barry petersen reports. and shuttle "endeavour," a late arrival at its new home. ben tracy on the slow crawl through the streets of los angeles. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> jeff: and good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor. in the sky over new mexico today a man jumped from 24 miles up and broke the sound barrier on the way down. a first. felix baumgartner broke that barrier by more than 100 miles an hour. then landed with ease. with details here's mark strassmann. >> felix baumgartner climbed into the strat sphere more than 24 miles above new mention dekort. he was about to become a human missile and plunge farther and faster in freefall than anyone in history. >> everything is in the green, doing great. >> reporter: his ascent had lasted two and a half hours. in a capsule hoisted by a 55 story helium balloon rising 1,000 feet a minute. the only hitch, baumgartner's viser fogged up when his helmet's heater stopped working. >> this is getting serious, joe. >> i do not think i have safe heating. >> reporter: joe kittinger in mission

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barry petersen is at the courthouse in centennial, colorado. ry. >> reporter: well, scott, there were more changes in holmes' appearance today. do still has the short-cut hair , t now he has big, bushy sideburns, what are called shyton chops. he was attentive, and for the first time since i have seen him he actually talked to his attorney during the hearing. daniee attorney daniel king said even four months into the case, as he put it, we have not begun to understand the nature and depth of mr. holmes' mental illness. this is the second time the 'efense has referred to holmes' mental illness, but there was no suggestion that would be his defense. d r that, he would need a psychiatric evaluation that could take six months. and now there is concern from both prosecution and the defense about about the well-being of witnesses, including dr. lynne atnton, the psychiatrist holmes saw when he was a student at the university of colorado. macause her name has been made pearanceincluding her appearance at a hearing in august, prosecutors say she hasn't b

barry petersen, cbs news, denver. >> coming up after your local news on cbs "this morning," more on felixaumgartner's record breaking super sonic jump. we'll have a wrap from roswell, new mexico. >>> plus the latest in the case of a prominent investment banker who claims he was beaten by lapd officers. harry potter author j.k. rowling stops by the studio. that's the "cbs morning news" for this morning. have a great day. that's the cbs news this morning. have a great day. ,,,, and i'm michelle griego. tis 4:-- time is 4-- here's lawrence with a check of weather. a big day for san franciscoe n-f-l is expected to announe whether the city will be in

barry petersen in california reports on a referendum trying to limit them. mandarin chinese, the world's most spoken language now required in one american school district. mark strassman goes to class. >> what is the word for hello? >> niho. >> glor: and fighting chance, a decorated combat veteran overcomes his battle scars, fulfilling a dream on the football field. >> i didn't die that day on october 3rd, because i was meant to do something more in my life. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> glor: and good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor. after months arguing from a distance president obama and mitt romney meet face-to-face on wednesday. their first debate is scheduled for denver. 90 minutes focusing on domestic issues. nancy cordes is on the campaign trail tonight in las vegas, nancy, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jeff. and to give you an idea of just how much is riding on this first debate the president is here in nevada for three full days but he's only holding one rally tonight at this las vegas high school. the r

which way colorado goes may well be determined by latino voters and we asked barry petersen to tell us more about that. >> i've already voted. >> oh, you've already voted. so there you go. >> reporter: the battle for the latino vote in colorado is being waged one house at a time. >> hello there! >> reporter: jesus altamirano works evening getting out the vote for a nonpartisan latino group. when you knock on the door, jesus, who are they leaning towards? >> a lot of individuals have been leaning towards obama. >> reporter: latinos are now at least 13% of the colorado electorate and favor president obama 2-1. nationwide, latinos make up about 9% of voters and are for mr. obama by more than 3-1. when a national politician talks about the latino vote, the prime topic is immigration. accurate or not accurate in terms of the sentiment? >> definitely not accurate. they are -- we are definitely looking more for jobs and health care, economy, public education. those are the issues that really are driving individuals to the polls. >> well, i support romney because of the economy. >> reporter: j

for cbs "this morning," barry petersen, aspen, colorado. >> you can imagine waking up and there's a bearshouting for help and he just goes to the refrigerator and cleans you out. i loved watching your reaction charlie to this story. i know you love animal stories. >>> you would think by now we know everything about john lennon. but a new book has people jomem even a shopping list. that's ahead on cbs "this morning". ♪ [ male announcer ] every time you say no to a cigarette you celebrate a little win. nicorette gum helps calm your cravings and makes you less irritable. quit one cigarette at a time. you'd think i want to stay away from it at night. truth is, i like to stay connected with friends. but all that screen time can really dry me out. so i use visine. aah. it revives me, so i can get poked, winked, and -- ooh -- party all night long. only visine has hydroblend -- a unique blend of three moisturizers that soothe, restore, and protect to keep me comfortable for up to 10 hours. pirate party, here i co-- uh, honey? visine with hydroblend. find it in these visine products. [ dog barkin

as barry petersen reports a lot of shows are not going on. >> reporter: oh, what a night indeed, newhas gone from singing to sand bags. ♪ >> reporter: say hello to hurricane sandy which forced all 40 theaters in the great white way to shut down saying good-bye to hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue. to stem the losses, spiderman and his friends really do need to turn off the dark. >> producers have to pay their staff and the actors anyway so it really is a complete loss for them. >> reporter: for the second night david letterman showed up for the late show but played to an empty theater. >> we pretend there's an audience. >> no like every other night we pretend the audience isn't here. >> thank you for ignoring the local authorities to be here tonight. >> reporter: jimmy kimmel brought his l.a. based show to a waterlogged brooklyn. analysts are finding little to laugh about over sandy's financial impact. person of interest and seven other tv shows that film in new york were told by the city they had to stop working and now face the expensive process of rejuggling product