,, chkz part a the great escape. the flawless rescue of 33 trapped miners triggers jubilation in chile. delaware debate. tea party favorite christine o'donnell tries to distance herself from her past . >> this is election cycle should not be about comments i made on a comedy show over a decade and a half ago. the power of love. how being head over heels can ease some real pain. this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, october 14th, 2010. good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us.

i'm kendis gibson, in today for betty nguyen. a long-shot rescue operation that defied expectations. 33 chilean miners trapped underground more than two months are all back on terra firma this morning. the last miner was hauled to the surface late wednesday night, about 22 and a half hours after the operation began. for a nation, it was a mission accomplished. for 33 men, a second chance at life. >> they were so happy, because they were experiencing a kind of rebirth. >> the last man to emerge from the crumbled mine was the first rescue operator to go down. manuel gonzales is his name. good morning, charlie. >> good morning, kendis. that rarest of things, a good news story and one that has been witnessed live around the globe, the longest rescue attempt in history that ended with a great escape.

finally, there is freedom for the men now known in chile as the 33. the miners trapped for 69 days in an underground prison are all out. >> we have experienced a night that we will never forget, full of emotion, full of joy. >> reporter: the last miner to emerge was luis urzua, the foreman miners called their rock, the boss who held them together through it all. he says, we had spirit and we wanted to fight for our families. and they did. no one has ever been trapped for so long and survived. a rescue capsule brought miners up one by one like clockwork. a broken door latch was the only hitch in the 22 and a half-hour operation. the last rescuer out of the hole gave a bow. the youngest miner, a 19-year-old, was claustrophobic and afraid of the dark. the oldest is 63.

he made an underground promise to his wife he'd finally give her the church wedding she had always wanted. mario sepulveda dubbed super mario helped keep spirits up half a mile underground. each of the miners has a story and, with the world so curious to hear more, fame is certain to follow. so, as their miraculous journey back to the surface has ended, now the journey back to normal life begins. of course, the success story wouldn't be complete without the united states having a hand in it. three drills were racing to reach the mine, the one that got there first way ahead of schedule made in america. kendis? >> all right, charlie. the 33 miners appear in pretty good shape and some may be able to leave the hospital, we are told, today. one is being treated for pneumonia and two need dental work. after being trapped more than two months, psychological issues may turn out to be more pressing

than the physical ones. the experience could trigger post-traumatic stress disorder. doctors say one of the miners is barely speaking and another talked about a fight with the devil. counselors will force the men to verbally relive the experience. >> it is a natural process to avoids something that's traumatic to us. we are far better off to find ways to approach it so that we work through those anxieties. >> doctors will look for symptoms such as nightmares, panic attacks general anxiety, clos to phobia. back here to the states and to politics. tonight president obama speaks to a group of voters who overwhelmingly supported him during the run for the white house, young people. tonight's one-hour town hall meeting will be broadcast on several cable networks. mr. obama has some fences to mend. an associated press mtv poll taken last month finds 44% of students approve of the job mr. obama is doing. that's a significant drop from the 60% who gave the president high marks in may of 2009.

and now to the senate race in delaware. the two candidates debated after facing off in a contentious back-and-forth last night. trailing in most polls by double digits republican christine o'donnell went on the attack. >> good morning. it may be a statewide race but has gained national attention, so much this feisty debate was aired across the country. >> christine o'donnell wants to prove she is a serious contender for the senate. >> this election cycle should not be about comments i made on a comedy show every a decade and a half ago. >> trailing by double digits in the polls, the gop hopeful spent much of last night's delaware debate on the offensive attacking the democrat chris coons. >> he will continue to rubber-stamp the spending policies from washington. >> reporter: -- she couldn't distance herself from controversial statements she's made in the past.

>> i'm not a witch. >> there's been lots of discussion in the national media about things my opponent has said or done that i, frankly, think are distraction from the core issues delawareans ask about, both of us about. >> you're just jealous you weren't on "saturday night live". >> it wasn't all laughs. they sparred over issues from health care reform to the military's don't ask don't tell policy. >> i would move swiftly as a senator to repeal don't ask, don't tell. i think it is discrimination plain and simple. >> i don't think congress should be forcing a social agenda onto our military. >> o'donnell stumbled alt one point when asked to cite a supreme court decision which she disagreed with. >> give me a specific one, i'm sorry. >> actually, i can't. i need you to tell me which you object to. >> they will get another chance to face off at a second debate this afternoon. the first debate was closely watched and one thing the audience saw was the two of them had very different opinions on a number of social issues. back to you.

>> all right. thank you. now to the stumbling housing market where foreclosure rates are reaching an all-time high. lenders seized more homes in the third quarter than than at any time since the market began sliding down in 2006. in numbers released overnight industry watcher realtytrek says more than 288,000 homes were lost to foreclosure between july and september, 18,000 more homes than in the previous quarter. an investigation into the alleged misuse of foreclosure documents and several of the nation's largest lenders have suspended foreclosures and sales of distressed homes. that's had a big impact on the housing market. anthony mason reports. >> reporter: joshua cooper thought he had a deal on this foreclosed house in florida. he was preparing to move in with his wife and three kids when his bank put a freeze on foreclosures last week. >> we got the phone call that the bank was canceling the

contract and pulling the house off the market. we were just shocked. stunned. >> reporter: nearly a third of all the houses sold in the country in september were distressed properties. so, a moratorium on foreclosures could have serious consequences for the economy. >> we won't be able to work through these problem loans. house prices will be weaker for longer. that means the economy really can't gain traction. >> reporter: even so the attorneys general of all 50 states said the foreclosure process must be investigated. employees of at least three major banks have admitted to robo signing, that is, signing thousands of legal documents without actually reading them, to speed up foreclosures. analysts say the investigation is unlikely to keep many of the delinquent borrowers in their homes. >> bottom line is that overwhelming majority of these loans probably would ultimately have been foreclosed on anyway. >> reporter: but the investigation has slowed the struggling housing market. with about five million borrowers still in trouble, foreclosures are not expected to

peak until well into next year if the paperwork crisis isn't resolved quickly, economists say, it could extend the housing slump into 2012. anthony mason, cbs news, new york. just ahead on the morning news, a move to end surprise fees on your cell phone bill. plus rapper t.i. to the rescue. the hip-hop star helps police save a suicidal man. details coming up when the morning news continues. g up when the morning news continues. gotta get that bacon! smokey bacon, crispy bacon, tasty bacon! where is it? where is the bacon? tv newscaster: bacon popular, story at 11. dog: yummy. crunchy. bacon. bacon. bacon. there, in that bag! mom: who wants a beggin' strip!? dog: me! i'd get it myself but i don't have thumbs! yum, yum, yum... it's beggin'! hm... i love you! i love bacon! i love you! i love bacon! i love you! beggin' strips! there's no time like beggin' time! share the fun at beggintime.com

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turns out the band may have been onto something. medical researchers say love really can act as a drug. dr. sean mackey is a pain expert from stanford university who studied the brains of undergraduate students who said they were deeply in love and, sure enough -- >> the deep passionate love really acts like a drug, a pain-relieving drug at that. >> the reason, he says, the areas of the brain activated by intense love are the same ones activated by pain-killing medications. okay. so his prescription for pain? try passionate love affair. on the "cbs moneywatch" stocks in asia headed for higher ground this morning. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. ashley? >> good morning, kendis. asian markets took their cue from wall street and jumped higher. japan's nikkei added nearly 2% it's best daily performance in a month, while hong kong's hang seng was also higher. today wall street gets a weekly jobless claim number and latest

on inflation. wednesday corporate earnings pushed stocks to a five-month high. the dow gained 75 points, while the nasdaq added 23. the government's trying to help shrink your cell bill. the fcc is votes today on a measure requiring wireless carriers to alert customers if they're about to exceed their monthly limit of limits or text messages. federal regulators say they've been flooded with so-called sticker shock complaints of unexpected and costly fees. yahoo! once again a takeover target. the "wall street journal" reporting aol and partners may soon bid for the struggling internet company. neither would comment. yahoo! snubbed a $47 billion offer from microsoft just two years ago. walmart is thinking small. the world's largest retailer is pushing into urban markets a smaller format stores. it recently won approval to open a third store in chicago and looking for space now in new york city.

and if you are about to begin your college career, think twice before choosing your major. a survey finds more than one-third of american workers with college degrees, 36%, wish they had majored in something different. the online employment service career builder found 27% of workers who graduated ten years ago or longer still have not found a job related to their major. kendis? >> ashley morrison reporting in new york. thank you. and the world has a new smallest man, certified by the guinness book of records his name is migar, 18 years old, weighs about 12 pounds and measures just over 26 inches from head to toe. he lives in nepal and doctors say he has the body of a 3-year-old child and they really have no idea why. straight ahead, your thursday morning weather and in sports, there really is no place like home for the houston rockets' yao ming. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics...

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towards northeast and hurricane paula is swirling out in the gulf of mexico. later today, scattered clouds over the northeast will turn to heavy rains as a nor'easter forms off the coast and cool air continues to move down from the north and into the south. in sports now, it was officially the houston rockets versus the new jersey nets in an nba preseason game but, for the crowd in beijing, it was, well, yao ming and those other guys. the rockets' star center was the center of attention for the sellout crowd at the venue. since he returned from foot surgery, he only played about 19 minutes and finished with four rebounds in the 91-81 victory for the rockets. in baseball, bobby cox has retired after 25 years managing the atlanta braves but the braves already have a new manager, freddi gonzales, who managed the florida marlins until he was fired this spring. gonzalez served as cox's third base coach from 2003 to 2006. it is lights out for sean merriman's career with the

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seize 1.2 million by the end of the year. the rescue of the 33 chilean miners was successfully completed late last night. the last miner out was the shift foreman. they had been trapped under ground two months but most seemed in good health. the chilean government says a billion people tuned in to watch the miners get pulled to the surface. john blackstone reports. >> reporter: with four oxygen tanks inside the tiny rescue capsule, the miners were breathing normally, while the rest of the world held its breath. from chile to europe to the united states. [ cheering ] >> reporter: the world was watching a rescue that once seemed so distant, so unlikely. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: newscasts in a multitude of languages told the same story of human victories. around the world, tv was on, people gathered, cheering every

new one brought to the surface. a polish viewer declared, we are all chileans now. it's an event shared around the world in a way that rarely happens anymore. not reality tv, but real tv. >> it's a wonderful story. how can you take your eyes off of these people? you want to see what they're like. you want to see what their families are like. that transcends national boundaries. it transcends ideology. >> reporter: in a world that has had even more than the usual burden of trouble and tragedy lately, we can use that shared story right now. this time, ingenuity triumphed, as uplifting at the day he landed his crippled jet on the hudson. as dramatic as the long flight home by the crew of apollo 13 in a broken spacecraft. as reassuring as rescue of jess can mcclure from deep in a well. the human spirit and a reminder

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marty is over in the first warning weather center. >> rain is on the way. it's a matter of time before it comes into your neighborhood. i will expand in just a second to let you know how much is sitting out to the west. that is a pretty good slug. all of that is headed our way. keep an umbrella with you. it will be a wet and windy day for a high temperature in the low 60s. in the news this morning a new day in chile. for the first time in 70 days, the mine is empty. how a local company helped keep

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