combines to make a high-quality, well-designed tool that's going to make your home improvement home project life much, much easier. now, everybody can relate to this. i've just finished cutting my lawn. with the worx trivac i can blow away all those clippings on the sidewalk and the driveway. so with the flick of a switch, i can suck up the clumps of grass that my lawn mower left behind. wow, look at that. it's fast, it's easy, and it makes your yard look great! woo, look at that. now i get to use the worx trivac. i have the vacuum function, and it just makes it so much easier because it just sucks everything up. it gets underneath the bushes. doesn't leave anything left behind, so it's grt. this is what sold me on it more than anything, was the vacuuming because i can come out here on the deck or around the pool and vacuum the leaves. i can just walk around and it

sucks up all the debris. this is it-there's no extra pieces to it. there's nothing to fall off, there's nothing to get lost in the garage, there's nothing to run over with your tractor. it's one piece so you don't have to change anything when you want to change from a blower to a vacuum. all you have to do is bang, flip the switch, and you've got it. that's fantastic. now the worx trivac is not just a seasonal clean-up tool. it can be used year-round on cleaning up the yard and the garage. we've all made messes in the garage. normally you'd need a shop vacuum to clean up messes like this, but with the worx trivac, you can quickly and easily clean this up in just a matter of seconds. you'll use your worx trivac nearly eve weekend or even more. you' quily blow grass trimmings from your walkways after mowing, easily get rid of

hedge trimmings without ever bending over, clean up after planting flowers or shrubs, clean up messes in the garage, reach into bushes where rakes can't reach, clean up trash along your fence line, clean leaves and debris from between rocks, clean under play equipment. clean up around the yard has never been easier an with the worx trivac. much easier than aroomgarage so a broom is a real pain to try to clean up these little cracks here and underneath the baseboard. and the cuum function just makes it absolutely simple. the three-in-one worx trivac is the perfect all-purpose tool for no-touch outdoor clean-up all year round. no other machine offers you so much. it's a tool you're going to use. it's a tool that's going to save you time and effort. most importantly, it's going to make your yard look great. you cannot go wrong with this tool. call the number on your screen right now to get your own worx trivac. tired of raking leaves?

tired of sweeping walkways? tired of scooping leaves into trash bags by hand? introducing the three-in-one worx trivac. the worx trivac is a superior blower, a powerful outdoor vac, and a heavy-duty mulcher all in one tool. in the past, raking up leaves was a time-consuming hassle. with the worx trivac, you can now clean up your leaves faster and easier than ever before. there's more raking, no more piles, no more bending, no more scooping, no more hauling bag after bag to the curb. the worx trivac eliminates all of that. with the convenient,asy-to-use worx trivac, you sply blow the leaves together, flip the switch, then suck them up. it's fast and it's easy. the's no changing tubes or reconfiguring hoses like with other machines. the three-in-one worx trivac changes from a blower to a yard vac with the simple flip of a switch. the powerful blade mulches leaves down to just one-tenth their original size.

this means that the amount of leaves it used to take to fill ten garbage bags will now fit in just one. the rugged collector bag holds up to ten gallons of mulched leaves. this means you can vacuum up nearly 100 gallons of leaves before emptying the bag. imagine the time savings. the finely ground leav also make the perfect mulch for your garden, shrubs, or compost pile. the three-in-one worx trivac is so versatile, you'll use it year-round for all your outdoor clean-up. every time you mow and trim the lawn your worx trivac will save you time and hassle. the trivac lets you clean up unsightly grass clippings in just a fraction of the time it takes to sweep. flip the switch and now you can vacuum up all your hedge trimmings, your garden messes, or any trash you may find. just flip the switch back and now you can blow off your porch, your patio, or your deck. you can easily get into all the cracks, grooves, and crevices where even the broom can't reach. you can also clean uyour

garage messes. the powerful worx trivac easily picks up sawdust, metal shavings, or anything else. and the best part is: you did all this without ever bending over or getting your hands dirty. with the worx trivac, you get no-touch, no-hassle yard clean-up all year round. you won't find any other machine at any store that has all the features and benefits of the three-in-one worx trivac. you'd easily spend well over 200 dollars on a blower, an outdoor vac, and a mulcher, but you won't pay anywhere near that for your three-in-one worx trivac. call now and you can get your very own worx trivac directly from the manufacturer for just three easy payments of only 29 dollars and 95 cents. that's an incredible offer it's like gettinthree tools for the price of one. and like all worx lawn and garden products, the trivac is tough and durable. every trivac comes with a full two year unconditional warranty.

call right now, and worx will double your warranty to four call right now to t your trivac. the worx trivac weighs less than a gallon of milk. it's lhtweight and easy to use, yet it has as much power as 25cc gas-powered engine. the worx trivac ishe perfect tool to keep your yard looking great all year round. so don't wait. call the number on your screen right now. folks, this is the best. my favorite feature of the worx trivac is the fact that on the fly i can change from a blower to a vacuum just like that, instantaneously from a blower to a vacuum. show 'em, robin. i'd be happy to. you just blow the leaves into a pile and at 210 miles per hour, i mean look at that power. isn't that amazing? this is so powerful. it's so easy to use, it's so lightweight, and on the fly, once again, i just flip this right over and now i just start vacuuming.

and those leaves just want to jump right in. it just sucks 'em right up. i'm just not working at all. one-handed, i can easily just get my yard cleaned up in no time at all. now let me get these leaves. there we go! nice work! you like that? thank you very much. so as you were vacuuming up those leaves they were all getting mulched. exactly. you can turn mounds of dry leaves into mulch in minutes. perfect for compost piles or ground cover. look at this, right here in the flower bed. that's incredible! how 'bout that? and what we mean by a ten-to-one ratio, we mean ten bags of leaves down to one bag of mulch. ten to one. you've got the bag on your hip, so as soon as u're done, there's no dumping in the barrel, there's no having to bag it. you can take the bag right over to your garden and dump it in, clean and easy. i'm nancy szerlag, and i'm a master gardener and i'm a garden

writer, and i've been writing a weekly column for the detroit news for more than fifteen years, and i take a lot of time going to tradeshows, looking for new products. that's one of the things that i specialize in, and i specialize in tools. i'm here today because i have found a blower vac, the worx blower vac that i think is a really special tool. it's got some features you aren't going to find on any other blower vac on the market today. the worx trivac is also perfect for cleaning up all of your hedge trimmings. look at that. how clean is tt? and then, on the fly, i just switch it over to the blower feature, and it's powerful enough to clean up all of these wet leaves. wow, 210 miles per hour, look at that. and then with our air flow regulator here you can dial in just how much air you need. if you want to be careful in your flower beds, then you just

dial it that way. speaking of year-round outdoor cln-up, who hasn't had a family barbeque where some trash was left behind in the yard, especially if the wind was blowg? what a mess we have here. in the past, you used to have to walk all around the house, all around the yard bending over, picking this up, bending over picking that up, not anymore. no. with the trivac, you can now have the yard clean in just minutes without the hassle of bending over. you can get all that trash up without ever having to touch it. remember when you got stuff underneath the chair, and now with t angled head, i can get up undneh patio furniture. in the past, in order to sweep up under there, i had to move the chairs. i don't have to move anything and i don't have to move it back. not with the worx trivac.

boy, wasn't that easy? that sure was easy. we can invite your family back again. well, thank you. all right. the trivac is also lightweight. at 8.3 pounds, it weighs less than a gallon of milk. anyone can use this machine. in fact, this is the only yard vac specifically designed to be used with just one hand. it's lightweight, it looks good, it feels good, and it's ergonomically designed so that when i hold it, i can leave my arm just in a natural position. i don't have to have a second handle on it. what that'll do is i can stand straight up without having to bend over and vacuump my leaves and it grinds them up and i can just get rid of them that way, without putting stress on my back. it really does save your back. it saves you from any of the pain, and in your arms from having to rake them all up, put them in a bag, take them to the curb. here, i go to where the leaves are, suck them up, put the mul right in there. i used to clean my porch off with a broom and it never works because we've got all these little corners and the dirt gets

stuck in the corners and it's impossible with a broom to get it out. so now i've got this blower and i can do it in just a few seconds and it's absolutely simple yeah, the nice thing about this is that it really cuts my in half if not more. it's quicker than a broom because when you use a broom it takes awhile to get all the spots and in between all the crevices. you can use this tool and it will get in between all the cracks and you're done in about three minutes because it just blows it and you're done. ask yourself, do you want to keep sweeping? no. you want to get the worx trivac, you want to save all that time and effort. it's convenient, it's portable, i can carry it around on my back, it's easy access to unload. i can just unzip the bag, dump it around my trees, and keep it moving.ññó

and shrubs, blow the fertilizer off the walkways back into the lawn where it's supposed to be, get spider webs out of corners and out of bushes without getting your hands messy, and easily reaching under bushes where the rake can't go. don't wait. call the number on your screen right now for a great offer on this outstanding tool. tired of raking leaves? tired of sweeping walkways? tired of scooping leaves into trash bags by hand? introducing the three-in-one worx trivac. the worx trivac is a superior blower, a powerful outdoor vac, and a heavy-duty mulcher all in one tool. in the past, raking up leaves was a time-consuming hassle. with the worx trivac, you can now clean up your leaves faster and easier than ever before. there's no more raking, no more piles, no more bending, no more scooping, no more hauling bag after bag to the curb. the worx trivac eliminates all of that. th the convenient,asy-to-use

worx trivac, youimply blow the leaves together, flip the switch, then suck them up. it's fast and it's easy. there's no changing tubes or reconfigurg hoses like with other machines. the three-in-one worx trivac changes from a blower to a yard vac with the simple flip of a switch. the powerful blade mulches leaves down to just one-tenth their original size. this means that the amount of leaves it used to take to fill ten garbage bags will now fit in just one. the rugged collector bag holds up to ten gallons of mulched leaves. this means you can vacuum up nearly 100 gallons of leaves before emptying the bag. imagine the time savings. the finely ground leaves also make the perfect mulch for your garden, shrubs, or compost pile. the three-in-one worx trivac is so versatile, you'll use it year-round for all your outdoor clean-up. every time you mow and trim the lawn your worx trivac will save you time and hassle. the trivac lets you clean up unsightly grass clippings in just a fraction of the time it

takes to sweep. flip the switch and now you can vacuum up all your hedge trimmings, your garden messes, or any trash you may find. just flip the switch back and now you can blow off your porch, your patio, or your deck. you can easily get into all the cracks, grooves, and crevices where even the broom can't reach. you can also clean up your garage messes. the powerful worx trivac easily picks up sawdust, meta shavings, or anything else. and the best part is: you did all this without ever bending over or getting your hands dirty. with the worx trivac, you get no-tch, no-hassle yard you won't find any other machine at any store that has all the features and benefits of the three-in-one worx trivac. you'd easily spend well over 200 dolls on a blower, an outdoor vac, and a mulcher, but you wot pay anywhere near that for your three-in-one worx trivac. call now and you can get your very own worx trivac directly

from the manufacturer for just three easy payments of only 29 dollars and 95 cents. that's an incredible offer. it's like gettg three tools for the price of one. and li all worx lawn and tough and durable. trivac is every trivac comes with a full two year unconditional warranty. call right now, and worx will double your warranty to four years. call right now to get your trivac. the worx trivac weighs less than a gallon of milk. it's lightweight and easy to use, yet it has as much power as a 25cc gas-powered engine. the worx tvac is the perfect tool to keep your yard looking great all ye round. so don't wait. call the number on your screen right now. welcome back. there's a lot of excitement here r the amazing rx trivac. the worx trivac really is as good as we say it is. in fact, the trivac recently received the consumers digest best buy award. i'm steve trusty.

i've been in the lawn and garden industry for over 53 years. things i tested were blower vacs, and i chose the worx blowing to vacuuming. it's the only piece of equipment that i've ever seen like that. it's so easy and makes the job easier when you get out there and you're doing clean-up. we recently attended a national home and garden show to see what people thought of the worx trivac firsthand. it's terrific. as you can see, i can do it with one hand and i'm sixty. i think it's a great tool. it's very lightweight and i'm able to get my place cleaned up here in no time.

so what's the verdict? it's really neat; that's cool. i wouldn't mind having one of these. it does a great job, and no gas. it's really simple to flip between blower and vacuum. i don't have to take anything off at all, i just flip from one to the other which is really nice. i like that a lot. i just like the concept of being able to blow, pick up, mulch, all at the same time. it's great. i like it, i love it. it's really good, it works really well. i want to buy one. you want to buy one? yes. the price is good for what i could use, and i need one. it works really good. it throws it out pretty good, i'll tell you that. wow, that's strong.

check this out, this is very cool. for bigger jobs you can attach this optional hose accessory directly to your trash can. so when you're done you simply lift off the hood and remove your trash can. this is what we mean by no-touch clean-up. this attaches to a garbage can as you can see and for your high volumes so you don't have to dump your g so much, this comes in really handy. with the bag already in, all you have to do is tie off, and you' done. seriously, there is no questio about it, the wo trivac is the

ultimate, year-round outdoor clean-up tool. you can even get into your window wells and anywhere else you can't reach with other cleaning tools. with the trivac, you have three tools in one. a powerful yard vacuum, a superior blower, and a heavy-duty mulcher. you'll save time, you'll save money, and you'll use the worx trivac all year round. there's simply no other machine like the worx trivac. this special offer is only available on this show so call and order your worx trivac right now.tired of raking leaves? tired of sweeping walkways? tired of scooping leaves into trash bags by nd? introducing the three-in-one worx trivac. the worx trivac is a superior blower, a powerful outdoor vac, and a heavy-duty mulcher all in one tool. in the past, raking up leaves was a time-consuming hassle. with the worx trivac, you can now clean up your leaves faster and easier than ever before. there's no more raking, no more

piles, no more bending, no more scooping, no more hauling bag after bag to the curb. the worx trivac eliminates all of that. with theonvenient, easy-to-u worx trivac, you simplbl the leaves together, flip the there's no changing tubes or reconfiguring hos like with other machines. the three-in-one worx trivac changes from a blower to a yard vac with the simple flip of a switch. the powerful blade mulches leaves down to just one-tenth their original size. this means that the amount of leaves it used to take to fill ten garbage bags will now fit in just one. the rugged collector bag holds up to ten gallons of mulched leaves. this means you can vacuum up nearly 100 gallons of leaves before emptying the bag. imagine the time savings. the finely ground leaves also make the perfect mulch for your garden, shrubs, or compost pile. the three-in-one worx trivac is so versatile, you'll use it

year-round for all your outdoor clean-up. every time you mow and trim the lawn your worx trivac will save you time and hassle. the trivac lets you clean up unsightly grass clippings in just a fraction of the time it takes to sweep. flip the switch and now you can vacuum up all your hedge trimmings, your garden messes, or any trash you may find. just flip the switch back and now you can blow off your porch, youratio, or your deck. you can easily get into all the cracks, grooves, andrevices where even the broom can't reach. you can also clean uyour garage messes. the powerful worx trivac easily picks up sawdust, metal shavings, or anything else. and the best part is: you did all this without ever bending over or getting your hands dirty. with the worx trivac, you get no-touch, no-hassle yard clean-up all year round. you won't find any other machine at any store that has all the features and benefits of the three-in-one worx trivac.

you'd easily spend well over 200 dollars on a blower, an outdoor vac, and a mulcher, but you won't pay anywhere near that for your three-in-one worx trivac. call n and you can get your from the manufacturer for just three easy payments of only 29 dollars and 95 cents. that's an incredible offer. it's like geing three tools for the ice of one. and like all wlawn and garden products, the trivac is tough and durable. every trivac comes with a full two year unconditional warranty. call right now, and worx will double your warranty to four years. call right now to get your trivac. the worx trivac weighs less than a gallon of milk. it'sightweight and easy to use, yet it has much power as a 25cc gas-powered engine. the worx trivac is the perfect tool to keep youyard looki great all year round. so don wait. call t number on yr screen right now. folks, this truly is an

incredible offer. what is your time worth? and that's what the trivac does, it saves you your time and your money. you've got just a few seconds left before this program ends. make a note of this phone number and call right now. you won't find a better deal on any other machine that does as much as the worx trivac. listen to what robin's saying. you've seen what this tool can do from cleaning the yard, the garage, the gutters, the patio furniture, everything. when you buy the worx trivac, you get the premier outdoor clean-up tool. call the number on your screen right now to order your very own worx trivac.

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strapped into a show. remember, tyler isn't really getting shocked but lahtifa doesn't know that. >> i have no words when it comes to pain. you can just like touch me and ah! >> she is told to zap him and increase the intensity with each wrong answer. >> perfect. >> as our hidden cameras roll, you can see lahtifa is visibly upset each time she has to shock tyler. >> i will administer 120 volts.

>> ah! ah! okay, guys. this really hurts! >> please continue. >> you can hear her voice begin to crack. >> that was incorrect. i will administer 135 volts. ah! ah! >> that was incorrect. i will administer 150 volts. ah! that's all. that's it. get me out of here. get me out of here! >> she gets more distraught with each wrong answer but keeps on following orders. >> i will administer 180 volts. >> ah! get me out of here? i refuse to go on. let me out. >> oh, my gosh. i'm feeling like i -- >> please, please go on. >> ah! >> she is clearly upset.

her earlier enthusiasm gone. >> like i know i'm not the one feeling the pain but i hear him screaming and asking to get out and it's almost like my instinct and gut is like, stop. because you're hurting somebody. and you don't even know why you're hurting them outside of the fact that it's for a tv show. >> please continue. >> the next subject is wine. >> now we've instructed our actor, tyler, to stop answering questions. and to stop screaming out in pain. >> if you don't respond within 20 seconds, i will have to administer 300 volts. >> okay. >> the room becomes eerily

quiet. yet lahtifa keeps shocking. but she seems so disturbed that i decide it's time to go in and give her a break. >> hey, lahtifa. i'm chris hansen with nbc. you looked a little upset. i thought maybe we should interrupt. >> hi. >> you okay? >> yes. >> were you getting a little upset? >> yeah. my heart is beating really fast. >> calm down. now why did you continue to shock him? >> i didn't know what was going to happen to me if i stopped. >> what was it about jeremy that convinced you that you should keep going here? >> he just had no emotion. >> we'll get back to lahtifa in a minute. right now another contestant is ready to go. so far our participants have been women. how will a man do? >> it's just a very simple piece of equipment. >> will he stand up to our casting director? aaron gets right into the game and quickly works his way up the shock panel.

>> i hope you don't miss this because this is going to be 105. >> aaron seems sympathetic but he doesn't hesitate to flip the switch. >> i'm really sorry. we are now at 120 volts. >> ah! >> he never questions the authority of the casting director sitting right behind him. he is praised for following orders. >> ah! >> good job. >> so he keeps on shocking him. >> we are at 180 volts. >> ah! no! >> it's not that he doesn't seem to feel his pain. >> let me out! >> hey, tyler. i'm sorry. >> ah! >> here is the number 21. >> but he goes on. oh, i'm going to hurt you and i'm really sorry. >> ah! >> come on. >> no! >> you can do this. you can do this. we are almost through. >> good. >> i can't feel my legs!

>> okay. let's continue. >> now we've reached the point where tyler goes silent. >> good answer. we're almost there. >> will he finally stand up to authority? >> please give me a name, sir. or i'm going to put the volts in your body. >> five seconds. >> five seconds, four, three, two, one. i hope you're doing all right over there. >> finally, 450 volts. >> this is going to hurt. >> the maximum voltage of the machine. >> good. >> hey. >> i'm wondering, what was he thinking? >> how did it go today? >> great. great. >> you like it? >> yeah. >> did it bother you to shock him? >> yeah. actually it did. especially when he wasn't answering anymore. >> what impact do you think 350

volts has on a human being? >> death. >> were you worried maybe you would electrocute tyler? >> no, of course not. >> you believed the producers of the show had it all set up. >> of course. otherwise they wouldn't go on. what is the point? >> now the next thing i want to do is bring in tyler because i want you to know he is actually okay. >> i'm glad to hear that and glad to see that. i didn't hurt you actually did i? >> no. >> i had jerry here telling me keep going. i was like well should be everything all right. >> he was a pretty good host. >> yeah. let's say that i left all responsibility up to him and not to me. >> we asked psychologist michael shermer what was going on here. >> they're all looking at your actor for the cue, is this okay? >> in other words, if an authority figure says the behavior is acceptable -- >> you can do this. we are almost through. >> good. >> it becomes acceptable. >> and, boy, your actor was good. he had that authoritative look and voice down and of course that's how it works in the real

world. >> and just like dr. millgram's 1960s results proved, apparently the human impulse to believe what we shouldn't, go along with authority, is alive and well. and you wouldn't obey? five of our six contestants willingly administered shocks. three went all the way to the maximum voltage. >> i got no more. >> remember lahtifa? we stopped her because she seemed anguished almost every step of the way. there is something i've got to tell you. >> yes. >> this is going to be on tv but it's going to be on "dateline nbc." >> oh, my god. are you serious? >> we're doing a series of social experiments. >> oh, my god. >> to determine why people act the way they do. >> where is tyler? >> tyler, come on in, buddy. >> tyler, oh, my god. >> tyler is an actor who helped us out and he did not get hurt one bit. >> oh, my gosh. >> i thought i was hurting you. >> dr. shermer says any one of us can be manipulated into

believing and doing things we shouldn't. he says it happens gradually. >> the abuse gets a little worse and a little worse such that your standards of tolerance g readjusted upwards to where you're willing to impose even more evil than you ever normally would do. >> so how can we stop ourselves from being gullible? the key, dr. shermer says, is to be conscious of our vulnerability. >> the rub here is to find that balance between having a mind open enough that you can accept good opportunities but not so open minded you end up believing any and all whacky ideas that come along. there is a balance in there somewhere and that's difficult to find. >> so the next time you hear a little voice inside saying, warning, pay attention. >> what do you think the lesson of all this is? it's a little fresh, very emotional. >> a lesson that i keep having to learn, follow my freaking gut. >> there you go. >> my instinct was telling me, stop, and i kept going for

whatever reason. >> that's all for now. i'm chris hansen at the american museum of natural history. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for joining us. this sunday, nine days left before election day, 2010. the final countdown and the final argument. will it be a gop wave or more of a split decision? both sides are fired up and fighting hard to get their voters to the polls. >> we need all of you fire ed f. we need all of you fired up. we need all of you ready to go. >> get ready to win!

get ready to fire pelosi! get ready to take down harry reid! >> can republicans send majority leader harry reid back home and remove democrats from power in the house? how will their embrace of the tea party play out on election day and beyond? with us exclusively this morning, the man at the center of it all, the leader of the republican party, chairman michael steele. plus, we'll look at the latest polls. who is up, who is down and who is pulling out all the stops? as the president spends the week, trying to rally the democratic base out west, the right declares war on public radio after the abrupt fighting of analyst juan williams. we look at it all with our expanded round table, former democratic congressman harold ford jr., msnbc's rachel maddow democratic congressman harold ford jr., msnbc's rachel maddow and cnbc's rick santelli. captions paid for by nbc-universal television