right now on cnn, a developing story. at least a dozen college students overdosed at a house party and we're just learning that police fear some of the victims were targeted for sexual assault. we have an update from investigators in moments. if you're out of work, we want you to stay tuned. a lot of employers are hiring right now. we'll tell you where to go and what to do to get a job before the holidays. a dating website, really like none other. it caters to the not so pretty. we're talking about the so-called ugly shmucks website. it's having a lot of success for users who say they are lonely no more. hello, everyone, i'm don lemon. we begin in chile where freedom is in reach for 33 trapped

miners after 65 days underground. the celebration on the surface as the rescue drill reached the men more than 2,000 feet below ground. cameras captured the moment when the drill bit broke through. but there's more work to be done before they can be pulled up. that means a few more days before they feel the sunlight again and see it as a matter of fact. our carl penhaul has been in chile and joins us now live. what's next, carl? >> reporter: well, what's next is that first of all, they have to pull the bars out of that rescue shaft. that's where the drill hammer is attached and that's a process that's going to take six to eight hours. once that's completed, the miners will have to place about four pounds of explosives around the base of the hole that's been left by that drill and blast that dynamite.

what that will do is create a small, inverted cone at the bottom of the rescue shaft, so when they drop down the rescue cage, then it will be able to move around freely and so the minerks board it. before that rescue shaft gets dropped down, engineers will drop a camera down to make sure there's no risk of rock falls. if they do, they're going to have to encase the whole shaft with steel tubing. now, what does that mean? the question on everybody's lips is, when, what day, what time? well, the chilean government rescuers believe that the first miner could be extracted as soon as tuesday, don. >> hearing a lot about camp hope, that camp that's been set up around that site by the families. how are they reacting tonight, carl?

>> reporter: well, you should have just seen the faces this morning even at 8:05. that was the local time when breakthrough came and we were on hand here. and as soon as word came out to the families, they erupted in jubilation. they were hugging all around. and they were cheering. then a few moments later, it just seemed to dawn on them that this really did mean that the final countdown had now begun. and at that point, joy. in talking to an 8-year-old boy in fact, brian, his granddad is one of the miners down there and he said to me, when that mine caved in, he said i asked why did it happen? he said i've been a good boy, i didn't deserve this. he said, in a small voice, he said i lost all hope. but then when the bells started to ring and when the car horns started to go to say the breakthrough happened.

he said to me, now i do dare to hope and he said i've already got the words ready to tell my granddad. he said, i'm going to love you, papito. the family's joys has also been mirrored by the chilean president himself and this is what he had to say. >> translator: what started on august 5th like a possible tragedy, with the help of god, is ending as a true blessing. the miners, their families, the rescue workers, the government and all the chileans have shown unity, strength of faith, of hope, that is recognized and admired by the whole world. this shows that when chileans unite for great causes, regardless how grand or ambitious they may seem, we are

always able to reach our goals and conquer the highest peaks. >> reporter: but now, of course, everybody has to take a deep breath and arm themself with patience to let the engineers do their job and hopefully as the rescue workers say, maybe on tuesday we'll see that rescue cage going down the phoenix capsule going down into the bowls of the earth to pull those miners back home one by one. don? >> the eyes of the world on chile right now. thank you, carl. as you can imagine, these miners must be going stir crazy after more than two months down there in that space. can you imagine? just a few more days hopefully while rescue workers put everything in place to get all of them back up safely. let's go to jacqui jeras to give us a critical idea how dangerous these next steps are and really just how confining it is, as well. >> absolutely. there's so much hope right now,

but there's still a lot of obstacles we have to go through before we see them make their way up. first of all, it's very deep. this isn't like the pennsylvania mine rescue where they were just 200 plus feet under, this is 2,000 feet. so that's a half mile and this is rock. let's show you the animation. this is rock, so when you drill down through this, it isn't like you're creating a smooth hole that goes straight down. this is rock, so it's a very bumpy ride all the way down, and this is a curved line, like the st. louis arch. >> it goes back and forth, it's almost like on a stairway. >> imagine that kind of ride. so the camera is going to go down and inspect what the walls look like and see what the integrity looks like. if you try to take the capsule down through that, it's going to bump up against the walls and

make some of those walls crumble. so you could get a big enough rock that would get stuck between the wall and a capsule and that could be a problem. so they're talking about putting this casing in there. >> this is 28 inches. >> that's right. the capsule goes through there. so you make a nice casing, slides right through. now, the other thing is that capsule itself, how tiny is that thing? >> 21 inches. >> so this is 21 inches around, so that's not very big. >> put your hands down and it barely goes over the shoulder of an average size man. >> it's going to be a tight squeeze. and nine of these miners were too big when this started 65 days ago, but they've lost a lot of weight. >> 30 or more pounds some of

them have lost. we'll be following this story. we have some other developing news to talk about. jacqui jeras, thank you. let's talk about politics right now. time is short and the political pressure really is rising. we're just 24 days away from the midterm elections. pennsylvania could tilt the balance of power in washington and have a huge affect on all of us. mr. paul steinhauser is in pennsylvania aboard the cnn election express. i hear the president is headed to pennsylvania tomorrow. why is this state so important and why is the president heading there? >> reporter: so much at stake here, don. the republicans feel confident they can win back the governorship and win back a democratically held senate seat and maybe taking back the senate. and here in pennsylvania, republicans feel confident they may be able to win back four to six house seats. they need 39 house seats to reclaim control of the claim we

are. so the president and the vice president tomorrow in philadelphia, that's a pretty democratic strong hold, area of a lot of democratic voters. one of the reasons they're going there is to try to energize democratic voters to get out there on november 2nd. you can imagine voters being inundated by ads, direct mail, some people getting frustrated that it's just too much attack ads. take a listen to one voter we spoke to just a little while ago. >> everyone that's running seems to be saying oh, this person didn't do this or this person has failed you as a state, as a city, but no one is offering actual solutions for the problems. like if i'm going to vote this person out and vote you in, i want to know why i should replace this person with you. and they're not offering those answers. >> reporter: a lot of people feel that way and something else we asked a lot of voters here,

what's the most important issue to you and just about every one said the economy, jobs. don? >> paul, thank you very much. coming up, we're following a developing story out of washington state right now. it's just getting started, this investigation. this is where police are trying to figure out whether young women who overdosed at a college party were targeted for sexual assaults. we'll talk to the police chief after a quick break here. we want you to be part of the show tonight, logon to twitter or facebook and send a message there or go to our blog and we're back in a moment. - hello! - ha! why don't you try a home cooked meal... with yummy hamburger helper? oh! tada! fantastically tasty, huh?

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we had been telling you about out of washington state where police there are looking into a house party that went violently out of control. here's what our affiliate king reports. at least a dozen of the partiers overdosed and one victim was sexually assaulted. investigators are looking into whether women that attended that party were drugged on purpose. police say it happened last night at a gathering of 50 people. many of them students at central washington university. joining us now live is the local police chief there, scott ferguson. thanks for joining us, sir. what evidence do you have that people were targeted? was it all women targeted and how many people was it? >> we unfortunately had 12 individuals that needed to be transported to the local hospitals. of those 12, 11 were females, which leads us to believe that the females were predominantly targeted. >> what leads you to believe they were targeted? >> just based on the conditions

of the individuals, and comments that were received correspondent investigation. individuals were reporting being extremely dizzy or intoxicated. >> what did they tell you about their condition, how they got that way? did they say, i don't understand what happened, how i got this drunk or i didn't take anything that would put me in this condition? >> yeah, we pretty much believe whatever considered wasn't consensual. people reported feeling more intoxicated than what normally would have occurred having consumed just one or two alcoholic beverages. >> did they go to this place willingly? >> yes, it was a planned party. >> planned party by just someone who lives in this house? >> we believe it's a -- this is a weekend home in our community. we believe that the person involved in putting the party together was actually a student from central washington. >> the student, does the student own the home or his family own

this home? >> no, it's believed to be owned by the parents who were not there at the time of the party. >> any suspects, anyone in custody? >> right now we're working with our local sheriff's department as well as the university police department. we have got numerous individuals to be interviewing. at this point, no suspects identified. >> and what was -- what was the type of drug believed to be used, was it a roofy of some type? >> i would be hesitant to comment on that. as the individuals were received in the hospital, there was blood and urine samples taken. >> and so, again, the status of the people who are in the hospital we were understanding one was in very serious condition. >> as of this morning, we had three remaining in the hospital, two have been released and that individual that was in critical has been upgraded to stable. >> why would you get the idea this was sexual in nature?

>> what made it sexual is as the officers were sweeping the house for additional victims, one of the members of the sheriff's department walked in and observed an individual, male individual engaged with sexual activity with a semi unconscious female. >> that was the only person believed to be sexually assaulted or were the other victims taken to the hospital -- >> no, no indication of any other incidents similar to that, no. >> okay. thank you very much for that, the police chief there roslyn washington. several students had to be taken to the hospital for an overdose of a drug and as you heard the police chief say, it's believed they were targets of sexual assaults. still ahead here on cnn, with the unemployment rate

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>> reporter: the sounds of the holiday season have long meant big retail business. >> 60% of our sales are in the last three months of the year. >> reporter: and also big job opportunities for part-time and seasonal workers. >> the extra cash that i can make while the kids are in school helps pay for piano, ballet lessons, helps at christmastime. so if i can continue after christmas, i certainly will. >> reporter: the economy lost another 95,000 jobs last month, and the jobless rate remains stalled at 9.6%, with stubbornly high unemployment across the country, many retailers wonder what will this holiday season bring? >> be cautious in terms of looking at their staffing models and the inventory they're bringing in. >> reporter: the national retail federation is forecasting a 2.3% growth in sales this holiday season. this following a tough couple of years. in 2008, holiday sales dropped almost 4% and last year, bumped

up only slightly. retailers approaching this season with the recession still fresh in their mind. toys r us plans to hire 45,000 seasonal workers. ups expects to bring on 50,000 seasonal workers, the total unchanged from last year. kohl's plans to increase its seasonal staff by 20% from 2009. many stores have already started bringing on the extra employees. >> we need two to three weeks just to train our staff. so we try to get everybody ready for the first of october, which is when we actually start our christmas season. >> reporter: a season retailers big and small are hoping brings a lot more holiday cheer this time around. kate bolduan, cnn, washington. >> we certainly can use a lot of

that. seasonal jobs are not limited to the large retailers and shopping malls. some companies need workers who can work from home during the holidays. that would be nice. christine can tell us about that, she's co-founder of a company specializing with helping people find legitimate home based jobs. christine, you have five tips for people trying to land a temporary job this season. what are they? >> we do. first of all, apply early. companies are interviewing, hiring and training even as we speak. so don't doddle. be sure that you let employers know that you are flexible and available. if you can work weekends, evenings and holiday hours, that's so much better. be positive during the interviews. these are customer service jobs, so express that positive attitude. if you do like seasonal work or that's what you're looking for, start thinking about who might be hiring. for example, flower sales around

valentine's day, working with the irs around tax time. and finally, stress that you have customer service or sales skill it is you do have those. >> i've had seasonal jobs when i was trying to pay my way through college and many times they do become permanent. so those are sometimes some good jobs to have. so listen, tell us what companies are looking at hiring these stay-at-homeworkers. >> there are a lot of them. convergence is hiring about 800 people to service their client, harry and david, a gourmet food chain that works a lot around the holidays filling orders. virtual solutions is hiring, looking for 4,000 customer service agents before the end of the year. so there are a lot of opportunities for people

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a number of young men in new york city have now been charged with hate crimes against gays. the attack happened in the bronx neighborhood. police say the suspect even beat and sodomized one of their victims because someone they thought was gay tried to join their gang. krrn's national correspondent susan candiotti joins us now. i understand the police commissioner just held a conference. >> reporter: tonight, police revealed that an eighth suspect has surrendered to them. they have him in custody now, and they also announced that they are looking for a ninth person as we already knew, but they said they're still looking for him. they have his name and showed his photograph. so they feel that they will be making considerable progress if people can just help out to find

that ninth suspect. imagine nine people they alleged to be involved in this. all day long we were told there would be a possibility that the seven already in custody, now eight, would make their very first court appearance, but prosecutors tell us they're still working on the charging paper work, the documents that these people will be charged with, so they're not ready to have them appear in court. those charges include assault, a sex act, robbery, unlawful imprisonment and that's just some of them. >> apparently the older man, he's like 30 years old, was lured to an apartment, he thought there was going to be a party there. and that's when these men beat him and even burned him? >> reporter: well, it started with the first youngster, 17 years old. that's the one you talked about earlier who was an aspiring member of the gang. when the gang members found out he had had sex with this older man, the 30-year-old, they lured

first the 17-year-old to this apartment, and also attacked him, beat him, and then sodomized him with a plunger. then afterwards, separately they lured the 30-year-old man with whom he allegedly had sex, got him to the apartment, plied him with liquor and forced the teenager to beat him, to cut him, to burn him with cigarettes and then the gang, nine of them alleg allegedly, sodomized the second victim, the 30-year-old. >> take us to the community there and tell us about what was happening around the home and the sense -- is there outrage there? is there outrage around the country? >> oh, yeah, we're hearing it from all parts of the country. today in that neighborhood, community leaders, as well as politicians, started going door to door and business to business, asking for help to find this ninth person that they're looking for. and all of the community leaders and people in the neighborhood, told us how disgusted they were about this crime, called vile,

and in fact, new york's city council speaker christine quinn, who is openly gay herself, talked about the bravery of the victims who did in fact confide to police about what happened and how important that was. here's what she said. she talked about how courageous these people were that they came forward. i also talked with new york's governor about these horrific crimes. they hadn't taken that risk, these vicious, vicious cowards would still be on the streets free to prey on other gay men and other new yorkers. they literally saved people's lives. >> well, as it turns out, we did have speaker quinn after all. we want to tell you that this is just a terrible pattern that's

happened here in new york. at least 44 hate crimes so far this year, about on par with how many occurred last year. and many people are saying it is time to put -- to increase and improve the education, particularly of young people in this country and in the new york area. they said you're not born with hate, you are taught hate, so we need to teach people not to hate. >> wondering what is going on lately. just a terrible, terrible story. thanks for following that for you. we'll update you throughout the evening. still ahead, a former nba all-star introduces us to a man who saves lives by building foot bridges over dangerous waterways. until i look at the gumline. the problem is, you could have plaque along your gumline that can lead to gingivitis. in fact, one in two adults actually has gingivitis and might not even know it. that's why i recommend new crest pro-health clinical gum protection toothpaste. it helps remove plaque at the gumline, helping prevent gingivitis.

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the whole idea is with so many crucial races in this state, the president and vice president trying to motivate the base to get out there and vote. so we'll have a lot of coverage of that tomorrow from philadelphia. also happening right now in west virginia, two-day tea party convention, about 2,000 people attending. among them speaking today, two people who may want to run in 2012, representative ron paul from texas who ran last time and the former senator from pennsylvania, rick santorum. don, happening tonight in san diego, california, former alaska governor, talking about sarah palin, she's teaming up with joe miller, the republican senate nominee in alaska. they're going to be in san diego at a combat vets for congress fund-raising dinner. this is interesting because palin, she endorsed miller and

helped him upset the sitting republican senator in alaska. but there's been a little back and forth between the miller and palin camps lately. but they're teaming up tonight. that's the latest from the cnn political ticker. >> so i will run if the people want me to, that's what i hear sarah palin saying. will she or won't she? >> reporter: she made those comments to newsmax, a conservative news organization. she's made comments like this in the past. yeah, i think she's giving everybody a little bit of an appetizer, a little tease. we don't know if she will make a bid in 2012, but if she does, she's got a lot of devoted followers. >> thank you, paul. for the latest news, go to cnnpolitics.com. sarah palin's political future, you heard paul talk about it, this has been a big topic, including on cnn's newest

show "parker and spitzer." >> it may be that palin is waiting for a thunder bolt or a voice from beyond to instruct her next move. in the meantime, she's teaming with rnc chairman michael steele to raise money. come on, sarah, just tell the american people you're not running. as consolation, maybe you and michael steele can turn your road show into a money making show for real, a tv show. you could call it steele magnolia. >> for more opinions and an less, don't miss "parker spitzer" 8:00 p.m. eastern. we announced the top ten cnn heroes of 2010 selected by our panel. we're calling on friends of cnn heros to help us tell you about these extraordinary people. former nba star introduces us to harmon parker who has built

bridges over rivers in kenya. >> hello, as 2007 cnn's heroes, as the founder of my foundation, which works to improve the quality of life in my homeland of the congo, i see how much the world need heroes. now i'm thrilled to help cnn introduce one of this year's top ten honor's. >> what strikes me about this place is the beauty and the feeling of being insignificant. the beauty of this place also becomes dangerous because of these mountains when it rains. i've worked all over kenya. every community has the same story of people drowning.

crocodiles and hippos and loved ones lost. look at this, here comes some kids. the first bridge i built, i saw how it can transform a community. so i carried on and i love what i do. my name is harmon parker, and i build bridges to transform people's lives. the community has to initiate the project. they have to participate and make some sort of financial contribution. it's hard and it takes a lot of determination. the bridge is a beautiful metaphor for many things. i'm prif leblged to do what i'm doing. >> it's an honor to join us by phone from kenya is harmon parker. thank you so much for joining us. how did you find out you were one of the top ten finalists for cnn hero of the year? >> hi, don. thank you for inviting me on your show. it's a pleasure.

to answer your question, i was out in the middle of the bush working on a new bridge project and i received a phone call from cnn new york headquarters, and this kind man just said, you are a top ten hero. and i said, oh, my god. so that's how i find out. >> i'm sure you're very excited about it and i think your life is probably going to change because of this. listen, we are so proud of you and we wish you the best of luck in becoming the top ten hero of the year, okay? >> thank you, don. >> harmon parker from nairobi, kenya. vote online for the cnn hero who inspires you the most. the winner will be honored thanksgiving night, hosted by our very own anderson cooper. now we want to go to a story of human triumph. >> the very same hands that do brain surgery right around that

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okay, this really perked -- peaked our interest around here, a dating website for ugly people. it may sound like a gimmick, but supporters say it's all honest intentions behind uglyshmucks.com. it launched about three weeks ago, here and in canada.

that's according to joe delucca, he's the creator, home from his hometown of toronto. also joining us is kealy wheeler, a widowed mother of two boys who lives in houston. it takes a strong, confident person to proclaim on tv that she's using a site called ugly shmucks. i don't think you're ugly. why did you join? >> well, i joined because i'm looking inwards the people that i want to meet. i find beauty is within the soul, and besides that, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. soy leave that to each person no decide. >> so on the traditional website you think they were too focused on beauty and body and you decided to do this? >> uh-huh. they focus on beauty, your material possessions, things loo that, that are irrelevant to me. i really want things that cannot

be stripped away. >> they say beauty is in the eye. joe, is that why you started the website, to get rid of the so superficialness of the other dating websites? >> that's pretty much it. we want our members to be looking for genuine personality rather than outer appearance. and in return, they don't want to be judged for how they look, they want to be judged for their personality. >> how is it going, then, what is the success of this website? have you had people who have met each other and are you getting people to go and sign up? >> we've definitely had a lot of interest. you know, this is a really unique idea. so far we've had 2,000 registered members on the site. but we've only been live for

about a month now. we're waiting to hear of successful couples and we're pretty optimistic that we will hear from some. >> so keeli, how long have you been on? >> about three weeks. >> have you found anyone that you would like to spend time with one? >> there has been a little action flirting back and forth. i haven't explored that yet, but i plan on it. >> okay. we're going to keep in touch with you both. it's called uglyshmucks.com. we'll see. thank you, guys. >> okay, thank you. >> thanks for having me. still much more ahead here on cnn. our dr. sanjay gupta introduces, to a man who hopped a fence at 19 and went on to become a neuro surgeon. and why a trip to renew your license could save your life.

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the situation room is straight ahead. wolf blitzer, what do you have for us? >> don, thanks very much. lots coming up in the situation room. jobs, unemployment, the economy, issue number one. just before these midterm elections. what's going on? robert reich, steve moore, they're here. we'll assess. also the former vice president of the united states, walter mondale, he has some advice for president obama. if he wants to be a two-term president. and hillary clinton, the secretary of state, she weighs in on some personal issues including her husband's diet and the wedding. all that and a lot more coming up right here in "the situation room." don, back to you. >> thank you, wolf, we'll be watching. in our new series the human factor we introduce you to truly amazing people with stories that inspire us.

in learning their stories we discover remarkable things about them including something we like to call the human factor. this week our dr. sanjay gupta introduces us to a neurosurgeon who took a unique path to medicine. >> reporter: this is dr. alfredo. they call him dr. q. here taking out a life threatening brain tumor. >> this is quite an operating room. scans up, interoperative ct scanner. >> johns hopkins, one of the finest hospitals in the world. is this your room? >> this is my room. they built it specifically for our service. >> reporter: at 42, dr. q is at the top of his game. but life wasn't always like this. in fact, it's been a long journey from his hometown in mention ca mexicali, mexico. his family was poor and things got worse when the business collapsed. in 1987, he headed north to the

border. >> there became one choice that i knew i had to make, and i hopped the fence. i jumped the fence. i climbed the fence between mexico and the united states. at age 19. >> reporter: his first job, pulling weeds in california's central valley. >> the very same hands that now do brain surgery right around that time they had scars everywhere from pulling weeds. they were bloody. >> reporter: this trailer was his home. but he know he could do better. he worked for the railroad, he got a job as a welder. that money paid for night school. he got a scholarship to the university of california berkeley, and from there he went to harvard medical school. did you ever think to yourself, you know what, i don't belong here? >> yes, many times. but i think that that's also what has kept me on the top of my game. i always knew that i had something that others didn't have, and that was that fire in my belly that keeps me going.

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every weekend we like to bring you interesting news items you might have missed throughout the week. first one is gospel music fans are mourning the death of albertina walker a singer who record a string of hits with the caravans in 1950s and '60s. she was a protege, won a grammy in 1995 and in 2001 inducted

into the gospel music hall of fame. alba albatina walker. kenya's ultimate family man has died, known by the nickname, danger, for his ability to woo women, he reportedly had 100 wives and nearly 160 children. he said the size of his family made it impossible to keep track of them. dangerous was in his 90s. a routine trip to the department of motor vehicles could save your life. drivers in the nation's capital have the option of getting a free hiv test at the dmv branch in southeast washington. they get $15 if they do it. this pilot program is fundedly a $250,000 grant aimed at cushing one of the highest hiv rates in this country. the bank was chosen because of the infection rate in that part of washington, reportedly, it is on the rise. a new study finds obese workers are a big drag on workplace productivity. researchers from duke university say obesity is costing employers

more than $70 billion a year. the big hit comes from the lack of work on the job due to health problems. researchers reported in the "journal of occupational and environmental medicine." duke says it is the first study to put a number on how much is lost from obesity in the workplace. i want to tell you this. keep watching cnn tonight. because a few hours from now north korea is expected to hold a very important and very flashy public parade. ♪ >> okay. we want to tell you why this symbolism is significant. because it is intended, intended to introduce the north korean people and the world to kim jo