when we sat down to talk in his cell, randall seemed to only have one concern. how his shaved head looked on camera. >> there's no lint on my head or nothing? >> no, you're fine. >> i'm cool. i got a gang out of it. i don't want to be shining. i'll be shining like money. >> when you interview people in prison, you know they are in there for a good reason. and when you meet them, sometimes they're very likable. they might even be somebody you think you could be friends with. but sometimes you end up hearing a jaw-dropping story. the day we met james randall, we heard a jaw-dropping story. >> originally i came to jail february 21st, 1981, convicted in san bernardino county for murder/robbery. >> given a sentence of 34 years to life, randall was 18 at the time of his conviction. but his rap sheet started much earlier. >> i have been gang banging since i was 9 years old. coming from an impoverished neighborhood in southern california, my mother and father tried to move to pomona to establish a better life for us. by the time we moved there, it's mostly a middle-to-u

lisa randall. so get ready to get your learning on. yo. trying to get kids interested in science. what up, [bleeped]? but first we're coming up on the second anniversary of a scandal that rocked the scientific community. no, it's not the discovery of albert einstein's lingerie collection. [laughter] e equals mc... i'm talking about climate-gate, the 2009 controversy surrounding possible irregularities in climate research data. >> some stolen e-mails are giving encouragement to global warming sceptics. >> hackers seized a file of more than 1,000 e-mails. >> in those e-mail, some climate scientists seem to be suggesting that perhaps they're massaging the data. >> jon: ah, and then releasing it. yes. [laughter] hacked e-mails suggested that some global warming scientists were guilty of massage with release. [laughter] ironically giving their critics erections. >> climate-gate has revealed that global warming and that movement is run by hacks and frauds. >> the global warming hoax continues to be expos

. >>> plus, san francisco jazz director randall cline, a look forward to their new permanent jazz center, coming up next. >> belva: good evening. i'm belva davis. joining me on our news panel are jill gordon and scott schafer, host of the california report. scott, explain to us what is realignment. how will it work? >> the way it's supposed to work, belva is that starting october first, tomorrow, counties are going to take responsibility for low-level lon non-violent non-sex offender enmates who are currently in state prisons. the county is going to be responsible for any parole violations. they are going to go to the county jail. that's exactly what's going to happen. >> there was like thousands of inmates, right, who would be coming to the county jails and going to county probation. >> right now the u.s. supreme court is requiring the state to reduce its prison population by 30,000 inmates over two years. this is a corner stone of that. the state feels that in order to do that responsibly they are going to do it slowly. these inmates are going to be going back to county gradually. it i

randall eley of the edgar lomax company tells us what's in his portfolio now. greece will get $11 billion more to help it pay its bills. this latest money comes as the top financial officials in europe will be working this weekend looking for solutions to fix that continent's debt problems. beefing up your banking system and negotiating how big losses could be for owners of pregovernment bonds. nariman ba raf esch where is with us. from massachusetts. how about big are the stakes for these talks? >> never's huge in the sense that if they don't do something quickly and if they don't do it right in a sense then you could see a situation where you could see another financial panic, another financial crisis that could not only take europe down but could actually start to affect the u.s. as well. so the stakes are very high here. >> tom: but stakes have been high for the past year and a half. why now at this point does it seem to be on the precipice of either large enough success or perhaps even a big failure. >> well, the problem is that they haven't done that much

randall edsell picking brown over danny. terps shocking the tigers. 28-10. brown hits the tight end. scores. terps lead it 35-17. the tigers come back with 3 touchdowns in the fourth. clemson takes the lead, 42-38. brown to matt thurstonberg. a 32-yard touchdown. but the coaching staff makes a critical mistake. they kick to sammy watkins. 2 receiving touchdowns. this return is his third of the game. 89 yards for the score. clemson beat maryland -- 56-45, despite 162 rushing yards from the new starting quarterback cj brown. navy lost their fourth straight game falling to rutgers, 21 cut- 20. threw a 63eg enders yard touchdown. the tigers shocking old dominion, 39-35. so far so good for the capitals. they stayed on beaten by defeating ottawa tonight. they got all the would need in the first period. on the power play. camping out on the backdoor. less than four minutes later, markets a handsome -- marcus johannsen. the caps win 2-1. the caps are now a perfect 4-90. as we showed you earlier, 25,000 runners in today's marathon. as they made it to the finish line,

randall telfer. one of the tight ends.d. >> kirk: that is an amazing effort by a freshman, telfer. watch this. watch him fight for this extra yards. and then he's just being held right here. he just said, let me extend this across the plane for the touchdown. what an individual effort that time by tell ver. >> brent: adari tacks on the secti extra point. now stanford needs seven points to force it to a third overtime. >> kirk: they played man to man. stanford brought a blitz. he dumped it down underneath to his tight end. and that is one of the best efforts we've seen tonight. remember the mistake by stanford's defense. the face mask there. half the distance to the goal line by lancaster.

randall pinkston has more. >> reporter: dan wheldon's car, number 77, went airborne and slammed into a fence as he was trying to avoid a 15--car pileup just minutes after the race started. emergency crews rushed to the 33-year-old and rushed him to a local hospital, where he later died. three other drivers were injured. speeds at the indy in vegas exceed 200 miles per hour. >> you are able to sustain that speed and build momentum. they run three or four wide and the domino effect when the track basically got blocked. >> drivers were concerned about high speeds at the las vegas motor speedway. a racer said we all had a bad feeling about this place, in particular just because of the high bank and go how easy it was to go flat. we knew it could happen, but it is just really sad. fellow racers say wheldon will be missed. >> everybody in the indictment did i car series -- indy car series considered dan a friend. >> news spread quickly. he won the indianapolis 500 two times. fans created a memorial outside the gate. >> he was a great ambassador of the sport and honestly, as a fan, he was o

randall pinkston, cbs news, upper saddle river, new jersey. >>> talk about a travel nightmare. passengers stranded on the tarmac more for than seven hours. 23 flights diverted to hartford, connecticut during the snowstorm saturday including six jetblue flights. passengers say the bathrooms were backed up and it was hard to breathe on board. even the pilot, you can hear, was getting frustrated. the airport compounded the >> i don't care, take us anywhere. >> jetblue apologized saying power outages compounded the situation. the department of transportation is investigating. >>> the state is not taking chances with sex offenders this halloween. brandon hudson shows us what the state is doing tonight when there will be a lot of kids on the streets. >> reporter: miss jefferson hopes her nephews and grandkids enjoy halloween like she did when she was a kid. >> we don't want to mess that up. >> reporter: what she's for is operation boo. it began in 1991. it's an attempt to keep registered sex offenders off the streets on halloween. but this year there's a new policy. the state is goin

jarrett lee hits ruben randall in stride for randall's second touchdown of the game. lsu pounds auburn, 8-0 for the first time in 38 years. >>> clemson dropped 59 points on north carolina. oregon beat colorado 45-2 without michael james and darren thomas. cal leads utah 34-3 in the fourth quarter. and stanford is up 38-14 at the half against washington. >>> the sharks duking it out with the last year's stanley cup winners, the boston bruins. second period, martin sets up logan right in front of the net. he beats thomas, 2-0 sharks. third period, sharks up 2-0. here come the bruins. niemi doesn't have a chance and the game is tied at 2-2. later in the third, shot from the blueline, it's knocked down, but the putback for his first goal of the season. sharks add an empty-netter and beat the bruins 4-2. chiefs and raiders tomorrow on cbs 5 at 1:00. >> what are you expecting? >> chiefs had a lot of injuries early on, kind of back up to speed now, so the raiders could have their hands full. it's going to be good. >> kim, thank you. >>> s.w.a.t. teams surround a house where

randall pinkston has more. >> reporter: all eyes were on mitt rom me who outpolls potential president hopefuls. in a debate on tuesday night, romney rivals got a chance to disrupt his momentum. >> can you name all 59 points in your 160-page plan? >> the whole discussion around this campaign is going to be job creation. how can you win that debate, given your background? >> the american people, in the kind of financial crisis they are in, they need someone who knows how to create jobs and i do. >> reporter: the sit-down format was tightly scripted, focusing on the economy. the candidates repeated now familiar remedies and criticisms of the obama administration. >> we've got to get our spending house in order. >> reporter: some voters like what they heard. who helped themselves most so far? >> well, i think actually romney probably did, in my opinion, because he was taking questions from almost everybody and he seemed to handle them fairly well. >> reporter: stakes were high for texas governor rick perry, who has plunged in the polls after weak debate performances. >> mitt has had six y

randall pinksston now with more from new york where it all started. >> reporter: demonstrators are camped out in the park in lower manhattan for another week of protests. they're demanding an end to corporate greed. and financial inequality. >> you have to awaken the politicians. and that's what we've done. we've awakened the politicians. >> this is just a continuation. it is only going to get bigger from here. >> reporter: the protests have spread to 25 cities, including des moines. at the iowa statehouse last night, police dragged demonstrators away who refused to leave. in washington, d.c., protesters pitched tents in freedom plaza near the white house. they have until this afternoon to clear the camp. >> we had to be prepared to vacate or to be arrested if they come. and we still have to be prepared. >> reporter: here in new york, many schools are closed for the columbus day holiday. and organizers are asking parents to bring their children to the protest. they say it is a chance to see democracy and free speech in action. >> i'm here for the kids, man. i feel sorry for the parents wh

jarrett lee gets ruben randall and strides for the score. randall's second touchdown of the game, lsu pounds auburn 45-10. they are 8-0 for the first time in 38 years. >>> clemson improved, after they dropped 59 points on north carolina. oregon beat colorado 45-2. cal leads utah 20-0 in the third quarter, and stanford just scored again, now leads washington 17-7. >>> and finally, last night, sacred heart cathedral beat st. ignacius 38-14 to win the first leg of the bruce mahoney trophy. the rivalry goes all the way back to 1893. the irish snapped a five-game losing streak against the cats. runningback valentino miles ran for over 300 yards. his aunt was in the stands. she's a breast cancer survivor, and he was wearing these pink shoes she had bought for him. >> neat, neat story. >> really nice. >> kim, thank you. >>> the law says they can't carry handguns in public. so a new approach. the protest today in one bay area community aimed at defending the right to bear arms. why supporters brought their weapons to a mall and the point they are no

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randall pinkston, hanover, new hampshire. >> in virginia, the race between the g.o.p. candidates has slipped over the last month. a new quin yak poll shows romney and cain are in a dead heat. rick perry was in the lead in the commonwealth but his support fell from 25% to just 11% in the latest poll. >>> both g.o.p. and democratic lawmakers from maryland are angry at a new redistricting plan for the state. if approved, it would add a portion of montgomery county to western district which is a g.o.p. stronghold represented by roscoe bartlett. >> maryland congresswoman donna edwards is the latest lawmaker to speak out against the proposed boundaries. edwards represents voters in montgomery and prince george's county. the change could make bartlett's seat more competitive for a democratic challenger. edwards says the shift would leave minorities underrepresented. >> edwards released a statement that reads "i understand and share the political interests that are at stake both nationally and in our state. nonetheless, i cannot support this plan in its current form, given tha

randall pinkston, cbs news, new york. >>> well, the halloween warning in the bay area prompted by anwl's tangled misfortune. jose cemetery, t . >>> and the snow flying in the far northeast as we see 6 to 10 inches with a winter weather there and across the west coast, much milder weather pattern. we'll stay in place into the beginning of the week. i'll have the details coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,, member shot and killed there. >>> hell's angels were back at a san jose cemetery to bury a fellow member shot and killed there. that death happened two weeks ago during the funeral for another biker. at today's burial the only gunfire was the salute from the u.s. military but police kept a close eye. >> reporter: the procession heading to oak hill memorial park stretched as far as the eye could see. and it also could be heard from great distances as well. the body of steve tausan a member of the santa cruz chapter of the hell's angels was carried in a white hearse. between 500 and 600 people attended tausan's burial service. >> very nice gentleman. very good. good father. good rider. good m

randall pinkston reports the deadly incident comes as military leaders talk about more participation by afghan security forces. >> a nato bus carrying american soldiers burst into flames. after a suicide bomber rammed a car full of explosives into a military convoy. thick black smoke poured out of the wreckage along a highway in the southwestern section of kabul, afghanistan's capital. >> minutes after the blast, coalition forces surrounded the scene carrying victims to safety while helicopters air lifted injured soldiers to hospitals. this man was not far from the explosion. >> he says it was a huge blast. i went closer to the convoy and saw several americans on fire. a nato spokesman says at least 12 americans, including u.s. troops and civilian contractors, died in the attack. officials say the blast also killed several afghans. the taliban took responsibility saying the bomb attacked 1500 pounds of explosives into his vehicle. and taliban fighters say they will continue to attack. until all foreign forces leave afghanistan. the attack happened while nato leaders met with afghan o

i'm randall pinkston in new york. >>> a murder and a suicide at a nursing home.e story coming up. >>> shots fired and two dead inside a rockville nursing home. police say an elderly cpa shot his ailing wife today and then killed himself at what used to be the national lutheran home. >> it's an all too familiar story. >> reporter: by the time the medic unit arrived, it was too late. shaken residents tried to deal with the news that 80-year-old albert ballard had shot his wife to death inside a patient room and then turned the gun on himself. >> we take the security of our residents and families very seriously and believe this is an isolated incident. >> workers heard the shots, but when they got inside the room, both the ball ballards were dead. police tried to sort it out. >> they would not let me in the building. they said there's an emergency and the rooms are closed off. >> managers at the home say sandra had been here for a short time. just one step down from hospitalization. they say privacy laws prevent them from publicly releasing her medical condition. >>

i'm randall pinkston in hanover, new hampshire. i'll have that story. >> it will be a rainy day across the region. howard has your weather first when 9news now returns. >>> it is 6:12 on this wednesday morning. looking at some light rain showers. through parts of virginia and along and south of 66 into the shenandoah valley. we'll be watching the rain on and off all day. maybe thunder later on. temperatures barely moving mid to upper 60s with northeast to east winds. a little brisk at times. looking ahead to the weekend. monika is looking toward this weekend's commute. >> we'll take a live look on pennsylvania avenue. heading from the southeast freeway in toward the sousa bridge. no problems in toward the anacostia river. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at maryland roads at 6:18. surae and andrea? >> this morning, at least 22 people are dead in iraq. terrorists are apparently targeting security forces this morning. >> it is one of the stories making news at 6:12. two suicide bombings after bombers went after police s

randall pinkston reports thattonight the taliban is claiming they are behind the strike. >> reporter: a nato bus carrying american soldiers burst into flames after a suicide bomber rammed a car full of explosives into a military convoy. thick black smoke poured out of the wreckage along a highway in the southwestern section of kabul the capital. minutes after the blast, coalition forces surrounded the scene and carrying victims to safety while helicopters airlifted injured soldiers to hospitals. this man was not far from the explosion. he. >> he says it was a huge blast. i went closer to the convoy and saw several americans on fire. >> reporter: a nato spokesman says at least 12 americans including u.s. troops and civilian contractors died in the attack. officials say the blast also killed several afghans. the taliban took responsibility saying the bomb packed 1500 pounds of explosives into the vehicle. taliban fighters say they will continue to attack until all foreign forces leave afghanistan. the attack happened while nato leaders met with afghan officials in kabul to talk about sh

but to the point on it randall kennedy, he has written about this recently. seems to be right now, even within the african-american community, there are divergent groups. for example, there was a powerful member of the congressional black caucus who has been outspoken in her opposition. she thinks it is a perceived slight by the white house that president obama has not endeared himself to the african-american community at large. it is almost a grudging support. even al sharpton is using the opportunity to say we have got to get together. jock -- tom joyner says we have to vote for the president because he is black. it is a mentality of circling the wagons. maybe that is a part of herman cain -- >> what you really crazy thing is that if he is really pushed out in front, the unintended consequence would be like maxine waters and tavis smiley, and they would start to come back to the president because i would say, ok, this is our alternative. >> i would like to remind everybody that we're in the primary season. we have not even got there yet. >> my next point is

. >> willard sterne randall recounts the life of ethan allen. he is remembered for his attack on fort ticonderoga in 1775 and his time spent as a prisoner of war in england. this is about an hour. >> on behalf of everyone here i would like to welcome you. i am pleased to welcome willard sterne randall for his biography "ethan allen: his life and times". ethan allen was leader of the green mountain boys and is remembered for his attack on fort ticonderoga in 1775 and time spent as prisoners of war in england but by chronicling his struggle to commander of the largest american paramilitary force on the eve of a revolution mr. willard sterne randall renders an accurate portrait of one of our least examined patriots. willard sterne randall has written biographies of thomas jefferson, benedict arnold at george washington and been nominated six times for the pulitzer prize and is a happily retired history professor. join me in welcoming him to politics and prose. [applause] >> thank you very much for coming out tonight in the thunder and lightning. my

randall pink randall pinkston reports with the latest. >> reporter: number 77 car went airborne and slammed into a fence as he was trying to avoid a 15 car pile-up minutes after the race started. emergency crews rushed the 33- year-old british driver to a local hospital where he later died. three other drivers were injured. speeds at the indy 300 in las vegas exceed 220 miles per hour. >> you're able to sustain that speed and build momentum and so, you know, you have the fact they run three or four wide and of course the domino effect when the track got blocked. >> reporter: drivers say they were concerned about high speeds at the las vegas motor speedway. this racer said we all had a bad feeling about this place, in particular just because of the high banking and how easy it was to go flat. we knew it could happen but it's just really sad. five time nascar champ jimmie johnson was in an accident of his own at charlotte motor speedway saturday but he's okay. the driver is calling for an end to indy car racing on oval tracks. wheldon's father spoke outside his home in england. >> yesterday l

. >> now on booktv, lisa randall looks at the contributions that physics and scientific thinking have made your understanding of the universe. this is a little over an hour. >> good evening. we will get started. if you're just coming in there some seats appear to my left. irsty or you can stand up to the corners or find an open seathorg oward the back. welcome to politics and prose. thank you all for being here. i want to start just by h welcoming you and saying thankso being here, on behalf of our new owners, bradley graham, anda thed staff here, just a staff h collective things are supporting ents here tonight, beingings wee here for lisa randall enter second book, "knocking on heaven's door." ained for. we are excited to have her here to talk about this book. if you're new here, welcome and i would quickly go over the format of what's going to happen. lisa is going to present her boat virtual talk about her book using visual as well. but we are going to do is leave the light of because we are recording. if you want to connect it to the corners, you have a pretty good view of it. wi

willard sterne randall renders an accurate portrait of one of our least examined patriots. willard sterne randall has written biographies of thomas jefferson, benedict arnold at george washington and been nominated six times for the pulitzer prize and is a happily retired history professor. join me in welcoming him to politics and prose. [applause] >> thank you very much for coming out tonight in the thunder and lightning. my point of departures from the introduction. if we know anything about ethan allen usually is only that he took fort ticonderoga wherever that is and however you spell it. his name is usually linked with the green mountain boys as if they were joined by a mystical chord. we know little else about him. that is why i wrote this book. i have lived 25 years in vermont where he has become a mythical figure. part of what i had to do is peeled away the layers of mythology and try to figure out what the real ethan allen was like. to vermont he is part paul bunyan and part davy crockett and two part jack daniel's. as soon as i said i was writing about ethan allen

randall pinkston reports for wjz, with the latest. >> reporter: this bus carrying soldiers burst intoflames. this was in a military convoy. thick black smoke poured outside of the wreckage outside of kabul, afghanistan's capital. >> they surrounded the scene and carrying victims to safety. whilehelicopters air lifted soldiers to the hospitals. >> this man was not far from the explosion. he said it was a huge blast. i went closer to the convoy and saw several americans on fire. a nato spokesman said 12 americans including u.s. troops and civil villeian contractors died -- civilian contractors died in the attack. the taliban took responsibility. they said the bomber had it in his vehicle. they will continue to attack until all foreign forces leave afghanistan. it happened while nato leaders met with leaders in kabul, talking about shifting control to more afghan forces. >> we are at a moment in time to think about reconciliation and this is not the moment in time to kill innocent people. >> reporter: the unit nateed nations said it is at its worse since the war began 10 years ago. >> ra

randall pinkston has the latest on the hotly contested race. >>> all eyes were on mitt romney, the frontrunner who now outpolls presidential hopefuls. in a debate tuesday night, romney's rivals got a chance to disrupt his momentum. >> can you name all 59 points in your 160-page plan? >> the whole discussion in this campaign is going to be job creation. >> how can you win that debate, given your background? >> the american people, in a crisis, needs someone who knows how to create jobs, and i do. >> reporter: it was focused on the economy. they are now focusing on criticisms of the obama criticism. >> we've got to get our spending house in order. >> if they really want to change things, the first person to fire is ben bernanke who is a disaster in the federal reserve. the second is geithner. >> who helped himself most so far. >> i think actually, romney did, in my opinion. because he was taking questions from almost everybody. and he seemed to handle them fairly well. >> this is home turf for mitt romney. he owns a vacation home here. and he was governor next door in the state of massachu

randall pinkston reports. >> reporter: at the height of the storm, some residents say it sounded like a war zone with limbs snapping. one family in the house behind help decided to move downstairs. good thing they did. crews are hard at work in northern new jersey. using chainsaws to clear trees that have fallen on homes, yards and power lines. more than 2 million people from maryland to maine are without power two days after the unusual fall snowstorm. >> the way things look, it will be a couple of weeks before we are caught up. there are trees down everywhere. >> reporter: there were close calls. >> all of a sudden, there was a noise and the house shook. >> reporter: it shook from the two trees that fell on this home. a branch pierced through the ceiling of their home office. >> scary. >> the house went like this. >> reporter: in many neighborhoods in new jersey, the first snowfall of the season caused more damage than hurricane irene. this brand-new home will require major repairs after a 100-foot tree fell on top of it. we have trees down all across the northern part of the state

in upper saddle, new jersey, randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> the roads are so dangerous ints of massachusetts and connecticut. officials in some towns have delayed halloween, until later this week. >>> the weekend snowstorm cause the major problems in airports up and down the east coast. mary is live in the newsroom with one group of passengers, stuck on the plane for eight hours. >> unbelievable. the jet blue flight was one of several diverted to harford saturday night. they sat on the tarmac until the snow came down. the passengers say there was no food or water and the bathrooms eventually became unusable. the situation got so bad, the pilot put out his own call for help. >> you know, we can't seem to get any help from our own company. i apologize for this. but is there any way you can get a tug and a tow bar out here and get us towed somewhere to a gate or something? i don't care. take us anywhere. >> jet blue has apologized and said six planes and 700 passengers were affected. they say power outages at the terminal in harford added to the problem. vic? >> mary, thank y

randall pinkston reports with a first look inside the real life house of horrors. >> reporter: policeg into potential witnesses outside the home, where four mentally disabled adults were held captive in the basement. they claim the accused ring leader, linda ann beat them. >> she did this to me, too. >> reporter: 41-year-old41-year- old derwin mcnamaya was found chained to a board in a small crawl space. police say it was a dungeon. >> it was really dirty of you. it was wrong. >> reporter: the owner said he discovered the victims this past weekend when he noticed the lights out in the basement and dogs barking. >> i followed the dogs' sound. >> reporter: he pulled chains off the door and saw the captives. >> i said, who are you? how did you get in here? and no answers. >> reporter: police believe weston posed as a caregiver and was stealing social security checks. authorities say the victims have the mental capacity of 10- year-olds. neighbors were horrified to hear about the basement dungeon. >> when you're holding people, torturing them for a little bit of money, like an ssi check,

randall pinkston has the latest. >> reporter: a major endorsement for mitt romney.ys he is back the run for the white house. >> mitt romney is the man we need to lead america and we need him now. >> reporter: he is expected to bring voters and donors to romney's campaign. christie's backing also gives romney a major boost, just hours before tonight's republican debate in new hampshire. the candidates will square off on the issue is number 1 on most voters' list. >> i am interested to see how they'll talk about the economy. >> i'm listening for how they'll create jobs, impprove the economy. >> reporter: the former governor of next-door massachusetts leads in the polls, but tonight, his rivals will look to knock him down. herman ca #eu -- cain who has seen his polls surge, is trying to convince voters that he's the best candidate. this administration starts with throwing out the existing tax code. >> reporter: tonight is also very important for rick perry. the texas governor saw his numbers drop after poor performances in previous debates. the candidates are now chasi

randal pinkston reports for wjz 13. >> reporter: police are warning drivers to stay in their cars near an animal preserve in ohio. n animal preserve in dangerous animals are on the loose. >> it is still, still not a completely secured area. >> reporter: close to 50 animals including lions, tigers, wolves and bears escaped after their cages were left open. authorities hunted down 44 of them. schools are closed as a precaution. >> we are getting a inventory of what we have. >> reporter: when police arrived yesterday, officers found the owner dead. they say he killed himself after freeing the animals. i had deputies that had to shoot animals with their side arms at close range. that's how volatile this situation was. >> reporter: police are particularly worried about large cats and bears. residents are on edge. >> we put our dogs inside. my mom and dad told me call when you get there, make sure we know you got there okay and said stay inside all night. >> reporter: so far the animals haven't injured anyone. authorities will try to tranquilize some of them if possible. >>> experts say it's

please welcome to politics & prose, lisa randall. [applause] >> welcome. >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be here. so first of all, a watchmaker that i don't necessarily think this book is just a book. it's a book about the nature of science. the hydro collator is an example of the kind of science they want to talk about, but what i'm trained to do is explain a little more what are the elements of thinking that go into science. that's not to say i don't spend time talking about the hydrocodone later and dark under searches for example. but there's a lot of more general element. it's funny because i haven't been to politics & prose before an economy going to give a political top class and i do speak, so i had that part covered. but really i do think even not send, i think it's really important for people quite generally to start thinking a little more scientifically and understand what it means in terms of what the rule is to take place in terms of what it means to be right and wrong come in terms of the rule creates unity plays in what we do come in terms of a lot of th

randall pinkston reports from new york. >> reporter: dan wheldon's car, number 77, went airborne and slammed into a fence as he was trying to avoid a 15-car pileup just minutes after the race started. emergency crews rushed the 33- year-old british driver to a local hospital where he later died. three other drivers were injured. speeds at the indy 300 in las vegas exceed 220 miles per hour. >> you're able to sustain that speed and build momentum and so you have then the fact that they run three or four wide and the domino affect when the track got blocked. >> reporter: drivers were concerned about high speed at the las vegas motor speedway. they said we all had a bad feeling about this particular, in particular because of the high banking and how easy it was to go flat. we knew it could happen but it's just really sad. >> reporter: fellow racers say wheldon will be missed. >> everybody in the indy car series considered him a friend. you saw the reaction. he's one of those special, special people. >> reporter: news of wheldon's death spread throughout the racing community. he won the

. >> reporter: randall hoff wasn't one of them but his friend was so randall invited him to live at his place off campus. a sweet deal since all the others were spread out in three hotels some 20 miles from campus. >> if i was a person in the hotel i would be pissed. it is like a 35, 40-minute commute. >> especially if they plays sports. you can imagine how much trouble they are having doing school work. >> reporter: finally an alum suggested renting a ship out. >> when they told me it wasn't going to cost us any more than the hotels it sealed the deal for us. >> reporter: it will dock and it will be home to 250 students for the rest of the semester. >> it fits really well with the school and a lot of kids are super stoked about it. how many kids can say they lived on a cruiseship one semester. >> i think it is pretty sweet too. that cruise ship will be dock and ready for the students to move in on friday. they will return to their now mold-free dorms by start of next semester. >> hope they are breathing easier soon, derek. thank you. >>> in turkey more dramatic rescues are taking place

randall pinkston reports, it comes as they ask for more. >> a bus carrying american soldiers burst into flames after a suicide bomber ran into a bus. thick black smoke poured out of the wreckage. minutes after the blast coalition forces surrounded the scene, carrying victims to safety. this man was not far from the explosion. >> he says it was a huge blast. i went closer to the convoy and saw several americans on fire. a nato spokesman says at least 12 americans died in the attack. officials say the blast also killed several afghans. the taliban took responsibility saying the bomb -- taliban fighters say they will continue to attack until all foreign forces leave afghanistan. the attack happened while officials met to talk about shifting more control to afghan forces. >> we are at a moment in time where it is time to think about integration. >> reporter: announced the violence is at its worse since the war began ten years ago. >>> we're now going to take you back to show you some pictures from chopper 5. there has been an oscar grant protest that has split off from the occupy oakland gr

randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >>> approximately 20 million americans are affected with hpv. >>> some types of plastic pose a problem for pregnant moms when they go live in the newsroom. >> reporter: well, according to researchers, girls may develop behavioral problems by the time they turn three. and that will have bpa while pregnant. bpa is a chemical used to make plastics, used to seal hundreds of cans and soda bottles. researchers found the girls in the study were more likely to show signs of hyperactivity, anxiety, and depression. and so far there is no explanation as to why girls are affected and not boys. >> thank you. >>> pregnant women may be avoiding sources of bpa by not eating packaged or canned foods. bears beware, hunting season kicked off early in maryland. the five-day season will run until saturday, stopped early if the 80-bear limit is reached. this year, more than 250 permits were awarded. there is a moratorium for bear hunting, but brought back in 2004. >>> it is a partly sunny mild autumn afternoon. here is a live look as we enjoy the normal conditions fo

randall pinkston, cbs news. >>> this is the first indy car death in five years. derek? >>> an ocean city landmark that was swept away during hurricane irene is making a bit of a come back. the coast guard says it will replace the tower that used to sit at the entrance to the ocean city inlet. the plan is to replace the tower with a newer model of the same design. many people in the boating business have been relying on that tower's fog horn especially from the bad weather, speaking of which, it is coming. >> is it? nothing like that. >> no, great today. great tomorrow. then we have the change. let's start with the day planner. we are looking at temperatures in the 40s and 50s. 60s by noon. tuesday is going to be terrific really. 68 to 72 by evening. the next three days, wednesday get ready. showers, thunderstorms, rain, possibly heavy rain. maybe even one to two inches. temperatures around 70 and much cooler behind the front. left over showers thursday. temperatures around 60. the next seven days it stays cool. friday, saturday and sunday. we have another nice weekend.