in the dark. millions are still without power after a surprise weekend snowstorm socks the northeast. the herman cain campaign denies allegations he was accused of sexual harassment. and 7 billion and counting. the world's population hits a new milestone but it's not necessarily a cause for celebration. we will explain why. this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, october 31st, 2011. good morning, everyone, on this hallowe halloween. appreciate your joining us. i'm terrell brown. connecticut suffered the worst number of power outages in state history. states of emergency were declared in new jersey, connecticut, massachusetts and

parts of new york. the storm blasted the east coast from maryland to maine. this morning, more than 2 million homes and businesses are still without power and at least 11 deaths are blamed on the storm. jim axelrod has our report. >> reporter: if they hadn't seen it. >> never saw this before in my life. >> reporter: they might not have believed it. but up and down the east coast, there was simply too much snow to ignore. >> i can't stand it. i hate it it. i hate it, hate it, hate it! i can't even express how much i hate it! it's awful! >> reporter: as the chain saws roared, more than 3 million households were without power. >> this is ridiculous. in october, not november not past halloween. it's crazy out here already. >> reporter: records were set in new york city where 2.9 inches of snow fell in central park. they never measured ab inch here

in any october day since 1869. concord, new hampshire, 13.6 inches and broke a 59-year-old record. bristol, connecticut, got 17 inches of snow and plainfield, massachusetts, more than 30 inches. how many days do you think it could take until you get power back on? >> i think wednesday, tuesday or wednesday. >> reporter: in west milford, new jersey, the record snow at this house left them marveling which is all they could do aside from listening to their battery-powered radio. >> when snow usually falls, there aren't leaves, so it's less of a problem. >> reporter: as the people of the northeastern united states clean up after this mess they do so haunted by the calendar. all this and there is still 53 days until the official start to winter. jim axelrod, cbs news, west milford, new jersey. at least three jetblue planes and an american airlines

jet were stranded on the tarmac in hartford, connecticut, for hours. passengers said they were trapped for more than seven hours and the plane ran out of food, water, and working toilets. >> there filled. they are totally filled. nobody can go in them any more. you just have to hold it. it's ridiculous. this airport, this airport is just leaving us here and not doing anything about it. >> reporter: jetblue says power outages at the airport made it difficult to get passengers off those planes. there were travel troubles on the ground, too. an amtrak train headed to boston was stranded for 13 hours in central massachusetts because of a rock slide. 48 passengers were on that train. they did have heat and food. 68 passengers were stuck overnight when another amtrak train hit a downed tree near amhurst. >> reporter: three people are missing after a powerful explosion at a grain elevator in northeastern kansas. saturday's blast in atchison, 50

miles northwest of kansas city was so powerful it shook the ground across the border in missouri. at least three workers are known to have died and two others seriously injured. when the explosion happened they were loading a train with corn. to politics now this morning. herman cain's campaign is denying reports that he was alleged sexual harassment by two women. >> reporter: the cain campaign used to complain they don't get enough coverage but they are getting plenty now, but just not the kind they wanted. the report from politico.com charges cain was twice accused of sexual harassment when he ran the national restaurant association in the 1990s. politico says the women signed nondisclosure agreements with the group in exchange for five figure financial payouts. neither woman was identified.

the cain campaign angrily disputed the report calling the allegations baseless and saying, quote, inside the beltway media have begun to launch unsubstantiated personality. mr. cain and all americans deserve better. cain is facing a new level of scrutiny after his stunning run to the top of the gop pack. >> my message is connected and people are connecting with me and the specific solutions are putting on the table. >> reporter: on "face the nation" sunday before the sexual harassment controversy broke, cbs' bob schieffer gave the candidate the opportunity to set the record straight on his stance on abortion, which opponents have questioned. >> i am prolife from conception, period. and if people look at the many speeches i have given over the

years, that has and will still be my position. >> reporter: well, talk about those exceptions. >> prolife from conception, periled. i was that -- that piece that was pulled out was taken totally out of context when they were talking about -- >> in other words, you would not even believe in abortion if rape, increest or the health of the mother? >> that is my position. >> reporter: schieffer also took cain to task for a controversial internet campaign ad that featured cain's chief of staff smoking. cain may have more to say about the sexual harassment allegations a bit later today. he has a full day of campaigning ahead, including an appearance, terrell, at the national press club here in washington. >> susan mcginnis in washington this morning, thank you. nato air operations in libya formally ended today seven months to the day after they began and supported the

anti-gadhafi rebels. foreign inspectors will arrive later this week to handle their disposal. in japan, an expert panel says it will take at least 30 years to safely decommission and close the heavily damaged fukushima nuclear power plant. the plant was wrecked by the earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern japan last march. three of the six reactors melt down removing the nuclear fuel rods can't begin for another ten years. a prominent scientist who was a long time skeptic of gobel warming has had a change of mind and heart. richard mueller of california berkeley spent two years trying to prove climate scientists wrong, in the end, though, he concluded they are right. he says the earth's land mass is warmer now than in the 1950s. take a quick break. one of the biggest banks could be backtracking on a controversial fee. plus, trick or treat.

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new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. in mexico city, police plan an autopsy in the murder of a us airways flight attendant. the body of was found in a downtown hotel. mexican officials say he was found naked on the floor and his hands tied behind his backs. there were signs he was beaten and choked. no drugs or weapons were found in the room. this halloween is extra scary for an unusual reasons. experts are right. today is the birth of the 7 billionth resident of planet earth. no one knows who that is or where or if that is actually today really. whatever the details, that 7 billion and counting at the current pace, earth will have 10 billion by the end of the century and that is a lot of mouths to feet and i'm eating my

fair share. cbs "moneywatch" time this morning. stocks opened lower in asia. ashley morrison has that and more. >> reporter: asian markets finished lower today as investors shifted their focus from europe's debt problems to the u.s. economy. japan's nikkei lost almost 1% and about the same for hong kong's hang seng. today, wall street tries to make history with october on the verge of becoming the best month for the markets since 1987. in less than four weeks, the dow has jumped nearly 15% from its low of the year. and the s&p 500 17% use bank of america is rethinking the new debit fee charging so much trouble. they thinking about dropping it. and for those who maintain a certain minimum balance, b of a

sparked a fire storm of controversy when they announced the fee late last month. apple is reportedly investigating a growing problem with its new iphone. according to the uk's guardian company, engineers are looking into complaints the battery for the new 4s drains far too quickly. many users think the location service is the culprit. turning off the time zone feature appears to solve the problem. at the movies, pussin' boots is the cat's meow. a better than expected opening to win the weekend box office. that pushed last week's number one "paranormal activity 3" to second place with the new sci-fi justin timberlake thriller debuting in third. halloween promises to be more trick than treat this year at least for retailers. americans are expected to spend more than $6 billion for the holiday with more than $2 billion just for the candy.

the average american will shell out $72 just to make this year the spookiest yet. according to zillo.com the top cities to go trick or treating in are on san francisco, boston, honolulu and chicago and the cities were rated on safety and the amount of candy given out. i think in new york we have to boost up the giving out the candy part at least. >> go buy some costumes too. ashley morrison in new york, thank you. president obama and the first lady got halloween going early this weekend, welcoming in trick-or-treaters to the white house. despite the first lady's efforts to combat obesity they handed out candy to hundreds of costume children. each kid got a box of m&ms and butter cookied made by the white house pastry chef and a serving of dried fruit. can i go trick or treating at the white house? coming up, your monday morning weather. in sports, the eagles

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there are also showers in florida. the northeast has a mix of partly cloudy skies while the midwest and southwest are clear. another storm system is headed into the northwest delivering rain and mountain snow. later today, the plains will warm into the 60s and 70s as far north of south dakota and west of colorado. the northwest will remain cool. the southeast will see showers from florida to the carolinas. the northeast will have mostly sunny skies. in sports, the eagles give hometown philadelphia a reason to cheer. lesean mccoy ran for 185 yards and two touchdowns. last night, the eagles defense made some great plays too, like a tipped tony romo pass that ended up turning into an interception. eagles quarterback michael vick connected on two touchdown passes. philadelphia crushed dallas

34-7. in pittsburgh, tom brady held to a season low in passing and total yards offense. ben roethlisberger threw for two touchdowns. the steelers beat the patriots 25-17. playing in toronto. the surprising buffalo bills got a pair of td passes from quarterback ryan fitzpatrick to scott shaned letter. running back fred jackson had 120 yards rushing. buffalo shut out washington 23-0. the bills are now 5-2. in st. louis, rams running back steven jackson had 100 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns against new orleans. a big upset for the rams over the saints. 31-21. the first win of the season for st. louis. st. louis also celebrated the cardinals world series victory. a red sea of fans jammed downtown sunday to honor the world champions. the cardinals players carried the world series trophy. they rolled down market street to busch stadium and the celebration continues today. when we return, another look at this morning's top stories.

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here's a look at today's weather. here is another look at this high pressure dominate the northeast letting sunshine in and melting the weekend snow. the storm system in the ohio valley is dlifg rain from michigan to kentucky. scattered showers and storms from north carolina to florida. here is another look at this morning's top stories. herman ca indenies report he was accused of sexual harassment back in the 1990s. more than 2 million customers remain without electricity in the northeast this morning after the surprising weekend snowstorm. officials say it may be days before some customers regain power. that snowy cold weather was

felt by the occupy wall street protesters. the wall street demonstrators suffered through a night of snow, strong winds and freezing temperatures. some took refuge in illegal tents. while the weather dampened the protests on wall street some, demonstrations kept going. rick sallinger of denver reports. >> reporter: protests occupied a park in front of the state capital. why are you out here? >> i want things to change in the congress. i want the president's jobs bill to pass. >> reporter: a demonstration that was calmer than the day before. police arrested 20 protesters saturday after they marched onto the capital grounds and ignored orders to leave. >> they pushed one of the motorcycle police officers to the ground and also kicked a couple of other officers. >> shame! >> reporter: denver police used

pepper spray to disperse the crowd. >> also on violence gentleman shr. >> reporter: as the occupy wall street movement enter their seventh week, they are standing their ground coast-to-coast and denver isn't the only city where they are clashing with police. >> keep pushing back. >> reporter: in portland, oregon, police arrested 30 protesters sunday after they marched from downtown to one of the city's more affluent neighborhoods, the pearl district, and refused to leave. in austin, texas, police arrested 38 protesters overnight, enforcing a new rule banning food tables on city hall plaza. >> government is controlled by corporations and government isn't doing anything to change the way things are run. >> reporter: in spokane, washington, this weekend, protesters took their complaints to the doors of bank of america. >> we are peaceful. stand aside. >> reporter: while in oak lapped, protesters that were chased away by police and tear gas earlier this week have returned with their tents in

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good morning, welcome to 9news now. today is halloween. i'm andrea roane. and i'm mike hydeck. we begin with breaking news out of dc. we are following a report of a car crashing into a house. when police arrived, they found the driver of the car had been

shot. >> there had been reports the car may have been involved in a shooting that happened less than a mile away from the house. we have a crew headed to the scene. again right now, we welcome monika. we have traffic starting off with howard, no surprise to us we had snow. you told us we were going to have some. >> way up in the northeast, 30 inches in western massachusetts. >> my hometown got hit pretty hard. >> even locally, we have people in western maryland, and western virginia. three and a half inches in clarksburg. 50 feet elevation made quite a difference. let's get you going this halloween morning. a patch of fog up in the mountains. by noon 59. by 5:00 cloudy and 54. right now 37 degrees. you see the clouds out to the west moving in from the

southwest, into ohio now and kentucky and michigan light showers there. more clouds this afternoon. mid-20s in frederick. winchester 32. little milder off to the east. there is freezing weather in charles county annapolis that is our warm spot. 37. he is right out an even freezing. 32. our highs range from the low in winchester and upper 50s in southern maryland. monika santani stepping in 4:30 monday. >> reporter: it is the construction in the usual spots. i have marked them for you with columns on the map. let's start off with the north

side of town. a live picture on the outer loop at new hampshire avenue. the right lane blocked only for 20 to 30 minutes and then you should be okay westbound. downtown no problems across the 14th street bridge and into the west corridor. wilson bridge south side looking fine. leaving sustain stain hill or alexandria, we'll go over to the northbound side of i-95 and 395, everything is running smoothly. as howard said, some 3 million homes and businesses are without electricity following this weekend's snowstorm in the north east. >> this system took downpour lines all the way to maine. 11 deaths are being blamed on

the storm. drive drew levenson has more. >> reporter: they started digging and cleared out sunday after saturday's freak nor'easter raced up the east coast. heavy, wet snow downed trees and power lines. this tree sliced through megan fitzgerald's home. >> we heard crash and go crackling, everything. this tree wound up falling and breaking. >> reporter: millions from washington to maine without electricity. repair crews can't get in. >> we have so many trees so many limbs and roads unpassable. >> reporter: the fact that so many fall leaves had yet to small gave the wet snow something to grab on to. it was simply too much weight for branches like these to hold. people spent the day clearing those broken limbs from the yards. >> we ha