after a day of being grilled on tv shows, investigators return to question the parntent of a boy the whole country thought floated away in a balloon. what jon gosselin's lawyer says about the lawsuit filed against him by the network that made him a celebrity. >> i've seen everything from a woman's blouse to a purse. no shirt, no shoes, no education. why an all-male college has implemented a new dress code. thanks for spending part of your saturday here with us at hln. i'm natasha curry. a mother and father who thought their son had floated away in a balloon will face more tough questions from investigators today. erica hill explains how a comment the boy made on cnn has them wondering if the whole thing was a stunt. the day daunz with the heenes where we left them thursday night, on tv telling their story and denying any suggestion the entire episode was a hoax. >> now i'm starting to get ticked off because i am repetitively getting asked this. >> getting asked repeatedly because of this comment by wolf blitzer last night. >> because of the show. >> getting a lot of attention but for different reasons. >> i'm about to vomit. >> another hot topic, the family's home video of the balloon taking off. it doesn't appear anyone realizes falcon is missing or maybe inside the balloon as was initially thought. but this extended home video obtained by "inside edition" appears to tell a different tale. >> he's in there! >> where? >> until the ship! >> he was just here. >> the craft came loose at 11:00 a a.m. local time. at 11:22, mrs. heene called 911. >> he's been missing for about 20 minutes? >> yeah. >> 911 was the third call the family made. >> the first call was to the faa and that the segcond call was made to 9 news with the belief they had a helicopter that might be able to assist and that sometimes afterwards they called 911. >> the faa has opened an investigation into the incident, and child protective services has been called. though the sheriff today says he's asked them not to speak with the family until authorities have had a chance to interview the heenes again. so why does law enforcement want to talk to them again? that comment to wolf blitzer last night. >> clearly that has raised everybody's level of skepticism again, and we feel it's incumbent on us as an agency to go back to the family. >> erica hill, cnn, new york. the governor of louisiana has joined in the outrage over a jult of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple. he's calling for bardwell's immediate dismissal. it was called an example of ugly b bigotry and has been asked to resign. meanwhile, the woman who was refused marriage is speaking out. >> we're not going to take racism over an elected official. >> they did get married after finding another justice of the peace. now bardwell would not comment to cnn. the h1n1 flu has already caused widespread problems in 41 states. but the agency says vaccine productio production is coming along slower than expected. they were hoping to have 40 million doses of the vaccine available later this month, but manufacturing delays could knock that number down to less than 30 million doses. moorhouse college in atlanta is trying something new: a dress code. among those restrictions? students can no longer wear baggy pants, baseball caps, do rags or hoodies in the cafeteria and other places. those who don't follow the restrictions could be placed on academic restriction. the people at the college say the dress code is needed, but the students? they're not so sure. >> the young men theneed to pree themselves to be the leaders that they are. >> at the same time, this restricts us to just be ourselves. >> officials say it was prompted in part by someone wearing women's clothes to class. it gets even stronger off mexico's pacific coast. hurricane rick is now a category 4, meaning it has winds near 130 miles per hour. a city about 250 miles southwest of acapulco here, and there is concern that heavy rains could trigger landslides in the city. it is expected to remain offshore during the weekend. a father of a missing florida girl has divorced his wife. he divorced her a month after his daughter haleigh disappeared in february. misty is the last person to see haleigh. officials don't think she's told them everything she knows about her disappearance, but she is not a suspect in the case. check your freezer or refrigerator for some potentially bad sausages. a california company is recalling thousands of pounds. they're being marketed the under the brands vatran and montibella. they were redistributed to retail stores in california. the company sells meat to the market before federal food inspectors chase them. so far there are no reports of any illnesses linked to the recalled items. check this out. this is in the northeast where winter arrived early this week. in connecticut, you can still see the leaves changing behind the snowfall, and a nor'easter is dumping rain. they're expecting more than three inches of snow by tonight. dealing with wild weekend weather, including snow, and in other spots people deal with a hurricane. let's check with reynolds wolf with the latest. reynolds? >> you're speaking of rick, and rick is the latest hurricane as we speak. winds around 135 miles an hour, but some gusts have been going to 160. and what we anticipate with that storm is it's getting much closer to baja in the coming days. as we get into thursday, it should make landfall somewhere around baja of california with winds around 90 miles per hour. still in mexico. not expected to affect the u.s. for the time being. that is some good news. in the u.s., we're expecting rainfall in parts of pennsylvania, even portions of new york. in the valleys, mostly it's going to be rainfall. nice and cool for you across parts of southeast. high pressure building in across much of the nation's midsections. look for rain north of san francisco up to seattle. in terms of your temperatures today, take a look at this. as we take a look at parts of the northeast, especially into boston, new york, highs going into the 40s, 44 in washington, 74 # in tampa, 85 in miami, 90 for las vegas, 101 for phoenix. temperatures in the 40s, also look for the possibility of seeing some heavy rainfall at times, and of course the snowfall you mentioned back in parts of the highest elevations of the northeast. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. the lawyer for reality tv star jon gosselin is taking a swipe at gosselin's former employer. gosselin is being sued for breach of contract by the network tlc. he was one of the stars on the show, "jon and kate plus 8," but the couple is divorcing and he's going to have a smaller role in the show. gosselin calls tlc's suit baseless, saying gosselin's contract was unenforceable and unconscionable and denied him a chance to make a living. storm a lot of people like to dress up for halloween, but a rights group says a new contest being sold at target is no trick-or-treat. the father of anna nicole smith's daughter says he saw the model take an enormous amount of medications. larry burkhead says she also had so many ailments, he can't remember them all. he testified at a preliminary hearing yesterday. smith's boyfriend and lawyer, howard k. stern, is among the three defendants. they're charged with conspiring to illegally give controlled substances to smith. the other two defendants were smith's physicians. all three have pleaded not guilty. not scary and definitely not funny. that's what an immigrants rights group is saying about this halloween costume being sold on target's web site. the illegal alien costume features a mask, a suit with illegal alien written on it. they called this costume distasteful, mean-spirited and ignorant to social stigmas. target says it's removing the costume from its web site. they almost hit triple digits. federal regulators shult down a california-based bank on friday. it is the 99th bank to fail this year. it will reopen monday under a different name. oh, it is a great day for college football fans and some are taking it to a whole new level. jeff michelle joining us. jeff, rivalry can bring out the best in the players and the fans. >> we'll get to the game first. oklahoma and texas call it the red river rivalry. they rely on colt mccoy. he's one of the top contenders for the heisman this year. ou fans are so excited, many of them channelled their innerb inner beyonce. the angels made several errors against the yankees. someone just call it. no. the $161 million man gave up just one run in eight innings. that's why they pay him the big bucks. they go on to game two this evening. this week basketball legend kareem abdul-jabar was on celebrity jeopardy and his classic line from the movie "airplane" came up. check this out. >> tell your old man to drag this '730s ucla and trail blazer center up and down the court for 48 minutes. >> who was kareem abdul-jabar. >> no. you're the one who delivers the line, but it was about bill walton. >> oh. >> embarrassing moments on jeopardy! >> poor roger murdoch. that's good stuff. ocho cinco is winning over some new fans in cincinnati. they won't show the home game to the home town unless the game is a sellout. so they're buying up all the leftover tickets to tomorrow's home game and today they're giving them away. for hln sports, i'm jeff michelle. not just visitors moving about at a museum in denver. there is talk that the place is haunted. >> it wasn't an evil feeling, it was very calm and peaceful. >> so why would a friendly ghost be lurking around? that's what some ghost hunters want to find out. a judge woents won't throw out a murder charge against casey anthony. she is accused of killing her daughter, caylee. her attorneys wanted the case dismissed claiming the prosecutors' evidence was sisr kum stashl. people who visit and work at a museum in denver swear they are seeing things. as heidi mcguire of k usa reports, professional ghost hunters are trying to capture some strange signs and answer some haunting questions. >> reporter: is history all in the past? >> it wasn't an evil feeling. it was very calm and peaceful. >> reporter: or is it still here with us? >> every single person that has volunteered here at the museum has experienced something. >> reporter: something or someone. it was just too weird for one of those volunteers. >> he said, i have to go home now because i have to rethink everything i've ever thought about these things. i mean, he was clearly shaken up. >> reporter: museum director la wanna larson thinks she knows who is lurking and she wants to hear more from her. voice recorders in place, cameras rolling. a team of paranormal investigators hope children will stir up the spirit of dr. justina ford. >> the doctor seems to get agitated when the kids get out of hand a little bit in that she techbds tends to make a noise, knock a picture off a wall or something. >> i saw something move up there. >> what was it? >> it was kind of a picture. >> pictures aren't the only way visitors see her. >> and they always say the same place, always. they say, i thought i saw a woman walk across the back room, but when i went in there, she was gone. >> reporter: the first african-american female doctor west of the mississippi lived here. >> everyone that she took care of referred to her as their best friend. >> reporter: dr. ford also treated her patients here, the many who couldn't get care elsewhere because of discrimination or poverty. >> my wife and i are actual many expecting, so since she was known for delivering babies and being a great doctor, we're hoping she'll give us some great baby advice. >> we're hoping to catch justina ford's voice. do you know if we'll have a boy or a girl? did you have any children of your own? >> reporter: the ghost hunters reported an odd occurrence when they held dr. ford's belongings. >> the same two women who were mi mishandling her glasses said they felt a huge wave of nausea. they just felt very ill. and then once they left the room, they started to feel better. >> reporter: the official results of the paranormal investigation are still pending. even if they can't convince the skeptics, they won't dissuade the believer. >> yes, i believe, and i'm not willing -- because i've experienced it, you know. it's as simple as that. >> again, that was heidi mcguire reporting. the museum is offering haunted house tours on friday and saturday nights during the month of october. people in a california communi community evacuated during this week's heavy rain will be able to enjoy the weekend back at home. santa cruz county officials said a mandatory evacuation has been lifted for 50 homes near watsonville. residents were told to leave on tuesday when rain caused a mudslide in the area. look at this. no one was hurt but one home was damaged. people in california came together in a major way to prepare for the worst. >> it's just a matter of time before we have a big one. >> see how millions took part in a historic drill on staying safe during a major earthquake. @@@ after a day of being grilled on tv shows, investigators returned to question the parents of a boy who the whole country thought floated away in a balloon. a reality star hits back at his former bosses. what jon gosselin's lawyer says about the lawsuit filed against him by the network that made him a celebrity. >> i've seen everything from a woman's blouse to a purse. no shirt, no shoes, no education. why an all-male college has implemented a new dress code. hey, thanks for spending part of your saturday here with us on hln. i'm natasha curry. a mother and father who thought their son had floated away in a balloon will face more tough questions from investigators today. a comment the boy made has people wondering if the whole thing was a stunt. >> they were left where we left them thursday night, telling their story on tv and denying that the episode was a stunt. >> now i'm getting ticked off because i'm repeatedly getting asked this. >> gegtd asked because of this comment to wolf blitzer last night. >> because of the show. >> now the appearance getting a lot of attention for a different reason. >> i'm going to vomit. >> the other hot topic, the family's home video of the balloon taking off. it doesn't appear anyone realizes falcon is missing or maybe inside the balloon as was initially thought. but this extended home video obtained by "inside edition" appears to tell a different tale. >> falcon is in there! >> where? >> in that ship. >> he was just here. >> no, he's in there. >> the crash came at 11:00 a.m. local time. at 11:22, mrs. heene called 911. >> you say he's been missing about 20 minutes? >> uh-huh. >> 911 was the third call the family made. >> the first call was to the faa, and the second call was made to 9 news with the belief they had a helicopter that might be able to assist, and that sometime afterwards they called 911. >> the faa has opened an investigation into the incident, and child protective services has been called. though the sheriff today says he's asked them not to speak with the family until authorities have had a chance to interview the heenes again. so why does law enforcement want to talk to them again? that comment to wolf blitzer last night. >> clearly that has raised everybody's level of skepticism again, and we feel it's incumbent upon us as an agency to go back to the family. >> erica hill, cnn, new york. the governor of louisiana has joined in the outrage over a justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple. he's calling for chief bardwell's immediate dismissal. they say this is a clear violation of state and federal law. the mayor called it an example of ugly bigotra and that bardwell should resign. meanwhile, the woman who wanted to marry because her husband is black is speaking out. >> we are used to this and we're not going to tolerate racism from an elected official. >> beth humphrey and her fiance did get married after finding another justice of the peace. bardwell would not comment to cnn. the cdc says the h1n1 flu is already causing widespread problems in 41 states. but the agency says the vaccine production is coming along slower than expected. the cdc was expecting to have 40 million doses of the h1n1 vaccine available by the end of this month, but manufacturing delays could knock that number down to less than 30 million doses. morehouse college in atlanta is trying something new. a cles code. the new policy enforces restrictions to students. among those restrictions? students can no longer wear baggy pants, baseball caps, do rags or hoodies in the cafeteria and other places. those who don't follow those restrictions could be placed on academic restriction. some at the college say it's needed, but others are not so sure. >> it's kind of about how young men prepare themselves to be the leaders that they are. >> i can understand, but at the same time it's restricting us to just, you know, be ourselves. >> school officials say the policy was in part prompted by some men wearing women's clothes to class. an already powerful storm is getting even stronger off mexico's pacific coast. hurricane rick is now a category 4, meaning that it has winds near 130 miles per hour. now, sitting about 250 miles southwest of acapulco here, and there is concerns that it could trigger landslides and flooding within the city. it is expected to remain offshore during the weekend. the father of a missing florida girl has divorced his 17-year-old wife. ronald cummings married misty crossland a month after his daughter haleigh came missing. misty says she's told them everything she knows about haleigh's disappearance, but she is not a suspect in the case. check your freezer or refrigerator for some potentially bad sausages. a california company is recalling more than 1100 pounds of the sausages. they're being marketed under the vatran and montibella brands and they're produced during march to october. they were redistributed to retail stores in california. they are sent to market before food inspectors check them. so far there are no illnesses reported to the linked items. check this out. this is in the northeast where winter arrived early this year. in northwood, connecticut, you can still see the leaves changing beneath the snowfall. gusty winds are a concern along the coast. farther inland, they're expecting as much as three inches of snow by tonight. pakistan's army has begun an offensive in a lawless region of the country. nearly 30,000 troops have entered the tribal region of south waziristan. tribal officials estimate nearly 10,000 militants and al qaeda operate in that area. it comes after a wave of recent violence in pakistan, including a suicide bombing yesterday that killed 13 people. the lawyer for reality tv star jon gosselin is taking a swipe at gosselin's former employer. gosselin is being sued for breach of contract by the network tlc. he was one of the stars on the show "jon and kate plus 8," but the couple is divorcing and he's going to have a smaller role in the show. gosselin's lawyer calls tlc's suit baseless, saying gosselin's krlt was unenforceable and unconscionable and denied him a chance to make a living. a lot of people like to dress up for halloween, but an immigrants rights group says a new costume being sold at target is no trick-or-treat. the father of anna nicole smith's daughter says he saw the model take an enormous amount of medications. lawrence burkhead also said she had so many ailments, he couldn't remember them all. her lawyer, howard k. stern, is among the three defendants. they are charged with conspiring to give illegally controlled substances to smith. all three have pleaded not guilty. new york state's mandatory order for health care workers to get flu vaccines is temporarily blocked. last month workers protested the mandate requiring them to get vaccines by november 30th or possibly lose their jobs. the public employee federation is happy with the judge's decision. >> as we've noted all along, it encourages its members to get vaccinated, encourages the volunteer vaccination of its members against the influenza. however, we believe the commissioner overstepped his authority and jurisdiction when he implemented these emergency regulations. >> scores of nurses and teachers were also granted a temporary lock against the mandate and the issue is expected to go back to court on october 30th. not scary and definitely not funny. that's what an immigrants rights group is saying about this halloween costume being sold on target's web site. the illegal alien costume features an extraterrestrial mask, an orange jump suit with illegal alien written on it and a green card accessory. the coalition for immigrant human rights in los angeles calls this costume distasteful, mean-spirited and ignorant of social stigmas. target says it's removing the costume from its web site. hello, i'm jeff fishel. hope you're enjoying your saturday. in one of the most in famous moments in history, mike tyson bit off evander holyfield's ear in a fight. no biting. all thanks to oprah, who had them on the show yesterday. tyson went out of the way to complement his former rival. >> he's a beautiful guy. both of us come basically from the sticks and we watched each other become established and esteemed fighters. i just want to know i'm sorry for what happened and i like being acquainted with you. kobe bryant cheered for l.a. even though he went to high school in philadelphia. when in rome, i guess -- you know. the dodgers won 2-1. if they hadn't, they would have been in big trouble. game two tomorrow in philadelphia. baltimore ravens linebacker ray lewis has been fined $22,000 after this helmet to helmet hit with ocho cinco. he said it was a clean hit and lewis shouldn't be fined. he headed in this goal in the final seconds wednesday to tie costa rica. that tie knocked costa rica out and opened a spot for honduras. honduras goes nuts and they're inviting bornsteen to the country to personally thank him. i'm feeling the love right now, aren't you? for hln sports, i'm jeff fishel. dr. lynn baxter looks at the unexpected signs to watch for as we look at women's health beyond the surface for breast cancer. >> a lot of women think the only way a breast cancer can present is a lump that a doctor would feel on exam. that's just not true. there are many other ways breast cancer can show up. one of the most important things to look for is changes in your breast and changes in the skin, such as a dimpling or puckerring of the skin, something pulling the skin inside the breast, or a rash, something that looks like an inflammation on the skin, something that doesn't go away. there are different signs we can see or feel on physical exam, but the most important thing is to try to find these breast cancers when they're early, when they're small, when they're most treatable. it's not just visitors moving about in a museum in denver. there is talk that the place is haunted. >> it wasn't an evil feeling. it was very calm and peaceful. sdp >> so why would a friendly ghost be lurking around? that's what ghost hunters want to find out. a judge won't throw out a murder charge against casey anthony. anthony is accused of killing her two-year-old daughter, caylee. anthony's lawyers wanted the first-degree murder and aggravated charges of abuse against her dismissed, claiming they were due to sishl evidence. but a judge says their motion was frivolous. anthony has pleaded not guilty and says a babysitter kidnapped caylee. the little girl's remains were found months after she was reported missing. people who work at a museum in denver swear they are seeing things. as heidi mcguire of kusa reports, ghost hunters are trying to catch some strange signs and answer some haunted questions. >> reporter: is history all in the past? >> it wasn't an evil feeling, it was very calm and peaceful. >> reporter: or is it still here with us? >> every single person that has volunteered here at the museum has experienced something. >> reporter: something or someone? it was just too weird for one of those volunteers. >> he said, i have to go home now, because i have to rethink everything i ever thought about these things. i mean, he was clearly shaken up. >> reporter: museum executive direct or la wanna larkin thinks she knows who is lurking and she wants to hear more from her. voice recorders in place, cameras rolling, a team of paranormal investigators hope children will stir up the spirit of dr. justina ford. >> the doctor seems to get agitated when kids kind of get out of hand a little bit in that she will typically do something, make a noise, knock a picture off a wall or something. >> i saw something move up stairs. >> you saw something move? what was it? >> it was like kind of a picture. >> pictures aren't the only way visitors say they've seen her. >> they always say the same place, always. well, i thought i saw a woman walk across the back room, but when i went in there, you know, she was gone. >> reporter: the first first af female doctor west of the mississippi lived here. >> everyone that she took care of referred to her as their best friend. >> reporter: dr. ford also treated her patients here, the many who couldn't get care else where because of discrimination or poverty. >> my wife and i are actually expecting and since she was known for delivering babies, we're hoping she gives us good advice. >> we're trying to capture justina's voice. will we be having a boy or a girl? >> reporter: the ghost writers reported an odd occurrence whether they held her belongings. >> the same women said they felt a huge wave of news ya when tau were handling her glasses. >> reporter: the official result of the paranormal investigation are still pending. even if they can't convince the sceptics, they won't diswasuade the believer. >> yes, i believe, because i have experienced it. it's as simple as that. >> again, that was heidi mcguire reporting. the museum is offering haunted house tours ond friday and saturday night during the month of october. people in a california community evacuated during a rain and will be able to enjoy the weekend back at home. a mandatory evacuation has been lifted. residents were told to leave on tuesday when rain caused a mudslide in the area. no one was hurt but one home was damaged. people in california came together in a major way to prepare for the worst. >> it's just a matter of time before we have a big one. >> see how millions took part in a historic drill on staying safe during a major earthquake. after a day of being grilled on tv shows, investigators turned to question the parents of a boy the whole country thought floated away in a balloon. a reality star hits back at former bosses. what jon gosselin's lawyer says about the lawsuit filed by him against the network that made him a celebrity. i've seen everything from a woman's blouse to a purse. >> no shirt, no shoes, no education. why an all male college has implemented a new dress code. >> thanks for spending part of your saturday with us on hln. i'm natasha curry. a mother and father that thought their son floated away in a balloon will face tough questions today. erika explains how a comment the boy made on cnn has authorities wondering if the whole thing was a stunt. >> good morning. >> reporter: day two with the heenes where we left them thursday night on tv telling their story and denying any suggestion the entire episode was a stunt. >> now, i'm repetitively getting asked this. >> reporter: getting asked repeatedly because of this comment to wolf blitzer last night. >> we did this for a show. his appearance this morning getting a lot of attention, but for a different reason. >> i feel like i'm going to vomit. >> reporter: the other hot topic, the family's home video of the balloon taking off. >> reporter: it doesn't appear anyone realizes falcon is missing or may be inside the balloon as was initially thought. but this extended home video obtained by "inside edition" appears to tell a different tale. >> he is in there. >> where? >> in that ship. >> where? >> he is in there. >> reporter: it came loose at 11:00 a.m. at 11:22, his mom called 911. that was the third call the family made. >> the first call was to the faa. the second call was made to 9 news with the belief that they had a helicopter that might be able to assist. sometimes afterwards, they called 911. >> reporter: the faa has opened an investigation into the incident and child protective services has been called. the sheriff today said he has asked them not to speak with the family until authorities have had a chance to interview the heenes again. why does law enforcement want to talk to them again? that comment to wolf blitzer last night. >> clearly, that has raised everybody's level of skepticism again. we feel it is incumbent upon us as an agency to go back to the family. >> reporter: erika hill, cnn, new york. the governor of louisiana has joined in the outrage over a justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple. she is calling for chief bardwell's immediate dismissal. louisiana senator mary landrieu calls it an examle of ugly bigotry. the woman who he refused to marry because her fiancee is black is speaking out. >> it is over and we are used to closet racism but we are not going to tolerate overt racism from an elected official. >> reporter: she and her fiancee did get married after finding another justice of the peace. the cdc says that the h1n1 flu is already causing widespread problems in 41 states. the agency says that vaccine production is coming along slower than expected. the cdc was hoping to have 40 million doses of h1n1 vaccine available by the end of this month. manufacturing delays could knock that number down to less than 30 million doses. > > morehouse college is trying something new, a dress code. students can no longer wear baggy pants, baseball capps, rurags. students that don't follow the restrictions could be placed on academic restrictions. citizen dress code some think are needed but some students, they are not sure. >> this is about the legacy and about our young men preparing themselves to be the leaders they are. >> some things they rear strektstrek restricting us from are being ourselves. >> this was prompted by some men wearing women's clothes to class. the father of a missing florida girl has divorced his 17-year-old wife. ronald cummings married misty croslin after his daughter disappeared in february. misty is the last person known to have seen haley. police say they don't think misty has told them everything she knows about haley's disappearance. she is not a suspect in the case. check your freezer or your refrigerator for potentially bad sausages. a california company is recalling more than 1,100 pounds of the sausage being marketed under valtran and montibella brants. the company sends the meat to the market before federal safety inspectors check them. so far, no report of any illnesses. in the northeast, winter arrived early this week in norfolk, connecticut, you see the leaves still changing behind the snowfall. a nor'easter is dumping rain and snow in new jersey. check out the rough surf here. gusty winds are a concern along the coast. farther inland, they are expecting as much as three inches of snow by tonight. we are going to be dealing with wild weekend weather, including snow. in other spots, people are dealing with a hurricane. let's check in with meteorologist, lenlds woreynold for the latest. the latest we have, winds around 135 miles an hour. gusts going up to 160. what we anticipate with that storm is that it is going to get closer to the baja in the coming days. as we get into thursday, should make landfall somewhere around the baja of california with winds around 90 miles per hour. not california in the united states, still in mexico. not expected to affect the u.s. main land. for the rest of the nation, a chance of snowfall across parts of pennsylvania and portions of new york. could see anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of snow. in the valleys, mostly rainfall. nice and cool. high pressure building in across much of the nation's midsection which will give you farrell dry and warm in the desert southwest. look for rain north of san francisco up to seattle. in terms of your temperatures today, take a look at this. as we take a look at parts of the northeast, especially into boston, new york, highs going up into the 40s. 44, washington. 52, atlanta. 74, tampa. 90 degrees for las vegas. 101, phoenix. those temperatures in parts of new england, temperatures in the 40s. look out for the possibility of heavy rainfall. the snowfall, i mentioned, back in parts of the highest elevations of the northeast. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynold wolf for hln. the lawyer for reality tv star, jon gosselin, is taking a swipe as gosselin's former employer. he is being sued for breach of contract by the network, tlc. he was one of the stars on the show "jon & kate plus 8" but the couple is divorcing. he is going to have a smaller role in the show. gosselin's lawyer calls tlc's suit baseless saying that his contract was unenforceable and uncon chenable and denies him a chance to make a living. a lot of people like to dress up for halloween. an immigrants' rights group says that a new costume being sold at target is no trick or treat. the father of anna nicole smith's daughter says he saw her take an enormous amount of medication. she had so many ailments, he capitol remember them all. he testified at a preliminary hearing yesterday. her boyfriend and lawyer, howard k. stern is among the three defendants. they are charged with conspireing to illegally give controlled substances to smith. the other two defendants were her physicians. all three have pleaded not guilty. new york state's mandatory order for health care workers to get flu vaccines is temporarily blocked. last month, workers protested the mantadate requiring them to get vaccinations or lose their job. they are happy with the judge's decision. >> as we've noted all along, it encourages its members to get vaccinated. we encourage the voluntary vaccination of our members. however, we believe that the commissioner overstepped his authority and jurisdiction when he implemented these emergency regulations. >> groups of nurses and teachers were also granted a temporary block against the mandate. the matter is scheduled to go back to court on october 30th. not scary and definitely not funny that's what an immigrant's rights group is saying about this halloween costume being sold on target's website. the illegal alien costume features an orange jumpsuit with illegal alien written on it and a green card accessory. they called this costume distasteful and mean spirited. target said it is removing the costume from its website. people are celebrating the great outdoors and enjoying extreme sports in west virginia. the state's 30th annual bridge day festival. thousands of people will spend the day watching para shooting base jumpers taking flying leaps. most will be centered around the new river gorge bridge, 876-feet tall. it is a great day for college football, fans. some are taking it to a whole new level. we have jeff fischel joining us on rivalries that can bring out the best in the players and the fans. this is good stuff. oklahoma and texas, call it the red river rivalry. texas relies on colt mccoy. sam bradford, he won the heisman last year. three of them channeled their inner beyonce. ♪ hoping the game is as good as that video. the angels made way too many mental and physical errors last night against the yankees. somebody, just call it. halos couldn't do anything right against the yankees. the $160 million man gave up just one run in eight innings. that's why they pay him the big bucks. famous people and famous facts. kareem abdul-jabbar was on celebrity jeopardy. his classic line from the movie "airplane" came in. check this out. >> tell your old man to drag this up and down the court for 48 minutes. kareem? >> who was kareem abdul-jabbar. >> no. >> you are the one who delivered the line but it was about bill walton. >> embarrassing moments on jeopardy. >> poor roger murdock. that is good stuff. bengal's wide receiver, chad and ochocinco is winning over new fans in cincinnati. they won't show it unless the game is a sellout. they are buying up all the leftover tickets for tomorrow's game and today, they are giving them away. ochocinco deserves some high cincos. i'm jeff fischel. not just visitors moving about at a museum in denver. there is talk that the place is haunted. >> it wasn't an evil feeling. it was very calm and peaceful. >> so why would a friendly ghost be lurking around? that's what some ghost hunters want to find out. a judge won't throw out a murder charge against casey anthony, accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. anthony's lawyers wanted the first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse charges dismissed claiming they were based on circumstantial evidence. a judge said that their motion was insufficient. anthony has pleaded not guilty and says that a babysitter kidnapped caylee. her remains were found last december months after she was reported missing. people who visit and work at a museum in denver swear they are seeing things. heidi mcchoir reports, professional ghost hunters are trying to capture the strange signs and answer some haunting questions. >> reporter: is history all in the past? >> it wasn't an evil feeling. it was very calm and peaceful. >> reporter: or is it still here with us? >> every single person that has volunteered here at the mu seum has experienced something. >> reporter: something or someone. it was just too weird for one of those volunteers. >> he said, i have to go home now, because i have to rethink everything i've ever thought about these things. i mean, he was clearly shaken up. >> reporter: museum executive director, lawanna larson thinks she knows who is lurking. >> the time is 8:59 p.m. >> reporter: voice recorders in place, cameras rolling. a team of paranormal investigators hope children will stir up the spirit of d dr. justina ford. >> the doctor seems to get agitated when kids get out of hand a little bit. they will do something, make a noise, knock a picture off the wall. >> i saw something move upstairs. >> you saw something move? >> yes. >> what was it? >> kind of a picture. >> reporter: pictures aren't the only way visitors say they have seen her. >> they always say the same place, always. well, i thought i saw a woman walk across the back room but when i went in there, you know, she was gone. >> reporter: the first african-american female doctor west of the mississippi lived here. >> everyone that she took care of referred to her as their best friend. >> reporter: dr. ford also treated her patients here, the many who couldn't get care elsewhere because of discrimination or poverty. >> my wife and i are actually expecting so since she was known for delivering babies and being a great doctor, we were hoping she will give us some great baby advice. are we having a boy or a girl? did you have any children of your own? >> reporter: the ghost hunters reported an odd occurrence when they held dr. ford's belongings. >> the same two women who were mishandling her glasses felt this huge wave of nausea, very ill. once they left the room, they started to feel better. >> reporter: the official results of the paranormal investigation are still pending even if they can't convince the sceptics. they won't dissuade the believers. >> yes, i believe, because i've experienced it and it is as simple as that. >> again, that was heidi mcguire reporting. they are offering haunted house tours during saturday nights in october. people evacuated in this heavy rain will be able to enjoy the weekend back at home in california. a mandatory evacuation has been lifted for 50 homes near watsonville. residents were told to leave on tuesday when rain caused a mudslide in the area. no one was hurt but one home was damaged. people in california came together in a major way to prepare for the worst. >> it's just a matter of time before we have a big one. >> see how millions took part in a historic drill on staying safe during a major earthquake. they said it would never last. but it's been two months, and you're still going strong. glade lasting impressions. two fragrances alternate to keep things... fresh and exciting day after day. - and not just for 30 days. - ( inhales deeply, sighs ) but for 60. it's the longest-lasting plugins ever. get freshness that won't fade away for 60 days. ahhh! with plugins lasting impressions. and yes, it's glade. s.c. johnson, a family company. after a day of being grilled on tv shows, investigators returned a question to parents the whole country thought floated away in a balloon. a reality star hits back at his former bosses. what jon gosselin says about the lawsuit filed against him by the network that made him a celebrity. i've seen everything from a woman's blouse to a purse. >> no shirt, no shoes, no education. why an all-male college has implemented a new dress code. hey, thanks for spending part of your saturday here with us at hln. i'm natasha curry. a mother and father who thought their son floated away in a balloon will face more tough questions from investigators. erik ka hill explains how a comment the boy made on cnn has authorities wondering if the whole thing was a stunt. >> reporter: day two dawned with the heenes where we left them thursday night, on tv telling their story and denying any suggestion the entire episode was a stunt. >> now, i'm starting to get a little ticked off, because i am repetitively getting asked this. >> reporter: getting asked repeatedly because of this comment to wolf blitzer last night. >> we did this for a show. >> reporter: his appearance this morning, also getting a lot of attention, but for a different reason. >> i feel like i'm going to vomit. >> that's what he was referring to. >> reporter: the other hot topic, the family's home video of the balloon taking off. >> tether it, tether it. >> i did, i did. >> reporter: it doesn't appear anyone realizes that falcon is missing or inside the balloon as was initially thought but this extended home video appears to tell a different tale. >> i am going to sneak inside. >> he is in there. >> where? >> in that ship. >> he was just here. >> no, he is in here. >> reporter: it came loose around 11:00 a.m. local time. at 11:22, they called 911. >> they have both been missing for 20 minutes. >> yeah. my son, my son. >> reporter: 911 was the third call the family made. >> his first call was to the faa. the second call was made to 9 news with the belief that they had a helicopter that might be able to assist. sometime afterwards, they called 911. >> reporter: the faa has opened an investigation into the incident. child protective services has been called. the sheriff today said he has asked them not to speak with the family until authorities have had a chance to interview the heenes again. so why does law enforcement want to talk to them again? that comment to wolf blitzer last night. >> clearly, that has raised everybody's level of skepticism again. we feel it is incumbent upon us as an agency to go back to the family. >> reporter: erica hill, cnn, new york. the governor of louisiana has joined in the outrage over a justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple. he is calling for chief bardwell's immediate dismissal. bobby jindal says this is a clear violation of state and federal law. louisiana senator, mary landrieu says it is ugly bigotry. the woman who he refused to marry because her fiance is black is speaking out. >> we are used to closet racism but we are not going to tolerate the overt racism from an elected official. >> beth humphrey and her fiancee did get married after finding another justice of the peace. she would not comment to cnn. morehouse college in atlanta is trying something new, a dress code, enforcing 11 expectations of students. students can no longer wear baggy pants, baseball capps, do-rags or hoodies in classrooms, the cafeteria or other places. students who don't follow the restriks could be placed on academic restriction. officials at the all male college say that the dress code is needed but some students are not so sure. >> this is again about the morehouse legacy and the morehouse tradition and about our young men preparing themselves to be the leaders they are. >> i understand where they are coming in. at the same time, some things they are restricting us from are from being ourselves. >> school officials say the policy was, in part, prompted by some men wearing women's clothes to class. the father of a missing florida girl has divorced his 17-year-old wife. ronald couple is married misty croslin a month after his daughter, haley, disappeared in february. misty was the last person known to have seen haley. police say they don't think misty has told them everything she knows about her disappearance but she is not a suspect in the case. check this out. this is in the northeast where winter arrived early this week. in norfolk, connecticut, you see the leaves here still changing behind the snowfall. a nor'easter is dumping rain and snow in new jersey. check out the rough surf here shall gusty winds are a concern along the coast. farther inland, they are expecting as much as three inches of snow by tonight. the lawyer for reality tv star, jon gosselin, is taking a swipe at gosselin's former employer. gosselin is being sued for breach of contract by the network, tlc. he was one of the stars on the show, "jon & kate plus 8." the couple is divorcing. he is going to have a smaller role in the show. gosselin's lawyer calls tlc's suit baseless, the same as his contract was unenforceable and denied him a chance to make a living. a lot of people like to dress up for halloween. an immigrants rights group says a new costume being sold at target is no trick or trick. the father of anna nicole smith's daughter says he saw the model take an enormous amount of medications. she had so many ailments, he couldn't remember them all. he testified at a preliminary hearing yesterday. her boyfriend and lawyer, howard k. stern is among the three defendants charged with conspireing to illegally give controlled substances to smith. the other two defendants were her physicians. all three have pleaded not guilty. not scary and definitely not funny, that's what an immigrant rights group is saying about this halloween costume being sold on target's website. the illegal alien costume features an extra tear estreeal mask, an orange jumpsuit with illegal alien written on it and a green card. they call this costume distasteful, mean-spirited and ignorant of social stigmas. target says it is removing the costume from its website. >> i'm jeff fischel. hope you are having a great saturday. you expect your 3-year-old to understand, no biting. mike tyson bit evander holyfield. he told her the bite didn't hurt that much. tyson went out of his way to compliment his formal rival. >> this is a beautiful guy. we both come from the same. we watched each other grow to become established and esteemed fighters. i want him to know it has been a pleasure being acquainted with you. [ applause ] baseball playoffs, dodgers and phillies, laker's star, kobe bryant, shooted for l.a. even if he went to high school in philadelphia. the dodgers were down, 1-0 in the eighth. they got two runs, the second coming o ann bases loaded walk. the dodgers win, 2-1. game three tomorrow in philadelphia. one of profootball's biggest hitters in trouble for crossing the line. baltimore ravens linebacker, ray louis fined after this helmet to helmet hit. the biggest soccer hitter in honduras is american, jonathan bornstein. this goal tied costa rica, knocked them out of the world cup and opened up a spop for honduras. they are inviting bornstein to the country to congratulate him. bornstein, honduras loves you. i am feeling the love right now, aren't you? for hln sports, i'm jeff fischel. not just visitors moving about at a museum in denver, there is talk that the place is haunted. >> it wasn't an evil feeling. it was very calm and peaceful. >> so why would a friendly ghost be lurking around? that's what some ghost hunters want to find out. a judge won't throw out a murder charge against casey anthony. she is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. they wanted the first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse charges dismissed claiming they were based on circumstantial evidence. a judge said their motion was insufficient. anthony has pleaded not guilty. they have a baby missing. people who visited a museum in denver swears they are seeing things. professional ghost hunters are trying to capture the strange signs and answer some haunting questions. is history all in the past? >> it wasn't an evil feeling. it was very calm and peaceful. >> reporter: or is it still here with us? >> every single person that has volunteered here at the museum has experienced something. >> reporter: something or someone. it was just too weird for one of those volunteers. >> he said, i have to go home now, because i have to rethink everything i've ever thought about these things. i mean, he was clearly shaken up. >> reporter: museum executive director, la wanna larson thinks she knows who is lurking and wants to hear more from her. >> the time is 8:59 p.m. >> reporter: voice recorders in place, cameras rolling. a team of paranormal investigators hope children will stir up the spirit of dr. justi in. a ford. >> the doctor seems to get agitated when kids get out of hand a little bit in that she typically will do something, make a noise, knock a pitcher off a wall or something. >> i saw something move upstairs. >> you saw something move. what was it? >> it was kind of a picture. >> pictures aren't the only way visitors say they have seen her. >> they always say the same place, always. well, i thought i saw a woman walk across the back room. but when i went in there, you know, she was gone. >> the first african-american female doctor west of the mississippi lived here. >> everyone that she took care of referred to her as their best friend. >> dr. ford also treated her patients here, the many who couldn't get care elsewhere because of discrimination or poverty. >> my wife and i are actually expected. so since she was known for delivering babies and being a great doctor, we are hoping she will give us some good baby advice. >> we are trying to capture her voice. >> do you know if we will have a boy or a girl? did you have any children of your own? >> the ghost hunters reported an odd occurrence when they held dr. ford's belongings. >> the same two women who were mishandling her glasses said they felt this huge wave of nausea. they felt just very ill. then, once they left the room, they started to feel better. >> reporter: the official result of the paranormal investigation are still pending. even if they can't convince the sceptics, they won't dissuade the believers. >> yes, i believe. because i've experienced it. it's as simple as that. >> reporter: again, that was heidi mcguire reporting. the museum is offering haunted house tours on friday and saturday nights during the month of october. people in a california community evacuated during this week's heavy rain will be able to enjoy the weekend back at home. santa cruz county officials say that a mandatory evacuation has been lifted for 50 homes near watsonville. residents were told to leave on tuesday when rain caused a mudslide in the area. look at this. no one was hurt but one home was damaged. when you think of the u.s. military, the colors that come to mind are red, white, and blue. the military is also thinking of another color, green. >> cnn pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, looks at how thinking green is saving taxpayers lots of green in today's ecosolutions. >> from u.s. military operations in iraq and afghanistan to jet streaking across the sky to armored vehicles, the word is out. the u.s. military is going green, trying to reduce its carbon bootprints where it can and save as much energy as possible. the navy war ship is on an energy diet. the navy is trying to cut its entire energy consumption by 1.7 million btus, the equivalent of 13 million gallons of million btus on this ship down in the engine room. >> the more fuel you have, the more it costs the government it stays in top operating shape and the kmafrt commanding officer says it applies to ship life. there are new dishwashers to deal with 10,000 meals served on board. >> we really fine tune it. >> reporter: speaking of water conservation, on board, 2600 sailors take what is politely known as a navy shower. >> basically, you get wet, turn the water off, and then you use your soap, the shower, shampoo, turn the water back on, and rinse off. >> for this ship, every bit of energy saves up. >> well, over the last year it saved over 37,000 barrels of oil for a cost savings of just over $3.6 million. >> nowadays, every molecule of steam is important. barbara starr, cnn. >> for more environmental news g. to our website. people in california came together in an important way to prepare for the worst. >> it's just a matter of time before we have a big some one. >> see how millions took part in an historic drill on staying safe in a major earthquake. ever since i can remember, i have embarked on a new mission so you can save money, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. >>. >> your money expert, clark howard. >> recently, people in several southern states suffered enormous heartbreaking damage from floods. the media coverage has been all about the flooded houses. but you know what else got flooded? people's cars. and just as what happens after any hurricane, a lot of those flooded cars end up being marketed as perfectly clean used cars. and if you bi some one of them, you' buying some one of them, you're buying junk. all that matters is that on the window sticker it says, as is, no warranty. you can't rely upon niece words. if you're going to buy a used car, subject to having it checked out by a mechanic prior to buying it, protect yourself. how can i help you protect your wallet? what's your question for me? jim joins us jim, how are you. >> hi. >> that's pretty much on the money. >> lay out the background for me. >> well, credit card debt is primarily what we're trying to deal with here. we've got an excessive amount of $58 million. >> probably combined around 150. >> all right. and you know you're ain credit card debt and i've been working the numbers and to come up with a number that is our limit and they will allow to us borrow from that. the other part of the scenario is to take $42,000. >> and if you take federal and state tax, plus penalties, and at 14,000, i'm going to propose a compromise. let's say the $50,000 loan. >> right. >> and you reduce the amount of credit card debt down to 35,000. that 35,000 becomes more manage nl for you to pay again. if you can see yourself paying off and you can come off with realistic numbers where you and your wife can pay off that remaining $35,000 in 36 or 42 months, i would say that's a go. caution, partial green light for doing the loan from the 401(k), i can't believe i just said it. cheryl, you have no debt at all? >> no. we paid off our mortgage a few years ago and we're well past school loans and my question is, everything has been redone when we moved in 15 years ago and we're looking at and her room and windows and a kitchen and just a money pit at the moment. >> and if you were to take the cost of the roof and the $50,000 and good amount due and for you and your husband and your credit union. >> we could be. i know that there are credit unions. >> we have what is offered as a five-year home equity loan. they cover extremely low rates and usually it's extremely low closing costs. >> uh-huh. >> so that would be the right loan product for the five years and for a very small mortgage. >> next on clark howard -- >> reduce the risk slowly over each year, i suppose. >> is this one of those hotel balance room kind of things. >> after talking to friends about it, they gave me something like that, yeah. you have a college child s that true? >> yes. we don't have too much to go with and i'm not sure how this particular company i'm calling you about got our phone number. it's possible that my son signed up something in school. and they called us and set up an poimt for appointment for which we went. after talking to friends about it that have been through something like that, yeah. >> that is your money blowing to smitherines. >> please tell me that you did not sign a contract. >> caller: no, we did not. i told them i'd like to get more information. >> this is a very, very sleazey underbelly. they are doing the whole ballroom part about how we know all of this secret money, pay us this money, and we'll help you because what happens is that they don't. >> uh-huh. >> they may do the clerical stuff, but it is just an over priced glorified clerical service that you would be paying for. now, there are some legitimate websites and i actually have a full list at clarkhoward.com where you can get info legitimately on money that might be available for your child. one in particular i want you to look at and you may have already been there, is financialaid.org. have you been there? >> no, i have not. >> very good clearing house site for money that might be available for your child. perhaps scholarships. do you have a question you'd like me to answer? all you do is go to my website. what is that? cnn.com/clarkhoward and submit a video question to me and i'll answer just like i am for will. >> hi, my name is will and i need a money coach. i'm concerned about retiring. i have a 401(k) from another job that i never rolled over. i was putting in the maximum, which was right around that irs limit. and then i lowered that amount temporarily in order to pay off my credit card faster. now that the credit card is almost paid off, i'm going to have that money back to do something with. so do i put it back in the 401(k), or are there other options so i can diversify my retirement? >> will, i know so often i sound like the man from roth but if it were me and you're now ready to beef up your savings, i would look, instead of putting the money into a 401(k), put it into what is known as a roth account. you're able to put up to $5,000 into a roth, which is a tax-free savings account. you're not going to get the tax rate up front, but all of your money grows tax-free and it's spent tax-free. who should not do a roth? well, will obviously is a real disciplined guy. he took the money that was going for the 401(k) and then he used it over time and methodically to wipe out credit card debt. you should, instead, though, do a 401(k) at your place of work if you know you lack the discipline to get that in every month. it's not like a 401(k) and into the account. next on "clark howard,". >> it's sometimes difficult to be enthusiastic but you have to keep moving and keep open to learning new things. how much credit card debt are you carrying at this point? >> would it be bad if i told you i really don't know? >> that would be really bad. >> catch that and a lot more this sunday at 4:00 p.m. on "clark howard." can i get you to complete this form? i need your name and social right here. give this back to me. >> a lot of people are experiencing unemployment for the first time in their lives and they don't know exactly how the process works. i'm at a state unemployment office. we're going to hear what people experience when they walk in. plus, what unemployment has been like for them. how are you today? >> let's get your advice to work. >> we're here with elizabeth who is a real brainiac. >> you have just completed a degree in -- >> physics from emory university, my master's, actually. >> are there services for you there to help you network and look for opportunities? >> yes, there are. the career center is available for two years for any graduate. i came here just to expand my number of opportunities, to look for jobs. >> and you seemed pretty energetic and enthusiastic about this. >> it is -- it is sometimes difficult to be enthusiastic, especially when you don't have a job. but you have to keep going forward and moving and always keep open to learning new things. >> how long have you been unemployed? >> six months. six months. >> and was that really hard? >> it's been hard. >> how have you been putting food on the table these six months? >> food stamps. >> have you ever been through unemployment for a period like this? >> never, never. it's never been like this. and now they are saying that if you don't have good credit, there's a lot of possibles in the week. >> so speaking of that challenge, wouldn't you say to somebody who is well-educated, never faced unemployment before, satisfy stretched month after month after month, unemployment would seemingly nobody hiring? >> you have to be flexible. look at your skill set and also be willing to seek additional training and education. if there are no jobs available, it's a good time to go back to college. flexibility is the key. not just looking for the job you lost but looking for a new career and a new opportunity as well. >> what about you, bob? what is going on with your job search? >> back in april i was let go of my employer. i've been with him for 11 years all total. and i've seen the writing on the wall. >> have you done things in advance to prepare for that? >> i done everything i could. i laid out my resume, got it updated, started working with former colleagues. >> so in terms of the clerical side of this, you come in and you do what? >> they have all sorts of positions in there that they see things. i've actually had quite a few interferes. so far i don't have the one that they picked but i haven't been optimistic. >> i have to tell you how impressed that i have been with the people that i've been hearing from unemployment. from short cycles to long cycles. we as people are far more resilient as people expect us to be in this position and we're more versatile in what we are going to do next. evelyn is with us. evelyn, how are you? >> i'm fine, clark. how are you? >> wonderful, thank you. you are cutting a deal with a friend or family member? is that right? >> caller: yes, we're in california and we have a family member who wants to buy it and despite the falling housing market, we have a relatively great price on it. we're both pretty happy with it and because we've lost so much market value, we're trying to actually save some money and find it difficult to have someone actually sell us. we don't have a real estate agent and don't want it on mlz if you're selling to a relative, you don't need -- first of all f. you're selling to a relative, you're held to higher standard. are you selling what would be considered by a stranger to be a fair price on your home? >> no, we're knonot completely giving it away. we've been trying to talk about the process for a whole year. >> all right. so as far as what i would normally recommend in this case, when you have an identified buyer, whether it's family, friend, or stranger but you're doing your own deal -- >> caller: uh-huh. >> i would recommend that what would be a relatively low cost, that you have a real estate lawyer draw up the paperwork and that way you would protect your interests, you would protect the interests of the relative buying the property and everything would be done properly. >> right. actually, i called two real estate lawyers to get a sense of that and they were quoting 250 to $350 an hour. >> how many hours of clock time were they thinking? two hours. >> caller: it's the county. >> well, you need to nail that down. because just as in states where real estate lawyers do closings, they will state to you a price for them to do the closing. and it is a fixed price. you should have that same right in california even though that's not normally their procedure that is followed. next on "clark howard" -- >> you're hiring somebody? >> yes. >> caller: well, the problem is, how are you going to deal with enormous, enormous number of applicants you're going to get right now. ddddddddddd ever since i can remember, i've been fascinated about making money. i embarked on a new mission, helping you take care of your money so you can save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. >> the other day i was in a discount store and not one but two people in front of me wrote checks. it seemed like i had not one but two more birthdays while i waited for their checks to be approved and it was my turn. you know what? not only is it a pain for me but it's a pain for the retailer. they take that check from you and they don't know if it's going to be good. it's almost as if they are taking a chance on a loan. now a handful of stores are refusing to take checks. that's right. you can take cash, debit, or credit, period. this is actually a good thing for you because it's turbo dangerous for to you carry a checkbook. did you know that having your checkbook stolen is the worst form of identity theft? because if a criminal steals your checkbook, rush to your bank, shut down that account, criminal writes checks and the next thing that happens the police might be at your door arresting you for having written bad checks. it's a bad nightmare. so that checkbook, keep it at home and stay out of harm's way and you won't have people lining up behind you. and now let's see what is on your mind. what questions do you have for me? kevin, you're facing a financial cross roads in your life, aren't you? >> caller: yes. >> what is going on, kevin? >> i'm trying to the mortgage company but they are giving us a really hard time. if i went up against foreclosure, what are the implications of what i am responsible for and do they go after like savings or stuff like that and how does that foreclosure -- >> let's go back a couple of steps. you said that you have reached out to your lender and you're getting a big blow off? >> right. they just give me the run around and they, you know -- i mean, my first option was to tell sell the house and pay off the remaining balance. >> what you're referring to now is doing a short sale. >> okay. >> you're upside down in your mortgage by how much would you guess versus what the market would pay for your house? >> how much? >> about 50,000. >> and versus a house that has a mortgage on it of how much? >> caller: about -- it's about 270. and if i were to sell it in this market, it would probably be around 220 or 230. >> that's potentially doable as a short sale. the loss that the lender would render allowing you to sell it at market is so much less than what they would suffer in a foreclosure that it would be a win for them and a win for you if they allowed you to maintain the house, market it successfully, and get it sold somewhere this that 220 to $230 range. >> does short sale affect your credit? >> short sale affects your credit much less than a foreclosure and much, much less than a bankruptcy. that's why it's much better to be persistent. see if you can work something out and it could be any of the things. it could be where you work out a modification where you're able to stay, if that's something that you're interested in. it could be that they work with you on doing a short sale. who knows what it is they will do with you. but i can tell you the one thing that they don't want to do is to have to clean up after you have walked away and been foreclosed on. ray is with us. hello, ray. >> hello, clark. thank you for taking my call. >> sure. you want to ask me a question about when you cash in retirement money versus the tax rates that you have to pay on it. well, yes, i've heard you say a couple of times thaw expect the tax rates to go up. agree with you. i think that's almost a certainty that that will happen. i wonder when would be the time to cash in and pay the penalty or -- >> no, way. the loss of sheltering the money over the years -- this is money that you have in i.r.a.s and there is a long-term benefit to allowing the money to be shelter the tax. there is, though a. very exotic way for to you do something halfway in between what you're thinking of doing and what i just said. are you ready? there's something known as the actuarial method of withdrawal that allows you an exemption from the tax penalty and you take money out year by year from your i.r.a. and so you would have money that you could then invest in a tax account that you want, spend as you wish, whatever. but you're never subject to penalty as long as you do the actuarial method each year. it would be a method of hedging because you take some of your money and move it over or another alternative is, you know, next year, if you can afford to pay the tax auto next year, you're allowed to migrate all of the i.r.a. money, regardless of your income, into your roth account, pay the tax with no penalty, and then that money would never be taxed again. because i think the alternatives, and that would be the best thing of all s. to wait until the calendar turns to 2010 and then make that switch and you don't have any tax problem to consider. next on "clark howard" -- >> my financial situation is i've managed to save money and put some money away in the bank but it's just sitting there. >> i can't bring myself to buy a new car. >> you said the word lease. >> is that a -- >> oh, it makes me choke. sa r. we're speaking now with j.t. how are you? >> i'm well. how are you? >> great. thank you. you're thinking of getting a car? >> yes, sir. well, yes, i am in the market for a car and my question s. i'm all about i want to see -- what's going to be more cost effective? to lease a car or to get a used car? this couldn't -- i can't bring myself to buy a new car. >> you said the word "lease." >> caller: oh, is that a -- >> oh, it makes me choke. don't say the word "lease" in my presence because i start having heart palpitations. i can't speak a clear sentence. you know, leasing is poison to your pocketbook. >> okay. >> it is really, really all of. compare buying a new car versus leasing a new car almost 100% of the time you're better off buying than you are leasing because sweet spot in the market is buying a two, three, or 4-year-old used car that may have been returned from a lease or it could have been a car that nobody liked anymore or somebody didn't like anymore and they get rid of it. i mean, that's where the real money is saved because in the first three years of ownership, do you know typically a carloses 40% to 55% of its value in those first three years? >> caller: right. and that's why i can't bring myself to buy a new car. >> well, except that if you lease a car, you're the one paying that depreciation in that two, three year lease. but my real bias is if you find a couple-year-old news car, somewhere 25,000, 45,000 miles on it, if you can buy one at a huge discount from what a new one would cost, i think that from strictly dollars and cents, if you look at it just from money, j.t., it's a better deal to buy that used car almost always versus buying the new. >> it's time for money coach. that's where you get to ask me your money questions. right now we're going to visit with mike who's got a question for me about how to make his wallet fatter and fatter and fatter. mike? >> my name is mike and i need a money coach. my financial situation is that i've managed to save some money and put some money away in the bank. but it's just sitting there. i know that it can be more valuable somewhere else. i think it would be a great thing to set up some retirement plan or some 401(k) plan and kind of prepare for my future as well as invest my money into something that can potentially be very profitable for me. i believe that with some general direction i can save money, learn to budget my money better. my question is, what are the different avenues i can take in investing my money to make make it profitable? >> all right, mike, first, you need to congratulate yourself on something. you have zero dollars of debt and you essentially have no debt and have the whole marketplace opened to you. as far as saving for retirement you earn tax-free as long as you want to leave the money in, there use it for retirement and all of the money in the retirement, plus everything that it earns, close to you free of any income tax whatsoever. a great choice for you. we earn a tiny slice of companies across capitalism. the easiest answer for you is to go into target retirement fund with that rolth where you put the money into an account based on your likely year to retire and then as you get closer and closer to retirement, the money is invested more and more conservatively for you. next on "clark howard". >> i have pre-existing medical issues and is it worth me to cash for medical expenditures and even living expenses potentially. and is that the plan for both, to live to 90 and pluck it out here soon. if. hi, how are you. >> caller: i recently lost my mother. >> well, thank you. i received a letter from a national bank asking me to contact them because it was -- it was very brief. it said, please contact us immediately if you have applied for credit cards recently. if not, then one has been applied for in this name. well, because i'm an executor for her estate as well as power of attorney before she died, i just open all mail. when i contacted the bank, they said, well, we'll notify anybody in our bank as the person is deceased and no more applications that will be received in that name. but i asked, well, what should i do? that means that that information is out there and it could be used elsewhere. >> right. >> caller: and they didn't have any real concrete recommendations. >> well, there is a trick i have and that is, what if you, as went on the websites of the three credit bureaus and froze your late moms credit bureaus. because they must not know that your mom is deceased. you would be able to freeze the credit and you'd have the info that you would need to freeze that info. that would prevent anybody from preventing to open accounts as if they were your late mom. >> okay. >> so i can do that online? >> that's right. and then you would have that info. essentially, you're impersonating her but you're legally allowed to. shannon, how can i be of service? >> caller: i have two issues that i'm looking at. i'm trying to secure my retirement at this time and i just inherited some money. i'm self-employed and have pre-existing medical issues. so there is risks for need of cash for either medical expenditures or even living expenses, potentially. so i have a plan for both to live to 90 and to pluck it out here soon. >> that is a very, very difficult mix and that is a very hard mix. if you have medical problems of a nature that you can end up with medical bills that could potentially bankrupt you? >> caller: i am self-employed so i don't have good insurance. yes, it has a cap on it. >> what's the lifetime cap? >> caller: 1 mill. >> that sounds like a huge amount of money but for serious medical conditions, it's not a lot at all. of the $1 million of lifetime what have you used? >> caller: not a significant. a drop. >> all right. so it is a possibility but a remote one that you will exhaust your medical benefits? >> caller: yes. >> so that benefits the emphasis of socking away for the future. and as a self-employed individual, have you been doing the s.e.p. plan? >> no. >> is your business profitable in up to $49,000 a year on this formula into a retirement account which is the best vehicle available to the self-employed. the other thing you can look at is something you may have heard me talk about before which is a roth account, and a roth works differently than a sep. a sep reduces your current taxable income for your business, but all the money in the sep is ultimately taxed when you spend it in retirement. a roth account works backwards. you can put five grand in it each year but you get no tax benefit up front, but all the money in the roth is tax-free at time of retirement. how about santa coming with his sleigh ultra early and having the thing packed with deals? i had already told you that this was going to be the most promotional christmas we could ever remember. promotional is retaretailese fo everything is going to be cheap. walmart is responding to the competitive threat that toys "r" us is posing with all the new pop-up stores. they're going to offer low, low prices on toys. walmart's response, 100 popular toys, these are brand name toys, for ten bucks. i'll tell you, i would push up your christmas shopping for kids and get it done before october is over because these toys are so affordable compared to what they'd be otherwise, and there are so many people who want to buy for kids for christmas. i would buy early, now. next on "clark howard." >> that's not going to be an issue. my girlfriend's family lives there. >> free housing? free? you bet me, didn't you? richard heene, the so-called balloon boy's father, left us scratching our heads again today. we were told to expect a big announcement, but we got a big surprise instead. pressure is mounting for a louisiana justice of the peace to resign. what he refused to do that has the state's republican governor and one of its democratic senators outraged. and lots of people like to dress up for halloween, but an immigrant's rights group says this costume is more of a bad trick than a good treat. you're watching hln news and views. i'm holly firfer. when you call a news conference, you're expected to make news. that's not what happened in colorado this morning. richard heene contacted the media to say he had an important announcement. he came out on time, approached the microphones, and then asked the media to write down their questions and drop them into a box at his front door. he then walked back into his house, but before he left he did repeat something he'd said before about the balloon incident. >> okay. i have got people e-mailing me, calling me. they've got a lot of questions and i don't know how to quite frankly answer any of them other than i've got a box, and so later on tonight, 7:30, i want to meet you guys again. i can look these questions over and then i can answer them, okay? so i'm going to place the box up front. please write your questions down because i've got stuff -- friends are telling me they're saying this and that. i have no idea what the news is saying. i don't have cable. okay. >> can we just ask you our questions now? >> not at all. >> no questions? >> would you just say once and for all was this some sort of publishity stunt, was this a hoax? and will you talk to the political today? >> absolutely no hoax. i want your questions in the box. i will get right back to you, okay? >> talk to us now and we can go away. >> what's the major announcement? >> heene claimed he answered the media's written questions later this evening. sheriff's investigators are planning to talk to heene and his wife about that runaway balloon incident again today. joining us now is stacy kaiser, a psychologist. hi, stacy, welcome to hln. >> hi there. >> first of all, i want to talk about falcon heene. we have seen him on a lot of talk shows since this whole incident has happened and on a couple of them he actually visibly got sick. it seems to me like this is a very stressed out little boy. talk about the effects of this sort of media circus around the event might have on this little falcon at such a young age. >> well, there is no doubt in my mind that this little boy is stressed out. the problem that we have as counselors is there isn't any really good research out yet about the effects of television and reality shows on children because it's so new. so we have to go by what we see. and here is what i can tell you. getting that much attention focused on yourself at the age of 6 has got to be traumatic. plus, to have your parents at the center of being questioned about a hoax and possible lying also adds stress to a child. we also can't possibly imagine what's going on in their household. the boy is probably being coached. the parents are probably stressed out and anxious. what we do know for a fact is that children are really impacted by their parents' emotions, and these parents are clearly overly emotional. >> we recently saw the family being interviewed by wolf blitzer. there seemed to be a tense moment when there was a question over was this a hoax, was this a setup? and you sort of see them get very defensive. the dad got very defensive very quickly. talk about what you know, you look at body language and you can sort of tell what people are feeling and seeing on the inside. what did you read from that? >> well, i read a couple things. first of all, kids are the easiest to read for body language, and the little boy was clearly being honest in his statement about being on a show. the parents, ornln the other ha are a whole other story. there was an immediate tenseness. there was a lot of movement. there was some kind of a sigh noise coming out of the father, and that told me that he was looking for something to cover up. >> our thanks to psychologist stacy kaiser for those insights. and we want to stress again the heene family is insisting there was no cover-up, that this was not a hoax. not scary and definitely not funny. that's what an immigrant's rights group is saying about this halloween costume that was posted on target's website. the illegal alien costume featured an extraterrestrial mask, an orange jumpsuit with illegal alien written on it and a green card accessory. target took the costume off the website after the coalition for humane immigrants rights of los angeles complained. it calls the costume distasteful, mean spirited, and ignorant of social stigmas. reaction from people outside an l.a. target was mixed. >> i reckon it's pretty ruthless, especially along with the mustache, a bit over the top. >> for a big corporation to put that out, i think that's kind of not so much. it's not good. >> plenty of halloween costumes. it's a little bit of bad taste. >> the green card. >> that looks like cheech & chong but an alien. alien cheech & chong. >> cheech sand chong for sure. >> this is where you go. >> back to the mall. >> that looks like an alien locked up. >> that's racist. >> who cares. that's so funny. >> that's so funny, who cares. >> while the costume isn't on target.com any longer, it's probably no surprise you will find at least a dozen for sale on ebay. the governor of louisiana has joined in the outrage over a justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple. he's calling for keith bardwell's immediate dismissal. bobby jindal says this is a clear violation of state and federal law. louisiana senator marie landrieu calls it an k356rexample of ugl bigot bigotry. the woman he refused to marry because her fiance was black is speaking out. >> it's over racism, and we are used to the closet racism, but we are not going to tolerate that overt racism from an elected official. >> beth humphrey and her fiance did get married after finding another justice of the peace. bardwell would not comment to cnn. the cdc says the h1n1 flu is already causing widespread problems in 1 states. but the agency says vaccine production is going more slowly than expected. the cdc was hoping to have 40 million doses of h1n1 vaccine available by the end of this month, but manufacturing delays could knock that number down to less than 30 million doses. an already powerful storm is quickly getting stronger off mexico's pacific coast. hurricane rick is now a category 4 with winds near 145 miles an hour. its sit being 255 miles southwest of acapulco. now, there is concern that heavy rain could trigger land slides and flooding in that resort city. forecasters say the storm could strengthen even further and approach category 5 later today. but it's expected to remain offshore during the weekend. okay. check this out. this is in the northeast where winter has definitely arrived early this week. in norfolk, connecticut, you can see the leaves still changing behind all that snowfall. and in nor'easter is dumping rain and snow in new jersey. look at this rough surf. gusty winds are a concern all along the coast and farther inland they're expecting as much as three inches of snow by tonight. some parts of the state did get about two inches of snow earlier on thursday night. how does something you have to say in just 140 characters add up to big bucks for cancer research? well, we'll have the message and how that buzz got started. the father of a missing florida girl has divorced his 17-year-old wife. ronald cummings married misty crossland a month after his daughter haleigh disappeared in february. now, misty was the last person known to have seen haleigh. police say they don't think misty has told them everything she knows about haleigh's disappearance, but she's not a suspect in the case. a judge won't throw out a murder charge against casey anthony. anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee. now anthony's lawyers wanted those charges against her dismissed. a judge said their arguments were insufficient. anthony has pleaded not guilty and says a babysitter kidnapped caylee. the little girl's remains were found last december months after she was reported missing. the. the lawyer for john gosselin is taking a swipe at gosselin's former employer. the network, tlc, is suing gosselin for breach of contract. he was one of the stars on the show "jon & kate plus 8," but the couple is divorcing and now he will have a smaller role in the show. gosselin's lawyer call's tlc's suit baseless. he says the contract was unenforceable and denied him a chance to make a living. a second vaccine has been approved to protect against the virus that causes cervical cancer. the fda says cervarix can be given to girl and women 10 to 25 years old. after the first shot, the second and third doses are given within six months. the fda approved gardasil in 2006. the percentage of major league baseball players born outside the u.s. has jumped 12% over the last 15 years. now, while the testimony of latino players is going up, the number of african-american players is going down. cnn's soledad o'brien looks at how this is changing baseball in our special report on what it's like to be latino in america. >> reporter: mariano rivera remembers well the first time the doors swung open for him and he entered america 19 years ago. it was miserable. >> miserable. >> reporter: yeah? >> oh, yeah, miserable. i used to cry every day. >> reporter: really? >> because i couldn't communicate with my teammates. >> reporter: well before he became famous, he had to endure a frustrating and lonely start. fresh from panama at 20 in a new country with a new job. how about the rest of it? navigating a checking account, navigating an apartment. >> now you're talking ordering food. going to burger king or anywhere where you had to order food. >> you have to know more than si and no. >> you have to know more than that. a lot more than that. >> reporter: the yankees now know that, too. >> weigh want to get them to the big leagues but also prepare them for the big leap here because it is. it's a leap. it's a big difference. it's a big change. >> of our 250 or so players in our system, 52% of them speak spanish. it's a big deal. >> reporter: and getting bigger every year. since 1995 latinos on major league rosters have increased some 65%, and now account for more than a quarter of all big leaguers. in the minors, that number is almost 40%, and most teams have now launched their own programs to educate their investments. >> players that go through our programs are better performers on the baseball diamond, and we truly believe that's kids that go through our programs will have a better chance at a better life because of what they've been through with us. >> reporter: the yankees' programs help latinos learn about american culture, society, and laws. and they not only teach english, but spanish as well. >> a lot of the kids, they come from countries where they're third world cuts, and a lot of them don't know how to read, don't know how to write. we figure how is this kid going to learn english when he doesn't really know the language he speaks, his own language. >> reporter: three years ago jesus montero was one of those kids, a 16-year-old catcher leaving venezuela for the first time. but so far his journey has been very different than rivera. >> every single day when i speak english to somebody, i feel so happy because, you know, i used to stop and start. now i know how to speak english and they're like wow. >> reporter: four world championships and more than 500 saves later, rivera wishes those lessons could have saved him. >> i told my teammates, you know what? you can laugh all you want, you can make fun of me all you want, but you're going to teach me. if i say anything wrong, teach me, please. and they did. >> reporter: a lesson all of baseball seems to have learned as well. soledad o'brien, cnn, new york. on october 21st and 22nd, tune in for a comprehensive report on how latinos are changing america, reshaping politics, business, schools, churches, and neighborhoods. latino in america is october 21st and 22nd on our sister network cnn. fans of barbra streb sop of her treasured mementos. she's auctioning off hundreds of items to raise money for her foundation. she said she's getting rid of many items that she's had love for years but at this stage of her life, it's time to let them go. she's selling art, furniture, jewelry, antiques, clothes, costumes that she's worn on stage and even in her movies. the beverly hills auction is expected to raise at least half a million dollars. raising money, awareness, and a little internet buzz. that was the goal of a new social networking experiment called beat cancer everywhere. between yesterday and today people began setting out messages on twitter and facebook, including the designation hash tag beat cancer. for every message sent with that phrase, he bay, pay pal, and miller brewing company plan to donate a penny to a nonprofit cancer organization. now, the event was part of the agenda, it was a 24-hour event at the blog world event in las vegas. now, that's where ireporter chris morrow caught up with cnn's don lemon. >> it's a huge initiative to set a record and raise money to stamp out cancer in the world. it shows the power of an idea, an idea just sitting over dinner talking about let's try to set a record, and i think that social media takes the power of an idea to a new level. one minute you're sitting around hashing out that idea, the next minute it actually has a possibility to make a change for good in the world. >> and once again thanks to ireporter chris morrow, and like don said, pound beat cancer organizers were hoping to set a world record for a social media event. so when you have pictures or video of breaking news or cool stories maybe from your part of the world, go to ireport.com, click on the upload now link, and you're going to find complete instructions on how to submit those stories. an oregon family has to get rid of their play house. the two-story house was already on their property when the family bought it. after a neighbor complained, city inspectors found its a bit too close to the property line. >> it is totally ridiculous that -- i mean, it's a beautiful structure that's not hurting anybody. >> it's over the five-foot line by about -- i think it's about nine or ten inches, something like that. so it's really close. >> see, the neighbor says the house is causing runoff onto his property that's eroding his yard. the play house has to be removed or destroyed in two weeks or the family faces fines of $250 a day. they say it would cost about 2,000 bucks to take the free house down and rebuild it. morehouse college in atlanta is trying something new, a dress code. the new policy enforces 11 expectations of students and among those restrictions students can no longer wear baggy pants, baseball caps, do rags, or hoodies in classrooms, the cafeteria, or other places. students who don't follow the restrictions could be placed on academic restriction. officials at the all-male college say the dress code is needed, but some students aren't so sure. >> this is about the morehouse legacy, about the morehouse tradition and about our young men preparing themselves to be the leaders they are. >> i can understand why marry coming from. at the same time some things are restricting us from just being ourselves. >> school officials say the policy was in part prompted by some men wearing women's clothes to class. just ahead, it only happens once a year, and this is the weekend that thousands gather at a west virginia bridge to take a wild jump. find out what this classic vest festival is all about. ddddd richard heene, the so-called balloon boy's father, left us scratching our heads again today. we were told to expect a big announcement, but we got a big surprise instead. pressure is mounting for a louisiana justice of the peace to resign. what he refused to do that has the state's republican governor and one of its democratic senators outraged. and lots of people like to dress up for halloween, but an immigrant's rights group says this costume is more of a bad trick than a good treat. you're watching hln "news and views." i'm holly firfer. when you call a news conference, you're expected to make news. that's not what happened in colorado this morning. richard heene contacted the media to say he had an important announcement about the ordeal surrounding his son falcon and the family's runaway balloon. he came out on time, approached the microphones, and then asked the media to write down their questions and drop them into a box at his front door. he then walked back into his house, but before he left he did repeat something he'd said before about the balloon incident. >> okay. i have got people e-mailing me, calling me. they've got a lot of questions, and i don't know how to quite frankly answer any of them other than i've got a box, and so later on tonight, 7:30, i want to meet you guys again. i can look these questions over, and then i can answer them, okay? so i'm going to place the box up front. please write your questions down because i've got stuff -- friends are telling me they're saying this and that. i have no idea what the news is saying. i don't have cable. okay. >> can we just ask you our questions now? >> no, not at all. >> no questions? >> would you just say once and for all, was this some sort of publicity stunt, was this a hoax? and will you talk to the police today? >> absolutely no hoax. i want your questions in the box. i will get right back to you, okay? >> will you talk to the sheriff today? >> talk to us now and we can go away. >> what's the major announcement? >> heene claimed he answered the media's written questions later this evening. sheriff's investigators are planning to talk to heene and his wife about that runaway balloon incident again today. joining us now is stacy kaiser, a psychologist who has been a consultant on several reality television shows. hi, stacy, welcome to hln. >> hi there. >> first of all, i want to talk about falcon heene. we have seen him on a lot of talk shows since this whole incident has happened and on a couple of them he actually visibly got sick. it seems to me like this is a very stressed out little boy. talk about the effects of this sort of media circus around the event might have on this little falcon at such a young age. >> well, there is no doubt in my mind that this little boy is stressed out. the problem that we have as counselors is there isn't any really good research out yet about the effects of television and reality shows on children because it's so new. so we have to go by what we see. and here is what i can tell you. getting that much attention focused on yourself at the age of 6 has got to be traumatic. plus, to have your parents at the center of being questioned about a hoax and possible lying also adds stress to a child. we also can't possibly imagine what's going on in their household. the boy is probably being coached. the parents are probably stressed out and anxious. what we do know for a fact is that children are really impacted by their parents' emotions, and these parents are clearly overly emotional. >> we recently saw the family being interviewed by wolf blitzer on "larry king live," and there seemed to be a very tense moment when there was a question over was this a hoax, was this a setup? and you sort of see them get very defensive. the dad got very defensive very quickly. talk about what you know, you look at body language and you can sort of tell what people are feeling and seeing on the inside. what did you read from that? >> well, i read a couple things. first of all, kids are the easiest to read for body language because they're not good at covering, they haven't learned to defend yet, and the little boy was clearly being honest in his statement about being on a show. the parents, on the other hand, are a whole other story. there was an immediate tenseness going on. these people who originally seemed pretty relaxed all of a sudden got tense. there was a lot of movement. there was some kind of a sigh noise coming out of the father, and that told me that he was looking for something to cover up. >> our thanks to psychologist stacy kaiser for those insights. and we want to stress again the heene family is insisting there was no cover-up, that this was not a hoax. not scary and definitely not funny. that's what an immigrant's rights group is saying about this halloween costume that was posted on target's website. the illegal alien costume featured an extraterrestrial mask, an orange jumpsuit with illegal alien written on it and a green card accessory. target took the costume off the website after the coalition for humane immigrants rights of los angeles complained. it calls the costume distasteful, mean-spirited, and ignorant of social stigmas. reaction from people outside an l.a. target was mixed. >> i reckon it's pretty ruthless, especially along with the mustache, a bit over the top. >> for a big corporation to put that out, i think that's kind of not so much. it's not good. >> plenty of halloween costumes. it's a little bit of bad taste. >> i like this one, the illegal alien. the grown card. >> that looks like cheech & chong but an alien. alien cheech & chong. >> cheech & chong for sure. >> this is where you go. >> back to the mall. >> that looks like an alien locked up. >> that's racist. >> who cares. that's so funny. that's so funny, who cares. >> while the costume isn't on target.com any longer, it's probably no surprise you will find at least a dozen for sale on ebay. the governor of louisiana has joined in the outrage over a justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple. he's calling for keith bardwell's immediate dismissal. bobby jindal says this is a clear violation of state and federal law. louisiana senator mary landrieu calls it an example of ugly bigotry. and says bardwell should resign. the woman he refused to marry because her fiance was black is speaking out. >> it's overt racism, and we are used to the closet racism, but we are not going to tolerate that overt racism from an elected official. >> beth humphrey and her fiance did get married after finding another justice of the peace. bardwell would not comment to cnn. the cdc says the h1n1 flu is already causing widespread problems in 41 states. but the agency says vaccine production is going more slowly than expected. the cdc was hoping to have 40 million doses of h1n1 vaccine available by the end of this month, but manufacturing delays could knock that number down to less than 30 million doses. new york state's mandatory order for health care workers to get flu vaccines is temporarily blocked. last month workers protested the mandate requiring them to get vaccines by november 30th or possibly lose their jobs. the public employees federation is happy with the judge's decision. >> as we've noted all along, we encourage our members to get vaccinated. we encourage the voluntary vaccinations of our members against the influenza. however, we believe that the commissioner overstepped his authority and jurisdiction when he implemented these emergency regulations. >> now, groups of nurses and teachers were also granted a temporary block against the mandate. the matter is scheduled to go back though to court on october 30th. an already powerful storm is quickly getting stronger off mexico's pacific coast. hurricane rick is now a category 4 with winds near 145 miles an hour. it's sitting about 255 miles southwest of acapulco. now, there is concern that heavy rain could trigger land slides and flooding in that resort city. forecasters say the storm could strengthen even further and approach category 5 later today. but it's expected to remain offshore during the weekend. okay. check this out. this is in the northeast where winter has definitely arrived early this week. in norfolk, connecticut, you can see the leaves still changing behind all that snowfall. and a nor'easter is dumping rain and snow in new jersey. look at this rough surf. gusty winds are a concern all along the coast, and farther inland they're expecting as much as three inches of snow by tonight. some parts of the state did get about two inches of snow earlier on thursday night. how does something you have to say in just 140 characters add up to big bucks for cancer research? well, we'll have the message and how that buzz got started. the father of a missing florida girl has divorced his 17-year-old wife. ronald cummings married misty croslin a month after his daughter haleigh disappeared in february. now, misty was the last person known to have seen haleigh. police say they don't think misty has told them everything she knows about haleigh's disappearance, but she's not a suspect in the case. a judge won't throw out a murder charge against casey anthony. anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee. now anthony's lawyers wanted that first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse charges against her dismissed. they claim the charges are based on circumstantial evidence, but a judge said their arguments were insufficient. anthony has pleaded not guilty and says a babysitter kidnapped caylee. the little girl's remains were found last december, months after she was reported missing. the lawyer for jon gosselin is taking a swipe at gosselin's former employer. the network, tlc, is suing gosselin for breach of contract. he was one of the stars on the show "jon & kate plus 8," but the couple is divorcing and now he will have a smaller role in the show. gosselin's lawyer calls tlc's suit baseless. he says gosselin's contract was, quote, unenforceable and unconscionable and denied him a chance to make a living. a second vaccine has been approved to protect against the virus that causes cervical cancer. the fda says cervarix can be given to girls and women ages 10 to 25 years old. after the first shot, the second and third doses are given within six months. the fda approved the first vaccine, gardasil, in 2006. officials in minnesota say three pigs on display at the minnesota state fair tested positive for the h1n1 flu. the state's agriculture department says this may be the first indication that the virus is present in some swine here in the u.s. officials say the pigs showed no sign of sickness. they apparently were healthy. they say it's most likely the pigs contracted the virus from people visiting the fair. the fair took place between late august and the beginning of september, and state officials say they're not really sure where those pigs are now. they remind everything that you cannot get swine flu from eating pork products. a kids' play house was built to withstand an earthquake, but this super deluxe two-story cabin is going down, rope swing and all. why? well, it went a few inches too far. there's a chance today for fans of barbra streisand to grab some of her treasured mementos. she's auctioning off hundreds of items to raise money for her foundation. she said she's getting rid of many items that she's had love for years but at this stage of her life, it's time to let them go. she's selling art, furniture, jewelry, antiques, clothes, costumes that she's worn on stage and even in her movies. the beverly hills auction is expected to raise at least half a million dollars. raising money, awareness, and a little internet buzz. that was the goal of a new social networking experiment called beat cancer everywhere. here is how it worked. between yesterday and today people began sending out messages on twitter and facebook, including the designation hash tag beat cancer. for every message sent with that phrase, ebay, pay pal, and miller brewing company plan to donate a penny to a nonprofit cancer organization. now, the event was part of the agenda, it was a 24-hour event at the blog world event in las vegas. now, that's where ireporter chris morrow caught up with cnn's don lemon. >> it's a huge initiative to set a record and raise money to stamp out cancer in the world. it shows the power of an idea, an idea just sitting over dinner talking about let's try to set a record, and i think that social media takes the power of an idea to a new level. one minute you're sitting around hashing out this idea, the next minute it actually has a possibility to make a change for good in the world. >> and once again thanks to ireporter chris morrow, and like don said, pound beat cancer organizers were hoping to set a world record for a social media event. so when you have pictures or video of breaking news or cool stories from your part of the world, go to ireport.com and click on the upload now link. you will find complete instructions on how to submit your stories. an oregon family has to get rid of their playhouse. the two-story house was already on their property when the family bought it. after a neighbor complained, city inspectors found its a bit too close to the property line. >> it is totally ridiculous that -- i mean, it's a beautiful structure that's not hurting anybody. >> it's over the five-foot line by about -- i think it's about nine or ten inches, something like that. so it's really close. >> see, the neighbor says the house is causing runoff onto his property that's eroding his yard and rotting his fence. the playhouse has to be removed or destroyed in two weeks or the family faces fines of $250 a day. they say it would cost about 2,000 bucks to take the tree house down and rebuild it. morehouse college in atlanta is trying something new, a dress code. the new policy enforces 11 expectations of students, and among those restrictions students can no longer wear baggy pants, baseball caps, do rags, or hoodies in classrooms, the cafeteria, or other places. students who don't follow the restrictions could be placed on academic restriction. officials at the all-male college say the dress code is needed, but some students aren't so sure. >> this is about the morehouse legacy, about the morehouse tradition and about our young men preparing themselves to be the leaders that they are. >> i can understand where they're coming from. at the same time some things are restricting us from just being ourselves. >> school officials say the policy was in part prompted by some men wearing women's clothes to class. october is breast cancer awareness month. breast cancer specialist dr. lynn baxter looks at some unexpected signs to watch for as we look at women's health beyond the surface. >> reporter: baseball team shirts are back in production. a minor miracle for this minor l company that supplies souvenirs to major and minor league ball parks. floodwaters overwhelmed it here. the floodwaters rose 6.5 feet high, submerging all of the equipment. two giant dryers were destroyed as were the electronics in these printers. in all, $1 million of equipment was shot. it must have been devastating. >> it was very devastating. thank goodness for boxed wine. that was my salvation. >> reporter: gary ficken had no flood insurance and little federal aid was available. for six months, he ram bimm ritter from the basement of his home while outsourcing production. >> everybody sat next to each other along this wall. >> reporter: he sought advice from apparel printers who rebuilt after flooding. >> who better to get advice from than somebody who lived through something like this. >> reporter: they relocated to this new factory and invested heavily in new equipment. binn ritter now carries seven times the debt it had a year ago. he has a lein against his home to secure a $900,000 government loan and has taken a 20% salary cut. while the floodwaters of cedar rapids have resended, gary is still swimming upstream. he plans to keep plugging leaks and complete bimm ritter's turnaround so he and his 18 employees can keep their heads above water. >> reporter: allan chernoff, cnn, cedar rapids, iowa.
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