lila rose. she's an anti-abortion activist who poses undercover at planned parenthood clinics around the country. >> they were burned at the stake. they were shot for what they believed in. >> christian hartsock. works in hollywood and direction films with a conservative message. >> freeze. >> how far do you think young conservatives will go to expose the truth? >> as far as we need. >> jason mattera. >> senator franken. >> confronts liberal lawmakers in the hallways of congress. >> why don't you mind your god dam business. >> i'm serious. >> you have to shut up right now. >> and ryan sorba. >> pepsi zero, water. >> he's an anti-gay activist not afraid to stir up controversy. >> sodomy is wrong. it's immoral. do you hate christian. >> i don't hate christians. >> why are you yelling at me like that. >> armed with video cameras, ideas, and the internet, it's a new wave of good old-fashioned guerilla journalism. many call themselves investigative journalists. reporting on stories others are afraid

that's what lila said to me. has to go and be with her family and share those hugs. great to share one of the most emotional moments we have seen so far, and we know that mario, a dyed in the wool, tough miner, even though he has silicosis, because we know he is tough as boots, something his wife would say as well. >> my guess is he will be right there next to her leading in prayer. karl penhaul, fantastic interview. what a wonderful thing to inspire all of us this morning. thank you so much. so far, only one rescued miner -- we heard from lila, but one rescued miner has spoken publicly. he was the second man to emerge from the hole, 40-year-old mario sepulveda. this interview has been translated into english, and what he says is just remarkable. >> translator: god doesn't carry out tests with anyone, no. i think we have the possibility of being able to face things in life like we have just faced. i have faced many situations, but i think this was the hardest, but i am so happy that it happened to me because i th

and it says, dear lila, i'm well. thanks to god. i hope to be out soon. have patience and have faith. we will be together again. then towards the end he signs off, when i come out we're going live happily ever after. the breakthrough has come. and mario gomez and his 32 colleagues down in that mine have held strong, and they're keeping firm their promise. and now the breakthrough has come, maybe in a few hours, maybe in two or three days, but what it means is that lila ramirez and little leila will all be together again. it's not just great news for this family, but this story is repeating itself across 32 more families today. there have been hugs. there have been tears. but above all we can't forget the 33 miner ls there who fought for 65 days now. it's been a life and death struggle. never forget that. and mario gomez and the other 32 are fulfilling the promise. thanks to god we're well, he says. have patience and faith. we will be home soon. and that's what's going to happen, t.j. >> well, karl penhaul, i appreciate you bringing that to us as a reminde

yesterday we met lila again.s she says, and happy, happy this nightmare is coming to an end. her husband will be one of the first pulled out tonight. down below the men developed a make shift tribal order. they divided themselves into three groups. the 105, the ramp, and refuge. named after the parts of the mine they were sleeping. they didn't compete. they rotated responsibilities. some even found themselves in key roles. johnny barios armed with a to months of medical training acting as the medic giving medical advice. when he gets pulled up he has answering to do. it was because of his mine collapse that his wife found out for five years he had a mistress. the sordid details of their love triangle made international news. it could be coming to an end. his wife had enough. >> at one point he sent a letter that i read two days ago. it said i would look to have both of you there when i come out. and the lady says i love myself too much. i have learned a lot about myself. in these two months. i am not going to be

but gomez's wife lila built a shrine near the collapsed mine and never gave up hope.anslator: gave strength to other relatives. don't cry, but don't imagine the worst because our men are still alive she says. goppez has been working in chile's copper pits since he was 12. his father was a miner before limb. once he's finally rescued, his family is determined he'll never go underground again. i don't want to hear anything more about mining after this, because he would have to choose between the mine and his wife, she says. these are the first images of the survivors when a camera was lowered into the mine sunday. when a micro phone was sent down the next day the miners sang the chilean anthem. up on this barren hillside, relatives have plant add flag for each of the miners trapped under ground. 32 chilean flag, one bolivian flag. as long as it takes, the chilean government is vowing to bring each one of them home alive. as day fades, families stoke the fires in the camp where they have been living since the cave-in. and wave good-bye to some of the workers that have he

yesterday we met lila again.anxious she says, and happy, happy this nightmare is coming to an end. down below, the men developed a make shift tribal order. they divided themselves into three groups. the 105, the ramp, and refuge. named after the parts of the mine they were sleeping. they didn't compete. they rotated responsibilities. some even found themselves in key roles. johnny barios armed with a few months of medical training acting as the medic giving medical advice to fellow miners. when he gets pulled up he has answering to do. it was because of the mine collapse that his wife found out for five years he had a mistress. the sordid details of their love triangle have made international news. it could be coming to an end. his wife has had enough. >> at one point he sent a letter that i read two days ago. >> reporter: what did it say? >> it said i would like to have both of you there when i come out. and the lady says i love myself too much. i have learned a lot about myself. in these two months. i am not go

lila showed us a scrapbook full of letters that came in after our first story aired.so got $25,000 in donations, a great boost, but not enough to buy a permanent home. now center volunteers are launching a letter-writing campaign he hoping to get help from an east bay city for park district. >> we want to continue to do our work and need a place to do it. >> the wildlife center serves oakland, berkeley and alameda. the director of oakland animal control says it is a critical resource. >> we frequently get calls for animals stuck in fences, stuck at their homes. injured, hit by cars. there's many, many calls that we get regarding wild animals that need our assistance. and ebersol is our partner. >> more wild animals will have been to be euthanized. for now the wildlife center is hanging on but desperately in need of more volunteers and donations. >> and, boy, do we have a lot of animals right now that need daily car. >> dan ashley, abc 7 news. >> and on our website abc7news.com you'll find a link to the wildlife center and details about their letter-writing campaign. l

. >> dear lila, i am okay, thank god. i hope to get out soon, patience and faith."n the mine since he was 12. his lungs damaged by 50 years of inhaling silicon dust. we met her again. i'm anxious and happy, happy this nightmare is coming to and end. her husband is set to be the ninth miner pulled up tonight. they divided themselves into three groups, the 105, the ramp and refuge named after the parts of the mine where they were sleeping. they didn't compete, they just rotated responsibilities. some even found themselves in key roles. johnny barrios, armed with a few months of medical training, has been acting as a group medic, giving medical advice to fellow miners, but when he got pulled up, he's got answering to do. for five years, he's had a mistress. the sordid details have made international news but could becoming to an end. his wife has had enough. >> at one point, he sent a letter i read two days ago and said, i would like to have both of you there when i come out and the lady says, you know, i love myself too much. i have learned a lot about myself in these

his wife lila will jump in there as soon as she can.bet it is all she can do to wait patiently there for them to open the capsule and let them out. >> married for 30 years. they have children together. and she has waited there day and night in the cold saying i'm not going home until i have you with me. when asked what she thinks will happen when they finally see each other, i think we'll hold each other and cry and that moment is not far away as we see them opening up the capsule and giving a thumbs up for mario gomez. >> you're watching special coverage on "american morning" of the mine rescue. here he is. he's out. [ applause ] >> the concerns about his health, he was the one that they felt was in the most danger physically and we see him sit down there for a moment. we haven't seen the other miners do this. >> i suspect he's saying a prayer. he was the spiritual leader of the group as they dubbed him requesting a crucifix be sent down and statues of saints to make a makeshift shrine when they were down there. >> together for 30 year

from mario gomez, his wife, dear lila, i'm well, thanks to god, we will make it out of here. >> carl,hen you first arrived, how argorganized was it? >> reporter: the families were very organized because they had been there already 17 days standing vigil for these miners, it was really the family that drove the whole initial phase of this rescue operation because they clearly said to the government, they clearly said to the mine company, you will give us back our loved ones dead or alive. if they are dead, you will burrow down and bring their bodies back and if they are alive, you will find them. so they had organized themselves physically into one large group. of course they were living under very rudimentary conditions. >> and for the miners down below, those first 17 days, that's really the most extraordinary of all, because it was completely, they were left up to themselves. they didn't know if anyone was going to be able to find them, they didn't know if anybody knew they were alive or if everybody just assumed they were dead and they really kind of organized themselves. they star

dear lila, i'm well.we will make it out of here. >> karl, when you first arrived, how organized was it? >> reporter: the families themselves were very organized, because they had been already 17 days standing vigil for these miners. it was really the families that drove the whole initial phase of this rescue operation, because they clearly said to the government and mine company, you will give us back our loved ones, dead or alive. if they are dead, you will burrow down and bring their bodies back, and if they are alive, you will find them. so they had organized themselves physically into one large group. of course, they were living under very rudimentary conditions, people who had the warmth of their own homes in a city, had gone up to the middle of the chilean desert and were camping out in the boiling hot days, and absolutely frigid nights. >> for the miners, the first 17 days, that's really the most extraordinary of all. because it was completely -- they were left up to themselves. they didn't know if

lila showed us a scrapbook full of letters after the first story aired.$20,000 in donations, a great boost but not enough to buy a permanent home. now center volunteers are launching a letter-writing campaign hoping to get help from an east bay city or park district. >> we're not asking for funding from the city. we just want to be able to continue to do our work and we need a place do it. >> the wildlife center serves the areas around oakland berkeley and alameda. the director of oakland animal control says it is a critical resource. >> we frequently get calls for animals stuck in fences stuck at their homes, injured, hit by cars. there's many, many calls that we get regarding wild animals that need our assistance. and ebersole is our partner. >> that means more wild animals will have been to be euthanized. for now the wildlife center is hanging on but desperately in need of more volunteers and donations. >> boy, do we have a lot of animals right now that need daily care. >> dan ashley, abc 7 news. >> and on our website, abc7news.com you'll find a link t

the center is run by lila and richard travis who were serve add three day eviction notice last week. but they hope an appeal will buy them a little more time. the property owner wants her home back so that her disabled mother can move back in. the center has been opened for seven years helping to rehabilitate wild animals. >>> back now to the race for governor. we are less than an hour away from the last debate between jerry brown and meg whitman. the election is just three weeks away. some folks are already voting by absentee ballot. >> reporter: it's hard to say, actually historically it's usually the first debate that's most important because that's when most people are curious. the third debate perhaps the novelty of jerry brown versus meg whitman has died down a bit. so you might suspect there will be fewer viewers. there's a different dynamic, since that first debate two controversies have erupted. meg whitman's handling of her illegal immigrant housekeeper. and jerry brown has had to deal with someone in his camp calling meg whitman a [ bleep ]. maybe more people are paying at

jim my smits and jamie who playd lila and john lythgoe and johnny lee miller and now me.hank god my name's julia. you could be next year. >> jimmy: wow. that's -- odd. that can't be intentional. >> it's fortunate, really, for me. >> jimmy: i guess so. really, who knew the day you were born it would mean one day you would be murdered on "dexter." or not murdered. >> don't make assumptions. >> jimmy: i won't. if you don't, you can come back next season. >> this conversation is already gone too far. >> jimmy: has it really? have you said too much? >> i have not -- >> jimmy: you are going to have to go -- >> i have not. i have said nothing. >> jimmy: "dexter" protection program? >> no, no. i could -- i was sitting at home in my pajamas today, and i lied to you. i'm not going to be -- >> jimmy: do you really wear pajamas? people just use that term, but really, it's underpants. >> underpants is such a not sexy term. >> jimmy: i know. but pajamas? >> ah, no, i don't wear pajamas. >> jimmy: thank you. you're trying to deceive us -- i bet your family isn't all js. your name may no

"dear lila, i'm okay, thanks to god. i hope to get out soon. be patient and have faith. we will make it out. we will be happy forever with our family. we will see one another again soon. good-bye, my darling, a kiss." mario gomez and his 32 comrades from fulfilled that promise against all the odds they survived. and soon they'll be coming home. >> and cnn karl penhaul joins us live from the mine site. the digging is done so why respect rescuers going in there right away? >> reporter: well, really we heard this a couple of hours ago, in fact, from the mines, and what he says is the rescuers have got to first of all encase the first 100 yards or so of that rescue shaft because at the top of that rescue shaft there is a risk of some rock fall lower down, though, he says the good news is that rescue shaft is absolutely solid. so no problems. they'll then have to test a little bit more the rescue capsule, the so-called phoenix capsule and then what they've got to do can move across some heavy lifting gear, some pulleys over that and want to go show to make sure everything is

. >> translator: dear lila, i'm okay, thanks to god. i hope to get out soon. have faith, be patient, god is great. we will make it out. the message was from mario gomez. at 63, he's the oldest and most experience experienced of the 33 miners who became trapped in a copper and gold mine in northern chile. >> reporter: this one one of the first videos that showed they were alive and in good spirits. for eight weeks a small borehole was their only means of communication to the outside world. jo jose was one of the ones weight. he e had given his son a warning. i told my son two months before the cave-in, i said, son, that mine is sending you a warning, stop working there. but he said, dad, i'm fixing up my house, i need to carry on. vega seen here in one of the first videos showing the miners were alive followed in his father's footsteps. he was attracted to the mine by the relatively good waves. from the mine also came a marriage proposal. he wrote a letter to jessica janez, the woman with whom he has lived for 25 years. they have three children and two grand ch

most veteran miner, mario gomez, when he came back to the surface, he gave a huge hug to his wife, lila, and then immediately after that, took a knee and said a prayer to god and the virgin mary. the number two miner that came up, mario sepulveda, he was a joker, we knew him from the videos the miners sent to the surface. he was hugs all around. he was very cramped that phoenix rescue capsule, but somehow he managed to smuggle a bag of rocks. that was the first thing he did when he got out, hand out rocks to the president of chile and to the mine minister. not much of a souvenir, but all that he had at hand. then he raised a cross to the rescue workers and led a soccer-style cheer in support of the miners of chile. others have come out and given passionate hugs to the people that they most loved in this life. there have been cries of joy. there have been tears of joy. but today, it's very much about a rebirth of these 33 miners and a rebirth for the 33 families. because all of them say their lives have now been marked by a "before" and an "after." john. >> such a breath-taking, remarkab

example, a minor, mario gomez, 63 years old, he stepped out of that capsule into the arms of his wife, lila, then he hugged her and then he took her knee and prayed to god and the virgin mary. rojas stepped out of the capsule into the warm embrace of the woman he has been with for many years, but while he was down, half a mile underground, he decided that when he got out it was time to marry jessica in a catholic church wedding, and that is now what they plan to do. there was edison bena, an electrician, part of the team that helped the 33 stay alive down there for so many days, a mad elvis presley fan. i wonder what elvis song was going through his head as he rose to the surface again. many stories like that. each of the 33 miners have a story to tell. >> it's getting difficult to hear you, karl, just because of the background noise near where you are. we'll come back to you later on because there are so many incredible stories, these families are just now getting the chance. as soon as each miner was brought up they were allowed to be with their loved ones, no more than than three family

veteran miner, mario gomez, 63 years old, he stepped out of the capsule into the arms of his wife liland then he got on his knee and prayed to marry. and he prayed for jessica yanez, the woman he has been with for many years. while he was underground he decided when he got out it was time to marry jessica yanez in a catholic church wedding and that is now what they plan to do. there was edison pena, a young man who was an electrician, part of the team that helped the 33 stay alive down there for so many days, a mad elvis presley fan. i just wonder what elvis presley song was going through his head as he rose back to the surface again. many stories like that. each of the 33 miners have a story to tell. >> karl, we're vng to -- it's getting difficult to hear you because of the background of the noise. we'll get back to you because there are so many incredible stories and these families are getting the chance -- as soon as each miner is brought up, they're allowed to be with with their loved ones, no more than three family members, just for a few seconds and then they're brought to a temp

little lila is six weeks old. yesterday, the 911 operator got to meet the baby and her grateful parents in person. she was able to keep her cool while that operator as well. >> unbelievable. a look now at your weather. around the country today. rain and isolated flooding, in south florida. much heavier rain from the carolinas to washington, d.c. moving later into philadelphia, new york, and eventually into new england. windy in the mid-atlantic. showers around seattle. olympia and tacoma. 77 in billings. 97 in phoenix. mostly 60s, fargo, twin cities. indianapolis. 59 in boston. 62 here in new york. 71 in atlanta. >> as halloween approaches pumpkins of course are everywhere now. so the indianapolis zoo is making sure they don't go to waste. >> the zoo hosted its "pumpkin smash" an annual halloween tradition. the elephants were allowed to have their way with the pumpkins. they were having their way with them. some of them enjoyed rolling them around like a ball first. in the end the main focus was simply right there

me saluda y despuÉs dice: lila, dile a mi yerno que vaya a lo de su jefe y ááderta e diga que esa mÁqurtaerices ciuáádena r cah@ato nodespie pidióameric áá de americááderta amaáspiertericr rta amaá >> aquÍ estÁn laierta icaááádeÍ atlanta aáspiert82, miami icaá8t san francisco 83 grados, un solá áádesphermoso para los Ángeles,r grados, americáádechicago rta at ááque tenga un dÍa maravilloso >> pues todos los padres queremos lo mejor para nuestros hijos. los mejores alimentos. la ropa mÁs bonita, los juguetes mÁs caros pero los padres convierten sin darse cuenta en su majestad el hijospá padres convierten sin darse cuenta en su majestad el hijospá pecado que tire la ierta ich@áát y psicologÍa de esto, los padres reflejan un poco de la misma forma en que ellos fueron criados. esto es mÁs bien generacional. en los Ángeles estÁ el concepto de voy a darle a mis hijos lo que yo no tuve. y otro aspecto, los padres tratan de vivir un poco la vida a travÉs de sus hijos como una extensiÓn de ellos mismos y su propio ego se envuelven en estos patrones de tratar de barcar todos los aspectos de la vida

me saluda y despuÉs dice: lila, dile a mi yerno que vaya a lo de su jefe y que le diga que esa mÁquina en el mundo. >> perfecto, muchas gracias. como lo decÍa ella, los mismos periodistas estamos ansiosos de que salgan, somos los primeros que vamos a estar aplaudiendo, por supuesto neida voy a regresar contigo mÁs adelante. en vivo desde lo que pasa aquÍ en la mina san josÉ, en el campamento esperanza. >> muy linda entrevista y quÉ bueno connocer mÁs el sentir de estos seres queridos. la fe mueve montaÑas... >> la parte humana, la parte humana. >> muchas gracias, ricardo. estaremos atentos, por supuesto. hoy tendremos cobertura especial de este rescate con un programa especial de aquÍ y ahora, luego el partido de mÉxico y venezuela y luego el rescate de chile. no se lo pierdan. >> pedido de la gobernadora de arizona. que criminaliza la inmigraciÓn ilegal rse le dio luz verde al curso de esa demanda. >> una mujer declarÓ que fue empleada domÉstica del candidato republicano de nevada, cuando ella era indocumentada. ana padilla, ahora es ciudadana estadounidense, dijo que el candidato no

he came out and gave his wife lila a huge, huge hug and dropped down to one knee and said a prayer to god and the virgin mary. he was the spiritual leader of the miners, helped as a team and shared his experience. then, of course, other characters like edison pena, a vital part of the team. he is also a mad-hat elvis fan, and i couldn't help thinking as he was coming up in that rescue capsule what elvis song was going through his mind at that time. he can't speak much english but according to his father, he can sing just about every elvis presley song in perfect english. in the shrine his father set up, it said, son, if you make it out of that mine alive, you'll be bigger than elvis. i don't know if any of the miners of bigger than elvis, but they're certainly rock stars in more ways than one, all eyes on them. each of these miners has a story to tell. they have a family behind them, but the most important thing, 33 families have become one. it's a big family with 33 sons, and today those 33 sons are coming home, tony. >> how good is this story today? and how good is karl penhaul cove

doctors say the baby girl named lila is perfectly healthy.ery they'll never forget. >> coming up, a truck driver in jail for nearly killing a police officer. whoa! that close call was caught on video. we'll tell you what happened next straight ahead. >> first, it was new york. now, illinois accused of not mailing ballots to soldiers which means the votes will count on election day. they still say the program is a success. really? miss dimitra, when will you marry me? - be my wife. - miss dimitra, marry me. - marry me. - marry me. - marry me. - be my wife, please. ( bells toing ) ( all cheering ) ha ha ha! announr: introducing the kohler karbon faucet. >> couple of quick headlines for you this morning. a coke bust for lindsay lohan? well, coca-cola, that is. the rehabbing actress reportedly got caught trying to escape the betty ford clinic. word is she was trying to score a can of coke from a nearby vending machine. caffeine strictly off-limits in rehab. and check out this video, police in georgia go to the passenger's side in the traffic stop

our first finalist, stay here, elizabeth wilson and her niece lila from new jersey, a tube of toothpasteughter. she looks adoorable. >> that's a store-bought one, right? yours is homemade. >> next up is the smith family. we have beth -- oh, my gosh, look at everybody, describe your costumes. hold on. stay right there. tell us about your costumes. >> i'm fay ray. i thought it was appropriate for new york. >> genius. >> that is brilliant. >> i'm sure you've heard of toddlers and tiaras, this is zombies and tiaras, my daughter lilly and this is my daughter madeleine, a chick from the '80s. remember the '80s? >> or could be lourdes. >> you look great. thanks, hon. let's bring out our bunion family from "toy story," lamont, lachika, tell us about your costumes. >> we're the "toy story" family. i'm barbie, this is buzz light-year, micah is woody and lamont, dad, is the green army guy. >> no mr. potato head? >> i'm the boss of these people. >> what did he say? >> don't repeat it. all right, hello, okay. so -- we have a draw. we have a draw. it is a three-way draw. it was a smackdown, every fami