>> dancing and singing sometimes. there's an exercise that i created called jimmy choos, they know what i'm talking about. >> all right, i like that one very much. thank you so much and we want to say the name of the book is "in the shadow of freedom." it's really fantastx, your story is so inspiring and we're so happy you came in to share it with us. >> i am honored to be here and looking forward it meeting my best friend, oprah. >> all right. well, i hope this was a good warm-up act for you. >> it is. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. we start with politics this hour. the democrats have the big guns oout on the campaign trail. we're talking about president obama and vice president biden both appearing at an event in philadelphia. cnn white house correspondent dan lothian is with the president in pennsylvania. dan, what is the main thrust

that the dnc and president obama want to get out of today's event? >> well, the message that we've been hearing from the vice president and other state and local officials throughout the afternoon is that they want a democratic base to get energized, to go out and do canvassing and notobely that, but on election day actually show up to vote. there's concern among democratic officials that there's a big enthusiasm gap. republicans have been taking the lead in polls in that area, so they want to get everyone eng e engag engaged, energized, much like democrats were in 2008 when they were ushered into office when president obama was voted president. now, that is what they're trying to re-create. democratic officials believing that these grand events can really accomplish that. this is the second of four events recently president obama was in wisconsin addressing young people, that's the group that worked very hard to get him elected and now the president just stepping up to the mike. take a listen.

>> yes, we can! yes, we can! >> thank you! thank you! this is -- thank you! joe, this is a good-looking crowd, man. this is a beautiful crowd on a beautiful day. it's good to be back here in pennsylvania. >> they're all the way back in the parking lot, they can't even see you. >> good to be back in pennsylvania, good to be back in philly. i know part of the reason you're fired up is because you've just heard from one of the finest

vice presidents we will ever see in this country's history. joe biden. plus, joe looks cool in those glasses, too, doesn't he? you know, i want you to know when i was still campaigning right after i selected joe, we went out and we were doing some events and small town hall meetings and everywhere we went with joe, some woman would come by and say, you know, i think joe's kind of cute. can you introduce me to joe. that was true. and i had to inform this woman that joe's married. to a wonderful jill biden. in addition to hearing from joe, i know you heard from governor ed rendell, senator arlen specter's in the house, senator bob casey is in the house.

state treasurer rod mccard is here. congressman pata is here. congressman joe sestak is here. congressman bob brady is here. mayor michael nutter is in the house. and we've got allegheny county executive dan onarato is here. deejay diamond cutz and give it up for the roots. now, i'm glad to see that this crowd is fired up. are you fired up? are you ready to go? i've got to make sure you stay

fired up. i promise you'll be out of here to catch the phillies and the eagles. i don't want to get between philly fans and their sports teams. now, philadelphia, two years ago, two years ago, you defined the conventional wisdom in washington. they said, no, you can't. they said, no, you can't overcome the cynicism of politics. no, you can't overcome the special interests in the big money. no, you can't take on the big challenges of our time. no, you can't elect a skinny guy with a funny name to the presidency of the united states. what do you say?

>> yes, we can! yes, we can! >> that's what you said. but, philly, i've got this message for you today. i want everybody to understand our victory in that campaign. that wasn't the end of the road. that was just the beginning of the road. that was just the start of the journey. by itself, it does not deliver the change that we need. i know a lot of you thought just because of election night and the inauguration, everybody was having fun and beyonce was singing and bono and everybody thought, boy, this is it. but that was just the start because we understood what we were going up against. the only thing that the election did was it gave us the chance to make change happen. it made each of you a

shareholder in the mission of rebuilding our country and reclaiming our future. and, philly, i'm back here two years later because our job is not yet done and the success of our mission is at stake right now. on november 2nd, i need you as fired up as you were in 2008. because, because we've got a lot of work ahead of us. you know, after that last election, it was my hope that we could pull together democrats and republicans to confront the worst economic crisises sin sin great depression. i hoped that we could get beyond the divisions of red states and blue states. that's what we thought. because although we are proud to

be democrats, we are prouder to be americans. and i know there are plenty of republicans out there in this country who feel the exact same way. but when we arrived in washington, the republicans and congress had a different idea. they knew it would take more than two years to climb out of this recession. they knew by the time of this election people would still be out of work. they knew people would still be frustrated and so what they figured was if we just sat on the sidelines, if republicans just opposed everything we said we could do, if they rejected every compromise we offer, if they spent all the their time attacking democrats instead of attacking problems they figure they might be able to do well in the polls. so, they spent the last 20 months saying no.

even the policies that they had supported in the past, they said no to middle class tax cuts. they said no to help for small businesses. they said no to a bipartisan deficit reduction commission that they had once co-sponsored. if i said the sky was blue, they said, no. if i said there were fish in the sea, they said no. they figured if obama fails, then we win. am i wrong, joe? that's exactly what they said. now, they may have thought that playing political games would help them win an election, but i knew it wouldn't get america through the crisis. so so, i made some different decisi decisions. where took whatever steps were necessary to stop the economic freefall. to stop a second depression.

even if those decisions were not popular, even if they were not easy because you didn't elect me to do what was easy, you elected me to do what was right. that's why you sent me to washington! you didn't send me to washington to put my finger to the wind and figure out which way the wind was blowing, to spend all my time reading the polls. you sent me there to solve problems. and 20 months later, we no longer face the possibility of a second depression. our economy is growing, again. the private sector created jobs nine months in a row now. there are 3 million americans who will not be working today, if not for the economic plan that joe and i put into place. that's the truth! now, what's also the truth is we still have a long way to go.

the hole we're climbing out of is so deep. the republicans messed up so d bad, left such a big mess that there's still millions of americans without work. i want everybody to understand this, just in case there's still some undecideds out there. before i was inaugurated and before joe was inaugurated we lost 4 million jobs in the six months before that. we lost almost 800,000 jobs the month i was sworn in. 600,000 a month after that, 600,000 the month after that. before any of our economic plans were put into place, we had lost almost 8 million jobs. because of their policies. and that means that it's going to take us a while to get out of this hole. there are still millions of americans who can barely pay their bills. millions of americans who are

just barely hanging on. millions of middle class families who are struggling even before this crisis hit and are out there treading water. i know. so, of course, people are frustrated. of course people are impatient with the pace of change. and, believe me, so am i. but here's the thing i need everybody to remember. no matter how angry you get, no matter how frustrated you are, the other side has decided to ride that frustration and anger without offering any solutions. and the other, you know, a lot of folks in washington think that they're running a smart strategy. they're saying the other party supporters are more enthusiastic, more excited. they say all y'all are going to stay home. you might not come out like you did in 2008. they say you might not care as much.

they think obama's name's not on the ballot, they're not going to turn out. they think you're going to be willing to let the same politicians and the same policies that left our economy in shambles back to washington. well, philadelphia, i think the pundits are wrong. i think you have to prove them wrong. it's up to you to show the pundits that you care too much about this country to let it fall backwards. you're going to keep us moving forward. that you're ready to fight for the future. just look, everybody, i need you to understand this election is a choice. and the choice could not be clearer. it's not as if the republicans are offering new ideas. it's not as if the republican leaders have changed their agenda since the last time they ran washington. in fact, the chairman of one of

their campaign committees promised that if the republicans take control of congress, they will follow the exact same agenda they pursued the last time they were in power. we know what that agenda was. we know what this agenda was. you cut taxes, mostly for millionaires and billionaires. you cut regulations for special interests. you try to bust the unions. you cut back on investments and education and research and technology. the basic idea is if we put our blind face in the mark and we let corporations do whatever they want and we leave everybody else to fend for themselves, then america somehow automatically going to grow and prosper. well, let me tell you something, the problem with their theory is, it didn't work. we tried it for eight years. it didn't work for middle class families who saw their incomes fall and their costs go up when

republicans were in charge. i want everybody to understand between 2001 and 2009, the wages of middle class families went down 5%. they didn't go up. they went down. job growth was the slowest it had been since any time since world war ii. slower than it's been over the last year. when they were in charge, they took a record surplus from bill clinton and by the time i got there, we had a record deficit. and because of that free for all that they had on wall street, we're still digging our way out of the crisis. that's their track record. now, listen everybody, i don't bring this up because i want to relitigate the past. i bring it up because i don't want to relive the past. i don't want to go through what we've already gone through. i bring it up because this philosophy of the other side

intends to bring if they win in november. republicans might have a new name for it. they call it the pledge to america. it is the same old stuff they've been pedaling for years. let's take a look at the pledge to america. anybody read the pledge to america? let me tell you, for starters, it turns out that the pledge was actually written in part by a former lobbyist for aig and exxon mobil. that should tell you something right there. you can't make that stuff up. and the centerpiece of the pledge is a $700 billion tax cut that would only go to the top 2%, the wealthiest 2% of americans. 98% of you would not get this tax cut, but they would borrow $700 billion from the chinese or from the saudis or somebody. that's their big idea to get the economy moving again.

these are the same folks who lecture us on fiscal responsibility. but now they want to borrow $700 billion to give a tax cut worth an average of $100,000 to millionaires and billionaires. when you ask them where are you going to get the money? they say, well, we don't have it. but mostly they'll borrow it from other countries and just to pay for a small part of it, they want to cut education by 20%. they would reduce financial aid for 8 million college students. now, philadelphia, at a time when the education of our country's citizens is one of the most important things for economic success, the notion that we would give out tax cuts to folks who don't need them and sacrifice the next generation,

that does not make any sense at all. i want to ask my republican friends, do you think china's cutting back on education? do you think south korea or germany or india are cutting back on education? those countries aren't playing for second place, they're playing for first place. guess what, america does not play for second place either. we play for first place. so, philly, as long as i'm president, we're not going to let washington politicians sacrifice your education for a tax cut we can't forafford. that is a choice in this election. joe and i, we've got a different idea. about what the next two years should look like. an idea rooting about how this country was built. we know government doesn't have all the answers to all our problems. we know the private sector is

primarily responsible for creating jobs and prosperity. i believe government should be lean and efficient and i don't want anybody in washington wasting your taxpayer dollars. that's why i proposed a three-year spending freeze and set up a commission to deal with our -- in the words of our first president, abraham lincoln, we bl also believe that government should do what people can't do better by themselves. we believe in a country that rewards hard work and responsibility. we believe in a country where we look after one another. we believe in a country where working people can come together so they can get a minimum wage and better working conditions. we believe that i am my brother's keeper. i am my sister's keeper. that everybody deserves a fair shot at the american dream! that's the america i know! that's the choice in this election!

we want to make permanent, we want to make permanent tax cuts for the middle class because you deserve a break. instead of the other sides planning to keep giving tax breaks to companies that are shipping jobs overseas, i want to give those tax breaks to companies that are investing right here in the united states of america! i want to give it to small businesses and to american manufactures and to clean energy companies. i don't want solar panels and wind turbines and electric cars built in europe or asia. i want them built here in the united states of america! by american workers. instead of cutting education and student aid, we want to make our new tax credit permanent.

$10,000 in tuition relief for every young person who goes to college. we're going to fight to keep the reforms we made to the student loan system because, thanks to those reforms, tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies that would be going to banks right now are going to students. that's where they belong. if the other side wins, they'll try their hardest to give back to the insurance companies and the credit card companies and the wall street banks that we're finally holding accountable. we can't let them do that. we can't go back to the days of taxpayer-funded bailouts. we can't go back to the day when credit card companies could just jack up your rates without any reason or insurance companies could deny or drop your coverage just because you get sick. we need to keep that new law in place that says if you're

looking for a job or have a job that doesn't offer you coverage and you're a young person, you can stay on your parents' insurance until you're 26 years old and that they can't drop your coverage just because you get sick. that's the choice in this election, philadelphia. that's what is at stake right now. so, philly, it comes down to this. many of the republicans who are running right now, these are the exact same folks who spent the last decade driving our economy into a ditch. and once we were elected, joe and i put on our boots and we went down into that ditch. it was muddy and dusty down there and it was hot. and we started pushing on that car to get it out of the ditch. and we had a whole bunch of folks like joe sestak helping us push that car out of the ditch.

and every once in a while we would look up at the republicans and they had driven into the ditch but they had gotten out and they were kind of taking a break fanning themselves and sipping on a slurpee watching us do all the work. and every once in a while they'd say, why don't you push harder? you're not pushing the right way, obama. but they didn't help. and after pushing and pushing over these last 20 months, finally, we've got that car out of the ditch. now, the carscar s a little denp and the fender is busted and needs a tune up, but it's moving. it's pointing in the right direction. we're on level ground now. we're starting to make repairs. and suddenly, we get a tap on

our shoulder and we look back and who is it? it's the republicans. and they say, what are they saying? they say, we want the keys back. philadelphia, they keent hacan' the keys back! they don't know how to drive! they don't know how to drive! they can ride with us, if they want. but they got to get in the back seat. because we want to go forward. we don't want the special interests riding shotgun. we want working families, middle class families up front. they're our priority. i just want everybody to notice when you get in your car and you want to go forward, what do you do? you put the car in "d," if you're going backwards, what do you do? you put the car in "r." that's not a coincidence. you want to ride forward, put it

in "d" on november 2nd. but, listen. listen. can i just say at the end of the day, philly, whether the republicans get the keys back or not is going to depend on you. there is no question, there is no question the other side sees a chance to get back in the driver's seat and thanks to a supreme court decision called citizens united, they are being helped along this year by special interest groups that are spending unlimited amounts of money on attack ads, on attacking folks like patrick murphy and attacking folks. just attacking people. without ever disclosing who's behind all these attack ads. you don't know. it could be the oil industry, could be the insurance industry,

could even be foreign corporations, you don't know because they don't have to disclose. now, that's not just a threat to democrats, that's a threat to our democracy. every american business and industry deserves a seat at the table, but they don't get a chance to buy every chair. we have seen what happens when they do. they put the entire economy at risk and every american might end up suffering. so, you can't let it happen. don't let them hijack your agenda. the american people deserve to know who's trying to sway their elections. and you can't stand by and let special interests drown out the voices of the american people. so, philadelphia, that's why i need you working even harder in this election than you did in the last election. we need you, we need you to fight their millions of dollars with our millions of voices. i look out on this crowd and i

see millions of voices. all across the country, we've got to finish what we started in 2008 because if everybody who fought so hard for change in 2008 shows up to vote in 2010, i am absolutely confident we will win. and most of the polls say the same thing. see what the other side is counting on, what they're counting on is you're going to stay home. they're counting on your silence. they're counting on your amnesia. they're counting on your apathy. they're counting on young people staying home and union members staying home and black folks staying home and middle-class families staying home. they're counting on the fact that they may the argument so ugly in washington that you're just completely turned off and you're not going to vote for anybody. and if that happen, they win.

philly, let's prove them wrong! let's show washington one more time change doesn't come from the top. it comes from the bottom. it doesn't come from millions of dollars of ads, it comes because people are out there knocking on doors, making phone calls and going into the beauty shops and going into the barber shops. we have come, i know we're a long way from the day of the hope and excitement we all felt on election night. we're far from inauguration day. but i always told you it was going to take time. i always told you it was going to be hard. because change has always been hard. but from the first days of our nation, every time americans are trying to bring about reasonable change we face down setbacks, we face down disappointments. we have faced fear and we have

faced down doubt. as americans, we have always moved forward, we have always kept fighting, we have always remembered that in the united states of america our destiny is not written for us, it is written by us. that's how we came through war. that's how we came through depression. that's how we got civil rights legislation, that's how we got workers' rights! that's how we got womens' rights! it's being tested right now, but if you keep moving forward in the face of difficulty, i promise you, we will not lose this election. we will win this election! and we will make sure that every american has the opportunity to live out the american dream. god bless you and god bless the united states of america. >> and there you have it. president obama speaking for just about a half hour at that

dnc rally in philadelphia. sounding a lot like candidate obama using his famous line, telling the crowd "i need you fired pup." and the crowd, of course, chanting back "yes we can." through much of that speech. the president trying to light a fire and crank up the enthusiasm among the democrats. the latest polls show that the republicans have the edge when it comes to enthusiasm. a lot at stake there and across the country, a senate seat up for grabs there in pennsylvania. the president talked a lot about the economy, as you heard. took the opportunity to do a little fingerpointing. a lot of work to do, he said. he also said, "republicans messed up so bad and the hole is so deep." he blamed the job that country is now facing on republican policies. overall, a very positive, patriotic message from the president telling the crowd there as you just heard, everybody deserves the american dream, but to get it, you have to get out there and vote. so, there you have it. the president today in philadelphia. when we come back, police in

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we now turn to a story we were watching out of central washington. police in a small town are investigating a mass overdose. what is so tisturbing about this story is that all of the overdoses were young women and some of the people who attended the friday night party say the women were actually targeted. ted rowlands is in washington where this story is unfolding. ted, from what i understand, some of the people at the party are saying a date rape drug caused these overdoses. are police confirming that? >> well, police are confirming, randi, that absolutely somebody laced some liquor with some sort of drug and they believe it's one of the date rape drugs the ghb, something, but they don't

have the toxicology back yet so they're hesitant to speculate on what it is. what they do know is that 12 young people between the ages of 18 and 21 were so intoxicated that they had to be hospitalized. as you alluded to, 11 of those victims were girls. they were in a house that police arrived at on friday night. they say they were shocked at what they saw. here is what some of the students at the party said what went on. >> 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, their drinks were going everywhere andee were just picking them up. i carried about four people dounstairs. >> people were alerted to this, first, by a report that a young woman was unconscious in the parking lot of a local supermarket. they went there and found the

girl and she was in the back of a car. they asked her friends what had happened and that took them back to the party. they decided to go to the party and they knocked on the door and nobody answered the door and they decided to break in and the police chief here says it was a good thing that they did that. >> no one ever called 911, so had law enforcement not been able to respond to that house and make entry, i would hate to think what could have occurred if there was another 15 or 20 minutes that would have passed. >> one of the more disturbing things, randi, when police got to the house was that they walk under to a room and they saw a young man having sex with a young woman who they described as being completely or if not completely, almost completely unconscious. now, they did determine these two individuals had a relationship and apparently dating and this young man is still facing the possibility of charges. he was detained for a while. has not been charged with anything yet, but they say that her level consciousness,

obviously, suspect. the person who threw the party has been cooperating and, quite frapg frankly, he's a college freshman and police don't believe he brought this drug to the party. he was having it at his parent' vacation home and got out of hand via text messages. the bottom line, they don't know at this point. they're interviewing still and this, obviously, is going to be a long investigation. >> seems the more details that come out, the more disturbing this story becomes. ted rowlands for us, thank you. the first person with autism to serve on the national council of disability, but his appointment was controversial even inside the ostiautistic community and we'll tell you why and talk with him coming up. things started changing immediately. then i wrote a letter to the food stamp office. "thank you very much, i don't need your help any more." you know now, i can actually say i bought my home. i knew that the more i dedicated... the harder i worked, the more it was going to benefit my family.

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welcome back. ari is the first person to service on the national council of disability. a panel that advises the president and congress to help disabled peopleal. but his appointment was not without controversy even inside the autistic community. people should accept autistic people rather than trying to cure them. he joins us to talk about autism and his approach to it. thank you for being with us. your appointment was last december, tell us what your first goal was when you became a member of this council. >> well, my first goal, and i was only recently confirmed by the senate this summer, is to focus on improving the quality

of services, supports and education for people with disabilitied. right now hundreds of thousands of people wait on waiting lists for services to live in the community and, to me mind, this is a crucial service rights issue along with a variety of others in regards to this disability policy. >> let's talk about this controversy, which i think would surprise a lot of people because some of it even came from within the autistic community. some of the criticism, there was this controversy surrounding your nomination. do you think that you can change people's perception of autism through the work that you're doing? >> well, my hope is to change people's perception of autism. you know, i think right now many people's views of autism are really only shaped through the media or through movies like "rain man" and it's a very limited, stereotypical view. my hope, honestly, that people form their views about autism

and autistic people because they have autistic people in their workplace and their schools and amongst their friends and co-workers. so, truthfully, you know, my hope is not so much to personally change every american's view on autism, but to empower autistic people and people with disabilities of all kinds to be more a part of society so that they can change their peers and community members views on their own. >> sure, many in the autistic community are very happy to see your appointment, but there's also some, some talk that we should be more focused on a cure as a society, when, really, what you want to focus on is just improving the lives. you find that very important improving the lives of those with autism and not being so focused on the cure. >> absolutely. you know, a 2008 survey of autism research funding with republican private found that only 1% of research funding

devoted to autism went towards services. so, what i think we have currently is a pretty significant bias in the allocation of funding and political will and nobody says that basic research isn't important. clearly, it is. but at the same time, i think the very simple question that's been asked around all autism research and all autism policy and disability policy service initiatives and that is, is this designed to improve people's quality of life and empower people? that should be the litmus test. we clearly need more disability services and more autism services. we clearly need more attention paid to these critical issues, but we want those things to be approached with us as partners, not just the subject of attention, but recognizing that if you're talking about us, we should have a place at the table. you wouldn't run the naacp without black people. you wouldn't run the national organization for women with only

men. but all too often conversations about autism and disability occur without autistic people or other people with disabilities. that's why the slogan at the disability rights movement is nothing about us without us. >> i think with your presidential appointment, you certainly have found your seat at the table. so, ari, thank you so much and continued good work. >> thank you so much for having me on the show. how are those chilean miners doing? a live report from chile in just one minute. so stick around.

let's get you right to cnn's patrick otman.

patrick, tell us what's going on there right now. >> well, after yesterday's plan b breakthrough it has been full steam ahead here at the mine. the casing that is going to be used to reinforce this mine shaft should be completed by tomorrow and then wednesday a rescue should begin. the breakthrough. video shot for cnn by the successful drill team captured the moment. the plan b drill broke down time after time but persevered. the drill team left the site heralded as heroes. for the pennsylvania drillers who supplied the crucial drill bits for the job, the breakthrough was never certain. even at the very end. >> we had our heart in our hand and our stomach in our throat. i mean right down to the last inch until the miners actually said they could see the pilot

nose had come through it you just don't know, will it quit a foot short and we have to come out and do it again? you don't know until the last minute. was a good feeling, really was. >> reporter: a job well done, but not completed. what is it going to be like when you see those men come above ground and know that you played a key role in making that happen? >> well, definitely going to be a proud moment for us, but that is the final relief for us. that they're actually out of the ground. i mean, right now, that's just a hole in the ground. >> reporter: even with the drill breakthrough, still a long way to go to rescue the miners. a capsule called the phoenix will be lowered down to hoist the men one at a time. officials say the most dangerous part of the operation. rescue orders will decide the order the men leave in. chile's health minister said the last spots are reserved for the toughest men in the mine. >> plus, they had to keep working in the mine, helping the

others, moving material, hand g handing, you remember that this is 420 kilos device, very hard to move. >> reporter: the toughest miner who has been asked to be the last man out. officials are considering his request. all the men will have to be strong for what awaits them outside the mine. >> translator: for the last few month they have lived through exceptional moments, probably thinking they could die. some may suffer from post-traumatic stress. this forces a person to relive again and again the same experience. >> even if the miners will soon be free from this mine, they may never be free of it. the miners have begun their final preparation, things they had in the mine that helped them

get through this ordeal and also an update on the order the men will leave on. we were told today by chile's health minister that all the men are arguing over who leaves left. they all want to see their colleagues leave before they do. standing strong, standing together until the very end. >> absolutely. amazing story, patrick. thank you so much. we are going to talk to jacqui jeras when we come back. apparently a threat of storms could make for a messy commute tomorrow. we'll tell you where right after this break.

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spinning across parts of nebraska right there. this is going to dive down towards the south and east, so we'll watch this area for the threat of thunderstorms today and tomorrow as well. you can see where the showers and storms have been primarily across parts of kansas and just west of i-35, we've seen a couple thunderstorms looking intense and they may produce large hail and damaging winds as well. a slight risk issued by the storm's prediction center in this area towards texas and oklahoma but i think that energy is starting to focus farther up to the east and north of there. tomorrow, that frim will be on the move, so places like houston, up towards dallas will have the risks of thunderstorms. the east has been gorgeous but if you're traveling there tomorrow, we expect to see showers and thunderstorms but not until late in the day. the earlier you have the plans, the better off you'll be. the other feature, red air i lielighted not for severe weather threat but warm temperatures. we're talking 10 to 20 degrees

above average. almost unheard of-type conditions expected here for october. in fact, we're going to look at near 80 degrees for minneapolis, chicago, st. louis 85, atlanta you could break a record tomorrow, 87 degrees. and rate in raleigh/durham. you're not going to get in that action across parts of new england and botch. 65 degrees. pretty pictures real quick from albuquerque, new mexico. it was the international balloon fiesta this weekend and there you can see the big hovering across the city yesterday, just gorgeous. 75 for a high in albuquerque. lows in the mid-40s. just picture perfect. we'll see a lot of that this weekend across much of the u.s. >> gorgeous pictures. top chefs don't just face off on reality tv shows, it turns out. they're also battling it out in streets of washington in a curbside cook-off. jeremy moorehead and a local food critic ventured out to see

which curbside cook reigned supreme. >> reporter: we're here at this very unusual event. it's called curbside cook-off. >> great flavor. >> reporter: it's a gathering 20 of the best food carts and food trucks from around the metro area. my name is tim harman and i'm the food editor for "the washington city paper." food critics are supposed to be anonymous. if they know it's you, they'll put extra care into the preparation of the food. this is from the sousea truck. this is the beef shwomana. it's done with a chimi cherry sauce. >> this truck is specifically indian cuisine. curryan popsicles. >> reporter: we're here to do some sampling. >> we got fries fried in duck fat. >> reporter: two dipping sauce, i pay extra? double fry on these. just gives them a crunch you

can't get from a single fry. i could eat these things all day. front of elled ketchup, nice sweetness and front of elled aromatics that work well with the fries. there are a ton of people here. >> wintertime and each spend an hour. he waited on the lobster roll. >> reporter: lobster roll please and whoopi pie. brownies with cream in between. i've been sitting in line for an hour and a half. whatever they have to get i'm going to try and order. >> it's not surprising people wait in line. we've got food on the streets we've never had before, like a lobster truck. >> the people from the truck say they import maine lobster from maine every day and the rolls from maine. >> reporter: mayo based dressing on it. this lobster is so fresh. it is fun. it's like, look at this, it's like a great communal experience to come out and hang with

people, be outside on a nice, warm day in october. and experience what d.c. really hasn't had much of, which is good street food. >> yum. i'm randi kaye, don lemon is up next with this story. a young child stabbed this weekend at a dave and buster's and don is going to be talking to a criminal profiler about that event. just how often does something like this happen ? ♪

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