[ cheers and applause ] this morning on "early today," mission accomplished. th world celebrates as all 33 chilean miners are finally brought home. >> delaware duel, senate candidates go head to head with just weeks until the midterm election. and face smashup, the hubble telescope captures what scientists believe is the first telescope captures what scientists believe is the first images of an asteroid collision. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello and good mortgage. i'm lynn berry. today, we begin wit a flawless ascent t freedom. all of chile's 33 miners are

finally where they should be this morning, aboveground, elebrating lif with their friends and family. after weeks of planning, drilling and testing, rescuers last night finished lifting the men from theepth of the mine that easily could have been their tom and as nbc's kerry sanders reports, chile's joy was shared around the world. >> reporter: it's over. ll 33 of the miners have been rescued. it took 22 hours, 34 minutes and 56 seconds, more than 1,000 engineering minds to figure out how to get down to those men. 2,40 feet in the earth, they pulled it off. and now, this country and the world celebrates. >> an inspiring experience, i'm sure, not only for the chileans, for the whole world. >> the last name up, will you iz lizu will i a, he wasthe last

man up. he told them they should conserve the o days of food they had and ration it to be two spoonfuls o men, peaches and tuna. they made contact with the surface. a team of american drillers came in. they made it down to the men. the fenix capsule was tested, retested, and wow, it worked. in the end, the ride up was taking less than 10 minutes. and now this country celebrates because the impossible is posble. lynn. >> kerry sanders, thank you. back here in the states, the senate battle took place last night as christine o'donnell faced off with democra chris coons in a heated debate at the university of delaware. tracie potts joins us from washington now with some of the highlights. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning.

the two sparred over the economy, health care. o'donnell ende up backing off some of her more controversial social views from earlier on evolution and gays in the military. coons was forced to defend his record in delaware on raising taxes. this race may most remembered for her i am not a witch advertisement. last night, cistine o'donnell did some name calling of her own based on a newspaper article that coons wrote in college. >> they jokingly called me a birdied marxist. if you take five minutes and read thearticle, it's a joke. >> you wrote the article saying you learned your beliefs from an ar particular ewe lass arxist professor and that is what made you a democrat. that should send chills up the spine of every democrat voter. >> reporter: the other tea party race debate tonight is out in

nevada. sharronn angle and harry reid. >> tracie potts the for us in washington, thank you. now here is a look at other stories making news early today in america. in kentucky, a tractor-trailer carrying 30,000 pounds of ink overturned, spilling its blue and yellow cargo all over the highway there. it's not clear what caused the accident, but fortunately the driver wasn't hurt. back in florida, low tide at a local beach left 1,000 manatees on the shore. biologists stayed with them until the high tide carried them away. and in new york, fashion week may be over, but cats d dogs at the american kennel club

proved they could be just as hip. there was the cleopatra kitty, the mad hatter, 200 dog and cat breeds wll appear at a meet the breed showcase that's open to the public. now for a look at your national and regiona weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. bill, good morning. >> i could see you going with a snooki puss. >> i was hoping you weren't going to compare me with one of those cats, bill. spray can? >> no, just the snooki puss. >> we'll work on that tomorrow. >> we'll talk to mary about it. >> let's chat about what's happening with theweather. all eyes will be on the new england and mid-atlantic states today. this is where our storm system is coming togethe we may end this event with a nor'easter. northern new england is going to get hit with a strong wind and

heavy rain and all those beautiful leaves that ar at theirpeak. a lot of them will be on the ground by the end of this weekend. we still have hurricane paula down by the western tip of cuba spreading rain today throughout areas of the florida keys. not going to be a significant weather event, though, no damage expected in the united states. now, this storm system is going to come off the coast later on today. right nowlightain is heading through the appalachians. eventually wibt will work its way into raleigh and washington, d.c. here is how our computers are timing it up. 7:00 this morning, our computers are okay in d.c. when we get to 1: this afternoon, that's when our computers will be around d.c. from philadelphia, around 4:00 or so. new york city, around 8:00 p.m., the heaviest rain. overnigh into the morning rush, providence to boston. it's a timeline of the heaviest rain of when you can expect them in your area. the rest of the forecast looks fabulous today from the canadian border down to texas and the gulf for a very nice thursday.

that's a look at your forecast. now heres a look at the weather outside your window. birmingham, alabama, today looks nice. same with st. louis. austin, texas, at 81. baltimore, on and off rain. the best chance of rain will be about mid morning in the early afternoon. lynn, we'll talk more about that stormy friday forecast coming up. >> bill, thanks so much. stocks spike. intel takes a hit and how to blow $671,000 in one night. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, jean kol joan collins proves she still loves a good cat fight. sydney crosby tries to rally the penguins and the cavs just can't let go of lebron. fight.

sydney crosby tries to rally the penguins and the cavs just can't let go of lebron.

>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. defense secretary robert gates is warningthat an abrupt end to the military don't ask, don't tell policy would have, quote, enormous consequences for the nation's troops. is comments came a day after a federal judge ordered the pentagon to stop enforcing its ban on gays and lesbians serving open in the military. gates says the question of whether to repeal the law should be decid by congress and only after t pentagon completes its study othe issue in december. a bomb blast has killed three coalition troops in western afghanistan today. no word on whether any of them are americans. least 37 nato service members have been killed this month. federal authorities say they've taken down an

armenian/american fraud scam allegedly billing medicaid for 60 million in treatments that were never again. prosecutors charged 73 people across the country, mostly in w york and los angeles. and nasa's hubble space telescope has captured what scientists believe are the first images of a collision between two asteroids. timgs taken earlier this year show a bizarre x-shaped object that astronomers have never seen before. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,096 after adding 75 woints yesterday. the s&p gained 8 points and the nasdaq gained 23. taking a look at overseas trading this morng in tokyo, the nikkei climbed 180 points while in long conthe hang seng surged 394. stocks hit fresh fiveonth highs again yesterday fueled by its sinking u.s. dollar. overseas this morning, the

dollar dropped to a ten-month low after singapore unexptedly tightened policy to give its currency more flexibilities. back on the street, industrials and marials led the day's gains while commodities spiked in response to record growth. caterpillar shares added 1% while freeport mcmodern rise and gold and copper prices higher. intel shares slid nearly 3%. elsewhere on the dow, jp morgan chase beat the streets' earnings estimates. shares were pushed lower by t firm's weak revenue. > the number of home foreclosures topped 100,000 for the first time ever last month. however, that number will likely drop going forward after all 50 states launched a joint investigation of the mortgage industry yesterday in responsible to lax foreclosure filing procedures nationwide. yahoo! shares shot up more than 5% yesterday after "the

wall street journal" reported that aol and several private equity firms are in the early stages of a possible bid to buy the website. and finally, studies show money doesn't always buy happiness, but it could find one very expensive slumber party. the mandarin in tokyo is marking its 50th birthday by offering the entire hotel, all nine restaurants, spas, 178 rooms and fleets and a cocktail reception for 500 of their close friends for the low, low price of $671,000 big ones. farve's streak is in jeopardy. alexander the great and federer delivers again. plus, pittsburgh's sid the kid crosby finally lights the lamp but was it enough to bring a victory? your early morning sports headlines are just ahead. all eyes are on a developing storm system that's going to hit one region hard.

your early morning forecast is coming up "early today."

good morning. if you're just waking up,his is "early today." in sports, the bulk of the major action was in limbo last night. so hkey enjoyed a rare moment when the focus was on the ice. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. good morning.

with the baseball playoffs off until tomorrow and the nba ramping up with preseason games, the nhl took center stage last night. starting in pittsburgh, penguins and maple leafs pick it up in the second. second in the game, and the leafs were up, 4-2. sydneyrosby tried to rally his penguins, but it wasn't enough. alexander ovechkin got the cap, a laser from the top of the circle sided at one. washington took the lead late in the third. ovechkin unloaded another rocket. the c aps won it was 2-1. the $100 million mancored a perfect time to score his first of the year. he devils beat the sabers, 1-0. brett farve's ironman streak of starting a record 289 games may be in jeopardy. latest problem? tendinitis elbow.

farve will rest his arm as much as possible before sunday's game. tennis. john eisner with a shot over roger fedder eps aed help us head. he raised back and hit theball between his legs. he may not be number one in the world any more, but no one is better at this shot than he is. look no further than the team's 2011 calendar. that's the king himself on the cer. actually, they were credited before lebro bolted from the heat, but the team is still trying to sell them for 15 buck no one is buying them. get this, the calendars were printed by a company called perfect timing. talk about horrible timing for the cavs. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. david arquette apologizes

for spilling the beans on his divorce. your early morning entertainment headlines are saight ahead. plus, we'll tell you about a student who gets an a plus for taking a stand against bullying. you're watching "early today."

welcome back. if you're leaving in the next hour or two in the cleveland area, bring the umbrella. it's cleared out of toled

in about two hours from now, it should be done in the cleveland area and eventually head towards buffalo as we go throughout you day. here is your forecast. it looks great today in the middle of the country. the problem weather is shifting out of the ohio valley to the mid-atlantic today. bring the umbrella with you from w york city to philly, to d.c. and baltimore and even down here in the carolinas and the raleigh area. you're going to get at least a little bit of rain today. and then the stormy weather on friday hits new england and that's why we're going to ha quite a windstorm during the day friday. if you're watching us on wect news 6, beautiful ilmingt wilmington, north carolina, where can you find rides, games and lots of food? at the columbus county agricultural fair, of course, at the columbus county fairgrounds in nearby whiteville. that's your "early today" ent of the day. >> bill, thank you. now here's a look at ts morning's headlines in entertainment. perez hilton tells ellen

degenerethat the recent string of gay suicides have inspired him to rethink his writing, including y material that could be deemed asbullyg. actor david arquette says he regrets his racy overshare on the howard stern show. in a tuesday interview, arquette opened up about his split with courtney cox and gavedetails of their sex life or lack thereof. the actor apologized in a tweet wednesday saying he shared too much. you think? also, what is courtney saying about all this? a source close to the couple tells "people" magazine that, quote, nothi surprises her at this point. meanwhile, joan collins is pulling out the claws with another former frien the 77-year-old star tells the daily mail that with the exception of angelina jolie, hollywood is void of any beautiful actresses. she says, quote, jennifer

anniston is cute, but i wouldn't call her beautiful. >> so megan fox just disappeared. >> i know you have a special place inour heart for megan fox. we talked about this before. we'll see what we can do, bill. and this comes to us from kc 24 news in fresno, california. where one boy is taking to the streets for a very brave sight. marco, a seventh grader and a victim of bullying is staging a protest outside his school of what he calls a serious and potentially deadly issue. school officials say the students involved in the bullying have apologized, but marco says that isn't enough and that he'll continue stand up for himself and speak out for those who are afraid to. good for him. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station.

the celebration is on after 70 days stuck underground, 33 miners are free in chile. a story that captivated everyone around the world. good morning. welcome to news4. >> it is thursday, october 14th, 2010. there are simply no adequate words to describe the elation and excitement down in chile as the 33 miners are finally free. >> kerry sanders has more from

piapo. >> reporter: it's over. all 33 of the miners have been rescued. it took 22 hours, 34 minutes and 56 seconds. more than 1,000 engineering minds to figure out how to get down to those men. 2,040 feet in the earth. they pulled it off and now this country and the world celebrates that theimpossible is possible. >> inspiring experience i'm sure. not only for the chileans but for the whole world >> reporter: the last man up is the leader who in the first 17 days when the men were cut off from the outside worldtold them they shouldonserve the two days of food they have and ration it to being spoonfuls of food per n. peaches and tuna. that kept them alive. they made contact with the surface. a team of american drillers came in. they made it down to