for a long time. we can't stay there in these numbers, but we can play walk-a-mole for a long time. >> what is to prevent al qaeda from going back into afghanistan the moment we're gone? >> because we're not leaving forever. that's what i mean when i say -- the president has said he's not going to keep 00,000 troops in combat forever. it's 150,000 when you count nato. that doesn't mean we won't be there. people underestimate america's staying power.

we are still on the bangs of the rhine. we are still in okinawa. could there be 25,000 american troops in afghanistan 10, 15 years from now? sure. >> they're asking the questions every weekday at 8:00 eastern. is the john edwards inve is the john edwards' investigation shifting into high gear now? a "sizable" number of subpoenas have been issued in this case. you remember this story, this guy possibly, possibly could have been our president. so you will want to hear today's developments that we are getting. also, you got see this a patient shows her mri -- does it look like jesus to you she says yes, ma'am. if you take a closer look and hear her emotional story, when we are right back. pearblossom highway? it's just outside of lancaster. sure, i can download directions for you now. we got it. thank you very much! check it out. i can like, see everything that's going on with the car. here's the gas level. i can check on the oil. i can unlock it from anywhere.

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okay. here we go. one of my gave parts of the show, you have got see. this you know how every now and again, someone sees the virgin mary in an icy window, on a leaf

or maybe mother theresa's face on a cinnamon roll? some say it is not so much. well, there is a new one, the face of jesus spotted where you might least expect it. let's look closely at this together. this is a woman in south carolina. she is convinced that the face of jesus is right there on the copy of her mri scan. the woman, in fact, she is a cancer patient. she says that while she was praying -- while the scan was being taken and she -- yes, indeed, takes comfort in believing she is not alone. so look at t here we go. look some more. you see jesus. maybe the side of his face in the mri? another amazing video for you. watch this woman. this is a horrible -- oh. it just makes you gasp, right? obviously slammed by the car. watch it again. she is thrown like 50 feet into the air and there's no way she could have possibly survived this, right? hook, we wouldn't be showing to you if she is not -- she is okay. the guy who hit her stopped.

frantic, checks on her. the woman is not only alive, but she is not even badly hurt. minor injuries to her arm and collarbone. she didn't even -- she didn't even lose consciousness. the video went global, went viral, people all over the world marveling at how close this lady cheated death. okay, gut got one more for you, yes, you got to see this get a load at this enormous honking he will gator. this thing is as toll as this warehouse, 1'3"1', teeth and attitude, whopping 680 pounds. this is one of those south florida everglades monsters, right? no. arkansas. i'm talking fayetteville, arkansas, is where they wrestled this guy. john baxter hunted down and scored the biggest he will gator ever recorded in the state. so, now what? john baxter says he is going to make a rug out of it? wow. kind of a scary rug, right? listen to this.

>> they are killing nature, trees, wildlife and making human beings sick. >> people are sick and people are dying. >> a frightening story. these people, they are blaming this man-made lake. it has coal ash and possibly other dangerous toxins that leaked from the lake into the drinking water. we are going to tell that you story also ahead here. wolf blitzer has been tracking the day's top political stories. we are going to check to see the political ticker next here in the cnn newsroom. ♪ where'd you learn to do that so well. ♪ the new cadillac srx. the cadillac of crossovers. cadillac. the new standard of the world.

just 26 days until election day and cnn's got all your latest political with the best political team on television led by mr. wolf blitzer. he is at the cnnpolitics.com desk. wolf, what do you have? >> we got a bunch of items at cnn politics.com we are following right now, including the president of the united states, on the second time since he became president, he is vetoing some legislation. this legislation would make it easier to go ahead with

foreclosures. it sort of snuck through the process, unanimous consent, no debate in the final days of the house and senate them got this legislation through. basically allows out-of-state notaries, notarizations foreclosure deals to be accepted in other states and this would make it a lot easier to go ahead with it. the president doesn't want it, aides at the white house don't want t as a result, the president is going to veto this. the format a little arcane, whether it is a pocket veto or inline veto. it is going to be vetoed. i assume how this got into this legislation to begin with because it is not something consumers necessarily wanted, something that the banks probably wanted. another story right now the president in nearby maryland, campaigning for the incumbent democrat, martin o'malley, a pretty fired up speech right now saying the pundits are all wrong when they say democrats aren't

motivated, won't show it up to vote. he says just wait and see what the democratic base does. o'malley is ahead, by the way in this gubernatorial contest over robert ehrlich you can the former republican governor of maryland, but that contest is still out there as well. finally, one interesting item, the former pennsylvania republican senator, rick santorum, opened up a formal pac, a political action committee in iowa, he has visited iowa several times it is fueling speculation that this former senator may be thinking of running for the republican presidential nomination. he has visited iowa several times already. you know, brooke, right after november 2nd there is november 3rd, when the presidential race begins it is only going to be about a year's sprint to iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, michigan and all of those other states. >> anyone who sticks their big toe in iowa, we have questions for them. wolf blitzer, thank you. reminder to you, we will get

another quick political update in half an hour and get your latest political ticker news, cnnpolitics.com or twitter at political ticker. here we go top of the hour, want to welcome the men and the women watching us on american forces network all around the world right now. i'm going to hit you fast this hour. see if you can keep up. let's go. a scare at the philadelphia international airport. here is what we know right now. police have evacuated 107 people on board that u.s. airways flight bound for bermuda. the problem, three people were loading baggage onto this plane. one of them didn't have an i.d. the other two workers noticed it, didn't recognize the guy and when he was asked who he was, he just walked away. listen to what the feds are now saying. >> nothing explosive, nothing hazardo hazardous, nothing unusual has been found. all of the passengers that have been interviewed or in the process of being interviewed now by all the agencies involved. what we know right now, this does not appear to be terrorism-related at all.

>> police right now, they are still looking for the mystery man. next, taliban militants target and kill u.s. soldiers but afghan president hamid karzai is calling them brothers and reportedly asking for peace. but his spokesman is denying that karzai has even met face-to-face with these men. karzai, leading this afghan peace council, which is aimed at building a bridge and negotiating with the taliban. today, by the way, marks the first time this group is meeting and in case you are wondering, difference between al qaeda and the taliban? one official tells cnn that al qaeda wants to kill people. the taliban wants to govern are. next, the obama administration did not tell the whole story about that oil spill in the gulf, at least so says this independent panel investigating the government's response. listen to this. according to this new report, the white house refused to publicize the worst-case scenarios of exactly how much of that oil was flowing out of there. in other words, officials led the public astray. listen to how the administration is responding to that.

>> no information was altered, no information was withheld. and nothing in the report had anything to do with the robust response. >> robert gibbs goes on to say the low estimates did not affect the administration's ability to stop the spill. the panel's final report is expected in january. next, here is some good news for you, encouraging new numbers on the economy much the government reporting that the number of people applying for first-time unemployment benefits dropped 11,000 from last week. folks this is the lowest number we have seen in three months. tomorrow, a huge day because we find out how many people were hired in the workforce for september. next, just into my guessing, it is official, people in france will no longer be allowed to wear anything that covers their faces in public. that includes muslim women who do wear those burqas. top legal officials announcing their decision that the ban is legal. here is the debate. now, one side is arguing that it

protects women from being forced to wear these burqas. critics say it violates religious freedoms much the ban is scheduled to go into effect next spring. next, john edwards funnel campaign cash to his mistress? a federal grand jury in north carolina, they are working hard to figure that one out. prosecutors issuing a new round of subpoenas in the investigation over how his campaign handled money in 2008. that, by the wake as we remember when edwards was running for president. his mistress, rielle hunter, worked as a videographer at the time. after denying everything, edwards later admitted to the the affair and being the father of hunter's child. edwards' lawyers maintain he is n. next, history on the baseball diamond. this is just cool stuff. five months here after roy halladay threw that rare no-hitter, i think it was a perfect game, tweet me and correct me, for the philadelphia phillies, does it again. i'm corrected already. it was a no-hurt. this time a playoff game against the cincinnati reds.

take a look at the moment. >> hall lad day is one strike away. the 0-2, a bouncer, ruiz. in time! roy halladay has thrown a no-hitter. >> now this is the second time a pitcher has thrown a postseason no-hitter in the history of the majors. this is 104 pitches, 28 batters, 79 strikes, not a bad day at work. next, so, how do you upstage the cast at a cirque show? try popping the question. that is exactly what army sergeant phillip clark did in baltimore. he just got back from iraq. there they go the big hug. i'm guessing she said yes. he got down on one knee, wind out the bling, there it s sergeant romeo, how did you come up with this? >> i really wanted to do something special, so i contacted their website and asked him if we could do this

and they were happily able to set this up. >> when asked how a wed cog top that proposal, sergeant clark said he will find a way to get to the moon. oh. next, finally, take a look at this scene in oregon. so, what is that stuck in the tree? >> i thought it was a really big porcupine and my wife stepped up on the deck and that is a bear. >> that is a bear, indeed it is a big, whopping 300-pound bear, climbed all the way up 60 feet into the tree in this guy's backyard. the bear is so big, crews had to shoot it several times with tranquilizers, don't worry, the big guy fell asleep, firefighters lowered him down to safety. yikes. now, watch this? trains knocked over, cars, rvs flipped around like toy blocks f you haven't heard what happened in arizona, i want to introduce

to you one of our ireporters who was in the thick of it. plus this -- >> when you see this, what goes through your mind? >> fear. we drank that water. we weren't told it was bad. >> how much do you know, really, about the industrial goings on in your own backyard? is your water really safe? carol costello with the scary story we can all learn from in pennsylvania. lord of the carry-on. sovereign of the security line. you never take an upgrade for granted. and you rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i deserve this. [ male announcer ] you do, business pro. you do. go national. go like a pro. [ man ] save $523. save $345. 16 minutes could save you 16%. come on.

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remember how we were talking about a couple of tornadoes in arizona, this is yesterday, the

national weather service says at least four tornadoes hit arizona. yesterday, seven people were injured, more than 100 homes damned, you can see roofs blown away there, hail of up to two inches in diameter reported in the area. by the way, two of the tornadoes touchdown, touched down in one single town, the town of belmont, 50 to 100 power poles were snapped, the train, two dozen cars derailed. the spokeswoman for the railway reports the tornado came through and hit the train, derailing those 28 cars. the track also damaged, we are told and chad meyers joins me now to talk about. this and i just cannot get over the fact that this one town got two tornadoes. one day. >> one right after the other. >> yikes. what are the odds? >> those are the most dangerous, when you don't have light. you can't see them coming and then you hear something and you go, what is that? that is why you need a noaa weather radio.

the weather radio would have woken you up, would you be awake. hear that noaa weather radio, it is a scary sound. yesterday talked about the train, the tracks, all going one way. >> you said, ah -- >> the tornado, maybe the other cars would have gone this way and cars this way. we heard from the train company, said, wait a minute, see, because these things are buckled together like this. >> attached. >> where one train goes it pulse all the other cars with them. that's why sometimes all the cars go the same direction. how about that? >> a little suspect. looked a little too neat. you there go all buckled together. >> yeah, yeah. >> now we have someone on the phone here who is a real estate agent in the area. she took a couple of pictures here. her name is pamela harris, good enough to share some of these pictures with us. pamela, on the phone here from flagstaff, arizona, we look at some of your pictures, pamela, i want you to explain where you were yesterday when these

twisters ripped on through. >> well, i live in flagstaff, so, that's about ten miles west of belmont, so we were -- we were with in flagstaff when that happened, but we do have some rental property in the belmont area. fortunately enough, it wasn't damaged too much, some fences were ripped down there, but it is interesting, 'cause there's only a couple hundred homes in that subdivision and there's no other homes for 10, 15 miles from there. so for it to smack right down there, it is just amazing to see those photos and that picture up right now is of a boat there in the attic. >> i was about to is a ask you about that, pamela. that was pointed out to me once we cycled through these. we will see it again t is the attic and the tail end of a boat which just goes to show, chad, how powerful the wind was. >> this is what they talk about drive a corn stalk through a pole. you see these things flying through, that board stuck right in the ground. i didn't see that the boat. i didn't -- >> wait for t we are going to still -- keep rolling. so pamela, you were in flagstaff

that is ten miles away. you weren't actually in the thick of things, thank goodness for you what kind of damage? we are looking at the pictures here. what kind of damage did your rental get? >> caller: well, we have got, we have heard the fences are blown down there, and the townhome subdivision, townhomes and some houses, the townhomes weren't hit too hard but windows were broken and hundreds of the properties and some of the exterior siding has been blown down, but the red cross has set up a shelter and they set up some materials so residents can go down and get some plywood so they can board up their windows and those types of things but there are a good number of homes that just weren't -- weren't able to be inhabited after the storm yesterday. >> you mentioned the red cross. let's swing around here, we are actually, as we continue this conversation, we got a tweet from the red cross, if we can head this here in the studio. they say, tweeting, in arizona, helping posttornadoes, cleanup

kits, water snacks, damage assessment ongoing. so obviously, this kind of thing takes a little while to clean up. >> caller: yeah. they are having volunteers meet down at the flagstaff middle school and hoping people will go down there and help as much as they can. >> it seems like some of these houses are going to be total losses. am i seeing -- just a picture or some of these torn down and basically start all over? >> good question. >> caller: no definitely a couple got the brunt of the damage. there are one or two that basically took it down to the -- you know, down to the studs kind of thing. those might be easier to level. the majority of the homes really badly damaged are able to have a contractor go in and fix them up but probably a couple that aren't going to be salvageable. >> pamela harris, i thank you for calling in. and chad, you know, you and i were talking yesterday, you down the often think about arizona

and tornadoes. gimme kansas, gimme oklahoma, arizona. >> not going to put arizona in tornado ally. we can't do it. it has been a very stormy couple of weeks for the valley, down in phoenix. i have friends in scottsdale. they have just been pounded with rain. we saw some hail. we saw a reporter getting pounded by hail. >> all the hail, he needed a helmet, yes, sir. >> exactly. that is now all gone. the threat of weather today is grand junction, colorado, it is out of arizona. scary stuff yesterday. crazy pictures. chad, thank you. >> welcome. >> pam harris, thank you as well. to another situation here, have you seen this toxic mud now flowing into the danube river? that is the new development today. it is in there, a disaster in europe. we are going to talk about it ahead. also, prince harry, no stranger to publicity, right? but what if the world turned on the tv one day to see him in captivity, a prisoner of war? it is the scenario is this provocative new documentary. we are going to tell you more here in the cnn newsroom.

this is awful to look at. imagine being there three days ago in hung gary, an industrial accident sent this massive wave of caustic, poisonous mud into several towns, kill agent least four people, some of whom were children. bad as that was, folks, this is getting worse. you see all the red stuff covering the ground there in hungary? that is a toxic soup, full of heavy metals, chemicals, it not only kills everything it touches, but it's now been detected in the danube river and that obviously is very alarming to many nations where that river runs along. still, here what has happened is

this you see where the danube runs north and south, a couple more countries before it reaches the black sea that is the situation in hungary right now. toxic waste, a concern for a lot of us here in the united states, particularly if it is possibly seeping in the water systems. i want you to watch this report this had is from cnn's carol costello, she, in fact, met a family living in this industrial area with a long list of serious health problems and they are convinced they know why. >> reporter: marcy hughes has lived in western pennsylvania her whole life it is gorgeous here, rolling hills, lush farm land, and little blue run. something proposed by pennsylvania power back in the '70s. what did they tell you in 1975? >> basically, had where you could swim, could you picnic, they even showed a sailboat. >> reporter: hughes says the

utility company told neighbor it is would dump coal ash, the waste left over from burning coal to make electricity, into a valley and then fill the valley with water and it did, but sailboats? no. we thought you should see why for yourself. so, when environmentalists offered us a ride, we took it. it is about eight minutes away. i want to demonstrate to you how big this thing s it is nearly 1,000 acres and in some places it is 400 feet deep. tons of coal ash and other waste is piped into little blue every year it comes from the first energy corporation, the utility company that now ounce little blue. the epa says coal ash contains potential cancer-causing agents like arsenic, cadmium and lead. and now first energy wants to make little blue bigger to handle an increase in waste. >> they are killing nature, trees, wildlife and making human beings sick. >> people are sick and people

are dying. >> reporter: the epa is holding hearings across the country on coal ash impoundments like little blue. after the disastrous coal ash spill in tennessee two years ago, the agency is considering whether to toughen regulation and classify coal ash as hazardous. right now it is considered ordinary garbage. for hughes' daughter, tracy that is unbelievable. tracy suffered three types of cancer, the first at 18, the last seven years ago. she and her mother suspect little blue is to blame. >> i know they want to expand again so when you hear expansion, what goes through your mind? >> putting my house on the market, uprooting my family. listening to my cardiologist who basically the first time we visited him, looked at my mom and in the exam room after the exam was over and why do you still live there? >> and why are you drinking the

water? >> reporter: the fear is that toxins from little blue are seeping into the ground water and possibly into neighbors' well water. barbara reed fears that, too. her son's fixer upper is less than a mile from little blue. first energy tested reads well in 2009 and the results showed reed's well water contained dangerous levels of arsenic. and when you see this, what goes through your mind? >> fear. we have drank that water. we weren't told it was bad. >> reporter: there is no proof that arsenic came from little blue, subsequent tests showed no arsenic, but once was enough for reed's son. his fixer upper now silts abandoned. >> we believe it is completely safe. we have not identified any well, drinking water well that we have contaminated or contributed to. >> reporter: and first energy is right. there is no scientific test that shows anyone is getting sick from little blue. why do you think they are standing up and saying these things then?

>> i can't answer that. i think they have gotten some information that is not closely lated, scientifically support. >> reporter: the pennsylvania department of environmental protection says its own tests show nothing harm system leaking from the retention pond but some neighbors are unconvinced. >> this is going to sound surreal and maybe too hollywoodish, but i would like to invite them to dinner, turn to on my tap and hand them a glass of water from my tap. >> and see if they drink? >> see if they would drink the water. >> reporter: when i say there is no scientific test showing elevated levels of arsenic and ground water, i want to clarify that is because no scientific tests have been done but researchers at the university of pittsburgh have begun testing residential wells in the area but it will take some time before we see those results. carol costello, cnn, new york. we have some news today out of chill lakers trapped since august, freed maybe by this

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>> i got back with a from a meeting with david plouffe, the campaign manager for president obama. he is doing a little senior advisory role over at the democratic national committee. he had a little briefing today with a few reporters, cover the high points of this meeting. he really tried to dispel the myth that the upcoming midterms are going to be like 1994. he went on to say that at this point in the election in '94, voters will already made up their mind, plus democrats weren't ready for it. they weren't expecting it. he also goes on to say, acknowledge that the election is not looking so well if it were to be held tomorrow but says there is enough days right now ahead that democrats are starting to begin some momentum, momentum that he thinks that democrats can maintain control of the house and of the senate. paul? >> brooke, brand new stuff. you get it first, i haven't even finished writing for the cnn political ticker. i just confirmed the president, barack obama and vice president joe biden are heading to delaware a week from tomorrow, next friday. going to be teaming one with chris coons, the democratic

senate nominee in delaware, help him raise some campaign cash.remember this is joe biden's old senate seat, want to try to keep it in party hands. make sure we cover that event next friday. that is what i got. mark, back to you. >> try to talk a little bit more about politics very quickly here, brooke. michael steele, the chairman of the republican national committee had an opportunity to talk to him a couple weeks ago about politics and midterm elections, one of the things i spoke to him about was his relationship or lack there of president obama. now five years ago when michael steele was lieutenant governor of maryland he asked then-senator obama to meet, come together, maybe talk about their shared experiences, about being african-americans and achieving such high status, you know, given the fact that there suspect a whole lot of african-americans that are in very high roles politically. well, he was rebuffed five years ago and continues to be rebuffed but he went on to tell me that he would still like to have this summit to sit down and try to talk about how they could come

together and perhaps act as role models for future young black americans. it was a really interesting interview. here on cnn politics .com. again it does have a political tone to it, but interesting to see if these two gentlemen ever got together. brooke? >> interesting, michael steele and the president. thank you to both of you. and just let's reiterate what that url is want more information, want to read mark's write-up, cnnpollitics.com, another political update in the next hour. they are hip, they are on twitter, both maybe paul, mark if they are on twitter per se, political ticker is on twitter and you can go to at political ticker for that. meantime, to chillily, the rescue hold that could free 33 trapped miners is now only about 300 feet away from these men. so time line-wise, how soon can we expect them to be pulled out? how long would that take? what do they have to go through and what about those families waiting you and waiting for weeks for good news? that's next. [ i istinct shoutin] ♪ another day

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okay. we are getting nearer and nearer to the point of asking, will this be the day? will this be, you know, the day that one of those drills boring that rescue tunnel reaches the trapped miners? there's 33 guys in chile. today, an official tells cnn the so-called plan b drill is getting close, very close, we are hearing. so let's now go live to chile with cnn's patrick ottman there on the scene. patrick this is a far cry from us hearing, you know, once upon a time it would be until christmas they can get these guys out. what are you hearing today? >> let's just say, brooke that christmas came early for these

men. a matter of days, could be tomorrow, could be saturday. that's the day that officials are saying there will be a breakthrough at this mine site here behind me after long last, more than 60 days of eternal darkness, a drill bit will breakthrough to these men. within two to ten days after that really major events here, these men could be above ground. eagerly awaited news for the families here, the miners themselves and rescue workers toiling, frankly, tirelessly to get here. there have been a lot of ups and downs but closer than ever before. officials finally saying today they know these men will be rescued and be rescued very soon, brooke. >> that is obviously huge news, not just for the men but family members in the camp there where you are waiting for them. and one issue though, patrick, and let me just ask you flat out here, they were concerned the guys wouldn't fit in the

capsule, what they are called the phoenix, 21 inches around so they have had to have a trainer on site helping these guys lose some lbs. is that right? >> reporter: absolutely. talk about motivation to get on a diet. if you are too big, you just couldn't fit in. that trainer tells me that all the men have lost enough weight. some of them, 20 to 30 pounds, brooke, but it is something they had to do. they took it obviously very, very seriously. they have been working out every day. also working out so they can go through that rash rowing ride at the end. going to be tough on their bodies, standing up, going quite fast up through that whole -- going to be bumps along the way, so work out, sort of condition themselves for that ride. they have done it and the trainer tells me, brooke that they are ready. >> what about beyond justify thing in this capsule? it will take a while to go through the earth and finally be, you know, be out and be freed and i imagine for some

people, claustrophobic. are they concerned at all about that? >> carefully evaluating each miner in the days ahead and they are going to come up with a list, it has always been somewhat hard thing to imagine, some men get to leave before others but it is just the way it has to work. these are very disciplined men and decided that, that at least initially, some of the men, easier to get them out, maybe don't have that clause traphobia issue, maybe more technically savvy, the first cases so touch and go so putting that with miners this they know won't have any issues then some men need more help, more time to get out but saying, brooke, they will get all of these men out and in tight spaces, ready to get home. >> patrick this is what surprised me, not just going home, right? processes to be had once they are extracted out of this mine.

they can't just go home to the wife and kids? >> no. it is interesting. some of the men have begun sending up dash back up to the surface item these want to keep, keepsakes, little things that have helped them get through this experience. when they finally get pulled out there is a field hospital built here behind me, they got a whole hospital with 33 rooms, one for each of the miners, checked out here initially and then helicopters, put three helicopter pads on these hills behind me, ferry them to the nearest major hospital check in two or three days, regardless of the condition. check out everything to make sure these men are healthy. you have got to think, brooke, haven't been exposed to greater society for over two months now, germs that kind of thing doctors keeping a close eye on them as well as posttraumatic stress, a harrowing experience. >> a harrowing experience for the families, patrick, sure you have been talking to them there at camp hope. how is their patience doing?

i imagine it is very thin. >> very, very thin. the close we are he get earthquake the then ter gets, they know it is coming soon, one thing to point out, the rescue is right around the corner but also the most dangerous part of this operation. officials say the men in the mys, they are safe, attempting something new here, something never done before, pull these men out, one at a time, using capsule. frankly, somewhat untested and thing does go wrong here, brooke, everyone is keeping their fingers crossed for a safe rescue. >> frightening, of course we all hope it will all go without a hitch. patrick oppmann, i know you will be there. goodness. thank you patrick. meantime, while american amanda knox sits in an italian prison, hollywood has been busy working on a movie about the murder that put her there. that story is next. also, the royal family is fuming over this tv show that is asking this question, here it is, what would happen if the

taliban kidnapped prince harry? we will be right back.

time to find out what is trending this hour, the other brooke of the network, brooke ander from "showbiz tonight" joining me from hollywood. brooke, wonderful seeing you. >> like wise. >> keep the trending alive here. this first story, i was reading all about it this morning, fascinated with marilyn monroe, finally seeing in this new book what she was writing about, poetry, diaries. >> exactly. you know, marilyn monroe has

always been a mystery, no matter what we have learned about her over the years. now 50 years after her death, we are getting a look at some of monroe's never before seen journals, think diary entries, think poems. they are part of a books of diaries, poems, intermat note and letters, hitting stores next week and vanity magazine is analyzing excerpts for the november issue. some of the most haunting writings to me were when they analyze herd dreams which sounded like nightmares n one she dream herd acting coach was a surgeon who cut her open and found nothing on the inside. "there was absolutely nothing, devoid of every human living feeling thing. the only thing that came you the was so finely cut saw dust, like out of a raggedy ann doll, existing of complete emptiness." ar sure it let down, referring to her third husband. brooke, she chronicled a lot of sadness, a lot of unhappiness it is pretty depressing but you a

lot of people are fascinated by everything marilyn monroe, so that issue of vanity fair is on newsstands today. >> that is what i got it from, vanity fair, a side of marilyn monroe we don't talk about or hear about. trending, amanda knocks, we know her story and of course, hollywood all over t. >> you knew this one was made for tv, brooke, the story that transfixed the nation for months, years really. and is reportedly becoming a television move industry. centers around amanda knox. of course she the american student studying abroad in italy. she was sentenced to 26 years in an italian prison after she and her italian boyfriend were both convicted of murdering her british roommate. well, variety, an entertainment magazine reports that the magazine is going to follow the event surrounding the headline-grabbing style. hayden pan tee you'rery is set for the title role and set for lifetime, the lifetime network some time next year.

by the way, these guys have always maintained they are innocent. so appeals will be heard. >> very much still ongoing. also ongoing in the uk, the royals are fuming because of this, what is it, tv show? it is a british tv drama depicting what would happen if prince harry were kidnapped if he served again in afghanistan. now, britain's channel 4 website categorizes this thing as a documentary, though it is more like a mock documentary since it is all hypothetical. the film raises questions about the far-reaching ramifications, should prince harry be granted his wish to return to afghanistan and be captured, taken hostage by the taliban. we know that prince harry served in 2007, a brief estimate and has said that he would like to serve again. there's outrage over this this, brooke, with questions whether this would give the taliban

ideas, whether this compromises prince harry's safety. but channel 4 is reportedly standing by the dram that. is scheduled to air october 121st. >> october 21st. any idea, brooke, what people in the uk are saying? i mean they loft royal family. they follow them very closely. are those in britain furious as well? >> well, love is putting it lightly. i think they revere this royal family and a lot of the british tabloids are expressing outrage that channel 4 is doing something like this and they would never want to put prince harry in danger, but reportedly, channel 4 has said the people in this of this documentary, the programmers have said, hey it is not any ideas that the taliban has not already had. >> huh. okay. brooke anderson with trending. good to see you. thank you. >> good to see you, too. thanks. incumbents in trouble. it is a story we have heard throughout the primary season in several races but could to be true in a high-profile

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i appreciate you tweeting me, getting a bunch of tweets on the situation in chill lakers including from conan o'brien. take a look at conan's tweet. a little fun here. the chilean miners could be released this weekend, just in time to see michael bolt.sing on dancing with the stars. guys, what's an extra day? got a tweet here, i would be claustrophobic, jill tweeted me back, me, too, i believe that is why they sedate them. would there be any more reason to? if our miner, i would think you are not as claustrophobic as some people, from conrad.

do we have anymore? we will leave it at that. up next here, wolf blitz we are the latest on pennsylvania's senate race you can the one that has got a huge amount of attention from the white house. be right back.

congressman joe sestak is in a very interesting battle right now. you see, he is running for the u.s. senate in pennsylvania and while the president and establishment democrats are circling the wagons aroundes stack right now, that wasn't always the case. you see,es stack broke ranks with party leaders to challenge and defeat republican-turned-democrat senator arlen specter. next hour,es stack will be talking to our man, wolf blitzer, in the situation room. we have wolf standing by in washington. first, wolf, take a look together here at the cnn/time research poll. right now among likely voters, look at the numbers,es stack is trailing just by a couple percentage points here his republican opponent, pat toomey, five points behind in our most

recent survey, you see 49% to 44%. so wolf, congressmanes stack, just goes to show because you are an incumbent, not necessarily a done deal? >> well, he is an incumbent congressman, toomey is former congressman. the incumbent, arlen specter, remains in the senate but the lame duck, as you know. es stack has a real, real fight on his hands, behind in the polls, almost all of the polls, consistently been behind. toomey doing well, conservative republican. pennsylvania, the democrat really should be ahead, this is really a democratic or blue state, at least historically, right now the democrats are in deep trouble not only in pennsylvania but across the country. if the democrats lose pennsylvania and the senate contest, brooke, it bodes really, really badly for several other battleground states the republicans need to win to pick up ten seat notice u.s. senate

to have that majority, they are close, may not get it but certainly are close if you believe all the polls. >> you mentioned the primary ray incumbent senator specter andes stack, we know he won and white house offeredes stack a job to get out of the race and just curious if that goes on more than we really know, wolf? >> it probably does. probably goes on all the time, sort of quietly behind-the-scenes without a whole lot of fanfare. i should point out our own jim acosta has just done a lengthy exclusive interview with the republican candidate for senate in delaware, christine o'donnell. we are going to have that interview "the situation room," i think our viewers are going to be interested what this woman is now saying. she is facing a very, very tough battle, chris coons, the democratic candidate in deal wear. one of these battle ground states, delaware, the republicans have a pickup, enormously significant for them. she is significantly behind in the polls now but still almost four weeks to go, anything can

really happen. >> we will watch for that christine o'donnellsaw sestak was down five points, had specter won the primary, do you think would be farther behind? >> that is a great question. i don't know the answer. arlen specter had his own problems in pennsylvania, he often was behind in these poll bus almost always managed to come back much he didn't the last time he faced this democratic primary challenge from joe sestak. so, he lost and now retiring but arlen specter was always a very formidable candidate. toomey a lot going for him. the copper is vattives lining him a lot, generating a lot of support among tea party activist and others in pennsylvania. so we will see where it goes, going to be a tough -- could be a long night in pep pen. >> wolf blitzer, see you in a couple minutes on the situation room. meantime it is a scene that plays out each and every week in small towns across america. a soldier coming home under

stars and stripes to his final resting place. he died serving his country on his 12th, 12th tour of duty. his story is next.

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>> reporter: ask tim vogler what kind of son he had, his hands move and his son translates. >> i wish the world could meet him. thinks his son is really awesome. >> reporter: he and his wife, donna, are deaf. they may not be able to speak about how proud they are, but they certainly can still tell you. >> love to help people. very joyful man. a great son. >> reporter: 29-year-old sergeant first class lance vogeler was an army ranger, a special breed of soldier. nothing proved that more than the number of times he put himself in harm's way. vogeler did four rotations in iraq and eight in afghanistan. a dozen combat tours overall. hugh williams served alongside

him for four years. >> he led by example. the man led by example. he was not going to ask you to do something he, himself, was not willing to do. >> reporter: growing up, vogeler was a boy scout, he loved rollerblading, soccer, golf and god and it is the latter that has helped family through since his death in combat last friday. >> it is very hard. very hard. we cope because of our faith. god's blessed us a lot. >> reporter: along with the grief comes moments of laughter as chris vogeler remembers. both being children of deaf parents, we got away with a lot. >> reporter: but there was no escaping the danger of so many rotations, even after being wounded in the leg, vogeler came home, healed and went back. skid his mom if she ever thought he went back too many times?

>> yeah, she felt it was a lot and yet she expected more, too. that was his wish. >> did you ever think this day would come? >> this day would come? no. >> reporter: and that's where our conversation ended and didn't need words or hands to understand why. martin savidge, cnn, thund thunderbolt, georgia. >> 12 tours. we salute him. today marks the ninth year since the start of the war in afghanistan. more than 1200 u.s. troops have been killed in this conflict. >> i want to remind you, you can always log on to cnn.com and you can read about the fallen men and women, what you need to do is you can click on the word "fallen" and you can read about these men and women who have given their lives to serve our country in both iraq