live in studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux. up to speed for wednesday, october 19th. it is a weird, wild scary day for people in central ohio. that's right. police are trying to track down dozens of dangerous animals now on the loose. schools in zanesville are closed. people are hunkering down indoors. around 48 wolves, grizzly bears, lions, cheetahs, other animals were let out of their cages as a wild animal preserve. deputies shot and killed at

least two dozen them overnight. >> i had deputies that had to shoot animals with their side arms at close range. that's how volatile this situation was. when we got here, obviously, po public safety way my number one concern bp i gave the order if animals looked like they going out they were going down. we could not have wild animals. also, the man who other thanned the animal preserve, terry thompson, was found dead outside his home. zanesville's mayor tells cnn thompson freed the animals and then shot himself. texas governor rick perry, well, he kind of sported a new aggressive style at last night's cnn debate in las vegas. perry's poll numbers have tumbled after some pretty uninspiring performances in previous debates, this time he repeatedly jabbed his chief rival mitt romney on jobs,

health care and illegal immigration, and romney fired back. >> i'm speaking -- >> the new -- >> i'm speaking. >> the newspaper -- >> you get 30 seconds. this is not the way -- the way the rules work is i get 60 seconds and then you get 30 seconds to respond, right? >> and they -- you say you knew you had. >> anderson, will you, please, wait? are you finished talking? >> unbelievable moments last night. herman cain who recently zurpged surged in the polls got beat up over hit 9-9-9 tax plan. cain wants a flat 9% tax on individual and corporate incomes as well as anything you buy. the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor gets going again in los angeles. that is happening this hour. an anesthesia expert is expected to testify that dr. murray's use

of propofol to help jackson sleep amounted to gross negligence. the prosecution could rest its case after today's witness completes the testimony. new information today about four mentally disabled adults who were held captive in a basement boiler room. you remember this story. philadelphia police say that the female victim, one of them, gave birth to two children during captivity. now, detectives say there may be ten other victims, and six of them, children. the victims were held in a dark, wood, no food room, at least one in chains. our cnn sarah hoye went inside. >> reporter: when the that door was closed it probably took me a good 10, 15 seconds to feel claustrophobic and i wanted out. >> now three suspects are jail and charges of kidnapping, assault and fault imprisonment and police arrest add fourth suspect overnight. she is actually the daughter of

9 alleged ringleader, linda ann weston believing they targeted the victims to steal their social security checks. the number of people killed by bad cantaloupes has now climbed to 25. that is nationwide. the centers for disease control and prevention says that 123 other people have gotten sick. now, the cantaloupes, they're grown in colorado, they were infected by a bacteria called listeria. they were recalled more than a month ago. now listeria symptoms, though, can take up to weeks to develop. health experts say if you don't know where your cantaloupe came from, just throw it out. check out this video. protesters and police scuffle in front of greece's parliament today as workers kicked off a two-day general strike. now, government offices and businesses, they are closed. airlines, trains, taxis, at a standstill. now greeks are angry about tax

increases and pay cuts. parliament is voting on the measure, today and tomorrow. both measures have to pass in order for greece to get another bailout. so if your holiday plans include a flight, expect to pay a little more. the travel website hot wire quoting numbers saying airfares will be 6% higher for thanksgiving travel. 10% higher for christmas. so advice, book early. one expert says your ticket goes up $5 for every day that you wait. well, apple is going to hold ap company-wide memorial service today to celebrate the life of its co-founder steve jobs. the service held in cupertino, california. apple stores will close so employers can watch on the internet as well. jobs died two weeks ago, you may recall. he had battled pancreatic cancer.

all right. you might have seen it as the showdown on the strip. fight night in vegas. whatever you want to call it. you watched it, the gloves came off during the latest republican presidential debate. our jim acosta, of course, he had ring-side seats for all the action last night. let's take a look. >> rick, i'm speaking. i'm speaking. >> the newspaper -- it's time for you -- >> you get 30 seconds. the way the rules work, i get 60 seconds and then you get 30 seconds to respond, right? >> reporter: a wild west shoot-out on the las vegas strip and at times felt like rick perry's last stand with an urgent strategy to take down mitt romney. >> because you hired illegals in your home and knew about it for a year and the idea that you stand here before us and talk about that you're strong on immigration is on its face the height of hypocrisy. >> reporter: but romney wasn't laughing for long.

>> are you just going to keep talking? >> a tough couple of debates for rick. >> reporter: civil discourse was out the window. this was the first gop debate to get personal. >> we hired a lawn company to mow our lawn, and they had illegal immigrants. so we're working there. you have a problem with allowing someone to finish speaking and i suggest that if you want to become president of the united states you've got to let both people speak. >> reporter: the night was also romney's real test as the front-runner as think took aim at his health care plan. rick santorum pointed out some of his own advisers helped draft obamacare. >> your plan was the basis for obamacare, your consultants help obama craft obama in -- obamacare. >> reporter: at issue, newt gingrich says is the mandate. >> there's a lot of big government between romneycare, not as much as obamacare but a heck of a lot more than your campaign is

admitting. >> reporter: romney responding he got the idea from gingrich. >> we got the idea from you. you did support an individual mandate. >> yeah, sure. >> reporter: herman cain found himself on the defensive over his 9-9-9 plan. individual studies show the individual business, national and business sales taxes all set at 9% would raise taxes on millions of americans. >> herman, i love you, brother, let me tell you something. you don't have to have a big analysis to figure this thing out. it is not going to fly. >> reporter: romney pointed out a new national sales tax would be combined with existing state sales taxes. >> will the people in nevada not have to pay nevada sales tax and in addition the 9% sales tax? >> governor romney, you're doing the same thing that they're doing. you're mixing apples and oranges. >> i've got to get a bushel basket with apples and oranges, because i've got to pay both taxes. >> reporter: it's about taking a handful of lemons and make lemonade, giving the feeling of more embattled debates to come.

>> you get to answer like i want to. >> watching the fireworks, herman cain's 9-9-9 plan under a great deal of scrutiny. did he make a good stance, it's viable in fixing the economy? >> reporter: you know, i don't think so, suzanne. keep in mind, the main criticism of herman cain's 9-9-9 tax plan is coming from conservatives worried about creating a whole new national sales tax once you implement it it could go up from 9% to 10% and so on. i don't think he's made that case to fellow republicans that this is the plan they should adopt. what he should get credit for and what a lot of republicans are giving herman cain credit for is starting the conversation on tax reform. keep in mind, you know, the republican debate has largely focused in these last couple of weeks on herman cain's tax plan. his plan for the economy. you can't say the same for mitt romney on rick perry. you have to give credit to

herman cain there. >> one thing that struck me. michele bachmann, didn't seem to benefit that much from the feisty exchanges. seemed ignored or lost in some way. what was your take on it? >> you know, i think this is the problem for these candidates who were the -- romney at one point, michele bachmann seen by many in the tea party among conservatives being the main alternative to mitt romney and she lost that moment. rick perry also had that opportunity, and lost that moment, but what you saw last night at this debate was what you had to do to get back into the top tier. that is what rick perry at least tried to pull off last night pap risky strategy and, suzanne, opinions are mishgsed as to whether or not what rick perry did last night will actually be effective for the long run. a lot of pundits saying we like rick perry's combative style, but it didn't go well in the audience. boos and jeers for the texas governor. in the end, machine machine sit

he to take the heat. getting rit rolled because he was taking the hit from santorum and perry. michele bachmann may not have seized the moment. it it was seized by anybody it might have been mitt romney, because he was able to withstand serious abuse. >> interesting to see if they take on that same kind of combative tone the next go-round, to see if it really worked in their favor. jim, thanks. good to see you. what's ahead on the rundown, people in live in zanesville, ohio, are told, stay indoors. authorities have had to kill dozens of animals set loose from a wild animal reserve. and, also -- a hotel worker in rhode island quits his job, right? nothing unusual about that, until you hear how he did it. plus, social security payments. they are going up. we're going to tell you how much, and when. and herman cain's battle with colon cancer. how it helped him decide to run for president. and finally, after protesting on yemen's streets

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>> reporter: what they made of it, and it was unanimous. everybody thought this was the best show they had ever seen on the las vegas strip. but that is not a good thing. they didn't show up for that, necessarily. they're still trying to decide about which candidate they might want to vote for. now, also, you know, on vegas they have a lot of prized fights out here. a lot of boxing. those fights go the distance sometimes, there's a decision. well, these people who watched the debate last night agreed that somebody last night might have gotten knocked out. >> too much fighting tonight. >> some a little immature. >> not getting better. getting worse. polarizing the country. >> a surprise tonight. >> some of the candidates didn't exhibit the class others did. >> i think governor perry hurt himself. >> i would not vote for rick perry tonight. >> i really liked rick perry. after the debate, got away from him. >> romney and perry. >> both of them. >> the way they acted to each other. >> a little uncomfortable, but

the perry/romney exchange, but they seemed to have a thing for each other. they don't seem to get along too well. >> i think they know time is running out and they're trying to get the upper echelon on and get the votes. the only way to do that, bash each other instead of taking the moral high road. >> i'm sorry. these are not role models i would be looking up at. >> sure, ratcheting it up a little, a low level of ratcheting up. nobody calmed them a socialist or a nazi. they haven't made a european parliamentary-style debate. those would be fun. korean. where things get thrown. i'd love that. >> reporter: now, the last guy there being a little tongue and cheek. it was unanimous. we talked to people on and off camera. we didn't need to prompt them, mention any names. they all said the same thing. i hated the tone, and governor rick perry did himself a disservice tonight. >> wow. it's good they didn't throw anything, but, yeah, very consistent there.

i guess that whole boxing, fighting, anap ji there in vegas works for this debate. huh, t.j.? >> it applies. >> reporter: when romney put his hand on governor perry's shoulder, i did not -- for a moment there, at least me, maybe you, i thought they might actually come to blows. you shouldn't think that about a presidential debate. >> okay. thank goodness they didn't. all right. we'll see how the next one turns out. huh, t.j.? thanks. >> reporter: can't wait. i'll buy tickets. >> front row. all right. time to check stories making news across the country. in florida, they haven't confirmed if this mess was caused by a tornado that may have touched down in indian town last night. it's about 0 30 mime miles from west palm beach. and a building also damaged. check out this story. >> guys, had a break out. >> here to tell you i'm quitting. ♪

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the increase is happening because we're paying more for the things that we buy. this cost of living increase is actually pegged to the rate of inflation. we got a report today showing that inflation is a little high compared to years ago. the idea is we're paying more for things like food, clothing, cars. anything we buy. you're going to see those social security checks go up. interesting facts here. social security checks really can never go down. they can go up and remain flat, as we've seen happen over the past several years. suzanne? >> and i think there's a catch here, because part of social security, it could be eaten up by an increase in medicare premiums? is that right? >> reporter: yeah. interesting how there's always a catch. right? many say when you get a raise it's already spent. this could be the case, because medicare premiums are expected to go up into double digits. not sure there's expected to be an announcement coming out next month. part of this cost of living ejudgment in social security benefits may be offset because of medicare premiums going up.

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here's a rundown of some of the stories we are working on next. philadelphia police make another arrest in the terrible case of mentally disabled adults locked in a boiler room. and then -- did you know presidential candidate herman cain is a colon cancer survivor? dr. gupta has more on how rare it is for patients to beat the type of cancer that cain had. and later -- young people in yemen take their street protests to the internet. in a very creative campaign. police in philadelphia say there are more victims and another suspect in this horrible case we told you about this, these four mentally disabled adults held captive. well, they believe they were

held as part of a social security scam. authorities say they have found now ten more victims who are now in protective custody. six of them are children. cnn's sarah hoye is live from philadelphia, and the city's police commissioner, charles ramsey is joining us by phone. commissioner, i'd like to start with you first. before we talk about any new alleged victims, i understand you do have a fourth suspect in this case noi. wh now. what can you tell us about her? >> well, the fourth suspect is a jean mcintosh, she is the daughter of linda weston, who is the person we arrested a come of days ago regarding this particular case. she's also been charged with criminal conspiracy, aggravated assault, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, also imprisonment and several other charges. that occurred yesterday evening after we located six juveniles and four adults. of course, she was one. nine other adults, as part of

this investigation. >> what do we know more about these ten new victims? >> well, they range in age from 2 to 19. the 19-year-old, beatrice, is a young woman that we had been looking for, and we were able to locate her yesterday. the other children, we have in our custody are being examined by medical personnel for any injuries, signs of abuse and so forth. just looking at them, some look malnourished. again, we're awaiting results from the observation made by medical professionals. >> do we believe they were all in this room at the same time? or this occurred over a period of time? >> thriso kis this occurred ove of time and not at the same location where we found the four. these are people at various times were in texas, in florida, here in philadelphia, and perhaps even elsewhere. >> now, i understand that one of the mentally disabled adults who

was rescued from the boiler room over the weekend actually had two children while allegedly being held against her will. can you explain that? >> she did have two children. we don't know -- we believe that two of the six juveniles we got yesterday could be those children. we don't know for sure. we'll have to do dna testing in order to find out. apparently they were taken from her at a very, very young age, and then she's also mentally challenged. we're using dna to make sure that these are the two children that she's referring to. we aren't aware of any sexual assault taken place against her, the persons whom she identifies as the father was actually another one of the captives. >> i see. this just gets more confusing and disturbing as we go along. i understand that you have arrested three people. gregory thomas, eddie wright and linda ann weston and that weston had documents. identification documents, for about 50 people, including

social security cards, documents, these types of things. how did this group get ahold of these individuals? i understand there's something like a daily website that was involved? >> one of the people we recovered saturday was -- that's how he met her. but we don't know about all the others. we have to track down each individual, and many -- we don't believe -- are here in philadelphia. virginia, texas, florida. perhaps north carolina. i mine, we've got a lot of work yet to do and we've put together a task force to assist in this. so we've got to track everybody down and find out what took place. some may be victims. some may not be victim. we don't know at this point. this keeps growing. >> thank you so much. such a disturbing story and we are getting more and more details about it. i want to bring in our own sarah hoye here who has been inside of this boiler room where these folks were kept.

you've also been to the community talking to people. how are they reacting to the news there are even more alleged victims in this case? that this is just growing? >> reporter: neighbors are absolutely shocked. especially with the arrest this morning of weston's daughter, ms. mcintosh, speaking with the block captain, danielle tisdale, she was completely floored. she cannot believe it. she describes the woman arrested this morning as being a good neighbor. never bothering anyone. speakinging when they would pass on the street. she has two children and her children would play with the neighborhood kids. so they're very shocked. they were first hit with the fact that there was four people held captive in the basement. >> right. >> reporter: then at this things continues to grow, they can't even believe it. a lot of them are just in awe. especially with the daughter now being arrested. that really took everybody for surprise, because they knew her. >> and i understand that weston has a criminal past?

she's spent at least eight years in prison for killing her sister's boyfriend, right? locking him in a room without food, starving him to death. sounds similar to this case. do we know more about weston and now her daughter, who's also a suspect? >> reporter: no, we don't. all we have is just what you said, suzanne, and the fact she does have a criminal past. there seems to be a lot of murky details. as the commissioner just said they're working through. they now have a task force. it's huge. covers a multitude of states and different agencies. they have their work cut out for them. >> thank for providing some dames for us and working the story as well as you are. thank you. no more mr. nice guy was the theme at last night's republican debate. how two of those candidates went after each other and why ahead in the "political update." inea pig: row...row. they genatectry, wch le me rf t.

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all right. the republican candidates for president didn't pull punches in the latest debate last night. paul steinhauser live from the scene of last night's debate in vegas. paul, rick perry had a lot at stake. kind of a do or die night for him. what do we know about this performance during the debate? what have we learned from it? what's the fallout? >> reporter: i think we learned that rick perry definitely woke up. suzanne, be honest. he jumped in the ways in mid-august, quickly became the front-runner. in the four president's debates in september, early october, performances lax luster. he dove in the polls. he didn't waste any opportunities last night here in las vegas. suzanne, he went on the attack on mitt romney even before the questioning began, in those intros that the candidates were allowed to do in the beginning, he said he was no conservative of convenience. so definitely an attack, a slap at mitt romney right off the bat. i know you were talking, jim

acosta earlier in the hour about some of the other back-and-forths. the romney campaign says perry is not acting presidential and this would be damaging to him, but perry's people tell me they were happy rick perry was rick perry in that debate last night and say that's good for their campaign, suzanne. >> you wonder what rick perry or mitt romney will show up at the next debate. tell us a little about mitt romney. he seemed to be even more on the attack than usual. >> reporter: exactly. you know, when you're the front-runner, you know the other candidates are gunning for you. that happened again last night. seemed some of the candidates got under mitt romney's skin a little bit. he was a little more contentious and vocal in his pushbacks against rick perry, rick santorum and some of the other candidates, and maybe for romney's campaign they must be frustrated that romney's health care plan that he passed, so-called romneycare as governor at massachusetts keeps coming up and up and up and he has to keep dealing with it. overall, seems he gave as good as he got. mitt romney is a very good debater and i don't think the

story line or order of the candidates in the polls will change that much after this debate, suzanne. >> interesting moment when you saw mitt romney actually just showed that, put his hand on the shoulder of perry there. the body language, very close there, and a little combative. >> reporter: yeah, an interesting moment. if you go back to the first when rick perry was a part of, in california, simi valley in september, he put his hand on romney's shoulder. maybe payback time from mitt romney to rick perry. >> a little payback, thank you. for the latest political news, go to cnnpolitics.com. well, hrmship figerman cains fighting to become president but he's already won the battle of his life. that is against cancer. dr. sanjay gupta joins us with the details. 40% daily value of fiber... ...and 80 calories per serving... ...you may want to tell a few friends. ♪

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cnn "in-depth" when herman cain entered the race for the president he didn't have a big following. what do we know about him? we know his father worked three jobs, was a janitor, barber and chauffeur. his mother a domestic worker. majoring in math at morehouse college, he went on to get his masters in computer science from purdue university and worked at coca-cola and at various pillsbury companies before buying the godfather pizza klain. so whether he wins the nomination or not, herman cain has already won another big battle. cain says his political fight was inspired by his journey of

overcoming stage 4 colon cancer. our chief medical correspondent dr. gupta is leer with here wit. great to see you. pretty serious. colon cancer. what was he battling or fighting? >> it is serious. cancer of the colon that spread to another area. in his case, the colon. he was having pain, stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis. yntder went chemotherapy. surgery, more chemotherapy. quite a process. if you can resect the tumor in the colon and liver as he'd done, it dramatically improves your chances. the leverage of survival without treatment in his case five years. listen, suzanne, listen to how he put it specifically. >> i got my five-year checkup from my oncology, cat scans,

x-rays, the blood test, the special blood tests they do as a cancer patient, and i got a clean bill of health. five years, totally cancer-free, and that's after only having a 30% chance of survival. that's an uh-huh moment. >> wow. >> yeah. we talked to his doctors as well. they're careful with the language. it's five years. no evidence of cancer in his body. different than saying a cure. he'll have to be monitored from time to time, but he looks great. has no evidence of that stage 4 colon cancer anywhere to the found. >> got a battle, a fighting spirit. >> he really does. >> you can see that at the debate. how common is colon cancer, and what is the survival rate? >> four different stages. he had stage 4, the worst. the highest and worst. about 100,000 people are diagnosed every year. those anybonumbers may be going. people you are getting screened. debate on some recently that

this is one where people have been pretty good about it and people agreed it needs to be done. there are about half the people, 50,000 deaths, every year. the third most common cancer. other ones are more common, but this is one where you see about 50% mortality. again, a lot of people are diagnosed late still. if you get diagnosed early your chance of survival is much, much greater. >> can it be prevented? >> i think so. interesting. people make a lot of diet. talk about the low-fat diet, high fiber diets. plenty of evidence that deep creases your chances and aspirin. just an aspirin a day, anti-inflammatory can decrease your chances of colon cancer. screening is so key. >> not everybody survives obviously stage 4 colon cancer. why would cain want to put himself in this position, running for president? obviously, that's a pretty tough job? >> i thought about that, too. good question. three thing. one is that he definitely feels like he was given some purpose in life. that's how he put it.

he was saved, as he put it, for a reason. he believes this is his higher purpose. secondly, been through a big battle. perhaps after going through something like this, running for president, hard as it is, may not seem as big a deal. the other thing i thought was interesting, he's brought it up a couple times. help was obviously lucky to get the care he got. the chemo, he's obviously a man of resources, but he's concerned that that's, that the current health care plan is something he wants to weigh in on as well and dos that as president of the united states. i don't know exactly what he wants to do with it, but he doesn't believe under obamacare he would have gotten the same care he received. state tuned for that. i think we'll hear more about that over the next year. >> an engaging personal story. >> for sure. >> sanjay, thanks. good to see you. >> you got it. we're happy he's well. six out of ten african-american children in omaha, nebraska, are now living below the poverty line. city officials there admit it's alarming, but why is it happening? and what is being done to change

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companies here. >> reporter: ivan earned his mba here and launched a successful corporate career. he drove us through a predominantly white neighborhood -- >> this is where the majority of your african-american population resides. >> reporter: to of the other omaha, that he knows just as well. >> this area here has been really the site of a lot of violence over the years. >> reporter: he said the disparity between whites and blacks is shocking and deeply rooted in omaha's segregated past when many black families were denied banking loans, and equal education. the percentage of black children in poverty here ranks number one in the nation. >> you can be shocked and say, oh, my god, it's an awful place, or you can be shocked with feeling like we need to galvanize. >> reporter: that meant leaving a lucrative corporate job to return home to his community as ceo of the boys and girls club.

to make sure that kids like 14-year-old markel von has a safe place to play and study. >> what are the challenges that you're up against? >> my son is a good kid. you know? i'm sorry. i'm thankful, you know, every day that i have him in my life. >> reporter: in the past seven years, five children from the boys and girls club that markel atends have been killed. >> there is still a need for as many of us african-american men who can come back and provide that same kind of influence that these young people, that i received at the club. >> reporter: he also grew up in this neighborhood. what are your goals for yourself? what is it that you want for yourself? >> i want to be able to go to college and be able to make it to the pros. but if this don't work out, i want to be a veterinarian or zookeeper or something. >> reporter: as an honor student and star athlete, markell is

well on his way on the same road as ivan traveled. look for the new promised land, silicon valley, a black america special sunday night november 13th at 8:00 eastern right here on cnn. i want to go straight to chad myers on storms out of florida. and damage that's been done. hey, chad, what doo we know? >> maybe around 10:00 last night, a couple tornadoes did touch down, not that far from miami. look at this, this is the brand-new video we're just getting out of here. this is wplg, one of our affiliates in miami flying over that. some of these losing roofs, but you had a couple of people trapped overnight as the roofs came down. obvious it's easier to damage a stick build, or harder to damage a stick-built structure than a mobile home structure, but that

was damage to real buildings with real nails and wood as well here. so this was a pretty big tornado as it moved on through. this is all part of a system that could have turned into something more tropical, with a number, or even with a name. it didn't have time, because it moved over florida. now the severe weather is moving on up, a chance of it today, on up into the mid-atlantic, which would be north carolina, south carolina, maybe up into virginia and even washington, d.c. maybe not so much with tornadoes, but it's certainly a possibility, especially in the low country of south carolina, and also up into like north carolina as well, along the outer banks, could see something like this, a waterspout coming onshore there. this is just all part of a lot of moisture that came out of cancun. i talked to a couple of people from guatemala and honduras in the past couple of days, they've had significant flooding down there. we haven't talked much about it because it hasn't been a big weather headline, but there's been tropical rain across that area. now that tropical rain has moved

up into south florida. even combining with another low pressure system over the mid-atlantic states, which would be north carolina and virginia and severe weather possibly today. if you're in the washington, d.c. area, all the way down to maybe virginia beach, you may want to watch out for severe weather today. >> thanks, chad. my people are there, so they'll be keeping a close eye. appreciate it. >> you're welcome. people who live in zanesville, ohio, say stay indoors. animals set loose from a wild animal preserve. a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work.

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in ohio, a frantic search is under way right now for dangerous animals that escaped from a preserve. it includes lions, tigers, bears and wolves. the preserve is in eastern ohio, and schools there are closed. folks who live near the preserve were told to stay indoors. we've got sheriff matthew lutz on the phone. he's out of zanesville, ohio. sheriff, thank you very much for joining us here. i know you've had a very busy day. in your news conference just a short time ago, you said that deputies had to gun down some of those animals. do you still, first of all, believe that there are animals on the loose? >> yes, we do. at this point we feel there's about three animals that are unaccounted for. so we are still, now that we have daylight hours, we're still trying to track down the hours that we had to put down last night and getting a head count and comparing that to the list of the farmhands that worked out

here to make sure that we have -- where these animals are at. >> what kind of animals are these and how dangerous are they, the ones that are still loose? >> we think right now, tentatively we believe there's a wolf, possibly a mountain lion and possibly a monkey. we thought possibly there was a bear loose, but we think we've recovered that. but we'll have more at 3:00 on the next news conference. >> there have been tweets that people have been sending out saying that they've had sightings of certain animals. can you confirm whether or not that is true? and are you using this information to help you try to track down these animals? >> oh, yeah, every lead that comes in, we're checking on. i can tell you we've had several things where they've been reported. but we've had no confirmation from law enforcement. so we are following up on those leads. we've instructed our media, if they see something they think is unusual, or think they have one of these animals, to make sure they report it to us. >> sheriff, what kind of

conditions are you working under now? is it still raining? >> i have to go. thank you. >> oh, okay. looks like the sheriff had to go. obviously a lot of work ahead. perhaps they've even spotted one of those animals. he said there are at least three, they believe, are on the loose and it is still a very dangerous situation in that community. top of the hour. i'm suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed now. texas governor rick perry sport a new aggressive style at last night's cnn debate in vegas. perry's poll numbers tumbled after some pretty uninspiring performances in previous debates. well, this time he repeatedly jabbed his chief opponent, mitt romney, on jobs, health care and illegal immigration. and romney fired back. >> you're -- >> i'm speaking. i'm speaking. you get 30 seconds, time for you to -- this is the way the rules work here.

i get 30 seconds, and then you get 30 seconds to respond. anderson, would you please -- are you just going to keep talking? are you going to finish what i have to say? >> that was a wild debate. herman cain who has surged in recent polls, well, he got beat up over the 9-9-9 tax plan. his rivals described it as a windfall for the wealthy. cain wants a flat 9% tax on officials as well as corporate incomes, as well as on anything you buy. president obama's bus tour stopped at langley air force base in virginia earlier today. but looks like the first lady beat him. michelle obama told the audience the trade association that supplies consumer goods to u.s. military bases, they're going to hire 25,000 veterans, or military spouses by the end of 2013. she also said she was glad to see her husband. >> this is really cool.

i'm very thrilled, very honored to be here. number one, i never get to do anything with my husband. i haven't seen him in three days. this is a nice date. it's good to see you. you're looking good. >> that's the way they're dating these days, huh? the president has been pressuring congress to pass his jobs bill on the bus tour through north carolina and virginia. and that tour wraps up today. protesters and police scuffled in front of greece's parliament, that happened today, as workers kicked off a two-day general strike. government offices and businesses are closed. airlines, trains, taxis, now at a standstill. greeks are angry about tax increases and pay cuts. parliament is voting on those measures. that's going to happen today and tomorrow. and both of those measures have to pass in order for greece to get another bailout. we have new information today about four mentally disabled adults who were held

captive in a basement boiler room. philadelphia police say the female victim gave birth to two children during captivity. detectives say there may be ten other victims, and six of them are children. the victims were held in a dark room, with little or no food, at least one was in chains. our cnn sarah hoy went inside. >> reporter: this thing was small, it was dark, and the smell -- the smell of urine and other human waste was so pungent, it burnt my nostrils. when that door was closed, it took me probably 10 to 15 seconds to feel claustrophobic and i wanted out. >> three suspected are jailed now on kidnapping, assault and false imprisonment. police arrested a fourth suspect overnight. she is actually the daughter of the alleged ringleader, linda ann weston. now, police believe they targeted these victims to steal

their social security checks. police are also looking for possible victims in mclean, texas, and west palm beach, florida. the suspects apparently lived in both towns before moving to philadelphia. the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor is happening in los angeles today. an anesthesia expert is expected to testify that dr. conrad murray's use of propofol would help jackson sleep, amounted to gross negligence. the prosecution could actually rest its case after today's witness completes his testimony and murray's defense presents his side of the story. if convicted, murray could get four years in prison. good news here. as you get a monthly social security check, it could be a little bit bigger now. the increase, it's based on inflation, is 3.5%. so for the average social security recipient, that amounts to about $38 extra a month.

55 million get social security. but there is a but here. the social security raise is going to be not by a hike in medicare premiums that comes in january. queen elizabeth is in australia today for her 16th visit to the land down under. she'll open the heads of government meeting next week in perth. australia is considering leaving the british commonwealth once the queen's reign is complete. despite that, she remains intensely popular with the aussies. allegations were flying fast and furious over the latest republican debate. but were all these claims by the candidates really true. well, our correspondent's been doing fact-checking on that, in fact, a lot of fact-checking. tom foreman joins us in washington. so tom, it was a raucous debate. it was quite interesting to see. let's start with one of the exchanges everybody seems to be

talking about, rick perry, mitt romney, let's take a listen. >> mitt, you lose all of your standing from my perspective because you hired illegals in your home and you knew about it for a year. >> rick, i don't think i've ever hired an illegal in my life. >> so what do we know? true? not true? >> well, you know, suzanne, you know, this was something that mitt romney faced from rudy giuliani in the last race. so he was ready for this. the bottom line is, here's the claim that's being made here, from rick perry saying romney hired illegal immigrants. what are the facts in all this? something uncovered by the "boston globe" back in 2006, what they did find is that romney hired a company that he met through his church, and that company had hired some people from guatemala who were here illegally.

when romney found out about this through the "boston globe," basically what happened at the time is he sort of came clean and said, i didn't realize they were working for this company. he said to the company, you can't do this, gave the company a second chance. he did not get rid of the company altogether, which some people criticized him for. nonetheless, when the "boston globe" came back the next year said hey, they once again have the people here illegally, he dismissed the company after that was found once again. when you try to put this on the truth meter here, romney rightfully can say i didn't hire them. by the same token for him to pretend he didn't know anything about it, it's like, rick, i don't know what you're talking about. in both cases these gentlemen are being misleading at best, suzanne. >> little bit misleading there. what about the debate over herman cain's 9-9-9 plan? let's listen to that exchange. >> it is a jobs plan. it is revenue neutral. it does not raise taxes on those that are making the least.

all of those are simply not true. >> the analysis i did, person by person, return by return, is that middle-income persons see higher taxes. >> so tom, how did we do there? what did you come up with there? >> you know, the 9-9-9 plan has been the hot topic for about a week and a half here. the central claim by mitt romney is it raises taxes on the middle class. and herman cain says that's not how it works. we're rewriting the whole code. but let's look at the facts as best they can be ascertained about this. this is an enormously complex plan where nobody can nail everything down. but the tax policy center has completed one of the most comprehensive reviews we've seen so far. they say 84% of us would pay more under herman cain's plan. families making less than $30,000 would pay the most under that plan, in terms of a percentage of their income.

and the highest income families would get a tax break. again, this is all a work in progress. but if you look at it that way, you have to say mr. romney's claim appears to be true, and by proxy, many of herman cain's claims about 9-9-9 appear to be false. >> what about the back-and-forth on health care reform between romney and rick santorum? i want you to listen to this one. >> i was asked, is this something that you would have the whole nation do? and i said no, this is something that was crafted for massachusetts. it would be wrong to adopt this as a nation. >> you've blown a hole in the budget up there and you've authored in obama care which is going to blow a hole in the budget of this country. >> the people of massachusetts like it, by about a 3-1 margin. >> this is one of those hand grenades hanging out there for mitt romney. the claim is basically that romney wants massachusetts style health care reform for the whole

nation. the simple truth is that mitt romney numerous times has said, each state should choose its own plan, what worked for massachusetts may not work for other states. he's never said, let's take this plan and apply it to the nation. he's been a very vocal critic of the obama health care plan saying basically that's trying to put a one size fits all on everyone. and he's correct, there was a survey connected to harvard university that found the voters up there by about a 60% margin now approve of this program, though previously not many approved. bottom line, the notion that romney wants this for the nation appears to be flat-out false. >> tom, thanks for checking the facts there. drama, but you also need to check the facts, make sure that these guys are really telling the truth. so thank you. here's what's ahead on the rundown. first, an entire town in ohio is now in lockdown after the owner of a wild animal preserve sets his animals free. should private individuals be

allowed to own wild animals? republican presidential candidate herman cain has been kidding around a lot on the campaign trail. >> i tell you what, when i'm in charge of it, it's going to be electrified. that was an exager ration. it was a joke, john. yeah, i haven't learned how to be politically correct yet. >> then we're going to check on the family of a toddler in china, who was run over twice after left bleeding in an alley. and then the death toll rises from cantaloupes tainted with bacteria. we'll find out what caused the listeria outbreak, and what you can do to protect yourself. and finally, well, what in the world is quantum levitation, right? stick around. it's pretty cool. [ male announcer ] there's just something about werther's caramel

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in ohio, a search is under way right now for dangerous animals that are now on the loose. lions, tigers, bears, other animals escaped from a preserve after the owner turned them loose and then killed himself. dozens of the animals have been shot and killed but some are still roaming free. will traverse is with us from new york. a group rescues wild animals around the world. this story from ohio, essentially, what do you think? do you think that this is proof that folks should not own these wild animals privately, that that should never really be allowed? >> well, the truth is, suzanne, that the legislators in ohio and other states like north carolina, south carolina, they're playing russian roulette with animals' lives, and frankly, with people's lives.

thank goodness no one has been hurt by this recent incident. but animals have died in significant numbers and it could have been prevented. >> how so do you think? i mean, do you agreeith the sheriff who said he's had to kill and put down these animals because they are a danger to people if they're running out there like that? >> well, i think the sheriff and his police force, between a rock and a hard place. if one member of the public is killed by one of these escaped animals, he's going to be blamed. although it's not his fault. the fault lies at the door of the legislators who have not put in place the regulatory process that would mean a guy who's been previously convicted of cruelty to animals, he's still allowed to keep animals. that seems insane to me. >> you have evidence that he was previously convicted for being cruel to animals, is that true? >> in 2005, he was convicted for cruelty to animals. and the state has had many warnings about this kind of issue before. even last year, a young man, 24

years old, was killed by a bear. the then governor put in an emergency executive order, but that actually ended in april this year on the promise that the new administration will put in proper measures to deal with this issue. they haven't done so. born for usa provided model legislation to hech do that. but here we are, and we're in october. the animals have escaped. this guy has committed suicide. when are we going to see some action in this state, and in all the other states where people's lives are being put at risk, and animals are suffering. >> will, so just to be clear, you're putting the blame squarely on the government, on the state for not providing the kind of legislation that's necessary to make sure that these animals are protected? >> yes, suzanne. we know it's been done. states like massachusetts have good legislation, which broadly prevents private individuals from keeping animals like this. i mean, either the facility should have a usda license and be open to the public or it should be a sanctuary meeting

the regulations, such as the born free sanctuary in texas. we need proper legislation to protect people from animals, but frankly, animals from people. >> all right. will travers, we appreciate it. >> thank you. so for some, it's easy to see why polls show herman cain is the most likable candidate. a lot of it has to do with his sense of humor. but his whimsical's answers may indicate he's not quite ready for the white house. >> there are many reasons why cain is surging. like his great grasp of foreign policy. >> i'm ready for the gotcha questions. when ask me who's the president of you becky becky stan stan, you know, i don't know. do you know? and then i'm going to say, how is that going to create one job? >> it won't create one job. because all of our jobs have been outsourced to

ubeckybeckystan, stan. i just hope that herman cain did not offend their president. >> so cain says that america needs to lighten up a little bit. here's what he said when he was asked ha he would bring to the white house if elected. >> i would bring a sense of humor to the white house. because america's too uptight. >> too uptight. joining us to talk about cain, and the comedian versus cain, the serious candidate is robert trainham, the d.c. bureau chief for the comcast network. and so robert, herman cain has definitely captured the spotlight. he's risen dramatically in the polls. but there are some folks who are asking, you know, is he running for comedian in chief or commander in chief? do you think his kind of humor is helping or hurting? >> i'm not sure.

i think the, really, the jury is still out whether or not people are taking him seriously or not. if we're talking about herman cain's -- his personality, or his sense of humor as opposed to the 14 million people out there that are unemployed, the 17 million people out there that are living paycheck to paycheck, i think something's wrong with that conversation. you know, i think most people out there would say, it's nice he has a sense of humor, but more importantly where is his plan to create more jobs in this economy. that's what most people want to hear. >> let's take a listen to when he first raised eyebrows when he made flippant comments around tackling illegal immigration. >> when i'm in charge of a fence, it will be 20 feet high. it's going to have barbed wire on the top. it's going to be electrified. >> it was a joke, john. and yeah, i haven't learned how to be politically correct yet. it might be electrified. it was a joke in the context that it was used in that speech. it may not be eelectrified.

that was an exaggeration, hi r hyperbole. >> does he run the risk of not being taken seriously? >> absolutely. notice the freudian slip, he said electrocuted. you have to be very careful, obviously, when you're running for office. this is an insight to herman cain who has never run at public office before, at least at this level. you're looking for president of the united states. you have hundreds if not thousands of reporters that are covering you on a daily basis, either virtually or obviously in person. he's learning the hard way you need to keep your personal comments to yourself and focus on the policy at hand. >> he wrote in his memoir if he was president, his code name given by the secret service should be corn bread. that comment really irked black leaders who believes he's now playing off racial cliches or stereotypes to win folks over. do you think that's true? do you think that's part of his

strategy? >> i don't know. i honestly don't know. but in the age of president obama, someone that was obviously a transformational figure on so many issues, but just as importantly on race, who never talked about race, never brought it to the forefront, because he wanted to be judged on his policies, cain is taking us down a road in terms of having this conversation about race, having this conversation about racial stereotypes. it's just very unfortunate. it goes back to my original point, now he's in the spotlight, he needs to be a little more careful in how he phrases things. >> that seems to be an understatement. because last night the debate, cain raised eyebrows again after telling earlier our wolf blitzer that he would be willing as president to negotiate with al qaeda. then he was confronted with those comments after the debate and essentially said that he misspoke. does he run the risk now of not really thinking things through before he speaks? does he seem to have that kind of problem? >> yeah, it appears that way.

there's no question about it. look, al qaeda obviously was in charge of september 11th. they were in charge of the yemen bombings. they were in charge of the "uss cole" bombings. you go down the list. in terms of negotiating with terrorists as commander in chief, i'm not sure that's a smart move. it speaks to herman cain's judgment and whether he's thinking things through. if this is his position, this is his position. it's probably a very ill-informed position and obviously the voters will take that into consideration if they vote for him during the primary process next year. >> robert. thank you so much. it was a fascinating debate to watch last night. thank you for your insight. >> indeed it was. thanks for having me. a story that has outraged china, as well as the world really. a young toddler run over by a van, and then a truck. nobody did anything to help her until one woman stepped in. we'll get an update on how that little girl is doing.

we have a follow-up to a shocking story we told you about yesterday. in china, a young girl is now fighting for her life. a security camera video shows the toddler getting run over by a van, and then later by a small truck. more than a dozen people passed by. nobody does anything to help the child. then a good samaritan stepped in. cnn's eunice yun has an update. >> reporter: a limp body, barely recognizable at this hospital in southern china. her mother hoping 2-year-old might wake if she calls her name. she has barely slept since her

daughter was critically injured in not one, but two hit-and-run accidents. she said she won't disappoint anyone. i know my girl, she's strong. a security camera in this hardware market caught the accidents on tape. the footage shows the little girl wandering in front of a white van. she's hit, run over, and run over again by another vehicle. the video was posted online, outraging the public. but these are the scenes that sparked nationwide soul-serving, motorists and passengers pass by the child and do nothing. hit-and-run accidents here near the hardware store. she lay on the ground for about ten minutes where a good samaritan moved her here to safety. the unexpected hero, a street scavenger who stepped in to save a life. now a symbol of understated

decency. a quality many fear is increasingly rare in a nation obsessed with moving up the economic ladder. i didn't think of anything at the time, she told local reporters. i just wanted to save the girl. her neighbors told us she seemed overwhelmed by her celebrity and has since gone home to the countryside. it represents the best part of human nature, she says. i thank her for that. she's very much in critical condition. her mother says she has some sensation in her lower body, but she has very little brain activity. despite the concerns of china's declining morality, here at the hospital humanity shines. during our short visit, her family received a steady procession of well-wishers, bearing gifts, money and comfort for someone they never knew. wong's mother appreciates the support but is hoping to receive the best gift of all. don't give up on mom, she tells

her girl. mom is not giving up. let mom have one more chance to love and spoil you. cnn. to give the story context, there have been several cases recently where elderly people have collapsed and hurt themselves in public places and then sued the people who tried to help them. so there are some chinese who feel they could get in trouble for being a good samaritan. the break is over now for jurors in the michael jackson death trial. they are back in court to hear more testimony against his personal doctor, dr. conrad murray. [ male announcer ] humana and p d medicare prescription dru. ♪ with the lowest nationalpl.

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here's a rundown of some of the stories we're working on next. the prosecution in the conrad murray trial calls an anesthesiologist expert to talk about how propofol was used on michael jackson. then the deadliest food-borne outbreak in ten years is now taking more lives. we'll look at the cause behind the cantaloupe deaths. and in 20 minutes, student loans hit historic highs. why so many are defaulting on

them and what it means for the economy. . it was a break, five days, jurors now in the case against dr. conrad murray, they're back in court. he is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the overdose death of michael jackson. dr. murray has pleaded not guilty. today the prosecution is expected to call its final witness. that is an anesthesiology expert. joining me from las vegas is criminal defense attorney richard herman. richard, good to see you. tell us a little bit about -- >> hi, suzanne. >> hi. tell us about the prosecution here. i understand they could rest today with their final witness? >> they will rest today. as soon as dr. shafer finishes his testimony in the cross-examinations are done, the state's going to rest their case. suzanne, i don't believe the case could have come in any better for the prosecution. it really boxed the defense into a corner right now, because they're going to ar gue in

summation whether you believe michael jackson injected himself with propofol or lorazepam or whatever he did, or you think dr. murray did it. the mere fact that dr. murray abandoned the patient, walked out of the room with those meds in the room, knowing michael jackson's propensity for drugs, that is gross negligence. and you must find him guilty. that's going to be the prosecution's argument, summation. pretty powerful argument. >> richard, is it likely we might hear from michael jackson's son, prince? could he actually testify? there's been some talk around that. >> again, suzanne, the case came in so smooth, it would be such a mistake to put prince on the stand. jurors will not believe him. they will think that he was put up to lie and manufacture evidence. they don't need him. and i understand katherine jackson, the matriarch of the family, the person in charge of those children, does not want him to testify. so i don't think it's going to happen. >> richard, just to understand why this would be significant,

dr. murray said that he had actually comforted jackson's children when they saw jackson's body. do we think if they put prince on the stand and he testified with his version of the story, would it help or would it hurt the doctor? >> well, what he would do is he would say, i heard dr. murray's testimony, and he did not do that. he did not comfort me or my family. he did not hug us. he did not comfort us in any which way. and the purpose of it would be to try to undermine the credibility of dr. murray's statement. because that's all the defense has right now. there's no way dr. murray's going to testify in this case. his version is in with that statement. and the prosecution might attempt to destroy his credibility by putting prince on. i think that the risks outweigh the benefits. i don't believe they're going to do it. >> finally here, richard, you know, if he's convicted of involuntary manslaughter, the maximum sentence is four years. but i understand now there's a new california law intended to cut back on the overcrowded

prisons, could mean if he is convicted, that he might not even get a day behind bars. can you tell us about that? >> yeah, absolutely. that's -- see, it's not going to bring closure. people are looking foreclosure for michael jackson's death. this verdict is not going to bring closure. it's too complicated to simply put it all on murray. the bottom line in the state of california, based on a nonviolent conviction, with no prior convictions, the state will not take conrad murray, he'll be directed to the county, and the county prison system is under directive that under those circumstances, the prisoner must be serving the bulk of his time in house arrest, supervised house arrest. so he may not even do one day in county jail. even if he gets convicted. >> all right. that might not satisfy some folks there. but richard, thank you so much. we appreciate your perspective. and we'll be following the trial, of course. we'll continue bringing you the highlights from the trial as well. if you want to see

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time to check stories making news across the country. in florida, they still haven't confirmed if this mess was caused by a tornado that may have touched down in indiantown last night, 30 miles from west palm beach. a home was damaged, a barn behind it destroyed. a nearby vfw building was also damaged. check this story out as well. >> i'm here to tell you that i'm quitting.

>> this guy decides to quit his job at a hotel in providence, rhode island, with a little musical help from his friends. it's a little marching band, kind of new orleans, little bit new orleans style there. they followed him to the front entrance, he handed over his resignation, the band struck up a song and he was out of there. >> that's incredible. >> shoppers at the grocery store in alaska got a surprise. the little bear cub walks in, climbs over the fruits and veggies. this happened over the weekend in the southern part of the state. the baby bear was taken outside and released. oh. you've got to check this out. this is really cool stuff. is it real, is it magic? all right. so we're looking at this thing, a disk. you can see it. it's levitating. how does all this happen? this is really bizarre.

so of course, we want to bring in from one science geek to another, our own chad myers. chad, i say it in the most loving way. >> when you see this, you realize -- >> yeah, come on. >> -- there are very smart people out there. >> i don't understand how that happened. >> what that disk is that's levitating basically, it's actually stuck there because it isn't falling either. it's a piece of sapphire that's been coated with barium copper oxide. and that, when it gets cold, like 300 degrees below zero, you can see it smoking there, that's like sitting there in liquid nitrogen, it turns into a super conductors. super conductors and big rare earth magnets don't get along at all. but they don't want to be away from each other and they don't want to be apart. there's a been tract there. this is what really gets me. the track is a magnet. both poles on the magnet. when you turn the thing upside down, it doesn't want to fall either. it's not like turning a magnet

back against itself because it just wants to repel each other, this keeps floating around. this was from the tel aviv university. they say, could we make cars do this? >> exactly. >> only if your car was 300 degrees below zero. that wouldn't be very comfortable. and it doesn't stay there very long either. it is going around. it's not magic. it's not -- you know, there's nothing illegal about this, or unusual about this. this actually literally happens, it's called quantum levitation. you can't do it unless you have a super conductor that's right at 300 degrees below zero and it's super conducting -- super conducting is like wire that doesn't use any electricity. you put this disk on top of the magnet and it's stuck there. it's not up, down, floating, it's literally trapped in nano tubes of magnetism. >> i can hardly wait to discover how to do this with other stuff. >> make a train go. >> right. >> and have no resistance. that would be awesome.

>> we're on our way. thanks, chad. that was so cool. >> sure. >> i've got to ask you about this one here. do you remember the movie? my all-time favorites. forest gump. starts running, people start following him. remember that? >> absolutely. here he goes. >> all right. so we have a story about this guy, giving a run for his money. john returned to his native canada on sunday to a hero's welcome. why? because he's been walking for 11 years. he took off after his business went belly-up. and he made it all the way to atlanta before easing into what has become the longest uninterrupted walk around the world. so what do you think the miles are? >> around the world is 24,000 miles, if you can walk on water over the equator. but he went farther than that. >> 46,000 miles. he hit 60 countries, as a matter of fact. isn't that pretty cool? >> maybe that's how he got to

north america, from walking all over the straits. >> imagine the people -- i guess he might have had a little following as well, huh? >> you would think he would get sponsorship from shoes or somethi something. >> thanks, chad. >> you're welcome. the number of people who have actually gotten sick and died from eating cantaloupe contaminated with the bacteria listeria, that's up now to at least 25. we're hearing what may have caused now the outbreak. but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! [ male announcer ] yes, it is. where they grow america's favorite wpotatoes. idaho, everyone knows idaho potatoes taste great. but did you know they're good for you too? they're high in vitamins and potassium. and idaho potatoes are now certified to carry the heart checkmark from the american heart association

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kabul, afghanistan. this was an unannounced stopover, at least not publicly announced, but certainly part of a plan overseas outreach with the leaders there in afghanistan. as u.s. troops, nato troops, allied troops -- we're looking at pictures from yesterday. she was in tripoli, libya, where she met with the new government of that nation. so she is making the rounds here, obviously to -- in the region to try to make an impact. the administration looking for change in the region. and obviously afghanistan, a critical place where our own soldiers there continue to train the afghans to take over their own security, so that american forces can soon come home. more than a month since

people started dying from cantaloupe contaminated with a bacteria called listeria. so far, 20 people have died -- 25 people, rather, have died. one woman has had a miscarriage. and 123 people have gotten sick over this. we're learning more about what cautioned the outbreak. elizabeth cohen is here to explain. elizabeth, what do we know now about why this is happening? >> we've been waiting a long time to find out what actually caused this listeria to get into the cantaloupe. the fda went in the plant and swabbed down about 39 different places of this facility and about a third of them had listeria. there was definitely something going on at this plant. for example, they found listeria in the storage facility where they keep the cantaloupe. so now they're telling us that they have written a letter to these folks, and to the farm, which is in colorado, and they have warned them about these problems. they found certain unsanitary conditions that really were not

supposed to happen. and they have not taken legal action, but that is a possibility in the future. >> we have a cantaloupe here. these were recalled a month ago, cantaloupes were recalled. are we out of the woods yet? i guess there's this period where they will discover this could actually be in your system for a while. >> can't lope has a pretty long incubation period. so it's possible people bought cantaloupe during the end of this outbreak, didn't hear about the recall, kept it in the kitchen for a couple of days, had a long incubation period, it's possible someone may still get sick. but probably not. we probably are either at or very near the end. we probably won't be seeing lots more cases. >> so is it unclear? do we know if it's safe to buy cantaloupe? you can buy it and say, okay, i can eat it now? >> the cantaloupe on the shelves right now don't have listeria. the ones that have listeria from this particular farm -- and that's important to say. it wasn't as if all cantaloupe

had listeria, it was from the one farm in california that had it. listeria gets on the outside of it, and the problem is, that when you slice into a cantaloupe, the knife can then bring the germs into the cantaloupe. so that's often what happens. i know people wonder, if i don't eat the skin, so -- but you drag it in when you slice it. >> so wash it thoroughly. >> it's good to be good anyhow. take a clean produce brush and scrub it. that way if there's anything on the outside, you can get rid of it. now, not a concern. >> good news. thanks, elizabeth. college grads are getting deeper into debt with student loans now at record levels. we're going to get a breakdown of the numbers in a live report from the new york stock exchange.

debt level for student loans is at a record high, and that could be a huge burden on this country's new college grads for years. if not decades to come. allison kosak is joining us from the new york stock exchange. break it down for us, if you will. i know when i went to school, i had lots and lots of debt when i came out of it. but now it looks like things are worse for folks now. >> oh, yeah, you and me both with that debt. and yes, things are worse. talking big money here. more than $1 trillion in student loans have been taken out. that's just in the first half of the year. over the past decade when you look at it, that amount has actually quadrupled, this coming from the new york federal reserve. student debt has been slowly increasing because of the economy. we're seeing tuitions rise. but the reality is many parents don't have jobs or had their wages cut. so they have to take out more

loans. so the reality is, more and more families are taking out more debt. and proof of that is more debt they can actually handle, and proof of that is delinquencies are rising, that is loan payments at least 90 days late. it just shows that they can't pay the bills. this can have big repercussions, because if you're a student saddled with debt it could delay you from buying a home or getting married and having children. that's why you're seeing a lot of people, suzanne, actually turning to community colleges, enrollment is up there because it's cheaper to go to school at community colleges. >> sure, sure. it's all understandable. alison, what are the markets doing right now? do we know? >> we've got mixed market right now. the dow is actually up 46. the nasdaq down 11. the focus remains on corporate earnings. so far, we're off to a pretty good start. tech stocks getting hit hard after apple surprised a miss on its earnings. but morgan stanley gave a surprise to the upside of earnings reporting a $2 billion

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herman cain breaks a vow not to talk about race. some conservatives welcome his comments. but some blacks say he's not helping to advance the discussion about racism. don lemon takes an in-depth look. >> i am an american black conservative, and a, b, c, and proud of it. >> reporter: herman cain -- >> i've been called a racist too. >> reporter: -- says things -- >> because i will not stay on the democrat plantation. >> reporter: -- that you don't normally hear from black men. >> many african-americans have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view. >> reporter: does he have a point? cnn contributor -- >> there is definitely a conversation to be had about the voting tendencies of the black community, absolutely. is he trying to have that conversation?

no, i don't think so. i don't think you can engage the black community on one side by dropping bombs like plantation on the other. >> reporter: granderson questions cain's motives. >> i think he's definitely trying to use words, phrases, even take positions that are counterintuitive you would think of a brack person to say or think. but from a person generating buzz. >> reporter: it appears to be working. cain is everywhere. from major magazines, to talk shows. his poll numbers are rising. he's drawing bigger crowds. of mostly white conservatives, tea party members, who according to conservative commentator eric ericson, is the stop blaming race. >> they're not the white group people characterize them as. >> reporter: and cain's skin color gives him cover to say things that the whites and other

gop candidates don't dare say. >> i don't think racism in the country today holds anybody back in a big way. >> reporter: imagine a white person, let alone another gop candidate, uttering or even insinuating the same thing. >> what herman cain said made bigoted statements. >> i think he gets a pass largely because he's a black conservative and can say what black conservatives can say the same way a black person could say or any white person could say. their experience in the united states. >> reporter: and experience that cain believes he's more in tune with than a black man whose job he wants. >> he's never been part of the black experience in america. i can talk about that. i can talk about what it's meant to be poor before i was poor. >> reporter: four years later, like candidate obama, candidate cain. by chance or design, has landed on america's