making news on this monday, october 25th. tornado terror. cost in a twister as multiple storms touch down in texas, tearing apart homes and schools. eight more days to the midterms with more signs pointing to republican victories. are the democrats already looking past their big defeat? and the mysterious death of a world class swimmer. was the seawater too warm to survive? and good morning, everyone. thanks for being with us. we begin this monday with a developing story out of texas

where several tornadoes have caused what is being described as significant damage, the first in rice, texas, 45 miles south of dallas. >> one person got an up close and personal look at the storms. check it out. >> we are in a tornado! it's a tornado! there is a tornado! we are in the tornado! >> winds from the storms are estimated to be up to 117 miles per hour. the national weather service will be in the area today to see the damage and determine the exact strength of the winds. >> that was dramatic video there. the police said undetermined number of injuries have been caused. schools and athletic facilities were damaged. right nearby, freight cars were nearly blown off their tracks. we'll look at all 6 this today on "good morning america." switching gears to the midterm elections just eight days away. abc news is estimating that the

republicans may take the u.s. senate, as well as the house. >> emily schmidt has details from washington. hi, emily. >> reporter: vinita and rob, good morning to you. president obama is going to focus on small business but today it's back to political business. he's doing all he can. democrats' biggest name heads to the nation's smallest state today. president obama campaigns in rhode island, a traditional stronghold, asking democrats to turn out on election day. >> in 2008, you said, yes, we can. in 2010, you've got to say, yes, we can. >> let's go out and win the election. >> reporter: democrats across the country are pushing to get out the votes. bill clinton made his 104th stop on the campaign trail sunday night. >> i think there are three things that matter to your future. what are we now? what are we going to do now? and who should do it?

>> reporter: democratic national chairman tim kaine insists his party will hold on to the house. >> we've got work to do but we can do it. >> reporter: political analysts, even the cover of "newsweek" thinks it's unlikely to change. >> i think you're going to see a wave, an unprecedented wave on election day that's going to surprise a lot of people. >> reporter: over the weekend, michael steele appeared in a rally in florida with sarah palin. >> it ain't over 'til it's over, these last ten days. we can't be thinking that we got it in the bag. >> rhode island will host president obama today. michael steele will be there, as well as massachusetts republican senator scott brown, a sign of this competitive and now very crowded campaign trail. vinita and rob? >> emily, the latest numbers now put the senate, of course, in the grasp of the gop takeover. the president campaigned for senators last week but he's not

the only obama on the campaign trail. >> rob, that's right. we know michelle obama is going to begin a three-day campaign swing out west. campaigning for patty murray, also senator barbara boxer. these are the same candidates that her husband was campaigning for last week. really showing that the democrats are pulling out all the stops. >> a closer will be busy as well. our political team is crunching the numbers and we'll have the latest election estimates later on "good morning america." in other news now, opening statements are expected today in the chandra leavy murder trial. a jury was chosen last week to hear the case against ingmar guandique. gary condit did admit to having a relationship with levy but

nothing to do with her murder. >> antinette keller, the freshman known as toni, has not been seen since out 14th. while the investigation continues, school officials say campus security is being beefed up. >> our students will see more police officers on campus. and we've also gone, if you will, have a 24-hour lockdown within our residence halls. so only residents will be allowed to enter the halls and using their card access. >> devastating because we don't want anything to happen to anybody on campus. >> a student who talked to keller before she went missing said she was going to take a walk in a nature preserve. authorities say some items recovered with those remains are consistent with her belongings. public health experts are racing to prevent the widespread cholera outbreak in haiti. our dr. richard besser is in haiti where he says the threat

is very grave. >> reporter: i've investigated cholera outbreaks around the world. i don't think they've seen anything yet. the cholera gets into the water system here in port-au-prince, they're going to have a real nightmare scenario to deal with. >> officials are most worried about the disease spreading to campuses where more than 1 million earthquake survivors live in terrible conditions. 10,000 residents of belize hunker down in churches and schools as hurricane richard batters their country. the homes are no match for the 90-mile-an-hour winds as richard bears down. the storm is expected to lose strength as it pushes into guatemala and mexico. s an ominous warning with indonesia's volcano. 2006, two people died when gas and rock fragments raced down the mountain. families in oregon are

enjoying the first snow dump of the season. heavy snow blanketed ft. hood yesterday. drivers got stuck in all that snow and had to dig out their cars. >> pretty, though, at the beginning of the season, isn't it? >> yeah. now, for a look into your weather around the country. even more mountain snow out west today. up to 2 feet across the cascades and northern rockies. look for rain in seattle, boise and denver. large hail, 70-mile-an-hour winds in the upper midwest in chicago, des moines and st. louis. hail and gusty winds across georgia and south carolina. late-day rain philadelphia, new york, here in boston. 74 in atlanta. 66 in the twin cities, 70s from omaha to indianapolis. 50s from seattle to salt lake city. and coming up this morning, just-released documents showing new abuse by catholic priests. he was one of the best

swimmers of his kind in the world. so why did he die during a race

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more economists are lowering their expectations about the economic recovery. in a recent survey only 54% think the u.s. economy will grow, more than 2% this year. that is down 67% from last quarter. the jobs outlook is getting

better, fewer companies plan to shed jobs although few plan to add any either. >> the bank of america is now admitting it has discovered mistakes in closing documents. "the wall street journal" reports 700 cases reviewed. improper maker, missing files but b of a has not discover any problems in foreclosures. a flurry of earnings this week will help determine if we can make it four straight winning weeks. several members of the dow report, exxon, mobile, chevron and microsoft. tokyo's nikkei average fell .25%. the nasdaq slipped 10 points. >> the ipod may have changed

portable music but it wouldn't have been possible without the walkman. sony says it will stop making the walkman. about 200 million have been sold since it was first introduced. >> i remember the days. halloween, of course is the next weekend. moviegoers got in the spirit. the document area style thriller, "paranormal" taking in nearly 41 millions. jt jackass 3-d finished in second place. "red in third." police you bust a dangerous meth lab inside a freshman dormitory. and brett favre booed by fans in what could be his last time on the field in green bay.

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are hitting the slopes for the first time this season. the loveland ski area opened for business yesterday before any other in the state. the mile-long run consists of 10 inches of man-made snow and 8 inches of other stuff. >> more snow makes for a slippery commute in the rockies and cascades, i-5, 84 and 90. i-35 into des moines. wet on i-75 and 85 in the southeast. >> and if you're flying today, expect delays in seattle, salt lake city, denver, minneapolis, charlotte. severe fatigue is now being blamed in the death of a star american swimmer. >> 2012 olympic hopeful fran crippen apparently fell unconscious during the final leg of a race in dubai over the weekend. >> fellow swimmers inexisting the water was too hot. >> reporter: good morning, rob

and vinita. organizers near the competition near dubai failed to speculate what caused his death. the 25-year-old died in the water during an open-water race. >> fran went under with about 1,700 meters to go. they didn't realize it at the time. and two hours later, they found his body. >> reporter: the gulf waters were exceptionally warm, as high as 86 degrees. crippen complained that he wasn't feeling well. >> if the water's too warm and too salty, your dehydration levels goes up so much faster. >> reporter: when crippen failed to finish the race, fellow swimmers and a diving team went in. crippen's body was found two hours after the race. >> he couldn't do enough for anybody. if you wanted a friend, you wanted fran crippen to be your friend. >> reporter: crippen came if a family of champion swimmers. he said he was our hero.

vinita and rob. >> and the older sister that lara just mentioned will join us live on "good morning america." there's a lot of new information to be sorted through in the catholic church's sex abuse scandal. nearly 10,000 pages of previously sealed internal church documents were made public yesterday. they detailed what the diocese of san diego knew about priests, starting decades before any allegations were made. at least one previously unknown case of abuse has already been found. in other news now, three men are expected to be arraigned on charges that they ran a drug lab at a freshman dorm at georgetown university. officials say two were students, the other was a guest. they apparently were making a drug called dnt. emergency crews responded to the dorm saturday morning after a strange odor was reported. in the nfl it was the first week at which players could be suspended for the violent helmet-to-helmet hits.

players seemed to get the message. there were no hits in 13 games. one league official even called it a change in players' behavior in one week's time. >> the world series kicks off this wednesday night. the champion san francisco giants are back in now, after clenching it saturday night. they will take on the texas rangers in the classic. as for nfl action, here's adnan virk at espn news. good morning, last year, brett favre was terrific in his two games against the green bay packers. as against the minnesota vikings sunday it was a different story. second quarter, vikings down 14-7. first and goal. adrian peterson. they call him all day. the vikings tied at 14-14. third quarter, green bay down by three. arch rodgers, greg jennings, touchdown. later in the third, favre.

got to make something happen. pump fake, pooled the camera guy dutt does not fool desmond bishop. that's a pick six. green bay up 28-17. fourth quarter, vikes down by four. favre on third and seven, intercepted again. this time by nick collins. with 3:06 to play, though, the vikings still got a shot. peterson gets plenty. first down. under two minutes to play. fourth and five for the vikings, favre to randy moss on the left side of the field. another first down. and after a personal foul, it's first and 30 for the vikings. how much magic does favre have left at lambeau? he finds him in the back of the end zone. touchdown. did brett do it again, one foot in for harvin, second foot out of bounds. that is not a touchdown. last chance for the vikings. fourth and 15. favre blitzed, gets back up.

he's got a shot. but it's out of the end zone. too high for randy moss. as brett favre goes down in defeat. he and rodgers, let's hug it out. green bay wins it 28-24. that does it for the sports update. back to you in new york. remember the candidate for new york governor who stole the show at last week's debate he has left quite an impression. >> that's for sure. retired postal worker jimmy mcmillian rises. >> rent, it's too damn high. >> mcmillian also was a battle cry for the poor. >> and "saturday night live" couldn't wait to spoof him down to that bizarre facial hair. >> i will make sure all americans east breakfast after dinner. you on a diet, too bad.

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now, a look ahead to the stories we'll be watching on this monday. national weather service investigators will be in texas looking into three tornados that caused injuries and damaged several buildings south of dallas. the results of severe weather reported yesterday in arkansas, tennessee and alabama. president obama returns to the campaign trail, this time in rhode island. mr. obama will tour a factory and then attend a demeanor cattic fund-raiser in providence. opening statements begin today in the chandra levy trial. ingmar guandique is charged with the murder in 2001. a plea deal could be held for the last westerner held at guantanamo bay. if there's no deal, his case could be the first wartimes trial under president obama. and the new champs. the texas rangers will travel to california to get ready for the

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real actor, a real-life drama and a script that sounds like a real hollywood movie. >> actor randy quaid and his wife have crossed the border into canada, even though they're want thd california. the couple is arrested and is now seeking asylum. here's meg oliver. >> reporter: in "independence day"ly battled ale lee yens. now randy quaid and his wife evie seem to be battled another unseen force, a perceived hollywood conspiracy to kill them. the two were in a vancouver courtroom. they asked for asylum from the u.s., explaining why in this handwritten note their lawyer showed the press. quote, we are seeking asylum from hollywood star blackers it read. we feel our lives are in danger. >> there's a huge whackkyness factor, or they're actually concerned about the hand of justice coming down on them and doing some jail time.

>> reporter: apparently, the couple believes that one or a group of people are out to get them, the same people they think killed stars heath ledger and david carradine. it's been a rocky year for the quaids. first, they were arrested for failing to pay their hotel bill in california. then that september, they were arrested on suspicion of burglary. they're due back at a canadian court this thursday after being released on bail. but canada may not want them an unwanted guest just like a character quaid played too long ago. >> truth is, things ain't going too good at all. >> reporter: meg oliver, abc news. >> we'll have more on "good morning america." also on "gma," driving while high on marijuana. as california votes on making pot legal, we take a look at what that could mean from two drivers who got permission from police to actually drive while high. >> that is makes