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thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. the wild animal hunt in ohio is over but it was a grim toll. most of more than 50 animals released from a private animal preserve were killed including 18 rare benefitingle tigers. still not clear why the reserve owner terry thompson let the animals go before killing himself. he had several run-in with the law. he was released from prison three weeks ago after serving possession of firearms and machine guns. the area near the preserve is returning to normal this morning. >> reporter: all-night hunt that began tuesday extended into wednesday. almost 50 animals were shot and killed. bears, wildcats, wolves, and baboons turned the sleepy town of zanesville, ohio, upside down.

>> reporter: one resident shot this cell phone video of a bear ambling around. they were freed by their owner terry thompson who then took his own life. police say they had no choice but to take the animals town. >> it's a tragedy for the animal world is what it is but it could have been a bigger tragedy for the human world. >> reporter: the sheriff's department was criticized for not using tranquilizers when the overnight hunt began but officials feared the animals hit with darts would escape into the darkness and regain consciousness. >> we could not have animals running loose in this county. >> reporter: they do not not know why the owner killed himself. thompson had several hundred-ins with the law. he reached out to another farm a while ago to help him better care for his animals.

>> he just must have lost it. it's horrible to think about. >> reporter: six animals were captured alive and taken to the columbus zoo. danielle nottingham, cbs news, zanesville, ohio. >> animal rights group have renewed their calls for buying and selling and owning exotic animals. ohio has some of the weakest laws in the nation. according to one group, 28 states ban ownership of the most dangerous animals, big cats and bears as pets. 15 others require a license. >> it may be a wonderful thing for an individual to have them as a pet, but it's a miserable life for an individual animal. it's not who it's supposed to be. >> now some animal rights advocates are criticizing police for killing so many animals but authorities say they had no choice. federal health officials believe they have pinpointed the origin of that deadly listeria outbreak from contaminated

cantaloupe. at least 25 people have died and more than 100 others sickened. it is the deadliest u.s. outbreak of foodborne illness in more than 25 years. now to the hunt for baby lisa. police and fbi agents have been searching the missing baby family's home. no word on what, if anything, has been found in the home of jeremy irwin and debra bradley. the house had been searched before and the fbi says yesterday's search was not triggered by any tip. the couple reported their daughter lisa irwin missing on october 4th. debra bradley admits she was drinking the night her daughter vanished. secretary of state hillary clinton is in afghanistan this morning for what she calls a reality check on the situation there. susan mcginnis is in washington with more on this. good morning, susan. so what is the secretary's mission? >> reporter: she is there to deliver important and very strong messages. one is that the u.s. is not going to abandon afghanistan as u.s. troops withdrawal so she

has been there to differ that message to the leadership there and she wants the leadership there to continue its efforts at reconciliation with the taliban. the u.s. sees some sort of plilt settlement with the taliban to ending the conflict there. the taliban has shown no -- no interest as of yet in such a deal. she also is reportedly going there to facilitate cooperation with pakistan to get associate press's reporting and arrive in is lla islamab islamabad. they will be there to deliver the message they want to boost cooperation with pakistan and they want pakistan to do more as these attacks continue from the

haqanni network. they very much want to stress their concerns about this haqanni network and those attacks and that these goals are important enough to set up this trip. >> susan mcginnis in washington for us this morning, thank you. take you now to greece where parliament is due to take a final vote on a hugely unpopular austerity budget. in the streets of athens angry workers are staging a two-day general strike and there have been some ugly clashes with police. rioting broke out yesterday when more than 100,000 protesters took to the streets. they say they will surround the parliament building today to keep lawmakers from entering. in paris, french first lady carla bruni has given birth to a healthy baby girl. president nicolas sarkozy visited his wife and new

daughter at a cling in the new capital. news reports say the birth went well for the former super model. no word yet on the baby's name. a big fine for a big bank and off day for asian stocks. ashley morrison is here in new york with more on that and so much more. >> reporter: more anxiety in the asian markets after reports germany and france cannot agree on how to tackle europe's debt. japan's nikkei lost 1% and hong kong's hang seng was down more than 2%. today wall street the latest check on the home sales. on wednesday, tech stocks dragged the market down. the dow lost 72 points, while the nasdaq was down 53. citigroup will pay $285,000,0$285 million to settle fraud charges it misled customers. the bank was accused by the s.e.c. of selling securities based on subprime mortgages and then betting they would fail without telling investors.

if you're flying this holiday season, you had better lock in air fares while you still can. delta sparked the latest price hike and the other major carriers are quickly matching that. it's the 19th time airlines have tried to raise ticket prices this year. those that succeeded have boosted average fares up $60 to $70. groupon is back on. it now plans an initial public offering of less than 10% of the company. according to "wall street journal" they are trying to raise about $500 million compared to the $750 million they sought in june. 4s owners your new phone has a potential security flaw. our tech partner cnet.com says even if the phone is locked, people can activate siri and

activate your personal data. you can go into your personal settings to make sure siri is turned off while the phone is locked. many of us fantasize of quitting our job in spectacular fashion, one man has done it. meet joey, a former hotel worker in rhode island. he hated his job but he wanted to go out on a high note so he wrote his resignation letter and hired a marching band and waited for just the right moment. >> jared, i'm here to tell you i'm quitting. ♪ >> with that, they marched out. the video shot in august has gone viral. joey says he hopes it inspires fed-up employees everywhere. i don't know. what do you think, betty? >> i like the smile on his face. >> he seemed pretty happy. >> so happy to be leaving that job. and that is one way to go out, right? definitely memorable. ashley, thank you for that just ahead on the "morning news," more damaging testimony to dr.

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in canada, a dirt bike racer got a big surprise as he was speeding around the track. he came flying over a hill and then crashed, look at that, right into a friend who was walking in the wrong place. now she suffered knee and a collar bonjour as well. but he wasn't hurt. they have since changed the track rule to prevent accidents like that one. aus aus that's where he was spotted. >> these two individuals recognized him on their phone.

it was an app on their phone and said, hey, you're the one they are looking for. you need to come with us and go to the police and that is when he took off running. >> but police caught him. they say the boy didn't want to return to school in salt lake city. there was more damaging testimony in the trial of dr. conrad murray for the death of pop star michael jackson. it came from the prosecution's final witness. dr. steven schaefer said murray acted more like an employee than a registered physician. murray's lawyers will start presenting their case tomorrow. and lindsay lohan is out on bail this morning after her probation on a theft charge was revoked. she was taken from court in handcuffs wednesday in los angeles. althoughhan's attorney tried to explain why she had problems performing her service at a shelter. >> miss lohan indicated at the service she was not interacting

with anyone so the service was not fulfilling. her words. the service -- is that what a sentence is about? it's supposed to fulfill the defendant or is it supposed to be rehabilitative and/or punitive? >> the judge set another hearing for november 2nd to decide if lohan must return to jail. straight ahead, your thursday morning weather. and in sports, great defense and clush hitting make the difference in game one of the world series. and tea to choose from. it's the way to individually brew

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in some cities around the country. time now for a check on the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows much of the eastern third of the nation under cloudy skies and rainy conditions. clear skies stretch from the northern plains to texas. scattered clouds and showers are working their way into the pacific northwest. later today, 20 to 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts will continue in the great lakes region. more showers will move into the northeast. sunny skies are going to stretch from the southeast to the southern plains and the west coast is clear, except in the northwest. in sports, st. louis is up one game to none over texas in the world series. in the first inning, the cardinals got a great play from pitcher chris carpenter who made a diving catch on a low throw and tagged first base for the

out. then with the score tied in the sixth, cards pinch hitter allen craig hit a short flyball down the right-field line. the rangers nelson cruz could not catch it and the go-ahead run scored. that was all it took as st. louis beat texas 3-2. >> we have to win the national league style games if we are going to win this thing and tonight was a national league style game, 3-2. good pitching. good defense. timely hitting. and, you know, i don't think that we want to get into a gorilla ball type series with these guys. >> game two is tonight in st. louis. and when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. plus, a city spent billions on nba arenas. now the lockout is costing taxpayers millions more.

on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. powerful wind gusts are moving from the great lakes into the southeast. as the storm system moves slowly

through the northeast, more heavy rain is in store for the ohio valley in michigan. here is another look at this morning's top stories. the hunt tho fos wild animals let loose in ohio is over. all 56 animals, tigers, lions, bears and others were either killed or captured. the owner of the animal reserve released them before killing himself. why, though, remains unknown. and secretary of state hillary clinton is in afghanistan on an unannounced visit. during meetings with afghan leaders, she'll discuss efforts to make peace with the taliban. the nba and the players union will be back at the negotiating table again today. it will be the third straight day of talks with a federal mediator. they say the negotiations have been, quote, direct and constructive while the lockout drags on, though, cities who have spent billions for the team are feeling the fallout and with

100 games already canceled, at least one city may sue the league for the lost revenue. anna warner reports. >> reporter: the oklahoma city thunder was supposed to play denver friday night, but the entire preseason schedule has been canceled. >> i think they need to wake up and play basketball because this isn't a season we can lose. >> reporter: taxpayers here spent $210 million for construction and renovations at chesapeake arena and practice gym for the only major league team. nick corenet is a former sportscaster and now he is the city's mayor. >> our citizens pay tax dollars to renovate the arena. now there is no basketball at the beginning of the year and i'm concerned about the rest of the season. >> reporter: voters approved a 1% sales tax to build the 20,000 seat arena six before the seattle sonics moved here in 2008. >> surely these nba owners and players can get together and operate this business without public help, but the idea that oklahoma city would have one of

these teams without public help is a little bit ridiculous. >> reporter: oklahoma city is one of eight cities that have footed the entire bill for the construction of nba arenas since 1990. memphis which spent $200 million on the fedex forum is now exploring a lawsuit against the nba to recover revenue lost during the lockout. but mayor cornet argue sloms's city was well spent. >> it's over a million dollars game of economic development that the city believes it derives from having that nba team. >> if the mayor were to take $200 million in 20 dollar bills and fly over oklahoma city in a helicopter and drop it out, he or she would create far more jobs. >> reporter: university of chicago economist allen sanderson has studied the impact of pro sports on cities. >> most of the fans are local and if they are not going to a thunder game, they are doing something else in the greater oklahoma city area, spending the same amount of time and same amount of money. >> reporter: here in dallas, home of the defending championship mavericks,

taxpayers just finished paying half the cost of this arena $210 million. anna warner, cbs news, dallas. this morning, on "the early show," more damming testimony in the michael jackson manslaughter trial. i'm betty nguyen. and this is the "cbs morning news."

good morning and welcome to 9news now. today is thursday, october 20th. i'm andrea roane. >> we're almost there. let's get her done, i'm mike hydeck, here's monika samtani

with traffic in just a moment. mr. bernstein, good morning. we never get into the warm air yesterday and never got the severe weather even though we had flood warnings in loudoun county that just expired. this morning just a couple of light sprinkles are left over and gone shortly and then the wind is going to be the problem today. here's the day planner to get you going on this thursday morning. this friday eve. down to 63. now temperatures are still drop asking they should be still dropping over the next few hours recovering to near 60 by noon. and low 60s for a high this afternoon. got the windy icon there. i'm expecting winds at times gusting over 30 miles an hour. with the storm system pulling away. last night at 7:00 we had the heavy rains break out. the air was cool enough we didn't get into the severe concern many this morning a little tough to see but a few sprinkles light there and live doppler 9000 hd i zoomed into montgomery and loudoun counties. you can seal coming out of -- see coming out of ashburn and

toward boyd and clarksburg right now maybe just south of urbanna and hyattsville a couple of showers this morning and a few sprinkles. the temps are returning in the 30s and the colder air, that will be moving in over the next few hours. grab a jacket but probably won't need the umbrella for several days to come. monika? that's good news, thank you howard. good morning everybody. we're starting off with the map on the north side of town where you see just a bit of slow traffic with the overnight construction that's there every single night. in fact let's take a live look on the outer loop at university god. looking fine here. construction in both directions and that's usually cleared out by 5:00. let's go to the next live picture, this time on it's 66 at the fairfax county parkway. looking good out here west but westbound after nutley street. stay to the left to get by the construction. a live picture of 395. yesterday, further south northbound 95 at the prince william parkway was a bit of a

mess but this morning everything is fine. the road has been paved and should be good to go. here at duke street no problems at the 14th street bridge. coming up a look into the district at 4:39. back to you guys. a developing story out of southeast washington. police have investigating a deadly shooting after an altercation on the metro bus but right now it's not clear if the shooting happened on the bus. >> at this point we're told the victim was shot several times and died on the way to the hospital. kristin fisher is live on the scene of the shooting. >> reporter: that's where we are and in fact you can actually see where the bus stop was. just behind this police car and apparently we don't know for sure exactly where that passenger was on the bus when he was shot. but this passenger was on the w 4 bus to deanwood. and this happened just after midnight and he was shot several times by two

individuals. right around 12:09 this morning. right at that bus stop. and you know it's kind of unclear exactly whether or not these shooters came on the bus and shot him or if this happened just outside. that's one of the things that police are still trying to determine. you've got to metropolitan police department on the scene. metro transit police. they all responded after the victim was taken to the hospital but he was pronounced dead on arrival. now this is still a very active scene even though it happened about four hours ago. we'll be live at 5:00 with new information. prosecutors say they may consider pursuing the death penalty in the case of a man charged with killing his estranged wife and who's also suspected in the death of his stepson. >> curtis lopez was arrested last week in north carolina then charged with the murder of jane mcquain. he is also now a suspect in the death of her 11-year-old