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past. enjoy your prison like it was the last day on earth. >> he goes public with his remarkable life story live this hour. and then the price of friendship. sometimes it boils down to $25 an hour. yes, the details in today's chat room. good afternoon, i'm randi kaye in for fredricka whitfield today. a troubling story out of central washington have police investigating a mass overdose. what's so disturbing about this story is that all but one of the overdoses were young woman and some of the people who attended the friday night party say the women were targeted. cnn's ted roleneds is there. what are police saying? >> well, police are absolutely convinced that there was a drug involved and they're not sure at this point whether its it was ghb or another similar drug.

they do know that something was put into some drinks at this party and they were shocked what they saw when they went into this house which was off campus and they saw people in various states of consciousness. 50 people total. all between 18 and 21 years old and it started as a small gathering where a college freshman brought some friends up to his parents' rental cabin and it exploded from there. people were texting the address of this party, apparently. it started to get larger and larger and somebody brought something to that party and was, apparently, targeting young women. 12 people were taken to a local hospital, 11 of them were young women. here's a sampling from some students at the party as to what it was like. >> people were having fun and then all of a sudden all the girls were puking everywhere, girls were outside like on their back and people were so drunk they didn't know what to do. >> they were falling down and their drinks going everywhere

and we were picking them up. i carried about four people downstairs. >> police found out about this because they received a call that there was a young woman in the back of a car in a local grocery store parking lot. they went and attended to her and saw what kind of shape she was in and then they asked her friends, you know, what had happened. they traced it back to this house and they went to the house and nobody answered the door. they actually had to break the front door down to get in and when they went in, they saw all of these kids, basically, milling around. some of them on the floor. here's what the police chief said about what happened and the fact that if this would have gone on much longer, he says, some of these kids could have been very, very seriously hurt. >> no one ever called 911. had law enforcement not responded i would hate to think what would have occurred had another 15, 20 minutes would have passed. >> the last of the girls, the victims in this case was

released from the hospital here this morning. for a while, she was in critical condition, but her condition improved remarkably yesterday and then released at some point today we're told. the police, at this point, are trying to gather all the names of the people at the party. they don't think the young man who sponsored the party, who had the party at his parents' rental cabin was responsible for this. one of those other people who found out about it and that person or those people came with some sort of drug and they're in the process of interviewing everybody and they sent blood and urine samples to a state crime lab to see exactly what was put into these drinks. >> all right, ted rowlands for us with such a bizarre story. ted, thanks for following that one for us. to politics now and the question, where's the enthusiasm. a new poll says republicans are way ahead of democrats when it comes to voter enthusiasm but with 23 days left, president obama is on the road trying to change that equation.

cnn white house correspondent dan lothian is following the president in philadelphia and, dan, tell us what is the main thrust or the main accomplishment the dnc and the obama administration want to get out of today's event there? >> well, obviously, you just pointed it out with the enthusiasm gap showing that republicans have the edge there. so, democrats really want to get the base and in addition to that, independents fired up. these are the folks who help the democrats get into power in 2008, ushered president obama into office, but many had been disappointed that the administration had not been moving quickly enough to do some of things that they promised out on the campaign trail. the democratic party believes that these kind of events, these large events can really get the party faithful fired up. as they are fired up here. waiting for president obama who just landed here in philadelphia. he will be arriving shortly. but, yes, democratic officials hope that these kinds of events will get the party faithful and

those independents fired up again. this is the second of four events recently president obama was on a college campus in wisconsin. more than 17,000 young people there, those are the young people who helped president obama get elected in 2008. this crowd, we see a lot of young people and minorities also and union members and we see them with their t-shirts on. the message that they're hearing so far from some of the speakers is to get engaged. go out and canvas, but more importantly, on election day, show up and vote. >> why, dan, has the president spent so much time there in pennsylvania? >> well, you know, it's an important battleground state for starters but also joe sestak the democrat candidate for the senate seat here is in a very tight race down by single digits. you see the president the vice president and other former vice president bill clinton spending a lot of time on the ground here raising money for that senate seat. the reason, obviously, a lot of concern among democrats that

they could lose a number of seats and, potentially, lose the house and the senate. so, the democratic party and the president working very hard to minimize that. >> all right, dan lothian for us following the president in pennsylvania. dan, thank you. be sure to stay with cnn for live coverage of that event in philadelphia. president obama is scheduled to speak at 5:30 eastern time and we will, of course, bring that to you live. in three more days we could see the first of the trapped chilean miners brought to safety. rescuers are aiming for wednesday. karl penhaul is near the town and, karl, what is the latest plan at this point? >> well, if you can see behind me over my shoulder there, there is the golden copper mine and that is where right now some of the cranes there on site are pushing in and 96 yards of steel tubing into the first part of that rescue shaft. now, they're dog that just to minimize the chance that any

rocks could fall on that rescue cage, the phoenix capsule as it's bringing the miners back to the surface, one by one. of course, the question on everybody's lips is when will we see the first miner back on the surface. let's let the mine minister answer that for us. >> the operations should start during wednesday, that is what we are expecting now and the whole process should take something in the range of 48 hours. i mean, two days from the first rescue to the last rescue guy going out, including the rescuers. and then we have to send some people down and, obviously, we have to take them out, too. >> now, 12 hours before each of those miners begins emerging into the surface, they'll be put on a special diet that has been supplied by nasa. that will be a liquid diet and consist of liquid proteins and

vitamins. one of the reasons is because on the way up they expect that phoenix capsule to gyrate up to ten times, 360 degrees. they don't want the miners getting nauseous, hence, that special diet. also, they don't want the miners to get dizzy and faint. so, they're pumping enriched air supply into that capsule, 40% oxygen as opposed to the 20% oxygen supply they're getting right now. also, as well, they will be a fib fibrooptic cable in that rescue cage so that there is a video and audio link up. the miner as he's moving up that rescue shaft can talk to the miners on the surface telling them how he feels and if there are any technical glitches. but there's another key question that we as journalists and a lot of other people have been asking, what is the batting order going to be? which miner is going to come out first? which miner is going to come out last. let's go to the health minister

on that one. >> we have to talk to them regarding the proper order of rescue. and they were fighting against us yesterday because every one of them wanted to be at the end of the line, not at the beginning. but, we'll discuss with them that they there are particular concerns, technical concerns that make easy that some of these more guys go first, at least four miners and then the more thicker ones in order to provide them with the treatment they need as soon as we could. >> you know, i think that really is testament. he did a sense of comrodty that has built up in that mine over the last two months. since this accident happened on

august 5th, these men have been involved, make no mistake about it, in a constant life and death struggle. and now each one wants to see that his 32 comrades get back safely before they, themselves, step into that phoenix capsule. >> amazing, karl, they're not fighting to be the first one out given that the 33 of them have been sharing the space of a college dorm room. that really does say something. thank you, karl, appreciate that. in hungary, a warning. get out of the way. more toxic muck is coming. ♪

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more evacuations in hungary as authorities warn of another possible toxic wave of sludge. the problem this time, a cracked retaining wall that same aluminum plant where the first wave of toxic muck came from. the wall can't be repaired and could collapse at any time. last week sludge rolled through three villages injuring more than 100 people and killing seven. and now let's turn it over to jacqui jeras who isn't watching the sludge, you're watching the storms, huh?

>> things could get a little ugly in the next couple hours and watching the area of low pressure which is right up there. you can see the swirl on the map, upper level low across the state of nebraska. we have a little trailing cold front that goes along with it and we'll see thunderstorms become a little bit more widespread in the next couple hours. some strong, possibly reaching severe limits and right now focusing in along the i-35 corridor and down into oklahoma and we'll likely see very heavy downpours enough to reduce your visibility if you're heading out for an evening drive at all and be aware of that and large hail and damaging winds will be the primary threat and focusing in here on parts of texas, as well as oklahoma. it does include you in oklahoma city, be aware of that. the system on the move tomorrow bringing showers and storms to places like dallas and down towards the houston area and finally dry out across parts of the pacific northwest and while it was gorgeous in the northeast today, tomorrow those showers arriving by late in the day. take notice of the big red area

i put on the map here for tomorrow. that's where temperatures are going to be extremely warm. we're talking 10 to 20 degrees above average. a lot more like summer than fall. look at all in80s out here, even pushing 80 for places like minneapolis, as well as chicago. a gorgeouses view of atlanta at this hour. not a cloud in the sky. 84 degrees, just four degrees shy of the record. tomorrow, we might break that record, so, it is warm even by atlanta standards. and, of course, it's that time of the year where you have the fall foliage going on. peeking across interior new england and the upper midwest and parts of the rocky mountains. randi, enjoy it. >> you bet i will. having a baby girl could have a negative impact on your marriage. that story coming to you right after the break. ♪ [ engine revs, tires screeching ]

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dwor, friendship and a monster-sized meal. all hot topics in today's chat room. joining me this afternoon jacqui jeras, we're going to get right to it, i guess. daughters and divorce. apparently, there's a new study, tell you about it. married couples with first born daughters are more likely to divorce. 3% higher divorce rate. you have a daughter. >> i do have a daughter. >> you're happily married. >> i am happily married. i will say, i hope she's not watching, by the way, husband turn the tv off. she is a little bit more of a challenge than my son. the study doesn't give a reason why that is. >> no, there is no reason. >> it does say, they don't give a reason for the gender difference but divorced mothers of daughters were less likely to

stay married or remarry. something going on there. >> i heard there's some speculation that fathers like sons better or something like that or men are more, you know, likely to watch a son. moms want daughters and dads want sons. but women initiate, apparently, 75% of all divorces. >> okay, let's move on to this one. i know we can all relate to this one. the ill-fitting clothes. a british study, i love this one. a british study found that the average woman has 12 items of clothing gathering dust in the closet because they don't fit, they are either too big or too small. >> who doesn't have their fat pants, right or their skinny jeans. >> i want to get rid of that memory. >> skinny jeans that you hope one day you'll fit in them. or in randi kaye's case, the blazers that come back in style. >> the long ones and the ones with the big shoulder pads. i hate to, you know, of course,

i'd donate it, but i keep hoping. my husband wants to haul it out. >> i have some of those, as well. i think, you know what, maybe it will make a good halloween costume to have down the line. >> you need to some to my closet and we need to have a big clean out. >> we're not alone, though, if we have the skinny jeans because more than half of women admitted to buying clothes that are too small. >> i never done that. >> i have never done that. the next one, here you go. if you're looking for a little companionship or you don't have the time. it offers friends for a price. that's right. go to that website right there and you put in your zip code. kind of like match.com but it's friend.com. >> this is not a dating site. >> it's not a dating site. $10 an hour. that is the starting price. it's a good thing for people who maybe move to a new city and they don't know anybody and they

want to get to know the area. >> join a group or something, i mean, would you ever rent a friend? >> probably not. i am going to say definitely not. do you rent a friend? >> i don't think so, i mean -- >> people get lonely. >> a service for while you're traveling or something like that. i don't know. when i'm traveling, if i don't have a friend in that city, i'm not going to go rent a friend. >> randi kaye is having dinner by herself. >> you got it. that was a lot of fun. we'll also tell you about this giant sandwich, we don't have time for that one. we are going to tell you what's coming up next, a political ad drawing fire. coming up, we'll show you why karl rove is hopping mad. for those of us who have lactose intolerance,

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23 days left until the mid-term elections. paul stein hizer is part of the best political team on television. paul, who is out on the campaign trail this week? >> let's start with the former president, bill clinton. who, randi, has become a go-to guy. the man in command for democrats. tomorrow he will start his morning in kentucky and he will be campaigning there with the democratic senate nominee and then west virginia and joes up with tim mansion and trying to keep that within party hands and then the president ends the day, randi, up in upstate new york and he'll campaign with a democratic member of congress in the house who is trying to hold on to a seat that faces tough re-election. what do all three areas have in common? conservative to moderate electorate. areas that maybe president obama is not so popular in. areas where the democratic candidate would rather have the former president than the current president. going out to new mexico and going to be in california at the end of the week and i think,

nevada, as well. a busy schedule for him and you see a lot of the former president and you'll see a lot more of him, as well. >> i'm sure. >> also focusing on delaware. you have been talking about delaware and a major week in the delaware senate race. >> yeah, this is going to be a great showdown on wednesday night at the university of delaware. the first debate between the republican nominee christine o'donnell who has gotten a lot of attention for some of those controversial things she said back in the 1990s when she was a regular on cable tv. of course, she won the primary there over a moderate republican. she had a lot of backing by the tea party express. and other organizations and sarah palin. she's facing off against chris coons county executive. that debate co-moderated by our own wolf blitzer co-anchor of "the situation room." >> in nevada, isn't this week the real first showdown between sharron angle and harry reid? >> it sure is. in a race that is so close.

it was basically a dead heat. this debate could be extremely important. reid fighting for his political life. the senate majority leader and top democrat in the senate but polls suggest not so popular back home in nevada, the state with the highest unemployment level and sky rocketing home foreclosures. angle, of course, backed by the tea party movement set up some controversial things that the democrats are trying to highlight. but this race is very tough. this debate could be crucial, crucial to the outcome on november 2nd. >> quickly, paul, the former top bush aid upset over this new dnc ad that accuses him of stealing our democracy. let's take a quick look at the ad and then you can fill us in on what's happening. >> karl rove, ed gulesopy, they're for big business and they're stealing our democracy, spending millions from secret donors to elect republicans to do their bidding in congress. it appears they've even taken secret foreign money to influence our elections.

it's incredible. republicans benefiting from secret foreign money. tell the bush crowd and the chamber of commerce, stop stealing our democracy. the democratic national committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> karl rove not happy about that. tell us why. >> not happy at all. the dnc says they'll go up with this ad starting on tuesday and run on cable for about a week. tossing out these baseless charges. he goes on to say he was on the sunday programs earlier today. this is beyond pail, how dare the president do this to the chamber oferse, as well responding that the accusation that they are taking money from foreign donations is not true and that it is baseless. so, a lot of push back by republicans. what is his whole argument about it? a lot of independent organizations, a lot of independent organizations that are backing the republicans like the chamber of commerce and the cross roads which is a new group that karl rove is associated

with. they're raising a lot of money and spending a lot of money on republican candidates and a lot more on the democratic side than republican side. and because of recent rulings, these organizations are partially classified as nonprofit. they don't have to expose or say where they got the money. the democrats attacking on this and new theme for them over the last few weeks and we'll see if it is effective. right now, it is getting ugly. randi? >> thank you, paul. join wolf blitering and the best political team on television for wednesday night delaware senate debate our live coverage starts at 7:30 p.m. eastern time right here on cnn. don't miss that. much of the nation was shocked by the suicide of rutger student tyler clementi after video of his sexual encounter was streamed live online. his 18-year-old roommate and another student are now facing charges in clementi's death, but i wanted to take a closer look at the lives of these two 18-year-old men. how they came together.

here's what i found. like many universities rutgers randomly assigns a roommate for each of its new freshmen so it was chance that they came to share a room here in davidson hall. clementi shy and modest. but just three weeks later it all crashed down. how much did they know about each other? hardly anything. before school ravi lived here, an upper middle class suburb about half an hour from the rutgers campus. steve green steen has lived next door to ravi's family for 16 years. his daughters went it high school with ravi. >> what kind of family did he come from? >> everything i saw and knew over the last 6 1/2 years is that they're an exceptional family, good people. family people. this would be something that's

totally out of character or shocking to me and probably the rest of the neighborhood. >> you saw him around the neighborhood? what was ravi like? >> very friendly kid. outgoing. big frisbee player. always outside throwing a frisbee. >> reporter: ravi graduated and in his senior high school yearbook he was named best dancer. well known for break dancing and also played ultimate frisbee. those who know him tell us he was a good student, some say he led a charmed life. >> he drove like a bmw. his parents gave him everything. >> he like was really smart, he took ap classes. >> reporter: when he graduated last spring, ravi's parents took out an ad in the airport. dear dharun, it has been a pleasure watching you grow into a caring and responsible person. for ravi and clementi college held so much promise. in a statement, his family

described him as "a fine young man and a distinguished musician." tyler clementi excelled at violin. he had been accepted to the symphony orchestra at rutgers. >> he possessed a technical ability that exceeded some of our undergraduate students. >> reporter: two 18 year olds very different young men. one introverted and one ext extrovert and room mates for only three weeks when events that led one to take his life began. clementi asked ravi. if he could have the room alone, he was having a date that night. he gave him the room and then allegedly went down the hall to molly wei's room and used her computer to stream live video of clemeti's date online. ravi set up a web cam in his dorm room. a hi-tech peeping tom. but what he saw was clementi

kissing a man. prosecutors say that on twitter ravi encouraged others to watch clementi's date. i turned on my web cam and i saw him making out with a dude. yay. ravi tried to catch his roommate again. online he wrote anyone with ichat i dare you to video chat me between the hours of 9:30 and 12:00, yes, it's happening again. as word spread, clementi, there was an anonymous posting on the forum, justusboys.com entitled college room mates spying. we don't know if it came from tyler clementi but the website said it came from someone at rutgers. the writer told of a student who had turned on his web cam and tweeted that his roommate had a guy over. if that was clementi's post he

also wrote that he alerted the head of the dorm. still, it all became too much for clementi. on september 22nd, three days after his date was first streamed online, tyler clementi jumped to his death from the george washington bridge. his final posting on his facebook page read, jumping off the g.w. bridge, sorry. >> this student lived next door. >> i never saw them fighting or even talking. >> reporter: strangers turned room mates for just a few weeks now forever linked by tragedy. >> and be sure to join anderson cooper on cnn tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern for his special, "bullying no escape." a special "ac 360" report in collaboration with "people" magazine. genetic mew titians could increase the risk of breast and oovarian cancer. should you be tested? we will talk it over.

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now genetics and cancer. mew titians in two genes have been linked to cancer. two women tested positive for the mutations and had surgery. >> how it was everything for me.

i watched my mother die a horrible death from ovarian cancer and then shortly after that i watched my sister battle ovarian cancer and she also has the brca1 gene and after she was tested and went through eight rounds of chemotherapy i knew i had to get tested for the brca1 gene, as well. >> i was really pro surgery. not everyone is. i couldn't live with that anxiety any more. i drove myself crazy. every year, every mammogram and just panic until the next year. >> drrx gordon is the author of "positive results making the best decisions when you're at high risk for breast or ovarian cancer." she joins us from los angeles. nice to have you here on this important topic that we need to discuss. what is the brca gene and somewhat the difference between 1 and 2?

>> two genes that were discovered in the 1990s which serve to help protect our dna from damage. when a copy doesn't work properly, it greatly increases the risk for breast and oovarian cancer. but both brca 1 and 2 increase the risk but brca1 occurs more earlier and brca2 has more risk for men. >> who is most likely to have this gene? >> it's very important for one to really have a good understanding of their own family history. the greatest risks are in those women who have had or have a family history of early onset breast cancer before the age of 50, have a personal family history of ovarian cancer, multiple breast cancer, any male breast cancer and also certain ethnic risks are at elevated risks for carrying one of these

genetic changes. but their mutations are found everywhere in the world. >> and you see women who find out that they've tested positive for the gene and then they go ahead and have a double masecto masectomy. what are the odds that you test positive that you will get breast cancer? is it a certainty? >> thank you, randi, for asking that. the predisposition increases your risk anywhere from 50% to 80% in your lifetime, but it is not a guarantee that you will get cancer. and you may go your whole life without cancer. so, it's a very unique position to be in to be at elevated risk without a certainty of cancer and having one of these mutations does not mean that you will get cancer. there is really tridance fork of evidence which range from increased surveillance, preventative medications and preventative vitamins to surgery. >> but when you hear some of

these women that we just heard that had spoken with fredricka before they can't live without the not knowing and waiting to live in fear if they get cancer. is there a better option or another option really that you recommend besides just vitamins or taking care of yourself? >> well, preventive surgery is the definitive risk reduction strategy. it reduces your risk to less than 1% for getting breast cancer in your lifetime. many times lower than even the average risk women for getting breast cancer. so, it really is the gold in terms of risk reduction. but it is a big undertaking and it is very dramatic and a personal decision. so, we offer everyone the range of options and sometimes it's an evolution. the reason why they're called previvers is that it's this unique psychologic place to be in. you don't have a cancer diagnosis and you're facing these risks and every one has to

make an individual decision. >> just quickly for anyone watching f they want to go get tested, what does the test involve and how quickly can you get the results? >> the test is very simple. it is a cheek swab test and generally it's very strongly recommended that they first meet with a genetics professional to get their family history to really understand what the chances of testing positive, what a negative test means. for some high-risk women a negative test does not mean that they're off the hook. for other women, the test doesn't have that much implication or may even have an ambiguous result. it takes about two weeks and available everywhere in the country. the cost of testing ranges from under $1,000 to $4,000. but is covered by insurance. >> all right, dr. gordon, thank you so much for that very valuable information. we appreciate your time today. why was an ohio -- his explanation coming up in our political update. ♪

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in the shadow of freedom, a true story of a seemingly impossible life. a boy born in poverty and the conga is forced into militia. he escapes and ends up in the u.s. as a war hero taking part in a heroic rescue mission. he is talking about that unlikely turn of events and his

painful past. >> i remember the first time i saw a person being killed in front of me. i was about 11 years old. it was a mother. i couldn't show my pain. i couldn't show i was afraid. if i was not part of them, i would be killed. i want to show you not to leave from the past. there joy presence like it was the last day on earth. >> he joins me now with this very powerful story. we listen to you speak there, how did your suvive life as a child soldier? how did you get through it? >> first, i want to say thank you for having me on your show. i am honored and grateful to be

here. how i survive. every child in the congo are warriors. i survived into exercise and talking. the more i talk, i hear. it's about talking. when i was in the congo, i learned to hold my energy, my stress. when i came to america, they told me, if you talk, you're going to hear. i start talking about the story and now the story is in the book "shadow of freedom." >> we'll get how you got to america. let's stay in the congo for a moment. when you refused to serve in the second wave of unrest, what happened to your family? >> i saw my own mother in front of me. everybody i talk about it i have tears in my eyes. i saw my dad beat down, torture. today he's hiv positive.

the message i'm trying to send to people of aphfrica is a messe of hope. >> how did you find hope after all that? >> never live in the past. we should always live in the present as it is the last day on earth as we focus on the future. >> how did you end up escaping? >> during the civil war, instead of me killing people i was helping get out of the country. so, when my own family was brutalized and militias came to kill me, i was too scared. those people that i helped earlier give me a passport, a fake passport so i can get out of the country. not easy getting out of the country because my dad get me out of the country. >> you got on the plane and they were very willing to take off, were they? >> i was one of few black people. i was the only black person. it was an the credible story and i owe a debt to my father to

make me the way i am today because my dad once told me as a son, a father should do whatever he can do to make his son successful. >> your dad, actually, forced that plane to take off, right? >> do whatever in his power to help his son come to a country like america. >> so, how did you end up, you're in this gorgeous uniform, how did you end up as part of the marines? you weren't even a citizen. >> the first man i met in my life was a marine. so, when i came to america before i came to america i was in france walking at the fishing company. during my breaktime i saw video music tupac "california love." i came to america as a refugee. i was walking in a marshal arts

studio and i helped one gentleman losing weight. he was a recruiter, before i found it, i found myself in the marine corps. >> so, he reinspired you. >> yes, pardon me. >> you not only joined the marines but you went on to take part in one of the most famous rescues ever. tell us about that. >> we were patrolling with my squad and during that time we were approached by doctor who taught us there is an american, an american soldier in the hospital that needs help. so, by the time, we're trying to go rescue her, we were ambushed. so we give the information to our commander. >> we're talking about p.o.w. jessica lynch. >> she is an american and every american deserved to be free. >> after that, you actually got your citizenship. >> yes, ma'am. i am the greatest day of my life. >> when you became a citizen.

>> of course. because america is the greatest country on the planet. american people are the most honest people and, also, giving. so, it's my duty to wear this uniform because when i was all over the world, america that was the only country that took me in. they gave me freedom, liberty and education. >> you live in california now, you have your own family and you have a successful business, fitness, something to do with fitness, a gym or something. >> it's called the warrior fitness camp warrior style. i am incorporating the congolese because i'm from the congo, i never forget where i came from. i incorporate congo style and american style to help people lose weight. >> do you have a favorite exercise? >> all the exercise -- >> one that all of our viewers might be