making news on this monday, october 18th. political push, the president and first lady on the road with just 15 days to go before election day. the partisan attacks are cranking up. the able fight is keeping millions from seeing their local fox station. it's the battle that could up costing viewers more. and the cost of a privacy breach on facebook. who's at risk and what is the social network doing about it? and good morning, everyone. thanks for being with us. with just over two weeks to go before those crucial midterm elections, the president and first lady of double teaming democratic voters. >> they're hopping mrs. obama's enormous popularity will fire up the voters at the polls in

november. emily schmidt is in washington with more on the democratic strategy. good morning, emily. good morning to you. the white house couldn't have opted for a divide and conjure strategy sending president and mrs. obama to two separate campaign stops to double their coverage. instead, they put the team together, a power couple, seeking to reenergiz.e base. >> reporter: with control of congress up for grabs in washington, the political push is well outside the beltway. >> hello, ohio! >> reporter: first lady michelle obama made her first campaign appearance with the president since 2008. polls show she is mo thar than her husband, he working to convince voters to stick with democrats through tough times he says began under republican leadership. >> it is up to you to tell them we do not want what they're selling. we have been there before and we are not going back. >> reporter: in the next two weeks before the election, both obamas will campaign separately

across the country, including trips to washington where senator patty murray is fighting to hold on to her se>> i voted. >> i voted to put in place strong wall street reform to protect you. mr. rossi's going to repeal that. >> which washington are you representing, washington, d.c. or washington state? >> reporter: though clinton is also planning a washington state trip. he's made 83 campaign stops this election season, trying to fire up all democrats. and republicans are already energized and ready to fight. senator john mccain campaigning for carly fiorina. mate the unusual move of harshly criticizing a colleague from across the aisle. >> barbara boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the united states senate today. >> as of now, president obama has four more campaign rallies before election day, all in states where he won in 2008, all in states where democrats face

much tighter challenges today. >> thanks. one more political note, last night's kentucky senate debate quickly turned nasty. rand paul accused jack conway of gutter politics. at wish was a conway ad questioning paul's belief to a group that mocked christianity. paul demanded an apology, calls himself a pro-life christian. paul has a double-digit lead in the polls. negotiations are set to resume in a war of words between two giant tv conglomerates. the issue, as always, is money. millions of tv viewers are paying the price and this morning they're still in the dark. linsey davis has details. >> reporter: many turned on their tv planning to watch this -- >> going deep into the end zone, it's touchdown! >> reporter: -- and instead, saw this. >> but news corp is demanding more money and is willing to hold their own viewers hostage

to get it. >> reporter: the battle between cablevision and the news corporation which owns fox isn't as interesting to watch, but it's shaping up to be just as intense as two bitter nfl rivals going head to head on any given sunday. cablevision is saying news c now demanding $150 million. more than double of what they used to charge to air the programming. but programmers such as fox nlyh it's only right that they get a fair share that cable companies are paying. >> now broadcast networks want to be in on that. >> reporter: this particular blackout affects about 3 million people in metropolitan new york and philadelphia. but in less than two weeks, news corp is threatening to pull its broadcast stations off dish network. that would affect 14 million homes across the country. >> we're seeing the spike in fees a lot more often and i think it's because the local stations desperately need that. they can't just exist anymore just on advertising.

>> reporter: just this march, cablevision was in dispute with abc. abc returned several minutes into the academy awards as they finalized the deal. linsey davis, abc news, new york. the u.s. is reportedly trying to get chinese companies to stop providing assistance to iran in violation of u.s. sanctions. "the washington post" said a state department official has given a list of suspected companies along with nuclear programs. chinese officials are investigating. meanwhile, iran's leader is now welcoming a new round of nuclear talks. the president mahmoud ahmadinejad says iran will continue to enrich uranium for nuclear energy. at the same time, ahmadinejad says it is time for the u.s., other powers to crack down on israel's alleged nuclear arsenal. talks could resume next month. the french says they've been warned against a new al qaeda threat. the report apparently came a couple days from saudi arabian intelligence.

>> the french have been on high alert for a few weeks and the eiffel tower was closed at least twice. the france's prime minister said the threat is very real. the american embassy in afghanistan could face major problems. abc news has gotten ahold of a videotape that appears to show fraud. as nick schifrin reports, thousands of ballots could be thrown out. >> reporter: undering a voters, ballot stuffing, the cell phone videos may be blurry, but they clearly reveal that fraud in last month's election was widespread. watch this scene in kandahar, a kind of assembly line, as one person watches, one cast dozens of fake ballots. this being almost comical, a debate not on politics, but how best to commit fraud. you want the whole box for one person? he asks. the local elder decides.

apparently, the answer was yes. these are all for one candidate. he said proudly. u.s. is desperate for this election to be legitimate hoping to create the government of afghan's support. we showed the video to the chief electoral officer. what do you think when you see this video? >> i think this is a great proof for us and a great tool for us to make sure that we only announce clean results. >> reporter: that's an improvement over last year when the election itself facilitated fraud. if this year, fraud is punished, afghans might gain trust in their fragile democracy. but if this year's election, afghans will gain faith that the u.s. represents them, making the u.s. effort here even more difficult than it already is. nick schifrin, abc news, kabul. the american health association is releasing new guidelines today changing the

order for how cpr should be performed. >> the old abc method calls for opening the airway first, giving a breath and then doing compressions. but experts now say the sequence should always start with chest compressions, airways and mouth to mouth. a wet day in the southwest with showers and thunderstorms in l.a., san diego, las vegas denver and phoenix. mostly dry for the rest of the country, indianapolis and cleveland and pennsylvania. >> mostly 60s from boston to baltimore. 50s in detroit, chicago and minneapolis. 69 in kansas city. everyone 87 in dallas. phoenix, 86, boise, 67, seattle, 59. when we come back on this monday morning, a frightening weekend accident at an air show in arizona. and another privacy concern involving facebook. that's straight ahead in our business news. stick with us. my age. my skin does.

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some of the nation's biggest banks will be the focus on wall street this week. citigroup, wells fargo and bank of america report earnings, banks have been under fire lately, of course, because of that recent foreclosure mess. investors are worried that freezing foreclosures will eat away at their earnings and end that recent rally on wall street. overseas markets are mostly lower to start this week. tokyo's nikkei average ticked down a couple of points today, hong kong's hang seng is

lower. in londons the ftse opened lower, too. on wall street, the dow rose 56 points last week, meanwhile, the nasdaq climbed nearly 67 points. the economy is slumping pretty much everywhere, but wealthy people all over the world are opening their wallets again for luxury items. luxury sales are forecast to rise 10% thanks largely to a spending spree by wealthy americans and chinese. new questions about facebook's ability to protect users' privacy. "wall street journal" is reporting that many of the site's popular apps have been transmitting personal i.d.s to outside companies even to members using the strictest sets. facebook says it's taking steps to address the problem and appears to have shut down some of those applications. well, it was a big opening weekend for the latest "jack ass" movie. "jack ass 13d 3-d" took in $15 million. "red" opened in second place and "the social network" finin

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now for a look at your morning road conditions. wet and flooded on i-15 from los angeles to vegas and in salt lake city. slick on i-40 from albuquerque to southern california. denver an utah. wet also on i-70, 80 and ohio and pennsylvania. >> if you're flying today, expect airport delays out west in l.a., salt lake city, phoenix and denver. a weekend air show near phoenix got off to a horrible start when a motorized

paraglider crashed into a hot air balloon. the two got tangled up in midair and both plunged to the ground. the glider pilot suffered head and spinal injuries. amazingly only a few cuts and bruises aboard the crew. fresh from the triumphant rescue of the 33 miners chile's president meets with england's queen elizabeth. sebastian pinera traced the steps of one of his heroes, winston churchill. >> back in chile, more than a dozen of the mines are have returned to the scene of their rescue. neal karlinsky reports from ch >> reporter: the miners who came back amid the battle of a huge crush of media and an indescribable web of emotion. are you a little nervous coming back here? yes, he says, i'm very nervous. coming back so soon was too traumatic for some. more than a dozen miners didn't show. for those who did, the attention was overwhelming. this isn't just the first time

any of these miners are coming back. it's also the first time they're getting to experience in a real up close way just how much interest there is in anything they have to say. the mass was held inside this tent, right alongside camp hope, where their families held vigil for more than two months. cameras weren't allowed inside. and some miners took advantage of that, protesting lost wages and angrily accusing the mining company and government officials of saving 33, but abandoning 300 who are out of work because the mine is now closed. but the protests didn't overshadow the day. a day when miners gave thanks, wrote autographs for rescuers and even hiked the hills to see the flags planted in their honor. one flag for each of the 33. it's so impressive to see how the camp is miner jorge galleguillos said. while taking down his own flag. god is always here. he knows what he's doing.

neal karlinsky, abc news, copiapo, chile. today marks a milestone for american hikers held in iran. josh fattal and shane bauer have been jailed for 444 days, that's how long the u.s. hostages spent there back in 1981. but the fate of fattal and bauer is still up in the air. with a trial for espionage still looming. a devastating blow for the university of rutgers community today. defensive tackle eric legrand is temporarily paralyzed from the neck down. surgeons have stabilized his spine but say it's too early to tell if the paralysis will be permanent. tonight on "monday night football" men. tennessee at jacksonville. >> as for yesterday's nfl highlighted and phillies and giants series, let's take a look

at that from espn news. good morning, i'm don belle with the espn news update. we start with playoff baseball. south philadelphia we go. game two of the nlcs, top of the fifth inning, codey ross going deep. third big fly of the nlcs game tied at 1-1. and the pitcher, he scores, phillies lead 3-1. later in the inning, jimmy rollins. j-roll, he drove in four. the phillies win it 6-1, the series heading back to san francisco. to the nfl, vikings hosting the cowboys, randy moss making his return to the metrodome. beginning of the third quarter vikings trail 14-7, percy harvin. harvin, feet don't fail me now. past the 30 he goes, 95-yard touchdown return. the vikings tie the game at 14-14. later in the third, game tied at 14-14 again, adrian peterson up the gut. with the one-yard touchdvikings. vikings win it 24-21.

cowboys fall 1-4, minnesota, 2-3. tom brady and the patriots facing the ravens. fourth quarter, pats trailing 20-10, brady hooking up with his old friend, deion branch. the newly acquired deion branch. they would later kick a field goal. to force overtime. gamed tied at 20-20, it is through from 35 yards. the patriots win it 23-20. and that is your espn news update. i'm don bell. now, back to you in new york. well, call it better late than never that the u.s. government is finally recognizing a 95-year-old hero from world world ii with a bronze star. >> george voinovich masterminded a secret mission to rescue more than 500 servicemen shot down over nazi-occupiied serbia back

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