on that specific question, though, i think on the substantive issues what would

you do specifically to start creating some jobs, they came up both of them with specific ideas. you might agree, for example, with christine o'donnell, eliminate what she calls the death tax, the estate tax. meaning know taxes on any estates left to heirs. you could agree or disagree, but there she is giving a specific proposal. the tax credits that chris coons is recommending for research and development for trying to discourage american companies from investing overseas and creating jobs overseas. that's a specific proposal. so on that specific question, i think they both came up with some good answers. >> if you would, give us the back story on the question you asked of christine o'donnell on her view of evolution, and they i want to play her answer. >> you want me to lift ton the q&a first? >> i want the back story. i know the question comes from something from her past, i believe twabt 1998. set that up and i want to roll

her response. >> if you're a united states senator, one of the important things you have to do is vote on the makeup of the united states supreme court. the nine justices make decisions that affect our lives for decades, sometimes forever, if the decision is not reversed. so i thought it was important to get a sense of where these two candidates stand on some of these important social issues, and years ago, back in the late 1990s, she said that evolution was a myth, and i wanted to give her a chance to explain what she meant by that. does she still believe evolution is a myth. let's play the clip and see how she responded to that. >> perfect. >> i believe that the local -- i was talking about what a local school taught, and that should be taught -- that should be decided in the local community, but please let me respond to what she just said. >> we will, but do you believe evolution is a myth. >> local schools should make that decision. >> what do you believe? >> what i believe is irrelevant.

because what i will support in washington, d.c. is the ability for the local school system to decide what is taught in their classrooms. >> wolf, did she answer your question? >> no, she didn't answer my specific question, but i thought there was a limit on how many times could i say, answer the question, answer the question. i think the viewers and voters of delaware get the point. she didn't want to abc the we. she did say that creationism, anti-evolution, should be taught in schools as well if local school boards want that to be taught. so we got something out of her on that point, but on the specific statement she made years ago, that evolution is a myth, she refused to say it was or was not. she just said let the local school boards decide whether creationism or evolution or both should be taught. >> let's spend more time on this because i thought it was a fascinating debate. you asked for specific ideas on reducing the budget deficit.

i got to tl you, that looked to be a wheel house question for christine o'donnell. tea party supported candidates are all about reducing the deficit. here's your question and her answer. >> i want to get into the deficit right now. you've made the point that the national debt is exploding, the budget deficit is exploding right now. i want some specific meaningful cuts, if you are elected a senator from delaware. what would you cut in the federal budget and don't just say waste, fraud and abuse, because everybody says that. what would you cut specifically? >> that's a great question, because, first of all, we have got to tackle the deficit and the debt because our deficit is almost becoming equal to our national gdp. when your deficit, a country's deficit equals your gdp, your currency collapses and your market collapses. >> what would you cut? >> cancel the unspent stimulus bill. second of all, put a freeze on

nondiscretionary spending. put a hiring freeze on nonsecurity personnel, and then, of course, when we're talking about cutting government spending, we've got to talk about waste, fraud and abuse. a recent report came out saying we spend over $1 billion in medicare waste, fraud and abuse. we're talking about pharmacies billing for prescriptions given to dead people. we're talk, about home health care companies billing for patients who were in the hospital. senator coburn put out a report called "school house pork" that disclosed millions of dollars that were supposed to go to education funding that instead went to special favors. >> let me get back to the focus of the questions, which is what would you do to tackle the deficit and the debt. i think we have some very large chals in front of us. the overwhelming majority of federal spending is defense

spending, medicare, medicare, social security and interest on the debt. while the president has proposed and i would seriously consider supporting a freeze on nondiscretionary spending for three years, i have also identifieded on my website a series of reductions i would support. some are in agriculture price supports, some are in federal office space or hiring and several are in the defense programs. defense acquisitions that the defense department says they don't need, the second engiven for the f-35. there are a variety of platforms and programs we can simply do away with, and as we advances a making our military for modern, responsive to the real threats we face in the modern world and as we continue to achieve some programs through the brat program. >> we are very long on this segment but i thought it was a fascinating debate. which of the candidates in your view helped their cause the most

with this debate and their performance last night? >> probably christine o'donnell helped her side a little bit more because the expectations for her were so low, so much publicity about her comment about i am not a witch, that commercial she put out, other controversial comments she made as a teenager and later that she talked about on the bill maher show, and she came across, even though you may disagree with her and sometimes she couldn't or didn't want to answer the specific questions, she didn't come across as just a weirdo or anything like that. she came across as someone who is knowledgeable on a lot of issues, had her talking points, and so she helped herself a bit. he's obviously very integrity. he way ahead in our poll. 19 points ahead with only 2 1/2 weeks to go.

that's a huge hurdle for her overcome. he's in the driver's seat. she didn't hurt herself. she probably helped herself a little bit but we have to see if it was enough to narrow the 19-point gap. >> extended time with wolf blitzer. appreciate it. more political coverage with wolf blitzer every day in "the situation room" every day. numbers of housing market foreclosures reach new numbers. christine romans has the numbers. bonnie schneider is following the tropics. >> we are looking at the tropics and a nor'easter brewing in the mid-atlantic and the northeast. [ male announcer ] the next big thing from lexus is not a car.

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have it. the foreclosure crisis hits home for even more americans. bank repossessions reached a record monthly rate in september according to rety track, 100,000 homes were taken back by the banks. christine romans of our money team live from new york. christine, if you would, break down these numbers. did these foreclosures come in the cities where we normally city the numbers? >> it did. in nevada, 1 in every 29 homes in nevada. is in every 29 homes is in some stage of the foreclosure process, from the first notice in the mail that says you're late or the end of the line, which is the repossession. 102,000, those were actual bank repossessions, the sheriff has come to the house and put a pad lock on the door. in many cases, people are long gone out of these houses.

it comes out to about two a minute. we've never seen a swak like that in the housing market and it shows a lot of pain for a lot of folks. we have been doing some digging on how many people are in trouble here. you have according to the mortgage bankers association, the number of loans at least 30 days late is 4.8 million. you have 4.8 million who are late but not in the process yet. a huge chunk of folks in a home they can't afford. these numbers are likely to go down because we have a freeze on foreclosure sales because of this unfolding document crisis in the foreclosure situation. a total fiasco. 50 states attorneys general are demanding an investigation, a probe into just what went wrong. were some of these mortgage companies rushing tlus foreclosures? was it just shoddy paper work? was anything illegal going on there? now you have a great big dose of

uncertainty over the housing market just as it was starting to stabilize a little bit. >> do we need this foreclosure process to move 40? there are yets about the robosignings. do we need to get the homes foreclosed on where people have no reasonable expectation of being able to afford the home they are in? >> many people say yes, but not if you are throwing people out of houses illegally, not if there were people who had a chance along the way. that's what we're trying to get to the bottom of. how many people are swept 32 the foreclosure process because of shoddy paper work? or is the shoddy paper work just a byproduct of a process that was shoddy from the very beginning? the mortgage companies were writing mortgages without checking paper work. apparently in some clayses they were foreclosing on them without doing the proper paper work as well. iranian president

ahmadinejad just a stone's throw from israel, a country he once promised to wipe off the map. one israeli prime minister says with him so close, someone ought to assassinate him. >> chile's president says his country is stronger than ever after the rescue of the 33 trapped miners. how about this scene playing out last night as the last miner came out of the ground. it took workers 22 hours to bring them all to the surface, a final step of a remarkable engineering feat that took two months to choreograph. the chilean president has been visiting the miners. they're all hospitalized a short distance from where they were entombed for 69 days. patrick oppmann is there. what medical problems are being reported? >> reporter: you know, some very

good news here. doctors weren't sure, because no one has ever gone through this much time spent buried alive under ground and they really just didn't know how these miners were going to be when they got above ground. thankfully we're hearing that none of the men are expected to have any lingering difficulties from their long stay at the bottom of that mine shaft. we're hearing that some will require surgery. some have already had surgery in terms of dental surgery or eye surgery. things like that. one miner is in urgent care because of black lung, pneumo a pneumonia, mario gomez, who we knew had breathing problems in the mine. it seeps like everyone is going to pull through, and, in fact, some of them will be released today. just great news there. >> and do we have any early indications as to the mental health and well-being the

miners? >> reporter: well, you know, that's so crucial because we're hearing from some of their medical team that that could really be the problem here. some of these men, you know, thought they saw ghosts or the claustrophobia really got to them. very understandably they thought they were going to die. so the whole process. patrick, our apologies, we are having problems with the signal. patrick oppmann in chile. democrats are hoping she can bridge the enthusiasm gap. we are on the campaign trail with the first lady in the cnn newsroom.

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19 days until the midterm election, and both obamas are out today, trying to rev up democrats. the president holds a town hall with young voters, and the first lady is on the road in colorado. ed henry is here, part of the best political team in television. we know the first lady is popular across the country. i'll bite on this one, if you will. how popular is the first lady? >> reporter: well, you know, she did some early voting in her home city of chicago. they started that on monday. she wants to try to drum up support there. why are they using her there so much in senate races in

illinois? she's very popular. she's at 65%, her approval rating. if you look at our latest polling data. president, 45%. maybe he's a little embarrassed, maybe not. but in all seriousness, when you talk to her advisers, as i have over the last couple of days, they say, look, they realize that the president has to take all of the responsibility, all of the weight of the problems, the financial crisis, et cetera, where the first lady picks a couple of issues, healthy eating, standing up for military families, a couple initiatives that are popular, and she doesn't have to deal with the responsibility or negativity of the other issues that the president has to tackle. she is so sky high that some are wondering is it a political risk to send her out so much on the campaign trail. once she gets into the rough and tumble of political campaigns. she's going to have a positive message and block at what she said yesterday on behalf of russ feingold in wisconsin. >> he cannot do this alone.

he needs strong leaders like russ to help him. and they all need folks like all of you to make this happen. they can't do this alone. so we need you to make those phone qualities for russ. we need you to knock on those doors for russ, and we need you to get everyone you know to vote for russ. >> reporter: that's why they think she's going to be a big asset. she's not going to do negative campaigning. she will be pushing her husband's agenda. i have a story about why democrats think she's an asset, and in my research, i found a quote from the 1950s where mamie eisenhower said ike runs the country, i turn the lambchops. quite interesting how now it turned to where you have the first lady trying to save her

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>> we are looking at something strange here. >> it disappeared when i looked over. there needs to be prep because the storm paula, now a tropical storm, is hammering cuba. this is a closeup of the radar. zoom in, and you see the counterclockwise rotation of the storm bringing heavy rain. see the red. that means we're seeing downpours. this is a rugged area of terrain, but that means a chance of mudslides. let's look at the satellite perspective and you see the wind shear is breaking this down. the track will curve the storm away from the florida mainland. however there is still a tropical storm watch for the florida keys. they are picking up scattered showers and thunderstorms. i can show you that on radar. some of the rain is sweeping over key west over and over again. heavier rain still coming up from the south. that's not the only place we are

watching for heavy rain, but we are also tracking the beginning of a nor'easter. not a winter nor'easter with a big snowstorm, but we're talking about wind and rain sweeping all of the way up from the carolinas, trastraight up into jersey and washington, d.c. raleigh saw a band of rain move through, and that's working it's way through the eastern section of the carolinas, and virginia beach and norfolk getting a soaking. look at the rain across washington, d.c. that's moving across philadelphia and new york city. this will have a huge impact on travel for today and tomorrow. washington, d.c. all of the way down through atlanta, low clouds, strong winds and heavy downpours of rain. for those of you traveling up to the mid-atlantic or northeast tomorrow, be prepared for travel delays. >> bonnie, good to see you. the bat toll legalize

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before voters is should the sale of marijuana be available through dispensaries. over the next couple of days, cnn newsroom will look at the marijuana argument as it stands today and look at what yes votes could mean for the americans in the future. legalizing marijuana is a battle that continues. here's what kathleen parker says about it. >> i have been convinced by people in law enforcement and the judicial system that we can really allocate our resources in much better ways than arresting people for simple possession of marijuana. in 2008, for example, in california, there were 60,000 arrests just for simple possession of marijuana, and it seems to me a very huge waste of man power, resources, et cetera, et cetera. there's so many arguments you can make in favor of legalizing it that i really can't come down on the other side. >> provocative issues and lively

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so are here we go. 19 days until election day. among the stories on the political ticker, a casting call for a town hall? brianna keilar joining us now from the political desk in washington. brianna, good to see you. what's the story? what's crossing now? >> reporter: this is a pretty interesting story on the ticker. this has to do with president obama's town hall meeting today, sponsored by bette, cmtv, and

there was a casting call calling for audience members, and this was found on a website for actors called black stage. who are they looking for, pretty general, males and females 18 and above. this isn't normally how it goes, so the white house is really distancing itself from the process, saying you have to check with mtv on this. we did check with viacom, the parent company, and they said it wasn't characterized as a casting call but there were 500 people who were screened, provided a photo and had interviews. checking on the ticker right now, if you go to this post right here, you can check out some of the highlights of the delaware senate debate last night, of course, one of the most watched we'll see this election season between christine o'donnell and chris coons. we had chris coons on cnn earlier today, and he said he

thought that o'donnell strayed from the truth when characterizings his records, and the latest poll in this rate, cnn opinion research "time" poll shows that she is trailing by almost 20 points. also, is it possible that mississippi governor haley barbour may be pursuing instead of a presidential run, going to try to head up the republican national committee, which he's done before? it turns out according to an insider that there's cold water being poured all over this, apparently this is not the case. this is all in response to a story that says there are a number of pretty big time republicans who are going to can barbour to do this for the good of the party but his camp says it's not going to happen. >> that was a good debate last night. firecracker stuff for most of the debate. a hot one tonight, harry reid

and sharron angle? that is tonight, correct? >> as with the poll numbers in delaware, it's not close. you're looking at nevada and looking at the senate majority lead leader harry reid, it will be interesting. >> i can't wait for that one. >> me, too. >> your next political update in an hour. go to cnnpolitics.com. fifty-eight different individuals are using,

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you see josh there, right? and here's little josh. he's at cnn money.com. all right. cnnmoney.com. your source for financial news. can the iphone be far behind, stop, starting, stop tony, moving forward. i don't know what you're about to click. let's get you to the new york stock exchange. we are in negative territory as you can see here, down 35 points and the nasdaq, we clicked away from, but my guess would be it is trending negatively. when it comes to housing, we know it's a buyer's market.

mortgage rates are at a record low, but there are some cities where it makes more sense to rent than buy. allisison kosik has details. i just said rates are at record lows. how can it make more sense to rent than buy? >> home prices are closely related to the labor market and people tend to move to where the jobs are and when they get there, they buy homes and that demand is what propped up those home prices. so, in those cities, it's usually better to rent. economists say if you're looking at a hoet and it's 15 times more, you're better off renting. i've got examples for you. new york city. the average renter, a two bedroom condo, $3,700. that's crazy high, but i want to show you the comparisocompariso. it would cost you $1.7 million

to buy that exact two-bedroom property. i want to show you other places that are good places to rent. seattle, ft. worth, omaha, sacramento. the common thread is that the average unemployment rate is lower. as for the best places to buy, take a look at this. arlington, texas. the average rent there for a two bedroom, $722 a month, but it costs just $70,000 to buy it. we'll find similar stories like that in fresno, miami, mesa, arizona and phoenix. it's important to consider how long you're going to stay. if you're looking to stay for two years or less, you're better off renting. but if you're looking to plant yourself there more than two years, go ahead and buy it because at that point, you've put equity in it and it becomes more of an investment. >> you're right. that's why you do what you do. thank you. housing foreclosures hit a

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without a hitch. we'll bring a bit of that to you right here in the cnn news room. we were all enthralled by the rescues of the miner, 33 men who seemed doomed a few months ago. they are now reunited with their family ins many cases and as each man was pulled out, it was a moment in history for them and for us. >> reporter: mario hugged his wife, then embraced his whole country. i was with god and the devil, he said. god won. the long night ended for the longest miner, jimmy sanchez, 19.

for the only foreigner. and for jose who wrote the note that told everyone, we're alive. at 63, mario gomez, the oldest, was the first freed in the new dan. kissed his wife and prayed. so did others. esteban rojas trapped with two cousins, asked his wife to renew wedding vows while below. she said yes. edson pena led sing alongs of elvis songs under ground.

ariel ticona's wife had a baby while he was below. victor seymour ra and his wife are expecting one. i hope this life is happy for you, said the president. so it went around the clock. and finally, the last man. luis urzua. you have been an inspiration, he is told. the country is not the same after this. then they sang the chilean national anthem, a song of hope, unity and strength for people who have shown so much of all three.

♪ tom foreman, cnn. i'm tony harris. top of the hour in the "cnn newsroom." the foreclosure crisis. foreclosures hit a record high and all 50 state attorneys general call for investigations into banks' foreclosure practices. 19 days until the midterm elections and we are following the money trail of who is paying to influence your vote. josh is following what's hot. >> the rescue we were fol logo turns out to be one of the most watched events online ever. you have to see these numbers. we have them where it ranks. >> thank you. do you have any pictures from chile right now? because we are anticipating a

news conference where we will get an update on the conditions of the miners and probably learn details of how this operation came off so smoothly, without a hitch. this time yesterday, we were bringing you live pictures of the miners being rescued from chile and the last one was hoisted up last night. the shift foreman and in case you missed it, that incredible moment marking the end of 69 harrowing days under ground. he expressed thanks to chile's president and the rescuers. >> translator: i hope this never happens again. i am very proud of what you have done. thank you. thank you. thank you, all, the rescuers, all of chile and everyone. i am so proud to be chilean. and everyone.

thank you. >> chile's president was back with the miners today. he visited them at a hospital where they're being treated a short distance from the site. a hospital official says most of the 33 miners may be released today. can you believe it? some are are suffering from minor complications. we are waiting for a news conference in minutes and we will bring portions of that to you. poppy harlow is following the foreclosure story for us. it is a huge story. she's joining us from new york and poppy, look. give us an update on where the investigation stands right now. >> sure. we found out yesterday that 50 states attorneys general wants a probe. an investigation into whether or not there's be massive forclosure fraud across the country. they did stop short of calling for a national moritorium on foreclosures. the issue at hand is did banks or did they not issue fraudulent

documents on foreclosures. if they did, a lot of people who were foreclosed on shouldn't have been. jpmorgan halted foreclosures in 23 states. bank of america has done that in 50 states. but all these banks argue there may have been technical problems with their paperwork process, but say no foreclosures have happened that shouldn't have. jpmorgan's ceo this week said we don't think there are any cases when people were evicted when they shouldn't have been. we spent a day with a lawyer here in new york p who is representing a number of homeowners in this situation, trying to save their homes. he strongly disagrees. >> i think you cannot forclose on a home unless you have the legal documentation to do so. we're still a nation of laws. we have rules of evidence in court. you can't continue to go in and purger yourself every time you

go into a courtroom. people need to be walked out in handcuffs. washington, in my view, is attempting to whitewash the situation. they acknowledge there's a problem, but they're not willing to open their eyes to the massive fraud that envelops the situation. they are afraid of complete collapse of housing. >> all right. so, his advise for anyone out there in this situation, let's pull it up for you. two important things. first of all, does the name of the company suing you trying to kick you out of your home, does that match the name on your mortgage note. if not, your mortgage may have been sold. you might not know it. you could have a claim. also, does the date on your assignment of mortgage, was that recent? around the time they started foreclosure proceedings? if so, they could have just made that document. that's a big red flag.

>> so, we've got the states investigating, but what are you hearing? any talk that congress should step in? i believe there are hearings set in the lame duck session, but what do you think? >> there is going to be a hearing november 16th. look, some members of congress want a national moritorium. they're outraged. you've got harry reid calling for that, but the obama administration says wait, we don't want to go that far. tim geithner saying if you do that, if you halt all foreclosures, what do you do with these homes that are abandoned? this does not fix the crisis. what we did this week is sat down with the head of the senate banking committee, chris dodd. he agrees with the administration. >> it would be a mistake to let a 50-state moritorium on all mortgages. that's overreacting. a lot of banks are doing a good job. to acquire every institution,

every state, to establish the same moritorium actually could do real damage to the economy as well. >> so he has a good point there. politically, that might fly to freeze foreclosures. it could do major damage to the markets. the states attorneys general looking into this. the bottom line here, there could have been major fraud. >> appreciate it. thank you. let's take a step back and look at the big picture here. to do that, let's bring in ali. what's your take on this and the ripple effects? >> it's a couple of things. i've done a story recently on bank of america and it's ridiculous process on a guy in philadelphia who's trying pay and made a deal. i think the banks have operated ridiculously on this thing. but i also think they are right in saying there are probably not a lot of people who are going to

be foreclosed upon -- if you're getting your house foreclosed, i don't think this is going to be a big difference to you. >> you were obligated as the bank to say to tony harris, i know you're having problems with your mortgage, we're starting this process with you, but there are options available to you. mitigation maybe. you are obligated as a bank to tell me that before -- >> maybe morally, not legally. no one was prepared for the number of foreclosures they were going to face. still, it does not allow you to do things wrongly and according to the lawyer poppy spoke to, we have rules. you can't put a fraudulent form in. the banks need to be dealt with harshly. i think they need to feel some pain. >> what are you suggesting? >> you heard dodd say -- >> it's about money. >> i think they should be fined.

>> yeah, there you go. >> you're being foreclosed on, there might be a delay on the sale of your home. doesn't mean there's a delay on the eviction. it's going to affect people foreclosed on the lease. if you're trying to buy a foreclosure, which is common, there's probably going to be a deline that and if you wanted to sell your home, now, there are more homes not being sold accumulating on the market and that's going to affect that slow recovery we've seen in home prices. bottom line, the banks did something that has once again set us back. i wish there was some appropriate punishment because they have not staffed themselves properly. if these allegations are true, there are actually people making up documents or signing things -- that's very worrisome. >> terrific stuff. ali velshi at the top of the hour. twitter buzzing today about that testy delaware senate debate. we will show you what everybody

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the crucial midterm elections now just 19 days away and we are your political headquarters as the candidated take on issues like the economy and health care. in the delaware senate race, republican candidate and tea party favorite christine o'donnell squared off against democrat chris coons. here are some of the highlights.

>> has no business coming in the examination room coming between you and your doctor and that's what -- >> give an example. that's a great slogan. you toss it around everywhere you go, but how does this bill put uncle sam in the examination room and if so, why did the organization that fights for and represents america's nurses, seniors, hospitals and doctors all endorse and support the bill? >> and many of those branches on the state level including here in delaware have said we don't support what the national office has done. it gives the government the ability to say what kind of treatment a doctor can and can't do. what kind it will fund. >> so they jokingly called me a beardest marxist. it's clear it was a joke. despite that, my opponent and lots of folks in the right wing media have spun this. i am not now nor have i ever

been anything but a clean shaven capitalist. >> well, i would stand to disagree because first of all, if you're saying what i said on a comedy show is relevant to this election, then absolutely, you writing an article. forget the beardest marxist comment, you writing an article saying you learned your believes from an articulate marxist professor and that's what made you become a democrat, that should send chills up the spine of every voter because if you compare that -- >> it's not accurate. it's not accurate. >> what opinions of late that have come from our high court do you most object to? >> oh, gosh. give me a specific one. i'm sorry. >> actually, i can't because i need you to tell me which you object to. >> i'm very sorry, right off the top of my head, i know that

there are a lot, but i'll put it up on my website. >> there's been lots of discussion in the national media about what my opponent has said or done are a distraction from the things that core delawareans ask about. >> "saturday night live" -- >> i'm dying to see who's going to play me. >> the latest cnn time opinion research poll shows coons with a 19-point lead. secretive and independent groups are pouring money into this election. earlier this week, dana bash looked into groups supporting the gop. today, she puts the democrats in focus. >> reporter: the president rails against republicans for flooding the air waves with money from shah doughy outside groups. >> they have these names like americans for prosperity or americans for apple pie. >> reporter: but take a look at these names.

america's family first action fund. these are democrat outside groups set up like republican groups the president slammed. they don't have to disclose who's funding them. they run adds supporting democrats like this. >> senator murray knows small businesses are the engines of job creation. >> reporter: and pump money into hard-hitting ads against gop candidates like this. >> congressman steve pierce, naked one of the most corrupt members of congress. >> reporter: the fund helped faye for this ad. now, this is an outside group run by a democratic insider. cnn is hold its someone who used to head up party efforts to elect house democrats and he started the group five weeks ago to compete with republicans. >> this is not something exclusive to republican organizations or democratic organizations, not to the left or right. it is in a way, a free for all. kind of the wild west of campaign contributions. >> reporter: they are using a

new weapon in the big money game. super packs. one of the biggest majorities is running ads against harry reids opponent in nevada. >> for a victim of rape or incest, sharron angle would force her to have the baby. >> reporter: they work independently of candidates and unlike regular political action committees, they can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money to defeat candidates. they also must disclose their donors and democrats who formed these groups say that adds transparency. patriot majority is funding mostly by unions and liberal leans groups. craig runs the group and says it's poised to -- candidates $11 million this sickle. he says he believes democrats must try. >> they are the goliath and we are david, fighting back. we're going to use the slingshot we have in order to fight this

fight. >> and dana bash, live from new york with us. democrats are doing it, too, putting up outside ads. some paid for by anonymous donors, but are they keeping pace with republicans? >> it is not even close. there's a new study that says this year in the 2010 election cycle, republican outside groups are outpacing democrats 9-1. still, you know, we have to point out as we did earlier, that the president is railing against them, but there are democrats who are doing it. there are democrats who i've talked to in working on this story, who are really frustrated because they say that in some democratic circles, people are pretty upset with the president for railing against these groups and has made it harder to get money from democratic donors because they say look, for better or worse, this is the playing field and we have to be out there to compete. and it's much harder in this bad

climate for democrats. even more so with the president saying what he's saying. >> what's about this bloomberg poll that shows democratic attacks on these anonymous donations might be working. >> it is very interesting. this is a poll that came out yesterday that says that 47% of americans, if they see an ad that is put up for a candidate or against a candidate from an anonymous donor, that would make them think twice about the candidate. part of the problem, that might be well and good, but who knows if you're a viewer or voter sitting at home watching television and you see an ad, it's not entirely clear whether or not the ad is put up by a group funded by anonymous donors. there in lies the big problem with this money. >> okay. dana bash for us. appreciate it. thank you. let's get you to chile now.

we promised you a news conference and who is speaking now. >> the mining minister is speaking now. >> translator: the effort of hundreds of people who have been working 24 hours a day for 70 days to carry out this rescue operation. so, i really want to publicly thank each one of the persons that have worked here from those who provided food, safety, hygiene, the drillers, the engineers, the technicians, both national and international that have helped in this task, which is been titanic. to rescue these 33 miners and bring them back to the surface so that they can continue their normal lives, that was our goal.

the challenge that president put in front of us, they have returned to the surface and we hope they are going to be able to return to their normal lives as well as everybody that has participated in this rescue. thank you very much and if you want, we'll answer some questions. that looks like the professional ability of everybody that worked in this project. here, we had a human group, which is excellent. top level and a team that we put together here worked like a clock. thanks to the personal skills of each one of them.

here, we had both these. great professionals and excellent people and we had a very united team with a single goal and that allowed us to progress really well. if we had any problem or difference, we revolved directly and that kind of thing really helps realtime work in a team. it was an enormous satisfaction and really to finish this job that we had been working on for such a long time, when lorenzo came out to the surface, everybody was really moved. all the engineers, technicians, everybody, there was tears in everybody's eyes. and that reflects what we all

feel. we're hugely moved. all our hard work was my nating successfully. when the rescue operation finished, the joy was really overflowed and really everybody was really happy to have really met the goal, for the country, a challenge put to us by the president -- >> there you have it. just wanted to give you a bit of the flavor of the news conference from chile. the mining minister, pretty big warm thank you to everyone who was a part of that rescue effort to extra kate those 33 miners from that mine. 69 days down there and they seem to be in good condition. one of the miners with pneumonia. will spend a few extra days in the hospital.

some dental surgeries to be performed, but largely, the men appear to be in good shape. it will take days, weeks and months to fully assess the mental condition of these men, but we'll continue to follow the story for you. back in a moment. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah. ah! ah! whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, what is that? how come my dap wasn't like that? huh? it's just an "us" thing. yeah, it's a little something we do. who else is in this so-called "us"? man, i don't know. there's a lot of us. [ chuckles ] ask your friends what it's like to be part of a group that's 40 million strong. state farm insures more drivers than geico and progressive combined. it's no surprise, with so many ways to save and discounts of up to 40%. so call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online.

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not so much anymore. >> well, you know what? it grabbed some land mass. when that happens, especially if there are mountains around, you grab dry air, break things up. so what was a good storm off the coast of cozumel and cancun has turned into a storm that's going to go to 25 then 45. it had potential of running up into south florida, but it just had enough of a push from a front that's coming down here from the upper parts of the midwest, tony, and the you've been outside, the wind is really blowing in parts of the southeast. we are still seeing effects across parts of south beach and key west. quarter bay picking up showers. the next storm system as it runs up the east coast will be a nor'easter that will make a lot

of rainfall for new york city, all the way up into new england. that could slow the airports down tomorrow and into the weekend. we think of nor'easter as a snow event. in fact, there may be some mixes going on in the white mountains into parts of new england. yes, sir, love to see that. fall is definitely. >> appreciate it. one man sacrifices nearly everything he has fighting for medical marijuana. >> i started using cannabis medicinally in the mid to late '80s. i've used it recreational. >> find out what he did that changed the course of his life and why he is now lobbying for pot.

marijuana is on four state ballots this november and california voters will decide on prop 19, which would allow small amounts on a person to be legal and taxable. in south dakota and arizona, the issue with legalizing marijuana to treat medical conditions and in oregon, where medical marijuana has been legal for some time. the question, should medical marijuana be available through dispensaries. cnn news room has been asking what yes votes could mean for americans in the future. bernie ellis wants tennessee to be the first state in the south to legalize medical marijuana, but is facing an uphill battle. >> come on. >> reporter: he grows more than 40 varieties of vegetables on

his farm in sly, tennessee. >> i've been part of this farm since i was 19 years old. >> reporter: one crop used to be marijuana. >> i've used it recreationally like many. >> reporter: he worked as a public health worker, developed a degenerative disease in his hips and spine. >> i found, and it was almost accidental, that if i was using cannabis or when i used it, that i had much less pain and more flexibility in my joints and i slept much better. >> reporter: he says for more than 20 years, he grew pot and gave it away for free to people in his community with terminal illnesses. >> if anyone let me know of someone who was sick, i would reach out. >> reporter: but ellis is no longer supplying marijuana to anyone after a federal raid eight years ago. >> i was out cutting the grass around my berries when i saw a

helicopter flying right at tree top level and i knew immediately that he had seen some of my cannabis growing. >> reporter: ellis pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 months at a halfway house in nashville. now as a convicted felon, he says he can't get a job carrying out his public health consulting work, work that used to bring him $100,000 a year. he lives on food stamps and loans from relatives. it would have been tougher if i had felt even for a moment ashamed of what i had done or guilty. >> ellis is now trying to get a bill passed in tennessee legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes. her son-in-law, a cancer survivor, used it to fight

nausea while under going chemo therapy. >> i would think that what we're trying to do is provide the greatest relief to the largest number of people. >> reporter: but critics say the legislation isn't needed. they say there are other medications to treat nausea and fear the drug could end up in the hands of people who aren't sick. ellis won't say whether he is still smoking marijuana, but says he won't stop lobbying to make it legal. >> the one thing i'm thankful for in this nightmare is that i've been free to speak up both for the plant, but for the people, the plant the helps and again, for science, common sense and compassion. >> now, under the bill backed by ellis, doctors would prescribe medical cannabis to patients who meet certain requirements. it would be dispensed through pharmacies to prevent abuse.

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for david hartley's body, but say the likelihood of finding the body grows slimmer and slimmer. but what they're trying to do is send a message to the mexican side after a few days ago, the decapitated head of the lead investigator was delivered to the office in a mexican border town. they say the message is clear those mexican investigators are supposed to stop the search and investigation. drug cartels are suspected to be behind the assassination not only of david hartley, but this lead investigator. we spoke with tiffany hartley yesterday. she told us that last wednesday, she met with this investigator, a meeting that lasted about an hour at a border check point and she says six days after that, this investigator was murdered. >> i met him. he sat right next to me. he just seemed like a really

good guy who wanted to do good for his country. >> do you worry the next person's going to say i saw what happened to the guy before me. i'm not interested. >> yeah. it is. it makes me worried that nobody's going to want to take over, but right now, they're still searching until they decide that you know, they needed to back off or whatever. until that day comes, but right now, we're still asking, p please search for david. please find him so we can go home. >> tiffany hartley also tells us that early on in this investigation, she had spent almost four hours with mexican officials making her statements about what had happened. that she filled out a lot of paper work with officials. now, she's being told they want her to come back to mexico, that the paperwork has been lost, that they want her to make these statements back to investigators again. she tells me she has no interest in crossing the border and going over there to speak to mexican

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only 19 days before america votes in the midterm elections. last night, where the political ads have been especially ugly. jon king joining us now from the political desk in washington. how did the candidates in those states do? >> well, it's interesting. the delaware debate was interesting. i've covered politics for 25 years, what i think doesn't matter. it's the voters of delaware who will make that decision. let's go through some other big things. we got a number of new polls

coming out in some hotly contested races. connecticut is one. blumenthal against mcmahon. she used to run the wrestling organization. the democratic state of blumenthal opening up a lead in that. democrats feel more confident about that one. not so much when you look at nevada. the democratic senate majority leader, harry reid, running against the republican candidate and tea party favorite, sharron angle. a poll of likely voters, reid 45, angle 47. a dead heat out in the state of nevada essentially. the democratic senatorial campaign committee going to send harry reid another 2 million plus, tony. that is proof positive democrats are nervous about that one. wolf blitzer was the comoderator of that last night in delaware. chris coons and christine o'donnell, a lot of debate over

the role and reach of government. listen to this exchange here where christine o'donnell is essentially saying the obama health care plan will put the government between you and your doctor. >> uncle sam has no business coming in the examination room, coming between you and your doctor and that's what this bill does. >> that's a great slogan, but how does this bill put uncle sam in the examination room? >> what kind of -- >> and if so, why did the organization that fights for and represents america's nurses, seniors, hospitals and doctors all endorse and support this bill? >> and many of those branches on the state level including here in delaware have said we don't support what the national office has done. >> you see the flash point there in delaware and this is playing out across the country. republicans making the case there's too much government power and influence in the new bill. democrats are saying wait a minute, maybe you don't like the

fact congress passed this bill, but the government isn't going to get between you and your doctor. one of the flash points, christine o'donnell says there's been too much government in the first two years of the obama administration. it was an interesting debate. chris coons went into it with a double digit lead. his camp is confident he performed well in that debate. >> one more. which of the candidates, look, put your analyst hat on here for a second. not your show host hat. which of these candidates, that was an entertaining debate to watch last night, did the most for their particular cause? >> i would say this from my analyst perspective. mr. coons could go into the debate playing it safe in that the state is a democratic state. she is on issues like abortion, stem cell research, a bit to the right of delaware voters in the past. christine o'donnell is

interesting an intriguing, is to the right of the general electorate. the full electorate. mr. coons wanted to make the case he's an independent voice, but is a democrat. his camp was very, very confident that he came out of the debate and did not hurt himself and went in with a comfortable lead. she wasn't supposed to win the primary and this is an unpredictable, strange year. a victory for mr. coons, but we'll see. >> jon king, thank you. your next political update coming up one hour. for the latest political news, go to cnn politics.com. it blocks pain signals fast for relief precisely where you need it most. precise. only from the makers of tylenol. another heart attack could be lurking, waiting to strike.

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classy. they were saying they needed to get to know themselves as people. then he goes and does pretty much the most unclassy thing you can do. goes on howard stern -- >> went on howard stern to provide clarity and honesty. >> it's just so obviously the exact opposite of classical to go on howard stern, have sex with someone else. now, he's apologizing for having gone on howard stern and having talked about and made the these comments. over here, he's writing about and ends by saying i'm sure courtney and myself will emerge from this painful time better people. this other story, local here in atlanta, where this rapper,

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it was a rescue that had the world riveted. the big issue for one miner was weather his wife or mistress would show up. or both. jeanne moos watching the video for the best moments. >> reporter: hold on to your hats, there's going to be some heavy hugging -- and no one got hugged more than the president of chile, not once, not twice -- but three times by the same miner. there were kids getting hugged. there was hugs accompanied by

laugher. faces being cradled. there were murmured endearments. as a young miner on a stretcher got his face rubbed and after all that, the glint of the sun on $180 sunglasses donated by oakley. this is what the ride up looked like and the light at the end of this tunnel must have looked like heaven. no many but some were overcome, usually the relatives -- there were some romantic stories. for instance, this woman sent a note down to her boyfriend proposing. he said yes and then there was yonny barrios, the miner whose wife discovered he had a mistress waiting for him. according to the daily mail, it was the mistress who showed up

when barrios surfaced. fixing her hair before the reunion. barbara walters joked that the predicament would lead him to say -- >> put me back down there. >> reporter: though he might have a personal hole to dig himself out of, it's nothing to the hole he just left. a hole we got to know intimately. thanks to cameras captured the miners from every angle. the most exuberant was talking, yelling, let's go, let's go. even before he got to the surface, super mario. he handed out souvenir rocks and hugged rescue workers. give the