going back to asheville, we are a liberal city.ted for him in 2008 and i think he is the answer for this country, not romney. host: talk to us. guest: western north carolina is a fairly conservative area. asheville is a liberal pocket within western north carolina. it is true that the website for the graham association had listed more medicine as a cult until recently, until they had kind words for mitt romney and they took that off their website. make about what you will. host: our next call comes from edwin in n.c., on our line for republicans. caller: i am glad to see you on the air but my thing in this election has been more nuclear polarized and i voted for barack obama the first time but he will not get my vote the second time. he does not have a plan for this country. if we continue to go in the direction we are going, things will not be corrected. rather than attacking the person, he waits until almost the last 10 days to insult our intelligence to have a booklet of all of his plants which are just a rehash plans of the las

love going to asheville. the good folks at the revolution 880 and we're going to be doing a little book signing there for the "the obama hate machine" at avenue m restaurant on friday, october 12. 6:00 p.m. all of the details at our web site at billpressshow.com or at 880 the revolution. so come on down. anywhere in the asheville area. anywhere in the mountains of north carolina, anywhere in the whole freakin' state charlotte come on over to asheville next friday night. october 12. we'll see you there. talking about last night's debate and about the fact checkers, president obama putting in a disappointing performance unfortunately. i've gotta say. i think mitt romney won the night but on the facts, no doubt. romney just told nothing but lies. i mention that "new york times" article, full court page here, a couple of items. on doubling the deficit, "new york times" reports mr. romney said mr. obama had doubled the deficit. that is not true. on green energy, mr. romney said half the companies backed by the pre

going back to asheville, we are a liberal city. i have already voted for obama and i voted for him in 2008 and i think he is the answer for this country, not mid romney. host: talk to us. guest: western north carolina is a fairly conservative area. asheville is a liberal pocket within western north carolina. it is true that the website for the graham association had listed more medicine as a cult until recently, until they had kind words for mitt romney and they took that off their website. make about what you will. host: our next call comes from edwin in new bern, n.c., on our line for republicans. caller: i am glad to see you on the air but my thing is -- in this election has been more nuclear polarized and i voted for barack obama the first time but he will not get my vote the second time. he does not have a plan for this country. if we continue to go in the direction we are going, things will not be corrected. rather than attacking the person, he waits until almost the last 10 days to insult our intelligence to have a booklet o

going back to asheville, we are a liberal city. i have already voted for obama and i voted for him in 2008 and i think he is the answer for this country, not mid romney. host: talk to us. guest: western north carolina is a fairly conservative area. asheville is a liberal pocket within western north carolina. it is true that the website for the graham association had listed more medicine as a cult until recently, until they had kind words for mitt romney and they took that off their website. make about what you will. host: our next call comes from edwin in new bern, n.c., on our line for republicans. caller: i am glad to see you on the air but my thing is -- in this election has been more nuclear polarized and i voted for barack obama the first time but he will not get my vote the second time. he does not have a plan for this country. if we continue to go in the direction we are going, things will not be corrected. rather than attacking the person, he waits until almost the last 10 days to insult our intelligence to have a booklet o

. >> tomorrow night the stars will gather in asheville for the cma awards. have the honor of carrie to the hosts, underwood and brad paisley. you are both nominated for awards. what is more nerve wracking, hosting or being up for the awards? >> i would not say it is much more nerve it is the bigger task at hand. beens the thing we have for.ring good job and do a we want people to be proud of and to represent our country well.format >> the core audience knows you top of your game. of youen both before and it was a fantastic show. now you've had a chance to work together. the bigt like being on stage nationally, trying to draw fans? >> it's all about entertaining. it's not a whole lot different concert, in on a that sense. sure you presse ll the right buttons and are d someone who keeps the night moving. are little bit of the brad.cal joker, will you pull any jokes on your host? usually play pranks on the row.le in the front >> your tourists are on hiatus, them up veryck soon. is it enjoyable touring after ?ll these years what do you do when you first home at

. >> and soon the asheville stage will be ready as well. final preparation under way at hoster university ahead of tomorrow nights presidential debate. more on the impact of the new moderator. >> well ken in the past couple weeks we've seen very different styles from the hands off approach of moderator jim in the first presidential debate and the very involved martha who moderated just last week. so what can we expect last night? a seasoned political veteran at the helm. >> hello. hello. hey brought some food. >> the president made a brief appearance to rally volunteered in virginia. mitt romney was seen leaving church before cramming for the second debate. but both candidates remain behind the scenes before a town hall style debate. 80 undecided voters will ask the candidates a variety of questions and it will be moderated. >> do you think you're going to ask a different question because you're female? and i think i ask different questions because of all the things that i am. we're different. jim and i are different. we come from different

it's mitt romney who is holding the rally in asheville all set to be joined by congressman john boehner. former arkansas governor mike huckabee and country singer ronny millsap are also scheduled. the republican vice presidential candidate is scheduled to speak tomorrow. >>> meantime president obama spending his day in florida. he'll be holding a rally in miami in about an mauer. earlier he was talking to the -- in an mauer. earlier he was talking to the crowd -- in an hour. earlier he was talking to the crowds in coral gables. >>> today police identified the man shot in the 1100 block of eighth street northeast, his name? gregory darnell troxler, so far no suspects or motive in the case. >>> two of three suspects charged in the beating of a capitol hill man will be in court tomorrow, tommy branch and sonny kuti charged in the attack of tommy maslin. a third suspect waived his right to preliminary hearing. >>> news today of a huge development deal near nationals park. according to the prince of petworth blog, the mixed use project will include 650,000 square feet of offices, retail, hot

some of the heavier stuff eastern north carolina and also back there towards asheville and greenvilleso far in charlotte and raleigh, just sprinkles for you. you look okay for your morning commute. as far as the forecast goes, eventually these showers will increase in areas like philadelphia, new york city and up into southern new england. so for this afternoon, it will be a better chance of rain. this morning i think you have a dry morning commute, though. all areas from philadelphia northwards up into new england. as far as the south goes, a lot of moisture heading down into florida. expect downpours today from miami northwards. even tampa has a good chance of thunderstorms today. that's about it. the rest of the country is absolutely gorgeous today. enjoy it while it lasts from billings to minneapolis to dallas. today in montana, 80 degrees and sunny. and then tomorrow, we welcome that canadian air. this will be the first really good shot of cold air. we'll be in the 40s tomorrow in billings. and it looks like that cold air, willie, is going to rush down through the middle of the c

this one's in asheville, north carolina, and what do you see there on that trampoline? >> bear! >> right under the trampoline is mama bear keeping an eye on her cub that is chilling and jumping around, and then there comes, you know -- on his two hind legs, like, why are you having all the fun? >> start playing, and hopping around and jumping around on the trampoline. eventually gets bored of just watching, and she joins them. >> sound like this is in someone's backyard. >> imagine comi out of your house andees those guys? >> i imagine backyard. >> i thought there were wild trampolines out there. >>> everyone has their hobbies, nick. i know you're into glass blowing and trapeze practice. >> uh-huh. >> well, for these guys and gals, their hobby is this. this is the dog brothers open from something called dog brothers martial arts. it looks like a mix of mma and weapons. chains, i saw a nunchacku in here. knives nap they're like, stabbing each other with. obviously they're not like, super-sharp knives but they look like they hurt. they can actually cut these people. except the cli

. >>> later that today in asheville, north carolina vice president biden clarified that the middle class was buried by the policies that romney and ryan supported. see if you're convinced by that recovery. >>> also yesterday, a video was relesioned by the daily caller, featuring then senator barack obama speaking to a group of african-american religious leaders in 2007. they are billing the video as a bombshell labelling it obama's other race speech. the video's publication widely seen as an effort to counter the damage inflicted on romney's candidacy by his hidden video comments about the 47%. in the video released yesterday, then candidate obama was critical of the government's response to hurricane katrina. >> when hurricane andrew struck in florida, people said, look at this devastation. we don't expect you to come up with the money. here's the money to rebuild. we're not going to wait for you to scratch it together because you're part of the american family. what's happening down in new orleans? where's your dollar in where's your staff for that money? makes no sense. tells me the b

romney will be watching the debate from his hotel room in asheville, north carolina. we're told that president obama will be watching the festivities from air force one, as he flies from miami back to the white house. we, of course, will be watching it right here, all night, diane, ringside. >> we sure will, jake. mr. ryan. well, coming up, as we've been saying, these are two extraordinary opponents representing two different generations. biden, 69, ryan, 42. for the first time in history, though, both men are catholic. and they bring two very come compelling stories to the stage. abc's david muir tells us about that. david? >> reporter: great to see you, diane, from kentucky tonight. let me show you how they're framing the debate. this poster is up all over the place. thrill in the ville. and as you point out, these two men will be sparring over very different policies tonight, but as we discovered today, they actually have quite a bit in common. their political paths both began when they were young. joe biden, 29, when elected to the senate. paul ryan, 28, when he w

they have a right wing senator who called asheville a cesspool of sin.ght. stephanie miller's mom lives there and my mom is living there, too. support bill if you're in asheville. meet the great man and get him to sign your book. you're up at an ungodly hour, judd legum. i think if you care about democracy, you should have this -- be bookmarked on your computer contraption to think progress. please welcome think progress editor in chief judd legum. >> thanks so much for having me here. >> john: of course. i can only imagine how excited you are about the mitt mentum and the romney reboot of his campaign. >> it has been interesting because each day it is a new day and seems to be a new campaign for mitt romney. and this morning sort of an interesting tact where he's trying to make an appeal to hispanics. i think he's finally woken up to the fact that if you do worse than jot only george bush but john mccain when that's an increasing part of the population, you're not going to do too well in the election. the folks who have gotten visas under the new obama

thomas neurosurgeon center in asheville. nashville.i justesearch going to research and the more i researched, i got worried. >> the injections were july 30 through september 20. she says worrying and waiting answers is the hardest part. i hope that they have a questionso answer my rest.t our minds at >> the main suspect is a steroid injections.d in the federal health officials have identified the manufacturer and have issued a recall. more cases are expected because theould take 28 days for infection to develop. jesse jackson jr.'s wife says if hehe does not know congress before the november election. democrat's wife says he's eager to get back out to do can.he they visit a doctor several times a week. he took a medical leave earlier this year. it was later revealed he was hospitalized in minnesota for bipolar disorder and gastrointestinal problems. >> american airlines says , saying are resolved repairs have been made. all 48 airplanes are back in service. seats recently came loose in mid-air on three planes. american says over the ne

will be in asheville, north carolina. he will appear at what is being billed as a victory rally. country singer ronnie mills sapfa will join him -- ronny milsap. >> two workers were killed in a collapsed and another missing and feared dead. aid workers injured the miami- dade college campus when a garage collapsed. >> we should learn more today about what caused the death of a female panda cub at the nationals last month. john gonzalez joins us live now from the zoo with more. >> such a sad story. zookeeper's and veterinarians at the national zoo now know exactly what killed this new panda cub. they will release their findings later this morning. for the first time we were shown images of mother mei xiang returning to the yard at the panda exhibit for visitors to see her. her behavior is slowly returning to normal. she was not eating and was cradling a toy after the death. there was an abnormal liver and a lot of fluid in the abdomen of the panda cub. it was a devastating loss. the came a week after the surprise birds. at a press conference later this morning, scientists may also

. >> in asheville, north carolina. >> asheville, north carolina.married man. he broke her heart and somehow she fell to her death dropping five floors down. you have to watch out for that one there. the floor he apparition comes in and out. >> the pink lady. >> we have to pay a visit. >> really? you want to do that? >> you're that lonely. >> peter greenberg thank you so much. >> have a scary halloween. coming up zombies and vampires are so last halloween. this year the ♪ >>> welcome back to cbs "this morning saturday" i'm anthony mason. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. >> there's lots coming up but first let's go to lonnie for the huge storm heading up the east coast. >> have the 8:00 update from the national hurricane center. the maximum winds are up to 75 miles per hour. back to hurricane status. it's moving to the north-northeast at 10 miles per hour. right now the center of circulation is located 335 miles southeast of charleston south carolina. the question is where is this big storm going and that has not changed too much. what's interesting we do see

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his campaign from ohio to north carolina today, staffers say romney is scheduled to attend a flee ashevillere he will be joined by country singer ronnie millsap. >>> ross mirkarimi's job may not be -- [ unintelligible ] according to the chronicle, kim said her faith in mirkarimi as a person and sheriff has diminished and she would support a recall effort. >>> peninsula assemblyman hill and some san bruno residents plan to appear at a meeting to demand -- the commission is holding proceedings to determine how much pg&e should be fined for the deadly pipeline explosion in 2010 and how much rate payers would have to pay to fix the system. those meeting -- those meetings were put on hold so a judge can consider a request that pg&e conduct negotiations behind closed doors. >>> interesting weather yesterday. >> yes. >> thunderstorms, hail, of course a's fans are wondering if they need to worry about that? >> that could have been a precursor to a big win. >> fireworks at the old coliseum last night let's hope it happens again the kind mother nature didn't provide those are around santa maria now.

it is the premier of asheville. a younger, newcomer hits the scene. >> i know you. >> thank you. >> and one that -- my mom was one of your biggest fan. she says i listened to you while i was in her belly. >> bless your heart, that they charming story. >> that begins tonight after one hour of "modern family." and stick around for abc said the news at eleven o'clock. much more ahead on this wednesday night. >> including a look at a very talented local young artist. >> 7 is on your site with a massive recall of millions of cars. see which company is affected and a dangerous problem your car my face. >> >> you are looking at the scene of a deadly parking deck collapse in miami. a fire and rescue spokesperson says the debt was under construction when it suddenly came crashing down. at least one person was killed in the collapse. one person was trapped and seven others are hurt. back here at home, some changes are coming to what will be riding taking the metro around town. >> we've got a look at some of the new features o

governor romney is in asheville, north carolina, holding an event at 6:00. neither candidate too eager to upstage the proceedings on the the vice presidential campaign. both recognize that debate is a key part of this showing the ticket is complete if the second does not make the cut or they have to replace the president. historically, vice presidential debates have not made a difference. the polls suggest the vase very close in all the battleground states and it has been, really, like this for the better part of a year. you look at the gallup national poll, rarely in the battle ground states or nationally has either had more than a four or five point lead. that is where it is now. romney got a surge. if there is no big winner tonight, it is expected that the stakes will only rise on the next debate. both governor romney and president obama are doing a lot of preparation for the face off next week. >>shepard: any concern they will take off the spot line in danville? >>reporter: for all the attention that joe biden will come out swinging and paul ryan, the in

i found a gentleman from asheville, south carolina, a man named mr. bettis ran for her to himself as an amateur historian, a very talented historian and close friend of the thurmond's, who pointed me to a history, a biography of the man named francis butler simpkins. he was in a sunday at very well-known historian. in fact, francis butler had a magnum opus from his own hometown. so simpkins grew up in south carolina and was always fascinated with his hometown and that some point he sat down to write this kind of gossipy, thinly fictionalized account of his hometown, which would. this date was never published and is now preserved only in the archives at longwood university in virginia, were simpkins todd for his whole life, but offers a really unique perceptive on ashfield in the area in which strom thurmond was growing up, it is area in which will thurmond is the most influential figure in the political life, they are in the early 19 teens and 20s. let me read you a little bit of this and then i'm going to stop talking. so sometime in the late 1940s o

right now, all of the sunshine very warm temperatures. 83 charleston, 80 degrees and asheville, 76 indianapolis. on the other side of this cold front, blue or minnesota and the low 30's. this will be a key player, this trough of low pressure, the leading edge, a very strong upper level low associated with it, and that will make this happen in the next several days involving sandy. for the moment, not a lot of stormiest. with the leading edge of the cold front is still back to the west. the next few days, more cloudiness slowing coolly -- slowly cooling temperatures, and then the effects of sandy. over the bahamas, the rain shield expanding, the cloud sheield goes well over a thousand miles. this is pretty much following the warm water of the gulf stream and it will be slow to deteriorate. this is the national hurricane center storm track through southern new jersey. it could be south or north of there. that is kind of the center line. the storm will be so big that the exact center line will not have an eye. these are the spaghetti plots some of them. they all turned in time. some bring it into

while mitt romney campaigns tonight in asheville, north carolina. ahead, the obama campaign is hitting hard against an apparent romney flip-flop on abortion. will women's issues loom large in tonight's debate? we'll talk with debbie wasserman schultz. and do you think tonight's debate will change the momentum of the race? tweet me your thoughts. >>> this has been my life's work is talking about what's happening to america's middle class and let's face it, america's middle class has been getting hammered. >> then i suggest you put down the hammer because it's your regulations and your policies that will be hurting -- >> and that wasn't the only time last night. massachusetts gop senator scott brown and challenger elizabeth wash trading jabs last night. that's an example of one high stakes senate race that could reshape the balance of power in the u.s. chamber. right now the dems have a 53-47 vote advantage. 33 seats are up for re-election, but on the national map, it's only about a dozen battleground states that are really in play. joining me now fro

. >> in asheville, north carolina. >> asheville, north carolina.married man. he broke her heart and somehow she fell to her death dropping five floors down. you have to watch out for that one there. the floor he apparition comes in and out. >> the pink lady. >> we have to pay a visit. >> really? you want to do that? >> you're that lonely. >> peter greenberg thank you so much. >> have a scary halloween. coming up zombies and vampires are so last halloween. this year the scariest thing going is politics. we'll show you the best political costumes. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday". >>> who are you going as? >> i haven't decided. i wonder what the big costume will be this year? >> we'll find out i'm sure. welcome to the program. this is an apparition everyone. it's seth doane. >> you're talking about brooklyn can it be cool or not is what's coming up. >> a lot of people i grew up in minnesota wasn't necessarily fully familiar with all the different boroughs but brooklyn is where all the hipsters have been to. >> my grandfather was a huge dod

ahead of that front we've got the showers from actually atlanta through asheville nierro smoke this morning and toward cumberland. those showers are going to be around, some lighter ones through midday. at 3:00 this afternoon, here's our future cast. you notice the yellows and greens. maybe some thunder mixing in with some of those showers. starting to clear out. even by mid afternoon in the shenandoah valley. by 6:00 looks like i-95 east and south will have the better chance of showers than let's say north and west. then tonight we clear out. we cool down. that leaves us to a couple of nice days. the forecast today about 73. better chance for some showers later. that's why yellow alert. the drive home may be impacted by the moisture around. 40s to around 50 tonight. tomorrow 66. looks good. wednesday looks good at 70. thursday 72. might see a shower friday and then the weekend looks good once again. it is 6:14. here comes monika with another look at timesaver traffic. >>> lots of volume, no major incidents. that's actually what we like to hear on a monday morning. no problems to report as

. >> many people join mitt romney as they watched the debate at his hotel in asheville, north carolina. romney was campaigning there earlier in the day and said he was certain that paul ryan would do great. president obama caught the first part of the debate on air force one. the president had been campaigning and fundraising in south florida. the president called his running mate earlier today wishing him good luck. >>> we have posted more videos. look for the news tab right on the front page. >> they will face off again next week in their own debate scheduled for next tuesday the 16th at 6:00 p.m. now, it is being held here at the university in new york and it will be a town hall meeting format. those in the audience will be able to ask the candidates about foreign and domestic policy issues, moderated by the cnn reporter. so now how will you vote? you can take the ktvu election quiz on our facebook page as you can find the quiz right under our cover photo. >> reporter: and this is growing concern tonight for the well being of the missing mother from hollister. fliers started to go u

. >> many people join mitt romney as they watched the debate at his hotel in asheville, north carolina. romney was campaigning there earlier in the day and said he was certain that paul ryan would do great. president obama caught the first part of the debate on air force one. the president had been campaigning and fundraising in south florida. the president called his running mate earlier today wishing him good luck. >>> we have posted more videos. look for the news tab right on the front page. >> they will face off again next week in their own debate scheduled for next tuesday the 16th at 6:00 p.m. now, it is being held here at the university in new york and it will be a town hall meeting format. those in the audience will be able to ask the candidates about foreign and domestic policy issues, moderated by the cnn reporter. so now how will you vote? you can take the ktvu election quiz on our facebook page as you can find the quiz right under our cover photo. >> reporter: and this is growing concern tonight for the well being of the missing mother from hollister. fliers started to go u

romney was campaigning in asheville, north carolina.or the last day and a half, the obama campaign has been suggesting that the whole controversy over what happened with the u.s. consulate in benghazi was a consequence of the romney-ryan campaign, as though their political rhetoric is somehow what's creating a investigation and the nation's concern about why the administration held on so long arguing that it wasn't terrorism. well, today mr. romney answered back pretty toughly. listen to this. >> mr. president, this is an issue because we were attacked successfully by terrorists on the anniversary of 9-11. president obama, this is an issue because americans wonder why it was that took so long for you and your administration to admit that this was a terrorist attack. this is a very serious issue. these are very serious questions and the american people deserve serious answers and i hope they come soon. >> the fact is, there have been a lot of republicans who have been critical of the romney campaign for not making as big as issue as many

romney watched from a hotel room in asheville, north carolina. the two presidential candidates will debate again themselves next tuesday, october 16th. >>> fresh off that debate, vice president joe biden will host a rally at the university of wisconsin lacrosse president obama doesn't have any campaign rallies scheduled today, however, this evening he'll host a dinner for winners of a campaign contest here in the d.c. area. and romney will speak at the mobility super center in richmond. romney will also join his running mate paul ryan at a rally in lancaster, ohio. >> melissa mollet at the live desk. >>> the european union has just won the nobel peace prize. the five member committee says the union won for uniting the continent and playing down the debt crisis. since 19, 95 peace prizes have been awarded. >>> a maryland bus driver convicted of intentionally ramming her bus into an employee lounge will be sentenced. teresa drove her bus into a lounge in the accokeek school bus lot in prince george's county in december. afterwards, she waited for p

but biden-- at his next stop, in asheville, north carolina-- said what has buried the middle class is the result of policies that romney and ryan are supporting. in clinton, iowa, vice presidential nominee paul ryan said a romney administration would help more americans find jobs. >> we have a jobs crisis in america. wouldn't it be nice to have a job creator in the white house? ( applause ) we can't afford four more years. we need a real recovery. take a look at just jobs. we lost 582,000 manufacturing jobs since the president took office. he's offering a new tax increase on our job creators that will cost us 700,000 jobs. we're offering really forms. >> ifill: which candidate has the better plan to get the economy back on track? that's the key question in battleground states like north carolina, which only months ago seemed out of reach for the democrats this year. but it's back in play again. jeffrey brown traveled there to discover why. >> lead the way. brown: 26-year-old dewayne owens who served in the marines and is now a professional mixeded marshal artist usually takes on tough

all on one day in asheville. >> oh man. >> bill: this began as a political rally.out get out -- >> oh, yeah. yeah. >> bill: this is what i'm going to say tonight. >> get the hell out of my house in jesus name i pray! >> bill: there it is. [ laughter ] >> bill: so i'll see you tonight in ashville. and right now we'll talk about last night's debate. watching the debate with all of us danielle is the vice president for new communities and american values over at the center for american progress. we love the center and it's great having you in studio. >> thank you. it is nice to be here. >> bill: there was a lot of pressure on joe biden deliver last night. and did ho deliver. >> yes he was on fire from the moment he stepped until he closed. >> bill: he did. that very, very first response about libya. he said we're going to go get those guys. now let me tell you the difference between barack obama and mitt romney. >> yeah i think i could hear anybody through my twitter stream go yes. this is the passion we were waiting for. >> bill: the 47% -- >> yeah that was so perfec

. >>> mitt romney watched the debate from his hotel in asheville.called ryan after the debate to congratulate him. >>> controversial signs have turned up missing. there's a political battle, and by wednesday night they were gone. an investigation is underway. >>> the san francisco giants are moving on to the nlcs after a 6-4 victory over the reds in game 5. the giants are awaiting a opponent and will find out tonight. the a's were eliminated last night with a loss against the tigers. >>> the cause of an early morning restaurant fire at squat and gobble located right across from the tunnel is being investigated. it shut down the k, l, and m lines. >>> an investigation is underway , and not much to salvage here. even this vehicle parked in the driveway was damaged from the heat. this video shows you how big the flames were just before 4 this morning. neighbors say flames shot up past the telephone poles. the homeowner told them there was ammunition inside the home. that combined with the unstable structure and massive flames forced firefighters to sta

even asheville, north carolina. raleigh, you're in line for the storms. there's soaking rain involved in this. we've seen it. get prepared for what could be heavy downpours. to the west, slightly cooler temperatures. we have 95 in l.a. yesterday. 105 in burbank. we know the heat will be there, a little less. san francisco was 90 yesterday. you're 85 today. >> a lot of weather to talk about this morning. snow in montana. snow in new hampshire. big chill coming later this week. >> no. >> yeah. >> go back. >>> coming up on "gma," we have another story, a tragedy on campus. a college freshman leaves behind a cryptic message right before her death. or is it a clue to her murder? >>> and look at this car accident caught on tape. was it a multimillion-dollar disaster or a superbig scam? >>> and one scary swim. why this animal trainer is taking the plunge with a 500-pound tiger. >> that's insane, and perhaps is this. look who's here. stephen colbert has arrived to save the show. just ask him. come on back. [ male announcer ] at walgreens, we know kids share all k

how about a little fall color in asheville, north carolina. how beautiful that shot is.gorgeous clouds there. here's a look at what's going on out west. we're seeing a little shift in the wind pattern as the high pressure moves in. these winds will g >> all that weather was brought to you by party city. and who do we go back to? >> here we go, back to josh. >> thanks, folks. >>> now, to two brothers with a remarkable story this morning. not only are they siblings, they're teammates, too. triathletes unlike any we have ever seen. we're going to talk to conner and cayden in moments. but first, i want to show you this kapowerful journeys of theirs. for most young boys, like conner long, the bonds are formed outside. but cayden has been relegated to the sideline for most of his life. diagnosed with cerebral palsy, unable to walk or talk. >> it was really hard for them to bond. conner wished that cayden could come out and play with him more. >> when you're special needs in a wheelchair, you're not able to get out that much. >> reporter: then, an idea borne out of a desire. no

we want to thank our host here at belmont university in asheville and the commission on presidential debates. and you're in my way of my script there, if you will -- >> oh, that was funny. yeah. those moments. veteran journalist and moderator of that first town hall debate carole simpson joins us this morning. nice to see you, carole, great to have you with us. >> good morning, soledad. >> that was so funny. >> good to be here. >> different format. we were talking about this just a moment ago. who do you think gets the advantage in a town hall debate? >> i think it's a people person. and i think that -- that's president obama. he was a community organizer. he's used to dealing with people. he's comfortable with that. he's a touchy feely person. he's not afraid to touch people, and it looks genuine. and i watched romney campaign in iowa, and he tries to do it, but that's been a criticism of his that he doesn't relate to ordinary people. so i think tonight, obama has the advantage in that i think he'll be warmer, and, you know, closer to the people. >> carole, it's john berman here. ho