it started with a missing tourist in mexico. now, the leading official has been beheaded. plus, he stayed sober for 30 days and then smoked marijuana every day for the next 30 days. what is he thinking? i'm going to have a serious chat with a star of "super high me." and i don't have perfect pitch, but now i'm told that a simple app can turn even me into a good singer. i want proof. now, it's not a record that anybody wanted to reach. in september, 102,000 homes were repossessed, taken back by the banks. those are people who have lost their homes. this is the first time ever that repossessions have topped 100,000 in a single month. it isn't going to get much better. foreclosure auctions also hit a record in the third quarter. let me bring you to some to have the worst states. california, florida, michigan. they're all up there, but nevada stands out as the highest. got the highest foreclosure rate in the country. it's been that way for at least three years. so bad that one in 29 homes in the state received a foreclosure filing and that was just again during the third quarter of this year. the third three months of this year. but the number probably won't keep growing at least in the short-term. that's because of the story we've been telling you about for days, three of the nation's biggest mortgage lenders have frozen proceedings. plus, you've got tom miller investigating improper foreclosure proceedings and what's called robosigning by the enders. that is going to slow the proceedings down, but not going to stop the tide of people losing their homes. there are currently 6 million loans. i'm sorry, 5 million loans, that are either deling went or in the initial stages of foreclosure right now. a lot of numbers. i want to talk about the impact. why does this matter to you? if you're in the process of foreclosure, looking to buy or sell a home. christine romans is here to break it down. the author of the new book called "smart is the new rich." for people being foreclosed upon, how does that affect them? >> if i do a little time up here at the beginning of the foreclosure process and in fact, one counselor told us today that anecdotely, he's hearing that banks are reaching out to people before they're in default, trying to work things out with them at the beginning stage of this. but look, if you are later on in the process, you're probably still going to lose the house. it brought you some time t but you're still going to lose it for you have not been paying your bills. >> it will get squared away and there's a lot of discussion about what should happen to the banks and i fall into the camp that they ought to be punished for this. nobody who was legitimately being foreclosed upon is not going to be. there are a whole lot of people with money and credit and they are taking advantages of the houses on the market. what if you're a buyer? >> if you're a buyer, you are not buying foreclosed homes because we're heading into the holidays and the banks have to figure out how to fix this. yes, you've got cheap homes on the market, but they could sit there for a while while you have this freeze in foreclosure sales. that means if you're sitting in your house and the neighbor house has been foreclosed upon, you're still going to be looking at that boarded up house. >> what have you're trying to sell? >> there are people who say now you have a lot of bad inventory. there are others who say no. this means that you just delayed the inevitable, but you're going to have a bunch of bad houses coming back on the market and they're going to drive prices down. about a quarter of all home sales are distressed properties, so you're going to see home sales probably fall because you're not going to have as many. >> we have just seen the market start to recover. national home prices were a little higher than last year. i agree. i think it slows things down and then there's this thing called shadow inventory, the people who would like to sell their home, but isn't putting it on the market. >> 1.2 million shadow homes for sale. people looking around, as soon as things start to loosen up, they are going to put their homes up. i think this makes more uncertainty. your point about the banks is well taken. the beginning of the process, there was some shoddy, shoddy paperwork. it's been ugly from start to finish. >> i understand the banks were under a lot of strain. they didn't expect to be processing this number of foreclosures. i get that. when it comes down to fraud and people making up things, i think we have to draw a line. great to see you as always. we see each other every day and you can see us on weekends on "your $$$$$." pick up christine's new book. she came out swinging. the senate delaware candidate christine o'donnell locks horns with kris coons. we're going to give you a sample when i come back. 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[ man ] learn more at stopmedicarefraud.gov. there's no knockout punch, but sparks did light up the stage during the debate between christine o'donnell and chris coons. going into it, coons had a 19-point lead. the big question, would o'donnell fall on her face? why? because this is the same o'donnell that began her ad with, i'm not a witch. but last night, no major gaffes and both managed a laugh. >> they jokingly called me a bearded marxist. if you take five minutes and read the article, it's clear it was a joke. despite that, my opponent and lots of folks in the right wing media have endlessly spun this. i am not now nor have i been anything but a clean shaven capitalist. >> well, i would stand to disagree because first of all, if you're saying what i said on the comedy show is relevant to this election, then absolutely, you writing an article. you writing an article saying that you learned your beliefs from an articulate and intelligent marxist professor, that should send chills up the spine of every delaware voter because then if you compare -- >> i'd agree. >> the seat that coons and o'donnell are fighting over is the one that was held by joe biden. it isn't a blockbuster number, but weekly jobless claims are going in the wrong direction. i'll explain when we come back. ? of one financial company that grew stronger through the crisis. when some lost their way, this company led the way. by protecting clients and turning uncertainty into confidence. what if that story were true? it is. ♪ christine romans is back with me from new york. she's the author of "smart is the new rich." we've got new job laz claims. this has been stuck in a rut for the year now. last week, more than 464,000 people for the first time claimed unemployment benefits. give us some sense of what this means. >> that doesn't happen in a growing economy or in a growing labor market, so this is still a concern for economists and people who watch the labor market. it means too many people are filing for unemployment benefit for the first time and in this country, we have a very big safety net that gets wider by the day as taxpayers have to support people out of work. keep in mind you pay into those benefits, states take over for the first 26 weeks after that. it is federal dollars that go to unemployment benefits. >> anybody who knows that we are good friends and love spending time together is 100% right, but there is something we don't see eye to eye on. this week, tom brokaw came out swinging my way on this. it was talking about graduates and he said -- this is a guy about as pro american as you get saying our center of gravity as shifted to other parts of the world and our kids would be smart to understand those languages and work in other countries. >> he was asked in this interview, he said look in another country for a job, become a middle manager in china if you can't find a job here. he was asked specifically about mediocre students and kids who were maybe looking for direction and said that when he talks to senior american executives, they say they need people to go be middle managers in china, where they are moving their factories. i say -- >> i can see from your expression you don't agree. >> what about the opportunity in this country? i mean, we need to do something for generation y and x for that matter and for baby boomers. have we given up on being able to create those opportunities here? plus, what company in china is going to want a middle manager, the kid who just graduated from college. >> maybe this translates regardless of where you think this economy is going, maybe your kids should be learning mandarin. >> one thing i do agree with tom brokaw, he said if he were to go back and start over, he would spend more time on economics and basic sciences. other country's immigration laws are not that favorable about giving americans jobs. >> i spoke to the ceo of one of the biggest placement firms and i said to him, if there's a did watching this in high school or college, wants to earn $250,000 or more at some point, what's your best advice? a year aboard, work for a company that has placements in india, china or brazil. it may not be bad to equip yous for the changing winds. it would be great if they didn't change so much, but indians have done it for years. chinese have done it for years. >> this has been a middle class so powerful and given so opportunities and it makes me sad so my core to think those opportunities are some place else. what are we doing to provide opportunities here? the education system here so we're turning out kids who are innovating here and not telling people to move to another country, leave your family. >> i would love nothing more if we weren't 27th in math education and 21st in engineering or whatever those numbers are. i might be getting them wrong, but i would love if that weren't the case. i would love if we had an environment that really did promote innovation. until we do, why not have a back-up plan? >> well, i think it works down the margin for people upper middle class and have kids coming out of good schools who can go and take two years. that's not the reality for a lot of people. a lot of them have worked their fingers to the bone and we tell them, go move to india. >> i suppose i should stop telling your little boys to stop signing up for mandarin classes. what a treat to have you on twice in a few minutes. my great friend, my co-host of "your $$$$$" and author of a new, fantastic book. it's on shefls now. some of the other stories we're following, foreclosure filings and bank repossessions skyrocketed to record highs. overall filings up 4% from the previous quarter. one home in every 139 homeowners affected. the numbers are expected to drop in the near term though because of this issue we've been telling you about with major banks halting foreclosures to see whether documents have been processed properly and it has been a tough week for coalition troops in afghanistan. today, eight nato personnel were killed in attacks around the country. that's on the heels of six nato deaths yesterday. information about the troops' nationalities hasn't been addressed yet. the chilean miners are filling in the blanks. turns out the now infamous note they sent to the surface was just one of the messages they had written up. in the end, they decided to quote only send what we had to send. which do you think ranks higher with the government on the list of dangerous drugs? 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pot has schedule 1 classification. this is from dea website. schedule 1 drugs are classified as having a high potential for abuse. no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the united states and lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision. you can agree or not, but let's compare it to cocaine and crack. here's another quote from the dea. cocaine is a schedule 2 drug meaning that it is a high potential for abuse, but can be administered by a doctor for legitimate medical uses such as local anesthesia for some eye, ear and throat surgeries. okay. marijuana is a schedule drug 1. a schedule 1 drug. cocaine is a schedule 2 drug. marijuana is more highly and strictly regulated than cocaine. you can get cocaine for certain medical access. you can get it for studying. you can't for marijuana unless you're the government, so basically, it is harder for researchers to get their hands on marijuana to get their hands on cocaine and crack. two guys set up their own study in a documentary called "super high me." the idea came from the movie "super size me." in the movie, doug benson had to stay sober for 30 days, then smoked marijuana for 30 days. the whole time, doctors kept that can of his health. here to tell us what they found, doug benson along with the director. there's only one. who am i looking at? all right. >> michael's not there? >> i can't -- >> i'm here. >> there we go. i see two of you. good to see you guys. okay, doug, what was this about? >> hey, doug. >> hey, michael. we were -- i was doing a joke in my stand-up comedy act about how if suh p per size me was a real movie where a guy ate mcdonald's for 30 day, why couldn't i smoke pot for 30 days and call it super high me. it was a joke, but i mentioned to it my friend michaels, who's a film maker. i said, you think there's anything in making that movie and what did you say, michael? >> i really liked the idea. i remember us talking to you about being a little nervous about making it. a, who would pay for someone to make that movie? i think that was one thing we were a little nervous about. >> most movies have some idea or thesis. was this just to watch what happened or did you have an idea? >> i mean, i can tell you that definitely, our thesis was we wanted to make a funny movie because doug is a comedian and we knew each other from comedy world, so like i wouldn't necessarily classify the movie as a study. doug, would you agree? >> it's not an official experiment because there's one subject, but if people watch this movie, they will see that for the 30 days i don't smoke after being a regular smoker for years, i have little trouble with -- i don't get the shakes. i don't have physical problems because i stop and i'm not dying to have it again, it's just something i like and want to have again like many things that are legal. and then during the 30 days of smoking, i thought, i may be sick of pot and never want to smoke it again, but the 30 days was not that difficult. as long as you're not performing brain surgery, there are plenty of jobs in this world that people can quietly do while medicating on marijuana and not hurting. >> i know enough about comedians know that while it comes across as funny, sometimes, there's a point you're trying to make in there. you know, because we all know, there are studies out there that say smoking marijuana continuously eats your brain cells. >> yeah, i'm waiting for that to happen. maybe my old age, i'll regret this, but at this point, i have friends that have never smoked pot that have worse memory than i have. >> michael? >> well, we also -- we did ask like -- um -- we did have some study like elements to the movie like you said, we compared his -- doug's mental aptitude, weight gain, sperm count, when he was not on pot and then we had a battery of tests done when he was. in the movie, there are results. like sperm count went up. >> crazy. every test i did better. >> while you were -- >> that was an unexpected finding. >> in the month when you were smoking pot every day, some of these rumts were better than when you weren't. >> yeah, and there wasn't any signs that my health was deteriora deteriorating. i got a higher score on the s.a.t.s on math when i was high. >> interesting. won't call it a study, but it is interesting. thanks for joining us. good to talk to you guys. >> thank you. personal tax on the campaign trail in nevada. the emphasis has moved from delaware to nevada. the race is at a full boil with 19 days left. tonight, the candidates face up. we'll take you to las vegas when we come back. ♪ check the wife, check the kids ♪ ♪ check your email messages ♪ check the money in the bank ♪ check the gas in the tank ♪ check the flava from your shirt ♪ ♪ make sure your pits don't stank ♪ ♪ check the new hairdo, check the mic one two ♪ ♪ 'cause i'm about to drop some knowledge right on top of you ♪ ♪ you check a lot of things already why not add one more ♪ ♪ that can help your situation for sure ♪ ♪ check your credit score ♪ free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ free-credit-score ♪ you won't regret it at all! ♪ check the legal y'all. >>offer applies with enrollment in triple advantage.® ♪ [ upbeat instrumental ] [ rattling ] [ gasps ] [ rattling ] [ laughing ] [ announcer ] close enough just isn't good enough. - if your car is in an accident, - [ laughing continues ] make sure it's repaired with the right replacement parts. take the scary out of life with travelers. call or click now for an agent or quote. 19 days until the election. highly charged race in n nv. harry reid and his challenger. jessica yellin in las vegas for us. what's it looking like there? >> it is a close race here. all eyes are on nevada because this is where the senate jordan leader, the man who leads the democrats in the senate, is facing off and could lose his seat. this race is tied in all major national polls and ali, it is one of the nastiest races you can imagine. he has accused sharron angle, of things like not supporting mammograms. not believing in autism. wants to privatize social security. she's accusing reid of saying her supporters are motivated by hatred of harry reid an watching tv here, it's like one political ad interrupted by occasional tv programming. >> tell me about how -- what can happen in this race in the next two and a half weeks that could have a major impact? >> well, first of all, to be the is a big day. they will have their one and only debate. the senate majority leader, who is skilled at speaking publicly, he knows how to speak publicly. he makes occasional gaffes and has been making very frequent gaffes on the trail, so it will be interesting to see what happens tonight. she rarely speaks to the press. i happened to get a rare interview with her yesterday and one of the big fights back and forth between them, that harry reid says she's irresponsible and would try to privatize social security. she says that's mischaracter iing her position. here's a taste of what we can expegt between the two of them. >> i think it's important for the people to understand long standing position of my opponent. phasing out social security. killing social security. she believes medicare is unconstitutional. it was passed in 1964. >> i didn't change my position. i have more information on that position. i used to think that social security and retirement privatization was the only way that we could have personalized accounts, but harry reid and many of his staff and government employees have what we call a thrift savings plan, which is a personalized retirement account. it occurs in the public and private sector. >> so, some moving positions. they will debate the specifics and early voting here begins saturday, so tonight's debate could tip things one way or the other. >> good to see you again. thanks for being on the show. okay. an american shot and killed while jet-skiing, the lead investigator beheaded. we'll tell you the latest in "globe trekking." 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>> a lot of women just hang their hat on that annual mammogram. take a look at these tips i have. first of all, doctors tell me all women should be asking for digital mammograms, a third are still done on film and they don't detect cancer nearly as well. also, consider getting an mri or ultrasound if you have a family history of breast cancer or have dense breasts. if the tissue is very thick. it's like looking at the sky on a cloudy day. >> women in these situations, what are they supposed to do? >> they're supposed to go to their doctors and say can i please see my report. if the report mentions that you have dense breasts, you want to talk to your doctor and getting an ultrasound or mri. >> where can people get more patience? >> cnn.com. it's got all the links and tips you need. >> great to see you. thanks so much. her new book is a good read. grim news on the economic front. the labor department says there were 462,000 americans filing for first time unemployment benefits last week. that's up 13,000 from the previous week. in lebanon, a fiery speech by president ahminedjad in a hezbollah stronghold. he said quote, the world must know the sooinist are to be gone, end quote. an israeli spokesman criticized what he called iran's domination through the proxy hezbollah. customers will be getting the ipads showing up in verizon stores. speaking of smart phones, a simple smart phone app that can turn your out of tune screeches into songs. i'll prove it to you after the break. ♪ this one thing i'll eat, any time of day ♪ pancakes! ♪ from dawn 'til sunset, i'll never walk away ♪ ♪ blueberry pancakes are so good ♪ [ male announcer ] bisquick. pancake lovers unite. it's the idea that a car that will never have an accident may be possible. in pursuit of this goal, lexus developed the world's most advanced driving simulator, where a real driver in a real car can react to real situations without real consequences. the breakthroughs we innovate here may someday make all cars safer. this is the pursuit of tomorrow. this is the pursuit of perfection. we do this every day. the i stands for idea. today, we're talking music. we don't often talk music. since the first music was made, we have been on the hunt to do it better. we've searched for new instruments. looked for new ways to string words and instruments together. some of us are not bless wd the gift of doing it well, particularly singing it. keeps guys like me from trying it at all. that apparently keeps music technology researchers up at night. they want to make it easier for every one of us to be able to create music. joining me now -- i love you folks at georgia tech for the fact you come up with answers to problems i didn't know existed. i'm not musically inclined and can't sing. i would have thought i could go through life happy knowing that and focus on other strengths. you're saying otherwise. >> music is fundamental. we have never found a culture without music and dance. it's only recently we've started to think of something that other people do. that professional musicians do. we did it in the field, around the campfire. you name it. music was a part of the fabric of every day life. what we're trying to do is say hey, in the 21st century, how can we use technology to bring music back so that self-expression is as easy as posting something on face book. >> i know you often bring things from georgia tech that work on an iphone. we have connected this so our audience can hear. what is this app? >> this is something that came out of a lab. i work at the georgia tech center for technology. we're trying to get computers to listen to music and understand and generate music. we created this iphone app called ladida. what we're doing is really that simple. you don't even have to sing well. i'll show you that in a second. sing what you want cht it uses artificial intelligence. >> and makes you better. before you turn any of my viewers off because if you've got anything like my voice, we're not going to be here. dee is one of our fabulous -- dee didn't know she was going to be here. dee is one of our fabulous maybeup artists. artists here a. dee is a singer. i want to try this with somebody who has really got a great voice. and then one of us. >> okay. okay. maybe what i can do is show her how to use it. i'll do the demo first. >> do that. >> and then you can follow. it's really simple. i'm going to sing something. you'll see -- you don't have to be a singer to do this. ♪ here i am, singing very badly on tv ♪ ♪ there is a point to this horrible singing ♪ ♪ you will know at the end why i subjected you to this ♪ ♪ for now it's almost over >> okay. that may be the worst singing i've ever heard in my entire life. >> exactly. >> but we have everybody's attention. i can guarantee you that. >> that's bad. >> a bunch of people have this on low volume and they're like, what is going on on cnn. >> let's see what it did. ♪ here i am singing very badly on tv ♪ >> wow. >> wow. ♪ there is a point to this horrible singing ♪ >> that's awesome! >> that's good, huh? ♪ it's almost over >> that is excellent. >> that's the idea. you don't need to sing. it's a -- creativity is a part of it. >> this makes your creativity come out in a way that your vocal chords can't express. what happened to dee who really can. give her a go at this. >> let's give her a shot. >> where is she recording into? >> all you've got to do, once you press record, it will give you a count-in. one, two, one, two, three, four. then you just sing whatever you want for however long you want. >> let's do it. >> okay. >> here we go. ♪ sometimes i feel like you and i were meant to be ♪ ♪ and that really hurts me deep down inside and there are ti♪ ♪ times when i feel if we go our separate ways ♪ ♪ this life that we leave behind us could take us ♪ ♪ to a better place ♪ all of this pain we can erase ♪ >> so all we've got to do is -- >> improving on that's going to be tough. wow. >> let's see. >> let's see what it does. >> okay. let's see. >> this is instant. >> instant. ♪ sometimes i feel like you and i weren't meant to be ♪ >> we're about to get a record contract here. ♪ if we go our separate ways this life that we leave behind ♪ ♪ could take us to a better place ♪ >> i'm going to use this actually -- keep this music up here. you want to know about this. i want to know more about this. read up on the research going on at georgia tech. check out the la de da app. head to cnn.com/ali. thank you very much. that really is a life-changer. >> that's awesome. >> thank you for bringing us that beautiful stuff. you, your horrible voice was an fastic. >> thank you. >> it's countdown to election day. we've got new numbers just out on the hottest races. your cnn political update is next. i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. on your next business trip, pack your marriott rewards visa card. get triple points every time you use your card at marriott. apply now and earn 22,500 bonus points when you use your card and enjoy a free night stay. so, before you know it, work time becomes well-deserved downtime. apply now at marriott.com/freenightstay. you've got staying power. personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. there are just 19 days until election day for this critical midterm election. we want to get you updated on the hot topics from the campaign trail. our cnn senior political editor mark preston and paul ste steinhauser are going to sing their political ticker update. >> uh-oh. >> okay. >> okay. no, we're not singing it. >> i'm not touching that, ali. >> a couple of weeks ago we talked about donald trump. he talked about running for president. he says he has interest in doing it. donald trump is going to be holding a fund-raiser for the national republican senatorial committee. he's going to be with chris christy, the new jersey governor, raising money for republican senators. is he doing it out of the goodness of his heart, for business reasons, or is he trying to get going in 2012? we don't know. but he has expressed interest in running. let's talk about the battle for the senate. the republicans need to win back ten seats if they're going to take back the chamber. that's a tall order. possible, but a tall order. brand new cnn poll. let's start in west virginia. this is a seat that the late senator robert byrd had. but look at those poll numbers. 44% for joe manchin. he is the democrat running for that seat. 44% as well for john rasee. that's up for grabs. move on to wisconsin. russ feingold is the democratic incumbent. the senator there. he is in trouble. our poll indicates that the republican challer, johnson, is up 52% to 44%. over feingold. troubling poll there for russ feingold. that's what i got. mark, back to you, man. good news. in massachusetts, governor duval patrick in a new survey shows that he is up seven points s charley baker. cahill has seemed to fade into the back. duval patrick, someone who is very close to president obama. president obama will be in massachusetts on saturday campaigning on behalf of duval patrick. you can see that here on cnn. and sitting right next to me here, steve is putting together our coverage plans for the big rally out in california. as we speak right now, sarah palin, michael steele for the rnc. saturday, ali, sarah palin on cnn. >> it's nice to see the top third of steve's head on tv. he's a good friend of mine. let me ask you this. with the president being out, bill clinton has been out, michelle obama was out, is this making a difference in any of the pollliing? i know you two track this very well. paul, are you seeing anything? >> well, you know, as you said, it's happening right now. let's look at the polls next week. but you're right. these guys, bill clinton all week, you'll see more of barack obama and michelle obama over the next two weeks as well. we'll take a look at the numbers. we'll get back to you next week to see if there's been any change in these states. >> thanks very much, guys. our tag team of political perfection. paul steinhauser and mark preston. stay with cnn for complete coverage of the races and the issues heading into the midterm elections. we'll bring you another cnn political update in just an hour. it's a new hour now and that means i've got a new rundown. the internet, another technology. it should be as accessible to american kids as water and electricity. that's the basic theme of our "chalk talk" segment this hour. it's the passion of my special guest. plus, we're on the money in "q&a." we'll ask about the looming currency war. and we'll have a battle ourselves. have you heard frwhat politicians have to say about legalizing marijuana? what do you have to say about it? our pete dominick hits the streets to find out. it is a record and it is not a record that anybody wanted to reach. in september, 102,000 homes were repossessed. taken back by the banks. those aren't just numbers. those are people who are out of their homes. this is the first time ever that repossessions have topped 100,000 in a single month. foreclosure auctions also hit a record in the third quarter. some of the worst states, well, the ones we expect them to be. california, florida, michigan. all for different reyasonreason. nevada is the highest. it's been the highest for three years. 1 in every 29 homes in that state received a foreclosure filing. that, again, was just during the third quarter. the number probably won't keep growing in the short-term. that's because of a story we've been telling you about for a while. three of the nation's biggest mortgage lenders have frozen foreclosure proceedings. plus you've got the attorneys general of all 50 states led by iowa's tom miller investigating improper foreclosure proceedings and what is called robo signing by the lenders. that's when the lenders had to get through so many foreclosures that they didn't really check the accuracy of the documents involved. there are allegations that the banks ever ma en made up these documents. it is not going to stop the tide of people losing their homes. it doesn't have an economic effect on the front end, but it does on the back end. i'll talk about that in a second. one last big number for you. 5 million. there are 5 million loans that are seriously delinquent or in the initial stages of foreclosure right now. those are big numbers. let's bring in christine romans to break down the numbers further. christine, let's just discuss the effect that this is having first of all on the lenders and -- the banks and the people being foreclosed upon. what's the immediate effect? >> well, the immediate effect is those people who are being foreclosed upon, the sale of a foreclosed home, has stopped. the banks -- bank stock is getting hit on this today. people are concerned about what this will mean for the banks. the banks are not selling those homes at auction. they've stopped. they've frozen this process. so that means that if you were sitting in that home and you're already out, it's already out from under you, it doesn't change anything for you. but for the bank, they're not selling that house. >> let's talk about people who have been involved in trying to buy foreclosures. i mean, it sounds like being a vulture, but the fact is home affordability is there. it's not your fault somebody else is foreclosed upon. you can take advantage of low mortgage rates. if you wanted to get into buying a foreclosure, what happens to you now? >> and there are people in florida and nevada and california and some of these neighborhoods, for the first time ever they're able to afford a home. these are not speculators and vultures. these in many cases are people who are finally able to afford a house. they're going to buy a foreclosed house. they're ready to go do it. boom, now they don't know what's going on because they can't buy that house. there's a freeze on that part of it as well. some people who were looking for a bargain and some investors are in this game, too, they are not getting those homes right now. >> right. that will -- by the way, those prices aren't likely to go up. however long it takes to get through this mess, you'll be able to buy. let's talk about sellers, people who are either selling their house now or were hoping to sell their house anytime soon. >> well, say that you're not -- >> you're not in foreclosure. >> right. you're just trying to sell your house. now you've glot of this uncertainty in the housing market. and you've got maybe a house sitting next to you that you thought was going to be sold at auction. now we don't know when it's going to be sold. it will sit empty. the bank will own it. hopefully they're mowing the front yard, but i'm not sure. maybe you'll have to mow the front yard so your house looks good. we've spoken about the shadow inventory. a lot of people have been waiting for a thaw in the housing market. >> this is an interesting word. shadow inventory. we talk about inventory. we talk about how many new homes and existing homes are on the market right now. based on how many people buy a home in a month, how many months of inventory. shadow inventory is stuff that's not on the market because it's somebody that wanted to sell a house, not sure they should list it in this market. >> and they've been waiting to see when things get better before they list their house for sale. we think that there may be a million of those people, maybe more. 1.2 million by some estimates. so now they're still waiting to get in. all of this uncertainty just a delays a healthily recovery in the housing market. you have to get through this foreclosure mess and get clarity in the situation. clear out some of these bad loans. clear out some of these properties that were way, way overpriced. find a bottom and find the real value in housing. we're just not there yet. >> all right, christine. thanks for breaking this down for us. always a pleasure to see you. >> thank you. >> you can see us saturdays at 1:00 p.m. she's also the author of a brand new book "smart is the new rich." it's on book shelves now. we'll talk about stuff she's written in that book on this show and on our weekend show, because there's some stuff in there that can really make a difference to your life and your prosperity. okay. you probably know him from one of my favorite tv shows, "csi: new york." he's on a mission to provide social media to all school kids. he'll tell us why this is so important to kids and to society as a wheole. it's dif - t adththod easy-to-swallow petes. what do you think when i mention the name hill harmer? around here at cnn, i hear, oh, he's so dreamy. hill harper, the first thing that may come to mind is that he's the star of "csi: new york." maybe, though, you've read one of his several books. harper is not just an actor. he is an author. he is an activist. he is a guy on the mission. there he is. you've all seen him. he's urging corporations, schools and other movers and shakers to open the door to broadband and internet technology to minority and under-represented groups like african-americans and hispanics. the reason he argues is that there is a correlation between these groups and their access and current unemployment rates. hill harper joins me now from new york. good to see you, my friend. i was at this event in charlotte, the alliance for digital equality. you had your presentation. you broadcasted in. and, you know, i have to tell you, if you're not involved in this discussion about access to internet, access to what's on it, it may not occur to you. it's like telling me about a community somewhere in the country that doesn't have electricity or doesn't have running water. i don't even know that it exists. i don't know how big this problem is. >> it's a huge problem. and particularly because of the opportunities that it -- that exist. you know, we talk about a divide, whether we're talking about educational divide, and then we talk about jobs. i mean, everyone is talking about jobs right now obviously. >> yep. >> technology is it. it's the -- it's the elixir to how -- access to technology and broadband should be our number one conversation, whether it's an education-based conversation or a jobs conversation. >> how should my viewers think about this? i suppose there's an assumption that most kids in school, as bad as the schools may be, either at school or at home enjoy some access to the internet and what it offers. that is simply not true. >> no. it's absolutely not true. you look at most of the -- the community or urban school systems that are public school systems. there are computers in the school in the libraries, but they're not being used in the classrooms. if you look at the data, there's so many studies. there's an apple study that apple did where they found that -- that just incorporated 25% or 25 minutes a day of computer-assisted learning and computer-assisted instruction created such an astounding result in terms of math scores, literacy, writing skills. so these are things that can have a profound effect. i mean, the documentary "waiting for superman" is out now and very popular. you're having this great segment on cnn "fixing our schools." everyone is talking about the education system, but they're leaving out the idea of talking about how we're going to fix this problem. in the documentary, in my opinion, i think dave us guggenheim does a great job, but he vilifies teachers. teachers and teachers unions aren't the problems in our schools. even in right to work states, we have failing schools. what's going on, a systemic problem.answers? i think technology is the key. >> you're very involved in this. you're not just a spokesman that's an actor on tv. you're very involved in this. you have a foundation that you're doing work for. tell us about that. >> it's called the manifest your destiny foundation. we created a summer empowerment academy. we try to catch 8th graders who are falling through the cracks and create a summer program for them as they're going into 9th grade. most of the studies show that you can basically tell based on an 8th grader's scores in 8th grade if they'll make it through high school or not. we want to catch them. we don't want to stop there. we want to use technology. we have them using google groups. this is what's so interesting. 30% of the students' parents that we had in our program didn't have e-mail addresses. we thought that, well, i'm sure the parents at least have an e-mail address so we can contact them. 30% didn't. so we connected them with having e-mail. we have google groups. we used -- we used microsoft donated laptops. we had kaplan test prep that donated online things. there's a lot of different things we can do. we skype in speakers. using technology is not just about e-mails or facebook. it's about actually using it as a teaching tool to sort of decrease the divide. >> let me ask you this. that divide has existed for a long time. whites in society enjoy a certain unemployment rate. the unemployment for hispanics is always bigger. and for african-americans, it's always bigger. is this digital divide making that worse? or conversely, if you succeed in what you're trying to do, can it narrow the divide? >> it absolutely can narrow the divide. i don't want to fall into the trap of making this a race-based discussion. we know communities that are underserved. and oftentimes they tend to be frar african-american, tulelatino, ne american, but not always. there's a lot of poor white folks out there that are living in situations where they don't have access. it has to do with service. the question is what can we do? we have to get private corporations together with public entities like my foundation as an example and work together to say everybody wins if we fix this. let's talk jobs. i have a dear friend that has a retail store in california. what she has done, she sells over the internet, okay? the only reason she's been able to keep her doors open in this economy is her internet sales. if we increase the number of people that have access to broadband, more people can buy from her and she can hire more people. it's across the board win here if we think smart. we can win. >> i love the way you're thinking about this. it's public policy and private policy. hey, hill, i'm a big fan of yours. i watch the show all the time. it seems to me it's on tv a lot. how is it you fit writing books and this social activism and like a fairly big acting career into your life? >> well, you know, i'm blessed -- i'm from a family where they told me that i had to work twice as hard and be twice as good. so i just try to work hard. and i'm not married yet, so hopefully, you know, once i'm married and have kids, i won't be doing all this stuff. i have to fill my time somehow. i dressed up because you talk about ed henry's ties and things. i wore a tie for you, but you didn't mention it. >> i love the tie. >> thank you. >> the viewer has to have something to look at. with you, you've got your face. >> oh. >> the tie is a distraction. >> like you said, "csi: new york," we moved to friday nights. we're doing so well. i'm excited. there's a film called "for colored quigirls" that i'm a pa of that's coming out. i'm proud to be part of that. >> hill, thank you for the excellent work that you're doing. >> i appreciate it. christine o'donnell locks horns with opponent chris cons. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's luxury with fire in its veins. bold. daring. capable of moving your soul. ♪ and that's even before you drop your foot on the pedal. ♪ the new 2011 cts coupe from cadillac. the new standard of the world. by all accounts, there was no knockout punch. sparks did light up the stage last night between christine o'donnell and chris coons. going into it, cons enjoyed a 19-point lead in the latest polls. would o'donnell fall on her face? this is the same o'donnell who began an ad by stating "i am not a witch." she's said evolution is a myth. last night, no major gaffs by either side. both of them managed a laugh or two. listen in. >> they jokingly called be a bearded marxist. if you read the article, it's clear it was a joke. despite that, my opponent and lots of folks in the right wing media have endlessly spun this. i am not now nor have i ever been anything but a clean-shaven capitalist. >> well, i would -- i would stand to disagree because, first of all, if you're saying what i said on a comedy show is relevant to this election, then absolutely you writing an article, forget the bearded markemar marxist comment. you said that you learned your belief from a marxist professor. that should send chills up the spine of avenue delaware voteve >> if it were true, i'd agree. >> by the way, the seat that coons and o'donnell are fighting over is the one that was formerly held by vice president biden. right now, foreclosure filings and bank repossessions skyrocketed to record highs. overall filings were up 4% from the previous quarter. 1 in every 139 homeowners is effected. the numbers are expected to drop in the near term with some of the major banks halter foreclosures to review whether documents were pr s were proces properly. eight nato personnel was killed today. that's on the heels of six nato deaths yesterday. information about the troop's nationalitylies hasn't been released. at a hospital in copiapo, doctors have been running a battery of tests on the rescued miners. two miners' teeth were in such bad shape, they were booked for immediate surgery. okay. the value of a dollar. it may not be what you think. richard quest joins me for some q&a. that's coming up next. ♪ [ male announcer ] there is nothing more profound than hope. it is the promise that compels us to make the journey from wonder to discovery. the science of chemistry, our guide. the human element, our conscience. and to make this journey, we have become the new order of hunters and gatherers. finding answers in the elements. and a way forward illuminated by hope. you may notice something a little different about eggland's best eggs. now, in addition to the taste and nutrition you and your family love, eggland's best will proudly be displaying its support for susan g. komen for the cure®, the world's largest breast cancer organization, in its promise to end breast cancer forever. eggland's best. better taste. better nutrition. and a greater commitment to what matters. because part of being the best is doing good. ♪ welcome back to the cnn "newsroom." across the united states and around the world, hello, ali. >> hello, richard. each thursday, richard and i will join you at this time to talk business, travel and innovation. nothing is off limits. we take your questions. today we're tackling a question on currency. >> it's a possible war that's brewing over the real value of money. ali, last time i went first, so now the voice, give us 60 seconds on the clock. >> all right. china maintains its currency, the yuan, at a level that some say is unnaturally low. now, that makes chinese goods cheaper than some say they otherwise would be. america says a low yuan hurts u.s. merchandi manufactu u.s. manufacturers. the chinese response, you've got to be kidding, america. the loss of american manufacturing and exports is self-inflicted. so china says the u.s. can't manufacture as efficiently as china can and that blaming the yuan is a red herring. china says that americans should save more, spend less, get out of debt and for good measure, china accuses the u.s. of the same offense, keeping the u.s. dollar low. now, keeping your currency low encourages exports and boosts your country's manufacturers. how does a country actually keep its currency low? if you're china, you buy up u.s. dollars, keeping them strong by reducing the available supply. if you're the u.s., you basically print more money, you increase supply and you decrease the value of your currency, richard. >> that is a very good explanation. give me 60 seconds and i'll tell you what really it's all about when you talk of currency wars. whether it's the euro or the dollar or the pound sterling or even the hungarian florent, currencies do battle against each other. all trying to try and force the other one down. because if you look, the brazilian real is up 14% against the dollar. the japanese yen up 15%. the euro, 13%. it's known as a classic beggar thy neighbor policy. after the second world war, managed currencies. and now we're in this difficult situation when the world has to come together once again. but can they do it? so far, the imf has failed, the g-20 hasn't got much further. whether or not they can avoid the question of a big currency war depends on your job and on mine because in a currency war, everybody loses out. >> i think my bills are bigger than yours. >> boasting again, as always, ali. i think it's what you do with it, not how big it is. >> excellent. on that, let's find out how much we both know about this stuff. it is time for the quiz, the battle between richard and me. let's introduce the voice. hello, voice. >> hello, gentlemen. now, i know you're both g-20 experts, so, gee, i sure hope you get this first question right. which of these countries is not part of the g-20? a, argentina. b, turkey. "c "c c, south africa. d, spain. richard with a decisive ring and a decisive answer and you're right, richard. spain is the most populous country not included in the g-20. but south korea has invited spain to attend as a guest nation. richard on the board early 1-0. question two. according to the federal reserve bank, how long does the standard u.s. dollar bill last before it wears out. yes, it does wear out. a, 12 months. b, 22 months. c, 25 months. d, 18 months. ali? >> 25 months. >> i'm sorry, ali. you are not on the money. richard? care to make it 2-0? >> 22 months. >> richard is on the money. 22 months is right. the dollar bill actually lasts six months longer than a $5 bill. so if you have any other 5s laying around at home, just send them to q&a. question number three. ali, it's time to redeem yourself. according to cnnmoney.com, which currency right now is worth more when converted to u.s. dollars or euros? a, the indian rupee. b, the russian c, the mexican peso. "d d, the chilean peso. >> the chilean peso? >> no. richard? >> i'm going to go for the indian rupee, but it's a guess. >> richard, i'm going to say that's wrong. the actual answer is "c," the mexican peso. the mexican peso is valued at roughly eight cents. the ruble, three cents. the indian rupee is worth only two cents which exchanged for u.s. dollars. gentlemen, the voice would not exchange either of you for anything. >> you are too kind, voice. and, richard, you are once again, in the lead. >> modesty forbids me from saying anything, but that will do it for this week. remember, he's here, i'm there. thursdays only. >> keep the topics coming on our blogs. cnn.com/qmb and cnn.com/ali. tell us each week what you want us to talk about. richard, see you next week. >> have a good week. an american shot and killed while jet skiing. the lead investigator, beheaded. are they victims of the deadly mexican drug war? we'll tell you the latest. fifty-eight different individuals are using, absolutely using my old social security number. time now for "globe trekking." a vast reservoir that straddles the texas/mexico border. no sign of the body of david hartley. his wife said he was shot and killed while the two were jet skiing on falcon lake last month. it happened on the mexican side of the lake. this is just a blip in the media for a country struggling with a deadly drug war. american officials say they are doing all they can to find hartley's body and bring in the apparent killers, but there's little they can do because they have jurisdictional issues on the mexican side. now a stunning twist to the story. the lead mexican investigator on this case has been killed. his severed head delivered in a suitcase to a local army post on tuesday. the sheriff in texas suspects drug cartels. he says the killing of the investigator was a message to all concerned to back off. tiffany hartley says all she wants is for her husband's body to be returned to her. give us that, she says, and we'll go away. now to chile and the rescue of those 33 miners trapped for more than two months. here you see them with chile's president. all of chile rejoiced yesterday when the last miner was hoisted to the surface. miner 33 who volunteered to stay behind until all his men were safely on the surface. he spoke face-to-face with chile's president, urging him to make sure this type of accident never happens again. coming up next, proposition 19. the whole country is talking about toquing. pete dominick joins me to talk about what you think about legalizing marijuana. we'll be right back. when i was transitioning from active duty, i went to a military officer hiring conference. it was kind of like speed dating. there were 12 companies that i was pre-matched with, but walmart turned out to be the best for me. sam walton was in the military, and he understood the importance of developing your people. it's an honor to be in a position of leadership at walmart. i'm captain tracey lloyd, and i work at walmart. ♪ you put your weed in it. this is cnn, the place for politics. in addition to electing governors, senators, congressmen, hot-button issues on the ballot. one of the most talked about, proposition 19 which could legalize marijuana for regulated sale in the state. hot issue all over the country. pete dominick, host of "what the week" hit the streets to find out what people are saying about it. listen. >> reefer. >> ganja. >> herb. >> maryjane. >> salad. >> that's what my dad calls it. >> bud. >> pot. >> i'm here in an unnamed city in an unnamed store where they have a section that sells products solely for smoking tobacco. >> who knows what prop 119 is? >> i would vote yes. >> i would be against it. >> they say it will save $8.7 billion in law enforcement. >> i thing it's silly how many people we have in prison because of that. >> everybody does it. >> might as well legalize everything. let these people do what they want to do. they're going to do it anyway. >> tax it. >> that's just crazy. because people are smoking it, that's no excuse to continue to do wrong. >> marijuana messes up your brain for two or three days. i worked for the railroad. >> please don't smoke marijuana ever, sir, if you're driving a choo-choo. >> there's nothing wrong with it. it doesn't kill you. it doesn't give you cancer. it's a leaf. it's a plant. >> all right. >> what does america look like if the whole country had legalizes, regulated, taxed marijuana? >> again, i think it would be better. >> i don't think we need to legalize any intoxicant. our bodies are so marvelously made by the creator that we don't need to create anything else into our bodies anyway. >> god says that he gives every seed to mankind, which means every green bearing seed, every seed. >> what else does god say? can you give me anything else that god says that doesn't have to do with green bearing seeds? >> yeah. >> what's the spanish word for marijuana? >> marijuana. >> the spanish word for marijuana is marijuana. pete dominick, you see him on pete on the street. what is your radio show? >> it's stand up with pete dominick. >> this is the second best-looking bald guy at cnn. and a close second, i would say. >> how dare you talk about wolf. he's not bald, is he? first of all, i think we should just -- when we talk about marijuana, legal or illegal, can't we use the word prohibatiprohi prohibbition? you're pressed like a 1920s gangster. a lot of people don't know that ali velshi has a tommy gun under the desk. >> exactly. everybody dresses like me. >> that's right. they're dressing like you. >> i come from canada. some of the debates that happen here in the xwroou.s., we had a time ago in canada. i'm perplexed about how big of a discussion this is. there's no shortage of commentary about this. >> one of the reasons why it's come up and it's raging now is not only because we're progre progressing in this country about drugs, but the economy. you know about this more than i do. one town in the northwest legalized all drugs. not legalized them. they're not arresting for them. in california, we know they're cash-strapped. there was a study that said it would bring in $8.7 billion for the whole country, not california, if it was taxed and regulated, and it would save $8.7 billion in law enforcement. and, you know, it -- it seems like kind of a silly argument, but young people are supportive of it. some of the older people are against it. there is a discrepancy in age. >> i've heard criticism that the bill in california doesn't put some of the safeties in place that when you're legalizing things like alcohol or -- well, alcohol in particular, there are things in place about what you can't do under the influence of alcohol. this proposition 19 critics say doesn't go far enough to answer that. >> nobody does anything under the influence of marijuana. they just sit there and watch cartoons and each pretzels. of course i'm joking. it's half funded the movement against it, alcohol. alcohol industry is spending a lot against it. they don't want people making that switchover. people agree, when i talk to people, which one is more dangerous? i haven't seen too many marijuana-induced fights over someone looking at someone else's girlfriend. >> is the snack food industry supporting -- >> the snack food industry is a huge lobby. the chip companies, the cookies, the natchos, they're very into this. >> i love your show. stand up for a second. >> i bought this shirt -- >> how does he get away from this? >> i bought this shirt this i i'll be bringing it back next week. >> you can keep the jeans. >> it's casual. i can do that, right? >> maybe i'll try it. i'm wearing jeans under this, by the way. in fact, i'm wearing shorts. democrats are bringing out the big guns. we're going to bring out our big guns. ed henry is standing by to tell us about a campaign duo with pretty big success. by the way, i just found out hill harper, big ed henry fan. 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