i will end don't ask, don't tell. >> president obama is once again promising to let gays serve openly in the military. but some activists say a promise is not enough. a bar fight turns into a dramatic shootout caught on tape. what you don't see is what happened outside the bar. accidents and i don't have my snow tires on yet. i was a nervous wreck. >> she's talking about snow that caused a lot of car crashes. find out how people are coping with cold weather that came

early. good sunday morning. this is "hln:news and views" i'm holly firfer in for natasha curry. president obama addressed the large est gay rights group last night. he specifically pointed out the need to end the don't ask, don't tell policy and called for discrimination law for the workplace. >> we know there's far more work to do. we're pushing hard to pass an inclusive employee nondiscrimination bill. for the first time ever an administration official testified in congress in favor of this law. nobody in america should be fired because they're gay, despite doing a great job and meeting their responsibilities. it's not fair. it's not right. we're going to put a stop to it. >> despite his well-received

speech, some in the gay community remain skeptical of president obama's agenda. yesterday, dozens of gay rights activists gathered at the washington monument and spoke out about what they say is the president's foot dragging on gay rights issues. >> i don't think president obama has done enough. we need action. we need real action and we need it now. so, we are setting up to demand our equal, basic human rights. that's what this is about. >> during last night's speech, the president said he will sign a hate crimes bill. it recently passed out of the house. it expands the definition of hate crimes to include a tax based on sexual orientation and gender identity. people in eastern kentucky are cleaning up after a tornado. this is what a twister did after it struck near liberty on friday. it destroyed at least two mobile homes and took down trees and power lines. thankfully, nobody was seriously injured. northern alabama has some cleaning up to do as well.

power lines were toppled and trees came crashing down on homes when another storm hit friday afternoon. folks in colorado are getting more than their share of cold. the temperatures already dropping into the teens at night and snow is everywhere. dave delosure shows us how people are coping with it. >> never expected this much snow. >> reporter: expected or not, what residents of wellington got out of this storm measured just under a foot of snow. >> you blink and the weather changes. >> reporter: robert iford wasn't plan i planning on shoveling snow this soon. >> i had to go buy this one actually. >> reporter: like his neighbors, he woke up this morning to something he wasn't planning on. >> was i expecting it? not really. i was expecting a skiff, but it's all good. >> looks nice. i like the snow. except that now it's getting heavy. >> reporter: there's a difference between this and this. >> i like snow. i don't like driving in it.

>> reporter: neither did people in the metro area. >> spinout accidents and i don't have my snow tires on yet. i was a nervous wreck. >> reporter: the snow that started around 5:00 am was slick. ice led to this, pile-up of 20 vehicle. >> a really bad drive. >> reporter: today might not have been a good day for baseball. >> just came down to hit a couple golf balls. >> reporter: being all alone here on the driving range doesn't mean he's the only golfer who thought about doing this. >> probably not. most coloradoans are used to playing in this kind of weather. >> reporter: sure, there are other things he could be doing. >> i should be up skiing. >> reporter: but on october 10th in colorado, you have choices. >> both right now. i want to go get my skis out, but i think i'll wait a couple more weeks. it's not time to put the clubs away, though. >> again, that was dave delosure

of denver affiliate kusa. that caused the postponement of yesterday's playoff baseball game in denver. we'll have more on that in sports in a few minutes. two people aren't breathing, with no pulls. >> not breathing? >> yes. >> is this a result of a shooting or something? >> no. >> are you by yourself? >> no. get them out of the sweat lodge. >> we are. >> police in arizona have released the 911 tapes from a purification ritual that turned deadly. two people died after sitting in a so-called sweat lodge on thursday. 19 other people were hospitalized for a range of problems, including dehydration, burns, kidney failure and respiratory arrest. the people who participated in the sweat lodge were attending a program by self help guru james ray. >> everybody has a right to believe and practice the way they wish to, but when it

endangers the lives of others or when you have to pay for it, that's not a spiritual belief. >> there's nothing evil or wrong about money. that's one of the things we're taught. more and more in this society that money is evil. it isn't. it provides wonderful things if you have the ability, you can help many, many people. >> of the 19 people taken to the hospital, one is still in critical condition. pakistan says it's ended a hostage standoff in its army headquarters. a military spokesman says four militants and three hostages are dead after troops launched a rescue operation this morning. an alleged militant's leader was captured. the militants somehow got into the headquarters yesterday and held dozens of people hostage for 18 hours. terror strikes in pakistan seem to be picking up, with at least three attacks in the past seven days. we have video of a dramatic shootout caught on tape. take a close look at this

unbelievable surveillance video. this was the scene after a fist fight turned into an all-out gun battle at a bar in toledo, ohio. patrons already had scrambled out the door. one gun wielding man ducked behind the pool table and others joined in that fight. a few minutes later, a second camera captured several people outside, firing into the bar. amazingly, no one was struck, even though upwards of 20 shots were fired. police are trying to identify the gunmen and figure out what started the shootout. >> one person died and more than a dozen were injured in a bus crash in idaho last night, carrying members of a high school marching band from utah. it crashed and rolled on to its

side near the border. the bus driver, who survived, may have had a medical condition that caused that crash. 49 tons of food intended for people who can't afford it was lost in a florida fire. it broke out at a warehouse where a food bank kept its inventory. the flames never got to the food but still ruined it for consumption. one volunteer says up to 60,000 people who depend on this bank won't get any food until after the weekend. snow and freezing cold temperatures out west, hot weather in the south. what's it like in the midwest? that's why we have reynolds wolf here to give us an update. the chicago marathon today. a lot of people in the midwest wondering, what will the weather be? >> absolutely. 40,000 people will be out there, jogging along. it's going to be a cool morning for uh-uh, no doubt, from places like navy pi. r to wrigleyville. a cold time for you. temperatures this hour, let's see what we have. oak park, temperatures in the

30s, then back towards burbank, temperatures in the 30s there too. we do expect temperatures to cool down a little bit tonight, holly. there's a slight chance parts of the area could see a touch of snowfall. not super heavy stuff, but snow nonetheless. one of the reasons why, we still have cold air piling in from places like canada, moisture working across the central plains into portions of the midwest. nice and cool for you in parts of the tennessee valley and look for scattered showers in portions of texas, too. still very dry for you in a few location with his high temperatures today, warming up to 82 in vegas, along the strip. 88 degrees by sky harbor airport in phoenix, 66 in los angeles, seattle 56. kansas city, kaufman stadium, temperatures in the 50s. 70 in washington, d.c. 61 in boston. 92 -- yeah, still some 90s in parts of florida. that's a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. a woman took police on a

wild and dangerous high-speed chase. look at this. there was a child in the backseat. find out what police had to do to stop her, even after she crashed her van.

clocked at speeds topping 110 miles an hour. at one point was driving the wrong way, weaving through traffic. she crashed into a guardrail after deputies laid black strips on the highway to puncture her tires. police say she refused to listen to nands and had to taser her. the child was handed over to protective services. the world's tallest dog, george, a great dane that stands

42" tall, towering over adults when he stands on his hind legs. feeding george isn't cheap. reportedly, he eats about 100 pounds of food every month. lovers of the mccobb are gathering for a furm, holding a proper burial for edgar allen poe today. no announcement of poe's original funeral, few people came. his obituary was written by a man who hated himment a runaway train eventually destroyed his tombstone. >> it's hard to play baseball when the field looks like this. postponing game three of the phillies/rockies series. the overnight temperature was just 17 degrees, colder than the champagne in st. louis by the visiting dodgers last night. l.a. beating the cardinals 5-1,

to sweep that series 3-0. dodgers move on to the national league championship series. >> quarterback tim tebow was cleared to play by doctors and did just that. tebow in the second quarter nearly sacked twice somehow gets away for an eight-yard gain. unbelievable. he won a national championship for florida last year, now a senior. touchdown pass. florida gets the win over lsu to remain undefeated and extend that team's longest winning streak. >> in the time minutes, vanderbilt, field goal. whoa, bank shot. it goes in. we go to overtime. on the same end of the field, army -- come on. come on. no. same upright. same bank shot. this time, army gets the win. wow! so much easier to play basketball outdoors when it's

warm. second straight year of an outdoor nba game went off better as the warriors beat the phoenix suns. last year high winds affected shooting and players and fans complained they couldn't get warm. good thing they didn't try to play this game in denver, in all that snow. that's sports. forget the nightclubs. some adults are ditching that scene for adult playdates. and they're rediscovering their love of childhood games.

an online account of a massive firefight in afghanistan, took place october 3rd and is told by u.s. service members who fought it. >> 90 seconds into the fight they ended up hitting one of our generators. we lost all power. at that point, i made a call up to -- and basically said we're taking heavy, heavy contact. at that point i knew that this was something bigger than normal. >> found out that moo rtar systems were unable to fire at that time, work on other assets to see exactly what fire assets we could use. >> i think the numbers were so more significant than 25 to 30 that we got -- they got 25 to 30

with that initial push. because we were basically surrounded 360 degrees, i think there was something numbers that allowed them to continue to fight throughout the day. >> my initial impressions were we came over the hill, first got to call them, got the response that everybody was gone. we could tell that everything around them was going to hell. we could hear it in their microphones, guns going off. we knew that there was a pretty intense situation they were facing. >> after the aftermath, completely changed. like he said, almost all of the billings had had burned down. there were trees that were cut down, trying to save other buildings from catching fire. and then remnants of a mass attack afterwards. eight u.s. troops died in the fighting and more than 100 militants were killed.

wildfire that broke out near a popular resort outside of l.a. last week is finally under control. it burned through 11 square miles of brush and destroyed several structures. people living nearby were forced to evacuate, since returned home but being kept away from the burn area. the cause of the wildfire is being investigated. a member of the irish boy band boy zone has died. the band's website says stephen gately died on vacation in spain yesterday. he is on the far left in this picture. however, it's still unclear how he died. the band had a series of number one hits and albums in britain before breaking up in 2000. they reunited last year. some grown-ups are rediscovering their inner child and learning how to have fun and laugh out loud. fredricka whitfield shows us how playdates are catching on with adults. >> reporter: playdates aren't just for children these days.

in a slumping economy, one company is broadening the appeal of fun and games and inviting bigger kids at heart. >> back in the day games. you know, it feels good to play it again. >> play that gives adults an opportunity to put their adult problems on the shelf for a moment and play like they're a kid again. >> creating a unique formula for an alternative to adult night life. playdate started a few years ago, and organizers say they went from 85 attendees to more than 400. they attribute the success partly to people looking for low-cost entertainment during tough times. and venues have now popped up in nearly 20 states with signature games like monopoly, scrabble, jenga, to name a few. >> people are looking for outlets to say, hey, i don't want to worry about things that are happening monday through friday. >> no, you didn't do that! that's not fair!

>> reporter: at a playdate event, organizers say gamers get a chance to enjoy the coziness of having close friends in a comfortable environment and still have the high energy you find in a nightclub. but not at club prices. >> across the country, playdate is only a $10 event. >> it was really inexpensive, if you compare it to a club going out. >> normally you see this as the hand, and foot. at playdate we do that. >> clubs are very expensive to get into, then you pay for food and drinks. it gets up there, plus the parking outside, too. and that, right now, it's like not feasible for many people, including me. >> reporter: across the board, people here are finding an adult playdate a more affordable way to find their inner child. fredricka whitfield, cnn, atlanta.

one woman is proving that age shouldn't keep you from doing what you want to do. that's how she's reaching new heights and teaching others how to live it up, too.

i will end don't ask, don't tell. that's my commitment to you. >> president obama is once again promising to let gays serve openly in the military. but some activists say a promise is not enough. a bar fight turns into a dramatic shootout caught on tape. what you don't see is what happened outside the bar. >> spinouts, accident, and i don't have my snow tires on yet, so i was a nervous wreck. >> she's talking about snow that caused a lot of car crashes. find out how people are coping with cold weather that came

early. good sunday morning. this is "hln:news and views" i'm holly firfer in for natasha curry. president obama addressed the largest gay rights group last night. drg a rousing speech, he once again promised to bring an end to discrimination against gays, specifically pointing out the need to end the don't ask, don't tell military policy. >> we know there's far more work to do. we're pushing hard to pass an inclusive employee nondiscrimination bill. for the first time ever, an administration official testified in congress in favor of this law. nobody in america should be fired because they're gay, despite doing a great job and meeting their responsibilities. it's not fair. it's not right. we're going to put a stop to it. >> despite his well-received

speech, some in the gay community remain skeptical of president obama's agenda. yesterday, dozens of gay rights activists gathered at the washington monument. they spoke out about what they say is the president's foot dragging on gay issues. >> i don't think that president obama has done enough. i think that we need action, we need real action and we need it now. so, we are setting up to demand our equal, basic human rights. that's what this is about. >> during last night's speech, the president said he will sign a hate crimes bill. it recently passed out of the house. it expands the definition of hate crimes to include attacks based on sexual orientation and gender identity. >> people in eastern kentucky are cleaning up after a tornado. this is what a twister did after it struck near liberty on friday. it destroyed at least two mobile homes and took down trees and power lines. thankfully, nobody was seriously injured. northern alabama has cleaning up to do as well.

power lines were toppled and trees came crashing down on homes when another storm hit friday afternoon. folks in colorado are getting more than their share of cold. the temperatures already dropping into the teens at night and snow is everywhere. but dave delosure from affiliate kusa shows us how people are coping with it. >> we weren't expecting this much show. >> reporter: expected or not, what residents of wellington got out of this storm measured just under a foot of snow. >> you blink and the weather changes. >> reporter: robert iford wasn't planning on shoveling snow this soon. >> i had to go buy this one, actually. >> reporter: like his neighbors, he woke up to something he wasn't planning on. >> was i expecting it? not really. i was expecting a skiff, but it's all good. >> it looks nice. i like the snow. except that now it's getting heavy. >> reporter: there's a difference between this and this. >> i like snow. i don't like to drive in it.

>> reporter: and neither did people in the metro area. >> spinouts, accidents and i don't have my snow tires on yet. i was a nervous wreck. >> reporter: the snow that started around 4:00 am left highways slick and the results were predictable. along i-25 in colorado spinnings shall ice led to a pileup involved between 20 and 30 vehicles. >> it was really a bad drive. >> reporter: today might not have been a good day for baseball -- >> just came down to hit a couple golf balls. >> reporter: for beau park, being all alone here on the driving range doesn't mean he's the only golfer who thought about doing this. >> probably not. most coloradoans are used to playing in this kind of weather. >> reporter: sure, there are other things he could be doing. >> i should be up skiing. >> reporter: on october 10th in colorado, you have choices. >> both right now. i'm -- i want to go get my skis out, but i think i'll wait a couple more weeks. it's not time to put the clubs away, though. >> again, that was dave delosure

of denver affiliate kusa. that snowy weather also caused the postponement of yesterday's playoff baseball game in denver. we'll have more on that in sports in a few minutes. two people aren't breathing with no pulls. >> not breathing? >> yes. >> okay. is this the result of a shooting or something? >> no it's a sweat lodge. >> are you there by yourself? >> no, there's a lot of people here. >> okay. get them out of the sweat lodge for one. >> we are. >> police in arizona have released the 911 tapes from a purification ritual that turned deadly. two people died after sitting in a so-called sweat lodge thursday. 19 other people were hospitalized for a range of probl problems, including dehydration, burns, kidney failure and respiratory arrest. the people who participated in the sweat lodge were attending a program by self-help guru james ray. >> everybody has the right to believe and practice the way they wish to, but when it

endangers the lives of others, or when you have to pay for it, that's not a spiritual belief. >> there's nothing evil or wrong about money. that's one of the things we're taught. and more and more in this society that money is evil. it really isn't. it provides wonderful things if you have the ability, you can help many, many people. >> of the 19 people taken to the hospital, one is still in critical condition. pakistan says it's ended a hostage standoff in its army headquarters. a military spokesman says four milita militants and three hostages are dead after troops launched a rescue operation this morning. but an alleged militant's leader was captured. the militants somehow got into the headquarters yesterday and held dozens of people hostage for 18 hours. terror strikes in pakistan seem to be picking up with at least three attacks in the past seven days. we have video of a dramatic shootout caught on tape. take a close look at this

unbelievable surveillance video. this was the scene after a fist fight turned into an all-out gun battle at a bar in toledo, ohio. patrons had scrambled out the door. one gun-wielding man ducking behind the pool table and others joining in that fight. a few minutes later, a second camera captured several people outside firing into the bar. amazingly, no one was struck, even though upwards of 20 shots were fired. police are trying to identify the gunmen and figure out what started the shootout. one person died and more than a dozen injured in the bus crash in idaho last night. the bus was carrying members of a high school marching band from utah. it crashed and rolled on to its side in a dpich near the

utah/idaho border. idaho state police say the bus driver, who survived, may have had a medical condition that caused that crash. 49 tons of food intended for people who can't afford it was lost in a florida fire. it broke out at a warehouse where a food bank kept its inventory. the flames never got to the food, but they still ruined it for consumption. one volunteer says up to 60,000 people who depend on this bank won't get any food until after the weekend. a woman took police on a wild and dangerous high-speed chase. look at this. there was a child in the backseat. find out what police had to do to stop her, even after she crashed her van.

a woman took florida deputies on a wild, high-speed chase with a 7-year-old girl in the backseat. she was clocked at speeds topping 110 miles an hour. at one point was driving the wrong way, weaving through traffic. she crashed into a guardrail after deputies laid black strips on the interstate to puncture her tires. and even after getting out of her car, police say she refused to respond to their commands and had to taser her. the child was not hurt in the wreck and was turned over to child protective services. an arizona dog is vying for the title of the world's tallest dog. this is george, a great dane that stands 42" tall. he can tower over adults when he stands on his hind legs. his owner hopes to get him into the begin us book of world records. by the way, feeding george isn't

cheap. reportedly, he eats about 100 pounds of food every month. lovers of the mccobb are gathering in baltimore for a funeral coming 160 years late. the city is holding a proper burial for famed writer edgar allen poe today. there was no announcement of poe's original funeral so, few people came. and his obituary was written by a man who hated him. then, get this, a runaway train eventually destroyed his tombstone. >> it's hard to play baseball tim tebow, laying motionless on the field after suffering concussion as every florida gator fan held his or her breath. last night, he was back, cleared by doctors earlier in the day to play at number four lsu, florida's biggest road game in four years. eludes one defender, count the white shirts. seven, eight guys tlie to catch him. they can't. finally get him.

eight-yard gain. vintage tim tebow, senior out of jacksonville. touchdown pass here, and florida gets the win on the road. they remain undefeated as they knock off the tigers. >> great finish to the arizona/washington game. arizona in white, driving the pass. watch the ball. goes off the foot of the receiver, right into the hands of mason foster, who returns it for the touchdown. the go ahead and eventual game winner. one more look at t looks like it hits the ground. maybe. they said it didn't. huskies get the win in the most unlikeliest of fashions. yes, it is early october. yes, that is snow in denver. enough of the white stuff and overnight temps dropping into the teens postponed game three of the phillies/rockies series. they'll try to play a little baseball today. meanwhile, dodgers complete the sweep of the cardinals last night. they will face either the phillies or rockies, once either

one falls out. who says you can't go home again? winning the indy title in 2000, f rachlt nchitti decided to make the jump to nascar. a broken ankle opened a disastrous season. celebrating with his wife, ashley judd, clinching the championship last night. he said it's just the way he thought it would go. of course. that's sports.

the defense department posted an online account of a massive firefight in afghanistan. this battle took place on october 3rd and is told by u.s. service members who fought it. >> 90 seconds into the fight they ended up hitting one of our generators. we lost all power. at that point, i made a call up to -- and basically said we're taking heavy, heavy contact. at that point i knew that this was something bigger than normal. >> immediately we found out that our mortar systems were unable to fire at that time.

me, i started working on the other assets to see exactly what fire assets we could use. >> i think the numbers were so more significant than 25 to 30 that we got -- they got 25 to 30 with that initial push. because we were basically surrounded 360 degrees, i think there were significant numbers that allowed them to continue to fight throughout the day. >> my initial impressions were we came over the hill, first got to call them, got the response that everybody was gone. we could tell that everything around them was going to hell. we could hear it in their microphones, guns going off. we knew that there was a pretty intense situation they were facing. >> after the aftermath, keating was completely changed. like he said, almost all of the buildings had burned down. there were trees that were cut down, trying to save other buildings from catching fire.

and then remnants of a mass attack afterwards. >> eight u.s. troops died in the fighting and more than 100 militants were killed. a wildfire that broke out near a popular resort outside of l.a. last saturday is finally under control. it had burned through 11 square miles of brush and destroyed several structures. people living nearby were forced to evacuate, bhu have since returned home, but are being kept away from the burn area. the cause of the wildfire is being investigated. a member of the irish boy band boyzone has died. the band's website says stephen gately died on vacation in spain yesterday. he is on the far left in this picture. however, it's still unclear how he died. the band had a series of number one hits and albums in britain before breaking up in 2000. they reunited last year. a ucla professor says he was worried enough about a stabbing

suspect's mental health to inform the school about it. professor stephen frank says ten months ago, he told a university administrator about 20-year-old damon thompson after thompson accused frank of taunting him. thompson is accused of stabbing another student in the throat in a chemistry lab. u.s. intelligence estimates say right now 600 million people around the world do not have enough fresh water and crop land to sustain themselves. and with continuing climate change, that's only expected to get worse. there are concerns a scramble for resources could lead to armed conflict. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr looks at that in today's eco solutions. >> reporter: at the u.s. defense department, the prospect of conflict over diminishing resources as a result of climate change is now part of military planning. for the first time, it will be considered in an upcoming

military report to congress. >> when we look at climate change and when you look around the globe, you see three key factors. you see rising temperature chan changes. you see rising sea level changes and see increased intensity of extreme weather events. because of those, you see implications as far as food security, water security, increased disease factors, increased ecological system changes, so there's a full range of changes in the future security envirnment that we need to attend to. >> reporter: africa may be the new front line. sudan, somalia and kenya, which is already suffering the worst drought in years, topped the list of worries for relief groups. >> in sudan or just the long absence of government in somalia, you don't have effective national institutions that can manage conflict that leads to violence, which then sends more people on the move,

and that's when it starts to become a humanitarian problem. >> reporter: in asia the concern is that changing weather patterns and rising oceans could force millions of people to be on the move. it already happened in myanmar with the cyclone last year. >> the estimate is that there will be more frequent storms, and the storms will be more intense. often in these countries, vulnerable people live on the coast. >> reporter: experts differ on the long-term solutions to problems like these but there's one agreement that between relief agencies and the pentagon, the u.s. military should only move in with relief supplies and help when impacted countries cannot or will not help their own people. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> for much more on this pressing concern and other important environmental go to our website cnn.com/ecosolutions. one woman is proving that age shouldn't keep you from doing what you want to do.

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-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ly end don't ask, don't tell. that's my commitment to you. >> president obama is once again promising to let gays serve openly in the military. but some activists say a promise is not enough. a bar fight turns into a dramatic shootout caught on tape. what you don't see is what happened outside the bar. spinouts, accidents, and i don't have my snow tires on yet, so i was a nervous wreck. >> she's talking about snow that caused a lot of car crashes. find out how people are coping with cold weather that came early.

good sunday morning. this is "hln news and views." i'm holly firfer in for natasha curry. president obama addressed the largest gay rights group last night. during a rousing speech, he once again promised to bring an end to discrimination against gays, he specifically pointed out the need to end the don't ask, don't tell military policy. and called for anti-discrimination law for the workplace. >> we know there's far more work to do. we're pushing hard to pass an inclusive employee nondiscrimination bill. [ cheers and applause ] for the first time ever, an administration official testified in congress in favor of this law. nobody in america should be fired because they're gay, despite doing a great job and meeting their responsibilities. it's not fair. it's not right. we're going to put a stop to it. >> despite his well-received speech, some in the gay community remain skeptical of

president obama's agenda. yesterday, dozens of gay rights activists gathered at the washington monument. they spoke out about what they say is the president's foot dragging on gay issues. >> i don't think that president obama has done enough. i think that we need action, we need real action and we need it now. so, we are setting up to demand our equal, basic human rights. that's what this is about. >> during last night's speech, the president said he will sign a hate crimes bill. it recently passed out of the house. it expands the definition of hate crimes to include attacks based on sexual orientation and gender identity. >> people in eastern kentucky are cleaning up after a tornado. this is what a twister did after it struck near liberty on friday. it destroyed at least two mobile homes and took down trees and power lines. thankfully, nobody was seriously injured. northern alabama has some

cleaning up to do as well. some power lines were toppled and trees came crashing down on homes when another storm hit friday afternoon. folks in colorado are getting more than their share of cold. the temperatures already dropping into the teens at night and snow is everywhere. but dave delosure from affiliate kusa shows us how people are coping with it. >> we weren't expecting this much show. >> reporter: expected or not, what residents of wellington got out of this storm measured just under a foot of snow. >> you blink and the weather changes. >> reporter: robert iford wasn't planning on shoveling snow this soon. >> i had to go buy this one, actually. >> reporter: like his neighbors, he woke up this morning to something he wasn't planning on. >> was i expecting it? not really. i was expecting a skiff, but it's all good. >> it looks nice. i like the snow. except that now it's getting heavy. >> reporter: there's a difference between this and this. >> i like snow. i don't like to drive in it. >> reporter: and neither did people in the metro area.

>> spinouts, accidents and i don't have my snow tires on yet. i was a nervous wreck. >> reporter: the snow that started around 4:00 a.m. left highways slick and the results were predictable. along i-25 in colorado springs, the ice led up to this, a pile-up involved between 20 and 30 vehicles. >> it was really a bad drive. >> reporter: today might not have been a good day for baseball -- >> just came down to hit a couple golf balls. >> reporter: for bo park, being all alone here on the driving range doesn't mean he's the only golfer who thought about doing this. >> probably not. most coloradoans are used to playing in this kind of weather. >> reporter: sure, there are other things he could be doing. >> i should be up skiing. >> reporter: but on october 10th in colorado, you have choices. >> both right now. i'm -- i want to go get my skis out, but i think i'll wait a couple more weeks. it's not time to put the clubs away, though. >> again, that was dave delosure of denver affiliate kusa.

and by the way, that snowy weather also caused the postponement of yesterday's playoff baseball game in denver. we'll have more on that in sports in a few minutes. two people aren't breathing with no pulse. >> not breathing? >> yes. >> okay. is this the result of a shooting or something? >> no, it's a sweat lodge. >> are you there by yourself? >> no, there's a lot of people here. >> okay. get them out of the sweat lodge for one thing. >> yeah, we are. >> police in arizona have released the 911 tapes from a purification ritual that turned deadly. two people died after sitting in a so-called sweat lodge on thursday. 19 other people were hospitalized for a range of problems, including dehydration, burns, kidney failure and respiratory arrest. the people who participated in the sweat lodge were attending a program by self-help guru james ray. >> everybody has the right to believe and practice the way they wish to, but when it endangers the lives of others,

or when you have to pay for it, that's not a spiritual belief. >> there's nothing evil or wrong about money. that's one of the things we're taught. and more and more in this society that money is evil. it really isn't. it provides wonderful things if you have the ability, you can help many, many people. >> of the 19 people who were taken to the hospital, one is still in critical condition. pakistan says it's ended a hostage standoff in its army headquarters. a military spokesman says four militants and three hostages are dead after troops launched a rescue operation this morning. but an alleged militant's leader was captured. the militants somehow got into the headquarters yesterday and held dozens of people hostage for 18 hours. terror strikes in pakistan seem to be picking up with at least three attacks in the past seven days. we have video of a dramatic shootout caught on tape. take a close look at this unbelievable surveillance video.

this was the scene after a fist fight turned into an all-out gun battle at a bar in toledo, ohio. patrons had already scrambled out the door. and you can see one gun-wielding man ducking behind the pool table and others join in that gunfight. a few minutes later, a second camera captured several people outside firing into the bar. amazingly, no one was struck, even though upwards of 20 shots were fired. police are trying to identify the gunmen and figure out what started the shootout. one person died and more than a dozen were injured in the bus crash in idaho last night. the bus was carrying members of a high school marching band from utah. it crashed and rolled on to its side in a ditch near the utah/idaho border. idaho state police say the bus

driver, who survived, may have had a medical condition that caused that crash. snow and freezing, cold temperatures out west, hot weather in the south, what tea like in the midwest? that's why we have reynolds wolf, he's here to give us an update. i know the chicago marathon today so a lot of people in the midwest wondering what will the weather be. >> absolutely. you got about 40,000 people out there jogging along and it's going to be a cold morning for you, no doubt, from places like, say navy pier to wrigleyville it will be a cold time. temperatures oak park around temperatures mainly in the 30s, oak lawn about 35 and back towards burbank temperatures mainly in the 30s there, too. we do expect temperatures to cool down a little bit tonight, holly. there's a slight chance that parts of the area could see a touch of snowfall, not super heavy snow but snow nonetheless. the reason why we have cold piling in from canada, moisture

working its way across the central plains into portions of the midwest. nice and cool in parts of the tennessee valley and look for scattered showers in portions of texas, too. out to the west coast they're still very dry in a few locations with high temperatures today warming up to 82 in vegas along the strip, 88 degrees by sky harbor airport in phoenix. 66 for los angeles. seattle with 56 degrees. kansas city, kaufmann stadium, temperatures mainly into the 50s. 70 in washington, d.c. 61 in boston and 92, yeah, still some 90s in parts of florida. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. a woman took police on a wild and dangerous high-speed chase. look at this. there was a child in the backseat. find out what police had to do to stop her, even after she crashed her van.

a woman took florida deputies on a wild, high-speed chase with a 7-year-old girl in the backseat. she was clocked at speeds

topping 110 miles an hour. and at one point was driving the wrong way, weaving through traffic. she finally crashed into a guardrail after deputies laid black strips on the interstate to puncture her tires. and even after getting out of her car, police say she refused to respond to their commands so they finally tasered her. the child was not hurt in the wreck and was turned over to child protective services. an arizona dog is vying for the title of the world's tallest dog. this is george, a great dane that stands 42" tall. he can tower over adults when he stands on his hind legs. his owner hopes to get him into the "guinness book of world records." by the way, feeding george isn't cheap. reportedly, he eats about 100 pounds of food every month. i'm larry smith. it's hard to play baseball when the field looks like this. snow in denver, postponing game three of the phillies/rockiy ie

series. not just snow but the overnight temperature was 17 degrees, colder than the champagne sprayed in st. louis by the visiting dodgers last night. l.a. beating the cardinals 5-1 to sweep the series 3-0. two weeks after suffering a concussion, quarterback tim tebow was cleared to play by doctors. second quarter tebow nearly sacked twice, somehow gets away for an eight-yard gain. unbelievable, the former heisman trophy winner, won a national championship for florida last year, now a senior, touchdown pass here. florida gets the win over lsu to remain undefeated and assume the nation's longest winning streak, 15 games. did you see the wild ending to the army/vanderbilt game? this is vanderbilt the field goal, the bank shot it goes in, we go to overtime same end of the field, army, oh, come on,

come on. no! same upright, same bank shot, this time army gets the win. wow. it's so much easier to play basketball outdoors when it's warm. the second straight year of an outdoor nba exhibition game went off much bet we are temps at the 70s in california after the golden warrons beat the phoenix suns. it's a good thing they didn't try to play the game in denver with all that snow. that's sports. there's a new way to rent movies. hln money expert clark howard shows you where you can find cheap hollywood deals. >> are you looking for affordable entertainment? well, do i have a deal for you. all over america, things that look kind of like soft drink vending machines are popping up

by the tens of thousands. the biggest player in the business, redbox, but there are lots of others, where you can rent a movie, many times recent releases for $1. i mean what, a deal. it doesn't have to be some movie from ten years ago. it's something that just recently was released on dvd, is yours for a buck. people are clamoring for these things. now, these folks redbox, who are the biggest player in the business, are facing a big fight from the studios, that are trying to keep the recent releases out of their machines. so far, though, redbox won. the studios none. and if you're looking for a particular movie, you can go to a website like redbox.com and reserve it and no it will be there. i'm clark howard. for more ways for to you save a buck go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> oh, yeah, clark has more ways for to you save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off on "the clark howard show" today at

noon eastern time, right here on hln. surrounded by taliban fighters and outnumbered a battle on october 3rd lasted 12 hours. now the u.s. troops who fought on the front lines in afghanistan are reliving that attack.

the defense department posted an online account of a massive firefight in afghanistan. this battle took place october 3rd and is told by u.s. service members who fought it. >> probably 90 seconds into the fight they ended up hitting one of our generators. we lost all power. at that point, i made a call up to faubaustiv, and basically said we're taking heavy, heavy contact. at that point i knew that this was something bigger than normal. >> found out that moror mortar systems were unable to fire at that time, work on other assets to see exactly what fire assets we could use. >> i think the numbers were so more significant than 25 to 30 that we got -- they got 25 to 30 with that initial push. because we were basically

surrounded 360 degrees, i think there was significant numbers that allowed them to continue to fight throughout the day. >> my initial impressions were unfortunately we came over the hill, first tried to call them, and we got no response, that everybody was gone. we could tell that everything around them was going to hell. we could hear it in their microphones. we could hear the guns going off. we knew that there was a pretty intense situation they were facing. >> after the aftermath, keating was completely changed. like he said, almost all of the buildings had burned down. there were trees that were cut down, trying to save other buildings from catching fire. and then just remnants of a mass attack afterwards. >> eight u.s. troops died in the fighting and more than 100 militants were killed. a wildfire that broke out near a popular resort outside of

l.a. last saturday is finally under control. it had burned through more than 11 square miles of brush and destroyed several structures. people living nearby were forced to evacuate, but they have since returned home but being kept away from the burn area. the cause of the wildfire is being investigated. a member of the irish boy band boy zone has died. the band's website says stephen gately died while he was on vacation in spain yesterday. he is on the far left in this picture. however, it's still unclear how he died. the band had a series of number one hits and albums in britain before breaking up in 2000. they reunited last year. a ucla professor says he was worried enough about a stabbing suspect's mental health to imform the school about it. professor steven frank says 10 months ago he told a university administrator about 20-year-old damon thompson after thompson accused frank of taunting him. thompson is accused of stabbing

another student in a throat at a chemistry lab. some new york muslims say they're being singled out in a terrorist investigation. they held a protest as investigators look into nagibullah zazi. they accuse law enforcement of racial profiling and claim their neighborhood has been disrupted by police raids. >> people are scared to go to mosque. i was yesterday in the mosque for friday prayer. we are missing about two, three lines, and plus the racial profiling that everybody has been questioned by the color of their skin, by the way they look, and especially in our building. >> that man also says he can't find a job because he was under police surveillance. zazi is expected of planning a terrorist attack in new york. he pleaded not guilty. one woman is proving that age shouldn't keep you from doing what you want to do. that's how she's reaching new

heights and teaching others how to live it up, too.      

president obama addressed the largest gay rights group in the country last night. >> a sure gay couples have the same rights and responsibilities as any married couple in this country. i believe strongly in stopping laws designed to take rights away and passing laws that extend rights to gay couples. >> some in the gay community say it's not enough. gay rights supporters will are marching in washington today. people in colorado seeing

winter weather way ahead of time. it was hit with a mix of ice and snow yesterday, two inches of snow fell in denver, forcing a baseball playoff game between the rockies and the phillies to be postponed. and pope benedict xvi is recognized five new saints including a priest who worked with lepers. the pope says the five new saints achieved sainthood by going against the flow of society. that's a look at your headlines here on hln this sunday. i'm holly firfer. president obama is in the process of deciding whether or not to send more troops to afghanistan but there's more to winning the war than strategy. christiane amanpour talks about one man's efforts to education pakistani children. >> reporter: greg mortenson's career has been all about war and peace. how are you? we met him surrounded by guns and guards. he's been kidnapped by the taliban and frequently receives

death threats. yet despite the danger, greg mortenson remains undaunted. he's committed to giving an education to children in both afghanistan and pakistan, to give them an alternative to violence and extremism. >> we don't need guns. we don't need bombs, but what we need is education. >> reporter: his mission began 15 years ago, when we tempted to scale the world's second highest peak, pakistan's treacherous k-2. mortenson failed and he nearly died. he was nursed back to health in a remote pakistani village. >> saw 84 children sitting in the dirt during school lessons. they asked for help to build a school. >> reporter: and did you? >> i built a school, and then 78 more and still doing it today. >> reporter: mortensons schools now educate about 30,000

students, mostly girls. 13-year-old saeda is one of them. do you like learning? are you glad you're being kaeditied? >> translator: yes, i'm happy so i can have a good future. >> reporter: not only does this improve the lives of their families and their communities, but greg mortenson has also found educated women can be a firewall against extremism. >> when someone goes on jihad they first should get permission and blessings from their mother. if they don't it's shameful or disgraceful and i saw that happen after 9/11, they're primarily targeting illiterate, impoverished society because many educated women refusing to allow their sons to join the taliban. >> reporter: mortenson's philosophy has attracted the attention of the pentagon. >> i thought his approach was exactly right. he's at the heart of the right example for all of us. >> reporter: the people he's helped agree.

when greg mortenson arrives at the schools he's helped build, he receives a hero's welcome. guys, what does dr. greg mean to you? what has he on it for you? >> translator: now, we will be educated and our future will be good. >> reporter: christiane amanpour, cnn, new york. we have video of a dramatic shootout caught on tape. take a close look at this unbelievable surveillance video. this was the scene after a fist fight turned into an all-out gun battle at a bar in toledo, ohio. patrons had already scrambled out the door. and you can see one gun-wielding man ducking behind the pool table and others join in that gunfight.

a few minutes later, a second camera captured several people outside firing into the bar. amazingly, no one was struck, even though upwards of 20 shots were fired. police are trying to identify the gunmen and figure out what started the shootout. pakistan says it's ended a hostage standoff in its army headquarters. a military spokesman says four militants and three hostages are dead after troops launched a rescue operation this morning. but an alleged militant's leader was captured. the militants somehow got into the headquarters yesterday and held dozens of people hostage for 18 hours. terrorist strikes in pakistan seem to be picking up, with at least three attacks in the past seven days. two people aren't breathing with no pulse. >> not breathing? >> yes. >> okay. is this the result of a shooting or something? >> no, it's a sweat lodge. >> are you there by yourself? >> no, there's a lot of people here.

>> okay. get them out of the sweat lodge for one thing. >> yeah, we are. >> police in arizona have released the 911 tapes from a purification ritual that turned deadly. two people died after sitting in a so-called sweat lodge on thursday. 19 other people were hospitalized for a range of problems, including dehydration, burns, kidney failure and respiratory arrest. the people who participated in the sweat lodge were attending a program by self-help guru james ray. >> everybody has the right to believe and practice the way they wish to, but when it endangers the lives of others, or when you have to pay for it, that's not a spiritual belief. >> there's nothing evil or wrong about money. that's one of the things that we're taught and more and more in this society that money is evil.it really isn't. it provides wonderful things if you have the ability, you can help many, many people. >> of the 19 people who were taken to the hospital, one is still in critical condition. one person died and more than a dozen injured in a bus

crash in idaho last night. the bus was carrying members of a high school marching band from utah. it crashed and rolled on to its side in a ditch near the utah/idaho border. idaho state police say the bus driver, who survived, may have had a medical condition that caused that crash. 49 tops of food intended for people who can't afford it was lost in a florida fire. it broke out at a warehouse where a food bank kept its inventory. the flames never got to the food, but they still ruined it for consumption. one volunteer says up to 60,000 people who depend on this bank won't get any food until after the weekend. people in eastern kentucky are cleaning up after a tornado. this is what a twister did after it struck near liberty on friday. it destroyed at least two mobile homes and took down trees and power lines. thankfully, nobody was seriously injured. northern alabama has some cleaning up to do as well. some power lines were toppled

and trees came crashing down on homes when another storm hit friday afternoon. hundreds of lawsuits have been filed by people allegedly made sick by the drywall in their houses. our money expert jennifer westhoven is looking out for you this weekend. >> they're going to court over allegedly toxic drywall, the walls of their homes. the "new york times" is reporting hundreds of lawsuits have been filed in a class action suit is shaping up, too, in louisiana. now made in china drywall already been recalled after more than 1,000 complaints that it was ruining the wires, even the electrical appliances, and making some people sick, and this could be just the start. there's a lawyer who says up to 100,000 homes may have to be torn down as a result of the drywall, and of course, this is not like toothpaste or toys, you can take it back to the store. many homes have to be gutted that can cost $100,000

sometimes. if this is happening to you, you already know insurance companies are basically turning their backs. they've largely refused to cover this so what can you do if you have this in your house. well, one possibility is, ask your home builder, never hurts to ask. lenar reportedly set aside millions to try and clean up. some lawmakers are pushing for federal help, asking the president to bring this up with china and some communities that are affected may even give you a break on your local taxes to try and help. broward county, florida, cutting property assessments in affected areas. a final thing you can do? talk to a lawyer. see if you can get in on the class action suit. i'm jennifer westhoven, looking out for you. >> thank you, jen. and you can get more great money advice from jennifer westhoven, each weekday on "morning express with robin meade" from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. eastern. a woman took police on a wild and dangerous high-speed chase. look at this. there was a child in the backseat. find out what police had to do to stop her, even after she crashed her van.

a woman took florida deputies on a wild, high-speed chase with a 7-year-old girl in the backseat. she was clocked at speeds topping 110 miles an hour, and at one point was driving the wrong way, weaving through traffic. she finally crashed into a guardrail after deputies laid black strips on the highway to puncture her tires. and even after getting out of

her car, police say she refused to respond to their commands and had to taser her. the child was handed over to protective services. an arizona dog is vying for the title of the world's tallest dog. this is george, a great dane that stands 42" tall. he can tower over adults when he stands on his hind legs. his owner hopes to get him into the "guinness book of world records." by the way, feeding george isn't cheap. reportedly, he eats about 100 pounds of food every month. i'm larry smith. tim tebow laying motionless on the field last week after suffering a concussion as after florida gator fan held his or her breath. last night he played at number four lsu, florida's biggest road game in six years. look at tebow alludes one defender, slips away from two

others. seven, eight guys trying to catch him, they can't, finally get him, eight-yard gain, vintage tim tebow, senior out of jacksonville, not a lot of offense for florida but just enough here, florida gets the win on the road, remain undefeated as they knock off the tgz. great finish to the arizona/washington game. watch the ball, goes off the foot of the receiver, right into the hands of nason foster who returns it for the touchdown, the go-ahead and eventual game winner. looks like it hits the ground maybe but they said it didn't. the huskies. get the win. wow. yes it's early october and yes, that is snow in denver. enough of the white stuff and overnight temps dropping into the teens, postponed game three of the phillies/rockies series. they'll get out the heaters and try to play a little baseball today. the dodgers are feeling bubbly, completing the sweep of the cardinals in st. louis last night as they advance to

national league championship series versus the phillies or the rockies, once either one falls out. who says you can't go home again? dario franchitti won in 2007 but the stock car circuit wasn't friendly. a broken ankle in april began a disastrous season so he returned to open wheel season and there he is celebrating with wife, ashley judd, second championship last night, just the way he thought it would go, he said, of course, that's sports. forget the nightclubs. some adults are rediscovering their love of childhood games.

the defense department posted an online account of a massive firefight in afghanistan. this battle took place on october 3rd and is told by u.s. servicemembers who fought it.

>> probably 90 seconds into the fight they ended up hitting one of our generators. we lost all power. at that point, i made a call up to faubaustic, and basically said we're taking heavy, heavy contact. at that point i knew that this was something bigger than normal. >> found out that mortar systems were unable to fire at that time so we worked on other assets to see exactly what fire assets we could use. >> i think the numbers were so more significant than 25 to 30 that we got -- they got 25 to 30 with that initial push. because we were basically surrounded 360 degrees, i think there was significant numbers that allowed them to continue to fight throughout the day. >> my initial impressions were unfortunately we came over the hill, first tried to call them, and we got no response, is that everybody was gone. we could tell that everything around them was going to hell. we could hear it in their microphones. we could hear the guns going off. we knew that there was a pretty intense situation they were facing.

>> after the aftermath, keating was completely changed. like he said, almost all of the buildings had burned down. there were trees that were cut down, trying to save other buildings from catching fire. and then just remnants of a mass attack afterwards. >> eight u.s. troops died in the fighting and more than 100 militants were killed. a wildfire that broke out near a popular resort outside of l.a. last saturday is finally under control. it had burned through more than 11 square miles of brush and destroyed several structures. people living nearby were forced to evacuate, but they have since returned home but being kept away from the burn area. the cause of the wildfire is being investigated. some grownups are rediscovering their inner child and learning how to have fun and laugh out loud. fredricka whitfield shows us how play dates are catching on with adults.

>> reporter: playdates aren't just for children these days. in a slumping economy, one company is broadening the appeal of fun and games and inviting bigger kids at heart. >> back in the day, games, you know, it feels good to play it again. >> it really gives adults an opportunity just to put their adult problems on the shelf for a moment and play like they're a kid again. >> reporter: an atlanta company has created a unique formula for an alternative to adult night life. play date started a few years ago and organizers say they went from 85 attendees to more than 400. they attribute the success partly to people looking for low-cost entertainment during tough times. and venues have now popped up in nearly 20 states with signature games, like monopoly, scrabble,

jenga, to name a few. >> times are tough and people are looking for outlets to say, hey, i just don't want to worry about things happening monday through friday. >> that's not fair! >> yeah! >> reporter: at a play date event, organizers say gamers get a chance to enjoy the coziness of having close friends in a comfortable environment and still have the high energy you find in a nightclub. but not at club prices. >> across the country, play day is only a $10 event. >> it was really lly inexpensif you compare to a club and going out. >> the clubs are usually very expensive to get into. then you have to pay for food, you have to pay for drinks and it gets really up there. plus the parking outside, too. and that right now is like not feasible for many people, including me. >> reporter: across the board, people here are finding an adult play date a more affordable way to find their inner child.

fredricka whitfield, cnn, atlanta. one woman is proving that age shouldn't keep you from doing what you want to do. that's how she's reaching new heights and teaching others how to live it up, too.

i will end don't ask, don't tell. that's my commitment to you. >> president obama is once again promising to let gays serve openly in the military. but some activists say a promise is not enough. a bar fight turns into a dramatic shootout caught on tape. what you don't see is what happened outside the bar. spinouts, accidents and i don't have my snow tires on yet, so i was a nervous wreck. >> she's talking about snow that caused a lot of car crashes. find out how people are coping with cold weather that came early. good sunday morning.

this is hln "news and views." i'm holly firfer in for natasha curry. president obama addressed the largest gay rights group in the country last night. during a rousing speech, he once again promised to bring an end to discrimination against gays, specifically pointing out the need to end the military's don't ask/don't tell pollty. >> we know there's far more work to do. we're pushing hard to pass an inclusive employee nondiscrimination bill. for the first time ever, an administration official testified in congress in favor of this law. nobody in america should be fired because they're gay, despite doing a great job and meeting their responsibilities. it's not fair. it's not right. we're going to put a stop to it. >> despite his well-received speech, some in the gay

community remain skeptical of president obama's agenda. yesterday, dozens of gay rights activists gathered at the washington monument. they spoke out about what they say is the president's foot dragging on gay issues. >> i don't think that president obama has done enough. i think that we need action, we need real action and we need it now. so, we are setting up to demand our equal, basic human rights. that's what this is about. >> during last night's speech, the president said he will sign a hate crimes bill. it recently passed out of the house. it expands the definition of hate crimes to include attacks based on sexual orientation and gender identity. >> people in eastern kentucky are cleaning up after a tornado. this is what a twister did after it struck near liberty on friday. it destroyed at least two mobile homes and took down trees and power lines. thankfully, nobody was seriously injured. northern alabama has cleaning up to do as well. power lines were toppled and

trees came crashing down on homes when another storm hit friday afternoon. folks in colorado are getting more than their share of cold. the temperatures already dropping into the teens at night and snow is everywhere. but dave delosure from affiliate kusa shows us how people are coping with it. >> we weren't expecting this much snow. >> reporter: expected or not, what residents of wellington got out of this storm measured just under a foot of snow. >> you blink and the weather changes. >> reporter: robert wasn't planning on shoveling snow this soon. >> i had to go buy this one, actually. >> reporter: like his neighbors, he woke up to something he wasn't planning on. >> was i expecting it? not really. i was expecting a skiff, but it's all good. >> it looks nice. i like the snow. except that now it's getting heavy. >> reporter: there's a difference between this and this. >> i like snow. i don't like to drive in it. >> reporter: and neither did

people in the metro area. >> spinouts, accidents and i don't have my snow tires on yet. i was a nervous wreck. >> reporter: the snow that started around 4:00 a.m. left highways slick and the results were predictable. along i-25 in colorado springs, the ice led up to this -- a pile-up involved between 20 and 30 vehicles. >> it was really a bad drive. >> reporter: today might not have been a good day for baseball -- >> just came down to hit a couple golf balls. >> reporter: for beau park, being all alone here on the driving range doesn't mean he's the only golfer who thought about doing this. >> probably not. most coloradoans are used to playing in this kind of weather. >> reporter: sure, there are other things he could be doing. >> i should be up skiing. >> reporter: on october 10th in colorado, you have choices. >> both right now. i'm -- i want to go get my skis out, but i think i'll wait a couple more weeks. it's not time to put the clubs away, though. >> again, that was dave delosure of denver affiliate kusa.

that snowy weather also caused the postponement of yesterday's playoff baseball game in denver. we'll have more on that in sports in a few minutes. two people aren't breathing with no pulse. >> the result of a shooting or something? >> no it's a sweat lodge. >> are you there by yourself? >> no, there's a lot of people here. >> okay. get them out of the sweat lodge for one. >> we are. >> police in arizona have released the 911 tapes from a purification ritual that turned deadly. two people died after sitting in a so-called sweat lodge thursday. 19 other people were hospitalized for a range of problems, including dehydration, burns, kidney failure and respiratory arrest. the people who participated in the sweat lodge were attending a program by self-help guru james ray. >> everybody has the right to believe and practice the way they wish to, but when it

endangers the lives of others, or when you have to pay for it, that's not a spiritual belief. >> there's nothing evil or wrong about money. that's one of the things we're taught. and more and more in this society that money is evil. it really isn't. it provides wonderful things if you have the ability, you can help many, many people. >> of the 19 people taken to the hospital, one is still in critical condition. pakistan says it's ended a hostage standoff in its army headquarters. a military spokesman says four militants and three hostages are dead after troops launched a rescue operation this morning. but an alleged militant's leader was captured. the militants somehow got into the headquarters yesterday and held dozens of people hostage for 18 hours. terror strikes in pakistan seem to be picking up with at least three attacks in the past seven days. we have video of a dramatic shootout caught on tape. take a close look at this

unbelievable surveillance video. this was the scene after a fist fight turned into an all-out gun battle at a bar in toledo, ohio. people are already scrambled out the door. a few minutes later a second camera captured several people outside firing into the bar. amazingly, no one was struck, even though as many as 20 shots were fired. police are trying to identify the gunmen and figure out what started the shootout. one person died and more than a dozen injured in the bus crash in idaho last night. the bus was carrying members of a high school marching band from utah. it crashed and rolled on to its side in a ditch near the utah/idaho border. idaho state police say the bus driver, who survived, may have had a medical condition that caused that crash. 49 tons of food intended for people who can't afford it was

lost in a florida fire. it broke out at a warehouse where a food bank kept its inventory. the flames never got to the food, but they still ruined it for consumption. one volunteer says up to 60,000 people who depend on this bank won't get any food until after the weekend. snow and freezing cold temperatures out west, hot weather in the south. what's it like in the midwest? that's why we have reynolds wolf. he's here to give us an update. the chicago marathon today. people in the midwest wondering what will the weather be. >> absolutely. you got 40,000 people out there jogging along. it is going to be a cool morning for you, no doubt, from places like navy pier clear down to wrigleyville, a cold time for you. temperatures this hour, in oak park, temperatures been in the 30s. oak lawn, about 35. back towards burbank, temperatures mainly in the 30s there, too. we do expect temperatures actually to cool down a little bit tonight, holly. there is a slight chance parts

of the area could actually see a touch of snowfall. not super heavy stuff but still, snow nonetheless. one of the reason why is we still have a lot of cold air piling in from places like canada. a little bit of the moisture working across the central plains, into portions of the midwest. nice and cool in portions of the tennessee valley. look for showers in portions of texas, too. on the west coast they're still very dry in a few locations. high temperatures today warming up to 82 in vegas along the strip. 88 degrees by sky harbor airport in phoenix. kansas city, temperatures mainly into the 50s. 70 washington, d.c. 61 in boston and 92 -- yeah, still some 90s -- back in parts of florida. that's a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. a woman took police on a wild and dangerous high-speed chase. look at this. there was a child in the backseat. find out what police had to do to stop her, even after she crashed her van.

a woman took florida deputies on a wild, high-speed chase with a 7-year-old girl in the backseat. she was clocked at speeds topping 110 miles an hour. and at one point was driving the wrong way, weaving through traffic. she finally crashed into a guardrail after deputies laid black strips on the interstate to puncture her tires. and even after getting out of her car, police say she refused to respond to their commands so they finally tasered her. the child was not hurt in the wreck and was turned over to child protective services. an arizona dog is vying for the title of the world's tallest dog. this is george, a great dane that stands 42" tall. he can tower over adults when he stands on his hind legs. his owner hopes to get him into the "guinness book of world records." by the way, feeding george isn't cheap. reportedly, he eats about 100

pounds of food every month. lovers of the macabre are gathering in baltimore for a funeral that's coming 160 years late. the city is holding a proper burial for famed writer edgar allen poe today. there was no announcement for his original funeral so few people came and his obituary was written by a man who hated him and a run-away train destroyed his tombstone. i'm larry smith. it's hard to play baseball when the field looks like this. snow in denver, postponing game three of the phillies/rockies series. not just snow but the overnight temperature was 17 degrees, colder than the champagne sprayed in st. louis by the visiting dodgers last night. l.a. beating the cardinals 5-1 to sweep the series 3-0. dodgers move on to the national league championship series. congratulations to them. two weeks after suffering a concussion, quarterback tim tebow was cleared to play by doctors.

he did just that for number one florida. second quarter tebow nearly sacked twice, somehow gets away for an eight-yard gain. unbelievable, the former heisman trophy winner, won a national championship for florida last year, now a senior, touchdown pass here. florida gets the win over lsu to remain undefeated and assume the nation's longest winning streak, 15 games. did you see the wild ending to the army/vanderbilt game? watch this. in the final minute. this is vanderbilt. the field goal, the bank shot, it goes in. we go to overtime same end of the field, army, oh, come on, come on. no! same upright, same bank shot, this time army gets the win. wow. it's so much easier to play basketball outdoors when it's warm. the second straight year of an outdoor nba exhibition game went off much better with temps this time in the 70s at stadium in indian wells, california.

the golden warriors beat the phoenix suns. it's a good thing they didn't try to play the game in denver with all that snow. that's sports. there's a new way to rent movies. hln money expert clark howard shows you where you can find cheap hollywood deals. >> are you looking for affordable entertainment? well, do i have a deal for you. all over america, things that look kind of like soft drink vending machines are popping up by the tens of thousands. the biggest player in the business, redbox, but there are lots of others, where you can rent a movie, many times recent releases, for $1. i mean what, a deal. it doesn't have to be some movie from ten years ago. it's something that just recently was released on dvd, is yours for a buck. people are clamoring for these

things. now, these folks redbox, who are the biggest player in the business, are facing a big fight from the studios, that are trying to keep the recent releases out of their machines. so far, though, redbox won. the studios none. and if you're looking for a particular movie, you can go to a website like redbox.com and reserve it and no it will be there. i'm clark howard. for more ways for to you save a buck, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> oh, yeah, clark has more ways for to you save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off on "the clark howard show" today at noon eastern time, right here on hln. surrounded by taliban fighters and outnumbered a battle on october 3rd lasted 12 hours. now the u.s. troops who fought on the front lines in afghanistan are reliving that attack.

the defense department posted an online account of a massive firefight in afghanistan. this battle took place october 3rd and is told by u.s. service members who fought it. >> probably 90 seconds into the fight they ended up hitting one of our generators. we lost all power. at that point, i made a call up

to faubaustiv, and basically said we're taking heavy, heavy contact. at that point i knew that this was something bigger than normal. >> immediately found out that mortar systems were unable to fire at that time, so immediately started working on the fire's assets with nearby o.p.s and cops to see exactly what fire assets we could use. >> i think the numbers were so more significant than 25 to 30 that we got -- they got 25 to 30 with that initial push. because we were basically surrounded 360 degrees, i think there was significant numbers that allowed them to continue to fight throughout the day. >> my initial impressions were unfortunately we came over the hill, first tried to call them, and we got no response, that everybody was gone. we could tell that everything around them was going to hell. we could hear it in their microphones. we could hear the guns going off. we knew that there was a pretty

intense situation they were facing. >> after the aftermath, keating was completely changed. like he said, almost all of the buildings had burned down. there were trees that were cut down, trying to save other buildings from catching fire. and then just remnants of a mass attack afterwards. >> eight u.s. troops died in the fighting and more than 100 militants were killed. a wildfire that broke out near a popular resort outside of l.a. last saturday is finally under control. it had burned through more than 11 square miles of brush and destroyed several structures. people living nearby were forced to evacuate, but they have since returned home but being kept away from the burn area. the cause of the wildfire is being investigated. a member of the irish boy band boy zone has died. the band's website says stephen gately died while he was on

vacation in spain yesterday. he is on the far left in this picture. however, it's still unclear how he died. the band had a series of number one hits and albums in britain before breaking up in 2000. they reunited last year. some new york muslims say they're being singled out in a terrorist investigation. they held a protest yesterday as investigators look into najibullah zazi. they accuse the government of racial profiling and claim their neighborhood has been disrupted by police raids. >> people are scared to go to mosque. i was yesterday in the mosque for friday prayer. we are missing two, three lines, and plus the racial profiling that everybody has been questioned by the color of their skin, by the way they look, and especially in our building. >> that man also says he can't find a job because he was under

police surveillance. zazi is suspected of planning a terrorist attack in new york. he pleaded not guilty. one woman is proving that age shouldn't keep you from doing what you want to do. that's how she's reaching new heights and teaching others how to live it up, too.

president obama addressed the largest gay rights group in the country last night. >> i support insuring gay couples have the same rights and responsibilities as any married couple in this country. i believe strongly in stopping laws designed to take rights away and passing laws that extend rights to gay couples. >> some in the gay community say the president isn't moving fast enough. they say he needs to act quicker

with end the military's don't ask/don't tell policy. gay rights supporters will are marching in washington today. people in colorado seeing winter weather way ahead of time. it was hit with a mix of ice and snow yesterday, two inches of snow fell in denver, forcing a baseball playoff game between the rockies and the phillies to be postponed. and pope benedict xvi is recognized five new saints including a priest who worked with lepers. the pope says the five new saints achieved sainthood by going against the flow of society. that's a look at your headlines here on hln this sunday. i'm holly firfer. president obama is in the process of deciding whether or not to send more troops to afghanistan but there's more to winning the war than strategy. christiane amanpour talks about one man's efforts to education pakistani children. >> reporter: greg mortenson's career has been all about war

and peace. how are you? we met him surrounded by guns and guards. he's been kidnapped by the taliban and frequently receives death threats. yet despite the danger, greg mortenson remains undaunted. he's committed to giving an education to children in both afghanistan and pakistan, to give them an alternative to violence and extremism. >> we don't need guns. we don't need bombs, but what we need is education. >> reporter: his mission began 15 years ago, when we tempted to scale the world's second highest peak, pakistan's treacherous k-2. mortenson failed and he nearly died. he was nursed back to health in a remote pakistani village. >> saw 84 children sitting in the dirt during school lessons. they asked for help to build a school. >> reporter: and did you? >> i built a school, and then 78 more and still doing it today.

>> reporter: mortensons schools now educate about 30,000 students, mostly girls. 13-year-old saeda is one of them. do you like learning? are you glad you're being educated? >> translator: yes, i'm happy so i can have a good future. >> reporter: not only does this improve the lives of their families and their communities, but greg mortenson has also found educated women can be a firewall against extremism. >> when someone goes on jihad they first should get permission and blessings from their mother. if they don't it's shameful or disgraceful and i saw that happen after 9/11, they're primarily targeting illiterate, impoverished society because many educated women refusing to allow their sons to join the taliban. >> reporter: mortenson's philosophy has attracted the attention of the pentagon. >> i thought his approach was exactly right. he's at the heart of the right

example for all of us. >> reporter: the people he's helped agree. when greg mortenson arrives at the schools he's helped build, he receives a hero's welcome. guys, what does dr. greg mean to you? what has he done for you? >> translator: now, we will be educated and our future will be good. >> reporter: christiane amanpour, cnn, new york. we have video of a dramatic shootout caught on tape. take a look at this unbelievable surveillance video. this was the scene after a fist fight turned into an all-out gun battle at a bar in toledo, ohio. people had already scrambled out the door. and you can see one gun-wielding man ducking behind the pool table and others join in that gunfight. a few minutes later, a second

camera captured several people outside firing into the bar. amazingly, no one was struck, even though as many as 20 shots were fired. police are trying to identify the gunmen and figure out what started the shootout. pakistan says it's ended a hostage standoff in its army headquarters. a military spokesman says four militants and three hostages are dead after troops launched a rescue operation this morning. but an alleged militant's leader was captured. the militants somehow got into the headquarters yesterday and held dozens of people hostage for 18 hours. terrorist strikes in pakistan seem to be picking up, with at least three attacks in the past seven days. two people aren't breathing with no pulse. >> okay. is this the result of a shooting or something? >> no, it's a sweat lodge. >> are you there by yourself? >> no, there's a lot of people here. >> okay. get them out of the sweat lodge for one thing. >> yeah, we are. >> police in arizona have released the 911 tapes from a

purification ritual that turned deadly. two people died after sitting in a so-called sweat lodge on thursday. 19 other people were hospitalized for a range of problems, including dehydration, burns, kidney failure and respiratory arrest. the people who participated in the sweat lodge were attending a program by self-help guru james ray. >> everybody has the right to believe and practice the way they wish to, but when it endangers the lives of others, or when you have to pay for it, that's not a spiritual belief. >> there's nothing evil or wrong about money. that's one of the things that we're taught and more and more in this society that money is evil, and it really isn't. it just provides wonderful things. if you have the ability, you can help many, many people. >> of the 19 people who were taken to the hospital, one is still in critical condition. one person died and more than a dozen injured in a bus crash in idaho last night. the bus was carrying members of a high school marching band from

utah. it crashed and rolled on to its side in a ditch near the utah/idaho border. idaho state police say the bus driver, who survived, may have had a medical condition that caused that crash. 49 tons of food intended for people who can't afford it was lost in a florida fire. it broke out at a warehouse where a food bank kept its inventory. the flames never got to the food, but they still ruined it for consumption. one volunteer says up to 60,000 people who depend on this bank won't get any food until after the weekend. people in eastern kentucky are cleaning up after a tornado. this is what a twister did after it struck near liberty on friday. it destroyed at least two mobile homes and took down trees and power lines. thankfully, nobody was seriously injured. northern alabama has some cleaning up to do as well. some power lines were toppled and trees came crashing down on homes when another storm hit friday afternoon.

a woman took police on a wild and dangerous high-speed chase. look at this. there was a child in the back seat. find out what police had to do to stop her, even after she crashed her van.

a woman took florida deputies on a wild, high-speed chase with a 7-year-old girl in the back seat. she was clocked at speeds topping 110 miles an hour, and at one point was driving the wrong way, weaving through traffic. she finally crashed into a guardrail after deputies laid black strips on the interstate to puncture her tires.

and even after getting out of her car, police say she refused to respond to their commands and so they finally tastered her. the child was handed over to protective services. an arizona dog is vying for the title of the world's tallest dog. this is george, a great dane that stands 42" tall. he can tower over adults when he stands on his hind legs. his owner hopes to get him into the "guinness book of world records." by the way, feeding george isn't cheap. reportedly, he eats about 100 pounds of food every month. lovers of the macabre are gathering in baltimore for a funeral that's coming 160 years late. the city is holding a proper burial for famed writer edgar allen poe today. there was no public announcement of poe's original funeral so few people came. his obituary was written by a man who hated him. and then, get this -- a run-awa

tombstone. i'm larry smith. tim tebow laying motionless on the field last week after suffering a concussion as every florida gator fan held his or her breath. last night he played at number four lsu, florida's biggest road game in six years. look at tebow eludes one defender, slips away from two others. seven, eight guys trying to catch him, they can't, finally get him, eight-yard gain, vintage tim tebow, senior out of jacksonville, not a lot of offense for florida but just enough here, florida gets the win on the road, remain undefeated as they knock off the tigers. great finish to the arizona/washington game. watch this play, watch the ball. goes off the foot of the receiver right into the hands of nason foster who returns it for the touchdown. the go-ahead and eventual game winner.

one more look at it. looks like it hits the ground maybe but they said it didn't. unbelievable. huskies get the win. wow. yes it's early october and yes, that is snow in denver. enough of the white stuff and overnight temps dropping into the teens, postponed game three of the phillies/rockies series. they'll get out the heaters and try to play a little baseball today. the dodgers are feeling bubbly, completing the sweep of the cardinals in st. louis last night as they advance to national league championship series versus either the phillies or the rockies once either one thaws out. who says you can't go home again? dario franchitti won in 2007 but the stock car circuit wasn't friendly, nascar. a broken ankle in april began a disastrous season so he returned to open wheel season and there he is celebrating with wife, ashley judd, clinching his second indy car championship.

last night, just the way he thought it would go, he said, of course, that's sports. forget the nightclubs. some adults are rediscovering their love of childhood games. >

posted an online account of a massive firefight in afghanistan. this battle took place on october 3rd and is told by u.s. service members who fought it. >> probably 90 seconds into the fight they ended up hitting one of our generators. we lost all power. at that point, i made a call up to faubaustic, and basically said we're taking heavy, heavy contact. at that point i knew that this was something bigger than normal. >> found out that mortar systems were unable to fire at that time so we worked on other assets to see exactly what fire assets we could use. >> i think the numbers were so more significant than 25 to 30 that we got -- they got 25 to 30 with that initial push. because we were basically surrounded 360 degrees, i think

there was significant numbers that allowed them to continue to fight throughout the day. >> my initial impressions were unfortunately we came over the hill, first tried to call them, and we got no response, is that everybody was gone. we could tell that everything around them was going to hell. we could hear it in their microphones. we could hear the guns going off. we knew that there was a pretty intense situation they were facing. >> after the aftermath, keating was completely changed. like he said, almost all of the buildings had burned down. there were trees that were cut down, trying to save other buildings from catching fire. and then just remnants of a mass attack afterwards. >> eight u.s. troops died in the fighting and more than 100 militants were killed. a wildfire that broke out near a popular resort outside of l.a. last saturday is finally under control. it had burned through more than

11 square miles of brush and destroyed several structures. people living nearby were forced to evacuate, but they have since returned home but being kept away from the burn area. the cause of the wildfire is being investigated. a member of the irish boy band boy zeen has died. his website says stephen gately died in spain yesterday. he's in the far left on this picture. it is unclear how he died. the band had a series of number one hits and albums in britain before breaking up in 2000. they re-united last year. a ucla professor says he was worried enough about a stabbing suspect's mental health to inform the school about it. professor stephen frank says ten months ago he told a university administrator about 20-year-old damon thompson after thompson accused frank of taunting him. thompson is accused of stabbing another student in a throat in a

chemistry lab. some new york muslims say they're being singled out in a terrorist investigation. they held a protest yesterday as investigators look into najibullah zazi. they accuse law enforcement of racial profiling and claim their neighborhood has been disrupted by police raids. >> people are scared to go to mosque. i was yesterday in the mosque and for friday prayer, we are missing about two, three lines. and plus the racial profiling that everybody has been questioned by the color of their skin, by the way they look, and especially in our building. >> that man also says he can't find a job because he was under police surveillance. zazi is suspected of planning a terrorist attack in new york. he pleaded not guilty. some grownups are rediscovering their inner child and learning how to have fun and laugh out loud. fredricka whitfield shows us how play dates are catching on with adults.

>> reporter: play dates aren't just for children these days. in a slumping economy, one company is broadening the appeal of fun and games and inviting bigger kids at heart. >> back in the day games. you know, it feels good to play it again. >> play that really gives adults an opportunity to put their adult problems on the shelf for a moment and play like they're a kid again. >> reporter: an atlanta company has create aid unique formula for an alternative to adult nightlife. playdate started a few years ago, and organizers say they went from 85 attendees to more than 400. they attribute the success partly to people looking for low-cost entertainment during tough times. and venues have now popped up in nearly 20 states with signature games like monopoly, scrabble, jenga, to name a few. >> times are tough right now, and people are looking for

outlets to say, hey, i don't want to worry about things that are happening monday through friday. >> no, you didn't do that! that's not fair! >> yeah! >> reporter: at a playdate event, organizers say gamers get a chance to enjoy the coziness of having close friends in a comfortable environment and still have the high energy you find in a nightclub. but not at club prices. >> across the country, playdate is only a $10 event. >> it was really inexpensive, if you consider it to a club or going out. >> normally you use this and you see the hand, the foot and nice colors. at playdate in atlanta we do that. >> clubs are very expensive to get into, then you pay for food and you have to pay for drinks. it gets really up there, plus the parking outside, too, and that, right now, it's like not feasible for many people, including me. >> reporter: across the board, people here are finding an adult playdate a more affordable way to find their inner child.

fredricka whitfield, cnn, atlanta. one woman is proving that age shouldn't keep you from doing what you want to do. that's how she's reaching new heights and teaching others how to live it up, too. ddddddd