you had the dad, mum and boy listening to the radio terrified of orson welles broadcast.on said it was the equivalent of putting a white sheet on. >> the next day the paper rode... >> there was something like over 2,000 phone calls to the police. people used party lines, not like today where everyone had a cell phone. it was a big deal. >> frank and his wife run the grovers mill coffee shop, peppered with "war of the worlds" memorabilia and they host events regularly. a question they are asked a lot is could it happen again today in the digital age. >> in a heartbeat i believe it could. there's a lot of fear, terror, a lot of things that scare us. if it was put into something modern today, that online facebook... . >> it's large, large as a bear, glistenning like wet laether. ladies and gentlemen, it's indescribable. >> the people of grovers mill fell for it 75 years ago. today they revel in it. >> a survey found that two-thirds of listeners believe there was a real alien invasion. years later orson welles apologised saying he didn't realise the program would be broadcast

this is the theft really cat fund orson welles in to sort of the national consciousness. >> absolutelylutely. >> maybe the destruction of the martians is only a reprieve. to them and not to us. ♪ >> it may be hard to believe in our image soaked modern world of twitter and instagram there was time not too long ago when people could imagine horror for themselves. and proving that the good old days were not always better. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> did chemile grammar hire bodyguards, which begs kwet, is she in fear for her life. >> the story just got kicked up a notch. we'll have the latest it note. i'm nancy o'dell. >> i'm rob marciano. >> this picture really shows the dark bruise. that shows pure rage. >> new photos in tonight's top story. does this prove chemile's boyfriend beat her? as "e.t." uncovers new details about her relationship. >> looking great today. >> i don't know

the strong but affordable picker upper. ♪ ♪ >>> it was 75 years ago today that orson welles' "war ofe nation into a state of panic and anxiety. >> you remember that night? >> i do. >> the idea of martians landing on earth >> was so realistic and unexpected national guardsmen called their bases to find out where they should report. >> this morning we open up the "world news now" vault for a look back at the iconic event. >> from abc news "the weekend report." here's barry serafin. >> 50 years ago tonight, halloween eve, 1938, americans gathered around their radios, were fooled, frightened and panicked by what they heard. as many as a million who orson welles' radio drama "war of the worlds" actually believed an invasion from mars was underway. ned potter explains. ♪ >> reporter: ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program of dance music to bring you a special bulletin. >> reporter: in grover's mills that evening, there were voices from the sky. >> a huge flaming object believed to be a meteorite fell on a farm in grover's mill, new jersey. >> i have a grave announcement to make. as

. ♪ >>> it was 75 years ago today that orson welles' "war of the worlds" broadcast sent the nation in> you remember that night? >> i do. >> was so realistic and unexpected national guardsmen called their bases to find out where they should report. >> this morning we open up the "world news now" vault for a look back at the iconic event. >> from abc news "the weekend report." here's barry serafin. >> 50 years ago tonight, halloween eve, 1938, americans gathered around their radios, were fooled, frightened and panicked by what they heard. as many as a million who listened to orson welles radio drama "war of the worlds" actually believed an invasion from mars was underway. ned potter explains. ♪ >> reporter: ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program of dance music to bring you a special. >> in grover's mills that evening there were voices from the sky. >> a huge flaming object believed to be a meteorite fell on a farm in grover's mill. >> i have a grave announcement to make. as incredible as it seems, a vanguard of an invading army from the planet mars. ♪ >> today grover's mill happ

the plane. >> 75 years ago today a young orson welles delivered that rendition of "war of the worlds.lier he made his first professional film but no one could find it for your decades. as don dahler shows us, the search is finally over. it's a story you'll see only on "cbs this morning." >> reporter: at the eastman house in ro which ester, new york, film buffs gather for an extraordinary premiere. the film is called "too much johnson" from 1938 formed by none other than or son welles whose work remains a benchmark of historical significance. >> it constitute as bridge between the theatric kaka rear or orson welles and its involvement with cinema. it's thanks to "too much johnson" that orson welles fell in love with cinema. >> reporter: he was 28 years old. he continued to use the short movie as a novel way to introduce audiences to the characters of a stage play he planned to bring to broadway. >> he found out he couldn't show film, he ran oust money, and he was told paramount had the film rights and it was a disaster so he stopped. >> reporter: for half a center "too much johnson" wa

the plane. >> 75 years ago today a young orson welles delivered that rendition of "war of the worlds.the search is finally over. it's a story you'll see only on "cbs this morning." >> reporter: at the eastman house in ro which ester, new york film buffs gather for an extraordinary premiere. the film is called "too much johnson" from 1938 formed by none other than or son welles whose work remains a benchmark of historical significance. >> it constitute as bridge between the theatric kaka rear or orson welles and its involvement with cinema. it's thanks to "too much johnson" that orson welles fell in love with cinema. >> reporter: he was 28 years old. he continued to use the short movie as a novel way to introduce audiences to the characters of a stage play he planned to bring to broadway. >> he found out he couldn't show film he ran oust money, and he was told paramount had the film rights and it was a disaster so he stopped. >> reporter: for half a center "too much johnson" was lost. the only copy was thought to have been destroyed in a fire. but last year they showed up in a canniste

a drama company founded by a little known director named orson welles. >> we know now in the twentieththis world was being watched closely by intelligences greater than man. >> he was a brilliant, wonderful, impossible human being. >> the mercury players broadcast on cbs radio. >> on this particular evening, october 30th. >> on halloween eve they did adaptation of h.g. wells' "war of the worlds," herz the only surviving member read welles' part. >> i thought it was pretty far out and that people would not respond to it. >> ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program -- >> reporter: herz couldn't have been more wrong. >> in virginia, three monster machines visible moving north. >> during the broadcast outside policeman were coming. they were told on radio that the martians were coming, the martians were coming. but they didn't come. >> reporter: the next day newspapers were filled with stories of the chaos and a stunned welles was forced to address the critics. >> we are deeply sorry and deeply regretful about the results of that night's broadcast. >> just the biggest publicity stunt

years later orson welles apologized. he said he didn't know it was going to be broadcast nationwide. >> now we're looking at weather across the nation, and quite a change from the west coast to the east coast, and right in the middle where you're getting the boundary between the cold and the warm air. we're seeing strong to severe thunderstorms develop. they're moving through oklahoma cans, missouri, iowa, and now they'll continue to move east. not a solid line but isolated strong and severe storms moving through the country's midsection there. now there was a severe thunderstorm through parts of the area, but this is oklahoma, texas, no longer severe warnings in affect. this was one strong storm weakened a bit. it had strong gusting wind and hail, it did hold together, and it will continue to move to the east. this area has the potential to see more severe weather throughout the afternoon and evening. now out west the storm causing this has moved out. we're seeing a few snowflakes come down in idaho. to the east there i

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. >>> on this day in 1938 the war of the worlds, orson wells's radio play about martians landing caused panic as people thought the u.s. was under attack. happy birthday to irgs vanka trump. actor harry winkler turns 68. singer grace slick of jefferson airplane is 74. have a very good wednesday. . . . >>> this morning, another round of protest and a vigil taking protest in santa roe so to honor andy lopez. young friends and family of the 13-year-old boy shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy carry his casket at his funeral. >>> gun control taking center stage in the south bay. the controversial measure pitting sunnyvale against the nra >>> campbell police releasing new surveillance video in hopes of catching the man they say shot an employee at a popular nightclub. >>> i want to take you outside giving a long look spanning over sfraents. very crisp and cool. please, dress accordingly on this wednesday, october 30th. this

it was in 1938 that orson wells' adaptation of hg wells "war of the worlds" was carried by the cbs radiowork. the audio play about martians invading the united states was done like a news broadcast. millions of people did not hear the disclaimer and went into a panic thinking it was real. 97-year-old william hearst is the only surviving cast member. >> i really thought it was pretty, uhm, far out and that people would not respond to it. >> scouting planes report three martian planes visible above treetops moving towards somerville with people fleeing. >> while many people didn't appreciate the impact of "war of the worlds," it launched orson wells' career. >> rosebud. >> time now 6:39. they are glasses with digital information. the look at the latest wearable device that lets you play chess or watch a movie anywhere. >> google is keeping it secret. so is everyone else apparently. what we're uncovering about the mystery barges out on the bay. >> and the market just opened up about 10 minutes ago. let's get a quick look at the early numbers here. so far, everything is down. coming up we'll

it's the 75th anniversary of orson wells radio adaptation of "war of the worlds" terrifying many people1988. we'll have a report from there later wednesday here on al jazeera. >> now, the 19th annual festival has kicked off in paris with a fashion show featuring masterpieces made of chocolate. they braced the catwalk, wearing designs by a world-famous chocolate maker. that's tonight's inside story. >> hello, i'm libby casey in washington. as the obama administration races to fix the healthcare.gov website, critics are turning up the heat. the latest issue, how many americans who have to pay for their own health insurance now

years later, orson wells apologized. he didn't know it was going to be broadcast nationwide. >> it could happen today. you think about twitter, facebook, halloween pranks. >> i listened to the broadcast this morning, i totally would have been one of the listeners that bought it. i would have. >> coming up, in just over an hour, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will testify before congress. >> nato allies assist'd in the surveillance of world leaders. our countries are involved in espionage against the united states. >> a polio outbreak in syria could spread to a half million children. >> strong storm system is bringing heavy rain to the middle of the country and the chance for severe weather. i'll have the forecast. >> in the next hour, we'll go deeper into syria's polio outbreak. a unicef will talk about concerns it could spread. >> ecuador is abandoning a unique plan to drill and protect the environment. aljazeera continues. we're back with with you in two and a half minutes. >> kathleen sebelius o

this day 75 years ago, actor orson wells apologized for the radio broadcast and realistic radio withworlds, nationwide panic and tens of thousands of people believed new jersey was being invaded by martians. maybe they have been. trivia time. facing off the last time a sitting president attended a world series game. president george w. bush threw out the first pitch of the world series game in new york. an amazing strike pitch at that time. congratulations to today's winner ben goodman. the yankees lost that world series in fenway. send your guesses to msnbc.com. we'll be right back. >>> on this halloween our new poll shows that october has been a pretty scary month for everyone in washington, but one of the president's longtime advisers says the white house doesn't need to be fearful just yet. >> chuck, when you've been around long enough you've been through ups and downs. i went through the oil leak when people were saying this is obama's katrina and what you learn is what the poll proves again. if you have a couple of horrendous weeks the numbers will go down and the question is w

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. >> wednesday is 75th anniversary of orson welles' war of the worlds radio play on cbs, which led atsteners to believe martians were invading earth. >> thursday night, of course is halloween, when ghosts and goblins of all sorts stage a candy driven invasion of their own. friday is the deadline for syria to dismantle its facilities for manufacturing chemical weapons. and on saturday, the los angeles county museum of art on hors director marvin scorsese and artist david hock any hockney. >> >> cemeteries have provided a creepy setting for plenty of halloween horror films, so why would arthur gang us consider them the spies of life? every novelist needs a good dictionary and a nearby cemetery. that grave with regard can provide you more than your final space, it will offer historic bullet point, a bird sanctuary, excellent fictitious names and the lifelong source of a sweet column. >> my childhood bedroom in rocky mountain north carolina overlooked pine view cemetery, it seemed my own green playground a bit over done with white rocks. there, under magnolias shelter adults staged our ea

today marks 75 years since orson welles infamous "war of the worlds" radio broadcast.ad faux newscast detailing and tricked many americans that martians landed in a small new jersey town. listen to this. >> i just hand ad message from grover mills by telephone. 40 people, six state troopers lie dead in a field east of the village of grovers mill. their bodies burned and distorted beyond all possible recognition. >> something is happening this is who are risk. this is beginning to flake off. top is beginning to rotate like a screw and this thing must be hollow. ladies and gentlemen, this is the most terrifying thing i ever witnessed. >> remember no tv, no internet in those days of the all they had was the radio. that broadcast remembered for trigger a panic but many scholars saying newspapers dramatized the chaos that erupted at the time. >> it hasn't happened at fenway park for 59 years! the red sox are world champions! jenna: will your 2013 world series champions, the red sox. boston clinching the third title in 2004 and first at home in nearly a century. the celebrat

all three of them are very serious and they did well to remind us that we don't need an orson wells. it wasn't a real number but it was -- >> the most fun i've ever had on "squawk." >> it was fun. peter, greg, thank you. >> mark, thank you, too. >> i already thanked mark. >> have a great weekend. right now it's time for "squawk on the street." ♪ ♪ >>> normally on the first friday of the month we get the big employment report but that is not the case today. that has been postponed as the government shutdown reaches day for. carl and jim have the day off today. after what's been a rough week, we are looking for a positive action. let's take a look at the 10-year yield. are we around 2.6, somewhere in there? 2.64. and let's head to our road map now as well. where does it start? where would you expect? twitter filing for $1 billion initial public offering. the ticker symbol twtr. the filing reveals the company not yet profitable. so is it worth an investment. >> and without job support today, markets will have to watch washington to see whether there's any end in sight for the government

all three of them are very serious and they did well to remind us that we don't need an orson wells. i've ever had on "squawk." >> it was fun. peter, greg, thank you. >> mark, thank you, too. >> i already thanked mark. >> have a great weekend. right now it's time for "squawk on the street." ♪ ♪ >>> normally on the first friday of the month we get the big employment report but that is not the case today. that has been postponed as the government shutdown reaches day

all the game-changing film makers, orson welles, kubrick, lucas, james cameron. "2001" was incrediblele how they did this. i had nerd tears and real tears streaming down my face. >> kevin is right. >> always great to see you. he's absolutely right about this. go out to see it this weekend. sandra bullock is amazing because she does all of this acting with her eyes. >> kevin mccarthy doesn't like the movie, he says so. that's high praise. >> have a good day. >> follow me @kevinmccarthytv on twitter. >> america strikes back against terror with two stunning raids. the mastermind of the 1998 embassy bombing is ours. we've got the breaking details top of the hour. >>> we want to know is there life after death? one mom says yes. we'll share her story about her son coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ the artificial stuff. ♪ switch to truvia. great tasting, zero-calorie sweetness... ...from the stevia leaf. you know, from car insurance companies shouting, "save 500 bucks over here!" "no, save 300 bucks over here!" "wait, save 400 bucks right here." with so many places offering so much buck-saving, where do you