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hello, everyone. i'm don lemon. right now, the banks are saying everything is fine, but today we're reading increasingly dire predictions about the mortgage industry, including comparisons to 2008. in other words, the meltdown. this is one of several quotes that caught my eye this morning as we were researching this story. it's from the "washington post." it cites an analyst who talks of a kind of doomsday scenario pitching the markets back into crisis, very much like 2008. once again, that's what he says. for goodness sake, let's hope not. let's hope that doesn't happen. some of the elements here sound disturbingly familiar. once again, we're talking about home foreclosures. about mortgage-backed securities. and once again, we're talking about potential wrong-doing on wall street. all right. the trigger for all of this, recent desclosures of lenders

cutting corners. now homeowners are being victimed here. that's not yet clear. let's look at the bigger picture here. if corners are being cut, that could open up claims by people who lost fortunes when their mortgage-backed securities crashed. claims against the banks, claims that could reach, who knows, into the trillions of dollars. as we say, who knows. that brings us back to another spooky word. that is uncertainty. we hate to hear that word. our chief physical correspondent, mr. ali velshi, is here. did i lay that out correctly? >> you did. the analyst who gave that quote to the "washington post," one of the things about de boubout bei doomssayer, if you get it right, you can see into the future. the people who are affected by this crisis are everybody who shares in the economy. these wrong -- these documents that the banks didn't get right, it's not going to fundamentally

effect the number of people under foreclosure. if you were getting kicked out of your house, you may stay a little longer. you may not. it's going to effect the number of people getting their homes foreclosed. it will slow the process down. not going to have a major impact on the economy. it will have some. >> it's really putting off the inevitable. >> yes and dragging out the process. and that's annoying. that hurts everybody. that is bad. >> you're dragging more people into it, people who don't even have foreclosure problems. >> yes. if you drag it out, people who were going to get jobs, that will slow them down. if i am trying to sell a house, i'm now sitting around saying, this is going to take me longer because it's going to take longer for all of the foreclosed homes to sell. >> this is why i'm asking you this. people are saying, i don't have foreclosure problems. this isn't going to effect me. >> if you're getting your house foreclosed on, this will effect you the lease. >> very well-put. let me read this quote to you.

this is from another person. this has to do with how homes are being foreclosed and the author is really steamed about this. he says the absurdity of illegal activity, criminal conduct, rampant fraud has reached a point where the nation must declare no more. we must declare the process of identifying criminal actors and prosecuting them. the latest twist on the foreclosure fraud, the hiring of untrained, incompetent, burger flimmer flippers to act as lawyers or paralegals in the processing of foreclosures. >> who is that crazy person who wrote that? >> that is from barry. he wrote that for his blog. there he is right now. he join s us now live from new york. what is fraudulent about what the banks have been doing so far? >> sure. let's be clear. this actually -- the person involved the least of this are the feeple who are being foreclosed on. what we're talking about is due process, rule of law, and respecting property rights.

imagine -- you were talking about the issue of whether or not we're going to delay the foreclosures a little bit for the people who are in the houses. you're right about that. the problem is the banks have been so reckless, they've been foreclosing on people who don't have mortgages, who bought their house for cash. the wrong bank has been foreclosing on a given mortgage. the wrong house has been foreclosed on. that's because the process that's in place to make sure that foreclosures are legal and the right person, the right house, the right bank, the right mortgage note is done, all that's being done on the cheap, on the fast. it's being rubber stamped the same way we put people in houses with reckless lending. now we have reckless foreclosures. >> i want to jump in and i want ali to jump in. we talked about it. we said not that there's -- i want to know. he's saying that people were wrongly foreclosed upon. is there any evidence to that? this is what happened. instead of reading, they just

rubber stamped that. >> they just -- barry is overstated the point. let me tell you. there are have been people thrown out of their houses. that's not what this is about. that's a different story. there has been mangling -- >> no, that is precisely what this is about. >> no, it's not. >> this is precisely what it's about. >> it's really not, barry. >> okay, okay, well let me -- >> barry, barry, barry -- why are you fearmongering? that's not what it's about. >> i'm not fearmongering. >> let me finish. barry, stop for a second. >> barry, hang on a second. i'm going to let barry say why not and ali will get the last word. go, barry. >> a foreclosure is like a closing. remember, when you buy a house, you spend an hour signing documents, initialling things, making sure that it's the right house, that full title passes.

that all the legal steps are taken to make sure that you are the owner of that house. a foreclosure is that process essentially in reverse, only it's involuntary. so you have things like attorneys attesting to i've reviewed this note and, yes, it's the right note. i've reviewed the property. yes, it's the correct property. i've reviewed the last payment. it was june '08. the person is in default. if a person that's supposed to do that -- and that process takes a half hour, an hour. if we find out from wells fargo and chase manhattan that they were signing off on 400 of these a day, you can't possibly review 400 of these a day. maybe you can could eight or ten. so we know the -- >> completely agree with you, barry. i agree with what -- how barry has laid that out. the bottom line is what we don't have is a sense that that's actual happened. what we know, people went through these forms and went through them faster than they should have when they didn't have the right form. they may have invented it.

we really don't have any examples in this allegation that anybody was kicked out of a house they shouldn't have been kicked out of. or anybody was foreclosed upon with the wrong name and the wrong house. >> that's not true. you had one in florida and one in texas. >> we've had a few of these incidents around the country, but that is not -- it's not the same cause and effect. it could have happened, but it hasn't happened. >> people were rubber stamping them. there are people who are foreclosed upon a small number, accidentally. >> right. barry is making it sound like this is going to cause a bunch of people to say, i wasn't supposed to be foreclosed upon. that's just not true, barry. i don't think you'll see a bunch of people saying, you see, i told you i wasn't supposed to be thrown out of this house. >> i have to end it there. let me jump in here and control this. give me the -- >> i want your -- >> people have been -- >> barry, hang on a second.

>> that's a fact. >> you have to be respectful of the time we have. give me the worst case scenario for you. >> for me? >> yes. >> the worst case scenario, we ignore property rights in the united states and that the rule of law that's been established for hundreds of years in the u.s. is ignored. and essentially we grant banks the ability to act above the law. i think that's important. >> all right. >> it takes a long time to get through all of these files that the banks rushed through and it delays the actual foreclosure, the sale of those houses and it ends up taking us too long to get out of this mess that we're in. but i agree that the banks should be dealt with harshly on this. >> who would have thought that we'd be talk about the economy and get this heated. usually it's politics. we can agree to disagree. thank you, barry. we appreciate you coming on. barry, we'll get you back on. very interesting topic and discussion as always. >> give him my phone number. we'll finish the conversation on the phone. >> i'll send you an e-mail.

>> okay. >> thank you, guys. see, they're friends now. appreciate it. we're going to move on now. we're going to talk about a year ago, would you have thought that a nevada senate seat would be in play? that a political unknown with the gift for gaff, not gab, would be mounting such a challenge against harry reid? there is a crucial debate tonight. jessica yellin is there live with a preview. the first full day of life outside the chilean mine. look at that. what has it been like for these 33 men? and here's a question that's on everybody's mind but everyone is afraid to ask, but i will. what about one with the mistress? an update, next. only one a day women's 50+ advantage has gingko for memory and concentration plus support for bone and breast health. a great addition to my routine. [ female announcer ] one a day women's.

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it's really amazing. what a difference a day makes. yesterday we were counting and watching the drama and the emotion yesterday as the miners started to ascend out of that -- they were entombed duown there. take a look at this picture. these miners showed off their hospital outfits today when they reunited for the first time since their rescue. notice they still have to wear those special sunglasses to protect their eyes from the light. the ones that were sent by oakley sunglasses, donated to them. most of them expected to get out of the hospital today. so here's a question. what a whirlwind this has been. trapped underground for 69 days with the whole world watching, wondering how you're doing and if you're going to make it out alive. just watch as the last trapped miner surfaced late last night.

>> so that guy right there, that's the mine foreman as he surfaced late last night to the biggest reception really of all the men. he is the one who kept the group alive by creating a small city in only 500 square feet of cramped space. >> translator: these 70 days that we fought so hard were not in vain. i think the first several days were -- i can't even explain it. but we had strength. we had spirit. we wanted to fight. we wanted to fight for our families. that was the greatest thing.

>> well, that strength and spirit that she spoke of or that she spoke of, that was a translator there, is what we witnessed for weeks as the men waited for rescue. while the 33 men were still trapped, they drew up a contract to stop any one individual from profiting at the expense of the group. they will share the proceeds from the story of their ordeal. at least one book deal already in the works. listen, i want to read off everything they're going to do and get your popcorn. they've got a lot of offers. a reporter covering the rescue is set to release a book in early 2011. according to the magazine broadcasting in cable, the miners have been fielding offers for beer commercials and tv interviews and spike tv is getting ready to launch a mining reality show. i see heads shaking right here in the studio. now for just a few of the goodies that are being offered to them, real madrid and manchester united have invited the miners to watch them play in

europe. that should be really fun. they'll enjoy that. and they'll each get a free ipod from apple. and as a sign of how popular the miners are, the hot costume this halloween is expected to be, you guessed it, a miner. let's move on now and talk about what's happening in this economy. royalty has to scale back when times are this tough. we'll tell you what the queen has canceled. it's enough to make you say bah humbug. the most powerful democrat in the senate versus a novice with the backing of the tea party movalment. you might think that that kind of matchup makes for a blow-out, but 19 days until election day, it's one of the closest races in the country. jessica yellin caught up with both candidates. hear what harry reid and sharron angle told her next. e announcer] you use the healing power of touch every day. ♪ now the healing power of touch just got more powerful.

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less than three weeks until election. there's an eye-popping story out of nevada. that's where a familiar figure is locked in the race of his life. i'm talking about none other than harry reid, who is the is not majority leader. get a load of this. reid's opponent, sharron angle, has reported a whopping infusion of campaign cash. angle raised more than $14 million from july through september. that's a big amount of money. that would be the second biggest quarterly haul in history, second only to scott brown in massachusetts last year. in this current cycle, angle took in nearly three times as much money as anyone else who is running. jessica yellin went out to nevada to try to catch up with

sharron angle and harry reid. so, jessica, sharron angle really has been, quite frankly, evasive when it comes to talking to us, to the media. did you find her? >> i did, don, but it was a little bit of a game of hide and go seek. that's what it felt like. i've never been through anything like this in my years as a political reporter. she doesn't frequently talk to the press. we got a tip where she'd be. we waited there. we went about an hour early, open in the public, not trying to hide or surprise anyone. and it got close, a car that had her in it came. we started walking after it. we weren't going to chase her. no reason to. but then the car hit floored it, took off and our camera man saw her parked behind some bushes down the road. the next thing we know, somebody from her campaign comes up to us, tells us she's running late and then we find out during that time, sharron angle got to the site, snuck in another door and

was already inside. >> this sounds like -- i feel like i'm watching a crime, like a -- a crime show on television with the car chase and everything. >> it felt like a scooby-doo mystery. we were on the trail of an invisible candidate. but, you know, to their credit, her campaign director did show up, saw we weren't leaving and said we'll talk to you. and brought us in and let us ask her some questions. there were two print reporters with us, too. we asked about her position on social security, which has changed, and a number of issues. but the most interesting to me, she said there is sharia law in two places in the united states. this has been widely refuted by the mayors of those towns. i asked her what is her proof that this exists. >> what's your evidence, what's your proof that there's sharia law in the u.s.? >> all i had was articles that i read that there were some things that were happening that indicated that there might be something like that going on.

i'm not a -- of course, an expert in what goes on in -- in any municipality, but certainly i believe in the freedom of religion. >> the critics have said statements sump as the one you've made abut sharia law and others indicate that you're not a credible candidate. are you a credible candidate? what do you say to critics? >> certainly the people of nevada think i'm a credible candidate. i won the primary. i have the largest fund-raising numbers in the history of a senate race in this united states. so i think that america as well as nevada has spoken about the candidacy. >> don, she and harry reid face off tonight. we'll hear a lot more about those positions. >> don't go anywhere, though, jessica. did you catch -- you tracked her down. did you track down harry reid? >> i did. i did. we talked to harry reid about --

asked him about that. he, though, by the way, granted us an interview when we called and said where would he be, they gave us his schedule. we didn't have to chase him. he did speak to us about that. i asked him, look, this $14 million fund-raising haul, that's pretty impressive. here he is. >> election in nevada is not about how much money somebody raises. it's about who can connect with the people in the state of nevada. is it someone who wants to phase out social security and medicare, who wants to say that -- she says that renewable energy jobs are designing jobs. she mocks the people working on renewable energy jobs. right now, the economic return on these jobs is already $2 billion. she makes fun of them. is that extreme? i think so. >> now, she would refute some of those claims and will tonight in the debate.

don, i also asked him, you know, why is this such a close race for him? he's a senate majority leader and he's neck and neck with a woman who's not nearly as well-known as him. he answered that. >> it doesn't give anyone solace or comfort when i tell them, gee, we lost 8 million jobs. i've got 3.5 million of them back. it doesn't give them any comfort when they've lost their job, afraid they're going to lose their job, their home is under water. we avoided a worldwide depression. that's a fact. >> so, don, the state has the highest unemployment rate in the nation. and that is what is making this such a challenge for harry reid and this election so close. >> and he's probably in that whole incumbent thing that's going on around the country,. >> right. he's the face of the democratic party in the u.s. senate. he is the face of the stimulus to folks here. he's the face of health care

reform. if they don't like that, they're blaming harry reid for a lot of it and that's what he's up against in this race. >> jessica yellin, good reporting. you got beth of thoth of them. appreciate it, jessica. coming up here on cnn, we'll talk about tiffany hartley. she says she watched her husband die on a lake that straddles the u.s. and mexico. now some believe his death might have been a case of mistaken identity .

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it's not even winter yet, and a significant nor'easter may be on the way already. that could mean delays, delays, delays not only in the air but on the roads as soon as tomorrow. chad myers joins me to explain all of this. most people on the east coast are very familiar with the nor'easter, but a lot of people around the country don't know what it is. >> it's an enhanced coastal storm. nor'easter is used mainly in the winter because there's so much cold air that gets pulled down from the north and then the air comes off the ocean and gets mixed in with it. when you mix the air and the water, that's over the gulfstream with the air that's coming down from canada, you can get a major snow event up and down the east coast with a nor'easter. here is the one that's moving up right now. this is saturday and into sunday, then finally throughout monday as it pushes its way into

canada. let's start from the south. we'll go to the north. we'll start with washington. cloud cover for you. airports are going to be quite slow, i think, in the next couple of days. today, tomorrow and probably even saturday. tonight we start to see the wind pick up. but right now at this point, it's just a rain event. the wind doesn't really get going for another 24 hours. switch you to new york city where it hasn't started to rain yet, but there have been showers around the city. and the wind will begin to pick up. winds in the city could be 40 to 50 miles per hour. now, you have to remember, don, there has been some wind damage and even tornado damage around the city the past couple of weeks. all of that stuff has not picked up yet. you could be blowing around wind and pieces of board and shingles there in the next couple of days. >> can i ask you something? is this early? usually i would expect maybe november, december. it's october 14th and we're seeing a nor'easter already. >> well, it's early for a snowstorm. >> okay. >> this will be a mixed sloppy event for parts of the white

mountains. you've got virginia, new mexico. you'll have a sloppy event. maybe some snow. especially mt. washington. could be a brutal event up there. here are pictures. do we have the pictures from "the perfect storm"? >> this is the movie with george clooney and mark wahlberg. >> it's not the perfect storm was a hurricane or tropical system was involved in this storm. >> and they all collided. >> and they all collided. but, don, back to the maps. guess what. this isn't so far away. it isn't going to happ because it's -- there is a tropical system down there. had paula run up the east coast another 1,000 miles, then we would mix more tropical air, another low-pressure center with the one that's already going to be there, and then that would have been the perfect storm. good news, this is far enough away that that's not going to happen, but that could have been a brutal one. >> we donnedged the perfect sto.

>> another perfect storm. >> it only happens once in a while, otherwise it wouldn't be perfect. >> by the way, isn't george clooney on "larry king" tonight? i think he is. he'll be on "larry king." yes, i am told. tune in to "larry king" tonight. we thank chad myers. appreciate it. >> okay. let's talk about friday night lights. get a little too hot for the police. we'll tell you why the chief is not pleased with this chopper stunt. and then later, can you stop your kids from texting? there may be an app for that. we'll be right back.

time now for top stories here on cnn.

doctors say the chilean miners are in good shape. most of them could be released from the hospital this afternoon. the chilean president hugged each of the miners at the hospital today. he vowed to tighten oversight over the mining industry to create a safer work environment. the miners are suffering minor medical complications. one miner is being treated now for pneumonia, but they're all expected to be okay. that's good news. foreclosures are hitting a new high. even as prosecutors nationwide look into bank dealings for problems. more than 102,000 homes were repossessed. more than 102,000 repossessed. it is the first time in a single month that repo numbers have soared past 100,000. last month. not last year. last month. the company which follows such things says foreclosures jumped 4%. that means 1 out of every 139

homeowners got a foreclosure notice. boy, that's depressing. verizon has managed to pry at&t's exclusive grip off of apple's ipad. the company announced today it will begin selling the popular computing tablet as its -- at its retail stores before the end of the month. verizon will offer three ipad bundles, can which include the device and mobile plans ranging from $630 to $830. consumers will also have more access to the ipad at discount retailers like walmart, target, and best buy. there you go. so the first rule of robbery is probably should be to hold on to your weapon. what happens if you don't? that's ahead. we'll show you. an investigation on a border lake heats up. the alleged killing of a man and now a report of mistaken identity. that's next. reakfast with two pills. the morning is over, it's time for two more pills.

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okay. this one really is a murder mystery. there is a new twist in the bizarre shooting of a texas man believed killed by pirates while riding jet skis with his wife. it may have been a case of mistaken identity in a turf war between mexican drug cartels. they don't know exactly what happened. now a bloody damage control effort could already be underway. that's what sources are telling a global security think tank that specializes in therug war that has claimed thousands of lives just south of the u.s./mexico border. ed lavandera joins us live now. ed, what do those sources say

happened? do they know exactly what happened? >> this is a -- their theory that they've put out there and essentially we've spoken with the sheriff just up the road here from falcon lake. he says that, look, he's unable to confirm everything that is -- that is in there. he hasn't heard it. he's just having a hard time even talking to any of the mexican investigators on the other side of the lake to find out exactly what's going on. but essentially what this report is saying is that the body of david hartley after he was killed was essentially disposed of immediately, probably burned. according to the sheriff, that's -- he thought that at this point, that is speculation based on what has -- has happened many times in similar kind of instances. he says it's not out of the realm of possibility when these situations happen. bodies are disposed of quickly. and they're disposed of in

gruesome ways. and so he has no reason not to believe it, but he says he hasn't seen any hard evidence that that is exactly what's going on at this point. >> the question is, i'm sure there are reports and speculation about what happened to david hartley's body. >> exactly. that was -- that's the mystery at this point. based on what we know so far and what tiffany hartley, her husband, has -- his wife has told investigators here on the texas side is that, you know, he was shot once. the sheriff believes he was shot once and fell into the water. she was unable -- she's a very small woman. unable to get the body on her own jet ski. she made it out of that area when all of this happened. so what happened after that at this point is -- is unknown. and, remember, just a couple of days ago, the lead investigator on the mexican side, his head turned up in a suitcase delivered to an army office on

the other side of the border. that is clearly a message. it is something that has been done in the past. that is a message to investigators to back away, to stop investigating, to stop asking questions. that, you know, that sends a chilling effect down through the ranks. >> so, you know, his wife was with him. and what is she saying? what does she have to say about the latest developments, if anything? >> well, you know, last wednesday about eight days ago, she met with the -- the lead investigator that was -- that was murdered. so she said that she had met at a border checkpoint, not too far from where we are here. the investigator spent an hour talking with her. we asked her how she thought that meter went. >> i met him. he sat right next to me. we talked through a translator. he just seemed like a really good guy who really wanted to just do good for his, you know, his country. >> do you worry that the next

person is going to say, hey, i saw what happened to the guy before me. i'm not interested? >> it is. it definitely makes me worry that nobody is going to want to take over. but right now, they're still searching until, you know, they decide that, you know, they needed to back off or whatever. until that day comes. right now, we're still asking, please search for david. please find him so that we can go home. >> the other thing that's very difficult here is that it's become impossible to get any kind of credible information from about what's going on in this investigation from the other side of the border. we had spoken with this investigator who -- this investigator that was murdered a few days ago. after that, it has been kind of silence and very difficult to get anything of substance from the other side. in fact, the sheriff here was saying that he had been trying for days to get ahold of any kind of police commanders to

find out about how the search, the simple search was going. the only information he received so far is that mexican divers that had gone into falcon lake are no long diving. but he has no idea what the status is as far as the rest of the search continues in that area. remember, this area on falcon lake on the other side is believed to be heavily controlled by drug cartel organizations. so anyone who approaches that area is considered a spy. >> thank you, ed lavandera. the mystery goes on. we appreciate you reporter. after david hartley disappeared on falcon lake, his mother made a tearful plea to the u.s. government and to hillary clinton to help find her son. she says she didn't get a response. that's until now. the secretary of state, hillary clinton, was second about the case this morning in an interview on "good morning america." watch what she had to say. >> i hope that we can. i mean, the beheaded body of the brave mexican investigator that just showed up shows what we're

dealing with. we are helping. the united states government is supporting local law enforcement, supporting the authorities on the border, doing everything that we know to do to try to assist in helping to find the body and helping to find the perpetrators. >> we will follow on that story. still ahead, here's a question for you. did last night's delaware senate debate give christine o'donnell some momentum? a chance to really close a gap in the polls. we'll see. and how did chris coons do? that's next. ged. ich one? 10 invisible. you can't e it, with zero daily hassle. no batteries to change. noaking off and putting on everyday.

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just 19 days from today, americans will cast their votes in the midterm elections and the very control of congress may be at stake here. one of the most watched contests is the senate race in delaware. a race for republican candidate christine o'donnell trails her democratic opponent chris coons by 19 percentage points. last night, the delaware senate debate aired live right here on cnn. and it was a crucial chance for o'donnell to attempt to chip away at her opponent's lead. i want to play a little bit of the debate for you right now. this is the point where the candidates were asked about the supreme court. take a listen. >> obviously the united states senator has the opportunity to determine in a way the make-up of that court. so 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 the -- i need you to tell me which ones 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. >> we know you disagree with roe versus wade. >> but she said a recent one. roe versus wade, that's 30-some years old. >> any other supreme court decisions? >> let me say, roe versus wade, if that were overturned, would not make abortion illegal in the united states. it would put the power back to the states. >> but besides that decision, anything else you disagree with? >> there are several when it comes to pornography, when it comes to court decisions, federal court decisions to give terrorists rights. i mean, there's a lot of things that i believe that this -- this california decision to overturn don't ask, don't tell. i believe there are a lot of federal judge whose are legislating from the bench. >> that wasn't the supreme court. >> that's a federal judge in california. >> which supreme court decisions do you disagree with? >> the most recent one, we've

talked about, is citizens united. i think that citizens united takes sort of a logical extension in the law, but takes it to a ridiculous extreme. korc corporations aren't entitled to the same rights as people. in delaware, you would think we wouldcapital, would you think we would be fighting for the rights of corporations but in terms of political contributions, the free speech rights of corporation i don't think deer is of the same protection as the free speech rights of real living, breathing, voting humans. so i would disagree with that decision and i would act to try to find lay weighs to limit it narrow it or even overturn it. >> told you christine o'donnell was 19 percentage points behind chris coons, her opponent there. did she do enough to help her poll numbers? next hour i will ask the very question to the man who co-moderated that debate, saw him there in that video clip, talking about wolf blitzer. that's in the next hour right here in the cnn newsroom. [ screaming ]

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so surprised, we have all seen police choppers flying around at traffic accidents and at crime scenes. we have all seen it. but this one will surprise you. you have got to see this. an albuquerque police chopper hovering over a high school homecoming game? okay. it even dropped package, hard to make it out, but it is a football attached to a tiny parachute. kids and fans were thrilled, they just went crazy, not the police chief, not so much. he did not approve of this stunt. so, we will see who's in trouble. oops, police say the

teenaged driver in iowa, look at that car, he took a snooze behind the wheel and the only thing that stopped the car was that utility pole. that is quite a wakeup call, isn't it? the vehicle is almost upright. amazingly, the driver woke up and walked away unhurt. the crash knocked out power lines -- or power, i should say, to 300 homes in the area. bad teenager. okay. here is a story you got to see and hear. [ screaming ] [ laughter ] >> sounds like my mom and grandma used to call me for dinner. don, time to come eat. that was loud, wasn't it? did you hear that? this is part of an annual beef eating and shouting event in japan. hundreds of participants shouted their wishes after eating a meal

of local beef. one proposed marriage, good health and some, really, just screamed. [ screaming ] >> that was a good try but the top prize went to a 40-year-old woman who yelled at about 110.8 decibels. whoa. that is about as loud as a car horn. and i don't mean one of these little car hoen horns. you there go you recognize him. that is rapper ti. ti to the rescue. the rapper helped police resolve a crisis but will that earn him any points with the judge who could send him back to prison? i will ask him live straight ahead. fr. after i got the job at walmart, 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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okay. you know, just 19 days until election day. it is time for a look at the latest campaign developments, including the obama team keeping dynamic duo together in 2012.

cnn got all -- we have all your latest political news with the best political team on television. there is the leader right there i like to call him leader, wolf blitzer at the cnn political desk. wolf, nice job last night, but first, what's crossing? >> what's crossing on the political ticker right now, a couple of -- a lot of good items but let's begin with the vice president, joe biden, confirming to what a lot of us suspected, that he would, of course, be on the ticket with the president when he seeks re-election in 2012. the vice president telling the "new york times," i will read it to you, he says, "i tell you what. there is real trust. that's why he has asked me to run again." biden went on to say, "lost look, we are going to run together. are you going to run? of course you want me to run with you? i'm happy to run with you." so the vice president telling the "new york times" he will be happy to run as vice president once again with the president for re-election in 2012. remember, there have been some i guess commotion in the past few days after bob woodward

suggested in an interview with cnn's john king that the option of putting hillary clinton on the ticket was on the table, but that's being shot down not only by officials at the white house -- >> wolf -- >> yes. >> is this coordinated, the white house trying to really squash with the talk about that, about hillary clinton being on the ticket in 2012? >> yeah, i think it is. you make a good point. they didn't want that to have any legs. in fact, right after it was said, i was getting calls from white house officials and from aides to the vice president and others saying that is ridiculous. he is going to be on the ticket it is not going to be hillary clinton. hillary clinton is the secretary of state. now there is some suspicious after bob gates leaves the defense department, he wants to give up his job as secretary of defense, maybe hillary clinton could move from the state department over to the pentagon, but that's totally other matter. the vice president now making it clear and officials confirming to cnn that it should be obvious to everyone, this will be another obama/biden ticket in 2012. let's move on to bill clinton right now.

he is out campaigning for democrats across the country in new mexico right now during our hours "the situation room" between 5 and 7 p.m. eastern, he is going to be speaking in new mexico, campaigning for the democratic lieutenant governor who wants to replace bill richardson as the next governor, die nan dennish. she has a tough challenge from susannah martinez, the republican candidate. we will monitor what bill clinton is saying in new mexico, see what he has to say. by the way, sarah palin will be speaking during our hours as well. we will monitor what she is saying as well. finally, something that is really nice and they do this often. over at the white house, this is right now breast cancer awareness month and at 6:30 p.m. eastern tonight, also during the second hour of the situation room, we are going to see something extraordinary of at the white house, they are going to light the white house in pink to honor breast cancer awareness month. we will show you that to our viewers as well. we have all these items on the political ticker at cnnpolitics.com, don. always a lot of politics going

on. >> breast cancer, a very important topic to raise awareness to. one of my friends in the newsroom, sharon black, came in today, wolf and dyed her hair pink for that cause, to raise awareness. >> happy to help. >> thank you, wolf blitzer. we appreciate it as wolf said, another political update in about 30 minutes. you can always get the latest political news at cnnpolitics.com and at twitter, on twitter. we will comment men and women watching us around the world. hit you fast, see if you can catch up. first up, get ready for some rough that could disrupt air travel tomorrow, early in the season, but a significant nor'easter, yes, a nor'easter expected to hit new england. they are bracing for airport and road delays tomorrow as high winds and rain are expected to pound the northeast from philadelphia all the way to boston. later this hour, we will take a look at where the worst of this weather will hit. a gloomy jobs out just today from the labor department. here are the bad numbers for you.

first-time jobless claims hit 462,000 in the week ending october 9th. that is up 13,000 from the previous week. pennsylvania had the most first-time claims with more than 2800 layoffs last week. many of the cuts were service jobs, but a different story coming out of california, where jobless claims actually dropped. officials there say they had fewer layoffs in the service industry. another story now the judge is allowing the so-called underwear bomber's stand by attorney access to case documents. the 15-minute hearing today was the first since umar farouk yuma tall will be a fired his defense team last month. the 24-year-old suspect is acting as his own attorney, charged with trying to blow up a plane last christmas with a bomb in his underwear. abdul new tall will be a was accompanied by a court appointed stand by lawyer. that person will act as a legal consultant for him who is due back in court on january 12th. an astonishing engineering

wonder above the colorado river, now named after two amazing men. this bypass bridge near the hoover dam was dedicated just today to former nevada governor mike o'callahan and former nfl player, pat tillman, who was killed by friendly fire in afghanistan back in 2004. the tillman family was there for that ceremony and you are looking at the second tallest bridge in the u.s., but the longest bridge built with concrete arches in the western hemisphere. the bridge officially opens next week. first lady michelle obama is taking her high approval ratings on the campaign trail stumping for democrats ahead of the midterm elections in just 19 days. republicans poised to regain control of congress, mrs. obama began a two-week blitz of battle ground states on wednesday. her first stop, a fund-raising rally in wisconsin, where senate incumbent ross feingold faces an uphill battle. >> 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 to you make those phone calls 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. >> the first lady cast an early ballot this morning in chicago. that's her hometown, of course. she was stumping there for illinois state treasurer alexy giannoulias. giannoulias is running for president obama's old seat in the senate. mrs. obama also attending a democratic fund-raiser in colorado. you would think, right, that criminals would keep their weapons close, at least they should. this story will have you saying really? this is a red dot grocery store in north carolina. we have seen robbers play out -- robberies play out before, the robber points a gun at the clerk, that is a routine. oh, wait, what is that on the

counter? did he really just put his gun down? play that again. the robber puts his gun down to grab the cash with both hands. ha ha. the clerk snatches the gun and point it is at the robber, no shots were fired we want to tell you, no one was hurt. talk about getting a taste of your own medicine and have them right away. if you wonder what a difference a few seconds can make, here is the proof, the evidence for you. look at that. the mechanic underneath that pickup truck, he gets up and he walks away as a truck falls off that lift. look at that. wow. that lift needs a tune-up. unbelievable. way to close, but -- way into close, i should say, but thankfully no one was hurt that could been serious. the queen of england cancels christmas. times are tough all over, folks, even in england. the royal christmas party, you know, the one where 600 of the queen's closest friends show up

had already been scaled back because of the gloomy economy, but even a low-key event would have its share of pomp and circumstance and a hefty price tag as well. by canceling that party, the queen is saving about $80,000. okay, pay attention, coming up, ti in his own words. the rapper tells me how he helped police save a suicidal man and whether that just might convince a judge to keep him out of jail. that's coming up, 4:30. 25 minutes here on cnn. and up next, a member of the american team that came to the rescue of the chilean miners, they are back home on u.s. soil now and ready to tell their inspirational story.

one witness thought it was a training exercise until he realized that the bullets were flying at fort hood, texas, last year. he realized they were real. that's just part of the testimony that is taking place as the military tries to determine if the alleged shooter, major nadal hasan should be court martialed. cameras into the allowed in the courtroom but our chris lawrence is there chris? .are respect first witness appeared via satellite link from afghanistan. he's soldier who was injured in the attack here at fort hood last year but recovered quickly enough to deploy with his unit overseas. now, some of the witnesses have had trouble even identifying major hasan or admitting they

can only identify him after seeing a picture or seeing reports on the news. other soldiers were more direct. one soldier hit in his head, stomach and back, asked do you recognize the man who shot you, he stood up in the courtroom, extended his arm, pointed at major hasan and said "him." there were also tales of a young female soldier, just a private at the time, who talked about dragging another soldier outs of the line of fire. she rode with that soldier all the way to the hospital but what she didn't know is she had a bullet lodged in her back. the adrenaline rush and the excitement of everything had block it had out. it was only when she got to the hospital she realized she, too, had been shot. there was also very, very emotional testimony from a civilian worker who was working there at the time. she ducked down under the desk, she called 911 and that 911 call played almost through the entire

attack all the way outside. we heard it. the witness, the woman, got so distraught at times hearing her voice, hearing the moans of wounded sold yeshs the screaming and the pop, pop, pop of gunfire going off on that call that at one point, the judge stopped the call, let the witness leave the courtroom and then played the end of it without her there it has just been one emotional testimony after another. what we are doing, we are hearing what happened but we are not going to hear why, hasan's motivation, any alleged links to terrorist organization overseas. that would come at an actual trial. this is to determine probable cause if and when he does go to a full court martial. chris lawrence, cnn, fort hood, texas. >> chris lawrence, thank you. is the value of your home at risk? could concerns of possible foreclosure fraud mean another meltdown all over again in the

questions that many people are asking today, that's straight ahead. plus this. a scientist behind a tennessee bill to legalize medical marijuana pays a heavy price for the cause. >> the one thing i'm thankful for in all of this nightmare is that i have been freed to speak out both for the plant but for the people the plant helps. >> how he ended up in the middle of the debate when we come right back.

a little more than a handful, really, no less than eight states wrestling with the legalization or ballot measures that could legalize the use of medical marijuana. just months ago, new jersey became the 14th state to approve

the use of pot to relieve pain, nausea and other symptoms for ill patients. in tennessee, one man is waging a personal battle to get medical marijuana legalized there, but as cnn's tony harris tells us, the fight cost him everything. >> come on, big dog. >> reporter: bernie ellis grows more than 40 varieties of vegs to an his farm in fly, tennessee. >> i have 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 people of our generation. >> reporter: ellis, who worked for more than three decades as a public health epidemiologist developed degenerative joint disease in his hips and spine then fibromyalgia. >> i found and it was almost an accidental finding, that, you know, if i was using cannabis or when i used it, that i had much less pain and more flex bullet in my joints and i slept much better. >> reporter: ellis says for more than 20 years, he grew pot for

himself and gave it away for free to people in his community who had 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 which saw a helicopter flying right at treetop level and i knew immediately that he had seen some of my cannabis growing. >> reporter: ellis pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 months in a federal halfway house in nashville. the government auctioned off 25 acres of his farm. 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 be a lot tougher, it all would have been tougher, if i had felt even for a moment

ashamed of what i had done or felt guilty. >> reporter: ellis is now trying to get a bill passed in tennessee legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes. tennessee legislator beverly more rare row is co-sponsoring the bill in the state senate. her son-in-law, a cancer survivor, used it to fight nausea while undergoing chemotherapy. >> if there is a natural substance that is easily available and might not be so horribly expensive, i would think that what we are trying to do is provide the greatest relief for the largest number of people. >> reporter: but critics say the legislation isn't needed. they say there are other medications to treat nausea and other symptoms and they 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 he says he won't stop lobbying to make marijuana legal. >> the one thing i'm thankful for in all of this nightmare is that i've been freed to speak

out, both for the plant, but for the people the plant helps and again for science, common sense and compassion. >> reporter: tony harris, cnn, atlanta. >> a little bit more information about the bill here. under the bill backed by ellis, doctors would prescribe medical cannabis to patients who meet certain requirements. it would be groan by licensed tennessee farmers and taxed by the government and it would be dispensed through pharmacies to prevent abuse. coming up, one man saw a need over in chile, he was watching it he heard about it he said, oh, my gosh, how are they going to get those men out? some of the hardest rock on earth. he had the drill bit that could help. he and his wife went down. part of the reason, probably the reason that those miners were able to get out. my interview with him coming up next, live. [ animals calling ] ♪ [ pop ] [ man ] ♪ well, we get along

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there you see just in, just behind me there we want to go now to our white house correspondent dan lothian. dan is standing by at the white house. we hear there is some movement, some information on don't ask, don't tell. what do you know? >> that is right. we expected that the justice department would be making some movement on this and in fact, they have. the federal government now requesting an immediate stay pending an appeal of this federal court's injunction, which was barring don't ask, don't tell, rather openly gay members from serving in the military. this is something that the white house has been pretty much pushing to the justice department when we asked them for a comment but this a broader sense today, robert gibbs at the briefing said that he believes the president believes this policy undermines our national security, discriminates against those who would sacrifice their lives for their country this is unjust and this is a policy that should be changed. again, the latest that we are getting here just in the federal

government requesting an immediate stay, pending an appeal. back to you. >> all right, dan, we will follow up on that again, movement on don't ask, don't tell, our white house correspondent with that just in from the white house. listen, today is the first full day for 33 chilean miners above ground. and social media has been abuzz about their return topside after being trapped in the mine for 69 days. i still can't fathom that i'm sure you can't either. look at our twitter board, it has been abuzz about this. here is what felipe calderon is saying, he he did it in spanish. here is the translation for you. he says the chileans have given us all invaluable lessons of courage, character, unity, confidence, mutual respect. then we have this one, from the president of european parliament, jerzy buzek. rerejoice with the chilean and bolivian nations and we share really all of that good sentiment. you know, one group we haven't heard much from and that is a

pennsylvania drilling firm that made this rescue possible. his name is brandon fisher, the president of center rock inc. he joins us now from berlin, pennsylvania. thank you, sir, for joining us. i know that it has been a long -- really months for you. you were over there in chile, what, 37 days? >> yeah, we were there 37 days, 33 of which we spent drilling are the rescue shaft. >> okay, so here is the story. you and your wife, i think, maybe sitting around at your home, not sure how you found out about it but you saw that they were having trouble getting down to those miners, the drill bits kept breaking, some of the toughest rock on earth, you said, hey, we have got a drill bit that might help and you and your wife, you just go over? >> yeah. well, really before the drilling even started, day 17, whenever they first drilled through with one of the 5 1/2-inch holes to locate the miners and realize that the miners were there, that's went news hit the states. we got involved whenever they

made the statement that plan a that they had developed, they expected to possibly take as long as november and some time into christmas. >> right. >> that's whenever we reached out to the chileans and the mining officials to try to explain what our technology is and how we felt that if we brought our technology over there that it could, indeed, make a difference. >> mm-hmm. so you were there for just about a month. you got there on september 4th. it started on august 5th, when they became trapped during that collapse. and so when you got there, what happened? what was the first thing that had to be done in order to start securing these miners? >> well, whenever we first arrived, we were in the information gathering mode, trying to -- determining rock hardnesses, the angle and the deviation issues that we were going to encount we are the 5 1/2-inch bore hole that we had to follow into the mine.

>> and it wasn't easy, was it? >> no, no, it was a very challenging project. i mean, from day one of drilling to day 33 of drilling, i mean, there was continually surprises that were popping up. and i shouldn't say that that's out of the realm or out of the norm of this business. the drilling industry is a very unpredictable business when you're drilling through what mother nature put there many millions of years ago. >> yeah. hey, when did you get back, brandon, last night? today? >> we made it back the day before yesterday. >> okay. so you were there to the very end, pretty much, but you left a little bit early? why? >> well, we left as soon as our job was done. once we drilled into the mine and pulled all of our equipment out of the hole, it was time for the drilling team to get off site. we needed to get off site in order for the hoisting experts and the medical team to go in

and do their next job, which is really the most important part of this process, which is to get those guys out of the ground safely. >> brandon, you are being a bit modest, i'm also hearing, you can tell me if i'm wrong you guys left because you wanted to gift chileans, let them have their glory and you wanted these men to get back to their families without more people being there to interrupt it? >> yeah. and that is the bottom line. if we would have stayed, and i'm sure we probably could have stayed on that site somehow, but realistically, we would have been in the way. we did our part. and it was time for us to step aside and let the chileans go in there and get their rescue done. i mean, being able to see it on tv was just as heart warming as being there in person. and we do expect to make a trip once all this smoke settles and the dust clears, we are going to make a trip down there to meet with a lot of the fellow rescuers that we worked with and

much less stressful situation, obviously, and our most important thing is going to be to meet hopefully all 33 of these miners. >> boy, that will be nice. that will be nice. hey, listen, brandon fish certificate president of center rock, inc., in western pennsylvania. the drill bit that went down and was able to bore that hole to save those miners. thank you, brandon fisher and thank your wife as well. >> hey, thanks for having me. jew know, people are still talking about miner number 21, you know you are, 'cause you're tweeting me about it. who was that woman who greeted him? his mistress? his wife? who is he with now? that is straight ahead. look who is standing by, mark preston, paul steinhauser with brand new information just in from the world of politics, the cnn political ticker, next.

just 19 days till election day and it is time for a look at the latest campaign developments, including an update on that senate race in nevada that is in a statistical tie right now. cnn has all of your latest political news with the best political team on television, mark prince and paul steinhauser are both at the cnn political des it can. since mark likes to talk so much, i think we should start with paul. how about that? >> i like that don. a good way to say that. >>'s camera hog. >> we will get to that -- he is a good man though. listen, we will get that great race in nevada, one second. something brand new, not even on the cnn political ticker, you get it first, you and your viewers. what i'm talking about is big campaign cash. the republican governor's association just reporting in the last hour or two raised $31 million the last two months, brings to nearly 60 million the amount of money they have raised this year. the 31 million that they raised

the last three months is three times the amount the democratic governor's association has raised, a lot of big bucks. the battle for congress gets all the attention but the battle for the governorships is important. why? whoever is in the governorships next year will have a big say in how the new census numbers coming in, how they are used to alter congressional districts in redistricting. a battle for the governorship is a big deal that's what i got. to my main man, mark preston. >> harry truman once said if you want a friend in washington, get a dog. the house democrats raise all the money. they are pulling all of their money out of the ohio district he represents because they think he can lose. tree house, if you take a look here, tree house actually has cut a video, don, where he says, look, i'm an outsider, the dccc doesn't think that i have enough to win this race, let's prove them wrong. so, dree house has his own video

up trying to raise money. an interesting take, a freshman democrat losing support from the nag a party trying to raise money on his own. paul? >> to okay, don, you talked about it let's get to it the battle in nevada. this is a great race. senate majority leader harry reid, the democrat, fighting for his political life against sharron angle, the republican challenger a tea party-backed candidate. a big debate, their first debate tonight in investigate gashes the big showdown. as we get towards that dehe bait, as we close in on that our jessica yellin out there covering it, the brand new polls, one last night, one this morning, both suggest the race is dead locked. great race, jessica covering the whole thing for us, don. >> all right, mark, you said if you want a friend in washington, truman said you want a friend in washington, get a dog and you have the dog. >> i have a dog. if you come to washington, you better get a dog. >> i was going to say all you've

got to do is get some friends. paul, you got that covered. >> oh. >> thank you, paul. >> take knife out. another political update next hour and i want to remind you, you can always get the latest political news at cnnpolitics.com and also on twitter at political ticker. just days before his scheduled court hearing, a famous rapper is getting praise from police. why? that's him right there. because ti apparently talked some guy down from a ledge. it's trending. it's next.

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one of my favorite segments, time to find out what is trending this hour. sandra endo is all over it. like to call you, sandy. how are you? >> good, don, good to be here with you in atlanta. >> big story happening in atlanta, one of the trending topics, right? >> it is all over twitter, the craze right now on twitter. rapper ti coming to the rescue and it all happened yesterday afternoon, when atlanta police say they responded to a call of a man who says he was going to jump off a high rise building here. so that's when rapper ti says that he heard this on the radio when he was leaving his house and he actually wanted to respond to the scene as well. so, he goes there he talks to cops and says, look, i can help out, let me talk to the guy. cops accept this offer and allow the rapper to talk this man down off the roof. >> oh, my gosh. >> listen to what the rapper had to say. >> yeah. >> with the help of the negotiators and, you know, them allowing know help, we sent him a message, i let him know i was

here and willing to help him and he came down peacefully and everything was resolved. >> and basically, rapper ti, whose real name is clifford harry, he told the guy, look, life is not that bad, it will get better after today. here's what people are saying on twitter because it is all the craze. his wife tweeted, look here on the twitter board, my honey is so amazing, i love me some him. that is from his wife. and also another supporter, i knew i liked you, ti, such a good samaritan. get this don, some skeptics to out there, because keep in mind the timing. ti is going into court tomorrow for a federal probation hearing, so, some people are twittering, ti, coincidence or publicity stunt. two days before ti heads to court, he stops a guy from jumping off a sky scrapper? can karma save ti from jail time? rapper has probation hearing couple days after talking man

off a ledge had. >> let's talk more about this especially the ones that -- the skeptics or whatever, because ti is always very forthcoming, always very forthcoming and we know no one is perfect and i'm being told ti is on the phone right now. how are you doing, ti? >> caller: hey, how are you doing? >> i'm doing great. here is the thing. you heard what sandy said about some of the twitters. this is a publicity stunt, ti has to go to court just tomorrow to find out if he is going to have to go back to prison. >> caller: sure. i mean, i heard it, but i personally believe this it is preposterous. i think to believe -- to think, assume or believe that, you would then have to then in some way assume or hint to the fact that i talked a man onto the roof in order for me to plan to talk him down. and i think that is preposterous. you know, the police unit were there. they can account for my -- for

how i got involved. the radio station was -- they were there. they can account for how i was involved. and the man himself, he can also account for how i got involved. i didn't know this guy. i didn't wake up in the morning to say, hey, let me find a way to go and save someone's life so i can, you know, be looked at favorably come friday. i mean, this is not something that i could have planned and, you know, even in -- and i mean even during -- even in the -- in the process of it, you know, i'm sitting in the midst of negotiators and detectives, i'm looking around, i'm inside the yellow tape and all this, and i'm thinking, man, i'm playing above my head here. >> so listen what would motivate you to do this thinking i'm playing above my head? you are driving in your car, you are at home and you hear this on the radio why would you even go and get involved?

the goodness of your heart? what was going on? >> caller: i mean, there were a couple of things. the first thing, just out of sheer -- just the first thing when i heard the story, something in my heart said you gotta help. my mind said what are you supposed to do? what do you think you will be able do? my heart said you got to help, you got to try, you got see. >> do you think this is on your heart and on your mind because of what you are dealing with now in the courts, you felt, hey, listen, i'm tealing with trouble but still i'm going to live and going to prosper is that why you think you went out to do this, part of the reason? >> no i mean, i did not even -- my situation never even came into thought. i did not even -- my situation never even became a thought in my mind. it was something that tour. ed my heart. a spirit, god put something on my heart i could not -- could i not turn away from. >> hey, ti, listen, you are

always, as i said, you are always very candid. and we appreciate that. so let's talk, tough go to court tomorrow, you got into some trouble and then you are on probation and then you and your wife got into some trouble again in l.a. recently and you are going to court tomorrow and you could face more prison time. i'm getting, you know, questions from people, i asked people on twitter what they wanted to know. they said what was he thinking? he had a second, a third chance, what have you, and he didn't take advantage of that. what was he thinking? how do you answer that? >> caller: i'm not at the liberty really to speak upon the facts of anything associated with tomorrow or outcome of tomorrow, events leading up to tomorrow. i have been thoroughly advised by my attorneys not to even begin to speak upon those facts. >> but personally, how are you feeling? are you feeling confident? still going to try to motivate young people, especially as you have in the past with your

foundation to try to be better, do better? how are you feeling personally? >> caller: i mean, personally, i mean, i believe that i have been put here for a purpose and i believe that i have -- i have an ability to reach people that most people can't reach, that i can -- that i can turn -- i can turn lives around that other people can't they can't have the same affect and i think god placed me here for that purpose. and personally, how i'm -- so i will always be doing that. i always have before these circumstances and i always will after these circumstances. personally how i feel, the only thing that i can say man, all the people who supported me, who were behind me, who believed in me, who were disappointed and who were let down, i just offer my sincerest apologize and i will dedicate my life no matter

how long it takes to, earn your trust back and to make you proud yet again. >> will you say this time, ti, never again? >> caller: absolutely. never again. ever. >> why do you say that? >> caller: i'm just -- man, i'm tired. i'm wore out. i don't have -- i don't have the -- i don't have the age, the energy or the the attitude to move forward and continuing in this cycle, in this ongoing process of destruction and disspar knit my life. i got too many people depending on me and counting on me. i can't do t. >> ti, best of luck to you, we appreciate it. by the way, have you spoke tonight young man you helped? >> caller: i'm actually en route. he don't have any access. he don't have access too any phones, so i'm trying to work that out now. >> hey, give us an update, let us know how he is doing, all right? >> caller: will do. >> thank you, ti and say hello to your wife.

we appreciate i we appreciate it. >> caller: will do. >> as i said, sandy, he is very candid and forthcoming, says never again what he promises. >> really frank. >> we will see. >> hold him to that. that doesn't happen, or he does -- >> hold him accountable. >> did he help to save a man, we have to credit him with that. >> sure. >> okay. >> that is the big trending topic, how do you go on from there? listen, why don't we do this, that was such an engaging interview, we're going to read some of our viewer response. let's talk about trending again after the break. we are back in a moment. don't go anywhere.

more now on what's trending what everybody is talking about. sandy endo is here. reminds me of a 1972 song -- >> you're too young to remember.

>> sing t sing it. >> "me and mrs. jones." who was waiting on yanni barrio, his wife or mistress? >> the juicy story. i know you love this intrigue. >> people are talking. everyone has been asking. it is a miner's love triangle and one miner in particular is the talk of all the blogs today. he is a real romeo because drama unfolded as 50-year-old yanni barrio rojas was trapped underground. his wife started holding vigil at camp hope where all the family members gathered and that is when she found out her husband had a mistress, who was also there holding vigil. and wow, can you talk about a cat fight? both women stayed there and refused to leave until he surfaced. well, his wife then demanded that she wasn't going to meet him if the mistress was there actually. let's look at the video and see who showed up.

you there see the embrace. a couple of kisses coming up, i think. >> that was a little awkward. for me. just saying. >> there is the smooch. the womb see there kissing him on the cheek, what is his lover and she affectionately calls him my titanic and he has a pet name for her, chinita, which is sweet for her name. so of course, come on, they have pet names for each other. that is true love, right, don? >> some things you just did not need -- >> sorry. >> bookky and all of that. i have to say, it was a little bit awkward. listen, nobody's perfect. happens every single day, so we wish them well. >> who are we to judge? >> glad he is healthy. really sorry, one of the psychologists said, really sorry for the wife because she is -- a double tragedy for her, not only losing her husband but everything else that is going on. thank you, sandy. >> sure. >> always a pleasure. wolf blitzer coming up, next. do what?

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just 19 days from today, americans will cast their votes in midterm election and the very control of congress maybe at stake here. one of the most watched contests, of course, senate race in delaware. but this is primarily due to the star power of republican candidate christine o'donnell. of course, a tea party favorite. it isn't because of the closeness of the race. to o'donnell actually trails her democratic opponent, chris coops, by 19 percentage points. last night the delaware senate debit aired live here on cnn. it was a crucial chance for o'donnell to attempt to chip away at her opponent's lead. wolf blitzer was the co-moderator of the debate and he he joins me now from the situation room in washington. so wolf, i want to play this from last night and then can we talk about it? >> of course. >> the any other supreme court decisions? >> let me say about roe vs. wade, roe vs. wade if that were

overturned, would not make abortion illegal in the united states, it would put the power become to the states. >> but besides that decision, anything else you disagree with? >> there are several when it comes to pornography there are a lot of things that i believe this california decision to overturn don't ask, don't tell, i believe there are a loft federal judges legislate. >>. >> that wasn't federal. >> that was what i said, in california. >> so wolf, been doing this a long time, maybe you can weigh in on this do you think o'donnell did enough to help her poll numbers last night with some of those answers? >> i think she helped herself because she was substantive. we dealt with the most important substantive he shall use, the economic issues, the national security issues and people, a lot of folks, had low expectations how he she would do against chris coons who is a more polished politician and so i think she -- she came across

fine and i don't think it is necessarily gonna -- in terms of 19 points, hard at this late stage two and a half weeks to overcome that let's not sell her short. she did beat mike castle for that republican primary. she was way behind in the polls going into that republican primary. she has got an enormous amount of support from the tea party movement, from others out there. she does not have an enormous amount of support from the republican establishment, the national republican leadership, they are not pumping in a lot of money into delaware to help her. the state republican party, they are not pumping in a lot of money to help her but she is getting money from a lot of tea party supporters and others a lot of conservatives love her, so it is not over until november 2nd. we will see how she does. but i don't think she necessarily came across as crazed or any kind of -- this notion that a lot of people had about her because of the clips of many years ago about witchcraft. >> wolf, we have a lot of topics to cover, i was i was sitting

there watching it and watched mike castle, did he seem to be a little bit frustrated with christine o'donnell as if he was saying, some people say he seemed to be, um, a bit ar didn't or he was sort of putting her off like i don't understand what your answers to your questions are about, not really make anything sense. was that a wrong read about that? >> you meant chris coons. >> chris coons, story. >> you misspoke. the criticism that was leveled against him was that he was a little arrogant, con descending. i guess it was similar to the criticism that al gore got when he was in one of those debates and you could see him with the facial expressions. that may have been one of the criticisms leveled against chris coons, that he didn't really take her seriously. i have to tell you, i had a chance to speak with him outside of the debit and speak with her. he is taking her very seriously. this 19-point spread, he is not paying attention to it. his staff isn't paying attention to it. they are running as if this is neck in neck right now bus he doesn't want to make the same mistake that mike castle made in

the republican primary where he sort of ignored her and didn't answer directly to the charges she was leveling against him and he wound up losing, even though he had been a political institution in delaware for so long. so, he is running as if it is neck in neck. >> wolf, we will see you at the top of the hour in a bit. another debit tonight, talking about sharron angle and harry reid and you will be dog doing a a lot of reporting on that thank you, wolf. see you in a bit. chad meyers up next to talk about trouble for the east coast when it comes to weather. we are back in a moment. ndto s. while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. and celebrex is not a narcotic.

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let's bring in our meteorologist chad meyers now, big trouble on the east coast, nor'easter? >> well, yeah, a couple things, going to slow airplanes down, travel could be a little bit slow over this weekend. the thing i'm most concerned about are the leaves, they are all gonna leave so to speak. the wind is going to blow all that pretty stuff you have up there down, get out tonight, enjoy the color and then, you know, sometimes i just like to watch leaves blow in the wind and that's what's gonna happen with this next nor'easter a nor'easter is a low pressure that develops along the coast, a coastal low. it develops and then redevelops and gets invigorated by the warm water that's here and by the cold air that comes down from the north. that cold and warm clashing makes the storm bigger, makes the wind stronger and makes the rain sometimes in spots up there make the snow go sideways at times. now this could have been much worse, had paula, tropical storm paula, snuck up there